Call of the Spirit
I don't own Digimon
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"Talking"
'Thoughts'
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(----) Different point of view
(-/-/-) Flash back
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Chapter 15
It's been a whole day since they tried to battle the robed drones. He's currently scouting around the city as Enlilmon. It's nighttime as he flies over the streets. He's spotted patrols moving around as he goes. The reason he's scouting around has been that Henry says he's spied Jeri's clone hanging around.
He pauses as he spots some movement under him, in an alley. He circles around and lands on one of the roofs. He focuses on the figure that's resting there. The figure turn up and he narrows his eyes at the clone. "I've been waiting for you, subject Takato." The clone says in Jeri's voice. He turns to look around, but finds that it's just them. "It's just you and me then." He states in a matter of fact voice.
He watches as the clone begins to grow and transform into something akin to the drones he's seen so far. He slide evolves into Cerawmon and moves back as the clone lands on the roof. He holds back the urge to hiss at the fake Jeri. He's disgusted at the crazy look on the clone's face. He says, "Now what?" "You're deletion!" The drone says, then rushes at him with clawed hands.
He quickly turns and uses Tail Mace on the clone. The clone's taken by surprise by his agility on the ground. The clone is sent flying backwards, screaming out in pain as well. He watches as the clone gets up off the ground. "I'm not going to make it easy for you!" He hisses out. "You make this harder then it has to be, subject Takato." The clone says once up off the ground. He snorts and says, "All living things fight to survive." He shifts his weight onto his back legs; he waits for the next move. He's not going to rush this drone; he wants it to rush him. He's find just defending himself, it's not like he's got anything to prove.
The clone stiffens as it contemplates its next move. He's not fooled into attacking, just because it's not moving doesn't mean it's hasn't dropped it's guard. He turns as he feels the emotions at the edge of his six scent. He turns and takes off before enforcements arrive. He launches himself into the air; he notices that the drone is hot on his heels. He uses everything he has into gaining height.
He looks over his shoulder and then quickly scans around him; he drops down quickly as the drone pops up from where he had been. He snares and pulls up quickly. He uses targets the agent and cries out, "Solar Storm!" The attack hits the agent, he can hear the screams as he puts as much distances between him and the clone. He finds more agents ahead of him, he hisses at this and charges the group, determined to get pass them.
The drones try to block him, but he rams through before they have time to hold that position. He continues on his way, he knows he's being followed, but he doesn't really care at the moment. He's focusing in on the energies that are flowing around in the air. He hovers as he connects into those energizes, he loses sight physically and he sees the colours of energy swirling in his mind's eye.
He is overwhelmed at first, but quickly begins to do what he can to disrupt the pattern of red and black energy. He even changes some of the energy into other colours as well. He feels drained, but satisfied that it'll buy him time. He redirects his focus into his physical surroundings. He turns to find the drones frozen and takes off.
He's glad to leave; he doesn't want to reveal all of his power in one go with the agents of the D-Reaper. He lowers himself onto a roof and transforms back into his birth form. He opens the door and heads down the stairs. He's too tired to make it back to the others, so he'll just camp out in one of the rooms of this building.
(----Rika----)
Takato hadn't returned yet from his scouting last night and they're worried. Guilmon looks mournfully out of the window, hoping to see Takato, but still Takato hasn't appeared. She checks the time and says, "We might as well head to the bakery. I'm sure he'll expect to find us there." Henry nods and Terriermon says, "I get his share if he doesn't appear once the bread is done!" Guilmon looks over at the word bread.
They exit the school, they walk towards the bakery and as they go they lose themselves in their own thoughts as they walk. 'You better have a good excuse, Takato, for making us worry.' She thinks. Once they draw close, she points to a piece of paper. "Look over here. It looks like a note." She says. They walk over and they read it.
"You think it's from our parents?" Henry asks. "Momentai, Henry!" Terriermon says. "Momentai your self, Terriermon. It could be a trap." Henry points out. "Hey!" They all turn to see Takato approach them. "Hey your self, Takato. Where have you been?" Terriermon asks. "I had a run in with that clone last night. I got tired after disrupting the energy patterns of the D-Reaper." Takato says embarrassedly. "Did you destroy it?" She asks. "No, I didn't. I didn't want to reveal how powerful my beast spirit is." Takato replies. She decides to let Takato off the hook and hand him the note.
She watches as Takato reads the note and says, "Might as well check it out. It's not like the D-Reaper would go to this amount of trouble to set a trap." Henry nods thoughtfully at this and says, "Shall we go then?" "Why not." She says. She then takes the lead towards her house.
(----Takato----)
He watches as the girl and Digimon races away from the agents of the D-Reaper. The agents have four cannon arms. He then turns to watch as WarGrowlmon take aim of the cords and shout out, "Atomic Blaster!" The attack hits and the drones become red blobs and then vanish.
Rika and Henry with Terriermon and Renamon make their way towards the girl and Digimon from different directions. Both WarGrowlmon and him stare across the bridge. He shares a look with his partner and he heads towards where the others are. He approaches as Alice introduces herself and her friend, Dobermon.
"Are these the ones that I'm looking for?" Dobermon asks. "I wish they weren't." Alice says. Before anyone could say anything more, WarGrowlmon roars as a larger agent appears. They all turn and soon Henry and Rika were swiping blue cards through their D-Arks. Terriermon Matrix Digivolves into Rapidmon and Renamon Matrix Digivolves into Taomon, they soon move forward to help WarGrowlmon fight the drone.
"It's too powerful." Henry says. He nods at that. "Only if we could Bio Merge, then this thing wouldn't stand a chance." Rika says angrily. "That's why I brought him." Alice says. He turns to look at Dobermon. "Mind if I try something before you do anything?" He asks as he takes a step closer. Both didn't say anything, so he takes it as a yes and takes out his D-Tector. He then points it at Dobermon.
A light appears around Dobermon and he feels his D-Tector warm up. Soon their D-Arks begin to beep and the light around Dobermon leaves the dog Digimon and becomes a ball of light in front of Alice. It seems that Alice just became partners with Dobermon.
His D-Tector begins to glow and soon a series of data erupts from his D-Tector. Four images appear and they are the dog Deva, a Boarmon, IceDevimon, and Sepikmon. Then the dog Deva disappears in a flash of light and the other images move towards one of them. IceDevimon to Rika, Boarmon to Henry, and the Sepikmon came towards him. The images of the Digimon enter into the D-Arks and they find themselves encased in light, they hear Dobermon say, "I came from the Digimon sovereigns with a gift. The D-Reapers most evolved form has entered into the real world and to help I was to give you my data in order for you to Bio Merge with your partners. The sovereigns are still battling the D-Reaper in this world and I wish you luck battling it in this world."
When the light disappears, they find that Alice and Dobermon have taken off. He pockets his white and purple Digivice as he turns to look over to where their partners were fighting a losing battle. "Why did I get the snowman?" Rika muses out loud. "He's connected to you. I don't know how Boarmon is connected to Henry, but I know why I got the masked ape." He answers. "Why?" Henry asks. "He's the one I confronted to get my human spirit." He says softly. "He's your first kill then?" Rika asks. He nods at that and says, "He was." They fall silent for a few seconds.
They snap out of it, as their partners are sent flying towards them. The agent doesn't have any legs only really long arms. He feels WarGrowlmon's pain as his partner lands on the ground. "We might as well try this out." Rika says. He nods and says, "Get ready to Bio Merge, WarGrowlmon." "You too, Taomon!" Rika says. "I'm a going, I'm a going." Rapidmon says. "I didn't even say anything yet." Henry says. "I heard them say it." Terriermon says once he finishes transforming back into his rookie form.
He moves towards Guilmon as the others towards their own partners. Guilmon gets off the ground and Guilmon says, "Guilmon Bio Merge to…" Then in their dual voice, "Gallantmon!" 'Lets get this over with, Guilmon!' He says. 'Right with you, Takato!' Guilmon replies. They raise the arm with the shield before them. The purple agent hammers their shield.
"Spirit Strike!" Sakuyamon shouts out. The agent is sent flying and MegaGargomon then punches the downed agent with the right arm. A crater forms under this and they charge with Lightning Joust. They cut the cord with one go. "More are on their way." MegaGargomon says. "Lets go then!" They say in their dual voice. They met the swarm head on; they keep the shield up to deflect the attacks of the agents. They continue to press the advantage towards the main body of the D-Reaper.
(----Rika----)
"You think Henry and Terriermon are ok?" They say in their dual voice. Gallantmon replies, "We have to trust them it make it through this." Then Gallantmon adds, "They just keep coming." They nod their head at this as their staff cuts through yet another drone.
Then they feel the ground shake and they turn to look as this huge green agent appears. 'It feels like a few years since we had breakfast with our parents this morning.' She says to Renamon. 'Don't worry Rika, you'll see your mother and grandmother again.' Renamon says encouragingly. She smiles at that and nods. 'Thanks Renamon.' She says. 'Any time, Rika.' Renamon says. Then they watch as Gallantmon moves between the new agent and them. They turn to find more agents around and she just hopes that Takato and Guilmon will be able to handle that green drone on their own.
(----Henry----)
They were running from that Jeri clone. He keeps repeating that it's only a clone, that it's not the real Jeri, but it's not working that great. It's hard when the thing is using Jeri's voice and tells him things that the real Jeri knows. It's really getting to him and he begins to understand why Takato was exhausted from battling this agent, it's just too powerful and it doesn't have a cord as a weak point.
"Henry!" Terriermon cries out as he trips and falls. He slowly gets up off the floor, but the clone takes a swipe at him. He rolls away and quickly gets up off the ground. "Leave Jeri alone!" He yells at the clone. "Emotions are illogical. The subject Jeri has shown us this. Soon we will correct this error once the human race is destroyed." The agent says. He just growls at that reasoning. 'It's like listening to a broken record!' He thinks as he backs away from the agent.
"Kahuna Waves!" A voice cries out. A heart shaped bubble floats towards the tall humanoid agent. The agent flees before getting touched by the pink heart. He blinks as MarineAngemon circles Terriermon and him. "Kenta!" He says in a relieved voice. "I thought I'd help out. Looks like another one, buddy." Kenta says and MarineAngemon once more sends out a pink heart at the red glob. The heart destroys it and Terriermon then remarks, "I guess love hurts in more ways then one." He just sighs and says, "Thanks for coming Kenta. Now lets get out of here." Kenta nods and leads the way out of this park.
(----Takato----)
Once the green agent was destroyed, they all headed back to Rika's place. He can't believe that it took the three of them, Justimon, Antyalmon, and him to get rid of that single agent. Also Kazu and Guardromon helped out with the other agents that kept popping out. It seems that the D-Reaper was keeping them from helping out Henry and Terriermon. Fortunately Kenta and MarineAngemon were able to help get Henry and his partner out of there. He feels bad for not showing up quick enough to help Henry and Terriermon out.
"So Beelzemon and Calumon have disappeared? I wish them luck." He says. Ryo nods at that. "So, I hear you can transform into Digimon." Ryo says. He looks sheepish at that and says, "Only into Enlilmon and Cerawmon. I, um, created them from this idea I got from reading this odd book. I think my parents brought it." Ryo shakes his head at that and says, "Mind if I flip through it?" "Go right ahead. I'll get it for you." He says, he then leaves to see if his parents brought it with them.
He isn't surprise to find Susie and Lopmon playing a board game with Terriermon and Guilmon. He can tell that Guilmon was confused and once his partner noticed him, Guilmon got up and followed him out of the room. "Hard game, huh?" He asks. "I like hide and seek better." Guilmon says simply. He nods and soon enters the room where his pack is.
He then searches through it and finds the book. He grins and opens it to where all the information pages are. He pauses as he thinks he saw something. He repeats the movement, but nothing happens. He sighs and takes out the pages with his spirits' and Guilmon's stats out of the book. He finds a draw to put them in and closes his pack. He takes the book out to where Ryo is.
Once outside with the book and with Guilmon, he hands it over to Ryo. Ryo grins and says, "Looks old." He shrugs and says, "According to the Bokomon that write the last part of the book, he refers to the book as the book of Ancient Knowledge. I never really cared what it's called, it doesn't seems to have a title on the cover or on any of the pages." Ryo looks thoughtful at that and says, "Mind if I start now?" "No, go right ahead." He says to Ryo.
He turns to look over at Guilmon and asks, "You want to go for a walk, boy?" Guilmon nods and he heads into the house to tell someone where they're going. They soon are out of the house and off the property.
"A lot has happened, huh?" He says to Guilmon. "I'm just happy to be with you Takato." His partner replies. "I like to be with you too, Guilmon. Things are looking kind of bleak. I mean, now we can Bio Merge, but we still can't attack its core for fear of harming Jeri. I know that Henry had an encounter with that clone. I just hope that Henry doesn't do anything rash." He says.
They walk in silences for a while, he's thinking about what he remembers from that one night he soared over the Hypnos building. He heard from Lopmon about where Beelzemon BM and Calumon had been headed. He finds a spot and stares into the direction of where the twin tower building is.
"You want to go and investigate." Guilmon says, snapping him out of his thoughts. He smiles sadly and says, "I'm not ready to do that, boy. I'm not strong enough to confront the D-Reaper on my own." They then continue on their way.
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He looks around at the headquarters. He can't believe some of the stuff that's around here. Though he did have to drag Guilmon from the kitchen. It also seems that the Ark is still alive in the Digital World. It also seems that the Monster Makers have plans for the Ark, what kind of plans, nobody has yet to inform him of.
They just finish coming out of the pool area and find Rika wondering aimlessly. He watches Rika walk away and decides to follow Rika. It doesn't take much time for him to catch up with her and says, "Hey Rika. Want some company?"
Rika looks startled as she snaps out of her thoughts and says, "It's a free country." He walks by Rika's side, waiting for Rika to tell him wants on her mind. "What do you think of our chances, goggle head?" Rika asks him suddenly. "Not getting any better, we need to get Jeri away from the D-Reaper if we're to win this." He replies. Rika then asks, "You have any idea how to do that?" His right hand goes to his pocket with the D-Tector. "Got an idea, but I think I need to be close to her for it to work." He says. Rika looks between his face and his hand and asks, "What kind of plan is it?" He takes out his D-Tector and says, "I have Leomon's data stored in this. I think I need Jeri's Digivice to create a Digi-Egg so that Leomon can be reborn. It's worth a shoot, right?" Rika nods at that, they come to an elevator and they split up, but Rika holds the doors open and says, "Thanks for walking with me, goggle head. See you later." He smiles and nods as the doors close.
To be continued …