I AM BACK! BWA HA HA! Hey Guys, long time no see. With school and work, writing has been pretty hard to do, but I'm back. It may take a little while for each chapter (maybe a week or two), sense school is still going on, but they will be coming. This new chapter is short, but needed. It gives a little back info on the character of Lucemon. However, there is still more to know, so keep reading. The chapter after this (already half writen) will be back to the tamers, so look out. Well, here we go. I hope you like. Read and Review please, just to see if you are still along for the ride.
Chapter Fourteen: An Angel's Angst
Four years ago in an Indiana town…
The time was late, the sky was black and starless, and the air was cold. However, on a lone street in a small suburb, one boy walked alone with a backpack on his back. The boy's long black hair was a raven black, and his eyes were a piercing blue.
The boy walked for several more moments, but then stopped. He looked down and sighed. "What are you doing Zeke?" He said to himself. In the distance, a light fog began to roll in, but he did not notice. "If I leave now, I'll be alone." He then turned around and faced the way he was coming from. In the distance, a large building could be seen, an orphanage. The boy looked at it longingly for a moment, but then frowned. "No, I won't. I'm sick of those people. They don't love me, they tolerate me." He then turned around again, the fog now thick and right in his face. "I'm better off alone." The boy then reached in his pocket and pulled a small object out. When he opened his hand to look at it, he gave it the same longing look he had given the orphanage. The object in his hand was an old handheld digivice game from the first series of the show. He then closed his hand around it again and put it away. "I am better off alone." The boy then continued to walk into the now very thick fog.
Almost an hour passed, and the fog was still just as thick, however, the boy did not care. He simply kept walking into the darkness, that is, until something caught his eye. The boy turned towards it and looked around. "Hello?" He said, but there was silence. The boy turned around again, but then he saw something move on the other side of him. The boy turned towards it again, a look of fear on his face. "H-hello? Is someone there?" At that point, he saw it move again, and then the sound of a child's laughter. The boy turned again, but again it moved on his other side and laughed. The boy continued to look around, but as he did, on the opposite side it would move and laugh at him. Finally, the boy stopped and looked forward. "What do you want?" He yelled into the fog, but then a child's head leaned towards his ear and whispered.
"You." The boy turned towards the child and gasped as he looked at it. The child looked about six or seven, however, also appeared to be floating about four feet off the ground. Around the child's wrists and ankles, he had thick gold rings with symbols carved onto them, and coming from his back he had five angel wings on each side, and a pair just above his ears sticking from his golden blonde hair. The angel-like child had bright blue eyes, and going down the left side of his body from his face, to his chest, to his arm, to his leg, he had purple symbols tattooed to him, clearly visible since his only clothing was loose white clothes wrapped around his body. Zeke looked at the child with horror.
"Get away from me." The angel smiled and laughed with his childish voice.
"I don't want to hurt you Zeke." He said smiling. At that moment, Zeke froze.
"H-how do you know my name." The angel then got a slightly evil look, his grin showing his small teeth. The angel then hovered up close to Zeke's face.
"I know much about you Zeke Tracey." The angel circled around so he was floating beside him. "Right now, your fourteen years old. You are running away from an orphanage because you feel they are not even trying to help you find a family due to your age. Also, you enjoy Digimon more than you should at your age, even to the point you still carry around your old digivice from when you were a child." The boy turned his head to look at the angel, and nodded slowly.
"Yeah…" The angel then circled behind him and to his other side.
"Well, let me ask you something then. What am I?" Zeke looked at the child again, but shook his head.
"I-I don't know." He said nervously. The angel leaned closer to him.
"Deep down Zeke, you know what I am. Even now, you have that feeling in your gut that you know me. That feeling everyone gets when something they thought impossible is happening to them, and they realize that for once in their lives, it is only happening to them. So Zeke, for once in your life, look at something for more than it could possibly be, and tell me who I am." Zeke felt sick, this angelic child was reading him like a billboard. Zeke had a growing feeling of what this thing was, but he couldn't dare say it at risk of sounding stupid, regardless of who or what he was talking to.
"I don't know." The angel laughed, and whispered in Zeke's ear.
"It's one word Zeke, one word that right now is on the tip of your tongue, but due to the fact it sounds so absurd, you won't say it. So I'm going to ask you one more time, and if you again refuse to answer, I'll leave and you will never see me again. What am I Zeke? Who am I?" As the angel slowly floated to the front of Zeke, he smiled with an all-knowing look. Zeke however, closed his eyes and began to shake from being so nervous. The angel then frowned and shrugged. "Oh well then. I guess you weren't the one. I'm sorry Zeke for wasting your…"
"Digimon!" Said Zeke abruptly. The angel smiled.
"What was that Zeke?" Zeke opened his eyes slowly, avoiding the angel's gaze.
"You're a Digimon. I remember seeing you online once. Your name is Lucemon." The angel floated up to Zeke's face once more.
"Very good Zeke. And do you know why I'm here?" Zeke looked into the bright blue eyes of the Digimon, and shook his head.
"No."
"Then let me tell you." The Digimon backed up about a foot and looked at Zeke. "I wish to be your partner." The comment made Zeke widen his eyes.
"What?" The angelic child circled the boy slowly until he was at his side.
"That's right, I wish to be your partner Digimon." Zeke looked over at the Digimon, now floating to his left.
"You want me…to be your tamer?" The Digimon smiled happily and nodded.
"I searched for a long time for a human like you Zeke. I looked at many humans that would make great tamers, but you were different. You stood out from the others, you were special."
"How was I special?" Lucemon smiled softly.
"Because you were like me. Abandoned, alone, nobody by your side." Zeke then looked away with a slightly sad look.
"That doesn't sound like tamer material to me." Lucemon gently took Zeke's chin in his hand and turned his head to face him.
"Maybe not to you, but to me it does. You know the struggles of humanity, of life." Zeke looked into the Digimon's eyes with a longing look. "Together, we can find a way to make the world a better place. No more abandonment, no more tolerance. We can create a world where everyone loves everyone, and all are equal." Zeke just looked at him, unable to speak. "Give me the device in your pocket." Zeke looked at his pocket a moment, and then pulled the digivice out of it. He held it up to Lucemon and let him see it. With the digivice still in Zeke's hand, he placed his own hand on top of it. Immediately, Zeke's hand felt warm and the device began to glow. After a couple moments, Lucemon removed his hand, and now sitting in Zeke's hand was a different digivice, a larger, black one with red buttons and trim. Zeke looked at it a moment and then back up at Lucemon.
"Oh my…" He said nervously.
"You're my tamer now Zeke. You officially have a Digimon at your side, and together, we will make this world perfect." Zeke then smiled and hugged Lucemon. The sudden action made Lucemon gasp.
"Thank you Lucemon, thank you. I will never leave you Lucemon." Zeke was now crying, his eyes closed and his arms tight around the angel Digimon. "Just don't leave me either." Lucemon had a very shocked face, and then looked away sadly. Lucemon then returned the hug.
"I promise Zeke." He said sadly. Lucemon then thought to himself. "What am I doing?"
At that very moment, hundreds of thoughts were racing through the mind of the boy named Zeke; however, only one particular one was racing through the mind of Lucemon. The memory of him and his former tamer.
Seventeen years prior to this event, Lucemon was the Digimon of a man. The two had been partnered together since the man was only a child; however, something happened as adults that forced Lucemon to leave. Lucemon had been blamed for something he couldn't control by his tamer, and out of rage, his tamer told him to leave. Lucemon, crushed by this, fled from his tamer back to the digital world. From there, is a tale for another time.
(Sorry about that italicized section there readers. I kind of planned that stuff to be a short memory montage Lucemon is having if this were an anime, however, since it isn't, I had no idea how to do it other than just a small section explaining his thoughts. I am sorry and I hope it doesn't hurt this chapter too badly. I just needed it for some information in the next section. Ok, continue.)
Around 12 hours after the tamers leave…
Mr. Ruse once again stood outside in the dark. The sky was pitch-black with the only light coming from the street lamps. Mr. Ruse frowned with a very angry look on his face. "Where are you, you Bastard?" He yelled in the dark. Nothing happened. "Are you proud of what you've done? My son is gone because of you!" At that moment, fog quickly began to fill the air at a very rapid rate. In several seconds, the entire street was covered with it. Then, in the distance, Lucemon began to walk up with a frown, his large wings spread and his irises glowing red.
"You dare blame me for your son's leaving?" He shouted. Lucemon then ran at Mr. Ruse and grabbed him by the throat, holding him in the air. "If anything, you should blame yourself. You made me Adam!" Mr. Ruse kicked Lucemon in the gut and Lucemon dropped him. Mr. Ruse then punched Lucemon in the face, making the Digimon fall backward.
"My fault Lucemon? You left me!" Lucemon then jumped up and tried to punch Mr. Ruse, but he jumped away and punched Lucemon in the back.
"Left you?" He yelled loudly. "You told me to leave!" Lucemon then quickly turned around and grabbed Mr. Ruse by the neck again, however not in the air.
"I know…" Said Mr. Ruse loudly. Lucemon seemed slightly thrown off by the honesty hidden in the tone. "I just didn't think you would do it." Lucemon frowned, but let the man go. Lucemon then turned around and began to pace back and forth. "I shouldn't have treated you the way I did." Lucemon stopped and turned toward the man.
"No, you shouldn't have. But it doesn't matter anymore. I have a tamer that can change everything with my help."
"When you came to me and told me about this boy, I was sad. I wished I had never done anything to hurt you. However, when you told me your plan for power, that is when I truly regretted everything. Your going down a dark path Lucemon, I just want to save you."
"Where you see a dark path, I see my salvation, our salvation. Is a world of peace too much to ask for Adam?"
"It is when your only means of getting there is with power." Mr. Ruse then reached in his pocket and pulled out a device, a digivice. The digivice was very different from the one's the new tamers had. It was an egg shape with a small antenna on top. It was all gold with a large blue button in the middle as well as purple symbols on its sides. He then held the device up to Lucemon. "Do you remember this Lucemon?" Lucemon looked away, almost as if he felt guilty in front of it. "That boy you call your tamer now, is nothing. He is not your tamer. I am." Lucemon then looked back up at him.
"You were, but not anymore. The moment you told me to leave, that relationship died."
….*Flashback*…
Adam Ruse stood outside the same home he lives in now. The stars were bright in the night sky and the night calm. Adam however had a look of nervousness. He sighed and leaned against the wall of the building, and then smiled. "Things are going to be different from now on, I guarantee that." He then looked through a window on the wall to see his son inside with Black Agumon lying on the bed beside him. "I can't believe my boy is a tamer." He shook his head slightly and sighed. "My son."
He stood there several moments without moving, when he silently reached in his pocket, pulled out his digivice, and frowned softly with a sad look. The screen was blank until Adam pushed a button. The screen then displayed a hologram showing a compass spinning around with a question mark in the middle. He looked at it sadly a moment, and then looked away. "I was such a child, such a fool." He was about to push the button again when the compass began to make a beeping noise and pointed forward, the question mark now gone. Adam's eyes immediately got wide as he looked at it in awe. "What the hell?" He then looked up to see a large mass of fog rolling in. He smiled wide and instantly ran off his porch and into the fog. He ran for several minutes, following the compass, when finally he came to a bench with a man in a black robe sitting on it. The compass pointed at the man and Adam fell to his knees, the man on the bench just looking at the road in front of him. "Lucemon, oh my god." Adam was now crying, a smile on his face. "You came back. Please, listen to me. I'm so sorry about what I did. I didn't mean it, I was upset, that's all. I never wanted you to go. I just needed some space. I…" The man on the bench turned his head slowly towards Adam. "I have lain awake for years hoping you would come back." The man just chuckled softly, and then Adam frowned sadly. "Lucemon?"
"I have not come back for you. I have merely come to warn you of the events to come." Adam just looked at the Digimon with a look of confusion.
"What?"
"I have a new tamer now Adam. I met him three months ago." Upon hearing this, Adam dropped his digivice. "Don't seem so surprised. When you asked me to leave Adam, I died inside. But no more. My new tamer will see you and me in a world of perfection." Adam just shook his head slowly.
"You're not making any sense." Lucemon frowned and stood up.
"When I failed you, I made it my personal goal to eradicate all evil from both our worlds. This new tamer, he will give me power you never knew. And with it, I will rid our worlds of evil." Adam didn't seem to have a clue.
"I don't understand, who are you?" Lucemon then crouched down until he was at eye level with Adam.
"You should know very well who I am." Lucemon then pulled down his hood and stared into Adam's eyes with red irises. "You created me." Lucemon then stood up, Adam looking at his eyes as he did. "Expect me to make stops here often. I plan on discussing this more in detail with you." Adam tried to form words, but could not. Lucemon then began to rub his chin. "Well, I best be off. I imagine you have much to think about now that your son is a tamer. Expect me here in about two weeks. Things should be in order by then." Adam still didn't talk. Lucemon then frowned. "First time you see me in years and you're speechless," Lucemon then smiled, showing his bright teeth. "How odd." Lucemon then turned around and began to walk away, a speechless Adam behind him. "How odd indeed." As Lucemon disappeared into the fog, a lone tear slid down Adam's cheek, landing on the sidewalk below.
"Lucemon."
…..*Flashback End*….
Lucemon and Adam stood on the street glaring at each other. "Does this boy even know about us?" Said Adam sternly.
"Of course."
"Does he know why you left me?" Lucemon then looked away, slightly sad looking.
"I told him all he needed to know when we met."
"And that is?"
"That you began to neglect me after an accident and told me to leave." Mr. Ruse then sneered at Lucemon.
"After an accident? You liar!" Lucemon then looked at Adam angrily.
"I am not! Never accuse me of lying."
"Did you even tell him about my wife? That the reason you left was because of what happened to her and the confusion after that?" Lucemon shook his head. "I thought not. The moment he found that out, I bet he would leave wouldn't he." Lucemon then looked at Adam meanly.
"No. He thinks of me as the perfect partner, one that can give him all he desires. I could have given you all that you desired too." Mr. Ruse was about to yell, when he let out his breath and looked at Lucemon sadly.
"Is your wish to protect me and my wife worth all this? Just because of one accident, you go off the deep end?" Lucemon still frowned angrily.
"All I want is for the world to be perfect, and for you to be at peace and never worry about danger again."
"The only way I will ever be at peace, is if you stop this. I'm over it Lucemon, I've let it go. It was over twenty-one years ago." Lucemon then got a sad look.
"Yes, it was. But if it wasn't for me, Allen would have a brother, and you another son." Mr. Ruse then turned around.
"Get the hell away from me. I'm sick of you and your idea of a perfect world. You point blank promise me that you won't harm my son, yet you allow your minions to do so instead. You preach about a perfect world, yet you murder children and everyone else. There will never be a perfect world Lucemon." Mr. Ruse then looked at the digivice in his hand. "Not as long as you think you can make one." Lucemon frowned sadly.
"I know that because of my actions, we will never be partners again, but if because of that I can at least try and make the world perfect, I will." Mr. Ruse just shook his head.
"Just leave." He then began to walk away, leaving Lucemon in the fog alone.
"Adam." He called to him from a distance. "Adam!" He then yelled as Mr. Ruse vanished from sight. "Adam." He said softly, but there was no response. He then fell to his knees as tears fell from his eyes. "Adam."