"Dammit Neo, we are all ok, there is nothing to worry about…"
"And there is a meeting shortly to decide what is going to happen."
"To discuss all the relevant issues, yes."
"And we have to be there." He ran a hand through his hair.
"Yes." Silence.
"I don't trust them."
"They're on our side Neo, it's Niobe and Ballard, they won't."
"How do you know?" Brown meets blue, uncertainty meets conviction.
"Ghost has never let me down, and Ballard's crew like challenges."
"This is the mother of all challenges."
"Saving the world always is." A small smile.
"What?" A small frown.
"That's the impression they give, nothing is easy when the world is at stake."
"Oh how right they are." No names, the dead and imagined are not mentioned.
"Everything will work Neo, you'll see." She lifts her eyes from his.
"And if it doesn't?"
"We'll all be dead by morning." A shrug.
"How is that different?"
"It's not, life doesn't change because the world is haywire."
"It should."
"It doesn't."
"I know." A long pause.
"Come on, we have things to do."
"Programs to trust."
"A world to save."
"Something like that." They smiled. And he looked at her, eyes as clouded as they had been when he was trying to find his place on the ship. She watched that and waited for a few moments, trying to figure out what was making him doubt so much. But his eyes refused to clear and she knew that she couldn't spend her time worry about him, she had to discover what her part in the coming mission would be. She would not be idle, she never had been, she would have to be an integral part of the outcome. How else would she make sure he came out alive? The thought chilled her. If his body was to stop again, so would hers, she would not be without him, that was one thing she refused. To be alive and remain in such a harsh world without the warmth and strength he gave her. That was her silent promise as she settled in her chair, she would not be without him, her last breath for his. Noting more, nothing less.
A/N: Ok, I admit I took forever to update, I have been blocked with the story for ages and now have this to put up. Hopefully I'll have some more in the near future, but don't quote me on that. Thanks for reading! And thank you all for being patient with me!
Da Buffster: My faithful reviewer, glad you can rule your part and impressed that you have found someone to help you. Brain is rather difficult to get out of furnature, it's not so bad on concrete, but that's very messy, so I agree, you shouldn't do your fanfics at school. Even if they are more interesting than classes. You have to keep working at your stories! I love reading them! Glares Write stories. Or else! smiles Ok, I hope this chapter is ok, it was a spur of the moment thing and I don't know if it worked, let me know!
Cinn: Glad you keep dropping by, I keep trying to find that brilliant story you're talking about but it's nowhere to be found. Sorry about that :p
Divamercury: The muses are really busy at the moment, they are annoying me so I kep sending them your way and then they come back saying they got lost. Little monsters. They should arrive sometime soon, hopefully that will help me concentrate on my exams and stuff (icky exams). Hope you enjoy this chapter adn the muses arrive soon!
Karakoe Risa: Glad you like, don't worry about taking so long to review, I take forever to update! Oops. Yes, the chapters are getting shorter, I don't know why, they just are. I hope you still like them even if they are tediously tiny. Have fun!