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So it here it is, I give you chapter 7 of The Real Reason.
Disclaimer: I don't own any of the characters, except Dagger and the only part of the plot I own is the beginning and bits in between, so don't sue me!
The Real Reason
Chapter 7.
Just as an agent stepped out of the elevator Trinity stepped out of room 303 and turned to face him with a look of nothing but determination on her face. Trinity's mind was racing, what was she meant to do? She certainly couldn't fight the agent standing in front of her; that would be like signing her own death sentence, the only other option was to turn and make a run for it. She was starting to seriously think about just fighting the agent, but then her more rational mind kicked in and made her think, You fight the agent, and you die. You run, you see another day and you get to see Neo again. Live today fight tomorrow. That was enough to make her change her mind. She was going to make a run for it. So, she turned in the opposite direction and started to run down the corridor, much to her annoyance the agent sees this and takes off after her as do the cops. She knew that unless she got a move on the agent will catch her, and that was one thing she didn't want.
Trinity turned the left hand corner and kept on running, frantically looking for some way to escape. Come on, there's got to be a door or something somewhere! She was starting to go into panic mode until she saw that at the end of the corridor there was a fire escape, her heart jumps for joy. She ran down the corridor and out of the fire exit at the end and took a big gulp of fresh air as she stepped outside, her heart leapt with joy knowing that she is at least outside, but a part of her mind realized something, Now you're outside it will be easy for the agents to find knew hosts and it will be easier for them to catch you. Shit. Was her response to that, but she didn't let it dishearten her. She ran to the edge of the railing on the stairwell and looked over to see an agent standing below her as well, shit she thought to herself, how am I going to get out of this one? She scanned the stairwell quickly and saw the ladder going up. Bingo, she thought to herself.
She started to climb up the stairs to get to the roof with the agents and the cops still after her. She started to run along the roof and she came to a gap which she could easy jump across, even for a normal human. Trinity jumped across, the agents and the cops carried on following her, but they were much further behind. At least I've put some distance between them and me. Her mind though, started to wander. I wonder if Neo has seen the note in his apartment. What if he thinks it was me? She shook her head to try and get rid of the thoughts, Trinity, focus, for God sakes focus! She finally brought her mind back to where it was supposed to be and started to block out the other thoughts that were forming in her mind.
Trinity ran along the corrugated metal roof tops, small in height but they were not easy to run along because of the steep rises and slopes, but Trinity managed it with no problem. When she had finished crossing the slanted rooftops she sprinted along the flat concrete roof. Where do I go next? She thought to herself as she scanned the area while running.
The agent stopped when he reached the end of the slanted metal rooftops and pulled out his gun and started firing it at Trinity, but there is a brick chimney between herself and the agent so the bullets did nothing but ricochet off the bricks or smash them. That was a close one! She thought to herself. Her mind was wandering again, and she needed a way to occupy it, because obviously the fact there was an agent on her tail wasn't enough to make her focus.
As the agent stopped to do this she created a greater distance between herself, the agent and the cops. She ran along the rest of the concrete rooftop and reached a much bigger gap between the building she was standing on and the one opposite, there was a road in between the two buildings and no normal human would be able to jump across, free your mind she thinks to herself, just like Morpheous tells all the newbies. I wonder if he'll ever tell Neo that, I guess he will, if Neo lives. But she stopped herself there. She didn't want to think about Neo dieing. Ok then, let's turn that round then. If you don't focus and jump you will die and then you definitely will not see Neo, is that enough to make you focus? Mentally answering that as a 'yes' she got herself geared up and prepared to jump.
Trinity leapt through the air and landed easily onto the other building and carried on running. The agent also cleared the gap, much to Trinity's disappointment, but not quite as easily as Trinity. She could hear in the distance the cops stopping and one of them stating that the jump was not possible. Ha! It may not be possible for you, but it sure as hell is for me, you stupid coppertop! Typical words of Switch, she thought to herself as she carried on running.
Now she only had the agent chasing her. She hid behind a brick wall on the roof in hope of getting her breathe back before the agent caught up with her and also to find a way to get off the roof, come on, look for something, there's always something she thinks to herself as she looks. She saw a window at the end of the roof which would be the perfect escape, it's not great, but it will have to do she thinks to herself.
Taking one last deep breathe she started running towards the window at the end. She jumped from the edge of the roof and adjusted herself so that she was flying horizontally through the air with her hands stretched out in front and pointed; she aimed straight for the window. She then turned so she was facing up towards the sky so she went through the window hands first. She broke through the window and rolled carefully down the stairs. Ouch! She thought to herself as she landed on her back, worrying whether the agent would follow. She swiftly brought out both of her guns and pointed them at the window.
While waiting for the thought-to-be inevitable she tried to steady her breath and calm down. "Get up, Trinity. Just get up." She said to herself, mainly just to comfort herself. And then she firmly told herself to "Get up." When she decided that he definitely wouldn't follow her she rolled to the side and got up, and ran out of the door situated behind her. What do I do now? Am I far from Wells and Lake? Is the agent going to follow? Have they found out about Neo? Is he safe? So many questions were running through her head, she was going to have to wait until she got back to the Neb to find out about the latter two, but the others she was very shortly going to find out about.
Trinity ran along the street and turned a corner and, to her relief, she saw a phone booth at the end of it. She stopped though when she saw a truck speeding down the road and then braking sharply and turning to face towards the phone booth, lights focused on the phone box. Fuck she thought to herself as she prepared to run. She heard Morpheous' words in her head … 'Focus Trinity.' Thinking frantically to herself she made a quick calculation in her head, she realized the truck could only go at a set speed because it was following the laws of the Matrix, whereas she, now free from the system, could break those laws and go at a speed much faster than the truck.
As if it where a signal for them to both start the phone in the phone box started to ring. The wheels of the truck span and Trinity started to speed towards the phone box. The truck started to head towards the phone booth as well. There were seconds between them, but Trinity got there first, much to her relief, and ran into the booth, picked up the phone, and pressed it to her ear.
She turned to face the truck and put a hand on the glass just as the truck was about to hit the booth. Hurry up, Morpheous, for fuck sake hurry up! She thought to herself. But was then relieved to feel the sensation of something pulling her with a tremendous force into the phone.
Trinity disappeared and the truck went slamming through the booth and the brick building behind it.
She opened her eyes to find herself back on the Neb, with the needle still painfully in the back of her head. Looking to the left slightly she sees Morpheous standing by her, ready to take the plug from the back of her head, and she gratefully excepted, hoping he would hurry.
He quickly unplugged her and she headed straight over to the screens, a brilliant green light now reflecting onto her pale velvety skin.
Morpheous now realizes how tired she looks, her shoulders now slump, which was so unlike Trinity, her eyes had deep circles underneath them, her figure looked thin and worn. It was then that he realized that he may have put her in a very difficult position, freeing Neo and putting all the weight of it on her.
Trinity focused her eyes firmly on the screen, processing the code like she was a computer. She couldn't hear or see what the agents were saying, all she knew was that they were up to something…. and she didn't like to think what……
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