I'm giving a shout out to RGZ Archer and Crazyeight and of course Blazing Chaos who have done much to inpire me with their stories and their beautiful writing styles.
Tamers West
Chapter 14: Phantom
Dokunemon climbed to the top of a tall building trying to get his bearings as he tried to navigate to the home of Ciel. Black Gatomon's tamer.
Surveying the neighbourhood he looked for one of the landmarks Mike had mentioned. A tall building with a pointed roof.
The glaring sun hampered his vision somewhat and the hustle and bustle of the roads below didn't help either. This all seemed so alien to him, all the rushing around, the strange activities humans did, it all served to confuse him. Humans in their vehicles darting through traffic out of turn nearly colliding with other vehicles.
Finally picking out the tall pointed roof among the sea of buildings Dokunemon quickly vacated the roof and sprinted towards it. Once he reached the building he would head directly south then turn right on the first street. Ciel's home was the fifth on the right.
'Not much further to go', he told himself.
Thinking back to that night what constantly stuck out in his mind was that Mike had come to his aid. He had been fighting a lossing battle against a powerfull opponent and to his knowledge humans had no way of effectively fighting digimon.
He arrived at the pointed building.
'Okay now head south.'
He thought back to just before he digivolved.
He had placed himself in front of Mike as Stingmon attacked and then the next thing he felt was a huge intoxicating energy filling his being, and then he was Mothmon.
He came upon the first street and turned right.
The street was lined with large houses with yards rather large for lots so deep in the city. All the properties were protected by well built fences and gates.
'Fifth house.'
Like all the other houses on the street that he had seen it was very big. Red bricks made up most of the outside wall while the entrance was made of limestone. Attatched to the right side of the house was a four car attatched garage.
Dokunemon slipped through the iron bars of the gate and slipped inside.
The yard was well groomed, all the trees and bushes trimmed and the grass well mowed.
Carefully he skittered across the ground towards the house and began climbing up the wall to a balcony on the second floor.
"I didn't think you were the type to come for a visit."
Dokunemon nearly jumped and faced Black Gatomon leaning on the balcony door with a smug grin on her face.
"I'm not here for a visit", he told her. "I need to speak with you."
Black Gatomon raised an eyebrow.
"Oh a business trip? Funny I thought you just couldn't stand to be away from a pretty thing like me."
"I don't know what you mean." Dokunemon's tone was uncertain, even cautious. Mike had warned him to be careful what he said around females.
FLASHBACK
"But why must I be extra careful what I say if their social status is similar to yours?"
Mike sighed.
"Because often they tend to take what you say the wrong way."
"But Black Gatomon is a digimon and digimon don't have genders."
Mike chuckled.
"Oh trust me she's a girl. Besides she's Ciel's shadow so what else could she be?"
END FLASHBACK
"You're no fun", the dark digimon pouted.
She stopped leaning on the door and walked closer to him.
"So then what do you wan't to talk about?"
"I have questions."
"About what?"
"First, I must tell you what happened."
Black Gatomon sat and listned as the insect digimon recounted his tale of the other night.
His encounter with Stingmon, the ensuing battle, Mike suddenly appearing and then his digivolution.
"I ended up reverting back to my rookie form", Dokunemon said as he wrapped up his story. "Then Mike's device that he called a pocket PC transformed."
One of Black Gatomon's ears dropped.
"Transformed? Into what?", she asked him.
Dokunemon shook his head.
"We don't know. He said it has many new functions but he doesn't know what they do."
Black Gatomon brought her tail under her chin thoughtfully.
"Well I don't know anything about gadgets but if you didn't digivolve from aquiring data then the only explanation is that Mike made you digivolve."
Dokunemon stiffned and stared at her.
"How is that possible? What does he have to do with it?"
"Everything!", Black Gatomon shouted as she stood to her feet. "Humans give digimon the power to digivolve, either through their emotions or feelings or both."
Dokunemon thought that statement was rather redundant but taking Mikes advice let it slide.
"But how is that possible?" he asked her.
She shrugged.
"I don't know how it's possible it just is."
Dokunemon was silent for a while, taking in all the information he had recived thus far and mulled it over.
Black Gatomon frowned.
"I guess you're from a place in the digital world that doesn't put humans in a positive light."
He nodded.
"I've heard things about digimon being treated like slaves, or pets."
Black Gatomon snorted.
"I am not treated like a pet or a slave. I'm Ciels friend, her companion, her confidant, the personification of her dark emotions and thoughts. Only with a more pleasant personality."
Now I know that they don't want us to go off on our own someplace but that's because they worry about us and don't want us to get into trouble. It's to protect us from other humans who don't understand us."
Dokunemon paused again to consider.
"But why at that moment? Why did I not digivolve sooner?"
"Because a bond is needed between a digimon and their tamer. When you stood to block Stingmon's attack you completed that bond because you were both willing to risk your lives for each other."
Dokunemon went rigid as a shocking revelation overcame him.
"He can't-we cannont be-, not just like that."
Black Gatomon snickered.
"What? Did you expect some ceremony or something? The digivice is the symbol of your partnership which I'll bet my whiskers is what Mike's gizmo turned into."
Dokunemon was suddenly sceptical.
"How do you know so much about this if you yourself have only had a parner for such a short time?"
She smiled.
"I'm Ciel's shadow remember. I have some residual knowledge and memories through our bond and she got the knowledge from the t.v show."
Dokunemon looked at her confused.
"The what?"
Refusing to answer Black Gatomon crossed her arms.
"You should ask your tamer about that. It could be a bonding opportunity for you."
The larva digimon bristled
"I never said he was my tamer. Such a decision must be made by me and me alone."
"You already made that decision", she told him in a parental tone. "If you hadn't the bond would never have been formed and you would never have digivolved and you would both be dead."
Dokunemon turned away unable to meet her, gaze his mind buzzing.
"I don't recall ever making a commitment", he countered. "I have others."
"He can help you. You accomplish more together than appart. You we're paired for a reason whether you like it or not."
Burning with irritation and his mind overwhelmed by frustration he turned to leave.
"Thank you for your help", he said making a conscious effort not to sound spiteful. "But I have a quest to-
"You're afraid", Black Gatomon interrupted.
The larva digimon whirled around.
"What?"
Black Gatomon fixed him with a stern look.
"Don't you remember that discussion we had at the school with those other two? If your destiny is right there in front of you. Why don't you grab it?"
She took a few steps closer to him.
"Why are you acting like this? When you told me your story you sounded gratefull for Mike's help. Now you sound like you wan't nothing to do with him."
Dokunemon cringed and turned his head away. Should he tell her? He had sounded rather ungrateful for everything Mike had done for him. What's worse he risked his quest in the process because Black Gatomon didn't look very inclined to help him at the moment.
Sighing he resigned himself.
"In my home, 'The Hive', most are sympathetic to Stingmon's cause. If I become his partner I may not be able to see my home again."
Black Gatomon's face turned from one of anger to a mixed expression of shock, regret and sympathy.
"But you are right", Dokunemon admitted. "I already made that decision. I just didn't realize it, and yes maybe I am afraid. It just feels so... sudden.
Black Gatomon nodded.
"Life is like that."
She walked over and gently put her paw on the insect digimon's head.
"No one said things need to be rushed.", she said gently. "Take things slow if you have to, develop a friendship and from their you can achieve your full potential."
Dokunemon sighed, this time in relief.
"Thank you."
His thanks were genuine this time, his mind now far more at ease.
"If you ever need someone to talk to, I'm always available."
Dokunemon bowed.
"I will, thank you."
As she watched him hop up to the balcony railing and climb down the wall she heard a giggle in the back of her mind.
"He never even suspected."
Black Gatomon grinned.
"You'd think everyone would understand that everyone is connected to their shadow. It's just taken a little further with us."
Off in the first plane of the digital world from atop her stone perch in the middle of the desolate wasteland Renamon kept watch as the others remained below in the shelter of a cluster of rock formations.
Impmon lay on his back with his hands tucked behind his head. Typical behaviour for him.
Terriermon was showing off by hopping on an obstacle course of rocks then laughing at Monodramon's expense as he tried to mimic the feat and then Lopmon scolded the dog-bunny for doing so.
Guardromon was building a wall out of rocks to fill the only gap in the rock walls that surrounded them.
Calumon treid to help, wobbling dangerously as he carred a rock that was much to big for him.
Marine Angemon flew above them all, acting as a second lookout while also enojoying riding the air currents from the wind impacting against the large rock formations.
Finally Guilmon sat on a large boulder silent and still staring at the sphere in the sky that represented the real world. She had no doubt he was thinking about Takato, or bread.
As for her she was also thinking of the real world. Her favorite spots to sit and think. The routes along buildings and streets she used to run. Mostly though she missed Rika.
The flaming haired girl was constantly in her thoughts. They had gotten so close as partners but also as friends.
She wondered how safe she was. They had heard tales that digimon were once again beginning to return to the real world.
Her paws clenched as frustration built up. Frustrated that she was stuck here, that they were all stuck here while their tamers were vulnerable and alone.
She saw Guilmon suddenly stand to his feet and start growling. Guilmon had the best natural senses of any of them. If he was growling, that ment trouble was coming.
Suddenly Renamon felt an unimaginble pain in her left shoulder and instantly collapsed to her knees then slipped off her stone perch.
"Fear not my lady I shall catch you", Guardromon announced as he ignited his rockets.
As Guardromon caught the falling vulpine digimon everyone looked at her attacker.
A red hooded cloaked figure hovered above the rock where Renamon had slid off. From under it's cloak it had it's arm outstretched where Renamon's lost data began to collect into a sphere. Crooked in it's right arm was a large scythe with a ball and chain attatched.
"A Phantomon", Lopmon gasped.
Guardromon landed and gently placed Renamon on the sandy ground before raising his arms and pointing his missiles at the attacker.
Calumon stood next to Renamon looking worried.
"Are you okay?", he asked.
Renamon was in too much pain to answer, the large cut Phantomon created still open but at least she wasn't losing data anymore.
Terriermon shook his tiny fist at Phantomon.
"What's the big idea you floating freak?"
Phantomon seemed to ignore him and finished collecting Renamon's data.
"Exactly what I wanted."
It looked down onto the digimon below.
"How convenient", it said. "All my targets in one place."
Phantomon's voice made them shiver. It was smooth and eerily feminine.
Terriermon didn't like this one bit. Phantomon was obviously powerfull if he(or rather she) was able to take down Renamon with one hit. What's worse he didn't like being refered to as a target.
Phantomon tucked the sphere of Renamon's data into her cloak then drew her scythe.
"Mind you, it's nothing personal."
Phantomon suddenly dropped from the rock and screamed down strait at Guilmon.
"Oh no you don't!", Terriermon shouted.
Terrier Tornado
Phantomon aborted her attack on the red dino and dodged Terriermon's attack then swiped at him with her scythe as he passed by.
Terriermon screamed in pain and dropped to the ground immobile, half his left ear missing.
Growling ferociously Guilmon attacked, with Monodramon attacking Phantomon's right.
Pyro Sphere
Phantomon effortlessly deflected the attack and sent it strait into Monodramon, sending the digimon into a rock.
"Try this one on for size rag bag!", Impmon yelled as he summoned a large fireball from the earth.
"Bada-boom."
Phantomon dodged to the right as the fireball singed past being forced closer to Guilmon who came in for another attack.
Rock Breaker
Phantomon hopped over the red dino and as Guilmon turned around she slashed at him.
Guilmon roared in pain as the scythe cut him laterally almost from nose to tail.
"Take this fiend."
Guardromon flew strait at the ghost digimon who ducked just in time, Guardromon passing centimeters overhead.
Lopmon inserted herself between Phantomon and Guilmon.
Blazing Ice
Phantomon suddenly vanished, the rookie attack hitting nothing but air.
"Where'd she go?" Impmon yelled in frustration!
"Oh Terriermon!", Calumon yelled.
The digimon that were still standing turned to see Phantomon hovering over Terriermon collecting the data from his lost ear into another sphere then tucking it under her cloak.
"Get away from him!"
Guardian Barrage
Phantomon vanished again as Guardromon's missles passed through where she'd been and smashed into the wall he had been building, erasing his entire days work in an instant.
"Now where?" Lopmon wondered worriedly.
Suddenly Lopmon was struck from behind and landed several meters from where she'd been standing.
Phantomon stood over Guilmon and stuck her hidden hand into the mass of data floating into the air. The data immediately moving and collecting into another sphere.
Not wanting to use his missles when the enemy was so close to his friend Guardromon ignited his rockets.
"Let's try it up close and personal."
Quickly Phantomon tucked the data she had managed to collect and brought her hand under the eye attatched to her neck by a gold chain.
Magical Game
Phantomon suddenly disappeared from Guardromon's view and was replaced with a large boulder.
"Alarm!"
Guradramon pulled up sharply just barely missing the enormous stone.
"Well that was-"
Guardramon suddenly smashed into something, but as he fell to the ground he saw nothing but air.
He crashed to the ground kicking up a large cloud of dust.
Groaning he tried to sit up and looked where he had seemingly crashed into something and was shocked to see one of the large rock faces there.
He sighed wearily and collapsed onto his back.
"All an illusion."
"That was simple", Phantomon said in an amused tone.
"Fight's not over yet", Impmon yelled as he and Monodramon charged at her.
Planning her moves Phantomon begain gyrating the ball and chain at the end of her scythe.
Impmon began charging a fireball between his hands, making him her priority target. She released the spnning ball at him hitting him dead in his stomach and sending his flying into a rock.
Monodramon jumped at her but she dodged to the left and partly deflected him with the end of her scythe.
She brought her Iron ball around in an upward arc just as Monodramon turned around to attack again and she brought the heavy instrument down on his head.
Pulling back the ball she sighed.
"Finally."
Kahuna Waves
Phantomon was suddenly struck by a wave of floating pink hearts that to her felt like getting shot by a series of bullets.
Marineangemon angry and ready for a fight flew strait at the assailant.
"I forgot about you", Phanotomon growled.
She swated the digimon aside with the end of her scythe slamming the tiny mega against the rock wall.
Marineangemon was stunned for a moment and tried to move but was suddenly sandwiched by Phantomon's iron ball.
Phanotmon watched as Marineangemon fell to the ground after being crushed against the rock wall by her iron ball.
"I can't believe that little fly is a mega", she muttered bitterly.
She turned back to Guilmon's unmoving flickering form.
"Now to collect the rest."
Suddenly she was knocked to the ground her cloak on fire.
She quickly padded the flames out then glared at her attacker.
"Didn't think I'd stay down from a little love tap like that did ya toots?" Impmon boasted.
Phantomon brought up her scythe ready to attack, but a small sound caught her attention.
A digignome flew down between them and right through Guilmon's loose data.
Alarmed Phantomon rushed to try and collect the data.
"No ya don't!"
"Impmon sent I little fireball across Phantomon's path causing her to hesitate.
The data floating in the air suddenly converged and glowed brightly before shooting up like a rocket into the sky towards the world sphere above.
Impmon chuckled.
"Can't win 'em all toots. Why don't you use that overgrown potato peeler for something more suitable for ya. Like cooking dinner."
Phantomon clutched her scythe tightly and gave Impmon a dath glare.
"I'm going to make this particularly painful for you.", she threatened dangerously.
Impmon grinned.
"Bring it on bag lady", he said as he charged another fireball between his hands.
The two charged at each other each hungry for revenge.
Phantomon's eye necklace began to glow.
Father Time
Impmon suddenly slowed down and the fireball in his hands fizzled out.
"So weak", he wheezed as he collapsed to his knees.
A shadow fell over him and he shakily raised his head to see Phantomon standing over him with her scythe raised.
"You'll stay down this time", she said maliciously.
Impmon cried out and Phantomon brought down her scythe.
Derick McKay bit his tongue to keep it still as his 'guest' rambled on.
"I promised to attract more people and buisness and workers to this city. How am I supposed to do that with rampaging monsters to worry about?"
McKay sighed inwardly. This was probably the worst part of his job. Dealing with the likes of James Stack, mayor of Winnipeg.
"That's why we've been keeping this a secret Mr. Mayor", he said attempting to calm the man down. "The digimon that have appeared have been small and well withing our capabilities to deal with them."
"For now", the mayor argued. "But what about a more powerfull one. What will you do if a giant pig attacks our city?"
Mckay clenched his jaw. Stack may be a pencil pushing beurocrat but he wasn't stupid. At least not entirely.
"We have things in place for such an event", Mckay assured him.
"You'd better", the mayor warned. "I have more important things to do then babysit a bunch of key punching desk jockeys!"
With that the mayor left slamming the door on his way out.
'Arrogant little prick', McKay muttered to himself. The mayor wasn't the only one with better things to do.
McKay went to a door on the opposite side of the room, leading out to the control room. He opened it and almost bumped into someone.
"Oh sir I was just about to call you."
The young man was Terrence, one of his operators. He had dark brown hair and the hazel eyes that were typical of Winnipegers.
"I hope this means good news", McKay said.
"We're finished sir, we're online."
McKay sighed in relief.
"Well that's some good news."
Following Terrence he fully emerged from the doorway into the operators room.
It was a simple setup: Desks arranged facing the wall where a map of the city and surrounding area was currently being projected. It wasn't as fancy or high tech as the Hypnos setup but then Hypnos didn't get a surplus building either.
"Now maybe we can start doing our job", he muttered quietly to himself.
Suddenly an audible but not loud alarm went off and a red dot appeared on the screen.
'Already? Who know how many digimon have already come through.'
"Are the defensive programs operational yet?"
Terrence looked at him worriedly.
"No sir. It takes hours for the programs to configure after the system is online."
Mckay grunted in frustration.
"Where's it headed?"
Terrence quickly dropped into his seat and zoomed the map in on it's location.
"East Transcona sir."
McKay had a look of shock as he realized the dots exact location.
"The park where all those craters were found!"
Under the afternoon sun in the McCoy's backyard the bulk of the Winnipeg tamers and their digimon were training.
It started out by adressing the issue Technowizardmon had with blocking Ice Devimon's attack and becoming trapped in a dome of ice created by his own shield.
Xander asked if he could put up a wall instead and after a successful attempt they continued to experiment.
Now Alice Jeff and Xander along with Commandramon were currently throwing a large assortment of balls at Tech as he deflected them with shields projected to the size of pizza pans seemingly attatched to his arms.
"Alright that's enough", Xander said. "No sense exhausting you."
Tech dropped his shields grateful for the break.
Everyone sat down at a round table where drinks and snacks had been prepared.
"With those new techniques you'll last a lot longer in a fight."
Commandramon nodded.
"Not to shabby."
Xander looked at him thoughtfully.
"By the way Commandramon what kind of grenades can you use? I've seen you use frags and flashbangs, anything else?
Commandramon grinned and took out another grenade that resembled a small grey sphere.
"Incindiaries too."
Sudenly a loud beeping sound interrupted them and they all ckecked their digivices.
Xander looked at the blank screen confused.
"Nothing?"
Jeff had the same result.
"Nada."
Alice's face however had a drastically different look; surprise.
Without any warning she abondoned her chair and dahsed into the house.
Alarmed the others followed her.
Alice bolted up the stairs and into her room with the others right behind her.
She ran to her closet and began sifting through it.
"It's gone!", she cried in a panic.
"What is?" Jeff asked.
"The egg hatched!"
Now the alarm was shared by everyone.
"Wait."
Everyone looked at Tech who stood motionless with his index finger raised. He slowly pointed to Alice's dresser.
"There."
Cautiously Alice approached, slowly, wairily.
As she neared the dark corner of her room she heard a small sound, like a tiny whimpering.
With deliberate slowness she peered around the corner and saw a little white ball with long floppy ears silently crying amidst the dust that had collected.
"Hey."
The little ball spun around and looked at her. A bright smile appeared on it's face then it jumped at Alice squealing with delight.
Alice barely managed to catch the small baby digimon as it made happy noises and snuggled against her, tears pouring down her cheeks.
He remembered her, she could feel it. Taht had been one of the shings she had worried most about. Would he remember her? Alice had never felt this level of happynes before. Her best friend was back alive and in her arms.
Another beeping sound was suddenly heard and once again the boys checked their digivices.
"Now it's a digimon", Commandramon said as he bolted downstairs.
Thinking quick Xander turned to Alice.
"You can stay here, we got this."
Alice nodded in thanks and watched the others leave.
She looked back at the little blob snuggled against her.
"I'm so glad to have you back", she said as she nuzzled him.
Outside the two tamers and their digimon ran throught the bushes on their way to the park where their last battle had taken place.
As they came out of the bushes they saw the fog that betrayed the occurance of a bioemergence.
"Where is it?" Jeff asked.
Commandramon snffed the air.
"I don't sense it?"
They all looked around trying to see if the digimon was trying to slip away. All they saw were the familiar craters and structures, some of which had bullet hole from Commandramon's stray rounds.
"I don't sense it eigther", Tech told them.
Slowly the fog began to dissipate.
"I'm going in", Commandramon said as he ran into the fog.
"Wait!", Jeff called.
Too late, Commandramon disappeared into the fog then suddenly gave a shout.
The other three ran after him, the fog now more or less cleared. There was a large circle of barren ground that surrounded the large creater created from Ice Devimon's digicore. At the bottom was Commandramon, face down in the dirt.
"Are you okay?" Jeff asked.
Commandramon lifted his head up and caughed out dirt.
"Nothing here."
Jeff scratched his head.
"Then what gives?"
Xander tapped his chin thoughtfully.
"Maybe it can cloak?"
Commandramon grunted as he pulled himself up out of the crater.
"Then how are we supposed to find it?"
Xander sighed.
"I think we should look around then go back to Alice. She might know what's going on."
Commandramon crossed his arms.
"And what exactly do we look for?"
"Any clue", Xander said as he turned to leave with Tech.
Commandramon looked despondant.
"Any clue? And just what does a clue look like in this case?"
Jeff shrugged.
"No idea."
Commandramon sighed in exhasperation.
"Now I know why you guys made Alice the leader."
Across the Pacific Ocean things were not quite as laid back.
In a bedroom on the second floor of the Matsuki bakery someone was not having a peacful sleep.
Tkato tossed and turned violently in his bed then suddenly sat up wide awake with horror and dripping with perspiration, panting labourously.
"Guilmon", he panted.
He looked arond his room making sure he was truly away from the realm of nighmares he had just escaped from.
He breathed a weak sigh of relief. Just a dream, but it had seemed so real, as though he had been there in person.
All of the tamers digimon had been sitting around together when suddenly something(he didn't see what exactly) attacked them and Guilmon had gotten very badly hurt.
Takato swung his legs over the side of his bed. Guilmon was hurt out there somehere. He could feel it.
All this time he hadn't been ablt to tell the others because of his homework and his mother had kept her eyes on him like a hawk, not letting him sneak away even once.
He looked towards his desk at the vile ting that had taken him so long to complete and delayed the reunion with his partner.
"Tomorrow", he told himself. "Tomorrow he'd tell them."
Wait, Henry was off visiting his grandparents for the whole weekend and Rika was off on vacation.
"Lucky, she gets to start a week later", he mumbled enviously. It would be best if they were all told at once he decided. Even if it delayed any action by a whole day he didn't have much choice.
Slowly he layed back down on his bed and pulled the sheets over him and tried to sleep.
He tossed and turned for a while before sitting back up. It was no use, the dream had him too wound up to sleep.
Finding that any attempt to return to sleep would be fruitless he got out of bed and walked to his desk.
He turned on the lamp and pushed aside his homework to make room for his sketchbook.
'Might as well draw'.
He opened the book and began to sketch.
Skye yawned as she slipped into her white nightgown and put on her slippers, both a gift from her mother.
Withing her room the noises of the city were unheard even to her sensitive ears. When they came for the 'open house' while it was for sale the realter had said the house had been soundproofed in the bedrooms and living room. They didn't believe it until they spent their first night in the the home.
It was a nice two story suburban home that was painted a light blue with wood siding and a porch on the front and an attatched garage on top of which the second floor had a room where her parents had an office.
A front porch ran the length of the house till the garage and a broader porch in the backyard where her mother had a garden and a small shed tucked into the corner.
Her room was on the second floor in the northwest corner of the house, farthest from the garage.
On the far left wall when you entered the room was a vanity mirror with lights around it, mounted on a dresser that had two of her stuffed animal and a picture along with some very basic cosmetics reserved for special occasions.
Most of her clothing was kept just to the right of the dresser in a walk in closet. The door had a full length body mirror on the inside and two hooks on the outside. One reserved for her bathrobe and the other for her sweater.
Up against her far right wall was her neatly made bed centered beneath her south facing window.
Finally across the room was her work desk for homework and the like with a trunk between it and the bed.
After making sure the door was properly closed she walked to her bed ready to put her body to rest for the night.
"How strange it is for he night owl to roost so early.\", a voice said in mild amusement.
Skye turned around in surprise.
"Rose?"
"Who else?", the spirit asked in mock curiosity.
"I just-I didn't think you'd be back so soon."
Rose floated beside her.
"All my targets were in one place", she said with satisfaction. "From there it was simple. I was able to hit the most elusive one first."
She moved behind the blonde haired girl who then turned to face her.
"I believe we have a new task to complete."
Skye looked at her.
"For both of us?"
Rose slowly lowered her scythe just beyone Skye's side pointing behind her.
Behind her leaning on her dresser was a girl exactly her age wearing a black gothic lolita dress with long black stockings and dressy black one strap shoes.
Her hair was up in a spikey ponytail and her eyes were a dark purple. Her skin was so pale that one could think she was a vampire.
Skye ran to her and trapped her in a powerfull hug.
The girl smiled and returned the hug.
"Hello Skye", she said in a soft sweet voice. "I missed you."
"Not as much as I missed you Akir", Skye said in a shaky almost crying voice.
"There there", Akir said gently patting Skye on the head. "Be strong Skye, for me."
Skye breathed deep trying to calm herself down then slowly released the girl.
"You know my time here is limited", Akir told her. "I've no time for unnecissary tears."
Skye nodded.
"I'm sorry."
Akir smiled and put a hand on her shoulder
"You're just showing you care."
Akir then walked over to Rose.
"You have them Phantomon?"
Rose reached under her cloak and pulled out four data spheres.
Akir grinned.
"Excellent."
She opened her palm and in a puff of black smoke a purse appeared.
Carefully Rose placed the data spheres into the purse and Akir closed it.
"Now for your mission."
Skye walked up and stood beside Rose.
"Do I really have to do this?"
Akir looked at her with a sad face.
"Don't you want us to be together again? Or do you want to stay alone with no one who truly understands your feelings. Weren't you willing to do anything to bring us together again? Or was it all a lie?"
"No!" Skye insisted. "I didn't lie, I do want us to be together again. I wan't us to get back to like it was when we were children." She paused and looked down at the grey carpet floor. "I just- I'm not used to this yet."
"That's irrelevent", Akir said sternly. "The question is are you willing to do what it takes or not?"
Skye frowned then looked back up at the pale skinned girl.
"What's my mission?"
So at last I update, work has been murder lately.
Anyway Akir is introduced adding to the mystery and Skye's situation is one big "?"
The DRD is online now but they still can't do anything and the politicians aren't cutting them a break.
The digimon from the show appear at last and get totally wasted. Why did Phantomon collect the data for Akir's master. Why do Akir and Skye seem so close, and why couldn't Takato finish his homework sooner?
Anyway I really hope you enjoy this and I hope it tides you over until the next update.
Till next time
~Rogue