A/N: Okay I swear I will get more of 'Power Hungry' up soon,
but I just had to get this idea out. I
have no idea where it came from so if it's like your fic sorry if I copy
anything. Otherwise let me know what
you think and keep up the reviews.
Disclaimer: I don't own them huge rich companies do.
If you are wondering about the time period, it begins during
'Piedmon's Last Jest' and continues from there on out.
Memories Wake-
He had won, he had truly won; the digidestined were his
prisoners, the angel was gone, and his love would be at his side within a
matter of hours. Piedmon sat in his
imperial chamber atop Spiral Mountain admiring his work. Lying in a velvet-lined box lay the figures
of the captured digidestined and digimon, the faces on the little key chains
frozen in eternal horror. A few feet
from him lay his final prize, the children of Hope and Light. He had pulled them off of the rope after
sending Angemon into oblivion. Their
energy was all that was needed to help reconfigure his servant and love Lady
Devimon.
Her egg rested on a satin pillow at his side trembling with
activity every so often, proving that she was returning to him. Piedmon rose to tower over the two children
lying helpless on his floor while he drew two of his deadly blades setting the
tips again their tender necks while his evil mind devised a plan. "What to do with you" he mused out loud half
expecting a response "I could kill you now or I could keep you around just in case
my love needs a little boost every so often".
His mind was made up as he sheathed the weapons. His gloved hands closed around their crests
pulling them away followed by their digivices "You won't be needing these
anymore…Vilemon".
With in seconds four of the little black demons had appeared
bowing at their master's feet awaiting instructions. "I want you to prepare a room for these two, they shall be
staying awhile". Two of the creatures
bowed before gathering up the tiny children and whisking them away into the
depths of the castle.
Still bowing one of the Vilemon spoke "What of the others?"
he asked his voice timid.
The evil gesture flashed a sinister smile "Mount them on the
walls in here, I want to be able to savor my victory every day". The remaining pair smiled and immediately began
their master's task taking great pleasure in every second, savoring the looks
of terror that had been frozen in time.
Genni sat in his hidden cabin, face in his hands, shaking
his head in disbelief. The digidestined
had fallen and so far only one of them had been located. Mimi was currently in route, being escorted
by Ogremon, and carrying an injured Patamon.
The tiny digimon lay unmoving in her arms yet his sadness was crystal
clear. As they approached the lake
Genni lowered the protective shield and quickly went out to greet them.
Mimi seemed to be on the verge of tears and she held her
purse as if her life and sanity depended on it. Palmon eyes glistened with unshed tears while reflecting
determination to protect the final digidestined, her digidestined. "Thanks the heavens you arrived safely"
Genni cried ushering the small group in before any of Piedmon spies caught
sight of them.
He moved them to the living room serving them tea in silence
knowing things would come in there own time.
After what seemed to be an eternity Mimi spoke, her voice wavered and
cracked as she delivered what she knew.
"I came up the mountain ready to help, I saw Patamon hurt and TK and
Kari screaming. The monster had chased
them up a rope and was pulling TK away…Kari wouldn't let go and he got them
both".
She paused and looked up her gentle brown eyes shining with
tears "I can still hear them calling for Matt and Tai Genni". That had done it; the bearer of sincerity
broke down into tears, her entire body shaking with grief. Genni made no move to stop her, he knew she
needed to get it out, and out now or she would be no help in the rescue attempt
he was already formulating.
After five minutes of non-stop sobbing, Mimi passed out
every so often hiccupping, the last remnants of her grief. Ogremon watched her sleep for a few moments
before addressing Genni "Whatever it takes to get them back I'll do it" he said
in a gruff yet soft voice. He has so
many sins to atone for and saving the digidestined would atone for one of his
biggest.
The old man nodded "Good because it's going to take
everything we have". Palmon looked up
from her partner "What do we do?"
"First I drop this facade," he stated closing his eyes for a
few moments in concentration. His
figure flickered and distorted changing shape and size finally revealing the
figure of a young brown haired man dressed in crimson robes. Genni took a few steadying breaths before
moving on "I think that we should attack right away, the element of surprise is
on our side that way. My informants
tell me he has turned them all into dolls, which are currently adorning his
throne room walls. I know of a tunnel
leading into his palace, one or two of us could sneak in while your little army
provides a distraction long enough to get them out. I can reverse the spell he put on them once we are safe".
The large green digimon listened carefully not wanting to
miss a beat. "I'm with you, Mimi can
lead the decoy team…we can't have her anywhere near Piedmon if something goes
wrong".
"I fully agree with you, now all we have to do is wait for
her to wake and them under the cover of darkness we strike" the guardian said
moving to a chest of drawers pulling out his long neglected sword preparing
himself for battle.
A pair of blood red eyes slowing opened to be greeted by the
face of her love. "Piedmon" she
breathed not quite sure what was going on, the last thing she remembered was a
rather large bug and a very angry angel coming at her.
"Be still my love" he soothed placing a cool rag on her head
"you must wait, you have just been reconfigured and won't be up to par for
quite some time now". She did as she
was told laying back into the soft sheets of the bed. "How?" she asked.
He smiled and motioned to two small beds just next to
hers. The sleeping forms of TK and Kari
lay in each one, their faces stained with tears, the names of their brothers
escaping their lips every so often.
"Those little digidestined were kind enough to loan you a lot of energy
and are on stand by should you need anymore my love".
She offered him a small smile before falling back into the
confines of sleep herself "Thank you my love" she sighed. Piedmon tenderly brushed the hair away for
her eyes as he watched her breathing slow her body relax.
The young digidestined in the room began to stir as their
eyes opened. Hope was the first to rise
his blue eyes searching around frantically until they fell on Kari's form. Unaware of the jester's presence he drug
himself slowly off of his bed and to Kari's side taking her hand in his. "Kari wake up, we gotta get out of here" he
pleaded in a whisper.
Her own brown eyes opened in confusion as she slowly sat up
"What happened?" she asked dragging herself to the end on the bed.
"I won" Piedmon announced moving from Lady Devimon's side to
block their path of escape. "You are
now my prisoners and once you have outlived your usefulness you will join your
beloved brothers and friends on my wall for the rest of eternity".
TK's eyes narrowed as he moved in front of Kari true to his
promise "We will stop you, not matter what happens we will stop you". Piedmon let out a laugh "Ha, how I have your
friends, their digimon, and the angel is dead so name one thing that could stop
me".
TK was at a loss for words and was about to answer blindly
when a large explosion rocked the castle.
"That" Kari said smugly not quite sure what part of fate had done such a
good job in timing that. Piedmon cried
out in rage and ran to the small window to see who would dare attack the ruler
of the digiworld. To his utter shock he
saw Lillymon with one of the digidestined and a rather large army.
"You missed one" Lady Devimon said from the bed clearly
seeing the pink blur flying back and forth.
The yelling and explosions had interrupted her slumber and until the
attack was over she couldn't even hope of catching another wink of sleep. A quivering Vilemon used that moment to
burst into the room panic written across his face.
"There has been a breach in security, there is someone in
the palace" he explained praying his master wouldn't use him as target practice
in a fit of rage. To happiness and
surprise he didn't, he only seethed one word, one name "Genni".
Genni was the only one capable of mounting a response so
quickly. "Seal the castle and see that
my trophies are under constant guard I have no doubt that's what he came for"
he paused to study TK and Kari finally pulling out his sword. "As for you two, I can't let you get
away". He raised it high in the air
prepared to bring it down with deadly accuracy when a slender black hand caught
his arm mid swing.
Kari opened her eyes loosening her grip on TK when the blow
never came. Lady Devimon held his arm
and purred in his ear so quietly the two couldn't hear. Yet when his face when from homicidal rage
to a devious grin they knew death would have been the better option. His gloved hands grabbed their heads firmly
holding them in place before speaking "Memories Domain" he said enjoying what
was too come.
The throne room was immense, composed of a few hundred feet
and decorated by the finest tapestries in the digiworld. The torchlight gave it a eerie glow in the
dark of the night casting shadows upon the walls letting ones imagination take
on what might be lurking in them. Genni
pushed these thoughts out of his head as he pushed away the door of the secret
passage.
His dark eyes scanned the wall feverishly looking for the
chosen children. Ogremon pushed past
him as his eyes spotted the captured children almost immediately. He lumbered over as fast as his legs would
carry him hearing the sounds of battle nearing the castle, deep down knowing
there wasn't much time left. Genni was
right behind him pulling out a small handbag as he followed.
The elder's blood ran cold as his eyes fell on the children
as well as their digimon hanging helpless on the wall. "How can someone be so cruel" he muttered
carefully pulling Sora off of her hook careful not to hurt her. One by one he gently put them in the bag
keeping a mental count as he went.
Ogremon watched with tears in his eyes tightening the grip
on his club. His sensitive ears perked
at the sounds of footfalls on stone "We have company".
"I can't find TK or Kari's dolls" Genni said feeling along
the floor making sure he hadn't knocked them onto the ground when freeing the
others. Ogremon began to panic as the
footsteps came closer "We have to get out of here now" he said.
Genni looked up with fire in his eyes "I will not leave them
to that monster". The gentle giant
placed a comforting hand of his shoulder "I don't want to leave them either,
but its obvious they aren't here. He
must be keeping them somewhere else so lets get who we can out now and come
back for TK and Kari later". Genni let
the harsh but true words sink in pulling himself off of the floor holding the
bag tight making a silent vow to the two missing children.
He nodded his consent and ran for the passage skidding to a
halt when the door to the throne room burst open and hundreds of Vilemon
swarmed into the room like vultures to the kill. Genni secured the bag and pulled out his sword in a fluid
movement slashing away the first wave without second thought. Ogremon dispatched his own foes moving to
the thick walls "Pummel Whack" he cried shattering the brick and mortar.
"Lets go," he yelled fending off the demons of the night
giving Genni a chance to run through the new exit. The warrior wasted no time giving a few more powerful slashed
before jumping into the night. Ogremon
was a mere seconds behind him club still at ready.
High in the air Mimi rode on a Unimon waving frantically at
the rescue part as the army around them began to retreat as planned. Genni narrowed his dark eyes not
understanding what the girl was trying to tell him. "What is she doing?" Ogremon asked panting with every word. "I have no idea" he responded looking around
to see if someone was trying to launch some sort of surprise attack on them.
A high feminine voice answered their question as Lillymon
came out of the depths of the battle "Over there" she cried pointing to the
main door of the castle. It's large
metal door was wide open as a steady stream of servants filed out carrying chests
and other objects to one of the many carriages lined up in front of the
castle. Genni mounted a Unimon and took
to the skies in order to get a better look; what he saw caused him to cry out
in surprise.
A small group of Vilemon exited hauling a large stretcher
carrying Lady Devimon to one of the carriages.
Shortly following Lady Devimon was the Piedmon himself carrying two
small bundles in his arms. By then Mimi
had arrived at his side Lillymon circling around warding off any digimon that
dared to come near "He has them" she said pointing to the emperor and his
captives.
In each of his arms he held TK and Kari, the two smallest
digidestined sleeping against his shoulder.
The remaining forces stopped their attack out of fear for hitting the
slumbering pair. Genni growled and cursed
under his breath "Piedmon let them go" he demanded his fists shaking with rage.
Piedmon appeared to ignore him as he watched his love set
gently into the carriage. After she was
in he calmly turned to address the guardian "Now why would I do a thing like
that when keeping them from you and the other brats would do more damage than I
could ever physically inflict". He
paused to look at their sleeping faces his voice becoming tenderer as he did
"You know without their digimon and crests they aren't that dangerous and I
always wanted someone to be my heir".
Piedmon looked up with a new fire in his eyes "I will train them, mold
them in my image, use them to destroy you, and one day they will give me a
child with the combined powers of hope and light. Take a good look Genni for next time you see them, it will be your
death".
Ogremon couldn't take it anymore and he charged forward with
a battle cry that echoed off of the mountain "Never!" He ran forward with more speed and agility than anyone thought possible. His club slashed at anything that came in
his path while tears of anger fell from his eyes. Every step took his closer to Piedmon and the children. Piedmon sneered at the ogre before setting
TK and Kari into the carriage with Lady Devimon.
As the digimon arrived for the duel Piedmon suddenly grabbed
his by his throat cutting off his airway slowly "Do you know what I did to
them?" he teased enjoying every gasp for air he let out. "I have done a little work on their
memories…they will awaken in a day or so thinking that the evil Genni kidnapped
their brothers and friends, turning them evil in order to take over the
digiworld. I out of the kindness of my
heart saved them and will take them in until you the resistance is crushed and
my rule is uncontested".
Ogremon managed to choke out a curse before the jester began
again "Now shall I kill you, or let you live with the knowledge that you were
so close but couldn't save them". Yet
another curse escaped his lips and Piedmon tossed him carelessly aside like a
rag doll. As Ogremon sailed away
Piedmon brought his hands above his head, calling upon the powers of darkness
to aid in his escape. The powers
complied bringing in the same thick, blinding fog that Myotismon had used to
cut Tokyo off from the rest of the world during his attack.
Piedmon pulled himself into the carriage once again picking
up the slumbering digidestined placing them in his lap. His ears relishing the sounds of Genni's
forces blindly trying to find him time, but he knew they were already too late.
Hours later TK's bright blue eyes opened once again, only
this time Piedmon wasn't there to greet him.
"Matt" he called out slowly sitting up in the soft bed looking around
the large room he had been placed in.
Like before Kari was at his side in her own bed her body beginning to
stir. TK tried to remember what had
happened only hours ago as his clouded mind began to clear.
That had beaten three of the Dark Masters and where fighting
the fourth, a person named Genni. The
final warrior attacked them leaving everything else a complete blank. Kari was now up similar thoughts going
through her head as she looked desperately around for her own brother "Tai" she
called already knowing he wasn't there.
"TK what happened and where are the others?" she questioned tears
filling her eyes.
TK could only shake his head and try unsuccessfully to blink
away his own "I don't know, I just remember Genni coming after us". He crawled out of his bed going to Kari's
side giving her a small hug "Don't worry Kari I'll protect you no matter what
happens, and Matt and Tai will find us…they always do" he said his voice
innocent and full of faith, faith that his beloved brother would find him.
A soft knock at the door startled the two each one jumping from
the sudden noise. The door opened and
Piedmon stepped in followed by Lady Devimon carrying a tray full of fruit. The clown swiftly moved to them bending down
so he could see them at eyes level "Thank goodness you two are alright, you
were asleep so long I feared Genni had hurt you".
The Kari squeezed TK's hand their eyes full of confusion as
they studied the new arrivals. Lady
Devimon knelt before them too "You have been through a lot, I bet your pretty
hungry". Keeping their silence two
tentative hands moved forward picking up some fruit and bread. After a few bites the children had forgotten
their silence "Who are you and do you know where our friends are?" Kari asked
between bites.
"My name is Piedmon, I am the ruler of this area and this is
my Queen Lady Devimon" the jester began "As for your friends I'm afraid that
they along with your digimon have been captured by the evil Genni. He has brainwashed them into working with
him to take over my kingdom and the entire digiworld. We were only able to get you two out…I'm sorry".
Fresh tears welled in the young digidestines eyes as the
news hit home. Lady Devimon felt her
heart ping a little at the sight compelling her to move forward pulling the two
into her arms. "Don't cry little
ones…we are going to help you. Since
you are our last hope we will train you and once we find where Genni is hiding
we will help you free your friends".
TK sniffled a little "Really?"
Piedmon smiled and
ruffled his hair "Promise, and until then we will take you in as our
heirs. That is if it's okay with you".
Kari turned to TK looking directly into his eyes as they
communicated with each other without words, an action that Piedmon took quick
notice of. 'So the legends are true' he
thought putting on his smile as they turned to give him their answer.
"We accept" Kari said "but only until we can free our
friends and save the digiworld".
"Of coarse" he replied "now you both have had a long day so
it's off to bed for both of you".
Neither one of them argued, snuggling deep into their covers letting the
confines of slumber take over as they felt the familiar warmth of their
brothers love wash over them even though they were apart.
Just moments before TK and Kari climbed into bed their
siblings bond crossed the miles separating them. Miles away deep under the secret lake two digidestined shot out
of their comas with a cry coming straight from their hearts.
"Kari!" Tai cried holding his chest, the pain threatening to
overwhelm him.
"TK!" Matt followed seconds later, rivers of tears streaming
down his face.
They both knew their beloved siblings had been taken from
them and with determination filling their hearts they uttered vows to
themselves. "Be strong Kari…I will find
you, if I have tear this world apart to do it, I will find you".
Matt's statement followed "Squirt I'll never stop looking,
not until my last breath…just remember I love you"
To be continued…
A/N: Well that was
the teaser and yes the other digidestined will be in the next part. This will eventually be Takari (what else
would I write) as well as a few other couples (Sorato and Mimi/? You tell me
what you want). I would like to thank
Angewomon 2000 for helping me with the title.
As always let me know what you think and any suggestions you may have.
