Chapter 16: Goodbye, Hello
Return Shift: Brendan –Sunday Morning-
It was Sunday morning, 7:00, at 8:30 we'd be on our way to the Digital world.
"This is it, the big day!" I said to Herpetomon. He was at the kitchen table and I was pacing as I usually do when I'm restless. I couldn't wait anymore. Mom came in and silently walked by Herpetomon again. She come over to me and said. "It's Ok, I want you to go now, I don't want you to be late."
"Mom, It's an hour and a half early." I said bluntly. Herpetomon looked up.
"Well, It's so hard to let you go, I just want you to go so I can start worrying about you." She said. She was clearly upset. She got up and gave me another hug. I was starting to feel sad also. It isn't a time to be sad, she'll be fine once I go and Dave comes back. She let me out of the hug.
"Really, I mean it, I'll take good care of him." Herpetomon charmed in. She just turned on him and gave him a nasty look.
"I do not trust you. You have a nasty look to you, in your eyes. I don't trust it. If you do anything to my boy I'll get back at you, got it!" She said, getting into his face.
"I'm telling you, you have nothing to worry about." Herpetomon said smiling "It's under control." Mom leered at him.
"Fine, but you guys should get going. Really. Go." Mom said. She gave me one last hug and we went for the door.
"Don't worry, we'll be back, goodbye." I said. I gave one last look before leaving her behind. She had a look of mixed pride and sadness. It made me sad too, but I had to go. We walked slowly down the street. I allowed Herpetomon to come with me this time. It didn't matter if we were seen, Lyons was no longer an issue. People saw us and ran away, but we moved on. We came to the factory quickly because it's right around the corner. We dashed inside the hideout before people could see where we were going. We ended up being the first ones there. Like I thought. We just walked around, too excited to relax. A car could be heard pulling up outside. I thought that it was one of the others. Herpetomon and I waited for whomever it was to enter. A bold form we didn't expect entered. A moment of twilight and then the person was revealed to be none other than Inspector Lyons. He began to speak.
"Oh good, you're here." I interrupted. Last night before going to bed Herpetomon and I found a plan. Since we would be away for who knows how long we'd need someone to take care of the emerging Digimon. Who better than Lyons?
"Good?" He asked.
"Yeah, in about a half-hour my friends and I will be going to the Digital world for a big adventure of sorts. While we're gone we'll need someone to take care of the evil Digimon that will be coming while we're gone." I said.
"You want me to help?" He said.
"Yeah, you're the one who wanted to destroy all of the Digimon remember, now's your chance. While we're gone you've got to watch the place." I said smiling. It seemed Lyons was dropping his tough cop act.
"Really! Well, that's all I wanted all along. When you guys are gone I'll call in some big forces to stop them." Lyons said as he turned around "Oh, and feel free to leave yours there when you come back."
"Riiight." I said as he disappeared past the shrubs "Wow, that guy is so weird."
"I know, first he just sneaks around messing with us, then he tried to kill us Digimon, and now he's all smiles." Herpetomon said. "Weird." Someone peaked their head in after he left.
"Was that Lyons that just left?" Came Nick's voice. He entered and was followed by Fatomon.
"Yeah, I told him to watch Earth while we're gone. After all someone needs to stop the ones who come when we're gone. Are you guys ready? I'm so excited."
"Good point, neither of us slept well last night, too much excitement. I'm kind of sad to be leaving, but it will be so cool." Said Nick.
"I know, well let's just wait for the others to get here." I said.
"They'd better not be late." Fatomon said. We each sat or stood next to our Digimon. Constantly getting up and shifting around because of the anticipation. Soon after Nick arrived Kayla came in with Gotsumon next to her. He'd digivolved back to Rookie.
"You're early too?" She asked.
"Yeah, Herpetomon and I came early, then Nick. I'm bringing my friend Matt too, he wants to find his Digimon so he'll be the last one." I said.
"Oh great, another boy." She said. We laughed apprehensively.
"Hey, come on, we're not that bad." Nick said.
"Well not when you're surrounded by them." She said. We began to chill and we waited for Matt to come. It took him a while, but he arrived as well. He walked in through the shrubs like I told him last time.
"Hey, Matt's finally here." I said.
"Well, you said it was at 8:30 right?" He said.
"Yeah I know, I was joking, we're just early." I said "So, you remember Nick and Kayla? These are there Digimon Fatomon, and Gotsumon." I said.
"Oh, hey." Matt said.
"Hiiii" Gotsumon said waving from behind Kayla.
"Hello, Matt." Fatomon said coolly. Matt walked over to Fatomon whom he was pretty impressed by. He started looking him over.
"Wow, you are so cool." He said "I love that sword."
"Well thanks, wait until you see me in action." He said smiling.
"I'm sure you're beastly strong." Matt said.
"Sure, something like that." Fatomon responded. The atmosphere was getting so tense. All of us were eagerly waiting for Protagamon so we could get this adventure started.
"Ok, so, this is our last time in this world for who knows how long. Enjoy it. We face tough battles, unknown struggles, and new opponents ahead of us. But do not waver we also face new digivolutions, new friends, and good memories." I explained.
"And don't forget about the fame." Nick said.
"Yeah, right, whatever, but yeah, this will be an incredible journey and I don't know about you, but I am so pumped I can't stand it." I said.
"Yeah!" Everyone yelled, and then laughed. I felt whole. Suddenly another portal like the one yesterday opened up. It grew like before, but this time it grew much larger. Then Protagamon rose out of it like before. Once she appeared fully I said."Protagamon, we are ready."
"Good, I'll tell you when you can enter. You should all hold hands so that when you come into the Digital world you won't be separated." She instructed.
"Alright, and Protagamon, this is my friend Matt, the one I mentioned before." She turned to him
"Hello Matt, ready?" She asked.
"Yeah, let's do it." He responded. While Protagamon prepared to open the portal for us we joined hands around it. We looked around at each other's faces. They showed a wide range of emotions from joy, to exhilaration, to fear, and to eagerness.
"Ok, Tamers, It's ready, go now." She exclaimed. We gave one last look and I yelled "NOW!" We all took the leap and became surrounded in the light.
The feeling was hard to describe. It felt like I was motionless, all I could see was light and I couldn't hear anything. All I could feel was my body tingling. Suddenly I went from a motionless state to a falling state. Once again I could feel my comrades hands and my eyes were closed. I could feel I was slowly going unconscious. I was able to open my eyes for a small moment and see my friend's faces again. They were all unconscious, but we held together. Below us I could see the ground, I thought it was a nightmare at first, but then I remembered. From the horizon I saw a long blue flash coming towards us. It came under us and picked us up, then I lost consciousness.
It's warm, the ground underneath me. I began to wake up. I couldn't move much at first and I couldn't seem to open my eyes. I just began to feel around with my fingers, which could move. I felt dirt and some grass. I tried again to move and I was able to lift myself up and slowly open my eyes. The light blinded me. I closed my eyes and then squinted them to see where I was. The scenery was amazing. It was a field of grass with and odd town in the distance, but the sky was a beautiful shade of blue I'd never seen before, it was almost electric. I sat back on my ass and let my senses come back. I started to hear and feel a gentle wind blow by. Somehow, as my mind adjusted to my new setting I was overcome with a new strength, I became able to stand up. I gave a look around me, I was in a small patch of dirt in the middle of the field. Around the patch were my friends and the Digimon, all unconscious, but Herpetomon was coming awake. I knelt by him and helped him wake up and get up. He looked drowsy.
"Woah, the return trip wasn't as easy as the trip to the real world." He said, laughing, and almost falling over. "But at least we made it. And you got new cloths too." I honestly hadn't noticed, I was too amazed by the scenery. I checked myself out to find I was wearing brown leather shoes, a lighter brown pair of corduroys, a red turtleneck, and a red beret. I loved it! Especially the beret. I noticed that the others were all wearing new cloths too. Slowly each of them began to come awake, we helped them each get up. First Matt who looked surprised yet calm and composed. He was now wearing Brown jeans, a denim jacket, a gray shirt underneath, and new black shoes.
"We made it, sweet." He said. "And I'm loving the new duds." Next Nick woke up, then Gotsumon who helped Kayla. Nick was now wearing black boots, black jean shorts with red stitching, and a red tanktop with an orange vest over it.
"Oh man ,this place is so cool." He said "I love it." Also Kayla was wearing her favorite wardrobe, almost all white. She wears white strapless shoes, white jeans with a gray belt, and a tight long sleeve jacket that had fur on the collar.
"Hey, Gotsumon, no, I'm Ok." She said. "Oh wow, where'd these new cloths come from?" Lastly Fatomon woke up and stood next to Nick. Everyone was discussing their new attire.
"Ok, Guys, I know are new cloths are awesome, but we've got things to do. Like choose a leader." I said. They all turned.
"What do you mean choose a leader? Aren't you the leader?" Nick said
"What? Me?" I said.
"Yeah I always just thought you were the leader." K said.
"No way, I'm a terrible leader." I said "Trust me."
"I want you as a leader." Herpetomon said.
"Yeah well I'm your partner that doesn't count." I said. "We'll vote then. Who votes for me to be the leader?" All of them voted for it. "Oh great, fine I guess since you all trust me so much I'll do it, but don't blame me if I screw up." I said trying to joke, no one laughed.
"You won't." Herpetomon said. I was surprised in the trust they had in me.
"Thanks." I said. "Now, I guess we should just wait here for someone from the D-Corps to help us because I have no idea what to do. Any of you Digimon been here before?"
"Nope." They all said.
"Great, well, let's just wait, someone should be here soon enough." I said. We began milling around waiting. Some talked, some observed the atmosphere, I sat with Herpetomon on the ground. We looked around but not much came or went. Not until
"Hey look!" Matt yelled to the rest of us. He pointed to the road by the village and there was something coming. It could barely be made out against the sunlight behind it.
"That'll be Codamon, an elite in the D-Corps. He's a champion level, vaccine. Officer Cyborg type. He basically looks like a robot and a dog mixed together." Said Fatomon. I had forgotten he was an expert on the D-Corps. In fact he was probably the most experienced one on this expedition, having been here the longest. The speck that was once Codamon was coming into focus. He was indeed a robotic dog. He looked like a breed similar to a German shephard. He wore a visor similar to Protagamon's over his eyes, his muzzle stuck out underneath and his ears poked out from the back. He was much larger than a normal dog, he's about Kayla's height, 5"9'. His hind legs looked like his natural ones, but his front legs were bionic. Also the mechanisms stretched over his back and up his neck a little. I'm no engineer (as much as I'd love to be) but it looked like Codamon had some gun type systems built in the works. He came bounding up and stopped in front of us, prodigious looking creature.
"Tamers! Hello, welcome to the Digital world. I'm called Codamon. My mission is to guide you to the Sovereign where you will receive your assignments."