Chapter 30—A quiet world—
Once I left the Digihome, we were back out in Eden Shores once more. My Digimon and I started walking through the marketplace to the docks again. As we went, I heard Lillymon say: "Ooh! How exciting! Now we have all the badges!" "And it'll be training for us until the competition starts…" Mastemon began before she turned to me and said: "So where are we going, Mark?" "Let's go to Sunset Shores. The Digimon there were strong and I think you could all get some good experience there." I said. "That sounds good to me! I know I'm up for working my legs and stretching my wings after all that time around the Digihome!" Gryphonmon said. I chuckled before I said: "I like your attitude, Gryphonmon! Now let's—"
But then I heard Lillymon say: "Wait a minute… what's that?!" and I looked up… and saw an enormous wall of yellowish-white light in the distance… and somehow it looked like it was getting taller… "It's increasing in size… does that mean… it's coming towards us?" BanchoLeomon said. "I… I don't know… that's so strange…" I said. It seemed everyone else here noticed too, because they all began to stare at the wall of light too…
It continued to look like it was getting closer to us… and it wasn't just getting closer… the speed at which it was moving was increasing too… everyone else began to look frightened as they backed up and began to flee from the light! "This is really eerie… what shall we do, Mark?" Dianamon asked. "First thing's first…" I said as I took out my digivice. "Mark? What do you…?" ShineGreymon said before he went on: "Wait a minute… you're not going to…?!" and I said: "Your safety is important. I hope you'll forgive me for this…" "Mark! Wait!" Lillymon said… and then I called them all back! And then I looked up… and saw the light was very close now… to run away would accomplish nothing… I simply shielded my eyes as it swallowed me up…
It was so bright, I couldn't bring myself to look, but I couldn't help noticing… that I felt something in my pocket… it felt like it was vibrating, hard… I waited until the brightness returned to normal and put down my arms… I saw that I was still in Eden Shores… but there was no one here! The entire city was now like a big, deserted island!
I couldn't believe what I was seeing… finally, I said: "Is this… real…?" Of course, no one answered… The silence was almost terrifying and I wasn't sure what to expect, so I called my Digimon out. When they all appeared, Lillymon said: "Mark! You're okay!" and she flew over and hugged me. I hugged her back and soon she let go. Dianamon shook her head before she said: "That was an incredible experience… even though it was a few minutes that we were waiting, it felt like an hour…" "Yeah… we were so worried, knowing that we couldn't help you…" Gryphonmon said. And I smiled before I said: "That's really nice of you to say… but I had to keep you safe—"
And then Mastemon came over before I turned to her and said: "Mastemon?" and then she slapped me in the face! I put my hand to my cheek as she said: "Mark, you fool! How could you separate us during such a dangerous time?!" "I… I only wanted to protect you from any harm. We didn't know what that was, after all…" I said before Mastemon went on: "Exactly! It could have been a lot more dangerous than it was! That being said, that was no time to be grandstanding and trying to act like a hero! Dianamon was right—we were all terrified at the thought of anything happening to you and it absolutely felt like an hour that we were in there…"
And then she shook her head before she continued: "We all care about you… a lot. It felt terrible knowing that something could be happening to you and we couldn't do anything about it. So don't you ever do that again! We're in this together and we should take whatever comes our way as a team!" and Lillymon clenched her fists a little before she said: "It's true… I feel a lot like Mastemon does. I know you were trying to be noble, but it made me really angry that I couldn't help you and that I may never see you again after a stunt like that…" and then ShineGreymon said: "Yeah. We would rather be with you at the end, Mark—no matter what that may be—than live on without you. Don't do that to us."
I chuckled a little before I said: "I'm sorry… I didn't think trying to protect you would cause so much tension…" and then I went on: "…But the fact that you care about me that much is truly touching too…" and then I continued: "Alright, we'll take it as a team next time." and everyone smiled before Mastemon said: "That's our Mark!" and they all hugged me before Dianamon said: "Well I'm glad that has been sorted out… although Eden Shores looks quite different now…" "Yeah! There's not a human around anywhere, except for Mark! It's like a giant, deserted island!" Gryphonmon said. "Even so… what could have done it? What made that light appear and swallow up everyone else?" BanchoLeomon asked. "I'm not sure… but someone has to be here! Let's search!" I said. My Digimon nodded before we started looking around.
Unfortunately, it didn't go well… we looked all over the island and never found anyone… finally, I looked down and sighed before I said: "Well this is bad… we've gone around every inch of the island 2 times and there's not a single human soul for miles around!" "I know… it looks like we're the only ones who survived that horrible light after all…" Lillymon said.
But then something amazing happened: we heard a: "What in the… what's a user doing here?!" and we looked up to see a man in a black suit and black slacks standing there. Before I could say anything, he said: "You have to log out! There's been a massive error on the site and we can't have you here! It's not safe!" By what he was saying and the way he was dressed… he must be a staff member on Digimon View. But after what Irene had said about what they were up to… I felt I was being scammed. I crossed my arms and said: "We're not going anywhere."
The man looked shocked before he said: "What…? You're seriously going to…?" and I didn't respond before he leered at me and said: "You… aren't like the other simpletons…" and I dropped my arms out of shock before he went on: "Very well. You leave me no choice—if I can't persuade you to log out voluntarily, then I'll delete your account right here…" and he took out a remote with an antennae and buttons on it out! "Knock him out, BanchoLeomon!" I said as he ran in, but unfortunately, I saw the man press a button on the remote before BanchoLeomon could arrive… and then I felt something vibrating hard in my pocket again…
The man looked down at the remote and started pressing the button faster (and I felt the vibration continue) as he said: "This is impossible! How could—" but then BanchoLeomon arrived and hit him in the face with an uppercut and he fell face-first onto the ground. I then stepped forward and took his remote before I tapped him in the head with my foot, but he didn't respond… he was soundly knocked out…
I sighed before I said: "Well at least that's done…" "Yeah… but didn't he say he was going to delete your account? Why didn't it work? Not that I'm complaining, of course…" Lillymon said. I shook my head before I said: "I don't know… but…" and then I reached into my pocket and took out the object that had been vibrating… and saw it was the badge Irene had given me! "Mark? What is that…?" Mastemon asked. "Wait a minute… didn't Irene give you that, Mark?" Gryphonmon asked. I nodded before I said: "A badge that stops me from being forced to log out or have my account be destroyed… now that's a useful tool. How on Earth did she make this?" "I have no idea… but Irene was very advanced with technology. I suppose it's no surprise…" Dianamon said. "And she did say that she was with the international police, so that may have played a part in her technical expertise as well…" ShineGreymon said.
I nodded as I put it back in my pocket and BanchoLeomon said: "So I suppose that leaves the enormously important question of what we're going to do now…" "We have to leave the island! If we've already seen one staff member dispatched, you can bet more have been dispatched too. We need to escape before we get caught in the net!" I replied. "But how are we supposed to do that? Now that everyone else has been forced to log out, there isn't going to be anyone to operate the ships…" BanchoLeomon said. I felt a chill go down my spine as I looked down and said: "Oh man, you're right… there's no one left to operate the ships… we're trapped on this island…"
And my Digimon all looked at each other… they looked so worried… I then shook my head and said: "Then it's all we can do to hide in the Digihome and prepare our next move. Now let's—" but then I felt the badge vibrating again! I took it out and saw it was beginning to glow! "Wha—what's happening now?" Lillymon asked. I shook my head as I said: "I don't know…" but then there was a flash of light! When I could see again, we were inside of a wide, open room with lots of chairs and benches set out… there was also a door in front of us with a window on it… "What just happened…?!" I asked before I heard a: "Mark!" and I turned around… to see Ariel and her Digimon!
"ARIEL!" I said as I ran up to her… and she ran up to me too. We hugged each other before I said: "So you're okay after that light swallowed up everything… I'm so happy to see that." "Me too, Mark… I'm so glad!" Ariel said. Then we backed out before I said: "So where are we?" "I don't know… I was on Plumeria Isle and then this gigantic wall of light came and swallowed everything up… and I was alright, but there wasn't anyone left… I went looking around for any survivors and the next thing I knew, I was teleported here." Ariel said. I looked down before I said: "So how were we teleported here? Are we… prisoners here?" "I don't know, but… it seems likely." Ariel said. And then she went on: "But I don't understand why they would confine us in one big room with chairs and benches… you'd think they would put us in a cell or something…" I sighed and said: "That's true… now that you mention it… it doesn't make sense—"
But then we heard the door open! We turned our heads and saw… "Irene!" Ariel and I said together. I then turned to Ariel and said: "You know Irene?" "Yes. She's one of my friends on Digimon View." Ariel replied. And Irene nodded before she said: "Yes, just as you are both my loyal friends as well… but it looks like you know each other?" "Yes, that's right." I said. "I see. That's good then—that simplifies things." Irene said. "Irene… why are we here?" Ariel asked. "Because we needed your help. That's why we gave you the badges in your possession… because we knew we could trust you with them… and the future of our worlds." Irene replied. "Irene?" I asked. Irene then said: "Don't worry, Mark—We'll explain everything. Come—I'll introduce you to the others." and Ariel and I exchanged glances before we went up to Irene and she led us out of the room…
And into a hallway. There were other doors to rooms scattered about (as well as machinery here and there) and eventually she went up to the door of a room and said: "Wait here. I'll let them know you're coming…" and then Irene opened the door to what looked like a large conference room and there was someone by the doorway… it was a man who was wearing a beige jacket over a white undershirt. He had beige pants and brown shoes on and short blonde hair. When he saw Irene, he said: "Ah, welcome back, Sabrina. What's the status on the Ikaruga tamers?" and then Irene's face tightened with anger before she said: "You idiot! They're right behind me!" "Oops… I apologize…" the man said. And then he went on: "Well now that they're here, I'll go and get seated with everyone else. I'll see you there." "Sabrina?" I asked before Irene sighed and said: "Well the cat's out of the bag now…" and then she went on: "Sabrina is my real name. Irene is an alias I used for this site." "Ah." I said back before Sabrina said: "So now you know. But you both listen to me when I say this: if either one of you ever say my real name outside of this base, you will be in so much trouble, you won't want to know. Don't ever, ever do that. Understand?" "Yes…" Ariel said before Sabrina said: "Good. Now come on in—others are waiting for you."
And then Ariel and I stepped in and she took us over to a gigantic, round table that had 12 seats… and 9 of them were occupied… at the front was a man in a dark blue suit with a white undershirt and a black tie (and he had slacks that matched the color of his suit). He had short black hair. There was another man who wore a checkered light blue and white shirt and he had beige pants and tan shoes—he had short brown hair as well. There was also a man who wore a black trench coat and dark gray pants with black shoes. He had a black fedora on and had short black hair and the man who had called Sabrina by her real name at the doorway was here too… these men all looked like adults.
But there were some people our age here too… one was a teenage boy who had a maroon T-shirt on with black pants. He had black shoes to match and had short brown hair. The next was a teenage girl who wore a long-sleeved hot pink pullover and had a hot pink skirt as well… she wore white boots and had red hair that went down to the bottom of her neck. After her was another teenage boy… he wore a buttoned, long-sleeved white shirt and beige pants. He had brown shoes and short blonde hair. And then there was a teenage girl who was wearing a black tank top and black jeans… she had black shoes, orange wristbands and her hair (which she had apparently dyed pink) went down to her waist. And finally, the last one was a teenage boy. He wore a blue jacket with blue jeans and white shoes. He had black hair that was in a very short ponytail, like Jim did in Sequoia Village.
As Ariel and I approached the table, the man at the front in the suit said: "What's this…? Their Digimon are out?" and Sabrina stepped in before she said: "Don't worry, Herbert—they always do that. They go everywhere with them walking behind them." and she turned to us and said: "I'm sorry for the inconvenience, but would you mind calling them back? Just for now?" "No problem." I said as I turned to my Digimon and called them back before Ariel did the same and then Sabrina said: "Your seats are the only 2 that are next to each other. So go on ahead and be seated." and then Ariel and I did so before Sabrina went up to the only seat that was left (which was with all of the other adults) and sat in it before the man at the front in the suit stood up and said: "Now that everyone is here, we'll start." and then he turned to Ariel, the other tamers our age and I and said: "Welcome to our base, everyone. We're all happy to see you made it safely from the recent disaster that has struck Digimon View. Your arrival here gives us great hope—"
And then the boy with the maroon shirt and brown hair said: "What are you talking about?! Who are you and what are we doing here?" and then the man in the suit said: "Do not fear—we intend to start there. My name is Herbert and I am an international police agent. I came to Digimon View with all of my other officers here—" as he pointed to the other adult men and Sabrina and went on: "…Because we had reason to believe the developers of Digimon View were involved with criminal activity. That is why we came to this site and created accounts so we could observe what was happening here firsthand." and then he went on: "Conversely, I'm sure you have noticed that there are 5 of us—that is no coincidence. We made sure each of us was assigned to a different server in Digimon View. That way we could monitor what was happening in all 5 of them: Amaterasu, Izumo, Asuka, Yamato and Ikaruga… I was the officer in charge of monitoring Amaterasu."
And then the man with the beige clothes and blonde hair stood up before he said: "And I was the officer in charge of monitoring the Izumo Server. My name is Lewis." and the man in the checkered light blue and white shirt with the brown hair stood up before he said: "I was responsible for monitoring the Asuka Server. John is my name." and then the man in the black trench coat with the black hair stood and said: "My name's Larry. I was assigned to monitor the Yamato Server." and then Sabrina stood up and said: "And I am Irene. I was entrusted with monitoring the Ikaruga Server."
Herbert nodded before he said: "That was our purpose on this site. Now as to your question of what you are doing here…" and he turned to the boy in the maroon shirt with the brown hair and went on: "You were all handpicked by each of us to be saved… we anticipated that something like this would happen one day, so we made the very badges that we gave you—the infinity badges. They are designed to protect you from being forced to log out or have your account be deleted—" and then the girl in the hot pink clothes with the red hair said: "And that means we owe you for that… a lot." "Yes. You would not be here right now without our help." Lewis said back. "Well hang on… that still doesn't explain where 'here' is. Where are we now? And can you even prove you're with the international police?" the boy in the blue clothes with the black hair said. "Yes we can. Here…" Herbert said before he took out his badge… and Lewis, John, Larry and Sabrina all followed in suit… I knew I was right to trust them! They were with the international police after all!
And then John said: "As for your question of where you are, you are in our base. It is located in Amaterasu Server—for some of you, this is close while others ended up making quite a commute in seconds." "So the infinity badges teleported us to Amaterasu Server? Amazing!" the girl with the black clothes and pink hair said. Sabrina nodded before she said: "They do possess great power and they will still be essential in times to come. Make sure you hold on to them." "But if you said that it protects us from being forced to log out or have our accounts deleted… what is it that has happened on the site?" the boy in the white shirt with blonde hair asked. "Yes, about that… it was a mass string of forced log outs. It was initiated by the developers of Digimon View—" Larry said before everyone except me said: "WHAT?!" and then the girl with the black clothes and pink hair said: "Well hold on! Why would the developers want to kick everyone off the site?"
"We have looked into it. Thanks to Irene and the boy named Mark, we managed to collect some information from the developers' own computers about their plans… and managed to read it." Herbert said before he went on: "It turns out that the developers had an ulterior motive to designing Digimon View—they intend to bring Digimon to Earth to start a war. It is their aim to use Digimon to conquer it." "Seriously?! How are they going to do that?" the boy in the maroon shirt with the brown hair asked. "They're working on developing a technology to digitize Earthly space so Digimon could exist there… at the time that the document was saved, they were apparently close to finishing this technology." John said.
"A war using Digimon… to conquer Earth? That's so terrible… so sad…" the girl in the hot pink clothes with the red hair said. Lewis nodded and said: "Yes, it is a crisis… if they did bring Digimon to Earth, the odds of any earthly defense being able to stop them would be basically nothing." "Exactly. To do this, the developers have 2 secret weapons: the first is a Digimon with special abilities. His name is Keramon. He is a very dangerous Digimon with great potential to grow." Herbert said. "What is it that makes this so Digimon dangerous?" the boy in the white shirt with the blonde hair asked. "To explain that, I'll have to explain how Keramon is different than other Digimon… normally, Digimon learn from what they see, hear or experience in combat or relationships. A Digimon gains the power to digivolve into a stronger from battling other Digimon. Keramon is capable of learning and growing through these means as well, but Keramon can also eat data and instantly see everything in it, learning everything in its contents in the process. Keramon can also become stronger by consuming data, in lieu of battling. When the developers discovered Keramon's abilities, they started feeding Keramon data collected from files, site surveillance and even video files that the tamers uploaded…" Larry began and then the girl with the black clothes and the pink hair said: "So they fed Keramon everyone's personal videos? Eww, how mean! But why would they do that?"
"It's simple: they intend to make Keramon the most powerful of all Digimon, and this is how they intend to educate Keramon… lots of different players have lots of different strategies and for Keramon to instantly see how they work just from eating the data—" Lewis began and then I nodded as I said: "I see what you're saying. That way Keramon can see how everyone fights and how to counter it. They're trying to make a Digimon who knows how to defeat any opponent." "Exactly. They want to make Keramon able to counter any style of fighting and this is their way to do it… by encouraging players to upload their battle videos, while the players are blissfully unaware that they're using them to educate and strengthen their secret weapon." Sabrina said. "There's also more… it turns out Digimon are not manmade programs. There is another dimension called the 'Digital World' that the developers encountered by accident… and while they were there, they brought some of the in training Digimon there back with them." John said. Everyone else looked surprised before the boy in the blue clothes with the black hair grinned and nodded as he said: "Heh… so they didn't even make the very creatures on the site themselves… that's really something."
"Yeah, but what about the Digimon themselves? It's mean to lie and tell them that they made them and keep their home world a secret from them… all so they can live in a lie!" Ariel said. "But… then how did digiconverting come into common use if they couldn't create any more Digimon themselves?" the boy in the white shirt with the blonde hair asked. "They simply figured out how to clone the Digimon, using a personality randomizer on the digiconverted Digimon to change their personality before they're born. That way they look different than the originals." Sabrina said.
"That's… so sad…" Ariel said before Herbert went on: "Indeed it is… but that is only a small concern based on what we face: based on what we can tell, Keramon is still young, but he could grow up to be potentially unstoppable, so he is a very serious threat. Quick action is going to be necessary—before he can digivolve." and then he went on: "And the other secret weapon is something known as an 'oblivion prism'… but unfortunately, that's all we know about it… what it does and how it works was not stored in that file." Herbert then continued: "As you can see, the stakes are high. Even before Irene got the data, we knew it was going to be dangerous to oppose the developers on our own… which is why we made the infinity badges. We only gave them out to tamers that we trusted a great deal, and believed could be trusted as allies… and so we handpicked each one of you to carry them."
And then he went on: "That is why I want to ask each of you to work with us in stopping the developers and their war. You all are the best of the tamers and with your help, victory will be a greater possibility than if we were to do it on our own." "You're only asking us? To be honest, I'm a little surprised… I thought we were going to be conscripted—" the girl with the hot pink clothes and red hair said before Larry said: "Of course not! We don't want any unwilling or soon-to-be-disloyal allies on our side! That would be a tremendous risk!" and then Herbert said: "Exactly. That being said, if you are unwilling to help us, we will log you out." and then he went on: "However, if you do choose to log out, you'd better say goodbye to your Digimon."
"WHAT? What do you mean?" I asked before Sabrina said: "The developers didn't just force everyone to log out… they deleted everyone's saved passwords in their system, so their system wouldn't recognize the password each user enters and they couldn't use them to log back in. They basically forced the users out and changed the locks before they could get back in." and Lewis nodded before he said: "That's right. That being said, your infinity badges only work while you're on this site, so if you were to log out now, it is highly unlikely you would be able to get back in again." "That's… so horrible." Ariel said before Herbert said: "Indeed it is. But unfortunately, that is the reality of the situation right now. So what do you say? Who will stand and fight with us?"
"I will! I'm not letting those scummy developers get away with this!" I said before the boy in the maroon shirt with the brown hair said: "Yeah, me too! I am so pumped!" "Heh. Count me in as well. I've never seen such an opportunity for an adventure." The boy in the blue clothes with black hair said. "I'll stay too! I can't forgive the developers for taking advantage of Digimon and humans like this!" Ariel said. "You bet I will! Those developers are goin' down!" the girl in the black clothes with the pink hair said. "Of course I'll help. I couldn't do nothing at a time like this." the boy in the white shirt with the blonde hair said. "Yeah, you can count me in." the girl in the hot pink clothes with the red hair said.
Herbert, Lewis, John, Larry and Sabrina all looked really happy before Herbert said: "Excellent! Thank you everyone—because of your bravery and noble personalities, now we have a complete group of 12 members! It's the best outcome we could have hoped for!" and then he went on: "And now that we have your support, I would like to know more about you as well. Could everyone introduce themselves and tell us which server they're from?" and then the boy in the maroon shirt with the brown hair said: "Fine by me! My name's Josh, and I'm from Izumo Server!" and then the boy in the blue clothes with the black hair said: "I'm Hugh. I'm from Asuka Server." and then the girl in the black clothes with the pink hair said: "I'm Kayla! I came from the Yamato Server!" "My name's Xavier. I've always been in the Asuka Server." The boy with the white shirt and blonde hair said before Hugh said: "Heh. You too, huh? I guess we never ended up crossing paths. Not that it's surprising—all of the servers are big." "Um… I'm Tiffany. I'm a user from Amaterasu Server…" the girl in the hot pink clothes with the red hair said. "I'm Ariel. I'm from Ikaruga Server." Ariel said. "And I'm Mark. I am also from Ikaruga Server." I said.
Everyone looked surprised when they heard my name (doubtlessly because of how Herbert had mentioned me) and then Larry said: "Josh, Hugh, Kayla, Xavier, Tiffany, Ariel and Mark… alright. We're all glad to have you on our side." "So what should we do? What's our first step?" Josh asked. "Your Digimon are going to need to be in top condition for the times ahead. Go to your Digihomes and give your Digimon some rest—you can access them from anywhere in this base. Once your Digimon are rested, stand guard around the base until we're ready to give you further orders. But before then, let us give you something important first… it will be an important gift to you, our allies." Herbert said.
"What? Like what?" Xavier asked. "It's a program we devised… it will let you carry 2 more Digimon in your digivice than you are normally allowed to carry in Digimon View. Normally this would be a violation of the terms of use, but now that we're no longer concerned with those, it will help you all be ready for the times ahead." Lewis said. "Right. Now then, let's begin. Herbert, if you would?" John asked. Herbert then nodded and took out his digivice before he started using it… and then we felt ours vibrate! I checked mine and looked… and I saw that Lewis was completely right! My digivice now could carry 8 Digimon—now I could take them all with me at once!
"Aw, cool! What a breakthrough!" I said. Hugh then nodded before he said: "Yes… not bad. You guys really know what you're doing." and Sabrina nodded before she said: "Naturally. We'll be working on developing more programs like it so you can take even more Digimon at a time with you, too—there's no point in playing fairly, because our enemies have no interest in doing the same. And speaking of which—though it's not a program—we also have something important that you can use around the base…" and then we all looked confused before Sabrina went on: "We have what look like vending machines located around the base, but they're actually item kiosks. You can use them to replenish your supplies by logging into them with your digivices and specifying how much of each item you want—" "So it's an automated item shop right? That's nice to know! Now we can restock for whatever comes our way!" Josh said.
"Well yes, except there is one key difference…" Larry said and then we all looked confused before Lewis said: "The items in these machines are all free. Since you're helping us in our time of need, we won't charge you any BITs for anything inside of them." And then we all cheered before John said: "However, that doesn't mean that the items inside of them are infinite. We will be replenishing them as fast as we can, but we can't keep a full inventory at all times, so it may be in your best interest to save the items for when you really need them. Also, we have taken the precaution of making the inventories separate for each of you. That way each shop's inventory will be linked to your digivice and everyone will always have something they can receive." "That's a great idea! I like it!" Ariel said. And Herbert grinned before he said: "Excellent. We thought it would be to your liking. Now you'd all best be off to heal your Digimon—there's a lot of work ahead of us." "Alright! Let's do it!" Kayla said. We all then took out our digivices and returned to our Digihomes…
When I arrived in mine, I looked ahead and saw Sakuyamon and Hudiemon playing volleyball up on the court. I smiled when I saw it… after all of the serious outcomes we had witnessed, it was revitalizing to see them enjoying themselves, completely carefree… I called out my other Digimon and then said: "Hey, Hudiemon! Sakuyamon!" and then they turned around and then Sakuyamon said: "Mark!" and they came running up to us.
When they arrived, Hudiemon said: "Welcome back, everyone! You seemed like you weren't away for too long!" and then she turned to me and said: "And Mark… you look more energized than usual! Did something good happen?" "Kind of…" I said back. "What? What do you mean?" Sakuyamon asked.
I then explained everything that had happened to them, and by the end, Hudiemon and Sakuyamon looked stunned as Sakuyamon said: "So Irene—err, Sabrina—was really with the international police after all… and the war she spoke of the conquer Earth is actually on the horizon…" "Yeah… that's pretty serious…" Hudiemon said. But then she perked up and said: "But on the other hand, this is pretty exciting too! Now we get to be heroes—we'll save Mark's world from being conquered and defeat the bad guys! How exciting!" and I smiled as she went on: "And now we can all travel together at once, too! I know the stakes are high, but that's so great!" I smiled as I put my hand on Hudiemon's shoulder and said: "You really have an uplifting attitude, Hudiemon. It helps having someone like you on the team at times like these." "Of course! Who wants to be all depressed and wallowing in despair at a time like this?" Hudiemon asked. And Lillymon smiled and said: "That's true… it's no fun being unhappy at a time like this! I'd rather laugh and smile it off!"
And we all smiled together before ShineGreymon said: "Although I suppose our situation is rather unique compared to everyone else's… none of us are even tired or hurt right now…" "Yeah… Mark did see to that before we left Ikaruga Server…" BanchoLeomon said. ShineGreymon turned to me before he said: "So what do we do? I know they told us to rest, but… should we just jump right in?" and I smiled and laughed before I said: "You read my mind, ShineGreymon!" and we all laughed before I went on: "Well… I'll just explain it to them if it comes up. But before we leave, I'll have to add Hudiemon and Sakuyamon to my digivice, so we can all travel together…" And then I did so before I said: "Okay, it's done! Now let's go, team! We're on guard duty!" "Yes! No one shall get past us!" Dianamon said. And then we left the Digihome.
When we returned to the base, I called my Digimon out before we started to patrol. Eventually we bumped into Sabrina though… and she put her hands on her hips before she said: "Oh Mark, what are you doing out here so soon? You're supposed to be letting your Digimon rest." "That's already been done—my Digimon were all in perfect health before the mass string of forced log outs happened and we didn't get into any battles in between then and now." I said.
Sabrina then returned to a normal stance and smiled before she said: "Oh really? How prepared of you… but then, you're only doing what you taught me I can expect of you." and then we laughed together before she went on: "Well if your Digimon are in perfect health, I won't stop you then… it'll help to have at least one of you on patrol. Now go on." and I smiled before I said: "Thanks, Sabrina." and she chuckled back before she went past us and we started patrolling the base.
