Chapter 7: A Friend Becomes An Enemy

So not to bother you with all the reasons why I didn't have this chapter out soon I will skip all of the excuse and let you read the chapter. As always, I don't own digimon.


Samantha's POV...

"Where in the digital world are we?" "We don't know Henry. The only thing that we do know is that we are going down this path." "Do we even know where we are heading towards?" "No we don't. The only thing that we have to go by is follow the signal that we are getting from Michael's laptop. Lets just hope that the others will somehow find their way to where we are going."

It has only been half a day since we were separated from each other. Shortly after recovering I met up with Michael then later we came across Henry. Since then we have been using the tracking system on Michael's laptop in hope that it would lead us to our parents' location. Luckily their hasn't been any type of problems or resistance but I had this sinking feeling that their was someone of something out there watching us. Whether it was friend or enemy, that was unknown.

After traveling for a bit longer we decided to find a place to rest since nightfall was nearing. All of the digimon were asleep and we were just passing the time until it was our time to sleep. "So what do you guys want to talk about?" "Don't have a clue. Why don't you think of something Samantha?" No matter how much I tried their wasn't a thing I could think of until I noticed that Henry appeared to be in deep thought. "Hey Henry, what are you thinking about?" "Nothing of real importance. Just thinking of what I hope on doing when this is all over." "Care to talk about it?"

"Well, I was hoping to complete my schooling and going on to try out my luck in professional football." "That sounds nice. How about you Michael?" "I am kind of wanting to get involved with my father's business and help develop some helpful computer programs." "Interesting. I hope that I am able to finish school. Then maybe after that I could probably follow in my mother's footsteps by becoming a professional tennis player or maybe something else that is completely different." "But we could forget it if we aren't able to come out of this alive. Just look at the predicament that we are in. We are separated from the others, we don't know where they could be and we don't know what we are up against. So for the moment we should concentrate on finding our parents and hope that we meet up with the others along the way." "You do make a good point Henry. Its starting to get late, lets get some sleep and then we'll continue our search in the morning." Not saying another word we laid down and drifted off to sleep.


???'s POV...

"At last they have fallen asleep." said the voice that was hidden in the shadows not to far from where the children were sleeping. Walking over I studied the three of them to see which one would make the best candidate. It was a tougher decision to make than I thought. That was until I noticed the one named Samantha. Doing my research I was able to gain some important information about all of the children. With what I have learned I would be able to get two birds with one stone.

Reaching into one of my compartments I pulled out an item that looked like a piece of jewelry and connected it to her. As soon as it was attach it activated itself. "Excellent. Once I use this little device of mine I will be able to do what the others were not able to do. Sleep well child because tomorrow you will belong to me." After doing what I wanted to do I left so I could let them enjoy their last night of peace.


Henry's POV...

Slowly I started to wake us as the sunlight hit me in the eyes. Lifting myself up to the sitting position I saw that the others were waking up as well. "Did everyone have a good night sleep?" "Yeah, will all things considering." said Michael as he was rubbing the sleep from his eyes. Both of our digimon were soon waking up as well when I noticed that Samantha was not moving from her position that she was in.

"Samantha? Is everything alright?" She didn't say anything as she just sat there. "Come on Samantha, this isn't funny." Placing a hand on her shoulder I tried to shake her from whatever kind of state she was in. Still she didn't do anything. Then unexceptionally, she smacked my hand away. Picking herself up she just stood there with her head looking down at the ground. Without warning, Biyomon fired her Spiral Twister attack at us which forced us out of the cave.

Regaining our senses we look u and saw Samantha and Biyomon coming out of the cave. "What in the world was that for Samantha?" Lifting her head up we were shocked to see that she had an evil look on her face but what was really surprising was that her eyes were completely dark red. "Something is not right here. Obviously their is something behind this and is pulling all the strings. If only we were able to find whoever is doing this." exclaimed Michael. "Ask and you'll shall receive." said some unknown voice. Looking towards where the voice came from we saw some kind of digimon that was a small android who could only be four or five feet tall with a dome on top of his head that contained some weird computer system. It was standing on two feet and had two arms.

"Let me introduce myself. My name is Datamon and I am here to bring you to my glorious master." "So you're another one of these minions of this self-proclaimed master? What have you done to Samantha?" "Nothing really. I just did some minor alterations in her personality. Now why don't you just do the smart thing and give yourselves up?" "Forget about it. We'll never surrender to you and I promise that we will free Samantha from your control." "You can try but it will be pointless. She is mine now and just to prove it let me show you. Samantha, take care of them." "As you wish master. Biyomon digivolve. Raising her D3 up she released a dark black light from it.

"Biyomon, dark digivolve to....DarkBirdramon." Flying in the sky was this huge dark blue bird that look like a raven with large claws on her feet and like Samantha her eyes were dark red. "Attack DarkBirdramon and take no prisoner." Doing as she was ordered she started to gather up energy in her wings to launch an attack. "Shadow Asteroids." Flapping her wings forward she shot numerous blue chunks of rocks right at us. Thinking fast we moved out of the way just in time. "It seems that we have no choice but to fight if we want to survive this. Don't you agree Michael?" "I unfortunately have to agree. Lets do it you guys." Unclipping both of our D3s we pointed them to our digimon.

"Palamon, digivolve to..." My digimon started to grow taller and wider. When it was all said and done there stood a huge cactus with holes for where the eyes and mouth would be and on each hand he had a red boxing glove. "Togamon." "Tentomon, digivolve to..." Much like with Palamon he started to grow until he was taller than Togamon. He now had two arms on each side of him and he was covered in a blue exsco skeleton. Also his head was protected with a gray helmet that had a horn on top of it. "Kabuterimon." "Okay you guys, we have to fight this battle on two fronts. Me and Togamon will take on Datamon while Kabuterimon will deal with DarkBirdramon. As that is going on I want you Michael to use your laptop to try to find out what is being use to control Samantha. If we know what it is we could possibly break through it."

"Ill try my best Henry but even if we find out what is causing her to be controlled we have no idea on how to free her." "I know that. At least we have to try. Now lets put our plan into action you guys." Going our separate ways we went into action. As Kabuterimon flew off to take on DarkBirdramon, me and Togamon faced off against Datamon. "Before we start I will give you one more chance to free Samantha from what ever kind of control that you have her in." "Give it up boy. Samantha is now mine to use as I see fit. Now, if you wish to battle me then go right ahead. It will be a pleasure to take care of you."

He did ask for it but despite Togamon's size advantage he still couldn't get a solid hit. Every time he threw a punch Datamon would jump out of the way. "This is getting pathetic boy. I thought that a child of two of the legendary DigiDestined would have given me more of a challenge but I guess I was mistaken. Maybe I should do the same thing that I did to Samantha to you. At least then you'll be able to do something worth whiled." "Never. I will not become one of your mindless slaves and soon neither will Samantha." "Hasn't it gotten through that mind of your that my control over your friend is unbreakable. Their is nothing that can be done to break it." "I wouldn't be to sure about that." exclaimed Michael. "What do you mean Michael?"

"After doing an analyzes like you asked I discovered that their is some kind of device on Samantha that is causing her to be controlled." "So all we have to do is remove the device and she'll return to normal?" "No, that won't work. If we were to remove the device in her current condition it would cause her to lose self consciousness and everything that makes her the Samantha that we know. She needs to regain at least some of her consciousness before the controlling device can be removed." Almost mere seconds later Kabuterimon came crashing down and reverted back to a worn out Tentomon. "S-Sorry Michael, she was just too strong for me." "Its okay buddy. You did your best and that is all I could as for. Now just rest and let Togamon take over." "That will be unnecessary Michael. Letting Togamon fight will only result in the same thing. The only chance that we have in stopping DarkBirdramon is by freeing Samantha from the mind control. Once that is done both her and Biyomon will return to normal.

"That sounds all nice and all but how do you plan on breaking the mind control?" "By trying to reach to the Samantha that is trapped inside." Turning around I started to walk towards Samantha who had DarkBirdramon hovering over her. "Samantha, do you hear me?" "Yes I do." "Good to hear it. I know this isn't you and it is only because you are being controlled. So please, try to regain control of yourself."

For a while neither of us said anything until Samantha suddenly began to laugh in a sadistic fashion. "Idiot. Do you actually believe that little speech of yours would work? Besides, how do you know that I wasn't really like this?" "Because I know that you are not like this. I have known you for years and you would never act like this or harm anyone unless it was necessary." Taking a step forward I saw that Samantha took a step back. It appeared as though I was slowly reaching her. "Stay back." "Come on Samantha, its time to return to your old self." "I said stay back." In an attempt to help her partner DarkBirdramon fired warning shots around me to stop my advancement. Not to be deterred I took a couple more steps forward. "Please Samantha, I know that the real you is trap in there somewhere trying to get out. Now fight it."

I don't know if it was the words that I used or the emotion that I put in them but it appeared as though Samantha was fighting the mind control. Grabbing her head she fell to her knees. "H-Henry, please help me." she mumbled as she seemingly was fighting with herself. "Fight it Samantha. Remember everyone that is behind you. Remember your parents, brothers, friends...and me." With a ear piercing scream she reach for what look like a necklace that was hidden underneath her shirt and with a hard yank was able to rip it off. Throwing it to the ground and crushing it under her foot.

"Are you okay Samantha? Do you have full control?" Lifting her head she looked at me and I could tell by the look of her eyes, which were no longer dark red, that she was back to normal. "Welcome back. How are you feeling?" "I feel like I had my head trapped in a vice. It was terrible Henry. I could see and hear everything that was going on and no matter how much I try to I couldn't do anything to stop myself. But thanks to you I was able to break the mind control device." "Your welcome. Now why don't we take care of this oversized garbage disposal?" "It would be a pleasure."

Turning our attention we set our gaze on Datamon who had what look like a look of disbelief on his face. "Its not possible. No one should have been able to break my mind blocker necklace." "Sorry to disappoint you but it has happen." smirked Samantha. "Did you think that it was funny to make me go against my friends? But what you didn't prepare for was the love that my friends have for me and I have for them. Together we will put an end to this and you as well."

With those words said a sudden red glow came from the back of her right hand. I didn't have much time to be concern about it as a blue light appeared on the back of my right hand. What is the crusest light? What are you trying to succeed by doing this?" As if answering his question both of our digimon began to transform. "Birdramon, digivolve to...Garudamon." Now instead of now control free Birdramon was a more human warrior version that was more muscular. On her back she had two red wings with gold trim on the ends of her feathers. Around each forearm and legs their was a black and white design. For the finally touch a red cap was covering the top part of her head with two long strips going down to her lower body and a white feather on the top of it.

"Togamon, digivolve to...Lilymon." Much like with my mom's digimon my digimon's ultimate form was a Lilymon but unlike hers mine was a male with reddish brown skin with light green hair which resembled vines that went down to his neck and four green wings like leafs on his back. He was wearing dark green jeans with a tan colored tank top and a pair of brown cowboy boots.

"My word, they digivolved. How did that happen?" "I have a good idea on how it happen." "Care to explain Michael?" "As best as I can figure it is that because of those strange symbols on your hands it allowed your digimon to go to their ultimate forms. At least that is the best explanation that I can come up with." "Whatever the reason may be I think we shouldn't let this opportunity go to waste. Go to it Lilymon." Not wasting another moment Lilymon flew at Datamon but the aireal attack was avoided before he could make contract. "You fool. Did you believe I would be easily beaten because you have an ultimate level digimon? I will beat you with-"

Before he could finish his statement a giant claw hand appeared and knocked him into a near by tree. Looking over my shoulder I saw Garudamon with Samantha by her feet and by the look on Samantha's face she wasn't in a pleasant mood. "I am getting fed up with you opening that mouth of yours you pile of scrape. Its time that I return the favor from when you tried to make me your mindless slave. Do it Garudamon." Preparing for an attack she surrounded herself in red flames. "Wing Blade." Firing the flames upward they formed into a giant fire bird. It then went down and towards Datamon. "Sorry to disappoint you little girl but that attack will not stop me. Data Swarm." Sticking his hands up he fired what look like mini missiles from her fingers tips at the Wing Blade attack and when the two attacks collided it caused both of them to be canceled out. "Haven't you figured it out yet? I cannot be destroyed by the likes of you. I am unstoppable."

This was looking bad. Every time we fired an attack at him he would do something to counter it. If only their was a way to get through. Suddenly, I figured out how to end this. "Samantha, tell Garudamon to fire her attack one more time." "What are you talking about Henry? The only thing that will happen will be like what happen like last time." "Just trust me. I know what I am doing." "Alright then, I really hope you know what you are doing. Attack one more time Garudamon." Covering herself in red flames again she fired another Wing Blade attack. "Not this again. Haven't you learned from your mistakes. Data Swarm." Again he fired his attack which was exactly what I was hoping for. "Its time to do it Lilymon." Understanding what I was getting at he flew up until he was right above Datamon. Sticking out his right hand a green vine with thorns all around it that went passed his feet appeared. He then dove right beside Datamon who just stopped Garudamon's Wing Blade attack.

"Vine Whiplash." In untold speed he lashed his whip in dozens of ways. When it was all over he flew over and landed beside me. "Now what was that supposed to do?" "Oh you'll see in about three...two...one." As soon as he finished counting down Datamon's left arm dissolved then followed by his right arm. Piece by piece a part of Datamon deleted away till only the face area was left. "H-How can this be? Their is no way that you could have beaten me." "Well, I guess their was a way because you are about to meet your end and it couldn't happen to a better person. See ya and good riddance." With one final scream the remains of Datamon deleted away.

"Finally, it is over." I silently muttered as both Lilymon and Garudamon dedigivolve to their in-training forms of Tanemon and Yokomon. No one said anything as we allowed what happen to sink in. "What do we do now Henry?" asked Michael. "The best thing that we can do is continue on with going after our parents and hope we meet up with the others along the way. Do you still have that tracking system on your laptop?" "Yes I do. But it will take sometime to find the general location." As I left Michael so he could work I saw that Samantha was standing away from us with Yokomon in her arms. Walking over I placed a hand on her should. "Are you okay Samantha? You're a little too quite for my liking." "I was just thing back to where I was under control of Datamon." "Forget about it. Its all in the past." "But I still can remember everything that happen. It was like I was trapped in a room and had no way to stop myself from attack any of you."

"Don't worry yourself over it. None of us got hurt and you were able to break free and help defeat Datamon." "I was able to free myself but it was because you were able to get through to me and gave me the chance to destroy that necklace. Maybe I should just leave you guys before I have the chance to be controlled and hurt you again." Slowly she started to break down and not standing it I turned her around and putting her into an embrace. "You got to stop blaming yourself Samantha. It wasn't your fault and if anyone knows you I do they would say the very same thing."

Despite that I couldn't see her face I could tell that she was smiling. Pushing herself away from me she wiped away the small tears from her eyes. "Thanks Henry. I feel much better know." "That's good to hear. Now what do you say we get back to Michael and go looking for our parents?" "Sounds good to me. Lead the way." Going over to Michael we got news when he said that he found the general location of our parents' prison. Heading off in the direction of the prison I thought back to what happen just a few hours ago and couldn't help but wonder what are enemies will stoop to next to stop us. Whatever it might be I believe that we will be up to the challenge. At least, I hope that we are.


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