Chapter 4
'Hey, Ghost!' Sparks called. 'What did she mean by that?'
Ghost ignored him and headed to Morpheus 'Captain, I will be in my room if you need me'.
'Go rest Ghost. We all will' Morpheus advised.
'Alleluia, thought you'd never say that Cap' Sparks said, heading to his room.
'If you need me, Sir…' Link started.
'I know where to find you' Morpheus concluded.
The operator went to his room.
'You're not coming?' Morpheus asked Niobe.
'You go without me. I need a shot' Niobe tiredly said.
'You okay?' Morpheus faced her with concern.
'Just fine. Don't worry' Niobe stated. Though, Morpheus didn't look convinced. 'I'm a big girl, you know?'
'I know you are' Morpheus said expressionless.
And then, when Niobe looked into his eyes, she knew. She knew he wanted her to stay with him. She knew what troubled him.
'Go to the kitchen, I'll be there in a minute.'
Morpheus nodded and went to the kitchen.
Niobe entered the medical bay and there she was.
Eternity. She was sleeping. Niobe checked on her and everything was alright. Impressive Niobe thought. She is as tired as any of us.
The second-in-command shot herself in the plug of her right arm.
'Now, this feels good' she said to herself. Niobe took another look at Eternity and got out of the room.
'This is so strange' Morpheus told Niobe. 'I feel like I already met her.'
'No. You already met Trinity. It's different' Niobe opposed.
'But why is this girl so much like her?'
'The Oracle said she was special.'
'Is it possible that…' Morpheus started.
'No' Niobe interrupted. 'You know as well as I do that it isn't.'
Morpheus nodded and took more water from his cup.
'We'd better go rest, now' Niobe said, getting up.
Morpheus still didn't look convinced.
Niobe took a deep breath and stated 'As you said, she as a lot to explain…'
'I know… you're right… you always are. We'd better go rest' and with that, he got to his feet and accompanied Niobe to their bedroom.
Later that night, when Ghost was taking his shift, someone affirmed 'Everything's calm'.
He turned to see Eternity standing beside a jack-in chair, examinating it.
'What are you doing here?' he asked with his deep voice.
'Walkin' around' she answered.
'C'mon, I'll take you to the medical bay, so I'll be able to see what's wrong with you.'
'There's nothing wrong…' Ghost declarated.
'I know…' Eternity said.
'You'd better rest Eternity' Morpheus ordered, while getting in the bay. 'Ghost, come with me'.
'I'm telling you captain. She came to me and said she was "walking around" ' Ghost told Morpheus.
'How's this possible?' Morpheus murmured to himself.
'I've no idea, sir'.
'Alright… continue your shift. If something weird happens again, call me'.
In the morning, when Morpheus came to the kitchen area, the crew was all there.
'Link, do we have any news about Eternity?' he asked.
'Sir… I… ran all the tests and… she is able to start her training… I mean… if she needs it…'
'We set her free yesterday and she is ready to start training?' Morpheus asked in disbelief.
'I don't need any of it' Eternity said, getting in the room.
Morpheus couldn't believe it. She was standing and as ready for a fight as any crew member.
'I won't argue with you. But you need to understand that I'm in charge here and I want answers'.
'Then you won't have them now' she simply said.
'Who says that?'
'If we were standing in Her kitchen, I would tell you to look to that latin proverb that's standing over the door' she explained.
'I did…' he remembered.
Eternity nodded.
'Sparks, how're you doing with those disks?' she asked.
'We're having some problems…' Link admitted.
'I was expecting that' Eternity muttered. 'We've gotta go in'.
'We're two hours away from Zion' Niobe informed 'Which means that we'll need forty hours to recharge'.
Eternity looked expressionless at Morpheus and she slowly nodded.
'Hey Eternity, c'mon here, I wanna introduce you to this lovely goop we have to eat every day' Sparks happily said.
'Sparks' Ghost called.
'Yes'
'Shut up' Ghost ordered.
'I'll see what I can do with the disks' Eternity got out.
'I've never heard of her. Is she a good hacker?' Link asked.
'You'd better ask her' Niobe said.
Almost two hours after, Link went to the jack-in area to find Eternity decrypting the disks.
'Having any luck?' he asked.
'I decrypted almost everything, but we still need to go in, so we can get what really matters' she informed.
'And, what is that?
'You'll know' she answered.
'Let me see what you've got' Link said, taking the controls.
Link was looking at a piece of art. All the information was about the life of a man. He lived alone and worked in a computer enterprise.
'How can this be vital to us?' he asked.
'You ask too much' she answered.
'Sorry! I just wanted to tell you that we're arriving. Don't you wanna come and see?'
'…Sure …'