CHAPTER 15
"Oh my gosh! Are you six okay?" A teacher asked, snapping out of her awe and running out of the crowd, towards the Warriors.
"Let them be." Fueosmon said sternly.
The teacher stopped dead in her tracks. "Why?! They need help!"
Holohomon shook her head. "Nope. They need to learn to deal with it on their own-they got themselves into this . . ."
"And they'll get themselves out of it." Fueosmon finished.
The Keepers turned and stepped closer to the Warriors.
"Stay away from them you-you-monsters!" A teacher yelled nervously from the crowd.
"It's not like we're gonna hurt them." Holohomon said.
"Not now." Fueosmon corrected.
"But . . . you're monsters, right?" A student asked.
The Keepers de-Spirit Evolved. Sao walked over to Takuya and tapped his arm-not quite gently-with her boot.
Takuya moaned quietly and shifted, but didn't move to get up.
"Oh honestly you lazy piece of-"
"Lisa, shut it." Sao snapped.
Lisa gave her friend a confused look.
Sao sighed. "Let them have a little rest . . . we'll come get them in a few hours."
"You really think they'll be out that long?" Lisa asked as Sao walked past her.
"They aren't going anywhere until I get back." Sao replied with a wave of her right hand. She then disappeared out the doors.
Lisa turned and left through a different set of doors, giving Sao her space.
"Let's get them some help now." A student said, running towards the Warriors. The second he got three feet away from the nearest Warrior, he struck a barrier and was flung back. "Well, that was different . . ."
Sao stepped out of the local gym and upon releasing the door handle, she felt a burning pain come from her knuckles. Her shirt was wet with sweat. She released the handle and allowed the door to swing shut behind her, then brought her fist up to slightly below eye level. Her knuckles were covered in just-drying blood. Her expression remained the same as she returned her hand to her side. 'Why did I let him get to me?'
~Flashback~
Sao landed multiple punches and a few kicks in the punching bag. Her hands were void of the protective white tape she normally used. She wasn't wearing her black gloves, either. The gym owner walked in and noticed Sao's knuckles were bleeding and that she was continuing to punch the bag.
"Sao, what are you doing!? You could hurt yourself!" The owner exclaimed.
"Says who?" Sao asked sarcastically, not looking away from the bag.
"Look at your knuckles! They're covered in blood!" The owner replied, walking over to her quickly and grabbing her wrists to keep her from punching anymore. "You can't be doing this to yourself."
"I have a reason to do this." Sao replied, freeing her wrists from the owner's grasp and aiming them back at the punching bag.
"And what is a reason good enough to draw your own blood?!" The owner practically yelled.
The anger in Sao's eyes flared brightly, then died down. She lowered her fists away from the punching bag. "Never mind." She replied quietly.
~End Flashback~
'Why am I taking my anger out on a punching bag? It can't feel my fury . . . but the evil Digimon can. And so can the Warriors . . .' Sao thought to herself as she started down the street.
"As much as we'd like to get out, we can't." Takuya said with a sigh.
"Why don't you turn into those monsters and break out?" A student asked.
Four hours later . . .
Sao took her D-Tector off her belt and casually turned it around in her hand.
*Sao, where are you? We've been waiting forever!* Lisa's voice asked.
*I've been around . . .*
*You mean thinking-about how you're gonna avenge Leonard, right?*
*Yeah.*
*Don't do anything stupid-not without me, that is. Remember, Leonard was my friend too. Now c'mon! The stupid little Warriors are all up and trying to get out.*
*Why can't I just let them wait?*
*It's rather amusing.*
"How long have we been here?" Kouichi asked.
"I think about seven hours." Zoe answered.
"Anybody have anything to eat? I'm starving!" JP asked.
"I'm more tired than hungry." Tommy said.
The six turned their attention to the opening cafeteria doors. Sao walked in, dry blood on her fists. Lisa came in on Sao's heels.
"Sao! Lisa! Can you guys get us outta here?!" JP asked.
"This whole thing was Sao's doing in the first place." Lisa said with a little smirk.
Sao looked at the Warriors with a slightly amused expression.
"Well, are you gonna let us out of not?" Koji asked coldly.
Sao didn't move, nor did her expression change.
"Aw, c'mon Sao, let 'em out." Lisa said, begging for the Warriors.
Sao sighed. "Fine." She said, waving her right hand in the air.
The shield surrounding the Warriors vanished.
"Now you get to have some REAL fun." Sao said coldly.
"Like . . . ?" Zoe asked.
"Like getting your Spirits back from those wimpy dark copies." Lisa replied.
"Have fun, 'cause we don't have time to help you." Sao added.
"Dark copies?" Kouichi pondered. "Wait!" He called as Sao and Lisa turned to leave.
"Oh my gosh! Are you six okay?" A teacher asked, snapping out of her awe and running out of the crowd, towards the Warriors.
"Let them be." Fueosmon said sternly.
The teacher stopped dead in her tracks. "Why?! They need help!"
Holohomon shook her head. "Nope. They need to learn to deal with it on their own-they got themselves into this . . ."
"And they'll get themselves out of it." Fueosmon finished.
The Keepers turned and stepped closer to the Warriors.
"Stay away from them you-you-monsters!" A teacher yelled nervously from the crowd.
"It's not like we're gonna hurt them." Holohomon said.
"Not now." Fueosmon corrected.
"But . . . you're monsters, right?" A student asked.
The Keepers de-Spirit Evolved. Sao walked over to Takuya and tapped his arm-not quite gently-with her boot.
Takuya moaned quietly and shifted, but didn't move to get up.
"Oh honestly you lazy piece of-"
"Lisa, shut it." Sao snapped.
Lisa gave her friend a confused look.
Sao sighed. "Let them have a little rest . . . we'll come get them in a few hours."
"You really think they'll be out that long?" Lisa asked as Sao walked past her.
"They aren't going anywhere until I get back." Sao replied with a wave of her right hand. She then disappeared out the doors.
Lisa turned and left through a different set of doors, giving Sao her space.
"Let's get them some help now." A student said, running towards the Warriors. The second he got three feet away from the nearest Warrior, he struck a barrier and was flung back. "Well, that was different . . ."
Sao stepped out of the local gym and upon releasing the door handle, she felt a burning pain come from her knuckles. Her shirt was wet with sweat. She released the handle and allowed the door to swing shut behind her, then brought her fist up to slightly below eye level. Her knuckles were covered in just-drying blood. Her expression remained the same as she returned her hand to her side. 'Why did I let him get to me?'
~Flashback~
Sao landed multiple punches and a few kicks in the punching bag. Her hands were void of the protective white tape she normally used. She wasn't wearing her black gloves, either. The gym owner walked in and noticed Sao's knuckles were bleeding and that she was continuing to punch the bag.
"Sao, what are you doing!? You could hurt yourself!" The owner exclaimed.
"Says who?" Sao asked sarcastically, not looking away from the bag.
"Look at your knuckles! They're covered in blood!" The owner replied, walking over to her quickly and grabbing her wrists to keep her from punching anymore. "You can't be doing this to yourself."
"I have a reason to do this." Sao replied, freeing her wrists from the owner's grasp and aiming them back at the punching bag.
"And what is a reason good enough to draw your own blood?!" The owner practically yelled.
The anger in Sao's eyes flared brightly, then died down. She lowered her fists away from the punching bag. "Never mind." She replied quietly.
~End Flashback~
'Why am I taking my anger out on a punching bag? It can't feel my fury . . . but the evil Digimon can. And so can the Warriors . . .' Sao thought to herself as she started down the street.
"As much as we'd like to get out, we can't." Takuya said with a sigh.
"Why don't you turn into those monsters and break out?" A student asked.
Four hours later . . .
Sao took her D-Tector off her belt and casually turned it around in her hand.
*Sao, where are you? We've been waiting forever!* Lisa's voice asked.
*I've been around . . .*
*You mean thinking-about how you're gonna avenge Leonard, right?*
*Yeah.*
*Don't do anything stupid-not without me, that is. Remember, Leonard was my friend too. Now c'mon! The stupid little Warriors are all up and trying to get out.*
*Why can't I just let them wait?*
*It's rather amusing.*
"How long have we been here?" Kouichi asked.
"I think about seven hours." Zoe answered.
"Anybody have anything to eat? I'm starving!" JP asked.
"I'm more tired than hungry." Tommy said.
The six turned their attention to the opening cafeteria doors. Sao walked in, dry blood on her fists. Lisa came in on Sao's heels.
"Sao! Lisa! Can you guys get us outta here?!" JP asked.
"This whole thing was Sao's doing in the first place." Lisa said with a little smirk.
Sao looked at the Warriors with a slightly amused expression.
"Well, are you gonna let us out of not?" Koji asked coldly.
Sao didn't move, nor did her expression change.
"Aw, c'mon Sao, let 'em out." Lisa said, begging for the Warriors.
Sao sighed. "Fine." She said, waving her right hand in the air.
The shield surrounding the Warriors vanished.
"Now you get to have some REAL fun." Sao said coldly.
"Like . . . ?" Zoe asked.
"Like getting your Spirits back from those wimpy dark copies." Lisa replied.
"Have fun, 'cause we don't have time to help you." Sao added.
"Dark copies?" Kouichi pondered. "Wait!" He called as Sao and Lisa turned to leave.