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Poison: It infects us, taking us in even if we resist
Filling us up, then letting us down
And after it's all over
We yearn for more
Beep…….Beep…..Beep…..
My first thought: Kill whoever or whatever was making that damn beeping noise.
"This is not a test. Repeating: This is NOT a test. Infiltration in Sector: 4 BD."
My second thought: Shit. Oh Shit.
I was up and running, not truly caring that I was only in shorts, socks, and a tank top. I stumbled my way out of my room, barely managing to grab my staff (my weapon of choice for training), and made my way out into the bright hallway. I'll never understand how this place could be so bright when it isn't even sunrise yet, but right now I was thankful for it.
Now, which way to go? I knew I should've paid more attention to Hikari when she was telling where was where, but still, it got really boring after the first five sentences. Let's see, she said that I was sleeping in Sector 3, so Sector 4 would be…?
Right. Left was always wrong, so right would be the correct choice..I hope. Well, I had to get to her, so if I find her somewhere else, then it'd still be the same outcome, right?
I took a deep breathe, and concentrated on my other senses. That's what you get when you have to train with both the Child of Love, and then the Child of Sincerity. What are they always trying to pound into my head?
1) Stay calm. Check.
2) What do you see? A bright hallway, there's muddy footprints on the floor, and… and there's a door open at the end of the hall.
3) What do you hear? Alright, after getting past the sound of my heart beating into my ears, as well the that of my footsteps, I hear…..I hear something coming, something that sounds like armor…Armor? Soldiers?
4) What do you feel? I stopped for a mere second in my running, just long enough to feel the heavy fibration through the floor. Yup, defidnently soldiers. The wind blew through my hair, but it felt strange….not like the wind at all…but that didn't make sense, did it?
It doesn't feel like the wind would outside, in the open, but it does carry the same fresh smell. Alright, I have completely gone bonkers. I skid to a halt infront of the opened door, look inside to just see another door down open on the right, and no enemies. I posed my staff into defense mode, and cautiously entered into the next room, which lead into another room.
Why in the world did any palace have this many rooms? I mean, they don't even use most of it half of the time, and even then, it takes more to keep it clean than any other place that I know…well that doesn't exactly count for Sincerity's Haven. But that's besides the point!
Wait a minute, what was that? The soldiers! They've stopped!
Where the hell am I? One more door, hopefully that's the right one. It was half opened, and didn't seem to be sensitive active like the rest of the doors in the palace. I squeezed through the door, not a hard thing to do considering how wide they make them, and looked around the room.
It's a regular bedroom, queen size bed in the middle, but everything that would normally be neat and accounted for wasn't. Pots broken, the sheets on the floor, this whole place was a mess. It looked like a girl's room….like Hikari's would!
I ran towards the bed, ducked down in a graceful movement that took a good thirty times to actually get the hang of in practice, and checked under the bed. Nope, this room was basically clear of any life.
*Ding*
The door! I was up with a quickness that normally would've given me a headache, and glanced around the room once more. No, it looks like the battle had moved outside of here. I moved towards the door that I presumed had made the noise, took a deep breathe, and opened it to see…..
To see down the hall way a bunch of soldiers at one end of an intersection, Hikari in a pool of blood in the center, and Courage delivering the final blow to a bird-like digimon. He held his sword right through it's heart, and from what I could see (which wasn't much considering that I was facing the bird's back) was roasting the bird inside out with his anger. The bird digimon was already disappearing by the time that I had gotten to Hikari.
She was bleeding from a cut to her left side, one of the few blind spots that Hikari was teased about, but it was very small and would heal quickly. There was a big bruise forming on the side of her cheek, and she was very pale. A bruise and cut wouldn't make someone of a usual good tan turn that color except…..
"She's been poisoned." I barely recognized my own voice as it sounded distant, and mostly distraught by the discovery. The worst part I hadn't even spoken yet, the part where the Child of both Love and Sincerity couldn't identify the poison, didn't know how to stop or cure it from killing Hikari.
I tore my eyes away from her, from the Child of Light, and looked to the Child of Courage, to her own blood brother, to Taichi, who seemed disattached to the world for a moment, then it all seemed to come rushing at him in his eyes. He stepped back as if having taken a blow, his sword dropping to the ground beside a leather pouch from where he had killed the digimon.
That pouch…it looked familiar. I unconsciously got up and walked over to it, forgetting my staff beside Hikari, and knelt down next to it. My fingers traced the seal which was placed on it, the seal used by none other than the Child of Love. I opened it with trembling fingers, Love didn't usually send a messenger for anything, she was the kind of person who wanted to do it all in person, and sending a messenger is a rare occurrence with any information, even more rare for the distance that it had to come.
My hand brought out a letter, unfolded it, and my eyes scanned across the hand writing. It was, indeed her hand writing, and was even written in the D.D. language so that only we could understand it. My eyes read the words as my brain tried to keep up, barely getting the main intent of the short letter.
"What is it?" The voice was curious, if not totally covered with anger, which I recognized from Taichi's deep voice.
"It's from Love." My voice had cracked again, and he snatched the letter away from me in a hostile fashion that I almost grabbed it back, but didn't. I knew better than that, especially from visiting here not to do something that could get you killed.
"She wrote…She wrote to tell us that Sincerity's calling a meeting, and is requesting-"
"Requesting an escort to Mimi's Haven after her visit with Jyou", Taichi finished up the last piece, and as I caught a glance in his eyes, I saw how misery filled them. Love would only trust a bird digimon with that information, and only her most prized one would be selected to bring something like that…..
"You killed her most prized one!" It was the Child of Courage and Friendship, Daisuke, who had said it with anger, little awe, and a dangerous cut to it. Love had always kept that one bird with her, and all of the Digidestined had played with the bird more than on one occasion, knowing that it wouldn't attack or hurt them in any way. Love cared for that bird with such a passion that just seeing her look at it made you want to step back from how it radiated from her. And now that it was dead…….
"Yolei, what about Hikari? Is there a cure that you know? A plant that could cure it?" Taichi's voice was desperate, and even in his chocolate tinted orange eyes, it was clear that he was indeed hoping for his sister's health. The momentary distraction was gone, and my voice was now even, back into the way I'd normally speak when asked such questions.
"No, I don't have a clue as to what kind was used on her. In a few hours she won't be able to be transported anywhere, I could pick some herbs to slow it down…but Reliability would most likely know more about it, as well as the cure, than I would."
That was hard, admitting that someone knew more about it than I did, that I didn't know what to do, or how to cure my best friend. Sincerity wouldn't know the poison because there was no sign of plant nor greeness from the infection. Meaning that it had gone into her blood stream, and is water based. Silence embraced the room, my eyes keeping to Hikari as she laid on the floor, in her own blood, paler than ever, and standing out against the peach fabric dress that she was sleeping in not even hours ago.
"What are we going to do, Courage?"
Poison: It infects us, taking us in even if we resist
Filling us up, then letting us down
And after it's all over
We yearn for more
Beep…….Beep…..Beep…..
My first thought: Kill whoever or whatever was making that damn beeping noise.
"This is not a test. Repeating: This is NOT a test. Infiltration in Sector: 4 BD."
My second thought: Shit. Oh Shit.
I was up and running, not truly caring that I was only in shorts, socks, and a tank top. I stumbled my way out of my room, barely managing to grab my staff (my weapon of choice for training), and made my way out into the bright hallway. I'll never understand how this place could be so bright when it isn't even sunrise yet, but right now I was thankful for it.
Now, which way to go? I knew I should've paid more attention to Hikari when she was telling where was where, but still, it got really boring after the first five sentences. Let's see, she said that I was sleeping in Sector 3, so Sector 4 would be…?
Right. Left was always wrong, so right would be the correct choice..I hope. Well, I had to get to her, so if I find her somewhere else, then it'd still be the same outcome, right?
I took a deep breathe, and concentrated on my other senses. That's what you get when you have to train with both the Child of Love, and then the Child of Sincerity. What are they always trying to pound into my head?
1) Stay calm. Check.
2) What do you see? A bright hallway, there's muddy footprints on the floor, and… and there's a door open at the end of the hall.
3) What do you hear? Alright, after getting past the sound of my heart beating into my ears, as well the that of my footsteps, I hear…..I hear something coming, something that sounds like armor…Armor? Soldiers?
4) What do you feel? I stopped for a mere second in my running, just long enough to feel the heavy fibration through the floor. Yup, defidnently soldiers. The wind blew through my hair, but it felt strange….not like the wind at all…but that didn't make sense, did it?
It doesn't feel like the wind would outside, in the open, but it does carry the same fresh smell. Alright, I have completely gone bonkers. I skid to a halt infront of the opened door, look inside to just see another door down open on the right, and no enemies. I posed my staff into defense mode, and cautiously entered into the next room, which lead into another room.
Why in the world did any palace have this many rooms? I mean, they don't even use most of it half of the time, and even then, it takes more to keep it clean than any other place that I know…well that doesn't exactly count for Sincerity's Haven. But that's besides the point!
Wait a minute, what was that? The soldiers! They've stopped!
Where the hell am I? One more door, hopefully that's the right one. It was half opened, and didn't seem to be sensitive active like the rest of the doors in the palace. I squeezed through the door, not a hard thing to do considering how wide they make them, and looked around the room.
It's a regular bedroom, queen size bed in the middle, but everything that would normally be neat and accounted for wasn't. Pots broken, the sheets on the floor, this whole place was a mess. It looked like a girl's room….like Hikari's would!
I ran towards the bed, ducked down in a graceful movement that took a good thirty times to actually get the hang of in practice, and checked under the bed. Nope, this room was basically clear of any life.
*Ding*
The door! I was up with a quickness that normally would've given me a headache, and glanced around the room once more. No, it looks like the battle had moved outside of here. I moved towards the door that I presumed had made the noise, took a deep breathe, and opened it to see…..
To see down the hall way a bunch of soldiers at one end of an intersection, Hikari in a pool of blood in the center, and Courage delivering the final blow to a bird-like digimon. He held his sword right through it's heart, and from what I could see (which wasn't much considering that I was facing the bird's back) was roasting the bird inside out with his anger. The bird digimon was already disappearing by the time that I had gotten to Hikari.
She was bleeding from a cut to her left side, one of the few blind spots that Hikari was teased about, but it was very small and would heal quickly. There was a big bruise forming on the side of her cheek, and she was very pale. A bruise and cut wouldn't make someone of a usual good tan turn that color except…..
"She's been poisoned." I barely recognized my own voice as it sounded distant, and mostly distraught by the discovery. The worst part I hadn't even spoken yet, the part where the Child of both Love and Sincerity couldn't identify the poison, didn't know how to stop or cure it from killing Hikari.
I tore my eyes away from her, from the Child of Light, and looked to the Child of Courage, to her own blood brother, to Taichi, who seemed disattached to the world for a moment, then it all seemed to come rushing at him in his eyes. He stepped back as if having taken a blow, his sword dropping to the ground beside a leather pouch from where he had killed the digimon.
That pouch…it looked familiar. I unconsciously got up and walked over to it, forgetting my staff beside Hikari, and knelt down next to it. My fingers traced the seal which was placed on it, the seal used by none other than the Child of Love. I opened it with trembling fingers, Love didn't usually send a messenger for anything, she was the kind of person who wanted to do it all in person, and sending a messenger is a rare occurrence with any information, even more rare for the distance that it had to come.
My hand brought out a letter, unfolded it, and my eyes scanned across the hand writing. It was, indeed her hand writing, and was even written in the D.D. language so that only we could understand it. My eyes read the words as my brain tried to keep up, barely getting the main intent of the short letter.
"What is it?" The voice was curious, if not totally covered with anger, which I recognized from Taichi's deep voice.
"It's from Love." My voice had cracked again, and he snatched the letter away from me in a hostile fashion that I almost grabbed it back, but didn't. I knew better than that, especially from visiting here not to do something that could get you killed.
"She wrote…She wrote to tell us that Sincerity's calling a meeting, and is requesting-"
"Requesting an escort to Mimi's Haven after her visit with Jyou", Taichi finished up the last piece, and as I caught a glance in his eyes, I saw how misery filled them. Love would only trust a bird digimon with that information, and only her most prized one would be selected to bring something like that…..
"You killed her most prized one!" It was the Child of Courage and Friendship, Daisuke, who had said it with anger, little awe, and a dangerous cut to it. Love had always kept that one bird with her, and all of the Digidestined had played with the bird more than on one occasion, knowing that it wouldn't attack or hurt them in any way. Love cared for that bird with such a passion that just seeing her look at it made you want to step back from how it radiated from her. And now that it was dead…….
"Yolei, what about Hikari? Is there a cure that you know? A plant that could cure it?" Taichi's voice was desperate, and even in his chocolate tinted orange eyes, it was clear that he was indeed hoping for his sister's health. The momentary distraction was gone, and my voice was now even, back into the way I'd normally speak when asked such questions.
"No, I don't have a clue as to what kind was used on her. In a few hours she won't be able to be transported anywhere, I could pick some herbs to slow it down…but Reliability would most likely know more about it, as well as the cure, than I would."
That was hard, admitting that someone knew more about it than I did, that I didn't know what to do, or how to cure my best friend. Sincerity wouldn't know the poison because there was no sign of plant nor greeness from the infection. Meaning that it had gone into her blood stream, and is water based. Silence embraced the room, my eyes keeping to Hikari as she laid on the floor, in her own blood, paler than ever, and standing out against the peach fabric dress that she was sleeping in not even hours ago.
"What are we going to do, Courage?"