Part 14

Too Many Distractions



"I'm waiting." Henry said impatiently. He wanted to get to the bottom of things as soon as possible. After all, there was a Devidramon loose in the park.

Kailee sighed. She glanced at Xander, who just shrugged. He wasn't really serious about these kinds of things and liked to handle things with a light hand.

"Well, it's a little hard to explain.. but I guess you deserve to hear the truth. I mean, I haven't been entirely fair to you since I came here. You definitely deserve better than that."

Henry couldn't help but smile with satisfaction. He hadn't really expected for her to break down and tell him.

"But I can't really afford to explain everything to you now," Kailee said hurriedly, "So gotta go, Henry!" She grabbed Xander's arm and sprinted him away.

Henry sweat-dropped. He stood there for a second before realizing Kailee had done it again. "Arrrrghhhh!" he yelled and scared Terriermon, who was just about to jump down from his shoulders. Instead, he fell awkwardly onto the ground face down.

***

Hiwatori winced as he tried to move his injured arm. It was getting worse and worse by the minute. He glanced up and spotted Andi fighting Devidramon with Renamon. He had to get up and help- "AH!" It was no use. Whenever he tried to move he felt sharp pains all over his arm. He tried to get up once more and gave up.

"I need you to go help Andi and Renamon," he said to the trees behind him.

"I think you need my help more than them, Hiwatori," a low voice said.

"Just go!" Hiwatori half-shouted. Without another response, a shadow flew out of the trees behind him and headed towards Renamon with incredible speed.

***

"Kailee, who was that?" Xander wheezed.

"That's Henry. He's my cousin," Kailee panted back. Both were exhausted from running so fast, but they were almost there so they kept going.

After a few seconds of running as fast as they could go, they heard a huge explosion over them and saw a huge chunk of a tall building fall towards them.

"Watch out!" a small voice yelled. Something orange shot out of Xander's bag and flew towards the rocks. "BOOM BUBBLE!"

Lopmon jumped up, "BLAZING ICE!" The rocks burst and fell down all around them.

"Patamon!" Kailee grinned. Patamon flew down and settled on Xander's head.

"Hi Kailee! Long time no talk," he said.

Xander interrupted, "Hey, no time for small talk, look over there."

Not a second after he had said that, a huge shadow soared above their heads.

Kailee and Xander shielded their face as a huge gust surrounded them. Xander grabbed onto a tree branch as he felt his feet starting to sweep off the ground. "Xander!" Kailee shouted in the fierce wind as she was swept back off her feet. Xander quickly reached over and grabbed her hand.

When the wind died down, Xander quickly reached for his gray digivice his shorts pocket. When he touched it, he felt a small shock stun his hand. "Ouch." He quickly pulled his hand back. He shook his shorts and his digivice fell out onto the ground. He kicked it slightly and saw a small electric shock shoot out from it. "This is just great!" he groaned.

Kailee glanced at him. "What's wrong?"

"I think the water fried my d-power," he replied.

Kailee rolled her eyes. "Well, that can't be helped right now, can it? We really have to get to Hiwatori, right now! Why are there so many distractions in the world?!"

Xander coughed. "Excuse me, if you recall, you kicked me into the water so it's your fault."

"Well, EXCUSE me, but if you hadn't pulled that stupid prank on me in the first place-" A loud scream filled the park.

Xander and Kailee gasped. "Andi!"