Chapter 2

Secrets

Elena took a deep breath. The sun had begun to dip down into the horizon, shrouding shadows onto the canyon walls and into the valley below. She shivered, checking her watch. It was ten till eight, with almost the entire canyon left to traverse. Carinamon gave her a glance, more focused on the canyon wall than anything else.

"How long does the canyon go, Carinamon?" Elena asked and her partner shook her head.

"No clue." Carinamon answered as Elena froze. "What's wrong?"

"It's happening." Elena fell to the ground as a light purple shield symbol displaying a sword and wand formed on her back. Her skin then shattered, reforming into a plethora of multi colored feathers in the back end, but mostly purple feathers in the front. Her head had reformed into some sort of an armored beast bird thing as a long black rubbery tail grew out of her back. Her clothes were now just scraps of fabric. Her arms grew as her fingers and toes along with her nails became talons and claws. Finishing off the transformation, was a set of purple wings.

"What the f***?" Carinamon remarked as she looked her former human over. "What the heck are you?"

Scanning...

Arresternostmon

Champion/Infusion, Virus

Special Moves: None

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?: Elena is a mistake, just like Carinamon.

Carinamon: Next question, who the heck are you and how do you know that?

Carinamon jumped off of the canyon wall and onto the ground. Standing before the feathered scorpion, was some girl dressed in an orange and blue jester outfit along with an orange high heel on her left foot and a blue high heel on her right. For some reason, two wings made of balloons hung out of her back.

"Jestery is Jestery." Jestery announced as Carinamon held a claw over her forehead. "Now buy Jestery's merchandise!"

"What if I don't?" Jestery only laughed.

"I'm currently holding my analyzer entry hostage." Carinamon continued to hold her claw to her forehead.

Poison Claw!

Carinamon snapped down onto Jestery with her free claw, a super very not effective attack to the being.

"Jestery off!" Jestery then threw a ball of something on the ground, disappearing in a cloud of smoke. Carinamon then grabbed onto her "human's" tail, pulling as hard as she could.

"So, when do you turn back?" Carina questioned as she began to pull.

"Morning." Elena answered as she budged a tiny bit, making the scorpion bird thing a tiny bit happy. As she pulled Elena along, a girl and jackal man entered the canyon. Unlike Elena, the girl was dressed in a white silky lace blouse with matching stockings and suspenders. Over that, was a two piece black suit with a skirt instead of trousers. Silk fingerless gloves covered her hands and a pair of scarlet pumps covered her feet. Her skin was quite pale, possibly enhanced by make-up. Two cold ruby red eyes stared towards them and her ink black hair was tied into a bun. Finishing off her look, was a long red nail on each hand. Standing beside her, was a tall man dressed in a pin-stripe suit and wearing a jackal mask. In his hands, was a tommy gun with unlimited ammo.

"You get your bird out of zee road." The girl announced as jackal mask got his finger on the trigger.

Poison Claw!

"You will help or you will die by daybreak." Carinamon explained as the girl laughed.

"I am Alice Zwingli, chance is my game!" Alice announced as Carinamon clawed her a second time.

"Do you want bullets?" Alice's partner added as Carina returned to pulling her human companion. through the human companion.

"Will those magic bullets speed this process up?" The scorpion answered and the digimon began to shoot at her, only for Elena's body to move even faster. "So, Elena, where are you from?"

"Drogaciji Academy." Elena whispered as she watched Alice."It's a dimension that exist neither here or there. However, I'll have to return their one day."

"Why, you commoner?" Alice remarked as she and her digimon stood there, watching Carinamon pull Elena along.

"That's how the dimension works. All "students" of the academy have check-in every once in a while." Alice only held her left hand over her forehead.

"What a shtupit reason you have." Carinamon only groaned.

"How about you, Alice." Carinamon inquired and Alice groaned.

"Lichtenstein, Germany you pheasant." Alice answered as Elena managed to slam her tail into her. "You little... Astamon, you shoot her!"

Scanning...

Astamon

Ultimate, Virus

Special Moves: Hellfire, Maverick

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Astamon: Most misleading attacks evar, Miss S-

Alice: I still hafe my gun, Asta.

Hellfire!

A stream of bullets slammed into Elena's body, pushing it even further through the canyon.

"You little..." Alice whispered as Complaints girl appeared, this time having a bigger bat than usual. "Nov vat?"

"I'm here to beat the german out of you." Complaints girl announced, presenting a piece of paper for the foursome to see.

"I vill not bov to a little girl like you!" Alice announced, pulling a pistol out and pointing it towards her aggressor's head.

"Is that so?" Complaints girl began whacking Alice, only for Alice to shoot at her. As the two slugged it out, Astamon grabbed onto Elena's tail and helped Carinamon pull the paralyzed girl along.

"So, do you have any parents, Miss Elena?" Astamon inquired and Elena took a deep breath.

"Sort of." Elena answered as she attempted to move her left arm. "My caretakers were a teenage boy and an undead corpse."

"Doesn't that make one of them a paradox?" Carinamon added as Elena gave them a slight nod."

"Even then, the minute I left the egg, I was thrown out into the world." She took a deep breath. "What about you, Carinamon?"

"I was saved by them." Carinamon remarked, bowing her head. "I'm just like you, Elena. A mistake created by a man who no longer cares. They gave me and a few others a deal. Become the next partners or die."

"That doesn't sound fair." Elena gave Carinamon a slight glance.

"It isn't." Carina gave her human a glance back.

"Interesting, very interesting." Astamon remarked as Carinamon returned her gaze to him. "Me, yes. I met Miss Elena in the human world when I just a little Phascomon. She was at this underground gambling tournament..."

"Underground gambling tournament?" Elena questioned as she attempted to move her right arm instead of her left.

"Yes. Miss Alice is a "professional gambler", having won almost every game she played. But, usually she only plays poker."

"So, why are you two here?"

"Miss Alice got a mysterious letter instructing her to play this game." Carinamon held a claw to her forehead. "In exchange, she would get information on her parent's accident."

At that moment, Alice walked up. Unlike before, her outfit looked wrecked and the word "phony" had been written across her forehead.

"Thanks a lot, you stupid f****** f****** f****** f****** f****** c****!" Alice announced as Elena shifted her head up. The end of the canyon was finally coming into view and she breathed a sigh of relief.

"Who are you truly, Alice Zwingli?" Elena accused as Alice laughed.

"I vill not tell you." Alice answered as she followed the dragged bird, a wicked smile forming on her face.

"Miss Alice, don't you think telling them the truth would build their trust with you?" Astamon suggested, only for Alice to slap his face mask thing.

"This is an eternal game. Sometimes you must lie in order to win." Alice pointed her pistol at Elena's head, pulling the trigger. The bullet headed right towards Elena's skull...

Only to bounce off harmlessly and fall onto the ground.

"You f****** little..." Alice announced, only to get knocked over by Elena managing to whack her. Thankfully, they were now out of the canyon. A campfire glowed and some sleeping bags awaited them. The foursome got into their sleeping bags, ready for a good night sleep...

"Here we are." A figure remarked. Today, the figure had decided a shirt and pants along with a park of shoes would go well with chocolate brown eyes and short, spiky brown hair. Beside him, stood a young woman, dressed in a forest green sundress and leather sandals.

"At least it's a nice change of pace, Luke." The girl remarked as a lion made of flame walked up on two legs, with a teenage girl dressed in a matching emerald green dress and matching sandals walked up to her. As those two did that, a grey earless guilimon with a red chest and a blue armored lynx walked up to the boy.

"True, Lara. But they're still missing." Luke answered as he pulled a piece of paper out, looking it over. "We need to head north in order to get to the Renamon Temples."

"Sounds good." Lara added as the duo and their digimon headed off...