[Author's Note] Well here it is every one, chapter 7 of Dark Mirror. I know it took a long time, and I'm sorry but here it is. Now for all of you that have been wondering when all the action will start, well your going to have to keep waiting for now. I'm still working up to an initial battle between the Overlord and the Guardians so sit tight and just keep reading. Please remember to Read & Review! Thanks.
Dark Mirror
Chapter 7
Sky's above the digital world, 10 miles from Deletion Zone boarders - 6:10 A.M. Tokyo Time
Day 4 of Overlords Ultimatum, 3 Days, 7 Hours, and 50 Minutes Remaining.
"Two minutes to entry point." Nathan said from the front helm seat of the Streaker.
"What do we do then?" asked Sora
"Then we'll set the ship to auto-pilot," said Erin, "the passageways can be tricky and the computer can calculate any last minute corrections a whole lot faster than we can."
"Can I ask you a question?" asked Tai
"Go ahead Tai." Nathan said from the front.
"Well, every time I come around you guys are never near your digimon. You guys haven't seen them in the same amount of time as the rest of us, except Sora, and yet they're never around. Don't you guys want to have your friends around all the time like the rest of us?" asked Tai
"It's not that we don't want them around us." stated Erin
"You don't have Tunskmon as a partner." Nathan said mock seriously causing Sora a slight chuckle.
"Okay mister negativity," Erin said with the same mock serious tone, "It's just that after thousands of years we've learned to work well when we're not near each other twenty-four seven. And besides, we've been so busy lately that we haven't had enough time to celebrate with each other." explained Erin
"Well I suppose after that long me and Agumon might get on each others ... Wait! Did you say thousands of years?" asked Tai
"Yes I did." confirmed Erin
"Okay, I knew you guys were old but how old are you actually?" asked Tai while getting a very cross look from Erin.
"Tai Kamiya, I would have thought that by now that you would know that you don't ask a woman her age. Why if I had a ..."
"Just ignore her, Erin knows what you meant it's just that she's always been sensitive when it came to her age." said Nathan as he turned around his chair and faced the group. "Just one of her little quirks I guess, anyway, the autopilots on now and I think I can answer that question."
"Just one of my little quirks a?" mumbled Erin to herself. "I show you one of my little quirks when we get back."
With that said both Nathan and Michael could be heard making audible gulps. "Now, now Erin, I'm sure Nathan only meant that in good fun. After all, we all have our own little quirks that make us who we are." said Michael in a somewhat cautious tone.
"Is that so?" asked Erin as she gave Michael a look that could freeze the sun, causing another round of gulps from him and Nathan. "I'll deal with you two latter, right now we have some questions to answer, right." she finished as she gave Nathan the same glare.
"Right," Nathan agreed as he subconsciously pulled on his shirt collar. "Um Tai we were, older, when we were brought back from our original time, as I told you when you helped to wake us up our bodies were reverted back to our younger forms as well as our life span was increased. When that occurred we began fighting and continued fighting for approximately 33 thousand years in the digital world, up until our defeat by Apocalymon. Now does that answer your question?"
"Uh yeah, thanks." said Tai
"So how much longer till we get there?" asked Sora
"Not long, we should be there in about ten minutes." said Nathan as he answered Sora's question.
"There's one other thing I've been wondering, it's fairly obvious that you guys had some strong allies in the past, due to what Michael said. So why haven't we seen any of them before?" asked Tai very seriously compared to his tone just a moment ago.
Sora, Biyomon, and even Agumon just stare at him in disbelief at how he seriously he sounded.
"Don't worry guys he's still the same Tai, he's just matured quite a bit in the last ten years." said Nathan in reassurance.
"But he does bring up a good point. Michael, what happened to our other allies?" asked Erin
Michael's face takes on a downcast look, as does his voice, "I was hopping not to be the bringer of this news, but they vanished with out a trace."
"All of them? How?" Nathan asked ad modishly.
"Yes, all of them. And as to how, I know not." said Michael "Let me try to explain, it all started about a month after we retreated to the core."
[Flashback]
Michael is standing on the side of an open field sword drawn; across from him is what looks like a Knightmon. Only this one is different, instead of the normal silver armor there is clean white armor trimmed in gold, at his side is golden sheath and in his hands is a long silver sword with a gem encrusted handle and also caring green eye's behind a golden helmet. They both stare at each other and then they charge each other swinging their swords down at one another. The knight swings his sword in a motion to chop of Michael's head, but Michael counters the swing and is able to push it back as well as the knight. After the knight gets up he sheaths his sword and bow to Michael as he does the same.
"Nice job WhiteKnightmon, you're coming along well in your new technique." said Michael
"Thank-you, you are an excellent teacher. Even for a human." He said as he smile behind his mask and was surrounded by a white light, when the light faded a starch white horse stood in his place. A floating transparent green orb then appeared in front of the two.
"Michael, Stallionmon, please come right away, we have important news from the real world." came a voice from the orb as it pulsated.
"You heard him." said Michael as he began walking off to some point in the distance until he stopped and turned around to see Stallionmon staring at point in distance. "You coming?"
"I will be there in a moment." said Stallionmon
"All right." said Michael as he resumed his walking.
[End Flashback]
"And that was the last we saw of him, when I got to the Digi-Spheres we waited for him but he never showed. Similar things occurred with our other allies until it was only the Protectors, Betamon, and myself." explained Michael as he finished his story.
"And the Digi-Spheres?" asked Sora
"And the Digi-Spheres yes, even with their help we were unable to find any trace of them. We searched the core and as much of the Digital World as possible, but there was no trace of them." said Michael
"No trace whatsoever?" asked Erin nearly in disbelief, temporarily forgetting her threat.
"None." replied Michael as he shook his head.
"This is not good, we'll have to try and look for them later. Right now though we have work to do, we're here." said Nathan
"So what now?" asked Tai
"We head there." Erin says as she points out the window to what is a very large city, literally.
"Those buildings are huge! I mean giant housing huge." exclaims Sora in shock. She was indeed right; the buildings were large even by human standards, with some doorways stretching nearly the height of two stories. Benches so large no normal human could sit in them with out a good climb, and roads as large as freeways.
"What's it called?" asked Biyomon
"Dinopolis, and don't worry, we had this same reaction when we saw the city ten years ago." said Erin
"But wasn't it around before?" asked Michael
"Yes, but back then it was just a small village." Nathan said with a smile as he opened the rear hatch on the Streaker. "Now come on, we've got a little of distance to cover."
"Just out of curiosity, how much distance is there to cover?" asked Tai
"About three miles." states Erin as Nathan nods in agreement.
"You expect us to walk three miles?" says Tai nearly in a shout as he stepped out of the Streaker with Sora and Gennai.
"Of course not, it's just that the Streaker was officially declared as an aircraft the last time we were here, and aircraft aren't allowed in the city. But boards and cycles are." said Nathan
"Okay, I understand "cycles" must mean motorcycles but I'm pretty sure "boards" don't mean skate boards." said Tai
"Right on both account's Tai." Erin said as she and Michael came out of the ship with two motorcycles at their sides and Nathan was trailing behind with what appeared to be a half surfboard under his arm.
"Wait, I know those weren't in there before." said Tai as he watched them come out of the ship.
"Yeah they were, they were just in one of the side rooms." said Nathan with a smile
"Side rooms? That things not big enough for side rooms." exclaimed Tai, now acting like his old self.
"You didn't tell them?" asked Michael
"I guess it just slipped my mind, besides they didn't know we had a gigantic floating base until a few days ago." said Nathan as he looked and now saw an impatient look on Tai's face for being ignored. "You see Tai the Streaker is equipped with Spatial Compression technology which allows for a great deal more space on the inside than what it looks like on the outside. Our base, however, is not equipped with this because the amount of power that would be required for something of that size would be impossible to generate."
"I thought that kind of stuff was only in movies?" replied Tai after hearing Nathan's explanation.
"Remember Tai, we come from an altered future. While this didn't exist then scientists were well on their way to actually creating such technology." explained Erin
"Okay, but what's up with that chopped up surf board?" asked Sora as Nathan just smile as he tossed the board to the ground and it began hovering just off the surface. This just made Gennai, Tai, and Sora's jaws drop.
"Remarkable." was Gennai's response. "Other than the hovering abilities of some digimon I never thought I'd actually see such a compacted hover unit."
"Umm. What he said." coursed Sora, Tai, and their digimon.
"So, are we ready to go?" asked Nathan as he put on some gloves.
"While I would love to examine that board in more detail later, for now I think I'll ride on one of the bikes." said Gennai
"Me to." said Sora as she steps over to Erin's side.
"Why don't we just have our digimon digivolve and fly us there?" asked Tai
"Because, if digimon have feet than they are prohibited from flying within the city. That same rule apparently applies to us as well." Nathan explained.
"What's that suppose to mean?"
"Tai, how many times have I told you that we did learn to fly in all our time." responded Nathan
"Oh yeah." said Tai just remembering.
"You mean you actually know how to fly, with our any machines?" asked Sora almost astounded.
"Yep, we'll have to show you some time when we get back. If were not to busy." said Erin as she climbed on one of the bikes and handed Sora a helmet as she strapped on her own.
"I have to warn you, it has been quite some time since the last time I've driven one of these." said Michael as he handed a helmet to Gennai.
"I assure you that's fine, considering I have never driven one of these." replied Gennai as he climbed on behind Michael.
"Wait, if Sora's ridding with Erin, and Gennai's ridding with Michael, then me and Agumon are with." Tai said, as he looked at Nathan who had that 'you betcha' look on his face.
"But there's no way we'll all fit on that thing." said Agumon
"Oh yeah, watch this." Nathan said as he held out one of his gloved hands and spread his index and pinky fingers apart.
"No way." exclaimed Tai and Agumon, the reason was the board was growing longer and kept growing until there was plenty of room for the three of them.
"So ready to go now?" asked Nathan
"Uh huh." replied the two eagerly.
"Nathan then waved his other gloved hand and the board floated over to the two. "Just sit down on the back, I'll take care of everything from the front."
"How did you do all of that?" asked Agumon as he and Tai sat down on the board.
"Oh, these gloves allow me to control any aspect of the board, from controlling it's size to its movement. Now if everyone's ready we should be going." Nathan said as the board, along with Tai and Agumon, glided over to him and he hopped on as it continued forward. Erin and Michael were not ones to waste time and soon after they were following behind on the bikes.
Overlord's Castle, Digital World
Main Computer Room
"What do you mean you haven't found the location of Grace Hill yet!" came the blearing voice of the Overlord. "You have three chances to convince me not to blow you away right now!"
"Because you would have to train a new head to this department." replied Vademon as he backed away to try and escape his master's wrath.
"Two." said the Overlord as his hand began glowing an eerie dark purple.
"Please Master, I can find this Grace Hill if I just had a little more time ..." pleaded Vademon.
"One." said the Overlord as the glow around his hand increased.
"Um...um ... What, what if I told you I ran across an inconsistency in one of the people who is in close e-mail contact with the digidestined Tai Kamiya." Vademon pleaded in hopes that it wouldn't be the last thing he said.
"What kind of inconstancies?" asked the Overlord as the glow around his hand dulled a bit.
"Well ... for starters there are no records on this person past ten years ago. This is the same for three others that Kamiya is in regular contact with." said Vademon sounding somewhat relieved.
"Who are they?" asked the Overlord as his hand quit glowing.
"The first one is a Nathan Pepper, apparently he is American and yet when I checked the American databanks they have no record of him, the same goes for the rest of them. The second is a miss Erin James, the third is a miss Jen Donel, and the fourth is a mister Ken Blaze." reported Vademon
"Hm, the ancient writings said there were four of these Guardians. If these are them then we might be able to cripple the digidestined and the worlds defense all in one blow." said the Overlord as he thought up his fiendish plan.
"Oh they are the Guardians, but I would not underestimate them if I were you." came a deep dark voice from the shadows.
"Who's there? Show your self!" exclaimed the Overlord with his sword now drawn.
"If you insist." said the dark voice as a figure emerged from the shadows of the room. This figure definitely bore a resemblance to a Knightmon, or more accurately WhiteKnightmon. Only instead of dazzling white and gold armor his was pitch-black armor trimmed in a dark purple, instead of a golden sheath for a sword there was a black plain sheath with a sword hilt in the shape of a dragons sticking out of it. Instead of caring and protective green eyes there stood cold and heartless crimson red orbs behind a helmet as black as the night sky. Yes, before the Overlord stood a ten-foot monster that would make even the bravest of knights cower in fear.
"Who are you?" demanded the Overlord somewhat angrily and somewhat worried at how such a powerful monster could have gotten into his castle without being noticed.
"Just someone with as much reason to hate the Guardians as you, and also someone who wants to help you destroy them." replied the black knight
"Why should I trust you?" questioned the Overlord as he regained his confidence and was giving the knight a look over.
"Because we both serve the same cause," replied the knight, "the cause of darkness."
A sinister smile spreads across the Overlords face. "If I do let you help me there is one thing I need to know."
"And that would be?" asked the knight
"Your name?"
"My name," said the knight in a sinister tone, "is BlackKnightmon."
Near the center of Dinopolis, Dinosaur Island
7:00 A.M. Tokyo Time
"So, what part of this city are we headed to exactly?" asked Tai over the noise of the wind going past them.
"You see that round sorta building." replied Nathan as he pointed to one of the upcoming buildings.
"Your kidding." said Tai as he looked at it. The building was easily the largest of all; it had entryways of all sizes along with numerous carvings of great dragon and dinosaur digimon.
"Nope, that's the building of the Saurian High Council, the central ruling body of the island." said Nathan
"Saurian? As in lizard?" asked Tai
"Kinda, but it's used to represent the fact that both the dinosaur and dragon digimon of this island are one kind. I know how confusing it is but we're not really here to discuss their name choices." said Nathan as his board began slowing down as they neared the building.
"No, but why exactly are we meeting with this council anyway?" asked Agumon
"Yeah, I thought we came to look for those Sacred Stones." stated Biyomon
"We are, remember what Nathan said last night. That the ruling council guards the stones." said Sora to answer the little digimon's questions as the motorcycle stopped in front of the Council building. "It looks even bigger up close."
"No kidding." responded Tai as they all looked up, way up.
"Halt! Who goes there? What is your purpose." came a booming voice from one of the entrances. The digimon belonging to the voice then appeared. It was a WarGreymon, only not an ordinary one, this one was one and a half times the size of an ordinary one, his body and muscles were larger and more bulky, and his entire Chrome-Digizoid armor had a silver sheen.
"Whoa, he's even bigger than me." exclaimed Agumon to himself as he looked up at the giant WarGreymon.
"I do, Nathan Pepper, one of the Digital Guardians." stated Nathan to the colossal digimon. "We have come to consult with the council on a information of grave importance."
"What kind of information?" asked the WarGreymon
"Information that the Overlord could pose a threat to the Sacred Stones." explained Nathan causing the digimon's attitude to dramatically change.
"Come with me." stated the digimon as he turned around and began walking into the building as Nathan and the others followed.
There's something awfully familiar about this WarGreymon, if only I could put my finger on it. Thought Tai as they kept walking.
WarGreymon don't normally grow this large, the only way one would be this large would be if he were larger in his other forms. Thought Sora
"Wait a minute!" exclaimed Tai and Sora together. "Your the Greymon that fought Parrotmon."
This statement caught everyone by surprise, especially the WarGreymon. How could they have known, yes I had fought a Parrotmon when I was young but that was years ago. And yet, that boy with the out of control hair looks very familiar. WarGreymon thought as he bent down and took a good look at Tai. "Would your name happen to be Tai?"
"I don't believe it. It really is you." Tai gasped in awe
"Michael, what happened after the battle between Greymon and Parrotmon?" asked Nathan
"They returned to the digital world but I don't know what happened after that, they just disappeared." replied Michael
"As you can see I did not disappear, as a reward for my deeds I was allowed to come here." stated the WarGreymon as he stood back up.
"So that's why we never saw you again." remarked Sora
"Yes, now perhaps we can catch-up later, however, if the Sacred Stones are in danger than I must take you to the council at once. Follow me." said WarGreymon as he continued walking.
"You heard him, lets go." said Nathan as he resumed walking and the others followed.
The group continues following WarGreymon until they arrive at a large room filled with all types of dinosaur and dragon type digimon. Among them were a MetalGreymon, Triceramon, Brachiomon, several Allomon and Veedramon, and floating high above in the center was the head of all the digimon in the room, Azulongmon.
"Lord Azulongmon, members of the Saurian High Council, and citizens of Dinopolis I present Nathan Pepper, one of the Digital Guardians and company." WarGreymon says as he introduces Nathan and the others.
"Greetings Guardian, your deeds are recorded as some of the most noble on this Island, to what do we owe the honor?" asked the thunderous voice of Azulongmon.
"Your greeting, while perhaps somewhat over exaggerated, is very flattering. However, I only wish we were coming to you under better circumstances." remarked Nathan
"If you are referring to the current problem with the Overlord than I'm afraid that I must agree. He has caused great unbalance in this world, and yours as well if I'm not mistaken. But somehow I have the feeling that there was something else that you were referring to." said Azulongmon in his booming voice.
"While threat of the Overlord to both the worlds is extreme I do have other information that could escalate its danger. I'm sure you know most of my party, my friend and fellow Guardian Erin, the digidestined Tai and Sora and of course Gennai, but this information comes directly from my dear friend Michael." Nathan says as he points to each of his companions. "Michael has informed me that the Sacred Stones could very well be in danger." This one statement causes an uproar that would make a thunderstorm jealous.
"Order! Order!" shouts Azulongmon but without avail. "I said ORDER!" he says with a loud crack of thunder causing everyone to become quiet.
"Remind me not to get on his bad side." Tai remarked to Sora who then gave him a 'shut-up now, this is important' look.
"Everyone, I assure you that the Sacred Stones are safe I would know otherwise," stated Azulongmon to the crowd, "now perhaps you would like to tell us how you believe that the stones could be in danger?"
"Last night we were discussing what had been going on in the digital world, since Michael had been here for the past few years, when he mentioned that since three years ago the Overlord had been searching for something called a Sacred Stone. Now obviously he had not know the truth until know but the other Guardians and my self did, we can only come to the conclusion that he is after the Sacred Stone of Darkness." As Nathan says this another round of uproars occurs.
"If he obtains the Stone of Darkness then we are all doomed." comes a cry from the crowd.
"He must be stopped at all costs before he is able to obtain the stone." shouts another voice.
"WarGreymon! We must summon the armies to deal with this threat at once." comes a plea from the crowd.
"Silence. WarGreymon you shall remain under your current orders, no troops will be called, is that clear." stated Azulongmon once again quieting the crowd.
"Yes Lord Azulongmon." responded WarGreymon
"As for the rest of you, you should be ashamed. You know that there is know way that the Overlord can find this island and therefore there is no reason to panic. We shall discuss this matter at another time, for now, Council Adjourned." stated the great dragon as the digimon begin leaving the room. As the last digimon leave it's only Azulongmon, WarGreymon, Nathan and the others remaining in the room.
"I am truly sorry about that, they tend to be somewhat jumpy if the Stones are threatened." apologized the dragon.
"No problem, if I knew more I'd probably be more jumpy to." responded Tai in his usual manner.
"Azulongmon, why were they calling on WarGreymon for armies?" asked Sora
"Just as Zhuqiaomon has his servants, the Devas, I to have digimon that have pledged allegiance to me. WarGreymon is one of these; he is also the head of the Saurian Armies native to this island. Now, is there anything else that you have to tell me or wish to request?" asked Azulongmon to Nathan.
"There is, as digital law states, the Sacred Stones cannot be removed from the island without direct permission of the Digi-Spheres. Due to the fact that the Digi-Spheres are currently inactive, I would like to request that we be allowed to at least see the Stones with our own eyes." requested Nathan
"Of course, I understand." stated Azulongmon as his eyes began to glow. The floor in the center of the room began to fold into the ground as a platform began to rise in its place. The platform had three levels, the bottom contained seven stones each a different color with a label naming the stone. The red stone was labeled Fire, the blue stone Water, the light green stone Wind, the dark green stone Earth, the icy blue stone Ice, the bright yellow stone Lightning, and the dark yellow stone Thunder. The next level contained eight stones each the same color and shape but with special symbols engraved upon them. The stone with a howling wolf Spirit, the stone with two held hands Heart, the stone with a dove Flight, the stone with a cheetah Speed, the stone with a bear Wisdom, the stone with a pointed hat Magic, the stone with a brain Psyon, and the stone with a hand, sword, and staff in the shape of a triangle Tri-Skill. The top level contained only two stones, one a pure white, the other a pure black. Their labels read Light for the white stone and Darkness for the black stone.
Nathan is heard letting out a sigh of relief. "They are all here. Thank you Azulongmon."
"This is so cool." said Tai as he and Sora both began walking around the platform to look at the stones. Sora stops in front of the one labeled Thunder.
"Thunder? Thunder isn't an element." said Sora as she looked over to Erin for an explanation.
"Technically your right, but the power that Thunder has is felt just like the other elements so that's why there's a stone that represents it." explained Erin
"What's Tri-Skill?" asked Tai as he looked up at Nathan.
"Tri-Skill is a stone that represents the three major types of fighting. One is with only hands, like with martial arts, the other is with a blade like with sword fighting, and the last is fighting with a staff or rod of some sort.
"Oh." said Tai
"Well I guess there's nothing else for us to do here, huh Nathan." said Erin as she looked over to her friend.
"I guess not, thank you Azulongmon." thanked Nathan
"You are quite welcome." said Azulongmon as the platform began to lower back into the floor.
"Well we better be going, we got to get you back to work in the real world after all Tai." joked Nathan
"Yeah, yeah I know." said Tai as he began walking out of the room with Agumon following behind.
"Good luck Guardians, may we find a way to end the threat of the Overlord and rescue Matt from the darkness's hold over him." came Azulongmon's voice as the group left.
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"Let me get this strait, you want to help me to destroy the Guardians. Why, what reason would you have?" asked the Overlord
"That's right, and as for reasons. Let's just say I have an old score to settle with them, a very old score." replied BlackKnightmon
"What kind of score?"
"They defeated me many times in the past, but I've trained for many years for the day when I could get my revenge."
"Ah, revenge. The best friend of a soldier of darkness, but tell me how can you help me with my problem with them?"
"I can destroy their leader, without him they will be unable to work together, and then you will have no problem destroying the others."
"An excellent plan, I think you will be of use to me. But, to be of even more use to me I am in need of the location of a certain item, perhaps you have heard of it?"
"What item?"
"The Sacred Stone of Darkness. I need in to complete my ultimate plan, it will give me the power to destroy the digidestined and take complete control of both worlds, however, I need to know it's location."
"I know it's location and I will help you acquire the Stone of Darkness."
"Excellent, and the Guardians?"
"They will attempt to find the very first Digidestined. And knowing their leader as I do, he will most likely go and find them in person."
"Do you know where these Digidestined are?"
"Only one of their locations is know, and he is in..."
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"Hawaii! Not that I'm complaining but why would one of the first digidestined be in Hawaii?" Nathan asks
"That is where he comes from. As to the location of the other digidestined, that is unknown." said Michael
"Gennai, do you know the others locations?" asked Erin
"I'm afraid I do not." replied Gennai
"Okay, sorry for the interruption Michael, now what else was it you were about to say?" asked Nathan
"As I already told you the first digidestined were given the special elemental crests, after seeing the Elemental Stones in person I can only conclude that they must somehow be connected. You see, after the children received those crests they began showing signs of the same types of power that you and the others have Nathan." explained Michael
"No way, you mean there are others out there with super powers besides Nathan?" asked Tai with disbelief in his voice.
"That's scary." remarked Agumon
"Yes, there are Tai." stated Michael plainly.
"Looks like this could be a little more difficult than I first thought." stated Nathan to himself.
"What else can you tell us about them Michael?" asked Erin
"Well after they defeated Gulfmon they obviously had to return to the real world, but because their digimon would have been to readily visible they were forbidden from going there. I did not agree with it but the Digimon Guardians of that time decided that their digimon were to be put in stasis just before they passed away. The digimon were put into modified Data Crystals that stored their data whole, the crystals also cannot be unlocked without the digivices of the first digidestined." said Michael
"This is good to know but we need names Michael." said Nathan
"I only know the name of the leader, the one from Hawaii, his name Kaui Mawe. If I remember correctly he was always a carefree sort, somewhat like you Tai, but he was also very cautious and would tend to jump to conclusions to soon." stated Michael
"Gennai, do you know any of them?" asked Sora looking over to them.
"I'm sorry, I had very little contact with them." apologized Gennai.
"Looks like we'll just have to start with this Kaui. Well we better get going or we're going to run out of daylight in Hawaii." Nathan said with a small smirk as he turns around in his chair at the helm of the ship. From the outside the Streaker is seen rising off the ground and begins flying off into the distance.
On the ground WarGreymon can be seen watching as the ship flies off into the horizon. Good luck Tai, I only hope we meet each other again some day.
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"So how was it? Are the Stones safe?" asked Jen as Nathan and the others step out of the Streaker in the launch bay.
"Yes there safe. I only hope they stay that way." replied Nathan as he walked over to her and Kari who was with her.
"Whew, what a relieve. So what now?" asked Kari
"Right now I need you to take Tai over to Digi Corps, then I want you and Michael over at headquarters. I want you both to try and hack into the Dublin Alliance computers, this is top priority, use as many resources as needed." ordered Nathan
"You got it, come on Tai, Michael." Kari said as she, Tai, and Michael left the bay.
"Yes ma'am." Joked Tai
"So what can we do?" asked Sora
"I want you to go to the SimDeck and continue your training with Gennai, we need you to get your powers, and emotions, under control." explained Nathan
"If you think its best." responded Sora
"I do, but with how fast your coming along I'm sure you'll have them under control in no time." complimented Nathan
"Thanks." said Sora as she and Gennai also left the launch bay.
"So now what are we going to do?" asked Jen
"Well it's pretty obvious. We need to go to Hawaii to find this first digidestined." replied Erin
"Precisely, which is why we need Ken to try and find an address on Kaui. You guys think you can get the Streaker's cloak generator going again? We're going to need it in order to stay hidden when we get there." asked Nathan
"Sure, it shouldn't take long. But where are you going?" asked Jen
"I have to go get something from the house a second. I'll be back in a little bit." said Nathan as he then went out the doors to the launch bay.
"I guess we better get started. I wonder what he was going to get though?" pondered Jen
"It better be a large bag of ice." commented Erin
"Why would he need that? Wait did he mention your qui..." Jen was abruptly cut off when she got the look of death from Erin, "your...your quick reflexes. Right?"
With that said Jen quickly scurried away to work on the ship, and to avoid Erin's wrath about almost mentioning her quirk.
A few minutes latter Nathan came back into the hanger to see both Erin and Jen waiting for him in the Streaker.
"So, wha'd ya have to get?" asked Jen while showing some of her Southern drawl.
"This." Nathan said as he held up a sword with a golden tint to the blade. This wasn't Sora's sword but his, proven by the engraving of his crest into the handle.
"Why'd you get that?" asked Erin somewhat suspiciously.
"It never hurts to be prepared. Probably one of the best mottos to follow if you ask me." Nathan said as he stepped into the small ship.
"Mhm. Right." mumbled Erin as he walked on by and Jen went with him.
"You better watch it. Erin's on the war path." whispered Jen to Nathan
"Tell me something I don't know." whispered Nathan back to Jen
"What are you two whispering about?" asked Erin as she came in from the back.
"Nothing Erin, we were just getting ready to go. That's all." fibbed Nathan quickly as he took his seat at the helm and Jen followed his example as she also sat down.
"You'll both pay." remarked Erin quietly, but it was still loud enough for Nathan and Jen to hear causing them both to gulp.
2 Miles west of the Hawaiian Islands
4:10 P.M. Local Time
"So where exactly are we headed anyway?" asked Jen
"What did Ken find out about where Kaui lives?" asked Nathan from the helm.
"Oh right, he he, I forgot to check." Jen said as she remembers. Erin just gives her a stern look, obviously she was still in a rather sour mood. "Don't worry, I'll call him up right now." Jen turned around in her chair as she typed several keys on the comm. panel as one of the screens above it turned on with Ken's smiling face staring right out of it.
"So you finally decided to call huh?" joked Ken through the panel.
"Joke latter Ken, right now we need that information." said Nathan from the helm.
"Right, it wasn't easy but I was able to track this Kaui down, he's located on the Kauai Island just southwest of Lihue. I'm sending you the exact coordinates now. I do have a question though, why is it so important that we find these first Digidestined?" asked Ken
"Humph." was the response Erin gave as she turned her chair away.
"Okay?" said Ken
"Later." responded Jen
"We're hoping to find them and ask for their help. With all their digimon being able to achieve their mega forms they could be a big help if there really is someone else controlling the Overlord. Plus with what Michael told us about their digimon it only makes since to try and help them out." said Nathan as he kept his eyes ahead.
"Oh. So what's up with Erin?" Ken whispered to Jen threw the comm.
"I think Nathan mentioned something about one of her quirks on their earlier trip." whispered Jen back as a sudden swirl sound was heard. Erin was looking strait at them with the same freeze the sun look she gave Michael and Nathan earlier.
"You will pay." she said softly as she turned back away from them.
"Um, right. Ah bye." said Ken nervously as the screen with his face on it quickly went blank.
Lucky coward. Jen thought as she turned back around in her seat to face front. "So how much longer Nathan?"
"'Bout ten seconds." said Nathan as he continued working on the helm controls.
"What!" Jen exclaims, she hadn't expected that type of answer but when she looked out the front window she saw treetops going past it.
"We weren't that far out when you finally called Ken, anyway I've already had the computer put his information on a Data Card which should be done about now." As Nathan said that a small card popped out of the comm. station next to Jen.
"Boy, I've really got to pay more attention." Jen said to herself as she grabbed the card and began heading to the back of the ship.
Erin only gets up quietly and heads to the back with Nathan following as he shuts down the ship from the helm.
"So how far are we going to have to go?" asked Jen as she stepped out of the back of the ship.
"If the information Ken sent us was correct Kaui's residence shouldn't be more than two hundred yards from here." said Nathan plainly
"That close?" asked Erin somewhat rudely.
"We're on a beach, so there's plenty of places to land. Plus our digivices can control the Streaker's cloaking generator. Now can we please get started." Nathan said as he started heading down the beach and ending that argument.
"So exactly what house is it?" asked Jen after they had been walking for a few minutes.
"It should be that white house up there." said Nathan as he pointed up ahead.
"There all white houses." Erin says as she points out the flaw in Nathan's statement
"That one with the red roof and the dock in front of it with the thirty foot powerboat at it." Nathan said as he clarified his statement for Erin.
"Ooh ... Power Boat." Jen said as she rubbed her hands together and gave a rather devious smile.
"Now don't get any ideas Jen, I know how much you came to enjoy water skiing in the digital world but now is not the time for it." scolded Nathan
"You sure know how to spoil a girls fun." Jen pouts as she lowers her head slightly, it perks back up however just as quickly. "Hey, is that a kid over there?"
"The information did say that Kaui was married, to a Helen I believe." said Nathan as he took a good look at the young boy they were approaching. He looked to be about twelve years old, with longer brown hair with golden highlights, he was medium height and from his build it was obvious he was an avid surfer, even at his young age. At the time however he was playing Frisbee with a woman, presumably his mother. She had long brown hair, was about five inches taller than her son, and surprisingly was keeping up with him quite well despite the age difference. By this time the pair had noticed Nathan, Jen, and Erin walking up towards them and stopped playing to watch them approach.
"Hello there, can I help you?" asked the woman politely as Nathan and the girls approached.
"She seems nice." whispered Jen as they stopped in front of her and her son.
"Um, yes. Are you Helen Mawe perchance?" asked Nathan
"Yes I am, what can I do for you?" Helen asked
"We were hoping to speak with you husband, Kaui. Is he around?" asked Nathan
"No I'm sorry, he's still at work. Are you friends of his?" Helen asked almost suspiciously.
"Not exactly, but you could say we're in the same type of business." said Nathan
"You sell surf boards too?" Helen asked now sounding more nervous than ever.
"He affords this house selling surf boards." commented Jen to herself.
"Quiet." Nathan said out of the corner of his mouth. "No miss we do not sell surf boards, the business we're referring to took place several years ago in the digital world." He finishes as she immediately went on the defensive.
"Alex go inside." Helen said to her son.
"But mom." protested Alex
"Go inside." insisted Helen. He complied and she watched him until he was well away in the house. She then turned around quickly with one of her hands giving off a greenish blue tint as she went into a sort of fighting stance. "I don't know who you are but I won't let you hurt my son or my husband. Sia Chop!" Helen said as she jumped into the air with amazing speed and came down with her hand right at Nathan and the others. They made it out of the way, but just barely and with shocked expressions on their faces.
"Your a, a digimon!" gasped Nathan as she got ready to attack again.
To Be Continued...
[Author's Note] Well what'd ya think, I know not enough action, but you did get a little taste of something hear at the end. Like the others this is still more information on the past, but it also shows you a little of what's to come. And if anyone thinks that what I did with Erin is going to make her turn evil and try to kill the others, remember how long they've been around, if she wanted to kill them she would have already done it. You'll understand her type of revenge in either the next chapter or the one after that. And as to who Helen really is if you've read my other stories you should have a fairly good idea. As always, please R&R.