Two more chapters and I'm all done with this story. I hope I'll be able to finish this before my family and I head out to France in May. Well here's chapter 25. In the Matrix, LM saw two things. One, he saw a city filled with agents, and two, something that would change his life forever.

Chapter Notes

Of course, this is one more part of Revolutions. The final chapter will be different, I hope. This scene is during the battle scene between Neo and Smith. There are two parts that came from my first story, "Teen Matrix", just to make it clear for the people who read my first story. Councilor Hamann also appears at the end of this chapter.

Narrative: Italics

Disclaimer: I don't own the Matrix.

Chapter 25: Death of a Savior

LM was in the Matrix as soon as he jacked in and jumped from building to building in Metro City. Even though there was a serious thunderstorm outside, he doesn't care. All he cares about is that Neo is alive and safe. He looked across different sectors of the city to find him, but all LM found nothing but deserted streets.

LM: Damn it, where could he be? With a system this big, it's like finding a needle in a haystack. You know this is really strange. The place looks abandon. Where is everybody?

Suddenly, LM heard an explosion from the other end of the city. He looked to the direction of the blast but noticed no explosion or flames.

LM: What the hell was that? Better check it out.

LM kept running and jumping from roof to roof to get to the blast area. When he made it he looked around the area to see something out of the ordinary. He then saw a hole that someone went through at the side of the building. He also saw a large number of people standing on the sidewalks and near the windows of every building.

LM: That's strange, why's everyone standing there doing nothing?

He put his hand in his trench coat and took out his binoculars to get a closer look. When he zoomed in, he noticed that all the people look like agents.

LM: Agents? What are they doing here? And why are they standing there doing- (paused) Wait a minute.

LM took one final look with his binoculars and saw that all the agents look alike from the hairstyle to the suits.

LM: They all look like Smith from one of the training programs Morpheus showed me. But he said that Neo destroyed Smith a long time ago. Is it possible that he's still alive?

LM jumped a couple of roofs around the building with the hole on the side. He looked at the windows and saw the Smiths in every building.

LM: This is quite bizarre; there are Smiths everywhere, no other humans at all. I wonder what they're waiting for?

Suddenly, someone crashed through the window from the inside of the building and was flying above the street. LM was stared dumbfounded at what he saw.

LM: Ask a stupid question, get a stupid answer.

LM then heard something coming out of the building. He quickly turned his head to see someone flying towards the Smith that flew out of the building with force. Even though he was fast, LM could tell who the person is from a far away view.

LM: Neo?

After he said that, there was another explosion with a ball of water. The water ball then fall into droplets and broken glass was fallen everywhere. LM wanted to see the fight, so he quickly jumped from each side of the buildings to reach to the highest point to see the battle up close. When he made it, he looked through his binoculars and saw both Neo and Smith battle in the air. The battle was fierce and tough, and both their techniques were evenly matched. Neo did one final hit and Smith was flying and spinning far away from Neo. As LM could tell from the binoculars, Smith was pissed. Smith then flew at max speed, turning from one side headed straight towards Neo. Neo, on the other hand, was just floating their just watching Smith heading towards him. With that, Neo lifted his fist up, ready for the blow. Once they hit each other, a big ball of water, bigger then the last on, appeared after the hit, engulfing the entire city into a calm before the storm. Everything went back to rain, and LM was a little shook up from the impact. Quickly he looked through his binoculars to see how the battle is going. It turns out that it was getting bad. Neo was falling as Smith was flying up proudly. Smith then did the unthinkable, he flew down towards Neo, grabbed him, and rocketed downward holding onto Neo. LM knew what Smith was doing, he saw going to slam Neo into the ground with full force.

LM: This can't be good.

He quickly jumped on a couple more rooftops to reach to where they were going to hit, the center of Metro City. When he reached his destination, they already reached to floor, causing an impact and destroying everything around it. LM felt the blast and was sent flying to the opposite end of the building. LM slowly got up and walked to the direction of the crash. He then observed the mess and notices a crater at the middle of the street. He then saw everything destroyed around the crater with buildings ripped from the sides, cars flipped over, and a lot of other stuff flew everywhere. He also noticed all the Smith clones walking towards the crater so he looked through his binoculars to see what's in that crater. Turns out it both Neo and Smith was in the crater, Neo was slowly getting up while Smith was saying something. But being on the rooftop of a skyscraper, it's hard for LM to hear what they were saying.

LM: Great, if I can find a way to get close to what they are saying, it would be easier to understand.

What LM didn't notice was the fact that he was moving his foot a little bit and some metal pipe was knocked on the edge and plummeted down to the ground. When it reaches the floor, it made a loud clang and brought the attention of a few Smiths standing there. They immediately looked up and saw LM standing on the rooftop. They all then quickly entered the building and headed to the roof. Meanwhile, LM kept watching the battle between Neo and Smith from the roof. It did started off slow, but the Neo punched Smith to the side of the face and kicked them straight into the crater's wall. LM smiled and thought it was all over, unfortunately he was wrong. Smith then shot out of the wall and yell out something that the entire city would hear.

Smith: THIS IS MY WORLD! MY WORLD!

With that, he swooped down and speared Neo to the watery ground. Then he gave Neo a straight hook to his face. Then with all his strength, Smith lifted Neo up in the air and gave one more punch to the chest, sending him straight against the wall. Smith was about to approach Neo, but he stopped and said something that LM couldn't hear from the building's roof. Soon Neo stood up and Smith backed away like he's a coward now. LM didn't know what's going on from where he's standing, but in the end, he saw Smith implanting his hand into Neo's chest. Then a strange black ooze came out and spread throughout Neo's body. LM saw it and didn't like the odds at all.

LM: That's not good at all. I better get down there and help him.

But before he could do something, a voice stopped him.

Smith Clone 1: Going somewhere?

LM turned around and saw four to five Smith clones around him.

Smith Clone 2: No one never escapes from us and lives.

LM: O.K., I don't know how many of you are there, but Morpheus told you about you guys.

Smith Clone 1: You mean the captain of the Nebuchadnezzar.

LM: Yes, that's him.

Smith Clone1: Well, what did he said about me.

LM: He told me that you are a dangerous program.

Smith Clone 1: Oh I'm not that dangerous, once you get to know me.

All the clones slowly approached LM, while LM gave off one of his karate stances to prepare himself for battle.

LM: Stay back! I'm warning you!

Smith Clone 3: Don't be alarmed boy; we're only here to help you.

One of the Smiths tired to grab him but LM block it off and give the Smith a spinning back kick. The rest of the Smiths hurried to take LM out, but he flipped upside down and spun around with his hands on the floor and using his feet to knock all the Agents out. He quickly jump flipped over the fallen agents landed at the opposite end and went into a fighting pose as the clones got up ready to fight. Suddenly, another Smith broken through the roof's floor and appeared behind LM. He then grabbed hold of him so that the other agents would take him down. LM jumped and use both feet to take down two Smiths, and then he used all his strength to lift the Smith behind tossed him to the to the rest, knocking them all down at the same time. Two of the smith jumped up and started fighting LM, one Smith on the left and another on the right. LM blocked all the Smiths fighting techniques and fought back with a number of kicks and punches. But what he didn't know is that the other Smith got up and was ready to bring down LM. He then ran to him while LM was distracted with the other two clones. LM turned his head to the front but he was too late, as the agent grabbed him and slammed him onto the floor. The impact caused LM to cough up blood and his sunglasses got knocked off form his face. The two agents that were fighting LM, grabbed his arms, so he won't fight back while the other clone held on to LM's legs. One more agent walked up to LM's laid body waiting for the opportunity.

Smith Clone 3: (on LM's left side) If you can't beat us…

Smith Clone 4: (on LM's right side) Join us…

The clone that was standing formed his hand to make it look like it was ready to stab something. Two more agents joined him soon enough positioned their hands to strike too.

Smith Clone 1: Don't worry; it will all be over soon.

Soon, the agents were all ready, and attempt to strike onto LM's chest. LM closed his eyes and knew that it was all over now. There was a silence in the air and there was no noise except for the rain hitting on everywhere. LM opened one of his eyes when didn't feel any pain what so ever. It was then he noticed each of the Smith's hands were inches away from his chest. LM was didn't know what happened until he looked up at the agent's faces and notice something odd. There were light coming out through their sunglasses. He then looked at the agents holding him down and they too have the white light coming through their sunglasses.

LM: What the hell…

He then realized that each Smith was cracking up, literally from their bodies and even their glasses. And without warning, all exploded in a blinding white light. When the light faded, LM slowly got up and noticed no one holding him. In fact the there were no agent on the roof, only people on there were six civilians lying on the floor. LM had no idea what just happened until a thought came into his head.

LM: Neo…

LM quickly ran to the edge of the roof and noticed the street with the crater at the center. He swan dive off the roof, flipped around a little bit and landed feet first on the street's concrete. He looked around and noticed the street cluttered with civilian bodies, not dead but unconscious. He ran to the crater, carefully not to step on any limb body on the street. When he reached the crater he didn't see Neo or the real Smith, the only person he saw in the crater was a middle aged woman that looks like the Oracle, (Which we all know that's the Oracle from Revolution). LM was disappointed at what he saw.

LM: Damn it Neo where are you?

Left the crater and continued his search in looking for Neo. He went from street to street looking for his teacher, but the only thing he saw were bodies on the streets.

LM: Neo! Neo! Where are you Neo?

LM kept yelling but couldn't hear Neo's voice anywhere. He decided to take a rest and sat on the sidewalk above a big hole in the building where Neo went through. He put his hands on his face, not knowing where to find Neo or what happened to him. It was then he noticed something around the rubble. He grabbed the object and notice it was Neo's sunglasses. It was damaged and scratched with the right lens broken at the bottom.

LM: I've been staring at the glasses for some time, knowing it was Neo's by the way it looks. I was pretty sure that Neo dropped them during the battle against Smith. It was then I remembered what the Oracle said. That something's going to happen to me at the end of the war. Fear and sadness went into both my mind and heart as I realized what the Oracle said was true. Neo, my teacher and friend is gone, dead.

LM bowed his head down and cried out loud with tears streaming down his face, mixing with the rainwater.

LM: No, no, no. It can't be, it can't be. You can't be dead Neo, you can't be.

After ten minutes crying, LM logged out of the Matrix and left HQ, still feeling depressed more then ever. As he rode down the elevator, his mind was still clattered in thoughts about how Neo died. He then realized about what he saw before he was attacked. If he's correct, Neo must've sacrifice himself for some reason. He then noticed that all of Zion isn't infested with Sentinels flying around. When he reached to the walkway that leads to the entrance to the Temple. He can see that everyone was celebrating and cheering as one of the soldiers yelled out loud.

Zion Soldier 1: The war is over!

LM understood that and realized that Neo fulfilled the prophecy and ended the war. But at what costs? He was still upset that Neo broke his promise to come back. He's now gone, and there's nothing LM can do to change that. Walked his way into the entrance and saw his team celebrating with the soldiers. They then saw LM and rushed to him.

Night Owl: LM, where were you? You missed out on the greatest moment ever.

Kill Switch: Yeah, we were waiting to see what the sentinels were going to do until they got up and left Zion.

Connecter: And you wouldn't believe it but Neo did it. He ended the war! This is amazing!

LM didn't listen, he just walked past them, feeling depressed. All the team's smile started to fade as they notice their captain is not himself. LM sat down on a crate and kept his head down as his team approached him with worried faces.

Connecter: Hey captain, are you O.K.? You're not yourself today.

LM: He's gone…

Connecter: What? Who's gone?

LM: Neo. He's gone, dead.

The team was both shocked and confused of what they heard.

Kid: You're kidding right? I mean this is all a joke correct?

LM: It's no joke Kid; I went into the Matrix and saw it with my own eyes.

Night Owl: That can't be true. He can't disappear from existence. Maybe you were just imagining things. I mean things in the Matrix aren't what they always seen. For example, on time when we were on a recon mission-

LM: (shouting) OPEN YOUR GOD DAMN EARS NIGHT OWL, NEO IS FREAKIN' GONE!

The party then came to a complete stop after the yelling was heard throughout the temple. LM and his team then noticed everyone staring at him.

Max Speed: Way to go LM, you cause the party to go to a standstill. Hey let me know when the fireworks are over.

Morpheus was the first to approach LM as Last Hope back away from him. He then looked at LM with a questioning face.

Morpheus: What did you say?

LM realized he was in deep shit. He decided to say something but was interrupted by a soldier who was at the computer screen.

Zion Soldier 2: Commander, I'm getting an unknown reading approaching the Docks.

Lock approached the soldier and looked at the screen, where he saw only one red blinking light slowly heading to the docks.

Commander Lock: I want a team to head up and blow up one of the blocked entryways. Move!

A team quickly left the Temple with a number of explosives on their shoulders and hands. After some time heading up and exploding the entryway, Lock, Morpheus, Niobe, Last Hope and about ten soldiers headed to what's left of the docks. What they saw was a strange transporting machine they never seen, hovering through the busted dock gate. The drone then turned around and landed safely in front of the people. It was then that they saw a body lying on the cold hard floor at the back of the drone. It was more of a shock that the person was Neo. Strange tentacle like arms appeared at the sides of the drone and picked up the body off the metal floor and gently placed him around the soldiers. Lock and Morpheus looked at Neo and could tell that he was in bad shape, since he was scratched up, bruised up and has a blindfold around him, possibly his eyes were burned. One of the soldiers bend down and placed his fingertips on Neo's neck to see is there's a pulse.

Commander Lock: Well, is he…

The soldier removed his fingers and shook his head.

Zion Soldier 3: Sorry sir, Neo is dead.

Everyone brought their head downs and were saddened about the news. Morpheus brought his head back up, turned around, and approached LM. This time, he's more aggravated then ever and wanted to talk to LM about it.

Morpheus: What happened? How did Neo died?

LM wanted to say something, but couldn't. Instead, he kept his mouth shut.

Morpheus: I know that you went to the Matrix, I know you've must of saw Neo's last moments. Tell me what happened to him.

LM was still quiet about it.

Morpheus: Answer me!

LM still couldn't answer that question.

LM: I wanted to tell Morpheus about what happened, but I can't. Even if I did tell him, he would be quite devastated and confused about it. So I decided to keep it to myself. It's my secret not anyone else.

Morpheus was quite furious and slapped LM in the face, leaving a temporary handprint.

Morpheus: You better tell what happened to Neo or it will be more then a slap.

LM still couldn't say anything. Instead, he turned around and walked away from the crowd.

Morpheus: Why you no good little-

Morpheus was about to follow LM but Niobe stopped him there.

Niobe: Not now Morpheus, he had a rough day today. He just needs sometime alone. We all need.

Commander Lock: (approaching the two) Maybe, but we can't leave Neo like this. We need to schedule a big funeral for him at the Temple. We'll be able to get through with this without Neo.

They all nodded and approached Neo's dead body. A few days later, a funeral was placed to honor the savior of Zion. Everyone from Zion was there to view it. Close to the cliff point were two steel coffins placed horizontal and were laid on a small stand with a red carpet on it. Around them were Morpheus, Niobe, Roland, and their teammates ready to carry the coffins straight to the Garden. The first coffin Neo was in and it with a few of his personnel items. Next to his coffin was another coffin that supposed to have Trinity's body. She was with Neo at the time reaching the surface though her body was never found, even with the machine's help. But what's inside the coffin were a few trinkets that Trinity held in her possession. Councilor Hamann was standing on the cliff with a light shining the cliff's end, saying the final prayer before it was over.

Councilor Hamann: They were brave, they were a courageous, they were kind, and generous. Trinity used any means necessary to do what she could do in and outside the Matrix. And Neo did what he could do for the people of Zion. He fulfilled a prophesy, ended the war, and save last remaining humans. But for every mission, comes a price. They gave their lives to save ours and knew the risks to get there. Their sacrifices will never be forgotten. For their lives would be in the minds and hearts of every citizen of Zion, young and old, now and forever. Amen…

Before a few close friends close the casket and send them to the garden, LM slowly appeared from the crowd and approached Neo's coffin. He stared at it for a few minutes and put his hand inside his pants pocket. What he took out was another metal spoon he found after the battle. He then placed the spoon into Neo's hands and stared at him for a few more seconds until he said the final words to his teacher.

LM: Farewell Neo, you will be forever missed.

LM walked away from Neo's coffin with a tear streaming down his face. After that, everyone around the coffins closed the lids and carried them to the Garden.

LM: And that was the last time I ever saw Neo. Walking away from his dead body brought pain to my heart. But I was right to what I said, I will forever miss him.

And that's it for chapter 25. If anyone wonders how LM got out of the Matrix, I'll tell you. LM and his team installed an exit-locating device into their hacking system. Once a team member calls and if the operator isn't there, the locator pinpoints the member's location and searches for the closest exit that's not filled with people. Just something I came up with in my head. I can't put it on the chapter because it doesn't match the story line. One more chapter to go and its all finished. I'll get on it as soon as I could. In the mean time, please review.