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In Charge: We start out small
Can't hurt you at all
But by the time you realize
We'll be in charge
"What are we going to do, Courage?"
Of course, I was the one to say that, like a little boy who was lost in the dark instead of the heir to the crest of Courage and Friendship, instead of all the training that keeps getting pounded into me whenever a plan has to be made in five seconds flat. Of course.
"Yolei, get started on that potion that can slow down the process. We need all the time that we can get. Use any resources that are necessary, meanwhile Dais you are in charge of the palace. You have full command while in my absence, and are protector of both the palace and Hikari."
His orders always came out like that, strict and full of command, using a voice that when heard must be done. I unconsciously stood up taller, and at attention when he was looking at me.
"I will go south. To talk to Love, and hopefully to find Reliability before…." His voice trailed off, losing the command that it had before, and his eyes appeared a million miles away as he glances at his sister. There would be tons of rumors by noon about this, and having him seen infront of the soldiers like this isn't right. I didn't allow a pause of hesitation or even a breath of air be passed when he had stopped before I picked it up, making it appear like I had indeed, cut him off.
"Someone get the horse prepared for a week's travel. For the rest of you, I want a post set up at every entrance and exit! No one gets in or out without identification and must be marked down. If you get tired, best switch with one of the off guards, but there will be no sleeping while on watch! If I learn of even one of you closing your eyes for more than five seconds, I'll have you doing two training sessions a day with me, personally! Anyone not on duty will be training, eating, or sleeping. Is that understood?"
I looked at the soldiers infront of me, they had automatically straigtened up, and was ready to take on whatever I had to say. They were mostly digimon, ones that appeared human, but weren't. It took a lot of power to pose as a human, but remain as a digimon.
"Yes sir!" No one voice was out of line, all of them had it exactly to the perfect note, and with a nod of my head, they marched to carry out everything ordered. Usually poison would kill a person within a day, but when Miyako put her mind to slowing it down, it was a week before someone would officially be announced dead.
A week. Seven days. Seven days to get 3,566 miles south and back with Reliability, with the antidote. Not very good odds, but it had to be done. It had to be, or else….
I turned back towards the scene infront of me, away from the scattering soldiers, to see Taichi holding Hikari with the love of a brother. I watched as he picked her up like a porcelian doll, and walked towards me. And we stood there, just like that, with him infront of me, holding the girl of Light, and I stood infront of him, looking at him with complete ease. He held her out to me, and I took her, took the burden that would trouble both of us if she died.
"Take good care of her." It was short, and calm, though I know from the little crack in his voice that he would give up everything to just keep holding onto her. I should've been there for her, but here I stood in my boxers, socks, and a sword barely hanging from it's compartment that had slipped down to my hip, holding the Child of Light who was wearing a simple peach gown that was torn and battered..
"Good luck, Tai." My response came while he was running down the hall, not wasting anymore time. I pulled her pale body closer to me, and looked down to Yolei. We had to hurry if we wanted to stop it from hitting anything vital. She caught my eye, we held an unspoken discussion for a moment, and then both nodded with resolution.
"I'm taking her down to the lab. Get anything you need, and I'll help anyway that I can."
She nodded once more, got up from the floor with the pouch from Love, and sped off in the opposite direction of the way that I was going. I didn't want to run, knowing how clumsy I was I'd probably drop her, but I didn't want to walk either. Picking a pace that most would find hard to keep up with, I went my own way.
I would have to check the security cameras to see if they picked up anything, well, besides Taichi killing Love's favorite bird. I don't know what she was going to do once she found out he killed it. As a matter of fact, I haven't ever seen her mad, I mean really angry enough to kill mad. Yup, Taichi was gonna get hurt alright.
I was infront of the lab door before Miyako, and while trying to balance Hikari in my arms, placed my hand onto the identification detector, and after hearing a soft clink, walked into the lab. It was the only lab that I had ever been in, and I could tell anyone that seeing it, then working in it are two totally different things. I placed her down onto the cold, metal table, and looked at her for a moment. I once had a burning affection for her that I couldn't describe, but now it had dimmed into brotherly love. Or maybe cousin love….or something like that.
I bent down underneath the table, and after retrieving several cotton blankets, placed them on top of her. It didn't get warm in here often, and having a fever to add to the poison wouldn't help any. Bending down once more, I brought up a shirt for me, and then a pair of boots. Adoning them with ease, I turned to the main computer to check the security cameras.
I wasn't very good a computers, and most of the time it wasn't because I didn't try, it's just that they never cooperate with me. So after pressing a few keys and finally trying to open the camera to the hallways, it decided not to like me anymore. Biting back a string of curse words, I slammed my fist down onto the keyboard. I hate when it gets like that. Then it popped up, exactly the way that I had wanted it to. Much be some sort of masochistic kind of computer, I thought with a shrug.
"Rewind Fifteen minutes ago, and then Play." I commanded, not daring to take the chance of touching the keyboard again. Thank Koushirou that it could also be voice activated.
Nothing…..Nothing….Nothing…..Hold on a second….
"Rewind two minutes and Play." It did as it was told…..so it wasn't a glitch….
"Freeze!"
What was that?
"Zoom in." It enlarged the picture where it was frozen…
The more I stared at it, I couldn't tear my eyes away. It couldn't be one of the digidestined….but it had a human form…so was it a digimon that had mastered the form?
Or could it be…?
"Oh no."
In Charge: We start out small
Can't hurt you at all
But by the time you realize
We'll be in charge
"What are we going to do, Courage?"
Of course, I was the one to say that, like a little boy who was lost in the dark instead of the heir to the crest of Courage and Friendship, instead of all the training that keeps getting pounded into me whenever a plan has to be made in five seconds flat. Of course.
"Yolei, get started on that potion that can slow down the process. We need all the time that we can get. Use any resources that are necessary, meanwhile Dais you are in charge of the palace. You have full command while in my absence, and are protector of both the palace and Hikari."
His orders always came out like that, strict and full of command, using a voice that when heard must be done. I unconsciously stood up taller, and at attention when he was looking at me.
"I will go south. To talk to Love, and hopefully to find Reliability before…." His voice trailed off, losing the command that it had before, and his eyes appeared a million miles away as he glances at his sister. There would be tons of rumors by noon about this, and having him seen infront of the soldiers like this isn't right. I didn't allow a pause of hesitation or even a breath of air be passed when he had stopped before I picked it up, making it appear like I had indeed, cut him off.
"Someone get the horse prepared for a week's travel. For the rest of you, I want a post set up at every entrance and exit! No one gets in or out without identification and must be marked down. If you get tired, best switch with one of the off guards, but there will be no sleeping while on watch! If I learn of even one of you closing your eyes for more than five seconds, I'll have you doing two training sessions a day with me, personally! Anyone not on duty will be training, eating, or sleeping. Is that understood?"
I looked at the soldiers infront of me, they had automatically straigtened up, and was ready to take on whatever I had to say. They were mostly digimon, ones that appeared human, but weren't. It took a lot of power to pose as a human, but remain as a digimon.
"Yes sir!" No one voice was out of line, all of them had it exactly to the perfect note, and with a nod of my head, they marched to carry out everything ordered. Usually poison would kill a person within a day, but when Miyako put her mind to slowing it down, it was a week before someone would officially be announced dead.
A week. Seven days. Seven days to get 3,566 miles south and back with Reliability, with the antidote. Not very good odds, but it had to be done. It had to be, or else….
I turned back towards the scene infront of me, away from the scattering soldiers, to see Taichi holding Hikari with the love of a brother. I watched as he picked her up like a porcelian doll, and walked towards me. And we stood there, just like that, with him infront of me, holding the girl of Light, and I stood infront of him, looking at him with complete ease. He held her out to me, and I took her, took the burden that would trouble both of us if she died.
"Take good care of her." It was short, and calm, though I know from the little crack in his voice that he would give up everything to just keep holding onto her. I should've been there for her, but here I stood in my boxers, socks, and a sword barely hanging from it's compartment that had slipped down to my hip, holding the Child of Light who was wearing a simple peach gown that was torn and battered..
"Good luck, Tai." My response came while he was running down the hall, not wasting anymore time. I pulled her pale body closer to me, and looked down to Yolei. We had to hurry if we wanted to stop it from hitting anything vital. She caught my eye, we held an unspoken discussion for a moment, and then both nodded with resolution.
"I'm taking her down to the lab. Get anything you need, and I'll help anyway that I can."
She nodded once more, got up from the floor with the pouch from Love, and sped off in the opposite direction of the way that I was going. I didn't want to run, knowing how clumsy I was I'd probably drop her, but I didn't want to walk either. Picking a pace that most would find hard to keep up with, I went my own way.
I would have to check the security cameras to see if they picked up anything, well, besides Taichi killing Love's favorite bird. I don't know what she was going to do once she found out he killed it. As a matter of fact, I haven't ever seen her mad, I mean really angry enough to kill mad. Yup, Taichi was gonna get hurt alright.
I was infront of the lab door before Miyako, and while trying to balance Hikari in my arms, placed my hand onto the identification detector, and after hearing a soft clink, walked into the lab. It was the only lab that I had ever been in, and I could tell anyone that seeing it, then working in it are two totally different things. I placed her down onto the cold, metal table, and looked at her for a moment. I once had a burning affection for her that I couldn't describe, but now it had dimmed into brotherly love. Or maybe cousin love….or something like that.
I bent down underneath the table, and after retrieving several cotton blankets, placed them on top of her. It didn't get warm in here often, and having a fever to add to the poison wouldn't help any. Bending down once more, I brought up a shirt for me, and then a pair of boots. Adoning them with ease, I turned to the main computer to check the security cameras.
I wasn't very good a computers, and most of the time it wasn't because I didn't try, it's just that they never cooperate with me. So after pressing a few keys and finally trying to open the camera to the hallways, it decided not to like me anymore. Biting back a string of curse words, I slammed my fist down onto the keyboard. I hate when it gets like that. Then it popped up, exactly the way that I had wanted it to. Much be some sort of masochistic kind of computer, I thought with a shrug.
"Rewind Fifteen minutes ago, and then Play." I commanded, not daring to take the chance of touching the keyboard again. Thank Koushirou that it could also be voice activated.
Nothing…..Nothing….Nothing…..Hold on a second….
"Rewind two minutes and Play." It did as it was told…..so it wasn't a glitch….
"Freeze!"
What was that?
"Zoom in." It enlarged the picture where it was frozen…
The more I stared at it, I couldn't tear my eyes away. It couldn't be one of the digidestined….but it had a human form…so was it a digimon that had mastered the form?
Or could it be…?
"Oh no."