Good's Failure! Hope and Light Is Lost
Chapter Three
MONDAY AFTERNOON: 1700
It had been one whole week and there wasn't a Digimon in sight. Sure, it was a good thing that a Digimon wasn't tearing the town apart but they were almost bored to death. They had been spending all their time at the café, drinking till they couldn't stop going to the bathroom. Davis and Takato who were the most bored. They were the ones who had the most drinks, but they didn't spend a lot of time in the restroom. They others had things to do so they weren't so bored. They hung around at the café but with things to do.
Davis and Takato's head were resting on the table. Yolei was reading a book while sipping her drink. Cody was reading a book about a swordsman. Ken was doing some homework he had failed to finish on Friday and got into trouble with the teacher early that Monday morning. Henry was sitting at a table by himself with his sister going on about something nobody was quite too sure of. Rika and Jeri were playing cards. Kenta and Kazu were also playing cards. Ryo wasn't around because he was busy training with Cyberdramon. Takuya was just sitting in his seat doing nothing. Kouji was sitting by himself looking out the window. Zoe was talking with Tommy and J.P.
TK and Kari entered the café. They had been looking for R.J. ever since he had taken off on Friday. They had taken him out for a drink on Wednesday and had gotten to know so much about him. They had even found out that he had a partner Digimon, Poyomon. After that afternoon they had been meeting up with each other. They were surprised at how open he was with them. It was all going well till Davis started picking and teasing him. That was when it all went bad. They had found out that their friend hadn't been totally open with them. He had taken off with nothing but anger at Davis in his heart, and TK and Kari knew that.
"You guys look tired," Davis said as his two friends sat down. "You honestly look like you haven't slept in days, maybe even weeks if I didn't know any better." Davis chattered on about how they looked. It didn't matter much to anyone because they knew he was only joking around and didn't really mean any of it.
"Davis, shut up!" TK reached across the table, grabbed Davis by the collar, and tossed him aside. His teeth were gritted in anger, anger burned in his blue eyes, and his fist were now clenched by his sides. "I've had enough of you, I can't take it anymore! You're the reason why he took off! You should be helping us look for him!" TK yelled at him fiercely.
TK's sudden outburst startled everybody. TK had never snapped before. Even if he was angry he wouldn't show it unless it was towards evil. He had always been the sweet, caring, and innocent guy. The anger in his eyes was nothing compared to anything they had ever seen before. It was pure anger. There wasn't any worry, confused, or sad. The look was just anger and nothing else.
"TK?" Kari said softly, as she placed her hand on his shoulder.
TK looked over his shoulder at her. His eyes soften when he saw the worry and sadness in her eyes.
"Are you okay?" She asked softly.
TK shook his head a bit and smiled at her. "Yeah," he said with a reassuring smile. He turned to Davis who was lying on the floor. "Sorry, Davis, I didn't mean to snap." TK's hand went up to his head, which seemed to be hurting like crazy now. The pain was worse than any other headache he had gotten before. This one felt like something was burning in his head. The pain was almost too much for him to handle but he didn't want to worry anyone.
"TK?"
TK shook his head. He looked at his best friend and gave her a small smile. "I just have a slight headache. I haven't been getting enough sleep." TK sat back down on his chair. He smiled at Kari again when she looked at him with her worried eyes. He sent Davis an apologetic look as he got up from the floor. He felt terrible. He didn't know what had gotten into him. Shout at him yes, but never toss him aside. He didn't even know he could lift Davis off the ground more the less toss him some ways away. He just felt anger rise up in him and his body just acted on its own without permission from his brain.
"Have you been working out?" Davis asked, sitting down at the table furthest from TK. "The last time we checked you couldn't even lift me a millimeter off the ground." Davis said, referring to the time they had gone to the park and a little kid's kite got stuck in a tree branch that was over a pound. TK was assigned to lift Davis so he would be tall enough to reach the branch. TK had tried his best but he couldn't lift Davis.
"Must be some unknown muscles," TK joked as his hand remained on his head.
"TK, do you want some aspirin?" Kari asked worriedly. She had seen his face wince in pain a couple of times. She was worried about him. He was in pain whether he said it or not. She could tell. She had always been very close with him since she was eight – both physically and emotionally. It was part of the whole Child of Hope and Child of Light thing.
"I'm sure it'll wear off." TK said reassuringly. His head felt as though it was about to explode but he didn't want to tell anyone that. He didn't know what was wrong with him. It wasn't because he wasn't getting enough sleep. He was getting plenty of sleep. He only searched for R.J. from when school finished to whenever he felt it was time to go home and do his homework. He always gave himself enough time to finish more than half his homework before dinner. He didn't look for R.J. after dinner or anything. He had actually been going to bed earlier than usual.
Before Kari could say anything to object, Tailmon had jumped onto the table.
Ryo ran into the café. "There's a Digimon at three o' clock." Ryo said breathlessly.
~*~*~*~*~*~
MONDAY AFTERNOON: 1800
The harmless looking little Digimon cocked its head sideways at the sight of the kids and their Digimon partners. The little brown puppy with his big bright blue eyes stared straight at them. The little Digimon had a metal bandana tied around his neck. He had a small plastic hammer strapped to his back. The little puppy had a black streak down his back and had a small horn on his head. His spotted tongue hung out of his mouth.
All the Digimon partners were in their higher forms. Takuya and the others had also Sprit Evolved to help out the others. They thought that it would be a very high level Digimon so they had advanced to higher levels on their way over from the café. It looked as though they didn't need to. With this kind of Digimon their battles will be over in a flash. But how could this little Digimon cause so much damaged – buildings were destroyed, the ground looked as though something heavy had dropped on it, and there were debris everywhere.
"Pumon digivolves to..." even his voice matched his cute looks. A pinkish greenish void surrounded the little Digimon as he Digivolved. The void grew as big as some of the buildings around. The void disappeared, revealing something very much unexpected. The giant salamander looking Digimon roared loudly. He was a giant salamander who was wearing pants like a Gargomon and had an ammo belt across his chest. He had a long blade on his head and had two long fangs sticking out of his mouth. The tip of his tail was made out of metal. He had a giant hammer on his back that could fire out bullets. He also had an eye patch on that covered his left eye. "Mandermon... because somebody else already took the name Salamon."
"Okay," Davis said awkwardly. "That was really unexpected. What level is he now?" Davis asked, turning towards Takato for his answer. They were usually the ones with the information because of their DigiVice or D-Arc. Okay, maybe the word 'usually' wasn't fully accurate – 'always' was more like it. Besides yelling when their Digimons were down, they gave very good information from their D-Arc.
"For years you kids have defeated every Digimon that has threatened you and your world," like any other evil Digimon, it didn't need to open its mouth to speak. "But now," the Digimon looked at itself and then back at them with an evil smile. "I am one of the many new breeds of Digimons that have been created by our Lord and Master. I speak for all of us by saying, 'nothing will stop us from destroying the human race'." The Digimon had a smirk on his face as he spoke. "As the first new breed of a greater batch of Digimons, 'it is an honor to be the first to face you all'." He said with a bow of his head.
"Now, to even the number difference," he took a deep breath in. "Slim Shot!" He spat out a huge ball of slim onto everyone, which was totally gross, especially for the girls. The green slim was sticky and gooey and kept them stuck to where they were standing. None of them could move. Those who were in the air were brought down to the ground because of how heavy the slim was and were stuck to the ground. "It's such a disadvantage that we won't be able to have a fight about. My master told me to finish you all off as soon as possible and that's what I plan to do."
"What are we going to, TK?" Kari asked, trying her best to get free from the slim.
TK's eyes were dark and were burning with anger. "I say we kill him. Make him pay for doing this to us and making a fool out of us. We're just standing here like idiots, defenseless because we can't move. I'll show him who the fool is," he said angrily, as he put all of his strength into getting free from the slim. TK screamed as he pulled free from the slim. TK stepped towards Mandermon. "You wanna fight. Let's fight." TK put his hand on his heart as he looked at Angemon. "Angemon!"
Angemon started to glow and he broke free from the slim, but the glow color was black, which was really weird because he usually glowed yellow. "Angemon digivolves to..." a black void surrounded Angemon as he began to Digivolve. The void disappeared. "HolyAngemon!" Before he could charge for Mandermon, he felt something holding him back. "HolyAngemon dark change!" The dark void came back to hide HolyAngemon.
He screamed as he came crashing back to the ground.
"Hope and darkness don't go together." TK said softly to himself.
Mandermon smirked at him. "Child of Hope lost his touch?" Mandermon mocked. "You were the one I wanted to face most, but it looks like you have lost your touch." Mandermon gave TK and HolyAngemon another smirk and started towards the highest building around. He was going to climb it and from there he was going to destroy all of them. They didn't know why he needed to do it from the building.
TK was burning with anger as he watched Mandermon get closer and closer to killing them. "No," he whispered to himself. "I won't let you kill anyone. Not now. I'm not ready to die and neither is Kari!" The symbol of Hope appeared on his t-shirt over his heart.
HolyAngemon began to glow yellow and his power was restored.
"Too late, kid!" Mandermon yelled from the top of the building. "Eternal Slim Shot!" He began to glow and is whole body shot out slim at them. This slim was different from the one before. It allowed them to move again but it stuck to them like glue. They could pull on it all they wanted but they still wouldn't be able to get it off.
They all realized that the slim was tightening around them, trying to squeeze the life out of them. All of them dropped to their knees. Trying as hard as they could to breathe but nothing was getting into their lungs. TK was the only one still standing but his knees were bent. Agnimon was on one knee and was trying his best to stand. Wolfmon was doing a better job then he was though. But TK lost all his strength and collapse to the ground, not breathing. Agnimon and Wolfmon lost their strength as well and collapsed, but they were still breathing.
"TK." Kari said through gritted teeth.
"Heat Laser!" A red beam hit the slim that was covering Kari.
Kari could feel the extreme heat of the laser and it melted the slim. All the slim melted off and Kari began to breathe in the air again, coughing constantly. The red beam melted off the slim from everyone and every Digimon as well. They all began to gasp for air, a couple of coughs escaping. They would all be wondering where the beam came from if they weren't too busy trying to get as much air into their lungs as possible and exhaling it.
A dog like Digimon jumped out in front of them from a high building. He had a red mark on his face, the tip of his ears and tail, the front of his legs, and his back was red. His eyes were green and intense but he had a smirk on his face. The rest of him was black. The Digimon had his side turned towards Mandermon and his head turned to the side so he would be looking at Mandermon. It looked as though he was protecting them.
"Who are you to interfere?" Mandermon asked angrily.
The Digimon's smirk grew. "Triple Flare Shot!" The Digimon shot out a ball of fire at Mandermon. The ball split into three balls as at flew towards Mandermon. The three balls of fire crashed into Mandermon and created a mist of smoke. A groan was heard coming from the mist of smoke.
Their jaws dropped when they saw pieces of data floating around the mist of smoke. He had defeated the Digimon with one attack. Maybe his attack was the equivalent of three since it slit into three balls of fire. They didn't know what to think. First they were on the brink of death and all of a sudden a Digimon comes out of nowhere and stops them from being killed.
"Data Store!" The loose data came to him and his body absorbed the data. He turned around to look at Kari. He blinked and looked away. He jumped out of sight.
"That was a close call," Davis mumbled as he pushed himself off the ground.
Kari looked around as her friends talked amongst each other about what just happened. Kari looked around the area, trying to find the Digimon that had just saved their lives. Her eyes scanned the roof tops of buildings but there was no sight of the Digimon. Her eyes widen when she spotted something unexpected. It was Dark. He was standing onto of a building and was looking at them. But she wasn't an hundred percent sure it was him. It looked like him but it was quite far away to be a hundred percent sure. But what would he be doing on top of a building.
~*~*~*~*~*~
MONDAY MORNING
Kari stared at Dark from across the school. She was almost positive that it was him on top of the building that day when they fought Mandermon. It had been exactly a week since they had fought that Digimon and also exactly two weeks since Dark had come to their school. She had only told TK that she had saw Dark standing on the roof top of a building that day. TK just told her not to bother about it. But how could she? Wasn't it quite a coincidence that the day Dark came to their school there wasn't a Digimon in sight for a week? And on the particular day he just happened to be on a roof top when a Digimon attacked.
"Kari?" TK said, placing his hand on her shoulder.
Kari jumped in shock. Her heart raced as she put her hand over it because it felt as though it was going to jump out of her chest. "TK, you could have scared the life out of me." Kari said as she collapsed down on the bench. "I would like to know why you're being so sneaky today." Kari said, glaring at him.
"I wasn't sneaking," TK said, sitting down besides her. "I just thought you were daydreaming and--."
"I do not daydream!" Kari snapped at him. "I was just...uh...um..." She could seem to find the right words to explain what she was doing. If she told TK that she was watching Dark's every move he might get the wrong idea or accuse her of not believing in him when he said it was just a coincidence and nothing more. She had always trusted him and she didn't want him to get the wrong idea now. But she couldn't think of anything else to say. "I'm pondering on your say last week about Dark being on that roof top." It was the best she could think of.
"So you don't trust me?"
"TK, there's a very good reason why I was stuttering," Kari said, standing up and standing in front of him. "I didn't want you to think that I didn't trust you. It's just that I don't think that it was a coincidence. It didn't look like he was just standing there when some Digimon attacked. It looked as though he had purposely been up there to watch us fight it." Kari's shoulders tensed up as she spoke. "It looked as though he was ready to watch us die. The look on his face, from what I could see, wasn't worried or happy at all when we were saved."
"Maybe it wasn't him." TK suggested.
"Maybe I should go ask him," Kari mumbled.
"Maybe you should," since it was a mumbled he didn't think she was serious.
A smile appeared on her face. "I think I shall ask him." Kari patted TK on the head and started for Dark, who was sitting on the wall that surrounded the whole school. If it wasn't him on top of the building, she had nothing to worry about. If it was him, she could ask him what he was doing there. What could possibly go wrong in just asking him a simple question – where were you exactly one week from today? If he avoided the question that would mean that he was there. With her mind set on asking him, she just went straight towards him.
"Kari, I was only joking," TK protested but it was too late. She was already under Dark and he didn't want to be near the new kid. He was creepy. He had to agree though that Dark had the looks for girls to fall to their knees at the sight of him. He didn't know how Kari could manage to ask him whether he wanted her dead.
"Ahhh, excuse me." Kari called up to Dark.
He looked down at her, an eyebrow peering over the edge of his sunglasses. He jumped down with a thud.
Kari couldn't seem to find her voice anymore. Even with all the stuff that hid his face, he still looked incredible good looking for a sixteen year old. He was definitely under the 'drop-dead-gorgeous' category. She wished he could take his sunglasses off so she could know the color of his eyes. Were they brown, green, gray, blue... She couldn't ask him or say anything to him at this moment. He was just too breath-taking.
She fiercely shook her head to clear it. "Hi," she managed to say. "You probably don't remember me," where did that come from. Those weren't the words she had planned to say to him but it had just come out and there was no way of covering it up now. She must have looked so much like a dork to him right now and she wanted to kill herself for it. "I'm--."
"I know exactly who you are."
He remembered her.
She almost fainted.
"You're Miss Kamiya from English and Math class. Your desk is right next to mine in both classes. You've taken more than one glace at me every time we're in class. I know you stare, look, or glance at me every time I'm within seeing distance. You always find yourself speechless whenever you're in the same room as I am. Therefore, you never worked up the courage to actually come up to me and introduce yourself. Am I right so far?"
Kari could only nod her head.
"Is there something you want from me?"
"Oh, yeah," Kari shook her head once again. "I was just wondering, where were you on Monday?" She knew he was smart enough to know she meant last week. If he knew all those things about her, he was surely smart enough to know that she meant last week. Unlike some people by the name of Motomiya Davis who wouldn't have the slightest idea when Monday was.
"What are you talking about?"
"Huh?"
"You saw me last week. You know very well where I was on Monday." He lifted his cap of his head slightly and placed it back down on his head. He turned around and jumped back onto the wall. He jumped down on the other side, so she didn't know which way he was headed.
"Kari?" TK placed his hand on her shoulder.
Kari jumped, once again shocked. "TK, why do you keep sneaking up on me today?" Kari asked with one hand once again over her pounding heart.
"You're just jumpy today."
To Be Continued
