Chapter 10: The Calm Before The Storm
They were sitting by a lake; Kabuterimon, Pegasusmon, and Nefertimon had since dedigivolved. "You have no food." Jack commented evenly.
"Forget food for a second." Izzy told him, "Tell me about that weird energy spike yesterday."
"You have no food." Jack repeated.
"He's got a point Izzy." TK said with a yawn.
"Well do you see anywhere to eat?" Izzy asked.
"I saw some place over there while we were still flying." Melissa said groggily while pointing over her shoulder.
"Getting food there sounds like a good idea." Gatomon said she was resting her head on Kari's stomach. "I think I'm nearly deaf in one ear now."
"I agree wholeheartedly." Tentomon stated. "Getting food sounds like an excellent idea."
"Fine then, we'll go." Izzy said throwing his hands in the air. "But we're going to discuss that energy spike over dinner, or lunch, or is it breakfast." He grabbed his head in confusion, "We'll discuss it over whatever meal this is."
They got up and after a few minutes of walking they found themselves at a small diner. "Does this place look familiar to you, or is it just me?" TK asked Kari.
Kari shrugged, "It kinda does, but then again so does most of the digital world. Why?"
TK brushed the question away, "It's nothing important." but he still couldn't shake the feeling that he had been here before.
When they entered the restaurant a Veggiemon showed them over to their table. "What can I get you?" it asked taking out a pen and a pad of paper.
"I'll have two triple lobsters please." Jack said looking up from the menu. The others stared at him, "Yes I'm going to eat six lobsters." Jack told them.
"Where do you put it all?" TK asked, "I don't think I could eat that much in a day."
"It's been said that my metabolism is so fast that the food is metabolized before I've even swallowed." Jack said seriously, Izzy and Melissa laughed at this, Kari giggled a little, and even TK gave a chuckle or two.
When their meals arrived they ate. As Jack was busy with his six lobsters Melissa was left to answer Izzy's questions. She never mentioned the necklace.
"So Skelemon really digivolved to ultimate because you rolled dice?" Izzy asked for the fifth time. "I wonder if there's a crest of gambling." Izzy commented to himself. Jack and Melissa traded glances and shrugged.
"Maybe it was a crest of luck, after all he did say it was some good luck charm he was doing." Melissa suggested.
"Interesting," Izzy said while pulling out his laptop, "I'll have to look into that."
"Here is your bill." a giant egg with dinosaur legs said as it pushed the piece of paper onto the table.
TK shook his head, there was only one diner in the digital world; he should have known this would happen. "I knew this place was familiar." TK mumbled to himself. "Don't bother paying," he said, "whatever currency you have he doesn't take it."
The digimon glared at TK for a second. "I thought you looked familiar." the egg said. "You were one of those kids who saved us all from Malomyotismon. In that case the meal is free; consider it a thank you for saving me and the restaurant."
TK looked at the digimon in shock, "You really have changed a lot in the last decade Digitamamon." he said.
"I know." Digitamamon said. "There's also a room upstairs that you can stay in tonight."
"I get a bed." Kari declared. Whether or not they were staying wasn't a question.
It was dark when they finally went up to the room. The first thing they realized was that there were only four human sized beds; Jack opted to sleep on the floor.
Melissa woke up a little over an hour later; this wasn't her own bed after all. Seeing Jack sitting up and staring out the window unmoving she got up and walked over to him, "You okay?" she asked. When she got no reply she waved her hand in front of his glazed eyes. "Hellooo?" she said, "See anything worth seeing?"
Jack blinked and his eyes deglazed but his look was still far off. "I saw death," he said quietly, "death in the form of a dragon." Something about his tone chilled her to the bone. Melissa hated that tone as much as she hated his eyes at the carnival.
Jack turned his head to look at her. "Seems I did see something worth seeing." he commented with a smirk.
Melissa blushed furiously; she had stripped down to a bra and a thong for the night. "You don't seem very comfortable here." she said, "Why don't we share the bed?" she said. "And no sex gutter mind." she added immediately afterwards.
"No thanks." Jack said, "I'm fine here."
Melissa shivered a little, the reason she wanted Jack in the bed was because it was a cold night. She walked over to the bed, grabbed a pillow and the blanket, then walked back over tossed the pillow onto the floor, pushed Jack down, then laid down, and pulled the blanket over them. "Then share the floor." Melissa told him. Jack rolled his eyes, crazy bitch.
She was in a dark tunnel of some kind; all around herself she could hear the sound of waves. Kari walked down the tunnel toward a speck of light at the end. When she reached the end she saw a grey beach with black waves lapping up against it, there was very little beach visible. Out in the waters she saw Takeru, Tai, and her mother all tied to stakes their heads barely above the water.
"Do you see the price of disobeying me my pet?" a voice asked from behind her. Kari spun to see a man with red hair and a black cape, his face was shrouded in shadow. The man walked towards her and then, she woke up.
Kari sat up in bed clutching the sweat soaked sheets. She wiped her brow off and shivered a little, it was a cool night. A little apprehensive she got up, tiptoed over to TK's bed, slipped under the covers, and held him. Instantly she felt better.
TK stirred as she touched him. "Kari?" he asked looking at her through a cracked eye, "You okay?"
Kari nodded slightly, "Just let me hold you." she whispered as she laid her head on his bare chest. Looking down she realized his chest wasn't the only bare thing.
She giggled a little. "What's so funny?" TK asked as he gently stroked her hair.
"I thought this was a bed not a tent." Kari commented still giggling lightly.
TK rolled away from her, "Sorry." he muttered. God just being close to her was enough to excite him to levels he had never dreamed possible. All he wanted to do now was touch her, hold her, kiss her, and make love to her.
Kari mentally slapped herself. She hadn't meant to embarrass him. Slowly, her body moving of its own accord, she rolled TK back towards herself. She looked up into his eyes and gently kissed him on the lips. TK kissed her back hungrily, like he had been waiting his whole life for this. The kiss took on another dimension as they deepened it, their tongues battling for supremacy. TK slipped one of his thumbs into the waistband of Kari's panties and she broke the kiss.
"Not here." Kari whispered, "Not yet." TK removed his thumb with a nod and kissed her again. TK's erection was pressing into the side of her thigh and, despite what she had just said, was exciting her more by the second. Acting on impulse she wrapped her hand around his hardened member and rubbed it experimentally. TK moaned into her mouth and she continued her massage as they continued the kiss. The kiss became more and more frantic as Kari continued to play with TK's erection. The boy finally broke the kiss as he let loose, spraying his seed onto Kari's hand and legs.
"That was great." TK said as he lay panting next to her. Kari said nothing, she had already fallen back to sleep her hand still gripping TK's penis.
The next morning seemed to come too quickly for Izzy. As he opened his eyes he noticed half the beds were empty. After a little bit of searching he found Kari in TK's bed, no surprise there. A little more looking found Jack and Melissa on the floor, definitely not something he expected.
He slowly got up and pulled his clothes on. He was feeling kind of sluggish this morning, too long without a smoke. He thought fleetingly of his stash, still in the Kamiya's house, but then decided he should forget about it. His comrades had doubtless found and trashed it.
"Good morning Izzy." Tentomon said as Izzy left the room, the digimon were already awake. Izzy smiled, with shit like this in his life who, needed drugs?
Back in the room Jack lurched up his eyes snapping open wide. "Get up quick." he told Melissa giving her a violent shake. As soon as she opened her eyes he moved on to TK and Kari. "Everyone get up fast." Jack ordered.
"Why?" Kari asked as she nuzzled TK's chest. "It's still early."
Jack was looking out the window. "It's time," he said, "he's ready for us and he's coming. Welcome to the endgame."