Chapter 14 – Leomon's Return (Almost)

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Jeri's POV

Jeri woke up in a forest.

"Huh?" she muttered, rubbing her eyes. "Where am I?"

"You are in Primary Village," said a voice from behind her, scaring almost bad enough for Jeri to hit her head on the branch above. "Sorry if I have startled you."

Pulling out her Digivice, she saw that the Digimon was an Elecmon, the Rookie level of Leomon.

"You have been brought here for a reason," Elecmon said. "You obviously have no partner with you."

As Elecmon said this, Jeri was flooded with memories of Leomon.

"He was killed by Beelzemon," she said quietly.

"That is only half true," Elecmon replied, stepping closer. Jeri's ears perked up. "He was deleted from this world, but Digimon do not simply die. They reappear here, in Primary Village as a Digi-Egg."

At this, Jeri could have jumped for joy if the branches would let her. "Really?!" she shrieked, causing Elecmon to cover his ears.

"Yes, but please be quieter, will you," Elecmon started to walk off. "Please follow me."

Jeri followed him, ducking under the branches every once in a while. They wound up in a village with toys everywhere. Every step she took made her bounce. Looking down, she saw that the ground was made of elastic.

"What's with the ground?" Jeri asked, bouncing up and down.

"It's to make sure that the children are not hurt if they fall down," Elecmon replied, turning a corner.

As they stepped into the center of the town, Jeri saw a large fountain. At the sides of the fountain were numerous Digi-Eggs of every color.

"Wow," she said quietly. "That's a lot of Digi-Eggs."

"Yes, and this one is yours," Elecmon said, handing her a Digi-Egg. It was orange and black, with some yellow on the top. "This is Leomon's egg."

Jeri took the egg with extreme care. Looking over it, she asked how long it would take to hatch.

"Depends," Elecmon said. "It could take anywhere from hatching in a few seconds to hatching in over a month."

"So I can only wait for now?" Jeri asked.

"That is correct," Elecmon replied.

Footsteps started to echo down the street, and Jeri and Elecmon turned to see who it was.

"Henry?" Jeri asked.

"Jeri! You need to hear this!" Henry sped up until he was next to Jeri. "I just found out that we have a new problem."

"A new problem?" she said. "What is it?"

"You remember the D-Reaper? Well, there is something more powerful that is deleting the Digital World," Henry said quickly.

"What? More powerful than the D-Reaper?"

"That was my first response as well," Henry said. "Anyway, you'll never guess what it is."

"A MaloMyotismon?" she asked.

"No, but good guess," Henry replied.

"Then what?"

"Us," Henry said. "As in humans in general. The Tamers are the only ones that can help the Digimon now."

"At least I can help this time," Jeri said, holding up the egg. "This contains Leomon."

"That's great, Jeri," Henry said. "Do you know where anyone else is?"

"No, I woke up in the forest near here," Jeri told him.

"Hmm. I guess we just have to find them then."

With that, the two set off, with a new objective on their agenda: Find the Tamers AND the Digimon.