A/N: This is my first Matrix fic. I watched the movie for the first time last week. I think this one is my new favorite. I like Switch and Apoc a lot and it wasn't very funny when they were killed. So I decided to write my own, where they didn't die. I don't own the Matrix, any Characters or anything that has to do with it. They belong to Warner brothers. I am a poor pupil and I don't gain any profit with this.
Thanks to all my reviewers:
@chord: I have a spell-checking program, but it isn't perfect. Sometimes it states a word as right even if it doesn't exist. Well, that's Microsoft Word for you. I had a few moments, when I thought "Word, you can go straight to that hot underworld for all I care". The Grammar: Well, I know there are many people who speak English way better, than I do and I would like to learn it. That's why I am asking. I want to know my mistakes, cause you can learn from them.
@Alina Moonling: Thank you for telling me about the conversations. I edited the first chapter and changed it.
@murgandy: I am very happy that you think so.
@chord & Alina & murgandy: Thank you for taking the time to review.
Background: The Matrix movie.
Summary: What if Tank shot Cypher before he pulled Apoc's plug. And Dozer is still alive.
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Switch got up so fast that she nearly fell out of the chair. While Tank called Neo back, she headed straight for the infirmary.
Switch hurried the corridor down and made a sudden halt in front of the hatch leading into the sick bay. She took a deep breath to compose herself. With that she opened the hatch and went in. She observed the room for a moment.
Apoc sat in a chair on the opposite wall, his eyes closed and with his head leaning on the cold steal wall, still breathing slightly hard and with sweat on his forehead. His left hand, holding an oxygen mask to his face, is connected to an intravenous drip.
Trinity is treating Dozer, who is lying on a stretcher on the left side of the room. She bandaged his arm and gave him a sleeping pill. After Dozer fell asleep Trinity turned to her.
Trinity: "Switch? Can you stay with them while I get Tank?"
"Sure."
When Trinity left Switch crossed the room to stand next to Apoc. He opened his eyes and gave her a lopsided smile. He took the mask away to say something but Switch shook her head. "Leave the mask on. We will talk later." she said and got a wet cloth from the counter, dabbed his face clean and kissed him on the forehead, while he closed his eyes again. Apoc leaned his head on her stomach and laid his right arm around her waist, to hold her closer. Switch closed her eyes and started to caress his cheek and occasionally stroked his hair.
Unknown to the two, Trinity and Tank stood in the door watching them. Tank turned around and ushered Trinity out of the room into the hallway.
Tank whispered: "I don't get it. It's not like we don't know what's going on between them. Everyone knows they are together and that they share a cot at night. But when they are in company they act as if there is nothing between them."
Trinity: "Leave them be. It is their imagination of privacy. We nearly have here no privacy at all and they try to get some. We all act cold and brutal. We are soldiers. They would loose their appearance. "
Tank: "You are right. I didn't see it like this. Maybe we should make ourselves known."
Trinity nodded and said in a loud voice: "Come on Tank we are nearly there."
Switch groaned and Apoc opened his eyes to send a death-glare in the direction of the door. Switch chuckled at his antics and kissed his forehead again. Then she leaned next to him on the wall and Apoc went back to his prior position.
Trinity and Tank walked into the infirmary. Tank sat on the bed in the middle. Tank took his shirt of and Trinity bandaged his chest. Switch went to the counter on the other side of the room and got a box of painkillers. Suddenly a raspy voice from the other side of the room asked: "What about Morpheus?"
Switch whirled around: "What did I tell you about taking the mask down?"
Apoc, who blushed slightly, gave her a apologetic smile and put the mask back on.
Trinity and Tank laughed.
Tank: "Ow, I shouldn't laugh. Anyway, Apoc is right. What about Morpheus? If they get the codes out of him...I don't want to think about that."
Trinity: "Neo and I are going in to get him."
Switch: "Okay. What about me?"
Trinity: "It would be best I you came along, but it's entirely your choice."
Switch: "I'm going with you."
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A/N: I hope you liked it. Next chapter soon.
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English is not my first language, so please tell me if I made any grammar- spelling- or punctuation mistakes
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