Digimon Zero Two
Digital Agent
Chapter 3
Infiltration
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DIT Underground Headquarters in Europe, Sector F, security level 2, T.K. and Kari's private suite, Sunday, 7.54a.m. (man, that's the longest one yet!)
Patamon woke up. He expected to be in T.K.'s room, but no. At first he didn't recognise the place. Then he saw Gatomon lying next to him and remembered.
'This is some room.' he went to draw the curtains. Well, he would have had there been curtains. Except for the shower or bath, having curtains in an underground base with no windows to the outside seemed pretty pointless.
He rubbed her eyes and got up. He flew over to the fridge. Not that he normally had a snack the moment he woke up, but lately he had a bit more appetite.
"Hmm..." he decided to just have a bottle of water, despite what he saw. I won't go into details. Let's just say there was plenty to eat.
He opened the bottle of mineral water and drank from it. A few sips, and then he stopped to think. 'Hope they're not gonna...' he remembered the scientists and how... intrigued they were. But he wouldn't take any trash from them. He knew he had to trust them sooner or later. And he preferred later to sooner. More time for him to see what they did.
'Maybe I'll have a bath. Should help me relax, and give me time to think.' he was still a bit sleepy, but awake, more or less. He headed for the bathroom after finishing the rest of his water.
T.K. Takaishi
I yawned as my eyes slowly opened. The world was a blur, but I remembered most things after a few seconds. It surprised me to find that I was in the same bed as Kari. I was still a little groggy, so my thoughts weren't exactly... normal. But I had wondered why the room they gave us didn't have separate beds.
I got out of bed, saw that Gatomon and Kari wre still sound asleep. I thought I'd draw the curtains, but realised there were no curtains. And it came to me, curtains apart from those in the shower and bath were pretty pointless.
I went to the bathroom and opened the door, thinking to myself 'This is one smooth door hinge. Wonder what lubricant they use.'
I noticed that the shower curtains were drawn. I noted that Kari and Gatomon were still asleep, and realised that it must be Patamon.
"Patamon?" I called out.
"T.K.?" I heard a voice reply.
"U-uhh, good morning?" I stuttered.
"Yeah, mornin'. Whatcha doing up this early?" he asked.
"I should ask you the same thing."
We both chuckled softly.
Story Mode, 7.40a.m.
"Riley, come here a minute." Unity called.
"Something up?" she replied.
"Check this out. A Portal, in Germany. Just opened. What do you make of it?" Unity spoke in short bursts.
"That IS strange. Where?"
"Stuttgart." Unity answered.
"What now? How can we open it?" Riley queried.
"We need the Digidestined. Contact Robertson's squad."
"Roger." Riley picked up her phone.
"I want you on this. Keep watch. Satellite, CCTV, button cameras, whatever takes your fancy. Just watch them. I've got business to attend to." Unity headed for a different computer.
"No problem."
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Sector B, Security level 3, Computer room, 7.59a.m.
"...leave asap."
"Acknowledged. Mark?"
"Yessir."
"Requisition order, DIT quartermasters for immediate supply. One camo transport helicopter, fully fuelled for daytime/nighttime transport. Five 'Pack B's, and throw in a couple of tranquilliser pens. Don't forget the forest uniforms. Oh, and we'll need a bit of firepower. Bring in a couple of weapon kits, include M4A1's, SMAW's and small firearms. 0930 hours, at the helipad."
"Yessir. Requests through. But five?"
"You're coming with me."
"Why?"
"Let's just say I need a good 'chauffeur'."
"Okay, sir. Pilot?"
"Granger."
"Affirmative."
"Excellent." he turned to his PDA.
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Kari and T.K.'s private suite, 8.39a.m.
"So whaddya want for breakfast?" T.K. asked. Patamon had come out of the shower a minute ago, and Gatomon had woken up. Well, sorta. She was still lying down on the bed, eyes closed, mouth open, but still technically awake.
"Bacon and eggs, perhaps?" T.K. asked.
"Sure." Patamon answered.
"Okay." Kari replied.
"Maybe a nice Bukamon..." Gatomon sighed.
"She's not serious. Is she!" T.K. had that blank look on his face.
"Don't think so. Wake her up, will ya?" Kari asked.
"My pleasure. Hey Gatomon, wake up." Patamon rolled her off the bed. She fell onto the floor with a thud.
"Ahh! What happened?" Gatomon woke up.
T.K. stared at them. Kari and Patamon stared at each other. They all burst into laughter.
"Hey, c'mon."
"Okay, okay. Now how would you like your Bukamon?" T.K. grinned. Kari and Patamon kept on giggling.
"I want some tartar sauce. No ketchup, but add a little salt." Gatomon replied.
"Hee hee, that's a good one, Gato." Patamon giggled.
"I'm serious. I ate one for breakfast yesterday." Gatomon put her hand on her hip.
They all stared at her in silence.
"Heh heh heh heh." Gatomon laughed.
Kari giggled.
"Hehe, yeah, I knew you were just kidding." Patamon said.
"No you didn't." Gatomon looked at him.
"Did too."
"Did not."
"Did too."
"Did not."
"Did too!"
"Did not!"
"Did too!"
"Did not!"
"Did too!"
"Did not!"
"Okay, okay. That's enough, both of you. Geez." Kari shook her head.
Gatomon rolled her eyes. Patamon blew a raspberry at her.
"Okay, so what do you want for breakfast, Gatomon?" T.K. queried.
"Anything's fine."
"Okay, four orders of bacon and eggs, coming right up."
"Couldn't we just have gotten the room service?" Patamon asked.
"Too late now." Gatomon answered for T.K..
"Oh well..."
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9.23a.m.
"Another great meal, T.K.." Kari complimented.
"Thanks. I made it myself." T.K. beamed.
"Duh!" they all said simultaneously.
"Hey, you might've thought I got the room service."
"Now why would we do that?" Gatomon asked.
"Err, well..."
Their banter was interrupted by a knock on the door.
Kari opened the door. A blonde man with blue eyes stood there. It didn't take a genius to figure it out.
"Good morning. I trust you have all slept well?" Edward asked.
"Yes, sir."
"Good. Already had breakfast?"
"Yeah." Gatomon answered.
"Good. Because we need your help right now. Follow me."
"Okay." T.K. slipped his revolvers into his holsters. Kari took her handgun. Patamon and Gatomon followed them.
"Sorry for dragging you away on such short notice. But we've found a Portal in Germany." Edward apprised.
"Portal? Oh. Digiport." Gatomon said.
"How about a briefing?" Kari asked.
"On the chopper. We've got to move. Sector E, heliport. This way."
He led them through a few doors, and they were there. There were two helicopters. One was being unloaded, and the other one was ready for departure.
"Over here." a guy with brown hair and a helmet called. Another person got on the copter with a couple of packs.
"Come on." an agent with brown hair and brown eyes wearing an olive drab uniform went past them. Daniel walked towards the helicopter.
"Let's go." Gatomon called.
"Coming." Patamon, Kari, T.K., and Edward headed for the chopper.
"Everything alright, Malcolm?" Daniel asked.
"Yeah. All set." the pilot replied.
"Got everything, Mark?"
"Yessir."
"Okay, we take off now." the pilot Malcolm started the chopper. Edward's 'assistant' Mark helped T.K. and Kari up. The helicopter started to take off, when...
"Hey, wait for me!" Patamon flew up to the window.
"Huh." Dan opened the door slightly for him to enter. Patamon came in and landed on Gatomon.
"Ouch! That's the second time you landed on me." Gatomon growled.
"Sorry about that..." Patamon looked at Gatomon with an 'I'm so sorry, I didn't mean it. I'm just an innocent little Digimon' look.
"Hey c'mon now!" Gatomon backed away from Patamon a little.
Patamon kept staring at her with the same sorry look.
"Now stop that, you. That's not fair."
Patamon's eyes shimmered. In a way, it looked like tears were welling up in them. In another way, it was indescribably...
"Okay okay. You win. Forget about it. It's no big deal." Gatomon said. Patamon's stare had pierced through all her defences.
"Thanks Gato." Patamon went over to her. She ruffled the fur on his head.
"But you gotta stop doing that." Gatomon murmured into his ear.
"Okay." Patamon grinned at her.
"Hehe. Very Kawaii." Kari smiled.
"Kawaii?" the guy called Mark looked at her.
"Japanese. Means cute." T.K. explained.
"Oh. Traurig. Ich spreche nicht japanisches, russisches, griechisches, Chinesen oder Koreaner." Mark said.
"Say what?" Gatomon, Patamon, T.K. and Kari looked at him.
"I think he said something about not speaking some languages." Edward murmured.
"Correct. All the languages with symbols. Can't read them. So I only speak the languages with the English alphabet." he apprised.
"Oh. So you're a linguist?" Kari questioned.
"I was. But then I screwed up. Got demoted. But Edward here took me as his assistant. He was real nice to me. Even though I don't deserve it." Mark looked out the window. They were already high enough. The pilot pitched down and started moving. This threw Patamon off balance. He fell off the bench and landed on his bottom.
"Oof."
"That's nonsense. You're the best linguist we have." Edward patted his back.
"What about Jenny?"
"Sure, but she doesn't speak a few that you do, right?"
"Well, yeah. I guess so."
"And she's not as fluent in French, German and Spanish as you are, right?"
"Well, that depends."
"So cheer up, then."
"Yeah, thanks."
"Hey, what's this button do?" T.K. pressed a black button in the cockpit.
An electric guitar started playing. A rock song continued.
"Sounds familiar."
"Hey, don't go pushing all the buttons. Especially since you don't know what they do." Malcolm shooed T.K. away. "That coulda been the self destruct for all you know. Well, if choppers had self destructs."
"Geez, sorry. But I kinda like this song. What's it called?" T.K. asked.
You really got me. You really got me. You really got me. You really got me.
"There's your answer." Malcolm pulled a lever back.
The helicopter picked up a little more speed. The song ended and a new one started on the 'radio'.
"So how about that briefing?" Kari requested. Malcolm turned off the music.
"Okay. Dan?" Edward asked.
"Earlier this morning, our team picked up a signal from Stuttgart, one of the GSA's outposts. A 'Portal', as we call it. The first one we've seen anywhere near them. After checking, we're sure it's theirs. So, we're going to investigate the place. Check it, see how they got it, where it leads, what they plan to do with it, you get the picture. This mission is codenamed Operation Hacker. Now, we will jump from about 10,000 feet, where the clouds are. Y'all know how to use a parachute?"
"Yeah, had those parachute lessons with Tai." Kari replied.
"I think so." T.K. answered.
"Okay. Here's the plan. The place that we're supposed to check out is located near a forest. We'll sneak in through the woods, take out any sentries if necessary, and get into the outpost. We hack whatever hard drives and find out what they've been doing. And see what they ARE doing in the Digital World. And when we get back, steal everything that isn't nailed fown." Dan said "We'll need that Hacker. From what I know, it's a very advanced piece of technology. Not to mention delicate. So don't touch." Dan looked at T.K..
"This is the first Digiport they've opened?" Patamon asked.
"Yes. They could've done it since earlier, but we can't seem to detect where they CAN open it. We also don't know how they can use it, even if they open it. So we might not have to go to the Digital World." Edward explained.
"O...kay." Gatomon sighed.
"When we get there, we'll be dropped off into the woods a bit of distance from the outpost. That doesn't mean there's no security. Do you know anything about camouflage?" Dan questioned.
"Very little." T.K. answered.
"Err..." Kari said.
"Nothing." Patamon murmured.
"Sneaking, yes. Camouflage, no." Gatomon scratched the back of her head.
"I'll teach you now. We have two types of uniforms here. This is the leaf camouflage uniform. It is effective in the undergrowth." Edward took out a green military uniform. The patterns were light and dark greens, a few patches of brown.
"Now this is the tiger stripe pattern. It is useful around trees, grass, and in soil." he took out a uniform with a pattern that mimicked tiger stripes.
"In a way, you're already a tiger , Gatomon." Kari whispered into her ear.
"Heheheh." Gatomon chuckled.
"So, here is the black uniform. ...I don't know why it's here. Anyway, it's good for night-time operations, dark areas and dark backgrounds." Edward showed them the black uniform which looked similar to a dinner suit.
"Looks like a tuxedo." Dan commented.
"Now, no matter how you look at it, camouflage is never quite complete without face paint."
"You seriously think we'd paint our faces?" T.K. looked at him.
"Don't worry. This paint comes off easily with water."
"That's... okay, I guess." T.K. grunted.
"Here are two types you should know. First..." he applied some paint to him face"...is the woodland type. Both light and dark greens with some brown and yellow patches. And the other, since we have the black set, is the black face paint. I think it's pretty obvious."
"Got it." Kari said.
"What about us?" Patamon waved at him with his ear.
"Don't worry, we'll drown you in the green paint." Dan sniggered.
"Uhhhh..." Patamon was silent. Everyone laughed.
"Just kidding. Again. Heheh. You're really something. But anyway, we can paint you, if you like." Dan grinned.
"You should get dressed now. Use the tiger stripe. Don't paint if you don't want to, but I'd highly recommend it." Edward pointed to the back of the chopper. A door was there. Kari looked at T.K..
"You go ahead. I'll paint them first." T.K. looked at Gatomon and Patamon.
"Alright. But save Gatomon for me. I wanna paint her." Kari insisted. "Tee hee."
"Okay."
Kari entered the room.
"Wires, buttons, levers? Oh well."
"Okay, Pata. Hold still." T.K. put on a few different tones of green on Patamon.
"Hee hee hee. That tickles!" Patamon laughed.
"Heh, sorry." T.K. scratched the back of his head.
"Hold still a mo." Edward applied a few patches of brown.
Patamon tried, but couldn't help it.
"Hmm, is he really that ticklish?" Edward queried.
"Yeah. Guess so." T.K. grinned.
"Oh. Okay... turn around now." he instructed.
Patamon did a 180 so that he was lying on his back.
"Something tells me this will be harder." Edward frowned.
"You're probably right. Hmm, green here." T.K. started painted Patamon's belly.
"Hahahaha!" Patamon's mouth was wide open, hysterical laughter pouring out of it.
"Just a few more seconds, Patamon." T.K. quickly brushed him.
"Hahaha."
"There. Done." T.K. said.
"How do I look?" Patamon asked.
"Not bad."
"Okay, your turn, T.K." Kari came out of the room.
"You look pretty good in green." T.K. complimented.
"You say that about everything I wear!" Kari pointed out.
"Yeah, well... you look good in everything." T.K. grinned like an idiot.
"Hmm..." Kari blushed.
"Here." Dan handed him a set. T.K. went into the room.
"Hey, Patamon. You look a bit green." Kari chuckled.
"Yeah, you do, don't you?" Gatomon grinned.
"Well, it's your turn, Gatomon." Patamon grinned back at her.
"Err, okay."
"Okay, hold still."
Meanwhile, T.K. was at the back of the chopper, thinking about 'things'.
"Digital World? That means we can hook up with the others. It'd be great to see them. But what's in those containers they've got? And why am I talking to myself? Hmm..." T.K. was thinking aloud.
"Hehehe." Gatomon chuckled.
"She isn't as ticklish as Patamon here." T.K. explained.
"I see. So she'll be easier." Edward was quick with the paintbrush.
"There. You look great, Gatomon." Kari smiled.
Gatomon was all green, brown, and yellow now.
"Okay, I'm done." T.K. came out in the camouflage uniform.
"Here's the paint." Edward gave them the paint and they started.
"So anyway..." Dan continued "...let's go through it. We'll be dropped off in the forest. We then sneak into the outpost, withOUT being seen..." he emphasised that point "... and take the portal to the Digital World. Then we investigate any happenings that have to do with them. Shouldn't take too long, but we have to make do with what we have. Pack B." Dan showed them a compact pack "We'll be through it quickly, but sorry, no luxuries this time."
"Oh well, we weren't planning on living off it anyway." Patamon said.
"When we get back, we steal everything that isn't nailed down, and then call for a ride out of here. Got it?" Dan finished.
"Yessir." they all agreed.
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Stuttgart, Germany, Coordinates classified, 1.23p.m. local time(like I said earlier)
"Arriving at drop point, sir. Drop in two minutes." The pilot Malcolm Granger called out.
"CAVOK?" Edward asked.
"No, otherwise they would have spotted us already." he answered. "We're above the clouds."
"Okay."
"We'll be jumping from 10,000 feet, as I said earlier. Take the SkY parachutes, they'll provide enough air camouflage." Dan instructed.
"Okay." T.K. and Kari grabbed their parachutes from the rack. They put them on and picked up Patamon and Gatomon, respectively.
"We have no visibility above the clouds, but we'll have to make do. Keep your distance. At least a hundred metres. But try not to get too far." Edward tossed the pack b's and the masks at them.
"Any questions?"
"We wear this for?" T.K. looked at it. It was probably a gas mask.
"The wind can hurt." Edward put the mask over his face. "Which reminds me, try not to get frostbite from the wind chill.
"One more. Why AM I here?" Mark asked.
"We might need your help communicating with the locals. Or the enemy. They work for the GSA, but they're actually mercenaries. The Phoenix unit, as they call themselves, consists of German and Italian mercenaries. They are men who excel in gunfights, traps, infiltration and computers. They worked in a military unit once, the West German infantry division. But that group was disbanded, and they couldn't find much work with what they do. Anyway, I don't suppose they speak much English. So that's why you're here. In case we get captured, which is unlikely. Or if we need to interrogate someone. Besides, who better to carry our stuff?" Edward clarified.
"Yeah, guess I can carry a lot."
"Fifteen seconds. Get ready." Malcolm ordered.
"Okay, get ready. Wow, it's cold." Edward said as he opened the door.
"Whoo." T.K. held on to Patamon. Kari did the same with Gatomon.
"Thanks, Granger." Edward waved.
"Please, call me Malcolm." he gave them the all-clear.
"Okay, jump, and pull the cord." Dan told them.
"We know." Kari answered for herself and T.K.
Mark Castle was the first to jump. He held the mask over his face and ran out of the helicopter. Dan was next to go. He dropped from the chopper. Gatomon and T.K. could see that he was doing somersaults in midair.
'He knows what he's doing.' T.K. thought to himself.
"You next." Edward tapped Kari on the shoulder.
"Here goes nothing!" Kari held on to Gatomon tightly and jumped. She went down in a straight line, upright all the time. T.K. and Patamon could now see an open parachute.
T.K. leaped from the plane. He went down in a straight line like Kari, but he faced downwards.
"Off you go, then."
"Will you be okay?"
"Yeah. I'm gonna visit my cousin in Frankfurt in the meantime. Just give me a call when you need a lift. I'll bring the chopper to the evac point in any emergency, or when you're done with the mission."
"Thanks. Here I go then." Edward closed the door and stood on the ledge that was supposed to help with getting off the copter. A second later, he jumped. He put his body in a horizontal position so his fall slowed. He could make out the other three parachutes opening. And a few seconds later, he tugged his ripcord. A small piece of cloth came out of his backpack, and formed an umbrella shape. It was soon followed by a larger one. A container of some sort was ejected from the chopper. It passed T.K., who noticed a timer on it, which had the numbers 0.19 on it. Soon it came to Kari, who saw it as 0.16.
They all fell slowly. Patamon was clinging on to T.K., really, really tightly. His fear of heights. I'm sure you all can think of a suitable term.
Kari held on tight to Gatomon, not wanting her to fall. They were past the clouds now. None of them could see the outpost, though.
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Approximately 50 feet from the ground
Mark had reached a clearing in the woods. He had already removed the bag which contained his parachute. He picked up his rucksack and the container which he was supposed to carry. He slung it over his shoulder and took out his pistol. He looked around for anything out of the ordinary. No one there, enemy or friendly. He saw a parachute in the sky move to his right. He checked his compass. He was facing North, the direction of the parachute was North-West. He started in that direction.
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Daniel landed near a stream. Well, kinda. His parachute got stuck in a tree. Shortly afterwards, he brought out his knife, cut himself loose and fell gracefully to the ground. He could hear the water splashing softly and saw it to his right. He put on a pair of thermal goggles and pulled out his handgun. He looked around for any signs of life. Seeing nothing but a couple of snakes and a deer, he holstered his weapon and removed his goggles. He got into a hollow tree and waited a few seconds.
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Edward ditched his parachute about a few metres from the tree. He fell through it, the leaves broke his fall. He managed to catch a branch. Getting his other hand up, he grabbed the branch with his right hand and hauled himself up. He took out his SOCOM and looked around. Nothing in sight, so he kept his weapon and dropped down onto the ground.
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Kari had a few problems of her own. Her parachute had caught a branch and was stuck. She was only about four feet from the ground, though.
"Darn it, parachute's stuck." Kari looked up at it.
"I'll get it." Gatomon jumped down after Kari released her. She did a frontflip and landed on the ground. She moved to the tree and stuck her claws into it. She started climbing. A few branches later, she arrived at the parachute.
"Ready, Kari?"
"No problem."
"Three, two..."
She cut the rope. Kari fell a few feet and landed, not making much noise. She caught Gatomon when she jumped down, and after putting her down, looked around.
"Where are they?" Gatomon asked.
"The radio's not working." Kari noted. She tried a few more shakes, checked the batteries and all, but no luck.
"We'd better go look for them." Gatomon said.
"But if you're lost, you're supposed to stay in one place." Kari remembered something her teacher had told her.
"Are you sure? You can stay here if you want to. I'm gonna go look for them." Gatomon said, knowing quite well what she would say.
"Well, then, I'm coming along." Kari grinned.
"Knew you were gonna say that." Gatomon replied.
"Hold on, let me get my pack." Kari reached for the pack B. She checked it and found a few gizmos. A wire, she assumed it was an optic cable. A lockpick kit, two pair of goggles, a pen that she had a bad feeling about, and a few other miscellaneous pieces of equipment.
"These may come in handy." Kari said, giving Gatomon the I'm sure they didn't give these to us for nothing look.
"Yeah." Gatomon suggested.
"Wait a minute. Let's use this." Kari brought out a set of goggles.
"I've heard of these. Thermal vision goggles..." Gatomon remembered the night that they were attacked and saved. "We'll spot anything with heat, anything of interest... including Patamon, T.K., the agents or enemies. Great idea." Gatomon smiled.
"Thanks."
"How bout I take the high road..." Gatomon pointed at the treetops "...while you look around with those goggles? You can spot anything interesting and I can see what it is." Gatomon suggested.
"Good plan." Kari took out the VP70 that Tai gave her. She doubted that she'd need it, but she was careful.
Gatomon climbed the tree nearby. Her catlike agility and reflexes allowed her to walk, climb, and leap from branch to branch easily, whichever she needed to do.
"Let's get a move on." Gatomon said.
"I hear ya." Kari held her gun tightly. Since it was Tai who gave it to her, it made her feel more secure. She started moving forward, with her goggles on. Suddenly, she heard a noise. It sounded like a crack, a break and crash.
"Did you get that, Gatomon?" she threw her voice at Gatomon. A kind of ventriloquism, albeit one that she learned by herself, that was quite effective.
"Yeah." Gatomon's sensitive ears picked it up and she concluded "Sounded like some rocks and ground crashing."
"An avalanche?" Kari looked at the mountains nearby.
"No, nearer." Gatomon looked in one direction. She saw a figure moving towards them.
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T.K.'s condition wasn't very good. He was flying through the forest at breakneck speed, the wind dragging the parachute. No trees caught the parachute, though. He saw that he was headed for a cliff. He reached for the...
He cut the ropes. The parachute flew off the cliff. It wrapped up into a ball shape and met gravity. He rolled multiple times as the momentum carried him further down.
Patamon had his eyes closed all the way. He felt himself fall onto what he supposed was a pile of leaves. He opened his eyes to find himself in some grass.
He let out a sigh of relief. "T.K., are you alright? T.K.? T.K.!" he looked around. No sign of T.K. anywhere.
"Over here..." Patamon heard a voice coming from his left. His jaw dropped when he saw the edge of the cliff less than five feet away from him.
"T.K.!" he quickly ran over to the edge. T.K. was holding on to a root that came out of the ground.
"T.K., below you. There's some space to land on." Patamon eyed the opening to what would be a cave.
"you sure! How far?" T.K. gritted his teeth and closed one eye.
"About ten feet. There's enough space to land on." Patamon didn't know that it was actually about fifteen feet.
T.K. looked down. He saw the opening. He finally gave in. He let go of the root that was sticking out of the side. He fell for a second before landing on the ground. He heard a rock roll down the cliff.
"Oh man!"
He rushed into the cave just seconds before the rock he fell on earlier broke away and crashed down into the trees below.
"Phew! Jesus Christ..." he muttered to himself. He came out onto the ledge and saw Patamon there.
"Hang on T.K.. I'll get some help." Patamon flew over to the backpack that T.K. dropped earlier. Rummaging through it quickly, he found a rope made of nylon. He brought it over to the edge. He noted the tree nearby and, remembering a TV show that he and T.K. watched, tied a tight knot around it. He dropped it down for T.K.. T.K., who thought he meant he was going to get help from someone, felt the fibre on his hand. He looked up at Patamon, who was signalling him to climb up.
"Okay, coming." T.K. pulled on the rope to make sure it was secured tightly. He climbed up the rocky surface. After getting up, he collapsed on the grass that Patamon had landed on earlier.
"T.K., buddy, are you okay?" Patamon rushed over to him, ignoring the rope.
"Yeah, I'm fine..." T.K. lied.
"No you're not! You're always keeping things like this to yourself. Let me have a look." Patamon said.
"No, really. I'm fine. Don't worry about me." T.K. said. Patamon already knew that T.K. didn't like to share his problems with anyone else. And that was the problem with him.
"Look, T.K.. I'm your friend. If you're not gonna let me at least try to help you, then you probably don't think so." Patamon looked him in the eye.
"Ow... okay, okay." he finally conformed. He took off the top. Patamon noted that he had a few bruises and cuts here and there.
"You're hurt." Patamon looked worried. "We should call for help." Patamon suggested.
"The radio, in there." T.K. pointed at the pack that they had. Patamon rummaged through it. He found what he was looking for.
"Here." Patamon turned it on and pushed the button.
"Hello? Anyone?" Patamon called.
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Well, that's it for chapter three. Sorry it took so long, school started again, and then I was ill and had to stay in the hospital for a night. Might've been something I ate. Three weeks! Whoa, that hurts. Anyway, in case you're confused, Robertson is Edward, so it's like Edward Robertson. And before you ask, yes, I got Riley from Digimon Tamers, but hey, it's just a name, right? Notthat Riley. But seriously, any questions? Comments? Suggestions? All welcome. T.K. will be fine (it's just a few cuts), and so will Kari. Well, that's all for now. Sayonara.