Chapter 14: Reunion
"Quiet down in there, you convicts!" said the guard.
I observed the guard's anatomy. He looked kind of like a rhino that stood on two legs. He was completely covered in dark-grey rock. On the guard's nose was a horn that looked much like a drill.
"You know what? I am sick of what you soldiers are doing!" I said, stamping my foot.
"Calm down, Xaiver." Matt warned.
I turned to Matt. "I don't care!" Turning back to the guard, I said, "In fact, I think you're a complete idiot!"
"WHY YOU LITTLE!!" he guard yelled. He pulled out a beatstick and thrusted it into my chest throught he bars. I fell back due to the force of the blow.
"Grrgh..." I winced because of the pain that arrived on my chest.
"Master!" Ro exclaimed, and began growling at the guard.
"Tell me your name!" the guard ordered.
"Xaiver Hormagen Binning...leave me alone!" I exclaimed.
"Xaiver....?" the guard said curiously. He closed his eyes for a moment, then opened them again. "What is the name of your best friend?"
"John Seryt." I answered in pain.
"No...." said guard mumbled.
"Hnuh?" Ro said, edging near the guard and sniffing. "John! Dat's you!"
"What's going on?" Matt said, confused.
"Xaiver, it's you!" the guard exclaimed.
"John!" I stood up as the pain subsided.
"I thought you were dead!" John said.
"I can't be taken down that easily!" I stated, breaking a smile.
"Hey, I'm finally taller than you, Xaiver!" joked John. Which was true; he was a couple feet taller than me.
"Let us out of here, will ya?" I asked John.
He promptly unlock the cell, and Ro and I dashed out. Now we were in a long hall, with one wall covered with cells, and the other with stacks of boxes and many, many file cabinets. The cells, I could now tell, were just holes made by a bulldozer or something similar, with bars added to them. It seemed to be the hall in the mall that led to the restrooms. The enterence to the hall had a block of metal blocking it, however, with a crude door in the middle.
"Hey! I think you forgot something!" Matt said sarcastically. He was still stuck in his cell.
"Let him out. He's with us." I told John.
"That's better." Matt exclaimed after he had been let out.
"So what are you doing here, John?" I asked.
"Well," John started. "I woke up in the middle of Tokyo. I was so shocked about how I looked,
I didn't move. After a while, the Japanese army found me and decided that they could use someone like me for guard work."
John grinned. "I guess they thought I looked pretty strong!"
"So now you're here, working guard duty." I summed up. "But how could you have been so mean, like you were with me a little while ago? That's nothing like you."
"Come on, Xaiver! I'm not in my body, I have no clue where my life is going, and I had lost the one person I look up to!" John exclaimed. "How could I not be mad?"
"He has a point." Matt inquired.
"Who do ya look up ta?" Ro asked.
John chuckled. "You, Xaiver."
"Me?" I blushed. "I never knew you felt that way!"
"Hey, let's focus on escaping now, hm?" Matt promptly changed the subject.
"Okay, that's easy. There's a supply truck that's leaving in a half-hour. You can just jump in with the cargo." John responded. "What are you guys going to do?
I explained to John the situation, about Digimon, the Digidestined, everything Matt had told me.
"You aren't coming along?" I asked.
"Well," John started. "I think I'll stay with my army position until later, so I can help you guys out with information."
"Wait, let's not just get up and leave." Matt said. "We need to rescue my friends."
John shook his head. "There was a jailbreak in the other cell block. All your friends already escaped. Except for that Tai fellow."
"What happened to him?" I inquired.
"Hold on..." John turned to a file cabinet nearby and began rummaging inside of it.
"Ah, here it is." He pulled out a paper and began to read it. "It says here that Tai was taken to the Searheart Medical Hospital for tests."
"Oh no..." Matt said, looking at the ground. "It must be due to his Digivolving recently."
"Wat?" Ro asked.
"When Digimon Digivolve, they become a more powerful form. When this happens with us Digidestined, we become a little more human. Now the army is trying to figure out how he became more human!" Matt detailed.
"Great." I commented. "The guinea pig treatment."
"The army is desperate. They could do anything with Tai." John added.
John turned back to the file cabinet and searched around some more. He pulled out a map and unrolled it.
"Now, here's where we are." he said, pointing to a building in the lower-right corner of the map. "And here is the hospital where Tai's at." John finished, directing our attention to a building on the north part of the map.
"We can use this to get to the hospital, right?" I asked.
"And if we go to save Tai..." Matt stared at the ceiling. "then we'll likely find my companions!"
"Then let's go!" Ro said, happy to have a plan.
"Wait, are items held by the civilians confinscated?" Matt asked.
"Yeah." John responded. "Why?"
"If we could get Izzy's computer, it would be extreamly helpful." Matt explained.
"I could get my backpack while we're at it." I added.
"Alright, go through that door." John said, pointing to a door in the back of the hall next to the restrooms. "All the stuff's stored there. Since you guys came here recently, it should be against the left wall when you enter the room. I'll stay here in case another guard comes in."
"Okay." I said. Matt nodded in agreement, while Ro panted happily.
The three of us headed through the door. We were amazed to see mounds of stuff just placed on top of each other, in no apparent order. I spied a familiar sight.
"My backpack!" I exclaimed, pulling the half-buried pack from the junk. Inside, I found everything was still there. Plus, the bandana that had been taken from my head when I was tranquilized was in there, too. I decided to leave it there for now.
"Izzy's computer." Matt smiled as he grabbed a laptop placed neatly on top of the other things there.
"Let's hurry back ta John!" Ro bounced around us.
As we exited the room, I felt very lucky to have friends in high places!
"Quiet down in there, you convicts!" said the guard.
I observed the guard's anatomy. He looked kind of like a rhino that stood on two legs. He was completely covered in dark-grey rock. On the guard's nose was a horn that looked much like a drill.
"You know what? I am sick of what you soldiers are doing!" I said, stamping my foot.
"Calm down, Xaiver." Matt warned.
I turned to Matt. "I don't care!" Turning back to the guard, I said, "In fact, I think you're a complete idiot!"
"WHY YOU LITTLE!!" he guard yelled. He pulled out a beatstick and thrusted it into my chest throught he bars. I fell back due to the force of the blow.
"Grrgh..." I winced because of the pain that arrived on my chest.
"Master!" Ro exclaimed, and began growling at the guard.
"Tell me your name!" the guard ordered.
"Xaiver Hormagen Binning...leave me alone!" I exclaimed.
"Xaiver....?" the guard said curiously. He closed his eyes for a moment, then opened them again. "What is the name of your best friend?"
"John Seryt." I answered in pain.
"No...." said guard mumbled.
"Hnuh?" Ro said, edging near the guard and sniffing. "John! Dat's you!"
"What's going on?" Matt said, confused.
"Xaiver, it's you!" the guard exclaimed.
"John!" I stood up as the pain subsided.
"I thought you were dead!" John said.
"I can't be taken down that easily!" I stated, breaking a smile.
"Hey, I'm finally taller than you, Xaiver!" joked John. Which was true; he was a couple feet taller than me.
"Let us out of here, will ya?" I asked John.
He promptly unlock the cell, and Ro and I dashed out. Now we were in a long hall, with one wall covered with cells, and the other with stacks of boxes and many, many file cabinets. The cells, I could now tell, were just holes made by a bulldozer or something similar, with bars added to them. It seemed to be the hall in the mall that led to the restrooms. The enterence to the hall had a block of metal blocking it, however, with a crude door in the middle.
"Hey! I think you forgot something!" Matt said sarcastically. He was still stuck in his cell.
"Let him out. He's with us." I told John.
"That's better." Matt exclaimed after he had been let out.
"So what are you doing here, John?" I asked.
"Well," John started. "I woke up in the middle of Tokyo. I was so shocked about how I looked,
I didn't move. After a while, the Japanese army found me and decided that they could use someone like me for guard work."
John grinned. "I guess they thought I looked pretty strong!"
"So now you're here, working guard duty." I summed up. "But how could you have been so mean, like you were with me a little while ago? That's nothing like you."
"Come on, Xaiver! I'm not in my body, I have no clue where my life is going, and I had lost the one person I look up to!" John exclaimed. "How could I not be mad?"
"He has a point." Matt inquired.
"Who do ya look up ta?" Ro asked.
John chuckled. "You, Xaiver."
"Me?" I blushed. "I never knew you felt that way!"
"Hey, let's focus on escaping now, hm?" Matt promptly changed the subject.
"Okay, that's easy. There's a supply truck that's leaving in a half-hour. You can just jump in with the cargo." John responded. "What are you guys going to do?
I explained to John the situation, about Digimon, the Digidestined, everything Matt had told me.
"You aren't coming along?" I asked.
"Well," John started. "I think I'll stay with my army position until later, so I can help you guys out with information."
"Wait, let's not just get up and leave." Matt said. "We need to rescue my friends."
John shook his head. "There was a jailbreak in the other cell block. All your friends already escaped. Except for that Tai fellow."
"What happened to him?" I inquired.
"Hold on..." John turned to a file cabinet nearby and began rummaging inside of it.
"Ah, here it is." He pulled out a paper and began to read it. "It says here that Tai was taken to the Searheart Medical Hospital for tests."
"Oh no..." Matt said, looking at the ground. "It must be due to his Digivolving recently."
"Wat?" Ro asked.
"When Digimon Digivolve, they become a more powerful form. When this happens with us Digidestined, we become a little more human. Now the army is trying to figure out how he became more human!" Matt detailed.
"Great." I commented. "The guinea pig treatment."
"The army is desperate. They could do anything with Tai." John added.
John turned back to the file cabinet and searched around some more. He pulled out a map and unrolled it.
"Now, here's where we are." he said, pointing to a building in the lower-right corner of the map. "And here is the hospital where Tai's at." John finished, directing our attention to a building on the north part of the map.
"We can use this to get to the hospital, right?" I asked.
"And if we go to save Tai..." Matt stared at the ceiling. "then we'll likely find my companions!"
"Then let's go!" Ro said, happy to have a plan.
"Wait, are items held by the civilians confinscated?" Matt asked.
"Yeah." John responded. "Why?"
"If we could get Izzy's computer, it would be extreamly helpful." Matt explained.
"I could get my backpack while we're at it." I added.
"Alright, go through that door." John said, pointing to a door in the back of the hall next to the restrooms. "All the stuff's stored there. Since you guys came here recently, it should be against the left wall when you enter the room. I'll stay here in case another guard comes in."
"Okay." I said. Matt nodded in agreement, while Ro panted happily.
The three of us headed through the door. We were amazed to see mounds of stuff just placed on top of each other, in no apparent order. I spied a familiar sight.
"My backpack!" I exclaimed, pulling the half-buried pack from the junk. Inside, I found everything was still there. Plus, the bandana that had been taken from my head when I was tranquilized was in there, too. I decided to leave it there for now.
"Izzy's computer." Matt smiled as he grabbed a laptop placed neatly on top of the other things there.
"Let's hurry back ta John!" Ro bounced around us.
As we exited the room, I felt very lucky to have friends in high places!