They'd flown for two hours in silence, both just happy to be together and going home when Trinity's curiosity overcame her. "Neo, what happened in there?" She felt him tense behind her.

"Not now," Neo answered softly. "I...I need some time to figure it out first."

Trinity flinched at the brush off. "Okay," she said slowly. "But if you want to tell..."

"I will," Neo assured her. "Just not right now."

"Down, Neo," Trinity directed. "Now straight." She paused, then added, "I'll be here when you're ready."

"I know."

A little over an hour later, Trinity started the scan for an open gate to Zion. "It looks like the only open gate is gate 3," she said. Neo nodded and with Trinity's help directed the Logos towards the opening.

At the Zion controls, Kid jumped as the computer began beeping. "Sir! Commander Locke, sir!" he exclaimed urgently. "The sensors show a ship approaching."

"A ship?" Locke rushed over. "What ship?"

"Well sir, the scanners say..." Kid paused, shocked. "They say it's the Logos, sir!"

"The Logos?! But...but that's impossible!" He peered at the screen. "They're approaching gate 3. Kid, go find Morpheus, Niobe, and Link. Now!"

Kid raced off as Locke rushed towards what had once been the dock.

As they approached the dock, Trinity gasped in horror. "The gate's only half open! We'll have to turn the ship!"

"We can't," Neo argued. "We're not strapped in!"

Trinity wrapped her legs around the footrests and grabbed the steering column with her good hand. "Hang on," she instructed. Neo immediately gripped the arm rest with one hand and wrapped his other arm around Trinity's waist, hating that he knew he was hurting her. Trinity turned the ship 90 degrees in its side. As they passed through the gate and she righted the ship, Trinity gasped. "Oh my God," she whispered, horrified.

"What?" Neo demanded. "What happened?"

"The dock," she said softly, tears filling her voice. "It's been destroyed."

"Describe it to me?" he requested.

Trinity took a breath. "Set the ship down first," she said, voice shaking.

"Where?"

Trinity helped direct him to what looked like a sturdy area. As the ship touched down and Neo switched off the engine, Trinity turned and linked her fingers with his. "I don't know if I can describe it," she said softly. "There are...pods...and sentinels. And bodies. People, our people, dead, everywhere." Trinity's voice hitched and Neo gathered her close.

"That's enough," he said softly. "Do you think anyone lived?"

"I don't know," Trinity whispered through her tears. "We have to go check."

Neo nodded. "Do you think you can make it?"

"I think so." She stood up carefully and hissed out a breath of pain. Suddenly, she was exhausted. It felt like the last bit of energy she'd had had just left her body. It was all she could to do stay on her feet.

"Trinity," Neo was on his feet, reaching for her.

"I'm here, just...sore," Trinity led Neo down the ladder and opened the door. Before she could walk out, her legs buckled underneath her. Neo grabbed her and lifted her into his arms.

Morpheus watched from where he was hidden behind one of the dead sentinels. The door opened and he held his breath, praying it was Neo and Trinity and fearing it was Bane. Morpheus watched as two figures appeared, one cradling the other. He rushed out, Niobe, Link, and Locke behind him. "Neo!"

Neo stopped and turned his head from side to side, trying to figure out where the voice was coming from. Morpheus stepped in front of him and touched his shoulder. "Neo, what happened? Is Trinity..." somehow he couldn't bring himself to finish the question.

Trinity forced her eyes open. "No...Neo saved..." she closed her eyes again and let herself rest.

"Give Trinity to Link, Neo," Morpheus said gently.

Link took Trinity into his arms and she moaned softly in pain. "What happened?" Link asked as he carried her.

"Bane...crazy," Trinity murmured. "Neo...saved...peace."

"Let's go to the infirmary," Link soothed. "You can rest there, Cass will take care of you."

Morpheus laid a hand on Neo's shoulder. "Your eyes...what happened?"

Neo took a deep breath. "Bane, Smith was Bane. I destroyed Smith." He swayed and Morpheus caught him before he fell. Locke took his other arm and they dragged Neo down to the infirmary.

In the infirmary, Cass hooked Trinity up to diagnostic machines and started a saline IV. "She's been though a lot of punishment," Cass said as Link looked on. "Her torso is bruised and there are scars here, it looks like something...punctured her. Her upper arm needs to be stitched. Thankfully the bones are intact. But I think right now she just needs to rest to recuperate."

"How is she?" Morpheus asked as he lowered Neo onto the bed next to Trinity.

"She'll be fine. What happened to Neo?" Cass answered as she began tending to him.

"He destroyed Smith."

Cass paused hooking Neo up to the equipment, needing a moment to take that information it. "And his eyes?" she asked when she'd recovered from her surprise.

"I don't know, something about Bane and Smith...I guess we'll have to wait to find out what happened until Neo's recovered."

"He's physically exhausted, Morpheus. Whatever happened up there took so much out of them both."

Morpheus nodded. "They'll both recover?"

"In time," Cass answered.