Author's note: Double updates all the way! 3 Stats are back online. I think that will make Quorra happy.
"Sure does" Quorra was online reading her favorite fics again.
"Good," Flynn said. "Now she doesn't have to get mad and bother me all the time." And he went back to drinking tea and listening to Scandinavian flute music.

Sigh. Characters, sheesh, what are you gonna do? Thanks for reading!

Chapter 7: Flynn's Disc

Sam returned to the lab above the arcade. He removed the dog tag from around his neck, the one that contained his father's disc. Everything his father had ever done, everything he had ever understood, known or been a part of, everything his father had been was on that disc. It was his father's final parting gift. Sam felt a wave of bitterness pass through him. I went to the Grid and all I got was this lousy Identity Disc. He thought it would make a great T-shirt.

He put the chip into a small scanner next to the main computer. An image of an identity disc appeared, one that Sam could manipulate. He typed in "Search: Grid" Hundreds of data files appeared. He changed his parameters: "Search: Grid, Download Speed" There were still at least fifty files, but as he started to go through them he realized that none of them were exactly what he was looking for.

The screen flickered. There was a flash of static. Then the screen went back to normal.

That's odd. Sam thought. Without thinking Sam typed in "Search: Sam" The screen began to flicker quickly and a loud static began to build. A red error message appeared on the screen as the screen continued to flicker: "Error. Disc has been corrupted. Files missing." Sparks began flying from the dock. Sam only had seconds to remove the disc. He watched as the computer shut down and then rebooted itself.

A strange message appeared across the screen:

In order to access location Sam FILES please use KEYS.

Sam typed:

Query: What is KEYS?

KEYS access codes provide additional access to FLYNN DISC. TRON program will advise.

Tron. It had been a while since he had heard his father say that name. As they were fleeing the light jets he had overheard his father say "Tron what have you become?" At first he hadn't thought much of it. He had been too busy in the turret. But now he was curious. Was Tron still alive?

Query: where is Tron?

Sea of Simulation.

That's right. They had been flying over the Sea of Simulation at the time. Maybe Tron had survived. He realized there wasn't much time. Maybe Tron was injured. Maybe he was already dead. He decided to ask this strange program.

Query: Is Tron alive?

Yes.

Query: Who are you?

My name is Cyphen.

Cyphen, eh? He decided to investigate. He would find Tron and ask him about the KEYS codes. He threw on his jacket and ran downstairs. He was about to go back to the lab at ENCOM and return to the grid. They had recently abandoned Flynn's old lab since it was too small for all of them to work in at once. Sam reserved it for his private research.

Then he remembered he had a game to get to.