A voice-over conversation was in progress (and being secretly listened to by a third line) between two unidentified individuals (later revealed to be Cypher and Trinity), two rebels fighting the forces of The Matrix under the leadership of Morpheus (Laurence Fishburne).And there were only 10 minutes remaining to save Martha.Batman promised Superman: "Martha won""t die tonight." He learned from Alfred that Russian Knyazev""s previously-cloned phone and his thugs had been tracked to an abandoned warehouse near the port of Gotham City.A vote was to be held for or against a proposed Military Creation Act - it would create a standing army to protect the Republic and combat the group of Separatists.Five android business-men stood outside his door, forcing him to flee through the bathroom window and break into the nearby factory to locate her.He rebuked wo newspaper boys on a street corner who taunted him and stole his cane and made fun of his tattered, shabby clothes.