The next day- Trinity was hooked up to the machines with Neo to her left and Spark to her
right.
When she opened her eyes, Trinity was in a run down gas station with chipped walls and a
cracked
ceiling. Her clothes were different, she was wearing her trademark leather pants and Neo was
wearing his trench
coat- both of them had dark sunglasses. A phone was sitting on the counter beside her. Neo was
walking around
the room, looking at the different racks of stale food and candy. Spark appeared beside her.
"Finally!" he said, "I get to come on one of the missions!" He looked around the room, "No
way! Food!
Real fake food!" He dashed down an aisle, eyes wide as he took in all the goods.
"I wouldn't eat those..." Neo warned, "They're expired."
"Yeah, by like two hundred years in real time." He tore off the wrapper of a candy bar and
stuffed it in his
mouth.
"And he wonders why he's never invited to the Matrix," Trinity muttered. She pulled out her
cell phone
and dialed Tank, "How close are we to her house?" she asked.
"Sorry- Not very. She lives about an hour away."
"Then why the hell did you drop us here?"
"This is the only place nearby where there's a phone- she's up in the mountains. There's a car in
front."
Their conversation was interrupted by a loud car horn.
"Yeah- I have a bad feeling Neo found it." She walked outside to a lovely scene- rolling
mountains sliced
the sky, green trees speckled the ground, and a rusty deer crossing sign wobbled in the breeze.
Ah... Amish
County, PA. Neo and Spark were already in the car. Trinity walked over, black boots crunching
the gravel, and
rapped on the drivers side window of the black jaguar. The window rolled down slowly and Neo
smiled through
the opening.
Trinity leaned in close, "I'm sorry baby, I love you, but there's no way I'm letting you drive."
"How come?"
"I've seen you drive," she opened the door slid onto his lap while Spark jumped in back,
knowing better
than to contradict Trinity. She moved into the passenger seat and Neo reluctantly got out and let
her slide on
behind the wheel.
He slammed the passenger door shut, "When have you ever seen me drive?" he asked,
buckling his
seatbelt.
"We trailed you too, Mister Black Sedan." She found the keys already in the ignition and
floored it. Soon
they were speeding down the empty road towards Williamsport.
Neo stared out the window and watched the rolling scenery pass by. Spark was soon asleep in
the back
seat.
"Penny for your thoughts?" Trinity focused on the road, but watched Neo out of the corner of
her eye.
"Huh? Oh. Just thinking...I mean look at all these mountains- the trees- they're not real. The
ground, the
sky, isn't it amazing?"
Trinity smiled, "I suppose. I thought you realized this a long time ago, though, Neo."
"Yeah, I did." He continued to look out the window.
Spark sat up in back and yawned, "Are we there yet?" No one answered. "Okay- that's a no."
He
stretched, "God my stomach hurts! You were right Neo- those were expired- very expired." He
tousled his bright
blonde hair and rubbed his blue eyes.
The car pulled up in front of a small cabin- 40 Larson Avenue. Trinity turned around, "Spark,
is there a
briefcase back there?"
"Yeah," Spark handed her a brown leather briefcase and she set it on her lap. Trinity flipped it
open,
revealing several small handguns. She handed one back to spark and one to Neo before taking one
for herself.
Spark smiled and cocked it, pretending to shoot. Neo loaded his and shoved it in his coat pocket.
"You honestly think we're gonna need these?" he asked. Trinity didn't answer.
The cabin looked strangely out of place- Rev had to commute to work from two hours away.
Her home
looked very old, a two floored small log cabin. "Secrecy," Trinity muttered.
She opened the door and stepped onto the dirt driveway. "We're here."
They walked up onto the porch. Three wooden chairs were against the walls. Spark knocked.
After a few
minutes, Neo looked over at Trinity and nodded. She kicked the door off the hinges and stepped
inside. There was
a fire in the fireplace and a coffee table and a few lounge chairs. On the coffee table were three
computers and tons
of cords. All the computer screens were blank.
Spark tried to see over Neo's shoulders, then gave up. He spotted a pale face through the
closed curtains of
the second floor. "Hey," he said, nudging Neo in the back, "She's in the window..." But then the
blinds closed and
she vanished, "I think she know's were here."
"Rev?" Trinity called out. Rev walked down the stairs slowly, gun in hand. "Get out of my
house before I
call the cops!"
Neo stepped ahead of Trinity, "Rev. We've been waiting for you." There was a faint clicking
sound before
she fired off four shots. The bullets froze in air before Neo's face and fell to the ground with a
dull thump.
"Holy shit..." Rev dropped the gun, "Who the hell are you?"
Neo pushed aside the bullets with his foot, "Rev, you need to understand something..."
"I said, who the hell are you?!" She stumbled backwards, trying to climb up the stairs. "And
how do you
know that name?"
"I am Neo- this is Trinity, and that is Spark." Spark stepped forward and smiled. Then he
walked over to
her computers and turned them on.
Rev watched him carefully, "Why have I heard those names before?" Spark started working
with the
computers, typing furiously.
Trinity put her hand on Neo's shoulder, "We're hackers, like you. But you've stumbled upon
something-
you've hacked too far."
"You want to know the truth," Neo looked her in the eyes, "And he will show you."
"Morpheus," it escaped her lips in a mere whisper.
"Yes." Rev stood up slowly and walked down the stairs. She looked the three strangers up and
down.
"What is the matrix?"
"All your questions will be answered," Trinity assured her, "But not by us. Spark- do you have
a signal?"
"Yeah, Trin, he'll see us at an old bed and breakfast on Front Street."
"Good," she looked at Rev, "Let's go."
Spark led Rev to the car. Neo was about to follow when Trinity grabbed his arm. She pulled
him back and
looked at him, "Do you trust her?" Neo looked around, not meeting her eyes. "Neo." Trinity
turned his face so that
he was staring into her eyes.
"Yes."
Trinity nodded, "Okay." She walked over to the car and slid in back with Rev, letting Neo
drive and Spark
sit across from him. She turned to Rev, who was in the back seat with her, "Undo the last two
buttons of your
shirt."
Rev looked uneasy, "What?"
Spark giggled in the front seat, "See, Trinity? That is a disturbing request!"
right.
When she opened her eyes, Trinity was in a run down gas station with chipped walls and a
cracked
ceiling. Her clothes were different, she was wearing her trademark leather pants and Neo was
wearing his trench
coat- both of them had dark sunglasses. A phone was sitting on the counter beside her. Neo was
walking around
the room, looking at the different racks of stale food and candy. Spark appeared beside her.
"Finally!" he said, "I get to come on one of the missions!" He looked around the room, "No
way! Food!
Real fake food!" He dashed down an aisle, eyes wide as he took in all the goods.
"I wouldn't eat those..." Neo warned, "They're expired."
"Yeah, by like two hundred years in real time." He tore off the wrapper of a candy bar and
stuffed it in his
mouth.
"And he wonders why he's never invited to the Matrix," Trinity muttered. She pulled out her
cell phone
and dialed Tank, "How close are we to her house?" she asked.
"Sorry- Not very. She lives about an hour away."
"Then why the hell did you drop us here?"
"This is the only place nearby where there's a phone- she's up in the mountains. There's a car in
front."
Their conversation was interrupted by a loud car horn.
"Yeah- I have a bad feeling Neo found it." She walked outside to a lovely scene- rolling
mountains sliced
the sky, green trees speckled the ground, and a rusty deer crossing sign wobbled in the breeze.
Ah... Amish
County, PA. Neo and Spark were already in the car. Trinity walked over, black boots crunching
the gravel, and
rapped on the drivers side window of the black jaguar. The window rolled down slowly and Neo
smiled through
the opening.
Trinity leaned in close, "I'm sorry baby, I love you, but there's no way I'm letting you drive."
"How come?"
"I've seen you drive," she opened the door slid onto his lap while Spark jumped in back,
knowing better
than to contradict Trinity. She moved into the passenger seat and Neo reluctantly got out and let
her slide on
behind the wheel.
He slammed the passenger door shut, "When have you ever seen me drive?" he asked,
buckling his
seatbelt.
"We trailed you too, Mister Black Sedan." She found the keys already in the ignition and
floored it. Soon
they were speeding down the empty road towards Williamsport.
Neo stared out the window and watched the rolling scenery pass by. Spark was soon asleep in
the back
seat.
"Penny for your thoughts?" Trinity focused on the road, but watched Neo out of the corner of
her eye.
"Huh? Oh. Just thinking...I mean look at all these mountains- the trees- they're not real. The
ground, the
sky, isn't it amazing?"
Trinity smiled, "I suppose. I thought you realized this a long time ago, though, Neo."
"Yeah, I did." He continued to look out the window.
Spark sat up in back and yawned, "Are we there yet?" No one answered. "Okay- that's a no."
He
stretched, "God my stomach hurts! You were right Neo- those were expired- very expired." He
tousled his bright
blonde hair and rubbed his blue eyes.
The car pulled up in front of a small cabin- 40 Larson Avenue. Trinity turned around, "Spark,
is there a
briefcase back there?"
"Yeah," Spark handed her a brown leather briefcase and she set it on her lap. Trinity flipped it
open,
revealing several small handguns. She handed one back to spark and one to Neo before taking one
for herself.
Spark smiled and cocked it, pretending to shoot. Neo loaded his and shoved it in his coat pocket.
"You honestly think we're gonna need these?" he asked. Trinity didn't answer.
The cabin looked strangely out of place- Rev had to commute to work from two hours away.
Her home
looked very old, a two floored small log cabin. "Secrecy," Trinity muttered.
She opened the door and stepped onto the dirt driveway. "We're here."
They walked up onto the porch. Three wooden chairs were against the walls. Spark knocked.
After a few
minutes, Neo looked over at Trinity and nodded. She kicked the door off the hinges and stepped
inside. There was
a fire in the fireplace and a coffee table and a few lounge chairs. On the coffee table were three
computers and tons
of cords. All the computer screens were blank.
Spark tried to see over Neo's shoulders, then gave up. He spotted a pale face through the
closed curtains of
the second floor. "Hey," he said, nudging Neo in the back, "She's in the window..." But then the
blinds closed and
she vanished, "I think she know's were here."
"Rev?" Trinity called out. Rev walked down the stairs slowly, gun in hand. "Get out of my
house before I
call the cops!"
Neo stepped ahead of Trinity, "Rev. We've been waiting for you." There was a faint clicking
sound before
she fired off four shots. The bullets froze in air before Neo's face and fell to the ground with a
dull thump.
"Holy shit..." Rev dropped the gun, "Who the hell are you?"
Neo pushed aside the bullets with his foot, "Rev, you need to understand something..."
"I said, who the hell are you?!" She stumbled backwards, trying to climb up the stairs. "And
how do you
know that name?"
"I am Neo- this is Trinity, and that is Spark." Spark stepped forward and smiled. Then he
walked over to
her computers and turned them on.
Rev watched him carefully, "Why have I heard those names before?" Spark started working
with the
computers, typing furiously.
Trinity put her hand on Neo's shoulder, "We're hackers, like you. But you've stumbled upon
something-
you've hacked too far."
"You want to know the truth," Neo looked her in the eyes, "And he will show you."
"Morpheus," it escaped her lips in a mere whisper.
"Yes." Rev stood up slowly and walked down the stairs. She looked the three strangers up and
down.
"What is the matrix?"
"All your questions will be answered," Trinity assured her, "But not by us. Spark- do you have
a signal?"
"Yeah, Trin, he'll see us at an old bed and breakfast on Front Street."
"Good," she looked at Rev, "Let's go."
Spark led Rev to the car. Neo was about to follow when Trinity grabbed his arm. She pulled
him back and
looked at him, "Do you trust her?" Neo looked around, not meeting her eyes. "Neo." Trinity
turned his face so that
he was staring into her eyes.
"Yes."
Trinity nodded, "Okay." She walked over to the car and slid in back with Rev, letting Neo
drive and Spark
sit across from him. She turned to Rev, who was in the back seat with her, "Undo the last two
buttons of your
shirt."
Rev looked uneasy, "What?"
Spark giggled in the front seat, "See, Trinity? That is a disturbing request!"
