IMPORTANT
Hi! Sorry if I haven't updated this sooner but I'm moving to NYC. So I had to start packing and moving a bunch of cardboard boxes from Long Island to Manhattan over the weekend, not exactly what I want to be doing on my Labor Day weekend but it's not like I have a choice.
Due to this unsuspected move, I won't have a computer available for most of September. Although I would love to continue to post stories on the web, I'm going to find the task to be quite difficult without a computer. Sorry, but I won't be able to finish this fic in time, you'll have to wait at least until October or until I have a computer available. I'm terribly sorry but there really is nothing I can do.
There is hope, however, because my mom has a laptop, so I might be able to write there, but school is starting, and that computer is so slow that I don't think I'll have the time. You'll just have to see, I promise I will try not to leave you guys hanging.
Now, for those of you who don't give a flying fig about the those three paragraphs, on to the next chapter!
Disclaimer: I don't own digimon blah, blah, blah but the plot is mine.
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Chapter 9
Tk's Trial
Mimi gripped at her Phoenix's feathers with nervous fingers. Flying was an interesting feeling. There were some things she hated about it. The heights, the cold, and Izzy who kept throwing up in back all the time. There was also the nagging fear of falling, the fear of plunging down thousands of feet until you're body splattered on the ground below. She tried not to think about that.
Other than that, flying was amazing. There was this wind that seemed to bring everything to life. Mimi's hair, the bird's feathers, Tai's cloak. It ruffled everything; it seemed to make nonliving things move with vigor and life. She liked the wind. It played with her hair and it gave her the feeling of happy playfulness, which she had lost so long ago, along with her childhood.
There was also this dazzling sun. As it lowered towards the horizon, it went from yellow, to gold, and finally to red. It sent out streaks of orange and pink light as the sky went from blue to red. Clouds turned pink and the entire sky seemed to be glowing with unknown purpose and wonder. It was beautiful. Mimi had never been one who cared for simple things like a sunset, but now she was awestruck.
Maybe it was the height at which they were flying that made the sunset even more spectacular. The snow capped mountains that were usually hidden by the clouds could now be seen, and the white caps slowly went pink, just like the clouds. Also, the houses and trees below were all illuminated in orange light, and the water sparkled and reflected the gorgeous colors.
The Phoenix flew in the direction of the sun. West, towards Ti. Although it looked beautiful, the trip they were taking was dangerous, and once they arrived at the Military Outpost of Ty, they would be in incredible danger. The simple prospect of arriving in Ti was so dangerous, that Mimi thought it wouldn't be right to arrive in this gorgeous sunset. She didn't think that something so beautiful should be marred with the war that was about to begin, this is why they hesitated.
She insisted that they wait until the sun had set. None of them agreed, but they were all amazed by the show of colors that the sun was making. Even Izzy, while he wasn't puking, was gazing at the red orb that was slowly disappearing behind the mountains.
So they waited. Until the sun went down, hidden behind the mountains. They waited, until the last golden streaks of light faded. They waited, until the sky went navy blue, and finally pitch black. They waited, until the sun surrendered to the sea, miles away, and plunged the world into to darkness.
It was under a black sky that the Phoenix picked up the pace, and flew at full speed towards Ti. Fido flew ever so silently. As quite as the night itself, the only illumination available was starlight, at least until the full moon rose.
It was under a black sky that they landed at the gates of Ti and began talking to the highest military generals and knights of the kingdom. It was under a black sky, that Ty officially declared ware on the Kingdom of the Rancid-Orgs.
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It was also under a black sky, that Tk was rudely deposited by Harry's feet in Blackball. The journey to Blackball had been long and smelly, propelled only by farts. Tk had big red marks around his waist where the Org had been holding him. Tk had come here out of his own will. He needed a plan. He hoped one would come to him. But now, as he looked into the dark eyes of Harry Penis, Tk was completely clueless, not to mention scared.
"Well, Tk. It looks like I've caught you after all." Harry said as a big ugly smile spread across his big ugly face. Tk was going to say something sarcastic, but the words didn't come out. So Harry continued, "You've been a big pain in the ass to look after. I was afraid that information about Operation Rip Apart would leak out. At least now you're here and I won't have to worry about that anymore."
Tk once again tried to reply but the words just won't form. His tongue was frozen. So Harry pulled out a sack of gold and said. "Do you know what this is Tk? In this little sack, there are 100 pounds of gold. Pretty heavy huh? This is you're life's worth. You are worth exactly 100 pounds of gold."
Tk managed to blurt out, "What do you mean?"
"You see Tk, I sent a message out through the kingdom. I said you were a refugee. A criminal. Since everyone believes that you escaped from the Kingdom of the Rancid-Orgs, they thought it was ok to kill you. And I said whoever kills Tk will have this bag of gold. Since I am an Org of my word. I will give this bag to whoever kills you, but since I'm going to be the one killing you, the bag stays with me."
Tk grumbled with fury. He was being killed for money, his life was worth nothing in the eyes of the Orgs. He was simply something that was worth 100 pounds of gold. All Harry saw was the gold, not the sweet innocent boy he was about to kill.
At that point, images of people he knew flashed into his mind, Tai, Sora, his brother, Mimi, and Kari. People he knew for so little and yet, now he was going to act with these people in his heart. He would carry their names with him, even to his death. He could not surpass Harry alone, he would do it with the help of his friends. He would pass his trial with his friends.
Now he would speak with his brother in is heart and as he spoke these words, he drew strength from Matt, "Tell me Harry, at least you owe me this much, why did you kidnap my brother and me. Why did you do it?"
"I did it in order to prevent you from becoming King. You know nothing about Ty now! You could never become King! I have accomplished what I set out to do. That is remove the future King of Ty from the throne."
"It doesn't make sense!" Tk yelled. Harry looked surprised. Tk continued, "It makes no sense. If you're going to destroy Ty, who cares if the future king is there or not. Even if you didn't kidnap me Operation Rip Apart would still have worked. Tell me why you kidnapped me!" Tk was talking with passion that he had never used before, it was Matt talking with him that made his voice richer and more meaningful
Harry, who had never been talked to this way before, was shocked, and a bit scared. He answered Tk to his surprise.
"I kidnapped you because of you're mother." Harry said.
"What?!?!" it seemed so absurd, that for a moment Tk thought that Harry was kidding. But Harry was dead serious. More serious than ever.
"I was in love with your mother." Harry said.
"..."
"I know what you're thinking, you're thinking it's impossible for an Org to love a human. But I did love her! It was sick how much I loved her! But she didn't want me. She thought I was fat, ugly, and stupid."
"But you are fat, ugly and stu-"
"SHUT UP! Anyway even after I did all these nice things for her, she chose your father, the King of Ty, over me. Well, actually he chose her. I hated him for that. I hated her for that. Love turned into hate, and I vowed that I would wreck her family. So I kidnapped her children and I killed her. Her husband, your father, went insane and now all he does is sleep with hookers. He is in no position to rule the kingdom. So I now wreck my revenge on your mother's family. I feel no pity for her, or you, or your brother, or your father. I'll kill you and that will drive your brother insane. After that, Operation Rip Apart will take care of Ty, and I can rule in the place of your father. Because if your mother wanted to marry a king, then I shall become one!"
Tk stood still, slowly taking all of this in, "So that's why." He said, "That's why you want to rule the kingdom. Not because you want power, but because of jealousy. You want to take the place of my mom's lover, her husband, my father. You killed her. You killed her! You fiend! I hate you! I'll never forgive you. Ever! I'll stop you, and my friends will stop Operation Rip Apart. We will beat you. I will beat you! I swear, I swear on the fact that I should rightfully be the King of Ty!"
Harry laughed, "Brave words my boy! But I think you're living in a fairy tale. You can't beat me. You'll be dead by tomorrow. Now go get some sleep. You have to be in tip-top shape for you're execution."
Two Orgs walked into the room and roughly shoved Tk into a dungeon. At that moment, Mimi was in his head, he was thinking through her, just like he had spoken with Matt in his heart a few minutes ago. Matt was in his heart, Mimi was in his head, and now he had to use her. In the depths of his mind, he was fermenting a plan. It was slowly coming clearer to him, and with Mimi's help, he thought like an ASS Investigator. The plan slowly got bigger and he kept on perfecting it until it was flawless.
He had a plan, now her only had to use it when the right moment came.
***
Back at Ti, it was around 10:00 pm. The Military Outpost looked scary in the dark. Big black cannons loomed in the darkness. Thousands of hung swords reflected light from their cold blades, and many other weapons lay carefully hung around the room. This was the weaponry, where all the military weapons of Ty are kept. It was here that Tai and the others explained the situation. They were talking to General Butt-Cheeks, she was the head of the Knights of the Round Table of Ty.
"You see, General Butt-Cheeks." Tai explained, "Operation Rip Apart is based on the powerful farts of the Orgs. The farts are so strong, they create powerful shockwaves that can crack mountains. In order to stop Operation Rip Apart, we must stop the farts. To do that we need this." He pulled out a small pill of Gas-X. "We were hoping that you could turn this Gas-X into a weapon that could stop the Orgs from farting."
General Butt-Cheeks nodded but she was still a bit confused, "Even if we do stop the farting, it won't destroy the Orgs. We need to render them useless too in order to stop the Operation."
"That's were the folk dancing comes in!" Tai said, "Folk dances cause Orgs to go into chronic crapping disorder. If we could teach the Knights of the Round Table of Ty how to folk dance while fighting the Orgs, then the Orgs would all self-destruct due to the chronic crapping disorder."
General Butt-Cheeks didn't exactly know what "self-destruct" meant. But she agreed to get lessons for her knights on how to folk dance. The only person that could teach the knights how to folk dance would be Mr. Homo Sexual. He was a criminal, so General Butt-Cheeks would have to instigate force, but she would deal with the problem when it came.
"Alright." She said, "I'll get straight to work on developing the Gas-X weapon. Just one question, who are you all, and how did you get that beautiful Phoenix?"
Tai responded, "Of course how rude. I'm Tai, son of the King' s Royal Shoe Shiner and a member of the Knights of the Round Table of Ty. This is my sister Kari, she's wearing an invisibility thong. This is my girlfriend Sora, she's a sprite from Aros and she uses kick-ass magic. Mimi here is an ASS Investigator, she's really smart, but Izzy here is even smarter, he's a genius from Ju-Ju-Hick and he works in Ju-Ju laboratories, he invented the condom. This is Matt, former member of the Blubber-Stitch. He is, in reality, the Prince of Ty, but he was kidnapped long ago by Harry Penis so now he's just a fighter like me."
General Butt-Cheeks had never seen such a strange band of teenagers. "Well." She said after she recovered from her surprise, "this is an interesting group you have here. How did you get the Phoenix?"
"It was actually my blind pigeon. But he turned into a Phoenix after we defeated the evil in the haunted woods of despair." Said Mimi.
General Butt-Cheek's jaw dropped, "You defeated the evil in the haunted woods of despair?"
"Yes, that's how we got the Gas-X." Mimi replied.
The General thought for a moment, "Ok, I'm going to trust you people. It's not everyday I run into a bunch of teenagers who claim they have defeated an evil that no one else has even come close to. So I'm going to enlist you."
"I'm not sure I understand." Said Tai. General Butt-Cheeks continued talking, "Tai and Matt will join my army of knights and you will train with me. Mimi is an ASS Investigator, she will train according to what the Aros Sleuth Society tells her to do." General Butt-Cheeks paused for a minute then spoke again, "Mimi, if you can, please get Homo Sexual and bring him here. He needs to teach the knights folk dancing. Sora, you get help from Aros. Go ask other sprites if they can lend a hand in battle."
Both Sora and Mimi nodded, then General Butt-Cheeks turned her attention to Izzy, "I want Izzy to help us develop a weapon that will use Gas-X." Izzy said that he would be delighted to do so.
The only person that was left without a job was Kari, so she gave herself one.
"I'm going to get Tk." She said.
"No you're not." Said Tai, he almost thought she was joking.
"Who's Tk?" Asked the General. They explained everything, including that Tk was the heir to the throne, and that he was now in the hands of Harry penis.
"I have to find him." Said Kari, "when I do I'll bring him back here."
Tai was about to protest, but General Butt-Cheeks thought it was a great idea. She thought that Kari was well protected while she was invisible, and she did have a gun. Tai had no choice but to wave and see his sister disappear in the darkness, heading for the Kingdom of the Rancid-Orgs.
Tai and Matt had the hardest jobs yet. They had to join the Knights of the Round Table of Ty. That would have been a good thing, except General Butt-Cheeks was training them. General Butt-Cheeks was the toughest general that Ty could muster. She had this test that she put all her knights through, she calls the test "Three Days in Hell".
There are three things that Tai and Matt had to do in the test-Three Days in Hell. On the first day, they had to do 5,678 back-flips (one after another) on their knees holding a knife between their teeth while singing the French national anthem. They had to start over if one of them cut his tongue with the knife while singing.
On the second day, they had to climb all of the Measly Mountains twice, barefoot and running with bowling balls attached to their feet while reading Dante's Divine Comedy. If they didn't finish reading the book by the time they climbed all the mountains they would have to start over.
Finally on the third day, they had to cross the kingdom on horseback, riding the horse upside-down with a sword in each hand, arms out with buckets full of water hung on each arm and three bottles of water in between their legs. They had to stay upside-down on the horse, riding it by holding the reins in their mouths. The horses would be bucking like crazy and if they either Tai or Matt fell off or spilled a single drop of water they had to start over. Once they passed Three Days in Hell, the real training would begin.
Compared to this, Sora, Mimi, and Izzy had very simple things to do. Kari maybe, was doing the most dangerous thing. As Tai and Matt dreaded the next day, the day of the test, Tk had his own test that he would have to pass.
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Just as Tk was about to fall asleep. The door to the dungeon opened and an Org came in. The Org grabbed Tk and shoved him out of the building and into the cold night air.
"Where are you taking me?" Tk mumbled groggily with sleep.
"To your execution."
Tk gasped. So soon? He didn't even have a chance to put his plan in motion. All he could do was follow the Org through the darkness. There was a full moon out, and Tk saw the Org lead him out of Blackball. They walked for an hour and finally came to the banks of the Moo-Moo River. Harry was there, and he looked very happy.
"Welcome Tk, to your execution. Let me explain a little how it goes. It is now 11:00 pm. You will be tortured until midnight, if you don't die first. At exactly 12:00 we will make you walk the plank and you will be fed to the cow-sharks. Any questions?" Harry asked this as a rhetorical question, so he was surprised when Tk spoke.
"What if I survive?"
"Huh?" Harry didn't understand.
"What if I survive the cow-sharks, then what?" Tk was trying to buy time. His hope lasted in one thing. Tk noticed that the sack with 100 pounds of gold was next to Harry. Maybe Tk could use that to his advantage.
"I don't think you will survive, but if you do...I won't kill you, I'll make you my slave." Harry said. Although it was obvious that Tk would not survive the cow-sharks, they were vicious.
"Ok." Said Tk trying to buy more time, "how are you going to torture me? I think I have a right to know." If Tk could waste time until midnight, he had a chance. He definitely didn't want to be tortured to death.
Harry sighed, "Very well I'll tell you. First an Org will start farting on you non-stop, then another Org will crap on you and we'll watch the acidic poop eat into your clothes and skin. Finally, both Orgs will rape you. Then If you're still alive, I toss you into the Moo-Moo River and we watch as the cow-sharks devour you. Happy now?"
Tk did not want to be exposed to an Org fart, he didn't want to be crapped on by an Org either and he definitely didn't want to be rapped. He had to think fast.
"What will you do after you kill me?" Tk asked desperate for time.
By now, Harry had wised up to Tk's trick, "Stop buying time!" He yelled, "begin the torture."
Before Tk could think, a huge Org loomed out of the darkness and smiled an evil, toothless grin. Then he farted. The fart was so loud and smelly that it knocked Tk to the ground. The Org got into a crouching position over Tk as if to fart again. Tk screamed helplessly. At that moment, a picture of Tai flashed into his head. Tai's strength, Tai's courage, that's what Tk needed now. Tk felt Tai in his muscles, just like he had felt Matt in his heart and Mimi in his mind.
Tk took a deep breath and held it. The Org farted again. There was a shockwave which hurt Tk, but at least he didn't have the foul smell. When Tk released his breath, only a faint stench remained in the air. Tk realized that if he held his breath the moment the Org farted, he didn't have to put up with the smell, and he was getting used to the shockwaves. Besides, there was at least a ten second pause between each fart. Tk would be ok.
Harry realized that farts were not having a lot of effect. This made him mad. He ran over to the Org that was farting on Tk. Harry unleashed a massive punch that sent the Org sprawling into the river. The cow-sharks ate him in three seconds flat.
"Next." Said Harry rather calmly and another Org loomed out of the darkness. This Org was completely naked. Tk shielded his eyes in disgust. The big fat Org crouched over Tk. Tk would not have this, he would not be crapped on. He felt Tai's strength flow through his muscles along with Mimi's clever planning. He put himself in a lying position on his back and using all the strength he could muster, he kicked the Org's ass...literally.
Tk's foot got stuck in the Org's rectum. The Org screamed in pain. Not only did the kick make the org numb with pain, but now he couldn't take a dump, the passage was blocked by Tk's shoe. The Org screamed as the poop built up inside him. Finally, the pressure was so great that the Org exploded. Blood, body parts, and crap flew all over the place. Harry screamed as a big lump of shit flew in his face. The acid in the waste product dug into his face. Tk was luckier, he shielded his face just in time.
After Harry washed his face with water from the river he glared at Tk.
"Alright you little bastard, the cow-sharks will deal with you!" Tk tried to get up, but Harry was on top of him in a second. Punching, kicking, biting, Harry gave Tk a good complete beating. Tk would have died if it wasn't for the strength he was drawing from Tai.
When Harry was done, Tk had countless cuts and bruises and a mighty headache, but nothing was broken. Harry picked him up roughly, along with the sack full of gold and he began walking up a steep cliff. Although Tk was only half-conscious, he knew that Harry was going to throw him off the cliff: into the Moo-Moo River.
When Harry got to the top of the cliff, he put the bag down and threw Tk on the ground. "Say goodbye you little shit-head." Said Harry with pure evil in his voice. Tk sighed deeply, Harry was going to kick him into the river. Tk drew the last of Tai's strength as Harry kicked him and sent him flying down the cliff.
That's when the magic happened. Tk thought about two people. Sora and Kari. As he thought about Kari he knew he couldn't die, Kari was in his soul. He needed her. He wanted her. If he died now, all of his efforts would be for nothing, and he would never see Kari again. He would have to survive, for Kari. She was in his soul, Matt was in his heart, Mimi was in his mind, and Tai was in his muscles. What about Sora? Sora was in his wings. Wings? Tk felt the magic surge through him. And all of a sudden, he stopped. In midair, he simply stopped a few inches from the edge of the cliff where he was going to bash his head and would later fall dead into the river.
Then Tk felt an incredible pain between his shoulder blades. It lasted for only a second and then he felt a weird feeling. He was rising. As if defying gravity itself he rose, with little effort. Of course he couldn't see the wings that had grown on his back, not now anyway. When he did notice the wings, he was shocked with puzzlement and happiness. How and why did he grow wings? Sora would know. It was a mystery just like the one of Fido rising from the ashes as a Phoenix. It was magic that protected living creatures who were not supposed to die. Strange magic, unexplainable magic. Magic that would slowly fade away as people lacked faith in it. But Tk had faith. He knew that he wasn't going to die, for Kari's sake. When Fido got burned up by the evil Phoenix, perhaps he knew that he wasn't going to die, for Mimi's sake.
It was magic deep and shrouded in mystery that seemed only to work when and how it wanted to, and it was powered by love. Magic like that today is long but forgotten.
But it wasn't forgotten then. Here was Tk, with newly grown wings, rising like an angel above the cliff to Harry's utter hatred and astonishment.
"How? HOW?" Harry was muttering on the verge of madness.
Tk landed. His wings withered away back into his spine. He was to tired to keep them. He found the last bits of strength in his muscles and he summoned them. With one huge breath he hauled up the 100 pound sack full of gold and he held it high over his head. Harry lumbered towards Tk with rage but Tk found the strength to speak.
"Don't move or it goes over." Tk said. Harry stopped in his tracks. Tk continued to talk, "You've stuck yourself to my life like an ugly leech! You ruined my childhood and you were going to ruin my adolescence. You were consumed by hatred and in your killing frenzy, you took the life of my mother."
Tk staggered but kept the bag high over his head. He took lots of deep breaths. The moonlight shone clearly on his face. He had a cut under his left eye and his forehead was badly bruised but his blue eyes were sparkling. Tears streamed down his face from pain that was both physical and emotional but he continued to speak, "You drove my poor father to insanity and stupidity. You put my brother into a clan where he ate nothing but mushrooms and his IQ dropped by about ten points. You've succeeded in wrecking my family, and for that I can never forgive you." Tk had to stop again, his speech was labored and he thought he was going to pass out. But he had to keep talking. His legs started to buckle under the weight of the gold but he stopped them. In the moonlight his face seemed to give off heroic radiance. The fact that he was wounded seemed to add to his beauty. So in his heroic radiance, he gave the last part of his speech:
"You've weighed my life out in the terms of gold! In your eyes I've been nothing more than a scale to your money! In your lust for gold, you've bribed and cheated people into killing me. This bag of gold should belong to me, since you say I am worth exactly 100 pounds of gold. Let me tell you, I'm worth more than 100,000 pounds of gold! My life is not something you can sell, it isn't something you can destroy either. Although you've made my life a living hell, you won't do so anymore.
"Even though this gold should be mine, I will give it to you. Take your stupid money and be gone from my life! If you want the gold, go get it!" With that he tossed the bag over the side of the cliff.
"NO!" Harry screamed and he dove after the gold. Tk watched as Harry's body was impaled upon a jagged rock, and the corpse slowly fell into the river toward the awaiting cow-sharks.
Tk smiled. He had completed his trial, but he was on the brink of death. He collapsed to the ground, his strength spent. He thought he was hallucinating when he saw Kari approach him. But the hug that she gave him seemed real enough.
"Oh Tk." she whispered softly in his ear, "you were wonderful! You're so brave, think of how much you've accomplished! I'm so happy you got rid of Harry. Don't worry Tk. It's all over now, I'll take care of you." She gently caressed his tear stained cheeks. She bent over and kissed his lips softly. Then she noticed the cut under his eye. She gasped, "Oh you're hurt!" Tk rolled his eyes in a 'no duh' kind of way, but then he smiled as heard what she had said, "I'll take care of you."
She smiled too and she kissed him again, he would have smiled again but his lips were slightly busy. After a while, she lay down next him and they fell asleep together under the stars and the moon.
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So I've ended yet another chapter with sap, gag. I probably will be able to continue updating if I can get my hands on a computer. Anyway, I hope you liked this chapter.
In the next chapter I'll write about how Tai and Matt do in the test Three Days in Hell, it will be very funny. I should have that chapter up soon, if not just be patient. I will update if not tomorrow, in a couple of days.
Remember to review. Bye.
