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 Posted: Sun Aug 13, 2006 3:33 pm
Now I post Heroes and Villians..the continuation to Heroes No More.
Again, this is not my story,I hope you all enjoy.
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Posted: Sun Aug 13, 2006 3:34 pm
Heroes And Villians:
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There is a way to define the word hero. That would be a person who risks his or her life to save people from peril without having to think twice about it. A hero is someone who can easily judge what is right and what is wrong, and knows how to make wrongs right. Heroes are sparse among the masses but a saving grace when around.
Next we have the word villain. A villain is not a hero by any means... in fact a villain is the opposite. Villains do not care whom they harm in their quests for whatever they desire... money, power, etc. A lot more villains exist in the world than heroes and there are always more appearing day by day.
Now lets say we have a group of heroes who also have partners. Sidekicks if you will. These sidekicks are called Digimon; wondrous creatures from another world who have incredible fighting power and the ability to increase their strength by changing their form.
Our heroes and their sidekicks saved the universe from an impending doom called the Shadow, and restored everything to its original harmonious state. And although they faced villains throughout their quest, none of them really were on the same level as the heroes. None of them thought the same. None of them had the same lifestyle. None of them were normal people like the heroes.
But that may not last much longer. For our heroes have people watching them...
“What is the project on the Digimon experiment?”
Four people sat enshrouded by darkness around a table in a secret room. The only light in the room was given off by a flickering computer monitor. One man set a cigar down on an ashtray and folded his hands together, looking at his colleagues. He spoke in calm, collective voice.
“Gentlemen... let us not get restless. It has been a year since the Digimon left our world... and while most people’s memories were erased of them, thankfully we have remembered and been able to carry on our research in secret.”
A skinnier man with a raspier voice slammed his fist down on the table, annoyed.
“We know that! Just tell us the results of the project! I didn’t go through all the trouble of extracting data from that kid’s D-Volver for nothing! Do we have our own now?!”
“Yes we do.” answered the calm-voiced man. “But unfortunately we are unable to use them.”
“Why?”
“We are too old, already learned. We needed younger, untapped minds to carry our Dark D-Volvers.”
“So you’re saying we’ll make some kids do our work for us?”
“Exactly. They may be hard to control at first, but once under the power of our Dark D-Volvers their minds will begin to decay until they are bent only on destroying the children holding the Light D-Volvers.”
“And once that is accomplished, the barrier on the world will be broken and we will be able to travel to the world of Digimon and harness all of their power!” added a man with a deep voice.
“Do you have the children chosen yet?” asked the fourth and final man, who had a very strong and commanding voice. The calm man shook his head.
“No. You work closely with children, do you not? Spy on our target: Lee Trainer.”
“Why?” asked the raspy voiced man. “I know Lee Trainer well, but what should I do with him?”
“Find people close to him and his other chosen friends. Preferably people from his college. With them working in the same vicinity as our own chosen children, it won’t be long before they destroy each other and weaken the barrier.”
“Give me the names of the others.”
“Sam Chambers, Allison Williams, Earnest Lightwind, Arik Pearson, Nathan Klentz and James Willington. Make sure they’re all being watched. With our threat, their partners are sure to return to attempt to protect them.”
“We’ll just have to make sure our Digimon are stronger. Remember, children with troubled lives are easier to manipulate than your average child.”
“I won’t fail. I’ll choose well.”
The man with the commanding voice and the man with the raspy voice got up and left the room. The deep voiced man looked at the calm man, who was obviously their leader.
“How goes Projects B and C...?”
“Excellent. Once the barriers are weakened and projects B and C go through... we’ll be able to steal a veritable army of Digimon from Trinity Server to crush this pathetic world.”
“We are far too old to fight ourselves though... but...”
“But...?”
“I’ve been doing extensive testing, and have found out something interesting. I’ll let you in on it when I’m sure.”
The deep voiced man got up and left as well. The calm man reached for his cigar again.
“Trainer and his friends won’t know what hit them... until they’re laying cold and dead on the floor of our laboratory with their partners being transformed into mindless killing machines... or maybe it won’t come to that...”
The man thought to himself for a second and chuckled.
“Nah... of course it will come to that. My dark Chosen will be unstoppable!”
He switched off the computer monitor and his sinister laugh faded with the darkness...
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Posted: Sun Aug 13, 2006 3:34 pm
You do not await your destiny... your destiny comes to you. This rule can be either wondrous or painful. Unfortunately most of the time, it is painful. As we are about to see...
“Keeyah!”
“Whoa, you almost hit me with that kick!”
Lee Trainer, now nineteen years old, swiftly ducked a kick that flew in his direction. He leapt back, his feet touching the soft mat of the sparring arena in the Karate dojo. He smoothed his white uniform which was emblazed with the symbol of the Lunn dojo on its back and right of the chest. The blonde-haired boy prepared his counter-attack.
He threw a punch at his opponent, but the female karate student held up her two forearms to block his fist. The only thing he hit was the soft fabric of her uniform which was the same as his.
The dark brown haired girl threw back her hair, which had blonde streaks in it and went down to about her breast area. She glared at him with her blue eyes, and her eyebrows settled down giving her an expression of determination.
“You aren’t going to defeat me today, Lee.”
“We’ll see about that, Amara. We are Master Lunn’s two top students, you know. We’re equal.”
Amara glanced around the room. Their sensei: Master Lunn was standing at the northern end of the mats surveying the match. About seven other students who wore the Lunn dojo uniform were witnessing it as well.
“Hiya!” yelled Lee. He threw himself forward, preparing to punch Amara but she fell backwards before he could punch her.
“What the--”
She used her hands as a ground to break her fall and then kicked upwards, hitting Lee in the side of the head! He grunted and fell backwards onto his butt. Amara stood up triumphantly. Her guard was let down, though, and Lee swooped his foot along the ground and knocked her down as well. She went to get back up...
What is Amara doing? thought Lunn. I trained her better than that.
What?! thought Amara, surprised. How did I hear that!?
Amara looked at him nervously and then another thought pushed its way into her head. This time from Lee.
Hoo, Amara’s a tough cookie. That makes her even hotter, though.
“Hey!” she hissed at him. “Get your mind out of the gutter!”
“Wh-what?” stammered Lee. Amara’s eyes widened at him and before she had a chance to reply, she could hear all of her other classmates!
What is Amara snapping about?
Why can’t that girl keep things together?
Stupid canker sore! It hurts like hell!
Maybe she’s insane. That would explain why she’s acting so weird!
“Aggh!” she screamed, dropping to her knees and holding her head in pain. “Make it STOP!!!”
“Amara!” shouted Lee, worried. He went to run to her aid but she lashed out and punched him in the stomach! She then flung her fist right at his face, but another hand grabbed it... Master Lunn’s. The grey-haired stern master looked at Amara angrily.
“Amara! Do not strike out with rage! Maintain your foc--”
Amara flipped him over her shoulder and the karate sensei landed hard on his back on the ground! Amara gripped her head, unable to push the thoughts of other people out!
Whoa, she just took down Master Lunn!
What is she doing!?
God, she’s a freak!
“SHUT UP!!!” she screamed in agony. She wasn’t really screaming at anyone, but in her mental state she attacked the nearest standing thing.
She threw another wild punch at Lee, but he grabbed her fist in mid-air. Lunn then karate chopped her in the back of the neck, knocking her to the ground, unconscious.
“What the hell was that...?” gasped Lee as the whole dojo stared at the fallen Amara, who was breathing heavily and twitching.
Heroes & Villains, Chapter 01: Infusion of Darkness
Amara groaned weakly and tried to open her eyes. She tasted hair in her mouth, which she assumed was her own. As her vision came back, she stared up at what looked like a bright light. Wait, it was a bright light... tons of them.
I’m in a hospital. I hate hospitals.
Amara sat up and rubbed the back of her neck, it really hurt. She gasped as she sat up and tried not to move her neck at the same time. She kicked the blanket off her legs and saw she was still wearing her dojo uniform.
“Amara...?” asked a voice, opening the door to her hospital room. She sat back down on her hospital bed, making sure not to move her neck. She saw a familiar blonde boy walk in, still wearing his dojo uniform too.
“Hey Lee” she said, ashamed. “I-- I have no idea what happened to me...”
“Are you sure?” he asked, shutting the door behind him. “You told me to get my mind out of the gutter when I only said in my head that you were hot.”
“So what? Men are just easy to figure out.”
“Are you sure?”
“Would you quit asking me that?” she asked, more of a demand than a suggestion. Lee nodded and she stood up again. Her neck felt less stiff now and she cracked it.
“After sensei knocked you out, he had me take you here. You’ve been asleep for three hours.”
“Yeah... well, I think my head is straightened out now.” she said to reassure him that she wasn’t crazy. “Thanks for taking me here but I can walk home by myself.”
Amara went to leave, but Lee didn’t move from in front of the door. She crossed her arms impatiently.
“Can I help you?”
“I called your parents. They’re waiting outside for you. They don’t seem to be too happy with you.”
Amara’s eyes widened. “Why the hell did you call them?! It’s my one goal in life to stay the hell away from them!”
“They can’t be all that bad...” protested Lee. “They do fund your karate...”
“Aside from that, me and them hate each other. Lee, I want you to go out and tell them that I have to stay in here another night... so they’ll leave!”
Lee looked at her, skeptically. He bit his lip and looked at the floor.
“Amara, you aren’t well. Either you go home with them, or you allow me to escort you back to your dorm room.”
Amara sighed. “Fine, Lee... you can walk me home.”
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The next day:
In the middle of the city of Horam is a college called ‘Richard Trainer College’, named after the man who founded it. RTC for short. Richard Trainer is also the mayor of Horam and Lee’s loving father.
Inside the walls of RTC, Lee was walking through the dormitory area, looking for number 213. Lee was wearing black jeans and white t-shirt, accompanied by a gold necklace that Alison (his girlfriend) gave to him. When Lee found 213, he simply opened the door without knocking and let himself in.
“Yo, Arik! If you don’t hurry the hell up we’re gonna be late for Art... again.”
A boy with brown hair came running out of the bathroom into the main room, squeezing a red shirt over his arms and around his body. Arik was another of the previous Chosen children but like Lee, has forgotten about Digimon and went on to college.
“Yeah yeah, Lee!” said Arik, grabbing his sketchbook and art pencils. He tucked them under his arm and motioned for Lee to get out as he moved towards the door. “At least you, Nathan and Ace live in a house. I’m stuck in this crappy dorm room!”
Arik shut the door behind them and locked it. Then they bolted as fast as they could for the next building, where their art class was. They ran out the door onto campus and slowed to a walk.
“So re-election day is coming up soon, eh?” asked Arik. Lee nodded.
“My dad should be able to reel it in pretty easily like he has the last two elections. Like, come on... he founded this freaking college just for me to go too.”
Arik laughed a little. “Your dad has a power trip, I think. My dad is retarded.”
Arik’s dad used to be an alcoholic and as a result, would abuse him. His dad quit drinking a year ago, but hasn’t got too much nicer. He began dating a woman six months ago, which has distracted him a bit more from berating Arik. As can be imagined, Arik is pleased with the change.
“Ah... well...” began Lee, trying to change the topic. “You know what we’re doing in art today?”
“Sculpting ice, if you can believe it. They’re gonna turn the temp way down in the room.”
“And of course, I’m wearing a T-shirt.” said Lee, annoyed. Arik nodded and went to open the door into their building of destination, but the door flung open and whacked him in the face. A red-haired girl stormed out of it, with no real respect for where she was going.
“Outta my way, dorks.” she said as she walked past.
“Ow! The least you could do would be apologize!” shouted Arik, rubbing his nose. She flipped him off.
“You okay?”
“I’ll live. Who was that?”
“Her name is Jeska... she’s in my psychology class. And speaking of class... we’re late.”
“Crap!”
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The art room:
“Alright class, it’s time to begin our ice sculptures.” said the art teacher, Ms. Smith. “First we’ll go through safety precautions...”
Amara groaned as she listened to the boring drivel that the teacher yammered on about. The spunky girl was now dressed in casual clothing that consisted of her favorite colors: shiny and glossy. Her pants and over jacket were silver and very flashy. The jacket was unzipped down past her breasts to show off her red t-shirt and she wore three bracelets on her left arm. Her necklace was gold, with her favorite jewel: the topaz inside it.
I really don’t care about these safety precautions... I know how not to cut myself with a knife. thought one student in the class. Amara snapped out of her trance and looked at the student.
“Oh no... not again...” she sighed. “Ms. Smith, may I be excused?”
“Yes, Amara.”
Amara ran out of the room as quickly as she could before she had a repeat performance of the last night. She leaned up against the walls and massaged her temples.
What is happening to me...? Am I going insane? Am I really hearing these voices...?
“Oh, Amara. Hello.” greeted a strong, commanding voice. Amara recognized it. It was the voice of Dean Rathjen. The man in his early 50s still had light brown hair and was very well-built, wearing a suit.
“Hello... Dean Rathjen...” she sighed. “I’m... um... having a headache. I think I’m going to go back to my room and sleep.”
“A headache? It seems pretty bad if it knocked you out last night.”
“You heard about that...?”
“You sensei told me about it. I know him, you know.” replied Dean Rathjen. Amara blushed a little, embarrassed.
She’s perfect. thought Dean Rathjen.
What does he mean by that...? she thought, having heard it. Oh my god... I’m hearing things again...
“I feel flustered... I’m going to go...”
Amara turned and walked away, passing Lee and Arik on her way out.
“Hey Amara, you alright?” asked Lee.
“I’m FINE! Why won’t anyone leave me alone?!”
Amara turned and ran out of the hallway, leaving Lee and Arik dumbfounded.
“Dude, you know her?” asked Arik, seemingly awed by Lee’s connection with Amara. “She is so hot!”
“I know.” replied Lee. “She’s my sparring partner at karate.”
“You should try and hook up with-- oh wait... you got a girlfriend.”
“Yeah, Arik.” said Lee, annoyed at him. “Why does everyone always forget that?”
“Trainer! Pearson! Get to class!” ordered Dean Rathjen. “Your dad may pay my salary, but that won’t stop me from suspending you.”
“Sorry Mr. Rathjen.” apologized Lee. He and Arik headed for class.
“That’s Dean Rathjen now! We’re not in high-school anymore!” shouted Dean Rathjen after them as they headed into class. Rathjen was their principal in high-school, but when the college was founded, he got transferred to the college. He put his hands in his pockets and wandered off.
- - -
At some point later in the day... someone was making a phone call...
“Hello?”
“Yes, hello Mr. Irvine.” said the caller, speaking into the phone. “I believe I’ve found our first candidate... she’s exactly what you were looking for and more...”
“Is her name Amara Aquilla by any chance?”
“Yes.
“Good. We had already pre-selected her. Our other colleague took some Digital data and implanted it into her brain. Have you witnessed the side-effects of it yet?”
“Telepathy.”
“Perfect.”
- - -
Later that night:
At around eight PM, night time was just setting in. The sun was down and the sky was dark, with all the stars beautifully shining in the December sky. The air was crisp and refreshingly cool as it snowed fairly heavily. Amara walked down a street with her hands tucked away in her pockets, ignoring the cold. She walked up to a small house and kicked the door instead of knocking.
“Amara. Come in.” said the stern voice of the man who opened the door. The bearded man was her father and he led her into the messy living room of their house. He shut off the TV and sat down on the couch. He motioned for her to sit as well.
“I’ll stand.”
“Look, Amara. I don’t know why you’ve been avoiding your mother and I lately. Maybe you think that now that you’re in college you don’t need us. But--”
“I’ve only been ‘avoiding’ you because I can’t stand you or mom!” she shouted. “You two never pay attention to me until you realize I’m not moping because you aren’t!”
“We do so!”
“You didn’t even come to my Karate tournament last week!”
“Like I told you, we were golfing and--”
“Oooh, you were golfing!” snapped Amara back. “You couldn’t have missed that for one day to come see me!”
“Don’t talk back to me, young lady!” growled her father. He got up from the couch.
If Amara keeps contradicting me in my own house, I’m going to have to smack the stupid girl until she realizes I am the boss here!
Amara’s eyes widened and swelled with tears as she intercepted that mental thought.
“You aren’t going to hit me! EVER AGAIN!!!” she screamed.
She turned and whipped the front door open as hard as she could and it smashed off of its’ hinges when it connected with the wall. She ran out of her father’s house and down the street in no particular direction. It had been snowing for quite some time now and she slipped on some black ice on the sidewalk.
“Ouch! s**t!” she cursed. She leaned over and massaged her leg, which had collided hard with the cement underneath her. “I swear I’m going crazy... I’m... I’m...”
Telepathic. said a voice in her head. She looked around and gasped.
Who said that?!
Someone who understands you. Amara, I’ve been sent to give you a new direction in life... and to help you with your new gift.
Who... where are you...?
Amara looked around and brushed some snow out of her hair as she stood up carefully. In her hand she felt a tingling sensation as it began to glow.
“What is... going on...!?”
A Black D-Volver appeared in her hand, surprising the hell out of her. There was another glow near her feet and she checked around to make sure no one was staring at her. Thankfully no one was driving in these parts of town so late at night.
A small creature appeared next to her. It’s skin looked like it was made of white crystals, and it had ears and a tail like a cat, yet stood on two legs. It was about as tall as her waist and looked up at her with its big eyes, which were the only part of it that wasn’t made of the white crystal. It didn’t even appear to have a mouth. Amara stared back at it in shock.
I’m Crystalmon. Your Digimon partner. Don‘t move Amara, for I have alot of information to relay to you.
Uhm... kay...
- - -
Only a few blocks away was Lee’s house. He lived there with two other boys who helped him pay the rent... but they weren’t home at the moment. It had two floors, and the top floor had all the bedrooms. Lee was in his, talking on the phone.
“So how’s your job at the radio station?” asked Lee, laying back on his double-bed. The voice on the other end of the phone belonged to Alison: his girlfriend.
“It’s awesome! Today I got to meet Jim Chandler!”
“That electric guitar superstar?”
“Yeah!” replied Alison, obviously more enthusiastic than Lee was. Ali loved music and Lee hated how she was already in a career and he was stuck working in a stupid winery. But he’d loved her ever since they were kids, so he let it slide.
“That’s awesome, Ali! I didn’t see you at school today...”
“Yeah. You know, I overslept.” she replied. “I don’t think I’ll be there tomorrow, I’ve got a busy night tonight.”
“Oh.” replied Lee, less than enthusiastic about that. He hadn’t been seeing much of Allison lately and he was beginning to wonder if something was up. “Ali, I was wondering--”
Lee was cut off as he heard a familiar beeping noise... one he hadn’t heard for a long time. He stared across his room at a pile of junk. One of the objects on the pile of junk... was his old D-Volver. And it was going nuts!
“Wondering what?” asked Ali, curious.
“I’ll... uhm, call you tomorrow. I’ve got a busy night too.”
“Lee, what--”
Lee slammed the phone down and ran over to his D-Volver. He picked it up and looked at the tiny LCD screen on it. On it formed a little LCD picture of his partner: Kokuwamon!
“Kokuwamon?! What the-- I can see you!” he exclaimed, excited. “I haven’t seen you for so long!”
“Lee! There’s trouble!” replied Kokuwamon’s voice, crackling out of the speaker on the D-Volver. “Someone is tampering with Trinity Server again! And that someone is from yours!”
“It can’t be Desiree again!” protested Lee, angry that their reunion was cut short by such unpleasant news. “She moved! And reformed!”
“No... this time there’s four of them!” informed Kokuwamon to him. “Some bad energy was detected in your area and I picked it up! That’s why I’m alerting you!”
Ace ran out into the hallway and saw Ace and Nathan’s D-Volvers going nuts as well, but no one was answering. He looked back down at his own.
“Show me where!”
“Just follow my instructions!”
Lee made a mad dash out of his house as he struggled to fit his black jacket on. He slid on some ice but regained his footing and continued running like a maniac. It had been a long time since the servers crossed over and this time he was going to fix the problem before it got out of hand.
This can’t be anything like the Shadow incident! It just can’t be!
“Lee, turn into this alleyway! It’s in here!”
Lee did as told and slowed to a walk as he entered the alleyway. He looked around but saw nothing but the sides of buildings and a few dumpsters. He kept walking.
“I just know it. I’m going to see a Shadow or some possessed Chosen or some crazy wild Digimon or... Amara?!”
Lee stopped in his tracks as he saw his female friend standing across the alley from him, a look of despair on her face. He looked around to make sure nothing else was there and then faced her.
“Amara! What is going on!? Are you alright?!”
“Everything is fine, Lee.” she said to him, calmly. “You came just like she said you would.”
“She who!?”
Me.
Lee heard a voice in his head and Crystalmon walked out in front of Amara and faced Lee.
“That’s her!” said Kokuwamon, still watching from the LCD screen on Lee’s D-Volver. “That’s one of the Dark Digimon that escaped to your world!”
“Amara, get away from that Digimon!” shouted Lee. “I have to destroy it!”
Lee held up his D-Volver and from it emerged a rainbow of energy, illuminating the dark alleyway for a second. When it faded, Kokuwamon was standing in front of Lee. The metallic beetle snapped his claws menacingly.
“Hmmm. Snow.” observed Kokuwamon. “Hope I don’t rust.”
“Amara! Get away now!” pleaded Lee, concerned for her safety. “You’re not well!”
Oh Lee, I’m perfectly fine. thought Amara, projecting her thoughts into his head. I’ve been blessed with telepathy as Crystalmon here told me.
“Telepathy?! That’s not natural, Amara! I think someone has been screwing with your system!” growled Lee. Kokuwamon nodded.
“I sense strange Digital energy in that girl.” said Kokuwamon. “She’s not completely human... not anymore. She’s been given the same trait as Crystalmon... the ability to read minds.”
“But...!” gasped Lee. “Then that would make Amara and Crystalmon partners!”
“Bingo.” said Amara, showing Lee her black D-Volver. “And now that we’ve discovered that wondrous fact, let’s have a sparring match like last night. Except this time, our Digimon are going to fight.”
You two will fall. projected Crystalmon. The grant to travel to this new world was the promise that I would destroy you, Lee Trainer.
“That’s right. Four Digimon disappeared from Trinity Server recently.” informed Kokuwamon.
“WHAT?! So there’s going to be four of them!?” exclaimed Lee. “Are the others getting their partners back!?”
“That might not happen. I was barely able to break through the barrier put up by the Guardians to contact you as it is. The others weren’t able to make it with me.”
That’s right. You’re all alone in this, Kokuwamon. projected Crystalmon. Now I’m through with listening to you say things I already know! CRYSTAL TEMPEST!!!
“Oh no...” gasped Kokuwamon. “She’s attacking!”
Crystalmon’s body began to glow and dozens of pieces of it shot off! The crystal shards were all hurtled at Lee and Kokuwamon. Kokuwamon knocked Lee flat onto the ground and the shards passed harmlessly over them! Kokuwamon then spread his wings and took off into the air!
Mini Electro Shocker. thought Crystalmon, predicting what he was going to do next.
“Mini Electro Shocker!!!” screamed Kokuwamon. But by the time he fired the jolt of electricity at Crystalmon, she had already dove out of the way. The crystal cat leapt up onto a fire escape ladder on the side of a building and scurried upwards amazingly fast!
“What the--” gasped Kokuwamon before being tackled in mid-air by Crystalmon! He struggled to maintain his flight as the cat attempted to drag him down!
Lee watched in shock and looked at Amara, who seemed pretty amazed by the whole Digimon-fighting thing.
“Amara! Why are you going along with this!?”
“She’s the only one who can possibly ever understand what I’m going through. I can’t tell you why but I suddenly feel like this is the right path for me. I want to help my Digimon partner accomplish her mission.”
Yeah, either that or that Dark D-Volver screwed up your head! thought Lee, looking at the D-Volver Amara was holding.
“I don’t think that’s it, Lee.” she replied.
“Hey, I didn’t give you permission to go into my head!” he shouted.
“Mini Electro Shocker!!!”
Lee and Amara looked up to see Kokuwamon attempting to blast Crystalmon again, but she knew he was going to try that and leapt back onto the fire escape ladder.
Crystal Tempest!!!
She knew Kokuwamon was planning to dodge to the left, so right before she fired she turned and aimed in that direction! Kokuwamon was struck by the dozens of crystal shards and collapsed to the ground. Lee gasped in shock.
“We’ve gotta get outta here!” shouted Lee. He ran and scooped up Kokuwamon.
“Running away already?” asked Amara.
“Oh this isn’t over, trust me!”
Lee dashed out of the alleyway and made his way home through the gathering blizzard. Amara and Crystalmon stood triumphant, not even bothering to notice the snow.
“Wow, that was amazing, Crystalmon! Are Digimon always that cool?!”
Yup.
“I haven’t felt so alive in a long time! Thank you, Crystalmon... now I feel like I’m actually capable of something...”
Something tells me that in your heart you weren’t ready to kill Trainer.
“I... err... well doesn’t ‘kill’ seem a little extreme?”
We’ll see...[/i[
“Alright. Now we gotta get back to my dorm room. We’ll just have to pretend you’re a stuffed toy.”
What’s a stuffed toy?
“... oh boy.”
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Posted: Sun Aug 13, 2006 3:35 pm
No time like the present to change your life. The age range of 18 to 20 is the age where you become an adult and it is a very important age regarding the structure of the man or woman you will be for the rest of your life. Most kids go to college, university, trade school, or something other post-secondary school during this age to prepare themselves.
One boy wasn’t making time for that and strolled idly down the slums of Tamur. The boy was about six feet tall, and had red eyes due to the contacts he was wearing. He was wearing jeans and had a black coat on, since the snow didn’t make for the most comfortable weather conditions. The wind flowed through his black hair as he walked into a familiar area that he dwelled in.
“Hieshi. What the hell are you doing here?” asked a voice from behind the boy. Hieshi didn’t turn, for he knew who lurked behind him. It was the rest of his former gang, the Rippers. There were five men behind him and they looked none too happy to see him. The man who was the leader, who was wearing a bandanna and had a slim mustache, stepped towards Hieshi.
“You ditched us long ago, fool. Now you’re gonna pay for coming back onto our turf.”
The leader pulled out a switchblade and made the blade pop out. He then walked toward Hieshi menacingly. Hieshi reached into his jacket pocket.
“Boss, watch out! He has a weapon too!” warned one of the guys from behind. But they all looked confused when he pulled out a small black V-shaped device.
“What da heck is that...?” asked the leader. “Your mommy been buying you toys?”
Hieshi simply withdrew another thing from his other jacket pocket, still not even looking at the gang. It was a small rubic cube... but it was all black. The leader lowered his switchblade, not even feeling threatened anymore. He laughed whole-heartedly at Hieshi.
“What the f*ck are you tryin’ to pull, boy? If you want to be gay, we’ll leave you alone with your little toys.”
Then they were all shocked at what happened next. The rubic cube began to glow... and speak!
“Levelermon Shinka...”
The cube changed its shape instantaneously! All the Rippers gasped in horror and took a few steps back, covering their eyes as the blinding light of evolution encompassed the alleyway. When they could see again, the cube had transformed into a giant, black, mechanical dragon! It was nearly as tall as the alleyway and loomed menacingly over the frightened punks.
“... DYACTORALMON!!!”
“Hieshi... what the f*ck are you?!” exclaimed the leader, backing away from the dragon.
“You executioner. Farewell.” replied Hieshi, finally speaking. “Dyactoralmon, make them feel pain and anguish unlike anything they’ve experienced before.”
Hieshi didn’t even need to watch as Dyactoralmon did away with his foes. He simply turned and kept walking. He could sense other Digimon... and he wanted to know just what was going on.
Heroes & Villains, Chapter Two: Brotherly Battle
Not only is Lee’s father the mayor of Tamur, but he’s best friends with the son of the richest man in Tamur. James Willington is one of Lee’s best friends, and the brown-haired, well-kept boy was traversing his way to his Law class. James wore a black suit with a white undershirt, showing off that he has alot of expensive clothing.
James and Lee used to be worst enemies in high school. They’d beat each other up regularly, with Alison usually being the medium that stopped them from fighting. When Desiree took over James with her Dark Flower, he fought Lee for real but then reformed at the last minute and helped him in his fight against Desiree.
That’s all ancient history now, though. There’s no way those events can be relevant today... right?
James pushed his way past a few giggling girls and saw his Law class up ahead. He saw Arik and Lee standing in front of the door and they looked up happily when they noticed him.
“Hey Lee, you aren’t in this class.” said James as he walked up to the two of them. Lee rolled his eyes.
“Very observant, Mr. Moneybags.” groaned Lee sarcastically. “I came here to tell you guys that Kokuwamon came back to me yesterday!”
“WHAT?!” exclaimed Arik and James at once. Both boys stared wide-eyed at Lee and it seemed like every other person had left the hallway due to the silence between the three boys. James and Arik each had a Digimon partner of their own previously. Lee continued on.
“Yes... and that’s not a good thing. For another group of Chosen appears to be forming. A Dark group. Kokuwamon said four Digimon escaped from Trinity Server and are now choosing partners... in order to destroy those of us with light D-Volvers.”
“Do you know who these dark Chosen are?” asked Arik, worriedly. Lee shook his head.
“I had an encounter with one of them last night. But the other four’s identities are still a mystery to me. Since Amara is from this school, I’d be willing to bet the next three will be as well.”
“We’ll keep our eyes peeled.” said Arik. “But right now, we got class.”
“Alright. I have to go see someone about something.” replied Lee, turning and walking off. James put his hands on his hips.
“He comes all the way out here to give us news like that and then just leaves without telling us how to get our partners back.” scoffed James, slightly annoyed. Arik shrugged.
“Eh, what are you gonna do?” asked Arik, turning to head into the classroom. James followed him.
“So what are you up to after class?”
“I’m going dirt biking with Nathan. What about you?”
“I have to go home and have dinner with my family.” replied James, groaning and taking his seat. Arik sat down next to him.
“Don’t like them?”
“They’re all way too stuck up. And worse yet, my brother is home from boarding school.” sighed James.
“I didn’t know you had a brother...”
“Well I don’t like to mention him and if you ever meet him, you’ll know why.”
“Fair enough.” replied Arik, reaching for his notes. James bashed his head on the table.
“Today is going to suck.” he groaned.
- - -
In the hallway, Lee was heading to go down the stairs to the main floor when someone pushed him from behind! He took a tumble down the short flight of stairs and crashed into the wall at the bottom. Luckily for him, the staircase went down in portions and you had to turn to go a far distance. He looked up to see a very familiar girl standing above him.
Amara walked down the steps toward him, wearing a pink sweater that hugged her form fairly tightly, and also wearing a short black skirt. She simply waved at Lee as she walked by, acting innocent.
Lee groaned and rubbed his arm.
“So I’m a hot b***h am I? I’ll take both of those as a compliment.” she said to him.
“Quit reading my mind, Amara!” hissed Lee at her. “Do you even know how you got that kind of special power? You need to go see a psychiatrist or something.”
Amara jammed her forearm into Lee’s throat, pushing him back against the wall. She pressed herself up against him and kissed him on the cheek, then grabbed him by his blonde hair and pulled his head down until his ear was on level with her mouth.
“I’m going to kick your a** one day at a time with my Digimon. And there’s no way you can fight us with us predicting your every move.” she threatened him. “I don’t quite understand this Digimon thing yet, but Crystalmon explained to me that I’m a Yami and you’re a Hikari, making us enemies.”
“Ugh...” groaned Lee, choking from Amara’s arm on his throat, but interested that her breasts were pushed up against him. “This is a strange mixture of pain and pleasure.”
Amara whipped him around, sending him tumbling down the next short flight of stairs. She flipped her beautiful dark brown hair behind her shoulder and tugged on her sweater.
“How about we play soccer for a bit?”
Amara went to walk after him, but suddenly started gripping her skull in pain. Lee raised an eyebrow at her as she began to go through convulsions again.
Hey, someone just pushed that kid down the stairs!
Oh man, I got a Biology exam today... I hate learning about plants.
I can’t believe Dean Rathjen is suspending me for smoking on school property! What a d**k!
When I get my hands on Ace, he’s going to be sorry he didn’t go out with me!
Oh my god, if Tina tells me that joke one more time... I’m going to slap her...
“Argh! s**t, I thought I had it under control!” she growled.
“Amara... let me help you...” said Lee softly, walking up the stairs toward her.
“Get away from me!” she screamed, throwing him back down the stairs again. A few kids began to stare at her, so she turned and ran out of the stairwell back to the top floor. Lee groaned and rubbed his aching spots again.
“I need to figure out some way to keep her out of my-- aha!”
Lee got a bright idea, then turned and ran down the stairs, heading somewhere.
- - -
Lunn Dojo:
Lee walked through the white curtain that served as a door to the inner sanctum (aka the training room) or Master Lunn’s karate school. He glanced around the room, seeing no one was there. He stepped across the blue training mats that covered the floor until he was in the center of the room.
“Master Lunn?! Are you here?”
“Yes, Lee.” said a voice from above. Lee glanced upward to see the 40-year old karate master hanging from his ankles off of a bar on the roof. He jumped back, startled.
“Waaah!”
Lunn dropped off the bar and landed on his hands on the mat. He then flipped backwards, righting himself. Lee looked him over carefully.
“That was crazy! How did you... do that?”
“Concentration, my boy.” answered the wise man. “Now why have you come here? There are no classes today.”
“I know... but I need you to help me perfect a technique we’ve been learning. It’s really important.”
“What might that be?”
Lee’s eyes settled on Lunn’s face with determination. “How can I clear my mind? While fighting and while not. How do I achieve complete calmness?”
- - -
Later:
James drove in his black convertible up a steep paved road. The brown-haired boy stopped when he came to a gate on the right side of the road. He turned and drove up to it. A security guard on the other side of the gate recognized him immediately.
“Oh, why hello Master James. Come for dinner with the family?” asked the guard with his Spanish accent.. James nodded.
“Unfortunately, Enrique. I wish I could have dinner with you instead.”
“Very amusing, Master James.” replied Enrique, opening the gate. “Hieshi is back from Boarding school, you know.”
“I know.” replied James, drolly.
“You know, Master James--”
James angrily drove through the gate, not wanting to hear any more about his brother from Enrique. He parked his car at the top of the driveway and got out. He shut the door and glanced up at the huge marble mansion. Among mansions, it stood out tremendously. It was Willington Manor, where James and Hieshi were raised.
James hated going home. His parents expected too much out of him, and never bothered his brother. Well, that wasn’t entirely true... but James was always the one who got forced to do something while Hieshi would win arguments or they would give up. Like with college.
“I got shipped off to college and Hieshi didn’t have to. That is so unfair.” James reminded himself, remembering why he was mad at his parents in the first place.
James walked into the main hall and a servant took his coat. He walked up the stairs and turned down one of the corridors, knowing exactly where he was going. After passing about six dozen doors, he came to the door of his destination and grabbed the golden handle, opening the door.
“Ah... my old room. Hasn’t changed a bit.”
James went and lay down on his bed. It was much comfier than the bed in the college dorms. He frowned a little and sat up.
“I gotta get this bed moved to the dorm.”
James then noticed that on his bedside table... there lay his D-Volver. He picked up the old gadget and looked it over.
“Oh... this item certainly holds some interesting memories.” he said to himself. “Trying to kill Lee... getting killed by Desiree... fighting that freaky BlackOmnimon thingy...”
James threw his D-Volver on the floor, not wanting to touch it again. However, he might just have to...
“Oh sure, dump me on the ground like this!” shouted a voice. It was tiny and electronic, and it sounded more like a hiss... but it was a voice. James almost wet his pants as he stared at the D-Volver.
“Uh... Keramon...?”
“Yeah?”
“WAH! I’m not hearing voices!” exclaimed James, surprised. He ran over to his D-Volver and scooped it up in both hands, looking down at it. And in the LCD screen was a small liquid crystal image of his bug-like partner.
“James!” shouted Keramon. “Good to see ya!”
“Keramon--! I-- what are you-- huh?!”
“You seem a little confused. I’ve got to tell you something!”
“And that is--”
James was interrupted as the door creaked open behind him. Standing there was black-haired brother, uncomfortably dressed in a tux. Hieshi looked at James like he’d just gone crazy.
“Uh... stupid... you hearing voices or something?” asked Hieshi, referring to James.
James jumped and hid the D-Volver behind his back, shaking his head ‘no’ rapidly. Hieshi raised an eyebrow at him, then glanced down to what he was hiding behind his back.
“Care to tell me what you got there, dumpface?”
“Just because you’re a year older than me, don’t mean I gotta listen to you.” protested James, still holding the D-Volver behind his back. “And welcome back.”
“Shut up.” replied Hieshi, politely. “Dinner’s ready. Don’t be late, or I might have to beat you up... repeatedly... for a week.”
Hieshi turned and left, then stopped in his tracks in the middle of the hallway.
“Was James holding a-- nah... couldn’t be possible.” thought Hieshi, countering his own idea. He patted his dark D-Volver, which he had in his pocket.
“He was. I saw it.” replied Levelermon. Hieshi noticed he was holding onto the rubic cube Digimon the entire time, and held Levelermon up to his face.
“Are you sure? My brother is too much of a wuss to have a D-Volver.”
“Well it does. And it was a Hikari D-Volver. You know what that means...”
“We must destroy him.”
Back in James’ room, he pulled the D-Volver out from behind his back and sighed with relief.
“Gee. He’s friendly.” said Keramon, sarcastically. James nodded, amused.
“So hurry up and tell me what you gotta tell me. I’m late for dinner.”
“It can wait.” replied Keramon. James nodded and slid the D-Volver into his coat pocket, then headed for the dining hall.
- - -
James arrived in the dining hall and looked at the table. Spread across the white tablecloth were countless different kinds of food, which James loved. His mother and father were each sitting on either of the table, and Hieshi was in the middle on the side far from James. James went and took a seat across from Hieshi.
“Ah, welcome home James.” greeted his father.
“Thanks dad.” replied James. “Hello mother.”
“Hello, son.”
James began to put food on his plate as his three family members did the same. There was one of those very long and awkward silences. James’s father set his fork down on his plate and leaned in his direction.
“So James, how is school going?” inquired the wealthy man. James’s dad had a tiny neatly-trimmed moustache and it matched his black hair. He was wearing a suit, as were James and Hieshi, since their dinners were always formal. Their mother was wearing a white dress.
“College is going okay. My courses aren’t very easy, but they aren’t very hard either.”
“I don’t understand why you won’t live here at home.” butted in his mother, who was upset that James had left. “It’s not like we don’t have room for you and we love having you around.”
“Yeah James. We love you.” said Hieshi very sarcastically as he downed some milk. James glared at him.
“Hieshi, at least your brother is going to school. All you do is sit around the house all day and play with your electronics and who knows what else in there.” berated his mother.
“All those swords you collect. You know I don’t approve of them.” said his father. Hieshi rolled his eyes and leaned back in his chair.
“I’ll do whatever I want.” he replied. “I told you I’ll take classes next semester if it’ll get you off my back.”
“Hieshi’s gonna fail all his classes like he failed Military school.” smirked James. Now it was Hieshi’s turn to glare at him.
“Discipline is not my thing. Unlike you, you little whipped--”
“Enough!” shouted their father. “I won’t tolerate fighting in my home! Both of you act your age!”
“You don’t need to tolerate anything because I’m leaving!” growled James, getting out of his chair. “And mom, I don’t live here because I can’t stand it here!”
With that James left the room in a hurry, leaving his mother and father dazzled by his outburst. Hieshi got up quickly after.
“Excuse me, but I have to go for a bit. I’ll be back before morning.”
- - -
James exited the gate in his car, not even bothering to stop and talk to Enrique. He fumed as he gripped the steering wheel and drove along the countryside, making his way back to town. The mansion was quite a ways out of Tamur, so it would take a good half hour of driving to get back to civilization.
“God, that family is so screwed up!” he growled. “Dad expects too much out of me and my brother, and my brother is just a born a*****e! Not that I care, but he doesn’t even deserve the treatment he gets from my parents!”
“James... who are you talking too?” asked Keramon’s electronic voice. James yelped and took one hand off the steering wheel and reached into his coat pocket to find his D-Volver with the LCD picture of Keramon still on it.
“Oh, right. I forgot about you, Keramon. Sorry.” apologized James. “I just got a little worked up.”
“I’m sure your brother cares about you, James. He just has trouble showing it.”
“Yeah, may--”
James was cut off as something smashed into the windshield of his car, shattering it! He screamed and slammed his foot on the brake, stopping the car in the middle of the road. He leapt up and looked at what smashed it.
“A... rubic cube? Alright, that’s strange...”
“Not any rubic cube, James. It’s my Digimon partner.” said a voice from the darkness. James turned his high-beams on to see Hieshi standing in the middle of the road in front of his car. He held up his D-Volver, and it retracted Levelermon like a magnet.
“Your what?!” exclaimed James.
“Don’t play dumb with me, James.” replied Hieshi. “I saw you talking to your Digimon partner earlier. And interestingly enough, you have a Hikari D-Volver.”
James looked down at his D-Volver and noticed it was white, unlike Hieshi’s, whose was black. He remembered that Hikari was a fancy word for light.
“So what if I do?”
“Well, Levelermon told me that Yami and Hikari D-Volvers don’t get along very well. So therefore, yours must be erased.”
“James! If he destroys your D-Volver, I’ll be killed!” shrieked Keramon’s voice.
“What?!”
“When Digimon partners are chosen, they become linked to both the human and the D-Volver. The D-Volver is like the device that keeps us intact with each other. If it’s destroyed, our link is destroyed, and we delete. That’s the risk you take when you become linked to a D-Volver.”
“You’re right.” said Hieshi. “Alot of good that does you, though. Brother, I might not harm you if you submit the D-Volver to me right now. Emphasis on might.”
James jumped up in his car seat, ready to leap over the broken windshield and fight with his brother, but then his ear picked up something on the radio.
“-- and the gang of hoodlums called the Rippers were found dead earlier today. If anyone has any information about the cause, please phone the police station immediately for a reward. It appears as if they were slashed to death, but there is no wildlife in the area, so that seems unlikely--”
“The Rippers... isn’t that your old gang?” asked James.
“Heh heh... the fools never knew what hit them.”
James’s eyes widened as he looked at his brother.
“You killed them?! Hieshi, do you have any idea how serious that is?! If you get found out, the police will--”
“They’ll do nothing! I’m above all the weaklings on this pathetic planet. Watch and learn!”
James looked as Levelermon began to glow. James knew what that was... the light of evolution.
“Levelermon Shinka... DYACTORALMON!!!”
The black mechanical dragon as seen earlier appeared next to Hieshi. He reared his head back and began to charge fire in his mouth.
“Oh s**t.” cursed James.
James jumped and dove out of his car onto the street. He looked up to see the flame hit his car and cause it to explode.
“Hieshi, you’re insane!”
“I hid it pretty good, didn’t i?”
Hieshi and Dyactoralmon turned to face James. Dyactoralmon was just waiting for the order to attack again, but Hieshi wasn’t giving it yet.
“How the hell did you get a Digimon anyway?” asked James, curiously.
“James, four Digimon escaped from Trinity Server recently!” shouted Keramon’s voice. “That’s what I was trying to warn you about!”
“Trinity Server. Sure.” replied Hieshi.
What the hell is that? I got my partner when I saw the Shadow invade our world. I was there on the sidelines watching Lee and all the others fight them, and just the sight of them destroyed my sanity! I still manage to keep my head fairly intact... but when it comes down to fighting... sometimes I go a little overboard, as James will soon find out...
“James, I’m coming!” shouted Keramon.
A light burst out of James’s D-Volver, and Keramon materialized in front of him. The net virus Digimon only stood as high as his knee, but Keramon was most definitely physically there again.
When the Shadow was killed and our server reformatted... I returned to my room, wishing I could have the kind of power I saw Nathan and Desiree have. Then I got it, but not in the way I suspected. A small remnant of the Shadow possessed a rubic cube in my room, making it into a dark Digimon...
“How could you come back?” asked James, startled. “You said there was a barrier preventing you partners from returning!”
“I’ll tell you what happened...”
“Hieshi, shall I kill them now?” asked Dyactoralmon in a deep growl.
“Not yet. I’m interested in what he has to say, and learning about our other enemies aside from James.” replied Hieshi. “Whatever we can learn, we can use to kill them.”
{{{FLASHBACK}}}
We see a virtual reality world that looks like a lush field and pan up to the sky. But unlike the sky on earth, this sky looks like a virtual grid and a clutter of data that is layered up to a point. That point is the barrier that separates the worlds from each other and four beams of light were heading towards it extremely fast.
In pursuit were seven Digimon. Seven Digimon who have had vast experience in dealing with these sorts of disasters.
Kokuwamon was at the head of them, soaring as fast as he could. He and his companions were surrounded by an orange glow, which was obviously an aura allowing them all to fly as such intense speeds.
Behind him was Keramon, Octopimon (a small purple octopus Digimon), Leila (a Renamon with some clothes on), DemiTyrannomon (a small dark red dinosaur Digimon), Bouncemon (a Digimon whom resembled a small red soccer ball with legs) and Kotemon (a small warrior Digimon in a kendo outfit).
The group of seven Digimon all glanced up at the purplish haze ahead of them as they made their way through the data stream. There was a rip in the fabric of their world caused by some hackers, and the four lights ahead of them were heading right for it.
“I can’t believe this! We aren’t going to make it!” growled Leila. “How come we can’t go any faster?!”
“Hey, half of us can’t even fly naturally, so I think it’s a blessing we’re going this fast!” replied Bouncemon.
“We HAVE to get through!” yelled Kokuwamon from ahead. “If those Digimon escape, Lee and the others will have no way to defend themselves, and they will die!”
“You don’t think it’s that serious, do you?” asked DemiTyrannomon. “I think--”
“I don’t care what any of you think! Just fly!” snarled Kokuwamon, angry that they weren’t giving their full attention to the task at hand.
The four lights streamed through the rip and it began to seal up.
“No! They got through!” yelled Leila.
Kokuwamon shot through right as the rip in the barrier sealed itself up. All the other six partners flew straight into it! They were knocked back and dazed, but then gasped as they saw what had happened.
“Ow, my head...” groaned Octopimon.
“We failed... we couldn’t make it in time...” sighed Kotemon, disheartened.
“Who knows what’s going to happen to Alison and the others now...?” wondered Octopimon.
“But Kokuwamon made it through!” reminded Leila. “At least he can give them a fighting chance. Let’s return to the base world and try to figure out another way to get through.”
“You know, if you were still the guardian, you could open it up.” commented Bouncemon.
“You know, you could shut up.” replied Leila.
She, Bouncemon, Octopimon and Kotemon turned and flew back toward the base of the Digital World. DemiTyrannomon and Keramon turned and faced the barrier.
“You a quitter like they are?” asked Keramon.
“Course not.” replied DemiTyrannomon. “DEMI BLAST!!!”
“BUG BLASTER!!!”
DemiTyrannomon and Keramon turned and began to fire repeatedly at the part of the barrier that was hacked open with their unique attacks.
{{{END FLASHBACK}}}
“Wow, that worked?” asked James, amazed.
“Not really.” replied Keramon. “We shot at it for hours, but then the hackers opened up the rip again... and let the two of us through.”
“... why?” asked James, concerned. “That sounds like bad news... why would they let you through?”
“Simple. So they could assess their new Chosen’s fighting strength. Like your brothers.”
“If Ace and Lee have their partners back, I’m going to signal them.” whispered James, pressing the emergency button on his D-Volver. “This would be the second of the four, Lee already met a Yami Chosen named Amara.”
Interesting. So there are people making more Yami D-Volvers like mine. I must seek out this ‘Amara’. But first, the task at hand, eradicating this stupid Hikari. Even if he is my brother.
“Dyactoralmon. Burn them into the cement.” ordered Hieshi. Dyactoralmon growled in agreement.
“Oh no.” gasped James.
“James, run! I’ll hold him off!” shouted Keramon. James turned and dashed out of the middle of the road and glanced around.
“Nice and far out in the country.” he said to himself. “Chances are no people will see us fighting up here.”
“FLAME CANNON!!” growled the mech dragon, blasting fire at the virus bug. Keramon whirled his flexible body around the attack and launched one of his own.
“Bug Blaster!!!”
Keramon fired three energy shots directly at Dyactoralmon, and all three fizzled out upon hitting his chest.
“Why do you look surprised, Keramon?” asked Dyactoralmon. “I’m an Adult and you’re a mere Child. I am FAR stronger than you!”
“Well I’ve got FAR more experience than you, buddy!” retorted Keramon. “Keramon Shinka...”
Keramon morphed his form until he became a small dark cocoon Digimon with tendrils coming out of his body.
“... KURISARIMON!!!”
Kurisarimon pointed his tendrils menacingly at Dyactoralmon, and he and Hieshi simply laughed. Hieshi seemed to find it especially funny.
“James, THAT is your partner’s Adult form?! It’s pathetic! Small and weak like you! Dyactoralmon is large and fierce, like me!”
“Size don’t matter, bro. Maybe your partner is just compensating for something.” taunted James. Hieshi turned and gave him an angry look.
“Screw Kurisarimon, he can’t do anything! Blast my mouthy brother and his D-Volver!” ordered Hieshi, rashly.
“What?!” exclaimed James.
Dyactoralmon turned and faced James, who took a few steps back. He tripped over a shrub and fell onto his butt, in no position to avoid the blast!
“With pleasure! FLAME CANNON!!!”
“No, James!” screamed Kurisarimon.
Dyactoralmon launched his attack at James, but suddenly, another dragon Digimon dove down from the darkness and positioned himself in front of James! This dragon looked like a typical black dragon, unlike Dyactoralmon, who was metallic.
“What?! Where did he come from?!” yelled Hieshi. “I couldn’t see him in the dark!”
“DRAGON INFERNO!!!” screamed the new dragon Digimon. His blast connected with Dyactoralmon’s and they began to go through a power tug-of-war with their attacks.
“Dragonmon!” exclaimed James, happily. He obviously recognized the new Digimon. “Looks like my message went through!”
“Sure as hell did!” shouted another voice. Lee and Ace came flying up on a metallic insect Digimon. The Digimon was TecKuwagamon, Kokuwamon’s Adult form. Lee and Ace hopped off of TecKuwagamon’s back and ran over to James, helping him up.
“Are you alright?” asked Lee. James nodded.
“We’re the only three who have our partners back!” said James to them. They both nodded, knowing that already.
“TECHNO SCISSOR CLAW!!!” screamed TecKuwagamon. They looked up to see him slash Dyactoralmon across the head with his mandibles, sending Dyactoralmon crashing down onto the highway and taking a sizeable chunk out of the pavement. Kurisarimon, Dragonmon and TecKuwagamon all gathered around his fallen body.
“I don’t think this mofo will be getting up any time soon.” observed TecKuwagamon. Hieshi turned to look at James, along with Ace and Lee.
“So, you’re Lee Trainer and Ace Chambers. I’m glad you came to help my brother.”
“Why’s that?” asked Lee, already not liking Hieshi. “So we can kick your a** three times as hard?”
“No...” replied Hieshi, almost breaking into laughter. “Because now I can kill you all at once!”
As soon as those word escaped Hieshi’s mouth, Dyactoralmon’s eyes popped open and he stretched his arm out, grabbing Dragonmon by the neck. TecKuwagamon go ready to slash him, but Dyactoralmon put his other hand on Dragonmon’s tail and outstretched his body, using him as a shield!
“No, don’t attack!” shouted Ace. TecKuwagamon stopped just in time, and backed away from Dyactoralmon.
“Wise council.” said Hieshi. “Now I want TecKuwagamon to return to his Child level. NOW.”
“... do what he says.” growled Lee, reluctantly. TecKuwagamon returned to his small robot beetle form of Kokuwamon. Dragonmon struggled to escape Dyactoralmon’s grip, but the robot dragon was just too strong, and Dragonmon was trapped.
“Heh heh. Now give me your D-Volvers. All three of you.” said Hieshi, outstretching his hand. “If you don’t comply, Dyactoralmon will rip Dragonmon’s head off.”
“That’s just not fair!” shouted Ace.
“Cry me a river, you little p***y. Now all three of you, D-Volvers. Now.” ordered Hieshi, sounding very serious.
These morons don’t know that the second I have their D-Volvers, I’ll kill Dragonmon anyway and then get Dyactoralmon to stomp the other two. thought Hieshi.
“I don’t think we need to give you our D-Volvers.” said James, standing up and staring his brother in the eyes.
“And why not?” asked Hieshi, motioning to Dyactoralmon, who tightened his grip on Dragonmon’s neck.
“Because you’ve forgot about one weak, useless partner. MINE!” yelled James.
Ace, Lee and Hieshi all turned to look at Dyactoralmon and Kurisarimon was hovering behind his head. He extended all his tendrils and jabbed them all into Dyactoralmon’s skull, sending dozens of electric shocks into the metallic dragon. He roared out in pain and dropped Dragonmon onto the street. He then fell backwards and reverted to his Child form of Levelermon.
“What?! How?!” exclaimed Hieshi, surprised.
“I told you size don’t matter, bro. Now you’re in for it!” shouted James, triumphantly. Dragonmon got up and began to charge flame directed at Hieshi, who bit his lip.
“Get back here, Levelermon!” ordered Hieshi, holding out his D-Volver and whipping Levelermon back to him like before. “This isn’t over!”
Hieshi turned and leapt over the bank that the highway was on, and all three boys dashed over to see if he killed himself or something.
“Do you see him?” asked Lee.
“He’s gone.” replied James. “He probably already had some sort of escape route planned.”
DemiTyrannomon, Kokuwamon and Keramon ran over to the three boys, who all fell into silence and stared at the city from the view of the countryside.
Lee broke the silence a few moments later.
“We’ve met two. Amara and Hieshi. There’s going to be two more Yami Chosen.” he stated. “And without Arik, Alison, Earnest and Nathan able to help us, they’ll pretty much have us right where they want us. Outnumbered and outmatched.”
“Uhm... Lee.” interrupted Kokuwamon, tugging at his leg. Lee, Ace and James looked down at him. “I just wanted to say... that... I’ve never seen Levelermon before in my life.”
“What?!” exclaimed all three boys. They stared at Kokuwamon like he was crazy.
“No, he’s right.” added Keramon. “Levelermon is not one of the four Digimon who escaped from Trinity Server.”
“But then...” gasped Lee, in realization. “There’s FIVE of them!”
- - -
Later on, back at Willington manor, Hieshi lay on his bed, looking through his phone book for the Richard Trainer College phone number. Upon success, he dialed it and waited for someone to pick up.
“How is it possible that we lost?” asked Levelermon, who was laying on Hieshi’s bed next to him.
“James was lucky. Very lucky. His friends caught us by surprise is all. But I’m going to cover our backs just in case.”
Hieshi diverted his attention from Levelermon to the phone when someone picked up the other end.
“Yes, can I please get the dorm room number of Amara Aquilla? I’ve got a very interesting proposition for her...”
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Posted: Sun Aug 13, 2006 3:36 pm
It's harsh when reality kicks in and you realize that things aren't going the way you'd love them too. It's even harsher when you can't even get a grip on reality and you feel your mind is slipping... and slipping... until it's nearly gone.
"... where am I...?"
Amara groaned and opened her eyes, seeing she was in a hospital bed... again. She looked up at the bright light and squinted so she didn't get blinded.
"Ugh... why do I always look right into the light...?"
Amara moved to sit up and found herself straining to do so because her neck hurt. She gasped in pain and rubbed it with her right hand. She looked down and saw she was wearing her white karate uniform, and that the top was sloppily done-up. She fastened it with her other hand and glanced around the hospital room.
"What the hell... I don't remember hurting my neck again..."
There was a knock on the door. Lee's voice came from the other side.
"Amara! You awake?!”
Amara’s eyes widened in shock. She tapped her neck and it was definitely hurt. She gripped the fabric of her uniform and it was definitely on her body. And that was definitely Lee’s voice.
“This is a familiar scene...” she gasped. “But... it feels so real...”
She glanced around the hospital room some more. There was a plant sitting on the bedside table, and she leaned over, sniffing it. It had a nice fragrance and only served to confuse her more.
Did I dream the entire thing...? Crystalmon does seem pretty radical... and it’s not like me to shove Lee down the stairs like I did ‘yesterday’. I must have been hallucinating from when Master Lunn hit me.
“Yes Lee. Come in.”
The blonde-haired boy opened the door gently and peeked in. He looked at the flushed exotic girl and smiled. He stepped in and closed the door behind him.
“Thank god you’ve regained consciousness. You had us all pretty scared with your outburst earlier.”
“My outburst... right...” she said, remembering her mind-reading ability. She concentrated and attempted to read Lee’s mind... but got nothing.
No powers either... what is going on here...? she thought. I must have been dreaming. This just seems so much more realistic...
“I’ve got your--” began Lee, but stopped as Amara stood up. She stumbled a bit, but managed to regain her footing. She looked down at her bare feet pressing against the cold tiles of the hospital floor. This definitely was reality.
“Whoa, Amara! Are you sure you should be standing? You got a concussion.” protested Lee. “At least let me help you walk...”
Lee paced towards her and she attempted to walk towards him, one arm still tending to her injured neck. She slipped and fell forward into his arms. She looked up at him, a look of tranquility on her face. She gazed right into his blue eyes which looked at her with concern.
“I told you not to walk...”
She pressed her hands onto his shoulders and lifted herself upward so that her red lips pressed against his and she began to kiss him. This was what she wanted more than anything in the world... affection. Something she had never had her entire life. Embracing Lee was the best feeling in the world. They had been sparring partners for a long time and she had grown very attached to him over the time.
Lee put his hands on her soft cheeks and gently pulled her face away from his. He smiled at her as she gave him a look of yearning.
“I have a girlfriend, Amara. You know that. You must be really suffering from that concussion... I’m Lee!”
“I know you’re Lee... I... lo--”
Amara stopped her sentence as Lee began to fade. She gasped as she fell right through him and landed on the hard floor. Only... the floor was soft... it felt like a bed.
She looked around and saw she was in her dorm room. She gasped, felt her neck and it didn’t hurt at all. She then looked down at her crumpled bed sheet in dismay.
“That was the dream...”
“It was no dream, Amara.” replied a small female voice.
Amara looked over the side of her bed to see Crystalmon sitting there. The crystallized cat was grooming herself, pretending to be a real cat just for the fun of it.
“Then... what was it... the pain... the plant... the floor... Lee... they all felt so real...”
“That’s the purpose. I used my telepathy to project a dream sequence of my creation into your head. You bought it.”
“You can do that...?” asked Amara, very surprised at this discovery. “It wasn't very nice.”
“Relations with the enemy had better not interfere with my-- our quest to destroy him. Lee is the enemy. Never forget that.” the crystal cat reminded her. “Besides... he likes some other girl better than you anyway. He would never give you a second thought.”
“Right...” sighed Amara, disheartened. Crystalmon’s ploy to get her to hate Lee was working slowly. She was just going to have to work at it some more.
“Now...” began Crystalmon, hopping onto the bed and wiping a few swelling tears from the beautiful girl’s eyes. “Starting today... we’re going to work on teaching you how to project dream sequences...”
“... awesome.”
Heroes & Villains, Chapter Three: Obsession
*Beep! Beep! Beep!*
“Unngh... fgnnn...”
*Beep! Beep! Beep!*
*I dun waaannna get up... fugnnn... mrrrr... five more minutes...”
*BEEP! BEEP! BEEP!*
“SHUT UP!!!”
Ace’s arm shot out from under his covers instinctively and grabbed the alarm clock. He hurled it across the room and DemiTyrannomon leapt up and caught it. The small dark red dinosaur looked at his partner in disgust.
“Ace! Quit being a slob! You’ve got your first class at 10:45!”
Ace rubbed his eyes and scratched his messy brown hair, which had been deformed due to having his head buried into a pillow. He noticed he was in a fetal position and stretched out.
“How do you know that...?” he asked, sleepily.
“Lee told me when he left at 10:40.”
“Oh, that’s nice...” replied Ace, yawning. Then his eyes widened fully. “WHAT?!”
- - -
Ace ran down the stairs and whipped the door open! Lee’s car was gone. He already left for school. Ace dropped his Law book on the doorstep and screamed in fury.
“DAMN! s**t! ********! LEE!!!” he screamed. “When I get my hands on him, I’m gonna... uh... I don’t know what, but it will be PAINFUL!!!”
Kokuwamon and DemiTyrannomon stood in the doorframe, just staring at Ace. Ace turned and looked at them, then smiled innocently.
“Heh heh. I have to run very very fast now. Good thing I’m on the football team.”
“What’s football?” asked Kokuwamon. “Should we take your foot off and play a game with it?”
“I’m in!” agreed DemiTyrannomon.
Ace fell over.
“My foot does not detach! But hey, if it ever does for some reason, you two can throw it around as much as you want.”
“We’re gonna hold ya to that.” said Kokuwamon.
“Is that a threat-- oh! Right! Running!” he shouted. He turned and dashed away from the house, clutching his Law book. He turned around and jogged backward for a second to shout at the two Child Digimon.
“Close the door and stay inside and out of sight until Lee, Nathan or I get home! That’s an order!”
Ace turned and booked it down the street in the direction of RTC, mumbling more about Lee being a jerk. Kokuwamon and DemiTyrannomon looked at each other.
“We gonna listen to him?” asked Kokuwamon.
“Nah.” replied DemiTyrannomon.
“That’s what I thought.”
- - -
RTC:
“Richard Trainer College. Friendly looking place.” said Hieshi, overlooking the campus from the sidewalk across the street from it. He was holding Levelermon in his right hand as he was easy to take around in public, since he only looked like a rubic cube.
“Just try not to start any fights with your brother if you see him.” warned Levelermon. “A public reaction to Digimon could be catastrophic and I couldn’t take out an entire army of human law enforcers.”
“I know, I’m not here on a homicide mission... although I might throw him in a locker.” said Hieshi, walking toward the building. After he crossed the street, Lee stopped his car in the middle of the road on his way and he and Nathan glanced at Hieshi.
“Oh no...” gasped Lee. “What’s he doing here?”
- - -
“This... is not... happening...” sighed Ace as he tiredly walked his way up the steps leading to the main building of RTC. “I am not 40 minutes late for Law... this is just a bad dream...”
Ace was wearing a black T-shirt with a white stripe on the sleeve, which he was sweating fiercely in. And since it was cold outside, sweating only led to him freezing. Today was not a good day to wear a T-shirt.
“I can make it into a good dream.”
Ace recognized the female voice from behind him. It was the one person he despised most in the entire world... well, at least in this school. The voice belonged to Tori Estrada, a girl who was inexplicably and overenthusiastically infatuated with Ace.
Ace turned around and looked at the girl, who had brown hair with blonde highlights. She was wearing tight black pants and a white T-shirt with a string that barely held it closed. She was the definition of a skank as far as most people were concerned. She looked at Ace expectantly and he just rolled his eyes.
“Tori. Go. Away.”
Ace turned and headed back for the building, late enough as he was without that psycho bothering him. He felt two slender arms wrap themselves around his chest below his arms and a female body press up against his back.
“Come on, Ace... you know I’m perfect for you.”
Ace clenched his eyes tight and shook his head. Hot as she was, he liked someone else and had no time to waste with her. He went to walk again, but she pulled back on him, anchoring him.
“You’re way too persistent, Tori. I keep telling you I like someone else!”
Ace pushed her away from him rather roughly and she took offense. This was becoming almost a daily thing that Ace was getting sick of. Tori really liked him and he had no idea why. Frankly, he didn’t care. He just wanted her to leave him the hell alone.
“Who, Ace?! Those ditzy cheerleaders that cheer for your football team? They’ll never go out with you! You have your standards too high! Like, up in the clouds high.”
“Well, you know what Tori?! IF I ever do go out with anyone, it definitely WON’T be you! I hate you! You are so god damn annoying and you dress like a complete slut! If I was ever seen with you, I’d have to kill myself!” snapped Ace. He turned and stormed into the college and Tori stood there, frozen, at a loss for words.
She then glared at the door as it shut behind Ace entering it. She was more angry than she’d ever been in her life.
“You’re going to pay for that Ace...”
She heard footsteps behind her and figured it was simply another student, but the footsteps stopped right behind the young 19-year old. She turned and looked to see a man standing behind her. The man was wearing a trenchcoat and appeared to be in his early 40’s, still fairly good looking and with short stylish brown hair.
“Who are you...?” asked Tori, stepping away from him. She was a little intimidated by his lurking stance. He stood up straight and removed his hat, bowing to her as if to introduce himself.
“My name is Matt Irvine. I’m a pioneer for justice.”
“Yeah, well I don’t care what you’re selling.” she said. She turned to head into RTC. “I’ve got enough going on in my mind already.”
“He’s never been that mean to you before, has he?”
Tori stopped in his tracks and spoke again but didn’t turn around to look at Irvine.
“How do you know...?”
“I’ve been studying Mr. Chambers for quite some time. You often show up in my reports as well, being around him.”
“So what, you stalk Ace?”
“Not exactly.” replied Irvine. “I’m a scientist of sorts and you could say Ace is part of my project. Now, after he has treated you so harshly, how do you feel towards him?”
“I... hate him.” said Tori, almost beginning to cry. She felt Irvine put his hand on her shoulder to comfort her.
“Now... what would you say if I offered you the chance to get back at him? To make him suffer?”
“I’d say sign me up.”
Irvine grinned, almost evilly.
“Perfect.”
- - -
Inside RTC:
Lee peeked around the corner and saw Hieshi exit a door that led to the dorm room area of RTC. Lee turned and tip-toed very quietly, following him. A girl came walking out of the female washroom at that time and saw Lee.
“Hey Lee!!”
“Alison!” exclaimed Lee in surprise. He turned and tackled her, both of them flying back through the door into the washroom. Hieshi turned around and looked, but didn’t see anyone there.
“I swear I just heard someone say Lee’s name.”
“You’re hallucinating.” replied Levelermon.
“Yeah, maybe.”
Hieshi shrugged and kept going in his original direction. In the washroom, Lee pulled himself off Alison and then helped her up off the floor. Alison was wearing a light blue T-shirt and some jeans, also a necklace that Lee had given her. They both gave each other a necklace at their one year anniversary and wore them at all times.
“Lee, the next time you want to get physical with me at school... don’t.” she said, rubbing her shoulder. “What was THAT about?!”
Lee poked his head back out of the washroom and then wrapped his arm around his girlfriend, pulling her to peek too. He pointed at Hieshi.
“Him.”
“Him who?”
“That’s one of the new Yami Chosen I told you about last night.” Lee informed her. “I was following him and you almost blew my cover.”
“Well sorry if I haven’t seen you for like a week.” she scoffed. “Our schoolwork keeps us too bu-- wah!”
“Come on!” he whispered, dashing out of the bathroom and pulling her along with him by her arm. Hieshi had entered the dorm area and Lee ran up to the door. He opened it a crack and saw Hieshi going up the stairs to the next floor.
“Lee, come on. Why does it matter if he’s at our school?” she protested, pulling his hand off her arm and rubbing it.
“Cuz he doesn’t go here. This one is James’s brother and he tried to kill James, Ace and myself last night. He’s very ruthless.”
“So why do you wanna follow him?”
“Because if he’s up to no good, I’m gonna run up behind him and choke him until he passes out.”
Ali raised an eyebrow at Lee.
“He’s bigger than you! He’ll kick your a**!”
“Oh thanks alot, woman.” groaned Lee. “You kick him in the balls then.”
Ali sighed and followed Lee, who dashed through the doors and up the staircase that Hieshi traversed earlier. It’s not like she hadn’t seen him do crazier things.
“All we have to do is shatter his D-Volver.” Lee told her. “Then that nightmare will be over.”
“If you say so... then can I go back to computer class?”
“No. Then we‘re going up to your dorm room.”
“Alright...“ she agreed, dejectedly. “Wait-- don’t you have a class?”
- - -
In Amara’s dorm room, she was laying on her bed and listening to music while reading a book she had bought. The book was about mutants who had gained special powers and one of them had telepathy.
“Story of my life...” she grumbled.
Suddenly she heard a knock on the door. She and Crystalmon both looked up at once.
“Hide.” said Amara. The crystal cat did as told and dove underneath Amara’s bed. Amara noticed she wasn’t even dressed and only in her underwear, so she grabbed a silver robe and threw it on. She walked over and opened the door.
“Hello. Are you Amara Aquilla?” asked the boy on the other side of the door. She looked at the black-haired boy and didn’t recognize him at all.
“Who the hell are you?”
“My name is Hieshi. And I’m just like you.” he said, getting right to the point. He reached into his pocket and pulled out his black D-Volver. Amara gasped when she saw it. It definitely was one of the Yami D-Volvers.
“You’re not like me.” she said. “I got something else along with my Yami D-Volver.”
“What?” he asked.
“Well, I can tell you that your name is Hieshi Willington, you’re 20, you live at Willington Manor up in the country and currently aren’t going to school. Your partner’s name is Levelermon and you’re holding him in your left hand right now and if I don’t agree to go along with you, you’re going to make him attack me.”
Hieshi’s eyes widened in amazement as Amara blurted out that paragraph about him. As he was about to say something, she continued on.
“What you want me to do is ally with you to kill Lee and his friends, but after that you would have no use for me anymore and you’d kill me too. Why? Because you want to be the only one with a D-Volver because you feel insecure that other people have the same sort of power as you. You want to be the only one. You want to be special.”
“H-how did you--” stammered Hieshi.
“I have no reason to ally myself with you, Hieshi. Don’t bother me again.”
Amara slammed the door in his face. Hieshi stood there, staring at it. He was still totally stunned.
“She’s a telepath.” Levelermon told him. “But that’s strange... how can a human girl be a telepath...? I’ve only heard of Digimon telepaths...”
“I don’t even want to know.” he sighed. “Let’s get out of here, this was a big waste of time.”
Lee and Ali were just coming up the stairs as Hieshi moved to go down them. He smirked when he saw Lee.
“What are you doing here?” asked Lee, acting like he’d just bumped in Hieshi by accident.
“Just passing through.” replied Hieshi. “Nice day.”
Hieshi walked past him and headed down the stairs. Lee scratched his head and Ali poked him in the temple.
“Yeah, he was definitely up to no good, Lee. Look how menacing he is.” said Ali sarcastically.
“I hate it when you’re right.” sighed Lee.
- - -
Later that night, Ace was heading home from school just as night settled in. Ace had borrowed a jacket from Arik, which was good for him since it was freezing out. Since he had to walk, the brown-haired boy decided to pull a few shortcuts that he knew.
Oh man... it is FREEZING out... thought Ace, desperately rubbing his arms in a vein attempt to warm himself up. Arik’s jacket isn’t helping at all... and neither is this snow...
Snow was falling at an accelerated rate and it had to have been the coldest day of the year so far. Ace tried to climb over a fence to take a shortcut back home that led through a parking lot to some appliance store. The metal on the chain link fence froze his fingers so much that it almost burned, but he bared it and climbed to the top...
... then he felt something hit him from behind and knock him forward off the fence and into the parking lot. Ace slammed into the snow and bashed his head on the cement!
“Ugh... ow...” he groaned. He felt his head and the sticky feeling of blood was present on his fingers. He tried to push himself off the ground but someone landed on his back!
“Aagh! he screamed.
“Hello Ace.” said an all-too familiar voice.
“Tori--?! What the--”
Tori leapt off his back and kicked him in the ribs, sending him barreling through the snow and sliding across the sheet of ice on the parking lot. Holding the gash on the side of his head and attempting to ignore the freezing sensation all over his body, Ace struggled to stand up.
“What the hell are you doing, Tori...?” asked Ace, weakly.
“I’ve been re-educated.” she replied, coldly.
Tori was clothed in a winter parka and jeans, so she was definitely warmer than Ace. Her brown hair with blonde highlights was covered by a toque she was wearing to protect her head from the cold. She held out a Yami D-Volver and showed it to Ace, who could barely see it in the dim light that was given off only by the moon.
“A D-Volver... how...?”
“And now meet my partner.” she said. “Kazemon!”
A Digimon leapt off the rooftop of the appliance store and landed next to Tori. The female Digimon stood about 3 inches taller than Tori, and was wearing a visor over her eyes. She had large wings that almost looked like they belonged to a butterfly and she looked at Ace.
“Tori... come on... don’t--”
“Kazemon. He told us it is our mission to destroy Ace. So destroy him.” she ordered, ignoring Ace’s plea.
“HURRICANE GALE!!!” screamed Kazemon. The female fairy blasted a cyclone from her hands directly at Ace and he was thrown back, smashing his back into the wall of the appliance store. He screamed out in pain and fell to his knees on the pavement. This kind of beating was going to kill him.
“Tori, come on! Don’t do this!” he shouted. “I’m bleeding from my head... I need to go to a hospital!”
He looked up but couldn’t even see Tori or Kazemon anymore thanks to the thick blanket of snow. Suddenly, he felt Kazemon grab him by his left arm and hoist him into the air. He was hurled again, this time landing on his shoulder in the middle of the parking lot.
He didn’t try to get up this time and just lay in the snow. He had no sensation in his body anymore thanks to the cold, although he knew blood was leaking from the gash on his head and his shoulder. He lay there, face-down in the snow, unable to move. He heard footsteps in front of him.
“Perhaps now you’ll think about who you mess with.” said Tori. “Because you never know when they’re going to be handed a D-Volver and a powerful Digimon.”
Why is she being so EVIL? It must be the Yami D-Volvers... they must warp a person’s personality. That’s what Lee said happened to Amara... ugh... but I have no strength anymore... I would if it wasn’t so cold... no... I’m going to die here... aren’t I...?
Kazemon put her foot on his back, pressing him into the ground.
“All she has to do is stomp your spinal cord and it’s over. And then your Hikari D-Volver will fade along with you, strengthening him. He told me all about Digimon, and the power I will achieve by helping him.”
He...? Who is... he...? thought Ace, not even able to move his mouth to talk. He couldn’t even feel Kazemon’s foot on his back anymore. I wonder what dying feels like if you’re frozen...?
“DEMI BLAST!!!”
“MINI-ELECTRO SHOCKER!!!”
Fire and electricity crashed into Kazemon’s side, sending the nimble fairy flying. She didn’t go far though and landed on her feet. Tori looked up in the direction of the blasts. Ace couldn’t look because he couldn’t move, but he could hear them.
No way...
“Ace!!!” screamed DemiTyrannomon, running over to him. “Are you okay?! Speak!!!”
“Ugh. Where did these two come from?” asked Tori, disgusted.
“They are Child level.” Kazemon told her. “I can handle them with ease.”
“Handle THIS, you skank!” screamed Kokuwamon, flying straight at her. The metal beetle body-slammed Kazemon right in the chest and she leaned back with the attack. She then removed her feet from the ground and shifted her body weight up so as to kick Kokuwamon in the rear.
Kokuwamon went flying forward, but hit the wall of the appliance store and rebounded himself back at Kazemon through the snowstorm with tremendous force! He body-checked her again, this time sending her crashing right through the fence!
“Oh!” gasped Tori. “You little b*****d!”
Tori ran over and kicked Kokuwamon, knocking him down onto the ground and out. DemiTyrannomon was pushing Ace still, attempting to wake him, but he wasn’t moving.
“Kazemon, I took care of this one! Finish Ace off now!”
Kazemon leapt up and climbed back through the hole in the fence she was knocked through. She then made her way back over to Ace.
“Oh no you don’t!” screamed DemiTyrannomon, defiantly. “Demi Blast!!!”
DemiTyrannomon hurled fireballs at Kazemon, who simply slapped them away. She then kicked DemiTyrannomon aside. Right when she was about to finish Ace off again, his D-Volver began to glow with a warming light.
“What now?!” exclaimed Tori.
Ace felt strength come back into him as his whole body warmed up. He got up off the ground, one hand holding the gash on his head. His other arm was outstretched, holding his D-Volver.
“Picking on Child Digimon?” asked Ace to Tori. “Well, let’s see how you handle a REAL Digimon battle! DemiTyrannomon!!!”
“Right!” agreed DemiTyrannomon. He leapt up out of the snow and began to glow. The snow melted around him as he began to change shape.
“DemiTyrannomon Shinka... DRAGONMON!!!”
Dragonmon roared out as he appeared and landed on the ground of the parking lot. He was almost as big as the appliance store and hunched his neck over to get a good look at Kazemon. Tori was absolutely stunned by this evolution.
“Wow, so he was right... you have a Digimon too, Ace...”
Ace stepped away from Kazemon and picked up Kokuwamon, getting the two of them out of the way of the battlefield. Tori saw this and followed his example, heading over to the chain-link fence she kicked Ace over in the beginning.
The black dragon began to charge fire in his mouth and aimed it directly at Kazemon, who bit her lip.
“DRAGON INFERNO!!!” he screamed, pouring it in her direction. She flapped her wings and leapt backward with an aerial boost, clearing the blast. He continued to pour it on and aimed it directly at her and she was forced to dodge again.
This time she took to the air and soared majestically in circles around Dragonmon’s wave of fire. She flew right up to his head and stretched her foot back.
“HURRICANE KICK!!!” she belted out, bashing him across the head with her foot. Dragonmon snarled in pain and was knocked onto his side. Kazemon then saw this as an opportunity to finish him of and dove right down for the dragon’s stomach. She was going to smash her foot into his stomach.
But he was ready for her and smacked her aside with his tail. The fairy yelped and was flung through mid-air... and just as she flew over were Dragonmon’s head lay, he snapped back into action and pointed his mouth upward.
“DRAGON INFERNO!!!”
Kazemon was hit dead-on by the blast, engulfed by it as it screamed through the sky and up into the clouds. When Dragonmon closed his mouth, the fire stopped and a Salamon crumpled to the ground, unconscious.
“Oh no!” shrieked Tori. She held out her D-Volver and it pulled Salamon to it, much like Hieshi did with Levelermon the night before. She tucked her partner under her arm and hopped the fence, making a break for it down the street.
Dragonmon reverted to his Child state of DemiTyrannomon and ran over to Ace, who was smiling and still holding the unconscious Kokuwamon.
“How did you know where I was?” asked Ace, curious.
“You said not to leave the house. But like we’d listen to you.” answered DemiTyrannomon. Ace smiled and went to pat his partner on the head, but then felt woozy from bleeding too much.
“Ugh... let’s go to a payphone and call Lee... I need to get to a hospital... and it’s FREEZING out here!” he said. “Plus, with that big pillar of fire, someone is bound to come check out this area soon. We don’t wanna be found here.”
Ace and DemiTyrannomon headed to the hole in the fence and stepped through it.
“Ace... do you know that girl?”
“Yeah.” he replied, softly. “And she’s a good example... that maybe if I hadn’t been so mean to her... she might not have been pulled into this mess... but now she is. And we’ve still got two more Yami Chosen out there that we haven’t met yet... somewhere.”
“We’ll be ready for them.” said DemiTyrannomon. “Us, Lee and James, we’ll mop the floor with ‘em!”
Ace and DemiTyrannomon walked down the street in search of a payphone and one man was leaning up against the corner of the appliance store, having witnessed the entire incident. It was Irvine, the man from earlier.
“How foolish can these children be?” he asked himself. “I could kill him right now...”
Irvine leveled a gun at Ace’s head, but then slid it back into his coat pocket.
“But it wouldn’t help me. To break Trinity Server’s barrier completely, light must be killed by darkness. Yami over Hikari. It is the only way. And I still have to corrupt two more children. I wonder if my three associates have anyone in mind...”
Irvine put his hands in his pockets and turned away from Ace, walking down the street in the other direction.
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Posted: Sun Aug 13, 2006 3:37 pm
“I told you, Vince, I’ll pay back the money tomorrow!”
“Tomorrow isn’t good enough, Jason. We need the money NOW. You’ve been putting this off for too long... and you know how I feel about that.”
“Look, I don’t have it right now... okay? Just give me one more day...” replied Jason. The 25-year old glanced at his cell phone as it suddenly went to static. “Hello? Hello?!”
“Jason, watch the road!” shouted his little brother Ray. Jason remembered he was driving and turned back onto the road. It was hard to see in these horrible snowy conditions at night. Ray looked at his big brother with concern. The 18-year old had brown hair and was wearing a black t-shirt along with black jeans and he was sitting in the passenger seat.
“Look, if you need money... I can lend you some...”
“Do you have 2000 dollars, Ray?” asked Jason, skeptically. “Just don’t get involved in my business. It’s not a good business.”
“Then why don’t you stop it?”
“I would but the boss is so totally on edge since five of our Rippers members got killed the other night! And I don’t blame him. It’s scary to think that someone is after us.”
“THEY’RE going to be after you if you don’t pay them the 2000 dollars back.” Ray reminded him.
“Alright alright. I’ll ask mom and dad for the money.”
Jason figured that ended the conversation and turned back to driving. It wasn’t going to be easy to ask his parents for money, but he had no other choice.
(I wonder if Jason is really going to pay back the debt...) thought Ray. His brother was the most important person in the world to him and he couldn’t bear the thought of anything happening to him.
Unfortunately... things don’t always go ask you want them to...
“What was that?!” exclaimed Jason.
“Sounded like a gunshot!”
Suddenly the windshield shattered and before Ray knew it, the car spun out of control and slid along the icy road, smashing right through the side of a building! Ray regained awareness and stopped gripping the seat for dear life when the car stopped. Thank god for seatbelts. The front was totaled, he could see that from where he was.
“Jason, that was really scary...” gasped Ray. “Are you alright?”
. . .
“Jason?”
Ray looked over at the driver’s seat and remembered his brother was not wearing a seatbelt. He was no longer in the driver’s seat.
“Oh my god... no...” gasped Ray. “No!!!”
Heroes & Villains, Chapter Four: Insanity
A taxi pulled up in front of Ace, Nathan and Lee’s house roughly at 11 PM. Ace climbed out of the back seat and paid the driver his fare, thanking him for the ride. Kokuwamon and DemiTyrannomon hopped out of the door too, having been hiding on the floor of the cab. The cab drove off and the three of them turned to head inside.
“That was not an eventful night.” groaned Ace, poking at the huge bandage on the side of his head where the huge gash Tori gave him was.
“What are you talking about?” asked Kokuwamon. “I got to tackle Kazemon, man was she hot!”
“I never really got to look.” sighed Ace. “I was eating snow.”
Ace opened the door and Nathan looked up from the couch on the living room, where he was watching TV. He raised an eyebrow at Ace, who waved at him.
“You look like crap.”
“Nice to see you too.” replied Ace.
“What the hell happened?!” asked Nathan, getting up off the couch.
Nathan had short, spiky black hair and was clad in black all the way through his body as well. But Nathan was... different than most people. You see, back in the Shadow incident last year, he was possessed by the Shadow. Ace and Lee eventually broke him free of it... but he got a side-effect from that.
He had black irises now, his eyes almost all black. It was somewhat of an attention-grabber wherever he went. Nathan was totally ashamed of it and cut himself off from most of society... aside from his Chosen friends that is. Even his parents thought he was a freak.
“OH nothing...” groaned Ace, going into the fridge and drinking some milk right from the carton. “Just had a little run-in with one of the YAMI CHOSEN!!!”
“Another one?” asked Nathan. “How many is that now?”
“Three so far. Two to go.” answered Ace, taking the milk carton and putting it on his shoulder to cool the wound he had there. “Where’s Lee?”
“Upstairs in his room, but he’s--”
Before Nathan could finish, Ace was already dashing upstairs to tell Lee about the night. Nathan laughed to himself for a minute and then returned to the couch.
“Lee, guess what--” began Ace, swinging open his door. “-- AHH!”
“AHH!!!” screamed Ali and Lee from inside the room.
Ace slammed the door shut and leaned back up against it, startled.
“I didn’t see nothing!” shouted Ace, clenching his eyes shut.
“That’s the seventh time you’ve said that!!” yelled Ali back from the other side of the door.
“Well, GET A ROOM!!!” screamed Ace.
“WE’RE IN A ROOM!!!” screamed Lee back.
“Right... doy...” groaned Ace. He stumbled into his room and fell onto his bed, passing into deep sleep almost immediately. Kokuwamon and DemiTyrannomon watched him from the doorframe.
“Aww, ain’t he cute?” asked Kokuwamon, sarcastically.
“Yeah... let’s put white glue in his nose.”
“Okay!”
- - -
The next day, Ace and Nathan’s PE class was all gathered on the field behind RTC. They were all listening to Coach Wilson talk to them. Coach Wilson was a rather muscular man, and had neatly cut light brown hair. He was a very sarcastic and easygoing guy.
“Alright, PE students, listen up!” he shouted at the class of around forty students. “Today you’ve got your choice of soccer or basketball! But remember, early next week we’re going on a hiking trip! It’s going to test your strength and endurance in this cold, so I want all of you to be damn well prepared for it!”
“Yes sir!” echoed the PE class back, all freezing.
They then split up into two groups. Ace and Nathan went inside to go play basketball and saw Amara and Tori were in there, competing against each other. Amara was working Tori over, since she was alot more athletic.
“Dude...” whispered Ace, poking Nathan. “Those two is Yami Chosen.”
“Whaaat? You mean Tori is a Yami Chosen? Prove it.” said Nathan.
“Okay.” replied Ace. He then waved his hand in the air in Tori’s direction. “HI TORI!!!”
Tori flipped him off and then turned back to playing basketball with Amara. Nathan raised an eyebrow at Ace, since that is not how Tori would have treated him yesterday.
“She loves you.” he said. Ace nodded in agreement.
“I don’t think Amara and Tori know each other are Yami Chosen though. Which is a good thing I think.” said Ace. “Hey, look at Ray. Why’s he not doing anything?”
Ray was in his PE shorts and just sitting on the bench next to the basketball court, with his head buried in his lap. Nathan and Ace looked at each other and walked over to him.
“Hey Ray! You love basketball!” shouted Ace. “Why aren’t ya playing?!”
Ray didn’t respond. He just sat there with his head buried in his lap.
“Earth to Ray?” asked Nathan, skeptically. “Come on. I’ll play ya. First person to score wins.”
Ray simply got up and left the class, still keeping his head bowed to the floor. Ace and Nathan stood there, wondering what the hell was up with him. Suddenly, someone grabbed both of them by their shoulders and shook them.
“Why aren’t you two slackers doing anything?!”
“Sorry Coach Wilson, but uh... Ray just left class.” replied Nathan.
“Oh yeah? I’ll go talk to him.” said Coach Wilson, heading off in the direction Ray went. “You two play Amara and Tori!”
They looked at Amara and Tori, who looked back at them. Amara walked over to the two of them. The dark-brown haired girl was wearing a simple white T-shirt that said ‘RTC’ on it, as well as green shorts. In fact, so were Tori, Nathan, Ace, and everyone else in the PE class.
“Don’t you two live with Lee Trainer?” asked Amara, put her hands on her hips and giving the boys a look of innocence.
“No.” replied Ace, knowing who she was.
Amara concentrated for a second, shutting her eyes. Then she opened then and looked back at Ace and Nathan, smiling sweetly.
“You guys live on 316 Maple Street. Thanks.” she said sweetly, turning away from them. Nathan and Ace just stared at her.
“How did she do that?” asked Nathan.
“I’ve got no-- oof!” grunted Ace as a basketball hit him at lightning speed in the stomach and knocked him backwards onto the cement of the court floor.
“Heads up!” shouted Tori, between laughing. Nathan sweat-dropped.
“We’ve got some hot, crafty foes there.” said Nathan, then he sighed. “I just wish I had my partner back...”
- - -
Ray was standing just inside the school, staring at one of the bulletin boards on the white-painted wall. He wasn’t really reading them, he was just in a state of mourning. He still couldn’t believe his brother-- his best friend... was gone.
“Ray, my boy, what’s troubling ya?” asked Coach Wilson, opening the door and walking into the school. Ray didn’t answer. Coach Wilson looked him over and frowned a little bit.
“Ray... is something serious wrong...?”
“I’d like to be excused from class, Coach. If that’s alright with you.” he said, finally deciding to talk. Ray’s voice was cracked and all his words didn’t come out right.
“Sure Ray... just make sure to come on the camping trip. I want all my boys there!” he said, putting his arm around Ray and giving him a noogie. Ray barely stifled a laugh, even though he wanted to laugh.
“I’ll come.”
“That’s the spirit, Ray! You go back to your dorm room and sleep off whatever’s ailing ya!”
Coach Wilson left Ray and exited the building to return to the PE class. Ray sighed and looked at the floor again. The brownish tiles did not match the white floor. He heard footsteps and looked over to see Dean Rathjen walk up next to him and look at the bulletin board from behind his small bifocals.
“A camping trip, huh Ray?” he asked, looking at the poster for it. “That sounds like fun.”
“Nothing will be fun ever again.” growled Ray, dejectedly. Rathjen gave him a look of worry.
“What is with that attitude? This college is about spirit!”
“My brother... died... last night...” sighed Ray. “I... I don’t know how I’m going to live without him...”
“Well Ray, that is unfortunate. But some things are destined to happen. Perhaps his fate was to lead you down a new path...”
“What do you mean?” asked Ray, looking for any array of hope to make his life better.
“Come with me Ray... and I’ll open your eyes and let you look at the world in a way you never dreamed possible...”
Rathjen turned and walked down through the brightly lit hallway towards his office. He looked behind him and saw Ray slowly start to follow. Rathjen smiled and continued on.
- - -
Later that day, Ace and Nathan were walking back from school, seeing as how Lee wouldn’t give Ace a ride for walking in on him and Alison last night. And Nathan, being the good friend that he is, walked with Ace. Today Ace was smart and was wearing a black winter coat, as was Nathan.
“Black is definitely our color.” said Nathan, looking around nervously. He was hoping no one was staring at his eyes and thankfully, people had better things to do.
“Who cares if people stare at you. You’re better than them.” Ace reminded him, noticing Nathan’s nervous glance. “They don’t know the truth behind it.”
“Yeah and they can’t.” said Nathan. “We were lucky all the people’s minds got erased after the last Digimon incident. Just our luck for it to happen again...”
“It won’t happen.” replied Ace, determined. “It just... can’t happen. Imagine what people would do if they found out about our partners... they’d be dissected or something. And for all the damage we cause during our fights! We’d be put into jail...”
“Just get Dragonmon to roast em.”
“Oh yeah, like anything is that simple.” sighed Ace. “After what happened to Tori nothing is simple...”
“Why do you feel responsible for that?” asked Nathan. “It’s not like it’s your fault she submitted herself to become a Yami.”
“I still feel responsible...” sighed Ace. He then decided it was time to change the subject. “Hey, there’s the construction site for the new Mega movieplex.”
“Wanna go check it out?” asked Nathan.
“Hell yes!”
That particular construction site was run by the head boss of the Rippers: Vincent Vance. He and his crew were building the Gogoplex as part of community service they were sentenced too, while keeping their gang activity under wraps for the time being.
Ray approached the Gogoplex, carrying a large duffel bag. He walked past the yellow tape and right into the construction area, getting Vincent and his men’s attention.
“Hey kid, get outta here!” shouted Vincent. “Can’t you see I’ma trying to work!?”
“Did you know a Jason Stryker?” asked Ray. Vincent gave him a look that kind of spelled ‘you don’t know what you’re getting yourself into’.
“Maybe I did and maybe I didn’t. Why?”
“You ordered his death, didn’t you?”
Vincent his right arm, signaling one of his men to raise a gun at Ray. He smirked and looked at Ray.
“What are ya gonna do about it, pipsqueak?”
“Funny you should ask...” replied Ray. He opened the duffel bag up and pulled something out. It was a small creature that resembled a large bowling ball with wings. Its name was DemiDevimon.
“What the hell is that thing?” asked Vincent, disgusted by it.
Ray simply pulled a Yami D-Volver from his pocket and held it into the air.
(Irvine told me everything. And gave me my new mission. But my first mission is to avenge my brother!!!) he thought. “DemiDevimon... let’s see what you can do!!!”
DemiDevimon began to glow and Vincent began to freak out, as did most of his men.
“DemiDevimon Shinka...”
“Shoot it!!!” screamed Vincent. “We’ll show this freak show what it means ta’ mess with the Rippers!”
Vincent’s right hand man fired from his rifle at DemiDevimon, but the small form of him had grown larger, taking on a more menacing shape. The white colored demon Digimon grabbed the bullet with his left hand and crunched it in his palm, dropping silver colored dust on the ground of the construction site.
“... ICEDEVIMON!!!”
“Holy s**t, Vince! Look at that thing!” exclaimed his right hand man.
“Don’t look at it! KILL IT!!!”
Ray dropped to the ground and rolled to the side, avoiding gunfire. Five men opened fire on IceDevimon, who grinned and flapped his wings with force, blasting all the bullets away harmlessly. He glanced around, and spoke in a voice that had an eerie devilish echo to it.
“Now then... which of you weaklings will be my first victim...?”
IceDevimon teleported over behind one of Vincent’s men and grabbed him by the arm, lifting him into the air. The man screamed as he could feel IceDevimon’s freezing touch seep through his winter coat and onto his skin.
“What da hell is dis...?” gasped Vincent. “It’s not human!”
Vincent wasn’t the only one freaked out. Dozens of bystanders were gathered outside the yellow tape that sealed off the construction site and all having similar reactions upon seeing IceDevimon. Ace and Nathan were two of them.
“No... Ray... what have you done...?” gasped Ace.
“The cat’s out of the bag now!” shouted Nathan. “Call DemiTyrannomon here... quickly! IceDevimon has the power to kill everyone within a two-mile radius!”
“This is what we feared...” sighed Ace, pressing the emergency button on his D-Volver. DemiTyrannomon was instantly warped to the area from their house.
“What’s going on?” asked DemiTyrannomon, startled.
“Big trouble.” answered Ace.
“AAARGGH!!!” screamed the man as IceDevimon ripped his arm off. He looked at it happily and then dropped it to the ground, along with the grunt. Everyone stared in complete horror at the sadistic Digimon.
“Screw this, boss! We don’t get paid to get slaughtered!” screamed Vince’s right hand man. He turned and bolted as fast as he could, along with Vince’s other men. Vince looked around frantically, getting that horrible feeling of abandonment.
“You killed my brother... and now you’re going to pay.” growled Ray. “IceDevimon. Get him.”
IceDevimon flapped his demonic wings and took to the air, soaring at Vince. In a last-ditch attempt to save himself, Vince pulled a handgun out of his coat and shot IceDevimon directly in the head! The fallen angel Digimon crumpled to the ground immediately, only a few inches away from Vincent.
“Did I... kill it...?” asked Vince, in complete shock. He went and stood over IceDevimon’s body, which lay there, unmoving.
IceDevimon’s arm shot out and grabbed Vince by the leg. He then turned and hurled Vincent halfway through the construction zone and crashing through the brick wall of the unfinished Gogoplex. There was no way he’d survive that.
“Ray...” began the demonic Digimon. “Part of Irvine’s deal was to keep me under wraps. And since all these people have seen us... they must all die.”
“Do what you must.” said Ray. “I don’t care about anything anymore except the mission.”
“Are you a freak?!” shouted Nathan. Ray turned to see Nathan hop over the yellow tape and face him. “Killing these people is not something you want to do, Ray! Trust me! I’ve been given this kind of invigorating power before! You feel omnipotent now...”
Nathan looked at the ground and closed his eyes tightly.
“... but you aren’t. What you are doing will drive you away from society... it will lead you down a path of darkness... and scar you for life...”
Ray gave Nathan a thoughtful glance and then turned away from him.
“Society doesn’t matter to me. The mission only matters to me now. There was an empty void in my life and he filled it.”
“He who?” asked Nathan. He had hoped to stop Ray earlier than this, but IceDevimon was still approaching the gathering crowd. (******** those stupid Yami D-Volvers. Ray would never act like this under his own free will.)
“That would be telling.” replied Ray. “Now leave, Nathan. Before I decide to kill you too.”
“No! Give me that D-Volver!” screamed Nathan. He ran and tackled Ray, reaching for it, but Ray kicked him off. Nathan slid through the snow and dirt a bit and looked upwards at Ray, who pulled himself off the ground.
“I warned you, Nathan! IceDevimon!”
IceDevimon turned and looked at Nathan, then licked his lips, hungry to cause more pain.
“This is a coincidence. He’s one of the Hikari Chosen.” said IceDevimon.
“So am I!!!” screamed Ace’s voice. Ray, Nathan and IceDevimon all turned to look and saw Dragonmon come flying in at top-speed, gunning right for IceDevimon! Ace leapt off him and Dragonmon prepared a mighty attack for IceDevimon!
“DRAGON INFERNO!!!”
Dragonmon blasted fire at IceDevimon, thinking he would be weak to that particular element. IceDevimon simply reflected the shot with a sweep of his palm.
“What the--” began Dragonmon, startled completely. He was hit by his own fire breath and sent flying backwards into a crane that was being used in the construction. The crane collapsed forward and smashed down on top of Dragonmon, crushing him!
“Dragonmon!” exclaimed Ace. “No way! Taken out in one hit!”
“You two shouldn’t have got involved.” growled Ray. “Now you’ll all have to suffer!!!”
Nathan and Ace backed away from Ray, about ready to turn and run.
“No they won’t.” said a voice. Everyone looked to see Amara had made her way onto the battlefield, with her partner, Crystalmon. Ray looked at her skeptically.
“Amara--” he gasped. “You have a Yami D-Volver as well?”
“You’ve jeopardized the mission, Ray.” said Amara, giving him an angry look. IceDevimon stopped and looked at them as well.
(What were you thinking, IceDevimon?) projected Crystalmon telepathically. (It’s our job to keep them out of trouble.)
“I-- I apologize, Crystalmon.”
“Okay, I’m lost.” whispered Nathan to Ace. “Are we gonna die?”
(I’m going to erase the memories of everyone here with my powers.) projected Crystalmon. (Even yours, Ray and IceDevimon. It is a taxing feat, but we must preserve our anonymity. Ace and Nathan will have to be killed another day.)
“Or you could kill us and then wipe the--” began Ace, but Nathan clamped his hand over Ace’s mouth.
“Are you a moron?!” exclaimed Nathan. “Let’s just get outta here!”
Nathan turned and ran, while Ace picked up DemiTyrannomon and high-tailed it out of there after him. Amara gave them a glance.
“Ace and Nathan are--”
(Let them go.) projected Crystalmon. (Now stand back, Amara...)
- - -
Ray’s dorm room:
Ray tasted pillow. He opened his eyes and saw he was staring into one. He sat up quickly and noticed he was in his bed in his dorm room. He looked around, confused.
“That’s odd...” he began. “I could’ve sworn I was outside a moment ago...”
“You awake?” asked DemiDevimon. “You’ve been sleeping for hours!”
“I have?”
Ray looked around nervously and then his eyes settled on DemiDevimon.
“I guess I have. Although I could swear--”
“Hey, I was listening to your talking box earlier. You know that guy, Vincent? Well someone took care of him for us! He was in the obituaries!”
“Awesome.” replied Ray. “To be honest I don’t think I would’ve had the guts to go face him...”
“Well, what should we do now?”
“Lay low... and figure out what Irvine wants us to do next.”
“I can do that.”
- - -
No more than four rooms over, Amara and Crystalmon were also sitting on a bed. Amara had her legs propped up and was resting her head on them, also listening to the radio.
“A freak explosion. That’s what they came up with.” she groaned. “A freak explosion doesn’t rip someone’s arm off.”
(They’re make it a conspiracy. You know how dumb humans can be.)
“I am a human.” replied Amara, taking offense.
(... yes. Right. You are.) replied Crystalmon, rather delayed.
“Why didn’t you erase Ace and Nathan’s memories along with everyone else?” asked Amara, decided not to comment on Crystalmon’s last sentence.
(Can’t.)
“Why not?”
(They’ve got their D-Volvers protecting them. Those things do more than just make us evolve you know...) Crystalmon informed her. (They’re a vital tool in our victory.)
“WHAT VICTORY?!” shouted Amara, getting annoyed. “I am not killing them! Count me out!”
Amara turned away from Crystalmon.
“Destroying their D-Volvers is fine... but I’m not killing them...”
(You’ll see it my way eventually, Amara.) said Crystalmon. (Ray did.)
“You wiped his mind clean. He probably doesn’t even remember we’re Yami Chosen. Look, I found out where Lee lives. Tomorrow I’ll go swipe his D-Volver while he’s asleep.”
(Hmmm... sure you will.) thought Crystalmon. She turned and left Amara’s bedroom, heading into the bathroom.
(There has to be some way to get Amara to follow to objective...) thought Crystalmon. She then projected her thoughts far beyond the walls of the college. (Irvine... fit Magemon with a partner. I need his help.)
(He’s the last one and we’re searching right now.) was his answer.
(Excellent.)
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