Not much action in this chapter or the next, just a lot of talking
None of the techno jargon Patrick is talking about is true - It's just big random words put together to make himself sound smart
Patrick: I still have my USAS and my trigger finger is itchy
Really, they are aren't they?
Patrick: Whatever. Gimme something to kill already!
We'll get there - so calm down you maniac. This had to
be done sometime - it was inevitable
Patrick: A maniac? Just wait until I tell everyone what you've got planned for later chapters...then we'll see who's the maniac!
Errr...and now on with the story!
Chapter 8 – Digital RoomsPatrick continued to type on the laptop. The others didn't know where it came from, and when they heard about Tai's incident, they didn't care.
The others set up their tents around the fire then came and sat beside it. They talked for a while about the other digidestined that hadn't come with them. TK seemed to talk a lot about his brother.
"You know, you remind me a lot of Izzy" Tai said
Patrick didn't even look up "Why's that?"
"You get glued to those computers"
"Computers are my life. I couldn't live without them. Heck, we wouldn't be here without them" he stopped typing only for a few minutes to roast a few marshmallows on the fire.
Sora looked up at the night sky. "So you were one of the first digidestined"
"Yep"
"How come you have a D3 then?"
Patrick unhooked his digivice and looked at it, "You know, I'm not sure," he thought for a second, "In fact, now that I think about it, this changed exactly one week before I met youse"
"Maybe they all have some link to other digidestined," Tai said
"Perhaps…" Patrick stuffed the marshmallows into his mouth then went back to the black laptop.
"So let me get this straight," he looked at Tai, "You were the second generation of digidestined, seven years after mine, and you," he looked at Yolei, "are the third and current generation, four years after the second and therefore eleven after mine"
She nodded, "Correct"
"The second gen had crests like mine, and but different digivices"
"Why, what were yours like?"
"More or less the same as yours except slightly larger"
He ate another marshmallow and started typing again.
"We did have crests, but lost them four years ago defending the digital world" Sora said
They explained about how they got their crests, which seemed to trail off into their entire adventure in the digital world. Then Yolei explained about the digieggs and armour digivolving.
"Really…" Patrick never stopped typing.
"What are you doing?" Tai asked
"Youse wouldn't understand. It's complicated"
"Shoot"
"Ok then. I'm writing a program that will recalibrate the main digital matrix code primary to the everyday function of the digiworld itself"
The others just stared at Patrick with the look they usually give Izzy when he goes into techno-jargon-mode.
"Warned you," said Patrick, reading their expressions.
"Is that what you do in your spare time? Sit on the computer?" Sora asked
"More or less. Either I'm surfing the net, writing programs, playing the Xbox, messing about outside"
"Play soccer much?" asked Tai
"Nope. Hate the sport. Hate all sports"
"No offence, but wouldn't that make you the type of person who sits around all day on computers and is therefore generally unfit?"
"I train a lot though. Mainly in the digital world"
"Or in DRs" Blackagumon added
"DRs?" Yolei asked
"Yeah, I was just getting to that, they're 'Digital Rooms'. It's like virtual reality, except based in the digital world" Patrick said, still typing.
"How do they work?" she asked curiously
"Simple really. By running a separate reality program alongside the main digital world we all know and love. Because I have full access to the entire 'world' or 'room', I can change absolutely any aspect of the environment or physics"
"Wow…" Yolei seemed amazed, whereas the other three were lost after the first few words.
"Ever seen The Matrix?"
"Yeah"
"It's sorta like those training programs they did in the first movie"
"Decky calls it the best computer game ever. Also, because you have access to every part of the 'world' you can really play God. You can make it so you can't die, can't feel pain, anything" Blackagumon said
"Hang on a second, if you were to input a separate program into the main server you would have to bypass the toughest firewall ever created! To get in you'd have to…be…" Yolei thought for a second and then looked at Patrick sternly, "Are you a Hacker?"
Patrick started laughing to himself, and then smiled at Yolei "You got it!"
"But isn't hacking illegal?"
"Not in the digital world"
"Why not?"
"Because nobody's ever done it before"
A few minutes passed. The group talked about other things they did, until Patrick hit a final key on his laptop and declared, "Done!"
"Done what?" TK asked
"I'll show you" He turned his laptop so it faced everyone. It showed a digiport screen, but it was slightly different. A few parts were missing, replaced with programming code.
Patrick picked up his D3 and motioned for the others to do the same. The digimon approached too, but Patrick stopped Blackagumon.
"No. You stay here in case anyone comes"
He nodded and held his ground.
"Ok," He pointed his digivice at the screen and said, "Program excecute"
Suddenly everywhere went white. Everyone except Patrick looked around.
"Where are we?" Biyomon asked nervously
Patrick put his arms up, "Welcome to a DR."
He took his PDA out of his pocket and tapped it. Immediately, the whiteness on the 'floor' was replaced with a large overview of the digital world. Though it looked different than the digital world back home. Most of the world was covered in desert, and had the noticeable feature of a huge crater near the centre of the desert.
The group looked at the plan in amazement. Patrick clicked the PDA a few more times, causing the map to zoom in on a specific area each time. Soon the image showed what was easily recognisable as the large castle they had seen earlier.
It was surrounded by a massive lake, which went of the off into what looked like an ocean. Around this was a dense forest. Outside this was the huge, barren desert. In this desert, other installations could be seen.
"This is amazing" Yolei said
"Trust me, this is just the tip of the iceberg. Now as you can see for this, our camp is here"
One more tap caused an arrow to appear over a small clearing, southeast of the fortress.
He clicked the device once more and the flat image on the ground started to rise into full 3D, scaled down so the structure was only about a metre high. Patrick walked over to this building.
"I got these images by processing the geographical code of the digiworld. Unfortunately, I can't get any plans of the castle because it isn't actually part of the digital world. Anyway, my best guess is that Kari is inside. We'll need a lot of firepower to get in, but leave that part to me."
"If we can get some sort of distraction, and managed to lure some troops outside, some of us could get inside. From there, I can download the building's schematics, and then we find your girl."
"What about your brother?" Tai asked
Patrick stopped cold. "What about him"
"Did it ever occur to you that he might be here?"
Patrick thought to himself, "Not…really. But you got a good point. We'll just have to see how our plan goes"
"What is the plan?" TK asked
"Ok then," he nodded and tapped the PDA, "Here's the details…"
"Declan O'Reilly," Kari thought to herself, "Where have I heard that name before?"
Five minutes ago a guard dressed in combat fatigues came into the cell and dragged Declan off. He locked the door behind them.
Kari tried to remember, but couldn't concentrate. The effects of the morphine they had used had not completely wore off.
She looked around the cell. It was completely bare except for the door with a small window in it, two raised mattresses creating makeshift beds and a barred opening looking outside.
She looked out the window. It was getting dark. Hopefully Declan would be back soon so she wouldn't be lonely anymore. She needed someone to talk to.
Kari instinctively reached down for her D-Terminal, but it wasn't there. Neither was her digivice or her camera.
"Of course," the girl said to herself, "Declan told me they took everything off us"
She sighed, and lay down on the single bed, "I wouldn't even mind talking to Davis right now…hey, now that's desperate!"
Within five minutes Kari was asleep.
"…and then get the hell outta here!" Patrick looked proudly at the plan in front of him, "What'd ya think?"
"Nice one. We'll do it tomorrow then" Tai looked hopeful
"I'll go with that," Patamon smiled
"Sure thing" TK said
"What they said," Yolei added
"Ok," Patrick put his PDA back and took out his digivice, "Program terminate"
"Suddenly, the group was back in the makeshift camp with Blackagumon.
Patrick stopped when he heard a rustle in a bush. He snapped up, taking his Deagle out and aiming it at the bush, "Who's there?"
"Calm down, it's just me" A man walked out of the bush. He was dressed in black fatigues and had an MP5 on a strap around his shoulder.
The others stopped cold and looked at the man. The digimon started growling, ready to fight on their partner's command.
"Who are you?" Tai demanded, Patrick still pointing his handgun at his head.
"What, don't you recognise your old friend Cody…"