Jenny woke up to the smell of food. Her eyes were still heavy with sleep.
She got up and stretched her arms out; as she did so, she felt something
large rub up against her.
"Umm." she sighed. "Good morning, Devidramon." she greeted as the large dragon nuzzled her softly.
"Good morning, Jenny. Did you sleep well?" he questioned.
"Yeah, I did." She turned around and rubbed his nosed and forehead. When she did, he made a sound that reminded her of purring.
"Do you like that?" she asked happily.
"Oh, yes." he replied, closing his eyes and enjoying her hands patting him. Suddenly, Jenny got up and started to look around.
"Hey, what are you doing?" Devidramon asked, wanting her to come back and pay attention to him.
"Where's Erika?" she wondered, walking off.
"Wait, come back! What about me?" he whined. Leave it to humans to neglect the important things.ME! Devidramon thought as he got up to follow her.
"Hey Erika!" Jenny shouted, looking around.
"I'm over here!" a voice shouted back. Erika then appeared. Jenny's eyes grew wide as she saw Erika riding on a colossal green dinosaur. "Sorry, we went off to find more food and we got attacked."
"Are you okay?" Jenny inquired, still a little shaken.
"Oh, yeah, I'm fine. Look, Gazimon evolved!" she bragged, smiling. "This is Tuskmon." Erika hopped off the Digimon. Jenny smiled in return.
"Let eat and get out of here," she suggested.
~
A few hours later, five other children could be seen walking through the forests of Server. They hadn't heard anything from Gennai, and all their attempts to find out anything about the missing girls had pretty much failed. They only had one source left to check. Apparently, some girls in Odaiba Middle School had been threatened by Erika and another girl that day, just before Erika had been noted missing. Kari and Tai were going to find the other girl and talk to her.
"So what are we looking for?" Cody asked.
"When we first came here, Gennai lived in a little house in a lake. It was right next to Myotismon's old castle, but I'm having trouble remembering exactly where that is." TK explained, a little worried.
"I'll say! We're lost! We've been wandering around here for hours, TS!" Davis complained, getting impatient.
"Damn it! Don't you know my name yet?! It's TK! And we aren't lost; we just don't know where we are!" TK snapped.
"Isn't that the same thing?" Yolei whispered. TK flashed her an evil look and she bit her tongue.
"Hey, TK." Davis started.
"WHAT?!" he shouted.
"I think we found it.." he declared, pointing to the large lake next to a ruined building. They all sweatdropped. TK just grunted something; none of them had gotten much sleep and they were all grumpy.
"Okay, you said the opening was around the lake somewhere, right? Where do you want me to look?" Cody asked, trying to be helpful.
"I don't know," TK replied. "The first time we came here, we followed a light."
"Why don't we split up and circle the lake in groups?" Ken suggested. The group nodded and split up.
~
Talia was now sitting next to a dying fire, making breakfast. Considering all that had happened to her, she was taking things rather well. Teena had gone off somewhere with Devimon and now she was alone with Betamon. The little Digimon was indulging himself in fish. It had surprised both girls when they saw how much their Digimon could eat. He was right about saving their food; they would need every bit of it. Who knew when they would get lost or something?
"Hey, Talia? Want to go swimming?" Betamon asked suddenly.
"Swimming?" She thought for a moment. It had been a while since she had gone swimming and she missed it.
"Are you sure? It might not be safe?" she said, trying to be cautious. She wasn't sure she wanted to go swimming in the oceans her;, the thought of what might be in the water frightened her.
"Don't worry, I ruled these oceans, I'll protect you," he assured, hopping over to her. He started to nuzzle her legs, then hopped up into her lap like a cat.
"Pleeeeaaaaaase?" he whined, giving her a puppy stare. She couldn't resist.
"Okay. I'm sure Teena and Devimon will find us later."
~
Meanwhile Devimon and Teena were wandering deep into the forest.
"So, where are we going again?" Teena asked.
"When the Digital World was reconfigured to Spiral Mountain, these forests became Puppetmon's domain. He was destroyed somewhere in here. We should try and find his egg and wait for his DigiDestined to arrive."
"So we're in the middle of a huge forest looking for a little egg? Just great," she protested unhappily. Devimon just smiled at her. Teena noticed he had been doing this a lot lately and she didn't know why.
"What? Why do you keep doing that?" she stopped and demanded. Devimon turned around to look at her. He walked up close to her; she now had to look up to see him. He put his large hand on her shoulders and stared at her deeply. Teena felt her heart skip a beat. He just stood there, then said, "We should get going." With that he turned around and continued walking.
Teena was a little stunned but quickly brushed it off. Devimon, however, was kicking himself. He could have told her. He couldn't help the way he was feeling. He had been the first one defeated, and had spent the longest time alone. He had thought of many things in this time, the most important being that if he was ever freed he would do things right. He would take time to enjoy his life and not spend all him time thinking about power or revenge. Teena had given him a second chance when she freed him. She would be the only one who understood him. He didn't want to lose her by doing something stupid, like telling her how he felt.
Suddenly, a voice broke his thoughts. He turned around and there stood a strange human girl. Beside her was a little Mushroomon.
"Hey, where have you been? We've been waiting here all night!" the little Digimon demanded. The young girl didn't say anything. Her pale skin and white hair shone as rays of light hit her. She was wearing a pair of dark sunglasses and was silent. She still couldn't stop thinking about what had happened.
She had been about to go to bed and was checking her e-mail when a strange screen appeared on her computer. Before she could do anything, she was sucked into it. When she had opened her eyes, she was here in the forest. She had felt something calling her, and went searching for it. What she found was a small egg and what she now knew as a Digivice. The little creature that appeared from the egg had told her they were partners. She was sent here to help him and his friends take back the Digital World.
"Hey kid, who are you?" Teena queried. The girl looked up at her. "What's with the glasses?" Teena asked further, putting her hands on her hips. "Do you think they make you look cool?"
The girl shook her head. "I have cat's eyes.I wear them so people can't see them," she explained softly.
"Great! You're a misfit like the rest of us here; you'll fit in great!" Teena perked, feeling sorry for the little kid. She didn't know why she had been so nice lately. Maybe it was because she finally felt like she belonged somewhere. It was like her whole outlook on life had changed in a day. She wasn't the only one who felt this way; the other DigiDestined were starting to come out of their shells. They were happy for once.
"Well, if this is the last kid we need to find, let's go back and find Talia. I'm sure sometime soon clown-boy will show up to bark orders at us, so we should all be together. Devimon nodded, and they started to walk back toward their camp. Teena suddenly turned around.
"Hey, kid-What's your name?" she asked. The young girl looked up from cradling her Digimon tightly in her arms.
"My name is Jane. Jane Stanton," she replied quietly, then looked at the ground.
"Well, I'm Teena," she introduced.
~
Talia was enjoying the feeling of the warm waters. She had really missed swimming. Betamon and her were now playing hide-and-seek. He was winning, of course; she could hold her breath for a long time, but not as long as him. He seemed to always wait until she came up for air to catch her, or at least see where she was. But it didn't matter; they were both having fun. Then she got an idea. She hid behind a rock, making it obvious to be seen by him. When he saw her, she waited for him to swim around and catch her. Then as soon as he jumped out of the water to catch her, she reached out and grabbed him, tickling him mercilessly.
"Ahhhhhh! No, that's not fair.!" he managed to shout out through his hysterical laughing. She let him go and swam away.
"I bet you can't catch me!" she teased.
"Oh yes I will, and when I do I'll give you the tickling of a lifetime!" he called, swimming after her. He hadn't had this much fun since he made his Divermon dress up and perform "The Little Mermaid". Having a digibrat wasn't bad. He was starting to like her; maybe after they took over the world he'd keep her. She'd been a great swimming partner, and would make a good little mermaid when he decided to have his Divermon perform it for him again.
Suddenly, he saw a large wave starting to form in front of his child. The sea became very rough.
"Talia!" he shouted as a wave knocked him back. When he re-surfaced, he saw a large Gesomon holding his DigiDestined in its tentacles. When he saw this, something snapped inside him. How dare anyone attack his DigiDestined! He wouldn't stand for it! But there was more; he felt scared. Even as MetalSeadramon when he was being deleted he was not scared, but he was now. He was scared for Talia, and he didn't know why. He felt himself growing stronger.
"Betamon! Help me!" she cried in fear.
"What's that runt going to do?" the Digimon chuckled. "You're dinner, little human."
But what Gesomon didn't know was that he was dealing with the DigiDestined of a former Dark Master. And because of this, he could do something only the other Dark Masters could do. He could warp digivolve! And the sight of her in trouble was enough to do it.
"I won't let you do it! I won't let you hurt her!" he shouted as his voice deepened. Talia watched as the Digivice hung around her neck glowed.
"Betamon, warp digivolve to.!" he shouted as his body lit up and expanded.
"MetalSeadramon!"
The giant sea monster towered over them; the oceans bubbled around him as his voice echoed through the deepest parts of the sea.
"Let her go!" His voice boomed. Talia stared in fear at him.
"Lord MetalSeadramon.I.didn't know!" he gasped, dropping her and quickly turning to swim off.
"Not so fast! River of POWER!" he shouted. The giant blast cast a massive wave, and Talia felt herself being pulled under. She struggled to swim back up to the top but couldn't; the water was too rough. She lost her breath and felt herself drowning.
Help.she thought in terror. Suddenly, she felt something underneath her pushing her up and out of the water. She gasped for air, coughing and choking.
"Are you alright?" a deep voice asked. Talia looked down to see that she was now on top of the large monster's head. The girl fell backwards in fright. She was now high above the ocean, and couldn't go anywhere.
"It's alright, it's me," the voice reassured calmly.
"Betamon?" she whispered as the Digimon moved his head down close to the beach. As soon as he was close enough, she jumped off and landed in the sand.
"That's right, I digivolved. Remember, I explained this to you last night," he clarified. She nodded her head. "Wow.you're so.so.BIG!" she said, trying to think of something to say. He just laughed.
"Bigger is better; you'll see. We can have much more fun this way. Climb up on my head again," he offered, smiling. She was hesitant at first, but then finally agreed. With that, he took off across the water; she held onto his horn tightly. She could feel the wind in her hair as he swam through the waves. He was right.this was fun!
"Thanks for saving me." she said gratefully, rubbing his head. He just smiled happily. He didn't know why, but he was really enjoying this partner stuff.
~
Davis leaned against a tree. They had circled the lake at least thirty times, and had been there for nearly four hours. They were all hungry and disappointed. Finally, Davis snapped.
"What the hell do we do now?!" he shouted, stomping his foot into the ground. The moment he did, a light appeared over the lake.
"What did you do?" Veemon asked in shook.
"Oh, I just used my ingenious problem solving skills," Davis boasted.
"Yeah right, and I'm the queen mother." Yolei commented sarcastically.
"After you, Your Majesty." Davis teased.
"Okay, knock it off. Let's contact Izzy and tell him we found it," TK ordered as he opened Izzy's laptop. "Hey Izzy: We found the way in, anything new?" TK asked as they all gathered around the computer.
"Not much." The image of Izzy appeared on the screen. "No one knows anything about the girl Kari saw, and we know nothing about the other girls or why they disappeared. The one thing we do know is the Digimon this Jenny was on is called a Devidramon. Lucky we were able to match the bad footage to the Digimon. But the Digimon is rare and I'm still searching for info on it."
"Okay. Well, we're going to go in. We'll contact you as soon as we find something," TK said.
"Sure. Just be careful," Izzy replied.
"Hey, we'll protect them!" Armadillomon assured. The other Digimon quickly agreed.
"Alright then.See you soon," Izzy dismissed.
"Well, let's do this." TK smiled as he closed the laptop. Patamon landed on his head.
"Let's just hope you can remember where to go from here," he said.
"Hey! You were here too!" TK reminded him as they started to walk into the light.
"Yeah, but I wasn't paying attention."
~
"Yeeeeeeeehaw!" Jenny shouted as they flew through the air. She could make out a round city not too far away.
"C'mon, faster Devidramon!" she shouted. The large dragon smiled and sped up. She threw her arms around his neck, hugging him tightly. His smile grew, and he sped up even faster so she would hold him tighter. He had never felt affection before, but he really liked it. He thought about what it would be like to show it back.
Erika was having just as much fun as Jenny. Tuskmon was an incredibly fast runner and it seemed like the trees were zipping past them.
"C'mon, let's beat them there!" she shouted as he shot off. Devidramon noticed this and flew even faster. It was close, but Tuskmon was smaller than Devidramon and moved quicker. Devidramon grunted to himself when he lost.
"Don't worry; we'll win next time," Jenny whispered in his ear. For some reason he felt his heart jump with her warm breath close to him.
"Hey, so where do we go?" Erika asked, interrupting the dragon's thoughts. The city was in ruins and looked completely dead.
"I'm not sure." Jenny admitted, hopping down from her Digimon's back. They wondered through the empty streets, looking for something, anything.
"Hey, what about there?" Erika questioned, pointing at a large building.
"Well, let's check it out." Tuskmon said. They were walking towards the building when Jenny realized something.
"Hey, how are our Digimon going to get in? Tuskmon might make it, but there's no way Devidramon will fit-the door is too small," she said, pointing at the door.
"Maybe I can help you out," a voice offered. The girls turned to see a young boy standing behind them.
"There is another way in, but before I show you, tell me.are you the other DigiDestined that Piedmon mentioned?" the boy asked, brushing his silvery blue hair out of his face. The girls were a little thrown off for a minute, but then they realized he was one of them.
"Yeah, we're them." Erika confirmed, walking over to shake his hand. "I'm Erika, and that's Jenny," she said, smiling.
"Hey. My name is Blues Hikari, but you can call me Blue if you like. Wow, the clown didn't say you girls were so pretty." he said, flirting with them. Both girls blushed; Devidramon just glared at him, but he didn't notice.
"Hey, it's cool.your hair matches you name." Jenny observed as he led them around the back of the tower.
"Yeah; I was named after my hair. It's kind of cool. So, did your clothes change too when you came here?" he asked.
"Yeah; I think everyone's do," Erika concluded. "But I like my clothes; they're really great. When did you get here?"
"Well, I'm not entirely sure. I was camping with some of my friends and I heard this strange voice.I went off into the woods to check it out. As soon as I was alone, this strange man appeared and held out a laptop.before I knew it, I was here," he testified.
"That must have been Piedmon, he did the same thing to me." Erika noted thoughtfully.
"Yeah, but he was coming on to you first.I think he likes you," Jenny teased.
"I told you to cut that out! That guy's a total creep, and I bet his DigiDestined will be too," Erika said.
"That might not be true," Devidramon spoke up. They stopped and looked at him. "Etemon's a total creep, but from what I've seen, you're pretty normal, Erika," he said.
"HEY! I'm not a creep, bat body!" Tuskmon snarled as they started to argue. It took a minute for them to realize that the kids were walking off and ignoring them.
"So I arrived here late last night. My Digimon explained everything to me, so we don't have to go over it. But I do need that chip Piedmon gave you; we need to get to work right away," Blue told them as they entered the building through a much larger door. Both girls nodded in agreement; they had work to do.
Devidramon and Tuskmon followed closely. For some reason, Devidramon felt very threatened by this new boy. He had always been possessive of his belongings, and he considered Jenny as his. He wasn't about to let anyone take her from him.
~
Now that Teena and Talia had found the person they were looking for, they waited around for orders. Teena was quite imprested with Talia's Digimon; he seemed quite powerful. She wondered what Devimon would look like as a Mega. He was quite a strange one. He always seemed to look at her funny; it was freaking her out, but she had to admit he was very handsome. She felt strange around him; she even caught herself admiring him every so often. Then he would smile at her again, and she'd stop.
The new girl, Jane, seemed very quiet and distant. The little Digimon with her didn't seem to mind; it was like they could understand each other without talking. Talia figured she was young and scared and would probably come around soon.
"Well, it appears you're all here." Piedmon's voice said, as a screen appeared in front of them. The girls jumped with surprise; they still weren't used to him doing that.
"Why do you keep popping up like that?" Talia asked. Piedmon just smiled.
"I have to keep you on your toes. Anyway, what's life without some surprises?" he questioned happily, then continued, "The other girls have made it to the city. I was just talking with them; they have begun to prepare the information I sent them. There are only two more children to go before we can begin to reconfigure the Digital World. I want you to go to the city now and help the others. I must find the last two children and prepare for the takeover."
"Alright." Talia said, turning to leave. Piedmon then noticed something.
"My dear Teena, you have not insulted me yet today. Are you sick, child?" he asked, trying to sound sincere; however, they could tell by the smirk on his face that he wasn't. Teena just turned to him and gave him a look of death.
"I have far better things to do then waste my time on you," she said snobbishly, then walked away. Piedmon turned to Devimon.
"Well, that was interesting.Did you talk some sense into her?" Devimon just glared. Piedmon smiled again.
"Keep her in line, Devimon. I've been watching all of you, and I know what's going on with you, so don't think that I don't. If you want to keep her, then make sure she behaves, because if she doesn't." Piedmon grinned evilly. "Brother or not, I wouldn't be belittled by some little girl who doesn't know her place, and I'd hate to have something bad happen to her, or you." he intoned, his smile now fading. Devimon could see he was completely serious. He then disappeared.
Brother or not, Devimon still feared him; he always had, ever since that time so many years ago. He could barely remember what had happened.what THEY did to him. Myotismon seemed to remember just enough to not want to remember any of it. All he knew was that whatever happened, Piedmon had lost it, and that was the beginning of the Digital World's problems. It had all started way back then.
Devimon followed Teena closely; he knew she was angry, mostly with him rather than Piedmon. He knew she felt like he had betrayed her when he defended his brother from the insults. But there was nothing he could do; he had to protect her. She was all he had.
~
The DigiDestined walked down the long hall of Gennai's hidden home. It was dark, and they could barely see where they were going. Cody was walking closely to TK as they wandered through the halls.
"Why is everything so dark?" Yolei asked; her voice echoed off the walls.
"Yeah, it seems so dead here. Was it always like this?" Ken whispered.
"No." TK answered, his voice filled with concern. "It wasn't; this is wrong."
"Maybe we should come back later." Veemon suggested, pulling on Davis.
"Ah, it's okay..." Davis scooped him up. "I'll protect you." Veemon blushed with embarrassment.
"I'm, not scared.I'm just hungry, that's all," he stuttered, trying to sound brave.
They soon came to a set of large doors TK had never seen before, but they seemed to be blown apart. TK felt his heart skip a beat as he saw this. Without warning, he ran off thought the doors.
"TK, wait!" Patamon cried, as he and the others ran after him. As they burst through the doors, they say what used to be a control room for the Digital World, now in shambles, and TK huddling over a badly injured body.
"Gennai." they whispered in shock.
"Umm." she sighed. "Good morning, Devidramon." she greeted as the large dragon nuzzled her softly.
"Good morning, Jenny. Did you sleep well?" he questioned.
"Yeah, I did." She turned around and rubbed his nosed and forehead. When she did, he made a sound that reminded her of purring.
"Do you like that?" she asked happily.
"Oh, yes." he replied, closing his eyes and enjoying her hands patting him. Suddenly, Jenny got up and started to look around.
"Hey, what are you doing?" Devidramon asked, wanting her to come back and pay attention to him.
"Where's Erika?" she wondered, walking off.
"Wait, come back! What about me?" he whined. Leave it to humans to neglect the important things.ME! Devidramon thought as he got up to follow her.
"Hey Erika!" Jenny shouted, looking around.
"I'm over here!" a voice shouted back. Erika then appeared. Jenny's eyes grew wide as she saw Erika riding on a colossal green dinosaur. "Sorry, we went off to find more food and we got attacked."
"Are you okay?" Jenny inquired, still a little shaken.
"Oh, yeah, I'm fine. Look, Gazimon evolved!" she bragged, smiling. "This is Tuskmon." Erika hopped off the Digimon. Jenny smiled in return.
"Let eat and get out of here," she suggested.
~
A few hours later, five other children could be seen walking through the forests of Server. They hadn't heard anything from Gennai, and all their attempts to find out anything about the missing girls had pretty much failed. They only had one source left to check. Apparently, some girls in Odaiba Middle School had been threatened by Erika and another girl that day, just before Erika had been noted missing. Kari and Tai were going to find the other girl and talk to her.
"So what are we looking for?" Cody asked.
"When we first came here, Gennai lived in a little house in a lake. It was right next to Myotismon's old castle, but I'm having trouble remembering exactly where that is." TK explained, a little worried.
"I'll say! We're lost! We've been wandering around here for hours, TS!" Davis complained, getting impatient.
"Damn it! Don't you know my name yet?! It's TK! And we aren't lost; we just don't know where we are!" TK snapped.
"Isn't that the same thing?" Yolei whispered. TK flashed her an evil look and she bit her tongue.
"Hey, TK." Davis started.
"WHAT?!" he shouted.
"I think we found it.." he declared, pointing to the large lake next to a ruined building. They all sweatdropped. TK just grunted something; none of them had gotten much sleep and they were all grumpy.
"Okay, you said the opening was around the lake somewhere, right? Where do you want me to look?" Cody asked, trying to be helpful.
"I don't know," TK replied. "The first time we came here, we followed a light."
"Why don't we split up and circle the lake in groups?" Ken suggested. The group nodded and split up.
~
Talia was now sitting next to a dying fire, making breakfast. Considering all that had happened to her, she was taking things rather well. Teena had gone off somewhere with Devimon and now she was alone with Betamon. The little Digimon was indulging himself in fish. It had surprised both girls when they saw how much their Digimon could eat. He was right about saving their food; they would need every bit of it. Who knew when they would get lost or something?
"Hey, Talia? Want to go swimming?" Betamon asked suddenly.
"Swimming?" She thought for a moment. It had been a while since she had gone swimming and she missed it.
"Are you sure? It might not be safe?" she said, trying to be cautious. She wasn't sure she wanted to go swimming in the oceans her;, the thought of what might be in the water frightened her.
"Don't worry, I ruled these oceans, I'll protect you," he assured, hopping over to her. He started to nuzzle her legs, then hopped up into her lap like a cat.
"Pleeeeaaaaaase?" he whined, giving her a puppy stare. She couldn't resist.
"Okay. I'm sure Teena and Devimon will find us later."
~
Meanwhile Devimon and Teena were wandering deep into the forest.
"So, where are we going again?" Teena asked.
"When the Digital World was reconfigured to Spiral Mountain, these forests became Puppetmon's domain. He was destroyed somewhere in here. We should try and find his egg and wait for his DigiDestined to arrive."
"So we're in the middle of a huge forest looking for a little egg? Just great," she protested unhappily. Devimon just smiled at her. Teena noticed he had been doing this a lot lately and she didn't know why.
"What? Why do you keep doing that?" she stopped and demanded. Devimon turned around to look at her. He walked up close to her; she now had to look up to see him. He put his large hand on her shoulders and stared at her deeply. Teena felt her heart skip a beat. He just stood there, then said, "We should get going." With that he turned around and continued walking.
Teena was a little stunned but quickly brushed it off. Devimon, however, was kicking himself. He could have told her. He couldn't help the way he was feeling. He had been the first one defeated, and had spent the longest time alone. He had thought of many things in this time, the most important being that if he was ever freed he would do things right. He would take time to enjoy his life and not spend all him time thinking about power or revenge. Teena had given him a second chance when she freed him. She would be the only one who understood him. He didn't want to lose her by doing something stupid, like telling her how he felt.
Suddenly, a voice broke his thoughts. He turned around and there stood a strange human girl. Beside her was a little Mushroomon.
"Hey, where have you been? We've been waiting here all night!" the little Digimon demanded. The young girl didn't say anything. Her pale skin and white hair shone as rays of light hit her. She was wearing a pair of dark sunglasses and was silent. She still couldn't stop thinking about what had happened.
She had been about to go to bed and was checking her e-mail when a strange screen appeared on her computer. Before she could do anything, she was sucked into it. When she had opened her eyes, she was here in the forest. She had felt something calling her, and went searching for it. What she found was a small egg and what she now knew as a Digivice. The little creature that appeared from the egg had told her they were partners. She was sent here to help him and his friends take back the Digital World.
"Hey kid, who are you?" Teena queried. The girl looked up at her. "What's with the glasses?" Teena asked further, putting her hands on her hips. "Do you think they make you look cool?"
The girl shook her head. "I have cat's eyes.I wear them so people can't see them," she explained softly.
"Great! You're a misfit like the rest of us here; you'll fit in great!" Teena perked, feeling sorry for the little kid. She didn't know why she had been so nice lately. Maybe it was because she finally felt like she belonged somewhere. It was like her whole outlook on life had changed in a day. She wasn't the only one who felt this way; the other DigiDestined were starting to come out of their shells. They were happy for once.
"Well, if this is the last kid we need to find, let's go back and find Talia. I'm sure sometime soon clown-boy will show up to bark orders at us, so we should all be together. Devimon nodded, and they started to walk back toward their camp. Teena suddenly turned around.
"Hey, kid-What's your name?" she asked. The young girl looked up from cradling her Digimon tightly in her arms.
"My name is Jane. Jane Stanton," she replied quietly, then looked at the ground.
"Well, I'm Teena," she introduced.
~
Talia was enjoying the feeling of the warm waters. She had really missed swimming. Betamon and her were now playing hide-and-seek. He was winning, of course; she could hold her breath for a long time, but not as long as him. He seemed to always wait until she came up for air to catch her, or at least see where she was. But it didn't matter; they were both having fun. Then she got an idea. She hid behind a rock, making it obvious to be seen by him. When he saw her, she waited for him to swim around and catch her. Then as soon as he jumped out of the water to catch her, she reached out and grabbed him, tickling him mercilessly.
"Ahhhhhh! No, that's not fair.!" he managed to shout out through his hysterical laughing. She let him go and swam away.
"I bet you can't catch me!" she teased.
"Oh yes I will, and when I do I'll give you the tickling of a lifetime!" he called, swimming after her. He hadn't had this much fun since he made his Divermon dress up and perform "The Little Mermaid". Having a digibrat wasn't bad. He was starting to like her; maybe after they took over the world he'd keep her. She'd been a great swimming partner, and would make a good little mermaid when he decided to have his Divermon perform it for him again.
Suddenly, he saw a large wave starting to form in front of his child. The sea became very rough.
"Talia!" he shouted as a wave knocked him back. When he re-surfaced, he saw a large Gesomon holding his DigiDestined in its tentacles. When he saw this, something snapped inside him. How dare anyone attack his DigiDestined! He wouldn't stand for it! But there was more; he felt scared. Even as MetalSeadramon when he was being deleted he was not scared, but he was now. He was scared for Talia, and he didn't know why. He felt himself growing stronger.
"Betamon! Help me!" she cried in fear.
"What's that runt going to do?" the Digimon chuckled. "You're dinner, little human."
But what Gesomon didn't know was that he was dealing with the DigiDestined of a former Dark Master. And because of this, he could do something only the other Dark Masters could do. He could warp digivolve! And the sight of her in trouble was enough to do it.
"I won't let you do it! I won't let you hurt her!" he shouted as his voice deepened. Talia watched as the Digivice hung around her neck glowed.
"Betamon, warp digivolve to.!" he shouted as his body lit up and expanded.
"MetalSeadramon!"
The giant sea monster towered over them; the oceans bubbled around him as his voice echoed through the deepest parts of the sea.
"Let her go!" His voice boomed. Talia stared in fear at him.
"Lord MetalSeadramon.I.didn't know!" he gasped, dropping her and quickly turning to swim off.
"Not so fast! River of POWER!" he shouted. The giant blast cast a massive wave, and Talia felt herself being pulled under. She struggled to swim back up to the top but couldn't; the water was too rough. She lost her breath and felt herself drowning.
Help.she thought in terror. Suddenly, she felt something underneath her pushing her up and out of the water. She gasped for air, coughing and choking.
"Are you alright?" a deep voice asked. Talia looked down to see that she was now on top of the large monster's head. The girl fell backwards in fright. She was now high above the ocean, and couldn't go anywhere.
"It's alright, it's me," the voice reassured calmly.
"Betamon?" she whispered as the Digimon moved his head down close to the beach. As soon as he was close enough, she jumped off and landed in the sand.
"That's right, I digivolved. Remember, I explained this to you last night," he clarified. She nodded her head. "Wow.you're so.so.BIG!" she said, trying to think of something to say. He just laughed.
"Bigger is better; you'll see. We can have much more fun this way. Climb up on my head again," he offered, smiling. She was hesitant at first, but then finally agreed. With that, he took off across the water; she held onto his horn tightly. She could feel the wind in her hair as he swam through the waves. He was right.this was fun!
"Thanks for saving me." she said gratefully, rubbing his head. He just smiled happily. He didn't know why, but he was really enjoying this partner stuff.
~
Davis leaned against a tree. They had circled the lake at least thirty times, and had been there for nearly four hours. They were all hungry and disappointed. Finally, Davis snapped.
"What the hell do we do now?!" he shouted, stomping his foot into the ground. The moment he did, a light appeared over the lake.
"What did you do?" Veemon asked in shook.
"Oh, I just used my ingenious problem solving skills," Davis boasted.
"Yeah right, and I'm the queen mother." Yolei commented sarcastically.
"After you, Your Majesty." Davis teased.
"Okay, knock it off. Let's contact Izzy and tell him we found it," TK ordered as he opened Izzy's laptop. "Hey Izzy: We found the way in, anything new?" TK asked as they all gathered around the computer.
"Not much." The image of Izzy appeared on the screen. "No one knows anything about the girl Kari saw, and we know nothing about the other girls or why they disappeared. The one thing we do know is the Digimon this Jenny was on is called a Devidramon. Lucky we were able to match the bad footage to the Digimon. But the Digimon is rare and I'm still searching for info on it."
"Okay. Well, we're going to go in. We'll contact you as soon as we find something," TK said.
"Sure. Just be careful," Izzy replied.
"Hey, we'll protect them!" Armadillomon assured. The other Digimon quickly agreed.
"Alright then.See you soon," Izzy dismissed.
"Well, let's do this." TK smiled as he closed the laptop. Patamon landed on his head.
"Let's just hope you can remember where to go from here," he said.
"Hey! You were here too!" TK reminded him as they started to walk into the light.
"Yeah, but I wasn't paying attention."
~
"Yeeeeeeeehaw!" Jenny shouted as they flew through the air. She could make out a round city not too far away.
"C'mon, faster Devidramon!" she shouted. The large dragon smiled and sped up. She threw her arms around his neck, hugging him tightly. His smile grew, and he sped up even faster so she would hold him tighter. He had never felt affection before, but he really liked it. He thought about what it would be like to show it back.
Erika was having just as much fun as Jenny. Tuskmon was an incredibly fast runner and it seemed like the trees were zipping past them.
"C'mon, let's beat them there!" she shouted as he shot off. Devidramon noticed this and flew even faster. It was close, but Tuskmon was smaller than Devidramon and moved quicker. Devidramon grunted to himself when he lost.
"Don't worry; we'll win next time," Jenny whispered in his ear. For some reason he felt his heart jump with her warm breath close to him.
"Hey, so where do we go?" Erika asked, interrupting the dragon's thoughts. The city was in ruins and looked completely dead.
"I'm not sure." Jenny admitted, hopping down from her Digimon's back. They wondered through the empty streets, looking for something, anything.
"Hey, what about there?" Erika questioned, pointing at a large building.
"Well, let's check it out." Tuskmon said. They were walking towards the building when Jenny realized something.
"Hey, how are our Digimon going to get in? Tuskmon might make it, but there's no way Devidramon will fit-the door is too small," she said, pointing at the door.
"Maybe I can help you out," a voice offered. The girls turned to see a young boy standing behind them.
"There is another way in, but before I show you, tell me.are you the other DigiDestined that Piedmon mentioned?" the boy asked, brushing his silvery blue hair out of his face. The girls were a little thrown off for a minute, but then they realized he was one of them.
"Yeah, we're them." Erika confirmed, walking over to shake his hand. "I'm Erika, and that's Jenny," she said, smiling.
"Hey. My name is Blues Hikari, but you can call me Blue if you like. Wow, the clown didn't say you girls were so pretty." he said, flirting with them. Both girls blushed; Devidramon just glared at him, but he didn't notice.
"Hey, it's cool.your hair matches you name." Jenny observed as he led them around the back of the tower.
"Yeah; I was named after my hair. It's kind of cool. So, did your clothes change too when you came here?" he asked.
"Yeah; I think everyone's do," Erika concluded. "But I like my clothes; they're really great. When did you get here?"
"Well, I'm not entirely sure. I was camping with some of my friends and I heard this strange voice.I went off into the woods to check it out. As soon as I was alone, this strange man appeared and held out a laptop.before I knew it, I was here," he testified.
"That must have been Piedmon, he did the same thing to me." Erika noted thoughtfully.
"Yeah, but he was coming on to you first.I think he likes you," Jenny teased.
"I told you to cut that out! That guy's a total creep, and I bet his DigiDestined will be too," Erika said.
"That might not be true," Devidramon spoke up. They stopped and looked at him. "Etemon's a total creep, but from what I've seen, you're pretty normal, Erika," he said.
"HEY! I'm not a creep, bat body!" Tuskmon snarled as they started to argue. It took a minute for them to realize that the kids were walking off and ignoring them.
"So I arrived here late last night. My Digimon explained everything to me, so we don't have to go over it. But I do need that chip Piedmon gave you; we need to get to work right away," Blue told them as they entered the building through a much larger door. Both girls nodded in agreement; they had work to do.
Devidramon and Tuskmon followed closely. For some reason, Devidramon felt very threatened by this new boy. He had always been possessive of his belongings, and he considered Jenny as his. He wasn't about to let anyone take her from him.
~
Now that Teena and Talia had found the person they were looking for, they waited around for orders. Teena was quite imprested with Talia's Digimon; he seemed quite powerful. She wondered what Devimon would look like as a Mega. He was quite a strange one. He always seemed to look at her funny; it was freaking her out, but she had to admit he was very handsome. She felt strange around him; she even caught herself admiring him every so often. Then he would smile at her again, and she'd stop.
The new girl, Jane, seemed very quiet and distant. The little Digimon with her didn't seem to mind; it was like they could understand each other without talking. Talia figured she was young and scared and would probably come around soon.
"Well, it appears you're all here." Piedmon's voice said, as a screen appeared in front of them. The girls jumped with surprise; they still weren't used to him doing that.
"Why do you keep popping up like that?" Talia asked. Piedmon just smiled.
"I have to keep you on your toes. Anyway, what's life without some surprises?" he questioned happily, then continued, "The other girls have made it to the city. I was just talking with them; they have begun to prepare the information I sent them. There are only two more children to go before we can begin to reconfigure the Digital World. I want you to go to the city now and help the others. I must find the last two children and prepare for the takeover."
"Alright." Talia said, turning to leave. Piedmon then noticed something.
"My dear Teena, you have not insulted me yet today. Are you sick, child?" he asked, trying to sound sincere; however, they could tell by the smirk on his face that he wasn't. Teena just turned to him and gave him a look of death.
"I have far better things to do then waste my time on you," she said snobbishly, then walked away. Piedmon turned to Devimon.
"Well, that was interesting.Did you talk some sense into her?" Devimon just glared. Piedmon smiled again.
"Keep her in line, Devimon. I've been watching all of you, and I know what's going on with you, so don't think that I don't. If you want to keep her, then make sure she behaves, because if she doesn't." Piedmon grinned evilly. "Brother or not, I wouldn't be belittled by some little girl who doesn't know her place, and I'd hate to have something bad happen to her, or you." he intoned, his smile now fading. Devimon could see he was completely serious. He then disappeared.
Brother or not, Devimon still feared him; he always had, ever since that time so many years ago. He could barely remember what had happened.what THEY did to him. Myotismon seemed to remember just enough to not want to remember any of it. All he knew was that whatever happened, Piedmon had lost it, and that was the beginning of the Digital World's problems. It had all started way back then.
Devimon followed Teena closely; he knew she was angry, mostly with him rather than Piedmon. He knew she felt like he had betrayed her when he defended his brother from the insults. But there was nothing he could do; he had to protect her. She was all he had.
~
The DigiDestined walked down the long hall of Gennai's hidden home. It was dark, and they could barely see where they were going. Cody was walking closely to TK as they wandered through the halls.
"Why is everything so dark?" Yolei asked; her voice echoed off the walls.
"Yeah, it seems so dead here. Was it always like this?" Ken whispered.
"No." TK answered, his voice filled with concern. "It wasn't; this is wrong."
"Maybe we should come back later." Veemon suggested, pulling on Davis.
"Ah, it's okay..." Davis scooped him up. "I'll protect you." Veemon blushed with embarrassment.
"I'm, not scared.I'm just hungry, that's all," he stuttered, trying to sound brave.
They soon came to a set of large doors TK had never seen before, but they seemed to be blown apart. TK felt his heart skip a beat as he saw this. Without warning, he ran off thought the doors.
"TK, wait!" Patamon cried, as he and the others ran after him. As they burst through the doors, they say what used to be a control room for the Digital World, now in shambles, and TK huddling over a badly injured body.
"Gennai." they whispered in shock.