Beck and Cutler were thrown into the game arena and instructed to fight each other to the death, with the winner going free. Neither wished to kill the other, and Cutler forfeited the match, denying General Tesler the spectacle he'd expected. Paige convinced the disgruntled general to keep his word instead of summarily derezzing both programs, and Tesler announced that Beck would go free while Cutler would be publically derezzed at Argon Square. The two programs were taken outside and Beck was released; Cutler, under heavy guard, threw him the veteran armband he'd shown him in the cells, and told him to find Tron, join him and never stop fighting.