I know I owe you guys an apology for not posting the now-long-overdue chapter but my computer came down with something worse than the Abraxas Virus and had to get a new one. (I also lost motivation after all my documents became unreachable. I knew I should've saved my stuff in Google Drive! But no, the only thing I had was this particular chapter because I'm dopey!). That means all plotlines and character lists for my other planned fanfictions and novels are gone. :(
But all things considered, I believe my reaction and behavior was fairly normal. And now that that's pushed aside, I can get on with things.

Chapter 8 – ISO War [Avery and Reni's story]

Avery's POV

"Is it clear?" Reni's quiet voice asked.

Avery squinted around the corner. There were soldiers everywhere. "I think we'll be here awhile." His breathy voice replied. "Maybe peek again in a XilaCycle or so."

"There's that many? We can't afford to wait that long."

Avery shook his head slowly and stepped back, further into the dark alleyways they hid in. "I get the feeling they know we're around here somewhere."

"Well great!" Her agitated voice almost echoed off the walls.

"Will you shut up!" He snapped in a harsh whisper. "I'm pretty sure the Users outside the Grid heard you!"

"I'm getting impatient!" She retorted. "We need to get out of here as soon as possible."

Avery glanced over his shoulder at her. "Do you know how many Programs are leaving this very nano? If we're one of them, it's probably more convenient because I'd bet my disk that most of those refugees are wanted."

"Hooray, we'd add to the percentages." She sneered. "Look at us! We're wanted too!"

The agent winced and peeked outside again. Apparently no one heard them…yet. They both remained silent for at least a PectroCycle, keeping busy with nothing except twiddling their thumbs and peeking outside their hiding place.

"They definitely know where we are." Avery muttered.

"I bet it's all Skipper." Reni mumbled, not moving from her face down position on the ground, trying to nap. "He's gotta be the one tracking us. No one else is this persistent."

Avery glanced at her nervously. "I certainly hope not."

Reni sat up and looked over Avery's shoulder. "They know we're here. So we need a good distraction to make a run for it."

"What if they're waiting for us to make a move?" Avery asked. "Maybe they're just testing to see if we're actually here."

Reni narrowed her eyes. "I'm not usually the Program to complain but we've been here for Cycles! I would kill for a shot of energy! We need to get out of here or we'll eventually get caught."

"Keep it down!" He hissed. "Or they'll know we're here for sure."

Furrowing her brows at her comrade, Reni asked, "Is it really worth waiting much longer here?" When Avery didn't answer, she pressed further. "Avery, I know you need energy too. We can't spend the rest of our lives hiding in a hole! Either we get out of the City or we don't."

Sighing in resignation, Avery nodded. "Okay." He held Reni's eyes. "Okay, we'll give it a shot." The agents each pulled out a stun grenade and a smoke grenade in each hand.

"One." Reni counted. "Two….three!" They activated the grenades and threw them at the guards.

Naturally, they were more used to chasing other Programs than to be targets – and under these circumstances, they had to keep reminding themselves that it wasn't a good idea to start fighting the guards unless necessary. Their primary goal was to escape.

Reni panted behind Avery as they rounded several corners, once in a while glancing behind them. No pursuit. That was quite strange because when something like that happened, they were supposed to scour the area for the rebel Programs.

They were both tired, but not exhausted enough to not realize that this was too weird.

Avery slowed his pace to grab Reni's arm and pull them into another alley. She looked at him with a tense expression. "You feel that too?" She asked.

He nodded. "They should've been chasing us. We're not as fast as we usually are so they could've easily caught up."

Reni's eyes widened a fraction. "Users," She face palmed. "This is a trap!"

"Shh!" Avery silenced her and peeked around the corner. He sharply inhaled. "I think the entire squad's following us. I'd bet my own head that we're surrounded too, they're slowly closing in."

She growled. "Of course. It's definitely Skipper tracking us."

"Then we need to leave the City." He whispered.

"I was just going to say that." She mumbled.

Avery held up his hand. "On my signal…"

Reni's jaw went slack for a nano before getting ahold of herself. "Are you insane?" She whisper-shouted. "You can't pull that stunt again! Last time I almost got killed!"

"You'll be ready for it this time." He looked at her. "We have to try."

Reni sighed. "That's a big gamble." She muttered when he dropped a small device in her hand. Avery had two others. Together, they walked to the dead end of the alley and attached one device on each wall a generous distance apart.

"Uhh…make some noise." Avery asked while he synched them to a remote.

Reni rolled her eyes. "I hate you!" She shouted at the top of her lungs. "If you weren't so stupid to make us hide in this alley we probably would've escaped the City by now!"

Outside, the guards took the bait and entered the alley. Avery grabbed onto a rail tightly and then held Reni's hand tightly. When most of the soldiers were within range, Reni activated the remote with her free hand and the three devices on each wall created an anti-gravity field.

The orange soldiers were lifted off their feet. Avery struggled to keep his feet planted while holding onto the bar and Reni, who was also airborne. She deactivated the devices and the guards, who were obviously confused and startled, landed hard on the ground, not getting up.

Once gravity was restored, Reni pressed the self-destruct on the remote and high tailed with Avery, picking up two batons on their way out. They rezzed the bikes and raced as far away from the alleyway as possible.

"Come on, admit it!" Avery shouted. "My plan was genius."

"Fine. It was good. At least we were better prepared this time." Reni muttered.

"Thank you, Google!" Avery said, followed by a laugh.

Reni shook her head. "Who would've thought that guy's crazy inventions would be so useful?"

"We were desperate." Avery said with a shrug.

Reni sighed and looked straight ahead. She gasped. "Look out!" She closed her baton and expertly rolled to a stop. Avery did the same soon after. Someone went ahead and cut them off while they were talking and was currently circling them.

Someone within Clu's ranks.

Avery narrowed his eyes. "Skipper." He greeted. "Been a while."

"Too long." The soldier corrected. "It's been so good to catch you though."

Reni immediately drew her disk. "You can't take both of us!" She pointed out.

Avery smirked and activated his disk as well. "Come on, old pal. Just let us through and tell Clu we beat you in a fight. It'll save all of us a lot of trouble."

"I'm afraid I can't do that." Skipper informed them while he pulled out a staff. "You're both a threat to Clu and have to be apprehended."

Avery mocked a sigh. "Then I'm truly sorry, old friend." But before he could strike, Reni rushed the soldier and managed to deliver a powerful kick to the head.

"Come on!" She rerezzed her bike and drove off. Avery docked his disk, glancing back at Skipper – who was getting back up – before riding away on his lightcycle as well. "It's odd." Reni commented, glancing back. "He's not pursuing." She frowned. "And I have that weird feeling again."

"Me too." Avery furrowed his eyebrows. "I don't think he's going to pursue this time." He looked back and let out a light laugh. "How hard did you kick him?"

"Hard enough, apparently." Reni replied slowly, now keeping her eyes on the road ahead. Eventually, she stretched out an arm and pointed. "There's our ticket out. The bridge."

Avery groaned. "There're checkpoints." He said back.

"So…we'll just skip 'em." She decided, speeding up a bit more.

He rolled his eyes and followed suit.

"Identify!" Three sentries pointed their staffs at the agents, only to dive out of the way at the last nano to avoid the speeding lightcycles.

"This is dangerous and destructive!" Avery shouted to his comrade. "And stupid! Clu will know that we're not in the City anymore."

"Good!" She shot back. "I want him to know that his soldiers failed to capture us!"

"This isn't over yet." He reminded Reni. "If one of us don't make it, they'll be left behind. No exceptions whatsoever, got it?"

She spared him a look before activating her light wall, upon seeing pursuit from the corner of her eye. "Hopefully it won't come to that." She said, "But fine."

"There's a blockade coming up." Avery managed a small smile. "I have to admit their communication systems are quite advanced. I had no idea they could react so quickly."

"We were reported." Reni reminded Avery, "Probably by Skipper. He doesn't give up easy and knew they'd have plenty of time to prepare."

Avery groaned, knowing that she was right. Skipper was just an ordinary Basic Program, but he was exceptionally gifted. An expert strategist and makes sure to know exactly what he's dealing with before diving into a mission. Every small detail planned out, as well as backups.

If things had stayed the same without any drastic changes, Tron without doubt would've let him join the security ranks. Avery knew him well. Skipper was actually the one to find him in the Outlands shortly after rezzolution. That meant he was also given a tour of the City by him.

Skipper was Avery's first friend and gave him the opportunity to practice sparring together as well as strategy games even before he joined Tron.

If only things didn't become so different now.

Avery's eyes widened when he saw there were rows of tanks and several recognizers on the sidelines. "Reni, do you see what I see?" He wanted to make sure that Clu's forces weren't actually desperate enough to do all that.

"Oh yeah, it's there. But I have a sneaky suspicion it's not just for us." She grimaced as they got closer, bracing herself. Avery decided to do the same. "Maybe there're other runaway Specials and ISO escapees they want to catch."

"On this particular bridge?!" Avery exclaimed. "I'm pretty sure Skipper arranged all of this just for us!"

Reni didn't respond to the point their bikes started breaking through the rows and rows of soldiers and vehicles. At some point they had to remove their disks to help clean their exit a bit better.

The tanks started to slowly turn and aim at the two escapees while the recognizer engines warmed up. The tanks started firing. The plasma laser tore up the road to Avery's right and he swerved to avoid any fragments.

"I'm just going to point this out right now," Avery shouted to his comrade. "It was your idea to escape via the bridge! We would've had a better chance by swimming in the Sea of Simulation and poisoning ourselves!"

"You're the stupid one!" Reni shot back. "At any time, you could've corrected our route. But you were so flippin' busy daydreaming!"

She gritted her teeth when a fragment from an explosion hit her back. But Avery had it much worse. A larger chunk of the road landed right in front of his bike before he had any opportunity to dodge.

He yelled out a colorful curse when his lightcycle flipped and derezzed. What a pathetic bike. He thought bitterly.

Avery spared a glance at his slowly shrinking ally, who was also looking back. They knew the rule, anyone who falls behind gets left behind. He knew now that he was a priority, Reni wouldn't have as much attention and would escape for sure.

Avery however…

He slowly stood up and glanced around. Shrugging, "Well boys, looks like I've reached the end of the line." The Special raised his hands in surrender. It wasn't that he's cowardly, he just cared much for his dignity. And he wasn't in the mood to make a fool of himself.

They handcuffed and shoved him into a truck. Before it drove off, however, a surprise Program stepped in.

Avery pursed his lips at his old friend but other than that, betrayed no emotion.

Noticing his partner missing, Skipper set his mouth grimly. "I suppose I'll have to track Reni another Cycle." He mused.

Avery just had to laugh at the soldier. "You won't find her now and you know it as well as I do."

Skipper narrowed his eyes but didn't speak. He knocked on the sheet of metal separating him from the driver's seat and the truck started rolling.

Avery smirked. "How's that kick?"

In response, Skipper grumbled something he couldn't quite catch and touched the spot where Reni assaulted him. It was a good looking bump too.

"What was that?" The Special asked.

"Shut up."

…

Avery sat cross-armed, legs stretched out in front of him on the bench. He blew his scruffy bangs out of his eyes and kept staring into the nothingness of the force field blocking him from freedom.

"Okay, I got another one." Avery glanced at his cellmate.

"Shoot." The agent replied.

She grinned. "Okay, there's a dead Program lying on a bed, next to her is a knife. There's broken glass from a mirror and some water, but no cubes that prove of any assault. How'd the Program die?"

Avery scrutinized the wall in front of him. She shared very difficult riddles but he couldn't come up with any answer. "I don't know."

The Program next to him giggled. "The broken glass is irrelevant," She hints.

"I give up." Avery leaned back and switched his gaze to the force field on the ceiling of the cell. "What's the correct answer?"

His cellmate laughed. "She laid down next to the knife on a waterbed. The knife punctured it and she drowned."

Avery's gaze at the ceiling quickly turned to a scowl. "You left out the detail about the waterbed!" He accused.

His nameless new companion huffed. "The point of it is to test your creativity!"

"Do I look like the creative type to you?" Avery asked with a sigh. "I hate those riddles."

She grinned. "Wanna hear something else?"

With nothing better to do, he just gave a big nod. "Fine."

"Pete and Repeat were on a boat. Pete jumped off, who's left?"

"Repeat."

"Pete and Repeat were on a boat. Pete jumped off, who's left?"

"Repeat."

"Pete and Repeat were on a boat. Pete jumped off, who's left?"

"Repe-" Avery's eyes widened in realization. "Oh, stop it!"

She started laughing. "Don't feel bad about how long it took for you to get it. I had a friend who took many more tries before she got it."

"How many?" Avery asked out of curiosity.

She pursed her lips. "I'm not sure. I lost count after thirty."

He groaned. "Poor guy."

"The Program was actually a female."

"Whatever." Avery grumbled.

She was silent for about ten nanos before she broke her newest record. Avery was surprised that her head never exploded from so much talking. "So...what did you do to get caught?"

Wow, it takes her five PectroCycles of sharing riddles before she finally focuses on something more real? How sad. "For not switching sides." He replied easily. "I worked for Tron. I refuse to serve the man who betrayed Flynn and killed the Program I looked up to the most." He paused. "What about you?"

"Uh..." She bit her lip. "I'm an ISO. Pretty sure I won't be a prisoner for much longer. I was lucky to be put away here for a while."

Avery's slightly irritated expression immediately softened. That's why she was talking so much. She had no idea how much longer she'd have for socializing. He sat up straighter and looked at her.

The ISO was so young, so innocent. Quite unlike any of the nasty rumors that were spread about her kind...not that Avery ever believed them.

But still, he couldn't help but compare and contrast the rumors he'd heard and the living being sitting right next to him.

"What's your name?" She asked, any cheerfulness was gone, replaced with a more serious expression. She looked so….so dead now.

"Avery," He answered casually. "You?"

Their moment was interrupted when the cell opened up. "Get up, Program!" One of them barked.

The ISO who's name was still a mystery to the Special stood up, only to be jabbed with a stun pike and knocked back towards the bench. "Not you!" He shouted. "Get up, Program!"

Of course, they meant him. Clu probably requested and audience with him for the purpose of recruiting. Avery had to bite his tongue when he stood up and walked carefully towards the guards with his hands raised.

They each took hold of one of his arms and pulled him down the hallway after locking the cell again. The nameless ISO was all alone now. Avery had no idea if she'd be able to socialize now that he's away. There weren't any other Programs in neighboring cells and the guards would likely torment her if she spoke directly to them.

Avery had to resist feeling sorry for her. It wasn't because he resented her and her species. He liked her and knew the ISOs didn't do anything wrong. It was just the fact that he shouldn't feel sorry for her for guards hating her just because of her species.

None of this was supposed to happen at all. He had to wonder where and when it all went wrong.

After turning down a few corridors, the guards opened an elegant looking door and marched him inside. Almost right away, he was greeted with Clu and Skipper standing closely side by side, chatting quietly with their backs turned.

Skipper was the first to acknowledge Avery's presence. "Hello," He greeted.

Clu merely glanced up and dismissed the soldiers so he could offer Avery a seat. "No, thank you." He denied.

"Sit." Clu ordered more firmly.

Avery only did so much as standing firmly where he was and folding his arms defiantly. "No." He said more firmly.

Skipper narrowed his eyes. "You're acting like a newly rezzed Program." He insults. "Stop being childish and just sit."

The Agent glanced at the Soldier. "I've spent the last several PectroCycles sitting on a bench and doing nothing." Avery said slowly. "My butt is numb so I'd prefer to stand." Clu looked amused from the response. Of course he'd be. Avery resisted the urge to roll his eyes. "Whatever offer or question you have to ask of me will all be for nothing, I should add." He said calmly. "You're just wasting your time. I'm better off just going back to my cell to rot for eternity."

Clu tsked and started circling the Special. "Such a waste of talent though, don't you think, Skipper?" The Lieutenant nodded. "I think you should at least hear me out, Avery." The Administrator suggested, which sounded more like a stern command. "I think that, at least, is more fair." Clu smiled. "I think every Program deserved a second chance."

"But not the ISOs?" Avery pointed out accusingly.

Clu blinked, showing no other sign of being fazed. "They're not Programs."

Well, it looked like Avery's suspicions were confirmed then. "Take me back to my cell. Now." He said through gritted teeth. "I no longer want a part of this. I don't care what you say or do. Just put me back in my User forsaken cell!"

Skipper blinked in surprise and looked at Clu, who's expression was cold and calculating. "Escort our...guest out." Clu ordered.

The soldier nodded, grabbed Avery's upper arm and pulled him towards the door. "That wasn't a wise choice." Skipper said evenly, like he was very annoyed.

"I don't care what Clu wants with me." Avery spat. "I refuse to cooperate the tiniest bit."

"But you are now." He pointed out.

"Shut up!" Avery paused. "Out of curiosity, what did he want?"

Skipper rolled his eyes. "He would've explained it if you let him." Avery waited for an answer and his old friend sighed and turned down another hall, heading to the prison hold. "Clu wanted to offer you an opportunity in the...lab."

An eyebrow rose. "For experimenting?"

"You'd be the first test subject for a special...upgrade." Skipper paused. "To enhance all five senses. Clu believes that Specials are capable of being more than they are."

Avery knew what this was about. Clu wanted any and all Specials on his side to be better than the average being of their kind. This kind of experimenting probably hasn't been attempted before so the System Administrator would prefer to test it on someone who wasn't on his side.

Plus it was well known that Avery had a weak mental barrier and sometimes curiosity and anger got the best of him. Of course he'd like to know more about this experiment, maybe even participate just to see what would happen.

That did not mean he was on Clu's side though.

"Clu just wants you to offer yourself up as a test subject." Skipper explained. "He figured that it'd interest you."

"I'm not switching sides."

Skipper brushed off the remark. "You don't have to - you only need to be willing for the experiment."

They'd stopped walking at some point. Avery thought long and hard about the Pros and Cons of each decision - yes or no.

The side that won out was pride...for now. "I'll think about it." Avery shrugged.

When Avery returned to the cell, he quickly realized his nameless ISO cellmate gone. He turned towards Skipper and raised a quizzical eyebrow easily seen through the force field.

The lieutenant just shrugged. "I wouldn't know." He admitted, as if reading his old friend's mind. "Handling ISOs isn't my duty."

Avery just pretended it didn't matter much and sat down, ignoring everyone and everything around him.

3 Cycles Later...

"You want me to be your lab rat." It was a statement, not a question.

Clu drummed his fingertips on the surface of a smooth table. "Yes, although it's not like I'd need your approval." He glanced at the Special. "It would be easier if you did agree."

Wow, that was...something. Avery glanced sideways at a boring, black wall. Secretly, Avery admired experiments; he enjoyed hanging out with Google on occasion during his free time just to see something new.

Tron always told him that his natural curiosity was dangerous. Regardless, that never stopped him...it still doesn't.

To agree or not agree… It'd be fun to put up a fight for the heck of it but he'd be less focused on the science. Plus he'd enjoy rubbing it in others' faces that he had better senses.

Eventually, one of the sides won out.

"Alright, deal." He said almost exasperatedly.

...

Reni's POV

She honestly, truly regretted leaving Avery behind. Obviously, she had to or she'd have been captured as well. But if there was some other way for both of them to escape, Reni would've taken the opportunity without hesitation.

Unfortunately, things don't work out like that...especially now. After Avery was captured, Reni took refuge with a small group of ISOs being smuggled into a neighboring City, Iodine.

They never made it to Iodine.

...

Avery's POV

"Here," A scientist handed Avery a vial of energy. "Drink this. You're going to need your strength for the experiment." He drains the glass and lets them hook him up to several machines.

Just after he entered the room, Avery was informed that he was the very first test subject to be trying this experiment so the results were unpredictable. He had no idea why he still wanted to be part of this but he figured his curiosity was what fueled him.

Plus any gained advantages for Avery would bring satisfaction to himself. Yeah, good answers. Plus the scientists were so confident of the outcome that they told Avery not to worry. "We know what we're doing." They claim.

Avery just relaxed on the table, he knew this was likely to get uncomfortable. It did.

The machines started to warm up and pumped a cold substance into him when another machine started to give him a tingling sensation all over. He gritted his teeth and squinted while the lights glared back at him.

The vibrations started getting stronger and more painful. He started groaning and clenching his fists. The machine hummed louder when the intensity was increased.

Without warning, Avery lost control and started screaming, his body convulsing on the table.

Lab workers struggled to hold him down and to keep the wires in place. "He's going critical!" One of the scientists shouted, eyeing his vitals screen with a frightened expression.

"Tie him down!" Another ordered.

They never got the chance to. Avery opened his eyes again, the eyeballs nearly popping out. And then he combusted. Pixels flew everywhere, scattering all over the floor, on top of equipment, and the majority of lab workers were covered in energy.

A few had to cover their mouths and bend over, some fled the room to escape the terrible sight permanently burned into their minds, others screamed.

Skipper came bursting into the room and stopped short. He stared at the horrid remains of his former friend and the clenched his jaw. This wasn't supposed to happen.

...

Reni's POV

She refused to look at anyone, or say anything. Never would she give anyone any satisfaction. For the majority of the time, Reni kept a blank expression, other times she'd wear that cocky smirk just to piss off her captors.

And not long after her capture, she was taken to Clu. And the first thing he did was smile.

Reni didn't look up, she didn't say anything. She just smirked at the floor, like she knew something he didn't. There were plenty of things he was oblivious to.

"I appreciate that you were able to join us." Clu said slowly.

Reni dropped her smirk, looked him boldly in the eye, and finally spoke. "Quit twisting everything around and just tell me what you want. I know you don't just bring Programs here for small talk."

"And what if I did?" Clu asked with a sly smile. "Does that bother you so?"

It did. Users, she wanted to strangle him. Hanging out with Con and Ken had never raised her tolerance or patience for anything. It really seemed to lower them.

"Where's Avery?" She demanded.

Clu's face noticeably fell. "He...attempted to escape. It was his own desperate stunts that led to his demise. There was nothing that could be done."

"Bullshit."

"I'm sorry?" Clu regarded Reni with a stern expression. "I value each and every Programs' life in this system. I'm doing what's best for the Specials and Basics."

"I don't believe you. Give me the details. I want proof!"

"I'm not at liberty to discuss it." Clu shot back. "Perhaps at a later time when things settle down."

"Screw you." She bit out through gritted teeth. Now she was the one pissed off. Reni hated how Clu managed to beat her at the game she'd managed to use against his own soldiers.

Well he'd won that round. Reni decided to pull the silent treatment. She knew it was childish but she hated Clu and his soldiers.

Unfortunately, Clu decided to remain silent as well, he just stared. It was creepy.

Two points to One. "Okay, just tell me what you want already!" Reni shouted impatiently.

"It's simple. I want your cooperation." Oh, that wise guy.

Reni curled her hands into fists. "And?"

Clu sighed. "Well I'd love to recruit you but I know that won't be an easy thing. I suppose it would be better to show you instead of tell." He paused to let that sink in. "Flynn and Tron have brainwashed you into thinking that the ISOs are special, harmless...innocent."

Reni narrowed her eyes. "I believe it from what I've seen and experience regarding them, not from what I was told or taught."

Clu raised an eyebrow. "And you never thought you were being deceived?" He didn't give her a chance to reply. "Believe it or not, I did what was best for the system. The ISOs spread nothing but corruption, attracted Grid Bugs, starting that Abraxas virus." He wrinkled his nose. "And Flynn thought they were special, so special that it was the only thing he focused on."

"Stop it!" Reni said. "He's not like that."

"Our Creator would have abandoned the system, abandoned us!" He continued, ignoring Reni's plea. "He was going to take the ISOs with him outside the Grid and never return. We're no longer important to him." Clu glared. "I had no other choice."

Reni squeezed her eyes shut. "There's always a choice."

"I could have stood by and let the Grid become a corrupted, forgotten wasteland," He spat. "Or do what I already have, to purge the potential threats and viruses from my system, maintain perfection, and keep Flynn from leaving us forever!"

Reni said nothing. She couldn't. There wasn't any way to argue against that with solid evidence. Only faith stood up against Clu's statement - and even that was starting to weaken.

She couldn't stop the questions from flooding her mind.

What if that's true? Would Flynn really abandon them? How potential of a threat were the ISOs? Did Clu use the best possible method of action? Did he really save the system?

And the biggest question: Whose side was Reni on?

She spent a lot of time thinking, mulling it over. Reni organized her thoughts and answered her personal questions as best she could. When Clu put it that way it sounded awfully convincing.

"Say...what if you're right?" She suggested. "What part would you want me to play in this?"

Clu sat down and folded his hands. "That's for you to decide. What part do you want to play in this?"

"I just want to do what's right." She whispered. "But I don't know what right anymore."

Clu sighed. "I can't make you believe what you don't want to." He replied. "It takes time to think about."

"I-I just want things to go back to the way they were. It was less complicated…" Reni admitted.

Clu studied the surface of the smooth table close by. "Things won't return to normal. But things can go to being better than it ever was." Clu drawled out. "That's my goal." He looked at Reni. "What about you?"

Reni pinched her lips together. Better, simpler life. That sounded good. Peaceful. "I'm in."

I know I'm making it look like Skipper's jumping around everywhere. I'm kind of skipping around with the time. But he's a busy bee! I felt a little bad about killing off Avery (especially in a gruesome manner but remember, this fanfic is rated T), but considering that he was only mentioned once and was never thought about in the end, I figured it was one of the best ways to go. Besides, I've got way too many OC's. ;P
I can't promise regular updates either. My school's been known for the endless rigorous work. I just did some research and it turns out to be one of Minnesota's top 20 challenging High Schools. XP I think that's why my hair's going to grey when I'm in my twenties...

Again, feedback and reviews are always appreciated. Flames can and will be used to my advantage in chapters as I'm usually terrible at hating on people when I have no good reason.
Up next, *Drum roll* I'll be going into detail about how Beck and Ally met. I noticed a bit of the timeline is messed up so I'll have to revise it a little. I'll call it the "True story" ;)
TRON LIVES!