Chapter 6: Chorus 1, Tucker 0
About five days after everyone left the Red and Blue bases behind (give or take another hour or three for all the bathroom breaks) they arrived at the coordinates Oculus had shared with Washington. Everyone disembarked and began to make final preparations for their trip to the past.
"Oculus" Wash said
"Yeah?" the digimon replied
"Is there anything else we need to know about this trip?"
"Only that we'll have to wait another hour before travelling time so that the Crests will be able to pinpoint exactly where Gennai's new hideout is, otherwise we'll have to wander aimlessly around a digital world falling into chaos."
"That makes sense" Wash replied earning nods from the others
"Why don't we look around and see if we can find anything useful while we wait then?" Tucker asked
"Or" Jax inserted "This place would make an excellent set for a horror movie. Anyone up to do a little filming?" Jax was right, the planet they were on was terrifying with the way everything looked and the city they landed in specifically was basically a ghost town. "I have an idea for one about a really fat zombie called Dead Weight."
"Ha, Grif would be perfect for that role" Simmons said
"I know you expect me to be insulted, but I always have wanted to be a zombie." Grif said
"Sarge?" Simmons asked looking towards Sarge who was staring into an empty courtyard in the city "You need to stop doing this to yourself, I just made a jab at Grif and you didn't even notice."
"Something's out there" Sarge replied in a low tone
"Sarge, stop this before you scare Caboose." Tucker said "Why don't we split up and see what's around here?"
"Great" Jax said "You already know your lines. Now one of you say-" Jax was interrupted by Sarge
"Doomed! You're all doomed!" Sarge yelled
"Really?" Caboose asked a bit nervous
"I'm sure it's fine" Gatomon said
"Sarge is just paranoid from not getting any sleep" Tucker said
"Ingrate!" Sarge shouted at him as Simmons turned to the reporters and digimon
"Sarge has been stressed out thinking that you guys are going to try to kill us in our sleep, so he's been staying up constantly to keep an eye on you." Simmons told them
"How many days has it been Simmons?" Tucker asked
"It's day five" Simmons replied
"Sleep, means death" Sarge stated
"Kind of a weak premise" Jax said
"Somehow I'm not surprised" Oculus and Gatomon said simultaneously
"Let's just keep calm and look around, maybe there's something here we can use." Tucker said
"Why don't we just stay on the ship?" Caboose asked
"I'm with Caboose on this one, this place is seriously creepy." Simmons said
"What are you worried about? The virgin always survives horror movies." Tucker said
"Are we looking around or not?" Carolina asked, losing her patience
"Yeah, let's have a look" Grif said, they split up and began to look around. Sarge walked down a flight of stairs and noticed something to his left.
"Freeze!" Sarge yelled before noticing that he was threatening a reflection of himself. "Ha, looking good handsome" Sarge said walking away, failing to notice that his 'reflection' was staying where he saw it. Meanwhile, Simmons was walking down another street shivering in anxiety.
"Hey Simmons" Caboose said startling Simmons
"Ah!" Simmons yelled "Caboose, don't do that"
"Sorry"
"Whatever, weren't we supposed to split up?"
"Yeah, but this place is scary and I thought that it would be less scary if we searched together."
"I get that"
"So" Caboose said as they started walking again "What is this place?"
"It was an old human settlement during the war against the aliens, but it was overrun and destroyed, who knows how many people were here when it happened?"
"There must be a lot of ghosts"
"Well, scientifically speaking, ghosts don't exist."
"Then what happens when you die?"
"Well we don't know, if Grif came with you he'd say that it's-"
"One of life's great mysteries" Grif finished
"AHH!" Caboose and Simmons yelled in shock, turning around to see Grif
"You ****!" Simmons yelled
"Hey guys" Grif said
"Grif, were you scared too?" Caboose asked
"No" Grif said "I just wanted to see if you found an old Wal-mart or something"
"What?!" Simmons exclaimed
"I want to chow down on Oreos, and who knows if they even existed in 1999?"
"They did, fat-***!" Simmons yelled "Just this year they put out the special 640 year anniversary edition package, Oreos were invented in 1912!"
"Well I still want some, who knows how terrible Oreos were before the discovery of Super Sugar Deluxe Corn Syrup in 2112." Grif argued
"What year was the USA established?" Simmons asked
"What does that have to do wit-"
"Just answer the question"
"1492"
"I just want you to understand how pathetic it is that you know the year that sweets became even more unhealthy, but don't even know when America became a government." Simmons said
"Whatever" Grif sighed "Let's just look around some more for the mission."
"I thought you were just asking about Oreos" Caboose said
"I was, but I don't want to put the work into walking back to the alleyway where I was searching." Grif replied as the three of them began walking again.
"So, I shouldn't take any weight from the fact that I heard bats fluttering earlier?" Simmons asked
"Fine!" Grif yelled "I wanted to stay away from as many bats as I can, what about you Mr. I'm afraid of snakes?"
"Don't bring up snakes!" Simmons growled
"Snakes?" Caboose asked
"Let me break it down for you Caboose" Simmons began "This is a big city, with many places for snakes to hide, we could be walking right next to one and we wouldn't even know it." Meanwhile, Tucker was exploring an alleyway as he heard something run by.
"Who's there?" Tucker yelled, when he didn't get a reply he just kept walking. When Tucker reached the bottom of a ramp he saw a shadow that fled quickly. "Knock it off!" he yelled receiving no response. As Tucker kept walking, he heard something running at him, as it was about to hit him, Tucker swung his arm straight into Jax who was knocked unconscious by the blow. "Idiot" Tucker said before radioing Dylan "Hey Dylan"
"Yeah?" Dylan asked
"Your cameraman just tried to spook me"
"Is he still alive?" As Tucker was thinking, he heard Jax mumbling something
"Yes, he is alive"
"I was just about to call you, Oculus and Gatomon say that were just about good to use the Crests to get to 1999."
"Ok" Tucker said "I'll let the othe-" Tucker was interrupted by Caboose cutting in on the radio
"AH!" Caboose yelled "He's killing us!"
"What?!" Dylan, Tucker, Gatomon, Oculus, Wash, Carolina, and Donut asked simultaneously before running in Caboose's direction, Jax arrived moments after they did and they all saw the man in black and red armor that saved the reporters and digimon back on Sidewinder standing over Caboose, Simmons, Grif, and Sarge.
"Are you Lavernius Tucker?" the man asked in his raspy voice
"WHAT DID YOU DO?!" Tucker yelled
"Are you Lavernius Tucker?" he asked again
"That is going to be the last name you ****ing say!" Tucker yelled pulling out his sword causing the others to get ready for a fight
"No, we won't have violence" the man said
"You should have thought about that before messing with our friends!" Oculus, Carolina, Wash, and Tucker all yelled at him
"I did not touch them" the man said
"You expect us to believe you just found them like this?" Gatomon questioned
"Yes" the man's immediate answer left them stunned "that is as it happened." The man pointed to Sarge "That one, I found sleeping here" listening closely, they could tell that Sarge was snoring. He pointed to Simmons and Grif next "And those ones, saw a snake and bat and fainted" everyone noticed a small snake hissing and a bat flying overhead. The man pointed to Caboose next "And that one, I believe is playing dead"
"Is the bad man gone yet?" Caboose asked while laying still
"I am not here to fight, I only seek to serve." the man said turning his gaze back to Tucker
"Who do you serve?" Tucker asked, uncertain as he still had his sword out
"I serve Lavernius Tucker"
"Did Chorus send you?"
"Yes"
"Wow, hot dog!" Tucker yelled putting his sword away "I save their planet so they send me a servant"
"So you are he?"
"**** yes I am" as Tucker answered the man came closer and dropped a folder full of legal documents in front of him.
"You've been served"
"What the ****?" Tucker asked confused
"Child support payments"
"Bull**** dude! Junior has a basketball scholarship, whos the mom?"
"It's a class-action lawsuit"
"****"
"From a collection of new mothers on Chorus demanding recompense for the sons and daughters you sired before leaving the planet."
"The temple" Tucker realized with a gasp, Gatomon and Oculus just couldn't help it and burst out laughing "oh no, why, I didn't mean to?" Tucker mourned as Carolina and Wash joined the digimon in laughter at Tucker's situation
"Intention has no meaning, only consequence has true power"
"That is not how I saw this going" Dylan said
"So that's it?" Jax asked "No car chase, no fight scene? He just hands him the papers and leaves? Lame"
"No wait!" Tucker yelled
"Farewell to thee all!" the man yelled "You'll nay see me again unless in service of the court, my name is Spencer Borginsensen, and I live to serve!" Spencer finished as the used a jetpack to fly away.
"NO!" Tucker yelled, falling to his knees. Later, on the ship, Jax showed everyone but Tucker (who was still crying) a clip he put together from the footage he had collected of Spencer in a 70's opening theme style format of a TV show he wanted to make called The Process Server.
"So" Jax said "Constructive feedback, I'm thinking of pitching this idea to some stations when we come back."
"How did you get him to sign a release form?" Dylan asked
"A what?"
"Well" Oculus said with his voice partially hoarse from the laughing "As fun as this is, were ready to go" Everyone left the ship again and gathered around in a circle, once they were ready Oculus activated the Crest of Time and they teleported. Unbeknownst to the group however, they were being watched by one of the phony Reds, the Sarge look-alike named Surge. He activated his radio back to the Blue and Red hideout
"Surge to HQ, they were here but we have a problem."
"What is it?" Temple asked on the other line
"They didn't even spare the relay a passing glance, I don't think they got the message. And when they were done here, they got in a circle and just vanished."
"Well, all that means is that we have more time for Loco to finish his machine then." Temple said "Return to base, Surge, we have more important things than the Reds and Blues to worry about"
"Yes sir" Surge replied, walking away from the abandoned ship and returning to his Pelican to get back to Armada 8, where the Blues and Reds were based.
And with that, we officially leave RvB Season 15 behind. Yes, the Blues and Reds will be a threat later in the story but for now, it's all Digimon baddies. Next Time, The Reds and Blues meet Gennai and receive a new base that is somewhat familiar, while Locus makes his way to the Digital World and is unaware of the reunion he's about to have. What will the Reds and Blues find exactly? How has the Resistance been going? Find out in Chapter 7: Gulch away from Gulch.