"Moving On"
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Two days had gone by since Davis had gone missing and everyone was greatly worried over the boy.
The DigiDestineds had gone to the Digital World to search for him and Izzy had even tried to get into contact with Gennai, but they had been unable to find him anywhere.
Currently, the DigiDestineds had all gathered at the Motomiya apartment to wait with the family for the police to arrive.
"So you think the cops found anything out about Davis?" TK asked.
"I'm not sure, TK. But they have to have a reason for coming here." Matt told him.
David was holding Josie against his side, running his fingers through her hair while Sora was comforting Jun, knowing that the girl was in despair over the disappearance of her baby brother.
"Well, let's hope they do. I haven't been able to find anything on the satellites that I hacked into." Izzy frowned as he held his laptop on his lap.
"I'm sorry, you did what? Isn't that illegal?" David asked looking over at the redhead in shock.
Realizing what he had said, Izzy's face burned with a mortified blush.
"Oh, um, well..." Izzy trailed off nervously.
"I have no issue with this. If we have to resort to extreme measures to find my son, then I have no complaints." David said and it made Izzy relax as he realized he wasn't in trouble.
Even though he wasn't in trouble, Izzy decided not to mention that Willis had hacked into the FBI and CIA computers to see if he could find any information.
The doorbell then rang and everyone jolted in their seats, knowing that it was the police at the door and they prayed that they had found a lead.
Jumping to her feet, Josie rushed over to the door and yanked it open, hoping that her son would be standing on the other side.
Officer Aoyama was the one standing on the other side of the door and he was holding a backpack and soccer bag in his hands.
"Officer Aoyama, did you find him?" Josie asked.
The man had a sad look on his face and gestured for the woman to move out of the way so he could walk inside.
"Mrs. Motomiya, I have some bad news." He said.
This made everyone stare over at the man, feeling despair as they wondered what exactly the officer had to say to them.
Walking over to the door, David placed his arm around his wife and watched as Aoyama lifted the two bags up to show them off to the couple.
"Those are Davis' bags. Where did you find them?" David asked the officer.
Sighing, Aoyama set them down on the floor.
"They were found near an alley. I'm afraid that...your son didn't simply go missing. We believe he may have been abducted." Aoyama revealed.
That revelation made Josie cry out in horror and drop to the floor, sobbing loudly.
Kari covered her mouth in horror as tears sprung to her eyes.
Sora started silently crying as she took Jun in her arms, comforting the older girl as she burst into tears.
Yolei was crying as well, going over to a shocked Ken and pulled him into her arms just as he started to fall to the ground.
Ken felt the same pain in his chest that he had felt on the day his older brother had been hit by that car and was killed.
As for the rest of the male DigiDestineds in the room, they were all caught between wanting to cry or punch something; they were filled with such rage.
After the party was over and everyone left, Davey had carried the cards the Digimon had made for her into her room and searched for places to set them up.
They were placed on her dresser and after she had finished looking them all over, she stripped down and pulled on one of her old pajama tops that went down to her thighs before crawling into bed.
But, when she tried to sleep, she found herself unable to since the mattress was simply too soft.
She had become accustomed to sleeping on a hard, cold floor that smelled of sweat and blood for years and trying to rest on a bed that smelt of lavender and vanilla was difficult.
Also, the warmth had irritated her since she wasn't used to it.
It wasn't winter year round in Russia, but it was naturally colder than many other places.
Grabbing a pillow and her blanket, Davey moved down onto the floor and curled up down there to sleep, finding it easier since sleeping on the mattress felt like she was sinking into it.
Settling down, Davey laid down and jumped when she found Veemon had followed after her and had curled up into her side.
This made her smile and her tail rested over his body before she allowed her body to relax.
Weakened from the whipping she had gone through, to condition her to no longer answer to her birth given name, Red Death was grabbed and dragged off into the training room.
Looking around, she found a tall man dressed in black boots, black pants and a black Kevlar vest standing at the shooting range where he was easily taking out the targets that were in front of him.
"Soldier!" One of the men holding Red Death yelled.
Stopping, the man in black placed his gun down and turned to face the agents walking over to him.
His icy blue eyes landed on the form of Red Death and he had to remember his training to keep his face neutral.
The poor girl looked weak and like she wanted to drop dead at any second.
It was obvious that the agents had been quite vicious with welcoming her into the ranks and this angered the soldier since he didn't like harming children.
"Soldier, meet the Red Death. She's our new asset and you will be training her." Dr, Weber said as he stepped up in front of the man.
Looking the girl over, the Soldier nodded in agreement, knowing that he would be able to protect her and keep her safe if he was the one in charge of her.
Hearing that this man would be her training, Red Death raised her head to take in his appearance.
He had shoulder length chestnut brown hair and the most beautiful blue eyes she had ever seen.
His mouth had a black face plate placed over it to hide the way he looked, but it seemed to have tiny holes in it that he could breathe through.
What really caught her attention was his left arm which had been replaced with a bionic one that was bulky and muscular, and there was a red star on it.
"Excellent. Red Death, meet the Winter Soldier. He will be your new trainer and superior officer. We'll leave her in your care. Begin training her to fight. After that, work on her ability with a gun and knives. She needs to be taught everything you know and more." Weber ordered.
Nodding at that in understanding, the soldier turned his attention back onto the pretty little super soldier and hoped that he didn't frighten her.
He knew how intimidating he was without even trying to be.
"And remember this, Red Death, that collar you wear will shock you if you try to attack any of the agents here." Weber leaned down to sneer at the girl.
Winter Soldier wanted to rip the man away from the girl, but stayed where he was as he watched the way Red Death glared at Weber and was stunned when he saw her eyes bled red.
Was that the reason she had been given the name Red Death?
Seeing the girl's eyes turn red, Weber pulled out a tiny remote from his pocket and clicked one of the buttons.
The light on the collar flashed and beeped loudly, sending electric currents through the cat hybrid's body making her cry out in pain as the agents threw her onto the ground.
Watching the girl writhe on the ground in pain, the Winter Soldier made to rush over to her, but stopped when the doctor held an arm up in front of him.
The sight of the girl being electrocuted reminded the soldier of all of the times he had been stuck into that horrible chair.
A few seconds later, Red Death stopped crying out and turned her head to look up at the doctor with a tired glare on her face.
"Know your place, Red Death. Take care of her, Soldier." Weber said.
With that done, the doctor and agents walked out of the room, leaving the two super soldiers alone.
Dropping to his knees, Winter Solider placed his hands under Red Death's arms and he hauled her up onto her feet, knowing she was too tired to get up on her own.
"Breathe through it. It'll pass soon enough." He told her.
Doing as she was instructed, Red Death took deep breaths, trying to calm down her breathing as her pulse reached a normal pace and the electric currents left her body.
"Why are you helping me?" She demanded.
"Because you're my responsibility." He answered.
Sending him an angered look, Red Death pulled out of his grip and swayed, but managed to right herself without his help when she stuck her tail out to help keep her balance.
She was determined to have nothing to do with him and he could understand why.
He was a bad person and he was working for the monsters, even though he wasn't doing it willingly.
"Red Death..." He said.
"Don't call me that! That's not my name!" She spat baring her fangs.
Eyes growing wide in surprise at the rage that was on the girl's face and the way her fangs glistened in the light, Winter Soldier stepped back to give her some space so she didn't feel threatened or attacked him in her anger.
"Then what is your name?" He questioned.
"It's D—D..." She struggled.
After hours of being whipped and getting branded, she couldn't force out her own name.
This caused the Soldier to give her a look of sympathy since he couldn't say his name either.
He couldn't even remember who he was and one day soon, she wouldn't either because she would have her memories taken away from her.
"You can't even say it. You can't say your own name." Winter Soldier commented.
"It doesn't matter that I can't say it. I know for a fact that Red Death isn't my real name and it's stupid, too." She snapped.
Sighing at this and reminded himself to be patient with the girl, especially after the trauma she had gone through, the Winter Soldier took in her appearance.
For some reason, her stubborn attitude reminded her of someone, but he couldn't remember who it was.
His eyes focused on the two ears and the tail she had grown out.
"How do you feel about being called Cat?" He asked.
Ears twitching at that, the hybrid turned her eyes back onto Winter Soldier and took him in, wondering if he was being serious.
"I like it better than Red Death." She muttered.
Glad to see that he was getting somewhere with her, Winter Soldier walked up to the hybrid and gently took her chin in his metal hand, making her look him in the eye.
"Then, let's get started on your training, Cat. We have a long way to go until you're a master fighter, so you better be prepared to work your ass off." He told her.
He then took a step back from her and started walking over to where the training mats were set up.
Staring after the man, feeling distrustful and confused, Cat followed after him and decided to see what they were going to do.
If she was going to be stuck here, then she was going to need some kind of ally and he was the closest thing she would have to one.
"Okay, so, where do we begin?" She asked.
Hearing an annoying sound, Davey growled and lifted her head to locate the source.
Grabbing a shoe that was on the floor, she hurled it over at the alarm clock and watched in satisfaction as the shoe hit it dead on and knocked it onto the ground, destroying it.
Shooting up at the sound of the alarm clock breaking, Veemon glanced around and found Davey getting up off the floor, stretching her body out.
"You destroyed your alarm clock. I always knew one day you would do that." Veemon commented.
"Yeah, it was just about time for that." Davey yawned.
Getting up from the floor, Davey then searched for the clothes she had worn yesterday and knew she could only wear these since she didn't have anything else that fit.
A knock was then heard at the door and Davey looked over to see Jun poking her head inside.
"Not even gonna wait for me to welcome you inside?" Davey raised an eyebrow at her.
"I would have done it even if you were still a boy." The magenta haired woman stated.
That made Davey shrug, knowing her sister was right about that.
"Anyway, aren't you getting dressed?" Jun asked as she walked inside.
"I was going to, but then I realized...I don't have any clothes. And I doubt any of my old stuff will fit me." Davey sighed.
Her nightshirt barely reached her inner thighs and she kept her legs closed to hide her branding mark from Jun.
Frowning at the mention of the clothing issue, Jun looked over her sister and knew she was right.
"Then I guess it's a good thing the girls are coming over for a shopping trip." Jun grinned.
Blinking at that in surprise, Davey looked up at the smug looking 22 year old.
"This is gonna be torture isn't it?" Davey whined.
"There's the squirt I know and love to torment!" Jun gushed.
Davey was almost wishing she was back at the facility and being stabbed with hot pokers for mouthing off to the guards.
Veemon snickered at that as he walked up beside his partner, avoiding her tail that was swishing about in irritation.
"Anyway, I'm sure I have something that will fit you. I'll be back." Jun said as she walked out of her room.
Staring after her older sister and feeling like this day was going to be a large pain in the neck, Davey glanced down at Veemon.
"You wanna take a bath?" She asked.
"I'd love to!" Veemon chirped.
He was then scooped up into the cat hybrid's arms and she carried him off with her into the bathroom where they would be soaking in the tub, using Josie's floral scented bubble bath.
Speaking of which, she would need to pick up some of her own bathing products.
After their bath together, Davey was met with Jun who handed over some clothing to her while the older pinkette went to wait on their friends who would be arriving soon.
Looking over the clothing she had been given, Davey found that it was an orchid purple colored camisole, white jeans and a clean pair of white panties.
She had decided not to wear the bra since it was too big for her and simply wore the clothing she was given.
Grabbing her D-3 and D-Terminal, the cat hybrid walked out of the room with Veemon at her side and they found all of the female DigiDestineds sitting around in the kitchen.
When she looked over the girls, Davey spotted an unfamiliar face.
A shy looking girl with long black hair, dark pink eyes and square shaped glasses perched on her nose was sitting beside Mimi with an orange and black Maine Coon cat Digimon in her lap.
"Hey guys." Davey greeted.
Everyone turned their attention onto the raspberry haired girl.
"Davey, get over here, we have someone we want you to meet. This is Meiko Mochizuki and her partner Meicoomon." Mimi smiled.
Walking over to where the six girls were all gathered, Davey found herself being pulled into Jun's side and the older girl placed a white beanie over her head to cover her cat ears.
"Meiko, this is my baby brother turned baby sister Davey Motomiya." Jun grinned.
"Um, hello. It's nice to meet you." Meiko gave a shy smile.
"Yeah, hey." Davey returned the smile and watched in interest as Meiko's blush grew darker.
Meiko was definitely attractive and her bashfulness was something that piqued Davey's interest.
Just because the cat hybrid was now a girl didn't mean that she still wasn't attracted to the female sex.
In fact, she not only found women to be attractive, but thanks to seeing a stark naked Winter Soldier, Davey was able to confirm that she had an interest in both genders.
Then again, she was sure a man who was 100% straight would still find the Winter Soldier to be drop dead gorgeous.
"So, what exactly are we going to be doing today?" Davey asked.
She then took notice of Veemon walking over to Meiko and he started speaking with Meicoomon who was smiling down at him with shining green eyes.
Did he move on from Gatomon and decide to go after a new pretty kitty?
"First of all, we're going to be heading out to this cute little cafe for breakfast. They have a bunch of treats there that you'll just love." Kari smiled.
"Okay, so far I'm on board with this. What else?" Davey questioned.
"Then we're heading straight to the mall and we're going to find you a new wardrobe." Sora said.
Normally, hearing something like this would make Davey run, but the soft smile and gentle tone Sora used made her relax.
"We're also gonna have to take your measurements so we know what size clothing you wear." Meiko spoke up.
"And after that's all done, we can go looking for all the cutest clothes that are in style and have you try each of them on." Mimi cheered.
That exclamation made Davey want to run back into her room, but she was unable to thanks to the tight grip her sister had on her.
"Great..." Davey drawled out sarcastically.
Giggling at the annoyed look that was on the cat hybrid's face, Kari stood up with Gatomon in her arms.
"We should get going now to beat the traffic." The child of Light said.
"Yeah, let's hurry up, guys. This is going to be so much fun!" Yolei cheered as she squeezed Poromon into her chest.
"I can't breathe!" The pink bird complained.
Veemon then returned to Davey's side and she scooped him up into her arms while her tail wrapped around her waist, making it look like some type of belt.
Making their way downstairs, the girls all piled into two cars.
The first car was a green corvette that belonged to Mimi who invited Sora, Yolei and their Digimon inside.
The second car was a purple mustang which belonged to Jun and it was Kari, Davey, Meiko and their Digimon who all got inside of it.
Since Kari had claimed the passenger's seat, Davey turned her attention onto Meiko and decided to start a conversation with her.
"So, Meiko, how did you first become a DigiDestined, anyway?" Davey asked her.
Jumping in surprise at being addressed to by the other girl, Meiko turned to look at her.
"Oh, well, when I was younger, I found my way into the Digital World by accident. While there, I found Meicoomon and when I touched her, this strange device appeared. After that day, Meicoomon and I became close friends. She was actually my first real friend before the DigiDestineds." Meiko smiled.
"Yeah, same with me and Veemon. He was my first real friend, too." Davey said.
This made Kari look down sadly, knowing that she and Tai hadn't really been very good friends to Davis over the years before they became DigiDestineds.
They actually took the boy for granted and only ever spoke of him as the kid who always followed them around and had even taken advantage of his gullibility.
Veemon, on the other hand, had accepted Davis for who he was easily and had even been the first person to accept Davey after he learned of her transformation.
In the back of the car, Davey and Meiko were heard talking about random things, mostly about what the cat hybrid had missed over her years of being trained to become a deadly assassin.
It didn't surprise Kari at all.
Davis had always been able to make friends with people, even ones he didn't like or get along with in the beginning.
"Kari, are you feeling okay?" Gatomon asked when she noticed her partner was very silent.
"I'm fine, Gatomon, don't worry about it." Kari smiled down at her.
Maybe this was an opportunity for her and Tai to be better friends to Davey than they were to Davis.
"Okay, so how exactly do you use an iPhone? I don't get this. It's too complicated." Davey said as she held out the phone.
Giggling at that, Meiko took the iPhone from the cat hybrid and showed her which button to push to turn it on and then started pointing out the different features it had.
(Later on...)
After eating breakfast at the cafe, the girls all drove off to the mall and walked inside, glancing around at the people wandering inside.
"Oh, look! Let's go in there first!" Mimi pointed.
Looking over, Davey began to whine as Jun pushed her into the shop.
"What kind of store is this?" Poromon asked.
"This is a lingerie store. It's where girls buy the best made underwear and bras." Palmon explained.
"I feel like we shouldn't be here for this." Veemon said looking over at Poromon since they were both male.
"This isn't the first time I've been dragged into situations like this." Poromon commented.
Going over to where the hangers were, Yolei picked up one from the shelf that had a lacy blue panty set.
A worker then spotted the group of girls and walked over to them, wondering if they needed any help.
"Hello there. Do you girls need something?" The girl asked.
"Actually, yes. My sister here needs to have her measurements taken." Jun said as she pushed Davey forward.
This confused the woman since she wondered why a girl her age needed her measurements taken, but she didn't question it.
"I see. I'll go get a tape measure. Go wait in change room 2 and we'll get started." The woman said.
She then left to grab the tape from behind the desk and Davey sent an annoyed look at her sister before she walked into the change room.
Once she had her chest measured, angering Yolei when she learned the younger girl had a larger cup size than she did, the girls all started searching for different types of underwear for Davey to buy.
With that complete, the DigiDestined girls all made their way into multiple clothing shops, picking out different types of fabrics that they had Davey try on.
During their shopping spree around the mall, the girls all got their friend caught up on the gossip that was going on at school and who was dating whom in their group of friends.
When they were finished with picking out clothes, mostly jeans, hats and tube tops, the girls made their way into the food court where they found the boys waiting on them.
"You dicks." Davey exclaimed when she spotted them
"Excuse me?" Matt scoffed as he set down his coffee cup.
"I can't believe you guys left me alone to suffer through a shopping spree with these girls." Davey complained.
Ken rolled his eyes in amusement at the girl, knowing that she was still the same person, despite the fact that she was now female.
"I told you we should have joined them." Cody said as he stirred the straw of his smoothie.
Davey collapsed in her seat between Ken and Willis, making the two boys glance down at the girl who looked to be exhausted from the day of shopping.
"Yeah, no way. I wasn't going to suffer through that." Tai chuckled.
"Well, too bad, because you guys have to carry this entire haul out to the cars for us." Mimi ordered.
"Should have seen that coming." Izzy sighed as Mimi sat on his lap.
Seeing the children of Sincerity and Knowledge smiling at each other and acting sweet together made Davey muster up a smile, happy to see that they were now a couple.
They were complete opposites, but they were perfect together in that regard since they complimented each other so well.
"Now that we're all here, how about we get some lunch?" Terriermon asked.
"Yeah, I'm starving." Upamon spoke up.
"Right. I'll go get the burgers. TK, wanna help me out?" Matt asked as he stood up.
"Sure." TK nodded and followed after his brother while Gabumon and Patamon claimed their seats.
As the boys left and the rest of the group all got pulled into their own conversations, Tai turned his attention onto Davey who seemed to be resting in her seat.
Willis and Ken were whispering about something, dragging a tired Davey into the conversation with them.
"Hey, Davey, can I talk to you about something?" Tai asked.
"Hmm? Yeah, sure." Davey nodded.
When she saw the child of Courage stand up, Davey pushed herself out of her chair and followed after Tai, leaving Veemon with Agumon.
The two tanned DigiDestineds walked over to a more secluded area of the food court and Tai leaned up against the wall, turning to face Davey.
"What did you need to talk about?" Davey asked the first child of Courage.
Reaching into his jacket pocket, Tai pulled out his old goggles and held them out towards her.
"I think it's about time I return these to you." He said.
Staring down at the goggles, Davey remembered the day Tai had first given them to her and sighed as she thought back to all of the adventures she had been through.
"Tai, no offense, but I don't want them. I mean, I know you gave them to me, but... They don't really belong to me. My time has passed. I'm not the same person I used to be. I'm moving on and growing into someone new." Davey told him.
Tai stared down at the girl and listened to her words, really listened to her rather than just nod and pretend to look like he was contemplating what she said like he used to.
Placing hands on Tai's, Davey then made his fingers curl around the goggles and pushed his hand back towards his chest.
"Save these and give them to someone else who deserves them. These goggles deserve to see some more adventure before they're totally ruined." Davey smiled.
Returning the smile, Tai nodded and he put his goggles back into his pocket.
"Right. Whatever you say. Come on; let's go join the others before they eat all of our food." Tai said as he bumped shoulders with the girl.
Grinning up at the older DigiDestined and the first leader, Davey turned her attention back onto her group of friends that were gathered before her and smiled as she saw them all laughing and arguing playfully with each other.
She still had a long way to go in her recovery, but she would move on from what she had been through and she would become a better person than she had originally been.
Licking her lips and pushing back any worries she had, Davey walked over to her friends and sat down with them, joining in on the conversation.
Things would get better and she would work hard to make it that way.
The end.