Author's Note:What would have happened if Apoc had lived ? It would've been an...

Alternate Apocalypse

Apoc still couldn't believe he was alive, if Tank had reached the EMP gun a few seconds later Cypher would've killed him. 'I saw Rapunzel too, she must have helped him reach the gun and save me. Thank God, Neo's alive; I thought that Agent was going to kill him. How did he do that ? I've never seen a human dodge bullets before, but he managed and the only one that's really bothered him is in his thigh.'

Impatiently, he shifted between the phone booth and abandoned wooden ticket-booth of the train station, as Trinity left. The harsh florescent light made Neo's already pale skin look washed-out and the small, bloody graze on Neo's shoulder stand out. They'd decided just before Neo and Trinity left, that there would've been too many bullets flying around for him to help them save Morpheus.

Now, with Trinity finally gone, he moved forward as he hugged Neo the man winced. He murmured, "I'm glad you're alive, Neo."

A soft laugh in response, "Me too, love." This time it was Neo who kissed him, in a difference from this morning it was also desperate. Pushed against the wall as Neo stroked his hips and thighs, his own hands roamed everywhere they could without touching the grazes.

The sound of a throat clearing startled them both and, again, himself and Neo broke apart. He panted as he turned his head to look and stared along the dirty, graffiti-covered wall at the green-suited Agent who stood a few feet away from them. Something about the Agent felt a bit familiar, but he couldn't remember what.

'God, what is with these fucking people ? First, it was Morpheus and now a freaking Agent. Is this going to happen every time I get close to Neo ? I'm going to start a real apocalypse if it happens again. Wait, wait a second - why was the Agent just standing there and watching us when he should've been killing us ?'

Neo hissed, annoyed, "What do you want, Smith ?"

He added, now more confused than angry, "And why were you watching us ?"

They both tensed as Smith walked up to them. His confusion increased and he blinked as the Agent reached up to brush his fingertips over Neo's cheekbone. Thought he saw Smith's eyes flicker from Neo to him behind the shades.

It surprised him that Smith actually sounded sad when he replied, "What else can I do when the ones that I want are the ones I cannot have ?"

All he could do was look between his love and Smith. 'Well, I definitely didn't expect him to basically say, "I love you." I didn't think Agents even had feelings, is he supposed to have feelings ?'

Neo's annoyance changed to mirror his own confusion, "You…since when ? Why would you let Cypher make a deal if you love us and you knew that he was going to kill us too ?"

Smith moved back and pulled his shades off before he answered, "Do you think it was easy for me to agree with it ? I had to accept Mr. Regan's conditions, whatever they were, or I would have given myself away to the System. Nothing, not even my superiors, could make me hurt either of you, Neo, Apoc, without a warning. Now, go on, get out of here, my lovely rebels."

For a second, he stared entranced into Smith's icy sky-blue eyes. As the air chilled, the familiarity clicked and he blurted, "You, Smith, you're the one that let Rapunzel and I go !"

Flashback

He pulled Rapunzel up as she fell from the bullet that'd just flown through her calf. Her dark-brown eyes hazed with pain. They both had mom's eyes and their mom had gotten used to pain with her sickness.

Instinct made him look over his shoulder at the darkened theater. There weren't any approaching footsteps to signal that Cypher had found them. 'Fucking hell, Cypher you really ran without a call didn't you. You asshole I'll kill you someday.'

The fact there weren't any Agents in the doorway, either, made him antsy. Rapunzel leaned against him, her straight, black ponytail blurred into his own loose, curly black-hair. With his arm supporting his twin, he walked and she limped down the sidewalk.

When an Agent jumped down from the roof and landed in front of them, Rapunzel shoved him away and hissed, "Apoc, go ! Go, you idiot."

For some reason, the Agent's bright blue-eyes captivated him. Despite the fact that Rapunzel and himself were helpless, the Agent didn't un-holster his gun, didn't even move at all. "Go on, run away, little rebels. You are not worth my time without Morpheus."

Rapunzel started to ask, "Why are-"

He cut her off with, "Shut up, let's go." and half-carried her past the brown-haired Agent. Found himself waiting for the bullets to fly again, but as he looked back the sky-blue eyes glowed eerily in the darkness, still without moving an inch.

End Flashback

As he shook the memory away, Smith who nodded, moved closer again and said, "I am, now, you two really should be going. I hope that I will not be catching up anytime soon. When you do come in again, hope that Jones and Brown do not catch you, or they will kill you."

Smith's lips brushed against his and then Neo's. With Smith's words echoing in his head, he smiled, nodded and then a minute later opened his eyes to the real world.

After Trinity un-jacked him, he got up and walked over to Neo's chair. As he un-jacked Neo, the man whispered, "Did that really just happen ?"

With a wink, he shook his head and replied, "Nope."

He pulled Neo out of the chair and into another deep kiss. 'This could get interesting since Smith loves us.'