CHAPTER 10: AN UNEXPECTED HOLE
Izzy's PoV
I wonder if the others could hear the gears of my mind run like crazy. There were so many questions surfacing and I was trying to make the connections and answer them. There we stood, all twelve digidestined of Odaiba, old and new, looking that the grinning Apemon. I looked one more time at the destroyed portal and I couldn't help but wonder… Why would he do it? There were so many portals on File Island…
"What the hell do you think you're doing?" Tai demanded as he walked in front of the group, glaring at the ape digimon. "And what did you mean when you said 'Flawless plan'?"
"It's not that difficult to understand. We had schemed a plan, no, a plot and everything worked like a charm." Apemon said, his grin never leaving his face. That got me curious.
"If it has worked, then why don't you share it with us?" I asked and the digimon looked at me. "We are going to find out soon anyway, aren't we?"
"Of course! Let's begin with the first stage, the 'equipment'. For the plan to succeed, we needed twelve Bakemon, about twenty-five digimon ready to fight and fifteen digimon, no matter the level." He said. Fifteen… I knew this number meant something important, but I couldn't recall what. "Oh, and let's not forget a little virus." What Virus?
"I don't care about this stupid plan of his, let's just kick this guy's butt and get back home!" Davis said and got his D-3 from his pocket.
"Wait Davis. Let's hear what this plot of his is all about." T.K said and Kari nodded.
"You should listen to your friends Davis. It's in your best interest to do so." Apemon said sarcastically.
"Shut up. Just carry on with the story." Matt said. I could see that everyone was angry. Some people, like Sora and Mimi, looked a bit worried too.
"Come on, we don't need to hurry! We have all the time in the world after all, don't we?" He asked with a silly expression. For some reason, I didn't like his comment at all and I could tell Joe didn't too.
"The second part is the preparation. We needed to train those twelve Bakemon. More precisely their transformation skills. And to do that, we had to send them to your world. I'll explain more about this part later on. Next, we had to load the virus inside your computer." Apemon said looking at me. I panicked when I heard that. There was a virus in my computer?
"That's impossible! There is no way my Antivirus system would fail." But I knew it could happen. I hadn't updated it for almost a year. Now I felt really stupid.
"But it did. Don't worry; it wasn't a virus that destroys data, just an observation on." I could feel the blood leave my face. My computer was full of important information not only about the digital world, but also about the rest of the digidestined in the whole world!
"Is that bad Izzy?" Davis asked me and I turned to face him. I guess he understood from my expression, because he instantly looked worried.
"Now we go to the interesting part, the execution. Those twenty-five digimon started fights all around the island and Gennai immediately asked for your help." He said.
"But your little riot ended just a little while ago." Ken said smiling at the ape. "Your plan has failed."
"Not at all. During the battle, I was purposely thrown into the communication disc, so Gennai, therefore your friends in the real world had no news about the fight. As soon as I crashed it, the Bakemon were informed of which one of you stayed behind. If you haven't guessed yet, they studied you. So two of them transformed into your friends, each Bakemon could transform perfectly into one of you, and said the situation was dire. Do you see where this is going?" He asked and smiled evilly.
"Your plan was to get us all in the digital world, but I still don't know why. We can easily crash all of you and your friends." Yolei stated.
"But I haven't finished explaining. You seem to forget the last 'squad' I mentioned in the beginning." He said and Yolei's eyes narrowed. "Tell me, how many portals are there on File Island?" He asked and I gasped. How could I not make the connection?
"I don't know… I don't think anyone counted them…" Cody said.
"I believe your genius over there knows and realized the last part of the plan." He said.
"There are exactly fifty portals…" I said and the shock on my friend's faces was visible.
"And just when I destroyed this portal, my friends destroyed the rest. Meaning you are stuck in here till you get to server, or Gennai manages to recreate one." Apemon said with triumphant voice.
"This doesn't change anything! We are going to defeat you and all will be over." Tai said, but I knew it wasn't that simple.
"I have no doubt you will. But your problem isn't here, but in Odaiba, where my lord is now with most of his servants. Do you like to know what the first thing he is going to do is?" He asked, but no one spoke. "Kidnap your dear families. And since the rest of the digidestined aren't anywhere near Odaiba, something we know thanks to our little virus, there is no one to save them."
"You fucking bastard!" Most of the digidestined yelled before they got their digivices.
"One last thing. Remember Apocalymon's little trick, the one with the time manipulation between worlds? We found the way to do it, but in reserve. The only deference is we can do it only on a specific area and for a shot period. This conversation has lasted almost two hours. You would be wasting valuable time fighting me." He said.
"He's right, it's seven o'clock! No time for this, go find a way to contact Gennai!" T.K said and Apemon was gone, sure that we would not follow him.
000
"So this is the real world." The figure said hidden inside a ball of darkness. "It's so strange; I never thought it would be so… busy."
"Do you like it my lord? Soon, it will be all yours. And don't forget that I was the one that helped you get here in the first place." A winged digimon, resembling a bat with a round body and a skull tattoo on its forehead said.
"I know Picodevimon. Unlike your previous master, I don't forget my comrades. You will be rewarded as you deserve." The figure said and Picodevimon seemed pleased. It took him five years to be reborn and he didn't want to wait another five for the same reason.
"Should we move now my lord? When we get those damned digidestined's families, you'll be unstoppable." The bat said and the figure turned to look at him.
"It's a little too bright for my taste. We'll wait till it gets darker." The figure said.
"Then I believe I can help." A new voice said and Demidevimon turned to look at the speaker. It was a humanoid digimon with deep dark armor and helmet. He had a dark cloak with a strange crest in orange.
"Bethormon, what do you have in mind?" The figure asked and the digimon called Bethormon grinned.
"Let me use one my skills." He said and raised his hand. As soon as his hand pointed up, the sky grew darker and dark clouds gathered. "I have the power to unleash my wrath upon others in many ways. Today I do so with a light rain, just what we need to cover the sun."
"And how is causing rain a skill? I still think you are useless." Picodevimon said.
"I didn't see you having a useful ability to display." Bethormon said calmly and turned his back on Picodevimon. He bowed respectfully to the shadow and disappeared.
"What do you find in this guy? He an annoying idiot!" Picodevimon said looking at the figure.
"Don't underestimate his power Picodevimon. Not only is he strong, but his advice is also useful." The figure said and Picodevimon sighed, knowing that his lord was right.
000
"Next stop Odaiba." The voice said and the Tamers stood up from their seats. The train soon stopped and the doors opened, allowing the passengers to leave.
"This is the first time I've been here. This place is huge!" Kenta said in awe, looking around at the tall buildings. Marineangemon quickly hid inside Kenta's pocket, scared of the place.
"It's not much bigger than Shinjuku. This is the place where the malls, restaurants and hotels are, so it's pretty crowded. Where I live, it's quite and easy to relax." Takato said and Kenta nodded.
"Is it just me, or is the sky a bit too cloudy and dark?" Kazu asked, looking up.
"You're right. Looks like it's about to rain." Jeri said and as if on cue, the first drops started falling.
"Let's get under something to shield us for the rain!" Kenta said and all five (Guilmon included) run underneath a bus station.
"That's good. One of those busses stops right across my building. Let's go there and wait for the rain to stop." Takato said and the others nodded. They waited for the bus and in half an hour, they were entering Takato's apartment.
"That's a nice place you got there." Kenta said. Marineangemon left his pocket and flew around happily. "Marineangemon thinks so too."
"What do we do now?" Kazu asked, sitting on Takato's bed. "I mean, it doesn't look like the rain will end soon."
"Let's play something! What do you have Takato?" Jeri asked.
"Not much… The usual board games and cards." He said and the others grimaced. "But I do have a good game on the computer."
"What kind of game?" Kazu asked.
"One with many games. Puzzles, quiz and staff like that."
"It sounds interesting. Why don't we play?" Kenta said and the others nodded. They started and Takato started clicking every piece of the puzzle the others told him to.
"This piece goes there." Kazu said, pointing the position he thought the piece matched. Takato was about to click it when a scream made them all jump in surprise.
"What was that?" Jeri asked in alarm. Takato rushed out the apartment and into the hallway. He gasped when he saw T.K's mother struggling to get free from a Bakemon's grip.
"What the hell?" He said and the Bakemon looked at him. "Let her go!"
"Or else what you little human?" He asked.
"Or else get ready to face the consequences." He said and right then, Guilmon quickly rushed out of the apartment and slashed the Bakemon, forcing him to let T.K's mother go.
"Come here ma'am." Jeri said and led her inside the apartment.
"You don't need help to defeat this guy." Takato said and Guilmon charged again. The Bakemon extended his hands and grabbed Guilmon.
"Got you now you freak!" He said and opened his mouth, ready to either eat Guilmon, or attack him with something. He didn't have time to finish his attack as Guilmon threw a Pyrosphere right inside his mouth. His eyes grew wide before he blew up into data and was blown away.
"Good job Guilmon. Though I believe with his level, even Calumon could defeat him." Takato said and they entered the apartment. "Are you all right Ms Takaishi?" He asked.
"I am fine…" She said while supporting her head with her left hand. "Takato, is that a digimon?" She asked pointing at Guilmon. The Tamers gasped.
"You know about digimon?" Kenta asked and she nodded. "Does it have something to do with this Bakemon attacking you?"
"Yes. You see both my sons, Takeru and Matt have one as well." She said and Takato gasped again. "He wanted to kidnap me so they could force them to give up without a fight."
"That's just low!" Kazu said in anger and looked at Ms Takaishi. "Please tell me, are there other people who have digimon partners here?" He asked.
"Yeah… There are ten more kids. You don't think they are attacking their parents as well?" She asked in a mixture of shock and worry.
"Yes we do. You need to tell us how to go to them and get them somewhere safe." Jeri said.
"Wait a minute… If their children have partners, why don't they fight?" Takato asked.
"T.K left me a note saying they had to go stop some fight in the digital world… It was probably a trap." She said and shook, starting to lose her calm.
"Ok, we need to hurry. Ms Takaishi, tell me where they live. The rest of you guys get her somewhere safe and send a message where I should find you." Takato said and Ms Takaishi wrote the addresses on a piece of paper.
"I am coming with you Takato." Jeri said and Takato nodded. Kazu, Kenta and Ms Takaishi went downstairs to get Yolei and Cody's family.
"Is that normal?" Jeri asked looking around. "Where did this fog come from? And it's as if it surrounds Odaiba." Takato looked around and noticed it as well.
"I have a bad feeling about this…"
000
"Looks like you do have some use after all Picodevimon." Bethormon said. He was calm as always and he looked truthfully at the bat digimon.
"Of course I am. You know, I never expected that out of you. Looks like you are a cool guy after all." He said smiling and shook up the air in excitement, making the skull on his forehead look like laughing.
"This is better than expected. Not only the sun is gone, but with Picodevimon's idea, we have sealed the rest of the digidestined from coming in and the ones we are after inside. Good job both of you." He commented and did something unexpected… he bowed.
"Thank you my lord." Bethormon said and returned the bow. Picodevimon, stunned by his master's actions, just hovered above the ground.
"It's time to go have some fun. Picodevimon, Bethormon go wreck some havoc!" He said and the shadow around him vanished, revealing his true form.
000
"Hurry it up God damn it!" Tai yelled at Gennai in frustration. "Our parent's lives are on the line!" Gennai ignored him, continuing on his work to open the portal Blackwargreymon had blocked. He knew Tai, as well as the rest of the digidestined were worried sick and they had every right to be angry.
"Don't worry Tai, I am sure we'll get back before they get to our families." Sora tried to comfort him, but her expression gave her away. Izzy was next to Gennai, trying to help him release Blackwargreymon's dara.
"At least is there any progress?" T.K asked and placed a hand in front of him to stop Davis, who was pacing back and forth in front of him.
"We managed to get inside the portal and we have been removing the data as fast as we can, but it's taking too long." Izzy said with eyes pinned on the screen, sweating like hell.
"Can you please define 'long'?" Ken asked. He seemed calm, but his voice was a bit unstable.
"I don't know Ken… Around four hours more or less." He said.
"Can't you do something to hurry it up?" Matt asked with closed eyes to suppress his anger. "It's nerve wrecking to wait."
"That's what we are trying to do guys! And it's far more nerve wrecking to have to locate every freaking piece of data of a mega level digimon created by dark spires! So shut up for a while and don't push me!" Izzy yelled in anger.
"This isn't going to help!" Mimi said before anyone could yell back. "Fighting between us will only make things worse. I know how you feel guys; I am on the same boat as you. Let's sit down and try to be patient… Please." Everyone fell silent after her speech and she sighed.
"Thank you Mimi." Izzy said smiling in appreciation. "Now let's gather some more pieces of dark spear's data."
End of Chapter
I believe this chapter went pretty well. I got news, some good and some other that… you decide :P. First, on the next chapter the Digidestined and the Tamers meet! At least that's what I hope (:O)… If not then certainly on the one after. Second, my exams were suspended till… no date lol :P. So I might finish the next chapter soon, or not and be force to suspend it for after the suspended exams... Yeah, it makes perfect sence xD
What do you think about Bethormon? As you have guessed, I created him, or at least remade him (If he already exist something that I highly doubt).
Don't forget to review! Reviews make my day and motivate me to write faster. That reminds me, thanks a lot 10th Squad 3rd Seat!