Trinity climbed up into the core, intent on stopping the recording of her spar with Neo before Kid saw it get out of hand, which for some reason, it always seemed to whenever she sparred with Neo. Must be because the pent up emotions that I let out in a spar run along the same lines as the ones Neo provokes from me during our more intimate moments. Trinity moved up behind Kid, watching him watch the screens before watching herself. She saw Neo land the first punch to her jaw, and had to smile at her kick to his leg. Kid paused it and turned around.
"You guys spar well together."
"Yeah, well, there's usually others things that mix into our spars." Trinity commented, shaking her head.
"Like what?" Still so innocent. He has no idea what I'm talking about.
"Press play, you'll see." Trinity sighed, figuring the best way for him to understand was to see.
A few moments passed in silence as the two figures on the screens fell to the floor. Trinity could see Neo's back rising and falling as he tried to regain his breath. She heard Kid's intake of breath when Neo's digital mouth lowered to hers. Trinity leaned forward and shut it off, popping the disk out. Clasping it in her hand, Trinity ripped open the disk, ruining it.
"Is that what you meant?" Kid asked, turning to look at her in shock.
"Did you see a tea party?" Kid shook his head. "Then yes."
"What the hell is going on?" Neo ran into the core, fear lacing every word.
"Trinity took Kid into the Matrix to explain some things to him. I allow her to do it from time to time with the newbies. We didn't do it with you because we wanted you to believe as quickly as possible." Morpheus explained shortly. "But something went wrong."
"I'm sorry, I thought she was right behind me! She shoved me towards the phone!" Kid apologized, the tears of fear ready to fall.
"Morpheus, what's going on?" Neo placed a hand on his captain's shoulder, turning him around.
"We don't know exactly. The agents showed up and her code disappeared. Her vital stats are normal, nothing odd about them." Morpheus continued.
"So the agents took her. Link, load me up." Neo moved around the consoles, pressing buttons on his chair.
Link was about to protest when Trinity's heart monitor suddenly began to jump erratically. Trauma was obviously occurring and Neo read from the stats that she was getting hurt. Why do they always have to hurt her to get to me? Neo leaned down and placed a soft kiss on her forehead before moving back to his chair. Morpheus pushed the needle into his head, and Neo felt his mind being transported into the Matrix.
Hanging up the ringing phone, Neo moved out into the streets and pushed himself from the ground. Flying up high, Neo started to read the coding, searching frantically. Just as he felt that he would never find her, Neo saw the coding of the new agents with Trinity's moving near them. Flying down, Neo landed on the roof silently. Running to the door, Neo kicked it in and ran down the stairs. Hearing sounds of a scuffle, Neo pushed open the closest door and was met with one of the agents flying into him, unconscious.
Neo landed on the ground and quickly pushed the agent off of him. Standing back up, Neo blinked, seeing Trinity trying to hold her own with twin pistols. Moving forward, Neo did a roundhouse kick into the back of the closest agent's head, sending him flying as Trinity emptied her clips, hitting nothing but air at the last agent. Pulling his gun from his pocket, the agent trained it at Trinity. Already diving out of the way, she landed behind a crate as the bullets rained down.
She had glimpsed Neo behind the agents, and only hoped he'd finish this one off. A round of bullets was heard aimed in a different direction before she heard the sizzle of the agent leaving a dead host. Standing slowly, Trinity saw Neo leaning against another crate, his shaded eyes looking at her. As she moved closer to him, Trinity saw the reason why he was leaning.
Blood. It dripped down his hand, changing the pale skin to a deep crimson. Running the last few steps to him, Trinity pulled his hand away from his shoulder where he was bleeding.
"Why didn't you stop it?" Trinity asked, pulling out his phone and dialing Link.
"I was getting ready to kick him while he was still shooting at you. Suddenly, he turned and fired at me. I was only able to stop the rest. Not the first." Neo replied, taking deep, calming breaths.
Trinity nodded without even speaking into the phone before closing it and placing it in her pocket. Pulling Neo with her, Trinity exited the building. Neo moaned quietly as they rounded a corner. Stopping and backing up, Trinity felt Neo bump into her. Ignoring the feeling of heat that shot through her body from the contact, she turned to look him in the face, a look that spoke volumes: Nowhere to hide and we're about to end up in a bad situation. Without a word, they took their glasses off. Trinity backed into the wall, Neo moving up against her. Pressing his lips to hers, Neo tried to keep his ears open for the footsteps of trouble. Wrapping an arm around his shoulders, Trinity subtly hid his wound.
"Hey, you shouldn't be here." One cop said.
Neo pulled from Trinity, his eyes glazed slightly.
"I'm sorry, we're kind of…non sober…" Neo trailed off as Trinity let out a giggle. "And well, you know, non soberness plus very kissable lips…tends to lead to…"
"All right, all right. Go on. Get out of here. Don't drive." The cop replied, his face softening.
As the pair moved off, staggering slightly, Neo could hear the second cop comment to the first:
"Looks like they won't remember tonight."
Once they had disappeared around the corner, the façade was dropped and Neo ran side by side with Trinity. Upon slamming open the door of a closed hardware store, a ringing telephone shattered the silence surrounding them.
"Why the hell did you do that instead of knocking them out?" Link asked once Trinity and Neo were both safely out. "I mean, come on Trinity, you flatten four cops without any help, and now, you decide to make out with Neo instead of fighting? What gives?"
"Link-" Trinity sighed. Her body felt like one big bruise from the beating she had taken from the three agents and Neo had been shot in the shoulder, she really didn't have the energy to take down two cops. Sure, she could've, but they were just security, not looking for them or anything, "Sometimes, the innocents don't need to be knocked out just because they could make my trip to the exit longer. Don't you ever get tired of watching me kill one mind after another?"
"Yeah." Link agreed, lowering his gaze as Neo groaned and sat up. Morpheus placed ice wrapped in a cloth on his bruised shoulder as Trinity walked over.
"Why don't the two of you go get some rest? It's been a long day. Kid, come with me, you're watching over the Matrix tonight." Morpheus ordered gently.
Trinity and Neo left while Kid stared at the screens. "How the hell do you read this?"
"God this hurts. Probably as much as the bruises from when Smith shot me." Neo remarked, painfully exhaling as he sat on the bed. Trinity kneeled down and took his boots off.
"That's what bullets do." Trinity murmured taking her own off.
A few moments passed in silence before Neo spoke again. "Trinity, can I ask you something?"
"Always." Trinity replied softly, looking him in the face.
Neo shifted slightly so he could gain a better look at her before stating his question. "How many people have you killed?"
Trinity shifted slightly at the question, slightly unnerved. Thinking for a moment, she finally answered. "Too many to count."
"Do you ever grow tired of the war?"
"Some days I just get tired of fighting. I get tired of seeing carnage splayed before me all the time, and it hurts after a while, knowing that I'm the cause of it all. But now I know that soon I won't hurt anymore."
"What do you say that?" Neo inquired, his eyebrows furrowed together in confusion.
"Because I have you. You give so many people hope that you aren't even aware of it. I see them worshipping you and I sometimes hope that you understand why they do that, and you do. You understand them, and me, unlike anyone I have ever met before in my entire life. And the most amazing thing about that is that you understand not because of your prophecy or abilities, but because you are Neo."
"I had you to help me understand." Neo smiled softly, pulling her closer with his good arm.
"Damn romantic." Trinity grinned.
"I'm sorry, kind of seeped in. Seems to happen often because of you."
"Why because of me?" Trinity pulled back, feigning shock.
"Because you're you?" Neo asked in return, pulling her back to him.
"God help us if the One is mushy."
"Oh yeah, the human race is doomed."
This is the whole story uploaded and edited. I am very proud of it. As of right now, I am almost done editing "Breaking the Rules" and I will be starting on "A Moment of Understanding" soon. Also: I am writing a Buffy the Vampire Slayer fic focused on Willow and Tara between Seasons 4 and 5. Interested?