Ryan's Downfall: The Story- Chapter Seven by Melinda Cadarette
I needed to find Ken quickly
Before Ryan and his friends find him
I had to warn Ken about Ryan
But I got into trouble instead
I did not expect to be attacked
Wormmon did not fully trust me
Then I detected an old darkness
I knew that I was being followed
Everything is happening very fast
I know I'll have to face Ryan again
I hope the others completed their mission
But I should have known something would go wrong
I screamed as loud as I could as I felt Wormmon attacked me. I struggled to pull Wormmon away from my face. I was in a state of panic. Worrmon had his suction feet on me tightly. I heard Butterflymon yelling at Wormmon but no success. Wormmon was convinced I was a threat.
"Pollen Sting!" I heard out loud. I was freed from Wormmon's grip. I fell to the ground. I felt like crying. My face was in pain. It must have red with suction marks on. However I gathered myself and stood up. I looked at Ken.
Ah Ken Ichijouji. He looked very much from the TV show. His hair may be a bit longer. Wormmon went by Ken's feet shaking like a leaf. I could not feel sorry for him. He had purposefully attacked me. My hair was sticky from his Sticky Pollen attack. I was mad at Wormmon and I showed it by giving it a mean look.
Ken must have felt just as bad as I did for he bowed in front of me and spoke to me.
Gomen nasai? Oh dear. I went to Japan without knowing anything about the Japanese language. It didn't occur to me that Ken, though not a super genius anymore, would understand the English language.
"I-I-I…" I stammered. I had to shake my head. My nerves almost got to me. I calmed down. "I have something to tell you!" I blurted out. I anxiously waited for his response.
At first I thought he didn't understand me and I have to rely on my rudimentary sign language. Then his face brightened. "You speak English! You must be one of the International DigiDestineds! What country do you come from?"
I was relieved. He did understand me! My biggest problem was brushed aside. Now I can speak to him without worrying.
"Hold it mister! I know you! You are the one that made the Control Spires that prevented us Digimon from digivolving! Then you made the Dark Rings to make us slaves! And now your Digimon attacked my partner! I demand an apology not only for your insidious attack on Mel but for all your evil acts that you did when you became the Digimon Emperor!" Butterflymon demanded. She fluttered her wings madly at him.
I though I was going to die.
"Butterflymon!" I responded sharply.
"What?" my Digimon turned to me.
"I am so sorry Ken. This is my Digimon Butterflymon. I am Mel as my Digimon said", I tried to make up for my Digimon's bitter words. I did a bow. I didn't know whether it was appropriate but I had to make up for him somehow.
Ken didn't say anything to me. I felt very bad. I was about to say more when Wormmon spoke.
"I want to say sorry for my action. I reacted without thinking. You see a boy that knew about Ken and wanted him to return to the darkness followed us. We didn't know him and he gave us the creeps. We had to lose him. It took us an hour to do so. He would follow us everywhere. Then we had to go back here. When we're about to enter, we saw you and I overreacted", Wormmon explained. He looked at me with his little sad eyes.
Despite still feeling some pain from his attack, I could not help feel bad for him. I had to trust in him. I ran my fingers through my hair. It was still sticky from the attack. I gazed at Ken. Unlike Butterflymon, I had no hatred for him. But then, I reminded myself that my Digimon's point of view was based on Ken's former evil deeds. I looked right into his eyes. I could see pain in them. He was apparently deeply hurt.
"Listen I have to tell you something. I know why you are being followed", I told him. I took a deep breath. "You see my mission-" it was then that I sensed a dark presence nearby. I turned around. I could not see any person but I knew someone was watching us from nearby.
"What is wrong Mel?" Ken asked me. I did not answer him. I gazed around the place. Finally I concentrated on an alley to my far right. I focused my energy into that location. There was indeed a presence. It was Ryan!
'Oh no!' I thought. 'Ryan knows where Ken lives now!'
"What is the matter Mel?" Ken asked. I responded by pushing him into the building.
"Someone is watching us! We got to go inside quickly! Now!" I yelled.
"How do you-" I stopped Ken from saying anything further by vigorously pushing him right through the doors. "Okay! Okay! I'll take you to my place!" His words brought butterflies in my stomach. I was going to his place! I could barely contain my excitement!
Then I heard a tapping on one of the doors. We looked down. I was so much in a rush to get inside that I forgot about our Digimon. Ken let Wormmon and Butterflymon in.
"We're going to Ken's place so behave yourself", I told my yellow and orange Digimon.
"Whatever", Butterflymon responded. I said nothing back. I only hoped that she kept her promise.
I was right about Ryan for his blue eyes watched us as we went inside the building. The eyes narrowed. A smirk formed on his lips.
"Finally I found Ken's apartment building! And I know Melinda's location!" Ryan looked at his Digimon. "Scorpiomon do you got our cargo?" Scorpiomon nodded. Ryan glanced at the unconscious kid and tailless Digimon. "Good. Soon everyone shall submit to the Dark One and no one shall oppose us!" He did a malicious laugh. "Now let's go!"
"What did he say?" Matt yelled at his band members. Sebastien stood there still shocked to see Matt in front of him. He did not understand Matt's words. He could not speak English very well and he could not communicate in Japanese at all. He turned to his Digimon who was still playing the drums and freaking the drummer out.
"Baamon! Come here please!" Sebastien called out. The Digimon raised his drumsticks at him.
"Do you want a request my partner?" Baamon asked.
"No! I want you to come here! I need to speak to you!" the blond-haired boy answered.
"Okay okay. Just don't expect me to say 'Arf arf' when I do", Baamon told him. "Thanks for the drums! I always wanted to do that!" He dropped the drumsticks and walked on his four legs down to Sebastien. "So why did you beckon me like a dog for?"
"I want you to speak to Matt for me. I cannot understand his language", Sebastien requested.
"What makes you think I can then?" Baamon asked in response.
"Well you're a Digimon. Maybe you can talk to his Digimon", Sebastien suggested.
"I don't see a Digimon around here beside myself", Baamon told him.
"Oh yeah", Sebastien sounded. He thought for a minute. "Why don't you just go to him and tell him about our mission please?"
"Arf arf! Do I get a doggy treat afterwards?"
"Baamon!" Sebastien exclaimed as he pushed the sheep Digimon to Matt. Matt looked down at Baamon. Baamon looked at him with big, round eyes.
"Can I be your Digimon?" Baamon asked. Sebastien smacked his head.
"Baamon! You are supposed to tell him about us and our mission!" Sebastien yelled at him with demon eyes.
"Well for one thing I bet he never yelled at his Digimon like you did to me just now and also I really like to play the drums! I love to be the Digimon of a musician!" Baamon said. He then rubbed against the pants of Matt. The older DigiDestined turned red instantly.
"This is just great. My Digimon prefers drumsticks over me" Sebastien sighed. Baamon kept rubbing against the green-clothed teen. Everyone looked at the Digimon. Matt looked the most embarrassed.
It was then that his cell phone rang.
"Moshi-moshi Ishida-Takeru!" Matt spoke. That caught the attention of Sebastien. He knew that Takeru was the full name of Matt's brother.
"He must be talking to T.K.!" Sebastien said to himself. "I wonder if Celine has found the others".
Matt continued to talk on the phone. He glanced at Sebastien from time to time. Suddenly he walked toward him. Sebastien felt unnerved by Matt's stare. He did not like it when people stare at him.
"Celine", Matt spoke. Sebastien could not believe his ears.
"Oui! Oui! Celine est ma soeur! Oui! Oui!" Sebastien said. He felt so happy.
"Hai Takeru", Matt turned back to the phone. It was then that Baamon resumed rubbing his pants.
"Baamon! Can you see that Matt is talking on the phone? Come back here!" Sebastien exclaimed.
"I want to go back to the drums", Baamon said.
"Baamon, Celine has found T.K.! I bet they are coming here or maybe Matt is going us take to them", Sebastien told his Digimon in excitement.
"I still want to go back to the drums" Baamon spoke. It didn't sound very interested.
"Baamon you really want to play the drums do you?" Sebastien asked him.
"Of course! It's not like you have any drums at home do you?"
"No", Sebastien answered. He saw that Baamon was heading back to the stage. "Wait! I will get you a set of drums when this is all over with and we can go home". This was an empty promise, as Sebastien did not expect Baamon to come with him to his home when his mission was completed.
However, his words were like music to Baamon's ears. "You mean it? You would do that just for me? Forget what I said earlier. You are the greatest partner I ever had! Well you're the only partner I ever had" Baamon said.
"I am flattered", Sebastien said dryly. Just then Matt shut his cell phone. He walked to the other blond boy. He pointed to the floor.
"Celine", Matt said. He pointed to the floor again. "Celine".
Sebastien blinked. "Celine..floor…here?" he said to himself. "Celine is going to be here? Hey I got it! Celine is going to be here!" He turned to Baamon. "I think that Matt told us that Celine is going to be here Baamon! I am going to see my sister again!"
"What makes you think he said that?" Baamon asked.
"Well, it has to be what he was trying to say to me. In any case, I know that Celine has found T.K. because Matt would not have known my sister's name", Sebastien told him. Sebastien then heard Matt talking to his band members. They nodded and prepared to put away their instruments.
"Hey! Not the drums! I still want to play them!" Baamon yelled. He raced on his four feet to the drums. The drummer ran as he saw the Digimon coming at him. Matt and Sebastien looked on as he went to the drums and pounded them with his hoofs. Matt stared at Sebastien. The French DigiDestined just shook his head. He only hoped that Celine comes soon.
"I have another poem for you my sweet-"
"No more! Assez!"
"But darling this poem truly described you and your beautiful eyes-"
"Arrgh!!!"
T.K. turned to his mother. "Mom, can you go any faster before Celine goes insane?"
"Traffic is not cooperating with me at the moment", Nancy told his son. "Why don't you try contacting the others with your D-Terminal?"
"Good idea!" T.K. opened up his D-Terminal. He typed a message. "I'll send them to everybody just to let everyone know!"
The message reads:
This is Takeru. A DigiDestined from Canada named Celine told us that children are planning to break the seal to the World of Darkness. She promised to tell us the full story. She said that there are other DigiDestineds that are searching for us. She said that one of them is her brother. The others are a boy and a girl. I am going to Matt's school. You can come too if you want.
"I wonder if I should send a message to Mimi", T.K. said. He looked back at the kids and Digimon. "How are you all doing?"
He saw Celine grabbing her head and weeping. Yolei and Hawkmon were covering Roachmon's mouth while Cody was hunched up beside Celine. Armadillomon was on his lap. They both looked at Roachmon with a worried expression on his face.
"We're fine as long as he doesn't speak poetry", Yolei told T.K.
"Can you get there a little faster?" Cody asked. "Celine is cracking up and Roachmon, is, well, scaring us".
"Don't worry about it. We're getting there" T.K. told them.
"Mmmmppphhhh" Roachmon sounded. He was muffled by a hand and a wing.
"I wish we can talk to Celine without calling your grandfather first to interpret", Cody said. "It's a good thing her brother is at Matt's school".
"I know" T.K. nodded. "We can go to the Digital World and we can communicate with her and her brother".
"Can you leave her Digimon in the car?" Yolei asked. "My hand is getting tired."
"I am getting a message" T.K. looked at the D-Terminal. "Yamato said that Sebastien's Digimon has taken over the drums. The drummer is threatening to leave the band. But so far no one can make the Digimon stop."
"I guess we're not the only ones with problems", Cody spoke.
"I can drive a little faster now", Nancy pressed down on the gas pedal. "Tell your brother we should be there by ten minutes".
"I don't think my hand can take it!" Yolei cried out.
"My wing is getting tired", Hawkmon warned.
"Drive faster Mom!" T.K. yelled in fear.
"Too late!" Yolei said as her hand fell away from Roachmon's mouth. At the same moment Hawkmon had to put his wing down for a rest.
"My love Celine, let me give you another poem on that brown hair of yours-" Roachmon started to speak. The hapless bunch in the car could only listen as a scream erupted from within the vehicle as a response.
"I see you have a captive", a dark-haired boy said to Ryan. The brown-haired boy knelt before him. Ryan looked down at the ground, not daring to look at his superior in the eye like a submissive subordinate should.
"I brought two captives" Ryan corrected him. The other boy glared at him dangerously.
"I only meant the boy", he told him. "The Dark One is not interested in Digimon. He wants only humans".
"Speaking of humans, I have located Ken's location as well as Mel's location", Ryan reported. The grey and black clothed boy laughed in delight.
"Our master will be very pleased! Our mission on finding Ken is over! But tell me who is Mel?" the dark-haired boy asked.
"She is a classmate of mine" Ryan answered. "She has the ability to go to the Dark World by herself. She has powers that could be useful to us".
"And how are we supposed to lure her to our side?"
"I got the bait" Ryan smiled. "The boy here is a close friend of hers. I am sure she'll agree to come with us for his safety".
"It sounds like a good plan", the other boy agreed. "But remember why I was chosen as your superior. Do not try to undermine my authority Ryan. Before you do anything like this again make sure you get my approval first. Do you understand?"
"Yes Superior One", Ryan did not sound pleased.
"Now hand the boy and his Digimon to me so I can bring them to the Dark One", Ryan's superior ordered him.
"Very well", Ryan then commanded Scorpiomon to release the boy and the tailless Digimon. It did. The unconscious boy and Digimon laid on the ground. "Superior One can I at least keep this?" Ryan opened his hands. The other boy looked into them.
"It looks like a tail".
"It is one. It's the tail of the Digimon that I captured. Without it, the Digimon cannot digivolve. Once I took it off it was easy to defeat them. I want to keep it please".
"For what purpose?"
"So I can gloat when I see Mel again", Ryan smirked.
"Then give it to me. Your job is to locate Ken and make a map on his location. I assume you did all of that. I'll send a team once you give me the map to get Ken and Mel. As for you, you should go back to the Dark World. Our master has another assignment for you".
Ryan sighed. He then grinned. "As long as the Dark One's plan is accomplished, I do not care". He then handed the tail and the map to him. Ryan's superior laughed. He opened the map and looked at it. He squeezed the tail in his hands.
"He is in Tamachi eh? Well that is no problem. I am very sure I can combine your plan with that of the master plan. Now go to our master and receive your next assignment", the dark-haired boy told him.
"Yes Superior One", Ryan nodded. "I shall do as you say".
"You are dismissed then", the dark-haired boy said. "I'll take over from here".
"Come Scorpiomon' Ryan said to his Digimon. The Digimon walked with Ryan on a path through the forest.
"Do not worry Scorpiomon", Ryan spoke in a low voice. "I know that I am simply a servant of the Dark One but soon, very soon, I shall be the one all the other kids shall answer on behalf of the Dark One and the world shall answer for what it did to me". Something black came down his arm. He touched it. It pulsed with dark energy. "I guaranteed it Scorpiomon. I guarantee it".
End of Chapter Seven
Finally Chapter Seven is done! I bet some of my readers thought that Ryan was the only human villain. Well did you? Digimon is owned by Disney and Bandai. I plan on finishing "Millenniumon's Revenge", the new title of "Ryo's Story" and my first Season Four fic "The Isle of Lost Boys". I am debating whether to continue "The Black Card: A Digimon Season Three Poemfic". I seem to have lost interest in it. I will be keeping my original characters Tomi Akinishi and his sister Suki. Perhaps I will put them in another story. I also am planning a profile chapter with nothing but profiles of my original characters plus my Roachmon. Thanks to all who reviewed my latest stories "Tai's Downfall" and "Dragoon's Abduction"! Check out my profile page for more links! Do not forget to review!