Chapter 2

Trinity had the nurses alerted about Neo and they did one last check. They made sure that he was healthy and that he wouldn't need any medications. Morpheus was extremely delighted that he had finally woken up. Neo was moved from the first aid room to his own room. Trinity had already moved all his stuff up there so he slept there that night with her in his arms.

"What happened after the crash?" said Trinity catching Neo off guard. He hesitated for a second.

"I did as you told me to and I went on to talk to the machines. At first they didn't even want to listen to me but we eventually came to terms. The agreed to plug me into the matrix to fight Smith and in return they would stop fighting." Neo paused a minute. Trinity waited patiently, wanting to hear his story.

"They plugged me in and when I got there everyone had turned into Smiths." He said starting again, "when we started fighting, he jumped into the air and stayed there. He had somehow gotten the ability to fly. I fought harder than I had ever fought before but he got the upper hand. In the end he cloned me." Neo looked down to see Trinity's eyes wide in horror. He pulled her closer, comforting her.

"The machines somehow revived me and that destroyed all the Smiths. That's all I remember. I don't even know how I have my eyesight back." He said. Trinity let it soak in a bit. It was absolutely amazing that they were both still alive.

"Thank you." She whispered.

"For what?" He asked.

"For sacrificing everything." She said quietly. Neo closed his eyes. All he could see was the dieing body of Trinity. He held her tight looking her straight in the eyes.

"I would do anything for you." He said truthfully. Trinity could feel tears building up in her eyes. She quickly wiped them away and laid her head on Neo's chest.

"I know." She said grateful for everything that had happened. Trinity, exhausted from the day, fell asleep right then and there. Neo fell asleep only minutes after her.

The next morning…

Neo jolted awake when he heard someone knocking on the hard metal door. He carefully moved Trinity over so he could get up to answer the door. He successfully moved her without waking her so he walked over to the door and opened it quietly. He smiled when he saw that it was Morpheus.

"I'm sorry about waking you up but we will need to go soon." He said looking apologetic.

"Why?" Asked Neo.

"We got a message from the Oracle. She wants to talk to you as soon as possible." Said Morpheus catching Neo's interest.

"How soon can we leave?" He asked.

"As soon as you feel you can go." He said. Neo nodded. "I'll talk to Trinity about it."

"Sounds good." He said, "send me a messenger when you have agreed on a time."

"Okay." He said. Just before Morpheus turned to go back to his room, Trinity walked over.

"The Oracle?" She asked.

"Yes." Morpheus replied.

"When are we going to leave?" She asked.

"That, I am leaving up to Neo." Said Morpheus. Trinity looked at him.

"I don't care when we leave." Said Neo.

"How soon can we get the Neb ready to go?" Asked Trinity.

"A couple hours at most." Answered Morpheus. Neo could see what she was getting at.

"If we leave today, we can rest up on the Neb and then go see the Oracle in the morning." Neo said.

"Sounds good to me." Said Morpheus, "I'll alert Link."

"We'll start packing." Said Trinity. Morpheus nodded and left them to pack up.

"What does she want now?" Neo asked out loud.