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When TK was dragged away, I collapsed into a chair. I felt like dirt. Even less than dirt. I was marrying the dirt!
"Really, Hikari, you'll see in time that it will not be as bad as you think. You'll have everything you could possibly hope for with me."
I didn't even look at him. I couldn't. I didn't say anything, either.
"When Alma comes back, I'll have her show you to your new room. I'm sure it will be to your liking."
More silence.
"Fine. If you won't speak to me, then I'll leave you for now. Dinner will be whenever you get hungry, dear." He walked out the door.
I shuddered. It was almost more than I could bear! He called me 'dear'! I ran over to the door to try and escape, but it was locked. I felt the tears in my eyes start up again, and I sat back down again, just letting the tears run down my face. It was all I could do.
Alma came back and took me down a few halls to what would be my room. She gave me a dirty look before pushing me in and locking the door.
"Kari!"
I turned around, and ran to go hug one of my best friends, someone I didn't think I'd ever see again. "Gatomon!"
"Kari, I missed you so much! Hey, what happened to you?"
"Don't ask, OK? What did he do with you?"
"He took all of us to these cages and locked us in there. We met this other digimon in there, an Otamamon. He said there was some other kid around her somewhere. And then he took the others away and told me that he'd spare me to be your pet!" She scowled and bared her claws, and I had to remind her that I was still holding her and that her claws were sharp.
"Kari, he said... he said that you were going to stay here. What did he mean?"
I sat on the bed. "Oh, Gatomon, it's terrible! He was threatening to kill Davis and TK unless I... unless I married him!"
"Kari, you didn't!"
"I had no choice. I couldn't let him do that to them."
"If I ever get my hands on that no-good, dirty, rotten..."
"Gatomon, why can't you just digivolve? Then we could get out of here!"
"No use... I've tried. I can't digivolve normally, and do you even have your D-terminal?"
I hadn't realized it until now, but I didn't have it! I didn't even have my D3. "I don't. He must've taken everything I had. Even my camera's gone! Not that I'd want to take any pictures here..."
We chit-chatted for awhile until I noticed that I was really hungry. I wasn't going to say anything since I really didn't want to have dinner with that Larzalere guy, but somehow, they knew. Alma came and got me and Gatomon and brought us to the dining room. I gasped when I saw the food. There was so much of it! Turkey with stuffing, ham, meatloaf, chicken noodle soup, beef soup, cheese soup, potato soup, mashed potatoes, twice baked potatoes, rolls, deviled eggs, steaming broccoli with cheese melted over it... I tried my best not to drool. It's like they had read my mind and prepared all of my favorite meals...
I sat down at the end of the table, and Gatomon sat next to me. Larzalere sat across from me. Alma didn't join us for dinner. Larzalere told me that she had "important business to take care of", whatever that meant.
"So, my Hikari, what do you think of this dinner?" I could feel him watching me, but at the moment I didn't really care since I was starving.
"This is delicious!" I said between mouthfuls. I remembered my manners and slowed down a little. I couldn't believe how good it all tasted! I also couldn't believe how much I ate! I felt like a pig, but I didn't feel like I usually did when I had eaten too much.
"How about dessert, Hikari?" I nodded to him, and he clicked his fingers.
His servants made me jump when I first saw them. They looked like little black imps, and they snarled at me as they passed with the dessert. I immediately forgot them when I saw what dessert was!
"Chocolate!" Not just chocolate... Every kind of chocolate you could possibly imagine! He must have really wanted me to like it there! As I ate, I noticed him get up and walk to the window. Actually, now that I think of it, I don't think he ate at all. I think he had just sat there watching me... Kind of creepy, actually...
I heard him mutter something, but I couldn't tell what it was. He was doing something, though... The same kind of thing he did when he made me older, but it was different somehow.
"What are you doing?"
"Fixing something." He wouldn't answer any of my other questions, so I let the subject drop. Eventually, I decided to change the subject.
"Why do you wear that mask?"
"I have my reasons."
"What do you look like without the mask?"
"Do you really want to know, Hikari, or are you just asking to be nice?"
I hesitated. "I'd like to know."
"Then I will take it off for you, Hikari."
I couldn't take my eyes off him as he took off that horrible mask...
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When TK was dragged away, I collapsed into a chair. I felt like dirt. Even less than dirt. I was marrying the dirt!
"Really, Hikari, you'll see in time that it will not be as bad as you think. You'll have everything you could possibly hope for with me."
I didn't even look at him. I couldn't. I didn't say anything, either.
"When Alma comes back, I'll have her show you to your new room. I'm sure it will be to your liking."
More silence.
"Fine. If you won't speak to me, then I'll leave you for now. Dinner will be whenever you get hungry, dear." He walked out the door.
I shuddered. It was almost more than I could bear! He called me 'dear'! I ran over to the door to try and escape, but it was locked. I felt the tears in my eyes start up again, and I sat back down again, just letting the tears run down my face. It was all I could do.
Alma came back and took me down a few halls to what would be my room. She gave me a dirty look before pushing me in and locking the door.
"Kari!"
I turned around, and ran to go hug one of my best friends, someone I didn't think I'd ever see again. "Gatomon!"
"Kari, I missed you so much! Hey, what happened to you?"
"Don't ask, OK? What did he do with you?"
"He took all of us to these cages and locked us in there. We met this other digimon in there, an Otamamon. He said there was some other kid around her somewhere. And then he took the others away and told me that he'd spare me to be your pet!" She scowled and bared her claws, and I had to remind her that I was still holding her and that her claws were sharp.
"Kari, he said... he said that you were going to stay here. What did he mean?"
I sat on the bed. "Oh, Gatomon, it's terrible! He was threatening to kill Davis and TK unless I... unless I married him!"
"Kari, you didn't!"
"I had no choice. I couldn't let him do that to them."
"If I ever get my hands on that no-good, dirty, rotten..."
"Gatomon, why can't you just digivolve? Then we could get out of here!"
"No use... I've tried. I can't digivolve normally, and do you even have your D-terminal?"
I hadn't realized it until now, but I didn't have it! I didn't even have my D3. "I don't. He must've taken everything I had. Even my camera's gone! Not that I'd want to take any pictures here..."
We chit-chatted for awhile until I noticed that I was really hungry. I wasn't going to say anything since I really didn't want to have dinner with that Larzalere guy, but somehow, they knew. Alma came and got me and Gatomon and brought us to the dining room. I gasped when I saw the food. There was so much of it! Turkey with stuffing, ham, meatloaf, chicken noodle soup, beef soup, cheese soup, potato soup, mashed potatoes, twice baked potatoes, rolls, deviled eggs, steaming broccoli with cheese melted over it... I tried my best not to drool. It's like they had read my mind and prepared all of my favorite meals...
I sat down at the end of the table, and Gatomon sat next to me. Larzalere sat across from me. Alma didn't join us for dinner. Larzalere told me that she had "important business to take care of", whatever that meant.
"So, my Hikari, what do you think of this dinner?" I could feel him watching me, but at the moment I didn't really care since I was starving.
"This is delicious!" I said between mouthfuls. I remembered my manners and slowed down a little. I couldn't believe how good it all tasted! I also couldn't believe how much I ate! I felt like a pig, but I didn't feel like I usually did when I had eaten too much.
"How about dessert, Hikari?" I nodded to him, and he clicked his fingers.
His servants made me jump when I first saw them. They looked like little black imps, and they snarled at me as they passed with the dessert. I immediately forgot them when I saw what dessert was!
"Chocolate!" Not just chocolate... Every kind of chocolate you could possibly imagine! He must have really wanted me to like it there! As I ate, I noticed him get up and walk to the window. Actually, now that I think of it, I don't think he ate at all. I think he had just sat there watching me... Kind of creepy, actually...
I heard him mutter something, but I couldn't tell what it was. He was doing something, though... The same kind of thing he did when he made me older, but it was different somehow.
"What are you doing?"
"Fixing something." He wouldn't answer any of my other questions, so I let the subject drop. Eventually, I decided to change the subject.
"Why do you wear that mask?"
"I have my reasons."
"What do you look like without the mask?"
"Do you really want to know, Hikari, or are you just asking to be nice?"
I hesitated. "I'd like to know."
"Then I will take it off for you, Hikari."
I couldn't take my eyes off him as he took off that horrible mask...
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Hooray! Another chapter is finally done! Hope you enjoyed it a lot!