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LOVE'S TRUE STRENGTH
Chapter Four: Third Plan's a Scare
Kari awoke to the sound of her D-3 beeping. She stretched her arm over and grabbed it from her desk. It was an e-mail from Cody saying that a Triceramon was terrorizing a group of Elecmon. Kari groaned as she saw her clock. It was six-thirty. Reluctantly, she pulled herself out of bed.
"Wake up, Gatomon," Kari muttered as she yawned. "Duty calls."
Gatomon just groaned and flicked her ear slightly.
"OK," Kari began, "you can sleep some more, but you better be up by the time I get out of my shower!"
Kari came back into the room ten minutes later, drying her hair. Gatomon was still laying there.
"Gatomon!" Kari exclaimed, putting her hands on her hips. "We're needed in the digital world."
Gatomon opened her eyes and lazily lifted her head. Kari got dressed quickly, then Gatomon and her were on their way from her PC to the location Cody specified in his e-mail. Kari arrived on a cliff overlooking a large empty field. There was no one there. No Triceramon. No Elecmon. No digidestined.
"What's going on?" Gatomon asked, worried.
"I don't know," Kari admitted.
"Maybe, we're too late," Gatomon voiced. "You did take a long time in the shower."
"Me?" Kari laughed. "You were the one who wouldn't get up."
"I guess they solved it without us," Gatomon shrugged.
"I suppose so," Kari said, biting her lip. "But I have a bad feeling all of a sudden."
"Like we're being watched?" Gatomon guessed, glancing behind them.
"Exactly," Kari muttered, feeling a cold chill run down her spine.
"You stay here, Kari," Gatomon insisted. "I'll check it out."
"Be careful," Kari called after her as Gatomon ran into the trees behind them.
Kari glanced back in front of her and gasped at the sight of the Digimon Emperor smirking at her from the head of Mammothmon that reached just up to the cliff. Kari backed away a little.
"What-what do you want?" Kari demanded in a shaky voice.
The Digimon Emperor saw his necklace on Kari's neck and smiled, saying, "I only want you, Kari Kimiya."
"Why can't you just leave me alone!" Kari shouted.
She, then, turned to run away, but there was a large Centarumon behind her. He was closing in slowly, forcing Kari to back towards the Emperor. The Emperor grabbed Kari's arm and pulled her on to the head of the Mammothmon with him.
"Gatomon! Gatomon!" she screamed, trying to pull out of the Emperor's grip.
"Get a move on, Mammothmon!" The Digimon Emperor ordered.
Kari struggled against the Emperor as hard as she could, but he was just too strong for her. Behind her, Gatomon had emerged from the woods and was attacking the Centarumon. It was too late. Gatomon couldn't save her now. Kari lowered her head and stopped struggling. What could she do?
The large black base came into view. Kari watched it get larger and larger as they neared it. The Mammothmon stopped right by a door. The Digimon Emperor pressed a few numbers on a keypad and the door opened. He pushed Kari into the door, then followed. The base was just as dark on the inside as it was on the outside, though darker. There was no light except what trickled from under doors that lined the hall.
"I have a room ready for you," the Digimon Emperor said, walking by her, then down the hall.
Kari glanced back at the opened door. Just when she took a step toward it, the door closed.
"This way," the Emperor said, looking back at her.
Kari didn't know what else to do but follow him. He took her down a few halls, then stopped at a door. He entered a few numbers and the door opened. Kari looked into the room. It was lit only by a candle on the black nightstand near the queen-sized bed with black blankets.
"Awfully grim, isn't it?" Kari commented.
The Digimon Emperor raised an eyebrow at her like he didn't understand what the problem was. Kari bit her lip and entered the room.
"Give them to me," The Digimon Emperor ordered, holding out his hand.
"Give what?" Kari asked, confused.
"What do you think?" He scoffed. "Hand over your digivice, crest and D3."
"W-what?" Kari sputtered. "No!"
"Do you want me to be cruel?" The Digimon Emeror questioned.
Kari felt she had no choice, so she handed them over to him.
"If you need anything," the Emperor began, "Wormon will attend to you."
"But-" Kari went to object, but the Digimon Emperor closed the door.
The Digimon Emperor started toward his viewing room, Wormon following.
"Master," Wormon said, "I really don't think this will work."
"Shut up!" The Digimon Emperor shouted, turning into his viewing room. "I've had enough of your opinions!"
"But Master, " Wormon began, "look at her."
The Digimon Emperor glanced up at the screen to see Kari sitting on the bed crying. "What's wrong with her?"
"Master, I told you this wasn't a good idea," Wormon muttered.
"Didn't I tell you to shut up?" The Digimon Emperor shouted. "I know what's wrong with her."
Wormon glanced up at him in dismay as the Digimon Emperor sat down in his chair and started typing something.
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Kari couldn't believe what was happening to her. Why her? Why couldn't he molest some other girl? It just wasn't fair! Kari tried to wipe her tears away, but more came. She couldn't stop it. Kari cried for a long time. Finally her door whooshed open.
"Don't you like it here?" The Digimon Emperor asked, standing in her doorway.
"No!" She shot at him. "Why would you think that I would like it here? I'm your prisoner! I want to go home! Just let me go! I miss Gatomon."
"Oh, I knew that was the problem," the Digimon Emperor insisted.
Kari glanced up at him. He smiled confidently at her.
"Wormon!" the Digimon Emperor called.
Wormon appeared beside the Emperor in the doorway. "Yes, master."
"Bring in Kari's surprise," the Emperor ordered.
Wormon nodded and disappeared into the darkness. Kari looked over at the Digimon Emperor, wondering if it was possible that he got Gatomon to be her companion while he kept her prisoner. Would he be that nice?
The Digimon Emperor looked behind him, smirked and stepped aside, saying, "Kari, your present."
Bright green eyes glowed in the darkness. They were evil, hungry eyes. That was not Gatomon. What was it, though? Was this digimon going to jump at her and kill her? Was this all so that the Digimon Emperor could torture Kari and watch her die?
With the eyes emerged a deep purple cat digimon. She had the ears of a bat and long shaggy hair that hung between her glowing green eyes. Her front paws wore tattered black gloves with claws so long that they clicked against the hard ground when she walked. Her tail was long and shaggy all over. The cat came toward Kari, a hungry look in her eyes.
"Her name is Getamon," The Digimon Emperor told her. "I made her for you. She's twice as fast as Gatomon and much more powerful too."
Kari pulled her feet up on the bed as Getamon neared them. How could the Digimon Emperor think that this evil monster could replace her best friend? Getamon stood up on her back legs and held up her long, black claws.
"Oh, she wants to play," the Digimon Emperor cooed. "I think you two will get along famously."
He let out a cruel chuckle, than left the room, the door closing tight behind him.
A/N: I know that Getamon's name looks like it would be get-a-mon. That kinda sounds like Get A Man! Anyway, when I named her, I wanted her name to be pronounced "G"-ta-mon. But now you probably won't be able to get the whole Get-A-Man thing out of your head and you'll be calling her that throughout the rest of the fic. Oh, who cares! Call her what you want.
LOVE'S TRUE STRENGTH
Chapter Four: Third Plan's a Scare
Kari awoke to the sound of her D-3 beeping. She stretched her arm over and grabbed it from her desk. It was an e-mail from Cody saying that a Triceramon was terrorizing a group of Elecmon. Kari groaned as she saw her clock. It was six-thirty. Reluctantly, she pulled herself out of bed.
"Wake up, Gatomon," Kari muttered as she yawned. "Duty calls."
Gatomon just groaned and flicked her ear slightly.
"OK," Kari began, "you can sleep some more, but you better be up by the time I get out of my shower!"
Kari came back into the room ten minutes later, drying her hair. Gatomon was still laying there.
"Gatomon!" Kari exclaimed, putting her hands on her hips. "We're needed in the digital world."
Gatomon opened her eyes and lazily lifted her head. Kari got dressed quickly, then Gatomon and her were on their way from her PC to the location Cody specified in his e-mail. Kari arrived on a cliff overlooking a large empty field. There was no one there. No Triceramon. No Elecmon. No digidestined.
"What's going on?" Gatomon asked, worried.
"I don't know," Kari admitted.
"Maybe, we're too late," Gatomon voiced. "You did take a long time in the shower."
"Me?" Kari laughed. "You were the one who wouldn't get up."
"I guess they solved it without us," Gatomon shrugged.
"I suppose so," Kari said, biting her lip. "But I have a bad feeling all of a sudden."
"Like we're being watched?" Gatomon guessed, glancing behind them.
"Exactly," Kari muttered, feeling a cold chill run down her spine.
"You stay here, Kari," Gatomon insisted. "I'll check it out."
"Be careful," Kari called after her as Gatomon ran into the trees behind them.
Kari glanced back in front of her and gasped at the sight of the Digimon Emperor smirking at her from the head of Mammothmon that reached just up to the cliff. Kari backed away a little.
"What-what do you want?" Kari demanded in a shaky voice.
The Digimon Emperor saw his necklace on Kari's neck and smiled, saying, "I only want you, Kari Kimiya."
"Why can't you just leave me alone!" Kari shouted.
She, then, turned to run away, but there was a large Centarumon behind her. He was closing in slowly, forcing Kari to back towards the Emperor. The Emperor grabbed Kari's arm and pulled her on to the head of the Mammothmon with him.
"Gatomon! Gatomon!" she screamed, trying to pull out of the Emperor's grip.
"Get a move on, Mammothmon!" The Digimon Emperor ordered.
Kari struggled against the Emperor as hard as she could, but he was just too strong for her. Behind her, Gatomon had emerged from the woods and was attacking the Centarumon. It was too late. Gatomon couldn't save her now. Kari lowered her head and stopped struggling. What could she do?
The large black base came into view. Kari watched it get larger and larger as they neared it. The Mammothmon stopped right by a door. The Digimon Emperor pressed a few numbers on a keypad and the door opened. He pushed Kari into the door, then followed. The base was just as dark on the inside as it was on the outside, though darker. There was no light except what trickled from under doors that lined the hall.
"I have a room ready for you," the Digimon Emperor said, walking by her, then down the hall.
Kari glanced back at the opened door. Just when she took a step toward it, the door closed.
"This way," the Emperor said, looking back at her.
Kari didn't know what else to do but follow him. He took her down a few halls, then stopped at a door. He entered a few numbers and the door opened. Kari looked into the room. It was lit only by a candle on the black nightstand near the queen-sized bed with black blankets.
"Awfully grim, isn't it?" Kari commented.
The Digimon Emperor raised an eyebrow at her like he didn't understand what the problem was. Kari bit her lip and entered the room.
"Give them to me," The Digimon Emperor ordered, holding out his hand.
"Give what?" Kari asked, confused.
"What do you think?" He scoffed. "Hand over your digivice, crest and D3."
"W-what?" Kari sputtered. "No!"
"Do you want me to be cruel?" The Digimon Emeror questioned.
Kari felt she had no choice, so she handed them over to him.
"If you need anything," the Emperor began, "Wormon will attend to you."
"But-" Kari went to object, but the Digimon Emperor closed the door.
The Digimon Emperor started toward his viewing room, Wormon following.
"Master," Wormon said, "I really don't think this will work."
"Shut up!" The Digimon Emperor shouted, turning into his viewing room. "I've had enough of your opinions!"
"But Master, " Wormon began, "look at her."
The Digimon Emperor glanced up at the screen to see Kari sitting on the bed crying. "What's wrong with her?"
"Master, I told you this wasn't a good idea," Wormon muttered.
"Didn't I tell you to shut up?" The Digimon Emperor shouted. "I know what's wrong with her."
Wormon glanced up at him in dismay as the Digimon Emperor sat down in his chair and started typing something.
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Kari couldn't believe what was happening to her. Why her? Why couldn't he molest some other girl? It just wasn't fair! Kari tried to wipe her tears away, but more came. She couldn't stop it. Kari cried for a long time. Finally her door whooshed open.
"Don't you like it here?" The Digimon Emperor asked, standing in her doorway.
"No!" She shot at him. "Why would you think that I would like it here? I'm your prisoner! I want to go home! Just let me go! I miss Gatomon."
"Oh, I knew that was the problem," the Digimon Emperor insisted.
Kari glanced up at him. He smiled confidently at her.
"Wormon!" the Digimon Emperor called.
Wormon appeared beside the Emperor in the doorway. "Yes, master."
"Bring in Kari's surprise," the Emperor ordered.
Wormon nodded and disappeared into the darkness. Kari looked over at the Digimon Emperor, wondering if it was possible that he got Gatomon to be her companion while he kept her prisoner. Would he be that nice?
The Digimon Emperor looked behind him, smirked and stepped aside, saying, "Kari, your present."
Bright green eyes glowed in the darkness. They were evil, hungry eyes. That was not Gatomon. What was it, though? Was this digimon going to jump at her and kill her? Was this all so that the Digimon Emperor could torture Kari and watch her die?
With the eyes emerged a deep purple cat digimon. She had the ears of a bat and long shaggy hair that hung between her glowing green eyes. Her front paws wore tattered black gloves with claws so long that they clicked against the hard ground when she walked. Her tail was long and shaggy all over. The cat came toward Kari, a hungry look in her eyes.
"Her name is Getamon," The Digimon Emperor told her. "I made her for you. She's twice as fast as Gatomon and much more powerful too."
Kari pulled her feet up on the bed as Getamon neared them. How could the Digimon Emperor think that this evil monster could replace her best friend? Getamon stood up on her back legs and held up her long, black claws.
"Oh, she wants to play," the Digimon Emperor cooed. "I think you two will get along famously."
He let out a cruel chuckle, than left the room, the door closing tight behind him.
A/N: I know that Getamon's name looks like it would be get-a-mon. That kinda sounds like Get A Man! Anyway, when I named her, I wanted her name to be pronounced "G"-ta-mon. But now you probably won't be able to get the whole Get-A-Man thing out of your head and you'll be calling her that throughout the rest of the fic. Oh, who cares! Call her what you want.