Chapter 4

A/N: Thank you to all my wonderful reviewers, you have given me inspiration to continue with my fic even through all the uneasiness that has settled over my mind after re-reading the last chapter too much.

Here's the next chapter, reviews would be nice, they get you people more chapters :p

ALSO, I have been asked how Neo got his vision back...I guess that's just up to you to decide. Neo's vision was all blurry at the start of the fic so I suppose it had just been newly recovered by probably nothing short of a miracle in medicine... Oh and the grammar and spelling.I can't help having a New Zealand programmed laptop :P! But I'll try fix em. And um.same with the legal stuff, don't own em blah blah blah.etc. I do own one person in this fic and that's Angel. She is a very important character :P.

Running through the darkness, endless pain slicing through him from every point in his body, no way to stop it.

He couldn't see where he was going, blood dripped down his cheeks, and he could hear her voice screaming for him, calling his name in agony, between intensely petrified and hysterical sobs.

He knew she was in a lot of danger, she would never scream like that if she wasn't, but he couldn't reach her, pain was still spearing his body mercilessly, and he fell over from it, hearing her scream one last time before everything faded to black...

Neo sat up with a gasp, his hands covering his cheeks as salty tears ran down them, soaking his threadbare ripped sweatshirt. It had been a mistake falling asleep again; the dreams that plagued his mind wouldn't go away.

It took him a few minutes to calm down, but when he did, he realized something. This nightmare wasn't like the others, it had the same atmosphere of hopelessness, but it was different. Mainly he dreamed about his beloved Trinity dying, but this was completely and utterly different.

Neo sat upright on his cot and thought about it, the dream was still vividly imprinted in his mind so this wasn't overly hard to do. He knew the voice only too well, it had been Trinity's, screaming his name over and over in total desperation. Total agony. He flinched just thinking about it.

He had no idea where the place was, he could just partially see, enough for it to be a dream opposed to just being blank voices in his head. It had been very dark, and the pain...

Oh it had seared through his body like nothing else ever, except maybe when Trinity died.

Neo shivered and leant against the wall for support, he felt like crying, but he also felt he had to be strong. For himself, and for Trinity.

********

There was usually no such thing as emotion in the Machine world, but at this moment, a spark of emotion was alight in the empty darkness. A young girl, no older than seventeen stood amongst what was left of the sentinels and their world. She had long dark hair and perfect blue eyes; she stood in place, seeming almost frozen in time.

Nothing moved. There was no breeze in the machine world, no sun, no light, for machines didn't need such a thing. The girl felt sad, here she was amongst the machines, in a place where she shouldn't have to be; in a place that fate had brought her.

A world of darkness lay ahead of this girl, a world of nothingness. Unless she could alter her path. She was here for a reason, she had a purpose. Just like everything else.

The girl looked up at the empty sky, it was so dull and depressing. She looked at the ground, so dark and damp. She knew her purpose, and she knew why she was there. All it would take now was time.

She looked up at the sky again and a whisper escaped her lips. My name is Angel.

********

The weeks dragged by, Neo's nightmares never stopped and never grew any less vivid. The citizens of Zion did everything they could to get the city back to normal, which was taking much less time than first anticipated. An urge was growing inside Neo, brought on by the repetitive dreams plaguing his mind. He could almost see his surroundings clearly now, he could see objects, large objects that reflected the darkness.and Trinity's screaming was always so insistent, she wanted him to save her, and he felt like he could do nothing about it.and the pain was still bad, but it wasn't getting any worse.

Morpheus was growing increasingly more and more worried about Neo, he scarcely ever slept anymore, and he kept himself locked in that cabin all day long. It was devastating to everyone to see the one, Neo, their savior, going through this anguish and pain. But everyone felt there was nothing they could do about it.

********

A/N oh wow.that is actually the longest chapter I;ve written so far, and its hardly very long.oh well, don't skip the part about Angel, cause that part holds crucial information. I'm bursting at the seams with idea's for this fanfic and I'm dying to write em all out, so maybe I'll start chapter five RIGHT NOW!!!

LoVe YoU aLL

~*Nyx-Alia*~