Chapter 4: Space Paranoids
"Guys! Something's wrong with Tron!" screamed Yuffie. "What!" yelled Sora. He rushed to the computer. "I just looked up and the screen went static!" explained Yuffie, panicking.
The screen suddenly got better. It soon became clear. There was an adolescent with a pull on hat and ski-goggles over it. He wore glasses and a brown trench coat. The word 'SOL' was on his sleeves and had been crossed out with pen. His jeans and shoes were messy and tatty. "Can you guys hear me?" he called out. He had a slight English/American accent. "Am I on the telly?" he called out again. "Where's Tron?" Sora demanded. The boy smiled. "I've sent to die in the game grid, soon he'll be de-rezzed by the Thoughtless" he said without remorse.
"Get him outta there!" ordered Sora. "Y'know? Why should I? I'm in here while you're out there," mocked the boy. "You…can't…get…me!" He pointed at himself at each word. "Who are you anyway?" asked Sora, tired of the boy's taunting. "I'm Tronnit, a member of The Dark Crusade."
"Squall, download me, Riku and Kairi into the Space Paranoids!" ordered Sora. He lost Donald, Goofy and King Mickey; he wasn't going to lose Tron. "I'm not sure if the downloading beam works" replied Squall, but he did it anyway. Cid joined him to fix it. Cid rewired it and then shut the panel. "It's ready" said Cid hitting a button. Squall aimed the downloading gun at Sora, Riku and Kairi. Sora stood calmly as the beam downloaded him. Riku and Kairi stuck frightened poses as the beam struck them. They had been downloaded into The Space Paranoids.
Kairi looked around. "Where are we?" she asked. She looked at her dress. It was pale blue and electronic line pulsed through it. She also noticed she had a matching helmet. Riku was shocked as well. Sora was pretty much used to it. "C'mon," he said, "lets go find Tron."
Since they were downloaded from the I/O Tower, they headed for the Pit Cell to see if Tron was there. "So we're inside the ship's computer?" asked Riku. Sora nodded. "I didn't know it was like this inside the computer" said Kairi. Sora ignored her. He was set on finding his computerized friend. They traveled through the canyon, following the red lines. They went on the transportation platform. "Hang in there Tron" Sora thought.
Once they entered the Pit Cell, Sora rushed to the mini computer.Riku and Kairi stood back as Sora typed in something. He hit the enter button. "What's going on?" asked Riku. "We're gonna enter the game grid," explained Sora. "I hope you're prepared for anything. Beams of light shot down and transported the three friends into an empty space. Sora assumed a sitting down position. A motorbike type vehicle appeared underneath him. "Guys, say hello to a lightcycle, just copy the position I was in" said Sora. Riku and Kairi did so. Lightcycles appeared underneath them to. They all hit the acceleration and drove off in search of Tron.
"What's that in the distance?" Kairi called out. Sora stared hard. It was a lightcycle being chased by Thoughtless. "Is that Tron?" asked Riku. "It is!" shouted Kairi. Sora punched the gas to speed up. He approached the Thoughtless programs at full speed and rammed into them. "C'mon Kairi!" Riku shouted. Riku and Kairi charged at the Thoughtless and sliced the Thoughtless in half. "Nice of you to arrive friend" said Tron waving to Sora. Sora smiled, "I'd never leave a friend behind" he replied. Riku and Kairi caught up. "How do we get out of here?" asked Kairi. "Just leave that to me User Kairi," said Tron. He grabbed his ID disc. He charged it up with electricity and threw it at a wall. The wall exploded and the disc returned safely to Tron's hand. "I've learnt a few things since you've been gone."
Sora, Riku, Kairi and Tron returned back to the Pit Cell. "So Tron, what happened?" asked Sora. Tron took a deep breath. "Well, I was out exterminating those 'Thoughtless' as you users call them, when suddenly, a user downloaded himself into this computer somehow," explained Tron. "I tried to stop him entering the mainframe but his minions dragged me into the game grid, I feel like a failure." Tron sighed. "Don't beat yourself up Tron, he's too powerful to stop," Riku said. "I almost died in one of their hands." "User Riku, thanks for cheering me up," Tron stood up. "Lets get him."
The friends ran to the computer's mainframe room. They saw Tronnit sitting and typing into the many keyboards. "Stop right there or feel my Oathkeeper's power" yelled Kairi. Tronnit spun around. "Oh, its just the 'good guys'" said Tronnit. "What are you up to?" Tron demanded to know. "I'm doing you guys a favor," explained Tronnit. "Darkmaster is getting tired of this playing around, so he sent me to give you guys the co-ordinates for our hideout." "Why is there always evil? Why can't everyone be good?" sighed Kairi. Tronnit paused. "I used to wonder the same thing," he sighed while looking at the 'SOL' on his sleeves. "Then I learnt, that eternal paradise isn't all it's cracked up to be." Tronnit disappeared in a puff of smoke. Sora stood there,puzzled by Tronnit's words. There was a piece of paper where we stood.
OBTAINED SECRET 'SECRET' ANSEM'S REPORT 3
"Sorry we couldn't catch the bad guy" said Tron. "Its ok, we'll get him next time" said Sora. Tron typed into the mini computer. "Well, you're all set to go," he said. "This is for saving me."
OBTAINED PHOTON DEBUGGER KEYBLADE
Unloading beams shot down upon Sora, Riku and Kairi. They waved goodbye and so did Tron. "Come back and visit sometime" he called out. Sora nodded. The beams disappeared and so did Sora, Riku and Kairi. Tron walked away, he was feeling in a dancing mood.
Sora, Riku and Kairi reappeared back inside the Gummi Cruiser. "So how was Tron?" asked Squall. "He's better than ever" laughed Sora. "Guys, we've got co-ordinates for DM's manor. Sora's smile changed into a frown. "Lets get them, save theuniverse and King Mickey" said Riku. A small gummi ship flew pass the Gummi Cruiser. "What was that?" asked Aerith. "I don't know, looked like a small gummi ship" guessed Cid. It seemed to be heading for a world that lacked color. There was a huge stone castle in the middle of it. "Darkmaster's manor" said Squall. Everyone grabbed their weapons as they moved closer to the world. The end was near.