Chapter Two
A/N: OK standard disclaimer here, I'm not going to make any money of this, it's just the idea of a (possible) mad man.
I'm aiming for weekly updates, but I want to get the first few chapters out to try and get people to (hopefully) read the story.
Rika didn't know how long she had been unconscious; she couldn't really remember what made her black out, 'Probably a Digimon attack, I'm so going to kick their ass.' All she knew was her brain woke up but her eyes refused to. She could hear the adults talking above her worried. 'Not a Digimon attack then.' If she could have she would have frowned. Her eyes slowly opened and she saw her Gran and mother hovering over her looking worried. Her eyes travelled around the room, Riley and Tally were hugging each other, Yamaki had his hand on Riley's shoulder trying to look comforting but in reality he looked uncomfortable and lost. Henry's parents surrounded him, each looking ill, their eyes flicking over to the corner of the room but then back to Henry. Henry had a trash can by him, he had clearly seen better days, and that's when the first ebbs of fear started to form in her mind. She remembered being overloaded with emotions; shock, anger, hatred, sickness and fear. It's only when she looked into the corner and saw Takato's hysterical mother did she remember fully why she blacked out. With grim determination she turned to the monitors that were now off but the image that they had shown now burning in her mind. 'Oh God. Takato...' Rika stood up so quickly she almost blacked out from the lack of blood flowing to her brain and ran out of the room. Rika distantly heard her mother calling for her, they were closer now than before but she couldn't talk to her. Especially when Takato had, however small, played a part in that closeness.
"Let her go Rumiko," Rika's Gran told her daughter. "She just needs some time to process everything." She gave a quick look at her Granddaughters Digimon, 'Look after her, please.' Renamon seamed to have heard her and phased out of view to keep an eye on Rika. She then closed her eyes, 'That poor boy.'
Rika made it to the top of the building kicking the door open. She felt so boxed in she needed space. When she felt the cold air hit her she just breathed in deeply. Now she was alone she felt her eyes water, she had cried before, when her father left for example. But it had been so long since then she felt she no longer knew how to cry. Sure when Renamon had been in serious danger she had started to fill up, but Renamon had always came out on top and she never had to. But now. Now Takato was stuck being tortured by some Hellish Digimon recycling bin! Takato was always in some form of danger, at first it was from her, when she wanted Renamon to take Guilmon's data, then when he tried befriending her, and then it was from Digimon, running into the battles to help Guilmon. But he always came out OK. Why couldn't he now.
"Rika, are you alright?" Renamon asked phasing into view.
Rika opened her mouth trying to answer, "…" She just closed it. Renamon just nodded understanding her partner. "Why?" That was all Rika could manage.
Renamon thought about it then replied, "I don't know. Maybe it wants information on how bes…"
"Not that." Rika interrupted, "Why does it bother me so much?" Renamon looked at her, her head tilted slightly, and then it hit her. Rika had only experienced the good side of friendship. Yeah Takato had been in danger, but even when Beelzemon had fired shots at him they all knew deep down Takato would manage some miracle. It's what he did best, and he did by becoming Gallantmon. But now there was no hope for him. He was out of miracles. Now was the time they should be worried for him, but Rika had never worried about someone before. Well not a human at least.
"Because he's your friend." Renamon softly said, there was no more she could say but that.
Rika looked at her tears slowly coming down her face. "Why did I let him become my friend?" Rika asked trying to process it, "All people ever do is hurt you." She didn't say it angrily more of a fact, and Renamon knew she was thinking of her father, that her mother wasn't really there.
"I don't really think Takato did this on purpose Rika."
"No." Rika admitted. "But this is his fault." Her eyes had hardened and her voice now harsh. Renamon looked surprised; this was the old Rika, not the new one she had come to know. "He should have been paying attention. He shouldn't have been making a joke; we're in a war, what on earth possessed him to do that." With each work her voice became harsher, angrier.
"But Rika, we've always done that, even you were making jokes…" The glare made Renamon quiet.
"Are you saying it's my fault?!" Rika demanded.
"You know I'm not Rika, I'm just pointing out it's not Takato's either." Renamon was confused, he was her friend. Her closest human friend. Closest friend after herself. So why was Rika so angry with him? Then it hit her. She wasn't sure what to feel, Takato would normally try to explain and help her sort out what she was feeling, and he wasn't here. Could it be that she was scared over how much power one boy had over her? Was she becoming the 'Ice Queen' out of fear? "Do you truly believe that Rika?" Renamon had to know.
For a second Renamon thought she had been wrong, the look on Rika's face when she opened her mouth to answer almost made her apologise for asking. But when she didn't reply straight away she continued to look at her. Rika opened and closed her mouth, her face becoming softer, though there was still a hard anger behind it.
"No" Rika looked down at her feet, took a deep breath and looked up again, "No, not really."
Renamon looked at her closer. Her partner was becoming more accepting of her feelings. She was letting more people in, it made her happy to know that.
"Part of me is angry at him," Rika continued. "Angry he's not here, that he hasn't preformed one of his miracles." She smiled sadly. "I angry at myself too."
'If she carries on like this I think my face may forever look confused,' Renamon thought to herself smiling. "Why would you be angry at yourself?" Though she had joked about the confusion she was curious.
"I'm angry that I let him become so close," Rika started. Renamon had opened her mouth to question it but Rika continued, "I'm angry that I couldn't save him, I'm also angry that I want him to be here making some stupid joke. I'm angry that I feel like I need him her for us to win against the D-Reaper." She snorted in anger. "Stupid, isn't it?" Renamon didn't know what to say, she was shocked that Takato had become so much to her, that Rika felt that Takato was the strength of the group.
"I'm also angry with Henry." Rika said the anger now growing she had a new target. "It's because of him we don't have Takato here." Renamon wanted to sigh. Rika and Henry needed to work together if Takato was to be saved. She had to pre-empt this.
"No." Renamon said with some force to bring Rika around. "It's only the D-Reapers fault. If Takato and Guilmon are to be saved then we have to work as a group." Then it hit Renamon, "Maybe that's why it took him, to cause in fighting and stop us." Rika looked thoughtful.
"Maybe." Was all she could say. Then she frowned, "I forgot about Guilmon…" It was true, ever since they had been taken her main thought had been over Takato, not Dino Boy. For some reason it left an uneasy feeling in her stomach.
"Then you can make it up to him by saving them," Yamaki had came up. "Come on we may have a plan."
Henry just looked over to the door that Rika had run out of. He hadn't blacked out like she had. 'Lucky her...' He frowned for a second, 'Where did that come from.' For the last five minutes all he could do was replay the image of the monitors in his mind. He clutched the trash bin closer, he was going to hurl again. Why did they leave him, no why did He leave him. Rika was trying her hardest to save him, willing to risk everything, he was sure it was only due to the sheer size of MegaGargomon that he was able to get Sakuyamon away. 'The plan was to regroup, he should have been able to escape.' He frowned further. That was just an excuse. Terriermon came over and sat down in front of him.
"You want to talk Henry?" The bunny dog asked, "You're scaring your parent's they've been trying to talk to you for over ten minutes now Henry."
Henry looked at his partner and didn't need to say anything more, Terriermon knew because they had both been thinking it before they De-Digivolved. What if.
"We should have tried harder Terriermon. If we did…" Henry just trailed off not knowing what would have happened.
"We would have been captured as well." That was Terriermon's only answer. And it was true, they could handle the lesser agents but not the more powerful ones.
"Maybe." Henry didn't want to admit it was true, he still felt to much guilt.
Yamaki had left the room, probably to get Rika, Riley and Tally looked excited for some reason. Seeing someone excited now made him angry, one of his best friends was being tortured and people were smiling!
"Janyu, can you bring the other Monster Makers over here?" Tally shouted over.
"Sure, what is it," Henry's dad asked waving the other monster makers over.
"We have an idea to save Takato." Riley only said.
Henry looked up. 'Did she just say what I thought she said?' Henry didn't dare hope. He didn't want to, but that didn't stop the hope appearing. Especially when Rika came down looking somewhat normal.
"Hey," Henry said weakly.
"Hey."
"S'up?" Terriermon interjected to liven things up.
"Terriermon." Henry sighed.
"What Henry? Moumantai?"
"So Shibumi, you think you can do it?" Yamaki asked the former digital Monster Maker.
"Yes, the Ark is capable of bypassing dimensions not only data. We can use it to free Takato." Shibumi told Yamaki, "Not only that but with the link between the Ark and Gallantmon we can use it to power him up…"
"Do it." Yamaki ordered. He looked at the Tamers. "After what's happened with Takato I don't want to…"
"If you dare say we can't help I swear that lighter will be so far up your a…"
"RIKA!" Exclaimed Rumiko embarrassed.
"I don't want you two there." Yamaki admitted, "But the army can't handle it. We need you two to save Takato."
"Good." Rika had a feral grin.
Running towards the window Rika yelled, "BIO-MERGE ACTIVATE!" The force of the Digivolution caused the window to shatter allowing the Shaman God Digimon to fly towards the D-Reaper.
Shibumi walked over to Henry. "Rika left before I could tell you, but I think I have a way for you to fight the D-Reaper." He started to explain, "Well at least resist it's attacks better." He handed Henry a blue card, "Swipe these through your D-Arks and it should activate when you next Bio-Merge."
Henry just nodded at him, "I'm sorry mom, dad." Henry looked at his parents, "but I agree. BIO-MERGE ACTIVATE" Henry yelled towards the window, becoming MegaGargomon when he jumped outside flying off.
The parents looked on as their children went to war, only Janyu didn't look. 'If I get this right we can end this war now…' was all he could think.
"Can you pass me the C++ version of the coding I think we could use that more than the JavaScript file up at the moment…?" Came Shibumi.
Yamaki looked at them, "Here I tried more advance programming algorithms thinking they made Digimon, yet it turns out it was C++" he muttered to himself. He gave a single laugh. "Of course it would be…"
The computer started to beep. Looking over to the computer he saw Riley frowning.
Riley looked up for Yamaki, "Is that what I think it is?"
"Yes," Yamaki replied, "A weak point in the coding of the D-Reaper. We maybe able to get through…" Yamaki was about to give the information to the Tamers.
"Are we one hundred percent sure?" Henry's father asked, "It maybe too much if we tell them getting their hopes up only to have them dashed again." The thought lingered in the air.
"Agreed, we'll start running simulations." Yamaki said looking at Riley and Tally.
In the corner Takato's mother looked at her husband. "Are you sure?"
"We can't help like Henry's dad, but we can do this, I can get my son back…"
Sakuyamon looked at MegaGargomon, "So what's the plan Brainiac?" There was only slight annoyance, in her voice.
"I we should concentrate on attacking near organic areas…" Henry replied, "If the scans are right it has trouble assimilating the information there, in theory it could give us an advantage, somewhere to go to if we start getting weakened."
"And for the actual attacking?" Rika asked.
"That, I have no idea about… I was hoping Yamaki would have something for us by then. But Shibumi did give us a card to use; he said it should help at resist the D-Reapers attacks better."
Rika rolled her eyes in the dome, "So what you're telling me is there is no plan?"
"I guess so," Henry admitted, "But if the card works we maybe able to push the D-Reaper back far
enough to get Takato."
"Guess that will have to be enough. Should we activate the card here?"
MegaGargomon just nodded.
He looked towards the sky, 'Was that BlackWarGreymon… must be going to attack the digital half of the D-Reaper' He looked around at the forest, 'Where am I?'
A/N: I hope this was ok. I have ideas to improve this chapter, its more a character piece for Rika, so the main action can happen soon. Btw any British people Digimon is coming to CITV next year, get everyone to watch it XD
