Posted on June 11th, 2009

Fc: So Yes, Onwards and Upwards, literally.


Chapter Three
Destination: Amity Park

Danny tossed in his sleep. His dark hair clung to his face and neck. Sweat dripped down his face, contorted in pain. Dark nightmares, so vivid, plagued his restless mind.

Shadows surrounded the boy. He couldn't run, couldn't fight. They clawed at his legs and feet. Shadowy creatures moved in on him, death dripping from them like foul smell of rotten eggs. He felt all hope diminish and disappear from his body, falling into the depths of the darkness. He had almost given up when a blast of fiery warmth shot through his body. 'Don't afraid…' a voice echoed in his head.

Danny shot upright, awakened from is dream. He shivered… He felt like death itself had finally come to claim the rest of him. The boy cringed at the thought of a grim reaper like figure standing over him. He shook his head.

"It was only a dream…" He whispered to himself. Or was it?

He chanced a glance at his alarm clock. 4:30 am. He sighed and laid back down hoping those monsters in the shadows would leave him alone for another two hours. He had to be up and ready to go by 7 so he could accompany Sam to Midway International Airport. He groaned inwardly and tried to fall back asleep.


"I can't believe we're coming with you!" Tommy said enthusiastically. He couldn't stop bouncing, making the whole shuttle rattle more than usual. This was his first time on an airplane.

Zoe grinned, inwardly wondering how her pen pal would take the arrival of five extra people. Then again, the team had to come up with several elaborate excuses for their sudden departure to America. That had been quite an interesting experience trying to explain the sudden appearance of plane tickets to a foreign country for a flight that left the next day. They might be able to manage again.

Takuya nudged Zoe in the arm, "You okay?"

"I'm fine; I'm just worried, that's all." Zoe said softly, so the others couldn't hear.

The brunette grinned, "It'll be fine. Worst comes to worst, we have to split up for a little while."

She looked at the floor of the shuttle to the airport. She didn't say anything. Takuya put his arm around her shoulders, "It'll be fine Z. I promise."

The shuttle came to a stop outside of the United Airways Terminal. Takuya and the gang stood outside of the massive building, gaping at its vastness.

They entered the building, holding their bags and went to check in separately. Well mostly. Everyone had been split up save for Tommy and JP, who were the only one with seats right next to each other. The rest of the team was scattered in open seats around the plane.

Takuya shook his head in disbelief as they went to wait for their plane to board. "I can't believe we're all here. On the same flight bound for America of all places." Takuya said breathlessly. "How did Seraphimon pull all of this off?"

"Hey, I guess when you're a Celestial Angel; you can pull all kinds of strings…" Kouichi said jokingly.

The group laughed. An announcement rang out over the terminal. "United Airways Flight 8463 is now boarding at Gate F12. Please have your tickets ready."

"Come on everyone!" Zoe said, trying to force some excitement into her voice. Everyone grabbed their bags and follow her to their designated gate.

They boarded the plane as their tickets were called. Zoe and Takuya were the last to board as they were the closest to the front. Tommy and JP were near the back of the plane. Kouichi was sitting two rows in front of them and Kouji was two rows in front of him, in the other aisle. Zoe took her place diagonally from Takuya.

She smiled weakly at him, "I'm nervous." She admitted.

"How come?" Takuya asked, "You're not afraid of flying are you!?"

She nodded, blushing. Takuya laughed. "Airplanes are different!" Zoe hissed, swatting at him.

Takuya just grinned. "We'll be okay Zoe," He said reassuringly.


Takuya fell asleep after awhile. They had been about ten hours into their twelve hour flight, and most everyone had slipped off into the land of dreams about an hour or two ago.

The air was dark, and heavy. The landscape before Takuya was decimated. A sickening realization washed over him, this was part of the Digital World. He clenched his fists tightly feeling like he needed to find any sign of life. He started running across the desolate plain. He caught his reflection in a stream as he ran, He was Agunimon of Flame.

Soon the Warrior of Flame stopped his search futile. A twig snapped and he felt a presence appear behind him. Agunimon whirled around, coming face to face with another Digimon. He was tall and human like, garbed like the warriors. Long white hair flowed down his back in a ponytail. His body was covered in black study fabric, and brilliant white and green armor. Most of the Digimon's face was obscured with a black helmet and a green face mask. Bright green eyes shone from underneath white bangs of hair.

"Who are you?" Takuya asked, slightly afraid of this newcomer. The Warrior said nothing, walking towards the Warrior of Flame.

"This is all that's left." He said after a few moments of silence, "This is what the Digital World will become."

Takuya froze feeling the color drain from his face, "But we're coming back… We can stop this."

The Warrior shook his head, "You can't. Not in time. The destruction has begun and the Ten Legendary Warriors are still not ready."

"What do you mean?" Takuya asked desperately. "What can we do to be ready?"

The Warrior paused, staring directly into Agunimon's eyes. "What can you do?" he repeated. The Warrior turned and began to disappear.

"Wait! Who are you?"

The Warrior turned, "Don't you know already? I am-"

"Takuya wake up!"

The brunette jolted upright with a start. "huh?" He looked around wildly, startled by the surrounding of the plane's interior.

Zoe was standing above with her hands on her hips, looking annoyed. "Takuya. Wake. Up. The plane landed already, it's time to go."

Takuya blinked and realized that it was just him, Zoe and a few other people still on the plane. "Eh.. Sorry, I dozed off."

"I noticed. Come on, the guys are waiting for us at the gate and Sam is waiting for us at the terminal's pick up area." Takuya blushed and grabbed his bag from the over head compartment and followed Zoe off the plane.


Sam, Danny and Tucker waited, bored pretty close to out of their minds, at the designated pick up spot Sam's pen pal was supposed to meet them at. The flight from Japan left at 10:45 am Japan's time and was supposed to land fifteen minutes ago at 8:20 CST. No sign of Zoe yet.

"Dude where is she?" Tucker asked for the eighth time.

Danny and Sam glowered at him, shutting him up. "If we knew, we'd tell you." Sam stated crossly. Tucker returned to fiddling with his PDA, while Sam and Danny sighed collectively.

"Think she got held up somehow?" Danny mused.

Sam just shrugged, "It's possible I guess but what would…" She trailed off staring at baggage carousels. Danny followed her gaze.

A lanky blonde girl was waving at them. She held a light purple backpack that matched the rest of her outfit. A brunette boy about the same height stood beside her. Then two more appeared, The look identical which led Danny and Sam to believe they were twins. Then a more muscular boy and a smaller boy joined the group.

"Who are they?" Danny asked Sam quietly.

"I think those are her friends…The ones she always talked about…"


Fc: Ha ha, Cliffie
Fern: More like, lazy.
Fc: Oh shush.
Fern: No

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