Chapter 4
The golden rays of dawn crept through the Council Room's windows. Again, five chairs stood before us. Five regal figures sat in them. One door behind us; one door in front.
They had summoned us that morning. My hair, which had not been given it's usually morning manicure, was a little more wavy and frizzy then usual. D'Artagnan was only dressed in his pants and belt with sheathe. His metallic blue fur glistened in the sunlight.
"Thank you for coming to our aid humans and loyal diecotrans," the Dragon said. We all either bowed or nodded. I preformed my well practiced Caesar bow. The salute that a military person would give to the Caesar in charge that he was summoned to talk to.
"We have known of your comings for a while. The scrolls have foretold of your comings. We have awaited this day since Lokimon betrayed us." The Phoenix ruffled his feathers and continued, "You eight hold the key to this war. Weather it will be lost or won."
"'Weather it will be lost or won'?" Ed repeated, "Exactly what is it /these/ scrolls foretell!"
"/These/ scrolls foretell only what will come with what war. /These/ scrolls tell us not of how the war will end," the tiger said. I hit my self in the forehead with my hand. Edward was going to ruin everything.
"So, why do you learn the writing if it doesn't tell you what is to come in the end?!"
D'Artagnan asked me in the partner only speech.
I I heard D'Artagnan chuckle slightly at my comment.
"Our writings may not tell the end, but everything works out in the end. We anticipate that you will all have survived and that our empire and its people will remain safe." The turtle glared at him.
"Edward," I said in a horse whisper. He looked at me, "they don't like when people contest them. Don't try anything. Just listen to what they need to say."
Ed held back a grimace; then muttered under his breath, "Fine."
"Human, listen to my words," the Dragon said. "We have protected the portal to your planet ever since it was found. We know more about your different civilizations then you know. We have the real history written down when your people have failed to record the truth. So do not ask why we trust these scrolls. It would be like asking why we even trust you humans."
"Forgive Edward here. He is a bit frustrated with coming here reluctantly. Unless we can prove why he should stay, he will leave this world and go back to Earth." Mike said calmly. The Five stared down at us, their gaze seemed haunting. Antiramon's gaze soon turned ugly.
"Leave?" She questioned, "You would leave because you find no reason to fight? You would leave because you think that we have nothing to do with the way you live your life?! Do you know what will happen if Lokimon gets to your planet?! Where do we come in then?!"
"I have nothing to lose, but my life and my family. Also Porthos and I can hold them off." Edward retorted; I saw Porthos retract her ears. I don't think she has the same idea.
"We are through with you humans. You six can improve your skills. Pothos and her Tamer, you two can say your good byes, for we will not try to make you stay." The Dragon boomed at us.
We all bowed to them; their intense gazes at our backs as we left. I heard Porthos whine forlornly. Ed, however, restrained from talk as we headed to the Smokey Inn.
Time had passed quickly. Dawn had turned to dusk. Stars soon filled the sky. Athos pointed out constellations as we sat in an out side area by the Smokey Inn. Mike tried to record what constellation was what, along with the location of it in the night sky.
Ed and Porthos were still around. Edward sat quietly chewing on his sandwich. Porthos was snuggled under her husband's arm.
Lisa quickly swallowed down her soup that was her first meal in a day. This time, we were assured, it would stay down. A bandage still covered her head, and a walkin' stick sat near her.
"Enjoying your meal Tamer Lisa?" Aramis said, still not figuring out that when Lisa didn't want to be called Tamer Lisa she meant it. I rolled my eyes and dropped my spoon into my empty bowl.
"Yes," she said between mouthfuls of bread. The after gulping the bread down she said, "And don't call me that."
"Yes Tamer Lisa."
"Argh." Everyone but Lisa and Aramis started laughing.
Edward then cleaned his hand with his napkin. He looked around slowly. "Well Joan, I think I had fun while this lasted. It's a nice place, but I have no quarrel here." He got up and looked up at the sky. "Joan, some where's up there, there may be Earth. We may not be able to see it, but I bet it's up there. Hell Joan, we could be in an alternate universe! We... we could be billions of light years away from Earth. Come on Porthos, we're leaving."
I heard her whine and D'Artagnans clothes ruffle from moving her closer to him. "I said 'come on Porthos.'" I furrowed my brow at Ed's requests to his partner.
"I'm... I'm not coming." She said slowly and unconfidently.
"What?!"
"I'm not coming with you Ed. I'm finally home. I was looking for D'Artagnan when I met you. I didn't continue my search because I thought that if I had found a Tamer he was in good hands with his."
"Come Porthos, or I'm going with out you."
"No, go then. If I stop Lokimon here then you and your family will be safe."
"Listen Ed," I said getting up. He stared at me, "she said she's not coming. So leave her alone." His fist balled, he walked up to me. "She is not a slave to be bossed around."
"I never said she was. But I am her Tamer..."
"You say the words as if you were her owner." I told him calmly and looked deeply into his eyes. Ed was a head taller then me, but I wasn't scared.
"Listen, this is between me and her, and I never was going to force her to go. But I am not staying here with her. I'm leaving," he said about to turn. I reacted quickly and brought up an open hand. I swung it fast and my hand connected with his right cheek.
My hand stung, but I felt as if his cheek stung worse. "God damn it, what the... err." I heard Porthos wine and I immediately remembered the Human-Digimon Partner Connection to pain.
"Oh my God," I heard Lisa say, "She slapped him!" Yes she did state the obvious, but for good reason. I never slap people. I moved my hand as if I was going to strike him again only with the back hand. He flinched slightly.
I saw Ed smile slightly. "Well now, that was a first." He took his hand off his cheek and rolled his head around some.
Crack!
He turned back to me after cracking his neck. "You may not say you're a warrior, but you sure act like one." I glared at him. "Maybe," he said slowly with a grin, "there is a reason for me to stay." He turned to Porthos and they exchanged smiles.
"So... you're staying?" I asked cock-eyed.
"Yep," he smirked quickly and sat down.
"By Gaia," I said out loud, "I think I actually knocked some sense into him!"
The laugher of my friends mixed with the chirping insects in the darken air of twilight.
The golden rays of dawn crept through the Council Room's windows. Again, five chairs stood before us. Five regal figures sat in them. One door behind us; one door in front.
They had summoned us that morning. My hair, which had not been given it's usually morning manicure, was a little more wavy and frizzy then usual. D'Artagnan was only dressed in his pants and belt with sheathe. His metallic blue fur glistened in the sunlight.
"Thank you for coming to our aid humans and loyal diecotrans," the Dragon said. We all either bowed or nodded. I preformed my well practiced Caesar bow. The salute that a military person would give to the Caesar in charge that he was summoned to talk to.
"We have known of your comings for a while. The scrolls have foretold of your comings. We have awaited this day since Lokimon betrayed us." The Phoenix ruffled his feathers and continued, "You eight hold the key to this war. Weather it will be lost or won."
"'Weather it will be lost or won'?" Ed repeated, "Exactly what is it /these/ scrolls foretell!"
"/These/ scrolls foretell only what will come with what war. /These/ scrolls tell us not of how the war will end," the tiger said. I hit my self in the forehead with my hand. Edward was going to ruin everything.
"So, why do you learn the writing if it doesn't tell you what is to come in the end?!"
D'Artagnan asked me in the partner only speech.
I I heard D'Artagnan chuckle slightly at my comment.
"Our writings may not tell the end, but everything works out in the end. We anticipate that you will all have survived and that our empire and its people will remain safe." The turtle glared at him.
"Edward," I said in a horse whisper. He looked at me, "they don't like when people contest them. Don't try anything. Just listen to what they need to say."
Ed held back a grimace; then muttered under his breath, "Fine."
"Human, listen to my words," the Dragon said. "We have protected the portal to your planet ever since it was found. We know more about your different civilizations then you know. We have the real history written down when your people have failed to record the truth. So do not ask why we trust these scrolls. It would be like asking why we even trust you humans."
"Forgive Edward here. He is a bit frustrated with coming here reluctantly. Unless we can prove why he should stay, he will leave this world and go back to Earth." Mike said calmly. The Five stared down at us, their gaze seemed haunting. Antiramon's gaze soon turned ugly.
"Leave?" She questioned, "You would leave because you find no reason to fight? You would leave because you think that we have nothing to do with the way you live your life?! Do you know what will happen if Lokimon gets to your planet?! Where do we come in then?!"
"I have nothing to lose, but my life and my family. Also Porthos and I can hold them off." Edward retorted; I saw Porthos retract her ears. I don't think she has the same idea.
"We are through with you humans. You six can improve your skills. Pothos and her Tamer, you two can say your good byes, for we will not try to make you stay." The Dragon boomed at us.
We all bowed to them; their intense gazes at our backs as we left. I heard Porthos whine forlornly. Ed, however, restrained from talk as we headed to the Smokey Inn.
Time had passed quickly. Dawn had turned to dusk. Stars soon filled the sky. Athos pointed out constellations as we sat in an out side area by the Smokey Inn. Mike tried to record what constellation was what, along with the location of it in the night sky.
Ed and Porthos were still around. Edward sat quietly chewing on his sandwich. Porthos was snuggled under her husband's arm.
Lisa quickly swallowed down her soup that was her first meal in a day. This time, we were assured, it would stay down. A bandage still covered her head, and a walkin' stick sat near her.
"Enjoying your meal Tamer Lisa?" Aramis said, still not figuring out that when Lisa didn't want to be called Tamer Lisa she meant it. I rolled my eyes and dropped my spoon into my empty bowl.
"Yes," she said between mouthfuls of bread. The after gulping the bread down she said, "And don't call me that."
"Yes Tamer Lisa."
"Argh." Everyone but Lisa and Aramis started laughing.
Edward then cleaned his hand with his napkin. He looked around slowly. "Well Joan, I think I had fun while this lasted. It's a nice place, but I have no quarrel here." He got up and looked up at the sky. "Joan, some where's up there, there may be Earth. We may not be able to see it, but I bet it's up there. Hell Joan, we could be in an alternate universe! We... we could be billions of light years away from Earth. Come on Porthos, we're leaving."
I heard her whine and D'Artagnans clothes ruffle from moving her closer to him. "I said 'come on Porthos.'" I furrowed my brow at Ed's requests to his partner.
"I'm... I'm not coming." She said slowly and unconfidently.
"What?!"
"I'm not coming with you Ed. I'm finally home. I was looking for D'Artagnan when I met you. I didn't continue my search because I thought that if I had found a Tamer he was in good hands with his."
"Come Porthos, or I'm going with out you."
"No, go then. If I stop Lokimon here then you and your family will be safe."
"Listen Ed," I said getting up. He stared at me, "she said she's not coming. So leave her alone." His fist balled, he walked up to me. "She is not a slave to be bossed around."
"I never said she was. But I am her Tamer..."
"You say the words as if you were her owner." I told him calmly and looked deeply into his eyes. Ed was a head taller then me, but I wasn't scared.
"Listen, this is between me and her, and I never was going to force her to go. But I am not staying here with her. I'm leaving," he said about to turn. I reacted quickly and brought up an open hand. I swung it fast and my hand connected with his right cheek.
My hand stung, but I felt as if his cheek stung worse. "God damn it, what the... err." I heard Porthos wine and I immediately remembered the Human-Digimon Partner Connection to pain.
"Oh my God," I heard Lisa say, "She slapped him!" Yes she did state the obvious, but for good reason. I never slap people. I moved my hand as if I was going to strike him again only with the back hand. He flinched slightly.
I saw Ed smile slightly. "Well now, that was a first." He took his hand off his cheek and rolled his head around some.
Crack!
He turned back to me after cracking his neck. "You may not say you're a warrior, but you sure act like one." I glared at him. "Maybe," he said slowly with a grin, "there is a reason for me to stay." He turned to Porthos and they exchanged smiles.
"So... you're staying?" I asked cock-eyed.
"Yep," he smirked quickly and sat down.
"By Gaia," I said out loud, "I think I actually knocked some sense into him!"
The laugher of my friends mixed with the chirping insects in the darken air of twilight.