AUTHOR'S NOTE: Considering how my homework seems to be piling up recently, I think I'm going to switch to a new chapter every week, instead of every day, like before. I'm sorry about this, but I've got a lot of homework and have to mantain my school's Anime Club page.
Oh, and I'm seeing the Harry Potter movie today! I CAN'T WAIT! YAAAAY!!! **does a happy dance**
"Yamaki?" I asked softly.
He leapt from the helicopter into the room. Slowly, he picked up Grey and slung him over his back.
"You!" shouted Devi. She rushed forward to strike Yamaki, but he simply held her back with his hand.
"Hear me out, Devi." he said. Her eyes opened wide. So maybe they didn't know each other, like I'd thought. But then...
"You two are not the only ones similar to yourself, correct?" Yamaki asked. Devi nodded, still glaring at him.
"I have an offer for you. If you agree to work for me, I will provide a safe home for all of you." Yamaki told Devi. She paused as she took in his words. Could she actually be buying this junk his was telling her?
Devi shifted uncomfortably, weighing the proposal over.
"You attacked Grey. Why should I do anything you say?" she asked Yamaki.
Yamaki grinned slyly. "Then allow me to let you in on something else. What I've shot Grey here with is a sort of tranquilizer. But if you do not decide in 3 seconds, I'll activate the virus inside it to kill him."
A virus? He'd infected Grey? If he did that to Grey...then he was the one who had infected me. Who had almost caused me to kill my family and friends!
I got on my feet. "Yamaki, don't you dare..." I threatened.
Yamaki glared at me then faced Devi. "One." he said.
Devi gasped. Now I was mad. How dare he do this?
"Two."
Devi winced. I just watched in disbelief. I was pretty sure what she would say...
"Th..."
"I'LL DO IT!" screamed Devi. She glared at Yamaki. "I'll do it." she said softly.
She swallowed and kept on talking. "I'll do it. I round up all the others, and we'll find you." she whispered.
Yamaki smiled smugly.
"Good choice, Devi." he said. Devi nodded.
"Sure...boss. I'll go get the others." she said, turning to leave. Yamaki nodded in agreement. He then left on his helicopter.
When he had left, Devi turned back towards me.
"I think your family's coming." she said softly.
I opened my mouth to say something, but nothing came out. Devi smiled.
"Don't worry about us. We'll get free from that jerk. You look out for yourself too, brother." she said. She waved goodbye, then jumped out the window after the helicopter.
"Kiiroishi!" I heard a crowd yelling. Then the door to my room burst open. Aunt Shuchion ran over to me, followed by grandpa. Then standing off in the corner and apparently having a bit of a hard time keeping himself standing was dad.
"Are you all right?" asked Aunt Shuchion, who pulled me into a tight hug.
Grandpa laughed. "I think he will once you stop squeezing the air out of him, Shuchion." he teased.
Aunt Shuchion blushed and let me go. Then she saw the big gaping hole of what used to be the window.
"What happened?" she asked me. I sighed, and began to retell the story of Devi and Grey.
When I finished, dad was the first to speak. "So you aren't the only one." he said. I nodded.
He closed his eyes. "I didn't think so. I've always been worried about Yamaki. He is a power-hungry person. But I never thought it would go this far." he said menacingly.
I turned to face my father. "What do you mean?" I asked.
Dad opened his eyes. "Yamaki always hated the digimon. He worked for a governmental agency called Hypnos. They were under orders to destroy all digimon in existence, you see. The digimon were seen as a threat to humanity that couldn't be allowed to roam around. Hypnos wasn't exactly organized well, however. Yamaki ended up taking the whole project over, and kept inventing more and more powerful ways to exterminate the digital trash, as he put it. Then suddenly, Hypnos had disappeared. Never heard of again until recently."
Dad took a deep breath. "When you had shown up thirteen years ago, I didn't know what to think. But I'd always thought Hypnos was behind it." he told me.
I didn't speak as I digested what Dad was telling me. If he'd thought Hypnos was behind my creation...then that meant...
It couldn't mean that, could it?
"Yamaki created me?" I whispered.
The teenage girl sighed as she rode inside the helicopter. The man -- Yamaki, as the Renamon brother called him, had told her that he would fly her to the hybrid settlement, where then they would all agree to work for him.
Well, Devi thought, perhaps they would for a time. But only for a little while, until Grey was better. After all, they weren't stupid enough to work for an evil jerk unless they had to.
"We'll be free, Yamaki." Devi whispered.
Oh, and I'm seeing the Harry Potter movie today! I CAN'T WAIT! YAAAAY!!! **does a happy dance**
"Yamaki?" I asked softly.
He leapt from the helicopter into the room. Slowly, he picked up Grey and slung him over his back.
"You!" shouted Devi. She rushed forward to strike Yamaki, but he simply held her back with his hand.
"Hear me out, Devi." he said. Her eyes opened wide. So maybe they didn't know each other, like I'd thought. But then...
"You two are not the only ones similar to yourself, correct?" Yamaki asked. Devi nodded, still glaring at him.
"I have an offer for you. If you agree to work for me, I will provide a safe home for all of you." Yamaki told Devi. She paused as she took in his words. Could she actually be buying this junk his was telling her?
Devi shifted uncomfortably, weighing the proposal over.
"You attacked Grey. Why should I do anything you say?" she asked Yamaki.
Yamaki grinned slyly. "Then allow me to let you in on something else. What I've shot Grey here with is a sort of tranquilizer. But if you do not decide in 3 seconds, I'll activate the virus inside it to kill him."
A virus? He'd infected Grey? If he did that to Grey...then he was the one who had infected me. Who had almost caused me to kill my family and friends!
I got on my feet. "Yamaki, don't you dare..." I threatened.
Yamaki glared at me then faced Devi. "One." he said.
Devi gasped. Now I was mad. How dare he do this?
"Two."
Devi winced. I just watched in disbelief. I was pretty sure what she would say...
"Th..."
"I'LL DO IT!" screamed Devi. She glared at Yamaki. "I'll do it." she said softly.
She swallowed and kept on talking. "I'll do it. I round up all the others, and we'll find you." she whispered.
Yamaki smiled smugly.
"Good choice, Devi." he said. Devi nodded.
"Sure...boss. I'll go get the others." she said, turning to leave. Yamaki nodded in agreement. He then left on his helicopter.
When he had left, Devi turned back towards me.
"I think your family's coming." she said softly.
I opened my mouth to say something, but nothing came out. Devi smiled.
"Don't worry about us. We'll get free from that jerk. You look out for yourself too, brother." she said. She waved goodbye, then jumped out the window after the helicopter.
"Kiiroishi!" I heard a crowd yelling. Then the door to my room burst open. Aunt Shuchion ran over to me, followed by grandpa. Then standing off in the corner and apparently having a bit of a hard time keeping himself standing was dad.
"Are you all right?" asked Aunt Shuchion, who pulled me into a tight hug.
Grandpa laughed. "I think he will once you stop squeezing the air out of him, Shuchion." he teased.
Aunt Shuchion blushed and let me go. Then she saw the big gaping hole of what used to be the window.
"What happened?" she asked me. I sighed, and began to retell the story of Devi and Grey.
When I finished, dad was the first to speak. "So you aren't the only one." he said. I nodded.
He closed his eyes. "I didn't think so. I've always been worried about Yamaki. He is a power-hungry person. But I never thought it would go this far." he said menacingly.
I turned to face my father. "What do you mean?" I asked.
Dad opened his eyes. "Yamaki always hated the digimon. He worked for a governmental agency called Hypnos. They were under orders to destroy all digimon in existence, you see. The digimon were seen as a threat to humanity that couldn't be allowed to roam around. Hypnos wasn't exactly organized well, however. Yamaki ended up taking the whole project over, and kept inventing more and more powerful ways to exterminate the digital trash, as he put it. Then suddenly, Hypnos had disappeared. Never heard of again until recently."
Dad took a deep breath. "When you had shown up thirteen years ago, I didn't know what to think. But I'd always thought Hypnos was behind it." he told me.
I didn't speak as I digested what Dad was telling me. If he'd thought Hypnos was behind my creation...then that meant...
It couldn't mean that, could it?
"Yamaki created me?" I whispered.
The teenage girl sighed as she rode inside the helicopter. The man -- Yamaki, as the Renamon brother called him, had told her that he would fly her to the hybrid settlement, where then they would all agree to work for him.
Well, Devi thought, perhaps they would for a time. But only for a little while, until Grey was better. After all, they weren't stupid enough to work for an evil jerk unless they had to.
"We'll be free, Yamaki." Devi whispered.