Chapter 19
They exited their room in unison, walking silent on.
The past day had gone by swiftly. They had slept throughout noon, simultaneously waking up a few hours after it, and enjoying the fact that they could sleep that long without no one caring. They had both went up from bed,enjoyed a joined shower, then walked through the city. They had went in and out of some of the small shops, visited the giant temple just to marvel at the sight. They also ate dinner out, trying to make it feel like dining in a restaurant inside the Matrix,even thoughthe air and feeling of Zion would never allow such a thing.
They had also both caught up with some small paper work every soldier that came into the city had to fill out; how long they had been out, at which ship they worked, what they thought of their situation and so on. Always writing almost the same thing, Neo and Trinity had finished this quickly, and had later joined the crew of the Logos and the Hammer for some card games over at Spark's place.
Finishing, they had walked quietly home for a quiet night, where they had mostly stayed up talking, about life, about the future… things that had been, and things that were, until they had finally falling asleep in eachother's arms.
It was morning now, and they daily shores and activities amongst the people living here had all begun… the only people that really were free with spare time off were the soldiers on leave in Zion. Like them.
They looked around themselves as they walked, thinking about the things that they saw in front of them.
A group of children passed in their direction, running. They were most likely to attend to school, and both Trinity and Neo thought it was refreshing to see the small lives; the building stones of Zion.
Trinity had explained to Neo earlier about their school system, which in some ways likened the system in the Matrix, but diverged in others. Some of the subjects they were taught were the same as in the Matrix, but others were modified due to the foundation elements in the working here in Zion. There were no competition for different jobs here, everyone helped each other and the youths usually trained themselves- usually by going special courses taught by instructors who had much experience in the subject- making sure that all areas would be covered.
And suddenly, Trinity subtly pointed to a door, with a giant window in it. Neo followed her and stopped outside it, looking in, and seeing the children that had just passed them sitting in the floor of the classroom, the teacher instructing them. The children all seemed happy and when the teacher asked something, all hands were raised.
" Seems like they enjoy going to school, here, " Neo commented and Trinity nodded. " They obviously do. I've heard they have great teachers, too. That's important…" Neo nodded, looking closely at the room, and as he squinted his eyes and looked into it, he saw something.
There in the ring of children, one of the small boys looked right at him. The child had dark hair, keeping it short. And as Neo looked closer he could see that he had brown eyes, eyes he recognized but couldn't place. And he recognized the nose, too. And his big hands, and his lips that were just alike…
Trinity's.
Then he realized, as he knew his mind was playing tricks with him, that he was looking at his own child.
Their child.
He looked back at Trinity, who watched the children intently, also seemingly lost in thoughts. He closed is mouth which he felt was open and looked back into the classroom, and the little boy he had just seen was now gone, convincing him even more it had just been a projection of his thoughts. But could it have been a premonition of the future, as well?
As he felt Trinity squeezing his hand he shook his head, and followed her. She had caught him shaking it, however, and commented on it. He looked at her, unsure of what to say, and then fixed his eyes on the pathway again.
" I just thought about things…" Trinity looked at him, wanting to know more, knowing that if he wanted to open up, he would. Otherwise, he was usually best to be left alone. " You want to tell?" Neo looked into her eyes, smiled, and shook his head. He looked back at the pathway and squeezed her hand tight.
" Time will tell."
He had never felt like them.
And maybe that was just the thing.
He felt.
He wasn't supposed to feel.
But he did.
And now, he felt un-complete.
He needed to feel complete.
He needed things to do so.
He needed everything.
And he wouldn't settle for less.