Chapter 6: Kari's Secret
Kari woke suddenly from her dream, finding Tai, Sora, Matt, Tristan and
the digimon standing around her. She sat up. Then she remembered her
dream and the night before. "T.K?" She asked, the blood draining away
from her face. Everyone grinned. T.K ran around to the front of them.
"Kari? Something must have happened in a dream. You were grabbing on
to me like you were terrified and saying something about a kid and
a giant skeleton digimon." T.K said, concerned. "But how... how are you
alive?" Kari replied. Tristan grinned and pointed to the little digimon
in his arms.
"Minervamon brought him back to life using my power and yours.
But your dream...." Tristan stopped short as he pieced the situation
together. He remembered the prophecy of the Chosen. Now if i recall
correctly... The prophecy went something like this. Tristan thought.
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"The chosen one will have these traits. Make sure you look for them."
Gennai told Tristan. He handed over a piece of paper.
:::
Visions and memories in dreams.
Power over Light and Purity
Prone to be injured or catch sicknesses
Someone you can call a true friend
:::
"I'll try to find the Chosen. I made the mistake of saving my brother's
life before, this is the time to end it..." Tristan replied, handing the
piece of paper back. "And make sure the Chosen comes to no harm." Gennai
said. Tristan nodded.
****
Kari didn't waste one second. Leaping to her feet, she ran forward and
hugged T.K as hard as she could manage in her weakened state. "I
thought you were gone forever..." Kari sobbed. "I'm sorry I died
Kari..." T.K apologised, returning the hug. "It's not your fault
T.K. Piedmon had to break your neck." Kari said, smiling. T.K
giggled. Tristan didn't stay to witness the reunion. He jumped up
and ran off into the jungle, his digimon in his arms. "That dream! I
understand now!" He yelled as he bounded off. Kari and T.K reluctantly
pulled away from each other and turned to face the rest of the
group. "Well, we better see what he's doing." Tai said, slightly
amused at the ridiculous (seems pretty serious to me) looking scene.
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Cerin watched all this with interest. So, the little girl is the source
of all this damnable problems with my plans. He thought, pounding his
fist on his computer desk. He slowly cracked his fingers, one by one. She'll
just have to die, and this time there will be no Minervamon to bring her
back like the damnable dragon did with her friend. A beep from his computer
snapped him out of his visions of impaling Kari on his blade. "What is it
now?" He snapped grumpily as the image of MetalGigadramon appeared on the
screen. "Revolt led by Elecmon in sector 2X2." The giant dragon stated.
"Primary Village? The Digidestined shall be there soon. Make preparations."
Cerin grinned an evil grin. They don't stand a chance....
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"I'll follow him." Sora offered. She ran off towards Tristan, holding her
digivice out in front of her to pinpoint his location. Biyomon ran after
Sora. "There she goes again." Tai said. Matt shook his head. "But what
was all that about you're dream?" T.K asked Kari. "Maybe my dream meant
something to him... I mean come on, Tristan's as secretive as Gennai."
Kari replied. T.K grinned. "He did bring your life back though, and saved
mine numerous times." Kari remarked. "He's obviously not evil in that case."
T.K said.
Just then, Sora came running back out of the jungle with a piece of paper
in her hand. It appeared to have been scribbled hurriedly. "Did you find
anything?" Patamon asked. Sora held up the piece of paper, as if it explained
everything. They all rushed over to read the piece of paper.
Dear Digidestined,
You are probably wondering why I just took off like that. I have just figured
out that Kari is the Chosen child, the one that can defeat Cerin.
"Who's Cerin?" Tai asked.
You are probably also wondering who Cerin is. He is my evil brother, and his
Crest is the Crest of Death. He is the one who summoned Piedmon back to life,
and his digimon's mega form is Machinedramon. Note: It is not the one that
Wargreymon killed. Please make sure Kari and T.K come to no harm. I have gone
to find where Cerin is hiding.
By the way, I once made the mistake of bringing his life back two years ago.
I now have a duty set by Gennai to end it. Also, Primary Village is nearby.
See if you can recruit some digimon to help you there. Try to find the others
as well.
P.S. The child that Kari saw in her dream was Cerin with his ultimate form
SkullGreymon. Be very careful of him.
If you find this note please make sure you show Gennai and no-one else.
"Well that's interesting." Biyomon said. Patamon did his usual nod. "So
this kid's got an evil twin brother huh?" Tai was making more of a statement
than asking a question. "Just like all those movies where there's the good guy
with the evil twin brother." T.K said. "Well, I say we do as he suggests and
find Primary Village." Tai expressed his thoughts. Kari wiped the tears away
from her face. "I think Tai's right. We need some information about Tristan and
Cerin anyway." She said. Everyone nodded at this and they started heading off
in the general direction of a bunch of giant toy blocks. "Hey! Tai! There you
are!" A voice shouted from the jungle. "Huh? Izzy?" Tai asked. Izzy, Mimi
and Joe ran out from under the canopy of trees and into the open path. "We
found you!" Izzy exclaimed happily.
"Hi Izzy, Joe, Mimi, how's it been?" Tai asked. "You know, the usual, fight
a few giant monsters, get thrown off cliffs. All in a couple of day's work."
Joe said humorously. Tai laughed. "Same thing here. Except, Piedmon killed
T.K and Minervamon brought him back to life." Tai replied. Joe's face was
skeptical at this. "Minervamon?" He asked. "Oh yeah, you haven't met Tristan
yet. We'll tell you about it on the way to Primary Village." Tai said.
*****
Cerin pressed a button on his computer screen. "MetalGigadramon? You
need to separate them. The story cannot unfold itself if they are not
separated back into their groups." The evil child
said. MetalGigadramon nodded his giant head. Cerin nodded back. "Do
not fail, or your downfall is imminent." Cerin threatened. MetalGigadramon
cringed at the sight of his Crest.
He heard a knock at the door of his observatory. "Come in Merla." He hissed.
The door opened to reveal a middle-teenaged girl with silver hair falling just
below her shoulders. "The plan is going perfectly. Without your brother, the
Digidestined will be unable to resist the attack by MetalGigadramon." Merla
reported. The Crest of Darkness fell around her neck like a black hole,
absorbing any Light that came across it. It always irritated Cerin to see
his elder around. It gave the child a sense of... authority, one which
he did not like at all.
"And?" Cerin asked boredely, making a gesture with his
hand. Merla growled inwardly. If that child wasn't so damn powerful
and resourceful, I would have killed him long ago! She
thought. "SkullGreymon and LadyDevimon have taken their positions,
ready to summon ImperialDevimon." Merla said. Cerin nodded his
approval. "Go and.. I don't know. Jump off a cliff?" He replied. Merla
left the room.
*****
After a while the 8 children came to the familiar surroundings of the famous
Primary Village, where all the baby digimon are hatched from their eggs.
Everyone except T.K and Kari looked around in amazement. The ground was made
of something really bouncy and there were stuffed building blocks everywhere.
"Woo! I haven't had a ride like this since that fair last year in America!"
Mimi shouted as all of them bounced down to find Elecmon dragging back a very,
and I mean very, large net of fish. He looked quizzically at everyone for a
moment then recognised them. "The digidestined are back! Just in time too!"
Elecmon shouted happily. Then his face took on a serious look. "Cerin has
taken over all of this area. He allowed me to continue with my babies, but
he is taking them as soon as they digivolve and training them to become evil
digimon!" Elecmon exclaimed excitedly.
"That's terrible!" T.K said. "What right does he think he has to do that
to digimon?" Kari backed T.K up. Elecmon sighed and pointed one claw up to
a giant mountain behind him. The children all fell over on to the soft,
bouncy floor at the sight of what was on top of the mountain. A huge statue
of a Machinedramon emerged from the top, it's feet standing slightly inside
the mountain. "Mt Digital Observatory." Elecmon explained. He continued to
explain to the digidestined that each cannon is a separate lab for Merla and
Cerin. "They each have their own evil digimon." Elecmon said. "There is no
telling what may happen if they take control of the Digiworld. Their crests
are the Crest of Death and the Crest of Darkness." The digimon continued.
Kari shuddered at the mention of the second crest. "The.. Crest
of.. Darkness?" She gulped. "Don't worry Kari, we've faced worse than
Machinedramon before. Remember, we beat Apoclymon and Piedmon and
all those bad guys. This Cerin guy is messing with the wrong kids."
T.K reassured Kari, attempting to act like Tai. "I know naught but
their digimon's Ultimate and Mega forms. SkullGreymon and
Machinedramon for Cerin, LadyDevimon and VenomMagnadramon for
Merla." Elecmon explained. Sora gave Kari a nudge. "Looks like you've
found yourself a evil version of yourself." She told Kari.
"Evil Kari? That sounds either impossible or incredibly dangerous."
T.K said, grinning. Tai nodded. "You don't want to see that." He said,
remembering the only time he had seen Kari mad. Kari sighed. Between
her brother and her best friend, they had a way to make her feel
better. "Oh well, the evil copy will never be a match for the
original." Kari said confidently. As they were talking, the ground
started to shake. About 100 metres away from the group the soft bouncy
padding erupted into feathers. "It's MetalGigadramon!" Gomamon shouted.
"That's right folks." A voice said. The ground in front of the giant
digimon opened and a platform emerged. On it stood Merla. "That can't
be good." Tentomon said.
"Is it just me or is she looking kind of dark today?" Joe asked. Kari
glowed in light. "You'll never overcome Light with Darkness!" Kari
shouted at the other child. "My my, don't we have a temper little
child. What kind of greetings do you call that? You've barely met me!"
Merla calmly directed the insults at the 9 year old in front of her.
"Got to fly, see you." Merla said. Jets attached to her arms started to
flame. "MetalGigadramon, take care of these pests!" She shouted as she flew
away towards the mountain.
"Wimp!" Matt shouted after her. Kari grabbed T.K's hand. "I have a
feeling what is going to happen next." She said. T.K nodded,
understanding her action and statement. "Heh heh heh... Genetic
Blaster!" MetalGigadramon yelled. His cones opened and fired the
missiles. "Hey that's my h---" T.K was cut short as he and Kari were
hurled into the air towards Mt. Digital. Everyone else was hurled in
different directions.