The Source
Neo's shout of "NO!" came at exactly the same time as Trinity's heartbroken sob
He was filled with a fury that he had never known.
Smith was hurting Trinity. Hurting her through him.
How could she think that he could ever say that? Ever even think that? He loved her with all his soul, and she didn't even realise. He franticly shook the screen.
He couldn't do it. He couldn't save her. Every time her tried to part the speeding code keeping him here, he saw her eyes brimming with tears and pain. Pain from him.
He sank to the floor in despair and wrapped his arms around his knees. There was nothing he could do. She was going to die and there was nothing he could do to stop it.
The Neb
Smith was revelling in his torment of Trinity. If only he could see Andersons face. Well, the look on Morpheus would suffice. His emotions appeared to be a mix of confused, betrayed and violent. Where as Trinity, well Trinity looked devastated, and Smith knew that by hurting her, he would most defiantly be hurting Anderson.
He checked his watch, there wasn't long left now, he would have to do it quickly. "Load them into the Matrix" he ordered to Link.
Link looked to Trinity, who was staring tear-streaked at the floor, and Morpheus who was glaring at 'Neo'.
"Do it." Bane muttered, motioning to the computer with his gun.
"You may as well die in what you are trying so hard to destroy." Said Neo with a smirk
Trinity looked up into Neo's eyes, it was like he had become a different person. She didn't understand how such warm and loving eyes, could suddenly become so cold and uncaring. Just like his change of personality. She had thought she had known him, she had never thought he would do something like this, let alone take such pleasure in killing her. Had he always been like this, but just hidden it, just pretended to care? Had he just been lying to her all along? Toying with her feelings?
"It's not you, you wouldn't, you'd never do this Neo" she yelled through tears as 'Neo' strapped a now stoic Morpheus into the chair.
"Then maybe you don't know me that well" 'Neo' replied harshly
He started to strap her in, but she pushed and kicked against him, trying to slip out of his rough grip. If Neo really didn't love her, and had been lying to her all along, then he shouldn't mind if she tried to injure him a bit, or a lot, in the process. She wasn't going to go without a fight, even if it was against someone she loved.
'Neo' sighed "*Why* are you trying to escape Trinity? You should know that your death is inevitable"
Trinity froze. Inevitable?
She suddenly realised why 'Neo's' slightly different wording of things, had sounded so out of place, yet familiar. Why he had suddenly become so harsh and cold. Why he had seemed completely different after his run in with Smith. He wasn't Neo at all. Neo still loved her, he had never betrayed them, it wasn't true!
"Morpheus!" she screamed "It isn't him, it isn't Neo!" Morpheus remained blankly staring, he probably thought she had lost it.
"You aren't Neo" she spat turning to Smith in Neo's body. "I should have guessed it would have been you to do something as sick as this!" 'Neo' stopped in mid-typing. and turned to her, eyes blazing.
Trinity met his glare, with renewed anger. "I know who you are...Sm..." She was cut off, as the plug was jammed into the back of her head.
The Matrix
It took Trinity a few seconds to adjust to her new surroundings. She was in a deserted park, fenced off from the rest of the city. If she could move quickly, maybe she and Morpheus could escape before Smith came. But what use would that be anyway? If Bane had had the same thing happen to him as Neo, then Smith could easily pull the plug on them in the ship.
Well she could at least try to convince Morpheus that she wasn't crazy. She turned around to Morpheus, who was staring at the tarmac ground in despair. "Morpheus" she muttered urgently, grabbing his arm. "I know how you feel, but this isn't Neo, he didn't betray us, he would never do that!"
Morpheus sighed "I know that you love him Trinity, but there is not point in denying..."
Trinity yelled in frustration, causing Morpheus to jump. "Listen to me!! It isn't Neo. some thing happened to him after you left the Matrix, and now, some-how, his body is being controlled by..."
"..Me?" questioned Smith, smiling with sardonic amusement.
Morpheus' look of despair vanished, and was replaced by a vicious glare
Smith put his hands in his suit pockets and strode over to the pair, who were giving him incredibly dirty looks.
"What is this Smith?" Trinity spat, fists clenched "Your twisted idea of revenge? Kill Neo and now us?"
Smith's eyes widened in surprise "You think... Mister Anderson is *dead*? Well that is amusing. No, he is quite alive, at the moment..." Trinity gasped in relief "..and I made it possible for him to have witnessed all of your trials and tribulations in, *Finding me out*" he laughed
"You-know, it is *such* a pity that it took you, oh around about; 6 hours and 58 minutes. But I'm sure he wasn't at all offended or upset that you didn't even realise that he was missing, and that you thought he would have been capable of betraying you all so easily."
Oh God. thought Trinity, he's alive. Neo is alive! But he's seen it all, he is going to believe that we thought he could be a traitor, he going to think we never trusted him, that we never cared. And I kissed Smith and didn't know it wasn't him! He could have seen me kissing Smith!
Smith looked to her, his icy stare penetrating her thoughts. "Yes. You have just realised that *I* had to hardly do anything to get my revenge, you hurt him enough on your own."
Suddenly all of Trinity's anger rose up inside her and she leapt at Smith, and catching him by surprise punched him in the jaw, knocking of his glasses. "You sick son of a bitch! tell me where he is!"
Smith managed to push Trinity off, and she rolled across the tarmac. Smith picked up his glasses, put them back on and rubbed his jaw, frowning. She had caught him off guard, he hadn't expected much resistance, he had underestimated her. But he had dealt with many rebels before, and being unarmed and unable to escape, she shouldn't be much trouble.
"I wouldn't worry about Mister Anderson" He growled "you'll be joining him soon enough"
Smith pulled out his gun and aimed at Trinity who was quickly scrambling up from the floor.
Smith felt a heavy blow to the back of his head, and span around, slamming Morpheus, who had hit him, into the thick metal pole of an abandoned swing- set. Morpheus slouched into unconsciousness.
"Well Trinity, I think that you should know that killing *you* is going to be the thing that breaks Anderson" Smith stated, eyes glittering with menace. "That is if he hasn't given up already"
Trinity stared back into Smiths cold, hard blue eyes. She knew she had nowhere to run. That this was it. "Neo would *never* give up" she shouted
Smith clicked the gun off safety, and aimed it at Trinity's head "It seems that you are never going to find out."
