p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 150%;"The sand whipped around the girl, stirring her from her slumber. In a groggy state the grey eyed girl slowly sat up on her knees, sand cascading from her mousy hair. The teenager brought a hand to her forehead, shielding her eyes from the blinding sun as she searched around, to find nothing for miles. Her expression melted into horror as the confusion and horror set in. br /em"Where am I?" /emspan style="font-style: normal;"she asked herself, her voice shaky. She brought herself shakily to her feet before she began to trudge through the sand, tears streaming her /"Hello?!" She called. "Papa? Mom?"br /Her voice began to crumbled under the weight of her stress./span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 150%;""span style="font-style: normal;"A-Anybody..."br /She stopped in her tracks, staring forward for a brief /As she squinted she could have sworn she had seen another figure in the distance. br /"/spanemMaybe they're asleep like I was?"/emspan style="font-style: normal;"br /She stumbled forward into an awkward run as she brushed the tears from her eyes, as she made her way to possible answers, only to stop dead in her tracks. He was tall, leather clad, and obviously not human. She couldn't remember what she noticed first, whether it was his grey skin, his long, mechanical tail, or the third eye that rested on his forehead as he lay on his back, baking under the sun. Slowly she knelt next to the...whatever it was, and began to shake its shoulder./span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 150%;""span style="font-style: normal;"Sir?" She asked, a timidness in her voice. "Sir are-are you-"br /He said nothing, but his stomach signified just how alive he was as it groaned loudly. A mixture of both relief and fear washed over her. br /"/spanemHe might know where we are, he could get me out of here!" /emspan style="font-style: normal;"She told herself as she reached for his shoulder to jostle him again, only to stop mere inches away as his stomach growled again. /spanem"Or he could be a monster that'll eat me soon as he wakes up."/emspan style="font-style: normal;"br /span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 150%;"span style="font-style: normal;" She juggled the possible outcomes in her head. Be eaten by a monster, or die slowly, lost and alone in the desert. She swallowed her fear as she gripped his shoulder, and shook /"Mister you have to wake up!" She begged. "Please, I'll feed you, please just-"br /The sound of heavy wing beats cut her off, and she turned to look to the sky as a hoard of what she could only describe as giant dragonflies began to block out the sun, before they began their descent. She quickly turned back to the male, shaking him frantically as a sandstorm began to /"We have to get out of here!" She cried. "Wake up, wake up, wake-"br /She was tossed back by a large gust of wind. The sand blinded her, forcing her to lose sight of the sleeping man. One of the beasts whipped past, its wicked teeth only grazing her shoulder as it tore the fabric from her sleeve, it's speed too quick to correct herself. She fell to her knees and covered her ears from the deafening beats that had become a loud drone as she braced herself for the worst. /span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 150%;"span style="font-style: normal;" She knew she was surrounded as one after another whizzed past and knocked her about./span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 150%;""emThey're toying with me," /emspan style="font-style: normal;"She whimpered. /spanem"Playing with their meal- Oh Papa, please save me..."/em/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 150%;"span style="font-style: normal;"She opened her eyes only slightly to see the shadow of one closing in on her from straight ahead, and she took a deep breath, one she knew to be her last, before the sound of rapid gunfire overtook the constant drone. The monster stopped short and turned to the sound, only to be knocked back by a clean shot, before it dissolved into glimmers of light. /span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 150%;"span style="font-style: normal;"br /She slowly turned her head, and as the bugs dispersed and the sand began to settle, she could see her savior, the sleeping man, staring long and hard at her. He reached down and gripped her arm before he yanked her up and onto her feet, before giving her a once /"Wh-Who-" she /"No time," he interrupted her, his voice gruff. He brought his clawed pinkies to his lips and let out a shrill whistle and the thunderous roar of an engine broke the short silence. She yelped as the stranger quickly lifted the girl under his arm. /span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 150%;""span style="font-style: normal;"Dunno when they're gonna be back with friends," he huffed. The engine grew closer, and the nearer it grew the more speed it picked up./span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 150%;""span style="font-style: normal;"What-"br /"Hold on tight."/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 150%;"span style="font-style: normal;"br /She shrieked as the stranger leaped into the air and mounted the bike the moment it passed. Quickly he pulled her across the seat as she clung to his jacket for dear life. /span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 150%;""emIf it's not being eaten, or bugs, or the desert, it's gonna be a motorcycle crash."/em/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 150%;""span style="font-style: normal;"Now we can talk," He said. Her grip tightened on his jacket as she sat /"What are you?!" blurted. "Who are you, where am I how did I get herehowdoIgethome-"br /Her words sped into a jumble of vowels as she began to panic. The stranger rolled his eyes and crossed his /"One at a time."br /"Get your hands back on the handleba-"br /"Don't need to, next question." br /She stared up at him, before she brought herself up to stand on the seat, and smacked his /"Are you stupid?"br /"Are you?" He yanked her back down on the seat./span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 150%;""span style="font-style: normal;"No, but if I'm going to die out here-"br /He /"No you're not, you're /spanemfine/emspan style="font-style: normal;". You had a whole list of other questions, bring dem out instead."br /She took a deep breath as she forced herself to calm /"Alright." She said quietly. "/spanemAlright./emspan style="font-style: normal;" First question, who are you?"br /"Beelzemon," he replied. "You?"br /"Kirin. Next question, important question. /spanemWHAT /emspan style="font-style: normal;"are you."br /The bike skidded in the sand before it finally halted as the stranger, Beelzemon, stared down at her./span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 150%;""span style="font-style: normal;"I'm a Digimon, dumbass." He shook his head. "You are /spanemare/emspan style="font-style: normal;" new here."/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 150%;"span style="font-style: normal;"She grimaced. br /"Not a dumbass," she huffed. "And no you're not, digimon are small and cute and they live with old people and-"br /"What else would I be?" He asked. "Why would I lie to you, and what else would live in the Digital World /spanemdumbass./emspan style="font-style: normal;""br /spanem"Another question down," /emspan style="font-style: normal;"she thought. /spanem"could be a little nicer."/em/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; line-height: 150%;""Alright, that means it should be easy to get home, right?" She asked, her mood brightening./p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; line-height: 150%;"He was /"Right?" She asked./p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; line-height: 150%;""You owe me something t' eat." He said, shifting the subject./p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; line-height: 150%;"She stared, her mood dampening. At least she knew where she was, though./p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; line-height: 150%;""What do you mean?" br /"While you were shakin' me," he said as he scratched the spiky blonde mane that spilled out of the back of the back of his helmet. "You said you were gonna feed me?"br /Kirin /"You did hear me..." she shook her head before she reached into her pocket, and pulled a half eaten bag of beef jerky. "It's all I have," she sighed. "I hope it's okay."br /He snatched it from her hand and opened the bag, pouring all that was left into his /"You just made a good friend," he said after he had swallowed it all down. "I'm gonna do what I can to get you home, you just wait."br /Kirin gave a small nod, not entirely assured by his words, but at this point, who else could she trust?/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; line-height: 150%;"Little did she know that this would be the start of a beautiful friendship./p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 150%;""span style="font-style: normal;"A-Anybody..."br /She stopped in her tracks, staring forward for a brief /As she squinted she could have sworn she had seen another figure in the distance. br /"/spanemMaybe they're asleep like I was?"/emspan style="font-style: normal;"br /She stumbled forward into an awkward run as she brushed the tears from her eyes, as she made her way to possible answers, only to stop dead in her tracks. He was tall, leather clad, and obviously not human. She couldn't remember what she noticed first, whether it was his grey skin, his long, mechanical tail, or the third eye that rested on his forehead as he lay on his back, baking under the sun. Slowly she knelt next to the...whatever it was, and began to shake its shoulder./span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 150%;""span style="font-style: normal;"Sir?" She asked, a timidness in her voice. "Sir are-are you-"br /He said nothing, but his stomach signified just how alive he was as it groaned loudly. A mixture of both relief and fear washed over her. br /"/spanemHe might know where we are, he could get me out of here!" /emspan style="font-style: normal;"She told herself as she reached for his shoulder to jostle him again, only to stop mere inches away as his stomach growled again. /spanem"Or he could be a monster that'll eat me soon as he wakes up."/emspan style="font-style: normal;"br /span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 150%;"span style="font-style: normal;" She juggled the possible outcomes in her head. Be eaten by a monster, or die slowly, lost and alone in the desert. She swallowed her fear as she gripped his shoulder, and shook /"Mister you have to wake up!" She begged. "Please, I'll feed you, please just-"br /The sound of heavy wing beats cut her off, and she turned to look to the sky as a hoard of what she could only describe as giant dragonflies began to block out the sun, before they began their descent. She quickly turned back to the male, shaking him frantically as a sandstorm began to /"We have to get out of here!" She cried. "Wake up, wake up, wake-"br /She was tossed back by a large gust of wind. The sand blinded her, forcing her to lose sight of the sleeping man. One of the beasts whipped past, its wicked teeth only grazing her shoulder as it tore the fabric from her sleeve, it's speed too quick to correct herself. She fell to her knees and covered her ears from the deafening beats that had become a loud drone as she braced herself for the worst. /span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 150%;"span style="font-style: normal;" She knew she was surrounded as one after another whizzed past and knocked her about./span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 150%;""emThey're toying with me," /emspan style="font-style: normal;"She whimpered. /spanem"Playing with their meal- Oh Papa, please save me..."/em/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 150%;"span style="font-style: normal;"She opened her eyes only slightly to see the shadow of one closing in on her from straight ahead, and she took a deep breath, one she knew to be her last, before the sound of rapid gunfire overtook the constant drone. The monster stopped short and turned to the sound, only to be knocked back by a clean shot, before it dissolved into glimmers of light. /span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 150%;"span style="font-style: normal;"br /She slowly turned her head, and as the bugs dispersed and the sand began to settle, she could see her savior, the sleeping man, staring long and hard at her. He reached down and gripped her arm before he yanked her up and onto her feet, before giving her a once /"Wh-Who-" she /"No time," he interrupted her, his voice gruff. He brought his clawed pinkies to his lips and let out a shrill whistle and the thunderous roar of an engine broke the short silence. She yelped as the stranger quickly lifted the girl under his arm. /span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 150%;""span style="font-style: normal;"Dunno when they're gonna be back with friends," he huffed. The engine grew closer, and the nearer it grew the more speed it picked up./span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 150%;""span style="font-style: normal;"What-"br /"Hold on tight."/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 150%;"span style="font-style: normal;"br /She shrieked as the stranger leaped into the air and mounted the bike the moment it passed. Quickly he pulled her across the seat as she clung to his jacket for dear life. /span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 150%;""emIf it's not being eaten, or bugs, or the desert, it's gonna be a motorcycle crash."/em/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 150%;""span style="font-style: normal;"Now we can talk," He said. Her grip tightened on his jacket as she sat /"What are you?!" blurted. "Who are you, where am I how did I get herehowdoIgethome-"br /Her words sped into a jumble of vowels as she began to panic. The stranger rolled his eyes and crossed his /"One at a time."br /"Get your hands back on the handleba-"br /"Don't need to, next question." br /She stared up at him, before she brought herself up to stand on the seat, and smacked his /"Are you stupid?"br /"Are you?" He yanked her back down on the seat./span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 150%;""span style="font-style: normal;"No, but if I'm going to die out here-"br /He /"No you're not, you're /spanemfine/emspan style="font-style: normal;". You had a whole list of other questions, bring dem out instead."br /She took a deep breath as she forced herself to calm /"Alright." She said quietly. "/spanemAlright./emspan style="font-style: normal;" First question, who are you?"br /"Beelzemon," he replied. "You?"br /"Kirin. Next question, important question. /spanemWHAT /emspan style="font-style: normal;"are you."br /The bike skidded in the sand before it finally halted as the stranger, Beelzemon, stared down at her./span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 150%;""span style="font-style: normal;"I'm a Digimon, dumbass." He shook his head. "You are /spanemare/emspan style="font-style: normal;" new here."/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 150%;"span style="font-style: normal;"She grimaced. br /"Not a dumbass," she huffed. "And no you're not, digimon are small and cute and they live with old people and-"br /"What else would I be?" He asked. "Why would I lie to you, and what else would live in the Digital World /spanemdumbass./emspan style="font-style: normal;""br /spanem"Another question down," /emspan style="font-style: normal;"she thought. /spanem"could be a little nicer."/em/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; line-height: 150%;""Alright, that means it should be easy to get home, right?" She asked, her mood brightening./p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; line-height: 150%;"He was /"Right?" She asked./p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; line-height: 150%;""You owe me something t' eat." He said, shifting the subject./p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; line-height: 150%;"She stared, her mood dampening. At least she knew where she was, though./p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; line-height: 150%;""What do you mean?" br /"While you were shakin' me," he said as he scratched the spiky blonde mane that spilled out of the back of the back of his helmet. "You said you were gonna feed me?"br /Kirin /"You did hear me..." she shook her head before she reached into her pocket, and pulled a half eaten bag of beef jerky. "It's all I have," she sighed. "I hope it's okay."br /He snatched it from her hand and opened the bag, pouring all that was left into his /"You just made a good friend," he said after he had swallowed it all down. "I'm gonna do what I can to get you home, you just wait."br /Kirin gave a small nod, not entirely assured by his words, but at this point, who else could she trust?/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; line-height: 150%;"Little did she know that this would be the start of a beautiful friendship./p