I'm really glad you all liked this story. We had a ball writing it. laugh I also lay no claim to the tipperary song... (watches the list of suspects narrow)

I can honestly say that the author who wrote the last section didn't think of the Matrix until halfway through that particular sequence. But the image of our favorite characters in that playground scene in the movie is kind of funny.

"You need me. You wouldn't be much of a hero without a villain. And you do love being the hero, don't you. The cheering children, the swooning women, you love it so much, it's made you my most reliable accomplice." -- Lex Luthor to Superman, Question Authority, Justice League Unlimited