Mission 2: Escort part 2

Dorbickmon had enough to let his hand forward in the air and eventually put Melody on his shoulder. He turned his head toward her and said, "Hang on. I don't want you to fall."

Melody nodded, but noticed he couldn't see her with his jaw on the way, "I won't," she said before putting her hand on the shoulder horn of the crimson dragon.

"Good," Dorbickmon replied with a smile.

He continued walking for a while. It was a long walk in the underground. The fire in the palm of the dragon was their only source of light.

"Dorbickmon?" Melody started.

"What is it?"

"Knightmon told me you were a mercenary. I was wondering...well," she hesitated to ask the question.

"Wondering what? How did I end up to be the best mercenary of the Digital world?" Dorbickmon asked with a small smirk.

"You obviously aren't the best," Melody replied with a small smile.

The flame on Dorbickmon palm expanded for a second before returning to his normal size before he yelled, "What do you mean obviously?"

"Those who said they are the best aren't. It's something someone who isn't the strongest would say."

"S-shut up!" Dorbickmon said as his face turned redder.

Melody giggled and said, "But you are strong if they asked you to do this. I'm sorry for dragging you into this."

Dorbickmon looked at her and sighted, "It's not your fault. You weren't the one coming to me and ordering me to do this Melody. So do not feel guilty about it. You can be guilty about being obnoxious thought," he added with a smirk.

He felt her punching his side of his throat, but no pain at all. He chuckled when he saw they reached a dead end.

"We reach the end," Dorbickmon raised his head and saw nothing. He smirked when he put his hand on the ceiling and pushed. A loud rusty metallic sound resonated as an exit opened. The light of the outside world shined through the hole, "They hid this exit pretty well," he jumped in the air and once he was out, he closed the exit and looked around. He was outside the Citadel, "Let's find a Trailmon and do half of our journey that way. I'll be able to sit on my ass and not worry about digimons attacking us."

"Is the fortress far away?" she asked curiously.

Dorbickmon grumbled and replied, "Five days from here if we travel all the way in Trailmon. It will take longer to reach our destination since we also travel on foot."

"Alright," she said quietly as she sighted.

He looked at her and said, "Do not worry. You aren't alone and no one will hurt you," he didn't hear Melody reply. He said, "As for how I became a mercenary, I don't want to talk about it. I've accomplish a lot of missions for the light and the darkness."

"You were helping the evil digimons?" she asked.

Dorbickmon chuckled, "If you think darkness digimons are all evil, then you are a racist girl Melody. I am a digimon with a black core. Not really a darkness digimon, but I have a few links to their origin."

"How is it then?" Melody asked.

"Light and darkness are opposite force Melody. They represent two sides of a coin. The light represents the order, the revelation and the true while the darkness represents the chaos, the secrets and the lies," Dorbickmon explained.

"They seemed evil if they are being who lies a lot," Melody commented.

Dorbickmon laughed and replied, "Lying isn't always bad, just like keeping secrets. Lying could be used to save a life Melody. Secrets are sometimes better, just like how Millenniumon is governing. He hides a lot of secrets, but all of them are for good reasons. Millenniumon never lies, so secrets are his weapons. I should give you some info about him; you'll have some advance as a Chosen child."

"Great, studying," Melody commented sarcastically.

"It will help you live when you meet him," Dorbickmon replied with a small smile, "First thing to know. He is a digimon who doesn't like any comments about him. He is calm, but could easily explode when angered. The second thing to know is that he doesn't like when anyone questioned his decisions. Third one, he knows how to keep a party alive for an entire night. Fourth one, he is extremely tolerant to alcohol. Lastly, never even think to hurt his Chosen Child. He loves and adores him. If you hurt his partner, Millenniumon will chase you, wherever you are until you are in his torture room and makes some stuff I don't want to think about or I'll throw out," he told her.

"I shouldn't...annoy him then," Melody said shaking on his shoulder.

"Do not worry too much Melody. You just have to do as he said. As a human, you won't really face his wrath," he replied.

Dorbickmon continued marching. The wind blew on their face. Melody closed her eyes and let the wind flew her hair and blew on her face with a smile.

"Do you miss your home?" Dorbickmon asked the girl. He added, "I don't see you feeling homesick or saying that would prefer to find a way home."

Melody looked at Dorbickmon and said nothing. She then made some noise with her throat and her tongue before answering, "Not really. I don't miss my world."

"Why?" Dorbickmon asked.

"I cannot really call it my home. I..." she lowered her head and said nothing, "It's not of your business."

Dorbickmon puffed, but said nothing to protest. He did the same thing.

They continued their journey until they eventually reached their destination. There was a Train Station. There wasn't a lot of Digimons that took the Trailmon that wanted to go toward the direction of the Fortress of Destiny.

Melody looked at the crimson dragon and wondered why he wasn't going there, "Dorbickmon. Why aren't we going now?"

He didn't reply.

"Dorbickm-"

"I'm thinking. We cannot enter in the Trailmon with you on my shoulder. We cannot take the risk that anyone sees you. For your safety, I need to find a plan...Oh! I know. Melody. You will have to hide into my cape. I have a few free pocket in there you could hide. Once we are inside the Trailmon, I'll get you out of there and we'll be able to roll our way to the fortress."

She said nothing for a few seconds as she looked at the cape, "You're cape look dirty. Did you clean it?"

"Of course I clean it. Last time was...Well...Hum...Two weeks ago," Dorbickmon replied.

Melody stuck out her tongue and replied, "Gross."

"Get use to this. You won't be able to take a bath or a shower for a week at best," Dorbickmon said nonchalantly.

She said nothing, but she saw the palm of Dorbickmon coming near her, "Fine," she climbed on the palm. She was moved at the direction of a pocket. She climbed in it and said, "It stinks in there!"

"Sorry, but you have to get use to this. Anyway, don't whine or say anything until I give you the signal or pick you up Melody," Dorbickmon replied.

"Hurry up. I might die," Melody replied.

Dorbickmon chuckled after he heard that before walking at the direction of the train station, making sure his cape wasn't moving around too freely or he might hurt her with his back. He reached the Trailmon and walked near a wagon he saw empty.

"Excuse me Trailmon; can I have this wagon for me alone?"

"I'm sorry, but you cannot obtain one for you alone. Even if there is only 10 digimons, I cannot accept it," Trailmon replied, "I am not making profit with my job right now because of this damn assault at the Fortress of Destiny."

"I'll give you 150 000 bytes for it," Dorbickmon replied.

The Trailmon suddenly let out a loud screech while smoke came out of his circuit: "150 000 bytes! That's generous! You can have the wagon for yourself! Anything else!"

"One thing. I just want no one to come in the wagon. It's VIP and the VIP is me," Dorbickmon said putting his claw on his chest armor and grinning.

"Okay! All aboard!" Trailmon shouted.

Dorbickmon walked inside and sat on his chair, making himself comfortable. He looked at his cape and took out Melody out of there. He put her on the couch by his side.

"And done," Dorbickmon said with a smile.

Melody coughed as she replied, "It was horrible. I never thought it could stink. At least, I wasn't there for long. You really should clean it more often."

"Count yourself lucky I clean the cape after I throw up. There's no vomit on this cape," Dorbickmon replied with a very serious voice.

Melody stuck out her tongue and commented, "You are even grosser than I thought."

Dorbickmon chuckled as he put his hands on his back and stretched his body, "I'm one of the less gross digimon of this world."

Melody looked at the giant crimson dragon with a traumatize face. She said nothing while Dorbickmon burst out as he laughed loudly. She grunted at him and shouted, "Not funny!"

"It is! You should have looked at your face!" Dorbickmon kept laughing.

"-Hello dear passenger! This is Trailmon and we are departing right now!-" he said with a cheerful voice.

"Hang on," Dorbickmon said as he slowly calmed down.

They felt the movement of Trailmon as he started rolling forward. They watched the horizon moving away.

"You're journey begin Melody," Dorbickmon said with a smile.

"True," she said. She sat down with a smile and said, "I must be important if you are here to protect me right?"

"Hum?" Dorbickmon said curiously.

"Is a Chosen Child that important?"

"Of course. The balance of the Digital world rest in your hand. You are extremely vital for the world," Dorbickmon replied.

The night started to come at the horizon as the sun slowly disappeared.

"Melody. Why are you asking this?" Dorbickmon asked as he looked toward her. He then turned his head away and said, "Forget about it. I never asked it okay?"

"Right," she agreed. She looked at her feet before looking at Dorbickmon and asking, "Dorbickmon...Do you think I'm obnoxious?"

Dorbickmon coughed when his saliva entered in the wrong place. He grunted and replied, "Yes...But less than those I know." For now.

A loud sound resonated and she looked at Dorbickmon, "What's that sound?"

Dorbickmon chuckled and said, "My stomach. I'm hungry. What about you?"

"I'm hungry too," Melody admitted.

"Stay here. I'll be back," Dorbickmon stood up and walked away. He stopped and asked, "Are you vegetarian?"

"No," she replied.

"Good," Dorbickmon said leaving her alone in another wagon.

Melody looked at the ground and saw she was far from the floor, "I cannot go anywhere Dorbickmon. Stupid dragon," she said before giggling. She looked at the door and said, "Not as much of a bastard as I first thought."

She waited for Dorbickmon to return. After a few minutes, he brought a big plate for himself and a small one for Melody. He gave it to her and they ate together. It wasn't long until they finished their meal.

Dorbickmon stretched himself and yawned loudly. He lay down against the couch and looked at the girl, "You should rest. We are never sure if something will go wrong."

Melody nodded and did the same. She lay on the couch, compare to Dorbickmon, she could completely rest down since it was much bigger than her after all.

"Sleep well," Melody said to the dragon as she closed her eyes.

Dorbickmon lightly smiled for a few seconds before his lips lowered to a neutral expression and replied, "You too."

Melody was about to felt asleep when she heard a loud sound. She grumbled lightly as she turned her head toward Dorbickmon and saw the dragon snoring loudly.

"Won't be that easily for me," she commented before closing her eyes again.


AC: This is the end of the second part.

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