Chapter 39: Within Desperation Come a New Hope
#42 of D.M.O.N.
First off, I don't own any Digimon Chars or any nickname in this story. However, I do own Al in this story. I apologize for any spelling and grammar errors because my English is my second. For those Digimon fans out there already know the rules of communication between Digimon and their partners. Anything else, please enjoy.
Chapter 39: Within Desperation Come a New Hope
Al walked into another hallways looking for the kitchen, but he got lost because he is unfamiliar with Gennai's mansion yet. He peek every single room he encountered and it took at least 25 minutes to find the kitchen. The reason was he has to walk slowly so those whos asleep are not disturbed.
Al slowly walks to the fridge, hoping to find something to eat. He found something to eat, at least eadible; a basket of fruits, juices, milk, several canned foods and drinks, several of vegetables. Al sighs if some fruits can fill his empty stomach. "No use complaining now." Al grabbed a tomato and devoured it in one chomp.
Al's body began to shiver and then stick out his tongue in disgust. "I never like tomatoes, whether in real world or Digital World." Al grabbed a cucumber, a can of green tea and a basket of fruits. He had trouble at first so he held the cucumber in his maw, fruit basket at his right claw and the can in his left. He closed the fridge with his left claw and starts walking to the table.
He put the basket and the can down and began to chew the cucumber. "Odd. It tastes the same eventhough in the Digital World. It is weird for me that I'm eating in Agumon's body." He tossed the remaining cucumber into his maw and intended to open the can, but it is hard with a claw hand. 'Man, it's so hard.' He thought while chewing the cucumber.
He tried his best to lift the ring when suddenly the kitchen door slammed open causing him to jump in surprise, choked and dropped the can. Al bashed his chest to force gulped the cucumber. "Al!" Al heard two distinct familiar voices but he is so focus on gulping the cucumber. He felt a loud bashed coming from his back causing him to cough the cucumber.
Al coughs out the remaining unswallowed cucumber. "Thanks, whoever that hit me." Al said it within the coughs. He looked at the one who hit him and turns out, they were Agumon and Palmon. Al looked at the kitchen door to see Gatomon, Lopmon, and Terriermon were looking at him feeling relief and glad.
Not moments later, the senior Destinies entered the kitchen. "What is the commotion in here?" Davis asked them. He looked to see that Al is sitting while holding his chest. "Oh, you're awake, Alphonse."
"Hi guys and good morning." Al responds still coughing a little.
"What the hell are you doing?" Rika asked in annoyed tone.
"I was hungry so I look for food." Al stated in obvious.
"At least you could warn us first!"
"Can't, because all of you were sound asleep. And by the looks of it, I say that all of you still awake last night."
"That sounds like you, alright." Kari responded. "I didn't believe it at first and now I do believe that it really is you."
"I can't believe myself either, Ms. Kari. I mean, me being a Digimon thanks to the Glitches. I say I was cursed." Al replies by gesturing his whole body.
"Whether it was a curse or not, it is up to me to decide." Gennai stated while entering the kitchen. "After I do some further researches."
"I thought I volunteered for saving the world, not as a guinea pig." Al asked in slight irritate.
"To tell you the truth, I did it from the beginning." Gennai confess. "We wanted to see your progress since you had the Glitches."
"Not all of us, Gennai." Takato responds. "We already know that it was you who wanted to know the power of the Glitches."
"I see that you expect more from Al's reports and ours that has Al in it." Ken added.
"That is true. I intended study more about these Glitches, but since Al was able to see it and been infected he shows minimal effects from the Glitches up until yesterday. And perhaps, we can use it in our advantages without relying on our protector." Gennai explain him in guilt expression.
"So, all of this 'Welcome to the team' stuff is to study more about the Glitches that was in me?" Al asked getting angrier. "And all of you involved in it!" Everyone went silent feeling guilty for not telling him the truth. "That is it. I am out of the team." Al starts to walk out of the kitchen ignoring his early breakfast.
"Please, not all of us think that way." Gatomon try to convince Al. "What Gennai said is half true. We are truly lack of people and you promise about all of us so we let you join because you have the potential to the team."
"I HAVE the potential now because a Glitch inside my body! And thanks to that, I have become the center of attention from ALL of you." Al yelled at her and then continues to walk out of the mansion.
Al stood at the TV that lies infront of the gate. "Open the portal to the game." Al asked with cold anger tone, but no respond. "I didn't have the damn digivice, so open it!" Again with no response. Al gotten angry and somehow the Glitch inside of him react. Al instinctly points his claw to the TV and the Glitch scrambled out from his claw into the TV. The TV turned on and showed a picture of the city. Everyone gasped in surprise from Al's Glitch.
Al walks slowly to the TV. He felt somebody hug him. "Please stay." And that somebody is Gatomon. "We still need you. I need you." Al suddenly remembered about the first weird dream he had and he looked at her shed some tears for him.
Al closed his eyes feeling regret about everything. "It is too late for me. I have lost everything, my brother, my body, even my life. I was hoping that everything change when I joined the Destinies. Bu in the end it was just the same as my old life."
"But I care for you." Gatomon sobbed.
"You care for me because of my kindness and naivity, just like I care to my brother. It is best that you stay with him, Lite. I am just a brat who doesn't care of anything." Gatomon hug him tighter than before. "Patamon, would you keep an eye on her for me?"
Patamon walked slowly toward them and patted Gatomon's shoulder. Gatomon's hugs weaken and release. Al continued to walk towards the TV. "Where can we find you when we need you?" Patamon asked to Al while hugging the crying Gatomon.
Al looked back at him and the rest of his team and his friend. "Jake knows where I am. You can ask him or Biyomon or Palmon." Al answered and suddenly disappeared into the TV.
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Al arrived at the city again. The city is quite pack even in dawn. Many players were wandering around doing their usual chores such as supplying, chatting, and hunting. Al looked closely at the players. Each of them has names on their heads. Al walked around the city looking for any seclude or less interest sight for him to be alone and so far, none. Al sighed in disappointment, being a victim of the virus game and everything seems normal as if nothing happened. 'But then again, the incident was in the Digital World.' Al thought which gave him a double dose of sighs.
"Having a trouble in leveling up?" Someone greet him from behind and Al do not care.
"No, it just that today is... Veemon." Al wanted to asnwer the question but got surprise to see who greet him. It is Veemon.
"Is there something wrong with Veemon?" the owner asks with slight confusion.
Al looked closely at the player and found something odd. It is Veemon but it did not have a V mark on its face, and a slightly slim than original Veemon. Al realizes it was someone else and blushed. "Sorry, I thought you were someone I know."
"I can see that." Al realized that the voice was a girl. "And again, having trouble in leveling up?"
"Actually no. I just have a major problem or accident to be precise." Al answered her question.
"What kind?"
"I got trapped by a virus and now I'm stuck inside." Al explained the female player.
"Is that all?" The player giggled a little. "You need to rest a lot, beside it last for a day."
"What are you talking about?" Al asked in confusion.
"You got a chicken pox, aren't you?"
Al blinked in disbelief. "What, no I mean I..." then he remembered the restrictions. "You know what, forget what I said." Al turned around and walked away.
"Hey, could you at least help me with something, Albino?" The player asks. Al turned in surprise that she knew his nickname.
"How did you know my name?"
"I'm not blind. I can see your name on your head, the same as mine." She answered.
Al looked at her head and saw her nickname: Vi1v3t. 'I thought I am nobody, I guess I am still registered in this game.' Al thought. "Sorry, I asked. What do you want me for?" Al asked.
"I am still a newbie and I want to level up. My friend is away and I really need a help. Will you please help me?"
"I wish I could, but my hands tied. Please believe me."
"You could at least do something."
"Well, as long as it was normal attacks, I guess I can help. What level are you?"
"My level is 12."
"In that case, we go to the Chip Forest. The furthest area has nice decent Digimons for leveling up." Al suggested and Vi1v3t or Vilvet nodded.
Both of them go to the Chip Forest where beast and bug type Digimons were roaming freely. Al guided her to the deeper part of the forest where rookie stage Digimons mostly appears. Al is having trouble when he is asks to join a group but evetualy Vilvet gave up. Al bashed any Digimon that was suitable for her so the Digimon will focus its attacks to him while Vilvet bashed once or twice enough to gain small experiences.
Al suddenly felt very uneasy, telling him that something wrong will happen but he ignored it. When he reaches further inside the forest, the same uneasy feeling increased slowly. He finally noticed that they were being watches by someone or something and it ain't good.
"Vilvet, I think we should head back to the city now."
"What's wrong, having enough for a day?" Vilvet asked.
"I don't know, but I have this gutsy feeling that something bad will happen. And believe me, when it is right, it is right." Al answered her question.
"And he is." Al and Vilvet turned to the voice owner in surprise. Both of them saw four Ogremons approaching them. "What's an Agumon doing here, helping that fake?"
'Fake?' Al asked in thoughts.
"Excuse me, who are you refering as a fake?" Vilvet asked in anger.
"Vilvet, don't make things worse." Al warned her without leaving his sight from the Ogremons.
"Well excuse you, my pride as a woman being stomped by these ugly, brute players that didn't even have their names written on it." Vilvet yelled at Al, which makes the Ogremons angrier. Al saw that one of the Ogremons raised his bone club ready to strike her. Al quickly grabbed her paw and pulled her away from the strike. "What are you doing?" she asked when she heard a loud thud. When she looked back at them, she saw a crate that fit the club. She now showed her fear.
"That is what I do, helping anyone in danger." Al explained. "Now come on, we have to get away from them." Al grabbed her again and then ran away from the Ogremons.
They ran as fast as they could but the Ogremons were a little faster since their bodies were larger than they were. Vilvet realize that Al's level is greater than she is. "Albino, why didn't you evolve to higher form to bash these guys?"
"Let's just say that I have a small trouble in everything." Al replies between gasp of exhaustion. Al looked at behind and saw that one of the Ogremons is within range and ready to swing the club. "GET DOWN!" Al yelled intend to warn and protect her. He manages to protect Vilvet but cannot protect himself, so he is hit by the club very hard. His body was tossed several feet away from they were with blood spilled out from his muzzle.
Vilvet scream in horror when she saw it. The rest of the Ogremons catch up with some exhaustion. "Now it is payback time, fake." The Ogremon ready to swing again and saw that Vilvet closed her eyes bracing herself.
Al saw the Ogremon is ready for another swing. Despite the pain he received, he lunge toward the Ogremon and tackled away from Vilvet. "You leave her alone. She has nothing to do with this." Al warned in weak growl.
The Ogremon become very agitated. He hit Al again but Al blocked it. "Why are you protecting this fake?" Ogremon asked.
"Because to protect Digimons and humans is what I should do." Al gasped in weak, "Even with the cost of my worthless life."
"In that case we will kill you first!" The Ogremons yelled in rage and start to swing at him.
Al brace for impact and hopefully ended his life. Suddenly a warm light engulf him and the Ogremons were tossed away paralyze. Al opened his eyes and saw that his left claw is glowing. On the back of his left claw materialized a gauntlet with three blank slots and an empty slot for where the cards stack in. On top of the empty card slot had a scanner for unknown purpose. In front of him, his black and white Digivice game floating and glowing. Al reached it by instinct and the Digivice shattered into data and downloaded to the gauntlet's scanner. Five cards materialized inside the card slot.
In instinct, Al drawed a card and show a picture of GeoGreymon with blue background. He put it into random blank slot and slamed the blank slot that contain GeoGreymon's card. "Altered Evolution!" In instant, ribbons of data appeared from the card. The data engulfed Al's body and starts rewriting the data.
Al's body starts shattered into grid. The grid starts expanding into the size of GeoGreymon. The grids slowly covered by datas to form a skin or scale. The head is cover again by datas to form a helmet. The evolution is complete and there stood a strong GeoGreymon with his vicious superior roar.
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That is it for this chapter. Sorry for the delay. I thank you for those who participate in the stories so far. I do hope the story isn't so confusing since I stole the concept from anywhere. I accept any critics and comments. Again, thank you.