CHAPTER TEN: BEGIN TRAINING
Welcome to another installment of A Place where I belong. As per the norm I in no way have any rights to digimon or any other assets used in this story. They are the property of their current owner, and no profits are made from this story.
Crystal wakes to a delicious smell filling her nose. Crystal sits up, and smiles. She makes her way to the living she finds Drake in the kitchen working over a pan. Drake picks up a scoop, and scoops out a batch of French fries, and puts them on a pan covered in paper towel. Then he shuts off the oil, and opens the oven. He grabs a mitt, and pulls out a pan full of breaded strips. Drake sets it on the stove, and closes the oven. Then he salts the fries, and pulls out two plates. He grabs a spatula, and moves a few places to each plate, as well as a handful of fries. Then he carries them over to their table, and sets them down.
"That smells delicious what is it?" Drake smiles in response.
"Battered fish that was deep fried. It was in the oven to keep it warm." Crystal smiles, and sits down, as Drake goes to the fridge. "Would you like something to drink? I got a fruit flavored pop, juice, and water."
"The fruit flavored pop please." Drake smiles, and grabs two red cans of pop. He closes the fridge, and carries the cans over to the table. He sits down, and sets a can by her plate, and one by his. They crack their cans, and take a drink. Then they start eating.
"So how was your nap?" Crystal nods with a smile.
"Good thank you. Has Izzy called yet?" Drake shakes his head.
"Not yet, but I am sure he is running every test he can think of." Crystal nods in understanding.
"That makes sense. By the way is this food is delicious." Drake smiles.
"Thank you. I am glad you like it." Crystal smiles with a nod.
"So how will this training thing work?" Drake shrugs.
"It will probably include combat training, and being taught the rules, and regulations for the D.C.O." Crystal nods.
"After that is done then what?" Drake smiles.
"We'll start doing assignments I would imagine plus we'll get access to their chip supply." Crystal nods with a smile.
"And once we have access to their chips you can start designing your own more powerful versions right?" Drake nods smiling widely.
"You're correct. I can do just that." Crystal smiles as they finish up their meal. As Drake puts the plates into the sink the wall panel starts beeping. Crystal walks over, and pushes a glowing button. Izzy's face appears on the screen.
"Hey Drake, and Crystal. We just finished going over Drake's dna in the lab." Drake walks over to the monitor, and nods.
"What did you find out?" Izzy pushes a button, and a second screen opens showing circular objects floating in a liquid.
"This is a close up of your cells." Drake looks at the cells, and notices them slightly change shape.
"What are they doing?" Izzy shakes his head.
"Mutating. It's happening very slowly, but your cells appear to be changing from human into something else. What is unsure, but based on the information provided by you, and Crystal it is highly likely that your body is mutating into that of a renamon. I will work on a way to stop the mutation."
"Thank you Izzy." Izzy nods, and looks to his left for a moment.
"Tai is on his way to you with the info concerning your admittance to the D.C.O." Drake and Crystal nod.
"Understood. Thanks again Izzy." Izzy nods before the screen goes dark. Drake looks to Crystal.
"You're becoming a renamon. That explains your enhanced abilities, and how you can use the chip." Drake nods in agreement.
"I actually hope he doesn't find the answer too soon. I wouldn't mind being half renamon. I think it would be pretty cool." Crystal smiles.
"Being renamon has its benefits as you have already noticed." Drake nods in agreement.
"Yes it does." Just then there is a beep from the door. Drake walks over to the door, and pushes a button. The door slides open and Tai walks in.
"Hey Drake, hey Crystal. I talked to the others, and it was a consensus to have you admitted to the D.C.O. So I thought I would tell you in person, and give you a start date for your training." Drake nods.
"So when does our training begin?" Tai smiles.
"Tomorrow morning in the simulation room." Drake and Crystal nod in understanding.
"Sounds good. We'll be there." Tai nods, and heads out.
"I got to head out. See you guys later." Drake and Crystal nod.
"See you later Tai." Drake says as the door closes. Drake looks to Crystal. "So what would you like to do for the rest of today?" Crystal crosses her arms for a moment.
"I have an idea." Drake smiles
"Let's hear it." Crystal points to his pocket where his digivice sits. Drake follows her finger to his pocket.
"Why don't you make a case for your chip?" Drake nods.
"That's a good idea. What about you. Did you want to watch?" Crystal shakes her head.
"Actually I wanted to take a walk along the lake, and do some thinking." Drake nods and smiles.
"That's not surprising a lot has happened in the last several days. It's natural to need time to organize your thoughts." Crystal nods in agreement.
"I'll make my way to the metal shop. If you need anything just let me know ok?" Crystal nods in gratitude.
"Thank you." Crystal says, and Drake nods. Then he opens the door, and makes his way down to the central corridor. Then he makes his way into the research wing and down the hall to a large workshop full of machines. Inside a few people are manning machines working on projects. Drake goes over to a shelf full of sheets of metal of varying sizes. A burly man walks over to him.
"Welcome to the workshop. Got a project in mind?" Drake nods to the man.
"Yes I was hoping to have a case made that looks like a book, and on the inside I would like a panel on the bottom that can hold ten chips standing up, and my digivice." The man nods.
"You've come to the right place. I haven't seen you around here before. Are you new?" Drake nods.
"Yes. My training starts tomorrow." He nods.
"Well welcome to the D.C.O. We'll get started by going on over how you want it to look." Drake nods, and follows the man to a computer.
"I would like it to look like a book with a yin-yang on the cover. I would like the book to be colored so that from a distance it could be mistaken for an actual book. On the sides I would like lines cut into the metal to resemble pages." The man nods and types in several lines of code that create the case on the monitor.
"Ok that just leaves how you want it to open." Drake nods, and points to the yin-yang.
"Can you rig it to open when you twist the symbol in the center?" The man nods.
"Sure that would be simple. We'll have it sent to your room as soon as it's done." Drake nods.
"Thank you sir." The man nods. Drake makes his way out of the workshop, and makes his way to the room where he and renamon first tried out the sword card. He finds the two technicians from before in there.
"It's the guy from before." One of the techs says to the other.
"Hey guys. I came by to show you this new chip I created." Drake says as he pulls the armor chip out of his pocket. The techs walk over, and examine the chip.
"You made this?" Drake nods.
"Yes. I collected the data from a skullgreymon, extracted the data from Metal Greymon, and compiled it into an armor program using my digivice." The techs gape at Drake.
"That's incredible. Have you tested it out yet?" Drake nods.
"Yes it works well. I was actually here to ask if you guys had copies of data for any digimon on file." The techs shake their heads.
"No we don't. The digimon we create here for training are just written programs designed to mimic digital data. They aren't the real thing." Drake nods.
"Thank you guys I'll catch you guys later." The techs nod.
"If you could let us know if you invent any more chips." Drake nods.
"Not a problem guys." The techs nod smiling.
"Thanks." they say as Drake leaves the room, and makes his way to Izzy's lab where he finds him in his office. Drake pushes a button on the wall, and the door to the office opens a few seconds later. Drake walks in, and the door closes behind him.
"Hey Drake what's up?" Drake nods to Izzy.
"I was wondering if we had any digimon here other than Crystal?" Izzy nods.
"Yes. My tentomon is here on the base. Why what's up?" Drake nods.
"I was hoping I could get his help. I wanted to make some more chips. If I could get a copy of tentomon's code I could create chips based on his evolved forms." Izzy looks to Drake.
"How would you copy his data?" Drake motions to his machine in the lab.
"Your scanner could be modified to create a copy of the digimon's data as it scans them. Then using the copy of the data I could create chips for the D.C.O to use. Just like my armor chip. If I could hook it up to your computers you could download the data from the chip, and create as many as you want. It would seriously reduce your injury rate of your digimon."
"That's not a bad idea. We'll need time to make the necessary modifications to our computers, but we'll need your digivice to use for reference on the port." Drake nods, and hands over his digivice. Izzy takes the digivice, and they walk into the lab. Izzy goes over to a tech, and hands him the digivice.
"I need to create a port on the computer that is identical to the port on this digivice. The tech nods, and heads into work room with various computer components on the shelves. The tech closes the door, and Izzy turns to Drake.
"I'm guessing you're going to need some time to make the modifications to your equipment?" Izzy nods in confirmation.
"Yes. This equipment will need quite a bit of modification to do what you want it to." Drake nods in agreement.
"That's what I expected. Can you give me a page when everything is ready?" Izzy nods.
"Sure thing Drake. Are you going to be in your quarters?" Drake nods.
"Yep." Izzy nods.
"Ok. We'll give you a holler when it's ready." Drake nods, and makes his way back to his quarters. When he gets there he finds the place empty. Drake goes over to the screen embedded in the wall, and pushes a button.
"Computer connect to the warehouse." The computer beeps, and the same man from before appears on the screen.
"Warehouse how can we help you sir?" Drake nods.
"I was hoping to get a laptop." The man nods.
"That won't be a problem sir. Was there anything in particular you needed?" Drake nods.
"I need a machine with high processor power for programming use." The warehouse attendant nods.
"Understood sir we'll have it sent to your quarters immediately." Drake nods.
"Thank you much." The attendant nods.
"You're welcome sir." The attendant says before the screen deactivates. Drake goes to the fridge, and gets a can of coke out of the fridge. Then he goes back to the monitor.
"Computer I need all available data on the evolutionary forms of renamon. Three boxes pop up showing three different digimon. One is Kyubimon, which Crystal achieved while visiting her village. The next box shows a fox anthromorph wearing an outfit you would see on a shrine master. It has yin-yangs on it's chest plate, and two shoulder blades that stick up from the chest plate.
The final one is a woman in yellow armor resembling the previous image. It has yin-yangs on it's shoulder armor, and holds a golden staff that has rings hanging on it, and ends in a point like a lance. Drake taps the second image, and it enlarges.
"Taomon the wizard digimon. Type data. Special attack Talisman of light. Level ultimate." Drake nods, and taps the last image. The previous one returns to it's original size, and the last one enlarges.
"Sakuyamon the shaman digimon. Level mega. Special technique Fox Drive. Drake nods.
"Crystal's mother is a Sakuyamon. I wonder how powerful she actually is." At that moment the door dings. Drake opens it to see a young man with a laptop bag.
"The laptop you ordered sir." Drake holds out his hand, and the man hands him the bag.
"Thank you very much." The man nods.
"You're welcome sir." The man leaves, and Drake sits on the couch. He takes the laptop out of the bag, and boots it up. Once it's booted Drake sets up his user name and password. Then he opens a program. He starts typing lines of commands. He spends quite a bit of time typing line after line of code. When he finishes he hits the save button as the screen on his wall starts beeping. Drake goes over to the wall, and pushes a button. Izzy's face appears on the screen.
"Hey Drake." Drake nods
"Hey Izzy."
"The modifications are complete, and Tentomon is here." Drake nods with a big grin.
"I'm on my way." Izzy nods and the screen turns off. Drake puts his laptop into his bag, and makes his way down to the lab. There he finds everyone waiting for him.
"Hey Drake. Everything is in position." Drake nods, and pulls out his laptop.
"I have a program that I just finished I need to get onto a chip." Izzy hands him his digivice back, and Drake sets it down near his laptop. "Hey Izzy can you network these together?" Izzy nods and steps up to his laptop before typing in a few lines, and a screen pops up on the laptop.
"There you go. They are connected." Drake nods.
"Thanks Izzy." Drake steps up to his laptop, and moves a copy of the program to the Digivice. Then he types a line into his digivice, and the screen burst into light before a chip emerges from the screen. Drake grabs the chip, and examines it. It has the word "Digivolution" on it. Drake smiles, and holds up the chip.
"What chip is that Drake?" Izzy asks.
"If it works it's a digivolution chip. It releases the locks on the next level of data stored in the coding of a digimon." The technicians gasp in shock.
"A digivolution chip. Excellent. As soon as we copy tentomon's data can we go outside, and test it?" Drake nods.
"Naturally I want to try it as bad as you do." Izzy nods as he mans his terminal.
"Computer begin scan of tentomon." The computer beeps and the ring climbs its way up tentomon's body, and a 3-D image appears on Izzy's screen. "Now computer begin copying tentomon's data." The computer beeps, and the ring makes it's way down tentomon, and on Izzy's screen lines of code appear. As the ring moves down thousands of lines of code make their way onto Izzy's screen. Drake goes to his laptop, and the same lines appear on his. When the ring hits the floor it shuts off, and the lines stop.
"Compiling data." The computer says as the code is compressed into a file. "Compile complete file size one hundred gigabytes, two hundred thirty two megabytes." Drake stares at the computer.
"That's a massive file." Izzy nods.
"It is a copy of all his data including his evolved forms. Which by the way everyone outside. It's time to test that chip." Drake, Izzy, and the techs head outside of the complex with Tentomon in tow. Once they are clear of the building Drake hands Izzy the chip. Izzy hooks up a device to his digivice that has a port on it like Drake's.
"Digi-modify digivolution activate." Izzy's digivice explodes with light that envelopes tentomon.
"Tentomon digivolves to..." Tentomon turns into light that grows, and takes a new shape of a giant winged insect with a horned helmet. "Kabuterimon." Drake admires Kabuterimon as Izzy smiles.
"It seems your chip was successful." Drake nods with a big grin.
"Yes. Not bad for a program wrote from what I remember from that skullgreymon's data." Izzy nods.
"It was a stroke of genius. I can't wait to see what chips you can create using tentomon's data." Drake nods.
"I look forward to it myself." Drake says as Izzy ejects the chip. Kabuterimon glows before reverting to his tentomon form. The group heads inside, and back to the lab. Drake goes over to his computer, and opens the file. Drake goes over the data, and separates it based on level. He highlights the data connected to his mega level.
The data takes on a 3-D shape of a large golden insect. Drake taps on the wings, and a section of code appears. Drake takes that section of code, and transmits it to his digivice. Then he types in a line of code, and another chip emerges from Drake's digivice. This one has a picture of wings on it. Drake holds it up, and passes it to Izzy.
"There's your first chip. Now we can give our digimon flight to give even ground. Izzy takes the chip, and gives the wing chip, and the evolution chip to a tech that sets them into slots on his terminal.
"Copying chips." Izzy nods. Drake goes back to the code, and isolates the ones that are the mega's attacks. He highlights a section labeled "Mega Electro shocker" and copies that data to his digivice. He also moves data labeled "High Mega Blaster" to his digivice. He turns them into chips which he hands off to Izzy. The tech brings over the previous chips, and they trade. Drake pockets the chips, and saves his work. He closes the laptop, and puts it away. The tech finishes copying the other chips, and hands them back to Drake, who pockets them.
"Thank you Drake." Izzy says as his terminal returns to the floor. Drake nods, before heading out of the lab, and making his way back to his quarters. There he finds Crystal lying on the couch looking at the ceiling. Crystal looks to Drake.
"Welcome back Drake." Drake nods with a smile.
"Thank you. I hope your stroll was helpful." Crystal nods.
"Yes. It helped me clear my head. Thank you." Drake nods still smiling.
"You're welcome. I got good news I got us a bunch of new chips." Drake says as he reaches into his pocket, and pulls out the chips he made a bit ago. Crystal examines them.
"Wings and two technique chips." Drake nods.
"Hercules Kabuterimon's Mega Electro Shocker, and High Mega Blaster, and his wings as well." Crystal nods as she holds up the digivolution chip.
"This one causes digivolution?" Drake nods.
"Yes. Izzy just used it to digivolve his tentomon to Kabuterimon." Crystal nods as she hands the chip back to Drake.
"That can be most useful if we get into a bind." Drake nods.
"If we need it. You've digivolved before without the chip." Crystal nods in confirmation. Drake puts the chips away.
"What happened with that holder for the chips?" Drake smiles.
"It's being worked on as we speak." Crystal nods, as Drake heads to the kitchen. "Are you hungry?" Crystal nods.
"Yes actually." Drake nods, and goes to the freezer. He pulls out a box of fish patties, and sets them on the counter. He goes to the oven, and turns it on three hundred fifty. Then he reaches into a tall drawer in the cupboards, and pulls out a flat pan.
He sets it on the counter, and sprays it down with some pam. He sets six fillets on the pan, and puts the box away. When the oven beeps Drake sets the pan in the oven, and shuts the door.
"So are you looking forward to tomorrow?" Crystal nods.
"Yes the sooner the better. I want to prove my worth so we can go after Black Wargreymon." Drake nods, and turns on a pan of oil.
"I don't blame you, but we can't go after him till you gain the ability to warp digivolve." Crystal nods.
"Yes we'll need all the power we can get." Drake nods.
"Plus I need to learn to use these chips myself. If we both can use them it will make us that more formidable." Crystal nods.
"Yes we'd be quite the pair." Drake nods, and pulls out a bag of fries. Drake goes to the pan of oil sitting on the stove. He turns the oil on, and walks over toward Crystal.
"I am glad I was able to prove myself to your family." Crystal nods
"As am I. Even my stubborn brother. That's quite a feat. He's very protective of me." Drake smiles at that.
"That makes me happy. I want their approval." Crystal nods.
"As do I. Now that we have it it will make it all the sweeter when we go back to your village singing our tales of victory over Black Wargreymon's troops." Drake nods.
"Yep starting tomorrow we become warriors of the D.C.O. Our mission to bring down that monster, and tyrant." Crystal nods.
"As well as anyone who would follow him." Drake nods solemnly.
"Yes. That worries me." Crystal nods.
"It's one thing for the spire digimon to follow him, but for original digimon to aid him is unforgivable. I have no problem taking them out." Drake nods.
"Agreed they are traitors to all digimon." Crystal nods, as Drake puts some fries into the oil. The oil pops, and snaps. Crystal goes to Drake.
"Thank you for getting yourself involved in our war." Drake smiles.
"It's my war too. He is threating my world, and the world of my best friend." Crystal blushes at the compliment.
"Thank you. I consider you my best friend too." Drake smiles at this statement. He turns around, and checks the fish, and fries. He grabs a few sheets of paper towel, and puts them on a pan he takes out. He opens a drawer, and pulls out a mesh ladle. He scoops the fries out onto the pan. He throws some salt onto it, and shakes them up.
Then Drake pulls two plates out of the cupboard, and sets them on the counter. Then he opens the oven, and pulls out the pan of fish. He sets it on the stove-top, and closes the oven. He dishes the fish onto the plates along with the fries.
"This smells good." Drake says as he carries the plates over to the table. Then he goes to grab the ketchup out of the fridge. They eat dinner, and clean up. Then they hear a chime at the door. Drake goes to the door, and pushes a button. The door opens revealing a young man holding a medium sized box.
"Delivery for Drake Drason." Drake nods.
"That's me." The young man hands over the box.
"The custom case that you ordered." He says to Drake.
"Thank you." Drake says as he takes the box. The young man walks away, and the door closes. Drake carries the box over to the table, and sets it down. He opens the box revealing a book shaped object with a yin-yang on the cover. Crystal runs her hands over the cover.
"A book?" Drake shakes his head. Drake turns the yin-yang clockwise, and a click can be heard. Drake pulls the cover up, revealing the book container to be hallow. In the bottom are ten slots for chips to be locked in place, and a spot for his digivice. Drake pulls out the chips he has, and locks them in place filling half the slots. Then he sets the digivice in it. Crystal examines the chip holder, as Drake closes it. Then she looks at the yin-yang on her arm guards. "It's the same symbol." Drake nods.
"Yes you were my inspiration for this case." Crystal smiles, as she strokes the symbol on the cover.
"I am grateful." Drake nods, and smiles.
"Now we have something to hold our stuff in." Crystal nods, and Drake sets the case on the table. Crystal stretches, and lets out a yawn.
"Feeling tired?" Crystal nods.
"Yes. A full stomach makes me sleepy." Drake nods in agreement.
"Well we do have a full day tomorrow a little extra sleep might do us some good." Crystal nods in agreement and holds up her hand.
"Goodnight Drake." Drake nods with a smile.
"Goodnight Crystal." Crystal nods, and goes into her room. Drake goes to his room still smiling. He changes into a pair of shorts, and crawls into bed. He lays there his mind mulling over the day's events. "I am glad she decided to join. I just hope I can live up to being her partner." Drake drifts off to sleep.
"Drake are you awake?" Crystal asks as she knocks on the door. Drake opens his eyes, and sits up.
"Yes I am awake. I'll be right out." Drake says as he opens his drawers, and pulls out a white t-shirt, and black jeans. He walks to the door, and opens it. Crystal is standing outside the door with a gentle smile on her face. Drake smiles and waves to her.
"Good morning Drake." Drake nods.
"Good morning Crystal." Drake says as he steps out into the living room. Crystal nods, and waves back. Drake goes to the kitchen with Crystal on his heels. He opens the fridge, and pulls out a carton of eggs. Then he pulls a frying pan out, and starts making scrambled eggs. He also pulls out a pack of bacon, and sets it on the counter.
"By the way where did all the food come from?" Drake smiles.
"It was delivered while you were napping the other day." Crystal nods in understanding. Drake pulls out a couple of plates, and piles the scrambled eggs onto them. Then he throws the bacon in the pan. The bacon sizzles as soon as it hits the pan.
"The D.C.O. is very efficient." Drake nods in agreement. Drake flips the bacon after a few minutes. After it's done Drake pushes a few pieces onto each plate, and turns off the stove. Drake carries the plates over to the table with Crystal following. They sit at the table, and dig into their food.
"I look forward to training with you." Crystal nods.
"And I with you." Drake smiles as they finish up their breakfast discussing tactics for the session. They carry their plates to the sink, and Drake rinses them off, before they walk over to the coffee table. There Drake picks up the case holding his digivice, and their chips.
"Are you ready to go?" Crystal nods.
"Yes. Let's get this started." Drake and Crystal make their way out of their apartment, and make their way to the elevator. As they reach the elevator the door opens revealing Tai.
"Hey guys." Drake and Crystal nod to Tai.
"Morning Tai." Crystal waves.
"Good morning Tai." Tai nods to them both.
"Are you guys are ready to begin your training?" Drake, and Crystal nod with smiles plastered on their faces. Tai motions for them to join him in the elevator. They step inside, and make their way to the room with the simulator. When they arrive Tai walks over to the control panel. "Let the fun begin." Tai says as he pushes a button, and the room fills with light.
Sorry it took so long to get this chapter done. Work has been brutal. As always any comments, suggestions, ideas, or criticism are greatly appreciated. Till next time Thank you for reading this chapter.