One Month Later
"Neo, are you sure we should go in now? Maybe he's not ready for the truth." Niobe asked.
"I watched Flisk for four months before the shit hit the fan. He's ready." Neo sat in his plug in seat, waiting to be jacked in.
~~*~~
Neo sat in the same red chair Morpheus had sat in when he gave him the two pills. Now, in front of him sat a blonde haired man in his mid-twenties with striking green eyes. Opening his two hands to reveal the blue and red pills, Neo waited for him to choose. As Flisk reached towards the blue pill, Neo spoke, stopping him.
"Remember, this choice is yours alone, but what you've been searching for the last three years is at the end of taking the red pill." Neo sat, allowing the point to sink it. Sighing inwardly as he took the blue pill and swallowed it, Neo stood. As Flisk slipped into unconsciousness, Neo opened the doors to the unplugging room.
"Where is he?" Trinity asked, curious.
"Bring the car around. He's going home." Neo lowered his head. Sure he'd unplugged Wish, who'd eagerly accepted the red pill, but he was almost sure Flisk would take it too.
~~*~~
"Not everyone takes the red pill. Remember that." Morpheus placed a hand on Neo's shoulder when he woke up in the Real World.
"Okay, can we talk about Grace and the anomaly and your powers again now?" Niobe asked, trying to get back to the most important discussion since Neo became aware of it three days ago.
"What can I say? The machines immediately became aware of my ability to force a huge amount of power into their systems and have put up some sort of deflector shield so I can't do it. That's an end of those powers, unless I want to be thrown into a wall each time from the force of the shield. As for Grace, well, the machines also became aware of her hacking into the mainframe when Trinity went in to hack a few files in order to help us. They locked down the mainframe and moved all the files. Another dead-end." Neo stood up, shaking his head. Everything they had going for them had just recently gone down the drain.
"So are we going to pull her out?" Wish asked from the empty operator's chair. A newly unplugged, she was learning exceptionally fast how to become a medic. At the moment, Morpheus was teaching her the last things she needed to know before she could become a full-fledged medic on the ship.
Neo nodded before responding. "Yeah, but we need her to shut down her system. It's fucking with the machines' control in a way that's not good for us. It can actually keep us stuck in the Matrix if it screws up enough. Once shut down, we'll pull her out."
"All right, so we have a plan. Tomorrow we'll go in and get her out." Morpheus concluded.
~~*~~
"Hey, have you spoken with Ghost yet?" Neo asked. Trinity had kept putting off her conversation with him for a month and each day, Neo was becoming more and more persistent.
"I'll go now if you want me too." Trinity replied, stopping in her tracks.
"Yeah, it's really unnerving me." Neo responded, shrugging his shoulders.
"All right. I'll be back soon." Trinity smiled gently before turning and walking down the hall in the opposite direction they were coming.
~~*~~
"Ghost? Can I come in?" Trinity asked, opening the door slightly.
"Yeah." Came the soft reply.
Trinity stepped into the room and shut the door. Leaning against it, she began her inquiry.
"What's wrong Ghost? You've been different to both me and Neo ever since the sentinel attack."
"Sometimes an event changes your view on things." Came the short reply.
"What do you mean?" Trinity asked, genuinely confused.
"When death bumps against you in the real world, how you look at a person or persons, changes. In the Matrix I'm used to fighting death daily, no biggie for me. But in the real world, it's real. There is no exit to get me home to safety. This is it. When I saw the deaths that occurred, I just came to realization that I didn't want to die without being truthful to myself."
"And what truth is that?"
"I love you. I always have. I just never knew how much or how deeply until that attack because it was then that I knew that your life could be snuffed out so quickly, and I didn't want it to be." Ghost paused.
Trinity stared, in shock. This was something never to be expected, least of all from Ghost.
"And now that I know, it's just so, I don't know, irritating to see you and Neo together. Because I want to be there. I'm sorry. I don't know how I've changed. I just have." Ghost shook his head.
"Ghost-" Pausing to think about what to say, Trinity took a breath before continuing. "You'll always be my friend, and I'll always care for you. But don't be mad at Neo, he's the One. Our savior. Don't be mad at him for something as small as being with me."
"It's not small. It's huge." Ghost stood, anger swelling. Trinity was taken aback. This man never got angry; he was always calm and collected. A tempest controlled behind a pair of watchful eyes.
"Ghost. I'm sorry. But this is not something I'm changing." Trinity decided it would be better if she left now before she saw him explode.
"I know. I know." Ghost sank back down to the bed. Waving her away, he said, "Go on, go. Leave me be."
Trinity left, shell shocked and confused.
~~*~~
"So? What did he say?" Neo asked the moment Trinity walked into their room.
Trinity sat on the bed before answering.
"He- he- he loves me. And is jealous of you because you're with me."
"When did this start?"
"After the attack." Trinity replied, staring at the wall.
"Holy shit." Neo sat back, leaning back on the bed.
"Yes."
"Neo, are you sure we should go in now? Maybe he's not ready for the truth." Niobe asked.
"I watched Flisk for four months before the shit hit the fan. He's ready." Neo sat in his plug in seat, waiting to be jacked in.
~~*~~
Neo sat in the same red chair Morpheus had sat in when he gave him the two pills. Now, in front of him sat a blonde haired man in his mid-twenties with striking green eyes. Opening his two hands to reveal the blue and red pills, Neo waited for him to choose. As Flisk reached towards the blue pill, Neo spoke, stopping him.
"Remember, this choice is yours alone, but what you've been searching for the last three years is at the end of taking the red pill." Neo sat, allowing the point to sink it. Sighing inwardly as he took the blue pill and swallowed it, Neo stood. As Flisk slipped into unconsciousness, Neo opened the doors to the unplugging room.
"Where is he?" Trinity asked, curious.
"Bring the car around. He's going home." Neo lowered his head. Sure he'd unplugged Wish, who'd eagerly accepted the red pill, but he was almost sure Flisk would take it too.
~~*~~
"Not everyone takes the red pill. Remember that." Morpheus placed a hand on Neo's shoulder when he woke up in the Real World.
"Okay, can we talk about Grace and the anomaly and your powers again now?" Niobe asked, trying to get back to the most important discussion since Neo became aware of it three days ago.
"What can I say? The machines immediately became aware of my ability to force a huge amount of power into their systems and have put up some sort of deflector shield so I can't do it. That's an end of those powers, unless I want to be thrown into a wall each time from the force of the shield. As for Grace, well, the machines also became aware of her hacking into the mainframe when Trinity went in to hack a few files in order to help us. They locked down the mainframe and moved all the files. Another dead-end." Neo stood up, shaking his head. Everything they had going for them had just recently gone down the drain.
"So are we going to pull her out?" Wish asked from the empty operator's chair. A newly unplugged, she was learning exceptionally fast how to become a medic. At the moment, Morpheus was teaching her the last things she needed to know before she could become a full-fledged medic on the ship.
Neo nodded before responding. "Yeah, but we need her to shut down her system. It's fucking with the machines' control in a way that's not good for us. It can actually keep us stuck in the Matrix if it screws up enough. Once shut down, we'll pull her out."
"All right, so we have a plan. Tomorrow we'll go in and get her out." Morpheus concluded.
~~*~~
"Hey, have you spoken with Ghost yet?" Neo asked. Trinity had kept putting off her conversation with him for a month and each day, Neo was becoming more and more persistent.
"I'll go now if you want me too." Trinity replied, stopping in her tracks.
"Yeah, it's really unnerving me." Neo responded, shrugging his shoulders.
"All right. I'll be back soon." Trinity smiled gently before turning and walking down the hall in the opposite direction they were coming.
~~*~~
"Ghost? Can I come in?" Trinity asked, opening the door slightly.
"Yeah." Came the soft reply.
Trinity stepped into the room and shut the door. Leaning against it, she began her inquiry.
"What's wrong Ghost? You've been different to both me and Neo ever since the sentinel attack."
"Sometimes an event changes your view on things." Came the short reply.
"What do you mean?" Trinity asked, genuinely confused.
"When death bumps against you in the real world, how you look at a person or persons, changes. In the Matrix I'm used to fighting death daily, no biggie for me. But in the real world, it's real. There is no exit to get me home to safety. This is it. When I saw the deaths that occurred, I just came to realization that I didn't want to die without being truthful to myself."
"And what truth is that?"
"I love you. I always have. I just never knew how much or how deeply until that attack because it was then that I knew that your life could be snuffed out so quickly, and I didn't want it to be." Ghost paused.
Trinity stared, in shock. This was something never to be expected, least of all from Ghost.
"And now that I know, it's just so, I don't know, irritating to see you and Neo together. Because I want to be there. I'm sorry. I don't know how I've changed. I just have." Ghost shook his head.
"Ghost-" Pausing to think about what to say, Trinity took a breath before continuing. "You'll always be my friend, and I'll always care for you. But don't be mad at Neo, he's the One. Our savior. Don't be mad at him for something as small as being with me."
"It's not small. It's huge." Ghost stood, anger swelling. Trinity was taken aback. This man never got angry; he was always calm and collected. A tempest controlled behind a pair of watchful eyes.
"Ghost. I'm sorry. But this is not something I'm changing." Trinity decided it would be better if she left now before she saw him explode.
"I know. I know." Ghost sank back down to the bed. Waving her away, he said, "Go on, go. Leave me be."
Trinity left, shell shocked and confused.
~~*~~
"So? What did he say?" Neo asked the moment Trinity walked into their room.
Trinity sat on the bed before answering.
"He- he- he loves me. And is jealous of you because you're with me."
"When did this start?"
"After the attack." Trinity replied, staring at the wall.
"Holy shit." Neo sat back, leaning back on the bed.
"Yes."
