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Author's note: Many apologies for the delay in this update. Please don't hurt me. I've been so busy this summer, I just haven't had time or energy. This chapter is short and sweet, but it's an update. Enjoy!
"What's a Zion?"
Kye laughed. "Zion is a city. It's the last human city."
"If Zion is a human city, then why would anyone go into the matrix?"
"It isn't a voluntary thing; nobody chooses to go into the matrix."
"So how do they get humans inside? How did I get inside?"
"You've asked more questions than your father did, when we first freed him." The reply came from Morpheous, who had just entered the room.
Nikki looked at Morpheous. "You knew my father?"
"You're mother was the only one who knew him better." Morpheous replied. Sadness filled his voice at the mention of his friends.
"Why didn't they rescue me?"
"No one knew that you existed until recently. Our only explanation is that the machines took you after your mother died. Whatever happened, we were kept in the dark." Morpheous said gently.
Nikki looked at the floor. "So my parents really are dead? That was real?"
Morpheous nodded. "You mother died before you were born, I'm not certain how. Your father died stopping a program known as Agent Smith."
"But that guy, the one who attacked me, he told me he was Agent Smith."
"It is possible, even probable, that the machines recreated Agent Smith. However, they must have learned from their mistakes."
Nikki looked at the floor. "Is that why I'm here, to finish what my parents started?"
Kye sighed and took her hand. "Nikki, you're here because no one should have to be plugged into the Matrix. What the machines are doing is cruel."
Nikki nodded. "But why now?"
"Well, it's like Morpheous said. We didn't know you existed until recently. But as soon as he could, Morpheous found you. He would have rescued you sooner if he had been able to."