I Don't own digimon. If you don't believe me then… you need help. No offence.
Tai, Kari, Joe, Izzy, TK, Mimi, and Sora all fallowed Matt to the only door in the room. They decided to not ask any questions just yet. For, each of them had a trillion of there own questions to ask but even Mimi knew that they would have to be patient in order to get answers.
When they made it to the door, Matt led the others through it. Tai was questioning everything that was happening. He didn't even know if getting on that plane was the right thing to do. As he made it through the door he then felt the floor move beneath him. His legs stopped moving but he didn't. He looked down and saw that the floor was moving under him. Not knowing if this was supposed to happen he looked around and scanned the faces of the people around him. He noticed the questioning looks on the other chosen's faces and saw them doing the same thing he was. Tai looked to Matt.
Matt looked over his shoulder at the others and then said, "Don't worry, this is supposed to happen. The floor is made to move in order to direct the militaries solders in the right direction. You will see soon that this base is very big. And it is easy to get lost. Especially in this area, you could live here all your life and never have been to all the sectors in here." After that the DD's calmed down and started to relax.
It took up to fifteen minutes to leave that hall. They were proud when it ended for it wasn't some place they wanted to be in. Some of the hallways that led away form the one they were in sent chills down their spines. At one point Joe sweared that he saw a ghost. No one else saw it but Izzy mentioned the fact of how many people must have lived there at a point and that had died, bring in the thought that there is a war being fought. Matt kept quiet all the way. Just like the other solders. But the other seven children whispered amongst each other all the way.
When they got out of that eerie hall they started to hear the soldiers they were led by start talking again. But this time it was much more quiet. The DD's minus Matt looked up in aw at the new room they were in. This one was white. Almost pure white. It sent the digidestened into an awe. This room wasn't as big as the last one but still it was something to see. The walls were white and almost disappeared into the white floors. There were a few light peach coloured couches and the only other things that weren't white in that room were the people that didn't even take up a quarter of the place, it was so big. The floor was made of white tiling and each individual tile had a different name on it with the same phrase above the name.
"In remembrance of John Mc Knight," Tai read. "In remembrance of Amy Sasle, in remembrance of Sam Jankson. Matt, are all these people dead? I mean, why are their names like that on the tiling?"
Matt frowned as he turned around. He just looked at them, "This is a war. People die. There is nothing we can do about it."
Seeing this as an opportunity to ask questions Izzy jumped in with questions of his own, "Matt, I don't comprehend why you are a soldier. Your only twelve, how did you get this occupation?" Matt seemed to regret the part about 'only twelve' but answered despite.
"Well, in this world the legal age is ten."
"Ten?! Why ten?" Sora asked.
"Well. Before I came to this world. A ten-year-old boy saved Utoyton from an encounter from Bonenes force…"
"Who or what is a Bonene?" Izzy inquired.
"That's the man who started this war. Anyways, I'm not sure what happened but after that they brought the 'age requirement' down to ten years. Even though they didn't except kids except that one just yet. About eight years later that boy had died in the war when he had been caught and held captive in enemies hands."
"Oh my god. He was only eighteen." Sora said holding her hand up to her mouth.
"As I hear," Matt went on, "He was strong. But that's what killed him in the long run."
"Huh? What do you mean by that Matt?" Tai asked as he held his head on a slant.
"Well they tried to get information about are base out of him. But he refused to tell, no matter what they did to him. So they, seeing no reason to keep him, killed him. After that our side started to loose. They must have gotten something out of him. Probably something they figured out on their own from how he acted. And we started to loose. The only reason we lasted this long was because the eighteen year old refused to say anything. We became desperate so they started to bring kids to the force. Mostly sixteen and seventeen's, one fifteen but that's it.
"I then popped out of no where to them and since they couldn't find my home, for obvious reasons, slowly I began joining the fight to save this world. I started from going to training. Training is a lot faster hear. In your- our world it take years, but here it took the maximum of five weeks. Technology is very advanced here. They can down load the info directly into your head. Then when everything you need to know is absorbed you test it out in real life to see if you are ready."
"And if you not?" Joe asked.
"You are given two options. Try again. Or head back to Utoyton." He looked around at his friends. They weren't expecting such a simple answer. They were expecting something else. Something bad. "Don't think that this world is just bad. Hmmm- we are going to be heading to Utoyton sometime in the next couple of days. Maybe…"
"Matt!!" A voice boomed through what Matt was saying. With out a second thought Matt turned around and headed to where the voice had come from.
"Well that's-um- weird." Tai said.
"I still have a few questions that I'd like to ask." Izzy said to no one in particular. But everyone, non the less, were all ears. "I would like to now why this 'Utoyton' city is so important. And how exactly did we get here and why Matt was the first one to come and why didn't we all come at the same time and…"
"Izzy we get the point." Said Tai, "Man you ask more questions then my history teacher."
"Except for one thing Tai," Izzy added putting his hand to his chin, "I'm starting to wonder if we might have been brought into the future…"
Matt walked to the General who had called for his immediate attention. Matt walked up to the older man, raised a hand in a solute and said, "Yes sir?"
"Aw Matt. May I ask who those people are that you seem to know so well?"
Matt brought his hand down to his side and adjusted his pose to make it more comfortable. "Just old friends."
"Ok. But I'm not exactly Japanese so I don't know what that little boy said to you. What was that word 'onichan'? What does it mean?"
"The little boy, sir, is my brother. He called me brother." The general smiled.
"Hmm- really? I didn't know you had a brother. But I thought you didn't have family?"
"It's a long story, sir."
"Maybe you'll tell me sometime." Matt smirked.
"Maybe I will sir." The general looked to the other men that had been standing near the two.
"Men," he said in a stern voice, "Go see if your help is required in the medical area." The six men all saluted and took off in the same direction at a fast pace. "Now Matt. I want to talk to you man to man. Your friends, and brother, should I even bother searching for their current home? Or are they like you?"
"Like me sir… but if I may ask, what will happen to them now?"
"Well for most of them… you know that we still need more soldiers or we could loose. Today was the first time we had the upper hand on the battlefield."
"So you want to include them in the military." Matt didn't like the idea of having his friends being out on the field with him. He hated it himself and the only reason that he was in it was 'cause the carnal thought, since he already had the training, that it would be best for him to join. So they gave him a uniform and put him out to fight. He didn't like it. There weren't any advantages to it for him and there wouldn't be for the ones, his friends, which will be forced to join. "Sir. Please. Don't make them fight? There are other jobs that they can do."
"Can you give me an example?" the General said sternly.
"Um-ok…" Matt thought about each of his friends and all that had happened in the digital world. He new that Kari and TK wouldn't have to worry about being thrown into the fight because they were a year to young, so he just avoided wasting time on what those two could do. So he thought of Tai, "Well Tai," he said excitedly, "Is great at soccer. And because of that he's fast at running. He could deliver messages from the front of the base and other areas. And-and Sora too. Those two can do the same. By the way, this base only has three and none of them are as fast as Tai and Sora. Trust me."
Matt's mind then came to Izzy, "Oh. And there's Izzy. An expert at computers and technical equipment. He can help those people in sector 12-CS. They fix broken Mecs and create new artillery." Matt then chuckled to himself, "He might even teach the experts a thing or two." Then his thoughts found there way to Joe.
"There's also Joe. His father's a doctor, his brother's becoming one. He's also going to be one. He just needs a bit of training on it and he can work with the paramedics. I even think that he might like the option to help someone."
"And there's Mimi… hmmm" Matt thought. What could she do? She could help in designing new uniforms. Hmmm. Maybe not. Pink was never my colour. Or she could help clean… ha ha. No that would be something to see. Mimi cleaning. Wait. Matt concentrate. Matt thought hard but couldn't think of a place that she could assist. So he said, "Sir. All of Mimi's talents- even though I don't think I could call them talents- could not help us in any thing that is here. But you can't put her out on the battlefield. She doesn't fight. She doesn't like the thought of fighting and you should have seen the look on her face when she saw the uniforms."
The general lightly laughed as he thought of the daughter he used to have. "I understand why you don't want them to be brought into this anymore then they have to. So I'll meat you have way. I will grant you the wish for none of you friends to become soldiers. I will give them jobs here. The ones that you mentioned and the youngest children will be brought to Utoyton to live. But that Mimi girl… I'll have to see. She will not become a soldier but I will have to talk to my superior to see if she could stay in Utoyton. But if she can't she will have to stay here. She and your friend Sora will share a room. But they will have to be perfect. You will be responsible for there actions. If they do something that is out of line. You will be chastised for it. Do you understand?"
Matt nodded as he thought about it. "Yeah. Yeah I understand." Matt said glancing back towards his friends to see which one he might get chastised for and a bit worried about it. But worked his hardest to not show it.
"Good. I'm only making sure that you're making the right decision." Matt nodded again. Then Matt heard the phrase that he had come accustomed to over the time. Something that he only listens to because it became habit, "Alright. You're dismissed."
Matt then turned and walked towards his friends.
"…Why were we brought here now? What do you think are parents are going to think? Do you think that this was even supposed to happen? Why…"
"Oh come one Izzy," Tai pleaded, "Stop with the questions. Look. You put Mimi to sleep." Tai pointed to Mimi who had wondered over to a couch and fell to sleep.
"Well maybe it wasn't me…" Izzy defended. He received six 'Oh come on' looks before sighs and giving in.
"Hey Matt what was that about?" Sora asked as she spotted him walking towards them. Matt looked uncertain over something but tried to hide it.
"Um-just something. I have to tell you something that I hope you all take in a good way." Matt looked over at Mimi and saw she was asleep. He grinned. He turned to Izzy and asked, "Another theory Izzy?"
Izzy looked over at Matt and asked, "No. Why do you ask?"
"Oh. No reason really. But…" He pointed to Mimi. Every one looked, "Only your theories put people to sleep that fast." Izzy scowled. Tai laughed and walked over to Matt.
"Man. I thought we lost yeah for a sec. You weren't your same." Tai said as Matt and Tai shared one of their handshakes that they created on a boring day in the digital world.
"Yeah. Well you guys just showed up out of the blue. I didn't know what to think. Anyways, I have to tell you something," He then turned to the others, "All of you something. Someone mind waking up Mimi?"
"I'll do it." Sora said. She turned around and headed to Mimi. She walked over to the light peach coloured couch that Mimi discovered was comfortable.
Sora sat down beside her and shook her gently, "Mimi. Mimi time to wake up."
"But the dog ate it, Miss." Mimi said still in her dream.
"Mimi. Come on. Matt has something to tell us."
Mimi's eyes fluttered open. "Huh?" she said. Her eyes slowly cleared up and she saw Sora sitting beside her on the couch. "Don't worry Sora. I was only resting my eyes."
"Ok. But I think your eyes 'rested' enough. Matt needs to tell us something and it sounds important." Mimi nodded and lifted her self-up.
"Ok. We're here." Sora announced as she approached the small group of kids. They all stood in a semi circle facing Matt.
Matt at the time was trying to find away to put it so that they would see it his way. If he started out saying he got them all jobs then he new they would think he's gone mad and complain. But there's more to it then that and he just had to find a way to tell them so that they will be grateful instead of angry at him.
Sora and Mimi joined the group and waited for Matt to start. Then he finally did. "Well I guess I should start telling you this part. You know I'm in the military, right? I don't exactly like it you know. If I could change anything it would be that. I just joined in with the training as a way to pass time and now I'm killing or being killed. And sometimes it's worse then that. But I had to join. I had no home and there was no one I knew. I had to stay at the base and I was only going to get in the way. At least that's how carnal said it. Well, you are now all brought to this world. I'm the only one you know and my home had become this place." Matt held his hands in the air to show that he was referring to the base. "In other words you are in the same situation I was in."
"Do you mean we will have to join the military too?" Joe spoke every ones thoughts.
"Luckily not. I was just talking to the General. He told me that he was going to have you become a soldier. I talked to him and I got a better deal out of it. Some of you will agree…" He looked over the faces of the group that were all staring at him, all trying to read his thoughts to find out what he was going to say next. "…And some of you won't. But it was the best I could do. I told the General that each of you had your own strong points that could help in other ways. Unfortunately, not all of your strong points are needed in the military." He turned his face to Tai. "Tai. There's a job where you will have to report messages and bring vital equipment to different sectors in the base. Your good at soccer and I took that under consideration when suggesting that you should do this. Your fast. And that's what they need for that kind of job. You and Sora are the fastest people I know when it comes to running."
"So that means I got the same kind of job too, right?" Sora asked.
Matt nodded. "Unfortunately you two won't see each other that often during the day. I told you that the base is pretty big and you will be positioned in two different areas." Sora and Tai both frowned. "But don't worry. That's only during the day."
Matt turned his head to Izzy, "Iz. I think you will enjoy your job. You will be working with small Mechanical devices, computers, you will be able to create new systems that would help this community, and you will be fixing Mecs. Mecs are the systems that help transport information into your brain."
"Prodigious."
Matt smiled then turned to Joe. "Hmmm. Joe. You will be working in medicines. You will be helping people recover when they get hurt. You will be involved in the family business a bit earlier then you thought, huh?" Joe thought about this and then thought that he could actually like that. Well I do like helping people. Joe smiled while thinking of the look of his fathers face if he told him that he had already became a doctor at fourteen.
Matt felt surer of himself when he saw Joe smile. But then he remembered TK, Kari, and Mimi. And what he was able to work out with the general.. He sighed. "Mimi." He said resting his eyes for a moment and then opened them to see her eyes watching him with suspense. The other kids were talking to each other. All except Mimi, TK, and Kari. "Um- I couldn't think of something that you could do." The other kids quieted and all fixed their eyes on Matt.
"You mean-I'm-I'm going-to…" Mimi started.
"No." Matt ensured her, "No. You won't be doing what I do. But I'm seeing about you going to Utoyton- But not just you. TK and Kari too." The others gasped.
"But Matt." Mimi squealed.
"Onichan?" TK's eyes were pleading to stay.
"Tai?" Kari looked back to Tai for some support. Matt closed his eyes. "There's nothing I can do about that. I'm, I'm sorry." Matt said with feeling then he opened his eyes again. "Mimi, the stuff you can do is not exactly what the military needs. And TK. Kari. You bother are only nine. They wouldn't get you to be involved in something like this."
TK looked up at his 'nichan with big crystal blue eyes and said, "But Matt. Where will we stay? And when will I see you again?"
"Well, I know someone that lives in Utoyton that I will have to talk to in order for you to stay with her but I'm sure you will be allowed. You and Kari for sure." He then looked to Mimi. "Now Mimi. I'm not 100% sure that you will be going. The carnal might not allow you, at age eleven, to go to Utoyton. You ould normally have to be under ten before they allow you in but… we'll see. And in case your not you'll be sharing a place with Sora."
"Matt." Izzy spoke. "I've been meaning to ask you what is the significant of Utoyton?"
"Um- you mean what so special about it?" Izzy nodded. "The war that we are fighting is world wide. The same fight we're having here is happening over in America and Europe. But because of this, most of the cities have been destroyed. Utoyton… is the last city left on earth."
Sorry this chapter is so short. I promise that the next one will be longer. And I'm hoping to be in Utoyton during the next part. Well R&R. I'll get the next part out soon.
