The digidestined went back to there normal lives and everything was fine, or so it appeared. Matt had been going out with Sora for a couple of months and everyone thought that they were a great couple, well almost everyone but Tai wanted Sora to be happy so he didn't say anything. However, Matt was still at war within himself and then just before the start of the next school year both Matt and Sora vanished and no one could find them anywhere, not on Earth or in the Digi-world. Then several months later Gennai contacted the digidestined with the legend of the Guardians, but with out Sora and Matt's digivices they weren't able to wake them up. That is until Yolie came up with the idea of using the Digi-Eggs of Love and Friendship, and it worked. The Guardians woke up and told the digidestined their story (Now here's where the main differences begin to occur.) The Guardians woke up to a peaceful world and so they decided that they could go on with lives in the real world, they went back with the digidestined to Earth and made lives for themselves in Japan. Now that Earth knew about the digital world digimon began living on Earth and humans began living in the digital world, but while peace existed after the Guardians were awoke problems began to arise in the real world. Two years after Matt and Sora disappeared the Internet began to experience worldwide problems, the main of which was the fact that it was slowing down. All across the globe the speeds of the Internet were slowing down to a snails pace, it didn't matter if you had the fastest connection on the planet the speeds dropped. Scientists across the globe were working day and night to find the cause but no one could, so they began work on something to replace the internet, they based it on the original technology of the internet but made sure that it ran on completely separate from the Internet. They called it the Virtual-Net, or V-Net for short. It was made so that anything that was able to connect to the Internet could connect to the V-Net, but still stay separate enough that it wouldn't be affected by what was happening to the Internet. The main difference to the V-Net was the fact that it incorporated virtual reality technology, which brought chat rooms and online gaming to a whole new level. Three years after the troubles on the net began all contact with the digital world was lost and any digimon on Earth were sucked into the nearest Digi-Port right before they closed and never opened again. This event worried everyone, especially the digidestined because not only did their digimon get brought back to the digital world but any human there was now trapped with no way to get back. It has now been about five years since loss of communication and no one has been able to reopen the Digi-Ports, not even the Guardians who had spent so much time in the digital world and have tried every trick that they can think of to reopen the Digi-Ports. The only thing that remains to tell everyone that the digital world is still there is that the map is still able to be accessed and it is watched constantly by digidestined and scientists alike for some clue of what is happening in, the Digital World.
Dark Mirror
Chapter 1
"Izzy, time to get up."
Izzy began stirring in bed until he finally pulled the sheets off of himself and sat up in bed. He was wearing shorts and a loose t-shirt and had his hands at his eyes to rub the sleep out and then stretched them and let out a good yawn. He got up and slowly walked over to the desktop computer and turned it on.
Then Izzy thought to himself. Man, I'm a twenty-five year old man and I still live with my parents. Although I suppose that that isn't the strangest thing, I mean most of the digidestined still live at home. The strangest thing is that we all work for the same company, trying to figure out what is going on in the digital world.
The computer completed its startup and Izzy sat down and started typing away on the keyboard. Izzy moved the mouse across the screen and clicked on an icon on the top right, two windows were brought up. The one on the top had the image of a map, but not a map of Earth, there were three different colors that made up the map white, grey, and black. Most of the map was now made up of black squares, with only about a third of it made up of the white and grey. After Izzy finished examining the map he looked down at the bottom window, it was filled with lines of information about the map and any changes that had occurred to it, when he saw the changes his face took on a deep frown. Then he heard a call from outside of his room.
"Izzy, your friend Tai is hear." came the voice of his mom through the door.
"I'll be out in a minute." called back Izzy as he closed out the program on his computer and turned it off.
In the living room
of the Izumi's apartment a much older Tai is sitting on the couch with
Mrs. Izumi sitting in a chair across from the couch. Tai is now about
as tall as his father is and has finally cut the mop that was on his head
and has it combed to the front. He is wearing grey slacks and a green
shirt, there is a grey suit jacket lying on the back of the couch next
to him with a phone sticking out of one pocket, and he has his digivice
clipped to his belt and a digital watch on his wrist.
"So Tai, how are things
at work?" asked Mrs. Izumi as she looked at the young man.
"Well, we still haven't
been able to find out why areas of the Digi-world are turning black but
we're working at it. Yesterday we thought we had found a way to reopen
the Digi-Ports but it turned out to be only a glitch in the computers.
But why are you asking me this, isn't Izzy telling you?" asked Tai as he
gave her a quizzical look.
"No, he doesn't talk
much about what happens there and most of the time he's at home he's on
his computers doing things that I couldn't even begin to understand." said
Mrs. Izumi as she shook her head.
"Don't worry, he's
like that a lot at work to and I know how you feel. Most of the stuff
he does are way over my head too." said Tai as he looked at her.
Then a door was heard close and out came Izzy, he was dressed in brown
slacks, plain blue dress shirt with a black tie. He had a briefcase,
which held his laptop, in his right had and a grey jacket similar to Tai's
in his left.
"Izzy I set a small
breakfast on the counter for you to take and eat on your way to work."
said Mrs. Izumi as she motioned towards the counter.
"Uh mom, no offence
but there is no way I can eat all this on the way to work." said Izzy as
he looked at the amount of food on the counter. There were large
plates of fried eggs, scrambled eggs, sausages, and pancakes.
"I know that dear,
your father and I still have to eat. Besides I filled a container
with your food, it's sitting right there on the end." said Mrs. Izumi
"Thanks mom." Izzy
said with a smile as he picked up the container and walked over to meet
Tai, who was already at the door. "I'll see you after work."
Izzy and Tai left
the apartment and began walking to Tai's car. It's one of the latest
environmentally safe cars that the world governments have been insisting
that their citizens buy. Of course it isn't that bad, it had just
as much power as the old muscle cars but it can go nearly five hundred
miles on one charge of it's fuel cell, if it isn't used as a drag car.
It has complete automated drive systems, onboard computer with V-Net access,
and (in Tai's words) the best kick-butt radio systems on the planet.
Of course it is a company car, which he's lucky to have since he is one
of the leaders at their work.
"So Tai, why are you
picking me up?" asked Izzy as he opened the passenger side door and got
in after setting his stuff in the back seat.
"It's my turn." replied
his friend as he started up the car and began driving down the road.
"Oh man. What
day is it?" asked Izzy as he rubbed his head as if in pain.
"It's Wednesday."
replied Tai
"I thought it was
Monday, no offence but I'll be happy when my car gets out of the shop."
said Izzy as he began to open up the container that his mom had packed
him.
"That's okay Izzy,
some times I forget what day it is. You just work really hard and
that's why you forgot, of course if I knew all the stuff that you did I'd
probably go nuts." said Tai trying to cheer up his friend.
"Thanks, but what
I saw on my computer didn't help." said Izzy as he began eating the food
in front of him.
"More problems?" said
Tai in a down voice.
"We lost three more
sectors in the Digi-world overnight and four more are close to going."
explained Izzy as he relayed what he saw on his computer.
"Well I know I always
say it, but don't worry. Maybe we'll find something out today." said
Tai trying to comfort his friend as he continued to drive down the road.
Tai's car pulls up
in the parking lot of a large building, but more than just a building.
It's the global headquarters of the business that digidestined around the
world work for. It's the head of Digi Corps; they have worked constantly
for five years trying to find a way to reopen the Digi-ports. Tai
is one of the head people and is in charge of making sure everything is
running smoothly in the building, or as smoothly as can be expected.
Izzy is one of the head computer experts and his team leads the company
in their research.
"I've got a few things
to take care of and then I'll meet you down in computers okay Izzy." said
Tai as they walked into the main lobby.
"Okay Tai, you know
I've got a feeling that we just might find out something today." said Izzy
as he walked next to his friend.
"That's the spirit
Izzy, I'll see you in a little bit." said Tai as he began walking down
one of the many halls.
I just can't help
but wonder what's up with the black sectors of the Digi-world. It's
almost like when Ken was the Digimon Emperor and was using the control
spires. Pondered Izzy as he walked down the hall. If someone
is using the Emperors old tech then there could be real trouble, but our
digimon should have been able to take care of any problems, after all they
are in the Digi-world.
"Penny for your thoughts?"
Izzy spun around to
find a man behind him. He was as tall as Izzy and had brown hair
and green eyes. He was more built than Izzy and had a smile on his
distinctively American face. He was wearing blue jeans and a plain
white T-shirt.
"I said penny for
your thoughts Izzy." said the new man.
"Nathan, what are
you doing hear?" asked Izzy somewhat shocked.
"I just thought I'd
come in and give you guys a hand." said Nathan as he motioned Izzy to continue
walking. "I can't explain it, but I just have this feeling that something's
going to happen today."
"That's funny, I got
that same feeling." said Izzy with a shrug as they continued to walk.
Nathan is one of the
few digidestined that do not work for Digi Corps, but still work to figure
out what is happening in the digital world. Nathan is the only one
though that likes to pop in and help Izzy at work.
Tai turns down a short
hall with several doors on the sides; at the end of the hall there is a
set of doors with a woman setting at a desk in front of the doors.
As Tai approached the woman her head rose and she gave a smile. The
woman had long blond hair, a lightly tan completion, and blue eyes.
"Good morning Mr.
Kamiya." said the woman
"Morning Amy, any
news?" asked Tai as he picked up his mail from her desk. Tai had
to admit; she was the best secretary that he ever had. Even though
he only hired her a few weeks ago she had done more for him than all his
other secretaries combined, and she was much nicer to him and he didn't
get the feeling that she was pretending only so she could get him in serious
trouble later.
"Someone is waiting
for you in your office." said Amy
"Oh really, who?"
asked Tai. Just as his hand was about to reach the handle she answered.
"He told me to call
him Mr. Fugiama." Amy's reply was enough to make Tai's hand stop in place.
Even though he was out of school Mr. Fugiama still had found a way to make
his life a living nightmare. The government wasn't very sure about
having such young people run the different offices so they decided that
they would appoint older people to check up on them and report back to
the government. Some how Mr. Fugiama got one of the jobs and worst
of all, he was appointed to watch over Tai's building.
"Is something wrong
Mr. Kamiya?" asked Amy as she saw her employer's body freeze in place.
"Look can you do me
a big favor?" said Tai as he shook off the freeze and looked directly at
Amy. "Tell him that I called in sick or anything, just give me enough time
to get away."
"Where are you going?"
asked Amy as Tai began to walk back down the hall.
"Computers." replied
Tai as he sped up his pace. Suddenly he heard the doors behind him
open.
"Tai Kamiya."
"Awe nuts." whispered
Tai under his breath, he then turned around and put a big fake smile on
his face. "Mr. Fugiama, what are you doing here?"
"Now Tai why would
you ask a question like that, I would think you would be happy to see me.
Besides it's my job to show up when you least expect it and give you surprise
inspections." said Mr. Fugiama as he walked up to Tai and put his arm around
Tai's shoulder and started dragging him towards his office.
"Oh, of course." said
Tai in his well-practiced imitation of an honest voice; he then turned
towards his secretary. "Amy, call down to computers, tell Izumi that I'm
going to be a little later than I though and not to start with out me."
"Of course." said
Amy, while her eyes were silently apologizing for not knowing about the
inspection.
"Man Izzy, you've changed
this place around again haven't you." said Nathan as he looked around the
large room which was filled with computers, monitoring devices, and desks.
Izzy was walking over
to one desk in particular with a name plate that said Mr. Izumi on it.
"I'm glad you can tell because most people wouldn't be able to, including
Tai. We only added a few servers and a new V-Net hook up though."
replied Izzy as he picked up a small paper on the desk and read it. "We
won't be getting started on what I've been working on right away though."
"Why's that Izzy?"
asked Nathan
"Tai was going to
come down right after he got his mail and checked things out in his office,
but apparently Mr. Fugiama surprised him with an inspection. His
secretary sent this note and he said not to start without him." explained
Izzy as he sat down the paper.
"One of the reasons
I don't officially work for the government, so what have you been working
on?" questioned the American as he leaned up against one of the computer
desks.
"We've been using
the Virtual Hood that we have hooked up to the V-Net to explore the data
that exists in the areas that are the connection between the real world
and the Digi-world." explained Izzy
"Mind if I see what
you have?" asked Nathan
"Sure." said the computer
expert as he sat down at one of the terminals and brought up a screen of
information.
"Impressive, I've
tried to get information like this but with no luck. If I was in
the digital world I would have had more luck though." replied Nathan as
he looked over the information on the screen, he then pointed his finger
at one part of the information and asked. "What's this?"
"I don't know, I'll
check." said Izzy as he began typing. "That's impossible, this is live
data." Izzy was now typing furiously on the keyboard.
"Wait, I didn't think
you were running it." said Nathan as he studied what Izzy was doing.
"I wasn't, and I'm
still not but this data is coming in right now. I'm going to see
if I can track it down, because it doesn't seem to be coming through the
V-Net." exclaimed Izzy
"Well Tai I'd say that
everything is okay here. My bosses will be happy. Until next
time Tai." said Mr. Fugiama as he then began walking down the hall away
from Tai who was standing beside Amy's desk. As soon as Mr. Fugiama
was out of sight Tai let out the biggest sigh of relief that Amy had ever
heard.
"I'm so sorry Mr.
Kamiya. If I had know that it upset you so much to see him I would
have told him you were unavailable." apologized Amy from behind her desk.
"No, it's okay Amy.
You're new and besides, I have to deal with him every once in a while.
It's just that I've had to deal with him since I was in school, and so
he tends to get on my nerves from time to time." explained Tai
"Oh, computers called
while you were in the meeting. It sounds like something is happening
down there." said Amy as Tai's face lit up in remembrance.
"Izzy, I almost forgot.
I'm going down to computers now. If you get any messages could you
bring them down to me?" asked Tai to his secretary.
"Of course Mr. Kamiya."
replied Amy
"Oh, one more thing.
When no one else is around, call me Tai." he said to her with a reassuring
smile.
"Of course Mr., I
mean Tai." said Amy as she saw her boss begin to walk down the hall.
When Tai walked into
computers it looked like a war room. Technicians were running all
over busying over the equipment, there were different maps and read outs
on the different screens, and new wires had been stretched from one side
of the room to the other hooking up to new equipment.
"Where's Izumi?" Tai
asked as he grabbed one of the hurrying scientists.
"Over there." pointed
the technician.
Tai then let him go
and walked over to his familiar red headed friend. What surprised
him was when he saw the American that had quickly become his friend over
the ten years he'd known him. Tai walked over as quietly as he could,
which wasn't hard with all the noise in the room, trying to get close enough
to them to scare them. He was only a few feet away from them and
he took in a large breath ready to give them a scare when.
"Don't even think
of it Tai." said the American without even turning around but causing Tai
to loose his breath in shock.
"I thought there would
be to much noise for you to do that." said Tai as he regained his composure
and walked up behind Izzy to see what was going on.
"Tai I got the ears
of a hawk and the eyes of one to for that matter. But this time it
was just that I saw you enter the room and I knew you wouldn't be able
to resist the try. The rest was just a matter of timing." explained
Nathan which caused Tai to become somewhat sheepish at how easy he was
to predict.
"Oh, he he well.
Izzy I thought I told you not to start without me." said Tai as he saw
his friend messing with computer programs and code.
"I haven't even started
the program yet." replied his friend.
"But where is all
this data coming from then?" asked Tai
"It just started coming
in from nowhere, but we've tracked it down to the internet." said Izzy
whose answer shocked Tai.
"But this is coming
in way to fast to be coming from the internet." stated Tai as he watched
the information speed across the screen.
"Well it is, and we're
not the only ones. I've got reports that this is happening at all
the other Digi Corp computer centers across the globe. It's like
those connections were suddenly repaired of whatever was causing the chaos."
said Izzy
"That's not all, show
him the map of the digital world Izzy." said Nathan
The main screen of
the room suddenly shifted to the map that was on Izzy's home computer,
only there was a change. A good deal of the area that was free of
the black earlier was now covered in the blackness.
"What's going on?"
asked Tai as he looked at the screen in horror.
"Since the data started
coming in we've been loosing areas at an incredible rate, in the last fifteen
minutes alone we've lost thirty more sectors." explained Nathan as he pointed
out the latest losses to the black.
"Hey, I just received
an e-mail mixed in with all this data. I..I don't believe it." stated
Izzy as he read the message on the screen.
"Who's it from Izzy."
asked Tai as he rushed back over to his friend.
"It's from Matt."
replied Izzy as Tai nearly fell over in shock.
"Isn't he the one
that disappeared a few months before you guys found us?" asked Nathan
"Yeah he is, but if
he's e-mailing us then where's he been all this time." wondered Tai as
he stared at the screen.
"Well your going to
get to find out. It says here that he wants to meet with you in one
of the old internet chat rooms, and that you need to use the virtual gear.
Apparently it's been modified to create a virtual room. I'm brining
up the visual link now." suddenly a screen just above the one Izzy was
typing on showed a small room that looked like a scene out of the old west
and at the bar was sitting the only person there. A tall man with
blond hair and blue eyes. He was dressed in black pants and a dark
green shirt with a black jacket over top.
"It is Matt." said
Tai as he stared at the newly lit screen.
"Well, what are you
waiting for?" asked Nathan as he looked at Tai.
Tai just nodded and
walked over to a sort of platform with railing around it. He stepped
in it and began putting on devices that were connected to wires.
First he put on a sort of helmet that was hanging above him, then he put
on two gloves that had been hanging over the rails, last he put on some
sort of belt which was attached to the side railing so that it kept Tai's
waist in the center of the platform.
"Be careful now Tai,
we don't know how stable this internet chat room is." said Izzy as he looked
at his friend.
"Don't worry Izzy,
I'll be fine." replied Tai with a smile, just before he put down the visor
on the helmet.
"All we can do now
is just watch and listen." said Izzy as he handed Nathan a headset. "Luckily
Tai will be able to hear us and ask for help."
Tai's virtual body
is standing in a sort of tunnel, one very familiar to anyone who had spent
any time in virtual reality. The tunnel is a connection port, one
that a person can use to call up information or links to chat rooms or
games. The one problem was that where Tai needed to go was nowhere
a person usually went when in VR.
"Now, where do I go?"
Tai questioned himself already knowing he would get an answer.
'Don't worry Tai,
I'm bringing up the link now.' he heard Izzy's voice boom in his head,
an occurrence that he had gotten use to after spending so much time in
VR. Suddenly a small floating bulls-eye appeared in front of him.
"All right, I've got
it Izzy. I'm pressing it now." Tai reached out his hand and pressed
the image in front of him. He then found himself being pulled down
another tunnel similar to the one he was in. He was being pulled
at incredible speed when he suddenly hit the end and found himself in the
saloon that he had saw on the screen. He was standing right in front
of the door and across the room from him he saw his old friend.
"Matt," Tai exclaimed
as he began walking towards Matt with his hand stuck out as if to shake
hands, "oh, sorry Matt. I forgot you were never much of the person
to shake hands."
"That's okay Tai."
came a voice that was distinctively Matt's, but also sounded very dark.
"Is something wrong
Matt?" asked Tai, as he looked at him very concerned.
"No, nothings wrong."
replied Matt sounding almost normal.
"Oh, okay. Matt
where have you been, we looked all over for you and Sora. Hey, where
is Sora anyway?" asked Tai
"Oh she's around,
but we've been in the Digi-world Tai." replied Matt
"But we looked all
over the Digi-world and we didn't find you, but if you've been there then
maybe you can tell us what's been happening. We lost contact and
all we can do is see the map, which has been turning black." explained
Tai
"It isn't good, some
human emerged and started calling himself the Overlord. He was using
the emperor's old stuff and has been taking over the digital world.
Many have tried to stop him but all have failed." explained Matt to answer
Tai's question.
"Do you know who he
is?" asked Tai
"I know who he is."
replied Matt with a wicked smile crossing his face.
"Who?" demanded Tai
nearly screaming.
"Come on Tai, is it
really that important?" asked Matt as he looked strait into Tai's eyes.
"Of course it is.
If someone is hurting digimon than we have to stop him." replied Tai who
now had his fists clenched.
"All right Tai, but
I have to tell you this first. Everyone has a dark side, in some
people it's stronger than in others, while in most the light side is stronger."
said Matt
"What's that suppose
to mean!" said Tai in a raised voice.
"I don't think I ever
had a light side." said Matt before he burst out an evil cackle.
"Your.." said Tai
in so much shock that he could only get out one word.
"That's right Tai,
I am the Overlord. And once I destroy you there will be no one strong
enough to defeat me." said Matt as his coat suddenly turned into a long
cape with a blood red inside, he now had a large black sword at his right
side and a long black whip on the other. "But I am going to give you a
fighting chance and I also want to tell you something. I've concurred
a great deal of the Digi-world, many parts we didn't even know about before,
and I have much bigger plans. Once I finish with the Digi-world Earth
better watch out, because I will control it to. Now I'm going to
count to ten before I send my virus after you. You can try to escape
down the tunnel, but you won't. I am the only thing that is keeping
it at full speed, and once I unleash my virus it will begin to return to
the speed at which I keep it. I would suggest that you start running."
said Matt as he let out another evil laugh.
Tai knew the only
thing he could do was run. He went back out the doors and was once
again in the tunnel going away from Matt as fast as he could.
"I don't believe it,
Matt's turned evil." said Izzy as he stared at the screen in disbelief.
Matt was still laughing as Tai quickly ran back out the exit.
"Izzy..Izzy snap out
of it." said Nathan as he was shaking Izzy who then regained his normal
look. "If that virus gets to Tai it will send an over load to the system
and fry Tai's brain permanently. Now let me sit down I think I can
do something to help."
Izzy reluctantly gave
up the seat and let Nathan sit down. "What are you going to do?" asked
Izzy as he saw Nathan typing even faster than he had been a few minutes
ago.
"I'm going to send
Tai some help." replied Nathan to Izzy. He then pressed the intercom
link to Tai. "Tai this is Nathan, I'm sending you some help."
The screen showed
Tai running down the tunnel, with the camera angle towards his front.
'What kind of help,
you heard Matt. As soon as he unleashes that virus everything's going
to slow down.' replied Tai through the headsets.
"Matt's not the only
one that can manipulate data, especially when it's on the internet." said
Nathan as he continued to type on the keyboard.
'Hurry up, I'm already
starting to slow down." said Tai as his image showed what he had said.
He looked like he was now in a fast walk instead of a run.
"There." said Nathan
as he hit the Enter key. A small rocket suddenly came from behind
Tai and slowed down beside him. The rocket also had a handle bar
on it. "Get on."
'Are you crazy?' asked
Tai
"Do you want to live
or not?" yelled Nathan into the headset.
'Good point.' responded
Tai as he climbed onto the rocket.
"Now hang on tight."
Nathan then hit a set of keys and the rockets engines started to glow brighter,
but just as that happened a red glow appeared behind Tai.
"It's the virus."
said Izzy as he looked at the wall of fire that was quickly approaching
Tai.
"I see it. But
there's no way it can catch up with this." said Nathan as he typed in the
final keystroke.
The rocket suddenly
shot forward ignoring the slow down of the connection. The firewall
was being left behind as Tai was sent forward, finally he saw the exit
and held on tight as the rocket sped towards the hole.
"Ahh." Tai yelled
as he was thrown out of the Internet connection and landed back on the
V-Net.
'Tai are you okay?'
came Izzy's voice in his head.
"Yeah, but shouldn't
you guy's close the connection?" asked Tai as he looked threw the hole
he had just came out of to see the firewall coming closer.
'We're trying but
it won't close.' said Nathan 'Get out of there Tai.'
"You don't have to
tell me twice. All right there's the Exit port." yelled Tai as he
ran towards a platform like the one he had gotten into earlier.
'Hurry up Tai.
The virus will hit the exit in ten seconds and when that happens you'll
still get hurt if you in there.' informed Izzy
"I'm hurrying said
Tai as he reached the platform and began putting on the equipment.
'Five seconds.' relayed
Nathan 'Four..Three..Two.'
"And I'm out." said
Tai as he flipped down the visor and suddenly vanished from the screen
just before the firewall burst through and destroyed the entire VR area.
"Tai are you okay?"
asked Izzy as he ran over to his friend who was just taking off the helmet.
"Yeah I'm fine, I
just can't believe that Matt would turn against us." replied Tai as he
stepped off the platform.
"I know you don't
want to believe it but we all saw it, now I don't know what made him go
evil but I do know that he needs to be stopped." said Nathan who was still
sitting at the computer and typing away.
"What are you doing?"
asked Tai as he and Izzy walked back over to the computer.
"I'm tapping into
the digital world base programming, I'm going to use it to send a message
to someone." replied Nathan as he kept typing.
"Wait, you've had
a way to contact the Digi-world this whole time and you didn't even tell
us." said Izzy insulted.
"I didn't tell you
because it's not guaranteed to work, I just hope this message gets threw."
said Nathan as he finished typing.
[Author's Note] Well
here's the first chapter of what I hope to be a very good fic. I'd
like to know what you think so please R&R.