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Dark Ally
Chapter 2: Newest Member of the Team
Hypnos (9:27 a.m.)
Leon's eyes shot open and he gasped; He bolted upright and looked around, desperately trying to get his bearings.
"Good morning!" said a sweet, childish voice.
Whirling toward it, he found a small, white digimon with wing-like ears standing next to an open window.
"Calumon?" Leon breathed.
"Yep, that's me!" the digimon said, dancing in place for reason at all.
Leon sighed, acting cheerful wasn't easy under normal circumstances and in the present situation it was impossible. "Look, I want to be alone so go be with Jeri." he said in a tired voice.
"I would, but Jeri's in school" Calumon said sadly, his ears retracting.
"Guilmon then" Leon said, keeping his annoyance to a minimum.
"Guilmon wanted to be alone too."
At this, Leon was slightly intrigued; Guilmon was perhaps the most social of all the Tamed digimon, why would he want to be alone. Still, Leon knew starting a conversation with Calumon would get him nowhere.
"What about Susie?" Leon asked, unsure weather or not the youngest member of the Wong family went to school or not.
Calumon smiled "Yeah, I bet she'll play with me." And with that he flew out the window and off into the city.
Leon shut the window and lay back down on the bed, but before he closed his eyes he searched his pockets. Sure enough, he found his cards and his digivice with a pulsating digi-egg on the screen.
"Well, isn't this a surprise"
Leon didn't even bother looking up; he knew who it was already.
"Hello, Yamaki" he said in a depressed voice.
"You know my name?" the blond man asked, his voice as monotonous as ever.
"Among other things."
Leon finally looked up at him; Yamaki was clad in his usual attire, shades included, and appeared to be completely calm. Only his right hand gave him away, clicking his lighter open and closed repeatedly.
"Since you have me at a disadvantage, why not tell me your name?"
"Leon Draco"
"Okay, Mr. Draco, where do you come from?"
Leon chuckled humorlessly "You wouldn't believe me if I told you."
"Try me" Yamaki said
"I'm not in a trying mood."
"So you won't tell me anything"
"Did I say that?" Leon asked
The hand clicking the lighter increased its pace and the eyes behind the sunglasses narrowed into a glare. Yamaki knew this kid was toying with him and enjoyed messing with him.
"I don't have the time for your little games." he said
Leon opened his mouth to respond but was interrupted by a loud and insistent beeping.
Guilmon's Shed (9:27 a.m.)
Guilmon sat on the floor of his shed, his eyes glazed as he day dreamed. Contrary to what both his friends and his Tamer would think, his dreams weren't about food anymore; they were about something, or rather someone, else.
Her image appeared in his mind; her soft, sunshine-yellow fur ruffling slightly in a breeze, her vulpine head turned upward with her eyes closed, simply enjoying that same breeze, her slim figure shining in the moonlight with her tail twitching ever so slightly. Renamon, a digital vixen.
Guilmon sighed sadly, there was no way Renamon would have anything to do with a digimon like him. He growled in frustration and slammed a claw into one of his walls, putting a sizeable hole into it and sending a spider web of cracks across said wall.
"Gee, remind me never to interrupt your daydreams." said a slightly whiney voice from outside.
"Not now, Impmon" he said shortly
"Come on, it's not like I'm gonna badda-boom ya. What's buggin' ya."
Now, Guilmon may have been a very trusting digimon, but even he knew that this wasn't the sort of thing that he should tell Impmon. He would have said something along these lines, if he hadn't sensed something at that moment. Guilmon's eyes dilated and Impmon turned to his left, the same feeling coming over him.
"You sense it too?"
"Yeah, but what is it?" Impmon asked
"A digimon, a powerful one." Guilmon growled, his viral side awakening.
"Well what are we standin' around yappin' for, let's get movin'."
With a growl the dinosaur digimon raced off, Impmon hot on his heels.
Wong Residence (9:29 a.m.)
Susie' school had the day off so she was at home and, with Lopmon's help, was searching for her favorite victim-er-um-playmate, Terriermon. Calumon was helping too, but since he just walked through the apartment calling for Terriermon, he wasn't much help.
Suddenly, Lopmon's ears shot up, Calumon looked out a window, and Terriermon came out of his hiding place (under Henry's mattress, if you can believe that).
"Susie" Lopmon said "There is a digimon coming."
Without a word the youngest member of the Wong family raced to her room and grabbed two things: one, her D-arc, and two, a deck of cards she and her brother had put together. When she got back, all three digimon were waiting by the door.
"'Bout time" Terriermon said "Let's go."
"Susie" her mother called "Where are you going?"
"There's a digimon" she answered "Don't wowwy, we'll be back before lunch."
Her mother was understandably nervous about letting her youngest daughter go chasing after a dangerous creature, but she had seen Lopmon in action and knew she we do anything to protect Susie.
"Be careful." she said quietly.
"Don't you worry" Terriermon said "We'll keep close eye her." and they rushed out the door.
West Shinjuku (9:45 a.m.)
Renamon, Guardramon, Marine Angemon, and Cyberdramon had also sensed the digimon and were making their way toward it. 15 minutes after they'd all sensed it, everyone arrived at a deserted construction site.
"What is it?" Marine Angemon asked, referring to the digimon.
"I don't know." Renamon said "I've never sensed an opponent like this before."
Terriermon opened his mouth to pass a smart remark but was interrupted by the squeal of car tires. All the digimon, and Susie, turned to see a black sedan stopped at the side of the road, and stepping out of the car...
was Leon.
- - - (Leon)
After his D-arc had gone off, Leon had "borrowed" Yamaki's car(read as: knocked him out and stolen his keys) and had spent the last 15 minutes driving well over the speed limit to get here, but he was shocked to see he wasn't alone.
"What are you doing here?" he asked the assembled group.
"One could ask you the same question." said Renamon
In response, Leon held up his D-arc.
"You're a Tamer!" everyone said in shock.
"Not yet." he replied as he walked into the, now fully formed, digital field. "but I will be."
- - - (outside POV)
The others followed at a fair distance, slightly concerned for this strange young man.
As they reached the center of the digital field they saw the silhouette of the digimon that hd formed the field; the fog suddenly moved out of the way and everyone, minus Leon, gasped with a mixture of shock and fright.
The digimon had the basic body shape of a Gazimon but had pitch black fur with blood red chest fur and fangs; the next characteristics were more disturbing, its ribcage was on the outside, covering its chest like some perverted armor. Its claws were also bone, a foot long and razor sharp; even its eyes were frightening, they had no pupils and were just as black as its fur. The digimon closed its eyes, inhaled deeply through it's nose and spoke; the creature's voice sadistic version of a gazimon's with a slight demonic undertone.
"Life!"