AN: Behold, chapter eleven! And another quick update! I'm getting better aren't I?

Chapter Eleven

Lux had taken the three of them to her place after Beck recovered from the memory glitch. To Mira's surprise the place itself was nice and homey looking on the inside. It had a purple carpet in the center of the room, along with several couches and a large window that looked out over Purgos.

"Nice place, how did you get it?" Mira asked when Lux used a tool to keep Beck's memory glitches at bay.

Something tells me that she's doing everything but helping, she added silently.

"I have my ways," Lux replied after running diagnostics. "I'm afraid this is all I can do until we find your disk."

Lux stood up and walked away from the couch Beck sat on. Tron was sifting through the memory files on Galt's disk. Mira leaned forward when she saw images flashing across the disk.

"Did you find anything on Galt?" Beck asked when he stood beside Tron.

"He was a scum, but that's no surprise. I did however find when he took your disk," Tron replied.

Suddenly Beck's eyes blanked out, and Mira stiffened when she realized he was facing another memory glitch.

"Who's that?" he asked.

"Beck, it's you." Tron glanced at him in confusion until he too realized what was happening.

"Who's Beck? Who are you?" Panic sounded from Beck's voice and he took a step back.

"Snap out of it Beck!" Mira shouted.

"Stay with us." Tron was about to place a hand on his shoulder when a staff was swung into his back. Mira gasped in shock when he fell on the floor. She was about to rush in and help when she too felt a jolt in her system. She whirled around to see the rogue program that had derezzed Kobol standing in the room.

"Like I said, in Purgos, you can't trust anyone," he chuckled when his mask receded.

Mira's vision began to blur when she too fell on the floor. Kobol's face was the last thing she saw before blacking out.

. . .

"His helmet won't come off!" Lux's voice brought Mira back to reality as she struggled to free herself from her restraints. She realized that she and Tron had been handcuffed to a railing, while Beck stood beside Kobol and waited impatiently.

"Just leave them, we have more important things to worry about. You see that ship over there? That's your home," Kobol explained when Beck glanced at him in confusion.

"Beck that's a light for the military. He's taking you to be derezzed!" Tron struggled to free himself from the restraints as well, but to no avail.

"I'm part of the military," Beck told them.

"Beck snap out of it!" Mira had forgotten what she said back at Lux's place.

"Don't listen to them. You're a soldier for Tessler's army; you've just lost your disk." Lux sounded like a mother soothing her child - a sound that sent shivers of rage through Mira.

Beck glanced at Lux before nodding in agreement.

"Beck they're both lying!" Tron's shouts became more desperate, and this time Kobol whirled around and reached for his disk.

"I've had enough of you. The User I can't derez, but you..." Kobol was about to throw his disk when Lux grabbed him by the arm.

"If you derez him you'll lose Beck's trust." Mira was surprised by the amount of faith in Lux's voice. She glowered at Kobol and wondered what he would do to her.

I don't think I want to know, she thought with a shudder.

"Keep an eye on them," Kobol snarled. "I'll deal with those two later."

"Mira, are you alright?" Tron looked at Mira in what she guessed was concern.

"I'm fine for now, until Kobol gets back," she muttered crossly.

Tron suddenly looked back at Lux. She was leaning against another rail and staring off into the distance. Mira guessed she was feeling the sting of Kobol's grip on her wrist.

"Lux you have to let us go! Kobol's taking Beck to be derezzed!" Lux glared at Tron coldly, than her expression softened when she looked down at the ground.

"No, repurposed," she told them. "I was to take you and Beck around until he trusted me... and it worked." She shrugged and looked away once more.

"Free me. Kobol's almost derezzed me, he's going to derez you too." Tron's voice became more serious as he focused on Lux.

She suddenly looked at Mira, who's eyes narrowed into slits.

"No, you're wrong. Kobol would never derez me. He loves me." Lux sounded like she was trying to convince herself as she glared at Tron once more.

"Who is it you're trying to convince?"

This time Lux rubbed her wrist. Mira looked away as she thought of what would happen if they didn't reach Beck in time. She knew the end results wouldn't be pretty. Suddenly Lux reached for her disk and drew it out. Mira closed her eyes and waited for the pain that would follow.

She was surprised when Lux suddenly freed them both.

"Go now, before it's too late," she told them. "I believed in the Users once. Maybe it's time I stayed with that belief."

Mira was about to say something when Tron grabbed her by the wrist. Shocked back into reality she ran after him until they reached the platform. Beck was standing beside Kobol when a Recognizer flew towards the platform.

"There you see Beck? You'll be home soon," Kobol said in his slimy voice.

"Step away from him Kobol." Mira grabbed her disk and drew it out, ready for the fight of her life.

"Is this the disk you're looking for?" Kobol suddenly grabbed two disks from his back and shoved Beck aside.

"Two against one, I don't see how that's fair," Mira said when she glared at Kobol. "And I knew you were a snake from the start." She didn't bother explaining what a snake was.

Kobol leaped into the air and was about to knock Tron aside when he dodged and grabbed Kobol by the foot. Mira was about to join in the fight when she felt someone slam into her. She gasped in surprise when her breath was knocked out of her lungs.

"Beck you have to snap out of it," she shouted when she caught her breath.

"Imagine what I can do with both the renegade and a User!" Kobol was taunting as he struggled to dodge blows dealt by Tron.

Mira's fists clenched together and she was about to say something else when Beck gaped at her in shock.

"I-I..."

She was about to say something else when Tron managed to pin Kobol to the ground. He drew his disk against Kobol's neck and was about to derez the rogue program when Beck grabbed Kobol's light staff. Mira was about to cry out a warning when Tron turned to face Beck.

"Derez him he's the enemy!" Kobol commanded.

"Beck, I know you're there. Killing isn't in your programming," Tron rasped. Before Mira knew what was happening the mask that hid his face receded.

Beck took a startled step back and dropped the light staff. Mira took this as an opportunity to grab the disk that Kobol had taken.

"I may have had the renegade, but now I have Tron!" Kobol shouted. Mira rolled her eyes and threw Beck's disk in his direction.

"Catch!" she called out.

Just in time Beck caught the disk. She wasted no time in helping Tron while he recovered from the memory loss. She lashed out her light sword across Kobol's back and watched as he staggered aside. He coughed in surprise at the sudden attack.

"That's for what you said earlier," she snapped.

"Guess what? I'm back," Beck announced when Kobol managed to knock her aside. Tron was still struggling to get up when Beck kicked Kobol in the chest. The program was sent flying across the platform, and Beck joined Mira and Tron before Kobol could recover. "We need to get out of here," he said when he helped Tron up.

"We can't just leave Kobol here. He knows your identities." Tron glanced at Mira in concern, and she restrained the urge to sigh.

Kobol would have likely sent me to Clu for further punishment, she thought icily.

"Then we take him with us," Beck replied.

"I'm sorry, take me where?" Mira let out a disgusted scoff when he latched a handcuff around Beck's wrist and began laughing.

She was about to knock him unconscious when a disk flew in his direction. Kobol screamed in surprise at the sudden impact, and seconds later he was derezzed on the spot. She and Tron looked up in surprise t see Lux jumping down to meet them.

"You being alive changes everything," Lux whispered. The recognizer had landed on the platform, and guards were pouring out of it. "No, we can't let them catch either of you." She looked at Mira before handing her a disk. "Take this and destroy it," she ordered.

The siren had jumped ahead of them and landed in the middle of the guards. Mira gasped when she realized that Lux's disk was with Kobol's.

"Her disk, no!" Beck cried out when Tron pushed him forward.

"She wants us to escape Beck, keep going." Tron sounded forceful as he pried Beck away from the platform. Mira followed without hesitation as she thought of what Lux had really done for them.

She's sacrificing herself for our freedom, she reminded herself. Now guilt washed over Mira as she stood near Beck, whose eyes widened in dismay as he watched the scene unfold before them.

Lux had jumped into the middle of the crowd, using her light staff for defense. The guards were quick to overpower her though, and slammed a disk into her chest. Mira closed her eyes when she realized that she couldn't watch.

A foreboding silence had fallen upon them as they fled from Purgos. Mira knew that she wouldn't forget what Lux had done for them. Even though she hated Lux for following Kobol, Lux had fought for them in the end.

"You were right." Mira was shaken from her thoughts when Tron fell in beside her. She glanced at him in confusion until she remembered what she had said at the club. "You followed your instincts, and you were right."

"Like I said, I've been around long enough to know who I can trust and who I shouldn't," she replied. "But Lux... surprised me. She saved us in the end."

Tron gave her a skeptical look before speeding ahead. Beck didn't bother saying a word until they reached a pool that was in the middle of the Outlands.

Once they reached the pool Tron dropped Lux's disk into the water. An image of her face showed up, revealing who Lux had been. Mira could only watch silently as she wondered what their lives would have been like had Lux really helped them out.

"She was a hero," Beck whispered.

"She sacrificed herself so that we could get away. That was who Lux really was," Tron finished as the pixels of her disk faded into the air.

This was the first time Mira had ever seen a disk fade away like that. She hoped that it was the last time she would have to see someone fade away like that.

"Mira, I'm sorry about the way Kobol treated you," Beck suddenly said.

"Guess I'm used to it by now," she replied with a shrug. Beck stared at her in surprise. "I'm sorry Lux turned on us like she did, but she ended up saving us," she added carefully.

She tried not to blush as she thought of the jealousy that had coursed through her.

"We should head back, you both need the rest," Tron said when Mira forced back a yawn.

She hadn't realized how exhausted she was until he mentioned it. It had been a long cycle for them all. Relief washed over Mira when she followed them back to the safehouse. Come tomorrow they would continue training, and hopefully Beck wouldn't lose his disk again.