Gosh. I'm sorry this took so long. I've been real busy lately. No joke. I have a lot of stories that I'm writing at the same time as this, you know. But anyways, I'll try to update more often. I'm currently doing some really big story projects like Genesis and some other one for Final Fantasy 7.
Well, here's the fourth part. Please read and review.
Chapter 4
The Queen's Hive
'I don't know who he is. But I know where he is.' King Willie in 'Predator 2'.
Digital World…….
Kari and Gatmon walked through the forest in the Digital World, scouring the area completely in search for their companions. It wasn't long after Kari had received a distress signal from the Digital World that something wrong was buzzing round the place. Something very wrong………
Much time had passed. Nothing had been seen nor heard from the Digidestined and her Digimon. Everything seemed fine as far as they were concerned. Though looks can be deceiving and the mind is likely to play tricks on anyone it desires. Even the most purest minded person and the most noble fighting Digimon. Evil has many forms and this was no laughing matter. For soon all was to change for our two heroes……..
"Kari, where could they be?" said Gatomon spinning her head around the place.
"I'm not sure, Gatomon." Said Kari in a slightly concerned tone. "Everything seems so quiet."
"Shouldn't we get TK and the others?" suggested Gatomon.
"I left a message to TK saying that we've gone to the Digital World after an emergency call from our friends." Replied Kari staring up high into the sun.
"I've never seen the sun this bright befo-……" before Gatomon could finish a loud shriek was heard beyond the forest.
"RUUUUN!" a female voice cried in the distance.
"Kari?" said Gatomon looking forward, "Do you recognize that voice?"
"HEEELP!" another male voice shouted.
"Those sound like……." Kari was almost pushed over when Arukenimon and Mummymon dashed right pass them in extreme fear and panic.
"Run for your lives!" shouted Arukenimon.
"Wait for me, Arukenimon!" said Mummymon trying to catch up with her. Kari and Gatomon watched helplessly as the two Digimon just drove off away into the distance. Kari and Gatomon found it most strange that they completely ignored them. And what were they so afraid of? Whatever could there possibly be that would frighten two of the most evil Digimon in this world? A mystery it was to the two heroes.
"Gatomon, did you just see that? That was Arukenimon and Mummymon." Said Kari, "What were they running away from?…….Gatomon?…….." Kari felt Gatomon furry paw pat on her shoulder. She felt the hand shiver in most deepest fear. It seemed maybe that Gatomon had already found the answer to her question.
"Um….Kari……." Gatomon hesitated. Kari turned to her young Digimon, only to discover that behind her feline friend stood three cybernetic aliens, wearing metallic masks, and standing on the branches of the trees that surrounded them. A single eye on each of them bulged out of the mask. It was like a large circular ring that zoomed into Kari and Gatomon, giving a closer look at their soon to be prizes. Kari now began to shiver as she slowly stepped back from the aliens, trying not to make any sudden movement.
"Kari…." Whispered Gatomon, "Let me Digivolve now….."
The three Lasershot Predators aimed their shoulder cannons at the two heroes as their crooshairs zoomed in onto them. Kari knew what was to happen. And wasn't afraid of what she was to do now.
"RUN, GATOMON!" Kari cried as she grasped her Digimon by the arm and fled from the Predators' targets. The shots fortunately missed and the only thing that splattered around the forest was plain earth and soil from the spot Kari used to stand before her sudden encounter with the Predators.
Kari now run through the forest with Gatomon as fast as they could, while the Lasershot predators chased after them not far behind their tails, flying through the sky with their jet packs.
Earth………
TK ran through the school halls during recess break, bringing Patamon with him in his back pack.
"TK, what's the matter?" said Patamon wondering why TK was in such a rush to get to the computer labs.
"There's no time to explain, Patamon! Kari and Gatomon might be in grave danger at the moment! We have to go to the Digital World and find them!" TK replied as his mind only came to nobody but Kari. He knew she was a careful girl and stayed out of trouble most of the time. But leaving her alone in the Digital World full of unexpected things was something he could not stand. TK could never leave his girlfriend in danger. How could he bear with it? No more thinking. Now was not the time for anxiety. Now was the time for rescue and action.
Digital World……….
Kari hid in the cave with Gatomon, sticking herself to the dark wall that covered her like a blanket from the sight of the flying alien hunters. The Predators in reaction soon lost trail of Kari and Gatomon. And it wasn't too long afterwards that they finally decided to leave them where they were. Kari peeked her head out and watched them fly away into the sky while she gave a deep sigh and looked down at her Digimon.
"That was close." Said Gatomon panting for breath.
"What were they?" Kari said to herself. "And wherever did this cave lead to?" she thought some more.
"Kari? Where are you going?" asked Gatomon as she saw her friend walk deeper into the shadows of the newly discovered cave.
"Shhh." Said Kari. "I think I hear something in this cave." She went on. She walked further and further into the eternal sleeping darkness that eventually took her into its cold hearted hands. Gatomon followed her all the way. The noises in the cave began to get louder every step they made. Shrieking sounds they were, and odd sounding echoes they made. It was like journeying into the depths of hell itself. Darkness overwhelmed them. And soon it was almost hard to see each one another. The more the noises came, the more the two heroes began to wander. Wander of what new evil could be lurking for them this time. Until……..
"AAAAAAAAAA!" cried Kari as the rocky floor collapsed beneath her feet.
"KARI!" cried Gatomon as she leaped to reach for her hand. But it was already too late. Kari had already disappeared deeper into the black hole that ate her up. Soon the only thing Gatomon could hear from her friend where the constant echoes from her frightful cries.
Earth……
Tai opened the door of his apartment to let Sora come in. She and Tai were in near completion on works of their science project which they had together been working on for some weeks now.
"Hey, Sora! Glad you could come!" said Tai smiling at Sora. "You want to have drink or something before we start?"
"Um, no thanks, Tai," said Sora trying not to blush, "I already had something to drink. I think we can get started now." Tai led Sora the way to the living room where they always used to work together. As Sora entered the room she suddenly felt something touch her ankle. She looked down and saw Miko walking round her and purring softly. "Hi Miko." Said Sora smiling down at her, stroking her head softly down from her head to her back. Tai began to set things up on the table.
"Come on, Sora. We've still got a lot to get through." He said smiling at her.
"Okay." Said Sora walking away from Tai's cat, which at the same time happened to walk away from Sora and headed towards the balcony window.
"Now, where were we last week?" said Tai to Sora, looking through his physics textbook. He was then distracted by the sudden hisses coming from his corner in the room. He turned around to Miko to see her hissing loudly through the balcony window.
"Miko? What's wrong?" said Sora raising her brow.
On the other side of the window, the invisible creature gazed upon the two teenagers who were working in the room. It said nothing and remained silent for all time. It saw Miko continuously hissing at its direction. The creature did nothing but ignore the useless and poor feline figure, and only came to attention to the young couple inside the house.
"Champion." It said.
Digital World……..
Kari slowly opened her eyes, letting out a few moans before coming through to full consciousness. She discovered that she couldn't move neither her arms nor her legs. She realized that she was covered in thick sticky slime. She tried everything she could to break free, but they only proved the situation to be useless. Kari took time to look at her surroundings.
It was but like a large underworld city of nothing but grotesque figures of all shapes and kinds. Hissing being unleashed in every direction. Creatures moving back and forth, patrolling the entire area. It was like hell. But wasn't. This place war worse than hell from Kari's point of view. She wanted to escape from the demonic place. But unfortunately she was prevented to take such actions.
And not far from Kari's distance, she caught of a most terrifying figure. The figure looked like a giant black insect of some sort. Its head long which stretched in great lengths in front and at the back. It had four longs arms, and two small ones in its chest, which were as thin as a single stick of wood. Its legs too were long in size. Between them lay a gigantic egg attached to the creature which stretched at an unbelievably long distance, in which at the end of the sack popped out several egg cocoons which were pale green in color. The Alien Queen lay dormant in its sleep. She soon awoke from her beauty sleep when she sensed the sudden gasp from the young girl not far away.
In front of Kari lay an egg cocoon, which was already beginning to open slowly at the same time the majesty herself began to wake up. Kari hesitantly looked down at the open.
"AAAAAAAAAAA!" she shrieked at the top of her voice as a large arachnid creature climbed out of the egg with its long finger like legs and immediately leapt onto Kari's face. Kari tried to scream more, but the tube inserted into her mouth stopped her from doing so. She shook vigorously to get out of the creature's grip. No use. She then felt something get forced down into her throat, before she completely went unconscious again. The darkness overtook her mind once more. And the Alien Queen hissed as the embryo of the 'chosen' one was slowly inserted into the body of the young Digidestined girl.
Earth……..
New York…….
"Hey, Mimi." Said Michael nudging Mimi during Biology class when Dr. Thurman was giving a long boring speech on DNA structures.
"What is it Michael?" said Mimi.
"You excited that Matt and his band are coming over here to perform live?" Michael began to grin.
"Well……um……." Mimi began to blush when the name Matt began to enter her mind, "I guess so………I'm……….."
"AAARRGHHHHHH!" cried Dr. Thurman as he suddenly collapsed onto the table in front of him. All of the students in the room suddenly began to bolt out of their chairs, looking helplessly at the young doctor in need.
"Mr. Thurman!" cried Michael as he rushed to his teacher. Mimi soon followed behind him.
"Dr. Thurman!" cried Mimi as she watched in terror as Michael tried to calm the poor teacher. The doctor's voice gurgled with saliva and he shrieked in extreme pain, his body all over the place. He tried his best to say something to his students, but then suddenly a sprinkle of blood squirted onto Michael from his chest. Then more pain began to inflict into his shaking body. He gasped for oxygen and shut his eyes shut………before the creature eventually came out of its bloody prison from whence it had been for some time been laying.
Dr. Thurman's rib cage cracked loudly as fountains of blood splattered onto Mimi's face and clothes. Mimi couldn't help but scream as the warm liquid covered her sight. Michael and everyone stepped back in extreme fear as the creature shrieked like an eagle for its freedom.
"OH GOD!" Mimi cried as she too stepped back. Everyone else was just speechless.
The eyeless worm creature with silver sharp teeth firstly looked in the directions of Michael and the students, all with pale faces and already backing up from the its gaze and tightening themselves up with each other. It then turned to Mimi who just stepped back even further as it growled softly. Finally it looked down upon its dead host, his fingers still tingling and his body still shaking slightly.
"Nobody make any sudden movements." Said Michael. "Just stay absolutely calm."
The creature gave out another high pitched scream as it jumped from its host and wriggled towards Mimi. Mimi screamed as the creature slithered past her feet and into the ventilation shafts behind her.
Soon all was calm again in the room. Mimi just stared at the others on the other side of them room. Her face pale as white itself.
Digital World……..
"TK!" shouted Gatomon in joy of TK's and Angemon's arrival.
"Gatomon!" said Patamon.
"Gatomon, where's Kari? Isn't she supposed to be with you?" TK said in concern. Gatomon just pointed down to the black hole beside her.
"She fell inside there. I haven't heard anything from her for a long time now. All heard were other strange noises. I was so afraid that I didn't want to go down there." Gatomon began to cry a little, "I'm sorry, TK."
"Hey! We can still find her! All we have to do is just go down that hole and rescue her!" said TK confident he could accomplish so.
Angemon carried both TK and Gatomon down into the black hole, which was quite deep and took them quite a while to get to the bottom. But when they did, they discovered the floor to be covered in nothing but green sticky slime.
"Ewww…..gross……" said Gatomon. TK began to observe his new surroundings. Slime everywhere. Even the walls and ceiling. TK also noticed dead bodies of some Digimon. Their bellies and chests were completely burst open. Their bodies pale and cold. This disturbed the three heroes very much. But they didn't seem to notice the gripping hand that clutched TK from behind his back.
TK tried not to scream as he suddenly leapt forward and turned around, only to face Gennai. Behind him stepped out Etemon, Leomon and Ogremon. TK and the others gasped by their appearances. Even though the fact of Etemon being with them was hard to believe, but nevertheless, nothing could be explained at the moment.
"Gennai….." said TK shaking a little, "Why are you……" he pointed to Etemon, "Why is……" Gennai put his finger to his lip.
"I'll explain everything later. We have a lot to tell you and the others after we get out of here. It's very important." Gennai took out something from his pocket. It was a dead arachnid creature. It had been pierced through the belly, obviously by Gennai's sword.
"Thank God those nasty little things didn't ruin my beautiful face." Said Etemon.
"You got out of that damn slime just in time to save our asses, Gennai." Said Ogremon.
"They nearly got all of us." Said Leomon.
"Listen. We can't talk here. We have to get out of here now." Said Gennai.
"Wait! We still have to find Kari!" said Gatomon.
"What!" said Gennai.
"Kari's here too?" said Leomon, "We must find her!"
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It didn't take the seven searchers long to find Kari as they successfully managed to keep everything calm and still in the place. They hadn't been detected so far. Thank God. TK was the first one to approach the unconscious girl. Gennai and the others helped Kari out of the sticky slime. While Etemon just stood there with his arms crossed, snorting at his 'friends'. Little did he realize that his foolish arrogance was soon to lead him and the others of detection.
"Why the hell am I working with these twerps? I should be trying to get out of here myself! I don't need them!" Etemon then thought of an idea. He gave out an evil grin and slowly walked away from the crowd and tip toed through the long tunnels aimlessly.
Unfortunately for him that he managed to bump walk straight into a black xenomorph. Etemon fell back suddenly and was soon face to face with the teeth growling creature. It stared at him with full ferocity as Etemon paled in fear from its dripping saliva.
"AAAAAAAA!" Etemon's cry only signalled more xenomorphs to the gangs' location. Even the Queen herself awoke. But by now Kari was on Gennai's back, still asleep though. They all froze as they heard the cry of the Alien Queen, before more noises could be heard from all directions.
"Where's Etemon?" said Angemon. His question was answered when Etemon dashed into them, along with forty or so xenomorphs right behind his back. Gennai got out his sword again as the other Digimon began to prepare combat with the creatures. The xenomorphs managed to surround the heroes, they too were ready to attack, but then they suddenly caught sight of the young girl laying on the back Gennai. And in most astonishment, they began to back away.
"Gennai?"said Angemon looking at the creatures around him.
"What is it?"
"Why aren't they attacking us?" Angemon continued.
"I…..I…….I don't know." Said Gennai, still with his sword raised to the creatures.
"Never mind that." Said Gatomon.
"Let's just get out of here." Said TK. Everyone else agreed with the young boy's statement.
It didn't take a single hassle to get out of the Queen's hive. And the eight of them managed to escape from the cave, not realizing of the most unbearable terror they were carrying with them along the way.
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Author's note: Well, that's all for this chapter. I can't promise when I can get the next chapter out, but I'll try my best. But does anyone know the names of the other Digidestined around the globe, and what Digimon do they carry? Could somebody please e-mail with all the info? That'll be very helpful for my story. Thanks.