Chapter Four
Val woke up to see hundreds of stars gazing down on him along with three moons. That didn't bother him as much as he knew it should. He didn't really know why. He didn't care to know why. He stood up to survey the area around him. He turned around to see a dinosaur like creature staring at him. It was red with black stripes. Val remained calm asked, "Who are you?"
"I am Guilmon. You must be Val. I have waited so long for you to come here. This is yours," Guilmon answered as he handed Val a small blue device.
"What is this?" asked Val.
"It's your digivice," Guilmon smiled.
"Okay then," Val responded, "Do you know where the others are?"
"I know where two of them are. They are over this way."
"Lead the way," Val said. Guilmon turned around and walked to Val's right and he followed the red dinosaur. After a good half mile, Val saw the two sisters sitting on a log. The one was crying again and her sister was sitting there trying to calm her down just like the two of them were in the classroom. Next to the sobbing one, there was a green rabbit looking thing to her side, and to the side of the calmer girl, there was another rabbit looking thing but it was brown with pink parts on its body.
"Lopmon and Terriermon," Guilmon smiled as he ran over to the log.
"Hey!" Val yelled. Karin got saw him and waved him over. Val walked up to the log the girls were at. Val looked at Kristian. He shook his head and asked, "Is she your sister?"
"Yes, she is. She's my twin to be exact," Karin responded. She turned back to Kristian, "I have to go talk to Val for a minute okay."
Kristian nodded. The green rabbit tried to calm down the girl, but its presence only made the crying worse. Karin got up and the brown rabbit followed her. Val asked, "If your twins, why don't you two look identical?"
"Really? You are asking that question. It's because of TV and movies that you think all sets of twins are identical unless they are a boy and a girl. Kristian and I are fraternal twins. We weren't formed from the same zygote. We were two eggs that were fertilized at the same time and our mother's body didn't reject either one of us. So there is your answer for that. Do you have a more important question such as where are we? Or this one: why are there three moons?"
Val smiled. He liked this girl's bluntness. It wasn't the shrieking honesty of her twin sister. He liked that about her. In response to her questions, he said, "I don't know where we are or why this place has three moons, but I don't really think that matters."
"What do you mean?" asked Karin.
"I mean why are we here and what force brought us here? What is that green rabbit and what is that brown rabbit?"
"I'm Lopmon!" the brown rabbit excitedly said, "And the green one is my twin sister, Terriermon."
Val smiled, "Twin talking rabbits for twin sisters. That's good. I have another question that I find very important. What are these talking animals called? I have never seen anything like these things before."
"We are Digimon," Guilmon said, "You are in our world, the Digital World. You are humans and you come from the Human World."
"What does that mean?" asked Val.
"It means that the Digital World is parallel dimension to our own," Colt's voice answered from behind Val and Karin.
"Colt," Karin said, "You're here too."
"I assume that all of us in that room were transported here. You, your sister, Val, Zack, Brie, John and myself," Colt explained, "Also every one of us has what I can only assume is our own personal Digimon partner. Val has Guilmon. Kristian has Terriermon. You, Karin, have Lopmon. I have Hagurumon."
As Colt said his name, Hagurumon appeared from behind a tree. Unlike the three animals, this Digimon was mechanical. It was a like a giant golden gear with a black center with a mouth and two red eyes. On each side, there was a smaller, silver gear. This Digimon didn't have any arms or legs. It floated along instead of walking.
"You seem to know a lot about this place," Val said.
"On the contrary, I don't. I am merely making assumptions and educated guesses on my observations," Colt replied.
"My don't we have a little scientist here," Val smirked.
"Val, don't start that," Karin shot at Val, "He is doing more than you to figure out where we are. Colt, have you seen the others?"
"No, I haven't," Colt answered, "But they are probably not far away. Since us four were relatively close. The other three should be as well."
"I hope you're right," Karin said.
"So do I," Kristian responded from behind Val and Karin.
Karin was happy to see that the tears were over. Kristian's episode was over, at least for now. If this was some sort of parallel dimension just as Colt had predicted, Karin had a feeling she would be doing a lot of comforting of her sister. That was something she was not looking forward too. She was amazed at how different she was from Kristian. Sometimes Karin counted it as a blessing and other times as a curse. This time was one of the curse times. She wished she knew how Kristian thought in situations like this so she could help her sister. And she also wished Kristian was like herself and kept a level head in difficult situations, but Kristian didn't. Karin would try her best to keep Kristian under control. Karin asked Kristian to be sure, "Are you feeling any better?"
"A little bit," Kristian sniffled.
"Good. Just try to stay calm out here. I know it will be hard for you, but I believe you can do it," Karin softly told her sister.
"How do you know?"
"You're my sister, Kristian. That's how I know," Karin replied.
Kristian nodded. Terriermon stood at Kristian's feet. She told her human partner, "I'm here. I won't let anything bad happen to you."
Kristian found that strange and yet comforting at the same time. She nodded and said, "Thank you."
"Since that's over with, how do we find the others?" asked Val.
"We sniff the air!" Guilmon yelled.
Val looked at Guilmon, "Yeah, except I'm not a dinosaur with a bloodhound's nose. I'm just a person."
"I'll sniff the air for you!"
"Seriously, Guilmon. You need to calm down. You talk loudly. Use a quiet voice. It's less grating," Val told him.
"Val, let your Digimon be himself," Karin said.
"Listen to Karin!"
"Okay Guilmon, stop yelling. Talk in a normal voice," Karin redacted her original statement.
"You were saying?" asked Val.
"Shut up Val," Karin said.
Val smirked, but it didn't last for long. There was a flash of light and then the ground shook violently. Guilmon's back arched, his body tensed. Growls escaped his mouth as he pupils shrank to a minute size. Val finally felt nervous, "Guilmon what is it?"
"Danger," Guilmon said through his growls.
Another flash of light came, followed by the ground shaking. Karin said, "I think we should get out of here."
"I second that motion," Colt responded.
"No," Val said, "We need to go towards it. The others could be there and they might need help. What kind of people would we be to let the others die."
Without saying anything else, Val and Guilmon took off towards the light. Karin shook her head. She knew Val was right. They had to go and help. She took off after Val. Kristian was not going to be anywhere without her sister. That left Colt. He decided that he should also help. Soon all four of them were on their way.