Neo hit the ground and rolled for a few feet. A telephone pole stopped him from winding up in the middle

of an intersection. He sat up painfully, rubbed his back, and discarded his broken sunglasses. He saw the car,

scrunched against a wall, smoke coming from the hood. "Trinity..." he whispered. Neo jumped to his feet and

dashed for the car "Get out! Get out of the car!"



"Ooww, get off me!" Spark pushed Rev off of him and kicked open his door. He crawled out of the car,

Rev behind him. Standing up and brushing himself off, he stared at the smoking engine.

"Hey," Rev stood up beside him, "How' d Neo get over there?" She pointed, where Neo was running

towards them, arms waving. Trinity pulled herself out of the wreckage.

"Get away form the car!" Neo shouted.

"WHAT?!" Spark shouted back.

Trinity frowned, "He said get away from the- oh God," she stopped short. Trinity shoved Spark and

grabbed Rev by the arm, "Run!"

They ran, and as they did, time nearly stopped, Trinity felt as if she were out of her body, watching the

scene from somewhere else. Behind her, she heard a faint ticking sound- the engine. They were only about ten feet

form the car. She counted the seconds: three, two, one...BOOM! Flames erupted from the engine, propelling the

car off the ground and into the air. Black fumes poured out and onto the streets. Her heels were burning...FIRE!

The fire was right behind her! Right on top of her! Trinity released Rev's arm and dove on the ground, shielding

her head with her hands. The pavement rose up to greet her as she landed flat on her face. Smoke engulfed her

body, clogging her throat with an ashen filth.

"Trinity!" Neo ran towards the woman he loved- only one street stood in his way, one very busy street. He

had to get to Trinity, nothing could stop him from getting to her. WHAM! Except for red station wagons.

Neo rolled off the hood of the speeding car and landed on the solid concrete. He could feel blood from his

mouth dripping down his cheek as he lay on his side. Pain seared through his body as he tried to sit up with no

luck. Neo collapsed back onto the ground. Every bone in his body seemed to be broken.

A car door slammed and boots punished the streets. They stopped in front of his face and Neo recognized

the polished shoe. "Hello Mr. Anderson."

Rev staggered and coughed amid the smoke. "Trinity? Spark?" she called out.

"Rev?" a weak voice answered.

"Spark!" Rev called, "Where are you?" She fell to her knees and crawled for what seemed like hours.

Finally, she came down on something soft.

"Ow! You just punched me in the stomach!"

"Spark! Man am I glad to see you. Or- hear you. I can't exactly see you."

"Who the hell cares? Just help me get outta here!" She felt his hand clasp hers and she stood up and

pulled him to his feet. "Okay- we *cough* have to go away *cough* from the car." Rev could hear the flames

devouring the vehicle behind her. She felt herself being pulled away from the heat and finally out into open air.

She breathed in deep. Spark was doubled over, holding his stomach, coughing. Rev went over to him and put her

hand on his back.

"Where's Trinity?" she asked gently.

"I...dunno,:" he managed, "Where's...Neo?"

"Oh God," Rev looked past the smoke and across the street where she saw an agent behind a red car,

standing over something, or someone. Oh no. Neo. "It's an agent! What do we do?"

Trinity lay on the ground, barley able to breathe. Police sirens whined in the background. Suddenly,

powerful arms lifted her up. She felt herself being slung over somebody's shoulder- Neo? No, she knew his touch.

A policeman? This shoulder was hard and cold. Pictures blurred around her, everything seemed black. Her eyes

rolled to the back of her head and she slipped into unconsciousness.



Rev watched Spark move in after he told her to stay behind. She quietly slipped out of the car and closed

the door silently. Rev looked around for the trash can, hoping Spark hadn't knocked it over. She found it just

where she was told it would be. Opening the lid, she discovered a small metal purse like thing. She opened it up

and found a small white pill. Rev put it in her mouth and swallowed hard. There- her job was done.

Neo spat blood onto the streets and rolled onto his back and stared up at the sky, so blue, so...calm. This

wasn't supposed to hurt this much...He remembered seeing the same sky a while back, as he was riding with

Trinity. It all seemed so long ago. His cell phone rang and the sky was blocked out as the agent bent over him and

removed it from his pocket. "I'm sorry," he answered, "Mr. Anderson is not available at the moment, please call

back at a more...convenient time." He slammed it shut and threw it to the side. The phone skittered across the

pavement and stopped at Spark's foot. Not noticing, the agent reached down his arm and pulled Neo up by his

hair. Neo wobbled on his feet and nearly fell. Mr. Smith looked him face to face, "I won't lose this time." He drew

out his gun and put it to Neo's forehead.

Spark drew out his gun slowly and aimed carefully.

Just like training, he assured himself, just like training. But shooting a gun at a person was different then

shooting a gun in a training program. But he had to remind himself, an agent wasn't a person. An agent is a

machine.

Mr. Smith stared Neo in the eyes, "Live after this," he sneered.

"I. Will."

Spark fired. The gun barrel launched backwards and the clip fell the ground. Mr. Smith did too. Neo

toppled onto the car, holding on to it for dear life. Rev dashed over to him and put her arms around him. Spark

dropped the gun, shocked that he'd actually done it.

"Neo, are you okay, Neo?" Rev tried to see his face, but Neo had his head pressed against the hood of the

car, breathing hard. After a moment, he raised his head, wiping blood from his fasce.

"Where's Trinity?"