Tron Legacy: Twisted Memories

Chapter one: Repeating History

Sam Flynn sighed as he lay on his bed and stared up at the ceiling. The room was covered deep in the shadows, the only lighting he had was the glow from his black suit. He remembered the first time he found himself in the suit, it was right before he entered the disk games. That was also the beginning of his last journey that led him to his father who had been there for twenty years. Not once though, did Sam Flynn ever thought that he would be back on the Grid let alone be in the same position as his father. It was by accident that he had ended up on The Grid once again… something else had pulled him in this time. He thought the world was wiped out since he last went through the portal but something survived and rebuilt a whole new system.

It was Core, a nasty program who had taken over and infected the Grid. His lust for power and his hatred for users made facing him a hundred times harder than it was with Clu. Sam had been trapped there for a little over six months now and it was driving him crazy, he couldn't imagine how his father dealt with twenty years of this. Quorra was still on the other side, trying to figure out what went wrong and how she would get him back, all Sam could do now was wait for a signal…But for how long?

He looked around his room, it felt more like a prison from the lack of windows and color. How long had he been hiding underground anyway? It really wasn't in his nature to hide, run away or even wait for long periods of time but what was he going to do when he got to Cores door step? With no way to re-open the portal again it would be suicidal. His father's disk was the only thing that had the power to do that.

Sam heard a knock on his door.

"Yeah?"

He sat up and a light brown haired girl poked her head in

"What is it Willow?"

"Remy wants two speak with us."

He rolled out of bed and followed her. Willow was a member of the residence group against Core. The leader Remy found her wandering around the city, not having any idea to who she was, Core tried to erase her and Remy came to the rescue. Willow was one of the rare few to survive the explosion caused by his father when he absorbed Clu and that wasn't even the first time for her She was a siren of Clastro, Sam could tell from the beginning by her white suit that was lit a faint blue light. Willow, even though she was afraid of heights managed to jump from the window just as Clu sent Castro and his club to its doom. She had a copter rod on her that helped her land safely, not knowing how to fly it so she crashed it but she was alive and that was all she cared about.

They walked to the main room. Remy was sitting in her chair, her feet rested up on the table her blonde shoulder length hair tied in two pigtails. She wore a black suit as well but with glowing lights of red. She was Clu's first creation for the perfect system, like Sam's father she could re-programs other programs but not many. When Clu snapped and killed the miracle programs, took over and caused Kevin Flynn to disappear she ran…not wanting any part of his twisted plans.

That's when she found Core, Core became sort of became her first love and when they both survived the last blast he promised to take over and rule with her by his side. He promised to make the Grid a better place, but he became to greedy and when she saw history repeating itself she ran once more and went against him.

Standing next to her was Codec, no one knows much about him only that Remy helped him escape the games like Quorra had done for Sam. Codec doesn't really talk much and when he does he usually keeps it short and simple. Codec must have been one strongest disk warriors because Sam had seen him win countless battle. He has a scar going down the left side of his face from where a disk nearly ended him.

"I've been doing some thinking." Remy started "I think I might have found a way to open the portal once again."

"Really how?"

"There are rumors about this…stone, an orb with the power to unlock anything. It is said to be hidden in Cores lair. If we get that we can open the portal."

"How do we know if it works?" Sam asked "I mean, if Core has it then how come he hasn't opened it already."

"He doesn't know how to work it. The stone is like a living thing it will only open up to the chosen one of loyalty and kind hearted."

"Maybe it will open up to Sam?" Willow said

"My thoughts exactly, and once we have the stone, Core will be at our mercy."

"sounds to easy…what's the catch?" Sam asked

Remy sighed "The catch is if we successfully get the stone his security and guards will tighten. Not only around the portal but throughout the grid…making sure we don't reach our goal. it's a long shot but I know we can pull it off. But I need to know now if you're with me."

"I'm in." Willow said

"Me too…I'm tired of just sitting around."

"good." Remy smiled

She took her feet off the table and Codec handed her a metal plate, she opened it and a hologram of a blueprint appeared.

"This is a map of one of Cores storage buildings where the stone should be located, we get that, get out and maybe blow up the place on the way then we'll be ok."

"What do we have to lose." Sam said "When do we leave."

"immediately."

The team of four took two hours to prepare and were on there way into the re-created city. Sam was relieved to finally be on his light cycle again, that was the one thing he did miss on The Grid. It was amazing what his father had created yet, like in the real world it always seemed to find itself over ruled by greed, or power hungry fiends but what world was ever perfect? Nevertheless Sam would like to go back home knowing that this place was as good as his father wanted it to be.

Sneaking back into the city was easy, sneaking into the well guarded area wasn't so hard either. The real test was getting out of the building un-noticed. Guards blocked all entries of the building, the group laid lowed and watched them.

'What now?" Willow said "There's no way we'll get through there un-noticed."

"You two wait here, Codec and I will look for a distraction but even then you do not moved until I give the signal."

And with that they disappeared into the darkness.

Sam was getting more and more impatient by the minute…what were they doing? Why were they taken so long?

"Would you calm down?" Willow said "You're making me nervous."

"Sorry."

A couple of minutes later the guards looked away in the distance, then ran away.

"they did it." Willow smiled

"Alright. Lets go!"

Being impatient as ever, Sam ran out towards the door.

"Wait" Willow called in a whisper

But it was too late, he already was gone.

Sam slipped through the doors into the power building. The walls, ceiling, floors everything was white, Sam felt like he was in some kind of mental hospital from the lack of color and he stood out like a sore thumb. It was going to be difficult to sneak around here. He checked his surroundings, when it was officially good to go he made his way down the hall. He found a white sheet covering some cargo and pulled it off. He didn't understand the language the book had written on it but it was probably written no doubt. He took the sheet and cover himself, this just made him feel stupid but at least he would he harder to notice now. He started his mission by checking different room and occasionally opening the cargo boxes. They were all full of junk and machine parts…but no stone. He didn't really have a good description of what he was looking for, just that it was a stone, a orb that probably had a faint glow to it. If such a stone even exist, as far as he knew it was a rumor.

Remy and Codec ran back to Willow.

"Where's Sam?" Codec asked

Willow pointed toward the double doors of the building.

"Great…just great." Remy growled "Come on, better go get him."

Sam was getting a headache, he couldn't seem to find the stone and now he thinks that he's lost and to make everything so much more grand, security was every where. Sam did his best to slip by them as he looked for the exit. He was giving up on this stupid rock, if it did exist it surely wasn't hiding here, Remy got her facts wrong. When he saw a clear shot he turned down a hall just to run into two of Cores soldiers.

" Your not supposed to be in here. Identify yourself program!"

Sam turned around and ran.

"Hey stop!"

They chased after him.

Sam zigzagged through the different hall, when he cut around the corner he slid in between to cargo boxes and the soldiers passed him, a while later he came out. He took off the sheet and threw it. Really no point in wearing it now that they know there's an intruder. Not paying any attention he turned around and ran into someone.

He was a huge man that probably stood to be about eight feet tall. He was bald with red tattoos all over his face and head. His suit was black with yellow lighting. When someone had yellow lights they were no doubt working with Core….just great.

The man stood there with the slyest grin across his face.

"You look lost." he smiled

Sam's eyes widened and he took a step back as he watched the man pull a hammer off his back about the same size as he.

"Time to die user!"

User? He knew who he was? But how?

Sam didn't give any time to think on it. He reached back and grabbed his disk and threw it at the man. The disk just bounced off and came back at Sam, he caught it and with bewildered look, what the heck just happened? How did that just happen.

All the man did was laugh.

"My turn."

Sam wasn't going to give him that turn. He was big, strong and apparently invincible. Sam dodged a swing from the hammer and darted in a direction that hopefully led to the exit. Sam was relieved when he saw the over grown titan falling behind, he was faster than him but he knew that he wasn't stronger and it probably would take long for him to crush someone.

Remy and the gang were running into more and more security, they took out what they could and moved on.

"Sam!" Remy called "Where are you?"

"This isn't working." Willow panicked "We need to get out of here."

"We need to find Flynn first." Codec said

"We'll spilt up." Remy said "We'll cover more ground."

"That's suicide!" Willow freaked "there are guards everywhere."

"If we all get captured we won't stand a chance escaping." Remy put her hand on Willows shoulder "Do you remember how to get to the exit."

"Yes but-"

"good, you get out of here, I'll get Sam and Codec will look for the stone. We'll meet up with you at our place."

Willow sighed "Okay then…be careful."

Willow ran back the way she had came while Remy and codec went farther in.

Sam was beginning to run out of breath, was he stilling being chased? He didn't bother looking but he had to stop to rest. He turned around a corner only to realize it was a dead in, a dead end stocked with cargo boxes.

"oh no." he gasped

He stopped by the boxes to catch his breath. He felt like his heart was going to burst, but during all his running he couldn't help but notice something different. Ever since he ran into that big guy he hasn't seen any more soldiers…where did they call go? The were like cockroaches earlier. Suddenly he heard a crash come down on the boxes, when he look up he seen a girl standing on them, she bent down until her face was leveled with his. She was small, about 5'2" and probably in her early twenties, she had long dark brown hair that was clipped in the back while the loose ends fell curled over her right shoulder. The girl wore a black suit but her lighting was purple, she was one of Cores guards was she? Where did she come from! Before Sam could ask she grabbed him by his throat nearly cutting of his air. He was surprised by her inhuman strength even more when she stood back up and took him with her, his feet off the ground dangling. Her face was expressionless but her hazel eyes went right through him, whatever her intentions were they weren't good. She threw Sam, knocking him into the back wall at the other end of the hall He coughed and scrambled to his feet, when she jumped off the boxes and made her way to him he pulled out his disk and threw it at her. She caught it just as it reached her.

"What the hell!" Sam said

What was up with these people, a disc was useless against them.

The girl stopped and looked at his disc as if she had never seen it before. She the spun it on one finger like a basketball and grinned. It gave Sam chills, it wasn't a happy grin but more like she was satisfied on how easy killing him would be. She looked back at Sam and threw the disc back at him, he caught it just as it reached his face. When he looked back at her she was already one him. She moved like lighting, she pulled out two small swords and attacked. Sam pushed away the striking blade with his disc, and continued to do so as she fought him back. She was fast, constantly moving around him, jumping, flipping, kicking and swinging. Every time he attacked she would block with ease, Sam just couldn't seem to find a pattern in this fight. He couldn't figure out her weapon either, the two swords faintly lit up white like light-sabers, except they still had a blade on them. A blade he very much wanted to avoid.

Willow wasn't finding the exit and was on the edge of panic. Had she gone the wrong way? Surely not. She didn't stop running, it had to be here somewhere, she knew that this was a bad idea. Willow stopped when she seen guards and peeked around the corner. Soldiers gathered around the doors and took routes around the halls near them. So that's where they had all gone, they're blocking all the exits…was this a trap. Sam began to pack away never taking her eyes off the group hoping that they would see her. She backed into a huge figure. Her eyes widened when she turned to she the eight foot solider before her.

"Roth." She whimpered

"Got'cha!"

Sam found a chance and attacked her once again, this time she grabbed his arm, jumped around his shoulder and with her body weight she flipped him. He tried to get back to his feet but she jumped on him, pinning him to the ground. She put the blade to his neck. Feeling his end, Sam turned away and closed his eyes…nothing happened. He looked back at her confused. Her eyes burned with resolve, she put away her second sword leaving the other at his neck. With her empty hand she touched his forehead. A sharp pain stabbed different parts of his brain. Sam yelled out in pain ass the pressure tighten. He was loosing focus, loosing strength, life slowly being drained…what was she doing to him? Sam couldn't hold on any longer, the pain was just too thick.

"HEY!"

Remy threw her disk, cutting the girls arm making her pulled away from Sam. Sam gasped for breathe and struggled to pull himself together. But it was still too much…He began to get dizzy and he lost consciousness as the girl who attacked him ran away.