Days in prison:30
Amy wanted to scream. Cry. Throw something at Etemon's face. Anything. But she couldn't do anything. She was much too tired, much too weak. The "food" she was receiving wasn't enough anymore. She needed more. She needed medical attention, stat.
Curling into a ball, she shivered and sniffed as strands of hair fell on her face. Oh, how her body ached. Amy could barely keep her eyes open but yet she couldn't sleep. Her days were now filled with the cruel cycle of getting up and using up the little energy she had to put up with Etemon's horrible attitude, feeding the Digimon, climbing all those damn stairs, returning to her bed and back to square one the next day. .
Nova sat on the floor next to the bed she currently lay in, worried out of his mind. As he softly touched her cheeks and forehead with the palm of his hand, his heart sank when he felt how high her temperature was. "So she hasn't received any medical attention? Like, seriously?! She's been here for almost a month!"
BlackWarGreymon chuckled half heartedly. "I'm pretty sure this hellhole doesn't even have a bandaid for boo-boos."
A small giggle was heard from Kari, who immediately got shy. Ever since the DarkSirenmon brought Nova and Kari into the prison, she had barely spoken a couple of words. I mean, what can you say when you're in a cell and your cellmates are made up of the girl you slapped in front of everyone, the guy with the crest of Darkness and the 2 giant Digimon who can easily cause harm to you? Not much.
Hugging her knees, Kari closed her eyes and sighed. She couldn't believe it's been 6 days since she last saw her brother. Not much had happened, thankfully. Well, other than being starved to death. Imagine how full a person can eating just a small loaf of bread. 'I wonder what Tai and the others are doing.' she thought. 'Hopefully he isn't going insane.'
A bang was heard in the distance and footsteps followed soon after.
'Oh great.'
"Heeeeeeere's Etemon!" the giant ape sang as he burst through the door. He laughed proudly at himself and looked around the room. He sighed heavily and made a face. "Damn, y'all look like shit."
"We're not a mirror, Etemon." groaned Amy and Nova fought the urge to smirk. Sick but still willing to make Etemon mad.
Etemon narrowed his eyes and growled. In a blink of an eye, he grabbed Amy by the arm, yanked her out of the bed and sneered in her face. Amy's face was blank as Etemon started his tantrum.
"Hey!" yelled Leomon and stood up but he paused when a sword was pressed up against his throat,
Ogremon laughed. "Didn't see me come in, now didn't cha?"
Etemon glared at Leomon "Who the HELL do you think you are?! If I'm not talking to you, STAY OUT OF MY FUCKING BUSINESS!"
"Messing with my cellmate IS my business. Not only is it my business, it's everyone's business when you're fucking with the Angel of Life. Don't you realize that when you endanger her life, you're endangering everyone's life, as well as your own?!" Leomon glared at Orgemon "even your disgusting face's."
Amy tuned out the rest of the conversation, she just couldn't bear to even lift a finger. 'Whatever happens, happens.'
"Leomon, calm down." BlackWarGraymon muttered.
Leomon growled towards his other cellmate. "No, I'm done with this coward's NEED to pray on the Digimon smaller or weaker than him." He turned to look back at Etemon. "You're an Ultimate Digimon! Pick on someone your own size! Or are you scared? I bet you're scared because the only Ultimate Digimon you dare to look in the eye are the ones who are chained up."
Nova couldn't hold it in. He accidentally let out a small chuckle.
Etemon quickly looked his way. "And what are you laughing at?" He challenged. "I don't remember anyone making a joke."
Taking a deep breath, Nova fought the urge to talk back. He had the special talent to make people rethink ever trying to put him down, but right now was not the time. Leomon's next comment was even more challenging to not react to.
"See? Exactly, my point. Thanks for proving me right."
The yelling began.
After the screaming match with Leomon, Etemon slammed the celldoor shut and stormed away. He sneered at Orgemon "remind me to put Leomon in the next prison brawl-"
He gasped and stopped walking. His hands shook as he slowly lifted them to cover his mouth in glee. Genius! He was a genius!
"I'm so effing smart!" He exclaimed. Grabbing a confused Ogremon's face, he laughed. "I know how to make Lucemon completely take over Amy!"
"Did Lord Bashidamon ask you to make his data take over?" asked Ogremon. "I don't remem-"
Etemon's smile fell. "Well no...but the sooner he takes over, the sooner Bashidamon's plans come to action. And Bashidamon will finally realize that I'm worth being a part of his scheme and I finally get the respect I deserve." He sneered. "Ogremon, round up a Champion into the fighting ring."
"Yes, my Lord."
Etemon puffed out his chest with glee at his intelligence as Ogremon walked down the hallway. There was no doubt in his mind that what was about to happen would definitely get a great reaction from both Bashidamon and Lucemon himself.
He turned and walked back inside the cell.
"LLLLLADIES AND GENTLEMON! THE TIME HAS COME FOR A SUPER SPECIAL OCCASION!" Etemon yelled into his microphone. His booming voice echoed throughout the prison and every Digimon wearily looked towards their celldoors, hoping that it stayed closed.
"IT'S TIME FOR A SURPRISE PRISON BRAWL!"
Amy had no reaction to the announcement. It hurt to realize, but she had no power or energy to even speak up as she had done in previous times. She simply turned around in her bed to face the wall and slowly felt herself drift off to sleep.
Etemon took a deep breath before his next announcement. "For today's brawl,I decided to make it memorable for all of us. Something never to be seen before...so let's just introduce today's fighters shall we? And believe me, this is something-" Etemon sneered up towards Amy's cell. "Never to be forgotten. Let's give a warm welcome to...AIRDRAMON AND CENTARUMON!"
A door opened and an Airdramon and Centarumon were shoved into the fighting grounds. Both of them seemed overwhelmed for a bit but as soon as they realized where they were, they shook away all confusion and backed away from each other into separate corners, mentally preparing for the fight they were about to be in.
Etemon walked in between them, shaking his finger. "Sorry guys, this is a SUPER SPECIAL brawl. You two aren't fighting each other..." He cleared his throat and rose up a fist. "LLLADIES AND GENTLEMON...PLEASE HELP ME WELCOME A NEW ASPECT TO PRISON BRAWL. FOR TODAY'S SPECIAL OCCASION, AIRDRAMON AND CENTARUMON WILL BE TEAMING UP AGAINST ANOTHER TEAM…"
On the other side of the door leading to the fighting grounds, two voices pleaded with the Ogremon holding them.
"PLEASE NO! WE CAN'T! WE'LL DIE"
"HOW DO YOU EXPECT US TO FIGHT?! WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING."
Etemon lowered his fist and pointed towards the door. "Ogremon?! Bring them out!"
The doors opened and Nova and Kari were pushed out. Both fell on the ground and Nova's pale face looked up towards Etemon. Etemon had gotten them earlier to help pass out the food to the other Digimon but he never imagined this would follow. "Please don't do this," he begged.
From their cell, BlackWarGreymon and Leomon gasped in horror. "NO!"
Kari sat up, hyperventilating and backed up towards the now closed door. "PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, NO, PLEASE." Tears fell as she turned and banged at the door with all her might. "LET US OUT. LET. US. OUT"
Leomon turned his head towards Amy and to his shock, Amy still had no response.
"AIRDRAMON AND CENTARUMON VS WHATSHISNAME AND WHATSHERNAME!" Etemon boomed. He grinned as he continued with his announcements. "HERE'S THE CATCH! THE WINNING TEAM IN THIS HISTORIC AND MARVOUS BATTLE WILL NOT ONLY WIN MORE FOOD THAN EVER OFFERED BEFORE...THEY WILL ALSO WIN…"
Etemon paused for dramatic effect.
"THEIR FREEDOM!"
The entire prison exploded from shock and chaos soon filled Etemon's ears.
"There's no way Nova and Kari will ever win this!" BlackWarGraymon shouted in disbelief. He turned and faced Amy. "Amy! Can't you do anything?!" He sprinted towards her and knelt beside her bed, shaking her. Sweat covered her face as she slowly looked up. "What?"
"WHAT? WHAT DO YOU MEAN 'WHAT'?" he yelled. "NOVA AND KARI ARE GOING TO BE KILLED!"
Leomon grabbed onto BlackWarGraymon's arm and tried pulling him away. "What is she supposed to do? She can't even sit up right! We can't count on her!"
BlackWarGreymon roared in anger and ran towards the cell's railings. He grabbed onto a piece of metal and tried moving back and forth to take it away, but it barely budged. Leomon appeared next to him and tried to help but the metal railing was built to withhold even the strongest Digimon and the fact that they weren't at their highest peak health-wise, didn't help.
Amy laid in her bed staring at them struggle. Sweat covered her face as her mind raced. 'What can I do? I have no use right now.'
Part of her expected for that voice to reappear in her head, but it didn't.
'I can try pulling one of the railings out? But who knows if I can even walk over there in the first place.'
Down below, Nova shakingly joined Kari near the door as Etemon walked near them. "AS SOON AS I STEP OUT OF THE RING, I WILL COUNT DOWN AND THE BATTLE BEGINS! Remember, your FREEDOM is at stake here!"
Etemon grabbed on to Kari's arm and threw her more towards the center of the fighting ground, who yelped as she landed on her side.
Nova tried crawling away but Etemon grabbed his shirt and lifted him up in the air. "Where are you going, brat?!"
Nova took this opportunity to turn his lower body and land a kick on Etemon's chest. Etemon's breath left him and he dropped Nova. "You little SHIT!" He grabbed onto Nova's arm and threw him towards Kari before opening the door and slipping to safety. Nova groaned and Kari started to cry even harder. "Nova, what do we do?!"
Nova looked up at her and sighed. "I don't know. I really don't know."
Etemon's voice was suddenly heard through an intercom system. "HERE WE GO!"
"NO!" Leomon and BlackWarGraymon gasped in union and tried even more desperately to budge the railings.
"THREE!"
Nova stood up and prepared for the worse. Still crying, Kari stood up and stood next to Nova. "I'm sorry." she sobbed. "I'm sorry for being so cruel to you. I wish I would've been nicer to you and Impmon. I know it doesn't help now but I'm so so sorry."
Nova looked at her in silence. He started to softly nod. "You have no idea how bad I've been waiting to hear that. Thank you." He gave her a crooked smile but slightly jumped when Kari's hand started to hold his. She gave his hand a tight squeeze.
Holding hands, both Digidestined turned away from each other and faced their fate.
"TWO!"
Amy moaned as she sat up, shaking in the process. Tears started to spill. "No…" she whispered. She met eyes with BlackWarGraymon and Leomon. "Guys, keep trying." she pleaded.
"ONE!"
Every Digimon in the prison pressed their faces into the railings in their cells in disbelief of what was about to occur. Nova gulped but he put on a brave face and glared at the two Digimon in front of him.
'Goodbye Impmon. Goodbye everyone.'
AirDramon roared in response.
"GO!"
Airdramon and Centarumon charged and Nova and Kari started to run, screaming in terror.
And that was the last straw.
Leomon and BlackWarGraymon turned their heads as Amy's screams matched Nova's and Kari's. Sitting up still, her head was thrown back and she was clenching her shirt in agony. Blue started to fill her dark colored eyes and blue veins started to crawl up her arms and legs and after a few seconds, her body was full of them.
Leomon watched in confusion and shock as Amy's body started to jerk as it seemed like her screams grew louder.
Down below, Nova held on to Kari's wrist as Centarumon tried so stomp his hoofs on them. He looked up towards the screaming in his cell. "What the hell was that?!"
Leomon and BlackWarGreymon gasped as Amy suddenly fell back on her bed. "AMY!"
Suddenly, Amy sat up, eyes wide open.
Her eyes were ice blue.
Better late than never, huh? :)