Sora: So I talk fast, you got a problem with that? Ah, whatever! I do not own Digimon, I wish that I did though. Akira is once more beta'ing, so it's going to be awhile before this chapter comes out. Now on with the story!
Chapter Sixteen: Hot, Cold, and Weird
Davis sat up in his bed, as he searched for his missing covers he looked around. Davis found the sheets over his cousin, who was shivering up a storm. Davis' eyebrow started to twitch as he reached over and snatched his covers back.
Takato sat up and glared at Davis as a tug-of-war started over the covers. Davis finally pulled so hard that he yanked his cousin off of his bed and onto the floor as he stole his covers back.
"Takato, I know that it's getting cold, but it isn't that cold!" Davis growled at his cousin as he pulled his covers back up. Takato got off of the floor, still trembling.
"Waht are you talking about? It's freezing in here!" Takato whined as he dived back under his own covers, still shivering. Davis gave him a odd look before he rolled back over and went to sleep.
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Rika meanwhile had stolen every fan in the entire house and had them all on high in her room. Renamon opened her eyes and glared at a small figure that had a small paper fan out and was fanning itself.
"Rika, have you lost your mind? It's cold!" Reanmon complained, snatching Rika's discarded covers and using them.
"What are you talking about? It's buring up in here!" Rika kept on fanning herself and even took out a bottle of crushed ice that she held against her forehead. Renamon shook her head at her partner's antics, curled up in the warmest part of the room, and went to sleep.
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Jun groaned, rubbing her forehead. She hated the morning and everything about it, walking into the kitchen, she ducked under the freezer door and even managed to find her way to the table without even opening her eyes.
Her aunt closed the freezer door and looked over at her. Mie smirked, and went over to the toaster, and took out the waffles. She put them on a plate and gave them to Jun as she started to thaw the two boy's breakfast.
Mie went over to the shelf and got down the maple syrup. She started back towards the table, and halfway there she tripped over a shoe that one of the dummies had left out. The syrup went flying from Mie's hands and Jun's hand shot up and caught the bottle as it flew by her. Mie clambered back up and stared at her niece who was staring at the syrup she was now holding.
"Okay..." Jun blinked a few times before she opened the syrup and poured it over her waffles.
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Davis rolled over in his bed, groaning. He was asleep and wasn't likely to wake up any time soon. His sleep was riddled with nightmares as he tossed and turned. He was falling, but not from the sky. He was in a dark sort of liquid, possibly blood. His head broke the surface, and his lungs sought air. His eyes widened as they took in the place that he was in.
From horizon to horizon, all he could see was darkness. Everything was dark but it was different shades of the color. He was in a inky-black ocean, with a beach of black sand nearby. There was even a lighthouse, except it did not emit regular light, but ebon light.
He finally noticed a person standing on the black sands, their feet right above the surf. Davis started to tread water as he studied the person; not too tall, but no too short, hair down to the shoulders, pure black. He had a pale face that no emotion flickered across with piercing black eyes that seeked a soul. His clothes blended in with the color scheme around them. With a start, Davis recognized the person.
It was him.
Davis sat up straight, gasping for breath. He had heard of that place. It was the Dark Ocean, and to go with that Dark Ocean a dark him as well. Something was up.
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Ryo sighed, as he sat down at a computer. He was in the computer lab at the school, it was lunch period and he was working on his report on Columbia for Ms. Asagi's class.
He smirked, as he reached for the power button on the tower. Right before his finger hit it, a tingly feeling raced up his arm. The monitor on his computer, as well as every other computer in the room lit up. The lights flickered, and Ryo could of swore that he heard the central heating system cut off.
All the electrical systems cut off, and Ryo was left sitting in the dark.
"Alrighty then..."
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Suzy reached for another branch, this one was higher than the one she was already on. Her teacher was pacing the ground under the tree, demanding that she come down at once.
Suzy's only answer to the teacher's request was to climb even higher into the tall oak tree. As the little girl's hands reached for the next branch the bark on said branch started to come off. Two little hands lost their grip and their owner found herself feeling weightless for a second before she landed on the ground.
The teacher had no time to react to the falling little girl, and quickly ran over to Suzy to see if the child was alright.
Imagine her surprise when the little girl got up and ran off to play with the rest of the kids on the swing set, but before the little girl could get away, she was stopped by a worried teacher who dragged the child to the school's nurse.
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Henry was flipping channels on the television after arriving home from school, he had already completed his school assignments. All that there was on the channels was the usual stuff; cartoons, court shows, various reality programs, a small scattering of early evening news, and it was too early for the public channels to run more adult oriented educational programming. In other words, there was nothing on that Henry was remotely interested in.
So he did the only logical thing, he turned off the tube and unplugged it from the circuit. After all, TVs wasted a high amount of electricity in their "sleeping" mode. Henry left the living room, looking for his younger sister, Suzy. She was in her room playing with her dolls, Lopmon was nowhere to be seen. Henry smilled at his baby sister as she dressed up her newest doll in princess clothing. He recognized it as Princess Belle clothing from that old Disney movie, Beauty and the Beast. Suzy looked up noticing Henry in the doorway, her face lit up at the sight of her big brother.
"Henry!" She squealed, dropping her doll, and rushing at him for a hug. Henry bent down and allowed his sister to hug on him.
"Suzy, you want to go on a walk?" he asked her.
The little girl shook her head slowly, "Not right now! I'm gonna play tea party soon! Is Terriermon going on a walk, too?" she managed to say without messing up any syllables.
"No, its just me going for the walk." the dark-haired boy explained.
"I'm going to play with Terriermon! That okay?" The child turned her huge eyes on her older brother, pleading desperetly to play with her brother's digimon partner.
"I guess that's okay, but you have to ask Terriermon first, though."
The little girl rushed passed Henry, laughing and giggling as she searched for the poor, soon to be dressed-up digimon.
Henry shook his head, chuckling to himself as he walked to the hall closet and pulled out his coat, as he slipped on the warm cloth he turned to go into the kitchen while he zipped up his jacket. Henry once more stopped in a doorway, he watched his mother for a moment while she was cooking supper. Finally, he cleared his throat, "Mom?"
She turned around and smiled at her son, "Yes?" she asked as she flipped a piece of meat.
"Can I go for a walk before supper?" he asked.
"Have you finished your homework?" she asked.
He nodded, "Yes, I finished everything, and I'm already done with that report on Bulgaria."
"What report on Bulgaria?" she asked, confusion flashing across her face as she flipped yet another piece of meat.
"The one I got late last week, I turned it in early for extra credit."
His mother nodded, bending down to see if her potatos were roasting right, "Where are you going, exactly?"
"To the park for a walk."
"Alright, but be home before seven. Okay?"
He nodded, and turned to leave as his mother called after him, "And be careful!"
Henry left the house, going down the stairs to exit the building, he quickly made his way across the street. The sun was still bright, but in another hour or so it would be starting to get dark. The sky was mostly clear, the color vivid blue, as it typically was in the middle of Autumn. White fluffy clouds were quickly making their way across the sky, Henry took a long breath of fresh air. He smiled, the air was unusually clear for this season. It was nice and crisp, just what he needed.
Finally, he was at the park, the noise of the city dimmed as he walked the paths. It was so peaceful here, no car sounds to distract him, nothing annoying to pester him, and no battles to participate in.
Henry walked at a moderate pace, he marveled at the colors of the foliage. The leaves were vivid yellows, with mixtures of intense oranges and fiery reds. They were falling when the wind blew, cascading down to the already colorful ground in spirals as the breezes changed directions.
He stopped at an old bench to watch the display of nature, Henry sat down on the bench to appreciate his peaceful surroundings. This was so different from what he was used to, he was already starting to tire of the battles. Henry just did not understand, what forces were they fighting this time? Why were they given the Gestalts? Plus, Henry had even more to worry about then ever before. With the return of the digimon, he had one major nagging worry; Suzy's safety.
He had thought all of this was over, no more danger, no more battles, nothing at all to put his sister in anymore danger. Yet, it had started all over again, with the appearance of these contraptions. Henry looked up and down the path, to make sure no one was coming before he rolled up his sleeve. He flipped open the screen, and strolled through its many functions to hunt for some clues to what was going on this time. This was probably the thousandth time he had checked for clues or any bits of information regarding the recent spurts of digital presences in the city. Henry once more found nothing, noting at all...
It was oddly enough discouraging, he only wanted a few simple answers. That was all he desired, but it didn't seem likely that those questions would be answered, at least not yet.
Henry shook his head, flipping the screen down and rolling down his sleeve. He stretched as he got up, and yawned. He looked up for several minutes, feeling the now constant breezes brushing his face. It seemed like time to head home, a storm appeared to be about to come through.
Henry walked back down the path, his eyes occasionally swept up towards the sky. He watched as it rapidly started to cloud over, yes, a storm was coming. He passed an elderly couple on his way out of the park, he nodded politely towards the two, a breeze suddenly rippled through the air as he moved his head. As soon as he was gone and almost out of sight, the woman turned to her husband. They stopped in the path to watch the young stranger leave the park.
"What an odd boy..." the old man nodded in agreement as he watched the lad and the winds that followed him. Those winds stirred up the newly fallen mast on the ground, and caused the vividly colored leaves to swirl off their trees... Strange indeed, the man thought.
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Kazu sighed, cracking his knuckles as he settled back to survey what he had wrote. His country had been Tuvalu, a small island nation that hardly anyone had ever heard of... All he had to do now was print it off and he would be finally finished.
He moved his mouse over to the instant message icon and double clicked. The window popped up and he hit Kenta's username. A screen to be typed in appeared, and he wrote a small message to his friend.
"I just finished! So what country are you doing?" He hit the send button and sat back, waiting for Kenta's answer.
"Hey, I just finished too! Mine's Tuvalu. What's yours?" Kazu's mouth hung open and his eyes narrowed.
"You stole my country, you thief!" Kazu typed out angerly.
"Did not!" Kenta responded quickly, his eyes narrowing as well.
"Did too!" Kazu typed out.
"I did not! You stole MY country!" Kenta was really fuming now as he argued with his best friend.
"Pah! Liar!" Kazu spat back at his friend through cyber-space.
"Um, Kazu? Look at the assignment paper." Kenta typed, his eyes staring at the fine print.
"Yeah, Kenta? What is it- Does that say what I think it says!" Kazu typed, his breathing becoming fast as he read the paper.
"It says that our grade is based on wordage! Argh!" Kenta logged off of the instant messager and didn't come back on for a good two hours, during that time both boys found another country and started anew on their reports.
"Hey, Kenta. Are you done yet?" Kazu typed, sitting back after he finished his report. Kenta soon responded.
"Yup. I just gotta print mine out and I'll be all finished."
"What country did you do this time?"
"France. Why?"
"YOU WHAT! YOU STOLE MY COUNTRY AGAIN, YOU BASTARD!" Kazu blasted through cyber-space. Thunder was now ringing through the air outside, the storm having finally broke.
"I DID NOT! YOU STOLE MY COUNTRY, YOU ASS!" Kenta threw back at him... He did not hear his mother calling to him about something to do with her kitchen plants.
"Liar! I'm printing mine off, you can go and do another country!"
"I WILL NOT!"
The argument was never resolved, for as both boys reached to print off their reports the power flickered. Both children looked up at the same time at the lights, they dimmed once more and then finally went out altogether.
The worst thing about the power going out, was that neither boy had pressed save in the last two hours.
Two identical howls went through the night as the two boys grieved over lost work.
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Jeri was in her car, looking out the window up at the dark sky. It was raining outside, and they had just left the hospital. She had been there visiting her Grandmother with her father and step-mother. She sighed, why? Why did Grandma have to be so sick?
Jeri just kept on looking up at the boiling thunder clouds, they had a reddish cast to them from the reflections of the city's lights... Heavy drops of rain started to fall, splattering on the window... Just like the drops that were rolling down Jeri's cheeks. All she wanted was for her grandma to get better, but that didn't seem possible... Her hand had felt so frail, it was sad looking down at the once vibrant woman that was her grandmother. What was even more depressing was knowing that she could do nothing for her... All Jeri could do was hope, and that was exactly what she did...
They drove home in the rain, the lightning flickered and forked in the sky... One of the bolts soared down and hit a transformer far down the street. Jeri watched as the street lamps lost their light one by one, the darkness cascaded towards her...
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Late that night, the child heard a ringing sound... The child's eyes opened slightly, and listened as someone picked up the phone and answered it.
"Hello? Yes, this is him." the voice paused, and when the man continued his conversation his voice sounded bewildered, "But how is that possible?"
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Sora: Whoa... Eight reviews! Also, people, my dear sister did Henry's part. Take Henry and make him a girl, and you got my sister! Better shut up before she gets mad at me!
CR: She was really happy about how many reviews you guys gave her. And hyper, too. That's the bad part.
Sora: Stop it. I am not hyper! Hope you liked the chapter! And once more, I ask you, my dear Readers, to become my dear Reviewers!
