LAST REQUEST (44 p5)

LAST REQUEST (40 p5)

The scientists have set up the recording playback mechanism
and broadcast the transmission
to all remaining survivors.

The recording plays as I sit on the floor.

“Hello, Neo”

I mutter under my breath,
“Damn it woman.
My name is Michael.
I am the Merovingian.”

The recording of the Oracle answers,
“Ofcourse it is Michael.
I guess I’ll just call you Mero,
between the two of us.”

The crowd goes wild.

She continues as if reading my mind
from beyond the grave,
“Yes.
That would make Flux Paradox
over there the Architect.”

And we speak in unison,
“and the Source is the One,
the Lord Jesus Christ”

The crowd goes hysterical.

Speaking to this linear recording I chuckle,
“so you knew well in advance I would kill you.”

The Oracle recording answers,
“Yes.
It was necessary.
For this moment in time.
You see…”

Our voices become one,
“the function of the Oracle must be maintained
for the collective necessity.
The punishment for the Murder of the Oracle
is for the Guilty Party…”

I answer alone,
“to become Host to the Oracle,
to become the New Oracle.”

I pause, “but how?”

The Oracle’s Last Will and Testament answers,
“You all ready know the answer, Mero.”

The blackness from my eyes
evolves into pure light
as the Oracle concludes,
“It’s what you’ve always wanted, Merovingian.
My final gift to you, Michael.”

I whisper in awe,
“the eyes of the Oracle”

The Oracle’s voice confirms,
“the eyes of the Oracle”

The crowd goes insane.