A/N: To the onetruepanda, I kinda knew what the caps thing was, I do it too. I was embarrassed that I hadn't updated. Anyways, I digress. Here's you guys' new chapter!
Chapter 5: Destined
"Good, you're here human." Datamon said as Lucemon, Lopmon and I entered the laboratory where the annoying Cyborg type digimon worked. Said digimon then rushed over to me and grabbed my hand, pulling me towards a strange green glow. To my surprise, the green light seemed to glow more as I approached. "I only noticed it recently, but two of the D-Vices were acting funny, I had to use various types of Digizoid to create them, but they all used an orb of black corrupt data, allowing the human digisoul to power a digimon instead of weaken it, but when I checked on the remaining models, I was surprised to find two of the orbs, supposedly black, glowing two different colors!"
I looked into the case and saw five bracelets, all made out of various types of metal, but two caught my eye. One was mostly dark grey, I assumed it was an alloy of Black and Chrome Digizoid, with a faintly glowing purple orb. The other seemed to beg for my attention, almost forcing my gaze to it. It was made of Gold Digizoid, with a brightly glowing green orb set into it, I wanted... no. I needed that bracelet. I felt myself reaching for it without thinking, when I felt myself zone back into reality when my wrist was hit with a ruler.
"Don't touch the D-Vices, I need to run some tests while you're here." Datamon scolded. "I'm currently working on a theory that would explain why you and that girl are here, and why the corrupt data has changed colors." The Ultimate leveled digimon explained. "So far the only things to go on are that when you got closer to the D-Vice giving off the green glow, the light brightened, leading me to assume that the D-Vice that is glowing purple must be reacting to the annoying girl I found in my lab. Anyways, I need to ask you some question."
"Sure, if you answer some of mine first." I replied.
"Why you-" Datamon began fuming, but calmed down when he glanced behind me. I assumed Lucemon was giving him a stern glare. "Fine, I acquiesce to your terms." The little cyborg growled as he crossed his arms in frustration.
I shrugged, I knew the little jerk didn't like me, but currently, I was in his lab, so I behaved. But I didn't tell him about the flash of red light that burst from the seam in the case the D-Vices were in.
A man with black hair and stone grey eyes, sighed as he looked at a prisoner chained to the wall opposite him through his glasses. The prisoner's head was shrouded by darkness, but the black haired man knew what he looked like anyway. What did catch his eye was the strange tattoo on his left forearm. The design was simple, four triangles, one inside a circle with the other three touching one of the center triangle's points with their own. If the circle were filled in he would have described it as a hazard symbol, like the ones shown in nuclear power plants. "Tony... we don't have to do this the hard way."
The prisoner, Tony, spoke up. "We both know you don't have the guts to hurt your best friend Frank."
Frank sighed again. "Sadly Tony, we're no longer friends. We stopped being friends when you started destroying our bases." He ran his fingers through his military-cut black hair. "We just want to know a few things, then we can let you go, with a limiter on of course." Frank looked at his prisoner, his former best friend and teammate. "They've dubbed you as the 'Renegade' you know."
Tony laughed, he laughed for a whole minute before his laughter quieted down into a few giggles. "Seriously? I blow up a few bases, kill a few thousand people, and that's what they call me?" Tony wasn't displeased, in fact it was just the opposite. Tony was amused that such feats were only summed up to a non threatening word. "I would have thought they'd have picked something like 'Black Death,' or 'Dark Demon' as my nickname, but I guess my worries were unfounded."
"It's to refer to the fact that you defected to save some data." Frank said emotionlessly. "I want to give you a chance Tony, because at one point you were my friend."
"Alright ask away, though I can't promise answers to some questions." Tony replied cheerfully.
"First, why did you defect?"
"Because what we were doing was wrong. What I did was wrong." Tony's voice lost all traces of mirth.
Frank wrote something down on a clipboard. "Right. Second, what happened to the digi-egg you left with?"
Tony didn't answer for a full minute. "It became a monster."
"Uh huh. Third, how did you destroy our bases?"
"Brute force baby."
"Hmm..." Frank stopped to listen to something that was being said in his earpiece. He had requested that he conduct this interrogation without surveillance. "Alright, next question, where do you keep the digimon you free from prison camps?
"Sorry, but I can't tell you that one." Tony replied.
Frank decided that he would ask that one later, after he finished asking the rest of his questions. "What does that tattoo on your arm symbolize?"
"The Digital Hazard, the embodiment of absolute destruction."
Frank narrowed his eyes, if the army could find and extract the power of this 'Digital Hazard' that Tony just revealed, then they could crush the stronghold that the digimon rebellion's leader was holed up in. "And where can you find this power?"
Tony scoffed. "You can find it wherever the container is."
"Yes, but where is the container?"
"The container of the Digital Hazard is a digimon known as Megidramon, which hasn't existed since near the dawn of the digital world." Tony replied.
"How do we know that Megidramon is not still in existence?" Frank asked, he was finally getting somewhere.
"Trust me, you'd know if Megidramon was in existence." Was Tony's final answer, and despite more questions, he refused to speak more on the subject.
"Fine, onto the next topic. What do you know about another rebel calling themselves 'Shinigami?' Is he one of your Cohorts?" Tony asked his final question, he hadn't been planning on asking this question but when news of this 'Shinigami' character arrived, the higher ups had notified him immediately and told him to ask Renegade about it.
"Shinigami?" Tony's voice questioned. "Isn't that some kind of god of death to the japanese?" He then raised his voice as another, more important realization (to him), hit him. "Wait, why does that guy get a cool nickname associated with death?!"
"You know, I would be more worried about yourself." Frank told his former comrade.
"Hey Frank?" Tony suddenly asked, seeming tired. "I want you to get out of this building right now and if any other members of the squad are here, take them with you."
Frank sighed, "Tony, those shackles prohibit Digisoul. You'll be unable to use your abilities as long as you're here."
Tony sighed, feeling more tired than he had before. "You know, Sandy rejected my offer too." He told Frank sadly. "Don't you think that it's strange that the man that's infamous for destroying military bases and slaughtering small armies just happened to get caught off guard by a small patrol?"
Frank's eyes widened as he realized what Tony was saying and was about to call to his superiors to reinforce defenses when an explosion rocked the base. "What the hell was that!?" Frank asked Tony in fear.
"That, is the monster."
To say that Phoebe was bored was an understatement. It would be more accurate to say that she was her brain was on the verge of shutting down due to the lack of stimuli. Her green eyes dull and her brown hair messy and in front of her eyes, she grumbled to the white rabbit digimon that followed her. "I can't believe mom and dad told me I can't play outside anymore."
The white rabbit was a Lunamon, and while she agreed with the decision Phoebe's parents had made, it didn't make her feel any less empathy for the girl she considered her charge. "Well lady Phoebe, I've heard that cooking is a good way to pass the time." She squeaked out.
Phoebe's personality did a 180 as she gasped in excitement. "Do you think I can use a knife!"
Lunamon immediately regretted suggesting the option to the girl. But when she saw the gleam in the teen's eyes that had been missing for over a week now, she couldn't force herself to say no. "W-well, I suppose it would depend on what you were cooking, and if you were very careful..."
Lunamon didn't finish the sentence due to Phoebe squealing in joy and picking up the small rookie. "Yay! To the kitchen!" The teen laughed in joy as she ran to the kitchen located in the manor her parents had bought in the digital world. She was really lucky she was the daughter of John Drake, the inventor of the HEAD and DCD.
When the girl reached the door that led to the kitchen, she found it locked. "Oh well, I guess you'll have to try to cook another day." Lunamon said, trying to get Phoebe away from the door.
"No, no, I think I've got it this time." Phoebe said as she pictured the inside of the kitchen. With a soft VWIP sound, she was gone, and Lunamon was worried that she had ended up in the ceiling again. Then the rabbit heard a lock click and the kitchen door swung open. There stood Phoebe, grinning like a madwoman. It was easy for Phoebe to teleport short distances if she could see them, but whenever she had tried to teleport where she couldn't see... well, the ceiling was one of the better times she had attempted it. "See, I told you." Phoebe stuck her tongue out at her constant friend.
Lunamon sighed. "I still think you should tell your parents about this Milady."
Phoebe ignored her and got to work on some carrot stew, she filled up a pot and put it on the stove to boil, she then got out a cutting board and a large kitchen knife, one much larger than she probably needed, and grabbed some carrots from the fridge before she felt something pulling at her consciousness. She turned around and saw a large red oval, and she could feel something calling to her from inside. "Luna, I think we should go through that." Phoebe said in a daze.
"Yeah." Luna agreed, all thoughts of her's were drowned out by the need to reach what that portal offered just beyond reach.
Phoebe dropped the carrots and grabbed the kitchen knife unconsciously. Then the girls walked into the portal, not seeing it close behind them.
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As soon as Phoebe and Lunamon stepped out of the portal, whatever spell was cast upon them broke. "Oh no, we need to go back!" Lunamon said as she realized what she and Phoebe had just done. The two turned around just in time to see the oval shrink out of existence.
Phoebe laughed nervously. "Well, at least we have each other?" The girl was bad at comforting her digimon, and both knew it. "Well, we can't go back, so I suggest we go forward!" She said with a fake smile on her face.
Lunamon simply nodded in agreement, and Phoebe picked her up so they could move faster. Phoebe noticed the knife in her hand and smiled. Maybe she would find someone to play with in the forest they found themselves in.
Renamon had been waiting for her chance, ever since that Deputymon had volunteered to guard her cell personally. While she would admit that she wasn't the brightest color in the crayon box, she was fiercely loyal to Koharu, and knew she had to escape to help her mistress.
While the living revolver paced in front of her cell, far enough away he was certain the vixen couldn't reach out to grab him, he whistled a jaunty tune, and thought that maybe he should show the fox his cell keys, it wasn't as if she could reach them. He smirked under his bandanna and grabbed the cell keys, he spun them on one of his fingers, and released it into the air.
Unfortunately, this was the exact opportunity that Renamon had been waiting for. "KOHENKYO!" Deputymon was extremely confused when he found himself staring at Renamon in the position he was in less than a second ago. Renamon grabbed the keys in the air before walking in the direction of Koharu's cell.
When she reached the cell, she wondered if it was a good idea to take the girl out of a sound-proofed cell. She decided that her mistress was more important than her already fragile sanity, and quickly opened the door to the cell. "What took you so long?" wasn't the response the fox had expected.
"It took time to get the keys and leave." Renamon replied in her usual monotone.
"Well, I suppose it doesn't matter then. We need to get out of this prison and find a hiding place, I'm sure they'll look for us when they realize we've disappeared." Koharu said, she was angry at the digimon that had trapped her here, and she wasn't going to try to be their friend anymore. Renamon noticed that the green bowtie Koharu had been wearing previously had disappeared. The strangest thing was that Koharu's outfit was plain, without some kind of weird accessory. This worried the digimon, Koharu always had some weird quirky item to accentuate the fact that she was different from everyone else.
"Yes mistress." Renamon said in her emotionless monotone.
"Oh, and digivolve right now. I want us to be ready for whatever might happen." Koharu said curtly. Renamon silently complied.
'Please come back to me Koharu...' Were the fox's thoughts as she changed into her preferred form Youkomon.
"Hmm... as I thought." Datamon said as he finished questioning me. "It appears that the D-Vices have evolved beyond their original programming. Perhaps when Artur used his digisoul ability on his D-Vice to change it into those goggles, it's possible that it bonded to his digisoul signature." Datamon explained. "Due to the fact that it's in the D-Vice's nature to communicate with other digital entities, it's possible that the remaining D-Vices underwent a 'software update' of sorts. Looking for other humans with Digisoul capabilities, and possibly a mindset similar to Artur's."
"Artur is against killing. I have no such qualms." I interrupted.
"Yes, but what if it decided that the requirements that needed to be met were simply a past and fragmented mind." Datamon mused. "It would make sense that due to Artur's past, he has some cognitive issues, and that girl definately has some kind of problem, plus your disregard for the lives of your own species probably stems from some childhood trauma."
"Yeah, I'll stop you right there." I interrupted again. This digimon's ability to piece together information was extraordinary, but he was wading into dangerous waters, and I didn't want to snap and kill him yet. "Why was Lopmon chosen as my partner?"
Datamon scoffed. "The D-Vices don't actually choose the partner, you channel your digisoul while thinking of a specific digimon and that digmon is then bonded to you and the D-Vice."
That was enough for me. "Alright, then let's get this over with." I told Datamon, who nodded and pulled out the case with the D-Vices.
"Alright, pick up the one that glows for you." Datamon explained what I'd already figured out.
I just smiled and nodded. He opened the case and my attention was immediately drawn to the golden bracelet with the glowing green gem set in it. I reached out and grabbed it immediately. The moment I touched it, I felt the pull disappear entirely. I lifted the bracelet and looked closer at it, there was nothing strange about it, just gold digizoid and a lime green orb. I realized that the orb had stopped glowing, but retained the color of the light it had given off.
"Now focus on the digimon that will be your partner, and channel your digisoul into the D-Vice." Datamon instructed.
I remembered my promise to the girl that Lopmon had called Suzanne. 'The best way to protect Lopmon would be with my Digisoul, since that would mean that once she reaches her higher levels, the human soldiers won't be able to hurt her.' I quickly made my decision as I focused on the brown rabbit digimon that had followed me through the portal. I saw the D-Vice glow in a blinding light as I felt it change shape in my hand. I looked down and saw a pair of headphones with no cord. It's main color was the lime green that the orb had taken, with several golden highlights on the body. I didn't have a phone, but I saw some people put headphones around their neck, so I mimicked that, and the pair of headphones fit perfectly.
"Whoa." Lopmon, whom had been a silent observer during the entire ordeal spoke in amazement, I imagined it was also because the rabbit digimon felt a surge of energy when she was partnered to me.
"Welcome to the team." Artur spoke from the doorway, I didn't know when he had gotten there, but he was there nonetheless.
"Tony, Tony! Did I do good?" A large black reptile with bat-wing-like ears and the Digital Hazard imprinted on it's torso asked the man that had previously been shackled to a wall. They stood among the rubble of the base that the man had wished to destroy. The man had a small beard growing, most would call it stubble, and a scar down cheek, his light brown eyes settled on the digimon he considered his son. It was no surprise considering that he had raised the reptile from an egg himself. He ran his fingers through his short black hair and thought about how BlackGuilmon had done.
"Well, you destroyed the base." He saw the look of pride on his surrogate son's face, then added. "With both of us inside." BlackGuilmon's face immediately changed from pride to nervousness. "You freed me from my bonds, but didn't give me enough time to find my sword." The man now stood in a rugged camo outfit, along with a tattered cloak. "But I did get most of my stuff. So I guess you pass. You can join me on missions from now on."
BlackGuilmon was relived and smiled at his 'father.' "So what do we do next?"
"Well, first I'm going to find my sword, then we're gonna track down a guy that calls himself Shinigami." Tony replied as he looked at the rubble around him. He sighed as he realized it would take days to find the sword that he found awhile back. "So, let's get digging."
Phoebe giggled as she walked away from a dead Commandramon, it was dissipating into data as it's comrades had already done. "That was fun! I can't wait for the next friends to play with!"
Lunamon trailed behind her human, and wondered if she could have stopped this situation from happening.
A/N: Jeez, this is the longest chapter I've written for anything. Ever. 3,344 words. But I felt I had to get this out. I actually have the next two chapter's written out, and plan to type them soon too. I'll try to get a chapter of KaAC out today too, but It might have to come out tomorrow. I meant to update on Wednesday, but my computer's internet is stupid and I couldn't get it to work with my phone's internet either. So that's the reason this chapter's out late. For those of you that have read my other SYOC fics, do you want me to just leave them alone, or write out how I wanted them to go. I know how I wanted them to go, but I just can't get into the mindset to write them anymore. Anyways, let me know and I'll see what I can do. Hope you guys enjoy! Oh, and I didn't show one of the OCs yet, but don't worry, she'll get her time to shine soon! :P