Note: This occurs in the Season 2 time, without the Season 2 Digidestined.
Prologue
The
sky was dark with gray clouds and the night air. A moon shone dimly high above,
watching the treetops on the ground below.
Hidden
beneath those treetops, deep inside the forest, were a few Digimon, standing in
the middle of a cold and dreary night.
One of the Digimon was a gray, skinny goblin like creature. It's head
bobbled up and down as it scurried about the place, in search of something.
It's glimmering eyes reflected the little moonlight that broke through the
tree's leaves.
Another
Digimon stood in the shadows, concealing itself from the world. It's face was
hidden as well as it's body, but one could see very well that it wore a long
black cloak and had long, gruely fingers.
And
to it's side stood a huge, lumbering red Monochromon. It's eyes were blood
red and wide open, it's jaws anxious to bite and tear at something.
"Bagarimon."
The silver goblin Digimon stopped it's scurrying and looked up at the cloaked
Digimon figure.
"Have
you found it yet?" Bagarimon shook it's head in dismay.
"Noooooo…..
But I am SENSING that it is CLOSE by." The cloaked Digimon nodded and waved
his boney hand.
"Proceed"
The goblin Digimon went back to work, sniffing at the ground. The cloaked figure
grinned in delight at the thought of the night's events to come.
"Soon,
our master can be free again, to roam and kill. Oh, this night will be
perfect." A yelp caught the attention of the cloaked Digimon. It turned it's
attention to Bagarimon, who was sitting down on the ground holding up a rigged
little key. The Digimon in the shadows laughed evilly.
"Excellent
my pet." The goblin stood up and took a bow. The Red Monochromon growled at
the goblin, but was soon silenced by a violent hand slap from his master.
"Quiet
you fool. Now, Bagarimon. Will you kindly locate the gate stand and unlock the
portal?" Bagarimon nodded.
"As
you WISH my master." Bagarimon hobbled over to a cluster of bushes and began
to tear off some of the bushes that laid in his way. Cluster after cluster until
he found what he was looking for. It was an ancient block of rock, hidden in the
mists of a forest. The goblin blew the dust off of the top and sniggered. At the
top of the ancient block, was a measly little key hole. The goblin banged on his
chest and roared out in delight.
"QUIET!"
yelled the cloaked Digimon. Bagarimon fell silent and dropped his hands to his
side.
"Excellent."
The cloaked figure said. Slowly, he walked over to the pedestal of rock, leaving
no footprints behind him. With each step he took, the light wind carried off the
soft thudding sound of his feet. When he approached the pedestal, he stopped.
All eyes were on him as he pulled from his cloak, a jar.
"Oh
MASTER!" Bagarimon screeched. He fell down to his knees and bent forward,
worshipping the jar. The cloaked Digimon rolled his eyes.
"Oh
please Bagarimon. We have some work to do here." Bagarimon straightened
himself up.
"Why
yes master."
"Good".
The cloaked Digimon lifted the jar into the moonlight and smiled. "Don't
just stand there, open the portal!" Soft thudding on the ground affirmed the
cloaked Digimon's words.
"Ah…..
master." The jar's contents appeared from nowhere as the moonlight glinted
on the jar. An eerie shadow-like spirit creature was locked up in there. It
floated around in the jar, zipping up and down, left and right, bored out of
it's mind.
"Don't
worry master, we'll get you out of there soon…… Bagarimon….."
"It
open sire!" The cloaked Digimon turned around to find that, indeed, it had
been opened. A silver portal stood in the middle of the forest, glistening and
shining elegantly in the night.
"Now,
we're going to set you free master….. Don't worry, we'll prepare your
kingdom for you when you get back….. Good luck master, until we meet again."
With that, the cloaked figure pried open the jar. Out zoomed the spirit. It
floated in the air for a second or two before disappearing into the portal.
"Close
it." Bagarimon did as he was told. Seconds later, the portal had vanished.
"Well
done. Now, all we have to do is clear this place and prepare it for our
master's return. Are you ready Bagarimon?"
"Yes." The cloaked figure threw his boney fist into the air,
breaking the silence in the night sky.
"Then
onwards!" The trio of Digimon bounded into the forest, leaving no trace behind
that they were ever there.
"Why
did it happen….." muttered a big brown haired boy. His brown eyes were
filled with sorrow as he stared at the computer screen in front of him.
His
room was painted a pale green colour (color) and was messy, with a clothes pile
in the corner of he room. It was silent and lonely, except for the pit and pat
of the rain bouncing off the window. Silent and lonely, the boy thought. Just
like me…..
Everything was rushing towards the Master, as he cackled and laughed. The
world of lights and machines was such a wonder to him. He grinned and zoomed
past a building. Wow, this really is fun, he told himself.
Everyone
in Odaiba was too busy to notice the Master, flying in the air. But then again,
the Master was also flying at a phenomenal speed.
WAHOO!
The Master thought as he did a backflip in the air. He nearly hit a car, but he
didn't care. He felt so carefree at the moment. But that's when he finally
snapped back to reality.
That's
not what you're here for, he thought to himself. He halted almost immediately
in mid-air, hovering above busy traffic.
Now,
that's what I wanted to do… so….. Ah ha! There it is! The Master grinned
on the inside and took off again.
The silence was broken when a brown haired girl opened the bedroom door.
She had her hand on the door knob and one hand on the door side. She looked
onwards and felt a tinge of sadness and guilt inside of her.
"Tai,
are you okay?" The brown haired boy looked up at his sister. His eyes……
his brown solemn eyes….. The girl flinched when she saw his eyes.
"Yeah,
I'm fine." The girl sighed. She knew she shouldn't have that…. That
empty feeling inside of her….. But she couldn't help it when she saw her
brother. Did she do something wrong? Had something happened to him that he
wasn't talking about?
"Okay…..
I was just checking….. Want a drink?" Tai closed his eyes and shook his
head.
"No
thanks Kari. I'm fine." He replied in his calm, quiet voice. It seemed…..
Kari sighed. She couldn't quite put her finger on it.
"Well…..
okay" Kari said before closing the door. Outside of their room, she sighed and
closed her eyes.
I
know your hurt Tai….. But why are you hurt?…..
Kari
let the thought float around in her mind and vanish as she walked towards the
kitchen.
Zoom! The Master passed the huge buildings and was finally seeing green
underneath of him. The Master glanced to his left and saw some roads and a few
more buildings. To his right, he saw houses advancing with lights on. The Master
grinned.
Perfect…..
I'm almost there. He gave himself a slight boost of speed as he sprinted in
the air.
The light pit pat on the window calmed Tai, even if he was calm already.
His eyes were hurting, his legs felt numb, and his neck was aching. But he
didn't feel any of it as he stared at the computer screen.
The
e-mail was right in front of him, and he read it, over and over again. Each time
he finished reading it, he'd take a slight pause and listen to the cool
evening rain tapping against his window. He'd stare out of the bedroom window
and wonder how life was like for every other living soul outside of his bedroom.
Of course, those moments lasted a while, then he would look back at the computer
screen and read the e-mail again.
Tai
shook his head sadly and looked down. It'll never happen, he thought. It never
will.
Zoom zoom! The Master thought. He could tell he was close. REAL close. He
felt the presence of his destination. He felt it clearly inside of him. The
feeling made his whole body tingle with happiness.
And
when the building came into view. The Master laughed. It would all begin so
soon.
And
with another burst of speed, the Master thought to himself, Here I come!
Pit
pat. Pit pat. The
sound echoed and bounced off the walls into Tai's ears.
The young teen closed his eyes, and finally closed the e-mail. He
couldn't tell if he was just tired of reading it or if he was tired in
general. He couldn't. Too many thoughts swirled in his mind all at once, too
many to account for.
He
finally opened his eyes and sighed. He had had enough for the day.
So
Tai began to close off all of his windows when he thought he had heard
something….. very vaguely. Tai shrugged it off.
But
then he felt something enter into his body just so suddenly. He fell forward in
pain and grasped his stomach. It felt as though there was…. An empty, yet,
eerie void filling his stomach. And it was slowly extending outwards into his
arms, his neck, his spine, and his legs. It was excruciating. The pain was
unimaginable. Tai yelped out in pain as he felt the thing beginning to erupt
inside of him.
"AH!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Tai clutched his head as he began to recoil in pain. The thing had covered his
stomach and chest; his inside was hurting like hell as he tried to fight it off.
But he couldn't. He shook his head and felt his legs begin to throw a fit.
He
collapsed off the chair and fell on the soft blue carpet. The thing had
apparently gotten his both of his legs and had gotten to most of him. Tai yelled
again and screeched like he hadn't before. He wished it would all go away, but
it wouldn't. Everything was still there and was killing him! The pain was just
too much. Tai felt his body spasm; he shrieked in pain again.
But
as it came up to his head and his hands, he knew that the pain had gotten to him
all over. The pain had gotten the best of him. He knew it, for he couldn't
tell what was pain anymore because his whole body had just been covered in it.
His
arms were sprawled out in front of him, as was his head. Weakly, Tai lifted up
his head with half closed eyes.
"Help"
he said in a soft, quiet whisper. He extended his arm out. He felt it shake…..
and he felt it fall. He had been defeated by… This unknown pain. It was simply
too much for him.
His
last thought was of his sister, and wondered if she was okay. But it soon
disappeared as his head fell onto the soft carpeted floor. Tai closed his eyes
as he breathed softly.
In
a few seconds, Tai was unconscious.
Kari turned her head to the hallway of the apartment. A blond haired boy
dressed in a green outfit sat on the couch beside Kari, giving her a worried
look.
"Is
something wrong Kari?" A noise echoed throughout the apartment. Kari's eyes
widened as she felt her heartbeat a million times faster.
"TAI!"
she jumped off the couch, accidentally throwing a pillow into T.K's face.
"Hey!
Watch it!" he said as he pulled the pillow off of his face. T.K rubbed his
nose.
"T.K."
The boy looked down at his lap to find Kari's Digimon, Gatomon, sitting there.
The white cat rolled her tail in the air. "What's wrong with Kari?" she
asked innocently. T.K got up off of the couch. Gatomon jumped off of T.K's lap
and landed smoothly on the beige coloured (colored) carpet.
"Come
on, let's go see what happened." T.K bounded off towards the room with
Gatomon close behind him.
Tai opened his eyes. He blinked. It hurt to blink. Groaning, Tai began to
push himself off of the ground. The brown haired boy panted when he was at knee
level.
He
lifted his head at hearing a soft sound. It was coming closer and getting a bit
louder by the moment. I have to get up, he thought to himself.
"Tai!"
The
door opened seconds later. Kari stood in the doorway, her hand on the doorway
looking worriedly into the room.
Everything
seemed normal. The bunk bed sheets were still unmade (Tai's at least), some
clothes were strewn across the bedroom floor, and the computer was still on. Everything looked normal…..
T.K
and Gatomon arrived in the doorway and peeked in as well.
"Well,
nothing looks out of the ordinary to me." T.K said. Except for Tai, he thought
to himself.
The
brown haired teen was sitting in his computer chair, slouched over, staring at
the blue carpet flooring. Kari noticed his brown eyes. They seemed….. empty.
Something about his eyes worried him. They didn't look entirely like his eyes
just minutes ago. Something happened.
"Tai,
what's wrong?" Kari asked in a worried voice. No response. Her brother
stared at the carpet floor, ignoring his sister.
"Tai?"
Kari asked a bit more worried this time. Still no answer. T.K passed Kari and
Gatomon to get a closer look at Tai.
"Hey,
Tai, are you feeling okay?" Silence. "Tai? Can you hear me?"
The
soft pit pats off the window were getting to the young kids. Something was
wrong.
"He's
not responding Kari." Gatomon snorted.
"It
doesn't take a genius to figure that out." Gatomon commented.
Kari
broke pass T.K and Gatomon and knelt down in front of Tai. She looked into
Tai's eyes and found that, indeed, they looked so empty and hollow.
"Tai!
We heard you screaming from the living room. What happened? Oh Tai, please tell
us what's wrong. Please….." Kari plead desperately. But still, her brother
did not respond.
Kari
couldn't help but let the tears begin to flow. Her brother was ignoring her
completely. She heard the screams, his screams of agony and pain. But he
wasn't talking, he wasn't moving, and if she didn't know any better, she
would have thought he wasn't breathing.
"Something
happened to you big brother, and I want to help you.. But I can't unless you
tell us." She said quietly. Still nothing. Kari's voice broke and she let
out the tears. This wasn't like him. This wasn't the Tai she knew. The Tai
she knew would have answered her with his soothing voice and comfort her, even
if he was the one needing comfort. Tai was her big brother and would listen to
her, he wouldn't just cast her away like this. Something was wrong.
Kari
grabbed a hold of her brother's shoulder and shook them violently.
"WHY
WON'T YOU TALK TO US TAI!" she yelled in a fury of frustration and sadness.
T.K.
was about to go and comfort her when he noticed what was outside.
"Look!"
T.K pointed a finger at the window. Gatomon and the tearful Kari peered at the
window. Clearly, in the rain, was a dark shadow flying across the night sky.
It had dark shredded wings that flapped in the rain, never growing
slower.
"It's
a Digimon!" Gatomon yelled as the shadow disappeared from the window view.
Ah yes. I'm writing once again. And I have loads of ideas and stories I WANT to
finish. Hopefully I'll finish some of them by the time another year passes by
(Man, I'm lazy). Well, currently, I guess my focus is on Falling Heavens (3rd
Chapter), Griffon's Decision (Part 2), and this fanfic, which, while I am
writing this, is currently untitled.
I'm thinking of rewriting this chapter though. I rushed the end kind of and it
didn't live up to what I wanted it to be. I will get to that later I suppose.
Hopefully I'll be getting another chapter out of this soon. In the meantime,
I'll Keep on writing! (And so should you)
- Ice Wolf17
