"Hey, what are you doing?" Kazu asked as the Commandramon and their leader strapped him to some sort of vertical operation table. "Hey, as much as I'd love to stay and play doctor, but I really gotta go home now!"
"Oh, that wouldn't do. That wouldn't do at all, no, no..." a sinister voice exclaimed. "What would we do without all our research data if you would leave now?"
Kazu stared at the weird Digimon that was floating towards him, perched atop some sort of flying saucer. It's body was very thin and resembled a mutated octopus, but most outstanding was its head, because of its outstanding size. In fact, more than half of its head consisted of one massive brain.
"Ewww..." Kazu muttered. "Gross..."
The Vademon snickered as he circled the operation table with his small vehicle. "Excellent, oh yes, excellent indeed! You will be a marvelous research specimen."
"Look, I don't wanna be anyone's Guinea Pig," Kazu shouted. "So why don't you just release me, you ugly pile of... ummmph!"
Kazu's nagging got silenced, as Vademon simply put a gag into his mouth. "Silence, now!" he ordered. "I can't concentrate with all that rabble! Now, where was I..."
"Vademon!" a resolute voice spoke up.
"Oh, my lord!" the mutant Digimon shouted with joy, as he spun his flying saucer around. "How nice to see you again! As you can see, everything is ready for the experiment!"
Lord Yamacus nodded as he strode past his servant, dressed in his usual toga. "So I see. You know what to do?"
"Of course, my lord, of course!"
Kazu stared in surprise as he recognized the man standing in front of him.
Yamacus smiled. "So, surprised to see me again? I thought so. I admit, it wasn't part of my original plans to kidnap you at all, my dear Kazu... but circumstances forced me to change my plans, you see? You can thank your friends for their lack of cooperation..."
He smirked when Kazu started to mumble unintelligible words under his gag. Yamacus didn't understand them, but the boy's furious face and his shaking limbs showed him that he was more than enraged. In fact, Kazu was downright pissed!
"I suppose you're not better than your friends, right?" the evil lord sighed. "Well, that doesn't matter. In your case, I don't need your cooperation at all. All I need is some genetic material which makes you Tamers so special."
Kazu ceased his mad struggling and looked at Yamacus in confusion.
"Oh, didn't you hear?" Yamacus grinned. "Your dear friends - those with digital parents, in particular - managed to digivolve some days ago. They're Hybrids! And I must say, their powers are unusually strong for Rookies that aren't really used to battle."
"Lord Yamacus, if I may..." Vademon interrupted. "The preparations are complete... we can start with the digital infusion!"
"Good! I shall go back to my inner sanctum, you may proceed as planned."
"As you wish, my lord!"
Yamacus was turning around to leave, but before he did so, he faced Kazu one last time. "Oh yes, I almost forgot... you must be wondering what will happen to you, right? Well, it's like this: You might not have a Digimon parent, but my dear little Tally got the idea that this wouldn't matter at all. The only thing I need to turn you into my personal Hybrid servant are the special genetic traits every single Digimon Tamer shares. And once I have infused it with a few strands of digital DNA, you may be able to digivolve just like your friends."
He then shrugged uncertainly. "Of course, that's all in theory, as we haven't tested this procedure before... but that's what test specimens are for, right?"
He grinned evilly as he saw how the young boy was struggling against his bonds in fear. "Start with the procedure," he told Vademon. "Inform me if it turns out to be a success!"
"Yes, sir!" And while Yamacus calmly left the laboratory, Vademon approached the bound Kazu with a sinister grin on his hideous face, a very long syringe in his hand...
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Right after Yamacus re-entered his throne room, a furious, female figure stormed up to him.
"Lord Yamacus! Why... why did you call me back? I would have brought you a Hybrid! Do you realize how shameful that had been? Me, retreating, right in the front of my enemies' eyes? How could you?"
"My dear, precious Riley..." Yamacus instantly said with a soothing voice. "I know how strong you are, and I would never doubt your abilities. But you know how much is at stake... and those three veteran Champions are forces to be reckoned with. And, besides, I would have never called you back if I wouldn't have my reasons, you know that."
"I don't understand..." Riley sniffled, now going for the 'disappointed girlfriend' routine. "Don't you... trust me anymore?"
"Of course I do," Yamacus smiled and stroked his love's hair. "But it's just that Tally had this ingenious idea... A plan I could use to acquire my very own Hybrid, without having to fight them first."
Riley threw a spiteful glance in the corner of the room, where the Angewomon was meekly standing, with folded wings. "Tally..." she spat with a snarl.
"You are not jealous, are you, my dear?" Yamacus asked with a hint of surprise.
Riley gritted her teeth. "No..." she grumbled. "Of course not..."
"Good girl!" her master smiled and stroked her cheek. "Now, if you two would excuse me... I have to instruct the troops." And he left the chamber through another door.
Tally gulped nervously, as her dark counterpart approached her, with spread wings.
"Now listen here, Tally!" the black angel growled. "I told you once, and I'll tell you again: Keep your hands off the master, bitch! He's mine!"
"B-but I didn't want anything from him," Tally defended herself. "At least not in that kind of way... I just wanted to support his plans..."
"All right, listen!" The LadyDevimon grabbed the blonde angel by her hair, which made Tally wince. "The next time you think you have to make such a comment, keep your ideas to yourself!"
Tally nodded, and Riley released her. The LadyDevimon turned around and walked towards her pool of darkness, in the middle of the room.
After catching some breath, Tally gathered some of her courage and said: "Riley... why does it have to be like this? We used to get along with each other, remember? If you adore Lord Yamacus, all right, I won't lay a finger on him. But still... can't we be friends anymore?"
Riley stood still and didn't say anything.
"I mean, you've been like this ever since you evolved to your Ultimate Level. Don't you remember the days when we still were both Salamon? You..." Her voice trembled. "You were my best friend."
Riley sighed deeply. "Tally... you better forget about those times!"
"But I..."
"Listen!" the dark angel snapped. "We might have been friends, a long time ago. But we've drifted apart, don't you get it? We're of two different realms now! I am Darkness! You are..." She grimaced as she spat out the word. "Light! We might still be on the same side, but can you imagine a friendship where our very presence is uncomfortable for each other? I can't!"
Tally wanted to say something else, but she couldn't bring herself to do it. Somehow, she felt that Riley was right. She always felt queasy when in the presence of the pale, black-clad woman, but she always had told herself that this was because of Riley's behavior.
But what if she was right? If... darkness and light just don't match? Ever since she saw that her childhood friend had evolved along a different path, she had the feeling that nothing would be like it had been before.
"I see," she finally said. "I sorry I bothered you with this..."
And she walked out of the room, leaving Riley by herself, as the LadyDevimon stared into the depths of her dark pool...
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