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Swing Wide Those Gates
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The soft, half-glow of the aurora filled the sky. A single twisting column swirled in the early morning.
"It can't be far now," called Brendan loudly. He exploded through the foliage in front of him and stopped. The others nearly toppled over the shorter, auburn haired boy. "Or…something…" whispered the boy. He looked at the lake in front of him. The aurora swirled in the middle of the lake.
"Figures, just another trick," growled Jason loudly. He stopped, turned and started to walk away.
"Wait!" yelped Mark. The aurora was sucked into the lake. A line of light bisected the body of water and then the water pulled apart. A long stair case trailed down from the lakeshore to the middle of the lake.
"Well, it puts a new definition to waterfront property," murmured Kevin in awe.
Brendan smiled brightly and started to walk towards the stairs, "let's get down there, we have an old guy to meet."
The others looked up and then followed the boy. The stairs glowed brightly underfoot. The children looked into the wall of water that occupied each side of the stairwell. Fish were frolicking in the water and even leapt across the staircase from one wall of water to the other.
They finally came to a courtyard of sorts. It was a very green, area. A small arched bridge over stretched a garden stream. They crossed the bridge slowly and looked all around. It was a very oriental garden.
"Ah, you found the place," said a very wizened voice. The children looked up in apprehension. A very old man with a large round nose and a short bob of hair on top of his hair walked forward. He wore black robes with red lining. His eyes looked as if they were sealed shut. He walked forward with a knobby cane. "I was worried that you wouldn't see the porch light."
"You're Gennai?" asked Brendan with a gulp, "the, real Gennai?"
"Well, I suppose I could be a fake Gennai, that doesn't know that he's fake," replied Gennai quietly. "Other than that, yes, I am the real Gennai, not a holographic reproduction." The old man turned. "Now, we have many things to discuss, it may be more comfortable in the house…"
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They were sitting in a large living room. Outside the windows, fish were swimming around the garden. Kevin was looking intently out the window.
"Yes, the water bill is quite high," said Gennai to Kevin. The brown haired boy looked up in shock, "No, I'm not reading your mind, trust me; everyone makes that joke when they see the place." The old man smiled quietly.
"Uh, so what are we supposed to be talking about?" asked Steven quietly.
"About Karatenmon and Bastemon," replied Gennai with a serious tone.
Brendan's eyes widened and he searched his pockets feverishly. "We got those cards that Karatenmon used to work the portal thing."
Gennai walked forward and took the cards from Brendan and looked at the black rectangles. "You've been tricked," Gennai said bluntly, "these are just imitations,"
"Then that means…" Brendan and the others looked at each other.
Gennai nodded and walked over to a screen. A picture appeared. It first focused in on North America and then the United States and then finally on their state and home town. A red dot was flashing dangerously near the edge of the bay that hung on the east of their hometown. "I'll give you three guesses as to what the red dot is, and the first two don't count…"
"No…" whispered Amy quietly. Her hands rose to his lips. An image of Karatenmon slicing through downtown and Bastemon ripping through the residential districts flashed into her mind.
"But, but…" Janet started to mumble.
"You haven't much time, they are looking for something in particular," said Gennai.
"What?" the humans asked quietly.
"A human," replied Gennai quietly. He turned and the screen flicked again.
"Who?" the kids asked anxiously.
"We aren't sure, but we think that whoever they are looking for is very integral to their plans," said Gennai quietly.
"We who?" asked Jason.
"Well, I'm not exactly in a fact finding position, I have put operatives in Bastemon's ranks," replied Gennai quietly. "I can't give you their identities, for fear of blowing their covers, but I just want you to know that we aren't completely in the dark here."
"Yeah now we'll be scared to zap any of Bastemon's minions for fear of getting the good guy…" grumbled Amy.
"They knew that what they were signing up for, and they won't hold back on your account, so don't feel remorseful," replied Gennai quietly.
"What are their plans?" asked Brendan quietly.
"We aren't entirely sure," replied Gennai. He sighed quietly. "Whatever it is though, will be horrible for your world as well as ours."
"Well that's nice to know, but how are we going to stop them, when we're here?" Steven grumbled loudly.
"That is why I asked you here," said Gennai quietly. He walked forward and reached into his robes. "You see, Karatenmon isn't the only one who can play a mean game of dimensional old maid…" He pulled ten cards from his robes. They were copper green on their back and depicted digimon on their face. The old man smiled as the children gasped. "But first you must rest, and eat, I will go and make you a nice meal, the bathes are down this hall here," Gennai pointed to a corridor to his right, "feel free to use them, just please, don't open the windows…" Gennai walked up to Brendan, "If I could see your computer, I am just intrigued by Human computational ingenuity," The boy blushed and then handed the machine over. Gennai bowed and smiled and then turned to the others, "If you would please give me your digivices, I wish to tweak them slightly, I discovered a few functions I wish for them to have before you leave…" The others looked at each other and then at Gennai.
"We can trust him, I mean, he's been right about most of this stuff, and so far he hasn't tortured us or shot at us," said Brendan. The others looked at the boy quietly and then at Gennai. Brendan stood up and handed over his digivice, "I trust him!"
The others nodded and handed over their digivices before standing and disappearing in the direction of the bathes.
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Later that day, when most of the children were napping quietly on the floor; Brendan was sitting in front of the screen watching the flickering red light.
"I am done looking at your computer, quite the machine," said Gennai as the old man walked forward. "I did, however add something to it, a Digimon Analyzer."
"That's why you took the other's digivices, isn't it?" said Brendan as he looked at the computer and opened a program and a small library of digimon appeared in front of him.
"Partially yes, you'll find this much more efficient than struggling with compliancy codes and such like you were," said Gennai with a smile.
Gennai looked over the other children. Kyokyomon was curled up on Steven's stomach. Snow Agumon and Renamon were leaning against their partners, Kevin and Janet. Lucemon was still awake. His bright, blue eyes flared as the shadow of a fish swept across his face. Penguinmon and Otamamon were resting quietly in a corner with Jason and Amy. Gennai's eyes returned to Brendan, with Tapirmon was curled up at the boy's feet.
"Gennai, are you a human?" asked Brendan quietly, "or are you a digimon…?"
"It depends, what do you think?" asked Gennai quietly.
"Well, a digimon is made of digital information, but they also have several defining things, like attacks and attributes…" Brendan looked at Gennai.
"That is correct," replied Gennai. He looked at the screen, "I am created from data, but…"
"You lack attributes and attacks?" asked Brendan finishing the old man's sentence. Gennai nodded quietly. The boy took this in, "Then you're something in between…"
"I am, something. I was part of a group of beings created for reason, but like many other beings my purpose has long been forgotten," replied Gennai. He looked at Brendan, "all I know is that we are to keep this world free from the advances of these malicious villains."
"Yes," said Brendan quietly. He looked at the screen quietly, "What do you think our chances are against them?"
"You will do fine," reassured Gennai quietly. He furrowed his brow, "but you must believe in yourselves." Brendan nodded quietly. Gennai heaved a long sigh. "You should be going soon, even if there is a time deviancy you should not give Bastemon and Karatenmon anymore time than you have to."
Brendan nodded quietly and looked at the new slot in his computer. Gennai walked off towards the others, gently rising them from their slumber. Brendan sighed and gently poked Tapirmon into wakefulness.
"What?" yawned the tapir quietly as the clouds started to roll under his feet.
"We're getting ready to go, we have to get back as soon as possible," whispered Brendan quietly. "I think you'll like my house."
"I hope so," smiled the tapir as he rose from the floor.
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Saberdramon glided hesitantly over the castle. Nothing shot at her and she eased into the square and de-digivolved into Penguinmon. The children and digimon looked around cautiously.
"It's way too quiet here," whispered Lucemon quietly as his ear-wings swiveled back and forth like radar dishes.
"The palace is this way," whispered Brendan as he walked forward with Tapirmon. "Come on."
The streets hissed with a lonely wind and the castle creaked loudly as they pushed into it. The lights were out. The air had a chill. The dark corridors wound silently in different directions, but with Brendan's map they rushed towards two huge, brass doors that were locked fast.
"We could take the ventilation systems…" whispered Jason quietly.
"It would take too long to backtrack," replied Kevin as he walked forward and lifted his digivice, "Are you ready, buddy?"
"Ready, willing and able!" chirped Snow Agumon happily. "Snow Agumon digivolve to Shima Unimon!" the zebra emerged briefly from the glow, "Shima Unimon digivolve to Cyberdramon!" The black, muscle bound dragon took a step back and then rushed the door slamming his bulk against the metal. He sneered loudly and then fell back. The dragon extended his arms and sliced the large arm spikes through the air drawing together emerald energy. "Desolation Claw!" the green energy shot forward and the door exploded open, as the door snapped off its hinges. The black dragon instantly reverted to Koromon. The pink ball looked down in surprise, "Guess I wasn't as ready as I thought!"
"It's ok, we got where we wanted to go," replied Brendan. He stopped and looked to Koromon, "You're ok, right?"
The ball nodded happily and then Brendan and the others filed into the portal room. Brendan made for the pedestal. He fanned out the cards. He quickly started grouping the cards.
"What are you doing?" whispered Steven quietly.
"Well since we know the information on the cards is digimon," whispered Brendan in a hush, "I finalized my guess that the top insignias are different kinds of digimon divided by attributes, it's too odd that each column has been differentiated into attributes for it to be coincidence."
"What about up and down?" whispered Jason.
Brendan looked up and shook his head, "Let me figure this out first…"
"'Come to my parlor,' said the spider to the fly…" a figure stepped from the shadows. She had a red dress and top on. A large red and lavender hat was on her head and platinum hair fell to her shoulders. Dark sunglasses covered her eyes. "Lord Karatenmon said you'd come. I never expected you'd be so delicious looking though…"
"A human?" the children asked.
"Not quite," growled Lucemon. The woman smirked and then her clothes exploded and a humanoid torso rested on a spidery body. Three pairs of legs encircled her body and a pair of arms was attached to her torso and they ended in long, thick claws. A pair of bull horns curled from her round head. Lucemon narrowed his eyes. "Arukenimon."
"I know an old lady that swallowed a fly…" sang the woman as she drew closer, "Why oh why did she swallow the fly? Because she was hungry!"
"I thought it was, 'perhaps she'll die'?" replied Brendan with an aggravated tone. He lifted his digivice, "Let's show this spider girl who the real superheroes are."
"Tapirmon digivolve to Dobermon!" the pinscher raged forward.
"Spider Thread!" silk shot from Arukenimon's claws and swirled around Dobermon. The dog growled but as he struggled he only got tied up more.
"Renamon, help him!" yelped Janet as Renamon rushed forward.
"Renamon digivolve to Youkomon!" the purple fox rushed forward.
"Labramon?" asked Michelle.
"Labramon Digivolve to D'Arcmon!" the angel glided behind the fox.
"Penguinmon?" Amy looked down.
"I'm drained from the digivolution this afternoon," said the penguin in disappointment.
"I'll go," called Otamamon. "Otamamon digivolve to Seadramon!"
"Spider Thread!" thousands of silk threads whipped out snagging and entangling the three digimon.
"No!" yelped the children as the spider continued forward.
"I got you now my pretties," she looked up at D'Arcmon, Dobermon and Youkomon, "and your little dogs too…"
"Janet…" grumbled Youkomon quietly as she struggled.
"Brendan…" growled Dobermon.
"DIGIVOLVE!" shouted Janet and Brendan loudly.
"Dobermon digivolve to Cerberumon!" The large rottweiler ripped from the cocoon it was in and tackled the spider but she spat something in the three-headed, black hound's face and it yelped backwards.
"Youkomon digivolve to Taomon!" There was bluish glow as a round barrier exploded from the spider's web. Taomon dropped down and flashed her spell papers from her hand. "Thousand Spells!"
"Acid Mist!" shrieked the woman and the papers melted away from the clouds of acid.
Taomon rushed forward. She extended her arm and a line of papers appeared from her robes and flashed into a paper sword.
"Spider Predation!" thousands of spiders erupted from the floor and attacked Taomon.
"Hellfire!" roared the voice of Cerberumon as green flames shot in front of the spiders. The arachnids screeched as they were roasted. Taomon leapt backwards, twisted and sliced Seadramon and D'Arcmon free.
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"I think I have it…" whispered Brendan quietly. "The columns are the attributes, Data, Vaccine and Virus, the rows are levels, Rookie, Champion and Ultimate…"
"So…" The children looked down the first column, underneath Piximon's visage. Below Piximon was Gotsumon, Wizardmon, and Majiramon. The next column had both Ryuudamon and Snow Agumon cards, then Pidmon, and then Whamon. The last column had Impmon, then Black Gatomon and then Phantomon. "What about Snow Agumon and Ryuudamon?"
"They both fit in the spot," whispered Brendan. He looked up as their digimon roared and blasted back and forth with Arukenimon. He looked to Kevin and handed him the two offending cards, "Pick it…"
"WHAT?" yelped the others loudly.
"He is the leader," said Brendan quietly. "It's his choice…"
"Right…" Kevin closed his eyes. "Eeney, Meeney, Miney Moe…nah…I have to go with my buddy, Snow Agumon. Sorry Kyokyomon…"
"No problem…" whispered the orange dragon. Kevin put the card into its position. The nine cards flashed brightly and a pair of huge, metallic door swept open.
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"Ice Blast!" roared the sea dragon.
"La Pucelle!" pink lightning streaked down from the canine angel. The two attacks hit the spider. The red arachnid screeched at the attacks.
"Talisman of Light!" shouted Taomon. The emblem in her hands shot forward as a blazing laser that slammed Arukenimon in the chest.
"Inferno GATE!" a black circle appeared behind Arukenimon as she was pushed through. The gate closed. There was the scream of a woman and the gate reopened belching Arukenimon on the ground. The spider woman screamed angrily a lifted her claws.
"Now's not the time, we're getting out of here!" shouted the children as they retreated through the glowing doorway.
"Right…" growled Cerberumon. "Hell Fire!"
Green flames rushed forward engulfing the screeching woman as she burned to ash. The three-headed hell hound then charged for the gateway with the others as he glowed brightly. He passed through the gates with Seadramon, D'Arcmon, and Taomon. There was an unsettling feeling in the rolling white void they now inhabited. The light faded and he crashed to the ground. Next to him were Viximon, Otamamon and Labramon. He looked at his hands and noted the flames.
"Ugh…who got the license plate of that truck…" grumbled Kevin as he sat up.
"I can't believe it…" whispered Steven quietly. He looked around, the school, the playground, the field they were all there. "We're…home…"
"We're home!" cheered Amy and Janet as they clasped hands and danced.
Mark hugged Michelle, "Home, we're home!"
Jason looked at Otamamon, "Well, no matter how humble…"
"Now what?" Otamamon asked quietly.
"No idea," replied Jason. "I guess, go to our houses…"
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Ah the Human World, such a lovely place, for our heroes to end up. Another linking chapter and then we get to the main stuff. Hopefully.
Dark Qiviut: Well, I suspect I over did Janet's displeasure, but can you blame her, Kevin doesn't tell anyone he was home, and while he's home he scares her mom…but I suspect I did over do it slightly…sort of Yolei-ized her.