Spy: Wow...did I die? No...I didn't. I've just had horrible writer's blokc, but the American premirer of Digimon Data Squad made me so happy. So I wrote this crappy chapter. heh...it'll take me a while to get back into the groove of things. But I will!
And S2teennovelist, I've tried e-mailing you. It won't work...hehe...so I haven't forgotten about you.
do you have a Deviant art? If so, find me. My link's on my profile page. :D
"Heh…so what's your name?" Danny asked nervously, trying to look up at his kidnapper despite the wind hitting his eyes.
"Saberdramon." The bird roared.
"OK." Danny murmured, falling silent. Laughter cut through the whistling that rang in the boy's ears, and he spotted a white blur cut through the air, coming straight towards him.
"Danielle!" He shouted. "What are you doing!?"
The girl giggled again, resting on the knuckles of Saberdramon's talons. "I'm saving you, silly." She laughed.
An ectoblast charged up in her fist, aimed for the claws encircling her friend.
"What are you doing?" Demanded the same shrieking voice from the ground. Dani looked around for a moment, using a hand to push her white hair from her eyes. Finally, she spotted a small black owl-like bird perched on the digimon's other foot.
Its yellow eyes watched her curiously, as it toyed with a throwing star it its long finger-like claws.
"Duh. I'm saving my friend." Dani replied callously, firing at her target. Saberdramon gave a great cry, its leg twitching violently. Danny yelped as he was drawn back through the air at great speeds, only to be thrust forward again.
"You're just like him." The smaller bird spat.
"Yeah, so?" The girl snapped, readying to fire again.
"Falcomon won't let you do that." The owl hissed. "I'll make sure you stop. Throwing stars!"
Before she could even react, Dani saw the flash of metal glint in the sunlight. She flew upwards into the sky to dodge. Falcomon gave a hawk-like screech and tore after her, her small wings propelling her un-aerodynamic body through the air at surprising speeds. The girl attempted to fire at her pursuer, but missed as the bird vanished right before her eyes, only to reappear right behind her.
"Wah-" Dani gasped, right before a clawed wing struck her face. Danielle spun through the air, her hands clutching the bleeding wound as her eyes tried to predict her attacker's next move. Once more she spotted the shine of metal and dodged it, although not as completely as the last time. One nicked the leg of her pants, tearing the delicate fabric.
"Why are you doing this?" She demanded, her green eyes staring icily at the bird as she appeared again.
"That boy is a demon." Falcomon snarled, glaring daggers at Dani's vulnerable form. "He froze most of the digital world, and left it in ruins."
"What?" Danielle gasped, her tough façade fading for a moment. She quickly regained it and snarled in reply, "Danny would never do anything like that!"
"Fufufu, little girl." Falcomon chuckled in her high squeaky voice. "You stand up for a killer."
"He IS not!" Danielle shrieked. "If you're not lying then give me proof!" Falcomon vanished for a moment, only to make another appearance behind her prey.
"Sadly, I have none." The bird replied icily, holding a star at Dani's throat. "But I was there, and I saw him. Do you know why he's so weak now?"
Danielle was aware of them slowly descending through the sky as Saberdramon flew farther and farther away.
"He got sick." She murmured, as her boots made contact with the roof of a tall building.
"Not at all." Falcomon whispered. "I watched him as a sword went straight through him."
"He'd be dead." Dani gulped, shying away from the metal.
"Not at all. But it's a long story, perhaps he should tell you himself. You'll find his body at the bottom of a lake."
Danielle snarled, ramming her elbow into Falcomon's gut. The bird shrieked, letting the star drop from her grasp. Danielle spun around, dragging her boot across the roof's surface in preparation for a fighting stance. It was then that green caught her eye, and she spotted a streak running across the ground, having rubbed off from her disintegrating foot. A scream of horror tore from her throat as she saw it. She had pushed herself too far… And now it was too late to turn back.
"Where'd she go?" Garurumon growled, his eyes scanning the sky. Saberdramon was just a speck now, almost lost in the clouds.
"I'm going to find Danielle." Dobermon snarled. "You stay out of my way, lobo. I'll catch up to them faster."
"Puh." Garurumon scoffed. "This is no time to be arguing. Our partners are in trouble, and we should both go out there and save them."
"This isn't the Stars." The dog snapped. "We're not a team anymore. It's just me and Danielle. Face it. Your partner is better off dead."
Sam was kneeling a little ways away, tending to Reppamon's injuries from the explosion.
"Listen to them." She spat. "Fighting at a time like this."
"It's alright Raven." The fox sighed. "Even if they caught up to the digimon, neither of them can fly. That digimon is a Saberdramon, a corrupted version of another digimon called Birdramon. They can fly for days at a time."
"Tucker and Kapurimon need to get here now." The girl grumbled. "Guardromon can fly."
There was a flash as Kudamon reappeared climbing around his partner's neck.
"I suppose we should break those two up, Raven." He whispered in her ear.
"I suppose." Sam sighed.
"So…Are you going to kill me?" Danny asked, trying to stave off a splitting headache.
"Yes." Saberdramon replied in her deep rumbling voice.
"Oh…ok…" The boy sighed. As they flew on, he tried to bring his ghostly energy to life, fighting against his weakened state. Green blazed around him, scorching Saberdramon's feet. On impulse, the bird let go… And Danny went into free fall.
"What's happening to you?" Falcomon asked, surprised by what he was seeing before him. Dani said nothing. She simply shrugged off her disgust, and charged at the bird, green flame encircling her fist. The attack didn't hit, as Falcomon vanished. Dani's arm swung around, drops of ectoplasm falling from it. Her hand did not reform.
"You're falling apart." Falcomon gasped. "Perhaps it's time to stop."
Danielle shook her head, trying to create an ecto blast. It fizzled out in her palms.
"I'm not hunting you." The bird whispered. "I know you can't chase me, so I'll be going."
"No!" Dani screamed, as Falcomon took off. "I can finish you. Watch me…"
With that she fell to her knees, trying desperately to calm herself to prevent herself from coming apart completely. "Watch me…"
Wind screeched past his ears, tearing into his eardrums, and whipping his hair and clothes around his body. Danny heard Saberdramon's angered wail as she doubled around, flying at the boy like an arrow shot from a bow. The boy was helpless to stop as the bird hovered below him, ready to catch the boy on her back. Danny hit the mass of rough feathers with a crash, gasping as the wind was pushed from his lungs. Saberdramon continued, slower this time, careful not to lose her precious cargo. Danny weakly clung to a fistful of down, desperately trying to call upon his alter ego…to no avail. As time dragged by, he was aware of another figure lighting beside him. It held tight to the back of his shirt, making escape impossible.
Danny groaned, the pain of his injuries coming back to him full force as the medicine wore off. He could only lie there, going along for the ride…
Tucker panted heavily as he ran down the deserted street, Kapurimon clutched tightly in his arms. In the distance, the boy could see faint smoke clouds heading into the sky. There was a new urgency in his step, as the techno geek neared the clearing where he found Sam and Kudamon, standing right in the middle of a warring Garurumon, and Dobermon.
"Alright." She said. "You two need to stop arguing. I think we should forgive Dobermon, just like we did Kyubimon. He was as much of a victim as her. And Dobermon, you need to stop ragging on Danny. It's not his fault. Actually, it's partially yours."
"He's the ghost boy." Dobermon snarled. "Wisemon will never rest until he's destroyed."
"Did I say you could talk?" Sam snapped, sending the dog a heated glare. "What happened?" Tucker asked, looking around the clearing.
"Danny was attacked by this little bird thing." Garurumon explained.
"It was a Falcomon." Kudamon corrected.
"I think I got more from Garurumon's description." Tucker smiled sheepishly.
"Danny's been taken away by this huge black bird." Sam continued. "Danielle went after him."
"Danielle as in…Danny's "cousin"?" Tucker asked.
"Yes." Sam nodded. "Making a long story short, Dobermon is Danielle's partner, Danny's being flown to his doom, Danielle went up to save him, disappeared, and neither of these bozo's went after Danny because they were too busy arguing."
Tucker stood in silence for a moment, before a smile stretched across his features. "I can save Danny." The boy grinned. "Guardromon has rockets. We can catch up to the bird in no time."
"Be careful." Kudamon warned. "For a rookie level, Falcomon is very tough to beat. She can disappear in mid air."
"We'll take that into consideration, but right now…" Tucker said, taking his key in his hands. "We have to save Danny."
The key began to glow through the boy's fingers, the light spreading to Kapurimon.
"Kapurimon…digivolve to…Hagurumon!" The gear emerged from the light with a triumphant smile on his face.
"One more time, Tucker." He laughed. "Right." The boy replied, allowing the light to return. "Hagurumon digivolve to…Guardromon!"
Tucker gave a salute as the metal robot took off into the sky, soon to be lost in the mass of clouds.