DISCLAIMER: I do NOT own anything related to the TRON universe. it is copyrighted to Disney. I DO own Shay and Rebecca, my original characters in this thing.

Don't know how long it'll be, and please don't yell at me for changing the movie plot, it is a FANFIC for heaven's sake.

Yay!, finally Shay is thrown into the Grid, hope you like! Also, there WILL be a pairing somewhere within this mess, lol


"I've always wanted a Ducati..." Shay exclaimed, staring after Sam. He had led them to what resembled a cross between a garage and a cargo box underneath one of the main bridges. The water to their right glistened darkly, reflecting the far off lights of distant buildings.

"I'm going in." Shay said and opened the car door quietly.

"Be careful and keep your COM open so I can hear what's happening."

Shay gave Rebecca a thumbs up, indicating that she was going dark and set off down the dirt road that led to Sam's "apartment". Her dark clothes allowed her to blend in with the landscape and she crouched down, slowly but silently making her way to the bottom of the path. Sudden voices ahead caused Shay to stop in confusion. From what she'd seen, Sam lived alone. Curious but wary, the girl crept around the box and hid in some bushes so she could get a clear view inside.

"Do I really look like I'm ready to run a fortune 500 company?" Flynn was asking an older man who reluctantly shook his head. His back was to the river so Shay couldn't see who it was, but from the looks of it the man seemed close to Sam. She heard snatches of their conversation over the vehicles driving above them. The man was saying something about getting a page from a supposedly abandoned building and had asked Sam to check it out tonight.

Abandoned huh? Shay thought, That will be the perfect place to confront him. She came closer, listening for his answer then smiled as the man walked away leaving Sam to stare out at the river. From what she could see of Flynn's body language, he was seriously debating within himself whether or not to go. Shay turned around and started back up to where Rebecca was waiting. She didn't need to look behind, the girl knew Sam's curiosity would take over.

"Are you ready for more stalking?" Shay asked as she got back into the Lamborghini, "Sam's apparently going somewhere to check out an old building for a friends of his."

"Let's just hope he stays there, I'm starting to get tired of chasing him all over the city." Rebecca shifted into first gear and stared ahead, waiting for a glimpse of his Ducati. She didn't have to watch long, the sleek black motorcycle emerged onto the paved road and roared off over the bridge. They followed after, putting a couple vehicles in front of them so Sam wouldn't be alerted. He turned off the main road once he was over the river and continued downtown. Rebecca increased the distance behind the Ducati when the traffic between them became less and turned off their headlights after it stopped altogether. The farther they tailed Sam, the more decrepit buildings appeared until he stopped in front of one at a corner. The Lamborghini drove into a side road a couple blocks behind him and sat, the engine softly purring.

"Keep the car running, We're going to require a fast getaway." Shay took her headset off, "This is between me and him." She said to her friend's inquiring glance, then grabbed a black case that had been near her feet and opened it, revealing a Jericho 941 pistol, "No I'm not going to shoot him, it's just for some leverage to get Sam to terminate OS 12 off the internet." She winked, took the gun and a holster that was above it and strapped them firmly around her waist. "See ya!" Shay took off, her shoes padding softly over the sidewalk and crept up to the building Sam had entered. She could hear booming music coming from the inside and peeked through the glass doors, wondering what he was doing. Sam was at the other end of what looked like and ancient arcade, studying one of the machines. Shay looked above him and silently mouthed the flashing word plastered to the wall.

"TRON." She turned her attention back to Sam; he was kneeling now staring at something by the base of the arcade game. Then he placed a hand on the side and started to push the machine away from the wall.

What the heck? Shay slowly crept into the arcade to get a better view of what Sam was doing, he was so intent on whatever he had discovered behind TRON, he never once looked back to notice a shadow detach itself from the door. Instead, Sam disappeared into the small dark opening with Shay quickly following.

Stupid, I should have confronted him back in the main room, The girl thought with a frown as she stared down the stairs Sam had taken. She could see the bottom half of a double set of dusty doors. There was a ring of keys still dangling fro the lock. Shay moved closer, the music behind her becoming muffled. Flynn's back was to her in the room and he was typing something into what looked like a touch screen computer.

That's impossible, Shay thought, this place looks like it hasn't been touched in decades, nothing that advanced could have been invented back then. She was snapped out of her thoughts by a sudden whirring; some kind of machine mounted on a tripod started to light up.

That looks like a...Oh no. Shay's eyes widened in horror when she realized the thing was pointing straight at Sam. Abandoning stealth, the girl flung open the door and sprinted towards him.

"Look out!" She yelled and tackled him just as a blinding white light enveloped them both. The breath was knocked out of her lungs as the light dissipated and Shay could vaguely feel a solid surface below her. Her limbs were in a position they were never intended to be and she groaned in pain.

"Now I know what a contortionist feels like." she muttered.

"At least they don't have someone on top of them squeezing the life out of the poor sucker." Came an annoyed voice from under her.

Sam!" Shay scrambled off him, ignoring her sore body. She glared at him, "Well maybe if you stopped playing around with things you don't understand, I wouldn't have had to tackle your sorry butt." She snapped angrily, daring him to make a comeback. Her original mission of getting Sam to terminate OS 12 off the net was momentarily forgotten.

Sam gave her a surprised look, then opened his mouth to say something, but a sudden earth-shaking roar caused him to jump and bolt for the door.

"Hey!" Shay sprinted after him but stopped in shock. The room that had been full of beeping arcade games and booming music just a few minutes before lay bare, not even a speck of dust floated in the air.

"Sam..." Her voice was shaking, "What's going on? Where did everything go?"

He spun around, the same look of shock on his face as Shay, "I-I don't know." He turned back to the front doors, yanked one open and ran out into the street. She followed him, the only familiar thing in a seemingly alien place, and stopped next to him.

"Woah..." That was the only word Shay thought of when it came to the sight that greeted her. The first thing she noticed were the buildings; sky high towers illuminated by strange lines of neon blue accenting their dark sides. She stared up, expecting to see a sun, but the entire sky was covered in angry looking clouds threatening to start a downpour at any minute. Shay could see distant flashes of lightning.

She turned frantically to Sam and grabbed the collar of his jacket. "You better tell me RIGHT now what the heck's going on or so help me, I'll..." She was interrupted by a sudden spotlight from above trained on them. Shay let go of Sam and stared upwards, trying to see whoever was above. She was movement on the road out of the corner of her eye and turned her head. Impossible, the street itself was moving, falling away to create a gap with Sam and Shay stranded on a small piece of the road.

"No way!" Shay yelled defiantly, took a running start and jumped. Immediately, she knew she would hit the side of the gap; it had grown wider since she'd leaped. Shay tensed her muscles for the impact and slammed into the side. Her arms found purchase on the top, but the rest of her body was dangling over what looked like a bottomless pit. She placed all her weight on her arms, wincing at the strain and moved her feet so the soles were resting against the surface in front of and below her. The girl silently thanked Rebecca for pestering her to perfect the art of Parkour as she used what she'd learned to figure out a way to get onto level ground. Shay heard shouts of anger behind her, but ignored them. She pushed away and up from the side with her legs, then used her arms to take advantage of the momentum and move her body away from the pit. Shay slumped to the road, exhausted but she forced herself to stand, she wasn't safe yet from whomever had tried to grab her. She looked back to where she'd jumped from; a man dressed in a black skintight suit not unlike the one Shay was wearing now had grabbed Sam's arms preventing him from running. The same lines on the buildings criss-crossed over his clothing, only the color was a bright orange. A second identical man was pointing the bladed staff he held at Shay.

"Stand still, any attempts at escape will result in your immediate deresolution, program." His voice sounded like something digitized from out of a computer.

"What are you talking about?" Shay demanded. deresolution? whatever that was.

Sam started to struggle and got a hand free. He waved it at her to get Shay's attention then yelled. "Get out of here! Run!"

The gap between them was starting to get smaller and Shay knew once the edges were close enough, that strange man would chase after her. The helmet over his face unnerved the girl, he looked like a predator about to pounce on it's prey. she hesitated, not wanting to leave Sam with those creeps, but she had no choice. Besides, Shay would have more of a chance of getting him out if she escaped. She turned and sprinted down the road. Something whizzed past her ear and Shay ducked, instinctively dodging to the right then left to make herself a harder target to hit. Whatever they'd thrown was still in front of her, it glowed the same color as the men's suits and strangely looked like a frisbee. It arced around and sped back to Shay. She cried out and reflexively dropped to the ground, feeling the air above her head stir as the weapon flew back to the men. It made a rattling rhythmic sound and she knew if it managed to hit her, it would cut through her skin like a razor.

"This is not happening!" Shay yelled as she jumped back up and and ran, this time taking a side road so those men wouldn't be able to throw that frisbee/boomerang/razor thing again. She could hear one set of footsteps behind, echoing her own and she ran faster, vaulting over short walls and other obstacles to hinder the pursuer. The footsteps were gaining and Shay darted towards an alley to break the man's line of sight, but slid to a stop; she had trapped herself with a dead end. Shay heard her pursuer getting closer and knew there wasn't any time to go back out into the main street, so she grabbed her pistol from its holster and pointed the barrel at the road. She'd never killed someone, but this man seemed set on killing her and she had no choice but to shoot once he appeared. Suddenly, a pair of gloved hands clamped over her mouth and pulled the girl backwards into a door that had mysteriously opened. Shay started to struggle, but a voice whispered in her ear.

"Shhh! I'm a friend, be quiet and the black guard will eventually go away." Then the hands let her go. Shay turned around to find another helmeted figure, only this one was a girl. She wore the same skintight suit, but the lines were white in color. "I'm Quorra." The helmet disappeared back towards the woman's neck and she smiled apologetically.

"Sorry I had to grab you..." She was about to say more, but the black guard had reached the alley Shay disappeared in. Quorra placed a hand on her lips and motioned for Shay to move deeper into the building. The guard was cut off from view, but they could hear hesitant footsteps as he searched the area. Shay slowly crept backwards, keeping her eyes on the doorway and bumped into what felt like a stool. It shifted and made a slight grating noise, enough to alert the guard who appeared, blocking off what little light there was from outside. Quorra took advantage while his eyes were still trying to adjust to the pitch black room and took something off her back, then threw it at him. Shay immediately recognized the rattling hum as the frisbee tore into his chest. She gasped, expecting to see blood but the man exploded into a shower of glass cubes. His own frisbee clattered to the floor next to what remained of him.

"Grab his disc!" Quorra said and Shay looked around in confusion.

"What?" She asked.

"The disc, take his disc" She was looking at the pile of cubes and it took a moment before Shay realized Quorra was referring to the frisbee weapon. She slowly walked over to the cubes, knelt down and grasped it.

"What do I do with it"

Quorra gave her an odd look, then the woman's eyes widened. "User," She whispered, "You're a User."

"What are you talking about? What's a User?" Shay was very confused and she started to nervously fiddle with the disc.

"Any program would have known exactly what that is and how to use it." Quorra pointed at the disc which was still glowing orange, "A User is you"

"That didn't answer my question."

"I don't know how to properly explain it, Flynn will tell you everything." Quorra walked back out into the street and Shay followed.

"Sam? But he doesn't know anything about this place, I could see it in his eyes. He's as confused as I am!"

"Wait..." Quorra stopped and turned around, "Sam Flynn is here?"

"Didn't you just tell me he could explain things?" Shay raised an eyebrow in annoyance.

"Not Sam...Kevin."

Shay was silent as her words sunk in. "I thought Kevin Flynn was dead." She said suspiciously.

Quorra smiled, "He's been here for quite a while. Stay in this area, I'll be right back." Then she ran off and disappeared around a corner.

Shay started to pace around the alley, playing with the disc. She threw it a short distance and was surprised to see it came straight back. She caught it then threw the weapon a couple more times, it returned to her waiting hand every time.

"Cool..." She was about to toss it again, but she heard the sound of an engine and unconsciously took a fighting stance, expecting to see another red guard. Instead, a vehicle similar to an oversized go-kart appeared with Quorra in the driver's seat. The passenger door opened.

"Get in!"

Shay obeyed, "What is this thing?"

"It's called a lightrunner." Quorra cut off her next question, "I know you're curious, but we don't have much time, Kevin Flynn will explain." They took off down the road, then as the buildings grew scarce, turned onto what looked like a barren wasteland and continued on. Shay was staring through the window like a wide eyed child at a candy shop.

"This is so cool!"

Quorra laughed, "Welcome to the Grid, User!"


Well, there it is, the next chapter! Sorry it took such a long time, I've been busy.

Please review, I want to know what to work on

Next chapter, Quorra and Shay end up going after Sam to rescue him and Shay is deceived into thinking her enemies are her friends and friends are enemies, PLUS! Rinzler will be showing up, so look forward to that :D

( For Macs, my awesome reviewer who helps me edit a chapter: The reason shay acts so casual towards Quorra when she first meets her instead of when she met Sam in Encom is because Quorra was a friend in a seemingly different world and Shay had no one else to turn to. Plus, yes she is a girl and more prone to be trusted. :D) Oh, and that's an explanation for anyone else who was confuzzled.