"A Choice"
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The DigiDestineds had all gathered at a gym and were currently working out together, like they did every weekend.
Davey was standing in front of a punching bag, keeping it steady as a black haired girl with pink eyes started hitting it.
"Meiko, don't just punch at random. Punch at an angle. The follow through will be better." She instructed.
"Okay." Meiko Mochizuki nodded.
She then started hitting from an angle and she found it easier, which made her grin and Davey, looked at her with a small, proud expression.
Off to the side, Taichi 'Tai' Kamiya was spotting Koushirou 'Izzy' Izumi as the redhead lifted the weights, grunting with effort as he felt the pain forming in his arms.
"I can't take much more of this. Take this away from me." Izzy whined.
Chuckling in amusement, Tai lifted the bar away and Izzy sighed in relief as he relaxed on the bench under him.
"I think you need to work out more than this, Izzy." Tai smirked down at the exhausted boy.
Ken Ichijouji was sparing with Willis Stuart and managed to easily punch the American boy onto the ground.
"I'm starting to think you enjoy hitting me." Willis commented.
Smirking at that, Ken brushed his bangs back and tightened his ponytail.
"Now, what would make you say that?" The child of Kindness teased.
"I hate you." Willis groaned as he pulled himself up onto his feet.
"Okay, back to what we were talking about before." Takeru 'TK' Takaishi said.
The blond boy was standing beside Davey, staring down at the cat hybrid with a serious expression on his face.
"They want you to join some top secret spy team filled with super powered people? And you're thinking about joining?" TK asked.
Seeing Meiko step away from the punching bag, having enough of the work-out, Davey then started aiming a few hits at it, easily making the bag sway from the attacks.
"I mean, yeah, why not?" Davey said.
She then started adding a few kicks into the assault, creating a rhythm.
"It's not like anyone else would hire me to work for them." She grunted as she hit the bag.
"Of course someone would. You have a good work ethic. You're determined to get your job done. You could still own that ramen cart you always wanted." TK insisted.
Thinking about her old dream, Davey couldn't help but feel like it was something from a fantasy.
There was no way she could become a ramen chef and own a cart to work in.
No one would want a super soldier/mutant hybrid to work for them.
She would be rejected simply because of the way she looked.
If she joined this Avengers team that Fury told her about, then she would be able to do a lot of good and help people who really needed it.
"I have a new dream now, TK." She said.
Placing her hands on the punching bag to stop it from moving, she turned around to face the child of Hope who was staring at her with a curious, yet concerned expression.
"And what's your new dream?" TK questioned.
The rest of the DigiDestineds had stopped their work-outs and turned their attention over to the cat hybrid, wondering what she was going to say.
"I want to help people, keep them safe and protect them. I know that there are a bunch of sick people out there who have hurt innocents and I want them to be stopped. I can do that. I can put these guys away and make sure they never do anything evil like that ever again." Davey explained.
Everyone went silent at that as they thought over her words, knowing how important it was to her to save people after the things she had gone through.
Nowadays, the worlds had become a cruel and dangerous place for people to live in with all of the abductions, raping, murders and terrorists groups that existed.
No one was safe and it was the reason plenty of parents didn't bother taking their children out for Halloween anymore since they were scared something horrible would happen.
Walking over to the cat hybrid, Sora Takenouchi placed a hand on her shoulder making Davey look up at her.
"If this is what you want to do, then I think you should do it." The pretty orangette smiled.
"It sounds like something you're really serious about. And we all know we wouldn't be able to change your mind about this, no matter what." Cody Hida said.
"I honestly don't feel very comfortable about this, but if this is what you want to do with your life, then I guess we can't stop you." Kari Kamiya smiled sadly.
Glancing around at all of her friends who had gathered around her, Davey saw that they all looked supportive, but also worried.
"Thanks, guys. I just hope my parents are just as okay with it." Davey sighed.
"Um, you may not get as positive of a response with them." Meiko spoke up.
"Believe me, I know." Davey ran a hand through her bangs.
She could just imagine how badly her overprotective father was going to react to this news.
(At home...)
David Motomiya, a black haired man with brown eyes and tanned skin, was staring at his youngest daughter with his mouth wide open, unable to believe what he had just heard.
His wife, Josephina 'Josie' Motomiya, the beautiful blonde, was also shocked by what she had heard.
As for Jun Motomiya, the magenta haired girl and the only fair skinned member of the family, looked stunned, but seemed to accept what she had heard, almost like she had been expecting it.
Davey was sitting on the chair, holding Veemon on her lap, as she stared up at her parents with a nervous expression, knowing that they weren't pleased in the slightest.
"You want to join SHIELD? Are you insane! No, we just got you back! We're not about to lose you again to some government agency!" David yelled.
"Dad, this isn't your choice, it's mine. I have to do something with my life. And besides, how is becoming an Avenger any different than being a DigiDestined?" Davey reminded.
"You didn't have a choice in becoming a DigiDestined. This right here, you do have a choice with this. You don't have to do this." David insisted.
"But I do. I want to be able to help people, keep them safe, and show them that someone out there cares about their safety and wellbeing." Davey explained.
Her grip tightened on Veemon and she stared down at the ground, remembering her time at the facility.
Images of her torture and intense training popped into her mind.
There was a time when she and the Winter Soldier had been taken to Siberia where she was introduced to the 30 other super soldiers that had been created, but they were unstable and dangerous.
They were random people who had been abducted and experimented on, being driven insane from the procedure.
The scientists had all labeled the 30 soldiers as wildcards who were unpredictable, unstable and wouldn't obey orders, so they would only be used when absolutely necessary.
Davey had been forced to train against them and had proven that she was more powerful than they were when she slowly slipped into her more primal nature, and after she had beaten them into submission, the soldiers had all been placed back into cryogenic sleep much to the Winter Soldier's relief.
He hated the soldiers more than anything since he been the one to train them and get beaten up by them, namely the large male who seemed to take great joy in causing him harm and tried to damage Red Death, only to wind up with her almost taking his head off.
Shaking off the memories of Siberia, Davey frowned as she stared up at her family.
"I know what these people are thinking. They sit around, praying, hoping that someone will come find them; that someone out there cares enough about them to be searching for them. But after some time, that hope begins to fade until it's completely gone. I gave up hope. A year after being there, I gave up hope of ever being saved or found. I don't want anyone else to ever feel that way. This is why I have to do this." Davey said.
Everyone stared at the youngest member of their family in horror, unaware that she had been feeling like that.
She had never told them that she had actually lost hope that she would ever escape or be saved by anyone.
"Oh, baby!" Josie cried as she pulled her youngest child into a hug.
"I can't just sit around and do nothing when I know I have the abilities to help them. I'm not going to stand back and let bad things happen. I'm joining the Avengers and I'm going to use these skills I learned to help people and protect the world." Davey declared.
"That sounds like the old Davis I remember." Veemon smiled up at his partner.
"Yeah, it really does." Jun sighed as she smiled at her sister.
Sighing at this and knowing that he was unable to say or do anything to change his daughter's mind, David placed his hand on Josie's shoulder making the blonde look back at her.
"Let your mother and I discuss this first." He requested.
With that said, the two adults walked into their bedroom and David grabbed his cell phone, calling up Clint to speak with him about the situation.
When their parents went into their bedroom, Jun moved to sit down beside her sister, looking her over with a worried look.
"Are you really sure you want to do this? This is huge. And I don't think you can back out so easily." Jun said.
"Jun, I've been stuck in this loop ever since Myotismon kidnapped all those families and locked them up at the convention center. I'm doing this. I can't ever back out or turn my back on anyone." Davey told her.
Jun sighed at this, knowing that her sister was never going to change her mind about this and hoped their parents would accept it, especially since Davey would join on her own when she turns 18 years old.
It would be legal for her to join SHIELD on her own when she was 18 and there would be nothing the Motomiya family could do about it.
"Besides, it's not like she's going to be alone. I'll be with her every step of the way." Veemon spoke up.
Glancing down at the dragon sitting in her lap, Davey smiled down at him, happy for his support and the confidence he had in her.
A few minutes later, David and Josie walked out of their bedroom, the couple looking very serious as they made their way into the living room.
They stopped in front of their children on the couch and stared down at them, making sure they had their undivided attention.
"So, we talked about it." David said.
This made Davey, Veemon and Jun stare up at their parents, wondering where they were going to go with this.
Josie linked her arm with David and they both shared a certain glance, almost looking like they were reading each others' minds.
"And we decided that...you can join the Avengers Initiative, if you really want it. But you have to stay by Clint or Natasha's side, no matter what." Josie told her.
Smiling at this, Davey set Veemon down on the couch and rushed up to her parents and gave them a hug, happy that they understood the choice she had made and why she had to do it.
"I'll be okay, guys, don't worry so much." She said.
"Not possible." David said as he wrapped his arms around the girl.
He only had a year left until his daughter not only graduated from high school, but she would also move to New York where she would be staying with Clint and Natasha as she was trained into an agent of SHIELD and a member of the Avengers.
Deep down, he wished there was a way to turn back time so that his daughters would be sweet, innocent children again who didn't have any ambitions and simply wanted to play and have fun.
To be continued...