Session 4

Shadows

Elena opened her eyes and checked her watch. It was 6:00 AM, yet it was still dark. It probably wasn't helped by the gun Alice currently had pointed to her head.

"New rule. You can't use your accent." Elena explained as the gun inched closer towards her.

"Why not?" Alice accused as she fired the gun off, only for the bullet to ricochet harmlessly off

"It's a lot more trouble than it's worth." Carinamon added as Astamon got up.

"Miss Alice, an intruder approaches." The jackal mask man thing explained as a boy and some patamon rip-off approached the group. The boy appeared to be dressed in a grey t-shirt with some red lightning bolts, grey and green plaid shorts. A pair of green eyes stared towards them, contrasting with the buzz cut done to his blonde hair.

"Uh... Hi." The boy whispered as his patamon rip-off followed right behind.

"Hi." Elena greeted as the boy just stood there, possibly examining her. As he did so, Swaggy McSwaggypants and his banana came running up to them.

"What do you want?" Alice remarked as the pants-wearing dino stood near the boy.

"Just doing the clothes test." Swaggy explained and whacked the currently unnamed person over the head with his tropical fruit. "He passed."

"Do you seriously have to do that to everyone?" Alice asked and Swaggy walked away without responding. "Answer me, you stupid dino."

"F*** you." The dino whispered as he continued on his merry way, humming something under his breath.

"Seriously." Alice pointed the gun towards the dino, only for her to put it away. "What's his problem?"

As she said that, she made a quick glance behind her. Afterwards, she motioned for her partner to follow behind. Elena and the boy only watched, not really giving a care about it.

"So, you're the new heroes, huh?" A voice announced as a hail of gunfire rained down on them. "I expected something more... interesting. Oh well, it wouldn't have anyhow."

He opened his eyes. They were still by the campfire. But, Alice had left them behind. That, and a pink something or other was now standing over him.

"Oh hi, nya!" The creature announced as he looked up. For some reason, a pink catgirl was standing before them. "What's your name?"

"Joey." He whispered and made a glance down at himself. Judging from his wounds, he had been shot a couple of times along with getting kicked a couple times. He looked over at his patamon lookalike, who was laying right next to him.

"You still got the data?" The rip-off only nodded, only for their savior to snatch the notes up.

"Interesting, very interesting, nya." The catgirl pulled a pen out, writing some stuff down. "Good job."

"If I did a good job, why are you marking it up?" He attempted to get up, only for their savior to grab onto him.

"I'm just giving you additional insider information." As she said that, Elena and Carinamon awoke. "You're father would be quite proud, judging from your knowledge on the subject, nya."

"My father?" Joey whispered as the unknown person released her grip on him and walked over Elena.

"You're a friend of you-know-who, aren't you?" Elena announced and the cat thing giggled.

"Maybe." "Pinky" shouted, handing the files back to Joey. She then walked away, disappearing in a cloud of black dust.

"Okay then." Elena remarked as Joey's gaze focused on her. "Sorry about this."

"It's all... right." Joey mumbled, looking his notes over. After making sure everything was in order, he walked away from the campfire. It was a close call, for him and purple patamon. Their research had been compromised,

"That's not my name." The digimon remarked as the two headed off. Elena attempted to get up, only for Carinamon to rush over to her. She looked down at her watch. It was a quarter to eight. Judging from the sunset that seemed to engulf the surrounding desert, it was probably pm. As she sat up, a loud bang erupted. She ducked, only for the bullet to puncture her shoulder. The chosen made a quick glance down at her arm, finding the transformation had already begun. She only cursed under her breath, motioning for Joey to come back over.

"What should I do?" Joey thought, his gaze going back and forth between his notes and Elena. "I can't endanger my research anymore than I have. But, she might be a big help in the long run."

He pulled a short pole out of his pocket, giving it a slight flick. The pole extended, turning into a staff.

"Let's go, Tsukaimon." The boy decided, unrolling his notes.

"You promised me tea and biscuits!" The digimon accused as the analyzer screen appeared.

Scanning...

Tsukaimon

Rookie, Virus

Special Moves:

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Joey: You still haven't done anything about it.

Tsukaimon: You lied!

Joey: That's in the past, my friend.

Elena only sighed. With the help of Carinamon, she managed to get herself up. Joey came immediately running towards her, notes in hand.

"What do you need?" Joey remarked as Elena took a deep breath. Joey took a step back, his gaze focused on her arm. "Care to explain?"

After a quick explanation from the hybrid and her scorpion, Joey handed the papers over. While he still didn't understand what the beep was going on, he was to help... for now.

"Here we go." Carinamon shouted and pulled one of the sheets out. Unlike the other sheets, which were mostly text, this one was a diagram of a person getting some energy put into them. "This is what we need!"

"Also, where's the shooter?" Elena added as an arrow and some weird cyanish white orbs headed towards them. "I guess that answers my question."

Carinamon placed the paper on the ground, beginning to draw some sort of circle in the sand. As she did that, more arrows were fired at them. The feathered scorpion finished, revealing a small circle with an oval within it.

"There we go." The digimon explained, making a quick glance behind her. For some reason, Alice and Astamon were heading towards them. "What do you want now?"

"Well, that worked." Alice remarked as she headed towards them. As the duo headed towards them, Astamon shot at their attacker. "So, what's the plan?"

"We used this magical circle I created to do something magical." Carinamon explained as Alice gave the circle a quick glance.

"Let's see..." As Alice said that, a cloud of bats flew overhead. "There's a chance of this not working but, that's all part of the game."

"Who the heck are you?" Joey remarked as the trio took a step towards the circle.

"Alice Zwingli, professional gambler." Alice whispered as she cracked a cocky smile.

"Joey Elliot, amateur scientist."

The three took a step forward, slamming their feet onto the circle.

Elena infusion digivolve too... Galenostmon!

Alice infusion digivolve too... NekoGamblermon!

Joey infusion digivolve too... ShadowAngemon!

Scanning...

Arresternostmon

Infusion, Virus

Special Moves: Gale Wing, Memory Blast

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Elena: Hey Jestery!

Jestery: Jestery tired...

Elena: Mistake this!

Jestery: Elena try too hard, still mistake.

Elena: Whatever, Jess.

Jestery: Don't even try.

Scanning...

NekoGamblermon

Infusion/Champion, Data

Special Moves: Lucky Shot, Card of Chance

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Jestery: Yay! Kitty's back!

Alice: Seeriooussly?

Jestery: Alice not interrupt Jestery's fantasy.

Astamon: You do look cute, Miss Alice.

Alice: Shut up, Astamon.

Scanning...

ShadowAngemon

Infusion, Despair

Special Moves:

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Joey: Despair?

TripleQuestionmarks: Despair, a type of digimon usually associated with emotions, not just despair.

Joey: you remind of someone...

TripleQuestionmarks: It's the hat, isn't it? But no matter, I believe you should consider it to meet my partner in crime and I.

Joey: Then who are you people then?

TripleQuestionmarks: Evil Takeru "TK" Takaishi and Evil Hikari Yagami at your service...