Flashback

Tron appeared from the mass of Gridbugs, grasping the edge of the cliff with both hands.

"Beck…help me!"

"Dad!" Beck got to his knees and reached out, grabbing his hand, "Hold on!"

But Tron's hand slipped through his, but he caught him by the arm.

"Don't let go."

"I-I'm trying! My hand's slipping!" He tried to grab it again but he was too slow as Tron's arm slipped through his hands. Tron was falling, sprawled back, broken, and falling, falling….

"NO!"

He woke with a start. Panting, he grasped the sheets and closed his eyes, rocking slightly.

"Beck?" A knock on the door disturbed him, "Beck, are you there?"

Blinking, he got to his feet and made his way to the door.

Mara looked up to him as he opened the door. Her eyebrows furrowed as she examined him.

"Another nightmare? You're shaking."

Beck blinked, not realizing until he looked down to his shaking hand, before nodding, "Yeah."

"….Do you want to talk about it?"

He shook his head, "No. I'm fine."

"…Okay…" Her face was disbelieving, but she knew better than to pry.

"I'll be downstairs in a moment, okay?"

She nodded and he closed the door. Sighing, he sat down on the side of his bed.

When he had thought he could leave his old life behind, he hadn't expected the nightmares. Yet, he woke one cycle to find he was surrounded by Abel and the trio. They told him he had been screaming. He remembered Abel asking him why he had nightmares. When Beck said he didn't want to talk about it, Abel complied, but still came to him when he was having nightmares.

Now that he was older by quite a few Xilacycles, Abel didn't show up as often, but was still quite aware.

Could he know I'm...?

Beck shook his head. It's unlikely. Abel would have asked him if he thought so, right?

As his breathing fully steadied another and he stopped shaking, he got to his feet and went downstairs.

Zed, Mara, and Bohdi were waiting for him in the garage. They had all grown since he had first arrived in Argon. They were considered grown programs now, experienced mechanics in the eyes of any program.

"So, what's the plan today?" He asked as he approached them. "I know our shifts aren't until later so..."

Bohdi glanced around, before saying in a low voice, "Okay, so you know how the Outlands has all that terrain?"

"We're going to the Outlands?"

"Yeah…"

Beck frowned, uneasy, "Shouldn't we just…stay in Argon? We could go to the park again…"

"Why? So you can kick my butt in the disc games again?"

Beck rolled his eyes at his friend's quip, "Not my fault you haven't improved."

Bohdi opened his mouth to reply, when Mara cut over him. She put her hands on her hips and had sighed.

"Are we going or not?"

"Oh yeah." Bohdi nodded and began to run off, "Come on!"

Beck hesitated.

"Come on, Beck!" Mara called.

He shook his head and followed, "Coming!"

In the Outlands moments later, Bohdi sat on his bike, waiting for the others.

"Hurry up, you three! I want try something."

"Well hurry up then." Zed called leaning against his bike. "I'm not waiting forever."

Bohdi grinned. The engine thrummed and he started off. Curving around the edge of a rock, he rode and launched off the top, before landing in the snow. He skidded back, facing them all as they stood above from where he had landed.

"I've seen better!" Zed called.

"Oh yeah? Then come down here and show me better, Zed."

Zed sat on his bike and sped after Bohdi, who in turn, sped off, towards the mountain near the horizon. Beck and Mara watched for a moment, then Mara looked to Beck.

"You alright? You usually love the Outlands."

"I don't know." He admitted, "I just feel...off..."

Mara glanced to the male programs racing, "Well...we better catch up with the others."

He nodded and followed on his bike.

Zed and Bohdi finally stopped and got off their bikes to walk to a rock overviewing the Outlands, and in the distance, Argon. Beck and Mara stopped a distance back.

"Beat you!" Zed bragged.

"I said cooler, not faster." Bohdi argued.

"So?"

"You said you've seen cooler. So, show me cooler...unless you're scared."

Zed's face changed and he clipped on his bike. He walked to an edge, one that was thin. He began to walk across it, and did so until he was on a thicker side.

Bohdi laughed, "You call that cool? I can do better!"

"Then do better!" Zed called.

"Don't need to threaten me for that." Bohdi sauntered over to the thin way. Carefully, he stepped on and the rocks shifted. He froze for a second, then perched onto one foot.

Mara began to clap and Beck smiled at that. Bohdi crowed in victory.

Then he screamed as the way crumbled underneath him. Mara did too and Beck immediately ran out. As he got closer, he could see Bohdi holding on to the edge, just barely.

"HELP!"

"I'm coming!" Beck ran to the edge.

"BECK!"

He froze.

Father!

"BECK HOLD ON!"

There he was. The Gridbugs surrounded him on the ground. And there was Tron, hanging on for dear life. He was shaking.

"BECK! HELP I'M SLIPPING!"

Beck was frozen in place.

No no no...dad_!

"BECK!"

When his back hit the ground, he gasped. The snow was beneath him, not Gridbugs.

"HELP!"

Bohdi!

Bohdi was hanging on by one hand. He was grunting, trying to hold on. His hand lost grip and he screamed.

A hand caught his wrist and his whole body jerked for a second. He looked up and Beck was there, panting as he held Bohdi's arm with both hands. Grunting, he slowly got to his feet, pulling Bohdi up. Bohdi grabbed the edge, and panting, crawled up onto solid ground. Beck let go and stumbled back.

"What happened?" Mara demanded to Beck as Zed managed to get back around using a different route.

"I...I don't know. I was running and..."

Mara sat there, tapping her foot with her fists on her hips. Bohdi slowly got to his feet as she continued, "Well?"

"Mara." She turned to Bohdi. He put a hand on her shoulder and shook his head. She sighed.

"Alright. Let's just go home."