He raced down the ramp from the Neb, glancing wildly around, at the same time trying not to appear as though he was ignoring the small crowd of people gathered round the dock. He looked back to Link and Morpheus, worried expression on his face, not seeing the one he'd been searching for in the crowd.

"Hey, don't panic, I'm sure she's fine," Link attempted to calm him down.

Neo nodded absently, still looking worriedly around.

"Neo!"

His eyes widened as he tried to find the source of the voice.

"Neo! Neo!"

A familiar figure was winding her way through the crowd, though it was not the one he'd hoped to see, "Neo!"

He gave up and practically shoved his way through the people, "Cass!" he took her by the shoulders, "Where's Trinity?"

Cass laughed, "Stop panicking! She's fine, everything went fine."

Neo stared, "You mean…?"

She nodded, "I'm sorry, but you know your Trinity. Never one to sit and wait around. Looks like they inherited that from her at least!"

"When!?"

"Yesterday," Cass smiled, "Don't worry, mother and children are doing fine!" she raised her voice as he was already running away from the crowd towards the medical wing.

Neo stopped dead, looking over his shoulder, "'Children'?"

She had to laugh, "Just go see her, Neo!"

He nodded, dazed, and broke back into a run.

Cass was still grinning when Link rested a hand on her shoulder, "How is she?"

"Doing well," she turned to face him, and Morpheus, "Though its just as well Neo never learns how many times she was cursing him yesterday…!"

"She is in a fit state of health?" Morpheus questioned.

She inclined her head slightly, "A little tired, but who wouldn't be, aside from that, she's doing well."

"Where's Zee?" Link asked.

"With Trin," Cass replied, "She said she'd see you at home."

"I hear you mentioned children…" Morpheus frowned.

Cass grinned again, "I'll leave that for the proud parents to tell you."

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Neo quietly opened the door to one of the rooms in the medical wing to see Zee sitting silently reading in one corner, and a familiar raven haired figure lying sound asleep on the bed.

Zee looked up and quietly put her book down, "You weren't due back until tomorrow," she smiled, standing.

The expression on his face could be described as nothing less than utter devotion, "Couldn't wait any longer."

She met him by the door, "You men," she chastised, "I swear you worry more than we women do," she placed a hand on his arm gently, "I'll leave you to it," Zee looked up at him, "She really missed you."

"I missed her too," he said softly, not taking his eyes off the figure on the bed.

She smiled, brushing past him, "After we'd checked them over, she wouldn't let anyone else hold them, you know." she closed the door behind as quietly as she could.

Neo was immediately by the bedside, smiling down, totally besotted at the two tiny babies in their separate cradles. As if on cue, the nearest sleepily waved an arm, issuing a small cry, until he reached down and gently touched her head, stroking the dark hair for a few seconds until she fell back to sleep. He turned his attention to Trinity, asleep on her side, as if she was watching over her children even in sleep. He silently brushed the back of his hand against her cheek, making her stir slightly.

"…Neo….." she mumbled in her sleep, smiling.

"Trin?" Neo whispered softly.

Her eyes opened slowly, "Neo!" she exclaimed, breaking into an even bigger smile. She instantly wove one of her hands around his neck, bringing his head down to hers for a gentle kiss, "…..I thought you weren't due back until tomorrow….."

"Couldn't bear the thought of leaving you on your own here anymore," he explained, "I missed you."

"I missed you too," she answered, "More than you know," she was about to kiss him again, when one of the two babies let out a thin wail. Trinity smiled, "They were quite a surprise," she sat up and swung her legs over the side of the bed, reaching down for the culprit, their new son, "Especially when we were expecting only the one," she settled him against her as Neo gently took their daughter from her cradle, unable to stop smiling at the tiny being in his arms.

"…They're perfect…" he uttered. He glanced over at her to see the same expression on her face, gazing down at the little boy, "You okay?" he asked quietly.

Trinity nodded, "I wont say it was easy," she looked up at him, "but just look at them….they're little people….they're so innocent….completely helpless….." she looked down again, "I'd do anything for them. Anything at all. I admit…I was afraid to be a mother. I always thought I was the sort of person who shouldn't be a mother. But just look…..they're ours. Completely and utterly ours, and we're theirs. I thought I'd have to learn absolutely everything….but you don't. Its here," she briefly held one hand over her heart, "Its all already there…" she smiled softly and blushed, perhaps a little embarrassed at her uncharacteristic display of emotion.

Neo kissed her forehead as they rested their heads against each other, both looking down at their children. If he admitted it, he hadn't expected impending motherhood to have altered Trinity so drastically. As soon as she knew she was pregnant, she never once asked to be plugged into the Matrix. Of course, if she had, he would have refused, but it seemed that they had both silently agreed to do nothing to risk the life of their child. Or, rather, now they knew, children. However, he had known that whenever he was plugged in, she hovered either right beside his chair or by the operator station, trying not to let her fears show. In the end, they had agreed it was too dangerous for her to remain on the Neb, so, despite the pain of separation, she spent the last two months of her pregnancy in Zion, frustrated, often angry at her inability to do anything to help him, but ultimately safer than she would have been had she remained.

"What did the Oracle tell you?" Trinity suddenly asked.

Neo blinked a couple of times before answering, slowly, "Cryptic, as always. She knew you were expecting…"

"I'd been into the Matrix whilst I was before I knew…" she countered, "She may have found out through that."

"No," he shook his head, "It was more than that. I think she knew it was twins too, looking back, from the way she spoke," he paused, not wanting to continue. In all honesty, the Oracle's reluctance to discuss anything concerning the children, beyond stating Trinity's pregnancy, had unnerved him. She knew something. Something she wasn't telling him, "It doesn't matter," Neo stated, "All that matters is you and them," he rested his head back against hers.

A smile passed across her features again, "At least we get to use both names…."

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