The Digital World Calls

The Digital World Calls

By: Theodore 'Blitz' Leung

TheoLeung@Sprint.ca

Disclaimer: All Digimon and their characters (except for those introduced in this fic/series) do NOT belong to me. I do not have permission to use their characters, but it's a FanFic, so, who cares? =) This story line belongs to me and me alone. Please ask for permission if you wish to use it. Thanks. Now let's get onto reading!

Monday morning came quickly, faster then Tao believed possible. He was still absorbing the fact that he went to an alternate world Friday after school. The teenager stood on the bus, gazing out the window. Tao remained unusually silent, even when Marc asked him what was wrong.

"It's nothing," was all Tao responded with. Of course, his mind was set with the Digital World and the two e-mails he got: one from Prism, or better known to him as Shastina; and the other from GTK. Both took a trip to the Digital World, like him. Both had a Digivice, and both had a Digimon.

"What does it all mean?" Tao thought, his hand in his pocket, where he gripped his Digivice tightly and out of sight.

"Hey, Tao," Marc spoke, slapping his arm. "Our stop is next. Won't do you any good if you miss school."

"Yeah…okay…" Tao replied, glancing out the window just to be sure. "Thanks Marc…" he told his friend, stepping off the bus. His school, Don Mills Collegiate Institute, loomed in front of him.

"Come on, another period of English awaits," Marc told his companion, pushing him along across the school's lawn.

* * * * * *

"I wish I had a regular lunch period…" Marc complained, slamming his locker shut. Ten o'clock quickly came, signaling the end of Period 1.

"Yeah, but at least you got time for homework…I can't work at regular lunch, too much noise…" Tao countered, not in the same mood he was in on the bus.

"That's true…but still…" Marc replied, trailing off. The two started down the bustling corridor as other students of DMCI headed towards their Period 2 class. "Anyway…have fun in accounting…the library computer calls for me."

"Heh, okay Marc. See ya," Tao responded, waving off to his friend before entering the empty classroom. Not even the teacher was there yet. "First one as usual…" Tao muttered, noticing the computers lined up around the perimeter of the room. Following natural instinct, he headed to one that sat by a corner, and logged in, still having his bag on his back. "Wonder if I got any new e-mail…wait a minute…" Tao mused, removing his Digivice from his pocket. G explained how to use the e-mail function of the Digivice to him last night over ICQ when Nobie disappeared for a bit.

"Let's see…" he thought, accessing his e-mail. He was disappointed when he found there was no new messages on his account. "Oh well," he muttered, closing his Digivice and stepping away from the computer.

His Digivice went off, beeping madly.

"What the heck?!" Tao exclaimed, thankful that no one was in the class yet. His gaze slowly fell onto the computer screen, where the two familiar windows that took him to the Digi-World in the first place were on. "They're…calling me again?" he thought, holding up the Digivice. "Well, at least I get to skip accounting for this," he spoke, grinning. With those words, the light engulfed him.

"Hey, what was that?" a student asked, stepping into the room. He scanned the room, seeing nothing wrong. "I thought…oh, never mind…school is so stressful…" he muttered, leaving the room and rushing towards his next class.

* * * * * *

Marc Durron sat down at one of the computers in the library. His computer was in the secluded corner in the computer room that resided inside the library. However, since it was a Period 2 lunch, no one else was in the computer room. Rarely anyone came here unless they had to finish their computer homework, and right now, only Marc needed to do that.

"Damn this Physics lab report…" the DMCI student muttered, logging onto the network. "At least I got most of it done last night…" he thought, inserting a floppy into the disk drive. The floppy drive hummed loudly as it accessed the file Marc wanted, opening it on Microsoft Word.

Despite the amount of work he did overnight, completing the assignment still took him a good portion of the period. It was 11:00 A.M. before he was able to print his report, ending up being six pages long.

"This is going to put a hole in my paper supply…" Marc muttered, getting the sheets of paper from the printer. He checked the time, noticing there was only 20 minutes left in the period. Quickly, he stapled his lab report together and returned to his computer, placing the file into his binder. Without looking, he took the disk from the disk drive, inserted it into his planner, and packed everything into his bag. The teenager spun around to face the computer, and was surprised to find a program that opened its self.

"Hey, this isn't on the school computer," Marc thought, not recognizing the origins of the new program, and he's been through all the programs on the school computer. There were two windows, one with a map of some world, while the other showed a scene.

"A mountain side?" Marc noticed, wondering where in the world this place could be. Dozens of mountains spanned as far as the eye could see, though the altitude shown was now high enough to cause snow to form. A path was barely noticeable on the terrain. "The Alps?" Marc thought, before the Digi-World took its effect and sucked the teenager whole.

* * * * * *

Tiberius tossed his backpack onto the ground, tired after another long school day. Exhausted, he flopped onto his bed, checking the time with his new watch that he acquired after entering the Digi-World.

"4:20…" he read, closing his eyes. "I wonder if the Digi-Portal is open…" the teenager thought, wiping his face with his dry hands. He slid out of the bed and headed towards his computer, still on, through all seven hours of school. With a flick on the mouse, the black screen lit up. To the dismay of the teen, the Digi-Portal failed to open during those seven hours.

"Dang…" Tiberius thought, flopping back onto his bed. "Guess…I'll just have to wait some more…" he told himself.

The brown Digivice Tiberius owned suddenly blared to life, startling the teen. He quickly removed the device from his pocket, noticed the energy build-up from the item, then turned his head to face the computer.

"Yes! It's open!" Tiberius exclaimed, hoping to get another look at the Digital World. He ran up to his computer, anxious to re-visit the place. In mere seconds, the teenager was pulled into the gate towards the Digital World.

* * * * * *

"Maybe I should've checked where I was going before going…" Tao thought, shivering as cold air quickly embraced him when he entered the Digital World. The student stood on a path that trailed around one of the many mountains in the area. Although not high enough for frost to form, it was still cold. He wrapped his arms around his own body, trying to keep some heat. The wind howled loudly as if blew between mountains, making it feel even colder.

"Brr…yeah, I definitely should've checked first…" he muttered, his breath appearing as mist in the cold air. He had been travelling for about two hours and a half now, with no sign of life yet. He was happy when he found shelter: A small cave of some sort, which can protect against the wind, even if it wasn't very effective. He dropped his bag that went with him into Digi-World lazily onto the ground.

"Well…nice idea this was…" Tao muttered, taking his Digivice. He had half a mind to toss the item away, until the device started beeping. On the screen were two red dots, one at the center while another was in the upper right hand corner area. "What the…?" Tao thought, unsure of what this new occurrence meant.

* * * * * *

Tiberius sneezed loudly, echoing across the mountains. The U.K. teenager shuddered, the cold air beginning to get to him.

"Here for three minutes, and you're already starting to feel cold…" Tibbs whispered, still trying to decipher what happened when his Digivice went off a few seconds ago. There were two red dots on his screen, one being at the center. The other was in the lower left corner of the screen. "If it's a locator…then I should be heading…that way…" Tiberius thought, indicating somewhere farther down the path he was on. It was still hard to assess where the path will take him, since it wound around the mountainside in chaotic fashions.

Tiberius took another step forward before he was interrupted with a loud and long growl that echoed through the area. He stopped in his tracks, suddenly afraid with the upcoming events.

* * * * * *

Tao froze in place, hearing the inhuman cry rebound across the rock mountains. Just the voice alone gave way for thoughts of cruelty and pain.

"I think I'm really going to hate what's coming up…" the teenager muttered, checking his Digivice again. Whatever that red dot represented on his Digivice, it sure was close by now.

The wall down the path suddenly exploded. Rock shrapnel flew outwards, as a bird type Digimon flew past, paying no attention to Tao as it passed by. The Digimon resembled a massive, jet black raven, which soared pass and turning around, ready to attack whoever was up there again.

Even if it wasn't safe, Tao ran forward anyway, hoping to catch a glimpse of the scene before anything truly disastrous occurred.

Another teenager was slowly getting up, and considering the fact that the hole in the mountainside was pretty much right beside, the attack must've been aimed at him.

The familiar and deadly cry returned to attack again. The massive raven charged right for the other teen.

"Hey, look out!!" Tao shouted, rushing forward. The victim glanced up and noticed the raven opening his massive beak for an attack.

"TEMPEST BLAST!" the raven shouted, unleashing a colourless globe of energy. It was only noticeable with the ripple of air that surrounded the attack.

The mountainside exploded again, tossing rock and pebbles down and below. Tao tackled the other teenager just in time, as flying rock smashed against his backside.

"Geeze…you picked a bad time to come to the Digital World…" Tao muttered, standing back up. The raven like Digimon was gone, though probably turning around for another attack.

"You know what they say, curiosity killed the cat," the other replied smartly, getting up as well. "Name's Tiberius," he introduced.

"Tao. The pleasure is mine," Tao replied, awaiting another attack.

"Hey, wait a minute, Blitz?!" Tiberius exclaimed, scaring the heck out of Tao.

"How did you know that?!" Tao shouted back, suddenly suspicious of the new comer. "Wait…G?" he asked, more calmly this time.

"Yeah…though I think we should talk about this later…that bird is coming back again…" Tiberius muttered, pointing towards the attacker's direction.

"That's not cool…" Tao replied, bracing for the attack. "Wish Harriermon was here…"

"Or Lepumon…" Tiberius added, also bracing for the attack.

"TEMPEST BLAST!" the raven shouted again, charging for the attack.

"SOLAR SPARKLER!" another voice yelled out, as a golden beam of energy impacted against the black raven, making the Digimon caw in pain, its attack firing wide and completely missing the target. Both teens looked up, seeing Harriermon flying towards them, Lepumon riding on his back.

"Lepumon!!" Tiberius cried out, overjoyed to see his Digimon partner. The bunny jumped off of Harriermon's back and into the teenager's arms.

"Nice to see you again Tibbs!" the bunny shouted, nuzzling the human.

"I take it Revmon was giving you some trouble," Harrier asked, landing by his partner's feet.

"Well, if that massive raven is Revmon, yeah, we got problems," Tao answered, kneeling down and scooping up the Digimon.

"Don't look now, but here he comes for another attack!" Lepumon shouted, jumping back down and ready to face off with the other aerial Digimon.

"Leave this one to me!" Harriermon shouted, flapping out of the arms of his partner and heading right towards the target.

"GALE WING!" Harriermon's speed suddenly sky rocketed, as the bird blasted right past Revmon, knocking the raven out of the sky.

"Yeah! Take him down!" Tao shouted, seeing the Digimon fall past the dense mist down below. Harriermon, satisfied with the result, returned back to the mountain path. "Nice job," Tao complimented, Harriermon bowing his head in acknowledgement.

"TEMPEST BLAST!"

The renewed attack blasted the platform Tao was standing on, instantly crumbling his foothold. Tao let out a yelp of panic, arms flailing to grab hold onto something before he fell to his demise. Quickly, Tiberius grabbed him, the Toronto teenager dangling perilously over the mist.

"Thanks…" Tao whispered, losing his breath from the experience. Tiberius nodded, ready to pull him up.

"Um…lucky reaction blast?" Lepumon inquired, wondering about the accuracy of that attack from Revmon.

"No…he's back…" Harriermon muttered, seeing the raven slowly flap his way back up above the mist. "Lepumon, let's go--!" the Digimon shouted, interrupted when the raven unleashed another Tempest Blast. The two Digimon basically got flattened against the wall, unprepared.

* * * * * *

"CYCLIC PUNCH!" the Digimon shouted, unleashing a storm of fumes at Revmon. The Digimon was a small dragon like Digimon, two feet tall in height and with blue scales. There were red highlights on his tails and claws. The green wings on his back allowed him to hover, but not fly.

"Man, Tao…this is an interesting place you got here…" Marc thought, holding a Digivice in his hand. The Digivice was similar to the previous four found, except for the crimson red grip that accompanied it. Marc glanced down at his Digimon, named Xemon, who explained everything to the teenager before explosions started rocking the area.

"Digimon…Digital World…Digivice…Digi-Destined…it makes sense…in an unusual sort of way, it makes sense," Marc thought, watching the gas that Xemon launched head right towards Revmon. The raven didn't notice the noxious fumes until it was upon him, choking him while prior to that, and the impact knocking the wind out of the Digimon. Unable or unwilling to fight anymore, the Digimon retreated into the depths of the mountains, flying as fast as his injured wings would take him.

"Nice job Xemon," Marc complimented, rushing over to the two other Digi-Destined attacked. The first he recognized as Tao, though the second was still a mystery to him.

"Geez Marc…cutting it close there!" Tao muttered, getting pulled up by the combined might of the two. "Hey, wait a minute, MARC!" Tao exclaimed, the realization of the next Digi-Destined dawning on him.

"Okay, next time, I WON'T rescue you then," Marc countered, grinning.

"Um…you know each other?" the third person asked, glancing back and forth between the two.

"Oh, Tiberius, this is Marc. Marc, Tiberius," Tao introduced, the two shaking hands.

"And this is Xemon," Marc added, pointing towards the dragon like Digimon. Marc turned to face the two other Digimon against the wall, who were recovering from the effects of the previous attack. "Let me, guess…Harriermon and Lepumon…" The other two Digi-Destined were surprised at Marc's knowledge, until he told the two that Xemon explained everything to him.

"There are supposed to be two other Digi-Destined as well," Marc spoke, sitting down on the rocky path.

"Yeah, one is Shastina," Tao responded, exhausted after the current events. "Of course the other is still a mystery to me."

"His name is K.H., and his Digimon is Kinoumon," Marc informed, sighing. "Well, so much for handing in my Physics report," he muttered.

"Shastina and Tigramon makes it five," Tiberius finished, glancing at his watch. "Think there will be a sixth?"

"And you expect me to know?" Tao murmured, barely understandable to his comrades. His thoughts quickly fell onto another subject.

"Well…Shastina…if we meet in the Digital World, we get our wish…" Tao thought, sighing. "Maybe not the best circumstances, but it's better then nothing…"

Each Digivice simultaneously went off, the beeping amplified by the echo provided from the terrain.

"I guess this is where we go…" Tiberius spoke, the Digivice beginning to build up energy.

"Yeah…until next time then, G…" Tao answered, the trio disappearing into thin air.

"Hey…where did Lepumon disappear too?" Xemon inquired. The remaining two Digimon quickly glanced around, finding no sign of the third Digimon.

* * * * * *

The two DMCI students warped back into the Real world, both standing in the Library, which was thankfully still empty. Marc and Tao were both surprised that the room was empty, considering how a lot of students came here during the lunch periods.

"Hey, it's only 11:20!" Marc exclaimed, after checking his new watch. "I can still get to Physics!" With those final words, the student grabbed his bag and rushed out of the room.

"Eleven twenty? But I was in the Digital World for over 2 hours…that doesn't make sense…" Tao thought, gathering his thoughts and also heading out. "Explanation? Maybe G will know…" The Digi-Destined opened his Digivice, writing an e-mail to the teen in U.K.

* * * * * *

Tiberius Hartz blasted back into his room with a surge of energy, nearly falling over on the return.

"Another trip to the Digital World completed…" he spoke out.

"I'll have to agree with you there!" the voice concurred. Tibbs quickly looked down, seeing Lepumon at his feet.

"Hey, how did you get out of the Digital World!?" Tiberius shouted, surprised that his Digimon followed him out.

"And you expect ME to explain that?" Lepumon answered sarcastically.

"Yeah, right," Tiberius responded, checking the time. "Only five minutes have elapsed since I entered the Digital World? Wow, feels longer…"

"It was longer," Lepumon piped in. "The battle itself was at least five minutes long."

"Okay…so…how do you explain the time fluctuation?" Tibbs countered, getting silence from his Digimon companion. "Okay, bad question. Forgive me, but I'm just curious."

"Yeah, no problem! The answer will probably turn up sooner or later!" Lepumon added, smiling.

Fin

Completed: 11/19/00

Additional Notes:

Five episodes completed and five Digi-Destined introduced. All the Digi-Destined are based on people I know through Internet means like ICQ and AIM, or which I met on a FanFic site. If you wish to talk to the people themselves, here we go:

Tao Lee (AKA, ME! ^^):

Theoleung@sprint.ca

Shastina Lawson:

animanga_13@yahoo.com

Tiberius Hartz:

gtkelpie@hotmail.com

K.H. Lai:

SDShamshel@mailcity.com

Marc Durron

cmdrtoe@yahoo.com