Elly had to admit, being the new kid wasn't all that fun. Well, not that it was like anyone was picking on her, but she sure didn't like being stared at.

Makes me feel like they can see right through me and know I'm not normal…

She found comfort when kids would talk to her and ask her questions and such. Standard things… though she was hoping that maybe she could make a friend.

"Just give it time Elly." Her father had told her. "Best friends come with patience."

Elly was at lunch right now, munching on something Joshua had made for her when she took note of some kids gathered around a table that a boy was standing on. Her eyes widen when she saw what the boy was holding in one of his hands.

Is that… an identity disk!?

"Pretty cool right?" the boy asked the kids sitting around him. "Can't throw it like the real thing but it lights up!"

"That's really awesome, Royden!" A girl with blond hair wearing a bandana said giggling. "Looks just like out of TRON: Legacy!"

"Wylie!" an adult called. "Off the table!"

The boy gave a shy smile.

"Woops, sorry."

Elly tilted her head, watching the kids as they continued on with their chat.

The boy, Royden, soon took note of Elly. Elly quickly ducked her head down, pretending she was studying her lunch rather than them.

"Hey, guys."

"Yeah?" The others followed his gaze. "... Hey… She's got a TRON jacket!"

"She was looking this way… I think that's that new transfer student."

"Oh…!" The girl with the bandana gasped. "You know… She looks a little familiar…"

Elly looked up a little, her dual colored eyes having a bit of shyness in them.

"Electra I think is her name." Royden said, standing up, heading over to her.

Elly ducked her head again.

Oh they probably think I'm weird…

The girl also got up going over. "Hey… You okay?"

Elly looked up.

"Huh? Yeah.. just… couldn't help but notice the identity disk your friend had."

Royden grinned, showing it. "Yeah, just got it recently from my uncle as a gift."

The girl laughed shaking her head. "Come on tell her the rest of the story… That you and Caleb are gonna go all disk war after school for some goofy videos complete with one liners."

Elly's eyes lit up.

"You.. You guys do disk wars?"

She nodded. "Yep, we all now got the disks, we love the TRON movies and basically anything nerdy… We got the disks, we got light sabers… We're kind of the Nerd Club."

"That's awesome!" Elly giggled. "I'm Electra by the way… though I prefer Elly."

"I'm Annabelle, but I prefer Anna." Anna smiled. "This is Royden and the other two over there? The girl with the really long red ponytail is Mina and the boy with the pale blue eyes is Caleb." She said Caleb's name with a bit of a sigh.

They nodded at each mention of their names. "Hey!"

"Welcome to the school!"

Elly nodded.

"Nice to meet all of you… you think I could… maybe join in the disk wars? I know how to fight."

"I don't see why not." Anna grinned. "All in favor?"

"AYE!"

"Opposed?"

"NONE!"

Elly giggled.

"Where will it be?"

"Out on the school field. After school."

"Okay, my papa is gonna be late picking me up so this is perfect."

"It'll be your initiation to our club."

Elly grinned.

"I look forward to it."

oooooo

Soon as class was over Elly sprinted to the field, finding the Nerd Club all there.

"There she is!" Royden cheered.

Anna laughed as Caleb got out his disk. "Alright Cale you really wanna go?"

"Just watch." Caleb grinned as he got into position. "Come on Elly, you'll go up against me."

Elly rolled her sleeves up, bringing her hoodie up. Royden handed her his disk.

"Here, use mine."

"Thank you."

Elly got into position. She could feel her adrenaline pumped through her. She remembered his feeling… this feeling of being ready to strike.

"And… START!" Royden shouted.

Elly charged right at Caleb as he charged at her. She grinned as she jumped over him, nailing him in the back with her disk.

"Oof!" Caleb stumbled forward a bit before spinning around trying to sweep her legs out from under her. "Ah ah!"

Elly fell to the ground, but grinned as she bounced right back up tackling Caleb to the ground, pinning him, her disk at his neck.

"Got ya!"

"Whoa!" Caleb had a stunned look on his face as the rest of the club started clapping.

"Yep, she's in!" Anna laughed as Mina went over to help Caleb up.

"Yeah she beats this guy she's in for sure… Then again Caleb's mostly all talk-"

"MINA!"

Elly giggled, dusting herself off as she lowered her hood.

"Nah, that was nothing really."

"Nothing?!" Royden laughed. "You kidding me!?"

"Where'd you learn those moves?" Anna asked grinning as she adjusted her bandana. "Not even we know some of those tactics. You were practically flying!"

"Well… my papa taught me a lot of those moves…"

"He must be some bad ace then." Royden crossed his arms. "That flip was pitch perfect landing."

"What? This?" Elly got into a running position before sprinting, doing another flip for them. "That's child's play."

"C-CHILD'S PLAY!?" They all gasped.

Elly tilted her head.

"Yeah… well… least for where I was taught it was…"

"That's awesome… But now here comes another question… C-can we hug you?" Mina asked. "Please?"

"Huh? Sure I guess-"

Both Mina and Anna charged tackling her in a hug. "EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!"

"SHE'S SO CUTE!"

Royden was trying his best not to laugh as he looked to Caleb.

"Never seen that before."

Caleb laughed. "You need to hang around Resurgam more! Anna and Mina are hugging fiends!"

Elly blinked back confusion, giggling a bit.

"Honestly, I'm used to his… Riza always ask to hug me."

Anna and Mina both blinked at this. "... You know Riza?"

"Rizabelle Warner right?"

"Yeah, my papa knows her personal doctor and has even diagnosed her a few times if he told me right."

"Yeah that adds up." Anna and Mina looked to each other. "And we only know one doc Riza ever mentioned as diagnosing her a few times… So you're Dr. Cunningham's girl."

"That's me. Electra Cunningham."

"Ooo that's awesome!"

"I know him." Royden chimed in. "He was one of the guys who… Wait…" Royden now had a look of shock. "You said your DAD taught you those moves right?"

"Yeah."

Royden was dumbfounded now.

"... Huh…"

"... I didn't know he was that much of a bad ace." Anna blinked. "My mom always said he was lazy…"

"... My mom said something similar too once…" Mina also blinked. "Good guy though but paperwork sometimes took FOREVER."

"Well I guess that changed." Elly sat up. "He's rather good about it… and like I said, he taught me combat."

Royden scratched his head.

"Kind of… hard to wrap my head around that… He's a doctor and… ya know…"

"Tell that to him." Elly pointed.

Gabe was walking up now, a smirk on his face.

"There you are."

Elly giggled as she ran up to him, hugging him.

"Papa!"

"Hey Elly girl!" He laughed hugging her and spinning her a little. "Having fun?"

"Uh-huh! We're doing disk wars!"

"And Caleb here got served." Royden smirked.

Caleb elbowed him. "Says the guy who showed off but didn't fight!"

Gabe smirked. "Oh did you guys now?"

"Yep! They don't believe me when I said you taught me."

Royden got a nervous look.

"W-Well, we didn't know you were skilled in combat sir."

"My mom said you were lazy as heck…" Anna deadpanned.

Gabe looked them over some recognition. "Oh yeah I recognize you now… Anya Florence's kid, Heather Newman's kid AND Hank's friend's nephew."

"That's us…" Royden rubbed the back of his neck.

"Why do you all look so nervous?" Elly asked. "I don't think you said anything to make Papa mad."

"Nope… You didn't… You just made the ol'doc here want to show off a bit." Gabe smirked. "Gimme." He motioned to Royden to pass him his disk. "Elly, position."

Royden did as told as Elly got into position.

"Ready."

Gabe did the same after tossing his labcoat aside.

"Fight!" He charged flipping over Elly with ease.

Elly grinned, ducking as he tried to deliver a blow. She tried nailing him on his shoulder, only for him to deflect her. The Nerd Club watched in awe as they basically saw the two fight on.

"Am… Am I watching a movie?" Royden asked.

"I… Did not know they could fight THAT good." Mina's jaw dropped as Annabelle pushed it back into place.

Caleb shook his head. "Yep… We only got a TASTE of that."

It was a few minutes before Gabe and Elly had their disks locked with each other. They stared each other down for a moment before pulling back, giving a bow to each other.

"Well played." Elly grinned.

"Still got your touch Elly-girl." Gabe smiled proudly ruffling her hair.

Elly giggled. "Heee…."

"That… was… awesome!" Royden cheered, picking up Gabe's labcoat.

Gabe gave a bit of a bow. "Thank you." He handed him back his disk as he took his coat back slipping it on. "Taught her a lot of what she knows… Just something we do."

"Like I said, it's awesome." Royden grinned, looking to Elly. "You were amazing!"

Elly giggled, pulling her hood up a little as she blushed.

"Hehe.."

Gabe chuckled as the others nodded in agreement.

"You were so cool!" Anna squealed.

"Seriously cool!" Mina added as Caleb grinned giving a nod of his own.

"Thanks…" Elly looked to her dad before looking back to them. "Well, I gotta go… Think we could hang out again?"

"Oh heck yeah! We'll be seeing you again for sure!"

"You can sit at our table too!"

Elly grinned. "I'd like that."

"Consider it done! C'ya tomorrow Elly!"

Gabe put an arm around his daughter's shoulders as he lead her back to the car passing a woman with short red hair. "Your kid's still back there Demon Lady!"

"I know Cunningham-Wait Gabe!?"

"Run!" He laughed.

Elly nodded, running with Gabe to his car, practically slamming the doors as Gabe floored it.

"You got stories to tell me." Elly giggled.

Gabe grinned. "I'll tell 'em all to you. Rest assured… You'll be seeing them again at the hospital too likely… I'll tell you all I know."

"As always." Elly smiled. "But good news… I made friends."

"And that my little Spark I'm very happy to hear."

"Hehe… May have been a little rough on 'em but… they were looking me in the eye."

"Remind me to introduce you to Simon Keller one of these days."

"Okay!"

Gabe chuckled.

I think she's gonna be just fine.