Arc 2 Chapter 12

Location: Data City: Outside of Mizuki's Bakery.

Gatormon walks right behind Frankie in the busy metropolis of Data City. It's a loud area filled with mainly data type Digimon diligently working away to keep the city moving. Skyscrapers tower high above them dwarfing the smaller shops and carts that line the street. Auto digimon, machines and various fast digimon speed up and down the streets. They can hear police sirens in the distance along with the screaming of angry digimon that just got into a major wreak down the street.

Gatormon takes a deep breath reminiscing about his days going to the clubs in downtown data city. He can still feel the beat of night core techno rage within him. His heart races with excitement and joy. The party animal inside of him whispers 'Let me out! Let me out! We gotta party like a ravemon!"

Frankie notices gatormon in a trance and taps him on the head, "Hey… I know we aren't in a good situation but don't worry about it ok?"

Gatormon snaps out of it, "Oh… right! Mizuki! Hmm…"

Frankie says, "Uh, yea we have to figure out a way to find and capture Bombernanimon"

Gatormon thinks for a moment, "Hmm I know! There's a guy who lives nearby that I partied with during my wild days. He's a bit weird though."

Frankie narrows his eyes, "I don't trust the digimon you know…"

Gatormon, "Wha? Why?"

Frankie, "Last time you knew a guy he tried to eat Bugsy."

Gatormon, "Pfft, that's just one guy! Plus he changed his mind and went vegan after you knocked his teeth out."

Frankie, "Then the next guy tried to sell us to human slave traders…. I still have a V branded on my left but cheek!"

Gatormon, "But he changed his mind after you made him realize the error of his ways."

Frankie, "Kayden nearly killed everyone when Sablemon threatened to commit a war crime with a Fatman missile"

Gatormon, "I thought he said it wasn't an active unit, plus he got us to the Minato server right?"

Frankie responds, "The point is the digimon you know are unhinged and shady"

Gatormon, "Fine, do you know anyone that will help us for free?"

Frankie sighs, "Can you at least not just ignore glaring red flags…"

Gatormon, "Eh, why? I like the color red."

Frankie, exasperated "Just lead the way… if this guy is another weirdo I'm going to hit you"

Gatormon smiles at Frankie, "You worry too much! Just go with the flow Frankie!" Then cheerfully leads the way down the busy streets of Data City. Frankie begrudgingly follows him.

Location: Club River Thang, Data City.

Under the sunset, Gatormon stops in front of an old club he used to party at. With Frankie behind him, they both enter the neon entrance of the club. Inside the club there is a bar with a couple of stools and high end digital seltzers and juices, a couple of pool tables, and stairs leading up and down guarded by a Grizzmon with a weird scar tattoo.

Frankie, "I didn't think digimon had bars… or clubs like the human world?"

Gatormon, "Huh? Why wouldn't we?"

"I thought digimon were some sort of battle monsters who lived out in the wild? Or some strange internet settings. Honestly this whole experience of digimon having a government structure is just odd."

Gatormon tilts his head and laughs, "Ha! Well you are going learn a lot more today!"

Gatormon walks up to Grizzmon who had been giving the stink eye the whole time. He growls, "What's the good word?"

Gatormon smirks, "Partah like a kimeramon on sludge!"

Grizzmon smiles and steps aside, "Been a while Swamp Thing! You still crushing it?"

Gatormon with a smile, "Heh heh you know it Fuzzy Wuzzy!" Gatormon pulls Frankie over, "See this guy? He's my partner!"

Grizzmon sniffs him, "He sorta smells like a square… *sniff* and freshly baked goods"

Gatormon says, "Eh… we kinda got caught up in some dirty business. I gotta speak to Mr. Delta."

Grizzmon, "Top floor with the sleaze. Mind your feet."

Gatormon groans, "Ugh, not him. Thanks for the heads up fuzzy." He motions Frankie to follow him as he starts to walk up the stairs. "Hey, I, uh, don't like this guy and his partner. They are sorta jerks." Gatormon seems to fume a bit with silent rage.

Frankie, "So what do you need from me?"

Gatormon, "I need ya to be there for me silly! I need my partner to back me up, like an Agumon and Gabumon! I ain't the best at explaining or expressing myself with words but when we get up there… I need you man." He says with the most Sincerity in his eyes.

Frankie looks up at him, "What are you talking about? We got a mission to accomplish! If whatever here doesn't get us then I'm sure that creepy old woman will."

Gatormon smiles slightly, "Heh, always the bigger picture. You are so responsible Frankie! That's why we are a good team!"

Frankie sighs, "Whatever."

Gatormon and Frankie approach the top of the stairs and into a large dance hall with strobe lights below, the dance dance rebellion floor and the largest disco ball twirling proudly in the sky. On the dance dance rebellion floor a tall, blonde hair blue eyed dude and Raremon tear up the dance floor against the beat box Kamemon and a small boy with a a turtle cap. In front of them a screen for both sides play, love love joy joy by the Stinky and Ren.

Blonde hair dude with the most obnoxious voice, "Ha ha! You call that dancing? Be prepared to get get your shell smashed! And put put back in your place kiddies." As the song gets near it's end the kid and Kamemon get wiped out by the most powerful backflip by the dude and Raremon making a final slam. The kid and Kamemon both fly back into the wall defeated.

The dude walks up to them with a smug grin, "Ha! You call that dancing? I've seen Gekomon with two left feet waddle better than you dance. Get out of here while I'm feeling nice!"

The kid and Kamemon run out of the room with tears with the most overly dramatic wail. Raremon looks at the entrance and gives a jagged grin, "Well, well, well if it isn't swamp thing! Or is your new name belly flop? Har har har."

Gatormon, "Long time no see you sleazy blob! You still showing that ugly mug around here."

Raremon, "Har har har! As you see this ugly mug rules the floor! Unlike your floppy but!"

Gatormon growls, "I'm not here for you today! I'm here to talk with Mr. Delta."

Raremon, "Like I'd let you! First you gotta best me AND MY partner before I ever let you walk on MY floor. Remember? You gave this up belly flop! I still have that spot as a trophy to remember when your fat but went through the floor! Har har har!" Raremon points to a Gatormon shaped hole in the floor; The digimon laughs with great gusto and arrogance his tamer does a hair flip and approaches the both of them.

Blonde dude, "Heh, I see you got a partner this time. I'm ready to wipe the dance floor with some fresh booty!" The dude introduces himself, "I am, Crazy legs! And you are?"

Frankie is irritated, "Hmph, I'm Frankie. I don't need a nickname. If you wanna dance I'll dance with you but we better see Mr. Delta after, deal?" Frankie holds out his hand.

Crazy Legs slaps his hand. "Sure." The dude looks him up and down, "Hans! Play Get Andymion started. Hmpf, how about just you and me. I feel I got a REAL challenge here." Frankie nods.

Gatormon speaks to Frankie while the dance floor resets, "Gah, I didn't think he would play Andymion! I guess I got some explaining to do…"

Frankie shakes his head, "Nah, I can tell you tried to look cool in front of your friends and ended up flopping through the floor. I've done something similar before."

Gatormon, "it was a bit more than that! I used to be the top of all the dance clubs in the city! Digimon knew me as THE Swamp Thing because I'd flood the floors with vicious beats. Raremon used to be an uncoordinated sludge until one day he showed up with his partner and played this exact song. In a day, he went from the sludge to the sleaze and corroded the dance floor. I danced so hard, I flopped hard then ended up breaking through the floor and falling to the basement. It was so embarrassing! I couldn't show my face here. I lost my title, my home and my passion!" Gatormon takes a deep breath, "I went wandering around the digital world party after party drinking so much seltzer that I'd black out from bubbly intoxication. You met me at my lowest point in life, as a slobbering mess. But first day I saw you, you seemed like a responsible fellow and I didn't really care about anything. I just attached myself to you because a voice inside told me to. I didn't care back then, but now. It's different." Gatormon looks into Frankie's eyes with the utmost importance. "I care now!"

Frankie pats him on the head, "Ha…" Frankie seems to think hard for a moment with melancholy on his face. He takes a deep breath as if psyching himself up "Well these guys want to test us so let's give them a grade A performance then. Don't worry I won't flop. We got to get to don't we?"

Gatormon nods with a determined smile. The dance floor lights up and they both approach the DDR floor. The screen pops up with many, many arrows. Both sides are dancing in sync however Frankie is letting his freak flag fly, not missing a beat. The song ends with Franking winning with a perfect slam causing Crazy legs to fall over. Crazy Legs says huffing, then stands to his feet, "I knew it! It's the legendary Czech Rebel! You disappeared at the height of it all! I waited for this day I thought would never come."

Raremon, "The Czech Rebel?"

Frankie, "Yea, it's me Andy."

Andy (aka Crazy legs), "why did you disappear! We were the best, we could have ruled all the arcades! I loved you! But you betrayed that trust and stood me up"

Frankie narrows his eyes in shame, "We need to speak to , that was the deal Andy."

Andy sighs, a tear falling from his cheek "You were always like this, did I mean ANYTHING to you?" Andy leaves for the basement taking Raremon with him.

Raremon, "That's it?! You give up just like-"

Andy, "Shhh, no more."

Frankie mutters, "I'm sorry Andy…" then looks to Gatormon, "OK who is ?"

The computer, "That would be me, Czech Rebel." A pixelated Deltamon appears on the screen. Gatormon looks at the screen and waves, "Hey! Long time no see."

Mr. Delta, "I hear you are in deep dough"

Gatormon, "Oof, word got around that fast?"

Mr. Delta, "Yea, when you piss off half the population of Agumon and Mizuki gets involved. It's not hard to peace together who the giant, clumsy, flopping Gatomon is. Though I will say I am impressed you reached champion form! You've grown quite a bit, with more to do."

Gatormon, "Well, how do we find Bombernanimon?"

Mr. Delta, "You won't, he skipped town months ago. Once Mizuki has a target on your back, you either jump town or end up as next weeks special. I know you went on that tour, you know what the old biddy is like."

Gatormon, "Ah… what do we do then? Mizuki is gonna bake us into a new deluxe package!"

Mr. Delta, "Well before you got here, someone left a letter for you. But! I can be persuaded to take on your debt, after all we got history don't we?"

Gatormon, "We do… But… what would that entail."

Mr. Delta, "Oh you just finish up with whatever the contents of this letter says, the messenger made it quite clear, 'Zzzt zt zzzzzt'." spits out a letter from the computer screen and into Gatormon's claws. "Come back after you finish that. I know how to woo the old ladies *wink wink*. Feel free to go rest at your old hole, we kept it nice and clean for you swamp thing!" The computer shuts off, Gatormon hands the letter over to Frankie.

Gatormon, "What does it say Frankie?"

Frankie reads the letter, "We meet at the Data City dump in a few days."

Meanwhile,

Location: Pirate's Hideout: Recording Studio

Etemon, "Ok do it again! We gonna make millions of these two young talents! I see it now, the underground hidden talents!" He says with a gleam in his sunglasses.

Donniemon in sync with Yvette both still disguised as henchmen, (With a high voice) "Ja Ja Ja Ja Ja, Ach JA!"

Yvette in the most unenthusiastic tone, "Da. Da. Da. Da. Da. Da. Privot."

Etemon, "Ooo I'm digging these beats! Come on ya'll, we gonna be the next top 10. The Etemon pirates! Wait until Motomiya hears this! We are gonna be topping it!"

Yvette mentally, 'The things I do for… why am I doing this?!"

Donniemon enjoying screeching like a falcon, "JAAAAAA"

Yvette looks at Donniemon, 'At least he's enjoying this… I wonder how the others are doing?'

Location: Pirate's Hideout: Holding Cell

Motomiya had dumped Bugsy and Elmurtemon in different cells. Elmurtemon is currently in his weakened skull form with his heart beating slowly. They are across from one another alone awaiting their horrible fates.

Elmurtemon, "Bugsy? Bugsy…" He calls out weakly for his friend.

Bugsy comes to, "Ugh, I'm alright… what about you?"

Elmurtemon, "… I'm sorry"

Bugsy, "About what?"

Elmurtemon, "Everything, I lied about a lot of things Bugsy. I've… done a lot of bad things for my father. But, I truly did not want things to go this way."

Bugsy, "…I knew a few things, my da wasn't a very good man either. I still loved him though, when he disappeared it broke mom's heart to the point she got bedridden and also went away. I haven't seen either of them since. I still don't hate da, I wish he'd come back too."

Elmurtemon, "…Did your father love you?"

Bugsy nods, "Ya, he told me every night after a story to put me to bed. With mom."

Elmurtemon, "My father… He gave me this skull and this heart. He told me I was a good boy, and used to smile every day. But, it all changed slowly. I saw him start to rot away before my eyes, his mind started to… change. Then one day when a job went wrong, he hurt me, because I wouldn't do what he said. I don't want to tell you what it was but he strangled my heart until I was near death, and I learned not to do it again. But, afterwards he hurt me more and more. He would do it until I could barely breathe, then he started eating those cursed mushrooms." Elmurtemon's eyes flicker, "One day, he looked at me with such a dead stare in his eyes and said 'you aren't my son, what did you do with my son?!' He shook my head and threw me outside on the streets. I knew it was the shrooms but, for once I wondered where he got this skull and heart from."

Bugsy asks, "Your skull and heart?"

Elmurtemon says, "They are real, from a human who is no longer with us. I remember waking up one day, another man was there. But father was the first person to be there, I still remember what he called me… 'Jicara'. He asked me so many weird questions but each time it seemed to make him sad." Elmurtemon sighs, "This is not an excuse for what I've done Bugsy, but you deserve to know. I can't tell you everything because I choose not to remember it." Elmurtemon has a stutter in his voice, "I'm tired of being alone, I also miss my father Bugsy."

Bugsy says, "I'm still here. Uhm, I don't really know what to do either but, da told me friends come in a lot of shapes and sizes. But good friends have good times and bad times. I think this is probably not a good time but we aren't alone at least."

Elmurtemon, "Your da was a wise man."

Sealomon, "Indeed he was." Hina and Sealomon enter the prison room.

Hina, "Hey guys! So, who ready to make a big escape!"

Hina and Sealomon had came up with a plan earlier to use Bugsy as bait. Eventually they will meet up with Yvette and Donniemon while they kept the others busy. While cruising through the hideout Sealomon and Hina managed to get information on when the Pirate Lord was due to visit and the location of the ledger with the names of the children and clients. Hina passed the information to Donniemon using a walkie talkie hidden in the disguises to sneak the ledger away from Miyamoto. They decided to use Bugsy as bait and lure the Pirate lord…

Long story short: Sealomon and Hina battle the Pirate Lord then back up arrives in the form of S.E.A.L and Yvette's family causing the Pirate Lord to escape through a complex system of underwater mazes and puzzles. Motomiya had left a while ago with his gang as soon as the Pirate Lord arrived. Bugsy and Elmurtemon decide to follow Motomiya and his gang to find out the true origin of Elmurtemon and put a stop to his evil deeds. Yvette and Donniemon become a hit duo in the underground clubs, plus they got the ledger to send to S.E.A.L.

Location: Yvette's Family Mansion: At the Pool.

Donniemon and Yvette are relaxing near the poolside, Sealomon and Hina are playing in the pool. A large bot fly Digimon flies down to them, "Zzzzt." It delivers a letter to both Hina and Yvette. "Meet at the Data City Dump Tonight."

Donniemon, "Eh? Didn't ve just finish one of those missions?"

Sealomon, "This is not from S.E.A.L, they still have yet to update us on the status of the pirate lord and the missing children's locations."

Hina says, "When they do, we'll definitely be going on that mission won't we?"

Sealomon nods, "Well, that depends if yer bored enough lassy!"

Diary of the Mad Green Digimon pt. 4 (Side Story)

It's been a while diary, I am now Dorugreymon, still green as always. Mother has raised me to be a strong digimon. Though, inside, I feel like something is missing. I am not whole; I want to find what's missing, but I don't know how. Tsunu told me, it's normal to feel that way because that's what youth is about. I asked him how old he was and Tsunu told me he lost count many years ago. I went to mother and told her: 'I don't feel whole'. She told me: 'I'll figure it out' What does that even mean?

When I try to talk about it, everyone dismisses me or says it's normal… But I don't feel normal! I feel like I want to kill everyone, my claws itch all the time and I drool at the thought of biting others. The thoughts won't go away. I don't want to feel like this, am I bad? I don't want to hurt people, but I crave it so much! Every night I feel like something is calling me somewhere, one day will I follow it?

The day after

Mother brought her 'real' son with her to the digital world on accident. I just feel angrier than anything, I knew I shouldn't, but the craving got to me. It was her 'real' son, was I not enough that she had this child! I needed to show mother, I am the stronger child! She did not need this pathetic squishy thing, so I punted the boy easily. He went down but tried to fight me back, he was no match for me. I kicked him again and was about to bite him. Everything felt so right, I wanted to kill him, I wanted bite him hard he'd burst into data chunks. Mother would only see me! Her pride and joy!

But unfortunately, Blkguilmon came in and sucker punched me as blkgrowlmon. He called me a 'monster', asking how dare I fight a small defenseless 'human'. 'Human'? What is that? I did not understand.

Blkgrowlmon said, 'humans are not data' they feel pain, if they die, they really die. Death is a real thing for humans!' Death? It is a new thing to me. Is human death and Digimon death different? Tsunu told me when digimon die they are reborn again. I don't understand 'humans'. Brother Dorumon also called me a plague again today, but this time it felt alright.

Tonight,

Mother punished me, I don't know why she did it! I'm just doing what she taught me! She put me in time out, the other digimon told her to get rid of me. Brother dorumon even told her I would kill them all, that I was the one who needed to die. Many of the digimon agreed around them, Pagui and Tsunu said nothing. Mother calmed everyone down by slamming her sword down and told everyone to shut up. My mother is the best!

Brother Dorumon said something interesting though, 'child or not, he nearly killed your 'human' child. Digimon are not children, stop treating him like one. Reality is, that thing is a monster! The same monster who killed many before, if you'd listen to me…' Mother shut his mouth with her hands and looked him in the eyes. 'A digimon is a living thing is it not?' Brother Dorumon sighed and gave up. Mother came to me in time out and told me, 'you are always welcome here dexter, but you will be punished if you do something wrong. Do you understand what you did?' I shook my head.

Mother told me, 'When I was a girl, I did a lot of terrible things too. Hormones are horrible for us humans, but I don't think digimon are that much different. It takes time to know what's right or wrong and everything has a consequence. It's worse when everything thinks you know what's right and wrong but be punished without knowing where that line is. One day, you'll grow up and discover who you want to be; Dexter it just takes time. But, you really shouldn't just out right kill things like that. All living things are precious and that's what I want to teach you'

I wonder 'Who do I want to be?' If mother told me killing is bad, why is it bad? What are the consequences? What is right? I am so confused. Inside I've always felt like biting and ripping things apart like natural but that's 'bad'? Making things unlive is bad? I don't understand, I don't understand these things, my head is about to explode! Maybe Brother Dorumon would know… I'll brb.

I went to Brother Dorumon to ask why he calls me a monster, he told me 'you are what is known as the green trojan horse, somehow you keep escaping destruction. You know why you feel that way? It's because you are created to make things sick, weak, then kill them. Your foolish 'Mother' is wrong! You feel like it's right because that's what you are. You are no brother of mine; you are a virus made from a part of my own data and must be destroyed! Whatever program was used separated you from me, but I've been waiting for this moment.' Dorumon uses some sort of device Tsunu ran in to stop Dorumon. I think he was listening in. Tsunu was too late when he ran in and Dorumon used the device to teleport all three of us away.

We were teleported to a Ruins somewhere in the digital world. Brother Dorumon had been freed from the bondage program by the rangers who waited there. Brother Dorumon reunited with Ryudamon and became Alphamon. I was no match for Alphamon, Tsunu protected me from alphamon and the rangers, carrying me away. Tsunu became Metalgarurumon (Blk) and ran away. The rangers that were there were ambushed by allies? (That's what they told me). A weird guy in a green cloak approached us once we were in a safe location. He called me Pestilintia. They welcomed me with open arms, they knew who I was. I felt a longing to follow him, to live out my destiny.

Tsunu begged me to go home but I was not like Digimon back at the island, I wanted to follow what is telling me to go. I told Tsunu this is who I am. I am going to hexocliff with the strange, robed men, it's what I want to do. Tsunu said, 'your family will find you there Dexter.' I told him I'm not Dexter, I'm not a Digimon like them, I'm just a program and that's all I'll ever be. Tsunu said, 'if that's what you want dexter…' I left him without looking back. On one side I felt excited on the other, I… didn't want to be here. If I never write again, if someone finds this diary… I want to say 'Goodbye mother.'