Notes: Sorry, I know it's short, but I just wanted to update it a bit. Next
chapter's going to be longer, but I'm too knackered to carry on now!
"Link, get me an exit!" she shouted, her voice tinged with urgency.
"On it's way," replied Link, tapping frantically away at his keyboard. The chain from Zee was still hanging from his neck. "Get back onto that parking lot you were in before with those twins. I'm providing you with an upload to hot-wire a car. There's an exit about 2 miles from where you are."
"Hurry, Link." She slammed the cell phone shut, slowing her pace as she received the upload. As soon as it was complete, she resumed her hurried pace, heading to the parking lot at an alarming speed, even by her standards. All she could think was that she had to be there with Neo when he woke, and she had to get back to Morpheus as fast as humanly possible. A sharp feeling of dread was rising deep in her gut, making her feel queasy. Everytime her feet pounded down onto the ground, her head throbbed and a black cloud descended over her eyes until the point where she could hardly see the route ahead of her. Realising that she had to slow down or risk collapsing completely, she stopped, the door to the parking lot straight up ahead of her. Before she could find any way to contain herself, she was on her knees, tears streaming from her tired eyes. Her whole body slumped against the elaborately decorated wall, and the world before her vanished.
*
"Shit." The word fell from his mouth, an expression of his proliferating despair. Link untied the chain from around his neck, grasping it tightly so tightly in his sweaty palm that it dug into his skin.
"Get up, Trinity," he mumbled, knowing that she couldn't hear him. He knew that ringing her cell phone was too risky. She'd rang him once, but calling him again would mean risking giving away her position to the Agents. Though with the present situation, he could see that he'd soon have little choice.
"Captain Roland!" he called, not taking his eyes off the screen, watching helplessly, as Trinity lay unconscious in the middle of the Merovingian's Chateau. "We have a problem!"
He heard several sets of footsteps behind him, as Roland, Mauser and AK entered the main deck. They'd all been sleeping, he realised, and despite the problems that were occurring inside the Matrix, he felt guilty for depriving them of the little sleep they'd had the chance to get for the last few days.
"Neo's about to wake up any second," his words tumbling haphazardly out of his mouth, as he rushed to get his tongue around each word at such speed. "Trin's gonna need to speak to him as soon as he wakes, but he has to go see the Merovingian as soon as he wakes. Trinity was supposed to be back here when he woke, 'cos that bastard's got Morpheus, but she's collapsed..." he trailed off, spluttering slightly as he took a breath. He turned to see Captain Roland strapping himself into a chair, with AK punching at the screen beside him.
"I'm going in." business like and remarkably calm. "AK- tell Maggie to keep Neo calm when he wakes," AK nodded. "Link," Roland turned to Link, his face still panic stricken, "how close can you get me to Trinity?"
"Erm... whooo...close, I reckon...pretty close," mumbled Link, pulling himself together, as Roland took control. He swiveled his chair around, and began tapping away at the keyboard again.
"Don't worry, Trin," he said quietly, "They're on their way."
"Link, get me an exit!" she shouted, her voice tinged with urgency.
"On it's way," replied Link, tapping frantically away at his keyboard. The chain from Zee was still hanging from his neck. "Get back onto that parking lot you were in before with those twins. I'm providing you with an upload to hot-wire a car. There's an exit about 2 miles from where you are."
"Hurry, Link." She slammed the cell phone shut, slowing her pace as she received the upload. As soon as it was complete, she resumed her hurried pace, heading to the parking lot at an alarming speed, even by her standards. All she could think was that she had to be there with Neo when he woke, and she had to get back to Morpheus as fast as humanly possible. A sharp feeling of dread was rising deep in her gut, making her feel queasy. Everytime her feet pounded down onto the ground, her head throbbed and a black cloud descended over her eyes until the point where she could hardly see the route ahead of her. Realising that she had to slow down or risk collapsing completely, she stopped, the door to the parking lot straight up ahead of her. Before she could find any way to contain herself, she was on her knees, tears streaming from her tired eyes. Her whole body slumped against the elaborately decorated wall, and the world before her vanished.
*
"Shit." The word fell from his mouth, an expression of his proliferating despair. Link untied the chain from around his neck, grasping it tightly so tightly in his sweaty palm that it dug into his skin.
"Get up, Trinity," he mumbled, knowing that she couldn't hear him. He knew that ringing her cell phone was too risky. She'd rang him once, but calling him again would mean risking giving away her position to the Agents. Though with the present situation, he could see that he'd soon have little choice.
"Captain Roland!" he called, not taking his eyes off the screen, watching helplessly, as Trinity lay unconscious in the middle of the Merovingian's Chateau. "We have a problem!"
He heard several sets of footsteps behind him, as Roland, Mauser and AK entered the main deck. They'd all been sleeping, he realised, and despite the problems that were occurring inside the Matrix, he felt guilty for depriving them of the little sleep they'd had the chance to get for the last few days.
"Neo's about to wake up any second," his words tumbling haphazardly out of his mouth, as he rushed to get his tongue around each word at such speed. "Trin's gonna need to speak to him as soon as he wakes, but he has to go see the Merovingian as soon as he wakes. Trinity was supposed to be back here when he woke, 'cos that bastard's got Morpheus, but she's collapsed..." he trailed off, spluttering slightly as he took a breath. He turned to see Captain Roland strapping himself into a chair, with AK punching at the screen beside him.
"I'm going in." business like and remarkably calm. "AK- tell Maggie to keep Neo calm when he wakes," AK nodded. "Link," Roland turned to Link, his face still panic stricken, "how close can you get me to Trinity?"
"Erm... whooo...close, I reckon...pretty close," mumbled Link, pulling himself together, as Roland took control. He swiveled his chair around, and began tapping away at the keyboard again.
"Don't worry, Trin," he said quietly, "They're on their way."