"Finally! We made it to Baby Isles!" I cheer and look ahead. It looks huge, with a bunch of light blue, purple, and pink crystals guarding it. We walk up to the entrance, which looks like the pearly gates of heaven itself.
"We can finally rest!" Guilmon cheers. I glance at my fusion loader and smile softly before we all walk in.
"If that's the case…" Lilamon glows and turns back into Lalamon. "Then I'm resting." She giggles and sits on my head. I look around and see small digimon hop around just like at Primary Village.
"Woah…" Coronamon says softly. "It's like my old home…" He smiles. A group of small digimon floats over here, each looking like a marshmallow. "A bunch of Poyomon!" Coronamon said, touching one on the top of its head. We all walk further in, and in the corner of my eye, I see another baby digimon shriek and run away.
"What's up with that one?" Lalamon asks.
"How would you feel if someone broke into your home?" Guilmon asked.
"The gate was open, they were asking for it." Lalamon said, huffing slightly.
"I wonder what Rosemon meant by "The Guardians aren't nice-"" I'm cut off by a loud roar in the distance. "Shit…" Loud stomps approach us quickly as the small digimon flee and go into the cave. Though, they don't look scared. A shadow is cast above us. I look up to see a crimson dragon. His armor matches his scales and has two canons on his chest with fire symbols on them. He has sharp claws and yellow eyes with purple irises. He has a front grey horn and a few back horns that match.
"Who are you?! And what are you doing in my territory?!" He demands to know, his voice on the line of a roar.
"We mean no harm! Just looking for a place to rest!" I say, hoping he'll understand. The dragon hops down and glares at us.
"A human looking for rest? How quaint. Beat it before I-"
"Dorbickmon!" Coronamon says. He smiles at the drake. "It's nice to see you after so long!" I look at Coronamon and pray that this dragon doesn't kill us. This is the first general to show us hostility. Dorbickmon's glare softened slightly.
"Who…are you?" he asks, bending down. I could feel the heat from his gaze and breath, not the best feeling. My fusion loader glows, making Dorbickmon growl and Whispered pops out.
"Who do you think?" Whispered holds Coronamon and they stand there with their cheeks touching. Dorbickmon gasps.
"YOU'RE ALIVE?!" He yells, pointing at Whispered. "How?!"
"I don't know, maybe luck, maybe fate." Whispered chuckles before grasping his side again.
"It's good we found you!" Coronamon cheers. "We have something important to tell you." Coronamon's eyes narrow but then he smiles.
"Fine. Come then, we better talk in privacy." Dorbickmon stands and walks off. We follow him and the ground shakes a little bit with each of his steps. We walked up many stairs before finally getting to a large house. It's ancient yet refurbished. We all sit down, the house shaking a bit when Dorbickmon sits. My stomach grumbles.
"Before we talk, where's the bathroom?" I ask. Dorbickmon huffs a bit, sneering at me.
"Down the hall, take a right, go down further and you'll see two giant doors. Go through them and the bathroom is to the left." He says sternly, eyeing me down. I thank him and leave the room. I take a deep breath and find the two giant doors he was talking about. I push them open and find the bathroom, though I see something else. Four paintings are along the walls. The first one, closest to the bathroom, shows a small ball bat digimon like the first one I ever saw attacking Coronamon and a purple dragon next to him. Both look really happy and are smiling. Under it, it says, "DemiDevimon and Monodramon".
The second one is of a dragon digimon with a silver helmet with a large spike at the end and covers its eyes. It has red hair and is smiling like an idiot. Next to him is a Devimon. It says "Devimon and Strikedramon." The second to last one is a digimon with a mask with many weird eyes on it. They look like they bulged out of its head. It has white hair and long arms and big hands by the limited appearance.
Next to him in the painting was a green dinosaur digimon that looked like a triceratops. It said "NeoDevimon and Triceramon" and finally the last picture, which is closest to another set of doors, more decorative than the ones I passed through.
It's Dorbickmon but another digimon next to him. It's a vampire digimon with purple armor and red eyes that appear to have no irises. He had spiky blonde hair and a mask that goes over the top half of his face with holes for his eyes. The end of his mask looked like wings from a bat and he had the sharpest fangs I've seen yet. His silver and armored hand rests on Dorbickmon's chest as both of them smile. It says underneath "Dorbickmon and Neomyotismon."
Suddenly, the two doors next to me open, causing me to yelp. I tense and then try to move back but something grabs the back of my hoodie, tugging me away.
"A human…" A calm voice says as I'm held in the air. I look to see this "Neomyotismon guy." he smirks. "Haven't seen one in soooo long…" Neomyotismon puts me in his hand and smiles. "I've just gotta show Dorby!" He coos and takes me off. We go to the other room and we both see a hole in the wall and an angry Dorbickmon. Neomyotismon frowns.
"AxeKnightmon's back." Dorbickmon says. Neomyotismon puts me down and Coronamon stands up. "These guys are working to warn us generals and to help stop him. If you couldn't tell, it's Apollomon and Whispered." Dorbickmon grunts, leaning slightly. Neomyotismon gasps.
"Damn that bastard…" Neomyotismon clenches his fists and looks at us. He looks at my digimon. "You all will stay here until further notice." He turns to Dorbickmon, who looks like he's about to argue. "No discussion."
"Thank you." I say. He smiles.
"Of course…?"
"Derin." I smile back. He pats my head.
"Derin!" He says and sits next to Dorbickmon. "Who else have you told?"
"You two are our last ones." Whispered says.
"Lucky us." Dorbickmon huffs but his angry noises are silenced when Neomyotismon puts his hand on Dorbickmon's. "How do you know the others are still okay?" He questioned, turning his attention to me. "And how'd a human get here in the first place? I thought Kudo and his little team would be the last." Dorbickmon huffed, smoke coming out of his nostrils.
"As much as I hate his tone, Dorbickmon is right. How do we know the others are still safe after you left?" Neomyotismon says, his eyes darting to my fusion loader. "From what I know, every child was given a fusion loader by someone. So who gave you that device, hmm?" He asked. I looked down at the dark blue device and my eyes widened. Axeknightmon gave me this…
"Holy shit…AxeKnightmon did…" Everyone froze.
"He did?!" Whispered yelled and ran over to grab the device, wincing slightly as he moved. Neomyotismon took it from the small lion's hands. He glanced at it.
"Why would he do that though?" Coronamon asked as Neomyotismon flipped through all the features besides the GPS. Features that I never knew existed. Dorbickmon looked over his shoulder and gently grabbed his wrist when he noticed something.
"AxeKnightmon used the same data and codes for our darkness loaders and I know for a fact that red dot never appeared when the GPS was turned on." Dorbickmon said, putting his palm out and waiting for Neomyotismon to put the device in his hand. "I'm pretty sure he put a tracking device in your fusion loader." The room goes silent. Lalamon hurled into my lap and started sobbing and I knew exactly why. Gravimon could be gone right now, and it's all my fault. Why did I trust him so easily in the first place…?
"So all the other generals, Gravimon, Splashmon, Olegmon, Zamielmon…they're…" Coronamon started.
"Most likely dead or kidnapped." Neomyotismon finished. Dorbickmon stood up.
"I know a guy who can extract the tracking mechanism, it's gonna take a little bit though, so I'd like you all to stay here under our protection." Dorbickmon declared, his eyes burning, daring to challenge someone. Neomyotismon standed up and was given a quick kiss on the top of his head before Dorbickmon left.
"I'm sorry…it's all my fault…" I say. "I should've not trusted him."
"It's not your fault." Neomyotismon. "When being transported into a new world, I'd trust the first person I'd see. It would be so…discombobulated." Neomyotismon said, smiling sweetly. I gently rub Lalamon's head as her sobs quickly disperse. "We have a spare room that you all can stay in. Follow me." Neomyotismon opens the door and leads us out.
—-
"What the fuck are they doing?!" AxeKnightmon roars, looking at his cameras and images.
"What now?" Piedmon asked, holding a small carton of juice. Myotismon also entered to the sound of AxeKnightmon yelling.
"They're removing the tracker! And reversing it to show where we are!" AxeKnightmon quickly tried to type something in. Malware and a red image popped up on his screen, forbidding him from doing anything. "Prepare for battle, the both of you. I just know for a fact that human and his team will be arriving here after being at Baby Isles." He ordered Piedmon and Myotismon. They both quickly ran off and AxeKnightmon sighed heavily.
The dark knight walked to another room and looked at a giant painting, one of Lord Bagra and him. "You always were the stronger one, but now you're gone." He muttered, his eyes still full of hate. He walked over to his lab room where a giant tube stood in the middle. It was filled to the brim with a clear liquid, inside it being a dark being. "Just you wait, my Neto…soon I'll have the human DNA you need…" He said, his eyes glinting with an evil hue as he trails his fingers down the tube. He laughed maniacally before turning around. "You'll get your own digimon…how's a sun god sound?" Axeknightmon asked the giant tube. The dark knight chuckled one more time before leaving the lab, turning off the light as he went.
—-
Neomyotismon walks through the hallways of the house and comes to one large room. At the end, there is a giant window. He opens in and gazes out to look at the stars.
"Neomyotismon?" A voice chimes in behind him. The vampire sits down on the ledge and turns around to see Whispered.
"Whispered, what a pleasant surprise!" He says, crossing one leg over the other. "What brings you here on this lovely night?"
"I wanted to ask you something." Whispered says, lowering his head.
"Ask away." Neomyotismon smiles.
"How did you manage to change and be like "this" now?" Whispered asked. "You and Dorbickmon were known as the cruelest and "most likely to kill anyone in our path" way". The small digimon walked over and sat next to the vampire.
"Well…I guess everything takes time. I was like the way I am now before I was a general."
"Really?" Whispered cocked an eyebrow. "Was Dorbickmon different too?"
"Extremely, he was my dumb brute, though he didn't rule a land or try to kill anyone. He just wanted to become stronger, and I joined him in the quest as well. We grew up together. I've known him ever since I was a Tokomon and he was a Wanyamon." Neomyotismon smiles, his eyes widening with affection. "Then of course, when we digivolved to Mega together, AxeKnightmon offered Dorbickmon the job of being a general and I guess I was just an add on or a deal…"
"What happened then?"
"Dorbickmon became power hungry and I felt as if I couldn't be his equal anymore. I tried so hard to get stronger which led to my stupid addiction to absorbing Lopmon's power. It was all for him. Dorbickmon himself tried to stop me from doing it but I just couldn't. I was scared he'd leave me but he never did…" Neomyotismon said. "After the war, he and I found each other after months and damn…he's an ugly crier. So am I." He chuckled. "He apologized so much and so did I…oh my god it was a lot." Neomyotismon looked at Whispered. "But that all took time…Bonding, building relationships on trust and forgiveness and all that "fun" stuff." The bat chuckles before standing up once more.
Whispered glances at Neomyotismon and then to the floor. "Thanks…" He smiles and hops off the ledge.
"Any time, Whispered." Neomyotismon smiles, pats Whispered's head and walks off.
"Forgiveness, Trust, Time…What else is there?" Whispered asks himself.
"Strength." A voice chimes in behind him, spooking him. Whispered turned around to see Dorbickmon, who stood on the rock layer right in front of the outside of the window. "None of those things work if you ain't tough. Now come on. You've got training and I got 10,000 BITS that Derin doesn't want a weak digimon. Whispered's eyes light up.
"I bet another 10,000 I can at least knock one of your teeth out." He smirks, climbing up the ledge again and standing up.
"You're on."
—-
I sit on bed and look out of the few windows in the room. The stars look different here than home.
"Lalamon, your dad will be alright." I reassure her. The small flower digimon turns around, those black dots becoming more ominous as she just floats up high near the ceiling.
"He will be." Another voice chimes in. I look over to see Neomyotismon. "Your father was…quite the influence. One of my best friends to be exact. Me and him would do so much in our free time. Talk, eat, or try to set off all the traps in Cyber Land. That became such a fun game for us generals." Neomyotismon and Coronamon chuckled. "Never had your crack at it did ya, Coronamon?"
"Never, too busy…dealing with stuff…" Coronamon trails off.
"Weren't we all." Neomyotismon said then looked up at Lalamon. "How about I tell you the time some Endigomon put your father's darkness loader in a microwave?" He offered. Lalamon sighs and floats down, finding purchase in the vampire's hand. "So, what happened…" Neomyotismon begins his story and I look out the window. In the distance I see a large flame. Another shoots up and it's the color of Whispered's magic. I leave my bag and stand up.
"I'll be back." I say as I walk out.
"Try not to die." Lalamon says, getting a snicker from Neomyotismon.
"I'll try." I walk out of the castle and see smoke and more flames. I walk among a set path that's surrounded by all different types of flowers and plants. I continue on the path and all my senses grow stronger. The smell of smoke is closer, the sounds, and soon the sight comes into view. I see Whispered battling…Dorbickmon?! What is he thinking? I go to break it up but stop as soon as Dorbickmon starts talking.
"Think of the relationship you've formed with your human partner, do you want that to last?!" He roared, firing another attack. Whispered dodges.
"Yes!"
"Then you have to get stronger!" The two digimon battle it out. I watch and start to tear up. He's training…for me? I get a few flashbacks of the first time I met Whispered. When he scratched my eye or said I was a pain and wanted to ditch me badly. Now he's fighting for me… Before I realize I've been staring right in the open, they see I'm here.
"Derin?" Whispered says, "How'd ya know I was here?" I shake my head and smile as I walk towards the two.
"It's not hard to find you. Smoke, fire, you. Pretty obvious." I chuckle. Dorbickmon looks down.
"I request one more fight with Whispered." He says. I look up and back down at Whispered.
"No matter how much I'd like to give it to you, I can't. Whispered probably didn't tell you but he isn't in the best condition." I give Whispered a "disappointed parent" look and he sighed.
"Whatever…" He grumbled.
"You owe me then once you reach your Mega form, got it?" Dorbickmon says. Whispered nods.
"You're on." Whispered walks to my side and before we leave Dorbickmon stops us.
"Here, take this." He throws me my fusion loader. "The tracker is gone and now you can see where Axeknightmon is. You can go to his base in case we find anything suspicious or until we know where the other generals are." Dorbickmon says
"Thank you…you're a lifesaver." I say. "Though, AxeKnightmon does have these two guys working for him, Myotismon and Piedmon. They have shown up to almost every site we've seen a general at."
"There's no doubt to me that they'll come here." Whispered says. "Piedmon gave me this wound and I want back at him"
"Not until you've healed. The more you fight, the worse it'll get." I shake my head. "He has a point though."
"Trust me, Neomyotismon and I will be able to handle those two. You guys get some rest." He smirks and stands upright. I smile at Whispered and grip my fusion loader as we walk back on the path.
—-
Dorbickmon cleans up the mess his flames made at the battle.
"Absolutely beautiful skills, Dorby." Neomyotismon says. Dorbickmon picks his head up, his pupils dilating.
"Thank you, Neo…" He smiles. He wraps his arms around the vampire's waist. He smirks, revealing one tooth in his mouth is gone.
"What did you do?" Neomyotismon grumbles, his hands coming up to cup Dorbickmon's cheeks.
"He won a bet and damn, was it impressive." Dorbickmon chuckles, nuzzling his nose against Neo's.
"You're an idiot…" The vampire chuckles before gently kissing the drake. Well, Dorbickmon technically doesn't have lips so it's more of Neo carrying the whole thing.
"The kid said AxeKnightmon's new lackeys are probably going to attack us here." Dorbickmon warned, letting go of Neomyotismon.
"Let them." The vampire smirked, his friendly eyes now shining with amusement yet rage. "It's been awhile since I was able to tear something to shreds." Neomyotismon twirls around, giggling when he faces Dorbickmon.
"You and violence…" Dorbickmon shakes his head. Before he can look up, he's pounced on by Neo.
"Look who's talking!" Neomyotismon says but then kisses the dragon again. A few moments go by until the kiss is broken, both breathing heavily. "You get to bed now, I'll watch over the place." He smiles, getting off of Dorbickmon.
"Goodnight, Neo." Dorbickmon kisses Neo's forehead before walking off.
"Night, Dorb." Neomyotismon spreads his wings and goes to the top of the tallest crystal shard in Baby Isles. "Eventful day, that's for sure…" Neomyotismon chuckles. He sits down and leans against part of the crystal. The wind gently blows and soon a golden feather flies by him. He catches it. "What digimon could produce a feather like this?"
"Neomyotismon!" A name shouted out from the pillar over. The vampiric digimon stood and looked down. Neo's red eyes widened, his pupils showing as he recognized the digimon.
"Anubimon…?"
—-
"Whis! Derin! You're back!" Coronamon cheered.
"Where were you guys?" Guilmon asked, putting down a giant piece of meat.
"Just training." Whispered smirked and pulled out a large tooth. "Got lucky." He snickered.
"That looks just like the shark tooth necklace my dad gave me when I was little." I smile and look at it. "Wait…is that, Dorbickmon's?!" My mouth hangs open.
"Won a bet. Totally worth it." Whispered smirks. He looks at me and then at the tooth. "But I'm tired. Best I get some rest." He smiles and lays down on the ground, Coronamon following him and laying down near him. I sit next to Guilmon, who is still going at the piece of meat.
"How was story time with Neomyotismon?" I smile at Lalamon.
"Just found out my dad has a prime bitchy side to him."
"Just found out?" Whispered snickers until Lalamon shoots a seed at his forehead, shutting him up.
"It was fun though," Lalamon says as she sits on my head. I pick her up and lay down with her on my chest.
—-
"Wake up!" I hear a voice yell and out comes Neomyotismon and Dorbickmon. Another digimon follows them and I see Lalamon shoot up into the air.
"Anubimon?" I say, getting up. The dingo digimon pushes through the other two.
"Hello again." His voice has a hint of urgency.
"Where's my dad?" Lalamon flies in front of me, getting in Anubimon's face. He sighs, his eyes filling with unshed tears.
"Gravimon…has…" He chokes back on a sob.
"Where's. My. Dad." Lalamon says. I can feel the emotion getting to her too.
"Some clown came in and…took him away. I have no idea where he is." He blurts out.
"A clown?" My body stiffens. "Piedmon." I turn to Whispered then look at Dorbickmon.
"So they are hunting down the generals. So be it. Let them come here and face our wrath." Dorbickmon declares. "Anubimon, I may not be your general but you will listen to me. Assist the kid and his digimon. We have AxeKnightmon's coordinates. Take him down, and everything should return to normal." Dorbickmon says. Anubimon nods.
"Yes, Dorbickmon." He bows slightly, confusing Dorbickmon for a second. "Derin, Gravimon would be so proud to see his daughter in such good shape with you. You have both our appreciation and gratitude." He bows to me. I gently take hold of the small flower digimon, who's trying desperately not to cry.
"Come." Neomyotismon says. We all get our stuff ready and walk outside to the opposite way we walked in. "The fastest way is through the Arctic Glaciers. Go into the castle and find the crystal behind the throne in the throne room. That will teleport you to a place no one dares to go, and right next to it should be AxeKnightmon's base." Neomyotismon gets down on one knee. "Derin, I trust you and your digimon. You shall make us all proud and nothing will ever stop you-"
"I beg to differ!" Someone yells. I look over and there is Piedmon and Myotismon. "Thought you could hide, huh?" Piedmon starts. "The last three dark generals we need…"
Dorbickmon gets in front of all of us. "You will leave now, you disgusting digital scum. As the protectors of Baby Isles, me and Neomyotismon will terminate anything that disrupts the peace." The dragon stands his ground. Neomyotismon stands next to him, the friendliness and warmth leaving his expressions. He licks his lips and bares his fangs.
"Agreed, leave now or be ripped to pieces."
"Then I guess we ain't leaving." Myotismon says as he pushes his cloak back. Anubimon grabs my hand.
"Put your digimon in your fusion loader now." He orders. I listen to him and we stand in silence, just like before. Neomyotismon takes one step forward.
"Trump Sword!" Piedmon yells, throwing his four swords at the bigger vampire. Dorbickmon blocks most of them but another cuts Neo's wing.
"How dare you!" Both megas charge at Piedmon and Myotismon. "Leave!" Dorbickmon shouts. Anubimon's grip tightens as he drags me into the sky.
"Agh!" I squirm a bit.
"Stay still child-" A sword comes out and almost slices my bangs up. We fly out of view and in the direction we are told to go. I look down and see Neomyotismon and Dorbickmon getting the upper hand.
"Goodbye…"