Chapter 3

Morpheus went to guard the front door as Niobe guarded the library door.

One minute everything was quiet, the other there was a party in the hall.

Ghost was attacked from behind, however he was ready and started taking care of his opponents.

Two guys, the same guys that pursued Niobe three days ago jumped in front of her.

'Missed us?' one asked.

'Not at all' Niobe answered, shooting them. 'Gotcha.'

'I don't think so' the other vampire said and started a fight.

Morpheus was in the worst situation. He was surrounded by several guys who attacked him.

Ghost was starting to get worried. They had been fighting for a long time and just a few attackers had died. 'Where is that girl?'

Next second, he heard a pistol being fired twice. The bodies of the vampires that attacked Niobe fell to the ground, revealing Eternity behind them with a gun in each hand. She turned to Morpheus and fired his opponents.

Ghost took advantage of this distraction and broke the necks of the last two guys.

'Silver bullets' Eternity answered Niobe's silent question. 'C'mon.'

When they were about to use the backdoor, someone attacked Eternity. She turned and saw another pale man in front of her. The girl lifted her guns and started firing.

That should be the chief Niobe thought. Because the others were fast but this one moved like a shadow and avoided every bullet.

Eternity ran out of bullets, threw the guns to the ground and clutched her teeth 'I have no time for this shit.'

She moved to her adversary tried to punch him in the face, but he blocked her.

'Really?' she muttered, kicking him in the chest.

He's fast, but she is much faster Morpheus thought.

The vampire attacked her, but she defended herself with only one hand, making him look really slow.

After playing this game for a few seconds, Eternity attacked with a couple of punches and a kick. A special kick. The scorpion kick. The vampire looked exhausted, so it was time for the mercy kick. A bullet time kick. Trinity's signature kick.

After putting her feet on the ground, Eternity turned to Morpheus and shouted 'Let's get outta here.'

They got out of the white hallway in front of the Cadillac. They entered and Eternity put her foot in the accelerator.

'Why are you going so fast?' Niobe asked.

'Shit' was her answer. 'We're being chased.'

Morpheus asked by whom, but his words weren't heard, because of the noise made by the Cadillac's engine.

'Shoot them' Eternity said loudly.

'We're running out of guns' Niobe said.

'Ghost, you're over an MP5. Morpheus, take the shotgun that's in the back of the car. Niobe take these MAC's' Eternity shouted.

In a few minutes, they were being chased by the Merovingian's guys and by cops.

Eternity drove that car as fast as she could.

She got in a dark hallway that she knew better than anyone.

'Hey, you see that old building?' she shouted above the sound of the sirens. 'I'll slow down so you can go there. The electricity house, in the roof, is full of guns. Take some sniper riffles and wait.'

'What about you?' Niobe shouted.

'They'll pursue me. I'll bring them here, where you can get them out of my ass' was the answer. 'Ready?...GO NOW!'

Niobe, Ghost and Morpheus opened the doors, got out of the car and went to the stairs.

When they reached the roof, Morpheus took down the electricity house's door. There, they found guns, lots of guns. They took some riffles and took their positions. They could see every movement Eternity did, but the distance was huge, so they couldn't take anyone down.

'The girl is good' Ghost noticed.

'I've got a feeling that she has more tricks under her sleeve' Morpheus commented.

'What the hell is she doing?' Niobe cut.

Eternity stopped the car, got out of it and started running.

'Look, they're locking her' Ghost said.

It was true. The cars of the cops were all around her. 'Well, at least, the exiles didn't catch her' Morpheus thought.

'We've gotta help her!' Niobe assumed.

When she said that, Eternity reached a motorcycle and with a couple of skilful managements she escaped and was coming in their direction.

Morpheus's phone rang: 'Jeez, who is she and how'd she do that?' He turned his phone off.

Eternity twisted and confused lots of drivers that ended up colliding with each others. Now, there were only four cars hunting her. One was an exile's.

'Now, come on. Almost have you…C'mon…' Niobe whispered.

When Eternity's followers were close enough, Ghost was the first to fire.

Within a couple of minutes, Eternity's ass was clean of seekers.

The skilled girl joined the rest of the group on the rooftop 'Let's go.'

She was holding another key and opened the electricity house's door, but this time revealing a meeting room that Morpheus knew too well.

They followed Eternity to the center of the room, where she stopped and turned to face the crew of the Neb.

Niobe looked around and noticed 'We're in the Heart 'o the City, aren't we?'

Eternity nodded and faced Morpheus 'You know why we're here. I choose the red pill.'

Morpheus nodded, took a red pill out of his jacket and said 'You have a lot to explain.'

She nodded and took the red pill.

Later, after setting Eternity free, the crew of the Nebuchadnezzar joined in the kitchen.

'She really has a lot to explain' Link said.

'Yeah, I mean: 1st she knows the Oracle' Sparks said.

'2nd she knows the Merovingian, when he's not at home and what he hides there' Ghost added.

'She really can kick ass and she had silver bullets' Link included.

'She drives like I've never seen a plugged in do' Niobe said.

'This is really strange…' Sparks said.

'But you are forgetting the most important things' Morpheus continued 'she has hair, her muscles didn't atrophy and…'

'Her fighting style' Ghost concluded.

'What?' Sparks asked.

'Didn't you see her fighting?' Ghost questioned.

'We couldn't, she was really fast!' Link said.

'Follow me' Morpheus ordered.

So they did. The team followed Morpheus into the jack-in area.

He inserted some disks in the computer and said 'Now watch.'

He ran two records: first, Eternity's fight in slow motion; then, someone fighting Trinity.

'Christ!' Sparks exclaimed.

'Shit! How…? I mean…What..? The fighting patterns are really similar… What does that mean?' Link asked.

Morpheus took a deep breath and shook his head 'I have no idea.'

There was a silent long moment.

'What about those disks we stole?' Ghost asked.

'They're encrypted. A very good job, that is. It'll take some days until we discover how to read them' Link answered.

Suddenly, they heard 'Shit!'

Niobe looked at Morpheus and they all moved into the medical bay.

Eternity was awake.

'How…How…How…' Link was confused and didn't ask what he wanted to, but everyone knew what his question was: How is possible that she has enough strength to be awakened?

Morpheus ran to her and whispered 'How are you feeling?'

'I'm fine' she answered. Morpheus wasn't really waiting for an answer; he was expecting her to collapse.

The real Eternity was alike her RSI: slim and long body, pale skin, but her hair was fallen near her shoulders and for the first time, Morpheus looked into her eyes. She had sapphire eyes, just like…

'So… this is the famous Nebuchadnezzar.' Eternity stated. She looked around and 'You must be Link. And you're Sparks.'

'Yeah' Sparks muttered.

Link was too shocked to say a single word.

Ghost headed to Eternity and said 'You'd better rest.'

Eternity nodded and closed her eyes.

Everyone was getting out of the room but Eternity stopped them 'Hey, Ghost? Did you find a girlfriend or you're still dedicated to a highest propose?'

Ghost stopped, everyone faced him. 'What do you mean?'

'Oh, I see you still follow Augustine' Eternity said, closing her eyes.