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What if.....? Chapter 2 - 'First' contact

Trinity had told Morpheus of the history she had had with Thomas. They had decided not to tell the rest of the crew. Trinity didn't want it to become a subject for gossip and she knew that people would always watch them, wonder if they would get together. Cypher had picked up on something though in the way Trinity watched Neo. He never guessed the real reason she was always watching but he thought he knew.

When Morpheus had told her that she would be their first contact person with Neo, she could hardly believe it. She had fought with him, told him that she thought it was a bad idea. What if he recognised her? Morpheus had not seen a problem with that and insisted that Trinity do this.

So here she was, standing in a terrible night-club, watching him from a safe distance. Taking a deep breath she walked towards him.

"Hello Neo."

"How do you know that name?" His back was still turned to her.

"I know a lot about you." 'More than you could guess'

"Who are you?"

'There's a question. Who am I? The person you knew or someone different.' Trinity couldn't honestly answer that question the way it was given so she replied the only way she could. "My name is Trinity."

"Trinity...The Trinity? The one that cracked the IRS-dbase?"

"That was a long time ago." 'Nine years.'

"Jesus."

"What?" 'Oh God, he knows. He's somehow recognised me!'

"I umm...I just thought you were a guy."

Trinity smiled slightly. 'Defiantly not.' "Most guys do."

"That was you on my computer. How did you do that?"

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The speech that she had prepared came out sounding spontaneous but her mind could barely focus on it when she was so close to Neo. Trinity left, knowing that Neo's eyes were still on her. She walked straight out the door and took out her phone. "Tank I need an exit."

"One ready. Same place you came in."

She shut the phone and made her way to the exit.

When she woke in the real world she saw Tank standing over her. "So did he take the bait?" He was excited at the thought that Neo could be the One and wanted to make sure that they got him.

"Yeah he took it."

"You ok?"

"Of course."