DM: Digital Mutants: Part 3
[A/N: Here we go again…]
[Disclaimer: I don't own either of these.]
"Impossible!" Myotismon said, "Mutants?!" Shinji nodded, still trying to catch her breath. Myotismon looked away. "So you still don't believe me?" Shinji asked. Myotismon looked back at her. She knew what he had been thinking again!
After a few hours, Shinji had gotten every Digi-destined to her house. "Why'd you call us here?" Tai asked, rubbing his gloved hands together frantically. "To tell you what's been going on." came Shinji's voice. But, she didn't speak.
"How the- How'd you do that?!" Matt yelled. "Perhaps the real question is, how did you freeze Tai's mother's phone?" Shinji's voice came again. "I didn't tell anyone about that." Matt growled. "And Sora didn't tell anyone about her falling through a door." Shinji's voice came, a small smirk on her face, "And just like Joe didn't tell anybody about the water bottle hitting him in the back of the head- when no one was home."
"And just like when no one else told anyone about the strange things that happened to them." her voice continued. "But how would you know about all those things?" Izzy asked, "Have you been spying on us?" "To my enemies, all the time, to my friends, never." Shinji spoke physically. "Then how?" Joe asked. Shinji held up two fingers and Joe's glasses started to float off his face. Everyone gasped in awe. "You see, there's something a little more interesting to us than just our being Digi-destined." Shinji explained, her eyes half-lidded. She flicked her fingers to the side and the glasses started to spin slowly in the air.
"There's a very logical explanation to all of this." she continued, "It's not all that hard to understand." She then let all her fingers rise into the air, as if she were casting a spell. Slowly, the other kid's Crests floated up from behind their shirts, off their necks, and into the air. "Izzy, haven't you figured it out?" she asked. Izzy shook his head slowly. Shinji chuckled softly. "We're mutants." she said. The Digi-destined were absolutely silent.
Tai laughed weakly. "You're a bad liar." he tried to laugh, "What a joke!" Shinji's expression turned angry. "You guys just don't seem to ever trust me, do you?" she asked. "But you have to be kidding!" Matt said in an almost scared tone. "Then explain why TK won't open his eyes!" Shinji commanded. The teenage blonde couldn't pull an answer out of the air. "And here's another challenge." Shinji said, "How could you hear my voice in your head? I don't have any tricks, I can't perform magic, so explain it!"
"…Then we're really all mutants?" Kari asked. Shinji let her hands fall, and the floating items returned to their owners. "Got a better explanation?" she asked coldly. TK started to cry again. "The only problem we're facing right now is mutant protestors." Shinji explained. "Dad." Matt growled. "What?" Joe asked. "My dad." Matt repeated, "He said, 'I don't like mutants'."
"I know." Shinji replied, "Have any of you been watching the news?" "You mean the reports about mutant registration?" Izzy asked. At the words 'mutant registration', TK cried harder. "So what are we supposed to do?" Matt asked, "What about TK?" The concern for his brother leaked into Matt's voice, making it crack. Shinji didn't have an answer for that one. Everyone soon found great interest in their feet, averting their eyes from the sobbing TK, and twitching Matt.
A few seconds later, a soft knock on the door made Shinji stand and open it. "Yes?" she asked. "Are you Shinji Shazaki?" a light male voice asked. "How did you know?" Shinji asked, stunned. She looked at the man standing before her better, and noticed a strange device was clipped around his face, covering his eyes. "You're… Cyclops. That's your name, isn't it?" she asked.
He laughed. "Professor Xavier was right about you!" he chuckled. Shinji smiled. She knew who the people at her door were! "I knew it!" she said, "You're really Cyclops! You can help TK, can't you?" The group all looked up at Shinji's excited words. "A little genius, isn't she?" a deep, scruffier voice asked. Cyclops chuckled and then walked into Shinji's house. "So, where is TK?" he asked.
Shinji pointed in towards the room where the other Digi-destined were. Cyclops drew out a smaller pair of his special glasses and walked into the room. He saw TK sobbing; his eyes clamped shut, and knew it was him. Cyclops walked over, ignoring the strange looks the children and digimon alike gave him. He was about to put the glasses on TK's eyes, but Matt grabbed his wrist. "It's not something that'll hurt him." Cyclops said. Matt let go and Cyclops put the glasses over TK's teary eyes.
"You can open your eyes now." a female voice said. TK opened his eyes and saw that he was surrounded by the other Digi-destined and five other people. "It's great to be able to see again!" the young boy laughed happily, wiping the tears from his face. The Digi-destined hugged TK hard, Kari and Matt especially.
"So why are you guys here, anyway?" Shinji asked. "That's an easy question." a girl in her teens replied. Her hair was brown, with one white streak in it. "Professor Charles Xavier sent us here." another woman said. She was black and had white hair. "But why?" Shinji asked. "To bring you to America." the last woman said. She had red hair and stood close to Cyclops.
"We get a free trip to America?" Mimi asked. She let out a yell of joy. "With your parents permission, of course." the black woman replied. "Hmm… I'm going!" Shinji said. "But, you don't live with anyone." the teen girl said. Myotismon let out a small snarl.
"Scott, I thought the Professor said there were only nine to get." the red haired woman said. "Remember the 'friends' that he told us about?" Scott asked. "Oh…" the scruffy man said. "Can we get some names out of you?" Tai asked. "My name is Scott, or Cyclops." Scott answered, "This is Jean Grey, Storm, Wolverine, and Rogue." He gestured to the people as he spoke.
"And why are we going to America?" Izzy asked. "To learn how to use your powers correctly." Storm answered. There was slight silence.
"So, we get a free trip to America, 'cause we're mutants?" Mimi asked. Jean nodded. Mimi smiled widely. "Well, you had better ask all of your parents now." Wolverine said, "It's gonna be dark soon and we have to get going." The eight Digi-destined thanked the group and then left quickly.
Tai and Kari were the first to reach their home. "Mom!" Kari said. "Hi Mom." Tai said quieter. "Tai, Kari!" Mrs. Kamiya said. She saw her son's solemn expression. "Tai, what's wrong?" she asked. "Mom, you might wanna sit down…" Tai replied.
It was about five minutes later, and Tai and Kari had repeated the story to both their mother and father. Their parents were absolutely silent. It was a few more minutes till Mr. Kamiya spoke up. "You can go." he said in a soft voice. "Huh?" Tai asked, hardly believing his father's words. "Son, if this is what you are, we aren't going to stop anyone from giving you help." Mr. Kamiya explained, "So you can go to America if you need to." Kari cried in a mixture of happiness and sadness. She jumped up and hugged her mother tightly, along with her father.
Tai stood up and joined in the hug. Tears were streaming silently down his face.
Matt and TK's father had a much less 'accepting' view on their new situation. "What do you mean, 'no'?!" Matt yelled angrily. "I SAID NO, GOD DAMMIT!" Mr. Ishida shouted, slamming his fist on the table. He, Matt, TK, and Mrs. Takaishi had gotten together one last time to discuss Matt and TK's going to America. TK cringed, hearing his father's cursing. "I am your father, and if I say no, I MEAN NO!" Mr. Ishida yelled. "SO YOU'D RATHER TK WALKING AROUND ALL HIS LIFE, HIS EYES SHUT AND BLOWING UP ANYTHING WHEN HE OPENS HIS EYES?!" Matt screamed back. "I DON'T GIVE A DAMN!" Mr. Ishida roared, "MUTANTS ARE FREAKS, AND I WON'T ACCEPT ANY HELP FROM THEM!!"
"Fine, if you hate mutants so much, TK and I'll just leave." Matt said coldly, "You obviously hate us." Matt stood up and walked to his mother. "Mom, I'm sorry." he whispered when he hugged her tight. "It's all right." Mrs. Takaishi whispered back, "But I want you to promise me that you'll come back." "I swear." Matt said, "C'mon, TK." He gently took his little brother's hand and walked away, out the apartment and away from his father and mother. Mrs. Takaishi started to sob with pride, joy, and slight sadness. Mr. Ishida glared at the door, snarling.
It was about three hours later, and the Digi-destined returned to Shinji's house. Each and every one of them had gotten permission to go to America.
"Great." Wolverine said once they had all told their stories, "Let's get going. I don't like talkin' in Japanese all that much." He started for the door, but Tai stopped him. "How are we supposed to get there?" Matt asked, "I don't suppose you have a jet or something?" Rogue snickered. "Kid, just wait." she laughed.
The large group walked out onto the street, the Digi-destined and their digimon following the X-Men closely. "So how in the world could you hide a jet in the middle of downtown Tokyo?" Izzy asked curiously. Cyclops jerked his head at Jean. "She's very good at hiding things from 'uneducated' people." he muttered.
"You hid it on top of that building?" Shinji asked, an eyebrow raised. "She is a psychic little kid, isn't she?" Rogue asked. "Hey, I'm fourteen!" Shinji snapped angrily. She was getting REALLY angry at being called a 'little kid'. The group all laughed.
A few minutes later, the group had traveled to the top of the building. Jean waved her hand, the sky shimmered, and a large black-blue jet appeared out of nowhere. Izzy was drooling. "Everybody, let's get going!" Cyclops ordered. He walked towards the jet, and everybody followed. Everybody, except Shinji.
She was staring at a side of the building, her eyes wide open in shock. Her hands were clenched tightly into fists at her sides. "Shinji?" Myotismon asked. He and everyone else looked where Shinji was looking, to find a thin and tall woman with flaming red hair and gray eyes. "Shinji, who's that?" Kari asked. "Impossible." Shinji snarled, "Mother's dead. Piedmon killed her and father a few months ago." No one moved.
So that was what Shinji's mother looked like. Shinji and her didn't look a thing alike, except for the height. "Who are you, shapeshifter?" Shinji asked in a growl. Wolverine snapped his hands to his sides, in fists, and suddenly, metal claws burst from his knuckles.
"Mystique." he snarled. "A friend of yours?" Matt asked. Then, a thud. Everyone but Shinji turned around to see a huge man standing behind them, flanked by a smaller man. "Sabertooth and Toad." Jean explained. "URAAAAAA!!!!!!!" Shinji yelled, dashing at Mystique. Her yell was filled with anger and slight pain. Without warning, Mystique changed from Shinji's mother to Shinji herself.
The others were watching Shinji fight Mystique, completely ignoring Toad and Sabertooth. Which was a very big mistake. Toad wrapped his long tongue around Sora's neck. He began to choke the young girl. Sora kicked her legs and pulled at the slippery tongue around her throat. Then, she fell to the ground. "Of course!" Izzy said, "She can move through things at will!" Sora dashed away.
In the other battle, Shinji was losing. Mystique was a much better fighter than she was. Mystique was chuckling, hardly putting up an effort. On the other side of the battle, the X-Men and the Digi-destined were also losing. The digimon had never encountered a battle with mutants before, and didn't know what to do. The Digi-destined and the X-Men were no match for Toad and Sabertooth, who had obviously trained hard. Soon enough, Storm and Jean Gray were unconscious, and the others were too weak to fight.
Mystique had driven Shinji up onto the very ledge of the building. There was a small trickle of blood leaking out of Shinji's mouth and she was panting for breath. "I thought… The good guys were… Supposed to win." she panted. "Well, that just doesn't happen every time, does it?" Mystique asked in a taunting voice. Everything stood still for a few minutes.
Shinji closed her eyes and lowered her head, thinking hard. Finally, the real answer came to her. She smiled, fangs slowly growing from her teeth. Shinji looked up, a sideways smirk on her face. She glanced backwards over her shoulder. "That's a long drop." she muttered. "And you'll be falling down it soon enough." Mystique snarled. "How about I go down there sooner?" Shinji offered. Before Mystique could move, Shinji hurled herself into the air and flipped over backwards, purposely jumping into the alleyway below.
Everyone gasped and a few of the girls screamed. Mystique laughed out loud.
Shinji had stopped flipping and was headed for the ground on her back. But, she was still smiling. Her eyes were closed calmly. Her hands limp at her sides. Shinji was completely calm. But then, claws sprang from her fingertips, Shinji's shoes exploded from her feet, claws on her feet as well. Shinji's eyes snapped open, her mouth full of glistening fangs. Shinji curled her body into a small ball then straightened out to her full height, wings bursting from her back. "UUUUURRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!" Shinji screamed.
The group above heard Shinji's scream and then saw a winged figure fly up from the alleyway. "What the?" Wolverine breathed. A feminine laugh filled the air, coming from the winged figure. "Do you really think I'd do something so stupid?!" the person shouted. The voice was familiar… "I wasn't about to kill myself so you wouldn't!" the person yelled, "I've gotten everything all figured out!" "Inconceivable!" Izzy yelled, "That's Shinji!"
Shinji landed on top of another roof, looking down at Mystique, Toad, and Sabertooth. "Some people can just be so stupid." she said. But, in a way, her voice was slightly different. It was gravelly, and sounded like Shinji were acting horribly superior to everyone.
"So, do you think that you could possibly defeat me now, in my new transformed state?" she asked. "We'll just see how strong you are now." Mystique growled, still in Shinji's old form. Shinji grinned. "Try me." she ordered.
Mystique leapt from the roof, at Shinji. But Shinji flapped her red, bat-like wings hard and shot into the air. She flew high up and almost disappeared into the sky. "UUUURAAAA!" she yelled, diving. With speeds over 100 miles per hours, Shinji slammed into Sabertooth, knocking him into a wall. Toad tried to spit his poisonous glob at Shinji, but it hardened and shattered into a million tiny fragments before it got anywhere near her. "Did you think I would leave myself open to attacks?!" Shinji yelled in an offended tone.
She whirled about and Toad slammed into another, higher up building, sticking in the wall. Mystique was stunned at her partners' failure. They had never been beaten so easily! She snarled and then looked into the air for something. "Face it, Mystique!" Shinji yelled, "You CAN'T beat me!!" "Maybe I can't." Mystique replied, "But we will win soon!" Suddenly, she and the unconscious Sabertooth and Toad disappeared. "You had better run." Shinji snarled.
By then, everyone had regained consciousness or their strength. They had been watching the battle. Without warning, right after Shinji's wings had disappeared, she fell backwards, hitting the roof unconscious. Myotismon dashed forwards and gingerly picked Shinji up. "She's alive." he remarked, seeing the horrified expression on the group's faces. "Can we just get going?" Mimi asked. The group followed the X-Men again into the jet.
It was a few hours. The jet was almost at America when Shinji woke up. "Are you all right?" Myotismon asked. "What happened?" Shinji asked. She rubbed her head, sitting up. "Did I do, what I think I did?" she asked. "What do you think you did?" Myotismon replied with a small smile. Shinji opened her eyes and stared at Myotismon for a few seconds.
She laughed.