This is NOT the last chapter! I have another one to go, maybe two if I can pull them out.
Disclaimer: Not mine, *sniffle sniffle* The songs Dianna sings to herself are Whispering from Spring Awakening and Papa Can You Hear Me? from Yentl. Not mine either.
I didn't know what else to do. I was stuck in a room, trapped in the Grid. The man I loved with every fiber of my being was long gone. The girl who became my friend was with them, protecting him for me. The parents that dealt with me were on the other side of the screen. I realized that even if I got out of here, I could never go back to the life I led before. Therefore, I started making promises to myself.
I promise to make it up to Mom and Dad.
I promise to get my life in order.
I promise that I'll be an amazing friend to Quorra.
I promise that I'll always be Sam's, no matter what.
I wanted to cry. I had to sing again. Apparently, now it was the only thing keeping me from crying. What could I sing? I sat in the corner with my head tilted up, tears running down my face. I always kept thinking I heard Sam, whispering to me. That's it. Whispering.
"Whispering, here the ghosts in the moonlight, sorrow doing a new dance, through their bone, through their skin, listening, to the souls in the fool's night, fumbling mutely with their rude hands, and there's heartache without end, see the father bent in grief, the mother dressed in mourning, sister crumbles, and the neighbors grumble, the preacher issues warnings, history, little miss didn't do right, went and ruined all the true plans, such a shame, such a sin, mystery, home alone on a school night, harvest moon over the blue land, summer longing on the wind, had a sweetheart on his knees, so faithful and adoring, and he touched me, and I let him love me, so let that be my story, listening, for the hope, for the new life, something beautiful, a new chance, hear its whispering, there again…"
I sang, letting my voice fill the empty hole in my heart. I felt the room tremble slightly. I shook it off and stood up. I heard footsteps pass my door. I ran to it and looked out. I saw Clu and about five of his guards, including Rinzler, walking. The urge to tear Clu apart came back. But this meant only one thing.
The portal was still open. And Sam and the others hadn't gone through.
No.
No.
NO!
They had to get through! Take down Clu from the outside! No… They should've been back in the real world! I went into hysterics and stumbled away from the door. I sat back down in the corner. I heard the door click. I didn't bother to try and stop crying. Sam wasn't safe, and that killed me deep inside.
"So, still crying?" I took a breath and stood up, facing Clu. I rolled my eyes.
"Nah." His eyes narrowed.
"We're about to take down your boyfriend." I turned dark red and he used that against me. "So he is? I was right. So, we're going to take down your boyfriend. And you're going to watch. When we're done, you and I will go through the portal and you will have your father find a way to get all of my guards out."
Oh my God. This guy is nuts. "I'm not going."
Clu smirked. "Then we'll take you by force." Two of his guards stepped forward and grabbed my arms. I struggled.
"Let me go!" They dragged me out of the room.
Clu's ship flew higher and a little behind the jet Sam had apparently stolen. I saw Clu and his guards getting ready. I could tell Quorra was driving the jet, just by the way it kept moving, ready to dodge anything. Clu looked back at a few of his other guards.
"Take her into another room. One with windows." My eyes widened. The guards dragged me away, kicking and screaming hysterically. I kept screaming what I missed.
"Sam! Sam! SAM!" I screamed as they dragged me away. I heard Clu chuckle. Oh God I hope they derez him. The guards tossed me in a room that had a huge glass window, and a glass floor. I pressed my face to the window, trying to tell Sam to go. I saw Clu and his men start attacking them. Tears started streaming down my face. I started to sing, praying that somehow Dad would hear me.
"Papa, can you hear me? Papa, can you see me? Papa, can you find me in the night? Papa, are you near me? Papa, can you hear me? Papa, can you help me not be frightened?"
I sobbed hard. I saw Sam firing at the guards, Quorra piloting the ship to avoid nearly everything. I kept filling the room with my song.
"Papa, please forgive me, try to understand me, Papa, don't you know I had no choice? Can you hear me praying, anything I'm saying, even though the night is filled with voices?"
I watched as it was only two people swooping down on the jet. Clu and Rinzler. I put my hand on the glass, sucking in every image I could of Sam.
I changed the lyrics to the last part of the song, knowing that this was the last time I'd see Sam in a very long time.
"Sam, how I love you. Sam, how I need you. Sam, how I miss you, kissing me goodnight…"
My eyes filled with tears. I saw Rinzler start firing on Clu. A small bubble of hope swelled in my chest. Maybe there was hope for Sam to get through.
I saw Clu and Rinzler falling. Then Clu flying off, and Rinzler falling. I said a silent thank you to him, for trying. I couldn't watch anymore. I collapsed into a ball, crying.
I stayed in that ball for a while. The ship started to shake. I looked up and out of the window. It looked like there was a ball of wispy energy was forming. The ball of energy exploded, and right before it did, I could have sworn I saw an identity disk floating up. I smiled. Sam had made it back.
The wave of energy hit the ship, and it started to derez. I cried out in surprise as the floor under me disappeared and I fell towards the dark sea. I plunged into the water. It didn't feel cold. It was warm. I paddled around to try and keep myself afloat. I saw a piece of the ship that hadn't fully derezzed, so I swam over to it and climbed on top. I panted, tears mixing in with the water. I looked up at where the portal had been. It was all gone.
I heard panting behind me, and I felt the piece of ship tilt. I whipped my head around, and saw a hand clutching on to the edge. I reached over and helped pull them up. Then I curled back up into a ball. I sobbed. I didn't care if Rinzler was sitting behind me. I had to let this all out. I had to accept it.
Sam was gone.
Quorra was gone.
Flynn was gone.
The only way I had to get home was gone.
It was all gone.
I sobbed. I felt a hand patting my shoulder, but I was too busy having a hysteric breakdown to really notice anything. When my sobbing finally became choking noises, I uncurled myself and brushed my hair out of my face.
"What are you doing here? What happened to your circuitry?" I didn't look behind.
"I attacked Clu. I recognized Flynn. Clu took the baton, I fell. I don't know what happened. I guess that means I'm good again." I nodded quietly. I didn't want to think about Sam or Flynn or Quorra. I turned my head back to look at him. He was studying my face.
"Is there any particular reason why you're staring at me like that?" He shook himself.
"You… you look like Yori." I scrunched up my face. "She was another program. I don't even know if she is alive."
"Rinzler…" He put up his hand.
"That is not my name." He seemed to think for a second. Then he put his hand out. "My name is Tron." I shook his hand.
"My name is Dianna Bradley." He nodded. I looked around. "Now what?"
I apologize to all the people who really wanted the happy ending. Had I gone with that, Dianna would have escaped and met up with the others and gotten out. But, since I do plan on doing a sequel, this is the best way to really end it. I cried when I was writing this... *sniffle sniffle*
The songs that inspired me for this chapter:
Singing In The Rain/Umbrella- Glee, Whispering- Spring Awakening, Stop and Stare- OneRepublic, Keep Holding On- Glee, Faithfully- Glee, Papa Can You Hear Me?- Glee, There's A Light (Over At The Frankenstein Place)- Glee
The last chapter will be up soon. It will be in both Sam's and Dianna's POV, just so we know how Alan and Lora are going to take Dianna's disappearance into the Grid.
Thanks!