Chapter 8: The Fourth Digimon

File Inn- Night

Everyone else had managed to fall asleep but me, I was still a bit shaken by what I had experienced in that security room, I knew that I probably should have accepted the excuse that Rosemon gave me, but something deep in my gut wouldn't accept it, some nagging doubt that just wouldn't go away, it kept me from sleeping, well that and Ross' snoring. I hated sharing a bed with someone I barely knew, but it was either that or the floor.

I happened to move my eyes towards Hawkmon, who slept curled up at the end of the bed like a dog. I never really gave it too much thought until now… but it sucked I was the only one in the group without a Digimon, it made me the weakest link by default, and I never liked the idea of being weak. I'm sure if Sam were here she'd tell me I was over thinking it and that I'd get one eventually. But she was all the way back in the real world, probably wondering why I hadn't come out of my room in two days.

I couldn't help but be envious of the other Digidestined, having a partner of their own, someone familiar with this insane world to confide in when it frightened them, someone to protect them when powerful Digimon tried to kill them, I wondered if I'd ever find mine? Who would it be? Would they even like me?

I tried to push the thoughts from my head, I always tried my best to stay positive, be the optimist not the cynic. But sometimes my mind just went off into negativity, uncontrollably. I tried to force the change by thinking about the day I came here… a day that had started like so many others…

Two Days Ago…

Dublin Ireland, Afternoon

"Yeah I'm going to be home soon Sam, I just got done riding through town… okay I'll see you soon…. Love you too… bye." I said to Sam over the phone before hanging up, I had taken my usual motorbike ride through town. I loved the freedom and rush that came with bikes, the wind in my hair, the speed, the danger, it made me feel alive. With a twist of the gear I was homeward bound. Sam could be so pushy sometimes I swear, but as I raced through the streets of Dublin, suddenly a tramp walked into the middle of the road! Panicking I skidded the bike in a desperate attempt to avoid hitting him, thankfully I managed to stop the bike before I hit the poor man.

The man however just stood there like a deer in the headlights, he didn't even seem the least bit bothered by the fact I had almost killed him. "Watch where you're going! I almost hit you!" I said, hoping to get some kind of reaction out of him.

However, he just reached into his pocket and tossed a disc at me, out of instinct I caught it, before I could say anything he just turned around, and left. I shook my head, picked by bike off the ground, and rode off.

Later…

I pulled into the apartment me and Sam shared together, getting off my bike, I took the disc out of my pocket to get a closer look at it, "Digidestined" it said in black marker, was that even a word? I didn't even know… but whatever, I should probably just toss the thing, but some part of me really wanted to know what was on it. I slowly entered our apartment, there Sam laid on the couch, half covered in a blanket, "Oh hey Kate." She welcomed me.

I placed my helmet on the floor near the door, "Hey Sam." I said, I debated whether or not I wanted to tell her about the tramp, but I ultimately decided against it. Deciding to head into my room instead.

The room wasn't much to look at, the only thing I was interested in was the computer, almost automatically, I placed the strange disc into my computer. With a simple whir and click the disc retreated back into my PC, an icon labeled "Click Me" appeared on the Desktop. Almost instantly I clicked on it, the screen then went black before text appeared.

Connection established/

/ Welcome Kate Peterson to the DIGITAL WORLD

/ Please enter "Yes" or "No" if you wish to know more."

I began to think that tramp just gave me a computer game, well I had nothing better to do today so why not? I typed yes.

"/ Thank you, Digidestined of Ireland, you are but one of a chosen few that will save the Digital World from those who enslave it."

Yup, definitely a computer game, although what kind of game I didn't know, I wasn't exactly a gamer, video games were more Sam's thing than mine. But then… the text continued.

"/ You seek adventure don't you Kate? The thrills, the dangers, you live for it, but you seem to be stuck in your average boring life… You wish to be free… free to see the world for all it's splendor..."

How did it know that? I had to admit, as much as I loved Sam, sometimes I wished I could go on adventures all over the world, explore and be free, Sam was more of a stay at home kind of person. The text continued…

"/ We can give you the adventure you seek Kate, we only ask that you help us to free ourselves.

Type "Yes" or "No" to proceed..."

I must have stared at that screen for what felt like hours, not sure what to do, or even what was happening! But still… I couldn't bring myself to say no… I typed yes… and one final message appeared before everything went white.

"/ Thank you, we hope you find what you seek..."

Present Day...

Sometimes I wondered if I had made the right decision in accepting that disc's offer, or if I should have just went back to my usual life. This "adventure" was a bit more than I bargained for. I reached into my pocket and pulled out my Digivice, the buttons still did f**k all, as I guessed my lack of a Digimon left it unable to activate. If I had known this was what waited for me after that message, I wondered if I still would have said yes…

I put it back in my pocket, and soon drifted off into sleep, trying not to let my dark thoughts hit me again…

The next Day…

"OH SICK! ROOM SERVICE!"

I shot awake as I saw Ethan and Gaomon carrying two silver trays. It seems the hotel had given us breakfast. "A little louder Ethan! I was almost able to keep sleeping!" Ross growled from next to me.

Hawkmon began to flutter around the trays, "Oh do hurry! I'm starved!" He said, hovering around Ethan like a mosquito. If there's one thing I've learned about Digimon in my short time being here, it's that they loved food, I remember they were a lot like this when the rebels gave us a meal back at camp too.

Jason and Commandramon soon joined us, "What did they give us?" He asked, rubbing his eyes, letting me know he had just gotten up. Ethan placed the tray on one of the beds and took the lid off, revealing a giant ham with utensils to carve it. "That… is a big ham," Jason commented.

Without even a second thought we began to tear into it, all the fears of what I had discovered had all melted away in favor of a good meal and conversation with friends. Over this short adventure we never really got a chance to really chat and be like friends. Always either too busy or being interrupted by random attacks by the Digimon King. It was refreshing to say the least.

Ethan told us about the misadventures he used to get into with his skater friends, Ross told us tales of costumers he had at his tattoo parlor, Jason entertained us with crazy stories about things that happened at his job, we all had stories to share, memories to recount. It was by far the best part of this adventure.

Even the Digimon seemed to enjoy it, despite them not knowing a thing about our own world, they still followed along anyway, laughing along with us, even Commandramon seemed jovial, something I don't think I've ever seen from the little fella. It was weird, we had only known each other for a day or two, but yet we got along like we had always known each other…

I even got to tell the story of how Sam and I went fishing, and she got pulled into the lake by a boat once. Something Sam always bopped me on the head for telling when we hung out with our own friends. Sometimes I wish Sam could have come with me, she would have loved this place.

After we had finished the meal, he all debated whether we wanted to just strike out on our journey again or hang around a little longer, me and Jason wanted to just leave, but Ross and Ethan both wanted to stay, Hawkmon and Gaomon both voted to stay with only Commandramon siding with us as far as Digimon went. So we were out numbered and decided to hang around a little longer.

We all left to do different things, Ethan wanted to check out the pool area, Gaomon electing to go with him to quote "keep an eye on him", Ross and Hawkmon decided to stay in the room. Jason and Commandramon chose to check around the hotel a bit, Commandramon claiming to want to "scope out the area for threats". Leaving me to explore the hotel on my own… again.

As I walked down the same hall I walked down last night something struck me, I was the only one here, I didn't even see so much as a bellhop out here. It struck me as odd, considering just how many Digimon had been here the night before. Maybe it was just early in the day? Perhaps, but it still unsettled me.

I kept up my pace as I rounded the corner, still no one in the halls, were we the only ones up? Then who brought our meal up to our room? I stopped when I heard footsteps behind me, I turned to see something duck behind one of the potted plants that littered the halls. Someone was following me, I turned my head to make it look like I was going to continue on my way, but then took a sudden turn to catch my stalker, it worked like a charm as the figure had moved to follow me before my eyes locked on to him.

It was Psychemon, he jumped when I turned in his direction, and began to cower in fear again, basically his default position from what I've seen of him. "Why are you following me?" I asked him.

Psychemon took a minute to answer, fearful of what I might do to him no doubt. "I… I'm sorry! I just… I wanna make sure you don't… don't go somewhere you're not supposed to," said Psychemon, twiddling his thumbs a little, not unlike a child who just got caught doing something he shouldn't have.

I hated to admit it, but I didn't have it in me to stay mad at Psychemon, he was kind of adorable with how shy and timid he was, and I understood he was just trying to do his job, and avoid the wrath of his boss. So I walked over to him and gave him a little pat on the head, he seemed confused by the gesture but accepted it anyway. "It's okay, I understand, I'm sorry I got you in trouble last night," I told him.

Psychemon didn't speak, only giving a small nod and a tiny whimper, so I decided to leave him alone. I think I've stressed the poor thing out enough already. Besides, I had some more exploring I wanted to do before the day was out.

Meanwhile…

Pool Area…

One could question the wisdom of trying to swim in a pool when you didn't have swim trunks with you, or even an extra change of clothes, but the prospect of a good swim was just too good to pass up. So I had stripped to my underwear and made a b-line for the pool, boxers worked as swimwear right?

Strangely enough me and Gaomon were the only ones there, but it didn't matter to me, it only meant I had the pool all to myself, and what a pool it was! It was massive! And the water was clear as crystal. I wasted no time in jumping in, the refreshing splash of water on my skin wiped out whatever grogginess I once had.

When I came back up I noticed Gaomon was still sitting poolside, "Dude you coming in? Water's great!" I called to him.

Gaomon shook his head, "I'm good." He said, god he was such a sourpuss sometimes! You'd think a dog Digimon would be a bit more fun.

I swam up to the side of the pool, "Come on man, don't be such a stick in the mud!" I said, trying to get my Digimon to at least try to have a little fun for once in his life.

But Gaomon stood firm, "I… I'm not exactly the swimming type." He said, wait… I think I know what's going on here! I noticed the way he looked at the water with a hint of unease.

I grew a little smirk, "You can't swim can you?" I asked him, Gaomon sort of jumped when I said this, yeah he couldn't swim, it was written all over that fuzzy face of his. I couldn't help but chuckle a little, Gaomon always acted so tough, but he was afraid of a little water! Wow.

Gaomon growled slightly, "I never learned okay! Besides, I don't like it when my fur gets wet! It gets heavy and I smell bad!" He said, trying to defend himself, I could tell he was embarrassed, and he was more trying to make excuses to himself more than me.

I shook my head, "Whatever man..." I said as I back peddled away, I had a feeling I wasn't going to see much downtime during this little adventure of ours and I was going to enjoy it as much as I could. It was so nice to take a break from all the running for our lives and just relax for once…

Whrrrrrrr...

My eyes shot open as I heard the sounds of a motor going off, before I could even question what it could be a whirlpool began to form around the center of the pool! Someone was draining it, why I couldn't even begin to comprehend but this was bad, I was still in here and the current it was creating was quite strong! "DUDE! TURN IT OFF! THERE'S SOMEONE IN HERE!" I called out, but if anyone heard me they didn't show it as the pool continued to drain, it was getting harder and harder to stay afloat at the current kept trying to drag me under, like someone was grabbing on my legs and trying to pull me under.

Gaomon noticed what was happening, "ETHAN! GET OUT OF THERE!" He called out, no sh**! What do you think I'm trying to do dude?! But the current was too strong for me as I struggled just to keep my head above water. Who needs a drain this strong anyways?! I then heard a small splash before I got sucked underwater. Oh god I can't believe this is how I'm going to die, one of the chosen four heroes who were supposed to overthrow the Digimon King, killed not by his armies, but by getting sucked down a pool drain.

However I felt something grab me and pull me to shore, I was so out of it I couldn't even keep focused. However after a few seconds I was able to recover, I coughed a little as my eyes began to focus, only to be met with a rather wet Gaomon standing over me, "Ethan? Ethan are you okay?" He asked me.

I know I probably shouldn't be thinking this after nearly drowning, but man did Gaomon look silly with his fur wet, he looked like a blue drowned rat. "Y.. yeah I'm okay," I said, trying to at least put him at ease. I managed to sit myself up, "The hell was that about?!" I asked out loud, who drains a pool like that? It was like someone was trying to get me killed!

Suddenly a cat like creature came running onto the scene, "Sorry! So Sorry! I had no idea you where in there! Please forgive me!" She said, bowing occasionally. Somehow this only made my near death even more embarrassing, I was almost killed by an absentminded white cat! Man would that be an interesting obituary…

Gaomon didn't seem all that forgiving, as I could hear him growl from behind me. "It's okay… I'm alright." I said, hoping to end this conversation before Gaomon tore the cat apart. I guess even Digimon weren't immune to the dogs hating cats cliché. The cat gave another bow before walking off.

I got to my feet as Gaomon crossed his arms, "Something doesn't seem right," He said, "Why would she drain the pool now? It seemed fine to me," He pondered. Yeah it did seem weird they'd drain the pool despite the water being perfectly clean, it's not like they were closing it for the off season or anything. "Come on, let's get you dried off." Gaomon said, with a nod I got up and we left the pool area, the other pool attendees offered us towels and apologies for the mishap… although Gaomon didn't seem to accept said apologies, man could he hold a grudge!

Meanwhile…

Man, I could not get over how nice it was to have slept in a real bed for once, instead of the cold hard ground or that bloody slab of cement masquerading as a mattress I had back home. It was the best I'd ever slept in a long time, Hawkmon had left a couple of minutes ago to use the restroom, leaving me alone in the room, at least until I heard a knock on the door, suddenly a pink bird Digimon came through the door, "Housekeeping!" She said as she entered, she had a maid's apron on and a feather duster in her wing. Before I could say anything she wheeled in her housekeeping cart and went to work, dusting things and cleaning up the occasional bit of trash from the breakfast we had this morning.

I decided to ignore her and catch a little cat nap, I wanted to save as much energy as I could before we decided to hit the trail again, so I can at least look back at it fondly while I inevitably end up having to sleep on the ground again.

However suddenly some bastard decided to firmly place a pillow over my face! "What the hell are you doing?! MPHHH!" I tried to object but whoever was pressing the pillow against my face was pressing it hard enough to make it quite difficult to even breathe, let alone speak. This person was trying to kill me! I thrashed my limbs around hoping to god I managed to get them with a kick or punch but no luck as the pillow stayed pressed against my face.

"HEY! Get off him! What are you doing?!"

That voice was clearly Hawkmon, who thank god managed to finish his business in time to catch me being smothered with a pillow before my would be killer managed to finish the job! I then heard a tackle as the pillow went flying, I took a big gasp as air finally returned to my lungs. I managed to look to see Hawkmon had the maid pinned to the floor as she thrashed about trying to get free.

I guess I shouldn't have been too surprised it was her, she was the only other person in the room at the time. But that didn't answer why she decided to do this, why was she trying to kill me? I doubted Rosemon would appreciate her maid trying to kill her guests! "What the hell is wrong with you?!" Hawkmon snapped at her, "Why were you trying to kill Ross?!" He asked rather forcefully.

The maid grew a remorseful expression "I… I'm sorry! She… she told me to do it! I didn't want to! But I'd lose my job if I didn't at least try!" She said, this only made us even more confused.

"Who did?" I asked, I had a feeling I knew the answer, but it wasn't one that I liked all that much.

The bird seemed to debate answering, but one look at a rather angry Hawkmon told her what would happen if she didn't. "Rosemon! I… I didn't ask why! Please don't hurt me! I'm just trying to keep my job!" She said, yup called it, Rosemon set us up! Why? I had a few theories, but what bothered me more is how easily I stumbled into it, I never even bothered questioning why she was so quick to give us a free room in her busy hotel. Too enthused by the idea of a real bed and a safe room to see how suspicious the situation around me actually was.

Hawkmon looked over to me, "We have to tell the others! Who knows what that woman has planned for them!" He said, with a nod we both rushed out to warn the others, however the second we get out of the room I was hit by something very hard, and everything went black…

Meanwhile…

Me and Commandramon seemed to be on the same page when it came to this place, neither of us trusted it, this was only confirmed when we came to the front door only to find it locked tight from the outside, I even gave it a very forceful shove just to check to see if it wasn't just jammed, it didn't even budge. "What kind of hotel has doors that lock from the outside?" I questioned.

Commandramon tried the door himself, getting a similar result. "One that wants to keep people inside instead of out." He said, the camera thing was suspicious enough on it's own, but this just sealed the deal, something was very rotten in Denmark. Commandramon's eyes then widened as he seemed to see something behind me, "LOOK OUT!" He said before suddenly tackling me to the ground like a linebacker sacking the quarterback.

Before I could even question why he did that I got my answer as a food service cart came crashing into the door! Someone just tried to kill us! With a food cart of all things! Commandramon quickly readied his rifle, before a gray rabbit thing went to retrieve the food cart, he looked at us with savage eyes, making it clear what happened was no accident, "Dammit! Hold still! I'm getting paid double to kill you two! And I'm gonna do it!" He snarled.

Getting paid double? To murder us?! Well if the locked doors didn't confirm Rosemon had ill intentions for us this sure as hell did! Why Rosemon was trying to have her underpaid employees kill us I had no idea! But I was beginning to regret digging into that ham now… for all I know it could have been poisoned! Suddenly the rabbit sent the cart right at us! Me and Commandramon both rolled out of the way of the giant metal contraption of death as it sped right by us. If this were the human world, I would so be giving this hotel a bad review on Yelp!

The cart then crashed into the far wall, tipping over on it's side, but then the rabbit came out from behind it with some rather large knives in his hands, which he proceeded to chuck in our direction like a knife thrower at the circus. Commandramon then fired his gun, shooting each one out of the air before turning to me, "We need to get out of here and warn the others!" He told me, he was right, if they were trying to kill us, no doubt they were trying to kill the others too! I just hoped none of them found success yet!

Both me and Commandramon began to leg it, dodging plates and mugs all along the way, this was insanity! All we did was spend a night! Why were they so intent on trying to kill us?! We eventually managed to lose the insane rabbit in one of the hallways. I took a minute to catch my breath "That… was too close." I said between breaths.

Commandramon then nudged me, before putting a claw to his mouth, telling me to be quiet, I turned to see two hotel workers dragging someone, upon further inspection it turned out to be Ross and Hawkmon, oh god please tell me they weren't dead! Commandramon then began to sneak up to them, me following closely behind.

However I then felt something strike me in the back of the head, and I blacked out…

Meanwhile…

It took me a while to return to the room, but having Psychemon following me had limited my options as far as exploring went, however when I got there, everyone was gone! It was completely empty save for a few bits of furniture, and a pillow on the floor. I expected at least Ross to be here! Something wasn't right, "Where is everyone?" I asked, inspecting the room for any clues, I had this sinking feeling I couldn't quite shake that something was very wrong here… I then noticed Psychemon was in the room, I figured he would have left when he knew I was in my room, he looked very uneasy… like he really wanted to tell me something but for some reason couldn't.

He couldn't even seem to bring himself to make eye contact with me, as he kept looking off to the side, yeah something was going on here, and he knew what it was. "You know don't you?" I asked him. I saw how uncomfortable he got when I asked this, yeah he knew, but he was clearly too scared to tell me, normally I would have threatened him, but it was clear that would only make him clam up more. "Psychemon… please… if you know anything you need to tell me!" I pleaded with him, he only shrunk more inwardly. I could tell by his face he really wanted to tell me, but something was making him reluctant to do so, something he was really afraid of.

"Yes Psychemon, tell her."

I turned to see Rosemon walk in, I stood up, "I knew I shouldn't have trusted you!" I spat at her, I should have known when I saw that security room that she was planning on doing something to us.

Rosemon sighed, "I just want you to know it's nothing personal, Datamon simply made me an offer I couldn't refuse." She explained, "He said if I got rid of the Digidestined, then I would never have to worry about the Digimon King's army again, that every Digimon that came here would be safe from him and his soldiers. How could I say no? I have thousands of refugees and vacationers coming here for safety! I had no choice!" She added.

That BITCH! She sold us out for her god damn hotel! "And you'd risk the Digital World's freedom?! Over a promise you don't even know if he's going to keep?! We're trying to help you people! How could you do this?!" I snapped at her, her logic was so ridiculous! Who did she think these refugees were fleeing from?!

However all she did was grow angry, "And what?! I'm supposed to trust our safety to some humans who don't even know thing one about this place?! How many Digimon will die before you even reach his castle?! That's not even taking into account what will happen if you fail! I'm doing what I think is best, I'm putting the safety of these Digimon before anything else! I was hoping you'd understand, but apparently your own lives are worth more than the lives of the innocent Digimon that come here for safety!" She snapped at me, like she had any moral high ground at all! She then turned to leave, "Psychemon, be a dear and kill her for me? I have other affairs to deal with." She said before leaving.

I was screwed, Psychemon was too scared of Rosemon to defy her, and I knew I stood little chance against him considering how easily he was able to manhandle me last night. "I… I'm sorry..." He said before a spark started to form around his horn.

I had to think of something! There's no way I'd survive whatever it was he was about to fire at me, "Psychemon NO!" I said, causing him to hesitate, he didn't want to hurt me, for whatever reason, it was clear he was only doing this because he was afraid of what Rosemon would do to him if he didn't. "Psychemon you don't have to do this… I can tell you're not a bad Digimon, and that you're only doing this because you're afraid! But listen to me when I tell you you don't have to be afraid! We can help you! Please don't do something you'll regret for the rest of your life!" I pleaded with him.

Psychemon hesitated, but then the spark in his horn grew brighter, "YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND!" He snapped, "I can't go back there! I can't go back to the Nightmare Soldiers after what happened! Rosemon gave me a home! A safe place for me to stay where no one could hurt me ever again! I don't want to kill you… I really don't! But I have to!" He said, I was losing him, he admitted he didn't want to kill me, but he felt he had to… and I kind of understood why, The Nightmare Soldiers were one of the two factions Kentaruosmon had said fell to the Digimon King, I could imagine him not wanting to go back to whatever it was he had turned his homeland into.

I tired to move in closer, "You don't have to! We can protect you! Please just listen to me! I know you aren't like the others… you don't want this!" I said, I could see tears forming in his eyes as I drew in closer, "When I first met you, I wondered why you were always so timid… I think I know why now… you've never had someone try to reach out to you have you? You're always afraid of being hurt… but I promise you… I don't want to hurt you… just like I know you don't want to hurt me." I said, I saw the spark on his horn begin to dim, I was getting through to him… a lesser person would have taken advantage and knock him out, but I didn't want to betray him… he genuinely needed help… "Let me ask you something… are you really happy here?" I asked him.

He took a moment to think about it, his eyes wet with tears as the reality of his life began to hit him, "N… no..." He squeaked… I managed to move closer to him… all he needed was someone to be his friend… someone he could trust would never hurt him… I could tell just by how he looked at me it's all he ever wanted…

I embraced him, "It's okay… you don't have to be afraid anymore..." I told him, trying to comfort him, I heard him sob as the spark from his horn fizzled out, I got through to him! Thank god! I felt a warmth in my pocket, I let Psychemon go before fishing my Digivice out of my pocket, "Digimon Synced" read the screen, me and Psychemon looked at one another for a good solid minute, we both knew what this meant. I finally had my Digimon partner… I never expected it to be the timid bellhop from the File Inn, but life's funny that way I guess.

Me and Psychemon then left the room, "Psychemon, where are the others?" I asked him again, hoping becoming my partner would give him the courage to help us out.

Psychemon wiped the tears from his eyes, "I… I think I know one place they'd be keeping them..." He said, he then began to lead me down the hall, we eventually came to a locked door, Psychemon reached into his pelt and fished out a key, "We never use the ballroom since it's still being renovated, if they're keeping your friends… it's in here." He explained, the door opened with a click, and there they were, all three of them tied together, their Digimon tied together in the far end of the corner.

Gaomon seemed to be the only on conscious as his face lit up when he saw me, "Kate! Thank goodness you're alright, we need to get out of here! This hotel is out of it's mind!" He said, yeah I kind of already knew that. I began to work on untying the Digimon, in case someone decided to interrupt me, it'd be better to have the Digimon out first since they can fight these things and we can't. "They knocked me and Ethan out shortly after we left the pool area… but it's good to see they at least didn't get you." He added.

Gaomon then saw Psychemon approach, "What is he doing here?! He's with them!" He snarled, Psychemon backed off, making a small whimpering sound.

I shook my head, "Not anymore he isn't, long story short, I didn't have a Digimon before, now I do." I said, hoping he'd be able to put two and two together.

However suddenly I was whipped by a vine of all things, knocking me to the ground. I then saw Rosemon walk up to me, putting a foot on my stomach to keep me from fleeing. "I should have known Psychemon wouldn't have the guts to kill you, no matter, I'm more than happy to do it myself!" She snarled.

I was screwed, she was a mega! And only one of us could Digivolve to even Champion, and I sure as hell wasn't going to be able to fight her! And everything had been going so well up to this point too…

A/N- Oh NO! Will our heroes escape Rosemon's thorny clutches? Or will they be pushing up daisies? Find out next time!

Okay… I'm sure you're all wondering how I finally ended up deciding on Kate's partner… FRUIT MACHINE! Yes seriously, I used a website that allows you to enter names into a randomized fruit machine, and went with the Digimon it landed on, which was Psychemon. NewLegacyInc uses the same site to pick the games for their Royal Rumble charity streams which is how I discovered it. And yes, I DO feel ashamed I had to resort to random chance to choose her partner! I'm the best! Ughh…

And I hate to leave you on ANOTHER cliffhanger, but the chapter was getting too long, and it's getting late… so yeah, I kinda had no choice but to end the chapter. Until next time! When in doubt, use fruit machine!

11/3/17: Fixing up typos and prose again, I m bezt ritur!11!