Pandora's Box, Part 2
Disclaimer: I do NOT own Digimon!
"Whoa!" cried Izzy as his foot slipped off the cliff and he lost his balance.
A hand shot out and grabbed him.
"I got you Izzy!" cried Matt. He pulled him back up and asked if he was okay.
"Yeah, I'm fine. Arigatou!" replied Izzy.
"Izzy", asked Tentomon, "do you know where we're going?"
"Of course I do. We're going to where Myotismon's castle used to be."
"Yeah?" said Tai. "Why there?"
Izzy stopped to explain to his group why they were headed that way. "Well, remember when we went through the doorway there to find the eighth child four years ago?"
"Yeah", said Sora, "we had to figure out the arrangement of the cards to open it!"
"Not exactly. Remember, what Gennai told us. Any kind of card arrangement would open the gate, but each different arrangement would open up a gate to a different world", corrected Izzy.
"So, you're saying that we're heading that way because you think the new evil will be coming though that portal?" asked Matt.
"Precisely!"
"Ahh, I think I get it Izzy, but if you thought about this, then why did we split up into two groups?" asked TK.
"Well, to be honest, I didn't think of it until later. Not to mention that there are most likely more than one opening to other worlds around here, and I'm sure that Davis and the others will think of where one is", explained Izzy.
"Okay guys! Let's get going!" cried Tai.
"Oww! My feet hurt!"
"Mimi, you can't keep complaining every ten minutes if we're going to try to save the world!" exclaimed Joe.
Kari looked at her friend sympathetically and said, "Maybe we should rest for a little while. I mean, we won't be able to fight very well if we're all worn out."
Davis nodded. "Okay, we'll take a fifteen minute break right here where it's shady."
"Yay!" cried Mimi.
Ken walked over to the stream that was flowing through the woods. He sat down on a nearby rock. Wormmon noticed this and scurried towards him.
"Ken, what's wrong?" Wormmon asked.
"It's just, I'm getting a weird feeling about this. It's something that I can't really explain, but I feel as if the darkness is near." Ken replied.
"Well, Ken. I think we've established already that these feelings that you get often mean that you can sense when evil is nearby", said Wormmon.
Yolei heard something rustling in the trees. "Hey, does anyone else hear that?" she asked.
Everyone quieted down and tried listening for what Yolei had heard. Sure enough, there was a rustling sound and a faint humming.
"What is that?" asked Joe quietly, "it almost sounds like…" he trailed off as the humming soon turned to a louder buzzing. "It almost sounds like". But Joe was interrupted by five unwelcome guests.
"FLYMON!" Veemon yelled.
"Quick Veemon! Digivolve!" cried Davis.
"Veemon digivolve to… Exveemon!"
"Your turn Gomamon!" yelled out Joe.
"Gomamon digivolve to… Ikkakumon!"
"Harpoon Torpedo!" yelled Ikkakumon as he bombed two of the Flymon.
"V Laser!" yelled Exveemon. His laser hit the remaining three Flymon and they disappeared.
Ikkakumon and Exveemon returned to their rookie forms.
"Phew!" cried Yolei. "I think we have to be more on the lookout now!"
Everyone nodded his head in agreement.
"I hope that Tai and the others are having more luck than we are!" said Kari.
"Yeah, being attacked by Flymon isn't exactly my idea of progress", said Joe.
"Okay", said Davis, "let's finish resting up and then get going. The fate of all worlds depends on us!"
Sora shuddered.
"I can't believe how dark it is here", she noted.
Matt put his arms around her. "Yeah, it's weird that no matter how bright and sunny it is outside, it'll always be this dark and dreary in here. It must be because this was a part of Myotismon's life."
"Hey Izzy, are you getting any kind of reading on your computer?" asked Tai.
"Well, I don't think so", replied Izzy.
"What do you mean?" asked Cody.
Izzy looked at the young boy. "Well, I'm not really getting anything on the screen. I'm not sure what I'm supposed to be looking for, so I can't really say anything."
BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP
"Hey, my digivice is going psycho!" cried TK.
"Mine is too", noted Matt.
The rest of them noticed that their digivices were also beeping like crazy.
"Izzy, do you think that this is a sign that that guy is out there?" asked Tai.
"Hmmm.. it could be", Izzy said.
Sora looked at her digivice. "Well, does that mean that he's coming, or that he's already here?"
"To be honest Sora, I don't know", said Izzy. "But I think it's safe to assume that he's nearby."
Suddenly, a black mist started seeping in from around the room, but no one seemed to notice because they were all too preoccupied with the beeping of their digivices.
Before the Digidestined realized it, there was a black glowing figure in the room.
"OH! What is that?!" cried Sora. Matt held her closer to him.
"Izzy… is that him?" asked Tai.
"Um.. I'm not getting any kind of data on him. It must be! But he's not a Digimon! I don't know anything about him!" cried Izzy.
"Don't worry Tai!" boasted Agumon. "We'll take care of him!"
"Foolish children!" cried the black figure. "Do you think you can beat me with overgrown stuffed animals?"
"Stuffed animals?!" cried Biyomon.
"Let's show him!" shouted Gabumon.
"Agumon digivolve to…"
"Biyomon digivolve to…"
"Gabumon digivolve to…"
"Tentomon digivolve to…"
"Patamon digivolve to…"
"Armadilomon digivolve to…"
"I don't think so!" roared the voice of the black figure.
The figure cast a dark shadow upon all of the Digimon before they finished digivolving and they were brought back to their in-training forms.
"OH!" cried Cody. "He made them de-digivolve!"
Koromon looked at Tai sadly. "Sorry Tai."
"Koromon, it's not your fault!" Tai said. He looked up to the black figure and screamed, "It's your fault! You're going to pay!"
"Hahaha", laughed the figure, "do you really think that you can beat me without your precious Digimon?"
"We still have them! And they can just digivolve again you big monster!" cried Sora, as she ran, out of Matt's arms, over to Yokomon.
"Oh, but what if I took them from you? What would you be able to do then?"
"What do you mean take them from us?" asked Matt.
A black fog permeated through the room and prevented everyone from seeing what was going on.
"Sora!" yelled Matt. "Where are you?"
"Matt! I can't see where you are!"
When the black fog lifted, Sora looked around the room to look for Matt.
"Matt!" she cried as he ran over to her.
"Wait!" she exclaimed, "Where did Yokomon go?"
"OH!" cried TK. "Tokomon is gone too!"
"Upamon!" cried Cody. "He's gone!"
"Tentomon? TENTOMON!!! Where are you?!" cried Izzy.
"Tsunomon? No!" yelled Matt.
Tai looked menacingly at the black figure. "You! YOU! How could you do this?! Give me back Koromon! Give us all of our Digimon back! What did you do with them?!"
"Well, they're just fine right now. Don't you worry; they're perfectly safe where they are. Besides, it's not them I'm after."
"What are you talking about?!" TK demanded.
"You'll see soon enough. Don't you worry your bushy blonde head over it. It wouldn't be too fun if I let you in on all the information immediately, now would it?"
"Who are you?!" screamed Sora. "Why must you do this to our Digimon?"
"Who I am is none of your business, Miss Takenouchi!"
Sora gasped. Matt looked at the figure menacingly. "How did you know her name?" he growled at him.
"I know everything, Yamato. I've been watching you digidestined for a while now, and I think that I know how to prevent you from destroying my plans to take over the world! Would you like to see a magic trick?"
Cody looked up through his tears at the shadowy figure. "Give.. me.. back.. Upamon!"
"Tsk tsk Cody… you didn't say please! But anyway, now for my trick. Watch the large glowing circle above your heads kiddies!"
Everyone looked up at a glowing black orb floating above his or her heads. An image slowly appeared on the surface of the orb. It was the other group of Digidestined walking along the river by Infinity Mountain.
"It's the others" commented Izzy.
"Yes, yes, very good Izzy," said the figure, "but wait, you haven't seen the best part!"
Suddenly, black fog seeped in around the digidestined and digimon, and when the fog lifted, the digimon were gone. All the digidestined in the orb began to panic and yell for their digimon. Then, within a blink of an eye, all the digidestined were gone.
The digidestined who had witnessed all of these dark figure's doings watched on in despair. Sora looked at the figure. She bravely blinked away her tears and yelled "Leave them alone!" as she ran towards the figure. Matt chased after her, all the while, screaming, "Sora, don't!"
The cloaked figure waved his hand towards Sora. A dark bubble engulfed her and she floated above the ground. Being inside the bubble seemed to cause Sora to fall into a deep unconsciousness. Matt stopped in his tracks, then glared at the evil figure before him. "Put her down!" he threatened.
"Hahahahahaha!" laughed the glowering entity before him. "Is that a threat young Yamato? What if.. what if I decided to keep Sora with me? What would you do then? Hmmm?"
"You better not!" screamed Yamato. "I'll make you pay!"
"Mmmm, yes, I see. Without your digimon, right?"
The dark figure's words sank into Matt's head with a heavy thud. Suddenly realizing what he was saying was true, Yamato's eyes widened with sorrow. "I'll do it", he muttered softly, "I will".
"What were those pathetic little noises you were making just now? I'm sorry.. here's a microphone if you want to use it! Hahahahaha!"
Tai ran up to the figure. "Leave Matt alone! And give me back Sora! She did nothing to you!"
Nobody but Matt seemed to realize that Tai had said "Give ME back Sora". But Matt shook it off as he had to focus on how he was getting back Sora.
"Hahaha.. you foolish digidestined! You think you're all so tough don't you? Well, now, why don't we see how you'd act without everyone else?"
Izzy pondered this for a moment, and said, "You wouldn't!"
"Ooh, very smart Izzy. But yes, I think this would be the ultimate test of just how brave and tough you all really are! Move over Survivor! Hahahaha!"
He waved his hands and encased all the digidestined in their own dark bubbles, just like Sora's. Then, with one final wave, he scattered the bubbles all over the Digital world.
Matt regained consciousness near a beautiful river and forest. He slowly lifted his head up to take a look at his surroundings. As he was able to fully recover from the previous events, he suddenly sat up, causing his head to pound with pain.
"Owww! Oh, that was a mistake! But.. Sora! SORA! I have to find her!" he said, as he sat there, cradling his head.
'But, where do I even start?" Matt thought to himself. "I know!" he said to himself, "I'll use my digivice!"
"That won't help you too much!" roared a voice, which sounded all too familiar.
Matt recognized it instantly and shouted "YOU! What have you done to my friends and Sora!"
"Hahaha.. why should you even worry about it, young Yamato? I mean, it's not as if you truly care about them!"
"What are you talking about? They are my friends! Of course I care about them!"
"Mmm.. but why should you care about Sora?"
"What? Because I love her, that's why!"
"Hahahaha! That's really funny! 'Because I love her!' How can you love someone who doesn't love you back?" the voice asked.
Matt looked all around for the origin of the voice, but it seemed to be coming from every direction. "I do love her! And she.." Matt's voice trailed off.
"Mmm.. yes Yamato? And she, what?"
"She.. she cares for me!" Matt spat out.
"Oh, I see.. she CARES for you. You know that she could never love you!"
"You're wrong! I know that she could love me! I'm almost sure that she does!" cried Matt.
"What if I told you that she secretly loved someone else? Hmmm? That she no longer cared for your company! That she was seeing someone behind your back?!"
"You're lying! She would never do that!"
"Oh no? Then why didn't she answer you back when you told her that you loved her?"
Matt said nothing.
"Face it.. she's tired of you! She's cheating on you!"
"No.. NO!! There's no way that could be true!" Matt said, all the while shaking his head.
"Really? Is that so? Not even with a certain brown haired leader?"
"Tai?" Matt muttered softly.
"Yes.. Taichi. Now, that puts a whole new twist on things, doesn't it? You know that he has feelings for Sora. You know that you've always been jealous that she knew him before she knew you. You've been jealous of all the times that she'd spent playing sports with him and hanging out with him before the two of you had begun dating!"
"No.. Sora.. she.. she wouldn't…" Matt whispered.
"Yes.. of course she would! Hahaha.. I can feel your anger.. I can feel your betrayal… I CAN FEEL YOUR PAIN! Use it! It'll make you stronger!" cried the voice, as it slowly faded away, and left Matt standing by the river, his usually cheery blue eyes, now a dull lifeless gray.
To be continued….
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Please review it and tell me what you think! I'll try to work faster on the next installment!
Disclaimer: I do NOT own Digimon!
"Whoa!" cried Izzy as his foot slipped off the cliff and he lost his balance.
A hand shot out and grabbed him.
"I got you Izzy!" cried Matt. He pulled him back up and asked if he was okay.
"Yeah, I'm fine. Arigatou!" replied Izzy.
"Izzy", asked Tentomon, "do you know where we're going?"
"Of course I do. We're going to where Myotismon's castle used to be."
"Yeah?" said Tai. "Why there?"
Izzy stopped to explain to his group why they were headed that way. "Well, remember when we went through the doorway there to find the eighth child four years ago?"
"Yeah", said Sora, "we had to figure out the arrangement of the cards to open it!"
"Not exactly. Remember, what Gennai told us. Any kind of card arrangement would open the gate, but each different arrangement would open up a gate to a different world", corrected Izzy.
"So, you're saying that we're heading that way because you think the new evil will be coming though that portal?" asked Matt.
"Precisely!"
"Ahh, I think I get it Izzy, but if you thought about this, then why did we split up into two groups?" asked TK.
"Well, to be honest, I didn't think of it until later. Not to mention that there are most likely more than one opening to other worlds around here, and I'm sure that Davis and the others will think of where one is", explained Izzy.
"Okay guys! Let's get going!" cried Tai.
"Oww! My feet hurt!"
"Mimi, you can't keep complaining every ten minutes if we're going to try to save the world!" exclaimed Joe.
Kari looked at her friend sympathetically and said, "Maybe we should rest for a little while. I mean, we won't be able to fight very well if we're all worn out."
Davis nodded. "Okay, we'll take a fifteen minute break right here where it's shady."
"Yay!" cried Mimi.
Ken walked over to the stream that was flowing through the woods. He sat down on a nearby rock. Wormmon noticed this and scurried towards him.
"Ken, what's wrong?" Wormmon asked.
"It's just, I'm getting a weird feeling about this. It's something that I can't really explain, but I feel as if the darkness is near." Ken replied.
"Well, Ken. I think we've established already that these feelings that you get often mean that you can sense when evil is nearby", said Wormmon.
Yolei heard something rustling in the trees. "Hey, does anyone else hear that?" she asked.
Everyone quieted down and tried listening for what Yolei had heard. Sure enough, there was a rustling sound and a faint humming.
"What is that?" asked Joe quietly, "it almost sounds like…" he trailed off as the humming soon turned to a louder buzzing. "It almost sounds like". But Joe was interrupted by five unwelcome guests.
"FLYMON!" Veemon yelled.
"Quick Veemon! Digivolve!" cried Davis.
"Veemon digivolve to… Exveemon!"
"Your turn Gomamon!" yelled out Joe.
"Gomamon digivolve to… Ikkakumon!"
"Harpoon Torpedo!" yelled Ikkakumon as he bombed two of the Flymon.
"V Laser!" yelled Exveemon. His laser hit the remaining three Flymon and they disappeared.
Ikkakumon and Exveemon returned to their rookie forms.
"Phew!" cried Yolei. "I think we have to be more on the lookout now!"
Everyone nodded his head in agreement.
"I hope that Tai and the others are having more luck than we are!" said Kari.
"Yeah, being attacked by Flymon isn't exactly my idea of progress", said Joe.
"Okay", said Davis, "let's finish resting up and then get going. The fate of all worlds depends on us!"
Sora shuddered.
"I can't believe how dark it is here", she noted.
Matt put his arms around her. "Yeah, it's weird that no matter how bright and sunny it is outside, it'll always be this dark and dreary in here. It must be because this was a part of Myotismon's life."
"Hey Izzy, are you getting any kind of reading on your computer?" asked Tai.
"Well, I don't think so", replied Izzy.
"What do you mean?" asked Cody.
Izzy looked at the young boy. "Well, I'm not really getting anything on the screen. I'm not sure what I'm supposed to be looking for, so I can't really say anything."
BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP
"Hey, my digivice is going psycho!" cried TK.
"Mine is too", noted Matt.
The rest of them noticed that their digivices were also beeping like crazy.
"Izzy, do you think that this is a sign that that guy is out there?" asked Tai.
"Hmmm.. it could be", Izzy said.
Sora looked at her digivice. "Well, does that mean that he's coming, or that he's already here?"
"To be honest Sora, I don't know", said Izzy. "But I think it's safe to assume that he's nearby."
Suddenly, a black mist started seeping in from around the room, but no one seemed to notice because they were all too preoccupied with the beeping of their digivices.
Before the Digidestined realized it, there was a black glowing figure in the room.
"OH! What is that?!" cried Sora. Matt held her closer to him.
"Izzy… is that him?" asked Tai.
"Um.. I'm not getting any kind of data on him. It must be! But he's not a Digimon! I don't know anything about him!" cried Izzy.
"Don't worry Tai!" boasted Agumon. "We'll take care of him!"
"Foolish children!" cried the black figure. "Do you think you can beat me with overgrown stuffed animals?"
"Stuffed animals?!" cried Biyomon.
"Let's show him!" shouted Gabumon.
"Agumon digivolve to…"
"Biyomon digivolve to…"
"Gabumon digivolve to…"
"Tentomon digivolve to…"
"Patamon digivolve to…"
"Armadilomon digivolve to…"
"I don't think so!" roared the voice of the black figure.
The figure cast a dark shadow upon all of the Digimon before they finished digivolving and they were brought back to their in-training forms.
"OH!" cried Cody. "He made them de-digivolve!"
Koromon looked at Tai sadly. "Sorry Tai."
"Koromon, it's not your fault!" Tai said. He looked up to the black figure and screamed, "It's your fault! You're going to pay!"
"Hahaha", laughed the figure, "do you really think that you can beat me without your precious Digimon?"
"We still have them! And they can just digivolve again you big monster!" cried Sora, as she ran, out of Matt's arms, over to Yokomon.
"Oh, but what if I took them from you? What would you be able to do then?"
"What do you mean take them from us?" asked Matt.
A black fog permeated through the room and prevented everyone from seeing what was going on.
"Sora!" yelled Matt. "Where are you?"
"Matt! I can't see where you are!"
When the black fog lifted, Sora looked around the room to look for Matt.
"Matt!" she cried as he ran over to her.
"Wait!" she exclaimed, "Where did Yokomon go?"
"OH!" cried TK. "Tokomon is gone too!"
"Upamon!" cried Cody. "He's gone!"
"Tentomon? TENTOMON!!! Where are you?!" cried Izzy.
"Tsunomon? No!" yelled Matt.
Tai looked menacingly at the black figure. "You! YOU! How could you do this?! Give me back Koromon! Give us all of our Digimon back! What did you do with them?!"
"Well, they're just fine right now. Don't you worry; they're perfectly safe where they are. Besides, it's not them I'm after."
"What are you talking about?!" TK demanded.
"You'll see soon enough. Don't you worry your bushy blonde head over it. It wouldn't be too fun if I let you in on all the information immediately, now would it?"
"Who are you?!" screamed Sora. "Why must you do this to our Digimon?"
"Who I am is none of your business, Miss Takenouchi!"
Sora gasped. Matt looked at the figure menacingly. "How did you know her name?" he growled at him.
"I know everything, Yamato. I've been watching you digidestined for a while now, and I think that I know how to prevent you from destroying my plans to take over the world! Would you like to see a magic trick?"
Cody looked up through his tears at the shadowy figure. "Give.. me.. back.. Upamon!"
"Tsk tsk Cody… you didn't say please! But anyway, now for my trick. Watch the large glowing circle above your heads kiddies!"
Everyone looked up at a glowing black orb floating above his or her heads. An image slowly appeared on the surface of the orb. It was the other group of Digidestined walking along the river by Infinity Mountain.
"It's the others" commented Izzy.
"Yes, yes, very good Izzy," said the figure, "but wait, you haven't seen the best part!"
Suddenly, black fog seeped in around the digidestined and digimon, and when the fog lifted, the digimon were gone. All the digidestined in the orb began to panic and yell for their digimon. Then, within a blink of an eye, all the digidestined were gone.
The digidestined who had witnessed all of these dark figure's doings watched on in despair. Sora looked at the figure. She bravely blinked away her tears and yelled "Leave them alone!" as she ran towards the figure. Matt chased after her, all the while, screaming, "Sora, don't!"
The cloaked figure waved his hand towards Sora. A dark bubble engulfed her and she floated above the ground. Being inside the bubble seemed to cause Sora to fall into a deep unconsciousness. Matt stopped in his tracks, then glared at the evil figure before him. "Put her down!" he threatened.
"Hahahahahaha!" laughed the glowering entity before him. "Is that a threat young Yamato? What if.. what if I decided to keep Sora with me? What would you do then? Hmmm?"
"You better not!" screamed Yamato. "I'll make you pay!"
"Mmmm, yes, I see. Without your digimon, right?"
The dark figure's words sank into Matt's head with a heavy thud. Suddenly realizing what he was saying was true, Yamato's eyes widened with sorrow. "I'll do it", he muttered softly, "I will".
"What were those pathetic little noises you were making just now? I'm sorry.. here's a microphone if you want to use it! Hahahahaha!"
Tai ran up to the figure. "Leave Matt alone! And give me back Sora! She did nothing to you!"
Nobody but Matt seemed to realize that Tai had said "Give ME back Sora". But Matt shook it off as he had to focus on how he was getting back Sora.
"Hahaha.. you foolish digidestined! You think you're all so tough don't you? Well, now, why don't we see how you'd act without everyone else?"
Izzy pondered this for a moment, and said, "You wouldn't!"
"Ooh, very smart Izzy. But yes, I think this would be the ultimate test of just how brave and tough you all really are! Move over Survivor! Hahahaha!"
He waved his hands and encased all the digidestined in their own dark bubbles, just like Sora's. Then, with one final wave, he scattered the bubbles all over the Digital world.
Matt regained consciousness near a beautiful river and forest. He slowly lifted his head up to take a look at his surroundings. As he was able to fully recover from the previous events, he suddenly sat up, causing his head to pound with pain.
"Owww! Oh, that was a mistake! But.. Sora! SORA! I have to find her!" he said, as he sat there, cradling his head.
'But, where do I even start?" Matt thought to himself. "I know!" he said to himself, "I'll use my digivice!"
"That won't help you too much!" roared a voice, which sounded all too familiar.
Matt recognized it instantly and shouted "YOU! What have you done to my friends and Sora!"
"Hahaha.. why should you even worry about it, young Yamato? I mean, it's not as if you truly care about them!"
"What are you talking about? They are my friends! Of course I care about them!"
"Mmm.. but why should you care about Sora?"
"What? Because I love her, that's why!"
"Hahahaha! That's really funny! 'Because I love her!' How can you love someone who doesn't love you back?" the voice asked.
Matt looked all around for the origin of the voice, but it seemed to be coming from every direction. "I do love her! And she.." Matt's voice trailed off.
"Mmm.. yes Yamato? And she, what?"
"She.. she cares for me!" Matt spat out.
"Oh, I see.. she CARES for you. You know that she could never love you!"
"You're wrong! I know that she could love me! I'm almost sure that she does!" cried Matt.
"What if I told you that she secretly loved someone else? Hmmm? That she no longer cared for your company! That she was seeing someone behind your back?!"
"You're lying! She would never do that!"
"Oh no? Then why didn't she answer you back when you told her that you loved her?"
Matt said nothing.
"Face it.. she's tired of you! She's cheating on you!"
"No.. NO!! There's no way that could be true!" Matt said, all the while shaking his head.
"Really? Is that so? Not even with a certain brown haired leader?"
"Tai?" Matt muttered softly.
"Yes.. Taichi. Now, that puts a whole new twist on things, doesn't it? You know that he has feelings for Sora. You know that you've always been jealous that she knew him before she knew you. You've been jealous of all the times that she'd spent playing sports with him and hanging out with him before the two of you had begun dating!"
"No.. Sora.. she.. she wouldn't…" Matt whispered.
"Yes.. of course she would! Hahaha.. I can feel your anger.. I can feel your betrayal… I CAN FEEL YOUR PAIN! Use it! It'll make you stronger!" cried the voice, as it slowly faded away, and left Matt standing by the river, his usually cheery blue eyes, now a dull lifeless gray.
To be continued….
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Please review it and tell me what you think! I'll try to work faster on the next installment!