The Generousity of Darkness: Chapter 2
By Sera Terasaki
A/N: For all who care, here is the chapter that took over a month to write...
Disclaimer: Check prologue.
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Ken stirred and half opened his eyes. His left side both throbbed and ached horribly. What
had happened? For some reason he couldn't recall the events that resulted in him lying on his back with
sore ribs and one heck of a headache.
Gingerly, he brought his hand up to his side and gently touched his side. Just a simple touch
sent laces of fire up and down his side. His face scrounched up sightly from the pain. Beneath his shirt
he could feel bandages wrapped around his stomach. As slow as possible he placed his hand on his
stomach and concentrated on breathing.
In trying to evade the pain, his fingers brushed over something under his shirt. Slowly he
reached up and pulled the mysterious item. The moment he saw it the memories came rushing back...
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*Flashback*
Ken's hands flew over the keys of the keyboard. After a moment he grinned. Innocently he typed:
'show all exits'. The computer complied. A map of the entire structure came up showing the rooms,
halls, floors, and their exits. He blinked, then frowned. The entire outer line of the structure was solid.
Empress must have programed the computer not to show the exits from the compound itself.
Just as he was going to move on he noticed something. "Hmm... What's this?" He typed
something in the computer and a picture of the desired room appeared. The room was most likely the
biggest room in the entire structure, about twice the size of the computer- which was the size of a small
gym. Ken frowned in thought. Why would Empress need a room that size?
Well only one way to find out. He thought getting up and heading right out the door.
Half an hour later and fifteen hallways later found the boy genius staring at a BIG stone door.
Be surprised if anything could push that... A little voice said from somewhere in the back of Ken's
mind. Ken full heartedly agreed. Putting his hands on the door he push with all his strength... and went
tumbling to the ground as they opened like they weighted no more than paper. (A/n: ::smirk:: Oops...)
Ken laid face down on the floor for a moment really hoping Empress didn't decide to show
up. All he needed was for her to see this. When he finally sat up a slight glow from his shirt's breast
pocket caught his eye. Pulling out the object, it turned out to be the crest of Kindness- he still thought
he didn't deserve it... He also still found it ironic that the Digiworld had given it to him.
Pushing away those thoughts, Ken wondered why it was glowing. Why here and now, of all
time/places? Out of the corner of his vision he saw another glowing object, the same color as the crest.
Cautiously, Ken got to his feet and heading in the direction of the glowing object. As he
approached a small pillar appeared in front of him, on it was a small necklace- the glowing object- and a
digiegg. The moment he stepped in front of the pillar both objects' glow stopped.
"Wha...?" Ken picked up the necklace, curiously, and upon further inspecion discovered it
was a tag, similar to the ones the original Digidestined had owned. "Is it mine?" As if to answer his
question, both objects started to glow twice as bright, and Ken, startled, released both objects. Before
his eyes the tag went into the tag. Both stopped glowing and landed softly in Ken's outstreched hand.
Ken stared at the newly united tag and crest. Several emotions ran through him as he slipped
the string of the tag around his neck and let it fall lightly on his chest. So deep was he in his thoughts
that he failed to motice the fact that he wasn't alone... Until a shadow fell over him. Ken had a meer
moment to realize this, before his vision- as well as the rest of his body- was ingulfed a a huge redish-
black hand. He couldn't even move a muscle.
Ken's mind began to race. What type of digimon was big enough for him to fit in it's palm?
Droimon? No, Droimon was big, but not that big. Then who could it be-- Ken's thoughts where cut off
as he felt the rough skin around him start to become closer and closer, until he couldn't even breath.
Even as this thought became known, he felt the first bone crack, shoting fire upand down his side. His
lungs started to scream for air, but the his digicaptive didn't relent.
He started to feel the blackness of unconciousness appearing at the edges of his mind. Is this
how it feels to die? He had always thought it would be something like this... Even as the last threads of
awareness were slipping, he only wished he could have said goodbye to Worm-
"Koshta!!"
The digimon squising him suddenly stopped, and Ken pulled in a painful breath. Awareness
returned as another voice deeper voice spoke. "Koshta?" It sounded amused. "Koshta, mes siketo...
Uneno semno seket!" The smaller voice cried. Something resgistered that the smaller voice was
Teelamon. Great, the his digi-captor was one of Empress'.
"Meneno teh! Pes Koshta gesto! Semboda." Teelamon's voice said commandingly. The big
Digimon vibrated as it chuckled, then released Ken, who landed in a heap on the floor. "Gigamon!!"
Teelamon cried out angerily. Ken wished everyone would stop yelling, it only seemed to make his head
hurt worse.
"Tebaro semesto..." Gigamon's voise grew fainter and it began to blur as Ken fell farther and farther into the sleepiness that was coming over him . The last thing he heard before sliping into unconsiousness was Teelamon's voice saying: "Stupid Digimon! Don't worry, he won't bother you anymore..."
*End flashback*
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He hadn't quite lost conciousness after that. He fagely remembered being carried and at
another time, someone bandging his side up. All though it, his side hadn't bothered him since being in the huge room. Slowly he tried to sit up. The attampt resulted in him panting heavily and grimcing in
pain. Well, at least he could sit up. Now for getting somewhere. He sighed. this was going to take a
while...
*****
Davis groaned and sat up, rubbing his sore head. "What happened?" Beside him
DemiVeemon and Wormmon were also sitting up. "It looks like a hole." DemiVeemon said. Davis
scratched his head. "How did we fall into hole?" DemiVeemon and Wormmon both looked confused.
Suddenly footsteps could be heard over head. "Oh no! Empress is back!" Davis cried.
"Don't worry. I'll protect you." DemiVeemon said climbing onto Davis' head. "Don't take this the wrong
way, but you couldn't hurt a fly." DemiVeemon titled his head looking at Davis curiously. "What is a
fly? Is it anything like Flymon?" "I'll explain it later. Right we have company now." Even as Davis said it
a rope dropped down and a bunch of bizarre looking digimon carrying spears appeared over the hole's
mouth.
"Climb rope." The tallest of the digimon said. It wore a ceremonial cloak of sorts. All the
others also seemed to give him space that they didn't give each other. Davis looked up at DemiVeemon.
"What do you think buddy?" He asked. DemiVeemon nodded his head.
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*DemiVeemon's voice*
They're Tribalmon. They attack with the deadly Club Strike, but they're mostly peaceful
Digimon.
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Getting out of the hole was not the most easiest thing to do. Wormmon couldn't quite grip
onto the rope and since the walls were mostly a smooth, flat surface simply crawling out was
impossible. So Davis had to boost Wormmon out then try to climb out himself. After a few false tries
he managed to get out.
The Tribalmon lead the trio to a small villige full of Tribalmon and S'renmon- the small, blue
in-training form of Tribalmon. Here and there one could spot a Tribalmon working with a S'renmon.
And to top it off there were so many huts that each and every one of the Tribalmon and S'renmon could
have easily two for each before going into thirds.
Davis, DemiVeemon, Wormmon stared at the at the huts and the many digimon around them.
Davis couldn't help but notice the sprees. "Dang, I've never seen so many digimon carring sprees
before." DemiVeemon looked down at him curiously. "But you've never seen a digimon carring a spree
before. Have you?" Davis sighed. At Davis' feet Wormmon watched the digimon scurry about.
One of the Tribalmon came to a stop in front of one of the huts. "You may rest here. Hut big
enough for human child and his digimon." Davis walked in placing DemiVeemon on the bed.
"Coo~ool!" He said happily. DemiVeemon bounced on the bed, laughing. Wormmon was about to
enter when the hilt of the nearest Tribalmon's spree stopped him.
"Green digimon no enter. Green digimon get's different hut." The Tribalmon said. Davis spun
around and said: "I thought you said he could stay here?" The Tribalmon blocking Wormmon shook
his head. "We said you and your digimon. Green digimon is not your digimon."
Davis, even with all his stupidity and hotheadness could tell somethiing wasn't right. "How do
you know that?" Davis asked suspiciously. The Tribalmon seemed to smile- not that Davis could tell
with the mask that oscurred half its face. "Blue Digimon ride with human. He go wherever human go.
Tribalmon come to conclusion he human's digimon." Davis blinked, most of his distrust gone. "I guess
that makes sense..."
The Tribalmon's smile grew larger as it pushed Wormmon out of the door of the hut and
closed it. "Well, DemiVeemon, what do say we get some rest, ne?" DemiVeemon was already curled up
on the bed yawning. Davis yawned himself and smiled. Neither noticed the door locking silently. Or that
it was locked from the out side.
*****
Izzy typed constantly at his yellow pineapple labtop. When he had heard that Ken, and now
Davis, DemiVeemon, and Wormmon were all missing he had set out to try and locate Davis and Ken's
digivices, but niether could be found at any part of the Digital World for whatever reason.
Izzy sighed and leaned back in his seat. He glanced at the clock and blinked. It was already
midnight. He rubbed his eyes wearily. He HAD been at this since dinner. Maybe it was time to call in for
the night. But as Izzy reached foward to urn off his labtop, it beeped. The computer genius pulled back
and quickly noticed a black blip. "Wha...?"
Unfortunaitly before he could get a closer look, the blip disappeared. Forwning he pulled up
a picture of the sector he had seen the blip. Slowly a dawning look appeared on his face. "Of course.
It's brilliant. No one would look there..." He reached over to his D-terminal, not really noticing his other
hand touching the keys of the labtop. It wasn't a good move.
Suddenly an electric shock ran from the computer and into Izzy. The shock was small, not
enough to do any damage, but it was to send him flying across the room and into a wall. He slid down
the wall, unconscious. The lights flickered out. On the screen of the labtop a digiport opened, it was
being opened from the Digital World.
A light emanated from the screen bathing the room in blue. A moment later the small,
feminine form of Empress stood in the room. "Tsk, tsk," she said, walking up to the unconscious
former digidestined of knowledge. "I'm sorry, Digidestined. But I can't let you tell anyone where I am
hiding." Empress smiled. "Kindness will have comp-"
The door knob started turnning. Empress cursed. By the time the door opened and Mrs.
Izumi came in, there was no trace of Empress. The computer was still on. She smiled. "Izzy must have
left it on when he went to sleep." She glanced at the bed where it looked like Izzy slept. She turnned off
the computer and left the room. Had she had looked at the bed harder she would have noticed that it
wasn't a body under the covers, but a bunch of covers, not to be discovered till morning.
TBC...
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This took longer to write this then I thought... ::shruggs:: You'll find out why this story is called what it's
called soon enough, I hope...