Digimon and it's characters do not belong to me. Jasir and Oxinimon (plus his Digi-volutions) do, on the other hand.

Never deny the universe of what it wants;
you may regret the day you were born.

Prologue

This world... This world where reason has no form and logic has no purpose. Creatures of all shapes and sizes lived here, in harmony, even when evil monsters roamed the ground, pools, and wind.

He looked around with brown, unhumane eyes, searching for some way to get back home. The stromilth must've booted up an alien programming, but from where?

He walked, glaring at the innocent beasts in his way and hiding when something huge approached and passed. Kaeda, this place is bizarre. What if this planet is a giant cage for on-lookers to spy on? But, how did I get here? My stromilth isn't powerful enough for teleportation, let alone strong enough to send me to a different world.

A pool came into his view, one of clear white water. It was amazing. He frowned and places his hands on his hips, remembering imediately the strange device he had put in there only a few hours previous to being transferred. He took it out and looked at it. The clear panel on it's-- front?-- was glowing softly. Odd. It hadn't done that before...

The flora grew still, the wind stopped blowing, and the white water froze. All that he could hear was the low, high-pitch shrill that got louder as seconds past by, originating from the strange machine.

Suddenly, two creatures popped out from the foliage, a small black one running away from a yellow animal with wing-tipped ears and a hard shell upon it's back. The black one had no feet and hopped along, while the other bounded after it on four stubby legs. "Come back here! I will not allow you to escape!"

"Help me!" cried the small one as he raced towards the third creature in the small pool-glade: himself. The tiny creature bounced up into his arms and cowered there as the bronze-ish monster slid to a hault, gaping up at him. He sneered.

The monster began backing away, steps slow and uneasy. "I don't know what you are, but what you have in your hands is an evil waiting to be reborn. If you have any compassion for him, I will have to arrest you by the will of Gennai and the four guardians."

His eyebrows shot up, curiously. This beast spoke in a strange language, but he could understand it. Was there a translator somewhere? "What are you."

"My name is Armadillomon, and, I repeat, drop Askabimon or pay the consequences."

His brows lowered then, drawed together as he frowned, then peered down at the black form in his arms. It shook with fear. It looked like a small, lost child, scared and wanting it's birth-giver. He felt deeply moved by this.... Askabimon. "No. Leave it be, or you, my friend, will be the one paying the consequences." Why did I just say that?

"Put him down! You have no idea what you're tampering with!"

"I do.... I do."

Armadillomon rushed at him, intending of getting the being to drop the creature. The shrilling rang true and Askabimon jumped from his arms, a white light flooding over his small body. "Askabimon, digi-volve to..... Oxinimon!"

The light faded, and what was left behind was a bigger monster, black with jagged, grey streaks cutting across his furred back. Pointed ears shot up and a thin, long tail waved back and forth, a puff of red on it's tip. He wasn't much bigger than Armadillomon, but he was, indeed, much stronger as the yellow beast rammed his head into Oxinimon's chest and did no damage. Oxinimon was pushing Armadillomon back, as both fought to make the other heed.

Oxinimon forced Armadillomon back far enough before lifting him up into his hind legs and shoved him into his shell. Four legs flailed in the air, struggling to get back up on his feet. Armadillomon didn't trust Oxinimon to not pull off a move and the others had to appear soon, or they'd lose the monster for good. "Gatomon! Hawkmon! Saidramon's lake! Now!"

He frowned once more. What were these names he called out? "Oxinimon, silence him!"

"Right!" His blue eyes started to glow and cried out, "Black Whisps!"

A dim, dark mist started to surround the flipped animal, encircling him. Armadillomon had just gotten back onto his feet when it was all around him. He gave a startled gasp when he found that he couldn't escape it. And through the mist, he could see Oxinimon's evil smirk perfectly as he shouted, "Stardust spike!"

Inside the sphere, white sparks showered the shelled monster and he screamed in pain....

~*~*~*~*~

Gatomon raced through the woods on all fours, hurrying towards Saidramon's lake. Hawkmon was sailing above the treetops, flapping his wings as quickly as he could.

We can't lose Askabimon now, thought the white cat. All that work will be for nothing...

Both came upon the glade at the same time, finding it empty in the fadce of the night. "Rats," said Hawkmon, landing beside Gatomon. "They aren't here... but what is that smell?"

"I don't know. Smells morbid, though...." Her night vision showed nothing in the glade that indicated where Armadillomon or Askabimon went to... Wait. "Over there!" She pointed a gloved claw over on the other side of the small pond, something black, huddled on the ground. "Come on, let's go!"

The small avian followed Gatomon around the curve of the lake towards what she saw. When she stopped over the black form, gave a start and cried out, "Armadillomon!"

The armored digimon was burned to a crisp and barely holding on to his thread of life. He was hardly recognizable and the funny smell was strong. The golden shell was cracked, blood slowly oozing out of it. Blood was everywhere, in fact, covering the grass and seeping into the ground.

"Armadillomon, wake up. Please, wake up!" Gatomon was gently shaking the large digimon, keeping in check any frantic motions. "You need to wake up.."

Hawkmon gave a saddened expression and walked over to the other side of his friend, fanning a light breeze at his face. "C'mon Armadillomon. We'll get you some help... if you just open your eyes."

As if in answering, the digimon did opened his eyes, but the other two suddenly wished he hadn't. Once bold and blue, those eyes were now bloodshot and white, and a lost tear shed from the one near Gatomon. A hoarse cough errupted from him and the bloodspill quickened. Hawkmon and Gatomon did their best to still him and pressed down on his major wounds. "What happened, Armadillomon?"

"Aska'mon... he attacked.... Stardust..."

"Shhhh," cooed Hawkmon, brushing his feathers lightly over Armadillomon's muzzle. "Slow down and take it easy."

"He digi-volved.... Oxinimon... He... injected a virus.... into me.... Said I won't... be coming back...."

Gatomon's eyes widened. A stopping virus. He won't be reborn as a digi-egg. "Oh... oh no. Armadillomon, we'll get you to Gennai, or maybe Azulongmon or Jijimon or.. or... or someone!"

"No..." breathed Armadillomon, starting to close his eyes again. "There's..... something else here.... It's not human.. but... I don't know." He could feel his bits of data starting to disperse. "Just.... Somehow.. tell Iori that... I love him."

The pair of eyes closed, forever, and the once-golden digimon fell laxed, peacefulness crossing over his burnt face. Moments later, he burst into a large cluster of data bits, and the two Choosen digimon watched as they passed through their fingers and light up the night sky with the stars.

~*~*~*~*~

"Okay, now, repeat what I told you."

"This place is called the Digital World, or Digiworld for short, home of digimon, or digital monsters. They are a part of a mainframe that only people from Earth have been able to tap into. There are three kinds of digimon: vaccine, data, and virus. You are a virus. What I have is a digivice which allows you to digi-volve, a process that makes digimon stronger. There are seven stages, six minus the egg stage. Baby, in-training, rookie, champion, ultimate, and mega. You are a rookie."

Oxinimon smiled toothily. "You're a fast learner, Jasir. I'm honored to be your partner."

Jasir nodded and stood up, holding Oxinimon in his arms. "I hope so, because," he gestured with a free hand to the beautiful landscape, "this world.. is so breathtaking... I want it."

"This is our destiny, Jasir. I'll follow you, no matter what we become or what happens. Evil or good."

The boy smirked. "This will be ours, Oxinimon. I promise you."