Chapter 1: A Question of Time
Location: The Anderson Household
"I wonder what kind of food she likes." Taylor thought to himself. The refrigerator opened with a sharp *snap*. "If I make her a sandwich she might not like everything on it, but if I just give her some fruit she'll think I'm lazy." He closed the fridge with a light nudge. "Soup is too messy and I'm really not in the mood for some salad." Taylor opened the door to the pantry. "Candy it is then." He said with a shrug. *Thump*, A booming noise burst from Taylor's room on the floor above him. "I left her alone for ten minutes, what the hell could she be doing?" He said with a sigh.
"Lopmon?" Taylor knocked on his bedroom door. "I brought some food, what are you doing in there?" He poked his head through the door. "Is this what you've been up to?!" His room had been torn apart. A pile of clothing, coat hangers, books and pillows had been spread across the room. "Don't worry…" she said with a grin "You'll thank me later." Taylor kneeled down beside Lopmon. "Whatever it is, why couldn't you have just told me you were going to destroy my room?! At least then I'd have some time to move my things!" Lopmon turned back to her work. "You yell too much." Taylor slumped his head. "What the hell kind of reasoning is that? And what are you doing in here anyway?" The little Digimon held up a small devise above her head. "Digiportal…open!" She pressed one of the little buttons on the devise, and a gust of wind erupted through the room. "What are you doing?!" Taylor shielded his eyes. A shimmering purple vortex appeared directly in front of Lopmon. "I'm making a portal to the Digital world of course."
Location: Unknown
"Lady Valkyrimon, a rupture in the digital barrier has formed." Matadormon grumbled. "It's that boy isn't it?" She replied. "Yes, it would seem that way. But I don't see how he could have done it." "Where will the opposite end of the rupture occur in our world?" A long pause followed. "…In the city of Catarinse, to the far east." The buzz of a computer could be heard. The great harpy Digimon rose from where she was seated. "My Lady?" The humanoid Digimon asked. "Matadormon, calculate when the portal will be stable enough for travel, I'll try to contact the Catarinse monarchs." "But, what are your planes with the boy?" Valkyrimon paused, "We'll have to bring him here. If word gets to the neighboring continents that a human; or worse, a Digivise wielding human has appeared in the digital world, it would cause uproar and shatter the ceasefire." "Yes, my lady." The human figure bowed.
Location: The Anderson Household
"Hang on, perhaps you've brought this up already; but..." Taylor exhaled, "Why the hell is there portal in my closet?!" "Well I did so thinking I certainly wouldn't be yelled at, that's for sure." Lopmon growled. Taylor sighed. "You know what Lopmon?" He walked up to little figure and closed the closet door. "Hey, it's not as if-!" Lopmon complained. "Listen to me, I have been burned, electrocuted, blinded, giant green clouds have shot lasers at my house, a Digimon has jumped out of my computer, and a vortex has appeared in my closet. All of that has happened within the past hour. Can I please just have a quiet moment of before I go insane?"
The two of them sat down on Taylor's bed. "It's always questions and answers with you humans, isn't it?" Taylor chuckled, "Is that supposed to be an insult?" "No, I'm just saying that for such a cheeky race, you're pretty helpless to the unknown." He grinned. "There's a difference between being helpless to the unknown and wondering how a digital bunny rabbit has opened a hole in the fabric of space." They both chuckled. "Lopmon, you said earlier that I reached out for you when I touched the glowing monitor. What did you mean by that?" Lopmon flopped on her back. "Well, I was at home minding my own business, when suddenly a floating display appeared in front of me. The screen showed a human boy; you, reaching out for me. Next thing I knew I was standing on your keyboard being bombarded with questions about why I was there." Taylor propped his back up on one of the bedposts. "But despite all that, you were still quite confident when you introduced yourself as my Digimon partner. How would you know that?" Lopmon thought for a moment. "No Digimon from my world has ever been able to make contact with a human in your world. Whether or not I was jumping to conclusions, I thought that the only reason a human would try to make direct contact with me was if they were my human partner. Besides that, you attained a Digivise just as I appeared. That defiantly cemented it." "A Digivise?" Taylor shot up. "That's it! That's what happened to my phone!" He jumped down to the floor and picked up the gadget Lopmon had been holding. Shure enough, the glowing white phone he had kicked away earlier was certainly a Digivise.
Taylor examined the little contraption and sat back down on his bed. "It doesn't really look much like any of the ones from the show. If anything, maybe a bit like an Xros loader." He ran his fingers around its little black screen. "I sure hope you didn't break it earlier." Lopmon chimed in. "Not even a scratch" He smiled. "I guess I really am your partner." Lopmon jumped to her feet "So partner…" She said with a grin, "what's for lunch?"
Location: The city of Catarinse (DigiWorld)
"Why now? Why now of all times?" murmured a distressed voice. A short armored Digimon rushed into the room. "Kingchessmon! Progress report, we have positioned the royal guard throughout the city as per your command. They have all been issued level 3 crises statuses." "If even a word escapes the city walls that a human- no, a human with a Digivise is coming here…" The little armored Digimon stepped forward. "My lord?" "…this city would be on the forefront of an all-out assault." A long silence followed. "What are your orders my lord?" Kingchessmon sat back down, "Go now Pawnchessmon, I want progress reports every half hour. The boy and his Digimon must be brought before me." The stubby Digimon bowed himself out.
Location: The Anderson Household
"Mistakes were made…" mumbled a nauseated Lopmon. "I told you it was a bad idea" Said Taylor. "It seemed like a good idea at the time." She muttered. "You ate two club sized bags of ketchup chips, I don't see how that could ever sound like a good idea. Surely you were full after the first bag." She rolled over on her side, "I was, but I had already opened the second bag. It would have been impolite not to finish." "Well gee, thanks Lopmon…" He said sarcastically. "…being sick over the sink is really polite of you." The little Digimon frowned, "I said I was sorry." "It's ok, it's not a big deal. I should have given you something else to eat anyway." Taylor cracked a smile. "Can I get you some water?" "That would be nice." He walked around the counter and pulled a glass out of the pantry. "I've been wondering, how did you figure out how to make a portal with my digivise?" He walked over to the tap and began to fill the cup with water. "Like this." She pulled his digivise close and slapped her stubby little hands on as many buttons as she could. "Are you sure that's a good Ide-?" Suddenly, a portal burst open behind Lopmon. "What are you doing?! You can't just create a portal in the kitchen! What if we can't figure out how to get rid of them?!" She slammed her arms back down on the keys. The vortex sputtered and died. "You know what? I think I'm just going to hold onto this now." Taylor stuffed the digivise in his pocket and handed the cup to Lopmon. "You're no fun at all." She mumbled. He rolled his eyes. "Anyway, there must be a reason why the two of us met."Lopmon took a long drink. "We could go right now." She suggested. "I guess…" Taylor clenched his hand around the empty glass. "But my parents are coming home soon; we can't just pack up and go." Lopmon shrugged, "how long until they get back?" He looked up at the clock. "About an hour and a half if we're lucky." The little Digimon twirled around on one foot. "Then we should be fine!" "What do you mean? That's not nearly enough time to do anything." Lopmon grinned, "Do you remember the early episodes of Digimon Adventure, when there was once a time difference between the real world and Digital world?" Taylor shot to his feet. "That's right! The Digidestined where able to spend months in the Digital world with only a few minutes passing in the real world! Do you mean to say the same thing applies to our realms?" "Sort of, time in the Digital world was hundreds of times faster than the real world within the T.V show. Our Digital world's time doesn't move nearly that fast." Taylor grabbed a pen a paper, "What's the time difference?" "If memory serves…" Lopmon walked over to the sheet of paper. "…one minute in the human world is about thirty-five in the Digital world." Taylor scribbled away at the paper. "So that would mean…" He jolted down a few numbers. "…one and a half hours would be a little more than two days in the Digital world." Lopmon hopped up on Taylor's shoulder. "Perfect! With your digivise, we should be able to create another portal and come back whenever we need to." "I still don't feel good about this…" He put his glass in the sink. "We'll be careful, if we run into danger we can come right back. Alright?" Taylor though for a moment, "Ok fine, but just a peek though. I'm not exactly prepared for multidimensional travel." "Hah! I knew you'd cave!" Lopmon jumped eagerly onto his shoulder. "Next stop…the Digital world!
Location: Unknown
"Matadormon…" "What is it my lady?" "The portal to the human world has been inactive for more than one whole day in the Digital-world. Are you positive it's located where you say it is?" A large computer buzzed to life. "The only way it could have possibly changed trajectory is if it were to destabilize and jump to a location of less interference. If that did happen, my computer would pick it up instantly." Valkyrimon began to pace. "Kingchessmon is becoming impatient; he's had the whole of Catarinse under lockdown this entire time. If the boy doesn't appear soon, other cities will start to become suspi-" "My lady!" She whirled around. "What is it?!" The computer began to buzz louder as if it were under more stress. "The portal is jumping!" "Where is it?! What is its new location?!" Matadormon slammed a fist down on the computer. "It's either on a different continent or in another area I don't have any scouters stationed." The noise of the computer began to slowly die down. "I want a map of all areas on the continent which have inactive scouters or have none at all." Matadormon jabbed furiously away at his massive keyboard. "The only places on the continent I don't have reception from are as follows: The southeast woodland provinces, the area of and surrounding the ruins of New Terran, as well as the northern badlands."
"I want you to rally all mobile scouters to comb the entire length of the northern badlands. Kingchessmon will be instructed to mobilize his military and annex the ruins of New Terran. I will personally handle the woodlands." "Consider it done my lady" At that, Valkyrimon jumped and burst through the roof of the small observatory. "Report to me if anything else comes up." "I understand lady Valkyrimon." In the blink of an eye, she had vanished. "Good luck" He whispered.
