Neo stood uncomfortably in the corner of the small, dim home of a man named Link. Morpheus was seated
across from the man in dreadlocks at a dingy table, talking about joining the Neb. Neo shifted his weight from his
left foot to his right foot and then back again. Every once in a while, Link would look up at him and Neo would
quickly look away- everyone seemed to be staring at him and everyone seemed to know who he was.
After a half hour of standing which felt like an eternity, Link and Morpheus stood and shook hands. They
were both smiling and Neo took that as good news.
"Neo," Morpheus beamed, "I'd like you to meet our new operator."
Neo walked over and Link shook his hand vigorously. "It's an honor to meet you, Neo."
"Thanks. You too." Neo didn't like the attention and was itching to leave.
"Now, Link," Morpheus became serious once more, "You understand that no one is to know Neo is here.
We don't want to cause any uproars and we're hoping our presence will go unnoticed." (LOTR, anyone?)
"Yes sir."
But when Neo opened the door to leave, things got worse. Tons of people had flocked to see him, and they
were all lining outside the door, bearing various gifts and assorted foods. A murmur swept though the crowd as Neo
was recognized as The One.
"Now who could be responsible for this?" Morpheus muttered sarcastically.
*********************************************
Trinity was lying on her back atop the bed when Neo entered, pushing the door open quietly and stepping
cautiously inside, "Finished with your business?" he asked wryly.
"My business is a dead issue."
Neo dropped his bag on a cot in the corner, "Okay, if you want to pretend that you didn't spend the morning
obsessing over Deb, fine. We'll forget it."
Trinity sat up, "Dez is dead."
Neo blushed, "Oh."
There was a uncomfortable pause and Neo cleared his throat.
"You wanna talk about it?" Neo sat down beside her and Trinity lay back down, allowing Neo to gently
stroke her hair.
"Not really." She closed her eyes, absorbing the warmth of his touch.
"Okay."
Another pause, but this one wasn't uncomfortable. Trinity always felt comfortable around Neo- she could
talk to him, tell him what was on her mind, but she didn't want to.
The truth was, losing Dez to her meant losing her stability- her rock- the one thing she could always count
on. Every time Neo was plugged into the Matrix, Trinity was never sure if he'd come back alive. It wasn't like she
didn't think he could take care of himself, she knew he could, but what if the agents had come up with some new way
to get him- a way that' d work against his powers.
She was constantly worrying for him, but constantly hiding it. If he knew how much his missions bothered
her, he probably wouldn't go on them. And people need him-m a lot of people. She couldn't keep him to herself, just
to make sure he was safe.
But Trinity couldn't keep bottling these feeling up inside her- that was why she wanted to see Dez so badly-
to let it out, to talk to him, not just to check that the universe was still in place. He was the only one who saw through
what years of training hid- everyone's afraid of something, everyone has a weakness, but Trinity never showed it.
The only one who knew her weakness was Neo- he was her weakness, and she his. They couldn't live
without each other, and that was what scared Trinity so much. What would happen to her if Neo died?
She opened her eyes and stared into Neo's. He liked to watch her when she slept, and she wouldn't mind
seeing him at peace, since he so rarely was.
by the way, if anyones reading other fic EX, have they noticed that even though I update it, its not showing up on the
site?? On ANY pages: not one, two, three, or anything!!! I have chapter 5 up- but the fics not on the site! The only
way u can get to it is by reading my profile!
If u no whats wrong, or if its just my computer, let me know at: immoresance41@hotmail.com
across from the man in dreadlocks at a dingy table, talking about joining the Neb. Neo shifted his weight from his
left foot to his right foot and then back again. Every once in a while, Link would look up at him and Neo would
quickly look away- everyone seemed to be staring at him and everyone seemed to know who he was.
After a half hour of standing which felt like an eternity, Link and Morpheus stood and shook hands. They
were both smiling and Neo took that as good news.
"Neo," Morpheus beamed, "I'd like you to meet our new operator."
Neo walked over and Link shook his hand vigorously. "It's an honor to meet you, Neo."
"Thanks. You too." Neo didn't like the attention and was itching to leave.
"Now, Link," Morpheus became serious once more, "You understand that no one is to know Neo is here.
We don't want to cause any uproars and we're hoping our presence will go unnoticed." (LOTR, anyone?)
"Yes sir."
But when Neo opened the door to leave, things got worse. Tons of people had flocked to see him, and they
were all lining outside the door, bearing various gifts and assorted foods. A murmur swept though the crowd as Neo
was recognized as The One.
"Now who could be responsible for this?" Morpheus muttered sarcastically.
*********************************************
Trinity was lying on her back atop the bed when Neo entered, pushing the door open quietly and stepping
cautiously inside, "Finished with your business?" he asked wryly.
"My business is a dead issue."
Neo dropped his bag on a cot in the corner, "Okay, if you want to pretend that you didn't spend the morning
obsessing over Deb, fine. We'll forget it."
Trinity sat up, "Dez is dead."
Neo blushed, "Oh."
There was a uncomfortable pause and Neo cleared his throat.
"You wanna talk about it?" Neo sat down beside her and Trinity lay back down, allowing Neo to gently
stroke her hair.
"Not really." She closed her eyes, absorbing the warmth of his touch.
"Okay."
Another pause, but this one wasn't uncomfortable. Trinity always felt comfortable around Neo- she could
talk to him, tell him what was on her mind, but she didn't want to.
The truth was, losing Dez to her meant losing her stability- her rock- the one thing she could always count
on. Every time Neo was plugged into the Matrix, Trinity was never sure if he'd come back alive. It wasn't like she
didn't think he could take care of himself, she knew he could, but what if the agents had come up with some new way
to get him- a way that' d work against his powers.
She was constantly worrying for him, but constantly hiding it. If he knew how much his missions bothered
her, he probably wouldn't go on them. And people need him-m a lot of people. She couldn't keep him to herself, just
to make sure he was safe.
But Trinity couldn't keep bottling these feeling up inside her- that was why she wanted to see Dez so badly-
to let it out, to talk to him, not just to check that the universe was still in place. He was the only one who saw through
what years of training hid- everyone's afraid of something, everyone has a weakness, but Trinity never showed it.
The only one who knew her weakness was Neo- he was her weakness, and she his. They couldn't live
without each other, and that was what scared Trinity so much. What would happen to her if Neo died?
She opened her eyes and stared into Neo's. He liked to watch her when she slept, and she wouldn't mind
seeing him at peace, since he so rarely was.
by the way, if anyones reading other fic EX, have they noticed that even though I update it, its not showing up on the
site?? On ANY pages: not one, two, three, or anything!!! I have chapter 5 up- but the fics not on the site! The only
way u can get to it is by reading my profile!
If u no whats wrong, or if its just my computer, let me know at: immoresance41@hotmail.com