Chapter 28 – Davis and Veemon
After all DigiDestined and Sleipmon and Gallantmon were back in Tokyo, they all went their separate ways. Meiko and Hackmon returned to Tottori with the help of a distortion. As the stars at the foundation of the gentle darkness sent their light to the earth, Davis lay in his bed. He stared with his eyes towards the ceiling. The right back of his hand lay on his forehead while he was deeply immersed in his thoughts. Why could Veemon no longer digivolve normally? But his partner was able to maintain his rookie level for a very long time.
The blue dragon also looked at the ceiling, but he thought (again) of Quetzalmon. The more he thought of her, the sadder he felt. But he himself didn't want to annoy his partner with it... Veemon had already annoyed him enough.
"Say, Veemon..." began the red-brown-haired man.
"Yes?" said the blue dragon.
"Do Digimon also feel love?"
"No." he replied.
"But why are you always so sad... You just thought of Quetzalmon again, didn't you?" he turned to his partner and looked at him seriously.
He just nodded and sighed heavily.
"I don't know why... But I miss Quetzalmon... Even though I didn't know her very well," Veemon closed his eyes and breathed deeply.
"Veemon..." Davis got up and walked toward him before kneeling down to him.
"It sounds crazy, doesn't it?" the blue dragon quipped: "I miss someone I didn't know and is already dead... Just crazy."
He laughed dryly. It was ridiculous and crazy. Why did he have to mourn Quetzalmon so much? He didn't know her. He knew nothing about her. It had only been a brief moment. A moment that shouldn't really mean much to him. But the moment had meant something to him.
Veemon's eyes became watery. Within seconds, he embraced his small blue body with his arms and began to cry. It was the sadness he had accumulated for a long time. His partner placed his arms on the back of the blue dragon and encircled him in a hug.
"Quetzalmon... Quetzalmon..." Veemon repeated her name again and again, very quietly.
"Don't worry. I am with you, Veemon. You're my best friend and together we'll find out why you can't digivolve and what's going on with you," Davis said.
Gently he lifted up his partner and placed him on his bed.
"Davis... I want to know who I was before I was sealed in the Digimental of Courage," Veemon said, "But..."
"No buts! We'll find out who you were!" the red-brown-haired man shouted: "But not until tomorrow. It's in the middle of the night. We will start searching tomorrow in the digital world."
"Thank you, Davis. I'm glad I've become your partner."
Raidramon raced through the steppe of the digital world at a rapid pace. On his back sat Davis, who was able to hold on to his partner well. The wind whipped against his face and neck as his hair moved through the fast speed. The red-brown-haired man wore his aviator glasses so that no small stones got into his eyes.
"And how exactly do we want to find out about my past?" the black-armoured dog asked.
"No idea... It sounded so easy somehow," Davis laughed dryly.
"That happens when you go without thinking!" complained Raidramon.
"Come on. You were the one who woke me up at five o'clock in the morning! And it is weekend!"
"Because we'll have more time."
The black armoured stretched his front legs before jumping several metres with its hind legs. In the process, his body stretched to full length. He did this over and over again. So he moved on as Raidramon.
After a good ten minutes, the two passed a rushing river. A few digimon quenched their thirst here, including the black armoured dog. He tilted his head down and drank from the wet. Davis himself, meanwhile, descended and looked through the area. Next to the river, he recognized a forest in the distance. To the east was a high mountain, the top of which was above the clouds. In addition to Raidramon, an old acquaintance joined him. It was Dorumon who also showed his thirst on the river.
"Hello," the purple Digimon greeted her after lifting his muzzle out of the water.
"Man... I haven't seen you for a while," said the red-brown-haired man: "You were suddenly gone."
"Yes... A distortion... Caught me and brought me back into the digital world," he explained, scratching himself with a claw behind his ear.
He then shook his entire body and smiled. But he was happy about the encounter.
Dorumon nodded to the two and began drinking again from the river. Raidramon also drank from the wet. How cool and pleasant this was on the half-dried throat. After the black-armoured dog raised his head up again, he looked the jewel on the purple Digimon's forehead. This one had strong similarities with the jewel on Alphamon's forehead... or did he just imagine it? With a shake of his head, he dispelled this idea.
"Why are you here?" asked Dorumon curiously, wagging his tail.
"We want to find out about Raidramon's former life... More specifically, about Quetzalmon," Davis said.
"I'd leave it. It never came anything good about searching for your past life," the purple Digimon said, turning to the two.
"Do you have an idea what's going on with me?" was the question of the black-armoured dog.
"What's going to happen to you?" asked Dorumon.
"I can only do armour-evolutions. I can't digivolve to my adult-level anymore."
"That's impossible. I don't know a Digimon who..." his eyes widened as he remembered something.
"Do you have an idea?" the red-brown-haired man asked his question.
"No... But I just realized that there is a ruin here nearby with strange runes that I've never seen before..." he tilted his head slightly to the side.
"I want to see these ruins," Raidramon shouted.
"I have no interest," Davis said.
"But I want to see these ruins, Davis."
"Okay..." he sighed and climbed back onto his partner's back.
"Good. Then I'll show you the ruin," smiled the purple Digimon, sprinting off, closely followed by the black-armoured dog.
Although Dorumon said the ruin was nearby, it was just over half an hour away. The landscape changed to a high mountain range. The purple Digimon jumped on Raidramon's back, much to his displeasure, and pointed his head to a cliff.
"There's the ruin up there," Dorumon said.
"What?!" the black-armoured dog said in horror.
"And how are we going to get up there?" asked Davis uncertainly.
"Raidramon hops from stone to stone until he reaches the cliff," explained the purple Digimon.
"You aren't serious," Raidramon began.
"No, no, no!" Dorumon interrupted him: "But do you want to see the ruins now or not?"
Davis' partner growled in frustration and looked up to the cliff. In fact, there were several small cliffs on the rock face, which he could use for a short time. Deep breathing, the black-armoured dog closed his eyes and imagined the path.
When his eyelids opened, he started to jump and landed on a rocky outcrop with all fours. Raidramon jumped on while the small cliff broke. Again and again, Davis's partner jumped from one small cliff to another, always accompanied by the fear of slipping off or that the rock under his, Davis' and Dorumon's weight broke.
After ten jumps, the black-armoured dog slipped and fell a few meters into the depths. The redhead saw his end and closed his eyes. Just in time, his partner recognized a small cliff and landed on it before jumping again. Raidramon concentrated so much that he didn't even notice that they reached the cliff in question. When he wanted to start jumping again, the purple Digimon shouted:
"We're already there!"
He climbed off the back of the black-armoured dog and looked down to the ground. Davis swallowed several times. His hands were wet with sweat and he felt like he had a lump in his neck. Rather uncertainly, he rose from the back of his partner. His legs trembled before he turned around unsafely. In front of him stretched another rock face.
"There's nothing there," said the red-brown-haired man: "Where's the ruin?!"
"Ah, sorry..." Dorumon apologized, though he sounded like he wasn't sorry: "Wrong mountain."
"Should this be a joke?!" Raidramon exclaimed angrily, trying to bite the purple Digimon in the tail.
"Hey! Stop!" complained the purple Digimon: "I can be wrong sometimes. But now at least I know where exactly the ruins are. Dorumon digivolve to... Dorugamon!"
Dorugamon flapped with his two wings.
"Get on my back. I'll fly you to ruin," said the dragon.
The black armoured dog wrapped itself in a light and turned back to Veemon. Meanwhile, a light had also separated from his body and flew to his partner's pocket. There he usually carried his communication device, where he kept the Digimentals. Or rather, the mentals always returned there. At the thought, the red-brown-haired man pulled out the device and opened it. Three eggs appeared on the screen.
"Huh? Why are there three Digimentals?" asked Davis.
Two of the eggs were only slightly transparent. The third Digimental, however, had only a weak edge.
"What's going on Davis?" was Veemon's question, jumping on Dorugamon's back.
"Nothing," he folded the device back and put it back in his pocket.
Then he also climbed on the back of the dragon. He flapped his wings and ran over the cliff before flapping his wings again. After a few wing strokes, the trio was far away from the mountain. Among them stretched a steppe with isolated trees. The blue dragon thought that there was once a forest here. Suddenly, the two-legged dragon struck with only one wing, causing him to reach a side like position. Davis and Veemon, who had not expected it, slipped off Dorugamon's back and fell into the deep.
"Veemon! Digivolve!" the red-brown-haired man shouted in panic.
"Veemon digivolve to... Veemon digivolve to... Veemon digivolve to...! It doesn't worl!" his partner shouted: "I can't digivolve anymore!"
The flying dragon watched for a few seconds as Davis and Veemon fell into the depths before sighing.
/I thought Veemon was going to digivolve now... I have to help them.../, Dorugamon thought: "Dorugamon digivolve to... DoruGremon!"
DoruGremon angled his four wings close to his body and fell into a dive, shooting behind the two.
Davis, meanwhile, had closed his eyes and feared for his life. He briefly wondered why DoruGremon had done this, but the idea was already expelled.
"Veemon! Digivolve already!," the red-brown-haired man shouted.
"I can't!" his partner replied.
Davis felt the wind whipping on his body. Inexorably, he and his partner fell into the depths. How could the dragon just drop them? The redhead breathed out quickly and in, before briefly opening his eyes. A few meters away from him, he saw the blue dragon. He stretched out his arm and tried to reach him somehow. But it brought nothing and the ground was approaching more and more and so Davis closed his eyes again.
The red dragon eventually grabbed Veemon's tail between his teeth and caught the red-brown-haired hood with a claw. Then he flapped several times violently with his four wings so that he could land. He gently dropped Davis to the ground before letting go of the blue dragon's tail. The red-brown-haired man slowly opened his eyes again and grabbed a tuft of grass with one hand. The hand continued to slide to the ground and dug it into it. Veemon opened his eyelids as well. His scales were slightly wet and his entire body trembled.
"Is everything okay you two?" asked DoruGremon.
"You... You have nerves to ask!," Davis screamed angrily, pointing, "What's this going to be?!"
"I thought Veemon would digivolve if you were in danger..." he bent his head down ashamed.
"Didn't work..." Veemon raved, entangled his arms in front of his chest.
"I'm sorry..." the red dragon wrapped himself in a light and turned back to Dorumon.
"This ruin... It never existed, didn't it?" the blue dragon asked, disappointed.
The purple digimon nodded and closed his eyes.
"Then you did all this just to help me?" Veemon looked at Dorumon.
"I can think of a few more methods so you can digivolve," he smiled a little.
"Great!" rejoiced Davis: "Well. What should we do?"
"Run," replied the purple digimon.
"Huh?" the blue dragon said in amazement.
"The three of us will run until we can't do more," the purple digimon declared.
He started running. Davis and Veemon looked at each other briefly before following Dorumon. He immediately jumped over a tree trunk and continued to rush away. The red-brown-haired man and his partner followed him on, but immediately the former felt a sting and after ten seconds he stumbled and hit the ground painfully. Veemon came to a standstill out of breath and knelt down to his partner before shouting out loud:
"Dorumon! Davis stumbled!"
The said digimon stopped immediately and went to the two.
"Are you alright?" he asked.
Davis wanted to get up, but felt a lot of pain in his leg and his ankle. He grimaced and bit his teeth together.
"My foot..." he gasped.
The blue dragon looked anxiously at his partner.
"Davis... Can you still run?" was his question.
"No... My foot hurts hellishly."
"There's a cave nearby," Dorumon said.
"I'm tired with your suggestions!," the red-brown-haired man shouted: "They don't bring us anything! Rather, they kill us!"
"I just wanted to help," the purple digimon looked down on the ground, scurrying a little with one foot.
"Just go!" Davis told him, "You don't help us at all."
"I see... Okay. Dorumon digivolve to Dorugamon!" he flapped his wings vigorously and flew away.
Veemon followed the dragon with his eyes before turning to his partner.
"You shouldn't have been so harsh..." he said, his hands put on his hips: "Do we want to visit the cave that Dorugamon mentioned?"
The blue dragon looked into the sky. Dark clouds had gathered in the sky and soon there would surely be a heavy shower.
"Why?" asked Davis.
"It will certainly rain soon..."
"Ah... I see..."
"So... Just say, Digimental of Friendship up... Then you climb on my back and I'm looking for the cave."
"Okay. Digimental of Friendship up!"
"Veemon armour- digivolve to... Raidramon!"
The red-brown-haired man climbed onto the back of his partner, who soon after took off. Shortly before they discovered the cave, however, it began to rain. Wet with the rain both reached the protection and Davis climbed down again. He jumped to the wall and slowly settled on the floor. He then took off his jacket and used it as a pillow for his aching foot. Eventually, Raidramon returned to Veemon and sat next to his partner, pulling his legs, which he clutched with his arms.
"Is your leg still hurting?" the blue dragon asked.
"Yes..." he looked at his foot: "But don't worry about it, Veemon. It's not broken."
"Really?"
"Yes... When I was five, I broke my leg while climbing," he closed his eyes and laughed a little as he recalled: "My parents had to take me home and I wasn't allowed to go until the plaster was gone. That was a lot of fun for me."
"Did anyone take care of you?"
"Sure. I could only walk with the help of crutches."
"Your sister?"
"No! This stupid goat had to go to school. My mother took care of me."
"Davis... Maybe, like Yolei, you should tell your family that you're a DigiDestined," Veemon suddenly changed the subject.
"What?! Are you crazy?! No way!"
"Okay, okay... I have already understood. I just thought that..." the blue dragon broke off.
"That I'm the one who prevents you from digivolving?" Davis added.
"There was never any talk of that!" he jumped up angrily: "I... Okay... I believe that you are preventing me from doing so."
"Why?"
"Well... you never tell your family that you're a DigiDestined."
"Veemon..." he patted his head.
"I just feel bad because I can't digivolve normally."
"Veemon. I saw something strange in my communication device today."
"And what?"
"It seems like a new Digimental is forming..." the red-brown-haired man looked at the exit of the cave, where he still realized that it was raining.
"Really?" Veemon looked at his partner sceptically: "But how can this be?"
"No idea," he shook his head and closed his eyes before sighing.
The blue dragon noticed that Davis had fallen asleep. Veemon smiled softly at him and made himself comfortable. He listened to the rain outside before falling asleep.
"Where are we going?" asked Veemon.
He noticed he wasn't at his rookie-level. But he wasn't at his adult-level either. He liked this situation surprisingly well. The blue dragon noticed a tremendous strength in him and he liked this very much.
"I'd like to introduce someone to you," the female-sounding voice explained.
Veemon looked at Quetzalmon, who flew next to him. She seemed very pleased, but also excited.
"And who?" was his question.
"You'll see soon."
The white snake flew in front of him and took the lead. A short time later they reached a forest. The blue dragon immediately noticed that this forest was slightly different. Suspiciously, he narrowed his eyes and prepared to fight. But he quickly noticed that Quetzalmon was completely relaxed, and so Veemon calmed down.
"Eldoradimon!" the white snake shouted.
It seemed as if the earth was shaking. The blue dragon growled and saw a gigantic head rising from the earth. Two blue eyes looked curiously at Veemon. The gigantic Digimon raised his corners of his mouth and smiled.
"That's..." the blue dragon stuttered in disbelief.
He had not thought that the forest was in fact a gigantic digimon.
"I've known Eldoradimon for a long time," Quetzalmon calmly explained, nodding to the giant tortoise: "He picked me up at the time and asked me to build a small town on him... But I couldn't."
"And you want me to help you because of that," Veemon said.
"Not only because of this... I have a special gift. I can look into the future. As you know, such digimon are hunted, killed, and their data absorbed so that they are not reborn. But we are also only digimon who want to live."
"Quetzalmon..." he closed his eyes and sighed before opening the lids again: "You know I have to kill you now."
"I know..." the white snake looked to the ground.
The blue dragon spread his hand and tried to ram it into her, but Eldoradimon's head shot between the two to prevent this.
"Is there no other way?" the giant tortoise asked.
"No," Veemon replied succinctly: "King Drasil has ordered that we kill every digimon that has the ability to look into the future. I myself do not know the reason and I am reluctant to execute the command, but command is command. So, move, Eldoradimon."
"No," he said, hitting his long, stoned tail on the ground.
"Please. Don't attack Eldoradimon," Quetzalmon said, "I'm aware of the consequences. I was just hoping that you would listen to me and spare me."
"Quetzalmon... I don't want to kill you, but-"
"Then don't kill her," the giant tortoise interrupted him.
"It's no different. If I oppose the orders of King Drasil, then..."
"You will be killed," Quetzalmon concluded.
"Exactly.", the blue dragon nodded and sighed heavily: "But I don't want to kill you, Quetzalmon."
She listened and looked at him. She had reckoned with this, but now when she heard these words, they sounded so unreal.
"I... I will help you build this city. Even if I get the wrath of King Drasil," he smiled somewhat.
With a gentle growl, Veemon woke up again and blinked a few times. What a weird dream it was. The blue dragon stretched extensively and looked at the cave entrance. It had stopped raining by now. His eyes wandered to Davis, who had laid down against a large stone. Veemon got up and yawned extensively. Again, he looked outside and realized it was late at night. They should return to the human world soon.
Somehow the blue dragon knew that King Drasil would send out at least one subordinate so that he could capture at least one more human being. Suddenly, someone obscured the entrance. Veemon saw a pair of eyes that seemed to look at him. Immediately, he shook his partner's shoulder. He muttered something and turned around. The blue dragon shook his shoulder again, leaving Davis awake furiously. But he quickly saw the strange digimon, which now also studied him.
"Get lost!" the stranger digimon growled, letting his cock pop on the ground.
A whipping sound rang out, which startled Veemon.
"We just wanted to go," the red-brown-haired man grumbled.
"Are you spies of King Drasil?" he growled.
"No!" shouted the blue dragon.
"What are you then?" he asked.
"I'm a DigiDestined and this is my partner Veemon," Davis said.
"And I'm supposed to believe you?" the stranger digimon looked at the two sceptically and let his tail hit on the ground again.
"Believe us or don't believe us. We tell the truth. I swear in my honour, we don't lie," Veemon said.
"If you swear to your honour, I believe you," he sighed, going into the cave.
He lay on a large stone, but kept an eye on the invaders in his cave.
"Why... did you distrust us?" was the question of the red-brown-haired man.
"I thought you were working with King Drasil," the stranger Digimon replied, yawning a bit: "You know... King Drasil is looking for me. I once served him faithfully... But that time is now over. I'm reluctant to call myself a Royal Knight."
"And what are you doing here?" asked Veemon, "I mean... Why aren't you looking for a human partner?"
"I have a job here in the digital world," he said, "I protect Primary Village."
"Primary Village?" repeated Davis.
"Digimon are reborn in this village," his partner told him.
"Ah!" he said, "But why are you protecting the village?"
"Because another Royal Knight does too. My abilities are of great use to Primary Village. I can see and hear very well and see Digimon miles away."
"Who are you?" the blue dragon asked.
"My name is Examon... I was a Royal Knight," he said.
"Then you could bring us into the human world!" the red-brown-haired man exclaimed with delight: "I mean. You can certainly create distortions!"
"I can do that... But I'm not going to create distortions because then King Drasil knows I'm here..." Examon sighed: "But you can ask Elecmon. He will certainly help you."
"Good. Thank you, Examon," Davis smiled and stood up.
"Should I lead you into the village?" was the question of the great dragon.
"Yes!" replied Veemon.
Examon showed the two of them the way to said village and left it just as quickly. Elecmon was a little angry that the big dragon had brought two strangers here. But without much grumbling, he created a distortion that brought the red-brown-haired man and his partner digimon back to Tokyo.