Very Weird.
It was like I was...water. Fluid. Like I was flowing away, somehow. Then a new sense overtook me.
Panic. I was flowing away, literally!
I snapped out of it quite quickly after that realization.
What was going on...? Takato was trying to console Ruki, who was sobbing with cards scattered all around her. Reiko was sitting in Aunt Shuchion's car, crying. Dad was standing away from them all, shaking horribly. Then I saw her.
"Mom!" I cried out. She was going to bits before my eyes! I had to do something now!
I struggled to my feet. Well, I tried to, anyway. I couldn't move! I saw my hands in front of me. They seemed to be made up of little bits and pieces that were flowing out of my hand. I felt so faint. Like I was flowing away.
Reiko slammed the door of the car as she ran out of it. Angrily, she wiped the tears out of her eyes. Taomon and Kiiroishi were both disappearing, and all these stupid adults were just moping about it?
"Hey deadweights! Get off your butts!" she yelled at them.
None of them made any response. She shook her head and stormed off in Jenrya's direction. If there was anyone to be mad at...
"SNAP OUT OF IT!" she screamed.
Jenrya whirled around, stunned. "What?" he whispered.
"You heard me! Snap out of it already!" Reiko shouted, stomping her foot.
"If you don't move your butt right now, they'll both be gone!" Reiko ranted. "They're your family, right? Don't you care what happens to them?" she asked.
Jenrya stared at Reiko for a moment, then nodded.
"You're right." he whispered. "Thank you."
He pulled out a small blue card from his pocket and frowned at it doubtfully.
Well, time to wish for a miracle.
Yamaki turned to face the pilot of his helicopter. In about three seconds, it would be ready.
"Hey, you there!" he yelled at the man. "Press that button, would you?" he commanded.
The man nodded and pressed a small grey button.
Yamaki smiled to himself as the black nets shot out of the helicopter.
"Oh!" gasped Reiko.
Startled, Jenrya looked up. There was a net over his head!
Using all his adrenaline, he grabbed Reiko and pushed the girl out of the way, then rolled to safety seconds before the net hit the ground.
Takato looked over at Reiko and Jenrya, then glanced up at the nets descending on him and Ruki. He muttered a few choice words, and then shoved Ruki out of the way, grabbing her D-Arc as he went past.
Ruki still sat comatose, watching as Taomon continued to disappear, bit by bit. She was almost gone now...
"Mom..." whispered Reiko, then the ticked-off look reappeared on her face.
"C'mon, you two! Those are your partners being deleted! Aren't you going to do anything?" she shouted at her parents. Takato and Ruki stared dumbfounded at their daughter for a moment. Then, Takato gently pulled Ruki to her feet. They both glanced at each other and nodded, pulling blue cards out of their pockets.
Yamaki swore angrily and threw down his lighter so hard that it broke as he watched those stupid Tamers dodge his nets.
Those, the nets were still heading for the digital fox and the hybrid. He would catch them, he thought with determination.
He called the deletion device back to him, and caught it deftly, then returned his attention to the nets.
Move, move! my mind was screaming at me. But I couldn't budge, for all I tried. I was going to be caught by those idiotic black nets. Mom was still disappearing, and a net was headed for her. We were going to be caught, no way around it.
I saw everyone gathered around. Dad, Takato, Ruki, and Reiko. They were going to try and set us free with whatever cards they had. But I knew that even a blue card wouldn't be able to reverse our deletion. I would've cried if it were possible.
"Sorry, Reiko." I whispered as I felt the net tighten around me and begin to pull me away.
Yamaki pressed a yellow button on the deletion device as the nets landed roughly in the helicopter. Kiiroishi fell headlong into the net as he regained his movement, and Taomon became whole again. But in vain, as the nets holding them were supplied with an electric current intended to shock anyone but their owner, as Kiiroishi found out when he attempted to undo the knot on his.
Yamaki laughed at the boys' misfortune as Toge leapt inside the helicopter.
"Would you look at that, Toge? Our sinful little hybrid got himself shocked." Yamaki chuckled as the helicopter began to fly away.
In the distance, Devi watched with loathing as the helicopter flew over her head, and she clutched Culumon closer to her chest.