The Generosity of Darkness: Chapter 3
By: Sera Terasaki
A/N: Sorry I took so long to right this. ::guilty look:: I get lazy sometimes, and it took getting sick to get me to write this... ::sighs:: Now is that sad or what? ::readers nod:: I have nothing more to say. Enj- (Ken: Matte, what about the disclaimers?) ::blinks:: Disclaimers...? Oh! Right.
Disclaimer: *ahem* I OWN NO ONE!!!!! WHAT PART OF THAT IS HARD TO GRASP?!?!?! Ok, I only own Empress and other MADE UP character. I wish I knew why some people would even _think_ that _I_ owned Digimon... Trust me, thing would ended a _lot_ differently...
::shudders:: I sorry but the thought of Taichi with short hair ::absolutely horrified::, Daisuke as a moving noodle shop owner ::smirks a little::, and Miyako reduced to a house wife (though the baby's cute... ^-^) is just scary. The other's are... need a positive word... acceptable... Except the Yamato and Sora thing... ::burts into tears:: I thought _Taichi_ and Sora were a good match (Taiora fan) and Yamato and _Mimi_ were a good match (Mimato fan- sorta). What do you call a SoraxYamato...?
Anyways, on with the story! ^-^
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The sun was setting over the once and still was vibrant Primary Village. Everywhere baby digimon yawned as they slipped into dreamless sleeps. Overhead, standing on top a one of the huge versions of a human child's letter block, was a girl human, her blond hair softly billowing in the breeze. Below her, an Elecmon spotted the out of place girl, as did some of the other baby digimon.
"Hey! It's Empress! She's come to enslave us!!" One digimon yelled. Similar things were yelled from various directions. Empress snorted at them. "You baby digimon aren't worth my time." She said coldly, shutting them up. "Why are you here then?" Elecmon shouted up at her. Empress smiled. "To get a special digimon egg," replied the girl. The babysitter digimon was baffled, but still didn't like her tone.
"Whatever you're after you can't have it!" Elecmon shot back. Empress' grin was like the baring of fangs. "On but that's where you're wrong. You see you have no choice, BUT to give it to me..." Slowly she reached up and pulled off her sunglasses. Everyone present gasped... and knew nothing more as they all (baby and other wise) fell into a deep trance. Empress smirked and replaced her sunglasses. "Having the powers of darkness means I have no morals of right or wrong. And this is as wrong as it gets. Having their own babysitter insure their demise."
"Elecmon, get me that" -she pointed to a strongly out of place digimon egg- "one." Elecmon slowly nodded and walked over to the digimon egg in question and walked over to Empress, who lightly jumped down to the ground. "Thank you." said Empress sweetly.
The egg she had picked up had a mix of many different colors swirling in an almost nauseating way on its shell. But the thing that was interesting was how it felt. Sure its shell was smooth, but that's not what it was. Usually eggs felt warm to touch, but this one was warm only were her hands touched it. Underneath, it was unnaturally cold; reminding Empress of the feeling she got when had first came to the Digital World.
Under her hands she felt the digimon inside shift, making her smile. Slowly she turned to Elecmon. "When I release you, you all," she spoke to everyone in the village, "Will not remember I was ever here." "Yes, Empress," chorused the digimon. Empress' smiled wistfully. //How could he have given it all up...// The thought was gone as Empress disappeared. Elecmon blinked. "Wha...?" He blinked again, and then shrugged. "Must have dozed off..."
*****
"-zy? Izzy! IZZY!!!" Izzy's eyes shoot open and sat up... before he fell back down from a head rush. "Ugh..." Two pairs of concerned ice blue eyes appeared over him. "I'm so sorry Izzy. Are you alright?" The owner of the eyes asked. Izzy realized the person over him sounded familiar. "Ken?" The violet orbs soften in relief, and Ken stepped back giving Izzy a full view of him.
"Ken! What happened to you?!" Izzy near demanded. The former Digimon Emperor grimaced, "You don't have to yell." Izzy sighed and asked again a little milder. Ken took a seat beside the former DigiD of Knowledge and told Izzy about how Gigamon had tried to squish him, horribly bruising his side, and the strange conversation between the digimon and Teelamon. Izzy sat up slowly; making sure the blood didn't start rushing to his head again.
"Where are we?" Izzy asked looking around. He was lying in blue silk bed that went absolutely horrible with his reddish style. The room had little other furniture other than the bed, a table, and several chairs around it. Other than that he room was completely bare.
"Somewhere in Empress' base. I've been wandering around, but I haven't been able to find a way out." Ken said. The blue haired boy sighed. "I don't think she BUILT an exit in her fortress..." Izzy looked up at him curiously, momentarily forgetting his headache. "Oh?" The younger genius nodded and told Izzy about the computer blue prints he had discovered while hacking into Empress' computer.
Izzy 'hmm'ed and took on a thoughtful look. "She could be--" But before Izzy could finish the door burst open admitting a Gabumon, Teelamon and Empress herself. In the Gabumon's hands he held a strange looking Digimon egg. Empress seemed to notice them. "Oh, you're both awake, how nice." She smiled at them. Teelamon rubbed up against Empress' leg; she looked briefly annoyed, but said nothing.
"What is that?" Izzy asked, referring to the egg. Ken, to, looked curious as to the contents of the nauseatingly colored item. Empress blinked, and then realized what he meant. She took the egg from the Gabumon as she said, "This my friends, is no ordinary egg. The digimon inside was created from pure evil." She gave them a side glance though her glasses. "The Digidestined almost paid the ultimate price to 'destroy' this digimon, and gain a new ally."
She stood her full height, holding egg carefully, and gave them a devil's smile. "But you should have learned by now, that digimon _never_ die. Once they're given life they *can't* be killed, no matter *how* hard you try." As Empress let out a small laugh, Ken stumbled away from Empress in horror, his eyes widened and his pupils dilated as he realized who- no _what_ she was talking about.
He was fagely aware of Izzy asking if he was ok. No, he wasn't. He was so horribly not ok. She had brought it here. Empress had discovered the monstrosity that had almost cost him his humanity, his partner, and his very soul. Ken shook his head. No it wasn't possible. She was just trying to trick them.
Faintly, he said: "No that's not possible. You couldn't have that digimon. It was destroyed, I say it my self." Empress' elegant eyebrows almost touched her hairline. "We shall see, will we not, if you are correct." She looked dead at Ken and added: "Trust me. I am never wrong in these matters." With that, she placed the egg on a pillow and disappeared back out the door, leaving the Gabumon to guard the egg.
*****
Wormmon warily followed the strange digimon that had refused to let him stay with Davis and DemiVeemon. The rookie digimon was exhausted from the day's events, and hoped he could get some rest. But something left the digimon concerned. Why hadn't they left him with Davis? To him the hut had been a perfect size for them all. These thoughts and others went through the worm digimon's head, but he had learned from experience not to ask strange digimon to many questions.
The Tribalmon Wormmon had been following came to an abrupt stop; so abrupt that the digimon didn't realize it till he hit the larger digimon's feet. Wormmon blinked, then gave a yelp as he was picked up from behind. "Come, we must get the green one ready for Empress' arrival." The leader Tribalmon said, gently holding the smaller digimon.
Wormmon's blue eyes widened and his antenna-ears went up as he realized a horrible fact. Of course the Tribalmon wanted to keep him away from the other two, they planned to hand him over to Empress! Well, as much as he wanted to see Ken again, he knew his partner would want him to warn Davis and DemiVeemon.
"Sticky Net!"
The leader gave a cry of surprise as he got a face full of sticky web. In his surprise he dropped Wormmon, who took off the way they had come from. "Arg! Do not just stand there. Catch the green digimon!" Wormmon heard the leader yell. Oh boy, if he didn't do something quick they would catch him again. He thought fast. Seeing a pillar on top of one the huts, he aimed another Sticky Net attack at the pillar and easily climbed up to the roof, barely escaping the Tribalmon.
What happened next could only be described as a 'roof-hopping-session-with-angry- Tribalmon-trying-to-hit-you-with-sprees' session. Wormmon managed to get from roof to roof no problem; the problem came from the sprees being thrown at him. The small digimon then proceeded to jump to a roof, to another roof, from there another, and then doubled back to where he started. The Tribalmon lost sight of him, and went in the direction of his false trail.
About five minutes and fifteen rooftops later found Wormmon tapping on one of the huts' doors. "Davis? DemiVeemon? Are you in there?" He called barely above a 'normal' voice. Inside Davis and DemiVeemon looked up and over at the door. "Wormmon?" Davis asked, getting up and walking over to the door.
He reached up and turned the knob... only to find it locked... "What the- It's locked!" Davis cried, surprised. He looked at his partner. "They locked us in." DemiVeemon stood up on his small hind legs and said in his babyish: "Do you want me to digivolve, Davis?" Davis blinked, then it dawned on him. Digivice in hand he said: "Go for it!"
"DemiVeemon digivolve to... Veemon!"
Where the in-training digimon stood, the rookie: Veemon, stood. Before either could move, there was a cry from out side. "Davis! Veemon! The Tribalmon are back!" "Now Veemon!" Davis commanded. The digimon jumped at the door, "V-Head butt!" And went through the door, leaving a hole big enough for a child to go through.
Veemon poked his head back in. "Come on Davish." Davis grumbled something the digimon didn't catch and climbed out it didn't take long to notice the Tribalmon, for a spree suddenly appeared at their feet. "Come on!" Davis cried grabbing Wormmon- Veemon was able to run at his partner's speed; Wormmon, sadly, could not- and took off down only trail in sight hoping that it would lead out of the village. The Tribalmon where right behind them.
*****
"Empress," a booming voice called. Empress stopped watching the screen, spun in her chair, and looked to the ceiling. "Y-yes, m' lord?" She near squeaked, for the first time she sounded not like the evil Empress, but as the twelve-year-old girl she was. "It is time. Your presence, as well as the other two's, is required." The voice answered. Empress gave a sigh- one which could almost be called one of relief- and closed her eyes. "As you wish, m' lord." Even as she spoke, a black swirl of fog wrapped itself around her and her digimon partner. When the fog vanished, so had Empress and Teelamon.
*****
Back where Ken and Izzy were, a sudden spark racked across Ken's senses, instantly knocking him unconscious. Izzy looked up from the egg in time to see a black fog curl around the unconscious boy's body and both the fog and the blue haired genius disappear. "What the- Ken!" But he got no answer; Ken was gone.
*****
Davis, Veemon, and Wormmon were running down the dirt road, the Tribalmon were right behind them, when suddenly the at the same time the spark had racked across Ken's senses, one went through the escaping trio, also rendering them unconscious. Before Davis hit the ground, a black fog swirled around them and they were gone. The leader of the Tribalmon motioned for the others to stop. "We can do no more. The Dark Lord has them."
The four remaining Digidestined and their digimon looked up to see the dark clouds setting on the horizon. "Something's coming." Kari whispered, but everyone heard her. They, to, could feel the darkness coming.
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I'm FINISHED! It only took me; oh say... a _month_ to write this. I updated the last part a week ago though... And someone said they wanted some torture. ::evil look:: That can arranged... ^-^;;;;