Here's chapter seven! Thank you for all your help Kisara B.!
Thank you everyone who reviewed and favored since my last chapter! It makes me happy. And thank you for being patient for this chapter.
Not much happens in this chapter, but it's really important. It leads up to chapter eight, which is where the 'stuff' happens that I mentioned in the last chapter.
And no, Sam is NOT in this chapter.
However, there is more Jealous!Tron! Enjoy!
'Italics'- Thinking
Chapter Seven
The next day, Kevin returned to the Grid by himself. He wanted, no needed, to check out what could have happened the last time he was here. What is going on here? Why did some Programs attack Tron and Sam? Why were these Programs orange? Does this mean that another Program like the MCP is here? All these thoughts were whirling in Kevin's head as he headed for Circuitry Tower. Pulling up to the front of the tower, Kevin got off his lightcycle, picked up the baton, and walked inside. Heading towards the elevator, Kevin hit the UP button and walked in as soon as the doors opened. Doors closing, Kevin pushed the button that would take him to the top. Coming to a complete stop the elevator DINGED! and the doors open letting Kevin out. Kevin walked briskly down the hall to the main console room where Tron and CLU were.
"Anything you guys?" Kevin asked as he walked in.
Both Tron and CLU looked up at what they were doing. CLU just shook his head, while Tron answered, "Nothing out of the ordinary. It seems everything is calm." For now. Tron thought to himself.
Sighing, and finally relaxing since he got here, Kevin said, "That's good. I wonder if that was a onetime thing. You know, just remnants of the MCP that have been hiding out?"
CLU said quickly, "It's a high possibility."
Tron looked at CLU with an odd expression. He answered that a little too fast. thought Tron. Eyes snapping back to Kevin, Tron finally notice that Sam wasn't with him. "Flynn? Where's Sam? Is he here with you?" inquired Tron, looking over Kevin's shoulder, kind of hoping to see Sam in the hallway.
Kevin, seeing this, thought, He's really become attached to him, hasn't he? Smirking a little, he asked, "Why? Do you miss him?"
Blushing like mad, Tron looked away from Kevin, stuttering, "We-well, I…" Feeling a hand on his shoulder Tron looked up to see that Kevin had moved in front of him, and had a smile on his face.
"Hey. I'm just playing with you. No, he's not with me this time. I wanted to make sure everything here was safe before I brought him back." answered Kevin.
But I wish he was here. I want to see him again… Wait…WHAT? What is the matter with ME? Shaking his head to clear his thoughts Tron just said, "That makes sense."
Suddenly there was an outburst from CLU, who shouted, "He's coming back?"
Both Kevin and Tron looked at him in surprise.
Kevin, with confusion on his face said, a little slowly, "Yeeeah. Of course he's gonna come back. I promised him after all."
Clearing his throat, CLU said, trying to cover up his outburst, "Oh…Well…I thought that it would be too dangerous for young Sam to come back since we have not solved the problem of the orange Programs."
"Weeell. You did agree that it was probably just old remnants of the MCP. We can easily get rid of that. And Sam will be perfectly safe." countered Kevin, looking at CLU oddly. What's wrong with him? Now that I think about it, he hasn't been himself for awhile. thought Kevin. "CLU?" asked Kevin, giving him his full attention, "are you ok? You both have been working hard lately. Maybe you guys should take a break."
Straightening his back, yet blushing a little from having Kevin's full attention on him, CLU replied, "I'm fine Kevin. And no I don't need to take a break…I'm going to go check out some more data in one of the back rooms." And with that he left the main console room in a hurried pace.
Tron and Kevin watched him go, one in suspicion, and the other in concern.
"Well…That was…Odd." commented Kevin.
Tron just kept staring down the hallway where CLU had disappeared to. Something is definitely wrong with him, but what? thought Tron. "Tron? Tron!" Hearing his name, Tron snapped out of his thoughts and looked at Kevin and asked, "Yes Flynn?"
"I was gonna ask if you would come with me to ISO Tower. I want to make sure everything is alright down there in person." said Kevin, with a little concern in his voice. "Of course I can always go by myself if you need a break. I would totally understand."
Tron just smiled and said, "I'll come with you and I'm fine Flynn. Besides I'm not letting you go by yourself. We still don't know if the attack was an isolated incident."
"Yeah, yeah. Ok. Well I was gonna head out now." said Kevin, heading out of the room with Tron on his heels.
"What about CLU, Flynn?" asked Tron.
"Let's leave him alone for now. You know how he gets." answered Kevin. "Oh! By the way, do you know what could have happened to Sam's action figure? When we got back I saw he didn't have it on him, and I couldn't ask him where it was, because he was asleep by the time we got to the car."
Action figure. Action figure. OH! "He gave it to me, as a gift." Tron answered softly, a small blush forming on his cheeks.
Kevin looked back at Tron in surprise. "Really?" he said. Seeing Tron nod, Kevin said, "Wow. That's really surprising. He loves that thing. Hardly ever goes anywhere without it." smiling he continued, "He must really like you." After a second of silence Kevin heard, almost too soft to hear, an, "I like him too." Still smiling, he and Tron headed towards the elevator.
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"DAMN IT!" CLU shouted, smashing his fists into a console screen, almost breaking it. "That little brat is getting in the way! Tron, I could handle, but now this…this… little upstart is ruining everything!" Breathing heavily, CLU unclenched his hands. Pushing a hand through his hair he took a deep breath. "No problem. No problem. I can handle this. I'll just have to alter my plans." Finally relaxing, CLU smirked, and said, "Yes. Everything will work out in the end." Chuckling darkly CLU got to work.
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Coming to a stop in front of ISO Tower, Tron and Kevin got off their lightcycles and started to look around for anything suspicious.
"You know, we could always…" started Kevin, but was interrupted by Tron.
"No." Tron said
"Buuuut Troooon." whined Kevin.
"No Flynn. We are NOT splitting up." Tron said, just rolling his eyes. Sometimes I wonder how old he really is. thought Tron.
After a while of looking around and asking the ISOs if they've seen anything unusual, mostly getting the answer "No", did they finally decide to take a break.
"I'm glad nothing else has happened. Maybe it was an only one time thing." said Kevin.
"Perhaps." was all Tron said, but silently, he thought, But I highly doubt it.
"Tron! Kevin!" someone behind them called out.
Stiffening Tron stopped, while Kevin, who also stopped, looked back to see who it was. Oh No! Tron yelled in his head. Don't let it be who I think it is! Please! Don't let it be who I think it is! Don't let be…
"Quorra!" exclaimed Kevin, happy to see her.
Dang it! Tron thought, irritation beginning to run through his circuits. Turning around stiffly, he saw Quorra running up to him and Kevin. Wait a minute. Why am I irritated? wondered Tron.
Smiling, Quorra stopped in front of them and said, "Hi! I heard you guys were around, so I decided to look for you guys." Looking around for a second, she turned back to Kevin and asked, "Where's Sam?"
Tron stiffened some more, while Kevin, totally oblivious to it, said, "He's not here this time. I left him at home. I wanted to make sure everything was safe before he came back. Speaking of which. You haven't seen anything suspicious have you? You know, out of the ordinary?"
Quorra thought for a second, shook her head and said, "Nope. Everything here has been fine since the attack. Nothing out the ordinary that I've seen."
"Well," Tron said, a little stiffly, "thank you for your time, but we should probably get back to Circuitry Tower."
Ooookay. What's wrong with him? First CLU, now Tron. What the heck is going on with these two? wondered Kevin, looking at Tron. Turning back to Quorra he said, "He's right. We need to head back." Coming up with an idea he asked, "Hey Quorra. Do you think you could keep an eye out for anything out of the ordinary and report it back to us?"
Eyes widening, Quorra asked, "You want my help?" Seeing Kevin nod, she said, "Sure! I'll keep an eye out!"
"Awesome!" exclaimed Kevin, smiling widely.
"Flynn, we really need to get going." Tron said. Seriously? Why am I irritated? She didn't do anything wrong. thought Tron, confusion running through him.
"Yeah. You're right. Hopefully CLU is in a better mood. See ya Quorra! Let me know if anything happens!" said Kevin, as he turned around and started towards the street.
Tron just nodded at her and followed Kevin.
"Bye guys! I'll keep an eye out!" Quorra shouted, waving at them. Hmmm. I wonder what was wrong with Tron? shrugging she thought, Oh well. Turning back around, Quorra walked back the way she came, keeping an eye out, just as Kevin had asked her to do.
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Back at Circuitry Tower, CLU was at one of the back consoles muttering, "Capture…By any means necessary."
"CLU! We're back!" yelled Kevin, as he and Tron walked into the room.
Spinning around, CLU hit something on the console. Clearing his throat, he said, "You're back. That's good. I'm guessing everything was alright?"
"Yep." answered Kevin.
"Capture? Capture who?" Tron asked, suspicion coloring his voice.
"Oh. I was letting other Security Programs know if they run into anymore orange Programs they should capture them so we could question them for information." CLU answered in a flat tone, shooting Tron a little glare.
"Well! It seems great minds think alike!" Kevin said, smiling at CLU.
CLU looked at Kevin for a second, blushed, and looked away.
"We also asked an ISO to keep a look out too!" continued Kevin.
Eyes darkening a little CLU said, a little stiffly, "Really?"
"Yep. I figured we could use all the help we can get." said Kevin, oblivious to CLU's change in mood.
Fortunately Tron had noticed. Trying to steer away from the ISOs, he asked, "Were you able to find anything wrong while we were away?"
Snapping out of his darkening mood, CLU answered, "No. Everything was fine. There were no problems that I detected."
"That's good! I'm glad there aren't any more problems." exclaimed Kevin, relief flooding his body. Thank God! I really want to bring Sam back. thought Kevin. Speaking of which… "Guys. I really need to head home. I'm confident you guys can handle things here."
"Do you want me to come with you Kevin?" CLU asked, a little hope coloring his voice.
"Mmmm. Sure. Why not." said Kevin. Maybe I can figure out what's wrong with him. he thought. Turning to leave, he looked over his shoulder at Tron. Saying to him, "See ya Tron! I'll bring Sam next time and you can tell him how much you missed him!" Turning back around, he only heard a loud groan as his answer. Laughing he and CLU left the room.
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Riding on their lightcycles, towards the portal, Kevin looked over at CLU and asked, or shouted, over the noise of the cycles, "CLU!"
Hearing his name, CLU looked over at Kevin, showing that he heard him.
"Hey man! Are you ok? You seem to be actin a little weird lately! I'm kinda worried, and I think Tron is a little too!" shouted Kevin, worry and concern lacing his voice.
"I'm fine Kevin! Just a little stressed! And now with the attack from the orange Programs I'm also a little worried!" CLU shouted back, the lie rolling off his tongue easily.
Nodding his head in agreement, Kevin shouted back, "I feel the same way!" Glad he was able to talk to CLU and figuring out what was wrong he turned back to the road, revving his engine, and sped down the road, with CLU right by his side, neon blue residue being left in their wake.
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Walking up to the portal Kevin and CLU stopped.
Turning his head to CLU, Kevin placed his hand on his shoulder and squeezed it. Smiling, he said, "Hey man. Thanks for your help. I couldn't do all this without you."
CLU nodded, blushing a little, said, "You're welcome."
Squeezing his shoulder one more time, Kevin let go and went into the portal. Turning around he looked at CLU, still smiling. After a second, there was a flash of light, and Kevin was back in his world.
Not much of a cliffy, but I wonder what CLU could be planning...Well it's nothing good, we all know that. If you want to know what he's planning then you'll have to come back and find out!
Working on chapter eight, please be patient.
I know. A lot of scene changes, but it was necessary. If I hadn't, then this story would never get done.
Review Please! If you don't you'll make young Sam cry, and then Tron and Quorra will have to come after you with their light disks!
