Gate Way of Life
I don't own Digimon
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'Thoughts'
"talking out loud"
'-----' scene change
(V)(V) different point of view
'+' flash back
Chapter 21
He goes over what's been happening over the last two weeks. They were on their way back to Avalon's Gate. His thoughts go back to when he intruded LoreApemon to Guyver and Zoe…
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He leads LoreApemon up the stairs, his thoughts going back to that mega level dragon Digimon that he just saw on the computer screen. He knew that there were different Digimon out there, but he didn't really thought about it real hard until seeing that image. It made a few things more real. The fact that the Hazard had deleted whole races of Digimon, just to find him. He really didn't know just what to feel or if he should feel anything.
After going up two sets of stairs, he finally asks LoreApemon something. "It's my fault that the Hazard did what it did, right?" He says flatly. "No, the Hazard did what it did on its own. At one time, it didn't search so violently. Things changed when it was tricked into creating something. You might say that it had its trust taken and tore into pieces. I don't know if what it created still exists but after that it began to splinter. It was betrayed when it was eighty-four years of age. The betray left it's mark on the Hazard. Now it has a second chance at things by your side. I believe that you will keep the bond between you active. Just what do you see Guilmon as?" LoreApemon asks. He thinks it over for five minutes then says quietly, "I see him as part of my heart and soul. Not an extra arm or leg, but like a twin. When we were separated after the D-Reaper, I felt like I was only half alive. I feel very alive right now, knowing that Guilmon waits for me at night. I really want to be by Guilmon's side as long as he wants me by his side. I guess that's weird, huh?" "Not at all, this might be what the Hazard felt when it was searching, only half alive. It seems that the two of you might exist solely for each other. Take heart in that, Takato." LoreApemon says to him. He smiles on hearing that, he felt more comfortable after that.
They finally make it to the right level and he looks around. "So, which way did Guyver and Zoe go?" He asks LoreApemon, she looks around and then points down a hallway to their right and then to one far left. "They went that way, a Digimon down the far left and a human to our right." LoreApemon says. "Let's go right, and thanks." He says and then leads LoreApemon to where Zoe is, he had gotten used to LoreApemon knowing where to find people. He figures that it has to do with LoreApemon being the caretaker of the place.
They made it to a fork and he then heads the way LoreApemon pointed. They soon find Zoe on the floor and have two scrolls opens. Her pack was by the door. "Hey Zoe, I'd like to introduce LoreApemon. LoreApemon I'd like you to meet Zoe Orimoto." He says. Zoe and LoreApemon nod their greeting to each other. "Nice to meet you, I guess I'll be seeing more of you. Hope you don't mind, but I'm busies reading. Sorry." Zoe says to LoreApemon. LoreApemon nods her head in understanding. "There are lots to read. We'll be seeing more of each other later." LoreApemon says.
Zoe returns to reading the scrolls in front of her. LoreApemon and him head to where Guyver was. He wonders just how the ultimate level Digimon would think of when he meets LoreApemon. They make it to the main hallway, and then recheck the direction of where LoreApemon had pointed.
Soon they find Guyver sitting on floor, very much into the book that's in his hands. Guyver had his facemask off and most of his armor. Guyver's weapons lay with his pack, by the door. He blinks at the sight before him, for Guyver looked almost like an elf. He didn't see Guyver's ears, so he didn't know if they were pointed or not.
Recovering from the sight before him, he says, "Sorry to interrupt you, but I thought you might want to meet LoreApemon, the caretaker of this place." Guyver looks up and then looks from him to LoreApemon. "It's a pleasure to meet the caretaker of this place. I'm Guyver, a SilthNinmon. I hope to ask you some questions at a later date. I hope you don't mind, but I'm really glad that Takato included me in his group. I've been fascinated with the Hazard ever since I read an old history text when I was training." Guyver says to LoreApemon. LoreApemon smiles and answers, "Then I hope to exchange information. I only know what the deleted wrote and that's not much, I'm afraid. I always wanted to know just what kind of myths and legends survive throughout the realities that the Hazard left in its wake." He could see that LoreApemon and Guyver hit if off.
He had decided to begin to check out the next floor. He knew where the beds were for it and he didn't have to worry about giving out food, for they all had their own. He found stone tablets and images painted on wood. He begins his search here, and he'll share what he found when he and the others meet up to sleep. He knows where to find LoreApemon and feels comfortable about being here. It was like home and he didn't what to separated from this place, even if it meant that he wouldn't stay in his home reality.
It was after thinking about it did he see that he didn't. 'I could create another doorway! I could connect my reality to this place! Just how do I do that?' He begins pushes those thoughts out of his head, making a mental note to talk to LoreApemon about it. Soon he returned to looking through the huge room, for it was the largest room that he's been in on this floor. He had looked around this level before choosing a room to start with. He did notice that these items seem to match up with the last level, only that this were images, not too many books or scrolls.
It had been four days here, and it looked like they were beginning to feel the need for fresh air. He then thought about Mithril and how it sounded to be an open field level. He wonders just what it looked like and just what kind of plants grew there. He suddenly wonders if what the fruit and vegetables would taste like. It was getting boring eating dry fruit and fish.
"So, are we going to take a breather?" Zoe asks the group. LoreApemon was some place else, leaving the group to its own decisions on whether to stay a night out of this place or to coup with the need for fresh air. "Why not, it's not like this place will move anytime soon." Kouji says, and he nods his head in agreement. "We need a break. So, lets get going. I hope to stretch my wings." He says to the group. They all follow him up the flight of stairs. He was thinking more and more of Mithril, he really thought that if only they knew how to get it to appear, then they might not need to leave for food supplies or for breaks.
As he reaches the final step, he sighs as takes the last step onto the hallway floor. Then he looks up and just stares at the sight before him. He moves forward a few more steps and just stops. He heard grasps of shock and surprise from behind him. He moves his glaze from the sky and look around at the rest of this level. 'I think Mithril found us, more maybe just me. So that's what LoreApemon meant about just wanting to come here. I guess I should have known that this was going to happen. Hope the others don't go making snip comments later.'
He looks over to where crops of trees were, he really hopes that their trees for if they're not, and then they're the oddest look flowers that he ever saw. He saw the berries hanging from the edge of the huge leaves. He looks behind him and find the others already walking off. He sighs and looks again at the sky and with one great leap, he soon was flying through the air.
After flying around for two hours, he finally saw Kouji and Kouichi by a river. He began to head their way. He lands a few feet away from the twins and says, "Hey, how's it going?" "Pretty good, all of this stuff's editable. You tried any of it?" Kouichi says to him. "No, I was just flying around. So, I'll see if I can't find Guyver or Zoe. Stay around here, ok? I'll go round them up." He says to the brothers and they just nod and he again leaps into the air.
A few miles north east of where he found the brothers, he finds Zoe and Guyver already walking around. They looked to be headed to the east, he flies down. "Kouji and Kouichi are southwest. They're by a river, I'll show you, ok?" He asks them. "Lead on, we were looking for you guys. This place is really amazing!" Zoe says. "I agree. I hope we can find our way back here. I didn't know that there was a place like this." Guyver says. "I asked LoreApemon what she ate and she told me about this place. She said that only by really wanting to come here, will it appear. It's a level that can disappear and reappear without any really direction. It's called Mithril. I didn't know if it would show itself, but I guess I really should stop thinking like that around here. It seems anything's possible in this place." He says as he leads them to Kouji and Kouichi.
After regrouping they headed to where the stairs were. He did get to taste the berries and other things that grew on the trees. They head back down the stairs and on reaching the bottom; they find themselves on the level they had left. They soon returned to their readings. They were almost ready to come to his level.
It was two days after they first encounter with Mithril, they got out of the place and head over to IceLeomon's house to relax and to make reports to the keep. Kouji, Kouichi, and Zoe's clothing got washed and were hung out to dry.
The next morning they headed back into the building. They now were twelfth level of the dimension. The eleventh level mostly contained pictures and the like. The twelfth level had artifacts and some books on myths.
They didn't head out of the dimension for food supplies or to refill their water bottles. Guyver and LoreApemon enjoyed each other's company. And it was the day after their second finding of Mithril. The next morning he finally talked to LoreApemon about creating more doorways.
"I understand. Come, I think I have something that should help." LoreApemon says. He had gotten up early to talk to her about it and had even left a note. He follows LoreApemon down many flights of stairs. They made it to where he found LoreApemon the first day. The computer was off, and he followed her into the room. Soon a door that seemed to hide was revealed to him. He looks at it in surprise, for in his time in this place, there has never been a door.
He looks at LoreApemon and she says, "This is as far as I can go. I only know that this part is only for the Hazard to open. Only you can pass through. I believe that your answers lie in there." She then turns and leaves him. He swallows and moves to open the door.
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He snaps out of his thoughts as they near the city. He got uneasy feelings from the city. He wonders if he's too late. He looks over to where Zoe's flying and then down to where Kouichi's giving Guyver a ride. IceLeomon's on Kouji's back. He looks at Avalon's Gate and knew that a trail was about to begin.
He hopes that every body's ok, for now he saw an odd thing, it seemed to be covering the city. He couldn't get a clear image of what the thing was; only that it seems to be a web of some sort. "What is that?" Zoe asks. "I don't know, but I hope that we make it in time. By the Dire, I pray that Calamon and Lucemon are safe." He says, using a curse that he had heard Ranma and BlueMeramon use.
To be continued …
