Alyssa's lesson

Alyssa woke up after her recovery to get dressed, but not before removing a plug from her arm. After getting dressed, she meets Amanda, Melody and Melanie. "Greetings, Miss Thornton. I'm Amanda and these are my friends, Melody and Melanie. We're almost like sisters." Alyssa was impressed but confused. "Nice to meet you. Is this really happening?" Amanda smiled. "Yes. Come see our mentor and you'll get your answers." The trio led Alyssa to Jenna and were prepared. "Glad you’re awake, Alyssa. I'm Jenna, your new teacher." "Hi." Replied Alyssa nervously. "You want to know what is real? Come sit on this chair and you'll find out." Alyssa sat down and was strapped. Melody gave Alyssa a warning. "This will feel a little weird." Amanda plugged Alyssa and the young girl was in place with Jenna. "As Amanda, Melody and Melanie learned, The Matrix is a computer generated dream world. You were a gymnastics student in the dream world, but in reality you were plugged." Alyssa gasped. "So I was woken up covered in goo and was being used as a battery." "Yes. See for yourself." Jenna flipped on the TV and showed the fields. "Alyssa, human beings are now grown by the machines. They also liquefy the dead to be fed instantly to the living." Alyssa saw her baby self being liquefied and was starting to understand. "I get it now. When I was awakened, I was feeling my body then when that robot had me flushed, I tried to keep myself from going down only to fall in the water and nearly drowned." "You catch on quickly. Another important lesson, Alyssa. We never free a mind once it reaches a certain age. It's dangerous and the mind has trouble letting go." Alyssa learned quickly. "I will do my best to remember that." Alyssa then woke up to see her new friends again. After that, Amanda, Melody and Melanie took Alyssa for a ride to the power plant. They look at each pod. "Amanda, That's where I was." "We all were, Alyssa." Replied Amanda. Melody pointed to the nearest pod containing a teenage girl who has not yet awakened. "Can we go back?" Asked Alyssa. "No." Replied Melody. "If we could, would you want to?" Asked Melanie. "Y y y yes. I honestly would love to if we could. I was getting used to being in my pod naked with wires on my body." Amanda, Melody and Melanie laughed. "So did we." After the ride, The girls were given a bath. "Thanks, Amanda, Melody and Melanie. I enjoyed my tour and my beginning." "You’re welcome." Replied Amanda, Melody and Melanie. The girls became a family and were eager to fight the machines. While she bathed, Alyssa remembered her time in her pod and being closed to drowning. The girls will learn to fight, but that's another story.