Usual disclaimers: I don't own any of the characters or settings of The Matrix and I'm not making a profit
Songfic using The Merry Thought's "Heat"on Neo's thoughts as Trinity falls and gets shot through the heart.
And neither fear nor courage
We're on our way to the way to the core...
...We arrive where we departed
Long before
I'm sure. Trinity promised. She's safe. She's still outside. I see faint echoes of that nightmare. I shake my head, try to shake the images from me. Trin's safe. Trin's outside.
Loss of home
Loss of heart
We feel too numb
Wonder when
Wonder when the rain will come
Our last push. Our last chance. I can see it in the others' faces. It took me a long time to realise how long the war had been going on. How long Zion had waited for Morpheus to find The One. Can I live up to that? I know how tired they are. I know how tired Trin is. How much longer can she take? I know the fighter in her won't give up. But it's close, close.
This is the time of tension
Between dying and birth
While blood is sowing the sandy earth
This is the time of tension
Where you starve while you eat
Couldn't believe how much I needed her in Zion. Couldn't believe she pushed me away, told me she would wait as the others needed me first. How good it felt, Trin.
Will the rain come
A last flower, falling flowers
Falling Towers
Trin! Something's wrong! My heart lost a beat. My nightmare! Trin! You're falling. I know. My tower. I can't let you fall.
...Unreal, unreal
This is the time of tension
It's the smile of defeat
Trin, this isn't you. I scoop you up to the roof. Tear the bullet from you. It's unreal. I feel your heart beat. You're tired, I know, you're tired. But I can't let you fall. I couldn't lose you, not like that.
And neither fear nor courage
And neither fear not courage
But love. Only love