Strangers in a Strange Land, Pt. 1
Who were they? He did not know; nor at this time did he care. They were kids, seven of them. They had come a few weeks ago and they had been fighting their way through the Digital-World. It had been six years since the completion of the Digital-World, and no one, not even Oikawa himself, had entered. These were strangers, and they were in a strange land. A strange and very dangerous land. A land that he had created.
They all were doing very well. They had defeated a great evil, Devimon. The balance of the Digital-World was extremely out of control. There had been no sign of Chaos for years, but he knew that he was there, and he had a feeling that he had something to do with these strangers. They had been told by Leomon, a great leader set up and put into power by Chaos (that was actually the last Oikawa had seen of his creation), that they were something called "The Digidestined" and that they would save this world from evil. But why, it was Chaos's job, not some group of kids called the Digidestined. Chaos and the Counsel Druids.
But it didn't matter. A lot had gone wrong in the past six years. One Counsel Druid, by the name of Gennai, had broken free of his duties some how, some how his programming had become corrupt. He was a guardian, there were ten total and they were the first to be programmed. Soon they would follow...he knew that. That was just after the completion of the Digital-World.
Oikawa stopped watching the strangers for a few moments. As he walked away from the computer screen he remembered something. A year ago there had been another group of kids battling an evil of some kind, he had almost forgotten it. He knew that Chaos had had something to do with that, Oikawa had met with the Counsel over it. They did not know what was going on and Chaos would only say the he had brought them here. He returned to the computer with a fresh pot of coffee. Gennai had contacted these new ones as well as the old. He was very smart, that much was clear...but Oikawa did not like his defiance of the Counsel. Gennai had not mentioned the Counsel to either groups of kids. Reaching into his pocket he pulled out the picture of Hiroaki, the sides now black and wrinkled.
"There are kids in there now. They are coming, more of them. I can feel it." One brief pause, and then "We were supposed to be the first. Not them. It's ours, not theirs!" Another problem that had occurred shortly after the completion of the Digital-World was a being known as The Great Informant. He had appeared less then six months before the fist kids. He was very powerful. So powerful that the head of the Counsel had offered to step down and give total control of the Digital-World to him. But he had refused; he made himself a place just below Chaos but above the Counsel Druids. There he stayed and watched, overseeing all that happened in the Digital-World. Chaos was, at any given time, the most powerful known being in the Digital-World. Oikawa knew for sure that this was true. But The Great Informant possessed great power. He could defeat Chaos, and the Counsel, if he wanted to. But the thing with Gennai was what puzzled him the most. How could the programming for one Druid be wrong to the point that he had broken free; not even the Counsel, or Chaos, could free the Druids if they wanted to. Gennai was freed shortly before The Great Informant showed up, maybe...just maybe he set Gennai free. Also around that time he had seen changes in his programming. Tracking it back to the source he discovered that a group of college kids somewhere in Japan had hacked his system. They had made many changes, many additions, most good...some bad; Oikawa, however, was far beyond the point where he cared. The Digital-World had been out of his control for years. Now he was no more than an observer, on the outside looking in. Constantly probing for holes. The kids were now nearing a battle with Myotismon at this point, it did not look good. Myotismon was planning something big, maybe he could open a porthole to Earth...
The weeks passed in the Digital-World and now Oikawa was sure. Myotismon was coming to Earth. He would go out and find the porthole, go threw it, and reach his goal; his creation. It would be very, very soon. Probably within the next five minutes, Earth time.
He was driving at a steady speed towards Heighten View Terrace, the radio was going. The clock read 3:30 pm. Then a flash, bright but fast, so fast that it was almost unnoticeable. He radio went to static, glancing down at the clock he saw that it was flashing 12:00. Then his car died. At first he was panic-stricken. Trying to start his car, his whole intent was to find that porthole, he didn't know where it would open at, he didn't know when it would open. Then when his car would not start he looked up. What he saw amazed him; every car on the road had gone dead, traffic lights were flashing red, yellow, and green in random orders. There was a three car pileup at the intersection ahead of him, cars going to fast had hit each other. There was a door open on the car in front of him, the driver was laying on the ground blood pouring steadily from his neck. Oikawa decided to check on him.
He got out of the car and walked over to the body. The first thing he checked was the neck, what he saw did not surprise him. The great vain had been punctured, twice, by long, pointed, teeth.
"Damnit!" He yelled at the body as if it was the cause for every bad thing that had ever happened to him. It was to late, he had missed the porthole. But that didn't matter anymore. Now he must concentrate on staying alive while these creatures attacked the city. He didn't know what they were looking for, but he was sure that there was a reason for being here, if there wasn't then he felt that he had made a terrible mistake in creating the Digital-World.
There must be a purpose, he thought to himself as he worked his was home. He saw them once on his way. A group of dark shadows lurking in dark corners, moving slowly through the town looking for a place outside the public eye. A place where they could conduct their search, and plan their destruction. He wanted to follow and observe them, but that would undoubtedly be suicide. He had already seen one victim of their kind evil and he knew that he would see many more before his life ended.
Upon arriving back at his house he immediately logged into his server and found the recordings of everything that had happened for the past week. He saw it all, he knew exactly why they were there. Another child had been chosen, someone else would be going to the digital world. More strangers in this strange land. Someone else that going to the Digital-World before him, unless he got to her first...