Chapter 3
Created By: Jason Wong
"Are Sora and myself." finished Izzy. "Check if you like."
"He's right." said Joe. "But why'd he pick you guys? And when did he find out about Matt?"
"Ahhh, you see, I informed him the moment we found out it was Matt." said Izzy. "I mean, it was suspected the virus was digital in origin." He paused a moment before continuing. "As for why us? I haven't a clue. I believe he thinks our abilities are best suited for what lies ahead. But don't worry, I'll attempt to bring you guys along later."
"When do we leave?" asked Matt.
"Uhh, I guess as soon as Tai's ready." replied Izzy.
"Ok. Then I won't hold us up any longer." said Matt. "See you." With that he rolled over to sleep.
Tai extracted the needle before getting woozly out of bed. He looked awful. Pale and soaked in sweat. Once his head cleared, he quickly left. Everyone assumed to eat quickly and shower. He took about twenty minutes before returning, dry and in a set of identical clothes.
"Sorry it took so long." he said. "The showers here are the pits. But they got the job done. Let's get a move on."
Izzy rolled his eyes in wonder before proceeding to send an e-mail to Genni signaling that they were all set to go.
There was almost an immediate reaction. It wasn't anything they'd ever experienced. The four of the slowly began glowing brighter and brighter until a brilliant flash of light lit the room. As the light faded leaving spots in everyone's vision, they notice that Sora, Izzy, Tai, and Matt had vanished.
When Tai awoke, he felt Matt's body slumped over his own. I didn't appear as though Izzy or Sora were in the immediate vicinity. Shrugging, he looked up and noticed the beams of light which would guide him to Genni's underwater house.
"I guess we might as well head off, the others'll head that way too." mumbled Tai to no one in particular.
Picking up Matt, he carefully made his way through the forest in front of him. It was a fair walk, it wasn't helped by the fact he had to carry Matt as well. Tai was beginning to get worried. He hadn't noticed a single digimon along the way. It was weird, he'd expected to see at least one roaming around. Eventually he broke through the forest. Sora was waiting for them at the edge of the lake.
"Hey, alright. You made it." she exclaimed. "We thought you didn't get through. Izzy's down there already. Actually, it's kind of funny, but you'll have to see it for yourself."
They descended the lengthy staircase rapidly. Tai peered around, locked onto Izzy and burst out laughing.
"It's not funny." called Izzy who was lying in the small creek trying in vain to scrub mud off his clothes.
"What happened to you? asked Tai as he set Matt down.
"When we landed, he ended up in a pool of mud. The stuff is like tar, it doesn't come off easily." said Sora. "He'll bond to just about whatever he touches. He looked like a pine tree by the time we got here."
"At least my laptop's ok." said Izzy in an overly cheerful tone.
"And a good thing too. That laptop contains vital information to use this device." said Genni, emerging from his home.
"Genni!" shouted Tai happily. "Can you fix Matt?"
"Possibly." replied Genni. "I have a device which could do the job. However it's ancient and I don't know how to use it. We'll have to wait for Izzy to get cleaned up so he can access his laptop. Perhaps he can discover how this device works."
They didn't have to wait very long at all. Izzy got off enough of the mud so he could work. Soon Izzy stood up to address everyone. "It should work, but it won't. I've followed the instructions exactly. Do you know anything else about it Genni?"
"Not much." said Genni. "It was said to be used eons ago, to erect a much stronger barrier to hold out the evil. They altered the very code of the digital world with the device."
"Just when was the digiworld formed?" asked Izzy. "Never mind! I figured out the problem. I believe we'll need our digimon present in order to activate the device."
"Just where are our digimon anyway?" asked Tai.
"They're here. But they aren't as you remember them."
A small door opened and out walked the digimon. Tai gleefully ran up in front of Agumon. But Agumon failed to notice Tai. Tai sat baffled in front of Agumon. He was puzzled why his friend would just ignore him.
"They're empty shells now." said Genni. "No one could have predicted that their souls would be destroyed if you were separated with no way to come back. Oh, Tai. I'd move."
"Why? ACHOO!!" exclaimed Tai as a feather duster exploded in his face causing a furry of sneezing.
"They'll clean anything that holds still long enough." said Genni. "And before you ask, I don't know how you'd be able to heal them."
"Oh." said Tai sadly. "Well, lets come do our job."
Izzy sat down once again with Tentomon close by. At least the mud was being removed from his clothes if nothing else. Izzy tried and tried but eventually gave up. "It won't work at all, the technology's too old." he said throwing the rod.
"Whoa, don't throw that away. It could still be useful." said Tai, grabbing the rod out of the air. "Hey, what!?"
The moment Tai had touched the rod it lit up. Small lights glittered, a screen lit up. And the whole device whirred to life.
"Prodigious." exclaimed Izzy. "You activated it. May I see it?"
Tai handed the device back to Izzy. However the moment it left Tai's grasp, the whole thing shut down. Izzy was baffled at this mysterious turn of events.
"Interesting." said Genni.
"What?" asked all three of them.
"Tai's lineage is that of the original digidestined. I believe that that would be the reason it works when he holds it." said Genni.
"You mean he's related to the original digidestined?" demanded Sora.
"It was probably programmed to accept commands if you have a certain DNA code. That way evil digimon wouldn't be able to warp the digiworld as easily." said Izzy.
"Oh, well in that case..." said Tai taking the device back. "How would I go about healing him." Now indicating Matt.
"I don't-- Tai look!!" shouted Sora.
The rod had lit up and was pulsing light from many different points. The rays were getting wider and brighter by the second. Sora was forced to shield her eyes from the brightness. In fact, everyone had to. The light was pulsing faster, growing brighter until nothing except light was visible. I peaked, cutting through all obstacles. The world turned an unbearable white. And then it was over. Their eyes adjusted to the room and they saw that Matt hunched over Tai who way lying in a chair.
"Hey, Matt. You made it." shouted Sora.
"How're feeling?" asked Izzy.
"Actually great." said Matt. "It's like... how can I make you understand? It's like... like I wasn't whole. but now I am."
"Hey, where's the device?" asked Izzy seeing Tai no longer held it.
"It overloaded. It did it's job and was erased." said Genni.
"Sora! When did you get here?" asked a familiar voice.
"Biyomon?" asked Sora. She turned to the others with a puzzled look.
"I believe that Tai out did himself. Instead of healing Matt, the device attempted to heal 'everything'. That's why Tai looks drained. It had to use his energy as well." said Izzy. "Hey, didn't there used to be eight digimon here?"
Sora did a quick count, but Tentomon beat her to it.
"There are only six of us. Agumon and Gabumon have vanished." he stated.
"It's coming true." mumbled Genni. "I never thought it would happen in my lifetime. They've joined."
"What!?" demanded Matt. "What on earth are you talking about?"
"There's an ancient prophecy. One of the oldest ones around." said Genni. "It talks of the two who will join in order to defeat an evil digimon."
"May I see the actual prophecy?" asked Izzy.
"Yes, it's on your computer now." replied Genni.
Izzy opened his laptop hand began reading the prophecy:
|
Two will join and be reborn, Fire and Ice unveiled at last, To defeat the evil risen from the ashes. But one final trick, he doth hold. Kill one of the chosen before he disappear. |
"Fire? Ice? Rebirth? I don't like the sound of this." said Tai leaping to his feat. "And someone's going to die."
However, despite Tai's protests, a white aurora enveloped both him and Matt. Before anyone could react, they fled out of the house. When everyone caught up the two of them were focused on a lump of metal in the ground.
"Don't interfere. They have to form the vessels for their power. All we can do now is watch and wait." said Genni from behind them.
Who is this evil? What will Tai and Matt do? Find out as the series continues in "The Evil".