The horrid Screams ,the terrible horrible screaming reverberated through the hallways at least once a day .Throughout the facility despite being in a fully lit room I was terrified . Did an anomaly breach I wonder ? Did another Employee perish? .I snuggled up beside him in fear My body was Trembling, Shotaro's basically all I really have.I hate it here , but We have no Idea how to get out . Every attempt we've tried ended in failure or running back cause another more dangerous anomaly breached and we couldn't risk running into it. I hate the woman who put us in here. The doors open to reveal ,Angela…. something inside me wants to see her gone … not gone dead … erased from Existence . I hate that calm stern look on her face as she looks me over and then smiles as I snuggled up next to Shotaro in fear , before walking over to grab us with a Sinister smile I felt a brief stinging on my head as the Room went White.
Philip woke up abruptly on a bed. He wasn't in Lobomon Corp but, the home of Skullnoirmon . Philip was so shaken up by the memory of the nightmare that his mint green feathers were ruffled up . The screech owl like digimon swiveled his head around to see sitting in bed Shotaro had took notice of Philip tossing and Turning .
" You had a dream about Lobotomon Corp again."
Philip nodded "It was the dream of Angela punishing me by hurting you but, I woke up before that part happened. "
Shotaro hugs Philip to calm him down. " That's all behind us now."
" But What if it's not ?"
" We have friends now, we're not just two wandering digimon."Shotaro said.
"But what if she finds us? What if she hurts our friends? What if…."
"Don't think about that. If you do that, you won't be able to sleep." Shotaro petted his head Philip was traumatized they were the only "anomalies" Angela would visit herself and the way she treated them was horrible .Shotaro still remembers Angela beating him for protecting Philip . Shotaro had no idea why she was so vindictive towards Philip. That's when the door opens.
It was Skullnoirmon overhearing their conversation of course, Philip jumped and hid under the covers .Skull had remembered Philip was still pretty jumpy .
"Relax, I will not hurt. I am just concerned for you."
Shotaro looked " Angela … used to walk-in unexpectedly like that before abusing us, For some reason she just hated Philip but, We don't know why."Shotaro rubbed the lump in the covers where Philip was " Just knock before you come in okay . "
Philip peeked from the cover as Shotaro stroked his head.
"I've had Nightmares as well but His seem more frequent."
Skullnoirmon goes up to the pair and hugs them.
The two coo softly before there was knock the door. It was early in the morning so Skull had to guess it was the woman who brought Philip and Shotaro to him in the first place.
"It's open."
The woman who opened the door had Teal Green hair done up in pig tails and a large Snake skeleton on her was carrying clothes small enough for both of the owls to wear she assumed their tastes based on personality . " Hello it's Mervamon?"
The pair looked on.
" I see these two are doing fine , Philip doesn't seem to bite when grabbed for anymore."Mervamon said looking at the two
" He still does when it involves strangers, " Skull said, noting a lot of clients found him cute walking around with Shotaro. Shotaro hid behind SkullNoirmon.
Philip looked before sliding out the the covers ." Shotaro, that's the Digimon I told you about earlier!"
" The one you said brought us here ."
Philip nodded as Mervamon walked over
"I brought you guys something you might like"
Mervamon set the clothes on the bed . Though they only consisted of hoodies , vests and Hats. Nevertheless, the pair liked them as they walked over to try them on . As Mervamon looked as the two played Dress up.
"I think I got it right this time ..Shotaro wants. Be like you and Philip just wants to be comfortable with all fluff most Shirts are constricting ." Mervamon Smiled at two enjoying the clothes bought .
" What made you think Shotaro want be like me ?" Skullnoirmon said
" Look at what he's wearing ."
Skullnoirmon sees that Shotaro is wearing a fedora and quite liking the hat as he looks in the mirror.
"He's looked up to you ever since they tagged along for one of your cases ." Mervamon smiled as Shotaro and Philip got done looking at the Clothing and Showed Skullnoirmon .
"How do we look ?"
"Dapper. Very dapper." Skullnoirmon ruffled thier feathers though took off Shotaro's hat before doing so.
That when they heard another knock at the Door
" Were you Expecting any Clients today "Mervamon ask
" No,but this is Normal "
Skull heads to the door to open its he finds a tall robotic angel looking digimon its most distinct features being the long hair and the one large green eye .Its body was black with green highlight to he seemed in disrepair. He seemed really lax but ,Skull still stepped back.
"... Netzamon ,A Sephira…. Why are you here?" Skullnoirmon readied to fight this Digimon .
" …Relax I'm hear of my Own Free will... I wanted to see the owls …I helped them escape along with a few other Sephira." Netzamon said looking at him. The sound of his voice came from a staticky sounding speaker on his chest .
"Uh… Ok. Right this way."
The Robot Digimon walked in Skull seemed to fell bad for the robot as he stumbled in. The Office as Mervamon and the Owls walked in .
Mervamon looked on high Alert" A Sephira! "
" Netzamon?" Shotaro said " Are you okay , Netzamon ?
Philip looked " You don't look so good are you drunk ?
" … No …"
The digimon really looked damaged as if he fought a horde of Fangmons.
" You know him?" Skull was confused .
" He was basically the lazy security guard thought he and other top floor Sephira had distaste for Angela but, why are you here?"
"... I served my connection with Angela but , I'm growing weaker by the second . Someone offered me a chance to become a new digimon that didn't need Angela to keep them alive ."
" That failed , I was fool to think I'd be free to live a full Life without Angela down my neck."
Everyone was surprised by this.
" Netzamon…"Philip looked at him before walking over ,Shotaro followed .
Shotaro figured out what he meant " .. You became Bountymon didn't you.."
" Don't feel bad for me I knew someday I'd be scrapped by Angela or Destroyed " Netzamon eye liked " I was just delaying the inevitable ."
Mervamon looked gritting her teeth at Netzamon self loathing "WHY WOULD YOU SPEAK THAT WAY ABOUT YOURSELF?!"
Philip flinched.
Mervamon calmed before speaking " Sorry, You speak of yourself as if your lower than dirt."
" It's the only I can See myself due to Angela's treatment ."
"You're not lower than dirt , Netzamon ." Philip said
" If what you said is true , These two owe you their Lives " Skullnoirmon said.
"It true.."
Netzamon laughed " You've done impossible You've actually given me a little hope ." He's Tone changed abit.
The pair was confused. That's when Philip noticed a necklace with a crystal feather in his hand. He recognized it as the Feather of Gaia.
" The Feather of Gaia?" Philip Tilted his head
" You know what that is Philip, " Shotaro said in Surprise .
"Of course I do. It is my necklace that I lost."Philip said as Netzach put the Necklace on Philip.
".. What exactly dose it do?" Mervamon seemed somewhat suspicious about the necklace.
"It helps me with my emotions being regulated."
"He's not wrong. Plus it prevents him from going berserk when me and him become Wmon Fang Joker Mode." Shotaro petted Philip's head.
" How much energy do you have left Netzamon ." Skullnoirmon asked him
" Enough the kept functioning for Month…" He's eye moved toward Skullnoirmon
" What are you thinking about doing ?"
"Staying here until I go offline."Netzamon sighed
" … then I think a month is enough time get Buildmon to aleast look at you ." Mervamon said.
"..What .." Netzamon seemed surprised
" you really think we'd just let you die here with out slim chance you could live a full life ..even if it is just getting drunk and Slacking off" Shotaro said
" Besides Buildmon would have some choice words to say about your …design and Angela ." Philip said .
"Buildmon…. Lives? I thought Angela deleted him."
This surprised the gang.
" No, he lives the City of Lightning. "Shotaro was confused .
" If he was deleted Tetsutetsu wouldn't be alive. He was Mercurymon right hand man when creating him ." Philip said.
"Oh thank goodness." Netzamon seemed relieved about that.
Later on… Netzamon was alone with Skullnoirmon the Two owls had already gone to bed and Mervamon home to Plan out the trip.
"Why did you think Buildmon was supposedly deleted?" Skullnoirmon said
"He used to be a partner of Angela until she stabbed him on the back for protecting a few digimon."Netzamon said
"I see, I'm surprised Buildmon never told us this ,However he said was rescued from the Brink of death by Mercurymon so that could explain his injuries…. And his amnesia."
"Amnesia..?" Netzamon said.
"When Mercurymon found him, he had amnesia. He knows that he's a Buildmon as for the rest gone. So… We call him Sento." Skull said
"That would explain , How'd he be able hide all this time ,"
Skull shifted in his chair crossed his ankles." Speaking of names do you have one , or do you Just Go by Netzamon "
" Netzach " The Robot digimon said as he heard something thrashing around and muttering"
" No...no Angela don't …. Shotaro…. Wake up … only thing ….have in this place ...don't leave me."
"...Was that Philip "
" It's unfortunately normal for him to have one only night mare ,He usually has two at the most he's even taken to writing them down. " Skullnoirmon sighed " Still hasn't lowered the Frequency though." Skull looked at Netzach " What exactly did Angela do to them ."
"Horrible and horrendous things." Netzach said " Angela for some reason hated Philip but ,she never told us why. "
"Interesting. Does she see him as a anomaly?" Inquired Skullnoirmon.
"No. At least I think she doesn't ." Netzach said
" Angela was never open about her Intentions , But she never called Philip by his Name only by Gaia ."
"This means she's aware that he's Gaia's knowledge."
" Gaias Knowledge?"
"That's right, you don't know about the AI from the other server. Gaia it's called."b
" I think Angela told us about it but I was Often drunk. You said it came from a server. Is it like Yggdrasil?" Inquired Netzach.
"Yes it is but it seeked a strong human to fuse with to become a god. The human that was in that server managed to defeat Gaia but at the cost of that server crashing causing it's digital world to collapse on itself. But Gaia didn't die. It's mind was split. It's knowledge and it's personality. It's personality is now fused with Yggdrasil thus making the Gaia virus…"
"The anomalies Angela wants to 'suppress' and Research are due to The Gaia virus and From
It's Personality " Skull said
"While it's knowledge became Philip."
" That Still doesn't explain Why Angela would go out her way to make life as miserable for Philip."Netzach said
" Maybe She was Digidestined at some point and reincarnated as Digimon , Who knows."
"If she used to be a digidestined, then we would know." Skullnoirmon retorted
" This story is Much more complex than we thought."
"Way more complex."
Thats when the little Owls talks again .
" Philip , Did you wet the bed again?"
Shotaro sighed " Come on let's get wash up ,change the sheets , get back to sleep . "
They looked and sure enough, Philip did wet the bed.
" Did he do this in Lobotomy Corporation too."
" Angela used to force him to wear diapers mainly to embarrass him but, it help keep the Egomon from having to clean everytime Angela wanted to do personal research."
Philip whimpered as Shotaro led him to the bathroom he was mentally old enough to be way past the point of Bedwetting.
Philip wasn't shamed for occasionally doing it especially if he had a nightmare but, Philip Himself really didn't like to admit this behavior. Netzach walks over. Shotaro was washing Philip's head as Philip looked over at Netzach .
"You're not gonna hurt me are you?" Philip swivled his head toward Netzach .Netzach looked into his was clear he want to if he was right in trusting him .
"No,hurting you would just drain my Energy reserves faster. " Netzach said.
Philip sneezed sending foam everywhere
"That's new."
" We're in the Bathtub ,Philip ."
Skull then walked in " Oh Shotaro I took the covers off the Bed for you and remade it so you can go back to sleep "
" ok Skull"
Later on…
" Before I go to bed myself " Skullnoirmon said looking at how Netzach interact with Philip and and Shotaro "what was the Relationship you had with most Sephira"
" …. Associates at most , Most of them considered me lazy ,Drug Addict ,Drunkard which is entirely true ." Netzach said.
"Your gonna get hammered now are you?"
"After, All the stuff I had gone through getting here I much rather Go to sleep. "
"Ok then. There's a bed in the next room over."
Netzach sighed as Skull closed the Door as he sat down on the bed . He then lays on it. It was super soft. He slowly but surely fell asleep .
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