Authors Note: Not an update to Legend of the Tamers (It'll come eventually, I promise!) but something that I've been kicking around in my head for a long time. Rika was probably one of my favorites in Tamers and definitely one of my favorite characters in the franchise. This idea has been there since I watched the Runaway Locomon and I've been wanting to get it started since. Rika has such a backstory I wish was explored more in-universe and I always wondered how other countries reacted to the Digimon epidemic. So I decided to combine the two with a bit of the "International DigiDestined" idea from the end of season 2. So let's get into, more at the end!
Prologue
New York City. One of the greatest cities in the world, known for its history and being center of some of the greatest cultural icons ever. Even at night the city was alive and there was little the inhabitants could say they hadn't seen yet. But not many could say that they'd seen a large yellow bursting out of a store window, a grinning teenage boy gingerly making his way out of the broken window behind him.
"Hey hold it! Police!" a voice yells, and the two look up to see a street cop running towards them. The boy grins then looks at the fox and points up, ignoring the cop's orders to freeze and drop the bag in his hand. The fox nods and grabs the boy before leaping upwards and onto a nearby fire escape, the cop standing in shock below.
The scene rewinds slightly and freezes as a woman sets the remote down and turns to the other person in the room.
"Let me guess, no sign of them."
The woman sighs. "Unfortunately that's the case Director. They were long gone by the time authorities got there, nothng but a confused memory by the time word got to us. The reports follow the thieves prior MO: Store surveillance shows is the boy barging in and startling the clerk. Seconds the clerk is pinned to the wall by what appears to be shards of pure diamond by some kind of attack the fox produces. The boy is free to steal several food items and a cellphone before another patron enters and screams startling them; hence they're dramatic exit through the window." She tapped the tablet in her hand and the frozen video switches to several more. The Director scowls as they watch the footage.
"This is getting ridiculous Agent Danvers. Kids barely into puberty making a mockery of the government. Vandalism, shoplifting, pickpocketing. We aren't finding a damn thing to catch them!" the Director gestures at the screen. "Look at that, they know we're trying to track them and they're mocking us! We live in a time where I can catch Joe Schmo picking his nose in Antartica, how the hell do we miss these kids?! Especially when you've got tons of the footage of the Japanese kids all over the media!"
"I think people are still unable to process the idea. It was chaos all over the world during the D-Reaper incident and the civilians are still trying to wrap their minds around that let alone the idea of it being solved by children and their pet monsters."
The Director snorts and turns away as Danvers presses another button. "But on that front there is something to look forward to until Project Xavier moves into the starting phase. The Japanese organization who delt with the D-Reaper have finally approved of sending us the information of the children in Japan you mentioned."
"Did they? Show me."
The screen switches and the Director watches as several pictures appear and disappear as they are swiped through by the woman.
"Of course they tried censoring various parts but our people were able to get through the blocks. It's embarrasing how easy it was actually. It appears that the children know each other quite well, Hypnos has several candid photos and video of them together from before the monster incidents started. It's assumed that this boy with the goggles is the leader-"
"Wait, stop." the Director interrupted. "Go back. I want to see that girl again." Danvers complies, bringing up a red head girl glaring at something offscreen. "Well I'll be damned."
"You recognize her?" the Director just waves away the question.
"Things just got more interesting. Get ahold of this Hypnos group. Tell them we want to exchange information. Even more importantly, we want their assistance."
AN: So there we go. It took a lot of work to keep this intentionally confusing, I originally wanted to have a full chase scene between the kid and the government's helicopter but it just wasn't working and wasn't working with the conversation Danvers and the Director have.
I know not refering to the Director by name is probably irritating but I purposely left it vague as to who it is. In fact if it all works out right we won't get a full answer to who it is until the last sentence of this story, that's how far out I have this planned. If I do it right it shouldn't be blatantly obvious as we go along.
I also apologize ahead of the main story, I know next to nothing about New York's geography and locations outside of where various landmarks are and how it looks in Lego Marvel Superheroes. So I apologize ahead of time. Coming up next we catch up with Rika and hopefully some clear indication of where things our in the Tamersverse. "Chapter 1: Soverigns Just Can't Compare to Make Up Work" coming soon! (hopefully!) R&R!