Digital Demons - Part 1

by Nopporn Wongrassamee

Summary - A Digimon Tamers/Jackie Chan Adventures/Gatekeepers Crossover.

Disclaimer - None of these characters are mine, nor am I
making a profit here.



"Greetings, Sovereign. You do not look well."

Azulongmon cracked an eye open, disturbed from his rest. He
nonetheless remained civil with this intruder. He was a
Sovereign of the Digimon, best that he act like it.

"The final battle with the D-Reaper has taken it's toll on
all of us," Azulongmon told his visitor. "The human's
weapon especially. But it was worth it to finally be rid of
the Great Enemy, though most of the Digimon had dedigivolved
back to their preBattle status."

"Oh indeed." Azulongmon observed a feral glint in his
visitor's glowing red eyes. So it had come to this? Was it
now back to the status quo of Digimon fighting Digimon? He
would have thought a Sovereign would be left out of such
doings, if for no other reason than his sheer overwhelming
power. Though weakened by the effects of the human's weapon,
Azulongmon was still a Sovereign.

On the other claw, this would-be challenger was actually
Mega level. How odd. Even odder, the Sovereign couldn't
actually identify what kind of Digimon confronted him. He
was a humanoid, golden mechanical dragon form, similar to
but different from a MetalSeadramon.

"Before you attack, friend," Azulongmon sighed as he drew
himself up, "could you enlighten me as to how you reattained
Mega level so quickly?"

"Quite simple, really," the strange Digimon said as he
crouched to attack, "I never lost it. I...shielded myself
from the human weapon."

Without further ado, he attacked.

***

"Jade, what's the matter?"

At thirteen, Jade Chan was a growing girl. While no early
bloomer, she was already losing her baby fat and her slender
showed signs of a becoming beautiful young woman. Moreover,
she was beginning to show an interest in boys.

And as her Uncle and legal guardian, Jackie was sure that
combination would cause him many a headache and sleepless
nights in the next few years. But that was for the future.

"Nothing," Jade replied as she sulked over an open shoebox
full of...cards?

"Ah, so you are acting depressed over nothing is it?" Jackie
asked. "Perhaps this 'nothing' has a name? I know, we can
go through Uncle's books and find a chi spell so that..."

"Okay, okay, Uncle Jackie," Jade interupted. "Enough with
the sarcasm already."

"Really, Jade, what's bothering you?" Jackie asked gently.

"You mean aside from the world almost ending?"

"Oh, is that all?"

"Is that all?!" Jade echoed heatedly.

"We're still here, Jade," Jackie said. "And so is the
world."

"Yeah, but we didn't save it," Jade pointed out. "We did all
of zilch. I mean look at this!" Jade held up the shoebox so
Jackie could easily examine the cards inside it. "These are
cards for the Digimon game. I learned how to play long
before I even knew they were real. And when I found out, all
I got to do was sit on the sidelines while a technicolor
blob tried to destroy the world! Now it all seems so wasted.
Buncha kids in Japan saved the day."

"The world doesn't revolve around you, Jade," Jackie told
her. "You can't be the heroine all the time."

"I know that, Jackie," Jade sighed. "It's just that we've
been doing the world saving bit for years. I feel like I've
been training for years to do a certain kind of job, and
when it the time finally comes, someone else comes along
with no training and does it for you."

Jackie didn't know what to say.

***

"Rika!"

"Renamon? Where are you?" There was blackness all around. Rika couldn't see anything.

"Rika, I'm over here!"

There! A flash of yellow. A paw, Renamon's hand reaching out
to her. Rika reached out to Renamon, but something was in
the way.

"Renamon, something's in the way!"

"Rika, I have to come to you. I need to warn you..."

RIIIINNNGGG!

Rika snapped awake. Her personal cell phone was ringing.

"This had better be good," Rika mumbled as she pulled it
out. She answered it with one succinct greeting. "What?!"
There was a pause as the caller identified himself. "Takato?
You know you just woke,er pulled me from something that just
might be...stop babbling Takato...you're kidding. You found
a what?...Where?...I wish I could join you...Why not?
Because I'm over the middle of the FRIGGIN' Pacific Ocean!"

"Rika, please," her grandmother said from the next seat in
the 747. "Watch your language."

"Sorry, Grandma," Rika replied, abashed. "It's just that
Takato said he's found a Digital Portal.

"Really?" Grandma Ruriko mused. "So it's starting already?"

***

"Ah, Mr. Yamaki, welcome to Section 13," Captain Black
greeted his visitor.

"Thankyou, Captain Black," Yamaki replied. "And welcome to
the new AEGIS."

"We don't have to do that salute thing I read about, do we?"
Black asked.

"No," Yamaki replied with a wan smile. "I'm not as into
theatrics as my predecessor was."

"Oh, good," Black said neutrally. He relaxed though. "So
what brings you here?"

"When the higher ups decided we needed AEGIS again, I was
surprised that America had a whole division set up and
already waiting," Yamaki told him.

"Oh that." Black seemed a bit embarrassed. "We sorta fell
into that role by accident."

"So your reports seemed to indicate, at least from what I could tell reading in between the lines." Yamaki hesitated,
then decided to get to the purpose of his visit. "Actually,
what I'm really interested in are some civilian contractors
you've worked with on occaision."

"The Chans?"

"Yes, the Chans," Yamaki confirmed. "Is it possible that one
or both of them is a Gatekeeper or otherwise possess
paranormal powers...what's wrong, Captain?"

Captain Black was shaking. Yamaki suddenly realized he was
laughing.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Yamaki," Black said when he composed
himself. "While I consider the Chans my experts in all
things paranormal, they don't have any inate powers. Any
powers they've shown has come from artifacts or knowing how
to manipulate the paranormal through magic spells gleaned
from books. Aside from that, they're just talented human
beings."

"Talented?" Yamaki prodded. "Could you elaborate?"

"Jackie Chan is a top notch martial artist and has an
uncanny ability to evade anything lethal," Black explained.
"Jade is more of the same in miniature and..." Black was a
bit embarassed here. "...has a knack for evading my own
security when she wants to."

"And these aren't paranormal powers?" Yamaki asked dryly.

"No."

"Hmm, could you introduce me to the Chans?" Yamaki asked.
"It sounds like they would make excellent AEGIS agents,
paranormal abilities or not."

"Good luck," Black said. It was his turn to be skeptical,
now. "I couldn't recruit Jackie as a full time agent. And
Jade's underaged."

"Yes, well, AEGIS has a history of employing underaged
agents," Yamaki mused. "Too often, it's all we have to work
with."

"And will we have to do the same?" Black asked
distastefully.

"Frankly, Captain, I have no idea," Yamaki replied. "I have
yet to find an active Gatekeeper we don't already know
about. The youngest we know of is in her forties and I
couldn't get China to let her out of the country. The job I
have in mind for any paranormal agents is best done by young
men and women, not aging baby boomers. I have yet to find a
single agent with any kind of powers at all."

"Wait a minute, what about your so-called Digimon Tamers?"

"They don't have their Digimon anymore."

"That's...not good."

"Tell me about it," Yamaki said glumly. "Because sooner or
later, we are going to face another paranormal threat."

***

A miniature fogbank engulfed the top of one of the Golden Gate Bridge's tower. It disipated in moments, depositing a
small white figure there. Looking around he saw that he was
not alone. A human workman was there, holding a tool box and
saring at him.

"Hi!" the little figure said enthusiastically. "I'm Calumon!
Could you..."

"You...you're a Digimon!" the human exclaimed.

"That's right! I'm a Digimon!" Calumon said proudly. "Do
you know where I couldn find Takato or Henry or Rika..."

"You don't belong here!" the human exclaimed, shaking as he
pulled a pair of sunglasses from his toolbox. "This is our
world! Ours!"

"Uh, if you say so..." Calumon began. He was interupted when
the human put on the sunglasses and...changed. Suddenly,
Calumon was confronted not with a human but a humanoid. He
was grey skinned wearing a red suit and a funny red hat. And
he still wore the sunglasses.

The humanoid's arm morphed into a giant sledge hammer,
raised to strike the little Digimon. "Targeting Digimon," he
said mechanically. "Destroy!"

"Oh dear," Calumon commented.

***

Jade regarded the goggles in her hand. "What was I
thinking?" she said to herself. Shaking her head, she dumped
the goggles into the shoebox. "Those things are sooo tacky!"