New Soul Reborn
Chapter 4: Reminisce
The group met back at Takato's house. They called Yamaki to tell him the Digimon was no longer hostile. They would have continued watching the movie, but one thing was all on their minds.
"What was with that guy?" asked Rika.
"I don't know," said Jeri, "From what I know about Digimon, they don't normally quit during a battle, right?"
"That is fairly uncommon," said Renamon.
"Maybe he didn't want to fight us," said Guilmon.
"Could have fooled me," said Terriermon.
"But he was wearing the yucky anklet thing, remember?" said Calumon.
"Yeah, he stopped attacking after we smashed the Dark Spiral," said Henry, "But what's odd is that he just digivolved to Mega and left without giving another blow."
"Not to mention he called us the, the, what was that he called us again?" asked Rika.
"He called us 'Digidestined'," said Jeri, "That sounds kinda familiar but I can't remember where I've heard it."
"I do," said Takato, "In Digimon Adventures, the kids and their Digimon were called Digidestined. Come to think of it, there was a BlackWarGreymon on that show as well."
"Come off it, goggle-head," said Rika, "You don't expect us to believe that was the same BlackWarGreymon."
"Well, he acted sorta like that BlackWarGreymon. And what about Devimon? Didn't he say he was from another Digital World?"
"But if he was the same BlackWarGreymon, and that's a big 'if'," said Henry, "Doesn't that mean he's still a threat? I mean, he is a Virus Attribute, after all."
"I think not," said Leomon, "If he had meant us any harm, he would have done so after he digivolved. Besides, there are plenty of cases of good Virus Attributes, like Guilmon and Impmon."
Guilmon looked around and said, "Speaking of which, where is Impmon?"
BlackWarGreymon was still walking the streets. He had kept to the back alleys in order not to draw any attention. He did not know if Digimon were common knowledge in this world, but he'd rather not startle anyone. He wasn't sure if there was anything that he was supposed to find in this world, but it merited exploring anyways. The sky was turning orange as sunset was growing near. He'll have to find a shelter for the night.
Suddenly a scent passed his nostrils. BlackWarGreymon and breathed in through his nose. Of course, not everything he smelled was pleasant. He smelled rotting trash and old oil, the type of smells you'd expect in a city's alleyway. But among those scents was something sweeter, more fragrant, and vaguely familiar. "Why would this seem familiar to me?" BlackWarGreymon asked himself, "Since when to scents mean anything to me?" Nevertheless, he sniffed the air some more. "This way," he said to himself when he found where that sweet scent was stronger. He walked in that direction, sniffing the air as he went.
He followed the smell like a bloodhound. He eventually came to a residential section of the city. He made certain to keep to the shadows to avoid frightening any unsuspecting humans. However, at the same time, he had the vaguest feeling he was being watched. But whenever he turned around, there was nothing to see. He dismissed as mere warrior's paranoia, but he kept his arm muscles tense just in case.
Then he came across a rather pleasant-looking house. By the looks of it, whoever owned has a substantial amount of spare money. Also, it had a well-tended garden in the back. There were many different kinds of flowers growing there, along with a few trees that gave a decent amount of shade. Since the scent was coming from there, BlackWarGreymon decided to enter the garden and discover its source. It was a simple manner to hop over the wall and hide in the shadows of the trees.
And not too far from a stone bench was the source of that sweet scent. It was a cluster of flowers. Not large flowers, small pink ones that had no more than six small petals each. They somewhat resembled tulips except they were much too small and their petals weren't close enough together. BlackWarGreymon's eyes widen in recognition. He had seen that same type of flower before. It was when Arukenimon and Mummymon sent that heard of fake Mammothmon at him. He had defeated them all except for one. That last one was of no concern until he saw that it was going to smash a flower in a small patch of grass. Inexplicably, BlackWarGreymon threw himself into the Mammothmon's path. The Mammothmon did not turn away though. It kept stomping on BlackWarGreymon as he shielded the flower from the fake Digimon's foot. That Mammothmon's attack did not harm BlackWarGreymon at all, but it still puzzled him as to why he would bother to try to save an insignificant flower. "I'd never thought I'd see one of these again," said BlackWarGreymon, "Especially not in the real world. But then again, this is a different real world so it's entirely possible that these flowers are natural here."
His thoughts were interrupted when the screen door of the house opened up. BlackWarGreymon stepped back further into the shadows to avoid being seen. He heard a voice saying, "Don't stay out too long. Dinner will be ready shortly."
"Ok, grandpa," said another voice. The owner of that voice then stepped out of the house. It was a young girl, about the same age as the Digidestined children he had seen earlier. She had blond hair that was kept in pigtails with black ribbons and blue eyes. She wore a short dress, long socks, and shoes, all black and in the gothic Lolita style. She walked over and sat on the stone bench. She didn't seem to notice her surroundings much. She was more interested in something in her hands. BlackWarGreymon could see that it was a Digivice, but of a style different than that the Digidestined in his world had used. He had briefly seen one of the Digidestined of this world holding up one of their Digivices. The girl's Digivice resembled this style, only it had a color scheme similar to Ken's; a grey main body with black details. But BlackGreymon also noticed the screen to be covered in static.
The girl had a face of deep sadness on her face. BlackWarGreymon could tell that she was mourning something. She also gave off an aura of great loneliness. BlackWarGreymon remembered feeling such an aura coming from Oikawa, the true part of him anyways. He was pretty sure that he himself had also had given one off. The dark dismalness of the girl mirrored his own in a most uncanny way. His curiosity became piqued, as well as a stir of sympathy. He felt a strong desire to know more about this girl. He looked around to make sure no one was watching and then stepped forward.
The girl didn't notice BlackWarGreymon's presence until his shadow fell over her. She looked up and jumped to her feet with a start. "Do not be alarmed," said BlackWarGreymon, "I do not intend to hurt you."
"What do you want?" demanded the girl.
BlackWarGreymon paused and thought about it. "I suppose it is to find out the purpose I have to fulfill in this world. Is that not what all beings want?"
The girl looked somewhat confused and said, "I suppose… But I meant what to you want from me?"
"To know why you're sitting here all alone with a broken Digivice," said BlackWarGreymon.
The girl looked away and said, "It's a long story."
"I have no pressing engagements."
"You're not going to attack me when I finish, are you?"
"If harming you was my intention, I would have done it from the start."
"I'm not sure I should really talk with a stranger. Especially if it's a Digimon."
"Very well, my name is BlackWarGreymon. Now I believe it is customary for you to introduce yourself."
The girl looked back at BlackWarGreymon and saw no hostility in his eyes. "My name is Alice McCoy," she said, "You might want to sit down, it's a long story."
BlackWarGreymon seated himself in front of the stone bench. "Start at the beginning and when you get to the ending, stop," he said. Then Alice sat on the bench and began her tale:
"My grandfather is Rob McCoy. He's a professor in computer designing at Palo Alto University in California. Back in the 1980's, he and some of his colleagues worked on a project for the government. They worked on creating artificial intelligences. Eventually, those AI's became digital lifeforms. But the university cut the funding and the group disbanded. They later learned the digital lifeforms had went over to the Digital World where they evolved into Digimon. My grandfather was still interested in what they created so he did some private research for a little bit after the group disbanded. But eventually his attention turned to other things and he stopped.
"That's where I come in. I heard him tell stories about what he and his colleagues did and I became curious. So I went into his computer lab to see if I could have a look at those files with the digital lifeforms in them. I don't know how I did it, or if I even did anything, but a portal to the Digital World opened up and I saw sucked through."
Alice screamed as she fell through many flashes of colored lights. Eventually, she fell towards a vast expansion of what looked like digital chicken wire. She expected to hit it like a wall, but she instead went through. And when she came through to the other side, she saw a large desert stretching out beneath her. That's when the screams began again as she was plummeting down to what was certainly her death with no way to stop or slow herself.
Somehow, she was able to angle her body so her feet were pointing down. Then something unexpected happened. The dress she was wearing poofed out like a parachute and her descent rapidly diminished in speed. In fact, she was now floating down gently to the ground. Eventually she landed on the ground and looked around. It was a desert alright, but something seemed odd. As the background stretched out into the distance, it looked more like a giant computer's screensaver. She looked upwards, expecting to see that wall of chicken wire, but all she saw was blue sky and a green and blue orb floating in the middle of the sky with several pink beams coming out of it. "Curiouser and curiouser," she muttered to herself.
Then she heard huffing and puffing and she turned to look in one direction. She saw a small white creature that resembled a rabbit with four ears, crescent moon symbols on its forehead, arms, and belly, and pink ribbons held together on its chest with a medallion with a sleeping moon face on it. The creature paused and pulled a pocket watch out of nowhere and looked at it. "Oh dear," it said, "I'm so late. I'm so very late!"
Alice watched the strange creature, which she later learned was a Lunamon, start running. "Um, excuse me," she called, "Do you think you could tell me…" She was cut off when one of the pink beams from the orb in the sky came towards her. Before she could run away, she was sucked up into it.
When the beam put Alice back down, the landscape had changed. Instead of a desert, she was now in a large rocky terrain with several canyons. "Where am I now?" she asked herself. She looked around and spied a large white crystal structure far off in the distant. "Maybe someone lives there," she said to herself, "Maybe they'll be able to help me. Or at least tell me where I am."
It took her several hours to get to the crystal structure. She had to climb over large rocks and go across several wide gaps in the ground. She was very much afraid of falling down into those gaps and ending up a very nasty mess at the bottom. If there was ever a bottom to reach. Alice looked up the huge white crystals that made up the structure. "Boy, whoever lives here must have a ton of stairs to go though," she said to herself.
She walked around until she found the front door. It was incredibly large, large enough to let a brigade through. There were two tiger-head knockers on each side of the door, each as big as a desk. "Well, here goes nothing," said Alice as she raised one knocker and tapped three times on the door.
The doorway opened. It didn't open with an ominous creak, but it still unnerved Alice as to what kind of person would require such a humongous door. She nervously walked over to the center of the doorway and called, "Hello? Is anyone home?"
"Enter, child," said a voice. Alice gasped slightly. The voice sounded so deep, like something that belonged to a beast. "Do not be afraid, human. You will not be harmed," said the voice. Alice gulped nervously and walked inside.
She walked into a hallway made entirely of white crystals. It was very pretty, like being in a geode. Eventually, the hallway led her to a very large room. She looked around and asked, "Where are you?"
"I am here," said the voice. Alice looked to see a giant white tiger. He had metal bangles on his ankles and tail. A metal helmet was fitted over his head with room to allow his four red eyes to look out. 12 orbs floated around his neck. "Greetings, child, I had anticipated your arrival here."
Alice stared at the tiger for a few seconds. Then she started screaming, very, very loudly. The tiger winced as the high-pitched sound rattled the stalactites on the ceiling. "Don't be scared," it tried to say but Alice kept on screaming. "Look, I said I wasn't going to hurt you," said the tiger. But Alice just screamed louder. "Will you cut that out!" yelled the tiger, his voice thundering over hers. Alice immediately stopped.
"Now then," said the tiger, as he rubbed one ear with his paw, "Like I said twice before, I do not intend to harm you. I am Baihumon, the Digimon Sovereign who watches over the western part of the Digital World."
"Digital World?" said Alice, never hearing those words before.
Baihumon looked surprised. "You do not know? How did you come to be here?"
"My grandfather's lab equipment," answered Alice, "I was trying to see his old files and somehow I ended up in this place. Wherever this place is."
"Interesting," said Baihumon, "Well, since you're here, you may as well know. This is the Digital World, the home of Digimon. You have heard of Digimon, have you not?"
"Who hasn't?" said Alice, "Nearly every kid plays that card game."
"Card game?" asked Baihumon. Then he shook his head and said, "On second thought, I'd rather not know. What's important is that you're now here. You are not the first human to visit the Digital World. I believe a boy named Ryo has the honor. But the point is that you were summoned her for a reason. I do not know what that reason is, but I do know it's important."
Suddenly the front door banged open. "Baihumon!" thundered another deep voice. A few seconds later, another large Digimon entered the room, one looking like a giant red bird with a long beak. He had six pairs of wings, four red eyes, a jet engine on his back, and twelve orbs floating around him. "What is the meaning of bringing a human to our Plain?" demanded the Digimon.
That started Alice's screaming again. The two Digimon winced as the stalactites vibrated again. "Now look what you've done, Zhuqiaomon!" cried Baihumon, "Just when I got her calmed down!"
"Calmed down? We shouldn't care if she's calm!" yelled Zhuqiaomon, "She must be eliminated! She has trespassed in our sacred domain!"
"She did not mean to come here on purpose! She did not know of the world's existence until a short time ago!" yelled Baihumon. He prodded Alice with one paw and said, "Would you mind stopping? It's hard to talk over your screams." Alice quieted down and Baihumon continued in a calmer voice, "You do not have to worry. I will deal with this human."
Zhuqiaomon grumbled to himself, "Humans don't belong here in the first place," and left.
"My apologies for my colleague," said Baihumon, "Zhuqiaomon is not a patient Digimon and is very distrusting in humans."
"Yeah, I got the impression," said Alice.
"But we are not of the same mindset as he," said Baihumon, "Azulongmon believes there is great potential in the alliance between human and Digimon. Ebonwumon is of two minds about it; he thinks that humans and Digimon make a good fighting team, but they cause too much ruckus."
"And what do you think?" asked Alice.
"I am not sure what to think," said Baihumon, "That's why I wanted to see you. I wish to observe how a human and Digimon partnership will work out. Therefore, I bestow upon you your own Digivice." There was a flash of light and a small ball of light appeared in the air. The ball floated down to land in Alice's hand before becoming a strange device that was black with white parts. "And also, I believe I know a Digimon that can be your partner."
Baihumon swished his tail towards another door and a ringing sound was heard. A few seconds later, the door opened and a Digimon that looked like a large Doberman with a metal spiked collar came through. He looked around in confusion and saw Baihumon. He knelt slightly and asked, "Why have you summoned me, Sovereign?"
"This is a human girl from the real world," said Baihumon, indicating Alice, "I believe you would make an idea partner for her."
"Me? A partner? To a human?" the Digimon looked dubious, "Why would you select me?"
"You said you wanted to prove that you've change your ways, Dobermon," said Baihumon, "And thus I offer the chance to do so. Be this girl's guardian and ally and show that you are capable of fighting for good."
Dobermon considered this for a while and said, "Very well, I except." He walked over to Alice and said, "Greetings human, my name is Dobermon and I will be your partner."
"Ok, my name is Alice," said Alice, "and I'll be your friend."
"And after that, we had lots of adventures," said Alice to BlackWarGreymon. "Dobermon was really stiff at first, but he eventually warmed up to me. I asked him why he wanted to prove himself and he told me he used to be a Virus Digimon that hunted other Digimon. Eventually, he grew disgusted with himself and he went to the Sovereigns to ask for forgiveness. I didn't really care about what he used to be, it was what he was that mattered."
"What happened to him?" asked BlackWarGreymon.
"Well, eventually, I came back to the human world. Dobermon went with me and he masqueraded as my pet. Of course, I had to explain my Doberman was part Great Dane to explain his size. But then the Digimon Sovereigns summoned us. There was another group of Tamers that were more powerful than us that were fighting the D-Reaper. They needed help to fight in the real world the same way they fought in the Digital World and they picked Dobermon to be their messenger."
"What kind of message did he bring?" asked BlackWarGreymon.
Alice sighed and said, "One I wish he didn't have to deliver."
Alice and Dobermon had been chased by the D-Reaper's Agents for quite some distance. Dobermon had managed to destroy a couple, but they kept coming. Alice was about to slash a card through her Digivice when she was knocked down by one of the Agents' attack. Before she could get back up, she heard commotion behind them. Then suddenly an attack destroyed the Agents that had been following her. Then a boy's voice called, "Is that you, Jeri?" Alice got up and looked at their saviors. It was three other kids and their Digimon partners. The boy with the goggles looked dishearten and said, "It's not."
"Yeah, no kidding," said the girl.
"You're the Tamers," said Alice, "We've been searching for you."
"That would be us," said the boy with the goggles, "Do we know you?"
Alice looked down and said, "I know you."
"How about a little more information, blondie?" demanded the girl.
"Takato," whispered the red dinosaur-like Digimon.
"Yeah, what is it, Growlmon?" asked the boy with the goggles.
"That's no doggy," said Growlmon, "That's a Digimon."
Dobermon turned to Alice and asked, "Are these children the ones I seek?"
"I think so," said Alice, "I wish they weren't."
"Your partner looks kinda tense there," commented the other boy.
"Dobermon's just on his guard," said Alice. She put her hand on the side of Dobermon's head and his growling quieted down. "He's been hunted mercilessly ever since he's arrived in the real world. It wants to stop him from his quest."
"Ok," said the girl, who lost her sneering tone, "So what's his quest."
"To deliver a message," growled Dobermon.
"A message?" asked Takato, "From whom?"
Suddenly the ground shook and two long purple arms wrapped themselves around the bridge they were standing on. They shot two orange beams that cut through the metal, slicing the bridge in half. The humans and their Digimon quickly got off the bridge as a large Agent and smaller ones appeared. The Tamers quickly slashed digivolution cards through their Digivices and their partners digivolved to Ultimate level. The Ultimate Digimon attacked the Agents and destroyed the smaller ones. However, the larger one, the one with the stretching arms was too strong and was starting to beat the Digimon.
"That thing's way to strong," said Takato, "We have to biomerge now!"
"We can't," said the other boy, "this isn't the Digital World. Our partners are data, but we're not. There's no way we can biomerge here."
"There is a way," said Alice, "That's why I'm here. That's why I brought him."
"Dobermon? What do you mean?" asked Takato.
"This is my quest," said Dobermon, "I was sent by the Digimon Sovereign to help you."
"But how?" asked the other boy.
Dobermon turned to Alice and said, "Thank you, Alice. But you know what I must do."
"I know," said Alice, sounding sad.
"I'll never forget what you have done," said Dobermon.
"Don't go," begged Alice.
"I have to. For all us," said Dobermon and he leaped into the air. Then Dobermon spoke to the Tamers, "The Digimon Sovereigns are fighting the enemy in the Digital World, but the enemy's most evolved form has emerged to wage war here, in your world. Only you, the Tamers, can stop it by fighting as one with your Digimon. To aide you, I bring a gift from the Digimon Sovereigns. Remember, the fate of the world lies in your hands!" Then Dobermon split into two streams of red and blue data.
"Dobermon!" called Alice as her partner gave his life for the Tamers to allow them to biomerge.
Alice looked deeply sad as she concluded, "It was because of the Tamers that the D-Reaper was defeated. Dobermon's sacrifice saved everyone. But I still miss him."
"He died an honorable death," said BlackWarGreymon, "His memory should be well preserved for such a heroic act. I should know. I myself have done a similar thing."
"You have?" asked Alice.
"From what you've told me, Dobermon and I are similar in many ways," said BlackWarGreymon, "We were both born Virus Digimon who sought to make more of ourselves and tried to do good. We've also gave up our data so that the Digidestined of our world could defeat their most powerful enemy."
"Digidestined?" asked Alice.
"That's the term for the children who partner and fight with Digimon where I come from," said BlackWarGreymon, "Apparently, Tamers are the equivalent here."
"And where are you from?" asked Alice.
"I came from another Digital World," said BlackWarGreymon, "I have been given a second chance to live life again in this universe and I have a purpose to find and fufill."
Suddenly BlackWarGreymon tensed. "What is it?" asked Alice.
"We are not alone," said BlackWarGreymon, "I've thought someone was watching me for a while, but now I'm sure of it." He scanned the area until he notice a slight movement in a tree branch above. "There!" he called and thumped the tree hard, not hard enough to break it, but enough for whatever was sitting in that tree to come tumbling to the ground.
Alice and BlackWarGreymon looked at the small Digimon. It resembled a purple imp with a white face, a yellow mischievous face on his stomach, and wearing red gloves and a bandana. He looked up at them with his green eyes and said, "Uh, hi, again."
"What do you mean again?" demanded BlackWarGreymon as he brandished his claws, "Who are you?"
"Er, we met before," said the Digimon, "Course, I was a lot taller back then."
BlackWarGreymon looked down at the Digimon and noticed the red bandana tied around his neck. He has seen a similar bandana before on one of the Digimon who had stopped him from destroying the city. The one who had destroyed the Dark Spiral on his leg, he remembered hearing his name. "Beelzemon?" asked BlackWarGreymon.
"Yeah, but it's actually Impmon right now," said Impmon as he stood up.
"Why were you following me?" demanded BlackWarGreymon. His claws were at his side now, but he was still suspicious.
"I was curious about ya," said Impmon, "So I tailed ya for a while so I can figure out where ya came from. Then ya came across this gal." He turned to Alice and said, "I've heard the others talkin' about ya, you're Alice, right?"
"Yes," said Alice.
"Yeah, the others were talkin' about yer Dobermon sacrificin' himself so they can biomerge. Then ya disappeared after that. Where'd ya go?"
"Back to America," said Alice, "The Digimon Sovereigns brought me and Dobermon to Japan and they sent me back. I've here with my grandfather so he can talk with the other Monster Makers about something. I wanted to come along because I thought Dobermon's data might still be here. But I don't think it is."
"I'm sorry," said Impmon.
"Don't be, you had nothing to do with that," said Alice.
"Actually, I kinda do," said Impmon, "I wasn't really so nice once. I used to be really bad. I destroyed a bunch of Digimon so I could load their data and grow stronger. But one Digimon's death went too far."
Beelzemon stood over Kyubimon, his claws raised to deliver the final blow. And just as he was about to do just that, someone grabbed his arm. It was Leomon, Jeri's partner. "I don't know who you are, but I do know you're being used," said Leomon, "This power you've been given, is it worth harming these children to keep?"
"You don't know anything!" yelled Beelzemon.
Leomon punched him in the face and then in the side. "To have power is not to be strong," he said, "You see, I know that better than anyone. Do what you must Beelzemon, but I will not let you harm these children." Beelzemon barely heard what he said, he was shaking with rage at this. Who was he to tell him what to do? With a cry of fury, his claws lashed forward.
Leomon gasped as Beelzemon impaled him with his claws. He felt his energy spill out from both sides of his gut. He roared in pain and fell backwards, the data around the hole disintigrating. "Why... can't you see? Why won't you try to understand the truth?" Leomon directed his next words to Jeri, "Be brave, Jeri. Part of me will always be with you. Remember, you have a lion's heart." These were his last words as his data completely disintigrated and the screen on Jeri's digivice became static.
Beelzemon loaded the data floating in the air as he said, "No, to have power is to be strong. I'll keep loading data till no one can stop me! No one! NO ONE!"
"Leomon's death caused Jeri to go into depression," said Impmon, "She became the D-Reaper's power source. If I hadn't of done that, yer partner wouldn't have had to sacrifice himself." Alice and BlackWarGreymon could both see that Impmon had tears in his eyes as he told his story.
"It would seem that we've all known sorrow and loss," said BlackWarGreymon, "But we cannot allow the tragedies of our lives to hamper our hopes for tomorrow. Even if we're the ones who caused them."
Impmon nodded and said, "Well, I better get home. Ai and Mako will get worried if I'm gone too long." He hopped up onto the fence and turned to BlackWarGreymon. "We'll be seein' ya around, right?"
"I don't see why I have to leave the area at the moment," said BlackWarGreymon, "Perhaps our paths will cross again."
"Ok, hope to be seein' ya," said Impmon as he jumped to the other side of the fence and ran off.
BlackWarGreymon turned to leave when Alice asked, "Where are you going?"
"I need to find shelter for the night," said BlackWarGreymon.
"Well, um," said Alice, "I don't normally say this to strangers I've just met, especially Digimon, but would you like to stay for dinner?"
"Dinner?" said BlackWarGreymon, "I have never needed to eat before." Suddenly a very loud growling was heard. BlackWarGreymon tensed for an attack only to realize that it was coming from him, his abdomen to be exact.
"Guess you need to now," said Alice, "You do have a mouth right?"
"Well, I guess," said BlackWarGreymon, "but my helmet has no opening for one."
"Then you better de-digivolve," said Alice.
"I'm not sure about that," said BlackWarGreymon.
"You said you need to rest for the night," said Alice, "You can do it at my house."
"Well…" He did need to rest, and apparently to eat. Alice seemed like a pleasant person to spend some time with. And this seemed as nice a place as any to spend the night. BlackGreymon concentrated for a minute and he shrank down. BlackAgumon turned to Alice and said, "Very well, I shall stay for the night. I hope your family won't mind."
"Oh don't worry," said Alice, "Grandpa's very interested in Digimon. He won't mind you at all."
Meanwhile, SkullSatamon had been watching through a crystal orb. "It seems I was wrong about that guy," said SkullSatamon, "He may be a Virus type, but he has no real ambition. Just walking in as a dinner guest, what kind of self-respecting Digimon is that?"
"Someone who may still be of use to us," said a voice behind him. SkullSatamon turned around and saw a Digimon. He wore a red cloak that covered most of his body. The front was black with green markings starting from the pendelum hanging around his neck and ending in an upside-down star. His feet were wearing black pointed shoes and his hands were a pale purple with red fingers. A large pair of black bat wings with purple membranes and red claws sprouted from his back. The only thing that showed of his head under the red pointed hood with the yellow upside-down star with an eye in the middle on the forehead was his two purple eyes and the devil's horns.
"Lord Daemon!" said SkullSatamon and got down on one knee, "Forgive me, master. I have made a miscalculation."
"Not to worry, SkullSatamon," said Daemon, "I had a feeling that BlackWarGreymon would not follow through with your commands. However, he might provide a useful distraction."
"Distraction, my lord?" asked SkullSatamon.
"Yes, the Digidestined of any world have a ridiculously noble tendency to come to the aid of anyone in danger. The girl who welcomed that mutant lizard could prove useful for a distraction that will allow us to capture our real prize."
"And who would that be, boss?" asked SkullSatamon.
Daemon poked the crystal orb and said, "Him." The image changed to show Calumon, having dinner with Jeri's family. "BlackWarGreymon is not the only one to come from another world and appear in this in a weaker form. With this Digimon's help, I will be able to bring my comrade's power back to full power. And then no force in either world can stop us!"
There's another chapter. Forgive me for putting those Alice in Wonderland cracks in at the beginning of Alice's tale. It's just that her name and situation were similar and I took a shot at it. By the way, the 'white rabbit' was Lunamon. I have no idea what she'd be late for but it's not important. And so we went a little bit down memory lane for both Alice and Impmon/Beelzemon. And now we know who SkullSatamon works for. What nasty plan is Daemon plotting? Find out next update. Please review.