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chapter 4
"hey that light is coming from central city." I exclaimed as I got close enough to see where the light was coming from. "is it form the battle that I am supposedly in?"
"what do you mean theirs two of me?" I demanded
" that your nature was split in two when the digimorph card effect ended." explained EclipseJuronomon "The security to prevent identity theft has locked you in this world"
"so do I destroy him or what?"
"you can't."
"why not?"
"because we don't know who the original was"
"do you mean..?"
"yes other than his body his is perfectly identical to you"
"finally" I sighed as I reached the arena. "Now to see what is going on."
As I crept to the battle field I noticed no guards "They must be all watching the match."
But as soon as I stepped out on to the field I now knew why the guards where not at their posts.
"Who are you?" some one to the side shouted.
I looked over their to see a Renamon was the one yelling
"who are you talking to?" I called back thinking he was wondering about Renamon or EclipseJuronomon
"you"
"haven't you ever heard of the programmer?"
"of course I have. I am him. I want to know who's impersonating me."
"you both are the programmer" explained EclipseJuronomon
"I think we both need to have this sorted out privately" I reasoned
"I agree" he nodded
"here I shall take you away to some privacy and try to explain what's going on" offered EclipseJuronomon
"thank you EclipseJuronomon" I accepted
"EclipseJuronomon?" he wondered
"I'll explain later"
"…and so that's what happened with me up to the moment you or should I say me showed up" I concluded
"so could someone tell me what is going on?" my copy wondered
"Even the oracles have no clue on what is going on here." Stated EclipseJuronomon
"wait when your where proclaiming the Heads crimes what was the one about the hack code?" I inquired
"He was preparing to use a hack code in your match."
"why didn't he?"
"it for some reason it disappeared just as it was about to be activated."
"When did it disappear?"
"around 4:50"
"right when I was to back to normal" the two of me said at once
"so then maybe the data took more than the form away and took copies of my memories and reformed it self as anther Renamon." I theorized
"but what about the digivice I have?" asked my double.
"My I see it?" asked EclipseJuronomon.
"sure" he replied tossing it to him
"Hmm"
"well what do you make of it?' I wondered
"I seems to be a normal digivice but it also seems to have been fused with a hack code."
What kind of digivice?"
"A D-hunter."
"so that's why it functions like a D-hunter. But why does it have a card slot then?" my twin wanted to know.
"perhaps the head was going to use the digimodify hack code."
"and if the code fused with the D-hunter…" I mused
"…it would warp the device and give it a card slot." Concluded my clone.
"so what are we going to call it?"
"how about a D-Modify?"
"no sounds to much like digimodify. How about D-module?
"that works"
"now to figure out how to get one of us out without destroying the other one"
"fun"
Meanwhile at the arena…
"what in the world just happened?" Matt needed to know.
"you've got me. I have just seen over 3 things that should have never happened with the current programming."
"hey why is my digivice glowing?"
"nope that won't work" I said for the thousandth time
"well I'm out of Ideas" said me
"wait can't you take one of us out in to the real world?" I asked EclipseJuronomon
" I could but if I take the one who is still tied to your body out into the real world the body hooked up to the machine would die to balance the world." EclipseJuronomon answered
"so what we really need to do is find out who is the one still in touch with the machine." I concluded
"but how do we find that out?" wondered my twin
"we are really in a riddle within a riddle aren't we?"
"all that and we are also wrapped in an enigma."
"well if you look around Matt it seems as if all the other D-hunters around here are glowing." The shop keeper told Matt
"your right. Did something in the match effect all the D-hunters?" inquired Matt
"no. if that was the case they would have started to do this while the match was still going on or at least while the programmer was still here."
"hey why don't you ever call my brother by his name?"
"well actually he never told me it." Muttered the shop keeper.
"well I'll tell you it. It's T…" he was cut off by the flash of light and the sudden transformation of both him and his digivice.
"why is the D-module's screen flashing?" I asked
"I don't know." Responded my double.
"what does the screen say?"
"doesn't say any thing. All it has is the symbol on Guilemon on…" He suddenly stops.
"are you thinking what I am thinking?"
"I hope not. Cause if I am then any one with a D-hunter is in trouble."
"why did I transform into my Gabumon form?" Matt desperately needed to know.
"it wasn't just you. It seems as if all the Hunters in the arena have been forced into their digimon forms," noted the shop keeper.
"And what happened to my digivice?"
"let me see it" asked the shop keeper.
"sure thing" he said as he handed him the digivice.
"well it looks like a D-hunter but I is now wider and has card slot."
"do you mean I can now use digimodify cards?"
"I believe so. But it seems form the fact that all the hunters are still digimon means that a side effect of the transformation is that your stuck as a digimon."
"that's not good."
"so could someone please tell me what you both are thinking?" questioned EclipseJuronomon
"sorry. We think that the hack code didn't fuse with my digivice but rather mutated into a virus that would transform any d-hunter into and d-module." I explained
"What is the problem then?"
"I think that in order to do that the virus forces the victim to remain in their digimon form permanently," pointed out my human half.
"that would not be good."
"It gets worse. From the fact when we had used the digimorph card in the gem dungeon and the server didn't even register a user in there because of that those infected may not be able to leave this game."
"well actually the reason the guardian didn't because since you were digimon and digimon are no longer bond to the precise wording of the program so people could still leave the game."
"that's good to here."
"Not exactly. The real danger of those infected leaving would be that they could take the virus outside of the game."
"That would be dangerous." I moaned.
"and we don't even have a clue as to how to reverse the effects," I moaned. "so this day just keeps getting better and better for me."
"well that's yet another thing that shouldn't have happened and yet it did today." Noted the shop keeper.
"so why doesn't anything happen to tamers?" Matt asked.
"maybe because they don't turn into digimon at all."
"this is just great."
"hey it could be worse."
"how could it?"
"your mind could have been lost as well as your form."
"now that's a scary thought."
"That's what would probably happen to tamers if they got infected by what ever did this."
"what about those who have no digivice?"
"if they could it would be the same as if the tamers could."
"now that's a sobering thought."
"I just had a scary thought." Moaned the digimon me.
"do I dare to ask what?" I responded.
"If we open a gate to solve our dilemma we might release this virus into our world."
"That would not be good." Nodded EclipseJuronomon.
"But how do we know that it won't effect those who are not hunters?" I asked
"Better to be safe than sorry." Quoted my duplicate.
"Too true. Too true."
"besides we don't even know if it really doesn't effect tamers or if it just takes more time with them."
"why would it effect us slower?"
"because you don't already have the form made for you to take. It may still effect you but it will take longer because it needs to transform you completely on it's own."
"And I just realize that we have not clue as to how or how fast it spreads."
"Can we get word outside to stop them from taking people in or out of the game with out actually leaving the game?" pondered EclipseJuronomon.
"we can but we would need to run the apocalypse engine to do so."
"Would it be worth it though?" my double wondered
"I think it would be if it could contain the virus"
"So what is needed to be done to activate it?" requested EclipseJuronomon
"Wait. What about the changes the head had made?"
"don't worry the changes where undone when the final judgment ended."
"that's a relief. The engine is activated by the 20 spirits being brought to the dark shrine."
"How can we get them in time?" the human turned Renamon questioned
"Don't tell me you forgot about the armory when you transformed?" said the real Renamon
"Renamon you've come to" I exclaimed
"actually I have "been to" for quite a while I was just using the time to assess what was going on."
"so when did you come to?"
"when you had started recollecting the trail of the head."
' so we don't have to tell you about anything again then do we?"
"nope"
"good that saves us time" noted EclipseJuronomon
"any way... we can use the armory to get the spirits but..." I remembered
"...we need to have the spirits on 10 different people or digimon" my clone concluded
"well right now we have at least...let's see...4 people right now."
"so we need to find 6 people in order to activate the engine then?" assessed EclipseJuronomon.
"well people and/or rookie digimon."
"do you know anyone else in the game who could help us?"
"well I think I can get Kari's brother if he's on and I think I also can get Izzy since I don't think he ever logs off."
"I can secure any number of digimon that you need."
"yeah I'll tell you who I can get then you can fill in the extra."
"that will work."
"how will I contact you?"
"Renamon should be able to find me"
"Mind if I tag along will you EclipseJuronomon?" the digimon me asked
"I think that would be for the best."
"that should do it then let's go." I finished heading off with my partner.