Man Within The Armor
By
Wargreymon
***** = To describe a flashback.
#### = To show a change in location.
Italic = To show a character's thoughts.
Bold = To express great importance.
Who am I? I don't know. My memory is a blur. All I know is that I'm in a never ending nightmare and I can't find a way out. All I ever feel is a cold numbing feeling and a compulsive urge to fight. I want to cry my sorrows away, but I can't even shed a tear. I'm just a lonely soul, trying to find and regain my life. This body is not my own. Where is it, where is the life I left behind......
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Two weeks ago.........
It was a warm and sunny day in February, which is very unusual weather at this time of the year. The scent of freshly fallen snow surrounded the environment, which gave the impression of an early spring. Just then, a young man steps out of his apartment to start off his day. The young adult's name is Joe, a very joyful but isolated person.
Everyday, he would do the exact same things. After he left his apartment, he would proceed to attend his college classes. Even though he was nineteen years old, he still wanted to play games and do the things he used to do in his younger years. But acknowledging his age, only contained the urges the young man had.
Joe always joked around, no matter where he was. On occasions, this kind of behavior was acceptable, but mostly it was intolerable. In between his classes, Joe would go to the college's computing center to mainly amuse himself. He would usually check his email and the club he founded.
Of course to most people, this behavior would show no great importance, but to Joe it was the highlight of his day. You see, Joe is one of many Digimon fans in the world and his club was evidence of that.
He would always fantasize about being a guardian of the Digital World and having his own Digimon partner. Most of the time, it was the only way for him to relax. At times, he thought about it so much, that he had dreams about it. It had gotten to the point of obsession.
The day had turned to night, Joe had returned to find himself feeling different. He would usually feel great to return home, but this time, it was not the good feeling he came to know. The feeling was numb and cold, so he figured he was hungry and proceeded to the kitchen. After dinner, Joe decided to watch some TV. Unfortunately, he still felt sick. This feeling really started to scare Joe. He thought about calling his doctor, but decided it would probably go away if he got some sleep.
"What's happening to me?," Joe thought to himself as he headed to his bedroom. With every step he took, the pain kept getting worse. Finally, Joe arrived in the room to discover that his computer was turned on. This came as an odd thing to Joe, since he had turned it off the night before. But even though the occurrence was unusual, he paid little importance to it, mainly because the pain had gotten so bad that he could hardly move. Joe began to cry out in pain. The pain seemed to show no end, it just kept getting worse.
Just then , the screen changed its appearance, instead of having a Digimon screen saver, it displayed an endless flow of binary numbers. Shocked by this, Joe went to the computer to examine it. But just when he was about to touch the mouse, the screen shut itself off. Joe was obviously surprised by this reaction, but assumed it was just a glitch that needed to be fixed.
He then realized, the pain had ceased. By putting two and two together, Joe came to the conclusion that the computer was causing him that pain. "Huh, it must of been radiation or something like that," Joe said to himself. "Since tomorrow's Saturday, I'll get it fixed tomorrow," Joe thought as he went to bed.
Later that night, while Joe was sleeping, the computer screen turned back on. Unfortunately, Joe was in a deep sleep and didn't hear the disturbance. Again the binary numbers started to appear and yet again the pain started to return as well. Joe instantly, started to toss and turn in his bed until he fell off. Stunned by the pain, Joe looked up only to find the screen back on. Just like last time, Joe proceeded to examine the screen. To his surprise, the numbers were different from last time. Previously, the number were green, but now they were red and moving faster on the screen. Joe knew that this was no glitch at this point and wanted some answers. So he started to click the mouse, but nothing happened. Afterwards, Joe decided to think about the situation in more depth. "You know, this kind of looks like something I would see on Digimon or something," Joe said to himself. "It could also be aliens trying to communicate." Just then, a voice could be heard from the computer screen. Silence human!"
As soon as he heard this, he was immediately petrified by the mysterious voice. Gathering what little courage he had left, Joe replied back to the unknown intruder. "Um, who are you?" "My name is of no importance, what's important is that you look into the screen very carefully." Now Joe knew that this person was up to something, so he inquisitively responded, "Why?" For some odd reason, the voice was irritated by his response and said, "Just do it!" "No, if you're going to be like that, you can forget it!" At this point, the unknown presence knew he wouldn't get Joe to comply unless it tried a different approach. "I'm sorry, you're intitled to an explanation. You see, I'm a Digimon and I need your help. My world is being destroyed by an enemy and you're the only person we can contact for help." "Well, what is it that I can do to help?" "We have a partner waiting for you, so you can confront this enemy." "How do I know if you're telling the truth?" "You don't, you'll have to trust me." Joe knew if he agreed, he would be taking a huge gamble, but, he really didn't like his life anyway and always wanted to go to the Digital World. So, joe gathered up all his courage and agreed. The mysterious voice was pleased, "Excellent! All you have to do is touch the screen." Just as Joe touched the screen, his fingers started to go through it. Joe was then scared and said, "Ah, maybe this isn't such a good idea." "It's too late to turn back now." "Wait, don't, I don't want to go!" "Too bad." "No!" Joe was completely consumed by the screen and was transported to some place entirely different. He couldn't see a thing, the whole environment was pitch black and completely silent. "Ah, who are you?," Joe asked in pure terror. "The enemy I described earlier, remember?," the mysterious voice replied in a tracing echo. "What do you want?" "Your demise of course." "Why, what did I do?" "It's not what you did do, it's what you will do." "What are you talking about?" "You see, the Digimon of this world think, that you are their only hope. Of course, I sincerely doubt that, but just to be on the safe side..." Joe then prepared to be destroyed and said, "Well, I guess I won't get a Digimon after all." Surprised by this, the voice started to laugh. "Ha hah ah, you're telling me that instead of feeling sorry for yourself, all you care about is seeing a Digimon?" "Yeah." "Oh, that's rich. Well, if you really want to see a Digimon, I'll give you a front row seat!" Just then, the surroundings had changed entirely, instead of having a dark look, the environment had become a source of binary numbers. Just then, the pain had returned, only this time he couldn't move. The pain kept growing more and more, to the point that Joe wanted to faint. He started to feel his body rip apart. Soon, the pain was too much and Joe begged for help. "Please, I'm sorry for any pain I've caused you! Just please, stop it!" Finally, Joe gave up and fainted. Time and space was completely altered from that point on.
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When Joe had woken up, he felt very unusual. "Wow,
was that was a terrible dream, what the...?" He then noticed, that the
environment was not of earth. "Oh man! I gotta look around!" But
as soon as he tried to get up, he heard a clanking sound. "What the heck
was that?" He then wanted to know where the sound came from and who made
it. As soon as he tried to get up this time, he noticed something very
unusual about his body. "What the ....? No, no this can't be happening!
I'm a Digimon, and judging by this armor there's only one Digimon I can
be. I'm Wargreymon!!!!"
To be continued.................
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