"Hey Kid, don't get into too much trouble, you hear me?" Link asked before
Kid was whisked away from the dock to bring him to the council.
"I'll try, and thanks guys. Thank you Neo."
"Pleasure." Neo replied, smiling gently.
~~*~~
"There will be a gathering in the Temple tonight, as it is exactly five months since the One was discovered." Ballard told Trinity, who only arched an eyebrow at him. "Speaking of which, where is Neo?"
"Roaming." Trinity replied simply. Neo had told her he would walk around Zion for a bit to just experience it. Trinity had nodded, and then decided to get out too, heading towards Zion's only bar, a place she had only visited if Switch wasn't busy with Apoc while in Zion.
"You serious?" Upon receiving a nod, he continued. "Why's he doing that?"
"I guess it gives him a feeling of blessing and peace, seeing all these people, fighting for the same thing, the lines and prejudices in the Matrix eliminated. He once told me it gave him hope. When I asked how, he simply answered that it gave him hope that when the war was at it's end, he, as the One, fighting to save them, would not be alone. The One is alone, as the only human who can do the things he can do, but he said he knew he wouldn't be alone."
"Wow. Introspective?" Ballard asked, smiling.
"He thinks quite a bit about this world, more than sometimes I do, and I've been here longer." Trinity replied, lifting a drink to her lips. No alcohol whatsoever existed in this world, but something other than the metallic water and white goop on the ships was good enough for any soldier.
"Well, I guess it's because he's supposed to end the war and save all of us. Makes a guy think about what he's saving." Ballard commented, watching her swallow.
"Maybe. I should go. I wanted to catch Ghost before the Logos left." Trinity smiled before pushing the cup towards Ballard, who grasped it in his hand and finished it off before following her out.
"I'll catch you later, maybe at the Temple tonight?" Ballard asked offhand as they began moving in opposite directions.
"Maybe. Bye Ballard." Trinity waved before turning around to get to the lift.
~~*~~
"Hello Trinity. This is a nice surprise. I was unaware the Nebuchadnezzar was docked." Ghost smiled as he opened his door only to find Trinity standing outside it.
"Hi Ghost. Yeah, we arrived unexpectedly." Trinity replied.
"I'm sorry, I forgot my manners, please, come in." Ghost backed up and gestured her in.
"Thanks. How has it been?"
"All right I supposed. Not worse, maybe a bit better. Sparks is more sarcastic, but that's about all." Ghost laughed softly as he sat on his bed, while Trinity sat in the chair by the door.
"Same here, even the sarcastic bit about Link." Trinity replied, nodding.
"How have you been?"
"Fine. After the whole Tsunami ordeal, everything settled down to the usual normalcy. That is, if you consider fighting sentinels in the real world, agents in the Matrix, and having the One on your ship normal."
"Our lives are different from Coppertops." Ghost stated as if in realization.
"That should be a good thing."
"And it is. Say, where is he anyway?" Ghosts asked, cocking his head to one side.
"Neo doesn't have to be around me all the time you know. I did live without him at one time." Trinity stated coolly.
"Yes you did, but as you told me once, nearly a month before you began watching him, you felt as if you weren't alive. You said you felt cold and alone. When you walked off the Neb after Neo was found, and I saw you at Temple, you looked so alive. You skin tone glowed, your eyes were bright, not too mention..." Ghost trailed off, smiling.
"Not to mention what?" Trinity asked, smiling also.
"Not to mention that your body, the minute Neo came within sight, just oozed sexual energy." Ghost finished, laughing softly at the look on Trinity's face. "Don't worry, it's not bad. I was happy and relieved. Besides, love and affection are proudly expressed in Zion. Life is hard and love is a distinct feeling that is amazing, and cannot be programmed. Perhaps that is why the machines fail at keeping every human plugged into the Matrix. The one feeling that humans have sets them free because the machines do not understand it, and therefore cannot program it correctly."
"Wow, you think quite a bit on this topic?" Trinity asked, an eyebrow arched in question.
"I believe love will save humanity. How, I do not know, but I believe that much. Now, I must go, showers don't come often on a ship, as you know, and I would like to have one."
"All right, it was nice catching up with you. I'll see you later Ghost."
"Bye Trinity."
~~*~~
~Drums, a beat, a rhythm, sound. Moving bodies, pressing close to each other, wanting to prove they are free. Humanity, at perhaps it's most naked. Where people let go and just feel. Just live. Freely. ~
Ghost entered the Temple with Sparks, his eyes moving through the throng of dancers, and then to the people along the walls and by the tables of food. Finding neither Trinity nor Neo, Ghost smiled, hoping they were revolting against the machines privately. Moving forward, Sparks grabbed his arm. Turning in question, Ghost instead followed where Sparks' eyes were, his own growing when he saw what had stopped Sparks.
"Did you know they could dance? Like that?" Ghost ignored the question whispered to him by Sparks, instead only watching.
Neo, shirtless, moved rhythmically against Trinity's back in circular motions. A leg slid slightly between her two, Trinity rested against him, an arm up over his neck, pulling his head down to her own neck. His left hand rested on her left hip while the other slid sensuously up and down her right side. Moving in rhythmically small and then large circles against her, Neo couldn't help but remember a name for this type of dance from the Matrix: the grind. ~Who gives a fuck anyway? ~ Neo thought as he watched Trinity shift against him, causing a shiver to go down his spine to his groin.
Trinity's dress moved fluidly against her, moving like the ocean's waves. Tensing upon feeling Neo's hands grip her waist, Trinity moved closer to him, pushing a leg through his two this time, Trinity smiled into his neck at his gasp as he noticed the place where they would undoubtedly fuse their bodies together later was pressed against his thigh.
"God, Trinity, we need to get out of here." Neo mumbled into her hair.
"Oh really?" Trinity asked, pushing against him as he moved against her body, causing a moan to escape his lips.
"Definitely." Neo replied, his voice thick and ragged. Then, deciding she needed a little persuasion, Neo moved one hand in circles around her lower back, causing her to arch into him, while the other hand slide inside the thin layer of clothe between his body and her own. Sliding his fingers slowly down and up around her abdomen, Neo felt her hands tighten their grip on him. "You want to drop to the floor, right here, right now? Or..." Neo paused, watching her eyes widen before he leaned in to nip at her lips and chin.
"Or what?" Trinity breathed against his temple.
"Or do you want privacy?" Neo finished. Not waiting for an answer, Neo closed his mouth over hers, kissing her deeply, not caring where they were. He wanted her, and they had waited too fucking long to wait any longer. Neo knew Trinity preferred to save their most passionate expressions for their room, but he just didn't want to wait any longer. It wasn't fair. It never was anyway, but at least this time he had a say in the matter. This time, he could stop worrying about sentinels and focus on heated skin and soft lips. This time, he could say, "fuck the war" and go beyond caring.
Pulling his lips slightly away from Trinity's, he felt her breathing raggedly against him.
"Privacy sounds wonderful."
"Doesn't it?"
~~*~~
"What if this is as good as it gets?" Neo remembered this quote from As Good As It Gets as he looked down at Trinity, her eyes closed in tension and pent-up passion, her brow creased in pleasure instead of worry. ~Well, if it is, then right now is heaven. ~
Neo moved fluidly against Trinity, naked skin flowing together as one. Who cared where one ended and the other began? These two certainly didn't. Open mouths, inviting lips, desire-stirring caresses, when combined together, can make you forget everything except the moment. And they were living in the moment, that much was true. Sliding his lips down her neck, Neo paused to kiss her racing pulse affectionately before continuing further. Stopping mid-kiss on her collarbone, Neo shivered as Trinity slide her hands up his back and pushed her body up against him. Sometimes, making a person melt can take minutes, days, weeks, sometimes even years. Sometimes, it can take a fraction of a second, as it did now.
Sliding his nose along Trinity's cheek, Neo's lips met her own in a soft, yet passion-driven kiss. God, how long had they waited for this? Seemed like forever. Trinity pressed her lips into the hollow of his shoulder; brow creased, her arms tightly gripping his back, fingers pressing in to the skin. Her legs moving rhythmically against Neo's as he rocked against her. It seemed as if everything they'd been holding in was exploding out in just seconds. Trinity desperately wanted to grasp it, to make it last as long as possible, but as euphoria washed over her, she gave in.
But who said giving in was bad?
~~~
Well, how 'bout that? Okay, one, possibly two chapters, oh forget it. One chapter left. It'll be a big one. I just can't take this. Too much happened in Revolutions. My God. I will not spoil, but I will say this: fuck a break. I'll take a break AFTER I write a post-Revolutions fic. I know I need it, how about you? You have any questions about this fic, or something? Sure, you can ask it in the review, but, if you e-mail it to me instead, I respond to those. 'Cause it really isn't my style to post replies to your reviews (if you noticed), nothing against you guys, I just don't do it. Oh well, gonna go whimper in the corner and think up a good way to make all you readers happy in the opening chapter of my post- Revolutions fic.
"I'll try, and thanks guys. Thank you Neo."
"Pleasure." Neo replied, smiling gently.
~~*~~
"There will be a gathering in the Temple tonight, as it is exactly five months since the One was discovered." Ballard told Trinity, who only arched an eyebrow at him. "Speaking of which, where is Neo?"
"Roaming." Trinity replied simply. Neo had told her he would walk around Zion for a bit to just experience it. Trinity had nodded, and then decided to get out too, heading towards Zion's only bar, a place she had only visited if Switch wasn't busy with Apoc while in Zion.
"You serious?" Upon receiving a nod, he continued. "Why's he doing that?"
"I guess it gives him a feeling of blessing and peace, seeing all these people, fighting for the same thing, the lines and prejudices in the Matrix eliminated. He once told me it gave him hope. When I asked how, he simply answered that it gave him hope that when the war was at it's end, he, as the One, fighting to save them, would not be alone. The One is alone, as the only human who can do the things he can do, but he said he knew he wouldn't be alone."
"Wow. Introspective?" Ballard asked, smiling.
"He thinks quite a bit about this world, more than sometimes I do, and I've been here longer." Trinity replied, lifting a drink to her lips. No alcohol whatsoever existed in this world, but something other than the metallic water and white goop on the ships was good enough for any soldier.
"Well, I guess it's because he's supposed to end the war and save all of us. Makes a guy think about what he's saving." Ballard commented, watching her swallow.
"Maybe. I should go. I wanted to catch Ghost before the Logos left." Trinity smiled before pushing the cup towards Ballard, who grasped it in his hand and finished it off before following her out.
"I'll catch you later, maybe at the Temple tonight?" Ballard asked offhand as they began moving in opposite directions.
"Maybe. Bye Ballard." Trinity waved before turning around to get to the lift.
~~*~~
"Hello Trinity. This is a nice surprise. I was unaware the Nebuchadnezzar was docked." Ghost smiled as he opened his door only to find Trinity standing outside it.
"Hi Ghost. Yeah, we arrived unexpectedly." Trinity replied.
"I'm sorry, I forgot my manners, please, come in." Ghost backed up and gestured her in.
"Thanks. How has it been?"
"All right I supposed. Not worse, maybe a bit better. Sparks is more sarcastic, but that's about all." Ghost laughed softly as he sat on his bed, while Trinity sat in the chair by the door.
"Same here, even the sarcastic bit about Link." Trinity replied, nodding.
"How have you been?"
"Fine. After the whole Tsunami ordeal, everything settled down to the usual normalcy. That is, if you consider fighting sentinels in the real world, agents in the Matrix, and having the One on your ship normal."
"Our lives are different from Coppertops." Ghost stated as if in realization.
"That should be a good thing."
"And it is. Say, where is he anyway?" Ghosts asked, cocking his head to one side.
"Neo doesn't have to be around me all the time you know. I did live without him at one time." Trinity stated coolly.
"Yes you did, but as you told me once, nearly a month before you began watching him, you felt as if you weren't alive. You said you felt cold and alone. When you walked off the Neb after Neo was found, and I saw you at Temple, you looked so alive. You skin tone glowed, your eyes were bright, not too mention..." Ghost trailed off, smiling.
"Not to mention what?" Trinity asked, smiling also.
"Not to mention that your body, the minute Neo came within sight, just oozed sexual energy." Ghost finished, laughing softly at the look on Trinity's face. "Don't worry, it's not bad. I was happy and relieved. Besides, love and affection are proudly expressed in Zion. Life is hard and love is a distinct feeling that is amazing, and cannot be programmed. Perhaps that is why the machines fail at keeping every human plugged into the Matrix. The one feeling that humans have sets them free because the machines do not understand it, and therefore cannot program it correctly."
"Wow, you think quite a bit on this topic?" Trinity asked, an eyebrow arched in question.
"I believe love will save humanity. How, I do not know, but I believe that much. Now, I must go, showers don't come often on a ship, as you know, and I would like to have one."
"All right, it was nice catching up with you. I'll see you later Ghost."
"Bye Trinity."
~~*~~
~Drums, a beat, a rhythm, sound. Moving bodies, pressing close to each other, wanting to prove they are free. Humanity, at perhaps it's most naked. Where people let go and just feel. Just live. Freely. ~
Ghost entered the Temple with Sparks, his eyes moving through the throng of dancers, and then to the people along the walls and by the tables of food. Finding neither Trinity nor Neo, Ghost smiled, hoping they were revolting against the machines privately. Moving forward, Sparks grabbed his arm. Turning in question, Ghost instead followed where Sparks' eyes were, his own growing when he saw what had stopped Sparks.
"Did you know they could dance? Like that?" Ghost ignored the question whispered to him by Sparks, instead only watching.
Neo, shirtless, moved rhythmically against Trinity's back in circular motions. A leg slid slightly between her two, Trinity rested against him, an arm up over his neck, pulling his head down to her own neck. His left hand rested on her left hip while the other slid sensuously up and down her right side. Moving in rhythmically small and then large circles against her, Neo couldn't help but remember a name for this type of dance from the Matrix: the grind. ~Who gives a fuck anyway? ~ Neo thought as he watched Trinity shift against him, causing a shiver to go down his spine to his groin.
Trinity's dress moved fluidly against her, moving like the ocean's waves. Tensing upon feeling Neo's hands grip her waist, Trinity moved closer to him, pushing a leg through his two this time, Trinity smiled into his neck at his gasp as he noticed the place where they would undoubtedly fuse their bodies together later was pressed against his thigh.
"God, Trinity, we need to get out of here." Neo mumbled into her hair.
"Oh really?" Trinity asked, pushing against him as he moved against her body, causing a moan to escape his lips.
"Definitely." Neo replied, his voice thick and ragged. Then, deciding she needed a little persuasion, Neo moved one hand in circles around her lower back, causing her to arch into him, while the other hand slide inside the thin layer of clothe between his body and her own. Sliding his fingers slowly down and up around her abdomen, Neo felt her hands tighten their grip on him. "You want to drop to the floor, right here, right now? Or..." Neo paused, watching her eyes widen before he leaned in to nip at her lips and chin.
"Or what?" Trinity breathed against his temple.
"Or do you want privacy?" Neo finished. Not waiting for an answer, Neo closed his mouth over hers, kissing her deeply, not caring where they were. He wanted her, and they had waited too fucking long to wait any longer. Neo knew Trinity preferred to save their most passionate expressions for their room, but he just didn't want to wait any longer. It wasn't fair. It never was anyway, but at least this time he had a say in the matter. This time, he could stop worrying about sentinels and focus on heated skin and soft lips. This time, he could say, "fuck the war" and go beyond caring.
Pulling his lips slightly away from Trinity's, he felt her breathing raggedly against him.
"Privacy sounds wonderful."
"Doesn't it?"
~~*~~
"What if this is as good as it gets?" Neo remembered this quote from As Good As It Gets as he looked down at Trinity, her eyes closed in tension and pent-up passion, her brow creased in pleasure instead of worry. ~Well, if it is, then right now is heaven. ~
Neo moved fluidly against Trinity, naked skin flowing together as one. Who cared where one ended and the other began? These two certainly didn't. Open mouths, inviting lips, desire-stirring caresses, when combined together, can make you forget everything except the moment. And they were living in the moment, that much was true. Sliding his lips down her neck, Neo paused to kiss her racing pulse affectionately before continuing further. Stopping mid-kiss on her collarbone, Neo shivered as Trinity slide her hands up his back and pushed her body up against him. Sometimes, making a person melt can take minutes, days, weeks, sometimes even years. Sometimes, it can take a fraction of a second, as it did now.
Sliding his nose along Trinity's cheek, Neo's lips met her own in a soft, yet passion-driven kiss. God, how long had they waited for this? Seemed like forever. Trinity pressed her lips into the hollow of his shoulder; brow creased, her arms tightly gripping his back, fingers pressing in to the skin. Her legs moving rhythmically against Neo's as he rocked against her. It seemed as if everything they'd been holding in was exploding out in just seconds. Trinity desperately wanted to grasp it, to make it last as long as possible, but as euphoria washed over her, she gave in.
But who said giving in was bad?
~~~
Well, how 'bout that? Okay, one, possibly two chapters, oh forget it. One chapter left. It'll be a big one. I just can't take this. Too much happened in Revolutions. My God. I will not spoil, but I will say this: fuck a break. I'll take a break AFTER I write a post-Revolutions fic. I know I need it, how about you? You have any questions about this fic, or something? Sure, you can ask it in the review, but, if you e-mail it to me instead, I respond to those. 'Cause it really isn't my style to post replies to your reviews (if you noticed), nothing against you guys, I just don't do it. Oh well, gonna go whimper in the corner and think up a good way to make all you readers happy in the opening chapter of my post- Revolutions fic.