Chapter 6:-----------------------------------------------------------
Jeanine Ross
"Jeanine…"
The voice spoke to me as if in a dream. I wanted to awaken, but I couldn't get my eyes to open. I didn't see anything…or anybody…but I was certain the voice was someone I knew.
"Jeanine…"
It was female. It was too faint to guess at an age. I tried to speak to her, but without any idea of how she was communicating with me I was stuck. The voice grew fainter, drifiting away into the blackness. Slowly it came back, male this time.
"Jeanine? Are you okay?"
The voice seemed slightly metallic. My eyes fluttered open, leaving me looking at a large robot. Needless to say I was confused. I had seen pictures of this somewhere in Dr. Schneider's records, but where? My mind was drawing a blank. I could only pull one name out of my confusion.
"Beckett? Is that you in there?"
It appeared to cock its head. Our eyes met briefly, and I could see through the lights of his eyes and into his body. Beckett was in there.
"Yeah. It's me, Jeanine. Are you okay?"
"Just a bump on the head. And I'm still a little woozy from that shot."
"Well we're safe here. According to my D-Cell, Doc is on his way."
I tried to look directly at Beckett, but the Digimon was so big. He could tell I was nervous, and suddenly the Digimon shattered. The pieces broke into Data, which were all absorbed back into the D-Cell. I was left looking at Beckett in his human form.
"That's amazing! How do you do it?"
He looked at his D-Cell, which was still active. He then stepped over to me and picked up the fried Analyzer.
"You had a lot of guts doing that, Jeanine. You could've been killed."
"I knew that too. I didn't want to, but part of me just said it would work. I guess when the Analyzer did the trick though. It focused the Digimon's attack and fed it into your D-Cells."
"Yeah. The rush of energy did the trick. My D-Cell went nuts when it hit us."
I wanted to tell him about the voice just then, but I didn't know for sure. It could've been all in my head. I had gone through a lot recently, and it could just be stress.
"What does it feel like? Becoming a Digimon…is it like a new body, or armor?"
"Actually no. You see that's what I thought, too. But we are actually the Digimon you see. And as for the feeling, well it hurts at first. That's only because you don't know what's going on. The first time I Bioformed it hurt like you couldn't imagine."
Looking at Beckett, I couldn't help but feel jealous. All that power, and I could only sit back and watch helplessly from the sidelines. I would have to find a way to help them.
"Ahoy there!"
Beckett and I looked to the sky, catching a glimpse of a reptilian ninja coming towards us. It landed, and broke apart like Beckett's Bioform had.
"Dr. Schneider! You're okay!"
I ran up and hugged him, causing him to laugh.
"I told you I could take care of myself. Beckett, we need to talk."
The doctor's mood changed drastically. His smile faded, and as he approached, so did Beckett's.
"What did you find out, Doc?"
He shook his head.
"Not much. I had him right where I wanted him, but he took himself out. He was too fast; I couldn't stop him! One thing I know though, he's not working on his own. He kept talking about his 'Master' that he served. He'd rather destroy himself than turn against his leader."
"So what are we dealing with?"
"I don't know, Jeanine. If it's strong enough to put that kind of a fear into an underling, I personally don't want to know. There's one given though. We aren't going to beat this without the others."
Beckett and I met eyes. I could see the concern he felt. From what I had been told, Demon had been almost impossible to beat. For them to feel this kind of fear again made me quite apprehensive.
"Dr. Schneider, there's one problem. If their D-Cells are offline, how can we find them? You said so yourself, they both vanished after the final fight."
"True. I haven't been able to locate either Damien or Katia since the fight. That's why I called you first, Beckett. Do you have any ideas?"
Beckett had already begun to leave the group. He activated his D- Cell, and I was staring at his Bioform again. He noticed my curiosity and bowed.
"Battalimon at your service. Champion level machine warrior." He offered his hand to me. "Want to go for a ride?"
The doctor looked at Battalimon and I. He Bioformed, and introduced his new form as Yasyamon.
"Battalimon. Where are you going?"
"You said we needed to find the others? Well I know exactly where to find one of them. Doc, follow me."
I took Battalimon's hand and the two of us took off into the air. I turned to see Yasyamon following behind us.
"Battalimon, where exactly are we going?"
"It's been 5 years to the day, Jeanine. And if I know him, he'll be right there waiting for us."
As the three of us took to the skies, I couldn't help by think of the voice again. While resting in Battalimon's arms, I heard it once again.
"You're drawing closer, Jeanine. Soon your time will come."
"Jeanine…"
The voice spoke to me as if in a dream. I wanted to awaken, but I couldn't get my eyes to open. I didn't see anything…or anybody…but I was certain the voice was someone I knew.
"Jeanine…"
It was female. It was too faint to guess at an age. I tried to speak to her, but without any idea of how she was communicating with me I was stuck. The voice grew fainter, drifiting away into the blackness. Slowly it came back, male this time.
"Jeanine? Are you okay?"
The voice seemed slightly metallic. My eyes fluttered open, leaving me looking at a large robot. Needless to say I was confused. I had seen pictures of this somewhere in Dr. Schneider's records, but where? My mind was drawing a blank. I could only pull one name out of my confusion.
"Beckett? Is that you in there?"
It appeared to cock its head. Our eyes met briefly, and I could see through the lights of his eyes and into his body. Beckett was in there.
"Yeah. It's me, Jeanine. Are you okay?"
"Just a bump on the head. And I'm still a little woozy from that shot."
"Well we're safe here. According to my D-Cell, Doc is on his way."
I tried to look directly at Beckett, but the Digimon was so big. He could tell I was nervous, and suddenly the Digimon shattered. The pieces broke into Data, which were all absorbed back into the D-Cell. I was left looking at Beckett in his human form.
"That's amazing! How do you do it?"
He looked at his D-Cell, which was still active. He then stepped over to me and picked up the fried Analyzer.
"You had a lot of guts doing that, Jeanine. You could've been killed."
"I knew that too. I didn't want to, but part of me just said it would work. I guess when the Analyzer did the trick though. It focused the Digimon's attack and fed it into your D-Cells."
"Yeah. The rush of energy did the trick. My D-Cell went nuts when it hit us."
I wanted to tell him about the voice just then, but I didn't know for sure. It could've been all in my head. I had gone through a lot recently, and it could just be stress.
"What does it feel like? Becoming a Digimon…is it like a new body, or armor?"
"Actually no. You see that's what I thought, too. But we are actually the Digimon you see. And as for the feeling, well it hurts at first. That's only because you don't know what's going on. The first time I Bioformed it hurt like you couldn't imagine."
Looking at Beckett, I couldn't help but feel jealous. All that power, and I could only sit back and watch helplessly from the sidelines. I would have to find a way to help them.
"Ahoy there!"
Beckett and I looked to the sky, catching a glimpse of a reptilian ninja coming towards us. It landed, and broke apart like Beckett's Bioform had.
"Dr. Schneider! You're okay!"
I ran up and hugged him, causing him to laugh.
"I told you I could take care of myself. Beckett, we need to talk."
The doctor's mood changed drastically. His smile faded, and as he approached, so did Beckett's.
"What did you find out, Doc?"
He shook his head.
"Not much. I had him right where I wanted him, but he took himself out. He was too fast; I couldn't stop him! One thing I know though, he's not working on his own. He kept talking about his 'Master' that he served. He'd rather destroy himself than turn against his leader."
"So what are we dealing with?"
"I don't know, Jeanine. If it's strong enough to put that kind of a fear into an underling, I personally don't want to know. There's one given though. We aren't going to beat this without the others."
Beckett and I met eyes. I could see the concern he felt. From what I had been told, Demon had been almost impossible to beat. For them to feel this kind of fear again made me quite apprehensive.
"Dr. Schneider, there's one problem. If their D-Cells are offline, how can we find them? You said so yourself, they both vanished after the final fight."
"True. I haven't been able to locate either Damien or Katia since the fight. That's why I called you first, Beckett. Do you have any ideas?"
Beckett had already begun to leave the group. He activated his D- Cell, and I was staring at his Bioform again. He noticed my curiosity and bowed.
"Battalimon at your service. Champion level machine warrior." He offered his hand to me. "Want to go for a ride?"
The doctor looked at Battalimon and I. He Bioformed, and introduced his new form as Yasyamon.
"Battalimon. Where are you going?"
"You said we needed to find the others? Well I know exactly where to find one of them. Doc, follow me."
I took Battalimon's hand and the two of us took off into the air. I turned to see Yasyamon following behind us.
"Battalimon, where exactly are we going?"
"It's been 5 years to the day, Jeanine. And if I know him, he'll be right there waiting for us."
As the three of us took to the skies, I couldn't help by think of the voice again. While resting in Battalimon's arms, I heard it once again.
"You're drawing closer, Jeanine. Soon your time will come."