Digimon: Trinity

Episode 2: "This Can't Be Real"

Blah blah, Digimon isn't mine, and I'm not affiliated with it.

Well, here's chapter two. I'm going to introduce another character right from the start, so noone be confused. She was already sort of introduced in the first chapter, but only to establish that she already knew Arekku. Well, here we go. Welcome to Episode 2, "This Can't Be Real."

Something was wrong. Arekku wasn't at school today. He always called her if something was wrong, but she had recieved no phone call. For the first day in a while, the always-smiling Erin had a frown sprawled across her face. She clutched her bookbag between her crossed arms, walking towards Arekku's house. She'd find out what was wrong, and then scold him for being such a jerk and not calling her.

Running up the steps to Arekku's small, one floor house, she knocked on the door. The door opened, and she forced a smile onto her face. "Hello, Mrs. Shinyaga. Umm, is Arekku h-" She was stopped in her sentence when she saw the worry on the woman's face."

"Erin... It's you..." The woman wiped her face, trying to hide the tears.

"What happened, Mrs. Shinyaga? Did something happen to Arekku!?"

"Yes... No... I don't know... He never came home from school last night..."

"Arekku would never do something like that!" Erin choked back, trying to hold back her own tears.

"That's what I thought, Erin... Just go back home. The police said that they'd look..."

"Alright, Mrs. Shinyaga..." She turned to go, but stopped when Mrs. Shinyaga said something else.

"Erin.. I know how much you care for Arekku. Don't do anything stupid trying to find him. You're like a daughter to me. I can't lose you, too."

"Yes ma'am. Don't worry." She forced a smile, and walked away. She had to find him. She knew Arekku, he loved his mom more than anything. He wouldn't just run away from home and leave his mom to worry. "Eek!" He foot caught the edge of a trashcan, and flying out infront of a trash truck.

She gasped, seeing the huge metal monster coming right for her, when everything stopped. She couldn't hear her scream, and she wasn't falling anymore. Suddenly the world around her started to crack and break, like some sort of glass mask that ther world had been wearing. As peices broke off and disapeared, a warm, blue light shown through. Within moments she was surrounded by this new world of a bright blue hue.

"Where am I...? Did I get hit by that truck and die...?"

"No, of course not, Erin." A small, smiling, walking pile of walked walked towards her.

"EEK!" She screamed and tried to swim away. She swam as hard as she could, but soon realized she wasn't going anywhere. Looking behind her, she saw that the rock-demon-thing was gaining on her. "Get away! Get away!"

"Umm... Erin... It's okay! I'm Gotsumon, your partner!" The thing smiled, looking cute for a hideous rock demon.

She didn't seem to hear him, and kept going for a breast stroke. "No! No! No! This isn't happening!"

An anime sweatdrop rolled down his rocky brow. "Umm... Erin? You aren't going anywhere."

"So? Wait... How'd you know my name!?" She stopped the futile attempt at swimming, panting hard. She turned around to face the creature, floating there. "Is this heaven? Or is it hell? ...'cause I heard hell was hot, and that there's a lot of fire and demons. Does that make you Satan!?"

"No, I'm not this 'Satan' person. I'm Gotsumon! ...and this is a place between my world and yours. It doesn't have a name, but you can call it hell if you want to."

"Uhh... Yeah... You know what? You can just send me home now. I've got a friend to look for, and my parents will worry about me."

"You're looking for your friend? Who's that?"

"His name's Arekku. He's a skinny guy with silver hair. Wears a lot of black."

"Oh, Arekku's already here! He's been here a few weeks."

"A few weeks!? He's only been missing a day!"

"Nope. He's been here a week." Gotsumon nodded.

"Yeah, okay. Can I just wake up? If this is a coma or something, I don't want to be in it for a few months."

"A coma? What's a coma?" He asked, rubbing the back of his head.

"... Are you stupid?"

"What kind of question is that!? I've just never h-" He was cut off by another voice. A voice that Erin recognized.

"Erin. Hmmph. You're here, too? That Angemon has no taste in warriors."

"Arekku!" Erin turned, to see he friend forming out of the warm blue light, with a large, brown monster next to him. "EEK! Arekku! There's a monster next to you!" She backed up trying to hide behind Gotsumon.

Arekku laughed. "No, Erin. This is my pet. His name's Wendigomon, do you like him?"

"No! It's ugly!" She screamed, standing up. "...and where have you been!? I've been worried sick about you! You're mother is a wreck!"

"You think I knew I was coming here? Hah. I'm just making the most of it. My mother could rot for all I care. I'm a god here. I have power that I could never dream of back in our world."

"Don't talk like that! You're scaring me!"

"That's because you're weak. You fear power. That's what the cleansing is about. Wendigomon. Attack."

The huge beast grunted. "HOWLING DESTROYER!" He roared, a ball of energy froming in it's monsterous jaws.

"Erin! Take this!" Gotsumon screamed. "You'll need it!" He tossed her a black and white device, and she caught it in two hands.

"What does it do!?" She screamed back, the ball or energy now ripping through the 'air' violently, right at her new friend. "Gotsumon! No!" The device came to life in her hands, vibrating and glowing. One of the buttons was glowing even brighter than the other two. She pushed it instinctively, and two words crossed her mind. "Light Evolution!"

Gotsumon began to glow, but then the ball hit him, creating a huge explosion, which sent Erin flying backwards.

"Gostumon! No!" Erin choked out. Did the poor little guy just die because he happened to be with her!?

Gotsumon stood up, but he wasn't Gotsumon anymore. He was a snow white color now, and looked beat to hell and back. He had cracks running throughout his small body, with black liquid dripping from them. He groaned, falling foward.

"Gotsumon! Your bleading!"

"...I'm not Gotsumon anymore, Erin..." He smiled, trying to hide his pain to no evail.

"...but... You're hurt!"

He forced himself up. "I'll be fine... " ...and with that, another ball of energy was launched at him. He squinted, yelling over the sound of the blast. "DEFENSE RAY!" He screamed, a rainbow hued beam flying from his body and impacting with the ball.

The beam stopped the orb from moving for a few moments. Soon, the ball made headway, slowly closing in on the white creature who nolonger identified itself as Gotsumon. "Ahh!" He screamed, trying to force the ball backwards.

Suddenly, Erin felt strange. She could feel her friend. It was a hard thing to explain, but she could feel him. She looked at her digivice, which was vibrating, but it wasn't. It was the same feeling as what she felt with... Icemon... She knew his new name! It was like nothing was happening, but her brain was telling her it was. She pushed the button again, new words escaping her mouth. "Syncronized Evolution!"

A light shot from the device and hit Icemon, he disapearing into a ball of light. "Icemon! Syncronized Evolve to... Cyberdramon!" The small, white creature was replaced by a large, dark blue dragon with crimson wings and a metalic skull.

"Here we go. Windigomon, eat this!" Cyberdramon screamed in a rough voice. "Desolation claw!" Cyberdramon's hand began to glow with a dark blue hue, all the way up to a silver spike that protruded from his elbow. He roared, leaping at the large monster of a Digimon called Wendigomon, his razorsharp claws ripping through the creature's flesh. This sent a mist of black blood into the air, sending Wendigomon stumbling backwards, only to fall to the ground.

"Erin, we're getting out of here!" He flew at the young, pink haired girl, grabbing her as the world around him was replaced by a thick forest. He dropped her on the ground.

"Cyberdramon... This can't be real... Arekku would never try to hurt me. He loves me like a sister..."

"Erin, that wasn't your friend. It may have been the same body, but the Arekku you knew was gone. He has been twisted by the Cleansing. He's one of their minions now. He thinks he's a god here, but he's only being manipulated."

"We have to save him!" She stood up. "...and who is this Angemon? Arekku said he chose me."

"You'll meet him soon enough..."

"Oh, okay..." She looked at her digivice, the button with an upside-down arrow now glowing. She pushed it, and Cyberdramon lit up again, but this time shrunk back into Gotsumon.

Gotsumon walked over to Erin, frowning. "We may not be able to save your friend. I hope we can for the sake of this world..."

"The sake of this world?" Erin looked up. She was already feeling hopeless, but she had no idea an entire world was involved.

"Angemon will explain everything. He's instructed me to keep you in the dark until he arrives."

"Well, I don't care about this Angemon person!" She choked out, tear swelling in her eyes. "I just want my friend back!" She tried to hold the tears back, but to no avail. Streams formed on her cheeks, she dropping her face into her hands.

Gotsumon placed a rocky hand on her shoulder. "It'll be alright, Erin. I'm sure we'll be able to save your friend."

"Really?" She looked up, forcing a smile. She couldn't live without Arekku. She had known him her entire life... She loved him... She loved him in a different way than he loved her.

"Yeah. We're in for one hell of a fight, but I'm sure we'll get 'im back. I just took down that Wendigomon. He's not working with his partner. He's using him. Since we're working together, we can take him, no sweat."

"Yeah... I hope..." She stooed up, clenching her hands into fists. "What are we waiting for, let's move!"

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A/N: That's the end of episode two. Thanks for the reviews from the first chapter, and I hope I continue to get revies. I also have pictures drawn of two characters. My friend is supposed to have a picture of the third. Hopefully, I'll have the URL of the pictures by next chapter. Well, thanks for reading, and I hope you enjoyed.