The ship is cold at night, with all of the power turned off so most of the crew can sleep with out fear of squiddies. One person though was awake, staring at the screens in front of her and their green codes. Trinity sighed and propped her chin up on her hand. She hadn't felt well for several days, nausea coming in waves, then subsiding.

Neo stood in the shadows, watching the woman he loved doing her job. He hadn't wanted her to be on watch that night, and not just because he wanted time alone with her. The past few months had been hard on all of them. First they had been betrayed by Cypher and if it hadn't been for Tank and Dozer, they would have all been killed. Instead, Cypher had died. The incident had shaken them deeply. As far as Neo was concerned, the only good that had come out of Cypher's act of betrayal, besides them now being short one person who didn't really believe in the cause, was that it had pushed him and Trinity together. Together, they'd tried to overcome the anger and fear that Cypher had caused, drawing strength from each other. Their love had healed them and made them stronger. Which brought Neo to the other reason he didn't want Trinity on watch that night. She'd been sick the past few days, though she hadn't admitted it to anyone. Typical Trinity, she kept pushing herself harder, determined to not only take care of her own work, but to also help pick up the slack left from Cypher. That was why she was on watch, it was supposed to be Cypher's turn.

Neo walked up behind his girlfriend and rested his hands on her shoulders. Trinity jumped in her seat. "Why don't you go to bed?" he suggested gently.

Trinity shook her head. "It's my turn to keep watch," she argues stubbornly.

Neo sighed. "Trin, you're exhausted. What if you fall asleep and miss something?"

"I won't!" Trinity snapped, irritated at having her abilities questioned.

"What if you do?" Neo pressed. "Go to bed, I'll take the rest of this shift."

Trinity sighed. She hated being sick and giving in. "I really think I'm..." The next thing he knew, Trinity was up and racing through the ship to the bathroom.

Neo was about to head after her, but he knew that if she was sick, she didn't want anyone to see, not even him. So Neo sat down in the chair, still warm from her body, and watched the codes. He paid special attention to one in particular. The next one they were unplugging.

Trinity was back fifteen minutes later, looking green and swaying slightly. "Thanks," she said softly. "I can take over now."

Neo shook his head. "Now, you're going to bed." When Trinity started to refuse, he stood up and lifted her over his shoulder. "You're going, Trin, you're sick."

Trinity was too tired to object and Neo carried her into his room, laying her on the cot. "Rest and get better, okay? I hate seeing you sick." Trinity nodded and Neo pulled the blanket around her shoulders. "I'll be back in about an hour, after Switch relieves me. Okay?"

"Okay," Trinity murmured, already half asleep.

Neo bent and kissed her gently, checking her temperature at the same time. She didn't feel warm. "I love you," he added.

"Love you too," she whispered.

Neo walked back to the screens slowly. He hated leaving her when she was so sick. The next hour seemed to crawl by until Switch finally came down.

"Slow night?" she asked. "I thought Trinity was on."

"She's sick, so I took over," Neo answered. "Yeah, it's been slow. I've been watching the new one."

"Ah, Christala," Switch nodded. "I wonder when we'll take her."

"Morpheus hasn't mentioned anything to me," Neo said, standing up.

Switch sat down. "Hopefully it'll be soon. We could really use another crew member."

"Yeah," Neo agreed. "I'm going to check on Trinity."

"Night," Switch called after him. "Tell Trinity I hope she feels better. She's been sick a lot."

Neo nodded. "Yeah. I'm worried about her."

"She'll be fine," Switch assured him.

Neo walked into his room and found Trinity in the exact same spot he'd left her. He crawled into bed next to her and spooned up behind her, wrapping an arm around her waist. Trinity sighed, snuggled into him, and fell back to sleep. Neo laid awake though, wondering what was wrong.