Digimon Fan Fiction ❯ Digimon: Apocalypse ❯ 2nd Prologue ( Chapter 2 )

Despite Jyou’s original desire to wait until help had arrived, he and Gomamon X had secretively remained near the Digitalatri’s main church. They had stayed hidden in the forests until Miayag had returned, with a fresh group of infected Chosen.

“Jeeze, she doesn’t quit, does she?” Gomamon X sighed.

“Wait a second,” Jyou said, narrowing his eyes as he peered through the window, “Isn’t that Tatum and Sam?”

“From Mimi’s group?” Gomamon X asked, “What are they doing here?”

“Shh!” Jyou hissed, “She’s starting to talk.”

Miayag faced the crowd and once again began to speak. “My fellow Chosen, those infected by the BD-2, you have taken the first step to healing yourself of the deadly virus!” She began to move her arms in the same rhythmic manner as before, speaking loudly, “To be healed, my fellow Chosen, you must accept the Digital God as your own!

“Jyou!” Gomamon X gasped, “Are we just gonna sit here and let this happen?”

“What can we do?” he asked, “They have the right to worship who they want; it’s not up to us to tell them otherwise.”

“But…but….” The small digimon growled and turned back to the window.

Miayag was still talking. “But I have a special gift, one that can only be bestowed upon the most worthy Chosen.” She began to walk through the crowd of infected Chosen when she stopped in front of Tatum and Sam. “You two…”

“We’re gonna stop her now, right?” Gomamon X asked.

Jyou hesitated. “Um…I….”

The two American Chosen stared up at her. “W…what do you mean?” Sam asked.

Miayag’s Witchmon walked over with two bright blue orbs in her hands. “Take these, and merge them with your digivice, then you shall be cleansed and powered!”

Tatum and Sam glanced at each other, then at their partners. “Whatever you decide, I’ll go along with it,” Sam’s Flare Lizamon said.

Tatum’s Airdramon nodded. “Yes, me too.”

The two Chosen hesitated a moment longer, then reached for the blue orbs.

“Jyou!” Gomamon X hissed, “Jyou!”

He did not answer, only continued to stare forward.

“Jyou!” Gomamon X said again, “You’re not gonna let them do it, right?”

Finally, the Chosen rose to his feet and leapt through the first floor window, landing hard on the wooden floor. Gomamon X followed.

“Tatum, Sam, stop!” Jyou shouted, “You don’t know what that will do to you!”

Miayag pointed her finger at Jyou and Gomamon X. “Look, look my fellow Chosen, look! That is one of the Chosen modified by the X-Antibody! He knows that accepting the Digital God will cure you! That is why he is trying to stop you! He wants to keep you sick, that way you won’t be able to stand up against him! He and the other Chosen with the X-Antibody are going to overtake the Digital World! You’ll all be his slaves!”

“Hey, wait a second!” Jyou gasped, waving his hand in front of him, “W…what are you…no, it’s nothing like…”

Miayag mentioned to Tatum and Sam. “You see? Do you now understand?”

The two American Chosen stared at him. “Jyou, I…I thought you would want us to get better,” Tatum said, “Is…is he right?”

“But you don’t know what that is?” he gasped, “It could be worse…”

“It’s your choice then,” Miayag said, “Take the Gift of the Digital God and be healed, or continued to put your belief and hope in the medicine that the X-Chosen are giving you, the medicine that isn’t working at all! Think about it, you’re sick, he’s healed, and he’s the one that keeps giving you the medicine!”

“She’s right!” Sam gasped. He grabbed the blue orb. Tatum hesitated, but followed her friend. Jyou and Gomamon X tried to call out to them, but it was not any use. Tatum and Sam merged the blue orbs with their digivices. Their bodies suddenly tensed and stiffen as the BD-2 was purged from their bodies. The same happened to their partners, but once they were healed, they began to evolve.

“Flare Lizamon evolve to Mummymon!”

“Airdramon evolve to Archnemon!”

“No!” Gomamon X gasped, “It’s just like before!”

The infected Chosen stared in shock and awe at Tatum and Sam. “Do you see now?” Miayag grinned, “Only the Digital God can save you! If you wish to be save…” She pointed at Jyou and Gomamon X, “…get rid of them!”

“Leave it to us,” Sam grinned, “Mummymon!”

Tatum clenched her fists, “Archnemon!”

“Attack!” they both shouted at once.

Both digimon were poised to attack, but the front doors were suddenly blown off of their hinges. The Chosen took cover, but Archnemon and Mummymon stood their ground. Through the dust and debris, they could see a young man with shoulder-length blond hair standing near Jyou and Gomamon X. They ran forward to attack, but a blue streak suddenly shot in front of them. They could just make out a large blue wolf leaping about the church. The wolf darted around quickly and jumped behind them. Before they could turn around, the wolf smashed his feet into their backs, sending them crashing head-first into the floor. Once the dust had finally settled, Jyou, Gomamon X, and the two mysterious rescuers were gone.

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After her shower, Sora dressed in a simple pair of shorts and a red t-shirt. Due to her foot, she was having trouble moving around her apartment, every time she put weight on her injured limb, it shot pain through her entire body. She did manage to reach her medicine cabinet and had to fish inside for the Aspirin, but finally found it. She read the directions on the side, “For adults, take 1 capsule every 4 hours unless symptoms persist. Do not take more then six capsules in twelve hours unless instructed to do so by a doctor. If systems persist, contact your physician.”

She ignored the warning and took three capsules. She was in so much pain that she easily downed the three without any water. She then threw the capsules back into the cabinet and limped into the living room. Piyomon was lying on the couch, her eyes weakly staring at the television. The red-headed young woman smiled as she fell onto the couch. Her partner turned to her. “D…did you call Jyou yet?”

“He wasn’t there, so I left a message on his machine,” she frowned, “I hope he gets it soon.”

Piyomon forced a smile. “Hey, don’t worry, we’ll get through this. You’ll see, we’ll be fine.”

She sighed. “I hope so.”

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Jyou sighed as he leaned back against one of the trees filling the forest. He turned to Gomamon X and sighed. “See, I told you we shouldn’t have interfered.”

“Well, excuse me!” he said, “I was just trying to help our friends!”

The Chosen sighed and turned towards the blond haired man. “Yamato, thanks for the save.”

The other Chosen smiled slightly. “Hey, I was in the neighborhood, but was that Archnemon and Mummymon with Tatum and Sam?

Jyou sighed deeply. “Yeah, it was.”

“Damn it,” he said, “Those Digitalatri are gaining more and more Chosen, they’re even turning our friends against us! But I thought Tatum and Sam were infected with the BD-2, how did their digimon mange to evolve?”

“It’s something Miayag and her Witchmon gave them,” Gomamon X said.

Yamato sighed deeply. “I just wish that more of the Chosen could use the X-Antibody.”

“Yeah,” Jyou said, “But it does mutate our digimon.” He glanced at Gomamon X, who, while resembling a normal Gomamon, had a tuff of red hair on his chest, longer red hair on his head and cuter.

Yamato nodded and glanced over at Gabumon X. He looked like a normal Gabumon, except that his left claw was much longer, fangs in his mouth, and a tougher look to his face. “Well, any ideas?”

“I think Taichi needs to know about this,” Jyou said.

Yamato frowned. “Taichi…”

“Look, I know that he hasn’t been…friendly, lately, but he’ll know what to do.”

The blond boy sighed. “Yeah, you’re right.”

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Taichi stumbled out of his room. Hikari was already in the kitchen, placing breakfast on the table. “Good morning,” she smiled.

“Oh man,” he said, rubbing his forehead, “I’ve got one kick ass headache.”

“You did come home drunk last night.”

“I did?” he said, falling into his seat.

“Yes, you did,” she responded, placing a coffee mug on the table before him.

“Thanks,” he said.

“Oh, by the way,” she said, “Jyou wanted to talk to you.”

“Jyou?” he asked, “What for?”

She shrugged. “I don’t know. Do you…uh…remember what we talked about last night?”

He shook his head “No…I don’t even remember coming home. I did come home right, you didn’t have to come get me, right?”

“No,” she shook her head, “You were very responsible and came home in a cab.”

He smiled slightly. “You sound just like Mom…”

She smiled back. “I’ll take that as a compliment.”

He began to eat his breakfast. “This is pretty good.”

“Thanks.”

“So, what are you doing today?”

She shrugged. “I don’t know. Maybe Plotmon and I’ll just hang out around here or something…”

The telephone began to ring. Hikari walked over lifted it off of the receiver. “Hello, Yagami residence…Oh, hi Jyou. Yeah, he’s right here…” She handed him the phone, “It’s for you.”

Taichi swallowed his meal and placed the phone against his head. “Hello? Hey Jyou, what’s…Yeah…what? Yeah…all right, I’ll be right there…”

“What’s up?” Hikari asked.

“We’ve got a major problem,” he said, “Agumon and I were going to see him, can you and Plotmon come too?”

She blinked a few times. “Uh, yeah, sure…”

He nodded. “All right, we’re leaving in five minutes…”

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Maria panted heavily as she crawled along the ground, her blue skirt was torn and ragged, her jacket old and discolored, there was mud and sand plastered to her face, her hair was scraggly and unclean, but the pain that was the worst was her leg stubs, bandaged with dirty blue rags made from portions of her skirt, were dragging along the ground.

She crawled past other Chosen, who only gave her a passing glance. She did not feel angry or resentful towards them, most of them barely had the energy to lift their heads. She may have lost her lower legs, but she still had energy to at least crawl.

She eventually made her way to the alley that had been serving as her ‘home’ with Tatum and Sam. She frowned when she thought of her friends who abandoned her just so they could go and believe in some cult.

“Maria!”

She turned around as best she could and saw her Centarumon towering over her. “I told you not to move.”

The girl only smiled and continued to crawl until she reached the rag-covered box that was serving as her bed. “I just went to get some water.”

“You really need to be careful,” he said, trotting into the alley, “I know you don’t like hearing this, but you can’t move very fast, and if someone decided to attack you…”

“I know, I know,” she sighed, “But…if I stop, if I let everyone carry me, then…then it’s like I’ve given up.”

Centarumon smiled reassuringly, “I understand that, but I still worry about you.”

She nodded. “I know. Um, did you find out where Tatum and Sam went?”

He nodded. “I heard some rumors that the Digitalatri have their base in the Eastern Hemisphere.”

“Oh,” she frowned, “How are we going to get there?”

“Well,” he said, “We can travel to the shoreline, and there we should be able to find a ferry or at least a Whamon to take us across to the Eastern Continent, and then we should be able to find out more information.”

Maria hesitated, then nodded. “All right, let’s do it.”

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The Yagami children and their digimon partners arrived in the City of Ylicis. Agumon X was similar to a regular Agumon except his claws and tail were longer. Plotmon X, on the other hand, looked very different: while regular Plotmon resembled a dog, Plotmon X was definitely a puppy, with a large ring around her neck.

Once the small group entered the town, they stared out at hundreds of Chosen that lay dying in the streets. Hikari gasped loudly and placed her hands over her mouth. Her brother placed a reassuring hand on her shoulder. “Come on, we’d better find Jyou.” He glanced at the two digimon, “And we can’t let them know you’re X-Digimon, we’re not exactly the most well-liked people anymore.”

“Yeah,” Agumon X said, crossing his arms, “And it sucks!”

Taichi just rubbed his head and the small group cautiously walked through the streets. Most of the infected Chosen were too weak and sick to even give them a passing glance, but a few of the ones where the virus had not spread so far gave them hate-filled glances, but did not say anything.

They found Jyou and Yamato waiting in the center of town. “You came,” Yamato said. He glanced at Jyou, “What do you know, I guess I owe you a lunch.”

Taichi frowned at him. “What’s going on?”

“Digitalatri’s managed to coerce a bunch of our friends into joining them,” Jyou explained, “And somehow their leader, Miayag, made their partners evolve to our old enemies, Metalseadramon, Archnemon and Mummymon.”

“What?” Hikari gasped.

Taichi raised his eyebrow. “How?”

Jyou shook his head. “I don’t know.”

The other Chosen frowned. “I bet Koushiro would know.”

The others sighed and frowned. “But he’s not here,” Hikari managed to say, “So, we’re just going to do it ourselves.”

Taichi nodded. “All right, so why don’t you take us to their base?”

“That’s probably a good place to start,” Plotmon X added.

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Catherine smiled weakly as the maid placed the tray of food on the small stand near her bed. “Here you are Madame,” she said, giving a small bow in her maid uniform before exiting the room.

Catherine pushed herself into a sitting position so she could eat her dinner with ease. She looked over to the other side of the bed. “Floramon, dinner.”

The plant digimon crawled out from beneath the sheets. “Oh, I fell asleep, didn’t I?”

“It’s okay,” the French girl smiled. She handed her a small bed tray, “here you are.”

“Thank you,” Floramon said. Catherine frowned as she watched her partner eat. Due to the BD-2, she was missing pieces of her green skin, along with the red petals around her neck.

Catherine then glanced at herself. She had lost much of her beauty from the virus; red splotches littered her face, her hair was missing, and the fingers on her left hand were missing. Whenever she went out she was forced to wear a wig or a hat, long-sleeve shirt, gloves, and pants or an ankle-length skirt. She generally stayed inside during the summer, ever since she caught the virus two years ago. She was one of the lucky ones: she caught a version of the virus that progressed slower, so while she would live longer, she was forced to watch as the BD-2 slowly ate away at her body. She thought of the other Chosen, who were wasting away in the Digital World, forced to remain there because they could not afford the Synthetic Digital Energy Accelerator. Due to her family’s wealth, she could afford the best doctors in the world, but they could do nothing for her. She frowned.

“Something wrong?” Floramon asked.

The French girl shrugged slightly. “I…I’m not hungry.”

“You should eat, the chef made it for you.”

She smiled slightly. “Yes, I know.”

“What’s wrong?” Floramon asked, “Really?”

She hesitated a moment before speaking. “I wish I could help the other Chosen in the Digital World.”

“Oh,” Floramon frowned, “Yes, I wish I could as well, but how?”

“I don’t know…we just need to find ze right doctors to make a cure…” She smiled slightly, “Doctors or computer scientists.”

“I’m sure there’s a way we can help,” she said, “But right now you need to eat.”

Catherine smiled and reached for her own food.

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“Why do you keep looking at me?” Taichi asked.

Yamato shrugged. “Well, I haven’t heard from you in almost a year, and you just show up out of the blue…”

“You said you needed my help…”

“Yeah, I know, but it’s still weird to have you here…”

Taichi narrowed his eyes. “Is there a problem with that?”

“Not really, I guess,” he said, “But you think that you could at least tell us what you’ve been doing.”

“What’s to say?” he smiled slowly, “Political science is pretty boring, I can’t imagine what I’m gonna do when I get a job.”

“What kind of job?” Yamato asked.

“He’s going to be a politician,” Hikari smiled proudly.

“A politician?” Yamato gasped.

“What’s wrong with that?” Taichi asked.

“No, nothing, I just…I just kind of figured that you’d end up as some kind of…of Chosen general or something…”

He frowned. “Why does everyone keep saying this?”

Hikari giggled slightly. “So, Yamato, what have you been doing lately?”

He gave a slight smile. “Well, if I thought Taichi’s job profession was odd, you’re all gonna gasp at mine, I’m going to be an astronaut.”

The others did indeed gasp loudly. “How did you ever come to that conclusion?” Jyou asked, “You should have been a rock star or something.”

“Yeah, that was fun for a hobby, but it doesn’t really pay the bills,” he shrugged.

Jyou frowned. “Jeeze, I’m the only one that actually became what everyone thought I would.”

“What about Hikari?” Plotmon X asked, “Or Sora?”

Yamato glanced at her. “You’re a teacher, aren’t you?”

She nodded. “That’s right.”

“And Sora’s a fashion designer,” Taichi added, “Who would have ever guessed.”

Hikari suddenly stopped walking and began to glance around. “What’s wrong?” Plotmon X asked.

“Something’s here,” she said, looking up at the trees and mountains surrounding them, “I can feel it.”

“So,” a sinister, dark, yet familiar voice said, sounded from out of nowhere, “The Child of Light still retains at least some of her original powers. I had my doubts at first, but now I’m certain…”

“Who’s there?” Taichi shouted, “Show yourselves!”

A rainbow of light suddenly exploded from atop the tree branches, revealing a group of seven figures draped in capes and cowls of various colors: five were males, dressed in yellow, black, purple, blue and orange and the last two were definitely females, dressed in green and red. The one in orange stood in the center, his arms crossed, while the one in red was seated on the branch, her legs crossed in a sexual manner. The others all stood in various poses on other tree branches. Each of their faces was hidden beneath the shadows of their hoods.

“Who the hell are you?” Taichi shouted.

“We are the future rulers of the Digital World,” the one in orange answered, “We are the darkness, the reflections, we are the hate and anger, we are what was cast aside.”

“What are you talking about?” Yamato asked.

“I always hated poetry,” Jyou sighed.

The one in orange continued. “We’re here to see the power of the ex-chosen…”

“What are you talking about?” Hikari asked, “We’re still Chosen…”

He started to chuckled. “You misunderstand me, you have been modified by the X-Antibody, correct? That would make you X-Chosen.”

“What are you doing here?” Taichi shouted again.

“We came to see the power of the X-antibody,” the one in purple said.

Agumon X leapt forward, “You want me to kick your butt, ‘cause I’m sure I can!”

“I wouldn’t want my digimon partner to soil his hands,” the one in orange continued.

“Why you little!” the yellow dinosaur shouted. He ran forward, but Gabumon X and Gomamon X held him back.

“We’re just gonna do a little test,” the woman in red said.

“What kind of test?” Yamato asked.

The one in orange pointed to the ground. “Them.”

The Chosen and their partners turned their attention to back to the ground where four demonic-looking dragons were now standing.

“Devidramon!” Jyou gasped.

“Devidramons,” the one in orange answered, “But don’t worry too much about their names, they’re only here to test your strength and skill.”

Taichi smirked. “Well, not to disappoint you, but we’ve been doing this kind of thing for more then ten years.”

“Taichi,” Hikari whispered, “We don’t have time for this…”

He flashed her a smile. “Hey, no problem, we’ll tear through these guys and be on our way, right, Agumon?”

Agumon X nodded and jumped forward. “You got it!”

Yamato reached for his digivice. “Gabumon?”

Gomamon X looked over at his partner. “Well?”

“I guess we’ve got no choice,” Jyou frowned.

“I don’t want to do this either,” Plotmon X said, “But we have somewhere to be….”

Taichi gripped his digivice tightly. “Evolve, now!”

“Agumon X evolve to Greymon X!” He was similar to Greymon, except his head and back slouched more, his forearms were longer, and he had more spikes on his helmet.

“Gabumon X evolve to Garurumon X!” A more feral looking wolf with sharp spikes jutting out of his side, an a longer tail that curled above his back.

“Gomamon X evolve to Tylomon X!” A long shark-like creature, with an armored helmet and metal flippers.

“Plotmon X evolve to Tailmon X!” She was similar to a regular Tailmon, except with two tails and her Holy Ring was much larger and hanging around her body.

“Ah, very interesting,” the one in purple said, “Different evolutionary lines and different appearances.”

Greymon X lead the attack against the Devidramons, smashing his head into one of them, causing the other three to separate, where they were met by the other three X-digimon. Tailmon X rammed her foot into one of the devil’s heads, sending him off to the right, Garurumon X forced another one to the left, while Tylomon X stayed in the center.

Greymon X charged at his opponent, ramming his horns into the devil’s stomach. However, the Devidramon dug his claws along the dinosaur’s back. He flinched in pain, but whipped his jaw around and clamped his jaw around the devil’s side. The devil began to flap his wings as hard as he could, trying to free himself, but Greymon X’s jaw was like iron. He was finally able to break free when he smashed his horned head into the dinosaur’s back. Greymon X had no choice but to release his grip, allowing the Devidramon to hover into the air.

Garurumon X growled as he circled the Devidramon he was fighting. The devil remained perfectly still as he watched the wolf moving. He waited until he was directly in front of him before throwing his claws forward, but before he could jab them into the wolf’s side, Garurumon X leapt into the air, slamming all of his weight down onto Devidramon’s back, forcing him to the ground. He snapped his own jaws tightly around his neck, but the Devidramon whipped him off with his tail. Before the wolf was thrown from his back, he made sure his claws dug a fair amount of black skin from the devil dragon.

Tylomon X, being a digimon that functioned far better in the water, had a difficult time maneuvering around. All he could do was wait until his Devidramon had stopped moving and went to attack. He was coming to attack head on; Tylomon X executed his Torpedo Attack, ramming his head into the dragon’s stomach, then twirling around, smacking him with his metal fins.

Tailmon X, being the most agile out of the ground, was easily able to twist and jump, dodging every attack that Devidramon threw at her. The devil dragon threw his claws at her, but she jumped into the air at the last second, and his claw became jabbed into the ground. Tailmon X dashed up his arm and began to pound the Devidramon’s nose as hard as she could.

“They fight pretty well, don’t they?” the woman in red asked, “And the Chosen don’t look too bad either…” she smirked, “Especially that Yagami, oh la la!”

The one in orange growled and crossed his arms.

The one in black nodded. “Yeah, they do pretty well against a strong adult digimon, I wonder how they’d do against a Fully Evolved digimon?”

“That’s not the test,” the one in purple said, “We’re just testing their power, nothing more.”

The one in black would have responded, but he just turned back to watch the battle.

Tailmon X was still leaping and avoiding the attacks from the Devidramon with almost simple ease. She glanced over her shoulder and saw that Tylomon X was having difficulty fighting against his own opponent. She then began a series of back flips, forcing the Devidramon to follow her as she brought them closer to Tylomon X’s battle. She timed her movements just right so that she was leaping over Tylomon X just as her Devidramon brought his claw to attack at the same time Tylomon X’s Devidramon attacked. The two Devidramon’s long arms became tangled within each other.

“I thought you could use some help,” the cat said.

“Yeah, I did have a little disadvantage, huh?”

The Devidramon growled and rose to their feet, their claws ready to attack. Tailmon X and Tylomon X nodded at each other and quickly executed their special attacks.

Tailmon X ran up to the Devidramon on the left and began to assault him with a barrage of punches up and down his body. “Cat Punch!” His data was scattered a moment later.

Tylomon X, slithered back, then was propelled forward at an incredible rate, simply piercing through Devidramon’s chest and out the other side, ripping his body apart. “Torpedo Attack!”

“That’s where their power comes from,” the one in purple said, “They gain strength from working together.”

Taichi was watching with fierce interest as well. “Greymon, finish this up! We’ve wasted enough time!”

Greymon X growled in response. “You’ve got it Taichi!” He ran forward at his Devidramon, who leapt out of the way. The dinosaur grabbed the devil’s tail with his teeth and began to swing him around and around. The devil tried to free himself, but Greymon X was twirling too hard. The dinosaur did release his grip, which sent the Devidramon crashing into one of the largest trees surrounding the battlefield. The dinosaur wasted no time, he spewed forth a massive fireball that smashed into the Devidramon, deleting him instantly.

Garurumon X was a tad bit more gracefully then Greymon X in his attempts to destroy the devil dragon. He stood in place patiently while the Devidramon dashed around him; when the evil dragon leapt into to attack, Garurumon X dashed to the side, causing his opponent to smack into the ground. The wolf opened his mouth and shot forth a blast of blue light that engulfed the devil dragon, destroying him.

“I don’t know,” the one in blue said, “There are some of the Chosen that have more then enough power to fight alone.”

Taichi turned to the seven cloaked figures. “Well?”

The one in orange began to chuckle. “You did better then I thought.”

“Who are you?” Yamato demanded.

“You shall know soon,” the orange one said, “But before we depart, I have only this to say to you, the times in your life when you’re at your lowest, the times when you’re about to give up on everything you hold dear, the times when you’re about to give in darkness and despair, the times that you eventually overcome and put behind you. But, do those times, those feelings, ever truly disappear, or do they just fester and grow into the nightmares that keep you awake at night?”

“I hate poetry,” Jyou muttered.

“You said that already,” Tylomon X reminded him.

The one in orange chuckled. “I’m sorry, sometimes I tend to get a bit…philosophical. Farewell X-Chosen, we will meet again.”

The seven figures vanished in the same explosion of colors from whence they came. “What the hell was that about?” Taichi exclaimed.

“Oniichan, came down,” Hikari said.

He took a deep breath. “I was made into a science experiment, and I at least want to know why!”

“Come on,” Jyou said, “We’d better get over to the Digitalatri’s church before Miayag turns more of our friends against us.”

To be continued….