Chapter 3: Clarity
Calumon was blessed that he was found so quickly by Marie. After leaving Talulu's room, Calumon was forced to search hopelessly through the maze of the ventilation system, slowly making his way up to the surface ten miles above, needless to say that it took a lot out of him. By the time he found the top, Calumon found himself in the middle of the woods. He tried to fly his way out, but he was too tired. Just as he was going to give up a pop can fell from the sky and well you know the rest. Now that he was in a warm house, all Calumon wanted was to sleep.
"Wake up, damn you!"
Calumon peeked open his eyes. Standing beside the edge of the couch was a Lopmon. She looked furious, but Calumon didn't seem to notice. He was just happy to see another Digimon. Wanting to be friends, he leaped at Lopmon for a hug, only to be pushed off. She began to yell at him about being a human.
"I don't know what you're saying…" said Calumon.
"I'm saying that you turned me into a Digimon!" said a flustered Marie.
Marie flashed the palm of her right hand to Calumon. Even as a Lopmon the Zero Unit was still there. Calumon knew nothing of this though and he didn't seem to realize that he had one on his own forehead. Marie sighed. She began to tell him what he was exactly, such as his name, that he was a Digimon, and that when touching his symbol on his head she magically got a tattoo and turned into a Digimon. This left Marie with a confused Calumon.
Marie thought it better to explain more later. For now she needed to figure out how to turn back into a human. She tried a few different things. Thinking back to the show, Digimon often turned back to a lower form after being beat up. For a minute or two Marie tried to punch herself in the face till Calumon gave her weird looks. Then she thought if she wore herself out she might turn back, so she did a few laps around the living room to no avail. She was left with the option that it may ware off with time, hopefully before her dad came home.
"Miss, I know you're busy with whatever you're doing, but I need help." said Calumon, after Marie plopped herself on the couch.
Marie nodded to Calumon as if to say 'go ahead'. That's when he told Talulu's story. He told her of everything he knew about Talulu, from the day she learned of her strange power at a young age to her imprisonment at the underground lab. He hoped that Marie would help.
If Marie was bothered by her sudden transformation, the prospect of a corrupt organization in her town just blew all of those thoughts away. She began to bombard Calumon with questions. She couldn't take the idea that there was more corruption in Anders and started to pace about the room. Her anger built up till she couldn't take it anymore. With an anguished yell a wind picked up inside the living room. Marie felt herself spinning uncontrollably. When the wind finally stopped the room was trashed and Calumon laid dizzily on the floor. She had used Lopmon's attack, Tiny Twister.
Sighing, Marie helped up Calumon, before beginning her daunting task of cleaning up the mess she made. It was then, while picking up a coat rack with one paw, that she saw how strong she was. Ignoring her cleaning duties Marie went about the house to see just how strong she was. She lifted the dinning table easy, the couch with a little huff, and the fridge using both paws. This gave her an idea, if she had super strength and destructive tornado powers, what was stopping her from using them to save Talulu. Marie knew that if she went to the police in Anders, they'd think she was crazy for reporting an evil laboratory under the town. But maybe she could make a difference herself. If she was going to be stuck in this body, she might as well use it.