The Scene

DISCLAIMER: This post is not my own work. It is an extract from the script of the 2003 movie, "The Matrix Revolutions", directed by the Wachowski brothers. The full script can be assessed at http://www.horrorlair.com/movies/scripts/matrixrevolutions.pdf.


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Cobwebs of shimmering light drape all around Neo as it takes him a moment to realize that he is in fact still alive.

NEO: ...Trin?

There is no response.

NEO: Trinity? Trinity!

Yanking his feet free from the crush of debris, he crawls in the direction of her chair.

NEO: Trinity!

TRINITY: ...I'm here.

NEO: Where?

She reaches her hand out to him.

TRINITY: Here.

With her touch comes a flood of relief.

NEO: We made it.

TRINITY: You said we would.

He draws closer, feeling his way.

NEO: I couldn't have done it without you.

TRINITY: ...I know.

He smiles; unable to see her, he looks at the gossamer threads of light surrounding them.

NEO: It's unbelievable, Trin. Light everywhere. Like the whole thing was built of light. I wish you could see what I see.

We see her face for the first time and we see that she is crying.

TRINITY: You've already shown me so much.

He knows something is wrong.

NEO: What is it? Trinity? What's wrong?

TRINITY: I can't go with you, Neo. I've gone as far as I can.

NEO: What...

He reaches for her and immediately feels the wet warmth of her blood soaking through her shirt.

NEO: Oh no, no, no.

Long shafts of metal are driven through her body like needles pinning a butterfly in place.

TRINITY: It's all right, Neo. It's time. I've done what I can do. Now you have to do the rest.

NEO: No.

TRINITY: You have to. You have to finish it. You have to save Zion.

NEO: I can't...not without you.

TRINITY: You can. You will. I believe it. I always have.

Tears leak from his bandages.

NEO: Trinity, you can't die. You can't!

TRINITY: Yes, I can. You brought me back once. But not this time.

He doesn't want to believe it.

TRINITY: Do you remember on that roof, after you caught me? The last thing I said to you?

NEO: You said, I'm sorry.

TRINITY: I wish I hadn't. That was my last thought. I wished that I had one more chance to say what mattered...

He feels her tears on his fingertips.

TRINITY: To say how much I loved you, how grateful I was for every moment I was with you, but by the time I knew how to say what I wanted, it was too late.

She smiles.

TRINITY: But you brought me back. You gave me my wish; one more chance. To say what I really wanted to say...

For the last time she reaches up and touches his face.

TRINITY: Kiss me...once more...kiss me...

He lowers his lips to hers and it ends as it began--

With a kiss.

He feels her last breath on his lips and he weeps, holding the hand that can no longer hold him back.