Neo glanced in the review mirror at the passenger seated beside Trinity and stopped breathing. He
recognized the face....Caitlin. His mind wandered back two years before and he recalled their breakup. He vaguely
remembered it being an unpleasant one. He knew he was never in love with Caitlin, and even if he had thought he
was- it wasn't real anyway. In either case, he was grateful he was wearing sunglasses and hoped she wouldn't
recognize him.
"Pull up in here, Neo." Trinity ordered. Neo gracefully turned the car into a small alley and stepped out.
Trinity helped Cat get to her feet and lead her inside a metal door, coated with graffiti. She paused at looked back
where Neo was leaning against the car, his back to her.
"You coming?" she asked. Cat turned around and Neo walked over to them, his face towards the ground. A
memory burned in the back of Cat's mind, he looked so familiar. But she dismissed the though- she'd never seen this
man in her life, how could she remember him?
Trinity pushed open the door and nodded as Cat warily stepped inside. Neo put his arm around her waist
and went in behind her, closing the door on the dark alley.
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"How long have they been in there?" Trinity asked, pacing down the dirty hallway.
"I dunno," Neo had his hands folded between his legs and his sunglasses lay discarded on the floor.
"What's the matter?" Trinity asked, pulling hers off as well, "You've been awful quiet."
Neo hesitated before answering, "I, uh, I think-"
Suddenly, the door swung open and Morpheus stepped out. Neo stood up in respect and grabbed his
glasses, seeing Cat coming up behind him. "Trinity, bring the car around- Neo, we got agents."
"Agents?" Cat looked at Neo in fear, "What the hell are agents?"
"Come on, Cat," Trinity said, jerking her head towards the door. Cat followed her out.
"How many?" Neo asked.
"Four. Should be a cinch." Morpheus gave him one of his wide rare smiled before he turned around and
followed Trinity, "Meet us at the car."
Cat stopped and let Trinity and Morpheus pass by her, then she paused in the doorway and watched four
men in suits walk over to the man Morpheus called Neo. He said something, then the men swung.
Their fists flew at lightning speed, but Neo moved faster, raising an arm to block or bending over
backwards to avoid their high kicks and punches. She watched in disbelief as Neo back flipped into the air and
soared backwards further then anyone should be bale to do.
She felt an arm grab her and pull her out the door before Morpheus slammed it shut, just as Neo pushed off
of it with his feet and jettisoned himself into the pile of agents, using a back-hand-spring to land on his feet.
Trinity climbed in behind the wheel and Morpheus and Cat climbed in the back seat. A minute hadn't gone
by before Neo walked out very calmly and closed the door quietly behind him. He slid into the passenger seat and
they were on their way.
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"Have you ever had a dream that you were so sure was real?" Morpheus leaned over Cat as she squirmed in
the seat, the metallic ooze creeping up her arm. Neo couldn't help but smile at the familiar phrase. "What if you
discovered that you couldn't awake from that dream?"
recognized the face....Caitlin. His mind wandered back two years before and he recalled their breakup. He vaguely
remembered it being an unpleasant one. He knew he was never in love with Caitlin, and even if he had thought he
was- it wasn't real anyway. In either case, he was grateful he was wearing sunglasses and hoped she wouldn't
recognize him.
"Pull up in here, Neo." Trinity ordered. Neo gracefully turned the car into a small alley and stepped out.
Trinity helped Cat get to her feet and lead her inside a metal door, coated with graffiti. She paused at looked back
where Neo was leaning against the car, his back to her.
"You coming?" she asked. Cat turned around and Neo walked over to them, his face towards the ground. A
memory burned in the back of Cat's mind, he looked so familiar. But she dismissed the though- she'd never seen this
man in her life, how could she remember him?
Trinity pushed open the door and nodded as Cat warily stepped inside. Neo put his arm around her waist
and went in behind her, closing the door on the dark alley.
********************************
"How long have they been in there?" Trinity asked, pacing down the dirty hallway.
"I dunno," Neo had his hands folded between his legs and his sunglasses lay discarded on the floor.
"What's the matter?" Trinity asked, pulling hers off as well, "You've been awful quiet."
Neo hesitated before answering, "I, uh, I think-"
Suddenly, the door swung open and Morpheus stepped out. Neo stood up in respect and grabbed his
glasses, seeing Cat coming up behind him. "Trinity, bring the car around- Neo, we got agents."
"Agents?" Cat looked at Neo in fear, "What the hell are agents?"
"Come on, Cat," Trinity said, jerking her head towards the door. Cat followed her out.
"How many?" Neo asked.
"Four. Should be a cinch." Morpheus gave him one of his wide rare smiled before he turned around and
followed Trinity, "Meet us at the car."
Cat stopped and let Trinity and Morpheus pass by her, then she paused in the doorway and watched four
men in suits walk over to the man Morpheus called Neo. He said something, then the men swung.
Their fists flew at lightning speed, but Neo moved faster, raising an arm to block or bending over
backwards to avoid their high kicks and punches. She watched in disbelief as Neo back flipped into the air and
soared backwards further then anyone should be bale to do.
She felt an arm grab her and pull her out the door before Morpheus slammed it shut, just as Neo pushed off
of it with his feet and jettisoned himself into the pile of agents, using a back-hand-spring to land on his feet.
Trinity climbed in behind the wheel and Morpheus and Cat climbed in the back seat. A minute hadn't gone
by before Neo walked out very calmly and closed the door quietly behind him. He slid into the passenger seat and
they were on their way.
***********************************
"Have you ever had a dream that you were so sure was real?" Morpheus leaned over Cat as she squirmed in
the seat, the metallic ooze creeping up her arm. Neo couldn't help but smile at the familiar phrase. "What if you
discovered that you couldn't awake from that dream?"