A/N: Thanks so much for reading my story! I really appreciate it if you have made it this far. I'm considering writing a short story based on this event but following other characters… If you have questions, comments, concerns or just want to talk, leave a review or hit up my inbox(: Also, I struggle with grammar and apostrophes so if you find any errors, please let me know. This is kinda embarrassing. Thanks(;
I sat in class creating an unorganized list of everything I knew about digimon. Recently, there had been very few encounters with the foreign beasts. After school, following the completion of my homework, I would utilize the library resources to research digimon. Until my first inquiry, I had come to the conclusion that I was the sole person on this Earth who knew about digimon. Quite on the contrary, I discovered that Digimon is actually a child's television show. Not having control over a TV for most of my childhood, I would not have known. Rather, I began to spend my afternoons in the library watching various episodes on the internet. My knowledge gained from the show and assorted websites compiled quite a list in my notebook. Also included throughout the pages was a compilation of doodles of Veemon and me battling large creatures.
On this fateful morning, an announcement blared over the loudspeaker, interrupting the teacher mid-sentence.
Please excuse this interruption. All computer servers have crashed. Please bare with us while we find a solution. There will be another announcement when the network is back on.
We continued our education with little interruption and changed classes with ease. It was during second period when I felt a static change in the air.
Please excuse this interruption. The server should be back on momentarily.
However, momentarily following the new announcement was the scream of the fire alarm. The school evacuated in a timely manner with everyone buzzing with excitement. The teachers took attendance of their students and raised a green card to signify that their class was together. Looking down the street, I noticed a few red cards. Through the chatter of students, I overheard a conversation from the administrative walkie-talkies. Six boys were not present. Five were in my grade and one was in fifth grade. I was about to hear their plan to retrieve the students when I felt a small vibrate in my pocket. Looking at the screen of my digivice, I saw a red dot and an arrow at the top of the screen. There was a digimon in the direction of the school. So that's what was wrong with the computer systems. I slipped away from the mass of students and re-entered the evacuated building.
The first priority was retrieving DemiVeemon from my locker. Rounding the corner of my hallway, I noticed that he had already let himself out. Next, I could not decide if it was more important to locate the other kids or stop the digimon. The shriek of the fire alarm was making it difficult to draw a conclusion. However, hearing the static noise of a walkie-talkie sent me hiding in the girls bathroom. The last thing I needed was to be caught by an administrator. We waited motionless for the man to pass.
"Still no sign of them or the..." His voice faded as he distanced himself from our hiding place.
"That sounded like the principal. We better move fast," I whispered as DemiVeemon and I ran in the opposite direction. Reaching an intersection of hallways, I chose to continue running straight. However, our path was blocked by a pile of ruble. We came screeching to halt.
"Whoa! Do you think that the digimon did that?" DemiVeemon exclaimed
"Well I don't know what else would've. You better digivolve!" As I pointed my digivice towards him, his body became a grand light and he advanced a stage in his digivolution.
DemiVeemon digivolve to... Veemon!
"I think we're far enough away from the principal. Let's find the digimon since we can track him with the digivice."
We followed the direction indicated by the arrow. Reaching another intersection, we slowed as we heard voices coming from a different hallway. Cautiously peering around the corner, I was met with a wall of fallen rubble again. I could see straight through the ceiling to the second floor.
"It's alright now, let's go boys." I heard the principal on the other side of the debris.
"But what if we run into the monster?" the question came from the unfamiliar voice of a young boy. That must be the boy from the grade below us.
"We'll just beat it like last time!"
The new voice came from Andrew, a boy in my grade.
"Now boys, there are no such things as monsters. Let's get going," the principal explained unconvincingly.
The digimon must have come through the computers and caused the system to crash. The first computer to be rebooted would be that of the principal so he can resume his important business or whatever. So he must have seen the digimon first and ordered the school to be evacuated. That would explain his apprehensive tone.
"Samara let's find that evil digimon!" Veemon returned my thoughts to the pressing situation.
We followed the signal through the open hallway and to a classroom. Though the room was dark, I could perceive the figure of a digimon by the illumination of a computer monitor. I could see its round head topping a body of long tentacles. Its two arms clutched the monitor as it floated above the ground. It was too mesmerized by the screen to initially notice us. Joggling the door handle proved ineffective so Veemon had to break it down before we could enter. We had suddenly infiltrated the room, but the digimon was slow to release its attention from the computer. It's puppet head slowly turned towards us as it gazed with unfocused eyes. My body was suspended with horror as I gaped at the sinister digimon. It released a malicious laugh and dove into the computer with swift speed.
"Samara, we have to follow it!" Veemon shouted in pursuit.
In its wake remained a stats screen on the monitor.
"Keramon is a rookie digimon known to eat and destroy large amounts of data. It's attacks are Bug Blaster and Network Flapping." I read aloud. "There isn't much about the second attack but the first one looks pretty bad."
Not sure how I would fit in the computer I poked the screen. I was not able to enter and neither was Veemon.
"Well I guess we have to keep searching." As I spoke, my digivice beeped and pointed in a new direction.
We tracked the digimon to the gym hallway. It just sat idly at the end of a hall of trophies and awards. We cautiously inched towards it. Keramon's eyes continues their unfocused gaze in our direction but he never indicated that he was aware of our presence.
"Do you think he's sleeping?" Veemon whispered.
"I'm not really sure what his eyes look like when they're closed," I whispered in response.
As we moved closer, his mouth abruptly cracked open and he erupted with heinous laughter. The dark void of his mouth illuminated and bust with bullets of light.
"Move!" Veemon yelled as we sprang backwards.
The tiled floor burst with the impact sending debris into the trophy case.
"We gotta get him out of this hallway! He'll cause too much damage!" I yelled over the explosions caused by Keramon.
"Where can we take him? If we go outside, everyone will see!" Veemon shouted in reply.
"If we can get him in the gym, there will be plenty of space to fight. We'll have to charge him and force him there," I explained.
"Ok! He is shooting randomly and not aiming for us. If we can make it past his attack I'll knock him into the gym while you open the door," Veemon elaborated on my plan.
"Right. Let's go!" I screamed as we charged.
I blindly ran through the bombardment while trying to remain close to the wall. I wanted to be ready by the door when Veemon attacked. I focused on reaching the end of the hallway as bolts of lights exploded the cement around me but did not dare to open my eyes as debris was propelled through the rising dust. Glaring bullets of light burned bright as the sun as they whirled through the air. I could only sprint though the shower of attacks until I reached the end.
Suddenly I felt the explosions cease though they were still audible. Opening my eyes, I could see Keramon though the smoke to my right and the gym door to the left. As I I opened the door and yelled to Veemon, the attacks terminated. Without the repugnant laughter, an erie silence fell with the dust. Keramon's head turned to face me and its laughter resumed with a slow crescendo. It gaped its mouth to release his Bug Blasterattack directly on me. With no direction to run, no place to hide, and no hope of out running a bullet, I braced myself for eminent impact. I could take a hit. I hoped.
Vee-Headbutt!
Halting the pending attack, Veemon made direct impact on Keramon. The surprise attack sent Keramon stumbling into the gym. After Veemon had entered, I bolted the doors shut.
I returned to the fight to witness Keramon's immense speed and Veemon's inability to compete. This battle would require an elaborate strategy with the objective of outsmarting the opponent.
Piles of rubble were accumulating around the gym floor. I used them to create a small fortress not large enough to conceal myself, but sufficient for escaping Keramon's focus. I told Veemon to distract our opponent then lure him over top of my fort. He complied, and at the right moment, I sprang out of hiding and grabbed his tentacles.
I believe that he was quite surprised and aimed his attacks towards me. I endured the attack until Veemon landed a direct kick, which sent both Keramon and me across the room. As we hit the opposing wall, I used Keramon to cushion the impact and still refused to let go. Stunned by the landed attack and my persistence, he was slow to regain his composure. I wasted no time in a series of close range attacks. They kept him in place until Veemon arrived. With constant pummeling from both of us, Keramon was soundly defeated.
