Irish here once again, bringing you yet another chapter of "Under One's Control." Hope you all like what I'm doing so far, and I hope you guys enjoy the chapter!
"This isn't fair…" Davis solemnly whispered to himself. "Where is the justice in this?"
Davis dispersed himself from the digidestined just to be alone. For a minute or for a while was now the question in hand. He knew that, evidentially, he would have to tell the rest what occurred on the canyon. He would have to tell them about what Veemon went through and is currently doing. Davis didn't know if he could bring himself to do this. He felt alone without his partner and frightened for what he might be doing now.
He heard footsteps coming from behind him. Quickly so that he didn't cause a huge scene, he wiped the tears that dispelled from his eyes, got up, and brushed away the stains that started to show on his knees and hands.
"Hey guys," Davis turned around and, just as he expected, the group was right there, "Sorry about running off like that. I just needed some time alone, that's all."
"Well it's a good thing you apologized right away; you had all of us worried sick!" Yolei rashly stated out.
Hawkmon, who has de-digivolved from Halsemon, just shook his head and sighed, embarrassed by his partner's actions.
"Yeah, what gives Davis? I rarely have seen you act this way before," Kari said.
Davis was trying to find the right words to say; it wasn't even that. He knew what to say; he just couldn't bring himself to say it.
"Well, anytime now!" TK finally said impatiently. "I mean, what gives; we tried to be nice and subtle back when we rescued you, but then you had the audacity to spaz out and act like a little kid! We want an explanation as to where Veemon is now!"
Davis couldn't believe what TK just spoken to him.
'He doesn't know anything at all…' Davis crossly pondered. 'Yeah, so maybe you've done this whole digiworld experience once, but I bet you haven't had what happened to me just a while back.'
"Well, apparently Davis doesn't want to tell us anything so I suppose we should…" TK started to say, but was interrupted by Davis.
"Oh for goodness sakes TP, just shut up!"
"TP?" Cody couldn't help but to question the mispronouncing of his friend's name.
"Hehe, TP…" Armadillomon, turning back from being Digmon, chuckled at the name.
"Really man, just stop it! I can't take much more of this!" Davis started to slowly lose control of his inner body and was letting his feelings get to the best of him.
"Since you are so desperate to know where Veemon went to, here's your answer: the Digimon Emperor has him enslaved! There, I said it. My partner is gone, and I don't know how I will get him back."
Davis has totally lost it now. Tears started pouring down onto his face. "Tell me something, Mr. I've-Done-This-Experience-So-I-Know-Everything, have you ever had something like this happen to you? Have you ever had your digimon enslaved and you were frightened like mad if you ever going to see him again, huh! I'm waiting for an answer from you!"
The older digidestined couldn't help but to feel saddened for TK. They knew what happened on their first roundabout here, but nobody else knew. TK was doing all he can to not giving in and punching Davis.
'Oh, like you'll ever know what I've been through…' TK bitterly thought.
"Yeah, there you go, you haven't had that experience! You most likely will never know what I'm feeling so just back off!"
With this statement, Davis once again departed from the shocked group.
"Who does he think he is, telling me that I've never felt something like that before?" TK asked, feeling enraged.
"TK," he turned to see Sora speaking to him, "please, he doesn't know what happened. Many of the new guys don't know what happened. Let Davis have some time alone just to regroup and he'll come back and apologize, okay?"
TK wanted to say yes to Sora but he just didn't feel like saying it. Though this was only the second day for the new digidestined, he didn't have to go all hell-bent and rage at his friends. Then again, he must have deeply cared for Veemon…
"So, TK," Izzy ended up snapping TK out of his thought, "what's the plan now? Veemon's currently on a rampage; I mean, we kind of have to stop him."
TK knew that a plan had to be formed in order for Veemon to be saved, but first he needed some help from his older friends.
"Sora, I want you to head back, contact Tai, Matt, and just about everyone else. Tell them what just occurred and let them know that we are staying here till Veemon is saved. Ask Yolei and Cody for their info so the others can cover for them."
Sora looked quizzically at the youngster but quickly smiled and nodded.
"You got it."
With that taken care of, TK turned his attention to Izzy.
"Izzy, is there any way you can pinpoint where Veemon's exact location is, or even the Emperor? I have a feeling that those two are somewhat close by and maybe we can surprise them or something."
"Do you know the amount of work that would go into that? I would have a much better chance of winning big money than doing that! Veemon's location is in current movement and without any knowledge of where the Emperor could be, it could take days to track them down."
TK sighed. "Alright, then I want you to help Sora out. Talk to her to get the information." Izzy simply shook his head and obliged.
"Tentomon, Biyomon," TK decided to turn his attention to the two rookie digimon. "Since Izzy can't pinpoint Veemon's location, I'm going to need you guys to do it. Find any trace of him and get back to us as soon as you can. Try to do this as sneakily as possible so that Veemon doesn't catch us."
"What are you, insane?" Tentomon buzzed out. "If we get caught, we are surely goners. And how do you expect us to relay his location to you?"
Biyomon, on the other hand, had no real trouble understanding what TK was saying.
"Well then, we just won't get caught. You guys stay here so that we can let you know where Veemon can be." And with that, the two went airborne to look about.
TK evidentially sighed. "Well, it's now down to completing my job."
"Which is what?" TK turned to see Kari asking him.
"Explain to Davis…what happened to me," TK found himself whispering this to Kari.
"Well, I might not agree with you fully but I can't stand to see him like this, and maybe explaining this will help him cope with what just happened."
TK slightly nodded and turned upward to Patamon, who was nesting on top of his head. "Hey buddy, mind staying back here? I kind of want to talk to Davis alone."
"Alright, if you say so," Patamon agreed with his partner and got off.
"Please try not to provoke him." This time it was Gatomon to speak up. "We don't want him ending up killing you and all."
TK couldn't help but to smile at the white feline. "I'll do my best." And with that, he was off.
Davis found himself sitting under a tree, alone. He really needed some time alone; after all, he wouldn't be surprised if TK wanted to kill him.
"Hey." Davis looked up to see TK standing in front of him.
"Hey." Davis simply replied back.
"Look, mind if we talk?" TK asked while sitting down. "I feel like this would be best for the both of us if we talked about what just occurred."
Davis didn't really want to talk about it; he was trying to forget about it. But alas, he sighed and nodded his head
"Fine, let's talk." He stated quite rudely.
"Okay, first off, I'm sorry for the way I acted back there. I got too caught off in trying to find Veemon and you weren't cooperating real well and I guess I just lost it."
Davis simply looked down and started to pick at the ground below him.
"Apology accepted." He replied crossly.
"Well…" TK asked
"Well…what," Davis rebutted back to him.
"Aren't you going to apologize to me?"
"Nope, I simply have no reason to. I mean, unless you've been through an incident like this before, right?" Davis couldn't help but to look up and see TK. When he did, he saw the other boy looking quite depressed.
"Right?" Davis repeated himself.
"This isn't easy for me to explain, but I'll guess I have to say it…" and with this, TK started to tell Davis about his first adventure to the digital world and about their first foe, Devimon.
Davis didn't know how much time went by, but he just listened to TK's story. In a way, Davis felt real bad about himself, like he hit an all-time low.
'Wow, I never would have assumed that something like this would have happened to the kid,' Davis quietly pondered.
TK wasn't fairing too well either. This was the first time that he really told his feeling about how he felt when Patamon digivolved for the first time and how ecstatic he was, only to be crushed to see his digimon die. TK couldn't help but to cry.
"So yeah, in a sense, I kind of know how you are feeling." TK started to finish up, his face painted with tears. "The feeling sucks and you feel hopeless about what's going to happen. I felt the pain before. I know what it's like."
Davis simply looked down at the ground, knowing that he couldn't dare look up at TK's face, showing the emotions that he was currently portraying. He felt real crummy.
"TK…" Davis started to look up and talk to him.
Without any hesitation whatsoever, Davis moved over to TK and hugged him.
"I'm truly sorry for having to make you go through this retelling. I didn't mean what I said back there; I take it all back, even the wrong name crap. I…I just don't want you to hate me. I hate being hated, and at a time like this, I need some reassurance." Davis couldn't help but let a few tears trickle down his face.
"Davis," TK explained as he returned the favor and hugged back, "I don't hate you. I never did hate you. After this experience, how can I, really? I'm glad you are my new friend and I'm gladder that you are a digidestined. I see something in you that I saw in Tai back when I was a youngster. I saw determination in him, and I see it in you! You just can't run away when things suddenly seem impossible. You need to use your courage that you have and fight through it; it may seem hard now, but believe me, it'll get easier as time goes on."
"Thanks man, I…I really needed that right now," Davis replied back, letting go of his friend.
"Anytime you want to talk, I'm all ears for you. Now, let's get back and try to help find your partner!" TK stated. Davis simply nodded and smiled as the two boys started on their way back.
Alright, so there's Chapter 4 for ya. I kind of had this in mind since I wanted to find a way to let Davis and TK kind of have a bonding moment and kind of become friends. I mean, let's get serious here, it takes, I don't know, around 20-something (maybe even 30-something) episodes till they kind of act like friends instead of rivals. Anyway, hope you guys enjoyed this and I will see you all next time!