Castle of Ending, Part 2 – Angels and Devils
Author's Note: Enjoy, I order you. Oh, and no, that wasn't Gennai's entire diary, to answer my mental question. That was just enough to give you the gist of it. Oh, and you'll very soon understand my title, just wait a chapter or 2!
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Sora's remark was not left unnoticed. Tai was the first to realize what she'd said, and he raced to the computer. The hints dropped were easy to put together, and the message was simple. Time was running out, and fast.
As the idea snapped in everyone's mind, a panic arose. Thoughts raced through Izzy's mind in rapid succession. The Digimon are gone… Tentomon might be dead… We aren't safe no matter what unless we have our own power… We need the Digivices… This is bad.
TK glanced around. As usual, Izzy was in deep thought, not really aware of the reality of the situation. But, very oddly, Joe seemed calm. He wasn't in full panic like almost every normal person would. Instead, he was breathing deeply.
Joe suddenly spoke into the silence. "Don't panic. Something will come in, and save us and/or help us out. It always does. We'll be fine."
Everyone blinked. A chorus of whats, huhs, and whatevers erupted. "Uh, Joe, are you okay?" Iori mumbled.
"Yes, I've just been taking classes from the optimist club."
"I'm thinking he's taken a few too many." Yolei snickered.
"I'm surprised he even reacted to it!" Tai laughed. There was a burst of laughter from the kids that retained a sense of humor in a state of total panic. The laughter died down almost instantly, spirits were too low to laugh long.
Something black swept past the window. It went so fast that you couldn't even make out what it was. It didn't seem to like the water very much. But everyone, mourning the possible death of his or her Digimon, didn't notice it.
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Izzy gave Sora a light tap, and she got off the computer. He found the Digimon analyzer, and ran the program. It listed the names of every known Digimon, "in alphabetical order for convenience." He clicked on Cobramon.
"Cobramon, a serpent and virus Digimon. Attack: Poison Wing. Information in prophecies about this Digimon: Cobramon is said to raise an army of Devils. The Royal Guardians will try to fight him and fail, barely surviving. The Angel Guardians, both siblings of Royal Guardians, will finally defeat him, with the help of the Royal Guardian's power."
"Guys, read this!" Izzy shouted. "I think it might be the way to… Well, it's a hint. Of something. That I'm not sure of."
Matt read it, then sighed. "This is going to help us how?"
"I don't have a clue." Daisuke replied. I think we ought to go home. If evil's taken over entirely like it seems… There's not a thing left to save."
TK kicked him in the shin. "Don't talk like that! We don't know that yet! For all you know, Veemon could be this guy's captive, waiting for you to come save him!"
Tai sighed. "I almost think that Daisuke's right, but at this point, there is positively zero ways to get home. Why don't we search the house? If we can't find anything else, we'll probably find a way home."
Everyone nodded, and they walked into the bedroom, afraid of what they might find.
The bedroom was neat. The bed was made, the pillow fluffed, no signs of struggle. If there were any clues, they weren't going to find any in Gennai's bedroom.
They walked out the door and walked into another room. It was a kitchen. This was a sharp contrast to the bedroom. There was a half-eaten breakfast on the table. The microwave was open, and what could only be Digimon food was in there. They left in a hurry, that was for sure, and they must have been panicked, too, if they didn't even eat.
They walked back into the hall and found the front door. They knew they couldn't leave the house but they wanted to look out the door. Footprints of all shapes and sizes ran up the path. At the top of the path… There was blood. It had to be blood. Tai silently left a tear run down his cheek. Someone had died there, or had been hurt very badly. Probably badly enough to die within a few feet of the area. They couldn't bring themselves to look past the blood.
"We-we've seen enough f-for today." Sora stuttered, crying.
"Yeah, let's go back to the marble room." Tai suggested. He put his arm around Sora, and managed a weak smile. "It couldn't have been someone we knew." he told them. It did no good, as it sounded like he was trying to force himself to believe it, but couldn't.
Someone had died there. Someone they knew, well enough to cry for.
And, with any logical reasoning, they'd realize who it was.
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Author's Note: Ok that's creepy. Did I just even write that? Oh, gosh, I did! Don't be scared, I'm not insane. Guess who I killed off? I left a huge hint for you, and if you have any logical reasoning, you'll know who it was. First person to guess it right gets to decide the fate of the Digimon! (If you decide they die, be specific, like "It was _______ and the Digimon were hanged." and if you decide they live, you have to give the extent of the damage, like "It was _______ and the Digimon were completely unhurt, but they were turned evil.")