"Neo, move it!"
"Why? Can't I have five more minutes?"
"If you want to be left here with Deadbolt…"
"No, I'm up, look at me being up." He landed with a thump on the floor.
"Come on hot shot, we have a world to save." She held out her hand.
"Did you have to remind me?" He groaned, the slight smile leaving his lips.
"It'll be all right, Neo. I promise."
"How can you say that?"
"Because I'm with you and you're with me. That's all either of us need."
"And that will save the world?"
"It might have to."
"Ok, as long as I don't have to do it alone."
"Are you ever truly alone?"
"Technically or metaphorically?" She lifted an eyebrow, suppressing the urge to smile.
"Have you packed your bags?" A shocked look covered his still sleepy face.
"No, I forgot!"
"How much do you…" The sentence wasn't finished, her eyes falling slightly.
"To the end of the world."
"But you can't say it."
"No, but I can mean it." He lifted a hand to her cheek softly, eyes on her face.
"I did your bags last night." She admitted, holding one up by the strap.
"Couldn't sleep?" He was worried.
"No, I didn't want to wake you when you were."
"You did anyway."
"Because Morpheus was pounding on the door to get us all onboard."
"As soon as humanly possible, huh?"
"Yup, and Zion people tend to work pretty damn fast."
"That means I don't have to walk through the throngs?"
"If we hurry." She nodded.
"Ok, let's get that ship into the sewers!" He was standing, fully dressed.
"Don't look so excited, you might hurt your followers' feelings."
"I know, but I can't breathe and you go and I have to face them alone."
"Oh, the poor messiah, can't cope with all the worship, huh?"
"Trinity, I'm going now." He grabbed his bag and made for the door.
"I was teasing you Neo."
"I've never taken teasing well."
"Neo, wait!" She called, suddenly looking for something.
"What?"
"It's not there!"
"Your boot is on your foot. Although how you could have missed…"
"No, not my boot." Her eyes searched, slightly panicked.
"What is it?" He was at the door, waiting.
"Where is it?" Her bag landed with a thump on the floor.
"Trinity?"
"I'm coming." She answered absently, scanning a shelf.
"Trinity?" He repeated, frowning.
"What Neo?"
"What are you looking for?" A pause. A sigh.
"Nothing." But she wouldn't look at him, reaching again for her bag.
"Trinity?" He asked softly, stepping towards her, concerned.
"Yes?" Cold blue eyes met warm brown.
"What can't you find?" He could see her indecision.
"Nothing."
"Are you sure?" She shrugged.
"I'm sure it'll turn up."
"What?"
"Nothing Neo." She snapped, brushing past him out the door.
"You are strange Trin." He muttered, looking on the shelf. Something caught his eye.
"Are you coming?" She demanded, out of spirits. He reached to the wall.
"Yeah, give me a second."
"I'll give you half." It was a mutter, born of disappointment in herself.
"I found it." He said, approaching her, one hand closed.
"What?" She tried to keep the excitement and hope from her voice.
"This." He opened the hand and there was his craft, sitting in the palm.
"Where was it?" She asked, trying not to snatch it from him, lifting it with careful fingers.
"At the back where you couldn't see." A smile played on his lips.
"Ok. Let's get to our ship." Briskly she turned and walked away, meeting with the captain and operator.
"Good to see everyone ready to go." Muttered Link to himself, fiddling with something. The conversation died, leaving expectant silence in its wake. Her fingers curled instinctively around the small metal object in her hand. Something felt wrong and she cast a glance at her lover out of the corner of her eye. He appeared unperturbed. The farewell from Bane merely increased her sense of unease and the gift from the orphan failed to reassure her as it did the brown-eyed man she stood next to. Why would she feel so worried in Zion, the safest place for them to be? Why did relief wash over her as the ship left the sanctuary? And what the hell was she doing keeping the twisted metal in her boots, trying to prevent it's loss?
*~*
A/N: Not incredibly fluffy, but it's coming :) So is some angst and some humor and… ok, now I'm getting ahead of myself. Please let me know if there is anything you really want to see/hear/read/whatever, I'm always willing to put in suggestions :) Enjoy!
Trineo4life: I'm guessing you like this story… How was this chapter? :)
SeleneZana: I love you! Thank you so much for the translations, even if they're not correct, they certainly give me more to work with. I'm pretty sure it is Save us, I had to learn a song in Latin once and that's the only part that fits what I sung and hence learnt. I can imagine it was boring to study it, I had enough trouble with Indonesia, but then, that is a kind of boring language in itself. Latin has some significance to it, Indo doesn't have all that much. I'm so glad you like my story and find the time to review, again, thank you :D
Da Buffster: I love hot chocolate, how good is it! I go riding at a trail ride place just 30mins away and we ride in the foothills of a mountain for 2 ½ hrs. It's so good, my favourite horse is Gemma, she's a pinto with Clydie feet, she's a real doll. It's funny because she has short legs so she has to jog-trot to keep up with the taller, longer legged horses at a walk. But she gives everything you ask for and is generally just my favourite. I ride Australian Stock or English mostly, what about you? Stock saddles are so much fun, I haven't ridden Western, but with such a low head carriage on the horses, I don't think I want to. I rode a horse called Shiraz yesterday and I feel really good, no soreness or anything. Gemma was lame so I missed out on riding her :( I'm soo glad you didn't kill your comp, your rambles are funny :) I think you're wrong with the whole pointless Latin aspect, it's very important. Especially if SeleneZana is right. You'll just have to wait and see what I do with it, I can't go giving away my plots now, can I? Nugget thinks he's a preson/chook, he's very mixed up but then he does live with my family. Oh guess what, my parents bought 79 acres to farm in the middle of the country, how cool! Dad even said I could have an arena and my own horse/s if I pay food/vet/stuff bills! Yay! *Does a happy dance* I'll get to the fight, don't worry, it's an important bit but it's still coming. You get the longest replies because you have the longest reviews, fair is fair after all. :) Yay, a chapter reply, all for you. Have fun! Oh and your story file had a virus in it and I couldn't download it. Sorry :(
Trinfan: I do have extra scenes, but I have to fill in the time between otherwise it'll get confusing. Plus the last two chapters are very close in time, but so much happens between them that I'm leaving out. I don't want to do too many time jumps you see. *Has a flash back of a drama class* AAHHH!!! Scary Mr. Motton! Please enjoy this chapter while I try to get rid of the horror of writing a script to satisfy the non-naturalistic taste of Mottsy. It's too hard to do!!!! *Dashes back to computer, typing a new story feverishly*
Cinn: I know Niobe, Logos, Cypher, Morpheus, Trinity, Neo (which is also an acronym for one), Persephone, Merovingian, Seraph, a little on Zion, Hamman, Matrix and Neb, and you'd be surprised at the importance of the names, very cool of the Bros. What I'd like is the meaning of the ship names and of Lock's too. Any other useful/interesting tidbits would be great too. But take your time, there's no rush :) Glad you liked the last chapter, please let me know if this one is ok :)
Ellie: Fear not, I'm moving towards the exclusion of scenes from the movie unless I ignore dialogue and it's absolutely necessary. I mean, everyone knows what happens at the end of Reloaded, it's not like I'd be telling anything new, which is what the idea of this story is. I hope I did ok with the whole Bane thing in this chapter, let me know what you think :)
Sci-freak GrodySpork: Not fluff, but cute, sorry for getting your hopes up. Real fluff on the way though. The last chapter is fluffy to the point of pain. I should know, I wrote it. *Shudders after reading it again* I'm not a big fluff writer, it's scary…