A/N-Okay, after an incredibly long hiatus (Come on, now who honestly thought I was dead?), I'm finally posting a revised chapter two to Oh, Baby! Thanks for being so patient with me everyone!
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Oh, Baby!
Chapter
Two
Last time we saw our young heroes, they seemed to be in quite an unfortunate predicament. Kari and TK arrived just in time to see the light fade out, revealing that now, instead of ten teenagers, ten very different things occupied their space.
Babies.
Kari let out a strangled gasp. Her eyes were huge.
"What the hell," TK muttered in shock. The two humans and their digimon crouched behind the bush where Spetomon originally appeared in, not willing to just rush in before they knew what was going on.
"What do we do now?" whispered Kari anxiously. TK stared at the virus digimon. It made no move either forward or backwards.
"Let's go," TK said finally, making a decision. He took Kari's hand and pulled her out of the bush with him. True to his nature, he towed Kari a step behind him so that she'd be shielded from whatever came at them. Patamon and Gatomon took defensive stances in front of the two teenagers.
"Patamon, digivolve!" TK shouted. He held out his digivice in front of him. Soon, instead of the bat-pig form, an angel floated in front of him. Kari did the same, and Gatomon transformed into Angewomon. The angels quickly forced the evil Spetomon back.
"You'll be next!" Spetomon roared, shaking its fist at them as he disappeared in a cloud of black smoke. Kari left TK with the digimon and raced over to the now baby digidestined.
The digidestined were wearing what seemed to be their clothes, but only shrunken. Tai had a pouf of brown hair, Matt had his ice blue eyes, Joe his blue hair, and so on. They were all sitting peacefully on the ground, looking around with their innocent eyes wide in amazement. Kari and TK stopped right in front of the strange group, shocked into stillness. They stared at the babies, and the babies stared back.
Suddenly, Joe wrinkled up his face and began to cry. Kari gently picked him up and held him against her shoulder. Patting his back, she began to slowly walk in a circle, cooing softly. Before long, Joe's wails turned into small, hiccupping sobs, and soon stopped as he fell asleep. TK, who had examined the rest of the group quietly, walked to Kari's side as she continued to gently rock Joe in her arms.
"We need to get out of here," he whispered to Kari, who was still stroking Joe's small head gently. She nodded and passed the baby to TK to go back and pick up another child to transport. He received Joe with visible apprehension, holding the baby like he would suddenly wake up and bit TK's arm off.
"Haven't you held a baby before?" Kari asked with laughter in her eyes. TK shook his head.
"Here," Kari said, and showed him how to hold him, supporting the head. TK cradled him like a delicate glass ornament, looking only slightly more comfortable.
"All right, Angemon and I will take Joe, Mimi, and Matt back to my apartment. My mom's out of town until next Saturday. I was supposed to stay with Matt, but I guess that's not happening anymore. You two stay with the rest until I get back," TK said softly. Kari picked up Mimi and Matt and gave them to Angemon. She leaned over Joe in TK's arm to give him a kiss. She and Angewomon watched as the figures of Angemon and TK disappeared into a portal.
Thirty Minutes Later
With all the children safely transported into TK's apartment, the two digimon digivolved. They flopped on the sofa, fast asleep.
"What do we do now?" Kari asked helplessly, gazing around at the ten sleeping babies on the beds and chairs. TK stepped closer to her and put an arm around her shoulders. He, too, looked around.
"They're probably going to need diapers," TK thought out loud.
"Maybe baby formula too," Kari said worriedly.
"I'll run to the store. Do you think you'll be okay for about twenty minutes?" TK asked. Kari nodded. TK grabbed his keys and wallet, and headed out the door. Kari decided to try to contact Gennai with TK's computer. She switched it on.
Just then, a cry echoed from the living room. Kari sighed and hurried in the room to avoid having any more babies awake.
Cody stared up at her with tear-streaked cheeks.
"Oh, what's with the alligator tears?" Kari cooed, picking him up. She gently rocked him in her arms as she traveled back to the computer. She settled the now quiet Cody in her lap. He grabbed a piece of her hair and started playing with it. Izzy had installed an instant message program on all the digidestineds' computers. She logged on under TK's name, Blonde BB.
"Come on, Gennai, be on," Kari murmured, typing her message.
Blonde BB-Gennai, we have a problem.
All of a sudden, a message popped up.
Gennai-What seems to be wrong, TK?
Blonde BB-This isn't TK, this is Kari. I'm just using his computer. Have you ever heard of the digimon, Spetomon?
Gennai-That's a digimon that should be avoided at all costs. Why do you ask?
Blonde BB-Well, we were having a picnic at the Digiworld today, and before TK and I got there, they met up with him. I don't know what exactly happened, but they got turned into babies.
Gennai-BABIES?
Blonde BB-Unfortunately so.
Gennai-I'm going to have to research this. Can you be on tomorrow at nine a.m. your time?
Blonde BB-Sure.
Gennai-Goodbye Kari. And good luck.
Blonde BB-Good luck?
Gennai-Ten babies? You're going to need it!
Blonde BB-Don't remind me. Talk to you tomorrow.
Gennailogged off at 7:34:23 p.m.
Blonde BB
logged off at 7:35:12 p.m.
Kari turned off the computer, sighed, and leaned back against the chair. She lifted Cody off her shoulder and above her head. He giggled and clapped his chubby hands. Kari stood up and walked back into the living room. The babies were sleeping peacefully. Except for Davis.
"WAHH!"
"Oh, no," Kari groaned. She laid Cody down on the sofa next to Gatomon and Patamon. He wiggled closer and flung an arm over Patamon. Kari next hurried over to Davis. She picked him up and began to pace back and forth, from the living room, to the kitchen, and back. Nothing helped. Kari set Davis on her hip and wriggled him gently. His little face was beet red from crying so hard. Kari began her track again to no result. She began to sing softly to him. The door in the living room opened. TK walked in with two brown paper grocery bags. He heard Kari and Davis in the kitchen, and walked towards them. TK set the bags on the counter.
"I think he's hungry," Kari said. She handed Davis to him, and started for the bags.
Reaching inside, she pulled out a bottle and baby formula. She bustled around the kitchen, fixing it for the baby. By now, Davis was resting against TK's shoulder, sucking his thumb. Kari handed TK the bottle and sat down in the chair next to him. She rested her head on her arms.
Another baby started crying in the other room. Kari groaned. It was feeding time in the zoo, and the animals were hungry.
TBC
A/N-That seems like a good place to leave off. And don't worry, I am working on the next update. I'm sorry, but I think posts are still going to be unfortunately sporadic still. Please bear with me, I'm doing the best I can.
I think the least I can do is post a little excerpt from what's to come, right?
"What happens if you…" TK swallowed hard.
"Get hurt? Killed? TK, listen to me. If it helps the rest of the group, I'll gladly sacrifice my life, okay? This is a decision only I can make, and I'm making it right now," Kari said, her normally calm brown eyes crackling with electicity.
Okay, there's the excerpt. I'll see you guys later!
