FINAL CHAPTER!!!! (well, part 1 anyway)
*** FIGHT***
Trinity didn't see the third shot, but she felt it.
The bullet ripped through her jacket and hit her in the stomach. She stopped running and looked down, shocked, at the blood trickling down the front of her jacket.
She was going to die. She let out a soft "Oh" before her legs buckled and she fell to the floor.
The next thing Trinity saw was Neo, grimly towering over her, gun in hand, eyes dark and resolute. 'God', she thought 'He's going to finish me off. Well, I suppose it's better then leaving me here to bleed to death.'
Neo/Smith was staring down at Trinity. //She was going to die now. He had won.// He smiled with self-satisfaction as he brought the gun up to her head.
"Any last words?" he questioned smugly.
Trinity looked back up at him, unfearfully. Praying that she could find some sign of the real Neo behind his cold, harsh gaze, just so she could say goodbye.
Finally, she sighed, defeated. "Yes, Neo.." She saw his eyes narrow at the name. "Neo, I don't know if I have really lost you, but I don't blame you for this. It's not your fault. I tried to keep my promise, I did, I'm sorry Neo. I love you."
***
Neo/Smith had been sneering at her until that point. Trinity saw him falter at her last words, and his eyes widen
Morpheus blinked and slowly opened his eyes, he looked from Trinity to Neo fearfully. What was going on?
Neo felt like he had just woken up, only he was still in his bad dream. What had happened? He'd shot her. He had shot Trinity, she was going to die, and he had killed her. He opened his mouth wordlessly, what had he done?
//No, he had wanted to do this. She had deserved it. He would finish her off then he could kill..//
Neo started to back away from Trinity. This wasn't him. He didn't want to kill anyone. //Yes he did.// No! he didn't. //But he did, he was supposed to kill...// No! //Yes//
"Neo?" Trinity pleaded
He gripped his head with his hands, trying to get the voices it his head to stop. He felt so confused. He loved Trinity, he had never wanted to kill her... //Yes he had// No, he hadn't //Yes, he had meant to. // No! //Yes!//
"NO!" Neo yelled in desperation, and fell to his knees. He couldn't kill her, he couldn't. //yes he, could and he would// "Shut Up!!" Neo screamed, trying to fight back, to find himself. He had to help Trinity, not kill her. But was it already to late? He slammed his hands on the hard black tarmac, screwed up his eyes and yelled again.
It looked like Neo was fighting, Trinity smiled faintly as she wondered if she would be around to see who won. Much to her amassment, as Neo yelled, she thought she saw a faint image of Smith rise up from him. Maybe she was just hallucinating from blood loss.
Neo let out a deep breath he didn't realise he had been holding, and wavered slightly on the spot. Gone were the thoughts that weren't his, and the irresistible urge to kill Trinity and Morpheus. He was himself again.
His head instantly shot up. Trinity. She needed medical attention, if she wasn't already dead.
Trinity now defiantly thought she was seeing things. It looked like Neo was staring back at her with *his* big, concerned, frightened brown eyes.
"Trinity?" He whispered, on the verge of tears.
Trinity blinked a few times, could he be..? Was this really Neo? Or just another trick? "Neo?" She inquired, unsure.
He gave a weak smile, and stared down at the floor for a few seconds. When he looked back up, his eyes glistened with tears. Eyes she could never mistake for anyone else again. "I'm sorry Trin" he choked "I thought ...I nearly...."
Trinity didn't let him finish, ignoring the pain from her wound, she grasped Neo tightly and protectively into a hug. "It's alright Neo" She soothed
Neo smiled and slipped his arms around her waist. He stopped abruptly however, as his fingers came into contact with the sticky blood seeping through her jacket.
Neo quickly withdrew from the embrace, and stared at the rich crimson substance covering his shaking hands. Trinity's blood. He only realised he was still wearing the Agent suit as he noticed the dark stains on the otherwise immaculate sleeves. Surely there shouldn't be this much blood? It was everywhere. Her blood was all over him. Trinity's blood. She was going to die, and it was all his fault.
"Neo, what's wrong?" Trinity asked, worried.
Neo looked at her, horrified, and back to his bloodied hands, but didn't say a word.
Morpheus moved towards Neo cautiously, he noticed his friends usually pale pallor, was now stark white. He no longer had any doubts that this was truly Neo. But it looked as though he was going into shock.
Morpheus helped Trinity to bandage her injury with his jacket, to slow the blood loss. "Neo are you alright?" he questioned, getting concerned.
Neo continued to stare down at his hands, he didn't seem to have heard Morpheus at all. "Neo. We need to get away from here." Morpheus said, looking to Trinity for help.
Neo heard him, but it didn't matter. There was no way they could get Trinity to a hospital, and a phone wouldn't help. Smith was still on the ship, working through Bane, He could pull the plug on them any second.
It was just like his dream. He'd shot her without a second thought. It was his fault, he knew it. He hadn't fought hard enough, he had given in to Smith much to easily. He should have been able to stay in control. But he had just given up. And now they were all going to die. Because of him.
The Neb
Bane/Smith glared at the computer screen in disbelief. Neo had managed to get rid of his virus *and* regain control. He hadn't even managed to kill both Morpheus and Trinity. Trinity was injured, but not dead. That wasn't what he had wanted. He had wanted Neo to kill her. He had wanted revenge.
He turned away from Link and the screen and walked over to where Neo lay, apparently peaceful, in the loading chair, and aimed his gun.
The Matrix- Park
Suddenly Morpheus' phone rang. He abandoned his attempts to get through to Neo, and answered it. It was Link. "Morpheus, I haven't got long, but Smith or Bane or whoever, isn't watching me at the moment and I've managed to get you a line out in the old Hotel across from here. You have to move quickly though, I'm reading some Agents coming. And Smith, or Bane, or whoever, I think he's given up on the revenge thing, He's gonna kill Neo."
Morpheus snapped his phone shut and looked back to Trinity, who was still bleeding heavily, and Neo who was now staring blankly at the floor. Morpheus helped Trinity up, and got her to lean over his shoulder, she was starting to slip in and out of consciousness.
"Neo!" Morpheus said sharply.
Neo jumped slightly and slowly lifted his head towards Morpheus. He looked like a lost child.
"Neo, we have to go. Now. Link says Smith is ready to shoot you on the ship." Morpheus said hurriedly. Trinity's eyes widened in shock.
Neo however, gave a short, sharp laugh. Trinity frowned, the sound didn't suit him.
"Do you *really* think Smith killing *me* would be such a terrible thing?" Neo replied bitterly. "I mean, it's *my* fault were all going to die, It's my fault that, that Trinity...." his voice broke as he trailed off.
"Neo it's not your fault! You weren't doing it!" Trinity retorted.
Neo just shook his head. "I should have been able to stop it. I shouldn't have given in so easily. I should have...Trinity. I couldn't protect you, I couldn't save you, I was the one you needed protection from. I shot you."
"Neo we *have* to go!" She replied "Or else Smith is going to shoot you, we don't have much time.."
"It doesn't matter." He muttered, shaking his head. "I failed. There's nothing we can do now, so what's the point."
"Look Neo." Trinity yelled. "I told you that I didn't blame you for this. I know you did everything you could to try and stop it. But if you're just going to, to give up now, to let Smith win, then maybe I was wrong." She finished, breathing heavily.
Neo blinked and stared open-mouthed at her, she still didn't blame him? She wanted him to go back, after what he had done, she wanted him to fight?
She was right.
Closing his eyes and placing his palms on the tarmac, he concentrated, his Agent suit shimmered, and slowly changed into his normal Matrix clothes. He paused a second, to try and quell his internal demons. Then he stood up, his face emotionless, and calmly put on his dark sunglasses.
"Let's go."
The Matrix- Hotel
Trinity leant onto Morpheus and Neo as the trio moved as fast as possible to the derelict redbrick hotel. Neo knew that he might not have much time, but Trinity had given him the determination he had needed. He knew he may not win against Smith now, but he was still going to try. He at least hoped the Trinity and Morpheus would get back safely.
Halfway up the large dust covered staircase the three, heard a distinct ringing from the room in front of them. Neo and Morpheus shared a look and Morpheus gently eased Trinity onto the banister, and bolted into the room.
Both pairs of eyes watched anxitiously from the stairs. "let's hope Smith brags as much as he usually does, for my sake." Said Neo. Trinity laughed nervously
The Neb
Bane/Smith was facing Neo's silent form, his eyes glinting madly. "So you think you won, did you Mister Anderson?" Bane/Smith accused
"You think you're so safe in the Matrix, with your powers. But here, Mister Anderson. Here, you are only human. You can die." Bane/Smith said smiling maliciously, as his finger started to press down on the trigger "I'd like to see you dodge this bullet."
Link jumped at the shot, and thud that then followed.
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Sorry I had to split it up into two parts guys, but it seemed a good place to cut it!!
*** FIGHT***
Trinity didn't see the third shot, but she felt it.
The bullet ripped through her jacket and hit her in the stomach. She stopped running and looked down, shocked, at the blood trickling down the front of her jacket.
She was going to die. She let out a soft "Oh" before her legs buckled and she fell to the floor.
The next thing Trinity saw was Neo, grimly towering over her, gun in hand, eyes dark and resolute. 'God', she thought 'He's going to finish me off. Well, I suppose it's better then leaving me here to bleed to death.'
Neo/Smith was staring down at Trinity. //She was going to die now. He had won.// He smiled with self-satisfaction as he brought the gun up to her head.
"Any last words?" he questioned smugly.
Trinity looked back up at him, unfearfully. Praying that she could find some sign of the real Neo behind his cold, harsh gaze, just so she could say goodbye.
Finally, she sighed, defeated. "Yes, Neo.." She saw his eyes narrow at the name. "Neo, I don't know if I have really lost you, but I don't blame you for this. It's not your fault. I tried to keep my promise, I did, I'm sorry Neo. I love you."
***
Neo/Smith had been sneering at her until that point. Trinity saw him falter at her last words, and his eyes widen
Morpheus blinked and slowly opened his eyes, he looked from Trinity to Neo fearfully. What was going on?
Neo felt like he had just woken up, only he was still in his bad dream. What had happened? He'd shot her. He had shot Trinity, she was going to die, and he had killed her. He opened his mouth wordlessly, what had he done?
//No, he had wanted to do this. She had deserved it. He would finish her off then he could kill..//
Neo started to back away from Trinity. This wasn't him. He didn't want to kill anyone. //Yes he did.// No! he didn't. //But he did, he was supposed to kill...// No! //Yes//
"Neo?" Trinity pleaded
He gripped his head with his hands, trying to get the voices it his head to stop. He felt so confused. He loved Trinity, he had never wanted to kill her... //Yes he had// No, he hadn't //Yes, he had meant to. // No! //Yes!//
"NO!" Neo yelled in desperation, and fell to his knees. He couldn't kill her, he couldn't. //yes he, could and he would// "Shut Up!!" Neo screamed, trying to fight back, to find himself. He had to help Trinity, not kill her. But was it already to late? He slammed his hands on the hard black tarmac, screwed up his eyes and yelled again.
It looked like Neo was fighting, Trinity smiled faintly as she wondered if she would be around to see who won. Much to her amassment, as Neo yelled, she thought she saw a faint image of Smith rise up from him. Maybe she was just hallucinating from blood loss.
Neo let out a deep breath he didn't realise he had been holding, and wavered slightly on the spot. Gone were the thoughts that weren't his, and the irresistible urge to kill Trinity and Morpheus. He was himself again.
His head instantly shot up. Trinity. She needed medical attention, if she wasn't already dead.
Trinity now defiantly thought she was seeing things. It looked like Neo was staring back at her with *his* big, concerned, frightened brown eyes.
"Trinity?" He whispered, on the verge of tears.
Trinity blinked a few times, could he be..? Was this really Neo? Or just another trick? "Neo?" She inquired, unsure.
He gave a weak smile, and stared down at the floor for a few seconds. When he looked back up, his eyes glistened with tears. Eyes she could never mistake for anyone else again. "I'm sorry Trin" he choked "I thought ...I nearly...."
Trinity didn't let him finish, ignoring the pain from her wound, she grasped Neo tightly and protectively into a hug. "It's alright Neo" She soothed
Neo smiled and slipped his arms around her waist. He stopped abruptly however, as his fingers came into contact with the sticky blood seeping through her jacket.
Neo quickly withdrew from the embrace, and stared at the rich crimson substance covering his shaking hands. Trinity's blood. He only realised he was still wearing the Agent suit as he noticed the dark stains on the otherwise immaculate sleeves. Surely there shouldn't be this much blood? It was everywhere. Her blood was all over him. Trinity's blood. She was going to die, and it was all his fault.
"Neo, what's wrong?" Trinity asked, worried.
Neo looked at her, horrified, and back to his bloodied hands, but didn't say a word.
Morpheus moved towards Neo cautiously, he noticed his friends usually pale pallor, was now stark white. He no longer had any doubts that this was truly Neo. But it looked as though he was going into shock.
Morpheus helped Trinity to bandage her injury with his jacket, to slow the blood loss. "Neo are you alright?" he questioned, getting concerned.
Neo continued to stare down at his hands, he didn't seem to have heard Morpheus at all. "Neo. We need to get away from here." Morpheus said, looking to Trinity for help.
Neo heard him, but it didn't matter. There was no way they could get Trinity to a hospital, and a phone wouldn't help. Smith was still on the ship, working through Bane, He could pull the plug on them any second.
It was just like his dream. He'd shot her without a second thought. It was his fault, he knew it. He hadn't fought hard enough, he had given in to Smith much to easily. He should have been able to stay in control. But he had just given up. And now they were all going to die. Because of him.
The Neb
Bane/Smith glared at the computer screen in disbelief. Neo had managed to get rid of his virus *and* regain control. He hadn't even managed to kill both Morpheus and Trinity. Trinity was injured, but not dead. That wasn't what he had wanted. He had wanted Neo to kill her. He had wanted revenge.
He turned away from Link and the screen and walked over to where Neo lay, apparently peaceful, in the loading chair, and aimed his gun.
The Matrix- Park
Suddenly Morpheus' phone rang. He abandoned his attempts to get through to Neo, and answered it. It was Link. "Morpheus, I haven't got long, but Smith or Bane or whoever, isn't watching me at the moment and I've managed to get you a line out in the old Hotel across from here. You have to move quickly though, I'm reading some Agents coming. And Smith, or Bane, or whoever, I think he's given up on the revenge thing, He's gonna kill Neo."
Morpheus snapped his phone shut and looked back to Trinity, who was still bleeding heavily, and Neo who was now staring blankly at the floor. Morpheus helped Trinity up, and got her to lean over his shoulder, she was starting to slip in and out of consciousness.
"Neo!" Morpheus said sharply.
Neo jumped slightly and slowly lifted his head towards Morpheus. He looked like a lost child.
"Neo, we have to go. Now. Link says Smith is ready to shoot you on the ship." Morpheus said hurriedly. Trinity's eyes widened in shock.
Neo however, gave a short, sharp laugh. Trinity frowned, the sound didn't suit him.
"Do you *really* think Smith killing *me* would be such a terrible thing?" Neo replied bitterly. "I mean, it's *my* fault were all going to die, It's my fault that, that Trinity...." his voice broke as he trailed off.
"Neo it's not your fault! You weren't doing it!" Trinity retorted.
Neo just shook his head. "I should have been able to stop it. I shouldn't have given in so easily. I should have...Trinity. I couldn't protect you, I couldn't save you, I was the one you needed protection from. I shot you."
"Neo we *have* to go!" She replied "Or else Smith is going to shoot you, we don't have much time.."
"It doesn't matter." He muttered, shaking his head. "I failed. There's nothing we can do now, so what's the point."
"Look Neo." Trinity yelled. "I told you that I didn't blame you for this. I know you did everything you could to try and stop it. But if you're just going to, to give up now, to let Smith win, then maybe I was wrong." She finished, breathing heavily.
Neo blinked and stared open-mouthed at her, she still didn't blame him? She wanted him to go back, after what he had done, she wanted him to fight?
She was right.
Closing his eyes and placing his palms on the tarmac, he concentrated, his Agent suit shimmered, and slowly changed into his normal Matrix clothes. He paused a second, to try and quell his internal demons. Then he stood up, his face emotionless, and calmly put on his dark sunglasses.
"Let's go."
The Matrix- Hotel
Trinity leant onto Morpheus and Neo as the trio moved as fast as possible to the derelict redbrick hotel. Neo knew that he might not have much time, but Trinity had given him the determination he had needed. He knew he may not win against Smith now, but he was still going to try. He at least hoped the Trinity and Morpheus would get back safely.
Halfway up the large dust covered staircase the three, heard a distinct ringing from the room in front of them. Neo and Morpheus shared a look and Morpheus gently eased Trinity onto the banister, and bolted into the room.
Both pairs of eyes watched anxitiously from the stairs. "let's hope Smith brags as much as he usually does, for my sake." Said Neo. Trinity laughed nervously
The Neb
Bane/Smith was facing Neo's silent form, his eyes glinting madly. "So you think you won, did you Mister Anderson?" Bane/Smith accused
"You think you're so safe in the Matrix, with your powers. But here, Mister Anderson. Here, you are only human. You can die." Bane/Smith said smiling maliciously, as his finger started to press down on the trigger "I'd like to see you dodge this bullet."
Link jumped at the shot, and thud that then followed.
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Sorry I had to split it up into two parts guys, but it seemed a good place to cut it!!
