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Nightmares Come True IV
Izzy had stopped struggling against the owl-like Retimon. There was no way he would be able to wiggle out of its talons. He was now just watching the mountains growing ever closer to them with an apprehensive feeling.
"So where are we going?" Izzy questioned.
Retimon sounded delighted that Izzy was speaking to him and happily stated: "my home."
Izzy watched as they made it to the beginnings of the mountains. They were flying at a surprisingly fast pace and more than once they swerved dangerously close to the sharp edge of a mountain.
Quite frankly, Izzy would rather they actually did hit the mountains. With any luck, it would do what his jump from the cliffs had been intended to do.
They never hit the mountains. Izzy could see a small, hollowed out cave entrance on the edge of a sharply sloped mountain. They soared through it and Izzy was dropped to the ground a couple of feet below.
Retimon beamed happily at Izzy as Izzy took in his surroundings curiously. The cave, although it looked crude and primitive from the outside was actually very complex. Four huge hallways radiated from the room leading far into the darkness beyond.
"Why do you want me?" Izzy quarried, still surveying the cave with a sense of awe.
"I have already explained it for you," Retimon answered. "You see, you are truly the one destined to save the worlds. The others are simply here to stop you."
"Liar," Izzy muttered. "I know them. They are my friends."
"Oh no, no, no, no," Retimon answered. "Please, you must understand that this is truly for both your own good and the good of both worlds."
"What is for my own good?" Izzy coldly replied.
Retimon looked shocked and loftily responded: "why, the deaths of your so-called friends."
"But-" Izzy began, but Retimon cut him off.
"Come now, I will show you to your room."
Izzy made no move to follow Retimon, so Retimon simply picked him up as he had when he had jumped off the cliff and flew down one of the hallways.
The hallway was very long and it had smaller tunnels leading off of it. At one point, the hallway opened back out to a gigantic cavern, but it narrowed back into a passage once again. Izzy could tell that what had looked like a small cave actually went through more than one mountain, as he could see narrow, crumbly walkways connecting the original mountain to several others. Finally, they stopped flying and Izzy was once again tossed onto the ground.
"Here is your room," Retimon cried.
"You mean my prison," Izzy muttered, half hoping Retimon would hear. He turned to speak to Retimon, but Retimon had already closed the huge stone door and gone.
Izzy first tried the door, but upon finding it locked took in his new surroundings.
The room he was in was quite small. A thin cot lay on the floor as a makeshift bed and a tiny window near the high ceiling let in just a bit of luminous moonlight. On the far back wall, a fire was crackling, warming the room a bit. Other than these rather uninteresting features, the room was bare.
Izzy thankfully noted that his laptop was still safely in its case on his back, unharmed. He was sorely disappointed to find however, that it needed to recharge before he could use it.
~*~
"Tell me again why we're doing this," Joe grunted, sweat trickling down his forehead as he held on to a rock that jutted out of the mountain's side. He looked back down at Mimi below him then instantly wished he hadn't. They were high above the ground and he felt a flutter in the bottom of his stomach.
"Yeah," Mimi added. "I don't like this at all."
"This mountain is the most likely one Izzy would be in. I mean, there's this huge cave at the top. Where else would he be?" Matt answered from below Mimi.
Sora and Tai came last, picking their way very slowly up the side of the mountain. Sora hadn't wanted Tai to go at all, but Tai had insisted.
TK and Kari were begging to tire from their efforts as well, but neither wanted to say anything.
"How far are we?" Tai asked.
"We're almost there," Sora patiently replied.
This remark did little to help Tai. "Almost there" could mean anything from a couple of feet to another third of the mountain left to scale.
Luckily, in this case almost there really did mean almost there.
The seven Digidestined were soon sitting outside the cave exhausted.
"So now what?" Kari asked after she had recovered her breath.
"We go in," Tai simply replied.
~*~
Izzy rubbed his hands tenderly. They were bruised from pounding on the door so much and his voice had gotten hoarse from shouting.
At one point Retimon had come back for a bit and said: "really, you'll see it my way once it's all done."
For all he knew, nobody knew where he was or even cared. He couldn't have been more wrong in thinking nobody cared...
~*~
Shiftumon had silently followed the seven children. Apparently, they were searching for their lost comrade.
If they found him, then the plan would work.
What had been most surprising was when they had gone to Retimon's cave. Had Retimon taken the child of Knowledge?
Shiftumon certainly hoped not. He tried to avoid hurting fellow Digimon and Retimon were hard to kill-dangerous even, even if they were Champions instead of Ultimates like himself. He had always been told it was their will to live and their stubbornness that made them so difficult to kill.
He went into the cave and glided through the tunnels easily. Finally, he found what he was looking for. Knowledge was here.
Silently, Shiftumon cursed Retimon for making his job harder, but he silently evaporated away. The time was not yet ripe.
~*~
"I say we split up and go down each of the corridors," Matt argued with Tai.
"But if there are four corridors and seven of us, somebody will have to be left alone," Tai answered. "I think we should pick one and stick together."
"But it could take days if we do that!" Matt shouted back.
"Matt, for once can you please just do things my way without an argument?" Tai quietly asked.
Matt opened his mouth to reply and swallowed his remark. He decided to give Tai a break, just this once. He wouldn't admit it out loud, but he felt sorry for him, hiving to get used to being blind so suddenly.
"Fine," he muttered.
They were soon heading down the corridor...
~*~
Retimon watched the eight children advancing down the tunnel he had taken Izzy.
If they continue in that direction, they'll find him for sure, he thought. I shall just have to confront them... If they reach the cavern...
Even with one of them apparently blind, they were moving at an alarming pace.
I may be a Champion, but that doesn't mean that I am not strong...
Nightmares Come True IV
Izzy had stopped struggling against the owl-like Retimon. There was no way he would be able to wiggle out of its talons. He was now just watching the mountains growing ever closer to them with an apprehensive feeling.
"So where are we going?" Izzy questioned.
Retimon sounded delighted that Izzy was speaking to him and happily stated: "my home."
Izzy watched as they made it to the beginnings of the mountains. They were flying at a surprisingly fast pace and more than once they swerved dangerously close to the sharp edge of a mountain.
Quite frankly, Izzy would rather they actually did hit the mountains. With any luck, it would do what his jump from the cliffs had been intended to do.
They never hit the mountains. Izzy could see a small, hollowed out cave entrance on the edge of a sharply sloped mountain. They soared through it and Izzy was dropped to the ground a couple of feet below.
Retimon beamed happily at Izzy as Izzy took in his surroundings curiously. The cave, although it looked crude and primitive from the outside was actually very complex. Four huge hallways radiated from the room leading far into the darkness beyond.
"Why do you want me?" Izzy quarried, still surveying the cave with a sense of awe.
"I have already explained it for you," Retimon answered. "You see, you are truly the one destined to save the worlds. The others are simply here to stop you."
"Liar," Izzy muttered. "I know them. They are my friends."
"Oh no, no, no, no," Retimon answered. "Please, you must understand that this is truly for both your own good and the good of both worlds."
"What is for my own good?" Izzy coldly replied.
Retimon looked shocked and loftily responded: "why, the deaths of your so-called friends."
"But-" Izzy began, but Retimon cut him off.
"Come now, I will show you to your room."
Izzy made no move to follow Retimon, so Retimon simply picked him up as he had when he had jumped off the cliff and flew down one of the hallways.
The hallway was very long and it had smaller tunnels leading off of it. At one point, the hallway opened back out to a gigantic cavern, but it narrowed back into a passage once again. Izzy could tell that what had looked like a small cave actually went through more than one mountain, as he could see narrow, crumbly walkways connecting the original mountain to several others. Finally, they stopped flying and Izzy was once again tossed onto the ground.
"Here is your room," Retimon cried.
"You mean my prison," Izzy muttered, half hoping Retimon would hear. He turned to speak to Retimon, but Retimon had already closed the huge stone door and gone.
Izzy first tried the door, but upon finding it locked took in his new surroundings.
The room he was in was quite small. A thin cot lay on the floor as a makeshift bed and a tiny window near the high ceiling let in just a bit of luminous moonlight. On the far back wall, a fire was crackling, warming the room a bit. Other than these rather uninteresting features, the room was bare.
Izzy thankfully noted that his laptop was still safely in its case on his back, unharmed. He was sorely disappointed to find however, that it needed to recharge before he could use it.
~*~
"Tell me again why we're doing this," Joe grunted, sweat trickling down his forehead as he held on to a rock that jutted out of the mountain's side. He looked back down at Mimi below him then instantly wished he hadn't. They were high above the ground and he felt a flutter in the bottom of his stomach.
"Yeah," Mimi added. "I don't like this at all."
"This mountain is the most likely one Izzy would be in. I mean, there's this huge cave at the top. Where else would he be?" Matt answered from below Mimi.
Sora and Tai came last, picking their way very slowly up the side of the mountain. Sora hadn't wanted Tai to go at all, but Tai had insisted.
TK and Kari were begging to tire from their efforts as well, but neither wanted to say anything.
"How far are we?" Tai asked.
"We're almost there," Sora patiently replied.
This remark did little to help Tai. "Almost there" could mean anything from a couple of feet to another third of the mountain left to scale.
Luckily, in this case almost there really did mean almost there.
The seven Digidestined were soon sitting outside the cave exhausted.
"So now what?" Kari asked after she had recovered her breath.
"We go in," Tai simply replied.
~*~
Izzy rubbed his hands tenderly. They were bruised from pounding on the door so much and his voice had gotten hoarse from shouting.
At one point Retimon had come back for a bit and said: "really, you'll see it my way once it's all done."
For all he knew, nobody knew where he was or even cared. He couldn't have been more wrong in thinking nobody cared...
~*~
Shiftumon had silently followed the seven children. Apparently, they were searching for their lost comrade.
If they found him, then the plan would work.
What had been most surprising was when they had gone to Retimon's cave. Had Retimon taken the child of Knowledge?
Shiftumon certainly hoped not. He tried to avoid hurting fellow Digimon and Retimon were hard to kill-dangerous even, even if they were Champions instead of Ultimates like himself. He had always been told it was their will to live and their stubbornness that made them so difficult to kill.
He went into the cave and glided through the tunnels easily. Finally, he found what he was looking for. Knowledge was here.
Silently, Shiftumon cursed Retimon for making his job harder, but he silently evaporated away. The time was not yet ripe.
~*~
"I say we split up and go down each of the corridors," Matt argued with Tai.
"But if there are four corridors and seven of us, somebody will have to be left alone," Tai answered. "I think we should pick one and stick together."
"But it could take days if we do that!" Matt shouted back.
"Matt, for once can you please just do things my way without an argument?" Tai quietly asked.
Matt opened his mouth to reply and swallowed his remark. He decided to give Tai a break, just this once. He wouldn't admit it out loud, but he felt sorry for him, hiving to get used to being blind so suddenly.
"Fine," he muttered.
They were soon heading down the corridor...
~*~
Retimon watched the eight children advancing down the tunnel he had taken Izzy.
If they continue in that direction, they'll find him for sure, he thought. I shall just have to confront them... If they reach the cavern...
Even with one of them apparently blind, they were moving at an alarming pace.
I may be a Champion, but that doesn't mean that I am not strong...
