"Pepper Breath!" Agumon fired a blast into the doorframe. The wall
collapsed in on itself. "There, that should keep Alpha from following us.
We can't escape right now with your friend knocked out. The sleeping gas
should wear off soon."
"Thank you Agumon." Kari took Cody off of her. She placed the sleeping child in the corner. She took his sword out of his tight grip, and placed it back in the sheath. She was amazed that he held on to it so tightly, even in his dream. "Agumon, if you don't mind me asking, why didn't you show yourself sooner? We've been looking for some friends."
Agumon looked surprised. The word 'friend' completely threw him off. "Aren't you scared of me?"
"Why no silly!" Kari laughed. "Why would I be afraid of you? You are one of the kindest beings I've ever met. But why did you have to hide like that?"
"I have to hide." Agumon shuffled his feet. "I had a...destiny of sorts. I was supposed to meet someone, but he never showed. Decades later, I made it to Earth. I found who I was supposed to meet me. I ran up to him, and he screamed. He attacked me, blaming me and my kind to what happened to his sister. He lives in the streets as a beggar. I try to help him as much as I can. I bring him food, protect him, but I always have to hide and do it in secret." Agumon sat down in disbelief. "I should have been there to help him, to save his sister!"
"I know you tried Agumon." Kari sat next to Agumon, and placed a sympathetic hand on his shoulder. "You aren't responsible to what happened to Tai, Ladydevimon is."
Agumon eyes grew wide. "But how did you know his name was Tai?"
"He's my brother." Kari bowed her head. "I'm his sister Kari."
Agumon eyes expanded even more. "K-Kari?" He had heard that name over and over again. Tai cried it out in his sleep as Agumon watched from a distance, wanting to comfort him but knowing he couldn't. He saw Tai visit a graveyard almost everyday, and stand in front of grave Agumon figured Tai must have dug himself. The only marking on the crude grave was a tiny cross with a whistle hanging on it and the word Kari crudely etched in the wood. Agumon had visited the grave himself, alone to apologize to Kari for letting her die. That is were he swore to her memory to protect Tai as best he could. He got up and ran a hand over Kari's face. "You're alive?"
Kari grabbed Agumon's hand and held. "Yes." Kari saw Agumon's confused expression. "It's a long story, but I am here now."
Agumon did something he hadn't done in a long time. Something he hadn't done since he first met Tai. He smiled. He stood up and wrapped his arms tightly around Kari and hugged her. "You're alive!" For the first time in his life, something was going right.
Kari hugged Agumon back. . "There, there. Everything's going to be all right now Agumon." Kari smiled. "You are so sweet, watching over my brother like that."
"I had to. I did it for him, and for you." Agumon was actually crying, collapsing to his knees. "You're alive!"
"Agumon calm down!" Kari replied, surprised at this outburst of emotion. (What you've goen through Agumon, I could only begin to imagine.)
"Great to see you again." Cody took a deep breath, the scent of sleeping gas still resting faintly in his nostrils. He stood up, and felt a little dizzy as the blood rushed back to his head.
"You are awake." Agumon observed at the young boy.
"Are you felling all right Cody?" Kari asked.
"I think so." Cody rubbed his eyelids, dispersing the spots before them. "But we need to get out of here as soon as possible."
"Do you think you can walk?" Agumon helped steady Cody.
"I'm fine now Agumon." Cody looked at Agumon and Kari. Agumon's eyes where drenched with tears. Kari looked rather unnerved herself.
Agumon let go of Cody, letting the child support his own weight. Agumon pointed down the hall. "We'd better get going. I don't know where it leads, but it leads somewhere."
Cody, Agumon and Kari snuck down the long hall. When they reached the end of the hall, they discovered they were in a featureless room with eight walls, with no other way out.
"We'd better go back the way we came." Kari turned back towards the door, when she realized it was no longer there. Kari ran up towards the wall, and ran her fingertips over it surface. She could just make out the outline of the door. "We're trapped!"
The wall flashed, and Kari jumped back. A picture of Alpha's black and white face of drama appeared. Every one of the eight walls flashed with the same light, and Alpha appeared in each one of them. His mouth opened, and amplified laughter filled the room, hurting the trio's ears.
"Let us out!" Cody shouted over the drone.
Alpha's laughter stopped abruptly. "Why certainly!" Suddenly, a trap door flew open from underneath them, and the three plummeted downwards. "Is that what you wanted?" Alpha's called out as the three fell down the black abyss.
Cody landed roughly. He slowly got up against the wishes of his sore muscles. He rubbed his eyes, trying to adjust to the dim light. "Agumon? Kari?" He felt their forms, but they had hit harder then he had. In fact, the only reason he was still conscious was that he landed on them, breaking his fall. He couldn't even see the sides of the room it was so dark. Suddenly, lights appeared, illuminating a path like that in a movie theater. Opera music began playing lightly in the background. A single spotlight appeared next at the end of the path, shining on a tiny ebony black table. On the table was a single object. Cody started walking down the path, inexplicitily drawn to it for some reason. The music heightened as he approached. He arrived at the table and picked up the small doll and turned it over in his hand. No, not a doll, a key chain, with an oddly familiar look. The opera singer in the background screamed as the lights suddenly flew on. Cody looked around him when the spots before his eyes disappeared. There were thousands, no, tens of thousands of key chains lining the walls. He walked towards the wall, and took a closer glance. One looked like his kindergarten teacher. Another like a kid he used to play video games with. There where digimon to, this one looked like Deputymon, another like Starmon. He remembered Kari mention something about this, when her brother Tai was turned into a key chain. If these key chains where all once living people… he looked down at his hand, at the key chain he was holding. He finally recognized whom it reminded him off. It looked like his grandpa. No… ice filled his veins. It was his grandpa.
The music all at once cut off. "I see you found my guest." Cody whirled around, and Alpha was standing in front of the table. Cody didn't have a clue how he got in. The gray suited clown opened his arms and twirled around the room. "So what do you think of my collection, I've been working on it for years." Suddenly the clown's body began to expand. His arms, legs, and body swelled up like a balloon, expanding until it was like a giant ball, then exploded. Cody was knocked back by the force of the denotation. Grey pieces of cloth floated down from the ceiling as a new figure walked forward. Four swords adorned his back. His face was still black and white, but now he wore a red suit, vaguely reminding Cody of the renaissance.
"I just need, say, three more key chains to make my collection complete." Piedmon laughed. "Any idea who we could use?"
"Thank you Agumon." Kari took Cody off of her. She placed the sleeping child in the corner. She took his sword out of his tight grip, and placed it back in the sheath. She was amazed that he held on to it so tightly, even in his dream. "Agumon, if you don't mind me asking, why didn't you show yourself sooner? We've been looking for some friends."
Agumon looked surprised. The word 'friend' completely threw him off. "Aren't you scared of me?"
"Why no silly!" Kari laughed. "Why would I be afraid of you? You are one of the kindest beings I've ever met. But why did you have to hide like that?"
"I have to hide." Agumon shuffled his feet. "I had a...destiny of sorts. I was supposed to meet someone, but he never showed. Decades later, I made it to Earth. I found who I was supposed to meet me. I ran up to him, and he screamed. He attacked me, blaming me and my kind to what happened to his sister. He lives in the streets as a beggar. I try to help him as much as I can. I bring him food, protect him, but I always have to hide and do it in secret." Agumon sat down in disbelief. "I should have been there to help him, to save his sister!"
"I know you tried Agumon." Kari sat next to Agumon, and placed a sympathetic hand on his shoulder. "You aren't responsible to what happened to Tai, Ladydevimon is."
Agumon eyes grew wide. "But how did you know his name was Tai?"
"He's my brother." Kari bowed her head. "I'm his sister Kari."
Agumon eyes expanded even more. "K-Kari?" He had heard that name over and over again. Tai cried it out in his sleep as Agumon watched from a distance, wanting to comfort him but knowing he couldn't. He saw Tai visit a graveyard almost everyday, and stand in front of grave Agumon figured Tai must have dug himself. The only marking on the crude grave was a tiny cross with a whistle hanging on it and the word Kari crudely etched in the wood. Agumon had visited the grave himself, alone to apologize to Kari for letting her die. That is were he swore to her memory to protect Tai as best he could. He got up and ran a hand over Kari's face. "You're alive?"
Kari grabbed Agumon's hand and held. "Yes." Kari saw Agumon's confused expression. "It's a long story, but I am here now."
Agumon did something he hadn't done in a long time. Something he hadn't done since he first met Tai. He smiled. He stood up and wrapped his arms tightly around Kari and hugged her. "You're alive!" For the first time in his life, something was going right.
Kari hugged Agumon back. . "There, there. Everything's going to be all right now Agumon." Kari smiled. "You are so sweet, watching over my brother like that."
"I had to. I did it for him, and for you." Agumon was actually crying, collapsing to his knees. "You're alive!"
"Agumon calm down!" Kari replied, surprised at this outburst of emotion. (What you've goen through Agumon, I could only begin to imagine.)
"Great to see you again." Cody took a deep breath, the scent of sleeping gas still resting faintly in his nostrils. He stood up, and felt a little dizzy as the blood rushed back to his head.
"You are awake." Agumon observed at the young boy.
"Are you felling all right Cody?" Kari asked.
"I think so." Cody rubbed his eyelids, dispersing the spots before them. "But we need to get out of here as soon as possible."
"Do you think you can walk?" Agumon helped steady Cody.
"I'm fine now Agumon." Cody looked at Agumon and Kari. Agumon's eyes where drenched with tears. Kari looked rather unnerved herself.
Agumon let go of Cody, letting the child support his own weight. Agumon pointed down the hall. "We'd better get going. I don't know where it leads, but it leads somewhere."
Cody, Agumon and Kari snuck down the long hall. When they reached the end of the hall, they discovered they were in a featureless room with eight walls, with no other way out.
"We'd better go back the way we came." Kari turned back towards the door, when she realized it was no longer there. Kari ran up towards the wall, and ran her fingertips over it surface. She could just make out the outline of the door. "We're trapped!"
The wall flashed, and Kari jumped back. A picture of Alpha's black and white face of drama appeared. Every one of the eight walls flashed with the same light, and Alpha appeared in each one of them. His mouth opened, and amplified laughter filled the room, hurting the trio's ears.
"Let us out!" Cody shouted over the drone.
Alpha's laughter stopped abruptly. "Why certainly!" Suddenly, a trap door flew open from underneath them, and the three plummeted downwards. "Is that what you wanted?" Alpha's called out as the three fell down the black abyss.
Cody landed roughly. He slowly got up against the wishes of his sore muscles. He rubbed his eyes, trying to adjust to the dim light. "Agumon? Kari?" He felt their forms, but they had hit harder then he had. In fact, the only reason he was still conscious was that he landed on them, breaking his fall. He couldn't even see the sides of the room it was so dark. Suddenly, lights appeared, illuminating a path like that in a movie theater. Opera music began playing lightly in the background. A single spotlight appeared next at the end of the path, shining on a tiny ebony black table. On the table was a single object. Cody started walking down the path, inexplicitily drawn to it for some reason. The music heightened as he approached. He arrived at the table and picked up the small doll and turned it over in his hand. No, not a doll, a key chain, with an oddly familiar look. The opera singer in the background screamed as the lights suddenly flew on. Cody looked around him when the spots before his eyes disappeared. There were thousands, no, tens of thousands of key chains lining the walls. He walked towards the wall, and took a closer glance. One looked like his kindergarten teacher. Another like a kid he used to play video games with. There where digimon to, this one looked like Deputymon, another like Starmon. He remembered Kari mention something about this, when her brother Tai was turned into a key chain. If these key chains where all once living people… he looked down at his hand, at the key chain he was holding. He finally recognized whom it reminded him off. It looked like his grandpa. No… ice filled his veins. It was his grandpa.
The music all at once cut off. "I see you found my guest." Cody whirled around, and Alpha was standing in front of the table. Cody didn't have a clue how he got in. The gray suited clown opened his arms and twirled around the room. "So what do you think of my collection, I've been working on it for years." Suddenly the clown's body began to expand. His arms, legs, and body swelled up like a balloon, expanding until it was like a giant ball, then exploded. Cody was knocked back by the force of the denotation. Grey pieces of cloth floated down from the ceiling as a new figure walked forward. Four swords adorned his back. His face was still black and white, but now he wore a red suit, vaguely reminding Cody of the renaissance.
"I just need, say, three more key chains to make my collection complete." Piedmon laughed. "Any idea who we could use?"