Posted on: June 18, 2009
Fc: la…another week, another chapter. Yay!!!!
If you're interested, I did some promotional/procrastination art for chapter three. You can find it by going to my profile (link at the top of the page here) and then clicking on my homepage, (link on the left hand side), I called it "The Premonition" and it gives you guys a glimpse at one of my characters yet to be seen.
Chapter Four
Going Digital
"I still don't like them," Danny repeated, putting his pencil done for the seventh time. He pushed himself away from Sam's desk and the notebook he was writing in.
Sam groaned, pushing her own notepad and pen aside. She sat upright from her place on her bed. "Danny, will you get a grip?"
"Sam, who randomly decides to tag along on a twelve hour flight to America at the last minute? I know I wouldn't…" Danny asked, his voice straining a bit.
"I know... It's kind of strange but they're here now and we'll just have to deal. So behave," she added sharply.
Danny snorted, grumbling to himself more. "Fine, but I think they're hiding something…"
Sam raised her eyebrows. "What makes you say that?"
"Sam, I hide things for a living. I just have this feeling."
"Well go have your feeling somewhere else if you're not going to be helpful," she responded not wanting to put up with Danny's foul mooded-ness. They really needed to show up with at least a basic plan for their English final tomorrow and they currently had nothing.
Danny sighed heavily, "Sorry…"
"Give them a chance… You may actually like them Danny." Sam soothed. She closed her notepad. "Want to take a break? We could meet Tucker, Zoe and everyone at that new cyber café."
"Sure. That and I'd love to see how Tuck's trying to show off to your friend." Danny said with a grin.
Sam laughed. "That might be something worth seeing." She said as she picked up her cell phone to dial the number of Zoe's borrowed cell phone.
"Your pen pal seems pretty cool Zoe." Kouichi stated, sitting on the bed in a hotel room. The Digidestined minus Zoe checked in to a hotel while they sought out the Spirits of Life and Death. Zoe would be staying with Sam once she came to get her. She was hanging out with the guys because Sam still needed to work on her English final.
Zoe grinned, "Sam's the greatest. I can't wait to really introduce you guys to her and her friends."
"Who? That black haired boy? Pass." Takuya said curtly, raising surprised expressions from the rest of the group.
"What's wrong with you?" Kouji asked, sounding annoyed.
Takuya just shrugged, "I don't know… He just… I don't know!" he shouted in exasperation.
"You need to relax Taki," JP said firmly, "this whole situation is stressing you out."
Takuya shot JP a swift glare but sighed in defeat, "Yeah… it is… Seraphimon may have narrowed down the searching field but we're still searching for two needles in an awfully big haystack."
"I have to agree that." JP agreed, "Finding the owners of Life and Death won't be an easy task. We don't even know if the spirits were awakened…"
The group seemed to be disheartened by the lack of enthusiasm. The exchanged doubtful glances, knowing with each passing second, more of the Digital World was being destroyed.
"Come on guys, we can do this." Kouichi said brightly, trying to lift the mood.
Zoe jumped up beside him, "There's nothing we can't do when we work together!"
The goggle headed leader smiled at his team's sudden sparking enthusiasm. "You guys are right. There's nothing we can't do!"
Zoe beamed at him, making Takuya blush. Then a small cellphone vibrated across the bed stand. Zoe grabbed it and recognized the number. "It's Sam!" Zoe announced happily, answering the call.
"Hey, Zoe. How's that phone of Tuck's treating you?"
"It's working fine. What's up?"
"Danny and I are meeting Tucker at the cyber café down the street from the hotel. Do you and the guys wanna come? It'd be a great way to introduce everyone and get some lunch."
Zoe placed her hand over the receiver. "You guys want to go meet Sam at the cyber café down the street?" she asked, getting excited responses. "We'll meet you guys there!"
"Tucker's already there, it's his home away from home. Food and Wi-Fi, what more could a techno geek ask for?" Sam said with a light laugh.
"Cool, See you soon!"
Sam and Danny walked down the sidewalk heading towards Cybre Wire, the cyber café that a lot of teens liked to hang out at. It took the place of Nasty Burger when it 'mysteriously' exploded. Even now with the new Nasty Burger, Cybre Wire was still a hot spot.
"There they are!" Sam exclaimed happily, running up to meet Zoe at the frosted glass door. Takuya, Danny, and the other boys hung back, walking slowly to give the girls their space. Danny and Takuya's eyes met, creating instant sparks. Zoe and Sam just rolled their eyes, guessing something like this would've happened.
"Let's go in and get some food…" Kouichi suggested, dousing the fire before it started.
They had no sooner set foot inside the establishment when the ground beneath the café shook, the temperature dropped, the atmosphere darkened, and Danny's ghost sense went off.
He cursed under his breath. "Ghost."
"What's happening!?" Takuya shouted over the chaos of people running and screaming from the café.
Sam grabbed his arm and pulled him away from the imminent danger. "Come on!"
A ghost rose up from the floor. He was tall, wearing a black jacket and a silver cape. His skin was neon green and glowing. His eyes looked like black, square sunglass lenses. He cackled maniacally, making the Digidestined instinctively draw their D-Tectors.
"Once again, I Technus! Master of all Technology, am free to conquer this world! Come, my beautiful technology! Together we shall RULE THE WORLD!!!"
JP stared at the ghost of everything techie. "Uh… Who's the dude with the mullet?" he asked referring to Technus's "updated" look.
"That's Technus; he's a ghost who can control technology." Sam explained quickly, "We need to get out of here!" She led the large group out of the building under attack into the parking lot to stand with a huge crowd of onlookers.
"Where's Danny?" Zoe asked shrilly, concerned for everyone's safety. Sam knew Danny snuck off to transform into his ghostly alter ego to fight Technus, but as far as everyone else was concerned, the boy was still inside.
Sam looked back at the building out of habit. Takuya glanced at Kouji and they nodded. The broke from the group and raced back towards the building. Sam watched horrified as they charged the building going to rescue someone who would probably end up rescuing them.
Zoe and Sam took off after them, and not wanting to miss out on the action, so did JP, Tommy and Kouichi. The five burst back into the building colliding into Kouji and Takuya; they stood watching a fierce battle reign over head. Technus was engaged in close combat with a white haired teenager, who obviously was another ghost.
Technus launched several CDs at the ghost teen, who dodged the attacks with ease. "Is that the best you've got?" he taunted, making the technology ghost seethe with anger.
"You will regret mocking me ghost child!" Technus snarled. He summoned several computers and tried to fuse them into a battle robot of sorts. The white haired teen just blasted the robot computer into pieces with green spectral energy. He proceeded to grabble with the master of technology.
"Who is that?" Kouichi asked in awe.
Sam looked unfazed by all the action. "He's Danny Phantom." She stated never taking her eyes off the fight.
Danny dove down landing near the group, "What are you doing!? Get out!" he shouted trying to defend the group from Technus's attacks. He threw up a barrier as more CDs hurtled their way.
"He looks like your friend…" Kouji said pointedly. That sentence distracted Danny long enough to be punched by Technus. He flew backwards hitting a wall. Danny stood up and shook his head before jumping back into the fray.
"I'm growing tired of our fight ghost child! Now let's see-" Technus quickly glanced around the room looking for any technology that hadn't been destroyed in the battle. Only a few computers and a cash registerremained. The he spotted a small, sleek object in Kouichi's hand, his D-Tector.
"That'll do!" Technus said excitedly. He dove at the teens, scattering them. He tried to possess the D-Tector Kouichi held. He appeared to have succeeded as it floated out of Kouichi's grip into the air.
"No!" Danny shot out of nowhere and tried to take the device back from Technus's control. The little black D-Tector whirred to life as they fought, sending sparks flying at Technus.
"What is this?!" he shouted not expecting technology to bite back at him. Danny held the device in his hands uncertainly as it continued to spit out sparks.
IT IS TIME
The screen lit up and glowed brightly. The effect was contagious, as the other D-Tectors whirred to life and their screens illuminated. Danny landed next to Sam and shielded his eyes. "What's going on?"
Sam's and Danny's cellphones began to vibrate and glow like the D-Tectors. They hesitant teens brought out their phones, watching them morph and change shape to match the Digidestined's D-Tectors.
"No way!" Zoe exclaimed seeing the new D-Tectors in Sam and Danny's hands. Their new devices began to glow like the others enveloping the group in light.
Fc: Cliffie! Sorry, I'm tired, it's one am as I post this and I have a headache the size of Nepal. I need bed before I execute something horrible... like that horrible pun -is shot-