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[Signs]
(Thoughts)
Summary: Abandoned by the others, after he made Greymon digivolve into SkullGreymon, Tai seeks a meaning to his new life. Not as a Digi destined, but as a Digimon. Myotismon has gotten his hands on Tai, and is now ready to make him into loyal servant.
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Twist of fate
Part IV
Get Ready To Go To The Earth
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Rain fell gently down from the sky as the twin Gatomon like ears on his head moved around trying to pick up any sound other then the rain. He was out there somewhere, Myotismon. Watching him, judging him in this new little game of hunt the weak one. It was a simple game, he was let lose in the forest and had one hour to make it back to the safety of the castle. Of course, the cruel ultimate didn't just let him lose to test him, no, he had also sent out a whole group of Bakemon and other nasty Digimons. Now he had to make his way back to the castle in one piece, and avoid getting attacked, maimed or killed by the others.
Quickly looking around the tree, Tai cursed as he spotted the whips of white cloth up ahead. A group of three Bakemons were floating quietly through the air, their eyes scanning the area around them. Tai slipped back into the shadows and began to work on a way to avoid the Bakemons as he crossed the place.
As he prepared to cross the area and instinct feeling made him look up. Eyes widening, he stare at the large cluster of bats hanging down from the tree, a myriad of red eyes staring down at him as their wings fluttered through the air. He could forget everything about stealth now. He could already guess what was going to happen as soon as he made his move.
Quickly darting around the tree, Tai's fur covered legs kicked up mud and grass as he gained speed. Behind him, the tree erupted in a loud piercing cry as the bats all went flying at the same time. The Bakemons turned around rapidly and stared wide eyed into the air, and then they focused on the body that materialized out of the wet air and slammed right into their group.
A quick punch sent the first Bakemon flying backwards and away from him. Ducking under the second attack, Tai felt his fur get logged up with mud and grass as he had to roll through the rain soaked ground to avoid the sudden attack from the two remain Bakemons. Finally he stopped rolling and stared at the digimons floating quietly above him. Both of them watched him with a quick and nervous stare. Then they erupted into the fight again.
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2 Weeks before that.
Tai and Gatomon stared at one another. One with a confused look on his face, the other with a cold and indifferent look, trying to hide the look of uncertain she was feeling underneath her tough exterior. "Gatomon?"
The sound of her name snapped her out of her quiet stare, and made the edges of her mouth twitch up. "Welcome Chimon, welcome to Lord Myotismon's castle." Turning around to look into the shadows, she spotted the few darker forms moving around in them. "Get me some hot water, and a few pieces of cloth."
Before her, Tai struggled to his feet, and bit back a cry of pain coming from his back. Everything was moving in a haze, but clearing up. He remembered the tall digimon with the blue eyes and blond hair, the red stream moving through the air, cutting into him, hurting him. And through it all, there were those blues eyes that sparkled as they watched him cry out in pain. "Why… I…"
Gatomon shook her head and walked around him as she took in the number of injuries to his body. "A sprain wrist, whip lashes on your back and arms." Reaching out to touch one of them, she grumbled as her glove came away with a few drop of blood on it. Looking up as she walked back to stand before Tai, she shook her head again. "Well, I see he gave you the first lesson already.
Tai nodded his head and ignored the pain coming from it. "Gatomon, why are you here? What's this all about?" The question rambled lose from his mouth and Gatomon stared up at him with a look of… He couldn't describe it, but it looked like pain and fear, mixed with uncertainty and repressed anger. "You didn't… Did you?"
"NO!!" The word cut through the darkness as Gatomon turned her back on him. "I came back from my mission, reported about everything and everyone I had seen and talked too." Turning back to glare at him, her eyes were cold and hard like ice. "I don't know why he took such an interest in you. All I know is that he wanted to know everything about you." Pointing out a gloved hand, she stared at him with venom in her look. "Why are you so special that he nearly beat me up thinking was holding back information?"
Tai stumbled back under the angry words and looked quickly around the room for help. All he saw was the cold floor, the shadows that moved around sometimes and the sound of water dripping in the distance. Slowly, the feeling of betrayal and his anger at Matt and the others, mixed with the tension he had felt and ignored for so long flared up. "I don't know okay, all I know is that he showed, and talked with me for a while." Tai's voice cracked over as the memory of that hour returned. "He played my friend, and then, he… He hurt me." Tai fell back down and curled up into a ball on the floor, shaking.
Above him, Gatomon blinked as her paw fall back down onto the ground. "Hey, get up." Shaking him, she backed away as a soft sob could be heard in the room. "Hey stop crying, do you want him to beat you up for crying?" Looking into the darkness with fear in her eyes, she stepped closer and pulled the head out of the tangle body on the ground. "Listen, if he comes back and finds you crying, it won't just be you that gets beat up. But me too, he put me in charge of your stay here."
Tai blinked his yes free of the tears and looked at Gatomon with a confused look. "Why would he hurt you? You work for him."
Gatomon looked around the room and stared back at Tai. "He beats up everyone when he wants too. He plays games with your mind, makes you think you won't get hurt, and then wham." Gatomon eyes were shaking as she spoke. "He turns everything around, makes it look like you deserve to be beaten."
Stepping back, Tai fought down a shiver as Gatomon began to shake. "He… he can't be that bad?"
Gatomon stopped shaking and stood completely still. "You don't believe me." More are a statement then a question, Gatomon head slowly lifted up and stared through him with blue eyes full of despair. "Look what he did too me!" Her glove landed on the ground as she yelled and Tai's eyes were drawn automatically to the paw that was held up. His eyes followed the crisscross of red scars and made him sick to his stomach.
Slowly, he stepped forward and picked up the glove. "I'm sorry."
Ripping the glove away from him. Gatomon glared at the catlike Digimon before her. "What are you sorry about, you didn't do it." Finishing putting on the glove she looked up. "Trust me, here disobedience is the same as death."
"You should listen to her." Myotismon stepped out of the darkness and chuckled as he kneeled down and picked up Gatomon in the scruff of her neck. "Now Gatomon, what have I told you about saying behind my back."
Gatomon eyes became wide with fear as the tone of voice finally settled in. "Never… never talk about you."
The slap sent her head reeling and her eyes rolled up in the back of her head. Looking down at Tai, Myotismon smirked. "Watch closely Chimon, for this is the second step in your training." Throwing Gatomon down on the floor next to the shaking cat human Digimon he lips curled up in a cruel smile. "Never do anything to displease me." Licking his lips, he pulled Tai up as the multicolored mop of hair and dangled him before his face. "If you do, I won't hesitate to hurt you, and since Gatomon is partly in charge of your training, she'll get to feel my displeasure as well."
Both of the champion Digimon looked up from where they had landed. In front of them, Myotismon drew his hand back as a red glow formed in the clenched fist. "Never forget who's the master and who's the pet." Outside the room, Demidevimon tried to tune out the screams of pain coming from within the room.
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Tai snapped out of his daydream and stared down at the rain soaked ground. It had been a pure hell since that day. Most of the time consisted of training to become a better servant, or getting a beating for something Myotismon felt he had done wrong. Of course, it didn't help that each beating he got resulted in Gatomon getting one as well.
Slowly, his head moved up, and his eyes locked onto the castle before him, it simply radiated evil and seemed to urge him to run away and never come back. Beating down the feelings, he took the first step up the mountain path, trying to avoid slipping in the mud. Above him, a few Bakemons were on patrol around the castle. A few of them looked down at him and then turned their attention somewhere else.
Tai bit his lip and ignored the sudden cold feeling from stepping down into a rather deep mud hole with his right foot. Shaking the mud off, he shook his fur at the same time. The last thing he wanted was to become sick. Reaching halfway up the mountain, his thoughts drifted to someone else out there in the digital world, namely his former comrades and friends. Friends, it seemed like such a long time since he had been the reluctant leader of the dig destined. Geez, sure it was fun being chosen to save an entire world, but he could have done without being leader, having to chose what to do, and where to go every time the path divided. (Sora, TK, Izzy… Joe, Mimi… even you Matt. I hope you're all better off then I am.)
Sneezing a little, Tai grumbled and suddenly felt a chill run down his spine. Looking behind him, he saw a mass of bats joining together into a large circle, and there. Standing on the other side of the circle that had formed. Tai felt every single hair on his tail stand up in fear. This was one Digimon he didn't want to meet right now. As the blue eyes of the virus Digimon opened and turned down to stare at him, a recently learnt skill took over Tai's body and he found himself dropping to one knee in the mud and bow his head in submission. "Lord Myotismon."
The vampire Digimon smirked, even if his new pet had learnt to use his title, he still had that edge of defiance and sound of rebellion in it. It would be sweet to break it down completely, to have the day were the only thing this Chimon thought off was to serve him. But first he had to break down all the hopes and dreams of this little Digimon, show it that the light was never going to shine in this world, and for that to happen, the eight digi destined had to die before her light could shine.
And that was why he was here, the threat of the digi brats had grown a lot, he could feel it. Etemon had fallen too easy, and everything he tired to find out where they were had come up with nothing. Time was running out, and if there was one thing he would allow, it was for someone without any powers of their own to stop him. He was Myotismon, the dark one. The one destined to coverer the digital and the real world with darkness and rule them both forever. "Chimon, get up, as soon as you return go to the main hall." Turning away, Myotismon broke the contact and stared across the room and right at the wall leading down to his secret. "The gate must be ready by next week."
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Darkness moved around them as the two digi destined entered the silent room of Etemon's pyramid command chamber. Sitting in front of the main computer, Izzy typed ferociously on the keys. Behind him, hidden in the shadows, Matt was leaning against the wall. His blond eyes moving around the room, and sometimes shifting color to a deep red. Finally, his eyes turned to face the two children before him. "Well?"
The girl removed her cowboy hat and allowed a cruel smile to cross her face. "You were right again, there was someone else running the dark network." Stepping aside, she held out the struggling Digimon held inside a small cage. "Meet Datamon, the operator and maintainer of the stupid monkey's network."
Matt stepped out of the shadows and ripped the cage away from the girl. "Good job." Smirking as he saw the defiant look in the cybernetic digimon's face he grinned. "Don't worry, I won't hurt you if you do what I tell you to do." Looking away from the sudden still Digimon, he stared at the two waiting near the door opening. "Have you gotten a hold of the final thing I told you to get?"
Mimi blinked her eyes and turned to face the taller boy next to her. Moving a hand across his medical bag, Joe grinned slowly. "Sora and TK has been sent out to get it." Shifting a hand down into the bag, Joe pulled out the small Koromon trapped down in it. "Also, here what you told me to find for you."
Matt's face split into a wide and cruel grin. "Great." Dumping the cage with Datamon on the floor, he took the shaking Koromon away from the boy and gave it a small squeeze. "You'll be a fine surprise for later. But come, let us talk in private about the future." Stepping back into the shadows, he smirked and turned back around to look at the boy. "Bring Datamon down to my room. I'll be there shortly."
The sound of a metal lid closing broke the silence that fell after Matt stopped talking. Then he came back out and looked down at Izzy. "Okay, try the process again. I don't want anything to go wrong." Matt turned to stare at the Koromon screaming at him from inside a glass container, next to it a Gazimon was trying to brake free of its bonds inside its own glass container.
Izzy looked from typing on the keyboard and nodded. "Process starting in five, four, three, two one…" The screams of two Digimon could be heard throughout the entire floor and all the way down into the prison holds. Inside them, the Gazimon shivered and backed into a corner mumbling about the evil that had come to their world.
Datamon looked out from where his cage stood. Around him, a well painted room several sizes his old prison could be seen. From the desk he was placed on, he could see a jumbo king sized bed, a simple rocking chair and the desk he stood on filled part of the room. Judging from the notes stuffed into the wastebasket, it had recently been Etemon's bedroom and work chamber. The push carpet looked soft and inviting to him, if he had been able to feel anything from his feet.
The sound of the doors opening drew his attention around and had him focus on the person stepping in through the doors. It wasn't long before the chair was pulled back and the body of the human Matt sat down before him. His eyes held a cold and calculating gleam. It would most likely be pure suicide to speak up or against him, but Datamon had lost all reserves of self-preservation after his long imprisonment by Etemon, and even if he died by the hands of this new threat, it would be better then spending the rest of his life in slavery. "What do you want?"
Matt left eye brown rose a single centimeter as his hands came together before him. "I want you to do something for me." Looking up, his eyes shifted from the color blue to a deep blood red. "I want you to assist my friend Izzy in a small matter." Settling back in the chair, Matt's face took on a predatory look. "And if you do, I promise you freedom and control over a part of the digital world by you choosing."
Datamon reared back and felt all of his systems failing to find a proper respond to the offer. But even a mind as deranged as his was, could see the benefits from such an agreement. And who was he to go up against someone with such an evil presence like that wrapped around them. "Yes, I'll help you."
Matt's eyes returned to their blue color as he stood up. "Very well. Here's what I want you to do."
Datamon's eyes followed every movement of the human before him as the plan was outlaid before him. From what he could see, this was something that had a high chance of succeeding, and if it did, he wanted in on it. "Yes, it should be possible, but it could take sometime before it's completely ready."
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Noise filled the great hall of Myotismon's castle and Tai had to lash out a few times to get the space need to get closer to the stair leading up to the throne of the undead king. Stopping before the stairs, Tai quickly shot a look around the masses, and gave a quick wave at Wizardmon standing in the shadows near the wall. His head whipped around as Myotismon number one fan flapped into view. Turning out the words yelled out over the crowd by the Rookie virus, Tai wondered what was going on, had Myotismon decided to go up against his friends, or was he after Gennai or other digimons.
Gatomon stepped out from a door and held up a gloved hand to quiet everyone down. Tai grimaced as he noticed her favor her left leg. He had to be more careful when Myotismon wanted to talk with him. Slowly, the most powerful Digimon in the room stepped out from the shadows of his private champers. His cape billowed in some wind only he could feel as his lips formed a smirk of the triumphant. "My followers, tonight I have decided to tell you this, one week form now, we'll be going to the real world." Waiting for the shock to die down, Myotismon waited for a whole half a second before his eyes showed his displeasure. "We're going to earth to conquer it and, this is very important, to find the eight child and kill it."
Tai reared back and shook his head. There was an eight child out there, someone who hadn't come with them to the digital world, someone who had no idea of the danger he was in. "I gotta warn him about this."
Myotismon looked down and narrowed his eyes when he noticed Chimon wasn't paying attention, which would have to be fixed later, when this meeting was over, he would show that Digimon that nothing was more important then what he had to say. "In order to invade earth, we're all going to have to help the Bakemon's with the gate." A loud groan filled in from the few digimons in the back, and the ultimate decided to put everyone in the back on triple shifts as punishment. "That will be all. Phantomon and Demidevimon will tell you what to do." As the group began to brake up, Myotismon turned around and looked over his shoulder. "Chimon, you are to stay here."
Ti gulped and looked up with fear in his eyes. Next to Myotismon, Gatomon eyes were wide with fear as well. Both of them knew what was going to happen next. "Tell me Chimon, what was it that was more important them my speech?" Not waiting for an answer, Myotismon turned around and glared down at the brown cat-human mix. "You are to listen very carefully to what I say, unless you want Gatomon here to suffer."
Tai stepped back and dropped to both his knees. "I'm sorry, it won't happen again." Tai lifted his head and looked up at the calm face above him. It was nerve wrecking to stare into the blue eyes before him. If there was any emotion behind them, they were well hidden.
Stepping back, Myotismon allowed his anger to fade away. Staring down at the covering form of Chimon, he suddenly lifted his hand and sent a small blast of energy at the Digimon before him. "See that you don't." Stepping towards his champers, he looked down and glared at Gatomon. Then a kick sent her flying down the room to land next to Chimon. "The next time, I won't be as forgiving."
TBC in: Back to Earth.