DM: Digital Mutants: Series 02: Part 7
[A/N: It's been a long time
since I typed this… Well, hope I've
still got it!]
[Disclaimer: Don't own.]
The teachers stared at the notice that had been on their desks that morning. They could hardly believe the notice said what it did. It was fairly early when they got to their classrooms, and they had a large amount of time before they had to begin the day, so they went to investigate.
"Why
in the world-" Tai began. "Is this a
joke?" Matt finished. "Do I ever joke?"
Shinji replied. "Not often enough, but
still." Kari said. "These kids can't
stay here for the entirety of their lives." the head teacher sighed, "They have
to learn to behave normally, and to not display their abilities if they should
become irritated."
"But
a school study trip to Tokyo?" Joe inquired, "Isn't that dangerous? Especially after what happened a few days
ago!" "There won't be any problems."
Shinji nearly smiled, "Trust me."
It
was only two days later when the classes left the premises for the study
trip. Cody sat on his knees, staring
out the window of the train with a grin. "C'mon, kid!" Tony laughed, "You're acting like you've never been to
Tokyo before!" "Not around the whole
city at least!" Cody turned, "I haven't even been to the Tower yet!" "Oh man, if you haven't seen the Tower, you
haven't seen anything!" Reya hung over the back of her seat, "I can't believe
you haven't been!"
"I
wonder if they ever finished the repairs on the Tower." Sora wondered thoughtfully, "Skullmeramon
really messed it up." "Yeah, well, at
least he didn't completely destroy it." Mimi patted her friend on the shoulder,
"Look of it that way." "Hey, it's been
a long time since we've been down in Tokyo." Tai leaned against the back of
Sora's chair, looking down at the two women, "Anyone up for a little taunting?"
"Yep,
Myotismon needs some happy reminders of his attacks twelve years ago." Matt
grinned, "But we'll probably have to find him first." "Anyone up for bothering Shinji till she tells us?" Tai reworked
his question.
"Incredible."
Myotismon said, "You think that people would get suspicious with you talking to
yourself all the time." "Well, if our
only way of communicating without your being seen, I have to." the teacher
replied, staring out the window, "But the only problem with this system…" "What?" the digimon inquired from his half
of the mental link.
"I
can't see your cute smirk." Shinji muttered. "Uh-huh…" Myotismon muttered, "By the way, you had better look out for
the rubber band." A second after his
prompting, Shinji snapped her left index finger up, strangely catching the
rubber band that was flying through the air towards her face. "Cute, Tai, real cute." she said
sarcastically and with a small grin.
"Say…"
the big-haired man said from the other side of the aisle, "Might I ask where
Myotismon will be staying?" "With me of
course." the head teacher replied so nonchalantly, Tai was stunned, "Isn't Matt
staying with you?" Tai blinked and
blushed badly, his eyes shrinking.
"I
thought I told you never to mention that aloud!" he squeaked. The teacher smiled at Tai, resting her chin
on the edge of her hand. "You two are
so bonkers." she muttered, "And when I first met up with you guys I thought you
and Matt were going to kill each other eventually." "Oh, you are so dead!" Tai growled, "I'm going to get you back
for this!"
"How?" the teacher grinned, "You can't even sneak up on me, so how in the world are you going to do anything, even less a prank or something?" Tai grit his teeth angrily and broke into an angry sweat. "Oh, c'mon, Tai." Shinji smiled, "You are such a gullible twip." Tai stood and went back to his own seat, sitting next to Matt.
"You
are so mean to him." Myotismon reestablished the mental link, "But- wait." The teacher froze, opening her eyes and
sensing a strange shock going through the link. "Shinji-chan, I felt something." her partner said, "There's
something that's manipulating the shadows that I usually have power
over. There's something—someone
there. Are you positive that you
don't want me to come along?"
"I
won't risk your safety right now." the teacher replied, "You were shot a few
days ago, and I don't want you to get hurt anymore. Stay at the school." Myotismon sighed and said, "You're the boss." The link shattered with a short snap, and Shinji glanced out the
window. "Shadows." she thought, "What
could be manipulating shadows and darkness other than Myotismon or me?"
The
sky was beautifully sunny, and the students were full of spirit, ready to see
the city.
"All
right gang, let's get to where we're staying for the week and then tomorrow,
we'll head out and around!" Tai called, waving his hands to get everyone's
attention. There was a collective groan
from the students, and Tai smirked. "I
know, I know!" he continued, "I want to get out and around too, but we have to
take a rest and get settled in our rooms!" The huge group started off towards the buses, and soon, they were off.
Cody
rested his elbows on the edge of the windowsill, staring down at the city. Even in the black of the night, the lights
and cars that were still on entranced the boy. "Hey, Cody, I think you had better go to sleep." Tony yawned, "We have a
huge day tomorrow, and if you don't go to sleep, I might have to carry you around!"
"You
go ahead and sleep." Cody replied, "I'm not tired yet." Tony shrugged, and fell backwards, dropping
off into sleep a few seconds later. Cody sighed at his odd friend, and then flopped onto his own bed,
staring up at the ceiling. His mind traced
back to the fight between his teacher and her brother. But then Myotismon came and saved him…
"Why
in the world did he call me a Digi-destined?" the ten-year-old wondered. He blinked once, and then nearly screamed in
horror. "What, never seen a vampire in
the dark before?" Myotismon questioned, standing beside the boy's bed.
"Wha-what
the heck are you doing here?!" Cody hissed, "I thought you were staying at the
school!" "Look, don't tell Shinji, OK?"
Myotismon replied, "But there's something I really need to give you." Cody blinked again, but then hopped out of
his bed.
"I
keep forgetting that your psychic skills aren't very good yet." the digimon
said, "No wonder you haven't figured out what I'm talking about." "Does this have to do with that
Digi-destined thing?" Cody questioned back. In response, Myotismon pulled out two things from behind his back. One was a silver digital apparatus, and the
other was a large, strangely colored egg.
"May
I present to you, your digivice and digimon partner." Myotismon smirked. Cody stared at the egg, wondered what it
contained. "Take care of it, and it'll
take care of you in time." the digimon explained, "Just make sure he doesn't
get hurt before he hatches." He glanced
up and around, and then turned an interesting shade of blue. He was staring out the window, and Cody
looked out the glass as well. The
ten-year-old turned a strange shade of blue as well.
Holding
onto a brick outside the window, watching the conversation, was Shinji. Floating through the glass, the teacher
stood cross-armed and staring at the digimon. "Didn't I tell you to stay at the school?" she questioned. "But-" the digimon tried to protest.
"He
was just giving me this!" Cody snapped, holding up the egg and the
digivice. Shinji blinked, staring at
the items. "Fine, you can stay." the
twenty-six-year-old said, "But don't go spooking people around the city. If anything, you're staying with me, vamp-boy." "It's been twelve years!" Myotismon groaned,
"When are you going to stop calling me that name?!" Smiling, the teacher grabbed one of the digimon's pointy ears,
and dragged him off.
Cody
stared after his teacher as she and her partner faded into the shadows. He sat back on his bed and looked at the
egg. "So I'm a Digi-destined too." he
murmured, "I wonder what my partner will look like."
As
for the trip, most of it went very well. The final day was the day Cody was really waiting for. The school was scheduled to visit the Tokyo
Tower, which had been fully restored from the mysterious damages it received
twelve years ago.
"So,
ready to go to the top of the Tower?" Tai taunted his little sister. She had a bad fear of heights, and she
didn't enjoy the prospect of going over three hundred meters into the air. "C'mon, Tai!" TK said, "Knock it off!" The older man just chuckled and rubbed his
sister's head. "Just kidding, Kari." he
apologized.
"Oh
wow!" Reya said, looking out the large windows, "You forget how great the view
is after a long time!" Cody nodded in
agreement and stared down at the landscape. The city was a sight to behold at high altitudes, and great on sunny
days.
"Geez,
our boss just can't lighten up, can she?" Tai said behind his hand to Matt,
"Even on this trip, she hardly smiled at all." "Lay off." Izzy ordered, "There's probably something on her mind." "Yeah, but what?" Joe wondered.
With
those words, a girl from one of the older classes let out an ear-piercing
scream and each of the teachers looked up. Hovering before the window the girl was looking out was a strange black
thing that looked like a moving shadow. Its eyes were slits of white, and it opened its maw to flash horrible,
gleaming fangs. The students leapt back
and stood ready to fight, but Tai and the others rushed forwards.
"Everyone
back onto the elevator!" the twenty-four-year-old man ordered, "Get back from
the Tower when you reach the ground! GO!" Following orders
hesitantly, the students rushed back to the elevator. Only Cody stood his ground.
"Kid,
get over here!" Tony shouted. "Cody!"
Reya called. But Cody would not
budge. Tony and Reya watched in horror
as the doors slid shut, and the group began their dissent.
Izzy
raised his hand and fired off a beam of red energy, shattering the glass and
scattering the shadow. But then the
shadow reappeared in front of Cody, scaring the boy badly. In a great flash, a flashlight was flicked
on, and the shadow let out a roar. Cody
shielded his eyes and looked at the shadow again, and gasped.
"Very
nice, shadow-boy." Shinji said, flicking off the powerful flashlight, "Who are
you again? I remember seeing you on
some stupid show about geniuses. Ah
yes, Ken Ichijouji." The purple-haired
man scoffed and smiled at the teacher.
"And
I remember you." he said, "You're that mutant woman who always seems to be in
trouble with the government. Shinji
Shazaki, wasn't it?" "You had better
not disregard her partner." a voice said from a corner. The group turned to see Myotismon leaning
against a wall, glaring at Ken. "I've
seen you in my mind." the digimon said, "You aren't just a mutant. You're one of the Digi-destined. So where's your partner?"
"You'll
see in time." Ken replied, "My job right now is to fight her." The tall man turned to glance at the teacher
when he heard a crunching of glass. "Certainly a job you did on the window, Izzy." she grinned. Suddenly, she flipped backwards out the
broken window. Cody gasped and jumped
forwards, but Ken scoffed. "He always
said she was too over-dramatic." he muttered. He shut his purple eyes and leaned his head back, a dark glow
surrounding him.
"Look!"
a by-stander shouted. Shinji fell
quickly from the window, upside-down, and eyes shut. The crowd that had gathered gasped collectively, and stepped away
from the Tower.
"And
now for the final touch…" Shinji thought without expression.
"SPIKING
STRIKE!" a voice shouted suddenly. Shinji's eyes flew open, only to be blinded by a bright purple
light. Unable to dodge, Shinji grabbed
the burning spike and stared at her attacker. "A BUG?!" the teacher shouted. The humanoid insect twisted his arm and flung the teacher down faster,
fluttering in the air and waiting for her to hit the ground.
Shinji
flexed quickly, and slammed hard onto the ground, feet-first. Throwing her sight up the new enemy, she
grinned and leapt up and towards the green creature.
"GET
HER, STINGMON!" Ken roared out the window. Myotismon let out a shout and tackled the twenty-year-old out the
window, the two falling into the sky.
"So,
Stingmon's your name?!" Shinji shouted, standing on a metal bar. "Let's go!" the digimon yelled in
response. He flew forwards, ready to
fight.
Ken
wrestled free of Myotismon's grip and his body turned into a living shadow
again. He suddenly vanished without a
trace.
Shinji
leapt off the bar, her hand out to the side. A gleaming blade of blue energy formed in her open hand, and she slashed
at the digimon. But he too vanished
into a shadow, and the teacher floated by her partner.
"So,
who do you want to take?" Myotismon questioned. "You get Stingmon away from me and Ken." Shinji ordered, "This
will be one hell of a fight." On cue,
Ken and Stingmon appeared from their shadowy hiding places, and headed towards
Shinji and Myotismon.
Cody
hung on the side of the window, staring at Shinji and Ken battling. He knew he had the power to do something,
but he didn't know how to use it. He
closed his green eyes in concentration, and tried to understand his abilities.
Shinji
slashed through another set of girders, angrily trying to find Ken. The mutant was able to vanish in a flash,
and she couldn't see where he vanished to. The teacher flew off in another direction, not noticing the Tower
creaking dangerously…
Cody
kept his eyes closed. He could see Ken
wherever he moved, even though he saw nothing else. Ken vanished from everyone else's sight, and moved behind Shinji.
"SENSEI,
BEHIND YOU!" Cody shouted suddenly. Shinji whirled around, holding the blade of energy up. Ken gulped and froze as the blade rested
under his chin. He was defeated.
Tai
and the other teachers cheered, but then the Tower lurched to one side,
pitching everyone to the ground.
"CHIKUSO!"
Shinji shouted. She turned away from
Ken, and the purple-haired man vanished with Stingmon. Shinji shut her eyes and concentrated on the
Tower. Even with her strong mind, the
Tower was incredibly heavy.
Cody
shut his eyes tighter and concentrated on the Tower as well. The two psychic mutants struggled with the
Tower's immense weight, until two more powers came to their aid. Kari and Sora were kneeling, their eyes shut
and concentrating hard. With the
combined forces of their psychic energy, the teachers, and student, were able
to push the Tower back into its place, and then melt the bars together again.
The
crowd below cheered with happiness as the Digi-destined team defeated their
enemies. On a far off building, a tall
man with black hair and cool red eyes grinned, lowering a camera and walking
off.
"Cody,
when did you learn to do that?" Kari wondered as TK helped her off the
elevator. "Just now." Cody muttered
from Mimi's arms. Sora said nothing as
she leaned on Izzy, hardly able to stand. "Ow…" Shinji murmured, "Major headache…" Myotismon half-dragged her out of the elevator, and the entire
group was met with loud cheers.
"Cody,
you were great!" Reya said, rushing up to her friend. "I have to admit, kid, that was pretty awesome." Tony smiled at
his friend. Cody smiled back weakly,
drained of a lot of energy.
"You
were right about him." Shinji murmured, "He is one tough kid." Myotismon just smiled at his partner.
"NOW! SWARM, SWARM!!"
The
group of teachers looked up, only to be shoved aside by a large group of
policemen, or SWAT-men. They batted
Myotismon away and grabbed Shinji, snapping handcuffs on her wrists. "Hey, let go of me!" Shinji shouted. "Shinji Shazaki, you are under arrest for
destruction of the Tokyo Tower!" the leader of the SWAT team roared. "Say WHAT?!" TK shouted, "They just saved it
from toppling over!" Not listening, the
policemen roughly shoved the twenty-six-year-old teacher along.
"WAIT!"
Cody shouted, but it was too late.