Chapter 60: A Bit of Side Track.
#64 of D.M.O.N.
First off, I don't own any Digimon series or any names that involved in the story. However I do happen to own several chars in it and I do have the permission to use their names. I apologized if there are spelling and grammar errors because it is not my primary. Anything else, please enjoy.
Chapter 60: A Bit of Side Track.
Everybody gathered in a meeting room at Gennai's mansion. All of them were shocked to hear a certain news from BlackAgumon named Black when he re tell the information.
"Are you saying that X-Virus is one of origins of Virus Digimon?" Izzy asked in disbelief.
"To be precise, it is one of a virus core." Black answered.
"A core?" Yolei asked.
Black scratch his head, feeling confused where to start. "Let's start from the beginning."
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All of you knew the origin of the Digimon and the Digital World. As a matter of fact, Digital World and Digimon don't exist before. It starts when someone created the Digimon and Digital World, possibly thousand years ago in Digital time and back then time moves faster than now. It all started from pieces of data creating a new inanimate picture that slowly working their progress so they could move like we do now. That's when data type Digimons and Data Core was created.
But one moving form isn't enough so the creator creates a new form and embodies the first origin. Thus evolution is called after that. But every working progress always has glitches or errors and that's where Virus Core was created. At first, it was a minor problem until virus type Digimons were born from it and contaminating and/or destroying every data they touch.
From fear of destruction the creator creates an anti-virus in Digimon form. Thus, vaccine type Digimons and Vaccine Core was created.
These three cores resonating to each other and create balance to all Digimons. As for the Digital World, the creator creates from figments of human world and combined it just like now. That is a short version of Digimon unwritten history.
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"So that's why there are so many items and sites similar to the human world." Tai exclaimed.
"Roughly yes." Black answered. "Since there are similarities with the human world, any fights and wars in the Digital World will give distortion to the human world and it takes long time to recover."
"Such as?" Zane asked.
"Static, bad reception and even hay wire for small distortion." Ken answered.
"Weather change, strange phenomenon if it is huge distortion." Henry added.
"Really?" Zane asked again. Derek and Al are also curious. Even Jake left his eyes from the TV.
"Been there." Both Ken and Henry answered simultaneously.
"Is sudden black out considered as one of strange phenomenon?" Jake asked.
"Could be, why did you ask?" Henry asked while thinking.
"It's on the news right about now." Jake answered as he pointed at the TV.
Everyone looked at the TV and there's a map with some markings, viewing which area that blacken out. Al spontaneously surprised that one of the areas includes the one that near his old human home.
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"In today news, random blackout has become quite large in different cities. Causing riot and panic to people that live nearby."
The screen changed from a single reporter lady to chaos on the street with police and riot squad trying to maintain the situation by force and firefighters try to douse an apartment.
"It's been three days since the sudden blackout and people are getting frustrated. Many of them used these chaotic situations by pillaging anything they can find. Not to mention a sudden temperature drop since yesterday. This strange phenomenon happened in random area and it seems expanding from time to time. The casualties are high and the police and the enforcers are failed to maintain the situation."
The screen changed again and this time it viewed a middle age man that was swarmed by microphones. He looks like he is busy trying to find a right word on how to handle the situation.
"The CEO of the plant company has lost his words upon finding the solution. He put high hopes that the situation will be over, but many have lost their hopes and patience. Our only question is when will this situation be over? This is Rebecca Trisheart, reporting from ZNZ news."
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The television was turned off after the news. A woman is sitting at the dining table and sighing after placing the remote at the table. A bottle of cold beer is standing right in front of her. "The situation is getting worst. The bar is closed due to blackout and people are getting panic." She said it out loud with no one to hear her thoughts. She stood up and headed to the kitchen and starts preparing some snack but it turns out that the food is getting low.
"Damn, the food is getting low and I have no other side job. At this rate, I'll be chewing myself off. Then again, I haven't restocked since a week ago and riots are everywhere now." She went back to the dining table and grabbed the beer. She starts walking to a different room in the house and there slept a human child with dark black hair and with minimal life support. At least he has IV attached for his nutrition. She looked sad at the boy's condition, sleeping soundly with only his chest moving up and down to breath. "At least you are not worried about food, son. All you had is IV on your arm."
She walked to the bed and sat down on a chair next to the bed. She held his hand with her free hand and starts tearing up. "Please wake up, Alphonse. I really miss you so much." She began lost in thought, thinking what had happened to his son, Alphonse.
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Back at the time when an Ambulance came to the neighborhood and stop right in front of Revenant's residence, an unconscious boy has been taken to the ambulance with his mother and straight to the nearest hospital. The mother cried out, seeing the nurse has taken the boy to the emergency room. She is weeping at least half an hour until she calmed down a bit. She looked around and found a telephone booth. She called someone and waited until someone from other side answered the call while she mumbled. "Please Yolei, pick up the phone."
When someone named Yolei answered the phone, she ranted about Al went unconscious and taken to the hospital. Then the line went dead and at least 90 minutes later, there are numerous people came into the hospital. These people are looking for the one who called and found her standing near the phone booth. All of them walked towards her in a rush.
She looked around when she heard several footsteps and found several people she knew. "Thank goodness you've come. I was so desperate that my son is unconcious." She began to cry again after telling her feeling to them.
Two of them went closer to comfort her "Tell us what happened?" One of them, a female one with brown hair and younger age than her, asked her.
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Her memory lane was stop because of a ringing door bell. She wiped the tears away and went to the front door. She peeked at the peephole and saw another one she knew and this time is the same age as her son. She opened the door to greet the guest.
"Good day, Mrs. Revenant. How are you doing today?" The guest greeted her. The guest happens to be a high school girl. Her hair is shoulder long and tied like a pony tail. She wore casual clothes and brought a basket?
"Good day to you too, Vinnie, why aren't you in school?" Mrs. Revenant asked her, ignoring the first question.
"The school is closed because of the blackout and everything is on rampage." Vinnie answered. "Aren't you going to evacuate like others? The blackout is spreading and the local police called the evacuation."
"I wish I could, but I should stay here with Alphonse. It's the least I could do now since I got some time off from work." Mrs. Revenant answered with a sigh.
"Is he awake yet?" Vinnie asked hoping that he is awake and greet her.
"I'm afraid not." She answered with longer sigh. She moved away from the door a bit. "Why don't you come in, please? I'm sure that he would like another company."
Vinnie nodded and went inside the house. The house itself is nice and tidy. Sofas are fixed at the guest room and in front of TV. Dining table is right behind the sofa and lining up with the TV, so anyone can eat while watching the TV (although it is not ethical) or at least hear any news on TV while enjoying some brunch. There is a hallway that leads to the bedrooms and there is also another door that leads to the bathroom. She put the basket on the dining table and waited for Mrs. Revenant join in.
Mrs. Revenant closed the door and went to the dining table. She wondered what was inside the basket. She guided her to Al's room.
Vinnie gave a sad look once she saw Al's comatose condition. "It's already seven months. Many have given up long ago and yet why you didn't?" Vinnie asked.
"A friend of mine convinced me that he is still alive and try to keep his body healthy. Three months ago, I'm starting to lose hope and want to end his life. But he told me to take him home and nursed him." She answered, tears flowing again. Vinnie looked at her and gave a sad look, feeling the sympathy. "Now this blackout is expanding, I'm afraid he will not survive."
Vinnie walked slowly to the bed and hold his hand. "Hi Al, how are you? The school is off since three days ago and everything went haywire. I don't know when you will wake up but I keep on praying for miracle. We really miss you." She held his hand with both hand and prayed for the miracle. Three minutes later, she went back to Mrs. Revenant. "Did you have any food in here? I'm starving."
"Unfortunately I haven't gone shopping again so sorry." She answered while wiping the tears away again.
"I thought you might say that so I brought some food for us to eat." Vinnie said it with a smile.
"So that's what inside the basket."
Both of them went back to the dining table and prepare the lunch.
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Back at the mansion, someone is having a state of panic. Al is circling around the room while everyone is looking at him. His stomping feet can be heard among the chatters inside the TV. Some of them are surprise to see his state because they never see him like this. As a matter of fact this is the first time they ever see him like that.
"Why are you so worked up about it?" Zane asked him.
"Can't you guys see the news?" Al asked him back. "One of the areas they mentioned is around my neighborhood. Furthermore I haven't seen my mother in so long. Sure I am happy to hear her from all of you, but what will she react when she saw me like this?" he gestured himself. "He sees me as a boy, not a walking, talking, freaking dinosaur." "Hey!" Agumon and Black spontaneously responded. "Sorry, but it's true. Think about it."
"Good point." Joe answered. "Not to mention she has your body."
"What?" Al was stunned to hear the news. "She has my body, what do you mean?"
"Did you forget? You are in comatose state and yet you are here, wandering around with your avatar." Henry answered.
There was a silent period when Al is about to answer that question. "I completely forgot about that. Guess I'm used to this body way too much. But still, why is my body is there?"
"It's still a hypothesis, but in order to keep you alive here, we have to keep your real body alive." Joe explained. "That is what Gennai explained to me. But if there's a blackout there is no guarantee that your body will survive without life support."
'That Old Bag Gennai.' "Then we must retrieve my body ASAP." Al said with haste. "But where to put it?"
"Where else?" Terriermon answered with an obvious look. Al gave a confuse look and so as everyone else. He pointed right at the floor.
"Here?" Al asked, didn't quite catch what he meant.
"Hmm. It makes sense." Henry replied with his thumb touching his chin.
"There won't be any disturbance here." Ken added, giving his second opinion. "Unless if we were under attack like last time."
"Not just that, his body will become a data and will be preserved as it is." Takato added more.
"Like that Shibumi guy back then." Henry responded.
"Then it is settled." Guilmon replied. "We are going to bring his body here."
"I don't know what you guys saying but I'm happy to hear the good news, so let's go." Al called off a new mission, and that is to bring his body to the Digital World. Probably with some unexpected guest of event, or is it not...?
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That's it for this chapter, and now for the unexpected event which gives me a spin. I thanked for the critics, comments, faves, rates, and watches to all the readers that wanted to read my fics.