Henrika: A Tale of Two Tamers

Chapter 9



Henry slowly opened his eyes. He found himself floating in a void, surrounded by letters and numbers. Terriermon was right there next to him. He'd been nudging at Henry, trying to get him to wake up.

"Terriermon? What… is this place?"

"I don't know. It kinda looks like a calculator threw up!"

"I wonder, could this be the Digital World?"

"Well it sure ain't Oz!"

The next thing they knew, Henry and Terriermon found themselves standing in the middle of what appeared to be a desert. Henry stared up into the sky. It was covered with a thick fog. Henry then looked around him. He was surrounded by fog. Yet, the fog seemed to be expanding outwards. As it did, more and more of the desert became visible.

"It's like we're still in the Digital Field," observed Henry, "only it's getting bigger. I don't like the looks of this Terriermon. I don't like the looks of this one bit!"

Just then, Henry's digivice began beeping like crazy. He pulled it out of his pocket to take a look.

"It's the compass," said Henry. "It's pointing in the direction straight ahead. I wonder what's over there?"

"Maybe it's pointing to that castle!" suggested Terriermon.

"Castle? What castle?"

Henry looked ahead. As the digital fog continued to move away, a huge castle became visible.

"Oh, that castle."

Henry's digivice beeped again. The compass displayed an image of Rika's face.

"Hmm. Well I guess that means Rika is in the castle. I didn't know this thing could track humans as well. Come on Terriermon, we've got a castle to storm!"

"I'm right behind ya chief!"

And so, the two heroes proceeded quickly on foot towards the target of their destination.

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Not far away, two other figures were busy with a mission of their own. Yamaki and Riley had just finished locking down the large piece of machinery to the ground. Riley entered in a code and a green light began flashing.

"Yuggoth bomb is armed and ready sir," said Riley. "And we got it done with 45 minutes to spare!"

"Excellent. All we have to do now is make sure we're clear of the fog barrier when this thing goes off. Looks like we're going live to enjoy our first real victory against these digital terrors after all."

Yamaki looked over at Riley. The expression on her face suggested that she wanted to say something.

"Go on Riley, spit it out."

"Well sir, I was just thinking that maybe later tonight, if you weren't doing anything else, that we could perhaps 'celebrate' this victory together?"

"Hmm, an interesting proposition Riley. We've both worked long and hard protecting the world from the scum of the Net. I suppose that a little 'celebrating' would be appropriate. After all…"

But before he could finish, Yamaki caught something out of the corner of his eye: two figures moving very quickly. He removed his shades to get a better look.

"What? That's Wong's kid! What's he doing here?"

"I don't know sir, but he'd better not stay here for too long. Otherwise, he'll be deleted as well!"

"Stay here with the bomb. I'll take care of this myself!"

TO BE CONTINUED