Digimon Fan Fiction ❯ Dark Diaries ❯ Worlds Collide! ( Chapter 12 )

Dark Diaries

Entry 12 "World's collide!"

Written by Rocker Starlight

Permission from Lord Archive

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Erin looked out the window, staring at the busy streets. It had been two days since he had arrived in Detroit, staying in abandoned building that the team of Digi-destined for the town used as a meeting place. With their help, Erin's new room at least had some clean bedding for the mattress, and looked fairly nice after Sue had gotten a hold of it. Although there was only so much you could do to the room of an abandoned building.

Turning away from the window, Erin looked at picture sitting next to his bag, of Selene and himself at a Sadie Hawkins dance a year ago. He hoped she was all right. The last time he had heard from her was before Mimi and Jyou had come to visit him. Although the incident with the mob had distracted him, his time since arriving in Detroit had left him more then enough time to start worrying about it.

Hearing a knock at the door, Erin tensed slightly. He still had trouble relaxing in the building, even if the room he had was one of the only ones with a lock on it still. He walked over to the door, gripping his coin in his hand tightly. "Who is it?"

"It's Emily."

Hearing the girl's voice, Erin let a relieved breath escape him. Opening the door, he let the red head in, glancing at the laptop under her arm as she walked into the room. As he closed the door, it took a moment, before he noticed the nice green dress Emily was wearing, her hair pulled back into two pigtails.

Emily blushed a little at the gawking look Erin was giving her, setting the laptop on the desk they had scrounged up. As she set the computer up, Tsukaimon slipped out from under the dress. The gray digimon stretched her ears slightly, as Emily looked back to Erin. "Koushiro sent me an e-mail, asking me to check something for him. You have your coin, right?"

Erin shook himself, blushing a little more as he realized he had been staring. "Y…yea." Opening his hand, he revealed the black coin, gleaming in the afternoon's light.

Smiling softly, nodded, and plugged her cell phone into a cord, connecting it to the laptop, as she began loading up a program. "Koushiro wants to know if you can access the Digital World with it. So were going to test it out, alright?"

Erin nodded slowly, stepping closer to look at the program she was booting up. As her finger typed at the keyboard, he watched the Digi-port program that Jyou had run the other week appear on the screen.

Reaching into a pocket in the dress, Emily pulled out her gray digivice, holding it up to Erin. "Ready? If the portal opens, we'll probably both fall in fast."

The brown haired teen nodded. "Yea. But what am I supposed to do, anyway?"

Emily laughed softly. "Try holding your coin up to the screen, and say 'Digi-port open'. Ok?"

Erin nodded, holding his coin at the screen, noticing Emily doing the same with her digivice. Taking a deep breath, he took a moment, before giving it a try. "Digi-port open!"

The two teens stood in front of the laptop, staring at the screen for a few minutes. As nothing happened, Erin rubbed the back of his head. "Ok, now what?"

Emily smiled softly. "Try with the coin inside you. Koushiro said if it didn't work at first, to keep trying."

Erin nodded. "All right. Coin Fusion." He gasped softly, feeling the familiar feeling of the coin merging with his body. His eyes slowly began to shift from his normal auburn shade to a soft glowing red. Looking at the computer screen, he held his hand out to it. "Digi-port open!"

Light flashed from the screen, as Erin felt like his body was being pulled towards the computer screen. Before he could try react, he fell forward, giving a yell as he began free falling.

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Groaning, Erin slowly opened his eyes. The landing was definitely something to be desired, as he tried to sit up, noticing the body lying on top of him. Opening his eyes, his cheeks turned a bright crimson as he saw the pair of purple panties in front of him. He closed his eyes, swinging his head back too fast and slamming it into the ground. "Ouch…"

A soft groan followed his noise, before he felt the body on top of him quickly scrambling off. As he opened his eye, he saw Emily sitting next to him, her dress spread out around her legs, and her cheeks blushing as well. Sitting up, Erin grinned sheepishly, looking around at the scenery around him to try and ignore the awkward moment.

Around them was a lush forest, tall trees standing all around them. A path wound between the trees, leading outside of the forest, in the direction of a large town he could see in the distance. Sitting between two of the trees, a small television with a pair of rabbit ears sat on the ground, looking out of place from the forest.

"We are just outside of Gear, the main town for this area of the Digital World." Standing up, Emily brushed her dress off, offering a hand and helping Erin to his feet. "We'll walk a little closer, and then head back, alright?"

At Erin's nod, the pair walked down the path. As they came to the forest's edge, Erin stared in awe at the sight of the large city. Most of it was made of metal, almost like it was machine made, with a more normal looking village surrounding it. Small smokestacks rose from the buildings, as the noise of the city reached them.

"Wow… Is it as big as Detroit?" Erin continued staring at the metal city.

Emily giggled softly. "We never checked, but we think it is since it is the digital world of Detroit."

Tsukaimon landed on the young girl's shoulder. "Feels nice to be back…" She smiled softly as she let herself relax.

Erin smiled softly, before something caught his eye on the Emily's dress. "Wasn't that gray before? And smaller too."

Looking down at what Erin was pointing at, Emily blinked in surprise. Instead of the basic gray digivice she had always had, a deep green D3 hung on the belt of her dress, red highlights accenting the colors. Taking it in her hand, she examined it closely. "It was…" She frowned slightly as she thought over it.

Erin tilted his head slightly as he noticed the frown. "What happened then?"

Tsukaimon answered before Emily. "It means we may have a mission again soon. Some of the Odaiba Chosen mentioned having their digivices upgraded during the wedding reception."

Emily nodded to her partner's words. "Tsukaimon's right. I'll have to let the rest of the team know, and bring them through to see if they upgrade as well." As she looked at her D3, the screen flashed a moment, before a couple small dots began flashing on it. "Erin, do you mind us not heading back yet?"

Shaking his head, Erin watched the girl, stepping closer to look at the blips. "What's going on?"

Emily watched her new digivice closely. "I'm fairly certain the blip in the center is myself. I'm assuming the other is another digivice, but I'm not certain." She looked up at the town, before giving Erin a soft smile. "Looks like you get to see Gear after all."

Smiling at the Irish girl, Erin followed along as she started towards the town. "Beats sitting in that room day in and out"

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Walking past the outer walls of the city, Erin watched as digimon ran past the three of them. Most seemed to be about the Child level, guessing from the height, with a few Adults also moved through the crowds. The variety did catch him by surprise a little, but he managed to keep himself from gawking at the different types of digimon walking around.

Emily glanced back, giving a soft giggle at Erin as she sidestepped a Hagurumon. Glancing at her new D3, she took a left turn, making sure her friend followed, before continuing down a new road. Although it had been awhile since she had been able to walk around the digital world and it felt refreshing to be back. After a few steps, she glanced past the crowd, smiling as she thought she recognized. Grabbing Erin's arm, she quickly started to run through the crowd.

Erin gave a small start as he started to run to keep up. Trying to see what it was that had her taking off like she had, her looked over her should, merely seeing a road packed with digimon. Before he realized what was going on, he felt Emily make a quick turn, nearly loosing her grip on his arm. As she finally began to slow down, Erin panted softly, very unused to having to run much.

Feeling the hand on his arm pull away, Erin stood up, watching as Emily started to walk towards one building in particular. "E…Emily? Where are we going?" He was slowly starting to catch his breath as he followed the Irish girl.

Emily smiled as she looked back at him. "I thought I saw an old friend come this way, so I'm seeing if he is home."

Following along, Erin followed her into the building. As they stepped inside, all Erin saw was a hallway leading to some stairs, with a couple doors on each side. It all seemed very similar to an apartment building in the real world, to the teenager. A flash of warmth ran through his body, similar to how his coin felt when it pulsed, making him blink as he follows Emily. He definitely had never felt that before.

Leaving his train of thought for the moment, Erin watched Emily walk to one of the doors in the new hallway, knocking lightly on it. After a moment, a small hole appeared in the door, right in front of Emily's face, quickly disappearing again. The door slowly opened, reveal a small ball-like digimon with a metal helmet over half its body. It's body seemed to be made of metal as well, it's right hand red with three claws coming from it, and a small laser replacing the left. It floated in front of the trio, the mouth just under it's mask smiling at the Irish girl.

"Well, ya finally came to visit, eh?" Metal Mamemon floated back, landing on the ground. "Come in, you two, and bring yer friend with ye."

Erin blinked, following Emily and Tsukaimon into the cyborg digimon's room. Even the room seemed like a normal apartment, if just barely furnished. After the door shit, the small digimon floated up in front of Erin, holding it's right hand out to him as it retracted it's claws into it's hand. "Metal Mamemon, a pleasure to meet ye."

"Erin. Erin Storm, a pleasure." Shaking the small, cyborg digimon's hand, Erin watched it float up and takes three glasses, bringing them over to them. As Emily and her partner both took a drink, Erin followed suit, taking a sip of the water.

Sitting in his chair, Metal Mamemon gave a heart felt laugh. "Well, what's thee occasion? Haven't seen any of you kids in quite some time. I began to think ye forgot all about me."

Giggling softly, Emily smiled at the Perfection digimon. "Don't start. Thank to my friend here, we have the ability to enter the Digital World again." She motioned to Erin.

Tsukaimon smiled, as Erin blushed slightly, similar to the glow in his eyes. "Metal Mamemon, do you know of anything out of place around town? We were following a signal on Emily's D3."

Pulling her D3 out, Emily showed the digimon the screen, the blips much closer together now. Metal Mamemon watched the screen a moment, standing up in his chair. "I think I know where that be. Follow me, Lass' and Gent." The cyborg digimon quickly float to his front door and out, leaving the trio to try and catch up.

Running out of the building, Metal Mamemon floated in the air, further down the road at a slower pace. Erin gave Emily a confused look, although it appeared his friend had no clue what the little digimon was doing either. As they walked behind the Perfection, Erin fidgeting fingers slightly. "Emily… You mind if I ask about something you said earlier?"

Arching her brow, Emily smiled softly. "Sure. What's up, Erin?"

"You mentioned a wedding earlier. I was wondering who's wedding it was?" Erin rubbed the back of his head slightly.

Emily blinked, taking a moment to think before her face lit up with recognition. "Oh, the Takaishi wedding. It was for two members of the Odaiba team, Takeru Takaishi and Hikari Yagami. Well, Hikari Takaishi now." She smiled softly. "Only a few weeks ago too. Hope they enjoyed their honeymoon."

Erin blinked. "They're Digi-destined? H…How old are they?"

"They're both thirteen, although Takeru turns fourteen in September I think."

Emily glanced back, as she noticed Erin blinking blankly. "Th…Thirteen? B…But how? Why?"

Grabbing his arm, Emily pulled Erin along to keep up with Metal Mamemon. "The why… Well, lets just say they'll have a good sign of their love a few months from now." The Irish girl blushed a little.

Erin almost fell over as he heard the statement. "They're pregnant?!" A couple digimon glanced at them, making the red head blush deeper.

"Yes, SHE is. As for the how, well, their families agreed letting them be married would be better I guess. I don't really know the specifics about that."

Finally walking fast enough to not be dragged along, Erin rubbed the back of his head slightly. "I…I guess I just never thought I'd ever hear about two thirteen-year-olds getting married. Of course, I never thought I would think I'd turn into a digimon, so I guess I'm good proof anything can happen…"

Emily smiles softly. "Yea. But everything will work out. People aren't normally chosen by the Digital World for no reason, so you wouldn't have been selected if you weren't meant to do something."

Erin smiled slightly, and gave a nod. "Thanks."

Tsukaimon patted one of her wings on Emily's head, getting the girl's attention. "Metal Mamemon went into that building, Emily. We should probably follow him."

Both teens blushed slightly, heading into the building Tsukaimon had pointed out, looking like a giant metal block. Walking in, a pillar of red light shown from the center of the room, with Metal Mamemon standing at the base of it. As they walked closer, the digimon stepped away, revealing a red and yellow egg with a horn shaped spike coming out of it.

Emily looked at her D3, only seeing a single blip now. "A Digimental… That's what the D3 was picking up." She walked over to the Digimental, stepping into the pillar of light and kneeling down. Placing her hands on the egg, it shown brighter for a moment, before she pulled it from the ground. The light quickly dissipated from the room, leaving it dim compared to before.

Holding her D3 up to the Digimental, it turned into energy and shot into the digivice, making another beam of energy hit the floor and reveal a rectangular box on the ground. Emily picked it up, flipping the top open, showing a screen with her Digimental on it. She smiled brightly, looking to her partner, who had the same expression on her face too.

As Emily started to stand up, an explosion rocked the cube building. All four looked to one another, before running out to try and find the cause. They looked around once aside, not seeing anything, until a shape leapt from the building they had been in to one across the street. As it turned around, they got a good look at the large mane of golden hair being held back by a metal brace around the lion digimon's forehead. Its body was covered in white and black armor, with small turbines on its arms and legs spinning at high speeds.

Grinning around the two large fangs coming from its mouth, the lion let a roar escape it, before it leapt from view.

Erin stared in shock before turning to his comrades, seeing the same expressions on them. "Who or what was that?"

Metal Mamemon frowned, watching a couple Mamemon floating up and following the digimon. "GrappLeomon. He's a fighting specialist, and a dangerous opponent. You two stay here, we'll handle this." The cyborg flew off after his fellow Mamemon, not giving the trio a chance to answer.

Emily frowned, shaking her head. "I'll be damned if I'm letting a friend fight without me. Tsukaimon lets give your new form a shot. Digimental up!"

Leaping off Emily's shoulder, Tsukaimon was swallowed into a pillar of red light. "Tsukaimon, armor evolve…" As the light began to dim, the small gray digimon's form was replaced with that of a large boar, easily as large as the two humans were. Flames flickers around her neck and on the end of her tail and two red and black stripped tusks extended from her mouth. On her forehead, a metal plate held itself in place, as she stamped her hooves on the ground. "Boarmon!"

Erin's red eyes began to glow brightly as he clenched his fists tight. "Digital Assimilation!" The purple light formed around him, falling away to reveal the armored form of Black War Humon, clashing his claws against one another, before stretching his arms at his sides.

Leaping onto Boarmon's back, Emily motioned to Erin. "Go with them. We'll follow on the ground." As he nodded to her, they split up, Black War Humon taking to the air, while Emily and Boarmon cut into an alley to follow along.

It wasn't long before Erin caught sight of Metal Mamemon, or the battle that seemed to be going on. The trio of Mamemon, simple balls with limps compared to Metal Mamemon, tossed the small energy bombs at the lion, making it growl as it swung.

"Lion Whirlwind Kick!" The turbines on GrappLeomon's legs back whirling intensely, before he flipped onto his hands, spinning himself on them. The attack began forming a whirlwind effect, from the turbines, pulling the three Mamemon in, before each one was struck by a foot and kicked away. The lion digimon stopped spinning, and landed on his feet again, grinning at his only remaining opponents.

Black War Humon growled softly as he watched the lion. The cocky smirk on the digimon's face was unmistakable, as its gaze turned to Metal Mamemon, pulling back one of its arms. "Lion Beast Killing Wave!" The turbine on the limp started, as he punched the air in front of him, a wave of air slamming the cyborg digimon into a nearby building.

"Energy Bomb!" Metal Mamemon's gun arm fired the red blast at the lion, only to have it slamming into its crossed arms.

"Is that the best this town has to offer?" GrappLeomon gauged the small digimon, as he extracted himself from the wall.

"No! This is!"

GrappLeomon turned in time to catch the claws that were moving towards him, being pushed back from the force. The two fighters struggled for a moment, before the Perfection twisted himself, throwing the assimilated teen over his shoulder and into another building.

"A bit of strength, but I'm unimpressed, whatever you are." Dusting his arm off, the lion gave a soft snort. "Finding this town's power source will be simple."

A small explosion struck the large digimon's back, knocking him off balance a moment. Glancing back, one of the Mamemon was staggering towards him, trying to collect enough energy for another attack.

Smirking, GrappLeomon walked to the weakened digimon, grabbing it in his hand and raising it to his height. "I'll allow you a bit of respect. I would not have thought any of you had the energy to get to your feet again. I'll grant you a quick deletion."

"Stop it!" GrappLeomon looked over, as Metal Mamemon finally pulled himself out of the building he had been thrown into. "Leave 'im be, he dun have anything to do with this." Aiming his laser arm at the lion, the cyborg floated steadily.

Throwing the Mamemon away, GrappLeomon's turbines began to spin again, as a grin crossed his face. "You have fight left in you. Good, I haven't had a good battle in some time." Just as he moved to step forward, two arms grabbed under his arm, the lion glancing back to see Black War Humon holding him from behind.

"Energy Bomb!" Metal Mamemon fired another blast of energy into the Perfection digimon, pushing the pair back across the roof. Using the momentum, Erin lifted GrappLeomon off the roof, flipping him over and towards the street below.

GrappLeomon flipped himself, making a small hole in the concrete as he landed. He grinned, looking up at Black War Humon and Metal Mamemon, who were both starting to float down after him. "Yes! At last, someone worthy of my power! Lion Beast Killing Wave!" He swung both his fists forward, striking the pair as they neared the street level.

Rubbing the spot on his chest where the energy bomb had struck, the lion digimon started forward. "Come on! We're not done yet, are we?"

"Not by a long shot!"

"Bullet Attack!"

Emily and Boarmon's voices rang out, as the digidestined and her partner suddenly began moving with a burst of energy from Boarmon's attack, slamming into GrappLeomon just as he noticed them, and crashing him into a metal wall. The impact left a hole in the metal, with GrappLeomon pushed deep into it. Boarmon back herself up, letting Emily off a good distance away, as she kicked her hooves on the ground.

As Black War Humon and Metal Mamemon flanked the armor digimon, the group watched GrappLeomon grip the sides of the hole, roaring as he pushed the metal away from him. Pulling himself out, he held his side, grimacing as he looked from one opponent to the next. "You think this is over? Lion Beast Killing Wave!"

Erin stepped forward, blocking the strike with his shield. "Actually I think it is. What about you, Emily?"

Emily gave a smile, gripping her D3 tightly in her hand. "Yea. Boarmon, let's take him down!"

Boarmon nodded, bracing her feet. The flames on her body flared for a moment, as she yelled, "Nose Blaster!" The flames lost some of their intensity, as fire streamed out of her nose, creating a flame thrower effect.

"Energy Bomb!" Metal Mamemon fired the charged ball of energy, floating back a little from it.

"Black Tornado!" Black War Humon's body began spinning as he flew at GrappLeomon, the flames turning his attack into a horizontal tornado of flames. As the energy bomb struck the lion off balance, Erin slammed the flaming funnel and his claws into his body, pushing him back into the crate in the wall, before releasing the attack.

Erin pulled GrappLeomon out of the hole, laying his unconscious form on the ground. As they surrounded the Perfection level digimon, they waited a few moments, glancing between them before he finally began to awaken.

Opening his eyes, GrappLeomon looked at the claw that lowered in front of his face. He looked up to Black War Humon's auburn eyes, looking indifferent. "Do it."

Erin blinked at the statement. "What?"

"Delete me. I was defeated, so finish it." The lion digimon sat up on his elbows, putting the claws pressing against his chest.

Emily glanced at Erin, while her partner and Metal Mamemon exchanged look. After a moment, Erin pulled his claw back, bringing a sigh of relief from the human and her partner. "There's no point. You're beaten. Leave peacefully, and you can live."

GrappLeomon stared at the assimilated human in surprise, before giving a soft chuckle. Slowly standing up, he looked at the group surrounding him, giving a soft smile. "Hmmm. Perhaps you are good enough." Kneeling onto the ground, he bowed his head. "I'm at your commend."

Everyone looked at one another in confusion, before Emily stepped forward, being the first to speak up. "At our command? What do you mean?"

GrappLeomon looked over at the Irish girl, a soft smile on his face. "I follow those who can defeat me. It proves to me that I support those who deserve my strength."

Metal Mamemon retracted his claws, landing on the ground, as Boarmon devolved back into Tsukaimon and landed on Emily's shoulder. Glancing between one another, the cyborg spoke next. "Well, who were ye workin fer? You said somethin about Gear's power source."

Nodding, GrappLeomon stood up again. "Yes. I was defeated and told to claim Gear's primary power source."

Erin frowned slightly. "So who gave you that order? Who was it that defeated you?"

As he opened his mouth, GrappLeomon's eyes went wide as a red trident stabbed straight through his body. He leans forward from the shaft going through his body, gripping at it, before his body turned into digital data and dispersed. Emily covered her mouth at the sight, everyone staring in shock where the lion digimon had previously been.

The trident began to shake in the ground, before pulling itself free and flying away. They watched as a hand reached out from behind a structure on top of the roof. The black hand pulled back, before the owner of it stepped out. Two bat wings extended from the figure's shoulders, while it's body was covered with red skin and black leather. A large collar extended from its neck, held together by a golden bat and framing a red head and face with two horns protruding from the forehead. A red tail slapped the roof's surface with the spade shaped end, while the lower body was covered in the black leather, with its boots having similar collar's as around it's neck. The demon looking creature laughed deeply as it gazed down at the small group.

Erin growled softly, pointing his claw at the figure. "Why did you do that?! He never did anything to you." His duel voices rang out angrily.

Smirking slightly, the demon bowed low. "GrappLeomon was at my disposal. It was my right to chose if he lived and died."

"No one has that right!" Emily yelled up, gripping her D3 tightly.

Grunting slightly, the demon man swung his trident out, cleanly slicing it through the structure he had been standing behind before. "Ah, but your wrong. I do have that right. And soon, I'll chose when you do too, little girl."

Jumping into the air, Black War Humon flew at the demon, the half threat pushing him over the edge. Swinging his claw, he was barely able to notice as the demon leapt over him, the blunt end of the trident slamming into his back, sending him crashing into the roof.

Slowly standing up, he looked over, seeing the demon smirking at him. "W…Who are you?"

"Me? You may call me Lord Phelesmon. And soon, you'll know well 'boy'." Leaping into the air, Phelesmon landing on a roof high above Erin, soon out of eyesight.

Growling softly, Erin flew up after Phelesmon, unable to see him when he passed the roof's edge. Floating down, he found Emily and Tsukaimon standing alone in the streets, Metal Mamemon nowhere to be found.

"Where's Metal Mamemon?" Erin landed on the ground, shifting back to his fused form.

"He went to check on the Mamemon that GrappLeomon hit. What happened up there, Erin? Are you alright?"

Erin shrugged the question off slightly for a moment, glancing at the roofs again. "He said his name was Phelesmon. Didn't find much else out before he took off."

Nodding, the Irish girl put a hand on the older boy's shoulder, bringing his attention back to her. "Well, we'll find out later. I need to get back home, and the team needs to know about this."

Feeling the hand pull at him, Erin gave a last glance at the rooftops, frowning as he followed behind. "Yea… We'll find out later…"

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Groaning as he landed on the hard floor, Erin blinked as he felt something on his face, looking at a gray body lying on top of him. As Tsukaimon flew off his face, Erin looked over, seeing Emily giggling as she sat on his bed, having landed nicely this time. Blushing a little, Erin sat up, rubbing the back of his head, holding the black coin in his other hand.

Smiling softly, Emily began to shut down her laptop. "Aside from the fighting, how did you like your first trip into the Digital World?"

Leaning against the window's edge, Erin looked out at the red sky, the sun setting behind the buildings across from his. "I liked it. It felt… Well, it felt energizing? Like a breath of fresh air, you know?"

Emily nodded. "It may be because you assimilate into a partially digimon form."

Tsukaimon smiled, lying on Erin's bed. "It uses more of out energy in the real world, then the Digital World, because we are originally from there. Some digimon who are partnered to a human devolve to their second Baby stage in the real world, until they get used to it."

Emily giggled softly. "It is easier sometimes to hide them too." The red head looked over at Erin, as she held the laptop under her arms.

Nodding to the pair, Erin smiled softly. "Hey, mind if I walk you two home? I mean, it is getting late…"

Emily opened her mouth, before she glanced at her tired partner. Handing the laptop to Erin, she walked over, picking up Tsukaimon and holding her partner close. "I'd like that Erin." Walking to the door, she waited, smiling sweetly. "Shall we, sir?"

Erin blushes slightly again, rubbing the back of his head, as he heard Emily start to giggle. Walking over and opening the door, he shook his head as he followed her out, locking the door.

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Rocker ~ *whistles* Thank the gods, that chapter is done…

Toy Agumon ~ Why did you have so much trouble with that one?

Rocker ~ No idea. I just kept pausing. But thankfully, I finally got it written out, and can continue on. ^_^

Floramon ~ *giggles softly* Well, we'll see how much trouble Rocker has, since next time, we see what's going on back in Mt. Morris. Stay tuned for the next Dark Diaries!