They continue on in silence. Beck returns to his seat in the jeep, but has not relaxed yet, especially not when they reach the dam.

They stop and Beck climbs out to make it to the middle, over the riverbed. The dam is still present from when they had passed earlier that day. He runs and stops, glancing around both ways, before waving to the jeep. It starts off with a small roar, being the first thing to cross across the dammed up river.

"Hurry!" He calls to his troops, who jump off the riverbed and cross without as much as a glance back. Paige pulls Mara up to the other side when she trips, and they all watch as the Renegade brings up the rear. A successful cross.

A glint catches Paige's eye, and her head snaps up to see the soldier in orange trim crouching over the Renegade. Her voice catches in her throat. Should she really give her allies away?

Luckily, she's not the only one to notice.

"LOOK OUT!"

Beck turns, and barely dodges the soldier that lands to one side, and then the other. He pulls out his sword to face the two. However, he starts at the war cry, and turns to the large army charging down the dry bed. His head snaps to his troops on the side, and then back to the opposing force.

"FALL BACK!" He calls across to them, then being diverted to block the assassin's lunge. Slowly the group begins to shuffle back at his command, but Paige doesn't move. Her eye widens at the sight of the soldiers pouring out to the Renegade. She's supposed to...supposed to…

What can she do?

"Paige, fall back!" Mara calls, however when she reaches out, Paige breaks from the group and jumps.

"PAIGE!" She ignores the scream as she tears towards the scene, where she can see General Tesler approaching to where the others had pinned the Renegade down. They break away, and Beck sits up, barely scooting away from where Tesler had stabbed down. He rolls to his feet, and grabs his sword to lock in battle with the general. Tesler at the sound of her strides, and laughs, before nodding his head. One of the soldiers pushes a large gun into her arms as she slows to a stop.

The Renegade grunts and swings, rage and grief powering each move as he realized who he was against. Tesler blocks and knocks the Renegade off his feet, where he hits his head on a rock.

"Take the shot!" Tesler screams at her as he pins the Renegade under his boot. She glances to him to see him struggling against the weight, and then turns her gaze to the gun in her hands, and turns off the safety. One shot would instantly solve her problems, propelling her into glory. But is it really worth it…?

"What are you waiting for?!" Tesler demands. "Shoot him!"

Paige closes her eye, and sighs as she grips the gun tighter.

Finally, the shot echoes and the chaos seems to deafen as the recoil catches her in the shoulder rather painfully. In the moments of silence, Paige finally opens her eye to see the dam in front of her shifting and creaking from the portion that snaps from the shot. She turns to two aghast men.

Finally, Tesler roars and lunges at her. She's too slow and her stomach stings as he tackles her to the ground, the gun by miracle not going off a second time. His hand goes to her neck as his other hand holds her down near the stomach.

"Traitor!" He spits. "I'll make you pay for what you've done!" His grip on her neck tightens and she cries out.

There is a crack and both look to see the dam begins to give way. Tesler turns back but the butt of her gun smacks him in the chin. He falls as she hurriedly snaps back on the safety before scrambling to her feet. She instantly rushes to Beck, who is stumbling to his feet. Before he can stop to gape at the dam, she grabs his arm. He stumbles at the force, but doesn't fall. He glances back as the dam snaps and water rushes down, enveloping Tesler within moments.

"Come on!" She yells as she tugs his arm.

Mara waits at the bank, waving as a beacon. They're almost there; maybe they'll beat the wave.

Yet she feels it thunk into her back, knocking her off her feet. The angry force rips Beck out of her grip, and she hears Mara scream before she's pulled under. The water's cold and dark and it fills her open mouth. Wildly, she kicks off the ground and her head pops back above with a gasp.

Her head snaps around, searching the current for another boyd. She struggles to keep herself afloat when she sees Beck's hand reach up. Gasping, she kicks against the current and reaches out, barely grabbing his wrist as he went under. She pulls him by the arm, then her hand finds his side, and pulls him up. He comes up gasping and coughing.

"Hold on." She pants before readjusting her hold and kicking out.

The current tries to push her downriver but with a gasp, she's able to make progress upstream, though minimal.

The river is wider than she remembers, and she feels herself tiring. Her head begins to go under, and in a panic, she stretches out, and the current tugs her along. It's a fight she's rapidly losing, she realizes as her head goes under and water rushes through her nose and mouth.

She could let Beck go….but the revolution wouldn't have a leader. They couldn't afford to lose both Beck and Tron, especially in the same day, and in his current state, he can't get to shore on his own….

"PAIGE!"

Her head pops up to see something hit the water not too far to her right. Blindly, she fumbles for the object and her fingers brush a rough surface.

A rope!

Quickly, she grabs on and feels a slow but steady force pull on the rope. She pants as she kicks and holds Beck up. Her muscles scream and for a moment, her vision blurs as a large group appears on the shore line. Just a bit farther.

She then feels her feet hit sand and someone kneels in front of her.

"I got him." Mara mutters as she grabs him by the armpits and drags him away. Paige's hand drops to the sand, and she pulls herself out of the shore. Zed meets her, and helps her up before she shakily stumbles to him before falling to her knees.

"Careful." Zed mutters to her, before turning his voice to the others. "Move back! Give them some breathing room!"

The circle that had formed around them relaxes and she sighs as she realizes Beck is conscious, and he manages to get onto his knees as he coughs. His hands them scramble to pull off the mask and it comes off with a gasp from him, which is softly followed by one from the crowd.

"Beck…"

His coughing subsides and Paige sighs as she looks to the snow beneath them.

"That_" She looks up as Beck speaks through pants_ "was dangerously stupid. What were you thinking?"

"I…" She takes a deep breath, realizing suddenly how light headed she feels.

"Whatever that was." He cuts over her, and when he looks to her, there is a gleam in his eyes. "You rid of all of Clu's forces single-handedly, and you saved my life."

He's looking fully at her now, somber. "I owe my life to you."

After a moment, he gets to his feet, looking down to her. He holds out his hand. She looks to his hand….hands? She tries to figure out which one to reach for.

"Paige?" She looks up to the three Becks that blur in and out of focus, merging and dividing. "Paige what's wrong? Why are you holding your side?"

What?

My hand…

She looks down to see her hand. Slowly and in curiosity, she pulls her hand to look and her blood soaked palm meets her. She realizes a dull, constant pain in her side, and it sharpens to the point of audible pain when she shifts.

"Get a medic. Hurry!"

She hears someone take off, and she squints up when someone puts a hand on her shoulder.

"Paige, stay with me." Beck's voice gets her attention. "Stay with us."

So hard….

Her eyes feel heavy and she doesn't feel like fighting anymore. She lets her eyes close and falls forward…

"Paige!"

Her name opens her eyes again and Beck's features are above her instead of across from her. He looks away from her for a moment before returning his gaze to her. "Please…"

Yet, it's a lost battle. She falls back, and Beck's face blurs to nothing.