The Digital Empress?
[A/N: Series 02 fic!]
[Disclaimer: Don't own.]
"RUN FOR YOUR LIVES! THE DIGIMON EMPEROR IS BACK!" a digimon screamed, running like mad. Someone laughed and snapped a whip in their hand. Black spheres flew out from behind them and headed for the running digimon…
"Oh, what's a virus doing on the school computer?!" Yolei moaned. When the twelve-year-old turned on the computer, it wouldn't really work. The other kids checked the other computers, and everything was down. "We had better call Izzy!" Davis suggested. "We can't." Kari said sadly, "He and his parents are out of town for a few weeks."
Just before leaving, the Digi-destined told the principal about the weird virus. After the kids had left, the principal called the best computer technician he knew of.
"What?" Kari wondered, "We have a free period?" The Digi-destined's teacher nodded. "The computers are out of commission until the technician has fixed the computers." he explained. With a glance at one another, the Digi-destined created a quick question. "Are we allowed to walk around if we don't disturb other classes?" Davis inquired. "All right." his teacher answered.
The group stole quickly, but silently down the hall and glanced into the computer room. Their principal was pacing nervously in the room, muttering, "Where is he, where is he?" After about two seconds, Cody sensed something, turned a brilliant shade of blue, and slowly turned around.
A very tall person, wearing sunglasses, black jeans, a loose black overcoat, a black undershirt and a glove on one hand, and holding a briefcase, was standing right behind the group.
Cody stuttered for a bit, tugging at Yolei's shirt. Yolei tried to smack his hand away, but then the person said in a cool tone, "Move please." The group jumped and ran like mad. Each of them ran to a different corner, but still spied a bit. The person walked into the room without looking around.
"I believe that you called me?" the person asked. The principal looked up at the person and muttered, "I thought you were…" he paused, then stopped. "Never mind." he tried to smile under the technician's icy glare, "Can you, um…" The person walked over to a desk and put down their briefcase. "This is going to cost you quite a bit." they almost smiled.
The principal paled rather badly. The person closed their eyes (even though the principal couldn't tell) and grinned. "But I like this school." they laughed, "I'll cut down the price a bit." They clicked open the briefcase and paused for a moment. With another glare, they faced the principal and said, "You can leave now." The principal paled and quickly walked away.
The Digi-destined didn't hear a word of the conversation, but when the principal walked out of the room, he saw them and shouted, "GET BACK TO CLASS!" The kids scurried off with sweatdrops running down their heads.
That afternoon, the Digi-destined tried their luck again. They slowly snuck to the computer room and looked inside. They didn't see anyone, but Davis spotted one computer, the Digiport computer, that was on. He bent his head in to start inside, but then, someone grabbed the goggle-wearing boy around the neck and yanked him inside.
"How long have you been there?" the tall person hissed. Davis, pale and scared, didn't answer. "Have you been spying on me?!" they snapped, shaking Davis' collar roughly. Demiveemon couldn't take it and leapt from Davis' bag. He bit down hard on the person's closest finger. "Let go you pathetic excuse for a digimon!" the technician nearly shouted, flinging Demiveemon halfway across the room.
With quick speed, Patamon flew out from under TK's bag flap and caught Demiveemon before he smacked into the wall. Hissing like a snake, Gatomon scampered from Kari's bag and bared her claws. In almost slow motion, Patamon and Gatomon launched their attacks. Gatomon somehow hooked her claw under the cloth of the black glove on the person's hand and pulled it off. Then, Patamon's Boom Bubble knocked off the black sunglasses the person was wearing and knocked the person down.
Everyone froze for a minute; Davis stumbled back from being let go. "Everyone stop!" Kari snapped. She stepped forwards, rather cautiously, and looked at the person. "How do you know about those creatures?" she asked. Suddenly, the person flipped onto their feet and smiled at Kari.
"Geez, I haven't seen you and TK in, what, four years?" they asked, hooking their thumbs in their jeans pockets. TK, Kari, Patamon, and Gatomon gaped. "Since when did the Ninth Digi-destined become a computer technician?" Kari giggled. It was the new Digi-destined that gaped.
"Hey, gotta make a living." Shinji laughed. "You never told us about a Ninth one!" Davis yelled. "Did you fix the computers?" Patamon asked eagerly. "In two minutes." the eighteen-year-old smirked. "Then why have you been here the whole day since second period?" Yolei wondered.
"Ah!" Shinji interrupted Yolei, "I think I deserve some questions answered first." "Like?" Cody inquired. "Why do you three kids have digimon? And why does Pointy-Hair over here have Tai's goggles?" Davis turned a dark red. "Tai gave Davis those, and they're the new Digi-destined." Gatomon summed it up quick. "So why did you attack me?" Davis asked.
Shinji's expression turned stern, and she didn't answer. "And how are the digimon in the Real World?" she questioned. "Gate's been open for a long while." TK answered. "Shall we get going?" Yolei asked in an undertone. "Everyone up for a trip to the Digiworld?" Kari asked enthusiastically. Everyone immediately raised their hand.
The group came into the Digiworld in a Black Area, but couldn't see the Control Spire because of a thick blanket of fog.
"Davis, why are you hugging my arm?" Shinji asked, sweatdropping. "I thought you were Kari!" Davis snapped. "None the less, let go." the eighteen-year-old snarled, trying to yank her arm free.
"I thought you said this Ken guy stopped being the Digimon Emperor." the computer technician murmured. "Yeah, we haven't even seen him since Wormmon was deleted." "Then why is this place under his control?" Shinji inquired.
"Hey, it doesn't matter!" Davis said, finally letting go of Shinji's arm, "We'll just Armor Digivolve and get rid of the Control Spires!" He turned to Veemon and shouted, "Digi-Armor Energize!"
But nothing happened.
Everyone let out a gasp. "No way!" TK moaned, "Armor Digivolving is our only way of fighting!" "And we can't digivolve with the Control Spires!" Patamon squealed.
"You know, I really hate to tell you this, but Davis is turning to stone." Shinji muttered half-heartedly, pointing at Davis. "We know that his head is hard as a rock but-" Yolei started. "YAH!" Davis yelled, "I'M REALLY TURNING TO STONE!" Everyone looked through the fog at Davis and found that for once, he was telling the truth.
A hissing, like a snake, reached the group's ears. "I am Golemon." the hissing voice snarled, "You will all bow before my mistress!"
"You don't wanna hear about your personal life!" Davis snapped. Everyone turned green and sweatdropped. "Are you the one that's turning Davis into stone?" Kari asked.
"And I will eat him once he is stone!" Golemon hissed. The fog began to lift, and when it did, Yolei let out an ear-piercing scream. A huge centipede-like digimon was squirming about, hissing and cackling. Davis could no longer move, for his legs were stone.
"EVERYONE GET AWAY!" TK yelled. The group scattered, and Davis tried to move. He fell over and couldn't get back up. "Guys, don't leave me here!" he yelled, terrified. Golemon laughed.
"Be afraid!" he hissed, "I love the taste of human fear!" Davis broke out in a cold sweat and tears started to come to his eyes. "HELP!" he cried out. "Davis!" Veemon yelled. The dragon started, but Davis was fully stone. Everyone was afraid.
They had no defense, and their digimon couldn't digivolve. "We're dead meat…" Cody squeaked.
Off a short way, behind a tree, Shinji was working at a laptop she brought along. "If this program doesn't work, we're all going to be turned into stone and eaten by that worm!" she thought. With a quick tap on the enter key, a golden thing appeared in the air. Shinji grabbed it and put down the laptop.
"HEY, WORM-FACE!" Shinji yelled. Everyone turned and looked. "I would've asked Davis to test out this Digiworld Program, but this isn't the time to test." the technician muttered, "And besides, this situation needs a fighter."
There was a golden thing around her wrist, with a triangular plate jutting out onto the back of her hand. "In the words of Davis, what does that thing do?" Hawkmon asked. In response, Shinji held up her wrist before her and shouted whilst pressing a button on the thing, "ARMOR UP!!"
With a light almost as bright when Veemon first digivolved to Magnamon, the gold thing spread over the eighteen-year-old's body. Golemon let out a low hiss in confusion, but sneered. When the light faded, everyone looked back at Shinji.
Even Shinji was in awe at the Program. "It worked better than I anticipated…" she muttered. What seemed like a black jumpsuit with blue pieces of armor placed here and there replaced her clothes, and some sort of sword-hilt was at her side. Curved silvers lines cross her face, and a silver triangle was on her forehead.
"How dare you mess around with my mistress' Digiworld Programming?!" Golemon shrieked. It let out a shriek, and slammed its tail into Shinji's side. The teen was flung into the trees, but landed on her feet on a branch.
"What in the world is that?" Kari asked. "This Armor is a Digital Program I wrote up a while back." Shinji explained, "I was sick of letting the digimon fight. I wanted to have Davis test it out, because I wasn't sure it would work. But like I said, he isn't much of a fighter."
"What do you mean, not sure it would work?" TK growled. "It could have obliterated whoever tried it." Shinji said in a nonchalant tone. TK gaped.
"Hey, you guys want to get back or get turned to stone?" the teen snapped. The group hurried off and hid behind some trees. Golemon hissed and then breathed out a strange mist. It swamped around the Digi-destined's legs. "NOW TURN TO STONE!" Golemon yelled. The kids and digimon began to turn to stone. Patamon and Shinji didn't because they weren't touching the mist.
"Patamon!" Shinji yelled, "Go see if you can find a way to destroy the Control Spire! I'll hold Golemon off your back!" Patamon was hesitant, but seeing TK being turned to stone made him get going.
Patamon looked at the looming Control Spire. "There's no way I can destroy this thing without digivolving!" he groaned. He started back quickly.
Shinji was striking at Golemon with leaping blows, wary of touching the mist. But that was a bad type of battling. Golemon had the advantage, for he could move around on the ground, with sure footing. He swatted at the teen with his tail, ignoring that everyone else were stone. Finally, as Patamon flew back into the misty clearing, he hit Shinji. The sword, formed from energy, flew from her hand and she hit the ground.
The energy blade dissipated and Shinji started to turn to stone. Patamon flew over, hovering over the Stone Mist. "Patamon, you've got to fight." Shinji muttered, "Take the sword." Patamon glanced back at the hilt. "I can't use it!" he cried, tears forming, "I don't have fingers and I can't digivolve! I can't save you guys!" "Patamon just try!" Shinji ordered, just before becoming absolutely stone.
Patamon looked at Golemon. He was heading towards TK, hungry. "NO, TK!!" Patamon shrieked. He flew over and grabbed the sword. A huge surge of power raced through Patamon's veins, and he cried out a new command that entered his mind:
"PATAMON WARRIOR DIGIVOLVE TO!!!"
Patamon's form became more like that of Angemon's and XVeemon's, humanoid. Armor plated his body a bit, and he reached his new level:
"YOSHOMON!!!"
The Warrior Digimon stepped forwards, the Stone Mist flying away faster than the blink of an eye. "What is this?!" Golemon hissed. "Don't dare hurt TK." Yoshomon snarled. His grip on the carved sword hilt tightened, and white energy shot from the top, creating a sword almost as powerful as Excalibur.
"WHITE LIGHTNING STRIKE!!!!" Yoshomon cried out. He flew forwards with his white wings and struck at the evil digimon with all his Warrior might. With a shriek, Golemon shattered into pieces and vanished.
Yoshomon let out a held-in breath and turned towards the stone Digi-destined. How was he to fix the spell? Soon, another new command entered his mind, and the handsome Warrior strode to TK's fallen form. He knelt and whispered, "White Healing." He pressed the energy blade to the Stone TK, and waited. The stone shattered from TK, and he was back to normal.
"Who are you?" the twelve-year-old boy asked in awe. "Patamon." Yoshomon answered. "You digivolved!" TK said happily. "I Warrior Digivolved." Yoshomon corrected.
He walked to the others and destroyed the Stone Curse on them as well. Then, he de-digivolved and pushed the sword hilt to Shinji with his nose. But to his surprise, Shinji knelt down and handed him the sword.
"I wasn't very good with this." she admitted, "But it seems that you can digivolve with it." Patamon took the sword in his mouth and handed it to TK. "From now on, when Patamon needs to digivolve, just say 'Warrior Weapon Up'." Shinji explained to TK. "No fair!" Davis whined, "How come Patamon gets to digivolve, but Veemon can't?!"
"Give me a while, and I might figure out how to make Warrior Weapons for all the digimon." Shinji snapped sarcastically. "Better than a new digiegg!" Yolei laughed.
The Digi-destined returned to the computer room, only to find Izzy waiting there. "I was called here to see if the technician was done." he sweatdropped, "But they didn't tell me who the technician was!" "Big surprise huh." Shinji muttered. She slid off the Gold Armor and tossed it into the still-open briefcase. She started to walk off, when Izzy said, "Hey, e-mail from Tentomon! He says that the area you guys were just in used to be protected by Myotismon!"
"He's been slacking off." Shinji said flatly, walking from the room. Everyone stared at Shinji's back as she walked down the hall. "Well, what happened?" Izzy asked, "Fill me in here!"
After the group told Izzy what happened, he was in puzzled thought. "Shinji was never good at using a computer, and from what I know, I don't think she could ever fix any viruses." he murmured, "So why is it that she's a computer technician?"
"So what do you want us to do?" Davis asked, "Go to her apartment and ask her about her life?" TK, Kari, and Izzy sucked in a hissed breath, their expressions worried. "We won't advise it." Gatomon muttered. "Why not?" Cody asked. The older kids sucked in another breath and wouldn't answer.
"Look, I'll talk with her over the weekend." Izzy explained, "You guys worry about getting rid of the rest of the Control Spires. And see if you can figure out who reactivated them."
"Come here, Blackgatomon." a soft voice murmured. A Gatomon, completely reserved colors of the normal Gatomon, slinked over and leapt up onto the person's lap. "Golemon screwed up." the person said, rubbing Blackgatomon's fur, "But it doesn't matter. Just make sure that that annoying Ninth Digi-destined doesn't meet back up with her… Partner." "Right, Tari." Blackgatomon purred.