Chapter Two: The Train Ride
James sat there, totally stunned by the events that had just happened. James shoved the device in his pocket and picked up the egg. "I need to tell my parents. I need to get to the library!"
Alexis looked around as the shadow spoke. "Where is it?" She said. The shadow turned around.
"Follow me." The shadow then left Alexis' shadow and began to run through the streets, the other two following close behind. They ran through the street until they came to a section of street covered in fog. They ran through the fog until the shadow stopped in front of a house. "It's gone." It said. The fog was beginning to dissipate as it said this.
"Where is it?" Said Allen. The shadow didn't move. They stood there for several moments.
"Turuie?" Said Alexis. The thing didn't move, it just looked at the house.
AI don't know...but there's another one at the train station." Allen cocked an eyebrow.
"Already? Rare for two in one night." Alexis frowned.
"Yeah, it is. Something isn't right. Get your Digivice ready." Allen lifted up his jacket to show a device similar to the one James found on his belt next to the cardholder, only this one had black trim and gold buttons.
"And you?" He said smiling. She pointed out the one on her belt beside her cardholder as well, only hers had purple trim and gold buttons. "Good, let's go."
James ran through the rain down the street until he made it to a small train station that traveled to the other side of town. He went up to the booth to buy a ticket, pulling out his wallet, still holding the large egg. He managed to pull out several bills and lay them on the counter. "I need a ticket." The man looked at the panicky looking boy oddly, then handed him a ticket.
"Have a nice day." James took it and walked into the train. He then sat on one of the seats by himself, his right leg shaking from being so nervous. The train didn't move for a couple minutes, but then the doors closed and it began to roll down the track.
James sat there for almost fifteen minutes not doing anything, just listening to the rain hit the window, the occasional cough or turning of a page in a book or newspaper, and feeling the warmth radiate from the egg sitting on his lap. "This egg is so warm." James thought to himself in silence. "That creature...it came from my computer. It was so evil." He then looked down at the large egg in his lap, knowing that the creature within it was most likely something similar to what had just attacked him. "Yet this egg feels so...peaceful. I'm so terrified, yet deep down this egg makes me feel...happy." James then gasped as he realized what he was holding in his lap. "I've seen that monster before..." He then pulled the odd device out of his pocket and looked at it cautiously. "This device is so familiar." He then looked back at the egg, and spoke aloud, as if to tell himself exactly what he was holding. "This is a Digimon." As soon as he said that, the device in his hand began to light up and beep and the train halted to a stop on a bridge over a large river, the wheels screeching as it did so, and the power went out. People began to jerk out of their seats and fall as it stopped. James just held on to the seat and managed to stay there. "What the heck?" James then froze as he saw a thick fog roll in outside like what had happened at his house. "Oh no, not again." James then looked down at the device in his hand. On the screen was a digital hazard symbol with the words Get Ready' on top of it. "What the heck does that mean?" At that point, one of the doors on his train car opened. The fog from outside rolled in, and a dark silhouette walked through the door. The people on the train huddled up in their seats as the tall man walked in. The man was at least 6' 5" and wore a long black jacket with a hood. Under the hood, James could see the man turning his head, examining the people onboard. James then noticed his head face him, and the man smile. The man began to walk over to James; James just held the egg tightly to his chest. Once the man stood in front of him, he spoke.
"You, boy. Give me that egg." James shook his head. The man just smiled slyly. James could see the man had unnaturally long teeth with his incisors sharply pointed like a vampire. "Come now boy, don't make this difficult." The man held out his hand. "Give me that egg and you'll never see me again." James didn't move. The man just kept grinning. "What is that egg worth to you anyway? All it will do is make you're life difficult. You don't want that, do you?" James looked down at the egg, wondering what to do. "You're life is difficult enough, you honestly want that to make it worse." James looked up at the man in shock.
"H...how do you know about my life." The man tilted his head slyly.
"I know everything about you James. I know all about you're annoying brother and you're non-understanding parents." James looked down in sadness.
"Yeah..."
"Yes, I know everything about you. Now, give me that egg, and everything will be fine." James sat there thinking about his already difficult life. About his bully brother, his parents who just turn their heads whenever Nate does anything wrong. James was about to do as the man said, when he also remembered the warmth of the egg on him. He remembered how the egg had given him a feeling as if everything was going to be ok. James once more took in the comforting feeling, and looked up at the man, holding the egg tighter.
"No." The man then frowned.
"Fine." He then pulled the hood on his hood down, revealing his pale face, his glaring blood red eyes, and his short spiky brown hair. He began to speak loudly so everyone on the train could hear him. "Then everyone on this train shall die." People then began to freak out. The man then pulled a device out of his pocket exactly like James', except it was all black with red trim and buttons. He then pushed a button on it, and then a whip like beam of energy came out of the end and began to take form on the floor. The energy shape then vanished, leaving behind a red beetle like creature about the size of a dog behind. The creature opened up the wings on its back and floated in the air. "Tentomon, kill the boy!" The thing then spoke in a shrill voice.
"Gladly!" James then noticed the egg on his lap shake, as well as the device in his pocket began to beep. The beetle began to bounce lightning bolts off its back onto its wings, when the top of the egg popped off and a small tan colored jellyfish-like ooze with a single eye looked out of it. The beetle stopped sparking and the ooze turned around and looked at James. The man sneered.
"It hatched! Tentomon, I didn't tell you to stop, kill him now!" The ooze then jumped out of the egg and onto the face of the beetle. The beetle began to panic and buzz around in confusion. Lightning began shooting out of its back in random directions. People began to scream and duck. The man yelled. "You stupid bug! Kill it and finish off the boy!" The bug then slammed against a wall headfirst and the ooze fell to the floor knocked out. James sat there and gasped.
"It tried to save me..." Thought James. "But why?" The bug then sparked up again, and just as it was about to shoot the ooze, James jumped in front of it causing the bolt to hit him instead of the ooze. His eyes got wide and he gasped as the bolt hit him in the gut. He fell to the floor hard with a thud. He just lay there, holding his stomach, his eyes wide and his face pale. He looked up at the man, pain filling his body. He was paralyzed with pain. The man sneered again.
"Foolish boy. Your attempt at some kind of rescue has ended in nothing but failure. Now watch your Digimon die!" James then slowly rolled over and looked at the ooze. Its eye slowly opened and looked at James sadly. James spoke slow and softly.
"I'm sorry little guy...I wish I could help you..." James then closed his eyes, a lone tear rolling down his check. He could hear the bug begin to spark up again, but then he heard the train doors open and the sparking stopped.
"What the?" Said the man. James opened his eyes and rolled over. His eyes got wide as he saw a tall shadowy figure with yellow glowing eyes. The man growled. "Tentomon, attack it!" The bug sparked up and shot several bolts of lightning at it, but the thing ducked and ran quickly at the bug. It then grabbed the bug and used its hand to pin it to the wall. As it did, a girl walked onto the train (Alexis). She looked at the man once, and then cocked an eyebrow as she looked down at James.
"You?" James noticed that this girl went to school with him. She was the girl that had asked if he was all right after his brother knocked him over. Alexis just shook her head and looked at the shadow. "Turuiemon, finish him and let's get out of here." The shadow nodded.
"Gladly." The shadow's arm then became engulfed in a black smoke, the smoke then drifted to the bug, engulfing it as well. It then squeezed the bug hard, causing it to squeal until it finally screamed and burst into a cloud of data. The man gasped.
"Tentomon!" The shadow then jerked its head towards the man.
"Now for you." The man gasped, and the shadow ran at the man. It grabbed him by the throat and held him in the air.
"What are you doing!" Screamed the man.
"Getting rid of you." Said the shadow. The shadow then walked out of the train with the man. The man tried getting loose, but could not. She stood over the edge of the tracks and looked at the man. "Goodbye." She then let go of him and he screamed as he fell. The shadow watched him become silent as he hit a huge rock with a loud crack, and then fall into the water. It then walked back on the train. Alexis looked at the shadow and whispered to it.
"Did you dispose of him?"
"Yes. I expect his teammates will come to retrieve his body soon." Alexis nodded, and turned around.
"Boy." James looked up at her. She looked partially over her shoulder at him. "Grab your Digimon and follow me. Unless of course you expect to explain to all these people what just happened." James then looked around to see all the people starring at him. He slowly stood up and gently picked up the ooze. It made a slight moan as he did. He then walked off the train onto the path beside the tracks. Alexis then whispered into the shadow's ear again.
"Convince them this never happened." The shadow nodded and walked onto the train. It stood there staring at all the people, and its eyes flashed yellow. Everyone blinked and began to look around as it then walked off. The train then started back up and began to move. James, still pale and feeling sick from the lightning bolt, looked at Alexis.
"What...what's going on?" Alexis looked at him with the same emotionless face.
"She erased their memory of the event. Also, when she is a shadow nobody can see her except for other digidestened." James looked at her in disbelief.
"So..." He looked down at the ooze in his arms. It was looking up at him, making a soft purring kind of sound, vibrating slightly. "This is a Digimon...really?" He then looked back up at her. She nodded. Alexis then began to walk down the path. James stood there, watching her walk down the path, noticing the fog begin to dissipate. The shadow stayed behind. It then looked at James.
"I'm sorry about her." It said calmly. "She isn't good with people. Her name is Alexis Stokes." James nodded.
"Yeah, I go to school with her." The shadow nodded.
"Interesting. I don't remember seeing you."
"I usually stay in the back. I'm James Tanner." The shadow nodded.
"I am Turuiemon." The shadow then began to solidify into an actual being. James got a surprised look when he saw this. Standing in the place of the shadow was a human sized purple rabbit-like person wearing a black gi and with red gloves on its hands. On its forehead were three horns, and hanging down the back of its head were two long rabbit ears with white ends. It bowed politely. "Pleasure to meet you, James." James nodded. "Now, if you please, we should follow her so she can explain more." Turuiemon then turned back into a shadow, and calmly walked towards Alexis. James then looked behind him where the train was headed.
"Well, I guess I'm not going to tell my parents for a while." He then looked down at the jellyfish-like creature in his arms. "Well buddy, no going back now is there." James almost thought the thing shook as if it was shaking its head, but it could have just been him. He then followed Alexis as well.