Digital Demons - Epilogue
by Nopporn Wongrassamee
Disclaimer - None of these characters are mine, nor am I
making a profit here.
Sitting alone by himself, Yamaki waited and fumed. The only
sound was that of his lighter as he flicked it open and
close. He was sitting alone in a cheap easy chair in a low
rent apartment. It wasn't his apartment. Yamaki was
waiting for the occupant to return. And the longer he
waited, the angrier he got.
The red Invader teleported in, appearing to rise from the
floor like he was riding an elevator. He didn't notice
Yamaki as he resumed his guise as the human worker that had
initially greeted Calumon.
"What were you thinking?" Yamaki asked, his voice a low
growl.
"Gah!" the other said, jumping in surprise. "What are you
doing here?"
"What am I doing here?" Yamaki repeated as he rose from his
seat and stalked slowly forward. "What were you doing out
there?"
"There was a Digimon..."
"And for that you broke cover?" Yamaki asked derisively.
"Thirty years! For thirty years we could do what we wanted
with all of humanity none the wiser. For thirty years, the
few humans that actually knew about us thought we had all
been destroyed. For thirty years we answered to no Master
except ourselves. But, you...your idiocy just threw all
that away!"
The other backed up nervously as Yamaki got closer. "The
Digimon are a threat to us all," he tried to excuse himself
again.
"Yes they are," Yamaki agreed angrily, "and we could have
handled it. The new AEGIS would have been our weapon
against them. Did you think the fact that the AEGIS gun had
no effect on your combat mode was a coincidence? Well now
that the humans know we still exist, AEGIS will be turned
to hunt us, too!"
"So what do we do?" the other asked miserably.
"We are not going to do anything," Yamaki replied coldly.
"I am going to salvage what I can. You...?" Yamaki held up
his lighter to the other's eye level and flicked it open
one last time.
Before the other could react, a fireball sprang from the
lighter and consumed the other. In an instant, he was
consumed and reduced to a tiny red crystal. In seconds, the
crystal itself disintegrated.
Snorting contemptuously. Yamaki appeared to sink through
the floor and vanished.
***
"Mr. Yamaki," Captain Black greeted. "Welcome back. I hope
your business, whatever it was, was concluded to your
satisfaction."
"It wasn't, Captain," Yamaki replied, "but then, I've been
learning to play with the crappy cards the universe keeps
dealing me. Speaking of which, what's the prognosis on our
patient?"
"No change," Black sighed. "Ruriko Ukiya is in a coma. None
of the docs can find anything physically wrong with her.
The only clue we have is that her EEG is very erratic. We
can't wake her up, even using the two healing Talismans we
have. Her granddaughter has been by her side nonstop since
the battle and my people are fetching her daughter right
now."
"And the Chans?"
"Jade's completely disconsolate," Black told him. "Jackie
has been trying to cheer her up, but he's not been very
successful." He sighed again. "From what I've been able to
find out, Mrs. Ukiya's coma was a 'friendly fire' accident.
It's not an easy thing to live with at any age, and Jade's
pretty young. She blames herself even though there was no
way to know ahead of time what pushing Hsi Wu into a Gate
would do."
"How could she? How could anyone?" Yamaki mused. "It's
never been done before." He paused, considering. "Is there
any good news?"
"Let's see, we won," Black said thoughtfully, "although
this doesn't feel like much of a victory. We've defeated
one Demon Sorcerer turned Digimon, but there are presumably
seven more waiting in the wings. The Invader's have run and
are still at large. And we've managed to convince the media
that today's chaos was the work of terrorists."
"They bought that?" Yamaki asked, impressed.
"Not really," Black replied. "Terrorists are just the
official spin. News editorials and conspiracy theorists are
speculating about everything from the Digimon running
rampant to Alien Invasions. Speaking of which, do you have
any idea why the Invaders have a grudge against Digimon?"
"Captain," Yamaki said slowly, "I can honestly say that no
human being has ever figured out what motivates any Invader
without inside help. I see no reason for this to change
now or in the near future."
***
"Greetings, brother," MegaShendumon hissed. "I take it from
your discorporate state that you failed."
"I take it amiss that Hsi Wu is a spirit at all," commented
AstroTsoLanMon. "Although he was only Champion level, his
arcane knowledge and age old experience should have made
him a match for any Digimon short of Mega."
"I find it disappointing that he did not bring the Catalyst
back at all," MassPoKongMon said irritably.
"Sister, I see no reason why we need the Catalyst at all,"
MegaShendumon said dismissively. "This so called Digital
World is all but ours. The mortal realm will follow soon
enough."
"Well, brother, not all of us are Megas yet," retorted
ElectroTchangZuMon. "Maybe I shall go retrieve the Catalyst
myself."
"The walls between worlds are still strong," AstroTsoLanMon
pointed out.
"Whatever." MegaShendumon turned to Hsi Wu. "Well, brother?
Not that I care really whether you succeeded or not, but
the others seem interested. How do you explain your
failure?"
"Chan," the bodiless Hsi Wu ground out. It was annoying to
be ignored. Suddenly, Hsi Wu was the center of attention.
Even MegaShendumon was interested now.
"Chan?" MegaShendumon echoed. He leaned forward. "Tell us
more, brother."
***
Author's Notes:
Digital Demons features a crossover between two anime and
an anime-style cartoon series. They are...
Digimon - This story is set in the Tamers' universe of
Season 3 set soon after Season 3 ended. The primary Tamer
in this story was Rika Nonaka though the others make an
appearance in the B story.
Jackie Chan Adventures - An adventure cartoon revolving
around an archaeologist version of Jackie Chan. Jackie
typically spends an episode in pursuit of some mystical
artifact or other. He is often accompanied by his niece,
Jade, even though he keeps telling her not to. In the
series, Jade is about ten. For this story, I've advanced
her a few years to match ages with the Tamers.
Gatekeepers - This anime series has been released in the
U.S. as a limited series of DVDs. Set in 1969, Gatekeepers
features a team of super powered teens employed by AEGIS to
fight beings called Invaders. Ruriko Ikusawa was the female
lead.
For Digital Demons, I did as minimal character tweaking as
I could. Ukiya is Ruriko's married name. I made her Rika's
grandmother because I don't ever recall Rika's grandmother
actually being mentioned in the series. As for Yamaki, his
early personality in Digimon's third season and habit of
always wearing sunglasses made him a perfect link to the
Gatekeeper's villains.
Speaking of which, the two Invader leaders Kaiser Kikai and
Baron Akuma got a cameo at the begining of Part 2.
And this story isn't over yet. Sequels will follow.
by Nopporn Wongrassamee
Disclaimer - None of these characters are mine, nor am I
making a profit here.
Sitting alone by himself, Yamaki waited and fumed. The only
sound was that of his lighter as he flicked it open and
close. He was sitting alone in a cheap easy chair in a low
rent apartment. It wasn't his apartment. Yamaki was
waiting for the occupant to return. And the longer he
waited, the angrier he got.
The red Invader teleported in, appearing to rise from the
floor like he was riding an elevator. He didn't notice
Yamaki as he resumed his guise as the human worker that had
initially greeted Calumon.
"What were you thinking?" Yamaki asked, his voice a low
growl.
"Gah!" the other said, jumping in surprise. "What are you
doing here?"
"What am I doing here?" Yamaki repeated as he rose from his
seat and stalked slowly forward. "What were you doing out
there?"
"There was a Digimon..."
"And for that you broke cover?" Yamaki asked derisively.
"Thirty years! For thirty years we could do what we wanted
with all of humanity none the wiser. For thirty years, the
few humans that actually knew about us thought we had all
been destroyed. For thirty years we answered to no Master
except ourselves. But, you...your idiocy just threw all
that away!"
The other backed up nervously as Yamaki got closer. "The
Digimon are a threat to us all," he tried to excuse himself
again.
"Yes they are," Yamaki agreed angrily, "and we could have
handled it. The new AEGIS would have been our weapon
against them. Did you think the fact that the AEGIS gun had
no effect on your combat mode was a coincidence? Well now
that the humans know we still exist, AEGIS will be turned
to hunt us, too!"
"So what do we do?" the other asked miserably.
"We are not going to do anything," Yamaki replied coldly.
"I am going to salvage what I can. You...?" Yamaki held up
his lighter to the other's eye level and flicked it open
one last time.
Before the other could react, a fireball sprang from the
lighter and consumed the other. In an instant, he was
consumed and reduced to a tiny red crystal. In seconds, the
crystal itself disintegrated.
Snorting contemptuously. Yamaki appeared to sink through
the floor and vanished.
***
"Mr. Yamaki," Captain Black greeted. "Welcome back. I hope
your business, whatever it was, was concluded to your
satisfaction."
"It wasn't, Captain," Yamaki replied, "but then, I've been
learning to play with the crappy cards the universe keeps
dealing me. Speaking of which, what's the prognosis on our
patient?"
"No change," Black sighed. "Ruriko Ukiya is in a coma. None
of the docs can find anything physically wrong with her.
The only clue we have is that her EEG is very erratic. We
can't wake her up, even using the two healing Talismans we
have. Her granddaughter has been by her side nonstop since
the battle and my people are fetching her daughter right
now."
"And the Chans?"
"Jade's completely disconsolate," Black told him. "Jackie
has been trying to cheer her up, but he's not been very
successful." He sighed again. "From what I've been able to
find out, Mrs. Ukiya's coma was a 'friendly fire' accident.
It's not an easy thing to live with at any age, and Jade's
pretty young. She blames herself even though there was no
way to know ahead of time what pushing Hsi Wu into a Gate
would do."
"How could she? How could anyone?" Yamaki mused. "It's
never been done before." He paused, considering. "Is there
any good news?"
"Let's see, we won," Black said thoughtfully, "although
this doesn't feel like much of a victory. We've defeated
one Demon Sorcerer turned Digimon, but there are presumably
seven more waiting in the wings. The Invader's have run and
are still at large. And we've managed to convince the media
that today's chaos was the work of terrorists."
"They bought that?" Yamaki asked, impressed.
"Not really," Black replied. "Terrorists are just the
official spin. News editorials and conspiracy theorists are
speculating about everything from the Digimon running
rampant to Alien Invasions. Speaking of which, do you have
any idea why the Invaders have a grudge against Digimon?"
"Captain," Yamaki said slowly, "I can honestly say that no
human being has ever figured out what motivates any Invader
without inside help. I see no reason for this to change
now or in the near future."
***
"Greetings, brother," MegaShendumon hissed. "I take it from
your discorporate state that you failed."
"I take it amiss that Hsi Wu is a spirit at all," commented
AstroTsoLanMon. "Although he was only Champion level, his
arcane knowledge and age old experience should have made
him a match for any Digimon short of Mega."
"I find it disappointing that he did not bring the Catalyst
back at all," MassPoKongMon said irritably.
"Sister, I see no reason why we need the Catalyst at all,"
MegaShendumon said dismissively. "This so called Digital
World is all but ours. The mortal realm will follow soon
enough."
"Well, brother, not all of us are Megas yet," retorted
ElectroTchangZuMon. "Maybe I shall go retrieve the Catalyst
myself."
"The walls between worlds are still strong," AstroTsoLanMon
pointed out.
"Whatever." MegaShendumon turned to Hsi Wu. "Well, brother?
Not that I care really whether you succeeded or not, but
the others seem interested. How do you explain your
failure?"
"Chan," the bodiless Hsi Wu ground out. It was annoying to
be ignored. Suddenly, Hsi Wu was the center of attention.
Even MegaShendumon was interested now.
"Chan?" MegaShendumon echoed. He leaned forward. "Tell us
more, brother."
***
Author's Notes:
Digital Demons features a crossover between two anime and
an anime-style cartoon series. They are...
Digimon - This story is set in the Tamers' universe of
Season 3 set soon after Season 3 ended. The primary Tamer
in this story was Rika Nonaka though the others make an
appearance in the B story.
Jackie Chan Adventures - An adventure cartoon revolving
around an archaeologist version of Jackie Chan. Jackie
typically spends an episode in pursuit of some mystical
artifact or other. He is often accompanied by his niece,
Jade, even though he keeps telling her not to. In the
series, Jade is about ten. For this story, I've advanced
her a few years to match ages with the Tamers.
Gatekeepers - This anime series has been released in the
U.S. as a limited series of DVDs. Set in 1969, Gatekeepers
features a team of super powered teens employed by AEGIS to
fight beings called Invaders. Ruriko Ikusawa was the female
lead.
For Digital Demons, I did as minimal character tweaking as
I could. Ukiya is Ruriko's married name. I made her Rika's
grandmother because I don't ever recall Rika's grandmother
actually being mentioned in the series. As for Yamaki, his
early personality in Digimon's third season and habit of
always wearing sunglasses made him a perfect link to the
Gatekeeper's villains.
Speaking of which, the two Invader leaders Kaiser Kikai and
Baron Akuma got a cameo at the begining of Part 2.
And this story isn't over yet. Sequels will follow.
