I realized that in my other chapters and in my poem, I neglected to put in the disclaimer. So here it is, and will be put in the rest of them.
'I do not own them. I own Shay. She is mine. The rest are not.'
At Last
"Hey guys! Over here!" The group turned from the cliff they were looking over, and smiled as they saw the strawberry blonde model running towards them with Palmon in tow. Finally catching up, she rested her hands on her knees in a bent over position to catch her breath. "So do you … know … what it is… yet?" Out of breath from running so much out of shape, Mimi struggled to speak between breaths.
Koushiro, sitting cross-legged with his computer on his lap turned to look at her again. "So far all we know is that it's a digivice, and it's waiting for us."
"Wow." She paused in thought for a moment, then perked up." So lets go!"
Looking at each other, the rest shrugged their shoulders and made their way down the side of the mountain, turning towards the forest where they knew the signal and the temple lay.
When they finally reached the base of the temple, Agumon, Veemon and Tentomon raced ahead, and stopped when they reached the first step. When the others reached them, they noticed what it was the trio was looking at. On the very bottom step lay a small sketchbook. Open to the first page, it showed several forms of an Agumon, all had an 'X' through them save for the final one. Printed across the top in a 7 year olds printing it said 'Agumon- Courage'.
Koushiro reached over carefully and lifted the book, sinking down to his knees in the dust. Flipping over the page, it next showed Greymon, and Metalgreymon, properly labeled. Turning the page again it showed Gabumon in several forms, with one circled. At the top again there was 'Gabumon- Friendship'. They flipped through the book in silence only speaking after they had seen the last sketch of Stingmon, and seeing the crests.
Yomatto rose from his position next to Koushiro, and turned to the huge temple. "Well, if it's a trap, it's a really good one."
Taichi, walking up next to him looked to the summit of the temple and smiled. "I think that if we go up there, we can get some of those answers we've been wanting for so long. I say we go."
"I didn't say we shouldn't go, I just reiterated that it was probably a trap. A very well planned and executed trap."
"Re-what-ed?"
Rolling his eyes, Yomatto started up the stairs, his friends Gabumon close behind.
Reaching the summit, all but Taichi, Daisuke, and Ken were out of breath. Takeru, really feeling the heat of the climb, sat down as soon as he could.
"You'd figure that with all I put you through a simple climb would be nothing. What would Piedmon think if he saw this?"
On the edge of the rooftop stood a human. Back turned to them, all they saw was short and heavily gelled brown hair, and a long fake-snakeskin black trench coat. Laying next to the figure was a panther-like digimon, dark gray with a light gray spotted black fur 'coat' and two black featherd wings protruding from it's back. Opening it's eyes, it looked to the dark figure standing next to it. "They're here."
"Ya think?"
Turning, she revealed a feminine form, heavily accessorized, and wearing dark make-up. She walked over to a small laptop exiting a program and closing it to reveal a surface covered in stickers and taped on pictures. Koushiro's computer beeped, and showed that the little blipping dot had vanished. He looked at her in disbelief. "You didn't use a digivice to get here?"
"I designed the digivice."
"So how did you origionally arrive here?"
She smirked at him. "A very bad week, need of anger management, high emotional level, and blind luck. Stayed by choice though."
This didn't appear to satisfy Koushiro, as he raked his fingers over his short red hair. "Why did you choose us? What are we here for? Why has all thius happened? Who ARE you?!"
She looked at Koushiro and sighed. "This is so unlike you Izumi. One question at a time."
Composing himself, Koushiro was about to speak when Taichi interrupted. "Who are you?"
"Shay Lee."
"What are we here for?"
"To assist me in saving the world"
"Why us?"
She shrugged at this and looked them over with a sarcastic smile on her face. "Because you were there, and you had some traits that would help the cause." She looked at Hikari. "And I just liked you, gave you a crest afterwards."
"What do you mean you just liked me?"
Waiving off her question, Shay walked over to her closed laptop. Sitting down she lifted the laptop onto her lap, opening and powering it at the same time. "Which one of you has my sketchbook?"
Koushiro stepped foreward and handed it back. "Thanx. I keep all my sketchbooks. Now then. I bet you all want to know the cause of all this. Before I came here…" She looked at them and the expectant looks on their faces. "First off let's get you comfortable." Ignoring the exasperated looks on their faces Shay rose, dropped the laptop, and walked to a small opening in the temple roof. Reaching in, she pulled out blankets, and threw them at the others feet. "Spread those out and have a seat." Reaching in again, she pulled out a picnic sized cooler and dragged it over. "I've got some drinks and some munchies."
When everyone was settled, Shay sat facing them and prepared to 'tell all'.
