Hey guys, this is week 2 of The Odaiba Games. This may say prologue but it's really the epilogue for week 1. I put it here for reference.
Enjoy ;)
I DON'T OWN DIGIMON NOR THE WORLD ENDS WITH YOU
PROLOGUE
When the light cleared and Gabumon and Palmon uncovered their eyes, they found themselves in a strange place. They seemed to be standing in the middle of a blank white abyss.
Then, they heard the sound of someone clapping. Turning around, they saw the tall man in the dark red business suit and maroon hair. They noticed the wings on his back as he was walking towards them.
"Gabumon and Palmon, I would like to formally congratulate you two for being the victors of the Odaiba Games." he said. Gabumon and Palmon remained silent.
"Ah allow me to introduce myself. Damian Amos, Conductor of the games."
"We know you're a Digimon disguised as a human so your human name really doesn't matter." Palmon said.
Damian glared at her angrily for interrupting him but he continued. "I see. I would like you to know that I am not here to hurt you in any way. I am here only to give back your entry fee and to give you back your lives."
"Wait, what happens to the other players?" Gabumon asked.
"That is not your concern." Damian said simply.
"What happens to them?" Gabumon repeated and Damian finally gave in.
"They have to choices." Damian began. "One, they can choose to be erased instantly and completely give up on life."
"That must be for those who don't want to go back to their old lives." Gabumon said.
"If they choose not to be erased then their second choice..." Damian gave an evil grin. "Is that they have to play the games...again."
"What?" Gabumon yelled shocked and angry.
"They have to go through that nightmare again?" Palmon asked angrily.
"Of course." a smiling Damian said. "Since the week began, our replacement Game Master has been killing digimon and sending them to the games. The games will continue on for as long as we exist. The only way out is through victory or erasure!"
"You're evil!" Gabumon yelled angrily.
"Oh be quiet. Just be content that you have won and can return to your old lives." Damian said seriously.
Gabumon opened his mouth to talk back but Palmon stopped him." We'll stop you. After Gabumon and I meet up, we're going to make sure no one has to play these games again."
Damian didn't reply and turned away from them. "That is enough. I will now return your entry fee and sent you back to the human world."
Vanished leaving a still angry Gabumon and Palmon behind. Both of their bodies began to glow and as they did, images rush into their minds.
Their memories were returning to them; they saw images of the times they spent with their partners, their adventures they had in the past, the battles they had and best of all, they remembered each other, how they were already together before the games.
They both flashed a great white light and when it was over, they found themselves in the very same park where they were killed. Looking up, they saw that it was sunset.
Gabumon, with a smile on his face, asked: "You've got your memories back?"
Palmon nodded and said: "We're alive again. I...I'm so glad."
"Hey, I'm just glad that I'm able to keep my promise." Gabumon said.
He smiled at her and she rushed into his open arms. They pressed their lips together in a loving embrace and parted with their arms still around each other.
"Y'know, we should go back. Matt and Mimi really miss us." Palmon said.
"Alright, I'll see you later OK?" Gabumon said. They hugged one last time before going their separate ways.
"Matt! Matt!" Gabumon yelled as he rushed into the house. "Matt, are you here? Matt!"
There was long silence after Gabumon spoke. Then, he heard the sound a door opening, rushed footsteps and then, Matt appeared right in front of Gabumon.
They stood in silence with a shocked expression on both of their faces. Matt slowly walked to his partner trying to tell if this was an illusion or not and then ran and embraced his partner.
"You...You're back..." Matt said shakily. "But...But I saw you..."
"It's OK Matt. Everything fine now." Gabumon replied. "I'm back and that's all that matters."
"Hey what's goin-" TK said entering the room with Patamon.
"Wha but...but...you're alive!" Patamon spoke for his partner's sake.
"Wait, if your alive, then is Palmon alive too?" TK asked.
"Yes she is." Gabumon replied. "By now, she's already at Mimi's house."
"sniff...Palmon, I...I thought I'd never see you again!" Mimi sobbed as she embraced her partner. Both girls were crying.
"Mimi...I"m so glad I was able to come back." Palmon sobbed in turn and the two girls remained sobbing into each others arm for several minutes.
After a while, Mimi wiped a tear from her eye and said: "Everyone's missed you Palmon. They'll be so happy when they see you later."
"Why? Do you have plans tonight?" Palmon asked curiously.
Mimi smiled and said: "Yes just earlier today, we found out we won the free tickets and backstage passes to the Lily Deus concert later.
Two hours later, Matt and Mimi decided to surprise the others at the same concert hall Gabumon and Palmon saw on the first day. Everyone was at the entrance except for Matt and Mimi. Then, they showed up with their partners and everyone's jaw dropped for a few second and then they started to cheer for their return.
"But I heard from Gennai that your data didn't go back to Primary Village." Izzy told them. "there's no way you two could have possibly been reformatted."
"Yeah." Gomamon said. "What happened to you two?"
At that question, Gabumon and Palmon's smiles turned into looks of sadness as the memories of that horrible incident entered their minds. "I'm sorry but it's just to painful to tell." Palmon said. Everyone seemed to understand.
"Well, what's important is that your here." Kari said. "C'mon, we better get inside." Everyone nodded and entered the building.
Sora, Mimi, Kari and Yolei were the ones who were most excited and kept chatting to each other about Lily. Gabumon and Palmon, who were oblivious to the past week's events tried to find out what was going on.
"So who exactly is Lily Deus?" Palmon asked.
Gatomon, who had heard Kari talk about Lily several times answered. "She's this hit teen idol who's got fan all over the world. She's a singer, dancer and a song writer and it just so happens that she's having a concert here in Odaiba."
"And we've got the backstage passes and free tickets almost every other girl in the city would kill for." Biyomon, who also heard the many talks of her partner about Lily, added.
The Digidestined entered the main concert area where a large stage decorated with violet, which was Lily's favorite color, flowers. Majority of the audience were girls but there were a few boys. They took their seats and began to wait.
"It's almost starting." Yolei said excitedly looking at her watch. A few seconds later, Lily Deus walked on stage. Just as Gabumon and Palmon saw her, she was a very attractive for a teenager. She had short black hair, her lips were deep red and she was wearing yellow nail polish for the occasion. She wore a simple purple dress which made a huge impact on the crowd.
at her appearance, Kari, Sora, Yolei, Mimi and every other girl screamed at the top of their lungs. The Digimon had to cover their ears to drown out the screaming. There was then a loud crack as Joe's glasses shattered.
"All this over one human?" Tentomon yelled over the girls' screams.
"What?" Veemon, who was closest asked but could not be heard. They girls screams died down and Lily took the microphone.
"Hey there Odaiba!" she said and the whole audience cheered again. Armadillomon's teeth chattered as his shell reverberated with the screams. "It's really great to be here. I know you all have been waiting for me so here I go!"
And then she began to sing. Her voice could only be describes as angelic, alluring and captivating. The whole audience, who was screaming before, remained silent as Lily sang. Everyone within the sound of her voice felt a calming sensation in their hearts as all the problems of the world had vanished...
After the concert was over and while the other fans left, the Digidestined went backstage where they encountered a man wearing a cap with the word "Security" blocking their way.
"Passes please." he said and Sora gave them their backstage passes. He examined them carefully, trying to see if they were fake but they passes the inspection and were let through.
"OK, now I'm nervous." Mimi said as all four girls trembled before the door to Lily's room. Dora stretched out her hand to knock but was to nervous to do so.
"Oh for the love of..." Matt muttered before going to the door and knocking on it himself. Before any of the girls could react, the words:" Come in" came from behind. The girls took a deep breath and opened the door.
There standing on a couch while reading a magazine was Lily Deus. She glanced at her visitors and they screamed at the top of their lungs while everyone else instinctively covered their ears.
"Wow, you guys sure are rowdy." Lily said with a smile. "C'mon, take a seat you guys." Everyone took a seat on the couches and introductions were made; the girls were fighting over who got to sit closest to Lily.
"So did you guys like my concert?" Lily asked.
"It was awesome. I loved every second of it." Kari replied.
"I'm glad you like it." Lily said before facing the boys. "So how did you guys like it?"
"It was great except for the fact that the screaming shattered my glasses." Joe said holding up his broken pair.
"Oh, sorry about that." Lily said. "Almost every concert I've been in the world was that loud. Anyway, who wants autographs?"
The four girls stood up excitedly and presented their shirts to be signed. "You're going to give up a perfectly good shirt for an autograph?" Hawkmon asked his partner.
"Yes I would." Yolei answered simply. Lily took a marker from her bag and signed the shirts of the four girls.
"I could just die right now and I wouldn't complain!" Mimi said with stars in her eyes.
"Oh don't worry. I'm sure you won't die anytime soon." Lily said with a smile.
Just then, Tai noticed something sticking out of Lily's bag. He got it and saw that it was a photo of Lily with the Arc de Triomphe in the background. She was holding something that looked like a small grey computer mouse with two grey antennae and red eyes.
"Hey Lily, is this a Digimon?" Tai asked.
"Actually he is." Lily said taking the photo and showing it to everyone. "I'm actually one of you guys, a Digidestined and this is me and my partner MetalKoromon in Paris." She put the photo back in her bag. "But it's a shame; he's been feeling under the weather lately and couldn't come to the concert but I wouldn't be surprised if he's watching TV right now cheering my name."
"He must really be devoted to you." Davis commented.
"Yes, yes he is." Lily said but there was a hint of sadness in her voice. "Anyway, I've got a problem you girls could possibly help me with."
"What is it?" Sora asked.
"You see, I've got this new look Ive been working on and I want your opinion. Also, I've got all these dresses and I've run out of room in my closet." Lily began. "So I was wondering if you girls could take them off my hands-"
"Me! Me! Pick Me!" Kari screamed. The other girls screamed too.
"Hang on." said Lily. "We won't all fit in the dressing room and since Kari asked first It'd be fair that she goes first."
"Yay!" Kari said while the other girls looked at her with envy. She , Gatomon and Lily stood up and went to the dressing room.
"Wait." Lily said stopping them. "I'm trying to appeal to boy too so I'll need a guy's opinion-"
"Davis get over here!" Kari yelled. Davis looked startled for a bit before obeying. Everyone sweat dropped as Lily, Kari, Davis and their partners left.
Lily was right; All of them couldn't fit in the room but there was enough room for all of them. She led them to the closet at the corner of the room and opened it.
"Wow Lily, you have so many dresses." Kari said as they peered inside and saw several dresses and outfits for Lily. Majority of them were purple.
"Go ahead. Pick one you like." Lily said. Kari rummaged through the closet until she pulled out a fancy pink dress that looked like it was for formal balls.
"How do I look?" Kari said holding the dress up to her.
"You look great Kari." Gatomon said.
"It looks great on you." Davis said and Veemon nodded.
"Thanks. So Lily, what's this new look you were talking about?" Kari asked.
"Oh hang on. I'll show you." Lily said and she walked away from the group, faced them and closed her eyes. Everyone wondered what she was doing.
Her body suddenly arced forward and her nails lengthened to the point that they looked more like claws. Worse still, a pair of black tattoo wings shot out of her back.
"So, does this look suit me?"
She lunged forward and swung her arms. Her left arm knocked Davis and Kari into the closet and closed the door while her right arm hit the two Digimon. Veemon fell to the floor and Gatomon ended up with her back against the wall.
"You're mine kitty!" Lily yelled as she lunged at Gatomon claws ranged. The latter was too surprised to dodge and closed her eyes and waited for her death.
She heard a splattering sound and felt blood come onto her chest but there wasn't any pain at all. Wondering why, she opened her eyes and they widened in shock.
Veemon stood facing her, his hands spread with a shocked look on his face. Looking down, she saw Lily's hand impaled through his chest.
"Veemon..." Gatomon said. His mouth moved as if he were trying to say something.
"R...Ru..."
Behind him, Lily was smiling and said: "If you think you've saved her, then you're sadly mistaken."
With a loud cry, Lily pushed her arm forward. It slid past Veemon and entered Gatomon's chest up to her wrist. Gatomon's eyes widened in shock just like Veemon and pain shot through her body. Lily retracted her arm and Veemon and Gatomon fell to the ground; a puddle of their own blood started to form. Lily giggled and slowly licked the blood from her hands.
Then, two things happened at the same time. The door to the room opened and the rest of the Digidestined, who became suspicious after they heard a thud, peered inside and the closet door finally opened and Davis and Kari were able to look out. They looked from the dying bodies of Veemon and Gatomon to the blood on Lily's hand.
"Sh-She's a-!" Palmon yelled pointing at Lily.
"Ta Ta everyone." Lily said with a wink before vanishing into thin air. Davis and Kari saw their dying partners.
"No...this can't be happening..." Davis said as he looked at his dying partner.
"Gatomon please don't die!" Kari tearfully screamed.
Just then, Gabumon and Palmon separated themselves from the group and knelt before Veemon and Gatomon. Their eyes swiveled towards them.
"Just, listen." Gabumon said seriously. "Do whatever the mission tells you to do and do it before time runs out. The Noise are the creatures you'll end up fighting; do what you can to stay alive and...good luck."
Everyone else didn't understand what he was talking about. Then, Veemon and Gatomon closed their eyes and were nothing but data that floated away.
"Wh...what's going to happen to them?" Matt asked.
"What happened to us." Gabumon said as he stood up and spoke to everyone in the room.
"They're being forced into the Odaiba Games..."