Part 6
NO SEEMED TO BE PICKING UP ON THE KAMIYA DESTROYER. HE'S A COMBINATION OF OTHER DIGIMON, SEE IF YOU CAN FIGURE OUT WHO.
The world is dying. The once blue skies are now covered in dark, black clouds, it hasn't rained in a decade. The ground is brown, grass is no longer able to grow in the poison soil. That is in only the 1 per cent where the ground is uncovered. The other 99 percent is buried under thousands of pounds of trash, junk, and dead bodies.
The young man that now walked through what was left of Tokyo didn't even registered the stench emanating from the bodies, he had gotten use to it long ago. However, he did notice the sky. He could remember when the sky was once bright blue with beautiful white clouds, and the rain. He remembered when it used to rain. That seemed like another lifetime.
As he walked through the only path, feeling claustrophobic between the giant mountains of sliver and flesh, he tugged on the dark blue cloak that covered his face and body. It was rare to see someone out on what was now a street at this time of day, but if they knew who he was, Myotismon's followers would kill him on the spot.
He suddenly stopped. He heard something rustling in the junk. He scanned the area, then quickly rolled forward.
He turned around and saw a tall boy with glasses standing in front of him. "What do you think you're doing here?" he asked.
"Your leader sent for me, Blue!" he said, growling.
"Why would she ever want to see you're traitors face again?" Blue asked, ready for a fight.
The young man whistled and his Digimon hopped down from the junk pile and stared at Blue. It was suddenly covered by a blue light and became bigger.
"You idiot!" Blue yelled,"How could you let your Digimon digivolve? Especially one that powerful! Datamon's sensors are sure to have detected it!"
"Who are you calling an idiot?!"
"That's enough! Both of you!"
The two Digidestined turned at the sound of the voice. They looked up and saw another person standing on top of another mountain of junk, wearing a dark orange cloak. This figure, however, was definitely a young woman's.
She hoped down and landed between the two boys. "Stand back," Blue said,"until I make sure that its safe."
She didn't say anything as she faced the young man. "Glad you're hear, Gary."
"Yeah," Gary said, whipping the sweat from his forehead,"Though I am surprised why you sent for me, considering our history."
"I'll explain later," she said, mentioning with her hand,"Come. We have much to discuss."
Gary's Digimon, turned back to its Rookie stage as they followed Blue and the young woman.
They walked for about a mile until they reached an abandoned building. Its roof and much of its top hundred floors or so had been destroyed. The bottom parts were crumbling and soon to fall. The only thing that was permanite was the door and the sign above it.
"Odiba Mansion?" Gary said to himself as he followed the other two in.
The walked down the hallway until the reached a set of stairs. One by one they walked down until they entered the massive basement. Gary and his Digimon followed Blue and the young woman over to the left brick wall. Blue seemed to be counting bricks down and over. He stopped and pressed one. There was a hiss, and the bricks to the left slid open, revealing more stairs. The group walked down them.
It seemed like an hour latter before they finally reached the bottom. There was a large room with rows of doors on both sides. The young woman lead them to the second door on the right.
Inside was a smaller room with a wall covered in a giant computer screen with smaller screen around it. There was a large computer console at the bottom with a red haired girl typing away at it.
She turned around when she heard the door open. "Blue, Kasumi, you're back, oh, and you're brought him too, I see."
"You're still as charming as ever, Erika," Gary said, cracking a smile.
Erika didn't say anything as she went back to typing.
"So," Gary said,"Don't you think its about time you told me why you sent for me?"
Kasumi nodded, removing the hood of her cloak, revealing long brown hair. "Let me be blunt," she said,"We are living in a hell. Myotismon is a ruthless dictator who won't stop until every last Digidestined is dead. We have to stop him, and I have found a way."
"Its true then," Gary said,"You did find something. What is it that you've found that's got Myotismon so scared? That he sent an assassin back to kill you before you could find it?"
She looked at him oddly, then shook her head,"No, the Kamiya Destroyer wasn't sent back to kill me, it was sent back to kill my aunt Kari before she....well, just trust me. The only reason he went after my mother and myself is because he's the KAMIYA Destroyer. He kills us."
"What?" Gary asked,"If you want me to help, I'll need total discloser."
"You'll find out soon enough," she said.
"What's that mean?" he asked.
"I'm sending you through the time portal."
"What?" Gary asked,"W-Why?"
"Because," she said,"Despite what happened five years ago, I still trust you and I need someone that I trust for this mission."
"What is this about?" he asked.
"Yesterday," she said,"Todd and Sabrina went back through the time portal that we discovered to stop the Kamiya Destroyer because they thought he was going to kill me, despite my orders. Now they are planning to save my father before he is betrayed and killed. The Kamiya Destroyer was not stopped, he just disappeared. I am sending you and Blue back to protect Todd and Sabrina and to make sure that my father lives. If he was alive, I am sure that he would be able to stop Myotismon."
Gary grimaced at the mention of Tai's assassination. "I've watched the tapes from the news footage of that day. It was horrible. The hope for the future, gone. Is there anything else I need to know before I go?"
Kasumi nodded,"We really don't know what will happen once my father is saved. Erika will explain more."
Erika turned around in her chair and faced the others. She stood up and cleared her throat. "I have been doing extensive research on the subject and have discovered that three things might happen. Either this time line will cease to exist, another time line will be created since the time line has already occurred, or nothing will happen because history cannot be altered. If the first occurs, you four will be the only survivors of a lost world. If the last happens, we will be as we are now. I am hoping that the second happens, thus not only will we be able to save another time line, we might gain knowledge to destroy Myotismon in this time line."
"Plus," Blue said,"We can't talk to our parent's about who we really are, because that will also change history. "
Gary nodded,"Okay, but what you said before Erika, about if this world ceases to exist, won't we disappear also since we were from this world? Which would in effect stop this world from ceasing since we never game back and....ouch. My head hurts."
Erika's Digimon shook his head. "No, that will not be the case. Time radiates forward, not backward. Thus if you make a change in the past, the effects will more forward, erasing this time line, but not you since you are in the past, understand?"
"I guess," he said, shrugging,"When do we leave?"
"Now," Kasumi said, standing up. She lead Blue, who had gotten his Digimon, Gary and his Digimon out the door. They walked across the large room to a door on the other side. They walked in to another room with a glowing screen that had machinery connected to it.
"That's the time device we stole from Myotismon's base," Blue said to Gary.
"We have kept it programed for twenty years in the past," Kasumi said, walking over to it,"Just in case our friends needed to make an emergency stop home."
"I don't know," Gary's Digimon said,"Is it safe?"
"Todd and Sabrina made it through okay," Blue's Digimon said.
"Yeah, but Todd has special powers and Sabrina's father was well, strange."
"Hey," Gary said,"As much as I hate to say this, stop it."
Kasumi stood with her arms crossed,"If you guys are through?"
"Quite," Blue said,"We're ready when you are."
"Good, all you have to do is jump through the screen and you'll be in the past. Good luck."
Gary walked up to the green glowing screen which reminded him of his mother. He took a deep breath and jumped in.
Matt suddenly stopped short.
"What's wrong?" T.K. asked him.
"I...I don't know," he said, looking around the sidewalk he was on,"I'm not sure."
"Are you okay?" Mimi asked him.
"Yeah," Matt said, straighting up,"Yeah, I'm okay. Let's go. Tai's waiting for us."
The trio walked continued to walk down the street when the last two of their group caught up with them. "Where were you guys?" Mimi asked.
"Give us a break," Sabrina said,"I don't know this Tokyo. The Tokyo we come from is hell compared to this."
Todd nodded,"Its hard to find our way around this city."
"So," T.K. said,"Any idea why Tai wants to meet us?"
"Yes," Sabrina said, serious,"Tai is going to tell us that he has to give a speech to the government, and that Kari is feeling better."
"Thanks," Matt said, sarcasticly,"but we still have to go."
"That's right," Mimi said,"you're coming too."
"We know," Todd said,"but it feels strange to be participating in events that we always referred to in the past tense."
"I can only imagine," T.K. said.
No one said anything else for the next couple of minutes. Soon they reached Tai's apartment building.
"Wow!" Todd said,"Look at this building! In our time its destroyed!"
"Don't get too wrapped up," Sabrina said,"Remember, this isn't our world."
"I know, I know," Todd said, following the others upstairs.
Before long they reached the Kamiya's apartment. Matt knocked on the door and Kari opened it.
"Kari!" T.K. said, trying to sound surprised,"You're okay?"
She nodded. "Yeah, the doctors don't know what happened, but I'm okay now. But don't worry about me, Tai has something very important to tell you. Oh, hello, I'm Kari."
Sabrina nodded,"Hi, I'm Sabrina. Nice to meet you."
Todd couldn't say anything. Here was the mother he never knew, never had a chance to meet. "Hi...Kari."
"What are you guys still doing in the hallway?" Tai asked,"Come in."
Kari smiled and closed the door. The others followed her into the living room where they saw the other Digidestined seated on the coach, Kasumi in Sora's arms.
This time Sabrina became tounge-tied. Her parents were here, she wasn't like Kasumi or Todd, she knew her mother and father, it was just weird to see them so young.
"Hi!" Yolei said, standing up,"You're Sabrina then?"
"Yes," she said, nodding,"Nice to meet you."
Tai came walking in. "Okay," he said, not even caring that Sabrina and Todd were trying to meet everyone,"I called you here today because I have some important news. The Government wants me to delivery a speech to them concerning the Digidestined. As you know, Davis and the new Digidestined met a kid named Willace in America, then last week, they meet Micheal from America in the Digiworld. I had contacted the government after this, telling them that we should be searching for more Digidestined. They want to hear what I have to say. If I can persuade them, we might be talking government funding here!"
"That's great!" Sora said,"this will help us greatly!"
She got up and walked towards the door. "Where are you going?" Tai asked.
"I, uh, I've got to get- go shopping for Kasumi."
"I thought you just did," Tai said, confused.
"She-uh, used them up. I'll be home later. Bye, everyone."
She walked out the door, and Tai turned back towards the others. "Davis, Yolei, I want you two to follow her. Something not right here."
Davis nodded, grabbing Yolei's hand, he pulled her up. "Let's go."
Outside the apartment, Sora reached into her pocket as she walked down the stairs. She pulled out a rectangular device. Speaking into it, she said,"Lord Emperor, this is Digidestined 13. I believe I have information that you will find valuable. I believe we have a way to insure Tai's death."
to be continued....