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Session 9
Lost in Wonderland
They opened their eyes.
Gone was the lush and vibrant exterior of the entrance. In it's place, was a rectangular room that looked elongated at one end. The light of the room hung darkly in mid-air, ignoring all rules of gravity and common sense. Above them, a couple chairs and a couch sat like everything was perfectly normal in this place. The only thing that looked normal, appeared to be a bulletin board. Which, was covered in a variety of papers displaying alien languages.
After getting adjusted to the sudden change of scenery, the group did a quick headcount. With the added member, the still unnamed group now numbered five. However, they were only able to account for three of the infused chosen.
The first was an older man, possibly in his 30's. In actuality, he had been there since the "beginning" of this entire mess, if you even call it that. As such, investigating this place and bringing closure were his top priority. Even if it probably wouldn't work out that way.
The second was a young scientist, interested in what truly inhabited the dark. In a way, stuff like this just seemed normal to him.
And the third was a brawler, totally confused by their current situation. Which was odd, considering who her master was. The group made a quick glance down at themselves, finding two of the three in their other forms.
Shadow Flare!
Joey fired the projectile out and watched it rebound towards them. They then ducked, only for the fireball to explode.
After making sure no one had been seriously hurt, the trio headed through the doorway and found themselves in a hallway. Two marble walls stood close, complimented by some sort of silver floor.
"Never mind." Polly added, heading towards the door. The rest of the group reluctantly followed behind, finding themselves surrounded by two marble walls and some sort of silver floor. Like the room they had just left, the grasp of darkness had lightly taken hold.
Welcome...
The trio turned around, finding no other humans or digimon in the previous room. Heck, they were pretty certain it was much darker in the prior room now than before.
"Okay then." Aaron whispered, as they continued on down the hall. Occasionally, they would make a quick glance behind them, only to still found nothing.
Eventually, the hallway opened up, revealing a large rectangular room lined with doors.
As per the course of this place, this room had quite sturdy cardboard walls with a plain tile floor. In a way, this was probably better than the gray carpet and felt-covered walls found in most schools in the United States. Each door appeared to be different. Some were big, while others were small. A couple of the entrances looked quite plain, with couple just seeming too elaborate for this place.
Their gazes focused on a bright light at the far end of the tunnel, the only source of illumination they had found in a while. The trio made their way over, finding a slightly ajar door and pushed it open.
Inside, the room was just four cream-colored walls and a hardwood floor. A bed sat in the far right corner, covered in all sorts of stuffed animals. Of the many plushies that sat upon the sheets, one of them stood out. It appeared to a be a young girl, similar to a chibi. It was dressed quite casually, just a red tank top with the drogaciji symbol along with a matching skirt and sandals. A pair of purplish black bat wings had sprouted from it's back, complimenting it's pale yellow eyes and two small fangs hanging out of her mouth that went with her short red hair. In its hands was a yumi, even if it seemed psychically impossible for such thing to wield it.
Polly picked the toy up, giving it a quick examination. Other than the stuff mentioned above, a small tag labelled "Lily" was stitched into the back of the plush. While Elena did seem like that sort of person to collect these sorts of things, something about this one seemed a bit off. She placed it back down on the pillow, heading towards the door and headed out. Joey and Aaron followed right behind, not at all noticing the plush suddenly disappearing.
Outside, Chinese paper lanterns now hung by the doors of the hallway. Along with that, a soft rumbling now penetrated the silence.
Me sheriff now.
The rumbling grew louder as the light from the lanterns disappeared. Two headlights then basked their light upon them as the faint smell of gunpowder and gasoline filled the area.
Watery Grave Punch!
Polly flung her left fist backwards, hitting something behind them. As she did that, Aaron made a quick glance behind them. In the time they had spent in Elena's room, a large armored vehicle had managed to squeeze it's way into the hallway.
".." Joey added, only for the the trio to break into a run. After all, getting killed in a hit-and-run just didn't seem like a good way to go out.
The rest of the hallway quickly turned into a blur of motion and sound. As they continued down along their merry way, the two walls began to close in and pushed everyone closer together. For our trio of heroes, that wasn't much of a problem.
Me get you later!
They then slowed to a stop, taking in their new surroundings. Instead of the cardboard and white tile of the hallway, amethyst walls and an oak parquet floor had been decided on for that area. A variety of tables and chairs were scattered about, with a variety of games to boot.
'Hopefully you guys haven't worn yourselves out already.'
"Who's there?" Aaron inquired, only for laughter to fill the room as night's grip upon the room increased tenfold. They waited for a couple of minutes, only to get no response. The man then pulled a vial of purple liquid out and threw it into the air, watching the vial explode. All that was left, was nothing.
"Me."
The trio turned around, finding a solitary figure standing at the entrance. They were dressed in a burgundy cloak, with a simple white mask displaying a black smiley face.
Despair Beam!
A purple beam shot out of their opponent's hands, heading right towards the trio.
Shadow Blaze!
A black fireball met the beam, only for the despair beam to just explode into blank white squares at their feet. Aaron picked one of the pieces up, giving it a quick glance. It looked like one of those Polaroid pictures. You know, the kind you had to shake in order for the photo to develop. Aaron then shook it for a couple of seconds, only for no photo to form. He moved onto the next one, with the same result. One after another, he repeated this action to no avail. In it a way, it was beginning to come clear to him.
"Enough of this." he whispered, walking over to their opponent and ripped their mask off. Under the facade, Elena's face 'shined' through. Even then, it looked like more monstrous than human.
The hybrid stared at them with a look of both anger and sadness, unable to answer them. She then walked to the other side of the room, heading down the next hallway. Before they could follow, a second figure dressed in the same cloak and mask as Elena appeared before them. Strangely, this goon was armed with a rocket launcher.
You don't get it, do you?
The figure's rocket launcher then glowed, only for a line of rockets to shoot out.
Watery Grave Punch!
Polly slammed her fist into the nearest projectile, watching it spin out of control and into a second missile. What followed, was a chain reaction that managed to destroy the explosives safely.
Go ahead and make a snappy comeback. We both know the truth.
Their opponent then stepped aside, mumbling something about time manipulation and bird sex. The three merely ignored him, heading into the next hallway...
Notes:
A yumi is a Japanese bow, usually about 5-6 feet in height. Unlike most bows, one doesn't have to draw the bowstring all the way back.
The plush holding said yumi, Lily, is actually based on an unused character of the same name from one of my unfinished stories, now on A03.
Personally, I really don't like how the original version of this chapter came out. Mostly due to how OOC Polly came off as.
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Next Time: Let's head deeper, why don't we?