Neo sat, back against the invisible barrier, watching Trinity slowly pace back and forth.

"You know, you would be less tired if you sat."

"If I sit I'll get restless. How long does it take for the group to get out?"

"One hour, if there are no complications." Neo replied, shaking his long coat off and opening the first two buttons on his shirt.

Trinity had tossed her coat to the ground long before, but he wasn't moving, so he wasn't as hot. Knowing that the sun wasn't real didn't do much to keep its heat from making them sweat in the Matrix desert.

"Well then, how long has it been?" Trinity asked, pausing mid step.

"Almost forty-five." Neo replied, adjusting his sitting position to be more comfortable. "The only good news about this is that sentinel attacks will be next to none since they think they wiped us out, and that we won't starve as long as the crew gives us IVs."

"I hope we're not in here that long." Trinity replied.

"Why not?"

"Because, I don't like being in the Matrix for extended periods of time, much less a place that we don't know for an extended period of time." Trinity explained, resuming her pacing.

"Do you know if there are any hard-lines around here?" Neo asked.

"If there were, do you really think we'd still be here?" Off Neo's hurt look, "I'm sorry, just, why do you ask?"

"Because I was thinking we could get a change of clothes. It's too damn hot to be wearing black clothing, much less pants and long-sleeved shirts." Neo replied, turning his head to one side.

"It's not real." Trinity replied, but her glistening skin said otherwise.

"Yeah, but that doesn't make it feel any less real." Neo shot back, running a hand through his hair.

The conversation died until a phone's ring sliced through the silence. Neo jumped in shock before grabbing his coat and taking the phone out. Trinity walked over and sat beside him.

"Talk to me." Neo said upon opening the phone.

"What did the code look like when you looked at it?" Morpheus' voice cut through, ignoring Neo's statement.

"Well, it looked really complicated. I'd say it was 4-D, but I'm not sure. It was hexagon upon hexagon upon octagon upon octagon in a double helix sort of coding. Really weird. And the most unusual part is that is was blue coding. Not green, but blue." Neo replied, retelling what he saw.

"Blue?" Both Morpheus and Trinity asked.

"Blue." Neo replied, nodding.

"Hmmm. Neo, tell Trinity to open her phone, so she can hear what I'm going to say."

Neo nodded to Trinity who got out her phone and opened it, placing it against her ear. Morpheus flipped a switch, enabling both of them to hear him at the same time.

"Blue coding usually means something or someone hacking into the Matrix program from an outside source, not like our pirate signal, but something else." Morpheus answered after he could hear Trinity's quiet breathing.

"Like what? An unplugged hacking from his laptop somewhere else in the Real World?" Neo asked, trying to grasp the information.

"No. Well, possibly, but not likely. More of, a program within a program, that hacked out into the Real World and is hacking back in."

"What?" Neo asked, eyes widening.

"What the hell or who the hell would do that?" Trinity questioned.

"Someone who didn't know they were hacking in and out of the very program they live in, or believe they live in." Morpheus calmly replied.

"Okay, well, would they be in this place?" Neo asked.

"Presumably, yes. But to find them, you have to figure out the coding enough to hack it and search. You can't just walk around the entire place, expecting to walk into them. They don't KNOW that they're doing this. What you need to do, is make a key of the coding, to understand it, then search for the source."

"Morpheus, when he looked at the coding, he couldn't stop, it wouldn't let him." Trinity interjected.

"Well, how did he stop?" Morpheus inquired.

Trinity paused before responding.

"I kissed him."

"Good, then do that every time."

"What if the coding somehow fights back? Like when a disease gets used to a drug and then the drug can't be used anymore because it's not strong enough."

"Then do more than a kiss." Morpheus concluded.

Trinity nodded, but didn't respond.

"Neo, we'll be working here to decipher the coding, but since you're the One and since you're in there, you might have a better chance. We'll call you every hour, whether we made any progress or not. Sound good?" Morpheus asked.

"Yeah. Okay." Neo replied before shutting off the phone. "Deciphering, right. Just as easy as regular coding. Right." Neo mumbled.

"Your afraid of looking at the coding again." Trinity stated.

Neo turned to look at her before nodding slowly.

"It's okay to be afraid. We're allowed to be afraid. But we also need you to do this." Trinity slid her hand into his and gave it a squeeze.

Neo smiled tightly before standing, still gripping her hand. Removing his glasses, Neo closed his eyes. In the darkness, Trinity's voice calmed his nerves.

"Remember, I'm here, and I'm not letting go."

Neo smiled again, before opening his eyes to the confusion of blue coding.

~~~~~

And just what does he find out? Hmmm? I promise next chapter will be the beginning of the prequel. Well, I'm off to go write chapter 19. Seems weird huh? I've just posted chapter 14 and I'm on 19. Oh well. I like being ahead of the game. More fun for me. Adios!