"Come on, Kaiyah!" Digital called from the living room of April's house.
"I'm coming!" Kaiyah called as she pulled her T-Shirt over her head. She pulled her medium length, red hair out from her shirt and ran into the living room where Digital and Kaemon stood.
Kaemon smiled at his younger twin sister as she ran out of their shared room. "Took ya long enough!" He joked.
Kaiyah just stuck her tongue out at her older brother. Kaemon giggled and Digital chuckled. "Are you all ready to go?" Digital asked Kaiyah.
She nodded. "Yeah!"
Digital giggled as she took the young ones' hands. "We'll be back soon, Aunt April."
"Ok! Call if there's any complications!" She called from the kitchen where she was cooking dinner.
Digital and the two children began to walk out of the house and down the street to the park. "Are you two going to be good for me?" She asked.
"We always aw, Digi!" Kaiyah giggled.
Digital laughed gently and threw her head back in laughter. "Yes, you both are," Then Digital looked to Kaemon seriously. "If you can't breathe or feel bad, you have to tell me, got it?"
Kaemon nodded sadly. "Yes, Digital."
Digital sighed at Kaemon's frown. "I'm sorry that I had to bring it up, Kae, but it needs to be said in case something goes wrong."
"I know, Digi." He mumbled quietly.
Soon the park came into view, and the two children jumped in ecstasy. "Look thewa it is!" Kaiyah shouted.
Digital giggled as she kept her hands slipped into the twins'. "Yes, there it is. But don't try to run away from me until we actually get there, please."
Kaiyah giggled and jumped up and down with a clap of her hands. "We no been to pawk fow a wong time!"
Digital giggled once more. "Well, it has been rather cold for a few days. But now that it's starting to get warmer we should be able to go to the park a lot more often. And the pool as well."
"What about unca Donnie, Mikey, Weo, and Waphie? They go, too?" Kaemon asked, looking up into Digital's seafoam, blue eyes.
Digital sighed. The two knew that her father and their brothers couldn't be seen by humans, but they wanted to know if they would be able to sneak in after hours. "I'm gonna have to say 'no' on that one, Kaemon. Maybe we could go to the beach or to some deserted part of the beach, but not the pool I'm afraid."
Kaemon nodded in understanding. Digital smiled as they entered the park. She looked to the swirly slide that she used to play on at night with her father and uncles. The swings where she used to pretend she was flying to Pluto. The monkey bars where she spent years and years of trying to get the movements down precisely. She smiled and let go of the kids' hands. "Alright, you little monkeys are free to play."
The two children giggled and yelled a 'yay' before running to swing on the swings. Digital sighed in content as she sat on a bench, watching her dear cousins play. This was a good day. The children were able to play, and later Digital would have her first date. It would all work out.
"I didn't expect to see you here."
Digital almost jumped out of her skin at the unexpected voice. "Coda," She reprimanded, playfully punching him on the shoulder, "don't scare me like that." She whined.
Coda laughed. "Ok, ok. Say, I didn't know you had kids."
"Huh," Digital asked before looking to Kaiyah and Kaemon. Sudden realization hit her, and she directed her gaze back to Coda. "They're not mine. They're my cousins, Kaemon and Kaiyah. They're twins. Kaemon's the oldest and Kaiyah is the youngest."
"Ah," Coda said, "that makes more sense."
"Digital, Digital!" Kaiyah called, holding a dandelion seed like weed. "Wook what I found! What is it?"
Before Digital could answer, Coda gently took the weed from Kaiyah's hand. "It's a dream flower. You take it in your hand, make a wish in your head, and blow all the little seeds into the air. Legend says, your wish will come true in a few weeks." Coda explained, placing the weed back into Kai's hand.
She looked at him with wide eyes. "Weally?"
Coda laughed lightly and rubbed her head gently. "Really."
She smiled wide before taking a big breath and blowing the weed, the seeds dispersing all throughout the park. She giggled in delight. "Did you make a wish?" Coda asked.
Kaiyah nodded eagerly. "Yeah, I wish fow a-"
"No," Coda warned, "you can't tell anyone, or it won't come true." Kaiyah nodded in understanding before skipping away, back to the playground.
Digital smiled at Coda. "You're good with kids."
Coda shrugged as he picked up a weed, similar to Kaiyah's, from the ground. "I haven't had much experience with small children. I was an only child." Coda blew on the weed, the seeds dispersing just as Kaiyah's had.
Digital looked to Coda inquisitively. "What did you wish for?"
"Did you not listen to my lesson? If you tell, the wish won't come true." Coda said playfully.
Digital rolled her eyes, a smile on her face. "Ha ha, very funny," She looked to the kids, Kaiyah teaching the new tactic of the 'wish flower' to Kaemon. Seeds were flying all around the park at around this time. Then Digital looked back to Coda. "So, uh, do you know anyone in particular around New York?"
Coda looked into her eyes with his own green ones. "Um, not too many people. I do know Murakami-san."
"I've known him ever since I was a little kid." Digital stated in fascination.
Coda smiled slightly. "That's cool," He then looked out to the line of trees out by the far end of the park near the soccer field. The line of trees separated the forest from the park. "At my school there was a kid named Timothy who used to go there," Coda frowned, "but he suddenly stopped going. His parents don't know where he is or if he's even alive. I mean, we weren't good friends so it didn't hurt that much, but it was still quite a shock."
Timothy, Digital realized.
The pulverizer.
The old, frozen, puddle of intestines and mutagen in that mutagen canister had only been a teenager. A teenager with a normal life. That was until he met Digital's family. But that had been before she had been taken in.
"I'm sorry," She said out of instinct. "I'm sure he's alive."
"I wouldn't count on it. It's been so many years since." Coda said.
Digital sighed. She knew that Timothy was ok, but she couldn't tell Coda that without him finding out her family's secret. A boy wasn't worth exposing her family to possible dissection and testing.
"What you name?" Kaemon asked as he and his sister neared Digital and Coda.
Coda smiled at the young child. "People call me Coda. You look like a squirt to me." Coda joked.
Kaemon pouted, folding his arms. "I no squwt!" He held up his arms showing off his 'muscles'. "I twain with Unca Waphie!"
Coda looked to Digital. "Uncle Waphie?" He asked in question.
She smiled slightly. "He's talking about our uncle, Raph. He's pretty cool."
"Y'know, you haven't told me much about your adoptive family. What are they like?" Coda asked.
"They so cool!" Kaemon said happily.
"Is that so, squirt?" Coda asked.
Kaemon nodded vigorously. "Yeah! They so cool!" Coda smiled as he lifted Kaemon above his head and ran around the park as if Kaemon was an airplane.
"In coming! Plane coming through!" Coda yelled playfully. Kaemon yelled and giggled.
"Digital, wook, I fwy!" Kaemon yelled from high in the air.
Digital giggled gently. "I see, Kaemon."
"I wanna fwy!" Kaiyah asked. Digital giggled and lifted Kaiyah above her head as well, running right alongside Coda.
"Coda, there are two planes in the air now!" Digital cried in mock fear. "What are we going to do?!"
Coda put on a fake worried look. "According to the government we need to crash the planes! We can't let them hurt King Kong! He's too important!" Coda cried as he tumbled to the ground, Kaemon's head tucked into his chest so Kaemon wouldn't get hurt.
Digital did the same, tucking Kaiyah's head into her chest. Now all four lied on the grass, a laughing and giggling mess.
"You fun!" Kaemon giggled up at Coda.
"Am I really?" Coda asked with a laugh.
Kaiyah nodded. "Yeah, and you show me how make wish!"
Coda laughed lightly and turned onto his right side, Digital turning onto her left. "Y'know, I never had any younger siblings like you guys, but you guys seem really awesome."
"Really?!" The twins asked simultaneously.
Coda laughed a bit more. "Yeah, you guys are so cool," He then smiled at Digital. "How's about I take you all out to ice cream? My treat." Coda offered.
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