Cypher made a wise crack, Trinity glared and Apoc smirked a little. But she was silent, eyes on the liquid in her bowl. Obviously, the joke had been intended for her and the room fell silent. She looked up, eyes cold, spooning the last of the goop into her mouth daintily. Then she stood, sweeping out of the room almost like royalty, it was amusing to her and probably to him as well. She wouldn't eat dinner with him, she was going to be busy. The Op was sitting in his chair, happily monitoring the mess of code that was the Matrix.
"Tank," she began quietly, just to his right.
"You want to have another go at that program." It was a statement and his lips curled upward in a smile. She nodded.
"When you have time."
"I've got the night shift, swap with Trin and I'll take you back in." She merely nodded again, heading off to do her own work before asking the black haired woman to change shifts. Planning quickly, she decided that the best way to approach the other woman was to be as blank as possible, to make it seem normal. It was agreed, Trinity would take the current shift and Switch would be on night duty. It wasn't necessary to question the motives, they had been crew for a long time, almost four years. And they understood each other. While they may not always agree, it was everything for the crew, all, always. The time flew by and she settled in the chair as the lights fell away to let the crew on the lower decks sleep.
"You ready Raven?" The Zion born Op asked, teasing.
"When you are Snowy." It was a shared joke, the names so unsuited. It had come from a recruit who had an obsession with names and their meanings. That obsession had driven the young boy into the hands of Agents. No one ever talked about it any more, no one really knew him the way Switch and Tank had. And now no one was going to. The world around her was as white as her hair, brighter than that. She smiled slightly, lifting her phone to her ear.
"Alright, here's the deal, you do as much as you can tonight, I'll go over what you didn't manage to do and we'll try again in a couple of days, okay?"
"Fine. Any advice to start?"
"No one else is in there, no matter what you think you see, it's just you Raven. Got it?"
"Sure thing Snowy, I got it."
"Good, 'cause here you go…" And the world changed again.
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A/N: And the program is coming. I hope I got Tank IC, if not, please let me know, thanks :)
