Mimi led the group down the darkened sewers. Behind her Cody, Armadillomon,
Kari, Gatomon, and Agumon followed at a respectable distance. Another
person came out of the shadows. Kari blinked twice as a lean muscular
version of Joe confronted them. He had a deep scar over his left eye, half
covered by an eye patch. "Joe? Is that you?"
"How does everybody seem to know me these days?" Joe looked over the new arrivals. Humans were rarely let in on the underground and digimon never. Only the Digimon that originally joined up, those who were left anyway. He turned to Mimi, "What do Gomamon and Biyomon say about them?"
"They trust the orange dinosaur completely." Mimi pointed to Agumon. "But they don't know the rest, but they say if Agumon trusts them, we should too."
"No offense to Gomamon, but I need a little more than that." Joe looked behind him. "Do you have a clue who they are? Friends perhaps?"Joe asked.
"Yes as a matter of fact, but they're more like passing acquaintances." Another figure clad in black wearing a cape and dark glasses. Ken smiled at the dumbfounded expression of the group. "But you can trust them."
"That's good enough for me." Joe clapped a hand on Ken's shoulder and smiled at Mimi. "Guess who's back from the dead?"
Mimi, blown away like the rest, but for a different reason, grabbed Ken and gave him a big hug. "Oh my god, KEN! You're alive!" She was crying she was so happy.
"Ok, I knew this is a alternate reality and all." Armadillomon stared at Ken, not taking his eye of him. "But this just beats all."
Cody nodded. "You're telling me." Ken was here? He better just go along, something was up. Best not to reveal himself right now. Stick with the plan, he'll figure out this unexpected twist later.
Kari's mouth was agape. "Alternate reality is one thing. We've gone twilight zone here."
Yolei appeared behind Joe, Ken, and Mimi as she was proclaiming how great it was Ken was back. Hawkmon flew next to her, with a bit of a puffy eye. Patamon rested on Yolei's head. He looked like he had seen better days. "Hi guys!" Yolei ran up to everybody. "I'm glad to see everybody's safe."
"We're glad to see you're ok too." Kari nodded. "But can you explain THAT?!" Kari pointed to Ken, still being hugged by an enthusiastic Mimi.
Yolei looked back at Ken. "He's on our side, simply because Ladydevimon's our enemy, and he needs our help."
"But why are they all acting like he's a Messiah y'all?" Armadillomon couldn't take his eyes off Ken.
"Apparently, this world's Ken was a great hero who died in battle." Hawkmon replied. "And they assume this Ken has the same qualities."
"Shouldn't we tell them who he really is?" Kari did not like this set up one bit.
"They wouldn't believe us." Patamon looked up from Yolei's head. "They trust Ken a lot more than they trust us. But Yolei is right. Ken is in the same boat as we are, and we have to trust each other."
"One big happy family." Gatomon announced as she walked over to Joe. "So what happens now?"
"Well, you may as well come back with us. We need some more fighters. Most of the good digimon were captured by the black spirals." Joe breathed in.
"Let's go then." Cody nodded. This is what Ladydevimon wanted; a spy inside the underground's base.
"By all means." Ken smiled and turned around with a whoosh of his cape.
Everybody headed down the dark tunnels, coming to the water treatment place where the underground was located. They where taken to a back room, filled with humans and a few digimon. Michael and Betamon where at the table, along with Andromon, Datamon and Centarumon. Leomon and Ogremon where in the corner, engaged in an arm wrestling contest. Centarumon looked up at the new arrivals. "Are these individuals trustworthy?"
"Joe says to trust them, so we trust them." Mimi announced.
Datamon looked them over. "A ragged bunch, but we could use the help I guess."
"Not a bad set up." Gatomon looked around, and she jumped on Kari's shoulders. "I don't trust situation. I'm going to see if I can find out if this is all legit."
Kari was having similar feelings. She did not trust Ken, even if they had the same purpose. "Good idea, but how do you plan to do that?"
"Easy." Gatomon jumped off Kari's shoulders and on to the table. She approached the small reptilian digimon. "Excuse me?"
"What?" Betamon asked when he realized the question was directed at him.
"How about being a gentlemon and showing a girl around? I'd like to see the lay out of this place for security." Gatomon asked with a smile.
"Ok, I guess." Betamon looked a little flustered. The request took him off guard. "Can I Michael?"
"Of course, Ken says they're all friends now, you may as well show them around." Michael smiled. Betamon always asked him to do anything.
"Well come on then!" Gatomon jumped off the table smiling at Kari briefly. She headed to one of the doors.
"I'm coming, just a second!" Betamon jumped off the table and crawled after her. He caught up shortly, and walked side by side with the feline. "There's not much to show. When we moved in here, we sealed up most of the entrances. The only way in or out is by the sewers." Betamon walked down the halls continuing his tour. "That's where we all live, and there's the storage facilities."
"Fascinating, fascinating." Gatomon nodded. "What's this?" She walked up to a closed door and opened it.
"Just a closet, nothing special." Betamon replied.
Gatomon opened the door. "Are you sure about that?" She disappeared inside, her gold-ringed tail disappearing last. Betamon watched it as she went behind the door. "Well, unless you think mops and brooms are special." Betamon followed Gatomon through the door. When he got to the other side, Gatomon was no where to be seen. "Hey, where'd you go?"
The door slammed shut behind him. Betamon turned around, illuminated by a single bulb hanging from the ceiling. Gatomon stood in front of the door. She was purring softly as her tail twitched left and right. "I'm bored with the tour. I was thinking we could do something else."
"What do you mean?" Betamon asked confused.
"Let's see, a beautiful digi-girl drags you into a closet, and tells you she's bored and you don't know what she means? Boy you are naïve." Gatomon moved closer. "But I can help with that."
"Wh.. what?" Betamon stuttered. Was Gatomon hitting on him? This was totally unexpected. "What are you talking about?"
"Have you ever kissed a girl before Betamon?" Gatomon smiled batting her blue eyes.
Betamon gasped nervously. "Uh... no..." Etamon sweatdropped. "Wh.. why?"
"I just believe in the old human expression. You should live each day because it's your last." Gatomon placed a claw on his forehead.
"Well that's a good philosophy." Betamon nodded stil nervous. "But you've got it wrong. Its 'you should live each day IF it's your last'."
Gatomon smiled mischievously as she pulled her claw off his head. "Not in your case." "Huh?" Betamon asked, shortly before Gatomon's balled up fist collided with his mouth. He sailed back against the wall, landing on his back. He could taste the coppery flavor of his own blood in his mouth. The next feeling he felt was three sharp prongs of pain in his belly. He looked down and saw Gatomon's claws buried deep in his white stomach. Gatomon pulled her bloody claws out. Betamon fell down off the wall on his stomach. He tried to call for his help, but he didn't have the breath. Betamon tried to weakly drag himself to the door, but Gatomon placed a paw on his head. She got down on her knees and smiled at him. "I just think a condemned mon should have a last request. And I know for most digimon what that request would be. A kiss from the most beautiful digital girl this side of the Digital World." Gatomon kissed him once lightly on the lips, as Betamon's form broke up in a swirl of green atoms. She blew into the green tornado, watching the molecules disappear. The blood on her claws broke up as well since it was part of Betamon. There was no evidence of her heinous crime as the atoms vanished from view. "Men are so stupid. A little eyelash batting, a bit of flattery, and they go all to pieces on you." After Betamon's form broke completely up, she reached under her glove and retrieved two disks. She placed one in her ear, and held the other to her lips. "I'm in, Lord Beta."
"How does everybody seem to know me these days?" Joe looked over the new arrivals. Humans were rarely let in on the underground and digimon never. Only the Digimon that originally joined up, those who were left anyway. He turned to Mimi, "What do Gomamon and Biyomon say about them?"
"They trust the orange dinosaur completely." Mimi pointed to Agumon. "But they don't know the rest, but they say if Agumon trusts them, we should too."
"No offense to Gomamon, but I need a little more than that." Joe looked behind him. "Do you have a clue who they are? Friends perhaps?"Joe asked.
"Yes as a matter of fact, but they're more like passing acquaintances." Another figure clad in black wearing a cape and dark glasses. Ken smiled at the dumbfounded expression of the group. "But you can trust them."
"That's good enough for me." Joe clapped a hand on Ken's shoulder and smiled at Mimi. "Guess who's back from the dead?"
Mimi, blown away like the rest, but for a different reason, grabbed Ken and gave him a big hug. "Oh my god, KEN! You're alive!" She was crying she was so happy.
"Ok, I knew this is a alternate reality and all." Armadillomon stared at Ken, not taking his eye of him. "But this just beats all."
Cody nodded. "You're telling me." Ken was here? He better just go along, something was up. Best not to reveal himself right now. Stick with the plan, he'll figure out this unexpected twist later.
Kari's mouth was agape. "Alternate reality is one thing. We've gone twilight zone here."
Yolei appeared behind Joe, Ken, and Mimi as she was proclaiming how great it was Ken was back. Hawkmon flew next to her, with a bit of a puffy eye. Patamon rested on Yolei's head. He looked like he had seen better days. "Hi guys!" Yolei ran up to everybody. "I'm glad to see everybody's safe."
"We're glad to see you're ok too." Kari nodded. "But can you explain THAT?!" Kari pointed to Ken, still being hugged by an enthusiastic Mimi.
Yolei looked back at Ken. "He's on our side, simply because Ladydevimon's our enemy, and he needs our help."
"But why are they all acting like he's a Messiah y'all?" Armadillomon couldn't take his eyes off Ken.
"Apparently, this world's Ken was a great hero who died in battle." Hawkmon replied. "And they assume this Ken has the same qualities."
"Shouldn't we tell them who he really is?" Kari did not like this set up one bit.
"They wouldn't believe us." Patamon looked up from Yolei's head. "They trust Ken a lot more than they trust us. But Yolei is right. Ken is in the same boat as we are, and we have to trust each other."
"One big happy family." Gatomon announced as she walked over to Joe. "So what happens now?"
"Well, you may as well come back with us. We need some more fighters. Most of the good digimon were captured by the black spirals." Joe breathed in.
"Let's go then." Cody nodded. This is what Ladydevimon wanted; a spy inside the underground's base.
"By all means." Ken smiled and turned around with a whoosh of his cape.
Everybody headed down the dark tunnels, coming to the water treatment place where the underground was located. They where taken to a back room, filled with humans and a few digimon. Michael and Betamon where at the table, along with Andromon, Datamon and Centarumon. Leomon and Ogremon where in the corner, engaged in an arm wrestling contest. Centarumon looked up at the new arrivals. "Are these individuals trustworthy?"
"Joe says to trust them, so we trust them." Mimi announced.
Datamon looked them over. "A ragged bunch, but we could use the help I guess."
"Not a bad set up." Gatomon looked around, and she jumped on Kari's shoulders. "I don't trust situation. I'm going to see if I can find out if this is all legit."
Kari was having similar feelings. She did not trust Ken, even if they had the same purpose. "Good idea, but how do you plan to do that?"
"Easy." Gatomon jumped off Kari's shoulders and on to the table. She approached the small reptilian digimon. "Excuse me?"
"What?" Betamon asked when he realized the question was directed at him.
"How about being a gentlemon and showing a girl around? I'd like to see the lay out of this place for security." Gatomon asked with a smile.
"Ok, I guess." Betamon looked a little flustered. The request took him off guard. "Can I Michael?"
"Of course, Ken says they're all friends now, you may as well show them around." Michael smiled. Betamon always asked him to do anything.
"Well come on then!" Gatomon jumped off the table smiling at Kari briefly. She headed to one of the doors.
"I'm coming, just a second!" Betamon jumped off the table and crawled after her. He caught up shortly, and walked side by side with the feline. "There's not much to show. When we moved in here, we sealed up most of the entrances. The only way in or out is by the sewers." Betamon walked down the halls continuing his tour. "That's where we all live, and there's the storage facilities."
"Fascinating, fascinating." Gatomon nodded. "What's this?" She walked up to a closed door and opened it.
"Just a closet, nothing special." Betamon replied.
Gatomon opened the door. "Are you sure about that?" She disappeared inside, her gold-ringed tail disappearing last. Betamon watched it as she went behind the door. "Well, unless you think mops and brooms are special." Betamon followed Gatomon through the door. When he got to the other side, Gatomon was no where to be seen. "Hey, where'd you go?"
The door slammed shut behind him. Betamon turned around, illuminated by a single bulb hanging from the ceiling. Gatomon stood in front of the door. She was purring softly as her tail twitched left and right. "I'm bored with the tour. I was thinking we could do something else."
"What do you mean?" Betamon asked confused.
"Let's see, a beautiful digi-girl drags you into a closet, and tells you she's bored and you don't know what she means? Boy you are naïve." Gatomon moved closer. "But I can help with that."
"Wh.. what?" Betamon stuttered. Was Gatomon hitting on him? This was totally unexpected. "What are you talking about?"
"Have you ever kissed a girl before Betamon?" Gatomon smiled batting her blue eyes.
Betamon gasped nervously. "Uh... no..." Etamon sweatdropped. "Wh.. why?"
"I just believe in the old human expression. You should live each day because it's your last." Gatomon placed a claw on his forehead.
"Well that's a good philosophy." Betamon nodded stil nervous. "But you've got it wrong. Its 'you should live each day IF it's your last'."
Gatomon smiled mischievously as she pulled her claw off his head. "Not in your case." "Huh?" Betamon asked, shortly before Gatomon's balled up fist collided with his mouth. He sailed back against the wall, landing on his back. He could taste the coppery flavor of his own blood in his mouth. The next feeling he felt was three sharp prongs of pain in his belly. He looked down and saw Gatomon's claws buried deep in his white stomach. Gatomon pulled her bloody claws out. Betamon fell down off the wall on his stomach. He tried to call for his help, but he didn't have the breath. Betamon tried to weakly drag himself to the door, but Gatomon placed a paw on his head. She got down on her knees and smiled at him. "I just think a condemned mon should have a last request. And I know for most digimon what that request would be. A kiss from the most beautiful digital girl this side of the Digital World." Gatomon kissed him once lightly on the lips, as Betamon's form broke up in a swirl of green atoms. She blew into the green tornado, watching the molecules disappear. The blood on her claws broke up as well since it was part of Betamon. There was no evidence of her heinous crime as the atoms vanished from view. "Men are so stupid. A little eyelash batting, a bit of flattery, and they go all to pieces on you." After Betamon's form broke completely up, she reached under her glove and retrieved two disks. She placed one in her ear, and held the other to her lips. "I'm in, Lord Beta."