Author's Notes: I will not cry. I absolutely am not going to cry. I refuse to cry in front of my readers. I'm going to cry.

Come Back to Me: Epilogue

Trinity knelt in front of polished gravestone. It had been fear as a child to step on a grave, but she swallowed that now for respect. Her fingers traced the neat script carved in the face so long ago. It had four years since the end of the war, four years since everything had finally come together. Revolutions.

As a custom from her family, Trinity laid a wreath of morning glories at the bas of the grave. As a trained soldier, she hadn't been allowed to cry at the worst moments. Neo had taught her differently. Still, not a single tear left a trail on her softened face. Neo placed on hand on her shoulder.

"They're at peace now," Neo said softly. He overlooked the thousands of graves that had once been the old Zion. Niobe's grave had been surrounded by the old crew of the Nebuchanezzar. Tank, Mouse, Boozer, Switch and Apoc were in a tight circle that left only room for four people. Link had nearly joined that circle a year ago. They had died in battle as they had always wanted.

"Do you think they would have wanted us to join them?" Trinity asked as she remembered the Zionites final fight. The faces of the past still haunted her dreams.

"They would have wanted us to fight to the end. We did," Neo whispered into her hair. It had grown out to shoulder length now, and they had even found a substitute for a decent shampoo.

"We outlived the machines," Trinity sighed. She turned back to face the magnificent walls of the halfway rebuilt Zion. They were working their way back to the surface brick by brick. Most of the tunnels had collapsed when the sentinels had destroyed Zion on the first time, but those were slowly being dug back out.

"They're waiting for you," Trinity called back playfully as she strode ahead towards the gates.

Neo groaned loudly in complaint. The Zionites had tried to give Neo leadership over the city, but Neo had at once given the title over to Morpheus. The new Zionites still acted as if he was the chief over the place.

"They can always wait," Neo threw back as he ran after her. They had been deprived of a childhood, so they deserved a break from it all.

He could hear Trinity laugh as people offered him lunch at the main gate. He slipped through the crowd in favor of Trinity. If he could, he would've given everything for Trinity. In all reality, he had and always would.

Author's Notes: NOOOOOOOOO!!!!!! It's over!!! Someone make it stop.

Author's Notes 2: If anyone has any plot bunnies running around in their heads, I'd love to know the idea. I'd love to start another matrix fanfiction for anyone as long as the idea has not been used before. Mary Sues annoy me as much as the next person. So, anything you guys want me to write, send the ideas in either a review or to [email protected]. Until then, I'm afraid I have to tie up some loose ends in my other fanfictions.

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