A Geckomon wandered down the hall of the dungeon on his usual patrol, after
returning from his search with the rest of Gamma's forces. He was one of
the first to arrive back from the search that turned up nothing, but Gamma
didn't seem to mind. There must have been some part of his plan he didn't
know. The black spires wrapped around his arm made it so he didn't really
care anyway. He just followed Gamma's orders.
"Geckomon!" The Geckomon snapped at attention as Gamma's voice echoed the hall. He ran over to the cell, using his sticky hands and feet to climb up the cell window. The cell, which was at first occupied by only that new girl, had another figure standing next to the door. The Geckomon could only see blond hair from his vantagepoint from the boy. The figure continued speaking, or more accurately shouting. "I am done interrogating this girl. Open this cell door now."
"Excuse me, but I wasn't informed…" The Geckomon stuttered. Gamma was just upstairs a few minutes ago.
"I am Gamma!" The figure screamed in an authoritative tone. "I am not required to report my every movement to a pathetic underling. Now open this cell door, or you WON'T live to regret it!"
"Yes of course Lord Gamma!" The Geckomon grabbed the handle, and unlocked the door. He tried to open the enormous door, but it swung open from the inside, slamming the Geckomon into the wall. The Geckomon fell to the ground, but immediately got up again, bowing. "Sorry to take so long, Lord Gamma, but I was just..." The Geckomon looked up. This figure sort of looked like Gamma, but his hair was much shorter, and he was years younger. "You're not Gamma!"
TK grabbed the surprised Geckomon by his horn with his other hand around his neck. "You've got that right." TK picked him up as Jun walked out of the cell, holding the door open. TK quickly tossed the green digimon into the cell, and Jun slammed the door shut.
The red eyed Geckomon ran up the window in the cell door, and started yelling. "Help the prisoners are escaping! The prisoners are..."
Jun slammed the metal cover over the window, effectively silencing the spiral-controlled digimon. "Oh do give it a rest."
TK smiled back at Jun. "We better get out of here."
"Are you sure this is a good idea?" Jun looked around nervously. "I mean, escaping is dangerous. It was pretty safe in that cell."
TK sighed. "Come on, you don't want to spend the rest of your life in there. We can escape before anyone sees us and head to Joe's Church."
"Joe who?" Jun questioned as she followed TK down the halls, seriously considering heading back to cell.
"I'll tell you later, now be quite before someone hears us." TK ducked behind some garbage cans, looking down the hall.
"Too late!" The lids of the three garbage cans popped of, revealing a trio of smelly pink skinned digimon.
TK recognized them instantly. "Garbagemon! Run Jun!" TK turned down the hall and ran. He looked backed briefly and saw Jun frozen in place. "Jun I said RUN!" He shouted.
Jun finally turned, but before she could take a step, the Garbagemon pointed their popcan bazookas at her. "Slime attack!" Black ooze squirted from their weapons, covering Jun in a sticky mess, keeping her in place. TK took a step forward to help her instinctively, but realized these were ultimate digimon. He didn't have a chance. He had to escape and come back later. TK turned on his heel, and turned down the hall.
"You COWARD!" Jun shouted at TK's fleeing form.
The Garbagemon were about to go after TK, when Matt spoke over the intercom. "Garbagemon!"
The Garbagemon stopped. "Yeah boss?"
"I need a report. I hear my prisoners have escaped. Any sign of them?" Matt inquired.
"We got the girl, but the blond kid got away." One Garbagemon looked back at Jun's terrified sludge covered form. He pointed his weapon back at her. "What do you want us to do with her?"
"By all means, bring her to me." Matt clicked of his intercom and smiled.
Jun looked around Gamma's personal chambers. She was given access to a hot shower, and fresh clothes, jeans and a rather blain blue T-shirt. She ran her hands down the velvety red material, admiring the texture. It had been years since she had had anything nice of her own. She still missed her old shirt with the boys' names though. Her mind began to wander, and she began exploring the room. This Gamma had a big thing for music. She ran her hands over a particularly shiny black electric guitar.
"Beautiful, if I do say so myself."
Jun turned around and let out a gasp of surprise. Matt stood there at the door. Jun stuttered slightly before she began speaking. "Ah yes, it is a lovely instrument."
"Well, yes the guitar is nice too." Matt gave Jun a queer little smile as Jun realized what he was talking about.
Jun had mixed feelings as Matt eyed her. One was a sort of disgust, contempt for what Gamma and the rest of his Council did to her and the world. The other was more of self-satisfaction. Gamma, as powerful as he was, was flirting with her. And as Jun looked him over, she couldn't help bit think he was really cute. She didn't know how to answer to his statement though.
Matt didn't wait for her to reply. He came in the room, shutting the door behind him. Jun heard the click of the lock as he twisted the doorknob. This worried her, but Gamma had complete control, and as far as she could tell, he had no intention of harming her. Matt took off his leather jacket and draped it over a chair. "I would like to apologize for throwing you in that cell before. It was Epsilon's idea, but now that I'm truly seeing you for the first time, I realize that was a grave mistake."
"Ah-yeah. Don't mention it." Jun stuttered. Gamma was apologizing? That struck her in like a chair to the face.
"Thank you, you're very forgiving." Matt grabbed Jun's hands. "Had I known someone like you was working as a mere cook for Epsilon, I would have immediately put a stop to it." Matt looked at her hands and began rubbing them. "Beautiful hands like yours should not be forced to do meaningless tasks."
Jun blushed at the compliment. "Why thank you Lord Gamma."
Matt smiled. "Please, no Lord. You can call me by my real name, Matt. Gamma is so impersonal."
"Ok, Gam-ma-Matt." Jun caught herself midway. Matt chuckled at this mistake, and Jun let out a little laugh too. "You're not anything like I expected."
Matt let out a long sigh. "It's a cross I bear. People don't know it, but I try to help them as much as I could. Only by working for Ladydevimon on the Council of Five do I have any hope of making things better. I can't openly attack Ladydevimon, but without my influence, things would be worse."
Jun looked at Matt with new respect. "Why, that's terrible!" She exclaimed.
Matt bowed his head. "I know. To be a hero and thought an enemy. Even my dear brother TK thinks me a monster, and tried to kill me. Ladydevimon ordered me to lock him up, that he was a threat, and he was to be put to death. I couldn't allow that. I arranged for him to escape, and he'll think of me as a butcher for the rest of his life. But at least he'll have a rest of his life to spend."
"TK's your brother?" Jun eyes opened wide. As she looked Matt over, she realized she could see a strong resemblance.
"Yes, it's true." Matt wiped his eye. "I just wish I knew where he was, or where he was going. To see if he's safe."
Jun brought her hands to Matt's eyes. "That's so sweet. TK got away safely as far as I know. He was headed to something called Joe's Church. I guess he has friends there or something."
"Why that's great." Matt beamed a smile at Jun. "Thanks for telling me, and for listening."
Jun smiled back, looking at Gamma, no Matt, in a whole new light. She no longer saw him as the faceless monster, but as a scared boy, about her age, forced into a situation beyond his control. She bent forward and kissed Matt on the cheek. "Thanks for confiding in me."
"Thank you for listening." Matt smiled back. "It's good to talk to someone openly." There was a knock at the door. Matt and Jun sat up. Matt answered. "Who is there?"
"Lord Gamma." Matt recognized the voice of his right hand monkey Etemon. "Ladydevimon wishes to speak to you on the holographic projector un-huh."
"Certainly." Matt got up, kissing Jun on the lips lightly. "I have to go. Please stay here. I don't want you to get hurt outside."
"Of course." Jun smiled sweetly at him as he got dressed. Matt smiled back as he walked out the door.
Etemon was waiting for him. "So who's the filly you got un-huh? Cute darlin'."
Matt shook his head. "A mindless servant. I just needed some information off her."
"Something wrong with good old fashioned torture? Un-huh." Etemon cracked his knuckles. "It's much more time productive. A girl like that wouldn't get past the thumb screws, un-huh."
"True." Matt nodded his head. "But words is much for fun for me."
"Un-huh." Etemon placed his hand on Matt's shoulder. "You always were a smooth operater."
Matt laughed. "True. How very true."
"So let me make sure I understand this fully, Gamma." Ladydevimon's hologram spoke from her holo-emitter. "The digidestined TK escaped from your cell, and is heading to Joe's church. Are you sure about this?"
"Quite." Matt stood in front of Ladydevimon's transparent form. "Jun was quite forth-coming with the information I need."
"I'll bet." Ladydevimon chuckled. "So he escaped from you, and the other digidestined escaped from Alpha's lair. They know all about us, and will be converging with one another soon?"
Matt nodded. "Most likely."
Ladydevimon's image smiled. "Perfect."
"Geckomon!" The Geckomon snapped at attention as Gamma's voice echoed the hall. He ran over to the cell, using his sticky hands and feet to climb up the cell window. The cell, which was at first occupied by only that new girl, had another figure standing next to the door. The Geckomon could only see blond hair from his vantagepoint from the boy. The figure continued speaking, or more accurately shouting. "I am done interrogating this girl. Open this cell door now."
"Excuse me, but I wasn't informed…" The Geckomon stuttered. Gamma was just upstairs a few minutes ago.
"I am Gamma!" The figure screamed in an authoritative tone. "I am not required to report my every movement to a pathetic underling. Now open this cell door, or you WON'T live to regret it!"
"Yes of course Lord Gamma!" The Geckomon grabbed the handle, and unlocked the door. He tried to open the enormous door, but it swung open from the inside, slamming the Geckomon into the wall. The Geckomon fell to the ground, but immediately got up again, bowing. "Sorry to take so long, Lord Gamma, but I was just..." The Geckomon looked up. This figure sort of looked like Gamma, but his hair was much shorter, and he was years younger. "You're not Gamma!"
TK grabbed the surprised Geckomon by his horn with his other hand around his neck. "You've got that right." TK picked him up as Jun walked out of the cell, holding the door open. TK quickly tossed the green digimon into the cell, and Jun slammed the door shut.
The red eyed Geckomon ran up the window in the cell door, and started yelling. "Help the prisoners are escaping! The prisoners are..."
Jun slammed the metal cover over the window, effectively silencing the spiral-controlled digimon. "Oh do give it a rest."
TK smiled back at Jun. "We better get out of here."
"Are you sure this is a good idea?" Jun looked around nervously. "I mean, escaping is dangerous. It was pretty safe in that cell."
TK sighed. "Come on, you don't want to spend the rest of your life in there. We can escape before anyone sees us and head to Joe's Church."
"Joe who?" Jun questioned as she followed TK down the halls, seriously considering heading back to cell.
"I'll tell you later, now be quite before someone hears us." TK ducked behind some garbage cans, looking down the hall.
"Too late!" The lids of the three garbage cans popped of, revealing a trio of smelly pink skinned digimon.
TK recognized them instantly. "Garbagemon! Run Jun!" TK turned down the hall and ran. He looked backed briefly and saw Jun frozen in place. "Jun I said RUN!" He shouted.
Jun finally turned, but before she could take a step, the Garbagemon pointed their popcan bazookas at her. "Slime attack!" Black ooze squirted from their weapons, covering Jun in a sticky mess, keeping her in place. TK took a step forward to help her instinctively, but realized these were ultimate digimon. He didn't have a chance. He had to escape and come back later. TK turned on his heel, and turned down the hall.
"You COWARD!" Jun shouted at TK's fleeing form.
The Garbagemon were about to go after TK, when Matt spoke over the intercom. "Garbagemon!"
The Garbagemon stopped. "Yeah boss?"
"I need a report. I hear my prisoners have escaped. Any sign of them?" Matt inquired.
"We got the girl, but the blond kid got away." One Garbagemon looked back at Jun's terrified sludge covered form. He pointed his weapon back at her. "What do you want us to do with her?"
"By all means, bring her to me." Matt clicked of his intercom and smiled.
Jun looked around Gamma's personal chambers. She was given access to a hot shower, and fresh clothes, jeans and a rather blain blue T-shirt. She ran her hands down the velvety red material, admiring the texture. It had been years since she had had anything nice of her own. She still missed her old shirt with the boys' names though. Her mind began to wander, and she began exploring the room. This Gamma had a big thing for music. She ran her hands over a particularly shiny black electric guitar.
"Beautiful, if I do say so myself."
Jun turned around and let out a gasp of surprise. Matt stood there at the door. Jun stuttered slightly before she began speaking. "Ah yes, it is a lovely instrument."
"Well, yes the guitar is nice too." Matt gave Jun a queer little smile as Jun realized what he was talking about.
Jun had mixed feelings as Matt eyed her. One was a sort of disgust, contempt for what Gamma and the rest of his Council did to her and the world. The other was more of self-satisfaction. Gamma, as powerful as he was, was flirting with her. And as Jun looked him over, she couldn't help bit think he was really cute. She didn't know how to answer to his statement though.
Matt didn't wait for her to reply. He came in the room, shutting the door behind him. Jun heard the click of the lock as he twisted the doorknob. This worried her, but Gamma had complete control, and as far as she could tell, he had no intention of harming her. Matt took off his leather jacket and draped it over a chair. "I would like to apologize for throwing you in that cell before. It was Epsilon's idea, but now that I'm truly seeing you for the first time, I realize that was a grave mistake."
"Ah-yeah. Don't mention it." Jun stuttered. Gamma was apologizing? That struck her in like a chair to the face.
"Thank you, you're very forgiving." Matt grabbed Jun's hands. "Had I known someone like you was working as a mere cook for Epsilon, I would have immediately put a stop to it." Matt looked at her hands and began rubbing them. "Beautiful hands like yours should not be forced to do meaningless tasks."
Jun blushed at the compliment. "Why thank you Lord Gamma."
Matt smiled. "Please, no Lord. You can call me by my real name, Matt. Gamma is so impersonal."
"Ok, Gam-ma-Matt." Jun caught herself midway. Matt chuckled at this mistake, and Jun let out a little laugh too. "You're not anything like I expected."
Matt let out a long sigh. "It's a cross I bear. People don't know it, but I try to help them as much as I could. Only by working for Ladydevimon on the Council of Five do I have any hope of making things better. I can't openly attack Ladydevimon, but without my influence, things would be worse."
Jun looked at Matt with new respect. "Why, that's terrible!" She exclaimed.
Matt bowed his head. "I know. To be a hero and thought an enemy. Even my dear brother TK thinks me a monster, and tried to kill me. Ladydevimon ordered me to lock him up, that he was a threat, and he was to be put to death. I couldn't allow that. I arranged for him to escape, and he'll think of me as a butcher for the rest of his life. But at least he'll have a rest of his life to spend."
"TK's your brother?" Jun eyes opened wide. As she looked Matt over, she realized she could see a strong resemblance.
"Yes, it's true." Matt wiped his eye. "I just wish I knew where he was, or where he was going. To see if he's safe."
Jun brought her hands to Matt's eyes. "That's so sweet. TK got away safely as far as I know. He was headed to something called Joe's Church. I guess he has friends there or something."
"Why that's great." Matt beamed a smile at Jun. "Thanks for telling me, and for listening."
Jun smiled back, looking at Gamma, no Matt, in a whole new light. She no longer saw him as the faceless monster, but as a scared boy, about her age, forced into a situation beyond his control. She bent forward and kissed Matt on the cheek. "Thanks for confiding in me."
"Thank you for listening." Matt smiled back. "It's good to talk to someone openly." There was a knock at the door. Matt and Jun sat up. Matt answered. "Who is there?"
"Lord Gamma." Matt recognized the voice of his right hand monkey Etemon. "Ladydevimon wishes to speak to you on the holographic projector un-huh."
"Certainly." Matt got up, kissing Jun on the lips lightly. "I have to go. Please stay here. I don't want you to get hurt outside."
"Of course." Jun smiled sweetly at him as he got dressed. Matt smiled back as he walked out the door.
Etemon was waiting for him. "So who's the filly you got un-huh? Cute darlin'."
Matt shook his head. "A mindless servant. I just needed some information off her."
"Something wrong with good old fashioned torture? Un-huh." Etemon cracked his knuckles. "It's much more time productive. A girl like that wouldn't get past the thumb screws, un-huh."
"True." Matt nodded his head. "But words is much for fun for me."
"Un-huh." Etemon placed his hand on Matt's shoulder. "You always were a smooth operater."
Matt laughed. "True. How very true."
"So let me make sure I understand this fully, Gamma." Ladydevimon's hologram spoke from her holo-emitter. "The digidestined TK escaped from your cell, and is heading to Joe's church. Are you sure about this?"
"Quite." Matt stood in front of Ladydevimon's transparent form. "Jun was quite forth-coming with the information I need."
"I'll bet." Ladydevimon chuckled. "So he escaped from you, and the other digidestined escaped from Alpha's lair. They know all about us, and will be converging with one another soon?"
Matt nodded. "Most likely."
Ladydevimon's image smiled. "Perfect."