" The Machines had gained control of Smith through Neo""s jacked-in body - and destroyed him.The Source confirmed Smith""s deletion: "It is done."Neo was taken away by the machines to assimilate his code into the mainframe.Conditions returned to normality - the Zion war ended ("the war is over"), peace came as the Sentinels withdrew, and the Oracle and Sati were restored within a world devoid of green tint (the sun was shining in a blue sky over the city).The chariot horses also came to life, as the Emperor breathed deeply and was revived.Yang (and Choi) vowed allegiance to Emperor Han: "I live to serve you, my Lord.I can help you become immortal" - and were threatened if lying: "If you are lying, you will burn." They joined him on the chariot, but Professor Wilson, who also begged to join them, was decapitated (the Emperor slashed off his head with his molten left arm).I will not permit them to dream away their summer holidays.Each afternoon, they will march about the grounds breathing deeply.Bedtime is to be strictly observed - no exceptions...You will see o it that they conduct themselves at all time with the utmost orderliness and decorum.I am placing you in command.The Captain summons the children to come down with his boatswain""s whistle.Each wearing a drab, modified sailor""s uniform, hey line up on the upper floor""s balcony (from the eldest to youngest) and march down the stairs in unison." They met with awaiting Secretary Hank McCoy for an appointment made on short notice.He announced the apprehension of Mystique, and predicted she would lure Magneto to break her free.The greatest problem, however, was regarding the controversial information he had seen in the file.The major government-supported pharmaceutical company, Worthington Labs (located on Alcatraz Island) headed by Warren Worthington II (with a mutant son himself), had developed a mutant "cure" - a mutant antibody to suppress the mutant ""X"" gene permanently.Its posters heralded:BLOOD-RED KISSES, WHITE-HOT THRILLS!Kiss Me Deadlyis rich with symbolic allusions, labyrinthine and complex plot threads, and Cold War fear and nuclear paranoia about the atomic bomb.