Hey everyone, Just to let you know I'm still alive. I've just been busy. I know I said I wouldn't write these until Voiceless It Cries was done, but I'm currently blocked and the game got deleted from my laptop :( So, I'm going to be focusing on these for a while. "Born to Lead" won the poll, followed by "Old System, New Madness,"

Anyway, here is the AU Son of Tron in which Beck was born on the Grid before the Coup.

Chapter 1

Accessing Archive Data…

The Grid has changed. I can feel it in the rocky Outlands when I put my hand on the smooth yet jagged stones, I can feel it when the rain splashes down on my face while lightning arcs across the sky. I can smell it in the cool, crisp air as the wind blows through the mountains of Argon. Much that was before now isn't a factor anymore. Because only three of us remember it. But now, a new era is dawning. We are free…

And it is good.

Since he had been brought to the Grid, Tron had seen many things. He'd witnessed the creation of the system he would be protecting, saw the ISOs first coming into the city, been there when the Game Grid was brought online and the games were harmless. Just for fun! Flynn had seen him nearly cry when he found out. And when the User had brought Yori to the Grid to be beside him after a few cycles alone…he did cry.

But this was nothing…nothing…compared to what was going to happen within the next few cycles. Something…wonderful and something they all previously thought happened only with ISOs until Yori announced it.

Yori was with child…Tron was going to be a father.

The Monitor gave a smile and looked down at the countertop, his long, pale fingers wrapped around the small glass of clear blue energy. A father…the term was unfamiliar to him but then again, it was a User term. According to Flynn, Yori wasn't the first to be with child…very few others had shone signs of it as well. One of Yori's friends actually gave 'birth' to twins. Two little Basic Boys that looked almost identical. Flynn, needless to say, was excited…Just as he was when Jalen and Radia's daughter, Quorra, was born. The first Child ISO.

Tron smiled again at the mental picture of Quorra's pale, icy-blue eyes that locked onto him with an intelligence and curiosity that few matched. If his own child would be anything like the little ISO girl…he couldn't wait until the little one got here.

He renewed his grip on the vial of energy and walked towards his counterpart, who was currently on the couch, a pale hand resting on her abdomen as her circuits flickered gently in time with the little life inside her.

"Thought you might want this," Tron counterpart murmured, setting the vial of energy down next to her.

She closed an eye and looked up at him.

"I could have gotten it," she huffed, "I'm not that helpless,"

"True," he replied, "But you're taking care of two. And it's my job to protect everyone on this system…and that includes the ones who aren't here yet too,"

He gently poked his counterpart's shoulder, a sparkle lighting up his steely eyes.

"You're hopeless, Tron," Yori sighed, shaking her head.

"Hmm…I don't see that," he purred, gently kissing her cheek as he sat down next to her and let her get closer to him, nestling into his side and laying her head on his chest as he put his arm around her.

"We've still got to name the child," Yori reminded him.

"We don't even know if it is a boy or a girl," Tron told her.

"Still," Yori told him, "C'mon, you have to have some idea!"

Tron gave a roguish smile and laughed.

"The only thing I can think about right now is the look on Flynn's face when you told him you were with child," he chuckled.

"Are you kidding?" Yori sputtered, "He didn't let me out of his sight for the whole time he was here!"

Tron gave a hum and lay his head on hers.

"True," he agreed, "But, you know Flynn…he was always excitable. Just you wait until Jordan finds out,"

"Knowing her," Yori started, "She probably d…"

The door flew open and Tron was instantly on his feet, hand reaching back for his Disk…until he saw who the dark shape in the door was.

Jordan Canas-Flynn gave a squeal and shot over to Yori's side, gently putting her hand on Yori's stomach, her sky-colored eyes bright and happy as she looked at the Program.

"How long until the little one gets here?" Jordan asked as Flynn came, panting, to the door.

"Should be sometime next cycle," Yori replied.

"Hey, buddy," the User gasped, putting his hands on his knees, "She's…she's fast when she wants to be,"

"Seems all females are, User or Program," Tron deadpanned as Jordan took Yori's Disk and pulled up the Simulations Program's coding.

"I don't know if it's a little girl or a little boy," Yori started as Jordan experimentally poked at the dimly flickering red bits near Yori's abdomen, "But…"

She derezzed the part of her suit covering said spot and Jordan blinked rapidly.

"They're just as strong if not stronger than their father," she finished, looking at the faint, dark blue splotches over her skin, "It doesn't hurt…but I was startled when I saw the first bruise,"

"I'm thinking they're going to be some sort of Security Program," Flynn said, walking up as Tron protectively knelt next to his Yori, "If not a really, really tough Simulations Program,"

"As long as the baby is healthy, I'm fine," Yori said as Jordan gave a smile.

"Well, it looks like the little guy's healthy," she said, "Congrats, Yori, Tron…the little tyke's gonna be a boy,"

"Am I the only one who's thinking about what the little guy's gonna look like?" Flynn asked, "For some reason…I'm always getting that greyish blue for the eye color,"

"Has to have some aspect of his daddy, doesn't he?" Jordan teased, before looking at the two soon-to-be parents.

"That he will," Flynn nodded, "I just hope that he doesn't have his parents' stubbornness,"

"Kevin, I think that that will be a nobrainer…he's going to be stubborn…."

Flynn sighed, shaking his head.

"God help the Grid,"

After Flynn and Jordan returned to their world, Tron had to return to his duties as System Monitor. It was no secret that Yori was with child, and the inhabitants of the Grid knew that if Tron couldn't be found on the Grid…he could be found at home with Yori. Anon had to come and get the Monitor almost immediately after Tron had set foot back into the apartment from escorting Flynn and Jordan to the Portal.

Yori was used to it, it didn't bother her that her counterpart was doing his job. Programs counted on him, and it was his job to protect those who couldn't protect themselves.

She lay back down on the couch, pulling her blanket more over her slender frame. A sharp kick to her abdomen caught her attention.

"Hello, little one," she whispered, putting a hand on her stomach, "I'm here,"

A soft thrumming throbbed through the air, gentle and melodic. She'd never heard it before, but it was awfully calming and her eyelids were getting really heavy…

And before she knew it…Yori had fallen asleep as the thrumming sang through the air.

Next time, our little guy comes to the Grid! You guys thought Tron was bad in Son of Tron...just you wait until you see him next...

I hope you guys liked it, if you did send in the reviews! (Along with ideas because I will need them eventually!) :)

Qui vállë tóquetë, ván tecë (If no review comes from y'all; no story comes from me)

Máriessë ar mára tecië

Farewell and fair writing

Elhini Prime signing off.