One strange adventure. Chapter 1 – Unpredictable turn.

Disclaimer: I own neither star wars nor digimon.

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Hi, people! Err, it is not "Evil Nazgul", the author of this fanfic, it is his younger sister. I'm a fan of Rika and Renamon, and also of those guys in shiny white armor from Star Wars =P. My older brother wrote this for my birthday, this was his gift, along with an MP3 player and a disc of the game "Star Wars Republic commando". He hasn't published this story, because he thinks his stories are not good enough to read, no matter how many times I tried to convince him of the opposite, because I like his stories very much. So, while my brother is out for a medical check, I decided to make him a surprise, by publishing this story here for him. I know this little mischief won't make him angry, though =) There are quite few things that can make my older brother upset, angry. Oh, by the way, if you do like the story my brother wrote, don't forget to write some reviews! They make my brother very happy (^_^)

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…The fierce battle was ravaging the peaceful Shinjuku as Indramon was viciously waging one attack after another towards the three children, and their friends – their digimon partners, who dared to stand against the mighty Deva. And the battle was not going well for the brave children, Indramon was far more powerful, his power was immense compared to the digimon who fought alongside them. After all, he was an Ultimate level digimon, and his opponents were just a bunch of Champion level digimon. Plus, Indramon had a special and intimidating power. His giant horn was able to launch devastating attacks, and was able to absorb any attack, and launch it back, powered up ten times. Indeed, a powerful foe. Kyubimon, Gargomon and Growlmon, they were not powerful enough to stop this menace, their attacks were absorbed by the horn and launched against them. Their powers were draining, yet they all were determined to fight to the bitter end.

"Your courage is admirable, yet I will have to put an end to this…" Indramon said with a loud deep voice and launched an attack known as "Horn of desolation" against the tamers and their digimon. At the very same time Yamaki, the coordinator of the "Hypnos" organization, in a last attempt to stop the giant digimon, launched an underpowered Juggernaut program, a new experimental weapon he created to fight digimon… But, as it was said, the weapon was still untested, and while not doing any serious damage to Indramon, it tempered much with the powerful attack wave of his. When the attack was about to slam the position of the tamers, this program affected it much, interfering with the power and matter on subatomic level, creating a strange sort of a wormhole… And this wormhole was sucking everything inside like a twisted vacuum cleaner. Digimon were able to resist, and their tamers grabbed to anything, so that they would not be sucked in there. One particular tamer, Rika Nonaka, was not that lucky, the wormhole opened right in front of her.

"Kyubimon! HEEEEEEELP!" she screamed as she felt she was sucked inside.

"I'm coming, Rika! Hold on!" the nine – tailed kitsune replied and jumped to the hole to save Rika from it, but it was too late. Rika already was flying towards the hole.

"NOOOOOOOO!!!!" Takato and Henry screamed simultaneously as Rika was sucked into the wormhole, followed by her faithful digimon. The rift closed immediately after it "devoured" its victims…

…Meanwhile, in a galaxy far far away, in a different reality and timeline, there were Clone Wars. Republic's secret weapon – a massive clone army, was fighting hard against the separatists droid forces. Although the droids had overwhelming numbers at their side, their lack of intellect was giving the clone forces an advantage, enabling even one clone to take down at least 20 of battle droids before dying. After a successful diversion on one of the giant droid factories, in which extra 5 percent of carbon was added to the metal for droid bodies, made droids extremely fragile. Thus, one regular clone was able to take down 50 droids on his own for a while, till the separatists fixed the problem. With Jedi knights fighting as generals and commanders for the Grand Army of the Republic, the odds in the war were slowly coming to their favor. Of course, Separatists had their own great leaders, Count Dooku and General Grievous, but their efforts were not enough to stop the progress of the Republic…

…Count Dooku was meditating in the big room, which was called his "office". He spent all day overseeing the construction of a new base with a droid factory on the planet Tibrin, which would be a great outpost against any incoming republican attacks, and was quite tired. The only sentient things near the count were a couple of B1 battle droids. They were not disturbing Dooku not one bit, as he considered them as furniture. Dooku disliked the droid's abilities though. Instead of building more expensive, yet more superior in combat, B2 super battle droids, the neimodians considered to build hordes of those B1s, who were looking impressive on the march, but were totally worthless in combat.

His apprentice, general Grievous, who was the Supreme commander of the droid forces, begged him a couple of times to convince the neimodians to build B2 droids instead of B1, because B1s were "Useless things. A greater danger to us than to Jedi" as Grievous said himself. Grievous insisted that with such worthless warriors forming the backbone of the army it is almost impossible to win a ground battle against a far more trained soldiers of the Republic. But there was nothing he could do, when it was coming to funds, the neimodians resisted as much as they could, and were able to resist even their fear of Darth Tiranus a.k.a Count Dooku, who also was the Lord of the Sith. He was in a meditative trance, when he suddenly felt something odd.

"I sense … a disturbance in the force… What could it be? I'm sure that no Jedi spy would have revealed his presence in such a brute way… This must be investigated…" he said slowly to himself and lifted himself from the chair. No, a Sith Lord cannot get some rest, there is always work that needs to be done…

…Rika and Kyubimon were tossed out from the small wormhole that sucked them in earlier. They were both unconscious for some time, and Kyubimon de – evolved into Renamon again. The terrain around them was like a desert, but the air was humid. Renamon woke up first and rushed to her tamer to check up if she was alright. After finding no injuries, she calmed herself down and waited for Rika to wake up. She didn't have even a slightest idea where they were now, but it was irrelevant for now. Renamon just waited for her tamer to wake up. After a half of an hour Rika regained consciousness as well. She slowly opened her eyes and the first thing she saw was a shadow towering above her. It appeared to be her Renamon.

"Thank goodness, you're awake. I was getting worried." Rena said calmly. Rika noticed the strange glare her digimon was giving her.

"What's that glare for?" she asked coldly, not that she wanted to offend her digimon, it's just that ice – blue glare was making her uneasy.

"Oh, right. Sorry." her digimon apologized quickly. Rika looked around her with an amazed glare. The last thing she remembered was that she was sucked into the rift. Apparently her digimon was dragged there as well.

"Were you not fast enough to get me away from that hole?" Rika demanded harshly. Rena felt a slight guilt because of that.

"Apparently, not. That's why we both are here now. I'm sorry." she replied coldly, yet Rika noticed the sadness Rena was trying to hide.

"At least now I am not stuck in this mess alone… Anyway, where are we?" Rika asked with a much milder tone, she understood that now it is not the right time to quarrel with each other.

"I don't know. Definitely not somewhere in Japan. From what I have read there are no such landscapes anywhere in Japan." Renamon said, and this revelation distorted Rika very much. Suddenly she realized that they were not in Japan and very far away, in the desert, with no communication or means of survival. Rika was feeling that she was about to panic.

"Uh… Um … where is that portal again?" she asked with fright, she was not prepared for this shock not one bit. Renamon noticed that her tamer was about to panic. Who could blame her? The predicament was truly dire.

"The portal disappeared. We cannot go back the way we came here." she said calmly, trying to calm Rika down. Rena was not worried for herself, she was quite ready for such situations and she would survive, but it was her tamer she was worried about.

"What do you mean … closed? Oh my…" Rika said in shock and fell to the ground again. It was a real shock to her. Renamon knew that her tamer is a strong person, who would tangle any obstacle in her way, but this predicament … it was just too much out of hand.

"What should I do now? How can we get back? No money, no food, no shelter, no nothing… All my life is in my home, my friends, and my … parents. It's all … gone…" Rika mumbled in frustration.

"Don't worry, Rika. I'm sure it'll be alright. We'll just find some place with a telephone, and will call for help… Everything will be alright…" Rena tried to cheer Rika up. "At least I hope we'll find any phone in this desert…" she thought.

"Yes, right. I will not give up…" Rika said, and whipped the water from her eyes, and regained a determined look. Renamon smiled unnoticed. "Yes, that's the tamer I always knew. Don't give up." she thought, and she was right. Rika was not going to give up…

Then, suddenly, Rena heard something. It sounded like some metal hitting the ground, as if something made of metal was going towards their direction.

"Rika, something is coming. We must hide." Rena said, as she regained a battle – ready look.

"Why, maybe it is help?" Rika inquired, but Rena only shakes her head in disagreement.

"No, it is not help. And it is not someone alive for that matter. Trust me. It is not friendly." yellow digimon convinced Rika. They both have hidden behind a big stone, when whatever Rena sensed has made an appearance. A straight column of battle mechanisms marched by the sandy road, probably patrolling. They were looking like a strange combination between a skeleton and a bug. Their movements were monotonic, and the whole column was straight and working like a mechanism.

"What are those?" Rika asked while watching the strange creatures with amazement and fright. And she was a bit frightened, because each of these strangers had a black thing in hands, and it resembled a gun just too much.

"I don't know. I have never seen such things. They appear to be … some sort of mechanisms … and they are armed." Renamon whispered quietly.

"You mean … they are robots?" Rika asked a bit too loudly.

"Yes and … I think they have spotted us." Renamon hissed, because the column has stopped, and a bit high – pitched monotonic voice was heard.

"Wait, I heard something from behind that stone. Check it out, private." a droid, probably the commander, said.

"Roger, roger." the other droid replied with the same voice, and walked clumsily to the stone.

"They will spot us…" Rika said quietly to Renamon. Rena only clenched her fists. The droid approached the stone and suddenly squealed with his high – pitched voice:

"Halt! Identify yourself!" Rena and Rika remained petrified. The other droids have approached the stone in a perfectly straight line, holding their guns ready to fire. After receiving no answer, the droid said loudly:

"You're trespassing on a guarded territory. Put your hands in the air and surrender, you are under arrest." After these words Renamon jumped to an attack. Like a yellow lightning she bolted out from the stone, landing behind the droids, launching a devastating volley of blade – sharp diamonds, which shattered the bodies of 3 droids. The others have quickly turned around and launched a barrage of powerful, yet quite inaccurate red blaster bolts. Rika was shocked when she saw the enemies' weapons at work, but not because she never saw lasers, but because it meant for her clearly – they are not anywhere ON THIS EARTH. Renamon delivered one blow after another from the air and with lightning speed, destroying the droids, but, unfortunately, she was not fast enough. The commander droid managed to send a stress signal to the control center…

…Meanwhile at that control center count Dooku was waiting for reports. It was his order to send out scouts throughout the territory where he sensed a disturbance, and he was preparing everything for the capture of the Jedi. Yes, he was expecting the Jedi, because he was not able to think up another source of disturbance besides the Jedi. Already two transports filled with B2 battle droids and droidekas were prepared to be launched by his command. And, finally, a report came:

"Sir, this is OOM – 291 command droid. We are under attack. Two beings spotted in the perimeter. We …" and then it ended, because Rena smashed the commander to a pile of scrap. But I was enough for Dooku to understand what was going on.

"Intercept the place from where the signal was received." he commanded to the nearby droid.

"Roger, roger." a standard reply came to his request.

"The coordinates are 228 – R0, sir." the droid said after a minute. Count went out of the control center to the landing pad, where his transport ships were waiting. "I will take care of this myself." he thought then, as the heavy metal ship of strange form lifted from the ground…

…Meanwhile, this little battle was over. Renamon easily destroyed all of the flimsy battle droids, without receiving even a scratch. The droid's remains were all over the place.

"Hm, they weren't so tough." she said confidently.

"You understand that no one uses lasers back on Earth…" she said to Renamon quietly. Rena understood it now, that they were not anywhere on their home planet.

"Curses… Don't worry, Rika, I'm sure we'll find a way to get back…" she quickly assured her tamer, who was having trouble to stand because of such a blow.

"We are not on Earth… Great. Super… I'll just wait here till I wake up and this nightmare is over…" she mumbled again and sat on the ground.

"Err, Rika … sorry to disappoint you, but … this is not a dream, this is reality, although a twisted one."

"Shut up! I don't want to believe you!" Rika screamed at her loud. Water appeared at her eyes again. And, once again, who could have blamed her? If she would be on the Earth somewhere, it would be easier to get back home, she would have had a plan then. But how can you escape from another galaxy? Rika didn't know the answer to that question.

"Rika… I'm sorry, but, right now, we must figure out what to do next. I know how important your friends were to you… But, I beg you, calm down yourself… Calm down." Renamon implored her, it was too painful for her to see her tamer in such a state. And the worst thing was that she was not able to help it.

Rika was touched by such a concern over her. She never saw her Renamon that way, and that was quite an amazing surprise. But one phrase pricked her hard, about her friends and their importance. Rika realized only now that she didn't really care for them all this time, and now, when they are far away, she understood how much all they meant to her. Like it is with all people, they realize the importance of something only when they lose it…

"Rika, we must get a move on, before more … battle robots arrive." Rena suggested as she was trying to hear anything that might approach.

"Yes, you're right. Let's go." Rika replied with a dim voice. The situation got her really frustrated and sad, even though she tried to hold it. Renamon pointed out to herself that her tamer was holding better than the most adults, yet she felt that her tamer was coming to the limit. Rena knew what important role she was playing now, and Renamon knew that she was only support for her tamer. And she was ready to support her with all her strength. Renamon was loyal to Rika to the extreme, and was hoping that some day all her efforts would be appreciated…

…They were walking in the desert for about 15 minutes. Rika was walking while staring into a spot on the ground, she was feeling strong sadness within her soul. Her world was shattered, she was in the middle of nowhere with no place to go, without any support, besides her faithful Renamon, and in a place, where warrior robots were patrolling the area, searching for them. And her immense sadness was not left unnoticed. It was like a beacon for the force – sensitive count Dooku, who directed the transport towards it. "What immense source of sadness… I have never sensed something like this before. It must be investigated…" Dooku thought then.

"Fly in that direction." he commanded and pointed the way with his finger.

"Roger, roger." the pilot droid replied…

…Rika and Renamon suddenly stopped. Some strange sound, which was like some sort of a hovercraft coming, was heard.

Something is coming towards this direction… Fast." Rena said calmly. Rika came closer to Renamon, she was afraid. Rena noticed that quickly.

"What's wrong, Rika?" she questioned.

"I think that this something that is coming is dangerous. I don't know why, but somehow I sense that this thing has bad intentions, and it is coming for us…" she mumbled, as 3 flying bulky aircrafts appeared from the horizon, and were coming in fast.

"We cannot run from that…" Rena managed to say, as the flying transports landed in 20 meters distance, forming a circle around the poor girl and her digimon.

The large hatches opened, and the darkness within the transport was lighted by dozens of red "eyes". Then, with a familiar metallic monotonous clank the droids have emerged from the depth of their transports. They were different from those Renamon first encountered. If the B1 battle droids were looking rather funny then intimidating, these droids had much scarier appearance. They were bigger, looked stronger. They were painted in deep blue color, their red lights on shoulders were looking vicious, and they have marched from the transports with their right hands fixed in targeting forward. And so they have emerged, surrounding Rika and Rena, looking battle – ready, showing unwavering mechanical determination not to retreat and to take down any target. In the end several ball – like droids have rolled to the position, developing into some kind of a magnetic shield – bearing battle stations. Droidekas, or destroyer droids…

Rena thought it was her time to act and she jumped at the one of the B2 super battle droids and smashed it right in his "face", somewhere in the chest, because B2s didn't have a head. The first thing Rena noticed is that the droid's body was a lot harder than the bodies of the droids she encountered before. Her fist made a huge dent in the corpus, and stuck in it. The next thing Rena noticed is that the droid was not that harmless in melee combat. It grabbed her fist with one of his hands, squeezing it hard with his metal claws, and trying to blast her head off with the remaining hand's blaster. Rena inclined her head to evade the red blaster bolts, and launched a devastating blow with her leg, sending the droid flying away. The other droids immediately directed their arm – blasters at her, but then, suddenly, stopped, making their right forearm locked upright in a none – combat position.

They both were amazed why the droids didn't attack, and then they have heard a calm voice of a rather old man:

"Consider surrendering, spies, and your lives will be spared." Then, he appeared. An old man in black clothes and a face, which showed signs of nobility. Rika didn't know who he was, but she somehow sensed great power within him, and was afraid of him a bit. As for Renamon, she just jumped the old man, being captured by her own battle frenzy. But her fast and vicious attack ended as quickly as it began. Suddenly Rena stopped in mid – air, and was not able to move. Like some invisible chains have bended her, disabling from any movement. Rika saw what happened, and in a second she grabbed her D – power and cards in order to help Renamon. But this was not left unnoticed by the count. The next moment Rika was petrified also, not able to move a muscle. She looked at her strange nemesis with amazement, and met his glare. Then, she felt that someone was going right through her thoughts. The next moment, when Rena was slowly put down on the ground, Dooku's hand clenched fist, and the two "targets" fell to the ground unconscious... Dooku sighed heavily and said to one of the droids:

"Take them to the ship. After we will arrive to the base, I'll interrogate them."

"Roger, roger." the B2 replied, and he and some of his "comrades" picked up those two and dragged them into the ship. It lifted in the air and headed for the distant base…

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