Bogotá, Colombia
It was a bad day for a visit. Carlos was busy arranging all his paperwork to apply for a university. Despite his attention was diverted at this, he couldn't help to see that Veemon was sitting on the side of his bed with a long face of boredom.
- Are you ok? – asked Carlos.
- Glad you asked. – said Veemon leaning his head down.
- Gennai told me about the angel council and how they were rude to Gatomon.
- I know………- said Veemon - I am sad because the last time I saw her, she pushed me away…………
- Oh, I see. I guess……… she did that because she didn't want to hurt you……..
- How can that be? That hurt a lot……… - said Veemon sadly.
- Look. You may have felt hurt with that, but she did it to keep you away from trouble with the council………… I know……….girls are weird ………….sometimes……..
- Has Clara acted weird on you too? – asked Veemon.
- Ehhhhhhhh., no………- said Carlos blushing all over. – I haven't had the chance to talk to her again. She's so far away.
- Why don't you go to her.?
- Because I have decided that I will pursue my career here. Besides, why would I go back to see her? – stammered Carlos.
- Because, I sensed that thing you called love the last time you talked to her.
- No. I can't. I mean. I would have to apply to the university she's in……….
- Why don't you tell your dad, if that's really what you want.
- I can't……….- said Carlos standing from the side of the bed.
- Why not?…….- asked Veemon persistently.
- I don't know………..maybe I'm afraid……….. – said Carlos walking away from the room. Now Veemon's sadness got the best of him as well.
It was also a day of inconveniences. Carlos' father took the car to do his day errands and the pick up was at the dealer getting repaired. Carlos had to go to one of the universities that day by bus. Veemon wanted to join in too, but Carlos wanted him to stay home.
- Please Carlos. Let me go with you.
- No way! What will people say if you show up………?
- I don't have to walk by your side necessarily.
- What do you mean?
- I can simply leap from building to building following the transport you're taking.
- Are you sure you want to do this? – asked Carlos.
- Of course. What's wrong in wanting to see your city?
- Ok. Let's see if you can follow. – said Carlos putting on his blue jacket and stepping out of the apartment.
Veemon climbed out the window and clang to the side of the building up to the roof and from there he leapt from rooftop to rooftop following Carlos' steps.
The seventh avenue was closed, so Carlos couldn't go by bus through that route. He had to take an express red bus on the main north highway. To do this, he had to take a connecting bus on the 116 st.
When Carlos boarded the bus to the north highway red bus station he felt a loud thud on the roof of the vehicle. Definitely, Veemon was following close.
Finally, he got off at a bus stop close to the red bus station. These buses were much faster because they worked as a metro rail. They stopped at specially designed stations and drove on exclusive paths that no other vehicles could drive into.
Carlos paid his fare and waited for the articulated bus to arrive. He was expecting to take bus number 60, which would take him pretty quickly to a stop close to the university.
Finally, it came, and Carlos stepped inside to the back of the bus.
Carlos knew that Veemon was following because he could hear faint steps on top of the bus.
Later, they were approaching one of the stops close to the heroes monument. It paid a tribute to Simon Bolivar, a very important historical figure. The bus stop was designed like a train station in the middle of the north highway and there was a bridge for pedestrians that connected to either side of the freeway (North-South, South North) On the North-South side there was a shopping plaza that had cafeterias, restaurants and other shops arranged along the side of the freeway close to its edge.
The bus doors hissed as they closed at this station when Carlos heard a loud bang on top of the bus. Suddenly the banging got louder and finally, Carlos witnessed with horror how the top of the bus was being torn apart by someone.
" I hope it's Veemon" thought Carlos afraid and mad at the same time.
A huge hole was opened on the roof of the bus and through this opening a face of a creature peaked in.
It's face was round and it seemed that it was made of wood, like a puppet. Above his long wooden nose two metallic disks were in place of where his eyes should have been. His mouth was also a metal shape that moved and articulated because of the moving surrounding wood that resembled living flesh. On top of his head it was wearing a long funny hat.
- Boo! – said the creature angrily at the passengers.
Meanwhile on top of the bus Veemon had leapt from the roof of the heroes bus station to the roof of bus 60. He saw the wooden little man leaned forward.
- Hey!! – yelled Veemon. – Who are you?
The puppet raised his head from the interior of the bus and turned around looking at veemon angrily. By this time veemon hadn't noticed that this creature had in his hands a mallet made of metal.
- The puppet of your nightmares………- said the creature swinging his mallet at Veemon who was surprised by the impact.
At the shopping plaza, a woman was opening the lamp showroom when she saw someone flying through the air smashing through the glass into the shop.
When this happened, Carlos pulled the emergency switch above the door and when the door opened he hoped down the bus onto the highway. He made his way up to the bus stop and then to the bridge to cross to the shopping plaza.
The puppet creature jumped from the top of the bus to the South-North highway heading toward the shopping plaza. A speeding car was coming at him and it honked his horn several times.
When everyone thought the puppet would be ran over, he lifted his mallet and swung it at the hood of the incoming car making it fly through the air in front of hundreds of witnesses.
Despite this Carlos got closer and pressed the left button of his digivice.
The puppet creature paced toward the lamp shop looking for veemon. When he got into the shop past the display a blast sent him flying back to the street smashing the remaining glass in the place.
The huge blue creature stepped out of the shop onto the street. People couldn't believe their own eyes.
- Who are you?! – asked Xveemon.
- The name is puppetmon.
- Whoever you are, you are going to pay for this.
- Ha! You're tough. But I'm tougher. – said the puppet raising his mallet. The pounding part had a series of blebs that glowed sending a shower of blasts that sent Xveemon flying back into the lamp shop.
Carlos thought it was the right time to press the right button of his digivice.
Seconds later he saw how Flamedramon came out slowly from the lamp shop with the stance to attack his opponent.
Puppetmon smiled evilly knowing that he would play around with this digimon before giving the final strike. But his thoughts were interrupted by a voice that seemed to come from within.
"Puppetmon, you have to report back. Something came up. Apparently the angel council had another member and he is on the loose……….." – said the voice.
Puppetmon was very upset by these events but he took a deep breath and grinned again knowing that the battle would be simply postponed.
Flamedramon stood still a few feet away from the hideous puppet, but he was taken by surprise when he saw it leap onto the roof of the shopping plaza and vanished. He looked at the end of the block and saw Carlos gesturing to follow him.
So, he also leapt on top of the building to meet up with Carlos at the other side.
- What was that! – said Flamedramon returning to be veemon.
- I don't know……. But it looked dangerous. – said Carlos.
Just in that moment they heard police sirens approaching.
- What do we do? – ask Veemon.
- I know! – said Carlos. There is a computer shopping mall two blocks from here. Maybe I can log on and ask Gennai what the hell is happening here.
- Good. Go and I'll follow you - said Veemon climbing the wall to reach the roof once again while Carlos ran up street looking for the15th avenue.
Carlos was sweating through all his pores as he approached the computer shopping mall. El lago (The lake) was the name of the mall, and Carlos ran inside trying to decide how he was going to log into a computer. As veemon jumped down from the roof and entered a flash of light the cell phones of every person in the ground floor of the mall started ringing.
Then, the sky turned black and the computer screens at the displays of the mall switched on glowing white intensely. The flash of light invaded the place taking Carlos and Veemon with it.