Between the events of The Matrix and The Matrix Reloaded, the crew of the Nebuchadnezzar rescues more candidates from the Matrix. This is the story of a young man, Cody, who knew something was wrong. He asked the dangerous questions. He wondered the dangerous wonders. He found the dangerous people, and finally, he found them. Morpheus. Trinity. Neo.
This story takes place after the events of "The Matrix Revolutions" (2003) but in an alternate timeline where Neo did not die. Morpheus must trek to the Machine City to recover the One, partly corrupted by Smith, while still liberating humans from the freshly rebooted, highly unstable Matrix.
Updated and reworked for hopefully a better read. Resurrections brought me back to this story and I decided to give it a facelift. Follows a new captain and his crew during the six months between The Matrix and Matrix Reloaded/Revolutions.. Dedicated to Colin Wilmot who was killed in Afghanistan. Finally it's finished.
"I know it's more badass to like your coffee black," Neo says ruefully. "But I really wish this were a cappuccino." Trinity and Neo talk about what the Oracle told them, over coffee.