Chapter 2
Lt. Smith and Captain Niobe were speaking briefly in private.
"Commander Trinity is going to be a problem so I want for you to keep a very close eye on her for me. Understood?"
"Yes Captain." Smith answered.
"The future empire is at stake. And I believe that Trinity is very much a threat at this point." She told him.
"I agree."
"As it is we need to bring that ship one piece to back the Empress."
"Understood."
And then they parted ways.
In the punishment chamber The Oracle had a sentinel encased in a force field. There was nowhere for it to escape. Neo and Trinity were there questioning it with Neo being the translator.
"What is your purpose here?" Trinity hissed at the machine.
The machine sputtered in a mechanical language, she turned to Neo.
"What did it say?"
"I believe it said something along the lines of go fuck your mother." Neo answered.
Trinity turned to the machine.
"So we're being a smartass huh?"
She turned The Oracle.
"Crank it up." Trinity ordered.
She turned back to the squid-like machine.
"I'm going to ask you one more time." She said as she glared at it. "What is your purpose here?"
The machine squealed.
"It says, it's only passing through." Neo said calmly and with no sympathy in his voice.
"Bullshit. Oracle, take it up another notch!" Trinity ordered
With a wicked gleam the old woman did as she was told. In a sick way she seemed to enjoy the sentinel's mechanical screams.
"You are going to cooperate with us." Trinity told the mechanical squid.
"It says it wants to confess." Neo said.
"Alright we're listening." Trinity told the machine.
The machine clicked and clacked as Neo translated everything it said.
"It says that it is here as a part of a rebel operation." Neo told her.
"Now we're getting somewhere. Where is the rebel machine base?" She asked it.
It clicked and clacked once more.
"It says it's not telling you." Neo translated.
"Really?"
She turned towards The Oracle and gave her a nod to increase the torture. The machine screamed in agony.
"You will tell us! Now where is it!" She yelled.
The machine continued to scream.
"You are trying my patience you mechanical piece of shit! Where is it!"
"It says you can go to hell." Neo said.
Trinity smirked at the mechanical squid's comment.
"That's funny that you would say that, you machines don't even have souls. You should be thankful that we even give you things humans who voluntarily lie in stasis in your fields so you can live. Now tell me where the base is!"
The squid continued to cry out in agony.
"It says that their base is behind the moon." Neo said.
"I knew it would come around sooner or later." Trinity mused.
"It says that it's on the dark side." Neo said again.
"Thank you for your cooperation." Trinity smirked.
She turned to The Oracle.
"You know what to do." She told the old woman.
"With pleasure Commander."
She and Neo walked out of the torture chamber as The Oracle cranked up the dial to maximum. She watched as the squid writhed and twitched. It did so for a good 15 minutes. She was getting irritated.
"Will you just kindly die already?" She said as she rolled her eyes.
Finally it did.
At 1600 Smith met up with Trinity.
"You should be thankful that instead of being trapped in the matrix that you are actually out here in the real world. Either way you are our slaves." Trinity told him.
"I do not consider myself a slave. I am loyal to the Empire." Smith answered.
"You are an AI. You are a slave." She hissed.
Smith was silent.
"As you know, I plan to relieve Captain Niobe of her post and I have to build alliances. If you are not with me, you are against me." Trinity informed him.
Smith still did not say a word. She turned to face him.
"I can make things very rough or very easy ... your choice."
Neo was in Niobe's chambers wearing a long silk robe. Niobe entered pleased with her lover's appearance.
"Hello Captain." Neo said.
"Hello Neo." She answered as she walked over to him slowly.
Neo took her hand and licked her palm lightly driving her wild with desire. She slowly turned around as he rubbed her shoulders making her purr like a cat. And then he kissed her neck making her sigh. His hands slowly worked their way to her breasts as he cupped them. She turned around and kissed her lover deep and long until their clothes melted off each others bodies. She lead him to the bed where they began to make love. Slowly at first and then it got faster and faster until Niobe could no longer control herself and came. Finally it was Neo's turn and he came soon after. They just laid there in the afterglow of their love making. Neo could tell something was on her mind.
"What's wrong?"
"I think that Trinity is going to be somewhat of a problem."
"How so?"
"Well I believe it is no longer safe for you to be here Neo. That is why I want for you to go back to Zion."
"Do you think that would be wise?"
"If Trinity gets her hands on that ship, all hell could break loose. And since I know your past with her, I don't you caught in the middle."
"You're the captain."
And then he kissed her again.
