Episode 2

An Un-fateful Meeting

Duftmon waited patiently on top of a strange looking rock and he stood with his eyes closed as he faced the wind. It pulled at his cape, tail and hair and made them dance along the breeze behind him. He was, in his opinion, one of the best looking Digimon to ever grace the Digital World. Other's seemed to think that too, after all, he was much better looking in comparison to Cranniumon or Daemon.

Duftmon began to wonder where his team mate was, where had Magnamon gotten? He was late, but he always liked to be dramatic. He and the other Royal Knights found it annoying, though Duftmon tried to ignore Magnamon's over-dramatics. They were best friends after all. He and Magnamon only came here on a simple patrol, now Magnamon had run off somewhere and Duftmon couldn't be bothered to go and find him.

He heard a sound behind him, probably some Digimon coming back from the Human World. Normally he would have paid attention to such a thing, only certain Digimon could leave the Digital World and even fewer could create a portal. But Magnamon had to keep an eye out for Magnamon, Alphamon would have his head if Duftmon disobeyed a direct order and adandoned his friend.

Yggdrasil was aware of the travels Digimon took to the Human World; it was hardly something he was concerned about as he managed to control the flow of Digimon who came and went. After half an hour night came, there was no dusk or even a sunset, just a simple switch. Magnamon landed beside him just as the wind died, Duftmon opened his eyes and looked at his friend. He seemed a little upset and he was bursting to say something.

"What?" Duftmon asked.

"Did you hear or see anything?" Magnamon questioned.

"I heard someone fall from the Human World, but that's it," Duftmon replied.

"That's it?" Magnamon repeated. "You didn't see who it was?"

Duftmon shook his head, "No," he said. "Why?"

"Because," Magnamon began, "that Digimon was Beelzemon. But that's not all, he was with a human."

"What?" Duftmon shouted.

"I heard from a Knightmon that he left this afternoon," Magnamon explained. "How no one else noticed is a mystery... But I spotted Lilithmon half an hour ago; she left when it got dark and I lost sight of her."

"He kidnapped a human?" Duftmon pondered aloud.

"It wasn't kidnap," Magnamon said.

Duftmon looked at him, urging him to continue. Magnamon didn't want to answer at first, if the human had not been kidnapped and was with Beelzemon willingly they could cause a lot of problems if they got involved. Fighting with a Demon Lord wasn't what they had been ordered to do and Magnamon didn't want a human getting mixed up in a fight between the Demon Lord's and Royal Knight's.

He glanced for only a second then looked at the eager look in Duftmon's eyes, Duftmon wanted payback and Magnamon didn't blame him.

"She left with him willingly," Magnamon continued. "He didn't pull her or she didn't try to run, that means Beelzemon went to get her and she came without a fuss."

"Where did they go?" Duftmon asked.

"South," Magnamon pointed. "Do we go or wait for further orders?"

"Have you called this in?" Duftmon asked.

Magnamon shook his head.

"Good, let's go," the two Knights jumped off the rock and made they're towards the abandoned village that lay ahead.

...

Serena Usagi was starting to get tired, but Beelzemon wasn't slowing. She hadn't said anything since starting they're journey and she was afraid to find out what he was going to do with her, but something about him made her feel safe, made her feel that that nothing bad was going to happen. Though that could be do to the fact Serena was insanely obsessed with him and just being with him made her happy.

The heat was starting to get to her also; she didn't like the heat very much so she wasn't too fond of the weather at that moment. Even though it was dark, it wasn't cold but extremely warm. She felt like she was going to pass out any second. Her eyelids began to flutter, she felt light headed, her vision went dark and then she fell to the ground. Beelzemon stopped at the sound of her collapsing and looked at her.

He felt panic swell inside of him when he saw her unconscious, how would he explain to Lilithmon that his simple babysitting mission held led to this? Couldn't he take care of one human for awhile? But more important he wondered if she was dead, whether she knew or not she was his ticket to better things in life.

Oh no, he thought. My chance tah become thah King 'as just died on meh.

Beelzemon knelt in front of her; he took off one of his glove and placed his hand on her forehead. She had a temperature and he noticed she was sweating feverishly. He put his glove back on and started rummaging through her bag, Beelzemon's hand cupped around a bottle. He pulled it out, took off the lid and splashed it onto her face. Serena pulled a face and groaned in annoyance, she opened her eyes after a few seconds and slowly got up. Beelzemon passed her the bottle and she drank from it greedily.

And they call Barbamon thah Lord of Greed, Beelzemon thought with a smirk.

Serena noticed the smirk and mistook it for a smirk you give to a kid you're bullying. She put her hands on her hips and gave him a 'what's-so-funny?' look. Beelzemon stopped smirking and continued walking, not bothering to wait for her. Serena waited a few seconds, finishing off the bottle and then followed him. They walked in silence for several minutes until Beelzemon suddenly stopped. Serena bumped into him and managed to get hold of him before falling.

She noticed he was looking at an approaching Digimon; Serena looked past him and gasped at the sight of Lilithmon. She was walking towards them, confidence in her stride. She walked the way a predator would walk towards its prey, knowing that it would finish the job easily. Lilithmon stopped in front of Beelzemon, unspoken words passed between the two while Serena looked at the beautiful Digimon, the infamous Lady of Lust.

It was almost scary to see the real thing in person, she had only seen a Lilithmon card once and now the real one was standing in front of her. Lilithmon looked at the child; she grabbed her chin and examined Serena's face, focusing on her eyes. Serena looked at Lilithmon's beautiful and evil eyes as Lilithmon got a good look of Serena. She let go and looked back at Beelzemon.

"Did he tell you why he brought you here?" Lilithmon asked.

"N-no," Serena stammered. "I never asked."

Lilithmon smirked, "Have you ever wanted to become a Digimon?"

Serena nodded, she wished every year on her birthday to become a Digimon and as childish at it may seems she was proud to admit it. In April, on her sixteenth, she made that wish again and now it seemed to be coming true in a strange bizarre twist. It seems her life was taking the right path, for once. Things were happening to Serena that she wanted to happen, it seemed coming to the Digital World was a good idea.

"If we said we knew a way would you accept it?" Lilithmon prodded.

Serena nodded, "I'll do anything to be like," she answered. "My life isn't all that great, especially at home, I'll do anything! Even taking down a Royal Knight!"

Both Digimon smiled at what the human said, it seemed Serena would be a evil Digimon after all. Lilithmon had made a good choice, among the millions of humans out there in the world she was lucky enough to pick one of the few humans who wanted to be evil. But Lilithmon knew she had to be careful, she couldn't give away her plan too soon and allow both Beelzemon and Serena to know she was using them.

Serena may not take too kindly to betrayal and chances were she would end up working for the Royal Knights if she felt any sort of resentment towards Lilithmon.

"Well," Lilithmon began. "All you have to do to become a Digimon is stay here in the Digital World."

"That's it?" Serena asked. "How come no other humans have turned into a Digimon then?"

"They weren't 'ere long enough," Beelzemon answered. "They had tah be 'ere for a couple of years, otherwise yer DNA isn't converted intah datah."

Serena nodded, "And what do the Demon Lords want out of it?" she inquired.

"Just a loyal servant," Lilithmon covered her mouth and whispered. "And between you and me being the only female Lord get's very annoying. Imagine the fun we could have if there were two female Lords."

Serena smiled, "I'll stay."

"Good," Lilithmon looked at Beelzemon. "Everything she'll need is the hut and be nice, we don't want her getting the wrong impression."

Lilithmon flapped her wings elegantly, slowly levitating off of the ground and then took off into the sky. They watched her stream across the sky like a dark angel and then continued to walk, Beelzemon once again leading the way but Serena standing beside him instead of behind him. Serena was quite happy, she would be a Digimon in only a matter of years, but she had to know something.

Something that had been gnawing at her since her arrival in the Digital World.

"Um... Beelzemon," Serena began. "Can I ask you something?"

"What?" Beelzemon asked.

"I can't defend myself as a human," Serena pointed out. "So, can you um..."

"What?" Beelzemon repeated.

"Protect me?" she finished.

"Sure," Beelzemon answered.

"Promise?" Serena said.

Beelzemon sighed, "Promise."

Serena smiled happily, "And Digimon have to keep they're promises."

"Well, hurry up," Beelzemon said. "It'll be morning before we get there."

Serena walked a bit quicker, noting she had begun to slack and tried to keep up with the fit virus type Digimon. Serena pulled out her D-Ark 2.1, she had a feeling the walk would be boring so she needed a way to distract herself and pass the time. She saw it was flashing NEW MESSAGES. She was surprised that it was even working sifter the fall; she pressed the check message button.

The screen loaded and the messages came out scrambled, a mixture of confusing sentances and slurs that didn't make sense. She checked her other messages, they all came out that way. Serena looked up at the giant sphere, large and blue with pink streams of data falling from it. When the Tamers arrived back from the Digital World they said the sphere was the Human World and when you were around it no technology worked.

But that was five years ago, did that rule still apply? She put her D-Ark back, there was no point in trying to get it to work. She would just have to wait for a storm and then she would have to quickly read them, Serena sighed sadly. Beelzemon noticed the distressed look on her face.

"Yer okay?" he asked.

"Yeah," Serena replied. "It's just..."

Serena stopped suddenly, thinking she had heard something. Beelzemon also stopped, he heard the noise too and they both turned. Serena had to squint to see what was coming, but Beelzemon didn't. Something gold was coming towards them and at a quick pace too. Beelzemon picked up Serena, much to her surprise and ran. Serena looked behind them, she could see who was coming towards them now; Magnamon.

"Halt Beelzemon!" Magnamon ordered.

Serena looked at Beelzemon, he didn't seem to mind the extra weight and he was going incredibly fast. The wind was ruffling at her hair and pulling at her clothes, but she didn't mind, a little wind ever hurt anyone. Serena saw that Beelzemon wasn't going to stop, but he wasn't going to confront Magnamon either. She looked back towards Magnamon and couldn't help but awe at the Digimon.

Aqua blue skin, a white stomach with three fingers on his hands and three toes. A fairly long tail and few horns, he wore golden armour which covered his face, chest, hands, middle, feet, knees and shoulders. His red unblinking eyes were fixated on her, but why? Humans have been in the Digital World before, unless the fact that she was with a Demon Lord held some sort of significance.

Beelzemon glanced behind him, Magnamon was catching up. He hated Digimon that could fly, it seemed unfair to all those on fair. Beelzemon picked up the speed, but couldn't loose the armour level Digimon. Beelzemon whistled loudly, Serena frowned and wondered what he was doing when she heard a roar of an engine. A black motorbike appeared out of the darkness, it drove past Magnamon who cursed when it skimmed past his leg.

Beelzemon jumped on, still making sure Serena was holding onto him tightly. She held on tightly as he revved the engine and drove away, Magnamon tried to keep up but couldn't keep and stopped. He knew where Beelzemon was heading anyway; he would take his time getting to him, there was no point in tiring himself. Serena held on tightly to the leather wearing Digimon, she closed her eyes and pressed her face to his back.

She was afraid of getting dust in her face, but Beelzemon didn't seem to mind. He kept on driving for five minutes, they came to a small village and he parked his boke. Serena opened her eyes and looked around her, the houses were round, made out of old bits of metal. They were like half circles with small doors. They reminded Serena of bubbles for some reason. Serena let go of him as he got off. Serena slowly got off the bike just as Beelzemon tapped his bike, "Good 'ol Behemoth," he smiled.

"Where are we?" Serena asked.

"Tis used tah beh a village," Beelzemon answered. "I think ah bunch of Chuchi-darumon lived 'ere, they left when thah D-Reaper needed ta be destroyed. It's like ah Digimon rest stop now."

"Oh," Serena said. "Do you come here to rest?"

Beelzemon nodded, "Used tah come 'ere when I was ah rookie," he sighed. "Hidin' from Digimon who wanted tah load meh Data."

"Sorry," Serena apologized. "I didn't know."

Beelzemon waved his hand, "Don't worry 'bout it," he said. "That's all in thah past. Now we need tah find one that no one is in, shouldn't beh a problem though, I think tis place is abandoned."

While Beelzemon started looking for a suitable hut Serena sat down and looked at the black sky as she rested. She didn't care that she was going to become a Digimon, that she would probably never see her mother or any of her friends ever again. She honestly didn't care, no matter where or who she met she felt different for some reason. It often made her feel lonely, but now that was around other Digimon made her feel like she fitted in.

Maybe Serena felt different to other humans because she was destined to become a Digimon, maybe deep down she always knew she was destined to live a different life, be different. Serena's mother was convinced that Serena woud become like her, a lawyer or a proud mother. She didn't want any of that, now Serena had the chance to live out a childhood fantasy and live the life she wanted.

I wonder what Digimon I'll become, Serena thought. Maybe Renamon or maybe Gatomon, it would be so cool if I became Lopmon!

She smiled as she thought of the many possibilities, so many Digimon and so many types. It made her giggle, she couldn't wait to become data and leave the boring world of DNA. Beelzemon finally found a good hut and he whistled. She looked up at him and walked towards the hut; the door was probably the size of a large TV and it was right at the base of the hut, the hut itself made out of some kind of rusty coloured metal. Beelzemon watched as she slowly made her way across, something glisstened and Serena was grabbed by a blur of gold and blue gold.

It had happened so fast, Beelzemon didn't even have a chance to blink or breath. Magnamon landed on top of a hut opposite from where Beelzemon stood, holding Serena carefully by the forearms. She blinked owlishly as she realized that this was the second time in a matter of hours that she had been kidnapped by a Digimon, she looked up at Magnamon and then turned to Beelzemon. He wore a tight scowl on his face, he wasn't at all pleased.

"HEY!" Beelzemon shouted. "Shiny! That's meh human! Go find yer own!"

"Shiny?" Magnamon mimicked. "I thought you Demon Lord's were good making up cruel nicknames, or are you failing at both conquering the Digital World and verbally abusing the Knights?"

"Shut up!" he snapped.

"Wow, good one," Magnamon said sarcastically. "Why such the concern for this human anyway? Is she your Tamer?"

"What?" Beelzemon asked angrily. "My Tamer? I don't 'ave nor need ah Tamer."

Magnamon rolled his eyes, "Then you won't need this human," he pointed out.

Serena struggled and squirmed in an attempt to loosen Magnamon's hold, he tried his best to hold onto her but Serena was surprisingly strong.

"Stop squirming!" Magnamon ordered.

Beelzemon saw this as his chance; he sprinted and knocked both Magnamon and Serena to the ground. Serena moved away from the two fighting Digimon, she grabbed her bag and moved away from the fray. Beelzemon kicked Magnamon off him, ducked beneath a blow and kicked Magnamon across the face. Magnamon grabbed Beelzemon's foot as he tried to kick him once more and threw him into a hut. Beelzemon gasped as his back hit something sharp before he fell onto his front, he began to pick himself up just as Magnamon approached him.

"Now to finish you off, once and for all!" Magnamon raised his hand and curled it into a fist. "Magna Punch!"

Beelzemon watched as electricity began to dance along the fist and travel down Magnamon's hand, the sparks grew until they were almost like a shield around the fist and Beelzemon prepared to run away. Magnamon brought his fist down, the fist slammed into its target and it caused a small explosion. The air rushed past him and electricity sparked along the ground, dust was brought up into the air and obscured his view.

Magnamon smiled as he felt something beneath his fist, flesh and skin; a direct hit. He pulled his hand away and noticed something dripping from his fist, he brought it up to his face and saw that the knuckles of his fist was blood stained. He stared at it dumbfounded; Digimon didn't bleed. So what had he hit? He waited for the dust to clear and gasped at the sight of the human girl he had hit.

Serena's white t-shirt was stained with her blood around the area of her stomach, her lip was bleeding probably from a spark of electricity had lashed out at her. Her eyes were wide, she was hunched over slightly as she felt the blood with her one hand. She looked at her trembling hand that was covered in blood, she looked as though she was going to swear but her eyes rolled into the back of her head and she collapsed.

Beelzemon stared at Serena; she used herself as a shield to protect him? Both Beelzemon and Magnamon stared at the human, both as confused as the other before they finally gathered what had happened. They rushed to her aid, but they didn't know what to do. Digimon didn't bleed, they never faced these kind of situations Beelzemon picked her up and headed for the hut whilst Magnamon grabbed Serena's bag, noting it was dusty and torn from the impact of his punch.

Magnamon followed Beelzemon to the hut, knowing he would get into trouble for hurting a human and disobeying Alphamon's orders. But what happened was both tragic and amazing, why would this human risk her life for a Digimon? He wasn't even her Partner, so why? Why risk her life? Magnamon wanted to know; no, he needed to know.

He needed to know what could of possibly possessed her to risk her life for a Digimon she had only known for only a few hours.

To Be Continued...