"Can't sleep?" She asks, he is sitting alone.
"They're just dreams."
"So you say. Want to tell me?"
"There's nothing to tell." He sees her falling image superimposed over the woman before him.
"Suit yourself." She sits, silent.
"The program, is it?"
"Completely destroyed, here and in Zion. No one will ever know it existed."
"Would you have gone in if you had known?"
"Yes."
"Why?"
"So you wouldn't."
"Trinity,"
"You're too important to too many people Neo. I couldn't bear it if something happened to you." Silence.
"What about you Trinity?"
"What about me?"
"What if something happened to you?"
"The world goes on." Not a word in reply. He looked up at her, trying to find the courage to say the words.
"Trinity, I…"
"Don't Neo." He froze, she wasn't looking at him. A long pause.
"I don't need to hear the words."
"Are you sure?"
"Yes." Her eyes met his, conveying something he had never seen before, remembered pain. It was gone.
"Want to tell me?" He asked, echoing her. Stone features met his gaze.
"There's nothing to tell." And she was gone, the brief glimpse he had seen of a softer woman evaporated.
"We have to talk sometime."
"Not right now." She was the one pushing him away, standing and turning her back to him. He wanted to follow but there was something stopping him. It struck him then, the expressions were too similar, the real and the unreal blending into one. Raising a hand to his head he stopped the thoughts that plagued him. If he said it, the vision would happen, she would fall and she would die. But a nagging fear contradicted that. If he said nothing, didn't tell her the complete truth, she would fall to the ground, a bullet lodged inside her.
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"Trinity, are you awake?" No reply, he opens the door, eyes falling on her sleeping form. It's dark.
"Please, don't." Her voice, thick with sleep.
"I haven't…" He paused, not finishing.
"No." Softly spoken into the pillow, she rolls over, tears sliding down her cheeks.
"Shit." Quick steps, he kneels.
"Please." She begs softly.
"Trinity, wake up."
"No!" Eyes fly open, seeing nothing for a panicked moment.
"Trin, are you okay?" His hands steady her.
"Oh God Neo…" She closes her eyes again.
"What happened?"
"I had a nightmare, that's all." Soft fingers in her hair, soothing her, he waits.
"Tell me."
"I saw you die." He pauses. For a moment he thinks she knows.
"What?"
"I didn't tell you and you didn't get up."
"Trin, it's okay, I'm here, I'm alive."
"I know." Her face was pressed against his shoulder as he held her close.
"Has this happened before?" Silence, he stroked her hair.
"Yes." Soft as dew on a spider's web.
"Oh God, Trin." The noises of the ship filled the silence. His fingers played gentle patterns on her neck.
"Don't go Neo."
"I won't." Silence.
"Take me with you."
"To the ends of the world." He promised. They sat for in a timeless state, rocking gently for some, still for the remainder. His arms held her close, her arms echoing her need, wrapping around the strong person they each desired. The darkness wrapped them in coldness and they lay together on the single cot, bodies inter-wound as they comforted each other. His sleep was void of the nightmare that haunted him, hers filled with the warmth she had been missing in her life for so long.
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A/N: Hi there, this may take a while because so many wonderful people reviewed. :D
Trin: Thank you so much for your review, I'm flattered and I'm very glad to give my permission for translation J . Let me know how it goes.
Posh kovac: Glad you like, I'll keep going as long as I get reviews (hint hint, wink wink, nudge nudge, Shove!) ;)
Nobody's Princess: I love your name btw and thank you for pointing out that Neo didn't know about Niobe, I fixed that. He just knows his captain is in love. As you can see, I've continued, so I hope to hear from you again. J
Sirene: I want to thank you for your two reviews, unpredictability is my specialty J Hopefully you didn't see this chapter coming. I'm very flattered by your comments and I'm so glad you like what I've written, if you start not to, let me know and I'll try to rectify it.
Trineo4life: He does say "I love you", remember, in Reloaded. The reason he hasn't so far is because I think it was the first time the words passed his lips. It's more fun for me this way. ;) I'll update as soon as I can, but finding somewhere to fit these in gets more difficult as the time goes on, after all, they don't talk much in Revs or even really in Reloaded. Never mind J Glad you like J
Cinn: The chapter names are meant to make you think about the contents of the chapter, they are a precursor to the metaphorical meaning of the episode J Enjoy.
Chinchilla-in-a-bowl: Cool name! You have definitely been constructive, you liked chapter 2 enough to make me write chapters 3 &4, see constructive J I hope I didn't disappoint.
Sci-freak GrodySpork: Thank you for the reviews, I'm glad you like the first chapter, I have every intention of making more 'awww' bits and I might even refer to the first chapter at the end ;) Enjoy, and I hope your friends like it too J And yes, the title does have a meaning, the saying is "seek and ye shall find" and since I have more dialogue than description, I changed it to "speak and ye shall find", plus the only way to get answers that aren't written is to ask. 'Everything be design, nothing by accident' is my motto J
Da Buffster: I won't stop as long as a) I have spots in the movies to put these scenes without interfering with the movies, b) I get reviewers who are as nice as you and all the others so far J and c) I can think of what to write!
I hope you all enjoy, I never realized how long replying to reviews could be J Yay!! See you all next chapter!
