Disclaimer: Once again I say that I don't own digimon! (Looks up at the
stormy sky) There! You happy now you great beings that do own digimon!
(Many curses fall from lips) Come on now Mr. Knight, it's time for bed.
(Orderlie punctures my are with a syringe) Oookayyy thennn, nighty night
(I become unconscious and am carried back to my room)
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"What took you so long?" asked Pinmon as soon as I returned. "Sorry, I was talking to somebody." I said as I poured the pot of water over the small flames and embers of the fire. Pinmon then took the pot and stashed it into his bag. "Who?" he asked as he hoisted his bag to his shoulders. "It was a Gatomon." I said. "What did it want?" he asked. "It didn't want anything," I replied, "it was weird though, I don't think that I've ever seen a Gatomon that was all black before." Pinmon took in a quick, sharp breath, and said "We should leave now." He then turned and started off into the forest, with me right behind him.
After walking through the overgrown forest for about a half-hour, we walked into a clearing that was covered in wildflowers. Pinmon stopped and stood there, just looking at the entire meadow. It was beautiful, flowers of spectacular colors grew everywhere, and the air was full of butterflies and other insects. I then spoke up, "Pinmon?" "Hmmm...what is it Ben?" "I was just wondering, um..., why did we take off so hurriedly?, was it because of that Gatomon?" Pinmon sighed and turned to look at me, "First of all, it wasn't a Gatomon, but a BlackGatomon that you met Ben. Secondly, I just don't trust strange viral digimon, for all I know that BlackGatomon could have gone off to get reinforcements." "Reinforcements?, you sound as if there is a war going on Pinmon." "Don't worry Ben, nothing like that is happening, at least not yet, its just one of the jobs of a DigiKnight to be suspicious."
"Oh..." I said, "okay then, so should we get going or what?" Pinmon smiled and said "I guess we should, I want to try and get to the outpost before nightfall." "Outpost?, what outpost?" I said getting confused again. "The outpost for this sector of course, that is where we have to go to meet the head knight for this sector." said Pinmon. He then started across the meadow. I stayed right with him, "Pinmon what's a head knight?, I asked you earlier but you didn't answer me." "Lets see... a head knight is the knight that all the other knights of a particular sector report too, kind of like a supervisor of all us knights." "Okay..." I said, "and we're going to see this head knight why?" Pinmon chuckled, looked at me and said "Why for your initiation of course, that is, if you pass the tests." "Tests, what kind of tests?" Pinmon smiled and said "I couldn't tell you that even if I wanted to, every initiate's test is different."
"Oh great..." I said sarcastically, "and just my luck that it will involve fire, sharp objects, and a lot of pain." "Don't worry Ben, nobody's been seriously hurt in a test...yet." "That's not funny Pinmon." I said. Pinmon only responded by laughing to himself. I decided to stop asking questions for the moment since every answer seemed to be one that I didn't want to know. As we walked through the huge forest, the size of the trees was incredible, just one would put a skyscraper to shame, anyways... I found myself becoming quickly tired. I mean I'm not in the greatest shape, kind of overweight, and maybe I should have exercised more. The next thing I knew was that I felt something grab my leg and I was tasting dirt. I groaned and heard Pinmon, "Ben, you alright?" I raised myself up onto my knees and wiped the dirt off my face. "Yea, I'll be okay, I just need to rest is all. I'm not used to doing all this traveling by foot in one day." "You get used to it," said Pinmon, sitting down on a moss covered rock, "anyways a rest does sound good, we have been walking quite a while, and were almost to our destination anyways."
I looked at the sky through the breaks in the canopy, and found to my surprise that the sun was about to set! I knew we had traveled for a while, but it was morning when we left the campsite. "Wow, we have been walking for a while." Pinmon glanced up at the sky and said, "It is very easy to lose track of the time while you are in this forest." He then sighed, stood back up and said, "Come on Ben, it is later than I thought, and we can reach the outpost in about 15 minutes." He then took off into the forest. I jumped up and started to follow him, but I quickly lost him in the darkness and underbrush. "Pinmon?" I called out, "Hey Pinmon, wait for me!" I started walking faster through the thick, overgrown, forest floor. It was then that I heard the blood curdling screams.
I stopped and listened for the sound again. By now the sun had set, and it was almost pitch black in this forest, except for the occasional moonbeam streaking down through the canopy. I realized I was completely lost, in a digital world, with who knows what watching me from the darkness, waiting for the chance to strike. I told myself to calm down, and then the screams started again. "Oh, fuck this!" I told myself, and took off running away from the screams. The screams followed me, getting closer and closer, the closest I could come to describing the sound would be a group of baboons.
I started to running faster, to get away from that sound, that horrible shrieking noise! I plowed through the bushes, shrubs, vines, and small trees not caring if I got hurt or not. I didn't even notice that I had deep scratches on my arms, face, and hands, causing blood to run all over the place. The entire time I ran, that hideous noise seemed to be getting louder, and louder, until I thought I was going to go mad with fear. Then, as I ran into a small moonlit clearing, the noise just stopped. I fell to the ground, breathing deeply, trying to catch my breath. I lay there for what seemed to be hours, although it was actually more like 6 minutes. I shakily stood up and looked around me. The clearing was small, but the moon was right over head, showing everything as clear as day. Then the screams started again, I whirled around, for the sounds were coming from behind me. I waited as they got louder, and louder, then the origins of the screams burst from the tree line like a hideous shrieking whirlwind. Then they landed, and I laughed.
I laughed because I couldn't believe that these were what I had been running from. They were three Motimon. The three Motimon stared at me and started to run away, or hop away, I don't really know if you'd call what they have feet. "Wait a minute!" I shouted. The three Motimon stopped and stared at me. The largest of the group moved forward and said in a very squeaky voice, "P...please don't hurt us!" I was confused, "Hurt you, why would I hurt you?" I asked it. The little Motimon looked to the ground, and I swear that it blushed, at least I think it did, it was too dark to be sure. "We thought that you were someone else." the Motimon said, "I apologize for having my brothers and I chase you through the forest." The Motimon then took a deep breath, as if sniffing the air, it then gasped and looked up at me. "You're hurt!" it said in surprise. "What are you talking about?" I said, "I feel fine..." It was then that I finally saw my arms, they were literally dripping with blood. "Holy Shit!" I yelled, as the pain and the dizziness kicked in. "Whoa, I...I think I need to lie down now." I then fell forward, face first into the hard ground. The darkness soon claimed me, taking me away from the pain.
"Ben...Ben are you awake?" said a familiar voice. I mumbled and turned over to get away from the annoying voice that had disturbed me. I then found myself wide awake as I fell and hit the hard floor. "Ow, that kinda hurt." I said as I sat up and looked around. "Where am I?" I was on the floor in what looked like some kind of bedroom. The whole room was wood though, wooden bed, wooden walls, wooden everything. There was also Pinmon on the other side of the bed, looking down at me with a smug grin on his face. "You're at the outpost Ben." "What are you smiling at?" I said, getting to my feet. "Nothing, just the fact that you nearly knocked yourself unconscious again." "Again?" I asked confusedly. "Ben, you've been unconscious for the last 24 hours." I looked at Pinmon to see if he was joking. His face was nothing but seriousness. "24 hours?" I said, "I didn't know I was that tired from traveling through the forest." "It wasn't the travel Ben, it was the blood loss that caused you to be that way."
"Blood loss?" I suddenly remembered my arms covered in blood. I looked at my arms to find them covered in bandages. I also found myself in a brown robe, with nothing on underneath it. "Pinmon?" "Yes Ben?" "I have two questions." "Okay Ben, ask away." "First of all, what happened to my arms?" Pinmon sat on the bed and said "Well, when you were brought in by some Motimon, your arms were bleeding profusely. There was nothing major, you were just covered in scratches and minor cuts. But there were so many, it was as if you had used a cheese grater repeatedly on both arms. You had to be rushed to the medics right away." I sat there stunned at what he told me. "Alright," I said, "second question." "What is it Ben?" "Pinmon, where are my clothes?" I watched as he almost fell off the bed from laughter. "It's not funny Pinmon." I said. "Sor...haha...Sorry Ben, your clothes are in the closet in the corner. But are you sure that you don't want to rest some more?" I sighed, because it was true that I was still very tired. "Alright, I'll go back to bed, but promise to wake me when you get up Pinmon." "Why?" "Well, I still have to meet this head knight don't I?" Pinmon smiled and said, "You know what, you're right, besides, you're gonna need your energy for the initiation tests. Goodnight Ben." He then left me alone in my room, where I eventually fell back asleep, after staying awake for an hour thinking of what I'd have to go through the next day."
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"What took you so long?" asked Pinmon as soon as I returned. "Sorry, I was talking to somebody." I said as I poured the pot of water over the small flames and embers of the fire. Pinmon then took the pot and stashed it into his bag. "Who?" he asked as he hoisted his bag to his shoulders. "It was a Gatomon." I said. "What did it want?" he asked. "It didn't want anything," I replied, "it was weird though, I don't think that I've ever seen a Gatomon that was all black before." Pinmon took in a quick, sharp breath, and said "We should leave now." He then turned and started off into the forest, with me right behind him.
After walking through the overgrown forest for about a half-hour, we walked into a clearing that was covered in wildflowers. Pinmon stopped and stood there, just looking at the entire meadow. It was beautiful, flowers of spectacular colors grew everywhere, and the air was full of butterflies and other insects. I then spoke up, "Pinmon?" "Hmmm...what is it Ben?" "I was just wondering, um..., why did we take off so hurriedly?, was it because of that Gatomon?" Pinmon sighed and turned to look at me, "First of all, it wasn't a Gatomon, but a BlackGatomon that you met Ben. Secondly, I just don't trust strange viral digimon, for all I know that BlackGatomon could have gone off to get reinforcements." "Reinforcements?, you sound as if there is a war going on Pinmon." "Don't worry Ben, nothing like that is happening, at least not yet, its just one of the jobs of a DigiKnight to be suspicious."
"Oh..." I said, "okay then, so should we get going or what?" Pinmon smiled and said "I guess we should, I want to try and get to the outpost before nightfall." "Outpost?, what outpost?" I said getting confused again. "The outpost for this sector of course, that is where we have to go to meet the head knight for this sector." said Pinmon. He then started across the meadow. I stayed right with him, "Pinmon what's a head knight?, I asked you earlier but you didn't answer me." "Lets see... a head knight is the knight that all the other knights of a particular sector report too, kind of like a supervisor of all us knights." "Okay..." I said, "and we're going to see this head knight why?" Pinmon chuckled, looked at me and said "Why for your initiation of course, that is, if you pass the tests." "Tests, what kind of tests?" Pinmon smiled and said "I couldn't tell you that even if I wanted to, every initiate's test is different."
"Oh great..." I said sarcastically, "and just my luck that it will involve fire, sharp objects, and a lot of pain." "Don't worry Ben, nobody's been seriously hurt in a test...yet." "That's not funny Pinmon." I said. Pinmon only responded by laughing to himself. I decided to stop asking questions for the moment since every answer seemed to be one that I didn't want to know. As we walked through the huge forest, the size of the trees was incredible, just one would put a skyscraper to shame, anyways... I found myself becoming quickly tired. I mean I'm not in the greatest shape, kind of overweight, and maybe I should have exercised more. The next thing I knew was that I felt something grab my leg and I was tasting dirt. I groaned and heard Pinmon, "Ben, you alright?" I raised myself up onto my knees and wiped the dirt off my face. "Yea, I'll be okay, I just need to rest is all. I'm not used to doing all this traveling by foot in one day." "You get used to it," said Pinmon, sitting down on a moss covered rock, "anyways a rest does sound good, we have been walking quite a while, and were almost to our destination anyways."
I looked at the sky through the breaks in the canopy, and found to my surprise that the sun was about to set! I knew we had traveled for a while, but it was morning when we left the campsite. "Wow, we have been walking for a while." Pinmon glanced up at the sky and said, "It is very easy to lose track of the time while you are in this forest." He then sighed, stood back up and said, "Come on Ben, it is later than I thought, and we can reach the outpost in about 15 minutes." He then took off into the forest. I jumped up and started to follow him, but I quickly lost him in the darkness and underbrush. "Pinmon?" I called out, "Hey Pinmon, wait for me!" I started walking faster through the thick, overgrown, forest floor. It was then that I heard the blood curdling screams.
I stopped and listened for the sound again. By now the sun had set, and it was almost pitch black in this forest, except for the occasional moonbeam streaking down through the canopy. I realized I was completely lost, in a digital world, with who knows what watching me from the darkness, waiting for the chance to strike. I told myself to calm down, and then the screams started again. "Oh, fuck this!" I told myself, and took off running away from the screams. The screams followed me, getting closer and closer, the closest I could come to describing the sound would be a group of baboons.
I started to running faster, to get away from that sound, that horrible shrieking noise! I plowed through the bushes, shrubs, vines, and small trees not caring if I got hurt or not. I didn't even notice that I had deep scratches on my arms, face, and hands, causing blood to run all over the place. The entire time I ran, that hideous noise seemed to be getting louder, and louder, until I thought I was going to go mad with fear. Then, as I ran into a small moonlit clearing, the noise just stopped. I fell to the ground, breathing deeply, trying to catch my breath. I lay there for what seemed to be hours, although it was actually more like 6 minutes. I shakily stood up and looked around me. The clearing was small, but the moon was right over head, showing everything as clear as day. Then the screams started again, I whirled around, for the sounds were coming from behind me. I waited as they got louder, and louder, then the origins of the screams burst from the tree line like a hideous shrieking whirlwind. Then they landed, and I laughed.
I laughed because I couldn't believe that these were what I had been running from. They were three Motimon. The three Motimon stared at me and started to run away, or hop away, I don't really know if you'd call what they have feet. "Wait a minute!" I shouted. The three Motimon stopped and stared at me. The largest of the group moved forward and said in a very squeaky voice, "P...please don't hurt us!" I was confused, "Hurt you, why would I hurt you?" I asked it. The little Motimon looked to the ground, and I swear that it blushed, at least I think it did, it was too dark to be sure. "We thought that you were someone else." the Motimon said, "I apologize for having my brothers and I chase you through the forest." The Motimon then took a deep breath, as if sniffing the air, it then gasped and looked up at me. "You're hurt!" it said in surprise. "What are you talking about?" I said, "I feel fine..." It was then that I finally saw my arms, they were literally dripping with blood. "Holy Shit!" I yelled, as the pain and the dizziness kicked in. "Whoa, I...I think I need to lie down now." I then fell forward, face first into the hard ground. The darkness soon claimed me, taking me away from the pain.
"Ben...Ben are you awake?" said a familiar voice. I mumbled and turned over to get away from the annoying voice that had disturbed me. I then found myself wide awake as I fell and hit the hard floor. "Ow, that kinda hurt." I said as I sat up and looked around. "Where am I?" I was on the floor in what looked like some kind of bedroom. The whole room was wood though, wooden bed, wooden walls, wooden everything. There was also Pinmon on the other side of the bed, looking down at me with a smug grin on his face. "You're at the outpost Ben." "What are you smiling at?" I said, getting to my feet. "Nothing, just the fact that you nearly knocked yourself unconscious again." "Again?" I asked confusedly. "Ben, you've been unconscious for the last 24 hours." I looked at Pinmon to see if he was joking. His face was nothing but seriousness. "24 hours?" I said, "I didn't know I was that tired from traveling through the forest." "It wasn't the travel Ben, it was the blood loss that caused you to be that way."
"Blood loss?" I suddenly remembered my arms covered in blood. I looked at my arms to find them covered in bandages. I also found myself in a brown robe, with nothing on underneath it. "Pinmon?" "Yes Ben?" "I have two questions." "Okay Ben, ask away." "First of all, what happened to my arms?" Pinmon sat on the bed and said "Well, when you were brought in by some Motimon, your arms were bleeding profusely. There was nothing major, you were just covered in scratches and minor cuts. But there were so many, it was as if you had used a cheese grater repeatedly on both arms. You had to be rushed to the medics right away." I sat there stunned at what he told me. "Alright," I said, "second question." "What is it Ben?" "Pinmon, where are my clothes?" I watched as he almost fell off the bed from laughter. "It's not funny Pinmon." I said. "Sor...haha...Sorry Ben, your clothes are in the closet in the corner. But are you sure that you don't want to rest some more?" I sighed, because it was true that I was still very tired. "Alright, I'll go back to bed, but promise to wake me when you get up Pinmon." "Why?" "Well, I still have to meet this head knight don't I?" Pinmon smiled and said, "You know what, you're right, besides, you're gonna need your energy for the initiation tests. Goodnight Ben." He then left me alone in my room, where I eventually fell back asleep, after staying awake for an hour thinking of what I'd have to go through the next day."