Chapter 3

Part 1-Choice.

Robin was bored out of his mind. The wacky animals had gone on some sort of mission. That girl in the white robes was talking to the geezer about "destiny" and other boring stuff. Michael was talking to some guy in military clothes. Matilda was doing some of her Yoga stuff; for once not trying to kill anyone. And then there was that blonde girl over in the corner.

Robin went over to talk to her:

- "So, what's your name?"

The girl frowned before replying:

- "Paula. Paula Carter." in a slightly confused tone.

- "And the frown?" Robin asked.

- "Nothing, just some stupid idea." the girl replied, shaking her head. "By the way, what's your name?"

- "Robin Copper." Robin said and held out his hand.

Paula took it and shook it firmly.

- "Nice to meet you." she said. "So, what do you think of all of this?"

- "You mean the place, or how we came here?"

- "Well we'll start with the place."

- "Strange. And calm. Too calm."

- "Yeah, thought about that too. No bugs, no birds, no nothing. And what's with all those signs. It's weird."

The old man suddenly catched their attentions with a loud cough.

- "Through discussion with your lovely friend here, I have asserted that you are indeed humans. There is but one test left to perform. On this table lies eight "crests", six of which correspond to one of your persons. I ask of you to have patience with me; once this final test is done, I will explain everything. Just go to the table and pick up the crests, one after one. Pick one of them, and the test will be over."

- "Yeah, ok, whatever." Robin muttered and crossed the room to check those stupid things.

Robin picked up the first one and looked at it. Some brass crap with an orange glass shard in it. The second one was just as stupid, only blue. Robin turned to the third. It was red, with some kind of twisted heart on it. He shrugged, and picked it up when a warm feeling spread from the hand and through his body.

- "Hey, old man, I'll take this one."

- "Then the crest of love is yours, young man. Next, please."

- "Wait, love?"

- "Yes, love"

- "That's strange. Shouldn't the one with love be a girl?"

- "Do you want another crest?"

- "Whatever." Robin shook his head. "Just go on."

- "Then I believe that your lovely companion in the red dress is up next."

Paula took the orange one almost immediately. Next up was that guy with hook-crosses. He picked the blue one. Michael had to go through the whole heap before taking one with grey glass in it. Destiny-girl picked a purple one and then Old Man put a green one on Matilda, barely avoiding her counter to this "attack".

- "Now that that's sorted out." Old man massaged his nose. "I believe it is time to tell you about the reason you're here."

- "Here we go." Robin sighed.

Part 2-Exposition

Michael studied Manuel in detail. Something was bugging him. Michael could read people pretty well, and something with this old man was, off. Oh well. Might as well listen to him.

- "This is the Digital World, a dimension created by the lost data from your own world."

- "Great, great, get on with the story." Robin interrupted.

- "Well, if you insist. Approximately twenty years ago, a fiend of enormous power rose to power and went on a rampage, destroying many innocent Digimon, that's the name of our world's inhabitants." He added before continuing. "The name of this demon was VenomMyotismon, and not even the Sovereigns, the gods of our world, could stop him. Therefore, Operation:Genesis was started." Manuel paused to breathe.

- "The Sovereigns assigned a group of the finest specialists in a large number of subjects to create the ultimate Digimon to stop VenomMyotismon. In the end, we succeeded. Eight powerful Digimon were created, and in a climactic battle, the enemy was defeated. However, the power needed drained the digital world and turned large parts of it into a wasteland. We tried everything, but despite our sacrifices, the Digital World is dying. As a last pitch attempt, I summoned you here to help us. You see, it is theorized that our world was originally spawned from yours, and it is our hope that you will be able to restore it as well." He paused, looking at the children with hope and, was that guilt in his eyes.

- "So, what are we supposed to do?" Michael asked.

- "Just go out into the world and look around. I am not really certain what the effects of humans in the Digital World are, but hopefully you will discover that on your journey. Any questions?"

- "Yeah, why us? Did we win the lottery?"

This question seemed to make Manuel feel a bit awkward, though he hid it well:

- "The spell I used summoned the most suitable people .There is a reason that you are here rather than some other people. Anything more?"

After about one minute of silence Manuel apparently decided that there wasn't anything more to say:

- "So that is it then. Move out." Manuel added in what was probably meant to be a joking tone.

- "Wait, what about food? Michael called out, remembering that they weren't in the city anymore.

- "That, will not be a problem. I do not know how much energy humans need to survive, but this area is rich with all kinds of food, and should you leave it, you will probably have learned enough of our world to find food wherever you are going."

- "Okay, let's go then!" Michael told the others, he had gotten an idea.

- "But…"

- "Let's go!" Michael concluded in a tone that actually got the others on their feet.

- "Okay then." Matilda added in, apparently catching on to his plan. "Let's go."

The others, still a bit suggestive from everything, rose and followed Michael and Matilda out. Once out, however, Michael quickly went off track, holding up a finger to his mouth and moving closer to the cave again. From the position he had chosen, he was completely invisible from the cave, while still being able to hear what was said inside. That smartass dog was talking to Manuel.

- "Wow, you screwed up big time."

- "Yes, but on the other hand you didn't exactly perform your part of the plan."

- "Still, it doesn't make you a better liar, either."

Part 3-Phone call

After a while, Timothy was let out, William needed to use the toilet, and the other boys were bored of locking him in anyway. Too few screams for mercy.

Anyway, after being stripped of his book (which he had finished, anyway) Timothy got going for the library. He needed a new book to read, and it was a place as good as anywhere to go. It wasn't as if he had to go home anytime soon.

While going there, however, he was interrupted by a loud beeping noise. It was his mobile phone.

"That's odd" Timothy thought. Nobody had his number as he only used it to play games on. Anyway, someone had called him. Timothy picked up the phone. It was a hidden number calling him.

Timothy pressed the small button on his phone, accepting the call.

A bright light, and then, a forest.

Disclaimer: I do not own Digimon. Neither do I own any Digimon except for those that are created by me. They are owned by their owners. I do however own any and all characters I have created on my own and they may not be used by anyone else except those who want to (though it would be kind to ask first).