Digital Demons V - Prologue
by Nopporn Wongrassamee
Summary - A Digimon Tamers/Jackie Chan Adventures/ Gatekeepers
crossover. The Interceptors come home. Most of them anyway.
Disclaimer - None of these characters are mine, nor am I making a
profit here.
"Dad!"
"Henry!"
Bounding from the large Gate opened in the middle of Hypnos' main
floor, the son flew into the father's arms. Behind him came the rest of
the Interceptors.
"Given your method of travel, I take it Alice is with you," Janyu began.
"So where's your little sister?"
"Well, ah, Mr. Shibumi thought it would be a good idea if we came
through first," Henry explained. "Suzie's...been through some changes."
"Changes?" Janyu repeated, a feeling of dread creeping up on him. He
looked up to see Shibumi arrive. "Shibumi, what's happened to my
little girl?"
"Oh, ah, well, you remember the Red Cards I made so the kids could
biomerge?" Shibumi began. "They were designed to be used in the
Real World, not the Digital World. Suzie's... how should I put this?"
"DADDY!" squealed a twelve foot tall, pink Digimon that looked vaguely
like a rabbit as she/they hopped through the Gate. In one lope,
Cherubimon scooped up Janyu in a truly monumental hug. "I missed
you so!"
"Stuck," Shibumi concluded.
***
"Good to have you back, boss," Riley greeted warmly.
"It's good to be back, Riley," Yamaki returned. "Any new disasters
while I was gone?"
"Nothing major like you had in America," Riley replied. She frowned in
thought. "Although now that the kids are back, I imagine that'll
change."
"I imagine so, too" Yamaki sighed. "Just don't tell the funding commitee
that."
"My lips are sealed," Riley smiled.
"GREETINGS CITIZEN!"
"Speaking of disasters," Yamaki continued, "Riley, meet Ultimon..."
***
"Alice! You're okay," Dolphin cried happily, sweeping his daughter up
in a hug of his own. As the person creating the Gate, she had been the last one through it before it closed. "You're all okay."
"Well, maybe not all of us," Alice demurred, glancing at a boy with
glasses.
***
"Ah, it's good to be home," HighAndromon declared, giving himself a
good stretch. Unnoticed, he bumped into and cracked one of the
monitors doming Hypnos' main floor. "Well, sort of. I don't think I can fit
into my house like this."
"Yeah, whatever," Kenta replied listlessly.
"Cheer up, buddy," HighAndromon told his/their friend. "Mr. Shibumi
said he'd change us back after we got back. I'll be normal in no time!"
"Uh huh," Kenta mumbled.
"Well, gee, don't smother us with enthusiasm or anything," said
HighAndromon, slightly unnerved by Kenta's apathy.
"Kazu, you're not helping," Jeri scolded.
"Perhaps we should refrain from overly cheery statements until Kenta
is in the mood," HighAndromon's second voice suggested,
"What d'you mean 'overly cheery'?" HighAndromon's first voice replied.
"I'm just trying to make my best bud feel better."
"You're still not helping," Jeri repeated herself.
"Hey, he's talking now," HighAndromon's first voice pointed out. "Isn't
that progress?"
"Whatever," Kenta repeated himself.
***
An ocean away, Jade watched her side of the Gate close with a sigh.
"I'm gonna miss those guys," she said longingly. "It was kinda nice to
have kids my age around that I could talk shop with."
"Cheer up, Jade," Captain Black replied. "Look at it this way. You are
now the leading member of the Interceptors in North America."
"I'm the only Interceptor in America," Jade retorted. She looked
pointedly at her Uncle Jackie. "Unless someone else wants to join."
"Who me?" Jackie said innocently. "Oh no, I'm..."
"...just an archaeologist," Jade finished. "Jackie, I think you need a new
excuse. That one's so old now, I think it's fossilized."
"Actually," Jackie said loudly. "I was going to say that I'm lacking in
superpowers. You might recall that's the reason I didn't want you in the
Interceptors in the first place."
"Oh, is that all?" Jade said blithely. "That's no problem. We'll just go to
the Vault and scrounge up some magic artifacts for you. Let's see, we
can start with the Armor of..."
"Ah, Jade, no," Jackie said quickly.
"Jackie, if I didn't know better, I'd say you were turning wuss on me,"
Jade grumbled, turning to leave. An object on a nearby table caught
her eye. "Hey, Captain Black, is this a GPS device?" Jade asked, picking
up the object. A litle computer generated globe was rotating on the
LCD screen.
"Sure, latest model," Black replied. "Why?"
"Can I borrow it?" Jade asked, suddenly eager. "Call it, uh, official
Interceptor business."
"Okay," Black said slowly.
"What business?"Jackie asked suspiciously. He knew his neice too well.
The sudden mood change usually indicated that she was up to
something.
"Navigational training and, um, consultation with colleagues," Jade
said quickly. "You got my cell phone number if you need me. Bye!" She
was gone in a streak.
"Navigational training?" Black echoed after a slight pause.
"Consultation with colleagues?" Jackie added.
"You don't think she..."
"Of course she did. She's Jade."
***
"Alright, kids, I'm ready to go," Shibumi announced. "Luckily, your
problem is easily fixed."
"Hah! Wanna bet?" Rika muttered under her breath.
"Rika, hush," her grandmother told her.
"Okay, now. Suzie. Kazu. You two ready?" Shibumi inquired, ignoring
the byplay.
"Hey, you're gonna fix us with that?" HighAndromon asked skeptically,
examining the object in Shibumi's hand.
"Think of it as a magic wand, if that helps," Shibumi told him/them.
"It's a monkey wrench!"
"It's a digital monkey wrench," Shibumi corrected. "So, who wants to go
first?"
HighAndromon turned to Cherubimon. "Ladies first," he/they offered.
"Thanks, Kazu!" Cherubimon's first voice replied giddily.
"Maybe," Cherubimon's second voice added somberly.
"What do we do?" Cherubimon finally asked, double-voiced again.
"I need to be able to touch your head," Shibumi told her/them.
"Okay." Cherubimon bent over.
With the flourish of a sovereign knighting his subject, Shibumi touched
the wrench to Cherubimon's head. "I dub thee...two," he intoned
formally as light enveloped Cherubimon. It cleared up quickly, leaving
a seperated Suzie and Lopmon in its wake.
"Yay! We're us again, Wopmon!" Suzie cried happily, taking up her
partner in a hug.
"Urk! That's great... Suzie," Lopmon gasped.
"Ooh! Our turn!" HighAndromon exclaimed, suddenly eager. He kneeled
down in front of Shibumi, head bowed. "Whenever you're ready Mr.
Shibumi."
Shibumi whacked HighAndromon on the upside of his/their head hard
enough to make an audible ring. In an instant, HighAndromon changed
back into Kazu and Guardromon. They both clutched their heads in
pain.
"Ow! What did you do that for?" Kazu whined.
"You had a harder head," Shibumi replied, lying and not lying at the
same time.
***
"Suzie?"
"Hi, Ai. Mako," Suzie greeted, letting up on her deathgrip. Lopmon
gasped for air, suddenly able to breathe again. "What's up?"
"I wanted to ask you this for a while, um." Ai hesitated, then drove on.
"Why do you talk funny?"
"Tawk funny? What..." Suzie quickly looked around, making sure that
no adults or older kids were around. "Everybody thinks it's cute," she
whispered conspiratorily. "Don't tell anyone, but you'd be surprised
what grown-ups will let you get away with just by talking funny."
"You don't have a younger brother, do you?" Ai laughed.
"Hey!" Mako objected.
***
"Hello, this is Jade," Jade answered her cell phone.
"Jade! Have you reached Japan, yet?"
"Jackie? Um, no, not yet," Jade replied. "How'd you know I was going to
Japan?"
"Good guess," Jackie said drily. "Now come home."
"I'm not sure I can do that, Jackie," Jade told him. "I don't think this
GPS device is working right. It's got some bugs."
"What makes you say that?"
"Well, the kangaroos were a big clue."
by Nopporn Wongrassamee
Summary - A Digimon Tamers/Jackie Chan Adventures/ Gatekeepers
crossover. The Interceptors come home. Most of them anyway.
Disclaimer - None of these characters are mine, nor am I making a
profit here.
"Dad!"
"Henry!"
Bounding from the large Gate opened in the middle of Hypnos' main
floor, the son flew into the father's arms. Behind him came the rest of
the Interceptors.
"Given your method of travel, I take it Alice is with you," Janyu began.
"So where's your little sister?"
"Well, ah, Mr. Shibumi thought it would be a good idea if we came
through first," Henry explained. "Suzie's...been through some changes."
"Changes?" Janyu repeated, a feeling of dread creeping up on him. He
looked up to see Shibumi arrive. "Shibumi, what's happened to my
little girl?"
"Oh, ah, well, you remember the Red Cards I made so the kids could
biomerge?" Shibumi began. "They were designed to be used in the
Real World, not the Digital World. Suzie's... how should I put this?"
"DADDY!" squealed a twelve foot tall, pink Digimon that looked vaguely
like a rabbit as she/they hopped through the Gate. In one lope,
Cherubimon scooped up Janyu in a truly monumental hug. "I missed
you so!"
"Stuck," Shibumi concluded.
***
"Good to have you back, boss," Riley greeted warmly.
"It's good to be back, Riley," Yamaki returned. "Any new disasters
while I was gone?"
"Nothing major like you had in America," Riley replied. She frowned in
thought. "Although now that the kids are back, I imagine that'll
change."
"I imagine so, too" Yamaki sighed. "Just don't tell the funding commitee
that."
"My lips are sealed," Riley smiled.
"GREETINGS CITIZEN!"
"Speaking of disasters," Yamaki continued, "Riley, meet Ultimon..."
***
"Alice! You're okay," Dolphin cried happily, sweeping his daughter up
in a hug of his own. As the person creating the Gate, she had been the last one through it before it closed. "You're all okay."
"Well, maybe not all of us," Alice demurred, glancing at a boy with
glasses.
***
"Ah, it's good to be home," HighAndromon declared, giving himself a
good stretch. Unnoticed, he bumped into and cracked one of the
monitors doming Hypnos' main floor. "Well, sort of. I don't think I can fit
into my house like this."
"Yeah, whatever," Kenta replied listlessly.
"Cheer up, buddy," HighAndromon told his/their friend. "Mr. Shibumi
said he'd change us back after we got back. I'll be normal in no time!"
"Uh huh," Kenta mumbled.
"Well, gee, don't smother us with enthusiasm or anything," said
HighAndromon, slightly unnerved by Kenta's apathy.
"Kazu, you're not helping," Jeri scolded.
"Perhaps we should refrain from overly cheery statements until Kenta
is in the mood," HighAndromon's second voice suggested,
"What d'you mean 'overly cheery'?" HighAndromon's first voice replied.
"I'm just trying to make my best bud feel better."
"You're still not helping," Jeri repeated herself.
"Hey, he's talking now," HighAndromon's first voice pointed out. "Isn't
that progress?"
"Whatever," Kenta repeated himself.
***
An ocean away, Jade watched her side of the Gate close with a sigh.
"I'm gonna miss those guys," she said longingly. "It was kinda nice to
have kids my age around that I could talk shop with."
"Cheer up, Jade," Captain Black replied. "Look at it this way. You are
now the leading member of the Interceptors in North America."
"I'm the only Interceptor in America," Jade retorted. She looked
pointedly at her Uncle Jackie. "Unless someone else wants to join."
"Who me?" Jackie said innocently. "Oh no, I'm..."
"...just an archaeologist," Jade finished. "Jackie, I think you need a new
excuse. That one's so old now, I think it's fossilized."
"Actually," Jackie said loudly. "I was going to say that I'm lacking in
superpowers. You might recall that's the reason I didn't want you in the
Interceptors in the first place."
"Oh, is that all?" Jade said blithely. "That's no problem. We'll just go to
the Vault and scrounge up some magic artifacts for you. Let's see, we
can start with the Armor of..."
"Ah, Jade, no," Jackie said quickly.
"Jackie, if I didn't know better, I'd say you were turning wuss on me,"
Jade grumbled, turning to leave. An object on a nearby table caught
her eye. "Hey, Captain Black, is this a GPS device?" Jade asked, picking
up the object. A litle computer generated globe was rotating on the
LCD screen.
"Sure, latest model," Black replied. "Why?"
"Can I borrow it?" Jade asked, suddenly eager. "Call it, uh, official
Interceptor business."
"Okay," Black said slowly.
"What business?"Jackie asked suspiciously. He knew his neice too well.
The sudden mood change usually indicated that she was up to
something.
"Navigational training and, um, consultation with colleagues," Jade
said quickly. "You got my cell phone number if you need me. Bye!" She
was gone in a streak.
"Navigational training?" Black echoed after a slight pause.
"Consultation with colleagues?" Jackie added.
"You don't think she..."
"Of course she did. She's Jade."
***
"Alright, kids, I'm ready to go," Shibumi announced. "Luckily, your
problem is easily fixed."
"Hah! Wanna bet?" Rika muttered under her breath.
"Rika, hush," her grandmother told her.
"Okay, now. Suzie. Kazu. You two ready?" Shibumi inquired, ignoring
the byplay.
"Hey, you're gonna fix us with that?" HighAndromon asked skeptically,
examining the object in Shibumi's hand.
"Think of it as a magic wand, if that helps," Shibumi told him/them.
"It's a monkey wrench!"
"It's a digital monkey wrench," Shibumi corrected. "So, who wants to go
first?"
HighAndromon turned to Cherubimon. "Ladies first," he/they offered.
"Thanks, Kazu!" Cherubimon's first voice replied giddily.
"Maybe," Cherubimon's second voice added somberly.
"What do we do?" Cherubimon finally asked, double-voiced again.
"I need to be able to touch your head," Shibumi told her/them.
"Okay." Cherubimon bent over.
With the flourish of a sovereign knighting his subject, Shibumi touched
the wrench to Cherubimon's head. "I dub thee...two," he intoned
formally as light enveloped Cherubimon. It cleared up quickly, leaving
a seperated Suzie and Lopmon in its wake.
"Yay! We're us again, Wopmon!" Suzie cried happily, taking up her
partner in a hug.
"Urk! That's great... Suzie," Lopmon gasped.
"Ooh! Our turn!" HighAndromon exclaimed, suddenly eager. He kneeled
down in front of Shibumi, head bowed. "Whenever you're ready Mr.
Shibumi."
Shibumi whacked HighAndromon on the upside of his/their head hard
enough to make an audible ring. In an instant, HighAndromon changed
back into Kazu and Guardromon. They both clutched their heads in
pain.
"Ow! What did you do that for?" Kazu whined.
"You had a harder head," Shibumi replied, lying and not lying at the
same time.
***
"Suzie?"
"Hi, Ai. Mako," Suzie greeted, letting up on her deathgrip. Lopmon
gasped for air, suddenly able to breathe again. "What's up?"
"I wanted to ask you this for a while, um." Ai hesitated, then drove on.
"Why do you talk funny?"
"Tawk funny? What..." Suzie quickly looked around, making sure that
no adults or older kids were around. "Everybody thinks it's cute," she
whispered conspiratorily. "Don't tell anyone, but you'd be surprised
what grown-ups will let you get away with just by talking funny."
"You don't have a younger brother, do you?" Ai laughed.
"Hey!" Mako objected.
***
"Hello, this is Jade," Jade answered her cell phone.
"Jade! Have you reached Japan, yet?"
"Jackie? Um, no, not yet," Jade replied. "How'd you know I was going to
Japan?"
"Good guess," Jackie said drily. "Now come home."
"I'm not sure I can do that, Jackie," Jade told him. "I don't think this
GPS device is working right. It's got some bugs."
"What makes you say that?"
"Well, the kangaroos were a big clue."