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You always told me to stay off the freeway."
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Yes, that's true."
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You said it was suicide."
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Then let us hope I was wrong.

― Trinity and Morpheus[src]

The Freeway Chase was an attempt by Neo, Morpheus and Trinity to save the Keymaker from the Twins, Agent Johnson, Jackson, and Thompson, during the near-end of the Machine War, so that he could lead Neo to the Source

Prelude[]

Meeting at Le Vrai[]

Neo and Trio Meets Merovingian

Neo, with Trinity and Morpheus, meeting with The Merovingian and Persephone.

And now I have some real business to attend to, so I will say adieu and goodbye."
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This isn't over."
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Oh, yes it is. The Keymaker is mine and I see no reason to give him up... No reason at all.

― The Merovingian and Neo[src]

After retrieving information from The Oracle, Neo, Morpheus, and Trinity, went to the Le Vrai in search for The Keymaker. The three of them spoke with The Merovingian. During a lengthy conversation where the Merovingian described his philosophy of "cause and effect", he flatly denied their request to have the Keymaker. After their conversation, he left the table to follow the patron that ate his code-filled cake to the women's restroom.

The Merovingian's betrayal[]

Neo, Morpheus, and Trinity were about to leave the restaurant until they were stopped by the Merovigian's estranged wife, Persephone, who offered to give them the Keymaker. Persephone agreed to the betrayal of her husband because of his pedantic attitude and philandry.

Persephone with Trio and Keymaker

Persephone, Neo, Morpheus, Trinity, and The Keymaker stopped by The Merovingian.

Oh my god Persephone, how could you do this? You betrayed me."
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Cause and effect my love.

― The Merovingian and Persephone[src]

After Neo offered Persephone her desired kiss from him, she led the three Resistance fighters into the Chateau. Persephone kills Abel to get him out of the way so that she could reach the Keymaker's lair. After killing Abel, Persephone told his partner, Cain, to run back to Le Vrai and tell her husband about what happened. Once he left, Persephone showed Neo, Trinity, and Morpheus to the Keymaker's lair, where the Keymaker was waiting for the day we would finally aid The One.

When about to leave the Chateau, the Merovingian and his henchmen entered the main hall of Chateau. When asked why Persephone betrayed her husband, she answered by taunting him about causality, and that she knew he'd cheated on her with the woman he'd taunted in the restaurant. Persephone left the Chateau, leaving her husband to deal with Neo and the others.

The Merovingian sent the Twins to retrieve the Keymaker. After the Twins turned into their ghostly form, they vanished through the floor, prompting the Keymaker to flee from the scene in fear. Neo told Morpheus and Trinity to go after the Keymaker while he battles against The Merovingian and his men. Morpheus and Trinity agreed and run after the Keymaker.

Battle in the Parking Garage[]

Stay with him"
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What about Neo?"
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He can handle himself.

― Morpheus and Trinity[src]
The Freeway Chase Trinity and Twin

Trinity fighting one of the Twins.

The pursuit continued down several lengthy and ornate hallways. Seeing one of the Twins phasing through the walls, Morpheus seizes a Japanese katana and continues the chase. The Keymaker retreats to a door opens a portal to the core area of the Mega City using one of his keys. It leads to a parking garage, Trinity and Morpheus, with the Twins in pursuit. One of the Twins was able to put his arm through the door before Morpheus could close it. Trying to force him to remove his arm, Trinity shot his arm several times.

The Freeway Chase Morpheus and Twins

Morpheus using his katana against the Twins.

The other Twin then jumped through the door and began to fight Trinity while the Keymaker ran and Morpheus kept the door closed. Trinity was ultimately held hostage by the Twin, who wielded a straight razor. Morpheus is forced to step away from the door and fires a couple of bullets at the Twin to give Trinity a chance to escape while he turned intangible.

The Chase[]

Link, it's Niobe. We've been sent to bring you in. I need to talk to Morpheus."
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Believe me, Niobe, he needs you."
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Where is he?"
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Just follow the sirens

― Niobe and Link[src]
Twin attack morpheus

One of the Twins shooting at Trinity and Morpheus' car.

The Keymaker had found a car and brought it to Trinity and Morpheus. They began to run from the Twins.

In the car, Morpheus calls Link to find the a way out of the Matrix. They were being closely followed by the Twins who kept firing guns and causing havoc through the city streets, attracting the attention of the Police.

Chased by both the Twins and Police, Trinity and Morpheus race to the freeway, described as "suicide" by Morpheus, in order to reach the closest escape, the Winslow Overpass. While the group is entering the freeway, Agent Thompson and Agent Johnson possess two police officers and also join the chase, their primary goal being to eliminate the Keymaker.

Twin gets in Car

One Twin, within Trinity's car, attempting to kill The Keymaker while Morepheus tries to defend him.

The Chase continues with Agents and the Twins close behind Morpheus and Trinity. One of the Twins becomes intangible and flies into Trinity's car and takes a seat beside the Keymaker. Morpheus and Trinity attempt to fight the wraith, who's phasing ability proves advantageous. Meanwhile, Agent Johnson has jumped on their car and ripped its roof off. Trinity pressed the brake in order to throw him off the car. Morpheus uses his sword to stab the Twin who became intangible and exited the car. The Twin was picked up by his brother, who continued the pursuit.

Trinity and Morpheus were now being chased by Agent Thompson, who opened fire on them from the police car he was driving. Trinity disposed off him by forcing his car onto a crash cushion made of water drums.

Morphes penetrate car

Morpheus uses his katana to penetrate the Twins' car.

Trinity exits the highway at an overpass and the group get out of the wrecked car. Morpheus told Trinity to take the Keymaker away while he prepared to fight the Twins. Trinity spots a truck of motorcycles coming and she and the Keymaker jump for it, landing safely on the carrier. Morpheus, sword drawn, stands in the path of Twins' SUV. The Twins speed toward him intending to crush him. At the last moment, Morpheus dodges the truck and used his sword to slice through left rear well-wheel and the tire, flipping the truck on its side. Morpheus then took out his gun and began to shoot the now exposed fuel tank. The tank erupted in flame, sending the Twins flying into the air. Their fate remains unknown as they try to phase at the last moment while being engulfed by the flames.

Trinity maneouvers ducati

Trinity and The Keymaker making their escape from the agents.

Briefly concerned, Trinity and the Keymaker move to the front of the carrier to one of the Ducatis in front and requests Link to download a crash course on hot wiring a motorcycle. However, the Keymaker handed her a key for the bike instead. Complimenting him briefly, Trinity and the Keymaker get on the bike before driving it off the carrier. Trinity maneuvered the bike through the traffic trying to escape the police and the Agents. She then spotted Morpheus standing on a truck with his sword unsheathed. Morpheus stabs the sword into the trailer of the truck, creating a perch to stand on. He hauls the Keymaker off the bike and throws him onto the trailer's roof, while Trinity took the nearest exit off the Freeway. They are spotted by Agent Jackson, who had also joined the chase; Jackson immediately relayed the Keymaker's position to his two colleagues and Agent Johnson jumped onto the truck as well. Morpheus and the Johnson then began to battle.

The Duel[]

Go kick his ass.

― Niobe[src]


The Freeway Chase Morpheus Fight 2

Morpheus fighting against Agent Johnson.

Morpheus fights Agent Johnson hand-to-hand atop the semi-trailer. Morpheus puts up an excellent offense and defense, delivering many more punches, however the nearly unstoppable agent eventually overpowers Morpheus. After a bit more combat, Morpheus was punched across the truck. He then notices the sword he'd stuck into the side of the trailer. As the Agent approached him, Morpheus grabs the sword, jumps up and with a quick slash cuts Johnson's necktie. They began to fight again and this time Morpheus successfully slashes Johnson's face.

Johnson attacks again, falling to the trailer's surface, narrowly dodging Morpheus stabbing downward with the blade, driving it into the metal. Johnson kicks at the sword, breaking it off. Johnson lands a mighty punch to Morpheus' chest, sending him spinning back where he lands unbalanced on the rear edge of the trailer. Morpheus falls, seemingly to his death on the road but lands on the hood of a Pontiac Firebird driven to the scene by Niobe. Morpheus merely gestures with his hand and Niobe races ahead of the truck. He makes a tremendous leap back onto the trailer, sailing toward Johnson, who'd cornered the Keymaster, saying the old man will be deleted. Flying into the agent from behind, Morpheus lands a mighty blow with both feet, sending the agent flying off the trailer and into the windshield of an oncoming car.

Undaunted, Johnson possesses the driver of the initial truck, using it to smash Niobe's car out of its path. He signals Agent Thompson driving another truck. Thompson turns his vehicle against the direction of the traffic and the two Agents drive relentlessly toward each other. Morpheus, speaking aloud, asks for a miracle; he hopes Neo can save them both. As the trucks collide and begin to explode, Neo arrives at the last moment, snatching the Keymaker and Morpheus and flying them to safety.

Aftermath[]

The Keymaker is rescued and tells the crews of the three ships (the Nebuchadnezzar, the Logos and the Vigilant) about the system of the Portal to reach the Architect.

Gallery[]

The Fight[]

The Truck Explosion[]

Appearances[]

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