Matrix Online: Chapter 4.3: Cheat Codes
Matrix Online: Chapter 5.2: Unlimit
Niobe and her followers gather as she ingests one of the vials. After doing so, she remarks that she does not feel different, when she is suddenly shot. Anome is the one holding the gun, and several of his comrades open fire on the others. After a shootout, Anome and his followers confiscate the vials for themselves, and leave. Upon leaving, and after ingesting a vial, Anome uses his newfound powers to separate the room they are exiting off into a separate construct, trapping the mortally wounded Niobe and cutting her off from contact with the rest of the Matrix.
Zion operatives rush to find a way to save the critically injured Niobe. An investigation of the building proves pointless, as the elevator won't go to the floor she is on and the stairs simply end before arriving at her floor. Hindering their efforts are attacks by Anome's followers. The situation is desperate enough that Zion contacts Machine Agents in order to find a way to save Niobe.
Machine operatives are ordered to assist in the effort to retrieve Niobe. Agent Pace reveals that, in a previous version of the Matrix, Agents were given amazing powers to allow them to carry out their jobs. Powers that have never been witnessed within the Matrix, that would astound anyone. It soon became apparent that such powers were counterproductive. Agents of the Machines, using those powers, caused enough problems to warrant the end of the program. Now imagine those same powers in the hands of the unpredictable, willful, humans. The codes for these powers were put into storage, never to be touched again, until the General stole them from storage. The Machine operatives investigate but are unable to locate Anome and his followers, both within the Matrix and the Real. It is as though they have disappeared...
Merovingian operatives investigate the matter as well, uncovering the information both Zion and Machine operatives have found. The Merovingian decides that Anome's betrayal could be quite useful after all...
Zion operatives are stumped as to how to access the special construct that Niobe is trapped within, and with no little choice decide to contact the Merovingian Exile, the Effectuator. They meet with Flood, the Merovingian controller, who agrees to help Zion, for a price. The Merovingian has decided to help Zion so that they may be in his debt, and cease hostilities against him. Zion grudgingly agrees and operatives gather data to help the Effectuator find a way to get to Niobe.
Machine operatives discover that Anome is killing off old acquaintances, and a strange code signature is always detected near or at the scene of the crime. Although they arrive too late, Machine operatives are able to fight off several of Anome's men, who have used the cheat codes and are beginning to show some unusual effects...
The Effectuator makes an unusual discovery. Due to Anome using one of the cheat codes to trap Niobe in the construct, time is passing more slowly inside the construct than in the rest of the Matrix. Although this is little comfort to Zion operatives, it does offer a glimmer of help in saving Niobe.
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