Chapter 2
Tron-
I'm at the screen trying to figure out what's going on with Dyson and what possibly Silas could be plotting, when I hear the door open. "What are you doing back at this time of the night?" "Tron." I hear Beck say inhaling deeply. "Someone is here for your... Help." I whirled around to see Beck standing with a man with long purple hair, dressed in white with glowing purple trim, and a serious look in his eye. I open my mouth with aw. "My name is-" "Gakupo Kamui." I say cutting him off. I'm completely stunned, Gakupo was something/someone I thought I'd never see. "Yes... How do you know my name?" He asks cautiously. I close my eyes and recall the memory.
"Long ago, when it was just Flynn, Clu, myself, and few of the first programs. Flynn brought us some new forms of music. The Vocaloid programs was the best music by far anyone had ever heard, it had this ability to make you feel good. When the final decision was made it was against allowing the Vocaloid program to be heard on the grid." "Wait, but if this music made you feel so good how could anyone vote otherwise?" "The only people who that had a vote were me, Flynn, and Clu. When Clu voted against it he told Flynn, that he always sided with me, because he liked me more. Flynn didn't like me more, he liked us equally, and if he were to favor someone, why not his digital copy?" Beck nodded. "So Flynn came to me telling me that even though we both wanted this for the programs, he was going to agree with Clu, so he could show that he didn't favor me over him. This would at least be enough for Clu."
"Sounds like this Clu is quite the character." "Clu is our dictator." Beck tells Gakupo flatly. Gakupo just tightens his lips, "So is it just you here in Argon or are you with friends?" I ask. "I'm here with Gumi, Kaito, Teto, Oliver, and IA." "Alright, if you come back in the morning with your friends I can try and recover some of my older files. We'll talk then." Gakupo nods seriously, then Beck leads him out.
Beck-
As we rode back toward the garage on my light cycle I mentioned to Gakupo not to speak of Tron in public, but he already knew that. Gakupo is very intuitive, I never met someone better at reading between the lines than him. Once we reached the Garage safely he asked me a question. "I understand that this Flynn is someone of importance but, if Clu is the ruler, and Tron is your savior, then who is Flynn? I sense a feeling of respect for him." "Flynn is our Creator." Gakupo nodded his head respectfully.
Oliver-
When we woke the next morning Gakupo said we had to get going as fast as possible. So Beck gave us some extra light cycles and we rode out of the city. IA rode with Beck and Teto with Kaito, Gakupo, Gumi and me on a four wheeled bike. Unfortunately that's all the spare bikes Able had for us now. Once we reached the base Beck warned us never to speak of this place to anyone and Gakupo made sure we understood that by giving his stern glare. Once we entered there was the man named Tron. I wasn't like Gakupo who could read waves but around this man I felt secure and that I could trust him. "So I was successful in pulling some old files of the original Vocaloid project. And if needed I can edit them... Now that you all are here I wanted to ask, how did you enter our world?" "We fell through the ground and out of the sky." IA said shyly. "Do you know the coordinates?" Tron asked. "No, but I can take Beck there." Kaito said. "Alright." Tron said approvingly. As the two of them left Tron asked questions. "So what kind of governmental system do you have in your world?" "We don't have a form if government, we all just live by the same standers and live peacefully as friends, but we usually look up to Gakupo, Leon, Arirem, and Big Al, they are kinda like father figures." Teto answered "Wow, that must be nice... It kinda used to be like that." He swallowed hard. "Do you ever miss your friendship with Clu and Flynn?" IA asks with a quiet tone in her soft voice. "All the time, but, I can't allow my emotions to get the better of me. Because Clu, and my friend Dyson, already tried to kill me... Multiple times." "I'm sorry-" IA starts, "don't be, I guess we all have to move on, eventually." Just then a beeping is heard from Tron's computer, and he walks over. "You're lucky, this is an area that is secluded." Tron enlarges the image of the hole on the screen. "It seems like a software tear. Hopefully we can repair it so you can go home." "What do you mean by that?" Gakupo asks. "It is something that can be repaired but, I don't have the tools to do it... But Clu and his army does. They use it to fix small holes in the grid after experimenting." "Experimenting what?" Gakupo asks nervously. "They are trying to find a new way off the grid, to Flynn's world, the world of the users and programmers." We were stunned into silence. "But luckily Flynn is able to thwart there advancements." The door suddenly opens, and Beck and Kaito walk in. "So Tron, what do you think caused the breakage?" " It's a software tear, Beck, it's something we can fix but, the thing to fix it is in Clu's possession." Tron said. "Also we have another problem." Beck started. "A light jet would never reach that hight." "We'll cross that bridge when we get to it." Tron said as he folded his hands behind his back. "So you want me to go all the way to the capital and swipe some tech that can fix the hole? That'll trip will take AT LEAST three days there and back." "I don't really want you to go alone, I guess I'll have to come with you." "Tron! You can't be away from the healing chamber that long!" Beck said with concern. "We could go!" I start, "if we could fight." I finish with a whisper. Gakupo straightened up. "You could very well train us." "Gakupo, this really isn't your war to be getting involved with." "I'm willing to get involved if it'll get us home." I guess Gakupo must really miss home. Tron tightened up and deeply inhaled. "How about the rest the you?" He asked tensely. "Of course!" "Yes!" "Absolutely!" We all said. "When do we start?" IA asked firmly. "Now." He answered firm yet with kindness.
Tron-
Gakupo was the first to get in the simulation room. He is quite skilled with his light sword. And I was quite surprised how well he could handle four or five opponents at once. He is already so well trained as a samarai I suppose that has something to do with it. Gumi was next and like Gakupo I checked her disk for any unusual extensions. As soon as I brought up the appearance section a flat white mask as I reach out to it, I was able to grasp it, So I pull it out and I close the disk. "Does this look familiar to you?" "Looks like my 'ten faced' mask." I hold it out to her, she takes it and sets it onto her face. When suddenly she statics and her appearance changes to a punked out version of herself. "Awesome!" She said with enthusiasm. I kept looking through her disk, when I saw something about a guitar. "Gumi try pulling on your blue bracelet and turning the the amp switch on." Gumi did as she was told and the bracelet spawned an electric guitar. Once she turned on the amp switch and strummed a cord, instantly an electric bolt jolted from the head and nearly scorched the opposite wall. "Oh my god, I'm so sorry!" She said to me. "Don't worry about it." I said not caring about the wall, yet amazed from the energy bolt. "That was so cool!" Oliver shouted as he pumped his fists in the air. Gumi let go of the guitar and let the strap hang from off her shoulder, as she placed her hands on her face and pulled the mask off and staticed to her normal appearance. Then I handed her, her disk and she placed the mask on it and locked it into place. "I found a secondary outfit that you should wear." I told her as she then placed the disk and mask on her back all of the green in her outfit turned to a vibrant orange with my symbol glowing white on the bottom of her skirt. "Thanks this is neat! But how do I change back to the clothes I'll need to wear in public?" "The second settings menu on your disk will show you your options. Beck can show any of you if you need help." She flashed a daring smile before stepping into the simulation room.
Beck was able to help Gumi learn the nimbleness that is needed to dodge disks in this world, luckily Gakupo had taught her a lot of what he knows. "Kaito, would you come here next?" I asked him. He walked over in front of me, he stood almost at my hight. He swallowed hard as he handed me his disk. I instantly took notice to its outer appearance "You have a split disk." I tell him. "Um, what's that?" I carefully split the disk apart with a blue glowing strand connecting the two extending and retracting about four and a half feet. "It's kinda like a bladed yo-yo weapon." I say demonstrating. Then I proceeded. I opened it there didn't appear to be anything unusual so I change the settings to one that is similar to his traditional outfit. Then I handed back his disk, as he placed his disk on his back his apparel changed to the familiar white jacket (like Gakupo's). Then he nervously entered the simulation room. I simulated just two guards to start. He readied his stance, he deflected one disk and then kicked the other's feet out from under him. He was able to keep away for a little while but he wasn't really using any offensive maneuvers. I added two more opponents at the top of the 30th second like I did with Gumi, but they overwhelmed him, in a dog-pile. Suddenly there was a high frequency and the four programs were thrown from off his body and proceeded to derez the three that came back for more. I stopped the simulation "what was that noise?" I asked him as he shifted in his scarf. "I, ya know, um, yelled." "You yelled?" Kaito nodded. "Do you think all of you have Vocal-Powers?" "It's possible." Kaito said a little less timid. "Teto you're up."
Teto skipped over to me, and joyfully handed me her disk. As soon as I opened it I changed the appearance settings to look similar to the triangle angel clothing with the Tron insignia on her shirt. I scrolled though more menus but no extensions either. I handed back her disk. She placed it on her back and her clothing instantly changed. She put on her helmet and off the sides stood pink rings almost like handles, or like her MMD version 1 hair. "Let's go!" She said raring to go.
Next was Oliver he was one of the smaller vocaloid characters, and he was the most timid, from what I've gotten. As he approached me he held out his disk with both hands to me. The first thing I did was the appearance, then checked the extensions. Once again there was none. As he put his disk away I asked "where is James?" "I told him to go for help when we fell through the ground. Why was there something about James in my disk?" "Not exactly." I told him before I brought up the simulation.
So, so far all of them do have vocal-powers. Lastly it was IA's turn "IA you're up." I said sternly. She shuffled over to me. And pulled out her disk from under her over shirt and handed it to me. I immediately changed the appearance from her glowing pink skirt to a slimming black one with a glowing white stripe across the edge. "There's no extensions on yours either." "That's ok." She told me as I handed back her disk. "Maybe some of our abilities aren't shown on our disk. Like Gakupo's ability to read people, or Teto's wings. But I guess it wouldn't actually matter." She finished telling me with a soft smile that reminded me so much of Yori. I was taken back so much by her soft smile that I stuttered. "Um, uh, it's, your turn for the simulation room." She waltzes off to the simulation area as I start up the computer.
Beck-
"Bring them back tomorrow before you head out to the capital." Tron tells me. "Will do." I turn to the group "I'll meet you guys outside, I need to talk to Tron." Gakupo leads everyone out the door, as I closes I turn back to my mentor. "Are you alright?" I ask him. "Of course." He says flatly as he turns to his giant screen. "Why would you ask that?" He asks as he types away. "Earlier it just seems like you saw a ghost. When you were talking to IA." "Beck, there are some things you don't know about me." I'm about to chew him out for hiding things from me when he starts again. "Did you know I was married?" "No. What happened?... Um, what was her name?" " Yori, she was the most beautiful program on the grid, Flynn literally made her for me. She was perfect in every way, she had such hope in her eyes, for a moment the way IA smiled, it reminded me of the way Yori looked at the world, innocent and loving." He swallowed hard and exhaled slowly, I had never seen Tron like this. "I'll see you tomorrow Beck." That was my que to leave, as I exited the room I saw the other waiting. "Everything alright?" Teto asked. "Yeah, let's get going before Able gets too worried."
Kaito-
I woke up in the room that Able lent to us, with a nagging fear in my heart. It's the same fear I had yesterday while training. I'm afraid that something might go wrong while we're on the way to the capital, this place is so unfamiliar and I don't want anyone getting hurt. I know we all have some kind of background in fighting, but the style here is so different, what if one if us don't make it back home? I shouldn't be thinking such negative thoughts after Tron told us that we'll be alright, but I can't help but worry. "Kaito, you awake?" I hear Oliver whisper. "Yeah," I whisper with my back still facing him. "Today's the day we start towards the capital, and make our way back home!" Arn't you excited?" He whispers with enthusiasm. "Mhh." Suddenly the door slides open. "Guys, we should get going before anyone realizes that we're gone." I hear Beck from the doorway. We pull ourselves out of bed and drag ourselves outside. Luckily we have enough bikes now so Gakupo, Gumi, and Oliver don't have to ride squished together granted Oliver's bike is like the equivalent of a rice burner, but he doesn't seem too upset. We ride back to the Tron's building, for some kind of send off.
Once we enter Tron is waiting for us. "I know you didn't train much whatsoever but seeing that you all have a slight background in combat I foresee few problems. But I'll let some of you practice in the simulation chamber once again before going." All but Gakupo, and I went to practice. Gakupo whispered something in Tron's ear, he nodded then pointed him towards the huge screen. As Gakupo walked towards the main computer Tron turned his attention to me. "What's wrong Kaito?" He asked me. I rubbed the back of my neck as I shuffled towards him. "You've seemed distant." "Well, I'm going to get to the point. I'm, scared. This world is so different what if I mess up and get someone hurt or put someone in danger." "Kaito, you aren't in charge of the group Gakupo and Beck have that responsibility. And if it were you in charge I see none of the team blaming you if complications were to arise." He said as he put his hand on my shoulder. "There is nothing to fear Kaito." I nodded, but I guess I still can't help feeling responsible for the others, after all I am 'Ni-san'. "Alright guys, lets get going." I hear Beck say as I head for the door.
Beck-
I call to the others to get going all of them going. That's when I see Gakupo unplugging his disk from Tron's computer. Then Tron patting him on the back as he left. I walked over to my mentor "What was that?" "What was what?" He questioned back. "Between you and Gakupo?" "Oh, he needed to download somethings off the old Vocaloid files." I squinted at him but kept my mouth shut. I left to go join my new temporary team.
Teto-
I was riding on the light cycle with Kaito, usually he would enjoy doing something like this, but he's been distant lately. "Kaito everything alright?" I asked him through my helmet. "Yeah..." He says shakily. I know something is wrong, but I'm not sure what.
We've been driving for hours on a highway like road way "how much longer before we reach the nearest city?" I hear Gumi ask. "Few more hours. But by the time we get into the city it'll be to late to find a place to stay, we should pull over and rest for the night." Beck said uneasily. We pulled over onto a rough terrain and put the bikes away and rolled out the sleeping bags that we packed in case of emergency. Beck started a fire which was like little dancing white pixels that warmed us. Kaito crawled into the biggest sleeping bag with me to keep me even more warm. "Get some sleep," I heard Beck say "we have a long day ahead of us."
I wake up in the middle of the night from a loud cracking sound. "What was that?" I whisper harshly. "It was only me." Beck whispered back. "I stepped on something." "Why aren't you sleeping?" "I was taking a walk... The last time I stepped off grid like this I ran into someone that, I'd rather not talk about. I just had a nightmare about it, so-" "you took a walk to clear your head." I saw him nod, the light from the 'fire' casts shadows across the left side of his face. "I, didn't mean to wake you." "Naw, it's alright, I'm a light sleeper anyway." "Why don't you go back to sleep." He tells me. I close my eyes and say "why don't you take your own advice and get some rest too." "I will, in a little bit." I hear him say as he huddles by the fire.
I wake up the next morning and find Kaito and most of the others eating breakfast. I skip on account that its so different then what I'm used to eating. Soon we're on the road again, "The next city up ahead is Cathode we'll just be passing through. Cathode is another city like Argon not too rough for the resistance." Beck informs us. "Do the cities get worse as we make our way to the capital?" Gumi asks. "Yes, the closer to the capital the stronger the grip Clu has, so were going to be more cautious as we go." "What about Cathode don't you like?" Gakupo asked in a deep tone. "Well, actually there isn't much resisting going on in Cathode, they just stay in the quiet subjection as Clu kills them off."
Beck-
We arrive in the city boundaries of Cathode to see sights similar to the ones in Argon, the only exception is the more narrow roads. "Stay close, the last thing we need is someone getting lost." I told them. We rounded a corner to find a blockade. " Looks like road work, we have to find a way around." I told them. Just then the was a soldier pulling out a male program from one of the buildings. "Doesn't look like road work to me." Gakupo said. I lead them around into an alley "I understand if you guys don't want to come, this isn't your war to get involved with." I change into my Tron suit and as I put away my lightcycle I look back at the others, who are already dressed the same. "Dude, you couldn't ditch me the first time, what makes you think we're going to sit here and let you go by yourself this time?" Gumi says, but I just rolled my eyes and bounded up the building. When I jumped off the roof I landed precisely on of the officers and let one of the programs free. "You're really him, you're really Tron." "Yeah, the one and only. Now get going." I turned to see Gumi and Gakupo setting free programs who were strapped in a recognizer. I caught sight of another officer who tried to tackle me from behind, so I swiped my foot in the upward movement knocking my heel into his head. I spotted Kaito from out of the corner of my eye swing his double bladed lightdisk over his head then in front of him. He was able to take out four of them at once. Then I turn back around and notice there are more programs here then first thought. I see a guard hunched over another program struggling to get them to their feet. I throw my disk at the guard without injuring the civilian. The orange glowing cubes rain down over the program that looked at least two years younger than me. I ran over to the huddled figure "are you alright?!" "You're, here in Cathode, they, they attacked." "Why?" It was hard for me to listen with the rest of the commotion going on around. "We started a resistance, and they found out!" " Get get your friends and run to Argon, it's safest there, find a girl named Mara, she was in a resistance group a little while ago, she can help you and anyone else, and when I return there I can help you." He nods then runs off. I take one more look around "we got to get going!" Oliver says almost nervously. "Follow me!" I shout and spawn my lightcycle. I ride up to IA and she jumps on behind me and we start to ride down the narrow street and duck into an ally. We change back into civilian attire "wow, we were lucky we weren't followed!" Gumi said relived. "They really didn't have time to react to a revolt. We should keep going."
((Sorry this chapter was horrible, please comment I would really like to know what you think!))
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