Chapter 4: Chapter 3 /the reality.\
Issei start open his eyes but its hurt so he close them fast.
Issei: "gah! What the!?"
He feel himself laying and sit up but every time he try open his eyes its start burn, he keep them close and start touch down his body, he feel it weaker than usual, and the only thing that cover him was a blanket on his low part.
Issei: "what's going on."
???: "reality."
He jump a littel from surprise as he hear the voice beside him.
Malek: "chill, it's me."
Issei: "Malek??? What's going on!? Why I cant open my eyes!?"
Malek: "because you never open them before."
Issei: "w-what you mean!?"
Issei start slonly open his eyes, it's still burn a littel but he start used for that as he look around with low vision, it's a room made what look like a metal and Malek was sitting on a chair next to him, but with gray shirt and white pant and look more mature.
Malek: "good, you are fast to adapt."
Issei: "what's going on??? Where am I?? Where is everyone???"
Then he feel somthing strang on the back of his head, he move his hand and feel a metal hole on the back, he start panic and breath heavy.
Issei: "what happening to me!!? What this!!?"
Malek: "hey hey easy, dont panic, your heart cant take all that fast beating..."
Issei: "what you mean!!? What's going on here!?"
Malek: "trust me, alright?"
Malek give Issei a calm smile and talk with calm tone like a music what make Issei weirdly calm down.
Issei: "o-okay..."
Malek grap some clothes, the same as he wearing and put them on the side of the bed.
Malek: "wear this and we will meet outside when you are ready."
And he stand up and walk to the metal door, open it and get out, leave Issei alone and nervous.
Issei get dress and look at himself on the big mirror on the room wall. He see his body is way more weaker than he used to, his hair is so short almost bland as he turn his head on side, he can see the metal hole on the back his head, he touch it with his hand feel it.
Issei: "I wish I take the red pill..."
He then turn around and walk to the door, he take a deep breath then open it.
His eyes goes wide as he see all his friends standing on front of him but all their body look weaker and their hair is short not pass the ear.
Rias: "ISSEI!!"
she dash to him and hug him so tighty almost fall.
Issei: "r-Rias-San.. "
The others smile as they watch them, Rias let go of Issei as the group go back together.
Kiba: "it's good we are all alright."
Akeno: "hfff! I lost so much beauty, that hot guy wont look at me like that~!"
Issei: "what's going on exacly!? Where are we and what happen to us??"
Rias: "I...dont know, we just wake up on metal rooms and-"
Cut them a loud footsteps coming, they turn to it and see a tall young woman with long blond hair and beautiful figure.
???: "good, you all awake."
Rias: "ah! You..."
Akeno: "good to see you again~"
Koneko: "..."
Issei: "wait guys, you know her???"
Koneko: "she is the one who greet us girls when we wake up and give us clothes."
Issei: "damn, she is hot."
The tall girl smile softly put her hand on her chest.
???: "you can call me Sarah, Sarah Jones."
Kiba: "well, it's good to meet you Ms. Sarah, I am-"
Sarah: "no need, I know all of you, please follow me."
The girl called Sarah turn around and start walk as the group follow her.
The keep walking between the metals, goes between the corners left and right until Rias speak.
Rias: "so Sarah, what this place exacly??"
Sarah: "I think Morpheus already told you he will explain everything, so wait."
Rias stay silens and continue walk until they reach to a big space.
Issei: "wow..."
On the PC, was sitting on the chair a short fat guy wearing glasses and have a light beard on his face, he was working on the PC and talk.
???: "hey Sarah! Is the new guys wake up yet??"
He roll his chair a and look back and look at the group, fix his glasses.
???: "oh ho! So this is the new members, huh? Some baddies too, hahaha!"
The girls ew in disgust as Sarah put her hands on her waist and sight turn to them.
Sarah: "sorry about that, this is Oudia, he is friendly but the smarter here."
The guy called Oudia get off from his chair and walk to the group.
Oudia: "well, it's nice to meet you all, ladies."
Kiba: "ahm! We are here by the way."
Oudia: "yeah yeah whatever."
On that moment, one of the doors open and Malek with Jaden come in.
Malek: "sup!!"
Jaden: "good, you all wake up."
Akeno: "hey handsome~"
Issei: "gah! Finally some faces I know."
Malek walk to them while Jaden lean at the wall next to the door and watch.
Malek: "I think you all need a explain, right?"
They all look at him and node their heads.
Malek: "good, Morpheus get some work to do so I will be the one who will explain what's going on."
he smile then turn to the guy called Oudia.
Malek: "ready the system."
Oudia: "got it!"
He dash to the computers sit on the chair and start writing on the keyboard.
Kiba: "w-what system???"
Malek: all of you..."
They all move their attention to him.
Malek: "do you trust me?
Silens fall on the room, they all look at him with hesitation, Rias then step ahead with determination face.
Rias: "for now."
Malek smile then node.
Malek: "that's enough for me, now everyone lay on one of the seats."
They turn to the seats that was around the computer confused but they have nothing to do, they walk as everyone take one of the seats lay on it.
Malek: "Sarah, ou the cables."
Sarah node and walk to every seat and grap a cable connected to the chair and get it inside on the hole behaind everyone head.
Malek walk to one of the seats and sit on it as Sarah put the same cable on him too.
Sarah: "everyone ready?!
Issei: "r-ready for what?!"
Rias: "I feel somthing bad about this..."
Oudia: "heeeeeere we go!!"
He press enter as everyone eyes shut tighty and everything goes black...
All of sudden, Issei find himself standing on a white empty space.
Issei: "what the!? Where am I!!?"
He start look around then look down at himself, he was wearing the same black clothes that Malek and Jaden was wearing and his hair and body back to the shape he used to.
Issei: "when did i-!? What's going on!!?"
He then hear the voice of kiba calling him.
Kiba: "ISSEI!!"
He turn and see Kiba and others run to him as they all back to the same look they used to and wearing the black clothes.
Rias: "what's going on??"
Issei: "I dont know! I just...here and all normal.."
Akeno: "weird, but this clothes are so fine~"
Akeno start do poses.
Rias: "Akeno! Focuse!
Koneko: "this place...its look like a simulator..."
???: "correct."
They turn to the voice and see Malek wearing the black clothes and black glasses and sitting on sofa cross his legs smiling.
Malek: "welcome....to the Matrix."
Kiba: "M-Matrix??"
Malek: "yep, this is the simulator here is part from the huge system called 'Matrix'..."
He stand from the couch as he start walk and the group follow him.
Malek: "Matrix is a very high technology was made yeaaaaaaaaaaaaars ago, it's a huge simulation look very much like the 'real world's if you can call it."
Rias: "hmmm why they made it???"
Malek stop his track as the group stop too, the whole place around them start change as it show a huge city destroyed with the sky black and everything is dark.
Issei: "w-what all this!?"
Malek: "this is....lady's and gentlemen, the real world..."
The group keep looking around at the lifeless world with all their jaws drop and shocked.
Kiba: "w-what you mean?!"
Malek: "very long time ago, a war start between Russia and America and fast its turn to what you call a world war, the win was on American side but before Russia give up completely, it lunches it whole amount of nuclear bombs it have randomly on the entire earth, destroyed everything, the earth get unlivable and impossible to live on it, the most geniuses and smarts men and women on the world all got on one place, the only place that didint completely effected by the nuclear bombs and give a solution, the project Matrix."
Malek turn and give them his back as the place change again to show a HUGE what look like a machine.
Malek: "put the humans on the simulator that they call Matrix, a virtual world so similar to the real world to make the perfect place for the humanity to live..."
The whole group jaws drop more as they look around then at Malek disbelief.
Rias: "wait wait wait wait....you mean....ALL our lives....wasn't real!!?"
Malek: "well, it's back to the way of what you mean by real, but....yeah, it wasn't completely real."
The place goes silens as the whole group look at Malek, Rias fall on her knees and Koneko hold her head look down on horror, Kiba with unbelievable look on his face stare at the huge place while Akeno fall on her knees hug her best friend Rias, Issei step back as his hands start shaking like he is getting panicked.
Issei: "no-no no no no no! T-thats n-not real!! Y-you joking, right!? Haha! Nice joke! You almost got me!! Haha!"
Malek let out a sight give Issei a sad serious head shake, Issei heart start beating faster and faster.
Issei: "no-no no no impossible!! Impossible!!"
He start run around like a crazy guy.
Issei: "GET ME OUT FROM HERE!! Now!!!"
Malek: "Issei, calm down."
Issei: "I SAID GET ME OUT FROM HERE!!"
Malek: "Oudia, cancel the simulator."
The whole world turn black to Issei as his eyes open wide on real world and stand from the chair fast start walking and swaying like crazy.
Sarah and Oudia and the rest of ORN group along with Malek go to him.
Rias: "Issei, c-calm down.."
Issei: "no no no!! This cant be real...is-this cant be-"
Oudia: "he will get crazy!"
Malek: "Issei."
Issei fall on the ground and start throw out as he pass out on his place.
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Well, this was the hard truth that hit Issei and the whole group, what they will do know? And why they are even there? And what will be their next step? And is Issei will be okay? That's what we will know on the next chapter.
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