The Beginning After the End

This is my first Matrix fic. I’m a HUGE fan of Trinity & Neo and the Trin-Neo romance, so most of my fics will be about
them. This begins when Neo & Trinity kiss.

The Beginning After the End

by Sammi

When their lips touched, Trinity knew that her heart had been right. He was the one – for her as well as the Matrix. She heard
Morpheus and Tank coming down the stairs, and pulled away. Neo looked at her, puzzled, but then his expression vanished
when he heard Morpheus’ voice.

“You are the One Neo. The One we have been waiting for.” Morpheus stood in front of Neo, looking him in the eye.

“Yes, I know.” Neo said solemnly.

“Wow Neo, this is so exciting!” broke in Tank. “When your heart stopped beating, I couldn’t believe it. But then, all of a
sudden, you came back to life again. It was like…magic!”

Neo shot Trinity a meaningful glance, then collapsed.

“Neo!” Trinity ran to him.

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Two days later, Neo was finally strong enough to get out of his quarters. When he walked onto the main deck, he took a quick
look around. The Neb was in very bad shape. The sentinels had all but destroyed the top of the ship, and there was a lot of
work to be done before they could even think about flying back to Zion. He saw Tank, and wondered where Trinity and
Morpheus were. Then he spotted her, at the top of the ship. When he looked at her, he saw Trinity quickly look away – it was
obvious she had been staring at him.

He knew she hadn’t been to see him at all while he was recovering, although he knew she was worried, he had heard her pacing
outside his room every night. Neo wondered what was wrong. She had seemed distracted and embarrassed. She even
seemed…almost…shy. Now, even though he had only spent a couple of months on the ship, Neo knew that if there was one
thing Trinity was not, it was shy. So why was she acting like that?

“Neo. You’re up.” Tank greeted him, breaking his train of thought.

Neo looked at Tank blankly, before registering who he was. “Yeah.”

“So how do you feel?”

“Alright.”

“Well, let’s see what job I can find for you.” Tank looked around the ship, trying to find a task for him. But before he could
assign Neo to a job, Tank was interrupted by Morpheus.

“Neo, you shouldn’t work. You need your rest. You are very weak.” He said.

Neo protested. “Yes, but it’s my fault the Neb got destroyed. If I hadn’t taken so long to get out of the Matrix, the squiddies
wouldn’t have gotten in and…”

Morpheus held up a hand to stop the flow. “Neo. It was my decision to let you get out. I had faith in you Neo. I knew you
would get out before they destroyed us. If anything it is my fault.” Neo opened his mouth to argue, but Morpheus stopped
him. “Neo, if you really want to, then I will allow you to help us fix the ship. But I would really prefer it if you stayed in you
quarters and got some rest. You did a lot of work in there. Tank, if Neo wants to work, give him simple ones, that won’t take
a lot of energy.” He knew that Neo’s frail body wouldn’t be able to cope with any strenuous tasks, which put just about all of
the tasks out of the picture. Turning on his heel, Morpheus went back upstairs.

“OK, so you really want to help Neo?” Neo nodded. “Alright, let’s see what job we’ve got for you.” After looking around
for a while, trying to find the simplest task for him, Tank gave Neo the job of sweeping up the shards of metal and debris.

But even this jobs was an extreme effort. After about an hour, Neo felt like he would collapse, he was so exhausted. Tank
noticed this, and sent Neo to his quarters.

Trinity was very worried about him, but tried not to show it. She had always made it a point never to show her emotions to
anyone, and she didn’t see why now should be any different.

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Tank had been growing increasingly more frustrated with Neo & Trinity. They never talked, but they stole glances at each other
from across rooms, not making eye contact. He knew that there was something going on, but he didn’t have a clue as to what it
was. So he decided to ask Neo about it. Even though he an Trinity were close, she never told him – or anyone anything. So
his best bet was with Neo.

Tank approached Neo after lunch one day, making sure Trinity and Morpheus were gone.

“Neo. I wanna talk to you.” He said.

“What about?”

“What happened between you and Trinity?”

“Huh? What do you mean?” Neo looked confused, but Tank could tell he was pretending.

“Come on Neo, I know something’s up. You don’t talk, and you sneak glances at her from across the room. It’s been going
on since you found out you’re the one.”

“OK, but I can’t tell you here. Let’s go to my quarters.” Neo led Tank out of the mess hall and into his own quarters.

“Alright, here’s what happened. You know when I was in the Matrix, when the agent shot me and I died.”

“Yeah.” Tank nodded.

“Well, Trinity told me that she wasn’t afraid anymore. She said that the Oracle had told her she would fall in love…”

“With the One? She’s in love with you?” Tank asked incredulously.

“Yeah. And then she kissed me. And that’s when I believed that I was the One. The Oracle told me I was waiting for
something. And now I know what that was. Trinity.”

“So what’s the problem?”

“I don’t know. Ever since I collapsed, I haven’t spoken to her. I think she’s embarrassed. I know she’s worried about me,
but she won’t talk to me.”

“Why don’t you try talking to her?”

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That night, as he lay in his bed, Neo thought about what Tank had told him. Tank was right. He should stop being so childish
and just go talk to Trinity. But, what if she rejected him? What if she was mad at him?

Lying back, Neo tried to sleep, but all he could think about was Trinity.

There you are, in a darkened room
and you're all alone looking out the window
Your heart is cold and lost the will to love
Like a broken arrow
Here I stand in the shadows
Come to me,
Come to me
Can't you see that...

Nobody wants to be lonely
Nobody wants to cry
My body's longing to hold you
So bad it hurts inside
Time is precious and it's slipping away
And I've been waiting for you all of my life
Nobody wants to be lonely so why...
Why don't you let me love you

Can you hear my voice,
Do you hear my song
It's a serenade so your heart can find me
And suddenly your flying down the stairs
Into my arms, baby
Before I start going crazy
Run to me,
Run to me
Cause I'm dying...

I wanna to feel you need me
Just like the air you're breathin'
I need you here in my life

Don't walk away,
Don't walk away,
Don't walk away,
Don't walk away, no

Nobody wants to be lonely
Nobody wants to cry

THE END, for now.

So what did you think? There will be more instalments, I promise. I have a very different future set out for Trinity & Neo, one
which no-one else (I think) has done, yet.

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