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Session 2

Canyon Troubles

Carinamon stared at the beast.

"What happened to you?" the scorpion whispered and jumped up, only to cling onto the left canyon wall.

Scanning...

Arresternostmon

Champion, Virus

Special Moves: Unknown

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?: Elena is a mistake, just like Carinamon.

Elena: Rawr.

?: Oh shut up. It's not Jestery's fault Rantha and Hilda were complete morons.

Elena: Growl.

Scan complete.

"Who was that?" the rookie digimon accused, only to get a mouthful of thick smoke. A large figure now towered over them, seeming possibly ready to kill the duo. They were dressed some sort of orange and blue jester costume with a matching court jester hat. White costume paint covered all their exposed skin, slightly contrasting with the mess of barely visible pink and purple hair under said hat.

"So, Elena thought she could just sneak in without Jestery noticing?" the person announced, slamming a cream pie into Elena's face. "Oh well. Jestery always wanted to ride a pony!"

The jester then sat herself down on Elena, only to be catapulted up into the air. She then teleported mid-fling, not giving a care at all about Elena or Carinamon's fate.

"So long how are you stuck like this?" the scorpion asked and faced her partner.

"Rawr growl." Elena answered, staring up towards the scorpion.

"I just need to get you some sort of constant light and you'll be fine?"

"Ra."

"Sounds good."

Carinamon jumped down from the canyon wall and pinched onto Elena's tail, grabbing hold somehow. She then took her first cautious steps forward, only for a pair of footsteps to quickly catch-up to the duo.

"Crap." the scorpion whispered and watched as a man and some jackal gangster approached, choosing to carefully drop Elena's tail.

The girl was dressed in a white silky lace blouse with matching stockings and suspenders. Over that, was a two piece black suit with a skirt instead of trousers. Silk fingerless gloves covered her hands and a pair of scarlet pumps covered her feet. Her skin was quite pale, possibly enhanced by make-up. Two cold ruby red eyes stared towards them and her ink black hair was tied into a bun. Finishing off her look, were long red fake nails on each hand.

Standing beside her, was a tall humanoid dressed in a pin-stripe suit with a jackal head. In his hands, was a tommy gun with seemingly unlimited ammo. Unlike the girl, he probably seemed slightly likely to help. Though, one couldn't quite be too sure.

"Get out of the way or else." the girl announced and placed her hands on Elena's back. Of course, the bird creature had none of it, choosing to wrap her tail around the gambler's legs and hoisted her up.

"Rawr growl snarl gro hiss." Elena whispered and gave the captive a quick glance.

"You will help or you will die by daybreak." Carinamon explained and the girl laughed. "The choice is yours."

"I am Alice Zwingli, " the girl answered as she struggled against her bonds. "Chance is my game!"

Elena only rolled her eyes and did her best laugh. Even if it seemed more like a growl than anything else.

"Rawr huff snarl."

"Astamon, do something!" Alice responded, only for her partner to just stand there. "Kick the stupid bird!"

Scanning...

Astamon

Ultimate, Virus

Special Moves: Hellfire and Maverick

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Astamon: Are you sure about this, Miss Su-

Alice: Just do it.

Astamon: As you wish, Miss Alice.

Scan complete.

"I still don't see how this helps us." Astamon mumbled to himself and stepped towards Elena. "I'm sorry, Madame and something or other."

Maverick!

Astamon jumped up into the air and extended his right foot out, heading right for both girls. And yet, it was Elena who shouldered the blow.

He took a deep breath and sighed. After, Carinamon grabbed onto Elena's left leg and continued to pull both humans. For having to pull the large bird, they were actually making quite a bit of progress through the canyon. Thou. Strangely, their new found friends had decided to stay silent instead of actually helping. Even if they had, the scorpion doubted either of them would really be helpful.

"Is that seriously all you're going to do?" Carinamon shouted, only for both Alice and Astamon to ignore her.

"Yep." Alice answered, only to come dangerously close to the ground. "Would you please not do that again?"

"Hiss growl snarl roar."

"Then help me pull her along she asks."

Alice then sighed, attempting to do her best 'I-won't-help' look.

"A beautiful girl like me wouldn't be any use to either of you."

Alice found her entire body brought down mere inches to the ground. All she got from her captor was a growl.

"Are you sure you want to do that?"

Somehow, the gambler managed to reach her guns. She then pulled the trigger, unleashing a large amount of bullets towards Elena. While she did manage to miss on a majority of the shots, the resulting muzzle flash was enough to revert Elena back to her human form.

"Uh... Good thinking?" she whispered and pulled her kris out.

Alice stared at the now human chosen, possibly confused by what she had just witnessed. At the same time, the gambler realized that she had been tricked to an extent. Not that it was what this person intended, but it just seemed that way in her mind.

"Have your fucking way." she whispered, but complied nonetheless.

"Sure thing, Miss..." Astamon started, only for Elena to clear her throat.

"Uh... Elena." Elena quickly answered and the jackal bowed.

"I would be happy to help you, Miss Elena."

Alice only glared, even less happy with the situation she and Astamon currently found themselves in.

"Um... thanks?" the corsair added, staring towards her 'savior'. As they stared at each other, the two both felt a strange sense of deja vu.

The end of the canyon finally came into view. To both duos of chosen, it meant the end of the line of their partnership along with a nice long rest. Not that far away, a large torch burned. Around it, a pair of sleeping bags.

"Finally!" everyone simultaneously announced, dashing over to the 'safety area'. Along with the sleeping bags, a pair of messenger bags had been left by Jestery for them to use.

"Doesn't make up for earlier." Elena thought and unrolled the sleeping bag. Her gaze then focused on Alice, who was doing the same thing. "Partners for now?"

Alice rolled her eyes.

"Partners." she answered with reluctant disdain. While she had been humiliated by the corsair, the gambler could find some use to her. But when the time came, she would have her way...

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Joey sighed.

For as much as he enjoyed his 'previous' foster home, it was time to move on. Beside him, a purple pig flapped it's ear wings while holding an empty tea cup.

"Will there be tea at least?" his partner inquired, only for the boy to sigh.

"I have no clue." Joey answered, grabbing a ratty yellow backpack off the table. After, he quickly shoved a couple folders inside and zipped it up. "We'll just have to go and find out."

He popped the game case open, inserting the disk into a computer that probably couldn't handle it. After grabbing his staff, he turned the ancient relic on...

Only for the duo to get sucked in.

Notes:

I would like to thank James95 for 'Alice' and Sonofthetrigod for Joey.

Another total rewrite of the original chapter. And yes, chapter 3 will be moved to Project Digital: Open Beta... eventually.

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Next Time: Shadows are quite interesting things, aren't they?