The Matrix: Reverberations Disclaimer: I did not create the Matrix. However. It is a marvelous place to visit! See the monumental skyscrapers! See the majestic Agents... (an Agent once bit my sister. It's true. She was carving her initials in the side of the Agent with...) (we apologize for the fault in the disclaimer and would like to notify the reader that those responsible have been sacked.) (mind you Agent bites can be very painful...) (AN: A little note on the couples in Reverberations: Neo and Trinity started as an item, but broke up after Trinity learned Smith was pregnant by Neo following one of Neo's excursions into the Matrix after a night of love with Trinity.

Agent Johnson is assigned to kill Smith, but is too fascinated by Smith's unexpected condition to destroy him. He brings Smith to a safe place and begins to fall in love with him.

Trinity, on the rebound from her relationship with Neo, finds a new friend and their relationship begins to grow into something more.)

(pairings (current): Johnson/Smith) (pairings (coming): Neo/Smith, Smith-Bane/Trinity. ------------------ -Part 8-

Smith-Bane, known to the people around him as Bane, yawned as his phone rang. "Yes, I'm coming," he snarled, picking it up. "Hello?"

"Bane," Trinity's voice came through, loud and clear. "I hope I did't wake you. I need someone to talk to."

"How's Neo?" Smith-Bane wanted to know.

"That's what I want to discuss with you," Trinity told him. "We broke up."

"That's too bad," Smith-Bane shrugged. "So, tell me. What happened? Last I heard, you two were the big couple."

"He got Agent Smith pregnant."

Smith-Bane, who was experimenting to see if he liked coffee suddenly sprayed it all over the monitor in front of him. He found a cloth and began to wipe it clean.

"He did *WHAT*?!"

Trinity blanched. She had no expected this reaction.

"I've got to call you back," Smith-Bane told her. "I have to check something."

Trinity nodded, then disconnected. She went to work on some repairs that needed tending to while she waited for him to call her back.

*****

Smith-Bane linked himself into the Matrix and quickly located the expectant Smith.

"I have no intention of turning you in," he growled. "I just want to know if the rumors I've heard are true. That you are carrying Mr. Anderson's child."

(tbc...)