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"You were a captain for The Chosen?" Noelle asked Leon, who just stared at her, trying to get the words out.
"Well, is it true?" Lina asked as Leon put his head down.
"That must be a yes." Tyler commented as Noelle's face shifted to one of disgust.
"You bastard! How could you be one of them!" Noelle screamed as Leon began to choke up.
"I'm not one anymore." Leon managed to cough out in an unsteady voice.
"But you were sick enough to have joined them!" Noelle yelled. "I can't believe I trusted you, Leon! Now I don't think I even want to be around you anymore!"
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Digimon Tamers: Infection
/Chapter 19/Miracle Evolution! Lilymon!
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Tears streamed from Leon's eyes,"I-I...I..." he screamed as he ran down the barren land of the city. "I knew it! They hate me!"
"Leon!" Lina and Wormmon yelled as they ran after Leon.
"I won't let them catch me..." He said under his breath as painful memories came flooding back.
FLASHBACK...
"So, Leon; Looks like we got us a few Tamers." A Blond teen smirked as he took a puff of a cigarette, then handed it to a younger Leon. "I'll take care of 'em." Leon laughed, throwing down the cigarette and lookig at the device on his arm. "This should be fun." Leon laughed as he jumped into a Jeep owned by The Chosen and chased a young girl cradiling a Tokomon down the streets of NYC. She stopped in an alleyway, Leon jumping out after her. "Sorry, but you vile pieces of shit don't belong in this world." He smiled, touching a red button on the device on his arm. "D-GENERATE! CREATE DIGIMON...STINGMON!" Suddenly, an artifical Stingmon appeared before Leon as the girl winced. "Tokomon!" "Kill her." Leon smiled as Stingmon rushed towards the girl, whose D-Ark began to glow as he rushed towards her. "Dammit."
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TOKOMON EVOLVE...PATAMON!
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"SPIKING FINISH!" Stingmon yelled, spearing his blade through the Patamon, causing it to disolve into data. Leon laughed as ythe artifical Stingmon disapated, then spat as he approached the cowering girl.
"AIR SHOT!" Patamon yelled as it fired a high-speed air bubble, which was easily deflected by Stingmon.
"Have a nice time in hell, shit of the Earth. Say hello to Satan for me." Leon cackled as he held the machine on his arm, The D-Generator, towards her face. "FIRE!" With that, the built-in gun barrel on the top fired, killing the young girl...
END FLASHBACK...
Noelle watched as Leon ran away from the group, crying. "I didn't really mean to hurt his feelings...It's just I can't believe that he would sell out to be one of them...like my father." "I feel really bad about yelling at him."
"Why don't you go apologize to him then?" Palmon inquired.
"I will when I can look him in the face again." Noelle sighed. "But for now, I just can't except the fact that he was murdering innocent people and Digimon. I need to be alone...C'mon, Palmon." She finished, walking away from the group, only to have Tyler grabbed her hand.
"Where are you gonna go? We need you. I need you." Tyler said, blushing as he looked into her eyes.
"Your eyes," Noelle smiled, "They always send chills down my back...those beautiful eyes."
"Noelle," Tyler replied, "don't go."
"I need to be on my own. I'll be okay with Palmon with me." Noelle replied, assuringly.
"I'll go with you." Tyler replied, causing Noelle to give him a hug.
"Don't worry about me, I'll be back soon. My heart won't let me stay away from you for long." Noelle said, still in Tyler's arms.
"But," Tyler said, not trying to let go of her, "No, you can't go, Noelle. The last thing we need is for us to seperate."
"..." She looked into his eyes again as she pulled back. "Don't worry, we'll be back." Noelle said with a smile as she began to walk away, Patamon blocking Tyler's way, as not to let him follow her.
"Let her go," Patamon smiled, "Just remember that when you wanted to know who you were, you wanted to be left alone...and look, you found out and found me! Maybe she's just having some trouble that relates to that."
Tyler looked back at the others still behind him in shock and then back at Patamon as he closed his eyes and knelt down. "We can't do this alone!" He said, stuttering, trying to hold back tears, "We need them!"
"As Noelle said, she couldn't leave you forever," Patamon said, "They'll be back, they all will be back, it's just, when, not if."
"Look," Jason said, "We're in this together, we aren't against each other. It's The Chosen we're after, now get up, wipe those tears and put on your game face!"
Tyler stood up slowly, wiping his tears. "You're right, Jason. Let's show them what we're made of!"
Noelle continued to walk, tears beginning to flow from her eyes. "You know you don't want to be alone, so why are you leaving?" Palmon asked.
"I can't be around them." Noelle replied. "Leon is no better than my father..."
"But Leon is good! He's helped us out so much!" Palmon shot back.
"Yeah...well if he was sick enough to join The Chosen once, he could easily do it again. It took the murder of his own brother for him to see what The Chosen was all about!" Noelle shouted.
"What about Tyler? He seems to care for you so much." Palmon replied.
"Yeah, so did my dad before he turned to their side." Noelle shot back.
"Tyler wouldn't do that."
"How do you know?"
"I think you have an issue with trust, Noelle." Palmon replied.
"What? No I don't." Noelle said frantically.
"Yes you do. Your father, the only person you've ever trusted has betrayed you, and now you can't trust anyone."
"I don't know what you're talking about." Noelle replied, looking into the distance, letting Palmon's words sink in. "I do have issues with trust." With that, she fell to the ground in tears.
"Tyler and the others seem to care...they took us into their group when we were just strangers, and Tyler's risked his life so many times to protect you." Palmon replied, hugging Noelle.
"I guess you're right." Noelle replied, whiping her eyes.
"I know I am. You can't go through this world alone." Palmon smiled. "I think that you and the others are the only people left who can put an end to The Chosen."
Noelle smiled, remembering the battles she'd had with Leon and the others...the laughs they'd shared...the ways Tyler's arms felt around her. "I think you might be right, Palmon."
"So does that mean we can go back?" Palmon asked.
"Yeah, I guess it's time I start to trust people again." Noelle smiled, dusting herself off as she started to walk towards the direction of the others where she'd left them, then stopped, noticing a shadow behind her.
"Hello, my little princess." A voice laughed. "I've finally tracked you down."
"NOELLE! RUN!" Palmon yelled, recieving a swift kick that knocked her away from Noelle and the man.
"PALMON!" Noelle screamed as the man grabbed her, causing her to kick and scream loudly. "LET ME GO! LEAVE ME AND PALMON ALONE!"
"Shh.." The man smiled, "It's okay, Noelle, daddy's here."
"TYLER! PLEASE, HELP ME! LEON! LINA! JASON! KAILI! SOMEONE, PLEASE! I DON'T WANT TO DIE!"
FLASHBACK...
"I'm taking off today, Trevor." A young Leon said wearily as he put the D-Generator on his wrist into his jacket pocket. "See ya man!" The one known as Trevor laughed as he headed towards the Apartment Complex he lived in. Leon arrived, looking at his watch and made his way up, finding his mother, who'd passed out from drinking again. "Stupid bitch. She doesn't care about us." He huffed as he went towards his room and found his brother. "What the hell are you doing in here?" "Hey, Leon!" His brother, Justin, smiled. "Lookit!" He smiled as he held out a red D-Ark. Leon's eyes narrowed and his face turned to one of hate as he saw a Piyomon walk out from behind him. "Are you some kind of friggin' moron?" Leon said in disgust as he grabbed his D-Generator from his jacket pocket, then hastily returned it, knowing he couldn't kill his own brother. "Let's go talk in the park, Justin." "Cool! C'mon, Piyomon!" Justin laughed with glee. "Alright!" Piyomon replied as they crept past their passed out mother. END FLASHBACK...
"What the! What was that!" Leon said in horror as he saw Noelle being assaulted by a member of The Chosen. "Leave her alone!" Leon yelled, tackling the man, punching him in the face over and over again.
"Leon?" Noelle and Palmon stared in wonder as the other tamers approached, Wormon with them. The man snarled, then began to choke Leon, his D-Ark now glowing...
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WORMMON EVOLVE...STINGMON!
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"SPIKING FINISH!" Stingmon cried as his blade slammed into a previously unseen enemy Digimon.
Lina grabbed her D-Ark, "Dobermon, Data, Adult Level. Special attack is Scwartz Strahl!"
"Damn...you..." Leon said between breaths as the man cackled and Noelle cried.
"Stupid, stupid, child." The man called Noelle's father laughed. "You'll never defeat us. If you can't even beat me, a low ranking ensign, how will you defeat the Boston General? Noelle, dear, why don't you come back with me? You and that Palmon would be a great addition."
"YOU AREN'T MY FATHER!" Noelle screamed as Palmon began to glow.
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PALMON EVOLVE...TOGEMON!
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Togemon joined Stingmon in fighting Dobermon, who was clearly defeating the two.
"You aren't gonna have all the fun, right Agumon?" Jason smirked as Agumon nodded.
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AGUMON EVOLVE...GREYMON!
PATAMON EVOLVE...ANGEMON!
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"SPIKING FINISH!"
"PRICKLY BANG BANG!"
"MEGA FLAME!"
"THUNDER CLOUD!"
"LIGHTNING PAW!"
"HEAVEN'S KNUCKLE!"
Dobermon managed to dodge all these attacks, then began to cut down all of our Digimon one by one. "SWARTZ STRAHL!"
"I told you, it's hopeless." Noelle's father laughed. "You shall all die." His grip on Leon's neck still never let up, causing the teen to see a lot of black... .
Noelle lay on the ground crying as Tyler attempted to console her, but she kept crying, then saw Togemon laying on the ground. "D-Don't cry anymore, Noelle. Everything's going to be fine..."
"Togemon...Leon...everyone..." Noelle shook as a tear rolled down her cheek, causing it to hit the D-Ark, which began to glow...
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TOGEMON EVOLVE...
Togemon's bulky body began to glow as the top part of it's head bloomed into a flower, releasing a small, pixy-like Digimon...
LILYMON!
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Noelle was bewildered as a beautiful fairy Digimon appeared where Togemon had once lain. "Who are you?"
"I'm Lilymon! Togemon's Perfect form." Lilymon smiled. "I felt your wish for your friends to be saved and I appeared."
"Do you really think that little thing could defeat me?" Noelle's father laughed. "Dobermon, finish them off."
Dobermon began to attack Lilymon, only to have her fly into the air, forming a gaint flower in her hands that was aimed at Dobemon, the flower opening to reveal a huge cannon. "FLOWER CANNON!" Lilymon shouted as a huge sphere of green energy hit Dobermon, dissolving him into data.
"W-what! How?" Noelle's father said as his face went pale.
"Everyone knows a Perfect Digimon can beat an Adult's ass anyday." Leon said, struggling to breath.
"Hang on!" Noelle yelled as she grabbed a card to save Leon from her father's grip. "CARD SLASH! FAIRYMON'S TEMPEST TWIST ACTIVATE!"
Lilymon flew towards Noelle's father, hiking back her leg as it spun around fastly, slamming into Noelle's father, releasing Leon from his death grip.
"I'll get you little-!" Noelle's father was cut off by another swift kick by Lilymon, right to his jaw. "I'll bury you next to your mother!" Noelle's father shouted, running as he got up.
"Leon!" Noelle shouted, running towards him as Lina held him in her arms.
"Please wake up..." Lina said softly as Leon smiled, opening his eyes...
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Next Time: Leon and the others decide to take another break, and do a bit of R & R, or so'd they'd like...
Digimon Tamers: Infection
Chapter 20: Break Time!