Erika Varco walked alone through the halls of Odaiba Middle School. She
watched the groups of chatting girls in the social cliques. As she walked
by they would always give her a funny look. Not that there was anything
wrong with her; she was a very pretty girl. She had jaw-length dark brown
hair with blond highlights and dark chocolate eyes, almost black. Perhaps
that was the problem; a lot of the older girls were jealous of her.
She was walking by a group of prissy girls when one of them stuck out their foot and tripped her. Erika screamed as she fell over.
"Walk much, freak?" one of them laughed.
"What's your problem!" she snarled, starting up to face the other girls. Baring her teeth and ready to fight, Erika didn't notice that she was outnumbered until some of the girl's friends walked up behind her pushed her against the hall wall.
"Leave me alone!" she shouted as she spun around and knocked one of the girls in the stomach, sending her to the floor.
"You bitch!" one of them shouted as they started to gang up on her. Erika was a good fighter, but there were six girls and one of her. Erika was sent to the floor again, but before they could do anything to her a strange girl appeared in front of her, blocking their hits.
"Takes one to know one; why don't you little Brittany Spears wannabe's go find some NSync look-a-likes to drool over before you get hurt!" she threatened, her dark green eyes glowing.
"Why don't you go back to the horror movie you came from!" one of the girls yelled. By this time Erika was up on her feet and ready to pound something.
"C'mon, now." she said, flipping her red hair. "You don't want to hurt my feelings, do you? And I'm sure you've figured out that the little kid here can fight.What do you say, kid? I'll get the three on the right, you take the three on the left," she offered, grinning evilly.
"Sounds good to me." Erika smiled, raising her fists. The other girls' eyes grew wide.
"Oh, don't worry, powder puffs, your faces will heal in time for your senior prom. Well, provided you get the name of a good plastic surgeon," the redhead taunted, raising her fists. It took all of two seconds before the six girls ran crying down the hall.
"Juniors.What twits," the redhead remarked as she walked off.
"Hey, wait!" Erika called, trying to stop her. "Thanks, hey what's your name? I haven't seen you around here before." The redhead turned around.
"You wouldn't have; I'm a senior. My classes are on the other side of the school." She smiled a little. She not so bad for a kid, she thought.
"I'm Demona Uhyre," she professed, turning around. "See ya around, kid. I've got to go back to the horror movie I came from."
Erika stood there as Demona walked down the hall. Weird girl; cool, but weird.she thought. Suddenly, she felt a hand come down on her shoulder. She looked up to see a stern man; he looked like a teacher, but there was something strange about him. He had heavy glasses covering his eyes.
"Now what was all that, about young lady?" he asked in a strange accent. Erika didn't see him watching. Did he see the fight?
"Come with me, young lady," he ordered, and led her down the hall.
Damn it! Erika thought. I'm in trouble; just great. I don't need detention today.
The man led Erika into the computer lab. She looked around, wondering what was going on.
"What are we doing here?" Erika asked suspiciously.
"Well, I though you might want to see something," he said, grinning.
Oh God, he's a pedophile! Erika thought. She moved back toward the door, but he grabbed her arm.
"Oh no, my dear, I know you want to see this." he said, pointing at a computer monitor. Suddenly it lit up. Erika screamed as he threw her into the light. In a flash she was gone. He started to laugh maniacally.
"She's all yours, my friend." he said as he removed the glasses, revealing his ruby eyes. The man's figure transformed into that of a large clown.
"Ahhhrgh!" Piedmon yelped, hitting his head on the ceiling. He crouched down and started to laugh again.
"I forgot, I'm taller now." he said, smiling. "Etemon: Devimon and his brat partner are headed your way. I want you to wait for them. Explain everything to the girl, and try not to annoy the hell out of her." Piedmon said.
"Yes sir.." a voice said. "Thank you for helping me get her here, master; I was having trouble contacting her without the computer."
"Yes, yes, anyway, now I must go and make sure that Myotismon and LadyDevimon find their partners before any digibrats notice their Digieggs lying around in plain sight."
With that, the computer went black. Piedmon then took the shape of a young boy. Lucky the first little bitch had a computer; what if the rest of them don't? If they don't, their Digimon well find it very hard to contact them. Their partner bond is not that great yet. I suppose I'll have to help them, then. Funny how things never go the way you plan them, he thought. He then pulled out the crests and his Digivices from his pocket.
"Lucky I have these to help me track them down," he grinned.
~
Erika found herself lying in sand. "What was that?" she thought. She stood up and brushed the sand off her purple skirt.
"Hey wait!" she shouted. "These aren't my clothes!" Erika looked at her herself. She was wearing dark brown, laced boots that just went up past her ankles, plus a dark purple skirt with string tied across the high slits on the side and black tight shorts underneath. Her top was a shiny black tank top with a mesh from her neck down a little past her collarbone.
"Freaky cool!" she marveled, admiring herself. "Hey, I have purple gloves to match.I can deal with this, as long as that pervert didn't drug me and use me as his Barbie doll then drop me off in the middle of nowhere," she remarked, looking around. There was sand as far as the eye could see.except for the orange egg in front of her.
Strange place for an oversized chicken to lay an egg, she thought, walking over closer to it. Something shiny in the sand caught her eye; she bent down and picked it up. It started to glow yellow as soon as she touched it.
"Ahhh!" she cried, dropping it. She bent over and looked at it suspiciously. She didn't know why, but it was drawing her to it.
"It's okay.take it, it's yours," a voice said.
"What?" she gasped, spinning around. Nothing; there was nothing but sand.
"Don't be afraid, take it," the voice urged again.
"Where are you?" Erika asked, still trying to see where the voice was coming from.
"I'm here," it said. Erika turned around, looking now at the only object in sight: the egg.
"The egg?" she wondered, raising an eyebrow.
"Yes!" it said happily.
"An egg is talking to me.did I hit my head or something?" she questioned, searching her head for a bump.
"No, I'm in the egg! C'mon, let me out!" it begged. Erika kneeled down next to it and picked it up, looking for a way to open it. The egg started to glow.
"Yaaaaaaaah!" she yelped, and held it out away from here, then dropped it. In a flash, the light stopped. Erika looked back to see a small furry animal standing where she had dropped the egg.
"Hi! I'm Gazimon!" it exclaimed, and ran towards, her wrapping his arms around her.
Erika just stared at him for a second, then screamed, "CUUUUUUTE!" and hugged him back. Then she stopped and picked him up by his underarms.
"Hey, what are you and how come you can talk?" she questioned, looking at him warily.
"I'm your Digimon!" he shouted happily.
"You a digi-who now?" she asked, a little confused.
"I'm you partner!" he restated, smiling. He then hopped down and picked up the Digivice she had dropped. "Here, this is yours," he said, handing it to her.
"Oh, thanks," she said, taking it from him. "Hey, what is this?" she added, examining it.
"It's a Digivice, and you're here in the Digital World with me!" he announced.
"Ooookaaaaay..." she said, still confused.
"Don't worry, I'll explain everything, okay?" he assured, smiling. Erika got up.
"Umm, great; do you mind if we get out of this heat? I know I'm losing my mind, but I'd still rather not get heat stroke," she said, looking up at the sun.
"Oh, well, Piedmon said I should stay here, but I guess we can find some shade," he replied, motioning her to follow him.
"What's a Piedmon?" she asked.
~
Back on Earth, a young girl wandered the streets. She looked down at the pavement and scuffed her feet as she walked. She had run away from home two days ago; she felt so alone. She couldn't take it anymore. For four years she felt completely rotten inside. She felt in pain.
She remembered the first time she saw them. She was in her room sleeping when they came blasting through her apartment. They separated her from her parents. She was so scared. They made her line up and had to walk by a little cat. They were looking for someone. She was so scared that she snuck out of line. She remembered running through the empty halls dodging the ghosts. Terrified, she was looking behind her when she ran right into 'him'. She remembered falling on the floor and looking up. It sent shivers down her spine whenever she thought of those icy blue eyes. He had looked down at her, frowning.
"Just what do you think you're doing, little girl?" he said as his large shadow cast her in darkness. She had been too afraid to say anything.
"What's your name, child?" he had asked her.
"J...Je.Jenny." she stuttered. He looked up and shouted "Bring Gatomon here NOW!"
The little ghosts started scurrying right away. In a few minutes they had dragged the little cat in.
"Is she the one?" he boomed. That cat looked at her then shook its head no.
"Good." he said quietly; it seemed like no one else heard him. He bent down and whispered to her softly, "You must go back with the other children now, but don't be afraid; everything will be all right." Her eyes were wide; she could still remember how handsome he was, and how good he smelled.
She had never seen him again, but she had dreamed about him many times. It was later she had found out what he and the others like him were. Digimon. How she wanted one.She had seen the DigiDestined in action once. How she hated them. She knew that they killed him, and what was worse was that they had Digimon and she didn't.
"What makes them so special?!" she said out load. A person walking by gave her a funny look, which awakened her from her daydreaming. She now looked around. She saw a large building in front of her, one she remembered well. She remembered when her and the other kids woke up at the convention center; the first thing they saw was the leveled TV station. She stared up at it dreamily. Something sparkled up on the deck, catching her attention.
"What the hell?" she whispered.
"Come to me, Jenny," she heard a deep voice say. In a flash, she was now standing on the deck on the TV station.
"Yaaah!" she cried, as she looked around, completely baffled.
"Jenny.come to me, my sweet.." the voice said.
Jenny turned to see a strange egg glowing in a dark fog. She felt it pulling her to it; it was like she was in a dream.
"I knew you were special the first time I laid eyes on you.I haven't been able to stop thinking about you, and now I know why. Do you remember me?" it asked as it pulled her nearer.
"It can't be, can it?" she gasped, now remembering the voice. She stopped in her tracks, but couldn't help being pulled forward.
"It's me, Jenny; come free me, so we can be together," he said. She could almost touch it now. Her heart was beating faster then she could have ever imagined and her mind screamed "Please don't let this be another dream, please be real!" He slender fingers touched the egg. The darkness grew and in a flash of black light the little Digimon appeared. Her eyes were wide.
"You're.you're real!" she cried as the little bat Digimon flew into her arms. "I'm so happy!"
"Me too," he whispered.
"You might need this," a voice said. She turned around to see a large clown toss her a small purple object.
"You can't get into the Digital World without it." he said, smiling.
"Piedmon!" the DemiDevimon shouted. "What happened to you?"
Piedmon smiled. "I've just had a small growth spurt, dear brother, and I plan to have more of them soon. But don't worry about that, I'm sure you'll have plenty of your own as soon as we destroy those little digibrats and drain them of their energy." The DemiDevimon smiled wickedly at the thought of revenge.
"Now, I want you to go to the Digital World and meet up with Etemon and Devimon. I will contact you when you're all together and tell you what to do next. Oh, and Jenny, I want you to take this with you; I will need you to deliver this to someone, but I'll tell you more about that later." Piedmon handed her a small chip, and then in a flash had disappeared. Jenny stood there for a moment, still in shock.
"Hey, Jenny, wake up! You have to help me digivolve," the little bat urged.
"Huh? Oh, right!" she said, snapping out of her daydreaming. She was still confused about a lot of things, but she didn't want to miss her chance to have her dream come true. She finally had a Digimon.
"How do I do this?" she asked, looking at the small object in her hand.
"All you have to do is concentrate on making me stronger. If you want me to digivolve, I can," he said, flying over to the other side of the deck in order to give them some distance.
"Oh, okay." she said, trying to concentrate on making him evolve. "Hey, why are you over there?"
"You'll see; just concentrate!" he said, smiling like a Cheshire cat.
Jenny wrapped her hands around the Digivice. What do I think about? she wondered. Then it came to her. I know! I'll think about the way those kids made their Digimon evolve. No sooner did she start to see the image in her head then her partner started to glow. Her eyes grew wide as the small black shape started to get larger.
"DemiDevimon, digivolve to.Devidramon!" he shouted.
Jenny practically fell over backwards as the huge gust of wind from her partner's transformation hit her.
"What?! Wow!" she exclaimed, her mouth wide open and her eyes popping out of her head.
"You approve of me, then?" the large dragon asked, smiling.
"Hell YEAH!" Jenny yelled, not hesitating for a second. The large Digimon crouched down.
"C'mon, I know another way to the Digital World besides those stupid computers. Let's fly!" he said. Jenny felt her heart pound with excitement as she ran over to her partner. She carefully climbed up on his neck and held on tightly, feeling her heart skip a beat as he stood up and spread his wings.
"And don't worry; I'll explain everything you need to know on the way." With that he jumped off of the building and flew into the air. Jenny could hear the screams of all the people below her as they looked up in sudden terror. Oh yeah, this is cool! she thought, as she looked ahead of her to see a large light forming.
"Hang on, here we go!" he shouted, as they disappeared into the light.
~
A young girl on the street who saw what happened was completely mesmerized. Something didn't feel right, and all her warning signs had gone up.
"This can't be good, something's wrong." Kari whispered.
~
Erika lay against a tree and relaxed as she analyzed her current situation. Her partner Gazimon had explained everything about the Digimon, what it meant to be a DigiDestined, and what those rotten brats had done to her partner and his friends. She was still in wonder of it all, but the reality seemed to be dawning on her.
Gazimon had gone off to get her some water. She had to admit he was a helpful little creature, and nice too. No one had ever seemed to be so accepting of her. Maybe this whole digi-place isn't so bad, she thought. She hadn't really fit in her world; maybe she would here.
Suddenly she felt a dark shadow blocking the sun.
"Hey!" a voice called out. She jumped up to look around. Her eyes grew wide as a black man with wings holding a girl in his arms seemed to drop out of the sky.
"Man, where the hell were you?! We've been looking everywhere for you! Didn't the "It" reject tell you that you suppose to stay where you were?" the girl asked, jumping out of the man's arms and running over to her. Who is this? Erika thought, and then she realized who she was.
"Are you one of the DigiDestined?" she inquired, getting up. "Then you must be Devimon," she added, pointing at the Digimon who had now raised his wing over his partner, covering her from the heat.
"I hate the sun." he said.
"Yeah, so do I." the girl agreed, looking up at him, then turned to Erika. "You know, you shouldn't have made us go looking all over for you like that," Teena scolded her.
"Sorry, but I didn't want to be here in the scorching heat ether," she replied angrily.
"Well, I guess you have a point." Teena said thoughtfully. "Hey, where's your Digimon?" she asked, looking around.
"He went to get me some water; he should be back soon." Erika said, now wondering what was taking him so long.
"Aww, man; well, I guess water would be nice, but I really don't want to wait here in the heat." she complained, sitting next to Erika.
"I'm Teena," she introduced, holding out her hand. "And don't think I'm gonna go easy on you just because we're on the same team; you have to earn my respect." Erika realized that she wasn't kidding around as she read the phrase on her T-shirt: "That which does not kill me had better be able to run away damn fast."
"Nice." Erika admired, looking at the shirt. "I'm Erika, and I completely agree with that statement; you've got to earn respect." Teena smiled as they shook hands. She isn't too bad, but I'm not going to let my guard down just yet, she thought slyly.
"Hey!" Gazimon cried as he ran over with some bottles of water.
"Finally." Erika said. Teena jumped up and snatched the bottles from him.
"Hey!" he shouted again, as she tossed one to Erika and stared to drink the other.
"Thanks, Gazimon," Erika said as she opened the bottle. The cool water felt good as it went down her throat. She then poured some in her hands and splashed it on herself. Teena walked over and handed the bottle to Devimon, who was being very quiet. Devimon felt a cool breeze as he drank the water. That's nice.he thought. The breeze suddenly picked up.
"Hey, what's that?" Erika wondered, looking up in the sky. They now were all looking at the enormous black creature. Devimon smiled. "That would be my brother." Teena looked at him.
"You have a brother?" she asked.
"I have two brothers," he clarified as he ran over to meet the landing dragon. "Myo!" he shouted. Erika and Teena followed him.
"Hey, wait don't leave me!" Gazimon called. Devidramon bent down as Jenny jumped off him.
"Hey," she greeted the other girls and their Digimon. She then looked at Teena, who seemed unimpressed.
"Nice shirt," she complimented.
"Thanks; and the saying is true, so don't you forget it!" she said, crossing her arms. Devidramon moved forward protectively. Devimon did the same for Teena. There was silence. They stared at each other, trying to psyche each other out. Then both girls started laughing for no reason.
"I have a feeling I just missed something." Erika said.
"Hello, kiddies." a familiar voice said. The all looked to see a screen floating in midair.
"Piedmon," Teena said dryly.
"Oh, so that's a Piedmon," Erika remarked.
"Yes.it's good to see you all; well most of you." Piedmon looked evilly at Teena, who just shot an evil look back at him. He then looked at the two devil Digimon. "It's very good to see you both, my brothers." Teena's eyes grew wide.
"Oh, fuck me-Bozo the Clown is your bother?!" she yelled at Devimon. Devimon stood there, a little shocked; he looked at Piedmon, then at Teena.
"What happened, did he inherit the family ugly gene?" Jenny teased. Piedmon looked like he was about to blow a gasket as the two girls fell over laughing, while their Digimon tried not to smirk.
"No, he didn't inherit it, he is it!" Teena said, holding her stomach. Erika was now laughing, when she abruptly stopped and looked angrily at Piedmon, who was now yelling some absurd threats.
"Hey, wait a minute.I know THAT voice!" she said angrily. The all stopped and looked at Erika, who was red with rage. "You're the pervert teacher who was coming on to me in the computer lab!"
Piedmon's jaw almost fell off. The others just looked at him with blank expressions.
"Piedmon?!" Devidramon asked, shocked. Piedmon looked at him and snapped, "Oh, you don't believe that, do you?"
"I do," Teena sneered. "Don't get too close to that screen, Erika, he might just pull you in there with him."
"Yeah, then he'll do all sorts of kinky clown things to you!" Jenny teased.
Erika just stood there looking at them in shock, then at Piedmon in fear.
"Hey, don't you touch her, Piedmon!" Gazimon shouted, waving his fist. Teena and Jenny collapsed again laughing, along with Devimon. Piedmon just slapped himself in the head. I'm going to kill that girl.he thought angrily.
~
Gennai woke up again. He had been unconscious for a long time. He didn't know what Piedmon had done to him, but he had to contact someone and tell them Piedmon was free before it was too late. He forced himself up and pulled himself along the floor. He couldn't let him get away with whatever it was he was planning. He had to contact the DigiDestined. He had to tell them everything, no matter what Azulongmon said; no matter what they would think of him, they had to know the truth. They had to know everything.
She was walking by a group of prissy girls when one of them stuck out their foot and tripped her. Erika screamed as she fell over.
"Walk much, freak?" one of them laughed.
"What's your problem!" she snarled, starting up to face the other girls. Baring her teeth and ready to fight, Erika didn't notice that she was outnumbered until some of the girl's friends walked up behind her pushed her against the hall wall.
"Leave me alone!" she shouted as she spun around and knocked one of the girls in the stomach, sending her to the floor.
"You bitch!" one of them shouted as they started to gang up on her. Erika was a good fighter, but there were six girls and one of her. Erika was sent to the floor again, but before they could do anything to her a strange girl appeared in front of her, blocking their hits.
"Takes one to know one; why don't you little Brittany Spears wannabe's go find some NSync look-a-likes to drool over before you get hurt!" she threatened, her dark green eyes glowing.
"Why don't you go back to the horror movie you came from!" one of the girls yelled. By this time Erika was up on her feet and ready to pound something.
"C'mon, now." she said, flipping her red hair. "You don't want to hurt my feelings, do you? And I'm sure you've figured out that the little kid here can fight.What do you say, kid? I'll get the three on the right, you take the three on the left," she offered, grinning evilly.
"Sounds good to me." Erika smiled, raising her fists. The other girls' eyes grew wide.
"Oh, don't worry, powder puffs, your faces will heal in time for your senior prom. Well, provided you get the name of a good plastic surgeon," the redhead taunted, raising her fists. It took all of two seconds before the six girls ran crying down the hall.
"Juniors.What twits," the redhead remarked as she walked off.
"Hey, wait!" Erika called, trying to stop her. "Thanks, hey what's your name? I haven't seen you around here before." The redhead turned around.
"You wouldn't have; I'm a senior. My classes are on the other side of the school." She smiled a little. She not so bad for a kid, she thought.
"I'm Demona Uhyre," she professed, turning around. "See ya around, kid. I've got to go back to the horror movie I came from."
Erika stood there as Demona walked down the hall. Weird girl; cool, but weird.she thought. Suddenly, she felt a hand come down on her shoulder. She looked up to see a stern man; he looked like a teacher, but there was something strange about him. He had heavy glasses covering his eyes.
"Now what was all that, about young lady?" he asked in a strange accent. Erika didn't see him watching. Did he see the fight?
"Come with me, young lady," he ordered, and led her down the hall.
Damn it! Erika thought. I'm in trouble; just great. I don't need detention today.
The man led Erika into the computer lab. She looked around, wondering what was going on.
"What are we doing here?" Erika asked suspiciously.
"Well, I though you might want to see something," he said, grinning.
Oh God, he's a pedophile! Erika thought. She moved back toward the door, but he grabbed her arm.
"Oh no, my dear, I know you want to see this." he said, pointing at a computer monitor. Suddenly it lit up. Erika screamed as he threw her into the light. In a flash she was gone. He started to laugh maniacally.
"She's all yours, my friend." he said as he removed the glasses, revealing his ruby eyes. The man's figure transformed into that of a large clown.
"Ahhhrgh!" Piedmon yelped, hitting his head on the ceiling. He crouched down and started to laugh again.
"I forgot, I'm taller now." he said, smiling. "Etemon: Devimon and his brat partner are headed your way. I want you to wait for them. Explain everything to the girl, and try not to annoy the hell out of her." Piedmon said.
"Yes sir.." a voice said. "Thank you for helping me get her here, master; I was having trouble contacting her without the computer."
"Yes, yes, anyway, now I must go and make sure that Myotismon and LadyDevimon find their partners before any digibrats notice their Digieggs lying around in plain sight."
With that, the computer went black. Piedmon then took the shape of a young boy. Lucky the first little bitch had a computer; what if the rest of them don't? If they don't, their Digimon well find it very hard to contact them. Their partner bond is not that great yet. I suppose I'll have to help them, then. Funny how things never go the way you plan them, he thought. He then pulled out the crests and his Digivices from his pocket.
"Lucky I have these to help me track them down," he grinned.
~
Erika found herself lying in sand. "What was that?" she thought. She stood up and brushed the sand off her purple skirt.
"Hey wait!" she shouted. "These aren't my clothes!" Erika looked at her herself. She was wearing dark brown, laced boots that just went up past her ankles, plus a dark purple skirt with string tied across the high slits on the side and black tight shorts underneath. Her top was a shiny black tank top with a mesh from her neck down a little past her collarbone.
"Freaky cool!" she marveled, admiring herself. "Hey, I have purple gloves to match.I can deal with this, as long as that pervert didn't drug me and use me as his Barbie doll then drop me off in the middle of nowhere," she remarked, looking around. There was sand as far as the eye could see.except for the orange egg in front of her.
Strange place for an oversized chicken to lay an egg, she thought, walking over closer to it. Something shiny in the sand caught her eye; she bent down and picked it up. It started to glow yellow as soon as she touched it.
"Ahhh!" she cried, dropping it. She bent over and looked at it suspiciously. She didn't know why, but it was drawing her to it.
"It's okay.take it, it's yours," a voice said.
"What?" she gasped, spinning around. Nothing; there was nothing but sand.
"Don't be afraid, take it," the voice urged again.
"Where are you?" Erika asked, still trying to see where the voice was coming from.
"I'm here," it said. Erika turned around, looking now at the only object in sight: the egg.
"The egg?" she wondered, raising an eyebrow.
"Yes!" it said happily.
"An egg is talking to me.did I hit my head or something?" she questioned, searching her head for a bump.
"No, I'm in the egg! C'mon, let me out!" it begged. Erika kneeled down next to it and picked it up, looking for a way to open it. The egg started to glow.
"Yaaaaaaaah!" she yelped, and held it out away from here, then dropped it. In a flash, the light stopped. Erika looked back to see a small furry animal standing where she had dropped the egg.
"Hi! I'm Gazimon!" it exclaimed, and ran towards, her wrapping his arms around her.
Erika just stared at him for a second, then screamed, "CUUUUUUTE!" and hugged him back. Then she stopped and picked him up by his underarms.
"Hey, what are you and how come you can talk?" she questioned, looking at him warily.
"I'm your Digimon!" he shouted happily.
"You a digi-who now?" she asked, a little confused.
"I'm you partner!" he restated, smiling. He then hopped down and picked up the Digivice she had dropped. "Here, this is yours," he said, handing it to her.
"Oh, thanks," she said, taking it from him. "Hey, what is this?" she added, examining it.
"It's a Digivice, and you're here in the Digital World with me!" he announced.
"Ooookaaaaay..." she said, still confused.
"Don't worry, I'll explain everything, okay?" he assured, smiling. Erika got up.
"Umm, great; do you mind if we get out of this heat? I know I'm losing my mind, but I'd still rather not get heat stroke," she said, looking up at the sun.
"Oh, well, Piedmon said I should stay here, but I guess we can find some shade," he replied, motioning her to follow him.
"What's a Piedmon?" she asked.
~
Back on Earth, a young girl wandered the streets. She looked down at the pavement and scuffed her feet as she walked. She had run away from home two days ago; she felt so alone. She couldn't take it anymore. For four years she felt completely rotten inside. She felt in pain.
She remembered the first time she saw them. She was in her room sleeping when they came blasting through her apartment. They separated her from her parents. She was so scared. They made her line up and had to walk by a little cat. They were looking for someone. She was so scared that she snuck out of line. She remembered running through the empty halls dodging the ghosts. Terrified, she was looking behind her when she ran right into 'him'. She remembered falling on the floor and looking up. It sent shivers down her spine whenever she thought of those icy blue eyes. He had looked down at her, frowning.
"Just what do you think you're doing, little girl?" he said as his large shadow cast her in darkness. She had been too afraid to say anything.
"What's your name, child?" he had asked her.
"J...Je.Jenny." she stuttered. He looked up and shouted "Bring Gatomon here NOW!"
The little ghosts started scurrying right away. In a few minutes they had dragged the little cat in.
"Is she the one?" he boomed. That cat looked at her then shook its head no.
"Good." he said quietly; it seemed like no one else heard him. He bent down and whispered to her softly, "You must go back with the other children now, but don't be afraid; everything will be all right." Her eyes were wide; she could still remember how handsome he was, and how good he smelled.
She had never seen him again, but she had dreamed about him many times. It was later she had found out what he and the others like him were. Digimon. How she wanted one.She had seen the DigiDestined in action once. How she hated them. She knew that they killed him, and what was worse was that they had Digimon and she didn't.
"What makes them so special?!" she said out load. A person walking by gave her a funny look, which awakened her from her daydreaming. She now looked around. She saw a large building in front of her, one she remembered well. She remembered when her and the other kids woke up at the convention center; the first thing they saw was the leveled TV station. She stared up at it dreamily. Something sparkled up on the deck, catching her attention.
"What the hell?" she whispered.
"Come to me, Jenny," she heard a deep voice say. In a flash, she was now standing on the deck on the TV station.
"Yaaah!" she cried, as she looked around, completely baffled.
"Jenny.come to me, my sweet.." the voice said.
Jenny turned to see a strange egg glowing in a dark fog. She felt it pulling her to it; it was like she was in a dream.
"I knew you were special the first time I laid eyes on you.I haven't been able to stop thinking about you, and now I know why. Do you remember me?" it asked as it pulled her nearer.
"It can't be, can it?" she gasped, now remembering the voice. She stopped in her tracks, but couldn't help being pulled forward.
"It's me, Jenny; come free me, so we can be together," he said. She could almost touch it now. Her heart was beating faster then she could have ever imagined and her mind screamed "Please don't let this be another dream, please be real!" He slender fingers touched the egg. The darkness grew and in a flash of black light the little Digimon appeared. Her eyes were wide.
"You're.you're real!" she cried as the little bat Digimon flew into her arms. "I'm so happy!"
"Me too," he whispered.
"You might need this," a voice said. She turned around to see a large clown toss her a small purple object.
"You can't get into the Digital World without it." he said, smiling.
"Piedmon!" the DemiDevimon shouted. "What happened to you?"
Piedmon smiled. "I've just had a small growth spurt, dear brother, and I plan to have more of them soon. But don't worry about that, I'm sure you'll have plenty of your own as soon as we destroy those little digibrats and drain them of their energy." The DemiDevimon smiled wickedly at the thought of revenge.
"Now, I want you to go to the Digital World and meet up with Etemon and Devimon. I will contact you when you're all together and tell you what to do next. Oh, and Jenny, I want you to take this with you; I will need you to deliver this to someone, but I'll tell you more about that later." Piedmon handed her a small chip, and then in a flash had disappeared. Jenny stood there for a moment, still in shock.
"Hey, Jenny, wake up! You have to help me digivolve," the little bat urged.
"Huh? Oh, right!" she said, snapping out of her daydreaming. She was still confused about a lot of things, but she didn't want to miss her chance to have her dream come true. She finally had a Digimon.
"How do I do this?" she asked, looking at the small object in her hand.
"All you have to do is concentrate on making me stronger. If you want me to digivolve, I can," he said, flying over to the other side of the deck in order to give them some distance.
"Oh, okay." she said, trying to concentrate on making him evolve. "Hey, why are you over there?"
"You'll see; just concentrate!" he said, smiling like a Cheshire cat.
Jenny wrapped her hands around the Digivice. What do I think about? she wondered. Then it came to her. I know! I'll think about the way those kids made their Digimon evolve. No sooner did she start to see the image in her head then her partner started to glow. Her eyes grew wide as the small black shape started to get larger.
"DemiDevimon, digivolve to.Devidramon!" he shouted.
Jenny practically fell over backwards as the huge gust of wind from her partner's transformation hit her.
"What?! Wow!" she exclaimed, her mouth wide open and her eyes popping out of her head.
"You approve of me, then?" the large dragon asked, smiling.
"Hell YEAH!" Jenny yelled, not hesitating for a second. The large Digimon crouched down.
"C'mon, I know another way to the Digital World besides those stupid computers. Let's fly!" he said. Jenny felt her heart pound with excitement as she ran over to her partner. She carefully climbed up on his neck and held on tightly, feeling her heart skip a beat as he stood up and spread his wings.
"And don't worry; I'll explain everything you need to know on the way." With that he jumped off of the building and flew into the air. Jenny could hear the screams of all the people below her as they looked up in sudden terror. Oh yeah, this is cool! she thought, as she looked ahead of her to see a large light forming.
"Hang on, here we go!" he shouted, as they disappeared into the light.
~
A young girl on the street who saw what happened was completely mesmerized. Something didn't feel right, and all her warning signs had gone up.
"This can't be good, something's wrong." Kari whispered.
~
Erika lay against a tree and relaxed as she analyzed her current situation. Her partner Gazimon had explained everything about the Digimon, what it meant to be a DigiDestined, and what those rotten brats had done to her partner and his friends. She was still in wonder of it all, but the reality seemed to be dawning on her.
Gazimon had gone off to get her some water. She had to admit he was a helpful little creature, and nice too. No one had ever seemed to be so accepting of her. Maybe this whole digi-place isn't so bad, she thought. She hadn't really fit in her world; maybe she would here.
Suddenly she felt a dark shadow blocking the sun.
"Hey!" a voice called out. She jumped up to look around. Her eyes grew wide as a black man with wings holding a girl in his arms seemed to drop out of the sky.
"Man, where the hell were you?! We've been looking everywhere for you! Didn't the "It" reject tell you that you suppose to stay where you were?" the girl asked, jumping out of the man's arms and running over to her. Who is this? Erika thought, and then she realized who she was.
"Are you one of the DigiDestined?" she inquired, getting up. "Then you must be Devimon," she added, pointing at the Digimon who had now raised his wing over his partner, covering her from the heat.
"I hate the sun." he said.
"Yeah, so do I." the girl agreed, looking up at him, then turned to Erika. "You know, you shouldn't have made us go looking all over for you like that," Teena scolded her.
"Sorry, but I didn't want to be here in the scorching heat ether," she replied angrily.
"Well, I guess you have a point." Teena said thoughtfully. "Hey, where's your Digimon?" she asked, looking around.
"He went to get me some water; he should be back soon." Erika said, now wondering what was taking him so long.
"Aww, man; well, I guess water would be nice, but I really don't want to wait here in the heat." she complained, sitting next to Erika.
"I'm Teena," she introduced, holding out her hand. "And don't think I'm gonna go easy on you just because we're on the same team; you have to earn my respect." Erika realized that she wasn't kidding around as she read the phrase on her T-shirt: "That which does not kill me had better be able to run away damn fast."
"Nice." Erika admired, looking at the shirt. "I'm Erika, and I completely agree with that statement; you've got to earn respect." Teena smiled as they shook hands. She isn't too bad, but I'm not going to let my guard down just yet, she thought slyly.
"Hey!" Gazimon cried as he ran over with some bottles of water.
"Finally." Erika said. Teena jumped up and snatched the bottles from him.
"Hey!" he shouted again, as she tossed one to Erika and stared to drink the other.
"Thanks, Gazimon," Erika said as she opened the bottle. The cool water felt good as it went down her throat. She then poured some in her hands and splashed it on herself. Teena walked over and handed the bottle to Devimon, who was being very quiet. Devimon felt a cool breeze as he drank the water. That's nice.he thought. The breeze suddenly picked up.
"Hey, what's that?" Erika wondered, looking up in the sky. They now were all looking at the enormous black creature. Devimon smiled. "That would be my brother." Teena looked at him.
"You have a brother?" she asked.
"I have two brothers," he clarified as he ran over to meet the landing dragon. "Myo!" he shouted. Erika and Teena followed him.
"Hey, wait don't leave me!" Gazimon called. Devidramon bent down as Jenny jumped off him.
"Hey," she greeted the other girls and their Digimon. She then looked at Teena, who seemed unimpressed.
"Nice shirt," she complimented.
"Thanks; and the saying is true, so don't you forget it!" she said, crossing her arms. Devidramon moved forward protectively. Devimon did the same for Teena. There was silence. They stared at each other, trying to psyche each other out. Then both girls started laughing for no reason.
"I have a feeling I just missed something." Erika said.
"Hello, kiddies." a familiar voice said. The all looked to see a screen floating in midair.
"Piedmon," Teena said dryly.
"Oh, so that's a Piedmon," Erika remarked.
"Yes.it's good to see you all; well most of you." Piedmon looked evilly at Teena, who just shot an evil look back at him. He then looked at the two devil Digimon. "It's very good to see you both, my brothers." Teena's eyes grew wide.
"Oh, fuck me-Bozo the Clown is your bother?!" she yelled at Devimon. Devimon stood there, a little shocked; he looked at Piedmon, then at Teena.
"What happened, did he inherit the family ugly gene?" Jenny teased. Piedmon looked like he was about to blow a gasket as the two girls fell over laughing, while their Digimon tried not to smirk.
"No, he didn't inherit it, he is it!" Teena said, holding her stomach. Erika was now laughing, when she abruptly stopped and looked angrily at Piedmon, who was now yelling some absurd threats.
"Hey, wait a minute.I know THAT voice!" she said angrily. The all stopped and looked at Erika, who was red with rage. "You're the pervert teacher who was coming on to me in the computer lab!"
Piedmon's jaw almost fell off. The others just looked at him with blank expressions.
"Piedmon?!" Devidramon asked, shocked. Piedmon looked at him and snapped, "Oh, you don't believe that, do you?"
"I do," Teena sneered. "Don't get too close to that screen, Erika, he might just pull you in there with him."
"Yeah, then he'll do all sorts of kinky clown things to you!" Jenny teased.
Erika just stood there looking at them in shock, then at Piedmon in fear.
"Hey, don't you touch her, Piedmon!" Gazimon shouted, waving his fist. Teena and Jenny collapsed again laughing, along with Devimon. Piedmon just slapped himself in the head. I'm going to kill that girl.he thought angrily.
~
Gennai woke up again. He had been unconscious for a long time. He didn't know what Piedmon had done to him, but he had to contact someone and tell them Piedmon was free before it was too late. He forced himself up and pulled himself along the floor. He couldn't let him get away with whatever it was he was planning. He had to contact the DigiDestined. He had to tell them everything, no matter what Azulongmon said; no matter what they would think of him, they had to know the truth. They had to know everything.