Hawk: Well, here is the newest update. And in such a short time too...
Kumo: A bit of anticlimax really, but this is my chapter, yay(!)
The tiny Digimon formed a small wall, facing the Roach digimon fiercely. Moonmon, Bloxmon, Blackmon, and Furzmon all opened their mouths and chimed in unison "Bubble Blow" bubbles flew forwards at the huge Roach but they barely even grazed it. Aquakoromon looked worried by the fighting, and eventually hid behind Jade's leg.
"My turn," Faymon called out "Packing Plastic!" she flashed a credit card and the sun danced across it, shining the light into the Roach's eyes and making it veer into a tree.
"Now, let's run!" Jade insisted. The digimon looked at her, then the digimon with its head stuck in a tree and decided to follow. Holly and Jade chased after Aiden and Tammy with the Digimon close behind. That left just Cayden and Hawke.
"Let's go," Cayden insisted "come on!" he turned to run but Hawke seemed uninterested "Do you want to die?" Hawke looked at him, then sighed. The two ran off after the group down a small muddy forest trail. The sound of Tammy's screams of disgust filled the air until they were suddenly muffled. Cayden rushed down to see all of the Digimon, Aiden, Holly and Jade looking at Tammy who was face-first down in the mud.
"This wasn't cheap" Tammy squealed
"Shush, we have to be quiet or it might find us" Jade insisted, a stern look covering her usually happy face.
They waited in silence for a while until someone eventually broke the silence. "Can we leave, I hate the mud?" Tammy quietly whined
"Follow me" Aiden told the group but they seemed uninterested as he wandered off by himself. There were trees all around them but at the bottom of the muddy path was a small clearing and then a tunnel to the right of the clearing. Tammy began to check her nails after they sat still for a little longer
"I'm scared" Holly complained, hugging Blackmon
"Hey, where's that other kid?" Cayden asked, looking around for the little brown haired boy.
"Oh hell no, this is like a bad horror movie!" Tammy exclaimed
"Shush" everyone hissed
"It'll pick us off, one by one, until, until-" Tammy began to hyperventilate.
"Calm down" Faymon soothed, flapping her wings furiously to try and hover up onto Tammy's shoulder but it didn't work so she settled for sitting on her lap
Silence lasted a little while before Cayden looked around again "Seriously, where is he?" Cayden asked, more worried
"I think he left a little while ago" Bloxmon muttered
"On his own?" Jade asked, worried
"Mmhmmm" she (he?) replied
"Search party!" Furzmon yelled, charging off down the dirt path
"Furzmon, come back!" Cayden yelled, chasing after the crazy little brown ball of fluff and knocking Aquakoromon off his head
"Be careful!" Aquakoromon chided, chasing after Cayden.
"We'll split up, then we can find him faster," Jade began
"Aiden" Hawke interjected
"What?" Jade asked, curiously
"His name, it's Aiden" Hawke explained with a sigh
"No, we can't split up, that's how the monster eats you!" Tammy protested fervently. Jade ignored her
"I'll take Holly and Blackmon, and Faymon too - I don't think you need encouraging Tammy" Jade told the group, running off down the hill with Holly and Blackmon.
"Goodbye, share makeup tips when we meet up?" Faymon asked, Tammy nodded and then Faymon followed after Jade and her group. That just left Bloxmon, Hawke, Tammy and Moonmon.
"Do we have to go find him?" Tammy groaned. The Digimon looked to Hawke who seemed uninterested
"Yes!" Moonmon chimed, charging off down the hill
"Hey, come back, I don't wanna die!" Tammy cried, chasing after the Digimon. Bloxmon looked at Hawke as he sighed and walked past
"We need to be careful" Bloxmon muttered, looking back up the top of the path for the Roach before he (she?) rushed after the group.
Aiden ran into the clearing and looked around, it was amazing "This way guys!" he yelled, charging off.
Cayden ran into the clearing and looked around "Furzmon, stop!" Cayden yelled, angrily. Furzmon turned and she (he?) smiled
"Why?" he chimed
"Because," Cayden panted, he didn't run a lot when he ran a business, he usually took leisurely strolls or got a car "I said so" Cayden finished firmly. Furzmon sighed as Aquakoromon finished coming down. "He can't have gotten far," Cayden searched around and spotted a tunnel, large enough for a train, to the right. "Let's go that way" he told the two digimon, rushing off through the trees.
Tammy fell into the clearing face first with a bang and started groaning. "Why me" she cried aloud.
"You smell weird" Moonmon told her, curiously staring at her
"I smell clean" Tammy hissed, looking at the little white ball with aggravation. Hawke walked past her and looked around, mildly uninterested
"Where should we go?" Bloxmon asked the tall guy. Hawke looked around and then heard Cayden running. He couldn't hear Jade and Holly so he assumed they'd took a quieter route.
"We run!" Moonmon yelled suddenly, charging backwards
"Why?" Tammy asked, wiping grass off her face and getting up
"That, I guess" Hawke announced, pointing at the huge roach creature from before.
"Let's go" Bloxmon pulled Hawke further away but Tammy didn't budge
"Come on, Tammy" Moonmon insisted.
"No, I'm not moving." Tammy insisted
"Why not?" he asked
"This is a movie, or a dream, so I won't die when he attacks me, I'll just be back in the real world" Tammy announced as the roach creature moved forwards slowly, seemingly curious as to the lack of fear.
"Tammy..." Bloxmon began
"What?" Tammy asked, folding her arms in the face of the huge Roach
"This isn't a dream." he (she?) stated.
"Yes it is" Tammy insisted. Bloxmon thought intensely for a solution then he realised it was obvious
"You'll wee your bed if you get eaten" Bloxmon insisted
"My bed sheets are silk" Tammy muttered, beginning to worry
"They'll be ruined" she (he?) grinned.
"To the tunnel, it won't fit inside!" Tammy yelled, taking off her shoes and running as fast as she could, which was surprisingly fast thanks to the hours she spent doing cardio.
The two digimon turned to Roachmon "Bubble blow!" they yelled in unison, knocking it slightly so that they had time to escape. Hawke ran with them and they entered the tunnel with the sound of their footsteps echoing loudly.
"This is giving me a headache" Tammy complained, covering her ears and running through the tunnel.
"You're giving me a headache" Moonmon grumbled.
Jade, Holly, Blackmon and Faymon ran down into the clearing, slowing to a stop. Holly sat down with Blackmon and breathed deeply "Why are we running?" she asked, having not noticed the reason
"To find the other little kid" Jade explained, bending backwards into a handstand she looked at the ground. "I think I see footprints but I can't tell which way they're going" Jade announced
"You'll wreck your nails!" Faymon exclaimed
"They're fine" Jade sighed, getting back to her feet. "I think he went down here" she told the group. She grabbed Faymon without warning and slid down a muddy incline "Come on, Holly" Jade called up from wherever she was
"I'm..." Holly gulped as she looked down, it was pretty steep "coming" she muttered meekly. Blackmon noticed her panicking and leapt from her arms. Holly looked but before she could even find Blackmon she was tripped up and saw the little Digimon fly back into her arms as she skidded down on her bottom.
When she finally flew off the edge Jade caught her. They were overlooking a small ravine, but although small the current looked rapid. "Is that moving fast?" Holly asked, pointing.
"It's water, it doesn't move" Jade replied, confused.
"Water does too move" Holly insisted "My teacher told me"
"Well your teacher is an idiot" Jade quipped, climbing down from the little ledge with Faymon in her right arm.
"Nuh uh" the other girl protested
"Uh huh," Jade dropped to the bottom and looked up at Holly "Now, jump" she shouted up. Holly sighed and leapt into Jade's arms. Jade set all three of them down and looked at the ravine. It did look like it was moving.
Aiden stopped after looking at the water in front of him. It was huge, colossal, dangerous, terrifying! He panicked and looked around for a bridge, but the only bridge was that tunnel that went straight over the gap and to the other side. "We'll climb back up!" he shouted, but as he turned around he noticed a distinct lack of followers. "Oh..." he muttered, disheartened.
Cayden stopped and looked around, he could hear footsteps. "Aiden, is that you?" he called out to the darkness but there was no reply. "Aiden!" he yelled, but still no reply.
"I don't think it's him" Aquakoromon muttered
"How do you know?" Cayden asked the small blue ball
"Because it was just your footsteps echoing"
"Oh."
"You're an idiot" a familiar female voice yelled, but Cayden quickly realised it was an echo and sighed. They were all following each other.
"What's wrong?" Furzmon asked, bouncing up and down. "Wanna hit something. I like hitting stuff" Furzmon ran at the wall and bounced off with a little thump "My head hurts, I think it's the air in here" Furzmon whined
"Maybe it is the air in here..." Cayden muttered, sniffing
"You must be kidding, he ran at a wall" Aquakoromon looked at the human, perplexed by his stupidity.
"No, can you smell that?" Cayden asked. The two digimon looked at him and then at each other. Neither had a nose. "Oh," Cayden sighed and sniffed again "It smells like oil" he told them but before he could finish his thought train a scream pierced the air.
Aiden walked out from the tunnel. The light hurt his eyes. To his right was the sound of water, and to his left... He flinched and then looked ahead. There was a large building just up ahead. Trees cascaded around it and there were stumps outlining the pathway to the entrance. Large metal fences enclosed the whole area that the powerplant was situated in. They were covered in archaic warning signs, at least he thought they were warnings. The paint was chipped and the writing was incomprehensible. The top of the fences were covered in barbed wire and the only way in was a gap in the fence. The gate was firmly closed with a chain and padlock. Although old and rusty they still looked like they were working. The building inside was truly impressive.
Three large burgundy cylinders were placed at the back of the plant. At the top of all three was a little hatch with a ladder leading up to it. Just in front of them was a huge steel walkway between the two halves of the plant. One half seemed to be the waste half, with pipes leading towards the water. And the other half seemed to be for production, although Aiden couldn't see anything coming out. The two buildings were almost symmetrical. They were made up of metal that looked like it had just been took from a dump and hammered together. The patchwork of metal was in the shape of a cuboid that had fallen onto its side with a cube at the back which was attached to the walkway. The roofs of both of the buildings were one huge sheet of metal which had been cut away in the middle to allow for what looked like half of a cylinder made of glass windows. Each pane was still shiny except one on the waste side which had been smashed up and the surrounding area burnt. There were exactly two windows on each building at the front, three along either side and he couldn't see any at the back.
The doors at the front of the buildings were strangely out of place. They were made of a bright blue brick for the production side and a bright pink for the waste side. How giant bricks could work as doors confused Aiden but he knew they couldn't be anything else. The production door was wide open, but the waste door was closed, and it seemed locked from the inside albeit with one of the windows of that side being open. The floor was grey asphalt but it had been covered by cream gravel, which over time had all migrated to the middle of the area, under the walkway. Behind the waste building was an incredibly tall tower which ended well above the rest of the plant and then had what looked like a makeshift aerial on top.
"In I go..." Aiden muttered, looking back as he thought he heard something but he dismissed it and clambered through the small hole in the fence. He only just fit through. There was a flash of what seemed like lightning and suddenly the plant seemed to come to life.
Tammy eventually pulled her shoes back on but her relief was short lived as the sound of wings filled the air. "I thought I said it couldn't come through here?" Tammy groaned
"What on earth are you on about?" Moonmon asked
"Well, it's my dream and what I say goes, right?"
"Erm..." Bloxmon thought deeply "I guess..."
"And I say it can't come in here"
"Well, it did." Hawke stated flatly
"Stop being so pessimistic, I blame you for this nightmare, you're probably some crazy super genius ex of mine" Tammy growled, stamping her foot in anger
"Calm down" Moonmon sighed. Bloxmon began panting, unable to deal with the conflict
"What's up with you?" Tammy asked,
"Why on earth are you having a conversation, we're being chased!" Moonmon yelled as the sound of the buzzing became louder and louder.
"I forgot" Tammy laughed and then she sat down.
"What are you doing?" Moonmon exclaimed, looking at the crazy blonde with utter confusion.
"I'm taking a metaphorical stand" Tammy told him, firmly
"You're an airhead" was the simple reply.
The huge roach arrived and flew straight at them without warning "Garbage Dump!" it cackled, spitting out garbage from its mouth. The rubbish was hurled all over the place. A dirty three piece sofa smacked into Tammy, knocking her backwards. Moonmon and Bloxmon leapt over all the rubbish, and stayed in front of Hawke, blocking a huge banana peel from smacking into him. The two creatures bounced backwards, hitting the ground with a gentle thump. "That's a Roachmon, I think" Bloxmon muttered, wiggling himself upright.
"Does it matter?" Moonmon yelled. Sobbing broke up the fight and they saw Tammy lay behind the sofa curled up in a ball. "She's far more trouble than she's worth" Moonmon complained. Hawke sighed and plugged in his earphones, Tammy was becoming far too loud for his liking. Roachmon turned to him and looked confused as he pressed play. The world distorted as the button was pressed. The tunnel began to ripple and crumble. Cracks tore across the floor and then suddenly the tunnel caved in on top of Roachmon.
After the dust cleared all that could be heard was the sound of Hawke's earphones. Tammy coughed "It's too dusty" she whined. Moonmon groaned, bouncing over to Hawke
"What's that?" he asked, inquisitively looking up at the male human. Hawke didn't seem to notice so Moonmon bit hold of his leg
"Dammit, that hurts!" Hawke yelled, swinging the Digimon off after it clamped its teeth down onto his leg. Moonmon smacked against the wall and more dust fell from the roof
"So does that" Moonmon whined but Hawke didn't seem to notice. "What's wrong with him?" Moonmon turned to Tammy
"He can't hear you" Tammy explained, getting up
"Why not?"
"He's a four legged alien, why do you think?" she commented snidely
"Why would an alien be here?" Moonmon bounced up and down, getting excited
"He's searching for brains to eat, I don't know" Tammy gave up her elaborate, or not so, idea and turned to Bloxmon "Where's my shoes?" she asked, distinctly lacking shoes
"You put them on" Bloxmon told her, smiling
"I know, and now they're off" she growled
"Looking for these?" Cayden asked, sighing as he showed her the pair of shoes
"Where'd you find them?" Tammy asked, grinning as she ran over and tried to hug him. Cayden held out the shoes, stopping the hug so Tammy simply took them and put them on.
"Just around" Cayden replied, smiling.
"Around my head" Furzmon whined, two small bruises on his (her?) head.
Jade frowned. There was no ford for them to cross. Not even so much as a fallen tree. "Why do the only good things happen in the movies?" Jade sighed. She had stopped feeling like Lara Croft and more like a lost babysitter.
"I can get us across!" Faymon exclaimed, flapping her wings
"I'm not stupid, you can't lift me" Jade replied
"I wasn't going to. You're huge!" the Digimon exclaimed
"Thanks" Jade said, she felt flattered.
"Follow me" Faymon told her, she pranced across the wet mud and to the edge of the ravine. She looked both ways and then leapt in.
"Faymon!" Jade yelled as the creature was pulled downstream. Faymon bobbed her head up and grinned
"It has to end somewhere!" Faymon told her, laughing as she was pulled out of sight. Jade looked at Holly and then the lost Digimon. She somehow felt it was worth it.
"Come on then" Jade sighed but Holly had already charged over to the river and leapt in with Blackmon. "Hey!" Jade yelled, "Wait up!"
Aiden walked into the powerplant and looked around. It was so strange. There were no workers, and all of the machines were running but not producing anything. He walked past a machine that spun water around and stared at it, it was slightly scary but it was all inside a metal covering so he felt safe. "Hello!" Aiden called out, his voice echoed. "Is anybody here?"
"Shut up!" Tammy yelled, having lost her argument with Hawke by his lack of replying. "Dammit you're annoying!" she stormed over to Cayden. "Let's go" she told him, pushing him back the way he came
"Where?"
"Anywhere but here. I can smell something disgusting, and I'm not sure if it's my pants. I need to change." Tammy told him
"Why can't you go off on your own?" Cayden asked
"First of all: I'm not going to die in this horror movie. Second: isn't that why we are in this mess? And, finally: I need to be carried, my legs are tired" Cayden looked at her, awestruck by her behaviour
"Why are you telling me you need to be carried?" he asked
"You have arms, don't you?"
"Don't reply" Furzmon whispered, trying to stop his (her?) male companion.
"I guess..."
"Then, catch" Tammy leapt into his arms, Cayden just barely caught her and when he did he collapsed. That's when he realised he hadn't eaten today. He had missed breakfast for that meeting and then he had went to that other meeting. The others seemed to share his hunger, at least he thought Hawke did but the quiet teen was becoming increasingly harder to read.
"You're useless" Tammy complained. She grabbed Aquakoromon and Furzmon and started to walk "Come on, I need protection from the monsters!" she shouted to the Digimon. Bloxmon followed after looked between Hawke and her while Moonmon stayed behind. Shortly after that Tammy was out of earshot and eyeline.
"So what's up with you?" Cayden asked, looking over to Hawke, who didn't respond. "I know you've stopped playing music. I'm not stupid" Cayden said, louder. Hawke took out the earphones and sighed
"Why is it so hard to get alone time around here?" he complained
"Hey, if you fancy having alone time then feel free but I'm pretty sure that roach is going to wake up and then you can be alone in its stomach?" Cayden looked at the other boy, noting his lack of backing down.
"Let's go follow the girl" Moonmon chimed, bouncing off in her direction
"Come on, if you really want to be alone then let's find a way out of here and you can be?" Cayden suggested
"I guess, but no talking" Hawke replied, plugging in his earphones again and walking over to Cayden. They walked after the energetic white ball for what seemed like forever before they could see the light at the end of the tunnel. Cayden wanted to comment but he knew better by now. He was going to have to tease Hawke out of his general disdain for him.
Hawk: I quite enjoyed this... Better than mine... Much funnier in my opinion...
Kumo: ^The above is lies n.n A literal cliffhanger by the way, hope it's good enough oh and the next chapter will be Hawk :3