Author's Notes: I've finally gotten my new computer and it's been a massive headache. I've had to register programs, activate stuff and do all sorts of wacky things. But at least now I can have an easier time updating and stuff. On with the story!!
Disclaimer: I don't own anything. Digimon belongs to Bandai, Fox, Saban and whoever else owns it.
Ascension - V 1.7
The first thing that came to Ryo's mind when he woke up was the urge to vomit. Or at least relieve himself of whatever stuff was stuck inside his chest. He quickly got up and proceeded to cough up some water. 'Where am I? This kind of looks like the digital world where I met Ken.' A voice interrupted his thoughts. "You're finally awake? That's good." A sense of relief washed over the boy when he heard Monodramon's voice.
"Can you explain what happened? Who saved us?" Monodramon remained silent with a single thought running through his mind. "Monodramon?" The rookie Digimon snapped out of his trance and looked at Ryo. "Sorry but it's just that I thought I saw something in that whirlpool. And it gave me the willies, so to speak."
Ryo raised an eyebrow. "Willies? As in the heebie jeebies or something?" His partner nodded. "There was something in that whirlpool that was extremely disturbing. Something dark and sinister. I saw Devimon's body in there. The Devimon who was defeated back on File Island by the original Digidestined. I know that you're skeptical but I swear that was the same guy!! And by the way he was moving, there's something big coming. It's almost as big as Millenniumon's resurrection."
"Uh, Monodramon? Devimon bit the dust when he challenged the original group to a battle. What exactly do you mean by the way he was moving? I thought he's dead!!" Monodramon moved towards the tree and shifted it. Ryo was startled to see that the island was moving. "He is dead but his digital pattern hasn't disintegrated yet. His body is reacting to the amount of dark energy being gathered. And when I saw the way it was moving…" He didn't need to finish the sentence as Ryo had a fairly good grasp of the situation.
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'Thanks a lot, Gennai. If you're not hiding something from us, then you're always springing something at the last minute.' Tai just grumbled as the limousine kept moving towards his apartment. Only a few moments ago did he receive an important e-mail describing the whereabouts of his sister and her friends. They had gone off to the digital world in the tamers' realm to solve the mystery about those towers that have popped up in the other quadrants. If that wasn't bad enough, he had to keep an eye out for anything out of the ordinary in the digital world in this dimension. At least they could get to the digital world with Izzy constructing a new gateway, thanks to state of the art computers and very knowledgeable staff.
'At least now I can come in and check on how the reintegration sequence is going.' Both Tai and Matt had submerged themselves in diplomatic duties in order to keep themselves busy and sane. Although they knew that the sacrifice was necessary to save the human and digital race of countless quantum planes, they still had trouble accepting what had happened. Tai gave a sigh as his thoughts drifted back to his old friend.
"Tai! Zero!! Dinner's almost ready!!" Mrs. Kamiya quickly set up the table. Her husband had to work late tonight and Kari probably had to do something with the Digimon. She checked her tofu dish again. Zero looked at the set of food before them. "Wow!! That smells lovely, Mrs. Kamiya!! Taichi, you've gotta check this out!!"
The boy emerged from the room, wearing his traditional blue t-shirt and khaki shorts. His goggles were on his head and his Digivice was on his left wrist. "That's odd…didn't you give your goggles to Davis? And how can you still fit in those clothes?" Taichi gave a nervous gulp. "Um…you see…"
He was interrupted when some noises were coming from the front door. 'Whew!! Talk about good timing!!' But that relief quickly faded as he heard a voice extremely similar to his own shout out. "Mom, I'm home!! Kari's not going to be here for tofu night because…" Taichi Kamiya stopped as he saw a younger version of himself staring back at him with a Digimon that looked similar to Veemon beside him.
The standstill was interrupted when they heard a crash right beside them. Mrs. Kamiya had fainted and dropped the pot that was holding the tofu. Zero gave a loud groan. "Aw, man!! There goes dinner…" He looked up again to talk to his tamer. "Hey…with this other person who looks a lot like you and stuff…does this mean we're the 200% combination?"
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"Hey, what happened to my eyes?!? I can't see!!" Davis frantically waved around to find his friends but had no luck until he bumped into somebody. The boy quickly placed a firm grip on the other person's shoulders. "Kari, is that you?!?" He heard a snort come from the other person. "Let go of me or die a painful death."
Davis quickly let go of Rika before muttering an apology. He heard Takato's voice come out of nowhere. "It may help if you put on your goggles. It's certainly helping me." When he placed his goggles on his eyes, he was able to see some of his friends in some sort of blue jelly with numbers floating all around. Henry had placed his green sunglasses on and was looking after Terriermon, Lopmon, Suzie and some of the other Digidestined children. To his dismay, Kari was already with Henry and TK. "Davis!! We've got to help Ken and Cody out! Takato already has Yolei with him!" The boy mumbled a few words of agreement before seeking out his friends. Once the group had assembled, Takato asked the obvious question. "How do we get to the digital world from here?"
"All we need to do is find an opening and when we find that right angle, we'll find the opening," stated Cody. Renamon looked around the area. "Unfortunately, the right angle can be any angle. It all depends on your point of view." Before anyone else could argue, the group found themselves spinning out of control.
Moments later, a loud splash was heard as they all fell into a crystal clear lake. Guilmon quickly came up to the surface and gave a loud cough. "I don't think I want to do that again." Armadillomon slowly made his way to the small grassy area. "Hey!! This kind of looks like our digital world!!"
Rika took off her purple sunglasses after she got out of the water. "Not exactly. Look up at the sky and you'll see what I mean." Sure enough, the sky still looked the same the day they made a brief visit to this digital world. "At least, we're in the right place. Now where to? It's not like any clues are just going to walk in," grumbled Wormmon.
"Everyone, quiet!!" The others were startled at Gatomon's sudden outburst. She slowly crept forward, like a predator stalking its prey. Then she leapt into the bushes and flushed out a small green Digimon with a small trumpet around its neck. "Please don't hurt me!!" it exclaimed. Henry looked at the Digimon with slight suspicion. 'What's a Gekomon doing here?'
Kari knelt down by the small Digimon with a small smile. "We're not going to hurt you. I guess the idea of having humans in your world must be a little unsettling. You don't have to be afraid of us." The Gekomon still kept his distance. "B-but you look similar t-to that other person who slaughtered the rest of my kind."
"What?!? Are you saying that another human has been here before?" asked Yolei. The other Digimon could only nod meekly. Davis gave a frown. "So someone else can get into the digital world other than us? Don't tell me we have to deal with another Digimon Emperor or something!! No offense, Ken."
The other boy gave a dry laugh. "It could be another tamer that you guys haven't run into yet. You haven't been able to keep an eye everywhere so there could be other tamers from other countries and stuff who got trapped here somehow…and they probably have Rika's old attitude about Digimon being data." Rika narrowed her eyes as another possibility came into her head. "Or…it could be Ryo who found a way out of the Dark Ocean and has been tainted."
Ken shot a glare at the girl. "You can't be serious!! I know Ryo and he wouldn't do something like this!! He was a good friend and I won't allow you to make wild accusations about him!!" An icy gaze, which she inherited as the Digimon Queen, was formed in her eyes. "The Dark Ocean can corrupt a person easily. Remember what happened to you when you visited that place? And Kari may have fallen into the same trap had TK not found a way to get in." Davis started grumbling. "Sure…keep rubbing it in why don't you?"
"It's a disturbing thought but it's a possible one too. Maybe we should ask our friend here and let him tell us what he saw," stated Henry. They all turned their attention towards the Gekomon who still remained scared stiff. "I can't tell you anything!! If he finds out about me, I'm a goner!!"
"If you can at least describe what he looks like or what type of Digimon was with him then maybe we can find him and stop him from hurting anymore Digimon," explained Cody. The other Digimon wasn't sure what to do. Should he place his life in the hands of those humans? He was looking over his choices when a small girl approached him. "You don't have to worwy about that meanie!! Henwy will stop him!!"
"Talk about having a lot of confidence, huh?" Terriermon gave a tiny grin as Henry just sighed. The Gekomon finally came to a decision. "I saw only a few things since I was hiding. There was this huge demonic Digimon with him. That human has white hair and is very nasty. That's all I can tell you."
As the group started walking away, Davis groaned. "Great…now we have to deal with this new human who deletes Digimon and the whole mysterious towers thing. What next?" "Hey, what about that Diaboromon who looked interested in us earlier before heading to the digital world? I don't think he was finished with us yet," murmured Hawkmon.
Renamon's memory triggered at Hawkmon's words. "Now that you mention it…by the way he was acting towards us, he probably had something planned in mind but had to postpone it due to another more serious engagement. Perhaps after we deal with the tower issue and the renegade tamer, you can bring this up with your Sovereign." Lopmon nodded in agreement. Meanwhile Henry remained preoccupied with his own thoughts. 'Is it possible? No…Daemon wouldn't have use for a tamer! I must be losing it.'
* * * * * * * * * * * *
"So how much longer is this process supposed to take? I'm getting restless…I want to go nuke stuff, you know?!?" Skullsatamon leaned against the wall. Ladydevimon gave a snort. "Typical. All you male Digimon are the same. You just want to destroy stuff and see explosions." "So does that include me?"
She started stammering in the presence of her master. He gave a chuckle. "You are very fortunate I am in such a good mood. The data transfer from the spore to me was a success but I shall require some time before my body can get used to such energies. However, I do believe I can do something for all of you, seeing as how you were so loyal to me."
"In what way, master?" asked Marinedevimon. Daemon formed three balls of energy before sending each one to hover in mid air in front of each of his minions. "By absorbing this energy, your strength shall be the equivalent of a mega Digimon. I suggest you integrate it now so your bodies can adjust. Then we can begin wreaking havoc upon the digital world!!"
* * * * * * * * * * * *
"What?!? You mean they all left without me?!? That's so unfair!!! They get to have all the fun!!" Kenta nodded wearily as Calumon kept flying around. "Me and Kazu feel exactly the same way, little guy. I mean, we're not exactly the best babysitters around. Not only do we have to look after you but the city and the world as well!! I hope Kazu gets back here safely."
After providing the diversion, the two tamers had decided to split up and meet at the hotel as soon as possible. With MarineAngemon's small size, it was harder for the soldiers to detect Kenta so they were able to get back without too much trouble. Now all they could do is wait for Kazu before planning their next move. 'There better not be any more Digimon popping up right now!!' thought Kenta.
Suddenly, MarineAngemon popped up right beside him. "I think I hear someone trying to sneak in!!" Kenta followed his partner to a small room where someone was trying to force the window open. Calumon hovered right behind Kenta. "This is pretty scary!!" Kenta put a finger to his lips, signaling silence.
"Hey, chumley!! Are you going to help or what? Guardromon isn't exactly small you know!!" Kenta gave a smile of relief as he opened the window for Guardromon and Kazu to get in. The other boy gave a sigh. "Man, it was insane out there. But I think we lost those bozos. As soon as me and Guardromon chill out and get ourselves together, we better go back out on patrol."
"Hold it!! You're not serious, are you?!? How can you adopt to this so easily?!? When I got up today, I was just a regular kid. By lunch, I'm responsible for looking after my Digimon and the world!! We need a bit of time to soak this in," blurted Kenta. Kazu shrugged. "Whatever, man. If you want, you can look after Calumon while me and Guardromon keep an eye out for things on the outside."
"Attention, all inhabitants of the structure!! This is the Japanese Armed Forces!! You are surrounded!! Come out peacefully with your hands up!!" Both tamers stiffened at that announcement. Kazu gave a groan. "I thought I lost them!! Someone must have been tailing us from a distance." They both moved to a window to check out their situation. There were armed men and vehicles outside as well as helicopters patrolling the air. "Damn it!!" cursed Kazu.
"Sarge, I was wondering why we didn't go in there by force. We could have taken them before they could react." The sergeant gave a glare at the private. "Mr. Yamaki's orders were very specific. We are not to harm the children and Digimon. Just incapacitate them. They want to study them so that maybe we can do something with all these Digimon attacks!! All the entrances have been either destroyed or too small for us to get through and using demolitions to create an entrance is not an option!!"
"This is it…the end of the line. We don't even have the right Modify cards for this type of situation!! And I was just beginning to enjoy being a Digimon tamer!! Why does everything bad happen to me?" grumbled Kazu. Guardromon came back from checking other areas of the hotel. "They've surrounded all the other exits." Calumon's ears folded back in. "This isn't good. Not good at all."
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"So how do we know that we're going in the right direction? For all we know, we could be walking into some mirage where we see what we want to see except that we get devoured in the end by a mirage producing Digimon!!" exclaimed Terriermon. Henry kept looking at his Digivice. "The Digivice can scan for anomalous readings so I'm hoping that we can find something out of the ordinary out here."
"That shouldn't be too hard considering that we're in the desert!! We can spot anything out of the ordinary for miles!!" said Davis. Yolei snorted. "Davis, you're cracking. It's not easy to spot anything out of the ordinary in the digital world…especially here where those pink vacuums can come out of nowhere and suck you up…"
"Uh…you mean like how one's coming right behind us?" asked TK. Sure enough, one of the pink vacuums had descended and is preparing to scoop up data and send it to a random location. "Everyone, scatter!!!" yelled Takato. The group split up into different pairs to try and get away from the vacuum but Ken, Davis, Veemon and Wormmon weren't so lucky as they were sucked in.
"Can't we ever get a break?!? Now it's more crucial that we resolve these other matters as soon as possible," stated Henry. Yolei looked at the other boy. "But what about Ken and Davis? We have to find them!!" "They've got Imperialdramon in case things get hairy. They'll be fine…I hope."
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Somewhere else in the digital world, two boys and their Digimon came out of nowhere and crashed on to the ground. "Ow…" moaned Veemon. The group of four slowly got up and looked around. "Just where are we anyway?" Before Ken, Davis or Wormmon could answer Veemon's question, Neo Saiba answered the question for him. "Simple. Here is where you shall all die!!"
Here's my little gift to everyone before we all head back to school tomorrow. Happy Labour Day!! Classes for me don't start for another week but I've got to register and enjoy frosh week and orientation. So maybe I can get one final update in before university assignments begin to pile up. This is Epsilon signing off!!
Disclaimer: I don't own anything. Digimon belongs to Bandai, Fox, Saban and whoever else owns it.
Ascension - V 1.7
The first thing that came to Ryo's mind when he woke up was the urge to vomit. Or at least relieve himself of whatever stuff was stuck inside his chest. He quickly got up and proceeded to cough up some water. 'Where am I? This kind of looks like the digital world where I met Ken.' A voice interrupted his thoughts. "You're finally awake? That's good." A sense of relief washed over the boy when he heard Monodramon's voice.
"Can you explain what happened? Who saved us?" Monodramon remained silent with a single thought running through his mind. "Monodramon?" The rookie Digimon snapped out of his trance and looked at Ryo. "Sorry but it's just that I thought I saw something in that whirlpool. And it gave me the willies, so to speak."
Ryo raised an eyebrow. "Willies? As in the heebie jeebies or something?" His partner nodded. "There was something in that whirlpool that was extremely disturbing. Something dark and sinister. I saw Devimon's body in there. The Devimon who was defeated back on File Island by the original Digidestined. I know that you're skeptical but I swear that was the same guy!! And by the way he was moving, there's something big coming. It's almost as big as Millenniumon's resurrection."
"Uh, Monodramon? Devimon bit the dust when he challenged the original group to a battle. What exactly do you mean by the way he was moving? I thought he's dead!!" Monodramon moved towards the tree and shifted it. Ryo was startled to see that the island was moving. "He is dead but his digital pattern hasn't disintegrated yet. His body is reacting to the amount of dark energy being gathered. And when I saw the way it was moving…" He didn't need to finish the sentence as Ryo had a fairly good grasp of the situation.
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'Thanks a lot, Gennai. If you're not hiding something from us, then you're always springing something at the last minute.' Tai just grumbled as the limousine kept moving towards his apartment. Only a few moments ago did he receive an important e-mail describing the whereabouts of his sister and her friends. They had gone off to the digital world in the tamers' realm to solve the mystery about those towers that have popped up in the other quadrants. If that wasn't bad enough, he had to keep an eye out for anything out of the ordinary in the digital world in this dimension. At least they could get to the digital world with Izzy constructing a new gateway, thanks to state of the art computers and very knowledgeable staff.
'At least now I can come in and check on how the reintegration sequence is going.' Both Tai and Matt had submerged themselves in diplomatic duties in order to keep themselves busy and sane. Although they knew that the sacrifice was necessary to save the human and digital race of countless quantum planes, they still had trouble accepting what had happened. Tai gave a sigh as his thoughts drifted back to his old friend.
"Tai! Zero!! Dinner's almost ready!!" Mrs. Kamiya quickly set up the table. Her husband had to work late tonight and Kari probably had to do something with the Digimon. She checked her tofu dish again. Zero looked at the set of food before them. "Wow!! That smells lovely, Mrs. Kamiya!! Taichi, you've gotta check this out!!"
The boy emerged from the room, wearing his traditional blue t-shirt and khaki shorts. His goggles were on his head and his Digivice was on his left wrist. "That's odd…didn't you give your goggles to Davis? And how can you still fit in those clothes?" Taichi gave a nervous gulp. "Um…you see…"
He was interrupted when some noises were coming from the front door. 'Whew!! Talk about good timing!!' But that relief quickly faded as he heard a voice extremely similar to his own shout out. "Mom, I'm home!! Kari's not going to be here for tofu night because…" Taichi Kamiya stopped as he saw a younger version of himself staring back at him with a Digimon that looked similar to Veemon beside him.
The standstill was interrupted when they heard a crash right beside them. Mrs. Kamiya had fainted and dropped the pot that was holding the tofu. Zero gave a loud groan. "Aw, man!! There goes dinner…" He looked up again to talk to his tamer. "Hey…with this other person who looks a lot like you and stuff…does this mean we're the 200% combination?"
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"Hey, what happened to my eyes?!? I can't see!!" Davis frantically waved around to find his friends but had no luck until he bumped into somebody. The boy quickly placed a firm grip on the other person's shoulders. "Kari, is that you?!?" He heard a snort come from the other person. "Let go of me or die a painful death."
Davis quickly let go of Rika before muttering an apology. He heard Takato's voice come out of nowhere. "It may help if you put on your goggles. It's certainly helping me." When he placed his goggles on his eyes, he was able to see some of his friends in some sort of blue jelly with numbers floating all around. Henry had placed his green sunglasses on and was looking after Terriermon, Lopmon, Suzie and some of the other Digidestined children. To his dismay, Kari was already with Henry and TK. "Davis!! We've got to help Ken and Cody out! Takato already has Yolei with him!" The boy mumbled a few words of agreement before seeking out his friends. Once the group had assembled, Takato asked the obvious question. "How do we get to the digital world from here?"
"All we need to do is find an opening and when we find that right angle, we'll find the opening," stated Cody. Renamon looked around the area. "Unfortunately, the right angle can be any angle. It all depends on your point of view." Before anyone else could argue, the group found themselves spinning out of control.
Moments later, a loud splash was heard as they all fell into a crystal clear lake. Guilmon quickly came up to the surface and gave a loud cough. "I don't think I want to do that again." Armadillomon slowly made his way to the small grassy area. "Hey!! This kind of looks like our digital world!!"
Rika took off her purple sunglasses after she got out of the water. "Not exactly. Look up at the sky and you'll see what I mean." Sure enough, the sky still looked the same the day they made a brief visit to this digital world. "At least, we're in the right place. Now where to? It's not like any clues are just going to walk in," grumbled Wormmon.
"Everyone, quiet!!" The others were startled at Gatomon's sudden outburst. She slowly crept forward, like a predator stalking its prey. Then she leapt into the bushes and flushed out a small green Digimon with a small trumpet around its neck. "Please don't hurt me!!" it exclaimed. Henry looked at the Digimon with slight suspicion. 'What's a Gekomon doing here?'
Kari knelt down by the small Digimon with a small smile. "We're not going to hurt you. I guess the idea of having humans in your world must be a little unsettling. You don't have to be afraid of us." The Gekomon still kept his distance. "B-but you look similar t-to that other person who slaughtered the rest of my kind."
"What?!? Are you saying that another human has been here before?" asked Yolei. The other Digimon could only nod meekly. Davis gave a frown. "So someone else can get into the digital world other than us? Don't tell me we have to deal with another Digimon Emperor or something!! No offense, Ken."
The other boy gave a dry laugh. "It could be another tamer that you guys haven't run into yet. You haven't been able to keep an eye everywhere so there could be other tamers from other countries and stuff who got trapped here somehow…and they probably have Rika's old attitude about Digimon being data." Rika narrowed her eyes as another possibility came into her head. "Or…it could be Ryo who found a way out of the Dark Ocean and has been tainted."
Ken shot a glare at the girl. "You can't be serious!! I know Ryo and he wouldn't do something like this!! He was a good friend and I won't allow you to make wild accusations about him!!" An icy gaze, which she inherited as the Digimon Queen, was formed in her eyes. "The Dark Ocean can corrupt a person easily. Remember what happened to you when you visited that place? And Kari may have fallen into the same trap had TK not found a way to get in." Davis started grumbling. "Sure…keep rubbing it in why don't you?"
"It's a disturbing thought but it's a possible one too. Maybe we should ask our friend here and let him tell us what he saw," stated Henry. They all turned their attention towards the Gekomon who still remained scared stiff. "I can't tell you anything!! If he finds out about me, I'm a goner!!"
"If you can at least describe what he looks like or what type of Digimon was with him then maybe we can find him and stop him from hurting anymore Digimon," explained Cody. The other Digimon wasn't sure what to do. Should he place his life in the hands of those humans? He was looking over his choices when a small girl approached him. "You don't have to worwy about that meanie!! Henwy will stop him!!"
"Talk about having a lot of confidence, huh?" Terriermon gave a tiny grin as Henry just sighed. The Gekomon finally came to a decision. "I saw only a few things since I was hiding. There was this huge demonic Digimon with him. That human has white hair and is very nasty. That's all I can tell you."
As the group started walking away, Davis groaned. "Great…now we have to deal with this new human who deletes Digimon and the whole mysterious towers thing. What next?" "Hey, what about that Diaboromon who looked interested in us earlier before heading to the digital world? I don't think he was finished with us yet," murmured Hawkmon.
Renamon's memory triggered at Hawkmon's words. "Now that you mention it…by the way he was acting towards us, he probably had something planned in mind but had to postpone it due to another more serious engagement. Perhaps after we deal with the tower issue and the renegade tamer, you can bring this up with your Sovereign." Lopmon nodded in agreement. Meanwhile Henry remained preoccupied with his own thoughts. 'Is it possible? No…Daemon wouldn't have use for a tamer! I must be losing it.'
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"So how much longer is this process supposed to take? I'm getting restless…I want to go nuke stuff, you know?!?" Skullsatamon leaned against the wall. Ladydevimon gave a snort. "Typical. All you male Digimon are the same. You just want to destroy stuff and see explosions." "So does that include me?"
She started stammering in the presence of her master. He gave a chuckle. "You are very fortunate I am in such a good mood. The data transfer from the spore to me was a success but I shall require some time before my body can get used to such energies. However, I do believe I can do something for all of you, seeing as how you were so loyal to me."
"In what way, master?" asked Marinedevimon. Daemon formed three balls of energy before sending each one to hover in mid air in front of each of his minions. "By absorbing this energy, your strength shall be the equivalent of a mega Digimon. I suggest you integrate it now so your bodies can adjust. Then we can begin wreaking havoc upon the digital world!!"
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"What?!? You mean they all left without me?!? That's so unfair!!! They get to have all the fun!!" Kenta nodded wearily as Calumon kept flying around. "Me and Kazu feel exactly the same way, little guy. I mean, we're not exactly the best babysitters around. Not only do we have to look after you but the city and the world as well!! I hope Kazu gets back here safely."
After providing the diversion, the two tamers had decided to split up and meet at the hotel as soon as possible. With MarineAngemon's small size, it was harder for the soldiers to detect Kenta so they were able to get back without too much trouble. Now all they could do is wait for Kazu before planning their next move. 'There better not be any more Digimon popping up right now!!' thought Kenta.
Suddenly, MarineAngemon popped up right beside him. "I think I hear someone trying to sneak in!!" Kenta followed his partner to a small room where someone was trying to force the window open. Calumon hovered right behind Kenta. "This is pretty scary!!" Kenta put a finger to his lips, signaling silence.
"Hey, chumley!! Are you going to help or what? Guardromon isn't exactly small you know!!" Kenta gave a smile of relief as he opened the window for Guardromon and Kazu to get in. The other boy gave a sigh. "Man, it was insane out there. But I think we lost those bozos. As soon as me and Guardromon chill out and get ourselves together, we better go back out on patrol."
"Hold it!! You're not serious, are you?!? How can you adopt to this so easily?!? When I got up today, I was just a regular kid. By lunch, I'm responsible for looking after my Digimon and the world!! We need a bit of time to soak this in," blurted Kenta. Kazu shrugged. "Whatever, man. If you want, you can look after Calumon while me and Guardromon keep an eye out for things on the outside."
"Attention, all inhabitants of the structure!! This is the Japanese Armed Forces!! You are surrounded!! Come out peacefully with your hands up!!" Both tamers stiffened at that announcement. Kazu gave a groan. "I thought I lost them!! Someone must have been tailing us from a distance." They both moved to a window to check out their situation. There were armed men and vehicles outside as well as helicopters patrolling the air. "Damn it!!" cursed Kazu.
"Sarge, I was wondering why we didn't go in there by force. We could have taken them before they could react." The sergeant gave a glare at the private. "Mr. Yamaki's orders were very specific. We are not to harm the children and Digimon. Just incapacitate them. They want to study them so that maybe we can do something with all these Digimon attacks!! All the entrances have been either destroyed or too small for us to get through and using demolitions to create an entrance is not an option!!"
"This is it…the end of the line. We don't even have the right Modify cards for this type of situation!! And I was just beginning to enjoy being a Digimon tamer!! Why does everything bad happen to me?" grumbled Kazu. Guardromon came back from checking other areas of the hotel. "They've surrounded all the other exits." Calumon's ears folded back in. "This isn't good. Not good at all."
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"So how do we know that we're going in the right direction? For all we know, we could be walking into some mirage where we see what we want to see except that we get devoured in the end by a mirage producing Digimon!!" exclaimed Terriermon. Henry kept looking at his Digivice. "The Digivice can scan for anomalous readings so I'm hoping that we can find something out of the ordinary out here."
"That shouldn't be too hard considering that we're in the desert!! We can spot anything out of the ordinary for miles!!" said Davis. Yolei snorted. "Davis, you're cracking. It's not easy to spot anything out of the ordinary in the digital world…especially here where those pink vacuums can come out of nowhere and suck you up…"
"Uh…you mean like how one's coming right behind us?" asked TK. Sure enough, one of the pink vacuums had descended and is preparing to scoop up data and send it to a random location. "Everyone, scatter!!!" yelled Takato. The group split up into different pairs to try and get away from the vacuum but Ken, Davis, Veemon and Wormmon weren't so lucky as they were sucked in.
"Can't we ever get a break?!? Now it's more crucial that we resolve these other matters as soon as possible," stated Henry. Yolei looked at the other boy. "But what about Ken and Davis? We have to find them!!" "They've got Imperialdramon in case things get hairy. They'll be fine…I hope."
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Somewhere else in the digital world, two boys and their Digimon came out of nowhere and crashed on to the ground. "Ow…" moaned Veemon. The group of four slowly got up and looked around. "Just where are we anyway?" Before Ken, Davis or Wormmon could answer Veemon's question, Neo Saiba answered the question for him. "Simple. Here is where you shall all die!!"
Here's my little gift to everyone before we all head back to school tomorrow. Happy Labour Day!! Classes for me don't start for another week but I've got to register and enjoy frosh week and orientation. So maybe I can get one final update in before university assignments begin to pile up. This is Epsilon signing off!!