"WHAAAAAAAAAAAH!"
"Now, now, Suzie, you know that I'll come back safe and sound."
"WHAAAAAAAAAAAH!"
"I'll even bring you a present when I'll come back, I promise!"
"WHAAAAAAAAAAAH!"
"Aw, c'mon... you know it's dangerous - I CAN'T take you with me this time!"
"WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!"
"Oh, for the love of..." Dachsmon muttered, shaking her head at the sight of her immature, crying little sibling.
Thankfully, their mother just entered the room. "Now, stop that infernal noise at once, young lady, or you'll be grounded for a lifetime!"
Instantly, the constant crying that already made Harmony's now even more sensitive ears ringing, stopped.
Sheperdmon sighed as she looked down at her youngest daughter. "Seriously, Suzie... while you might be a Tamer - and I certainly won't question Lopmon's ability to protect you - you will NOT go with Harmony and her friends this time."
"But Mommy," Suzie whined. "I've been there once. I know what to do. And what if the others need me? I wanna go as well!"
"Look, Suzie," Harmony said while ruffling her sister's hair. "What d'you say we make another trip to the Digital World as soon as everything has calmed down a bit? Terriermon told me there would be some places where it's safe to simply have fun. Lopmon can come along as well, and we can even bring along some ice cream, what d'ya say?"
Suzie sniffled and looked up at her big sis with big eyes. "Promise?"
Harmony grinned. She just couldn't stay mad at her little sister. "I promise!"
Mayumi smiled. The way Harmony and Suzie got along was making her feel happy. If only all children would get along as well as her two daughters...
Jaarin, Harmony's and Suzie's older sister, came into the living room, together with their brother Rinchei.
Jaarin grinned. "Y'know, sis, you would think you would be the one family member to master the use of the 'puppy dog eyes'... the way you look now."
Harmony turned around to face her older sister and stuck out your sister. "You're just jealous!"
They all had to laugh at that.
"Hey, everyone!" Harmony's father said as he looked through the door. "Has any of you seen Lopmon?"
Sheperdmon shook her head. "No, not since this morning. "Why, dear? Is something wrong?"
Harmony was confused as well. Lopmon and her father rarely talked to each other, even though the Digimon girl was living in the same house.
"Well, she asked me to bring her some papers from the office, and I wanted to give them to her.
Now Harmony was even more confused. Since when was Lopmon, of all people, interested in her father's work?
Before she could ask, Lopmon answered the question by herself, as she and Terriermon came into the room:
"Everyone, Terriermon and I have finished packing. We are ready to leave for the Digital World. Oh, I suppose those are the documents I requested?"
Janyu nodded, and Lopmon took the papers from him and stuffed them into a small belt pouch she was wearing around her waist. "Thank you very much! Now we can probably find out more about the Hybrid Digivolutions."
"What's going on here, Dad?" Harmony asked. "What are those documents, and what does Lopmon need them for? And since when do you want to come with us, Lopmon?"
"Those are documents that tell about the experiments of a former member of our group," Janyu explained. "As soon as we realized that Digimon were living beings that could think and feel just like humans, he conducted some experiments and mixed their data with information data of humans. As soon as we others found out, we expelled him from our group."
"You never told me about that," Sheperdmon said, a little bit reproachful.
"I just didn't think it was important," her husband explained. "And by the way, it has been so long ago, I didn't think of it. We never thought that his experiments could actually had some results."
"And why do you need those documents, Lopmon?" Harmony asked.
Lopmon looked at her firmly. "Azulongmon contacted me last night and gave me the order to bring him everything about human-Digimon Hybrids I could find. So I asked your father if he knew anything."
"Wait a minute... Azulongmon? Spoke with you last night? How? He's in the Digital World, isn't he?"
"Well, I am the last of the Devas, and therefore still an important emissary of the Four Sovereigns. Azulongmon and the others have heard of what has happened here, in our world, and they are expecting our visit. And of course, they also expect me to come." She looked at her young partner, who was still sitting on the sofa. "And by the way, Suzie really should come along as well... not only because she is my partner, but also because Azulongmon wanted to have a look at a Tamer who hasn't yet turned into a Hybrid."
Mayumi decided to ignore the 'yet' in Lopmons sentence for now and asked: "But why does it have to be Suzie? Why not Kenta or Kazu?"
"Azulongmon felt it would be helpful if he could have a look at both Suzie and Harmony, regarding the fact that they are not only both Tamers, but also siblings, and yet only one of them has turned into a Hybrid."
"But... but I..." Sheperdmon sighed in defeat. "Fine! Do whatever you want. You'll do it anyway, right?"
"YAY!!" Suzie shouted with glee. "I'm gonna go with Harmony! I'm gonna go with Harmony!"
Terriermon looked into his own Tamer's furry face. "Harmony? What's up? I know that face of yours. You're thinking about something, right?"
"Well, it's just that... I mean, if Azulongmon and the other Sovereigns already know that we'll come, and they go as far as contacting Lopmon and order her to bring along documents from my father's team, I got the feeling that there might be more up than simply Yamaki turning evil and wanting to use Digimon Hybrids to conquer the world."
"You mean, like Takato's supposedly reality-changing computer game?"
"Maybe... or maybe something else. I don't know, but I hope it's not something as dangerous as the D-Reaper." She shuddered. "Or something worse..."
----
Impmon grimaced as he pulled himself off the ground. He had a weird feeling od deja-vu, as he felt the multiple bruises and wounds over his body. He had felt just like this when the titanic Deva Indramon had attacked. He would never forget the pain and humiliation he felt that day.
But today, the humiliation was even worse... as the wounds he sported were caused by a single Rookie.
Betamon smirked at him. "Well, Second One? Do you still want to resist, or do you surrender and come along with me and little Ai?"
"D-don't call me that!" Impmon snapped. "And Ai won't go anywhere!"
"Big words," Betamon sneered. "But as long as you don't even manage to hit me once, I won't be too impressed. As long as you still cling to your feeble little existence as a slave to the humans, you won't be able to beat me."
Impmon didn't reply. He had the feeling that now would be the right time to put away his pride/stubbornness, and to simply grab the bag in which Ai was still imprisoned and run.
Betamon followed his gaze to where the bag was still lying within the grass. He chuckled. "Don't think about it, my friend. Before you can even touch the bag, I will have reached it, and will be gone long before you even realize what happened. And who knows what will happen to poor, precious Ai if that happens."
'Dammit!' Impmon cursed to himself. 'If what he says is true, I would waste my only chance to save her. There has to be another way...'
"Look, are you finished now?" Betamon yawned. "This is getting tiresome." He then looked at Impmon with a steely glare. "Decide now" Join us or you won't see Ai ever again!"
Impmon looked at Betamon, then at the bag again, and said one single word:
"Fuck you!"
He the leapt for the bag, his hands outstretched. It was a shallow chance, but it was the only way he could see. He had to get Ai out of here.
But just as he was lunging for the bag, he could see Betamon jumping at it as well, and as he noticed the speed at which the little amphibian was flying towards him, he knew he wouldn't make it in time.
But then something happened that neither of them could have anticipated.
A big, dark shape came zooming out of the skies, landed in front of the two Rookies, grabbed the bag and leapt away before they could reach it.
Both Impmon and Betamon fell down to the ground. While one part of Impmon was relieved that Betamon didn't get his hands on the sack, he was also worried if Ai was now in the clutches of an even more dangerous adversary.
Betamon snarled as he jumped to his feet. "Who dares?" he bellowed.
Impmon turned around.. and all of his worries were gone in an instant, as he recognized the fierce, but familiar face of Cyberdramon. The tall dragon-cyborg Digimon put down the sack gently and released the captive that was inside.
Ai smiled up at her big saviour. "Thanks," she said, the halo that was floating over her head shining brightly.
"Who are you?" Betamon demanded to know.
Cyberdramon quickly shoved Ai behind his back and growled at Betamon. "I am... your worst nightmare!"
"What?"
"We don't like guys who take hostages," another voice spoke up behind Cyberdramon. "Especially if the hostage is a young child."
Impmon smiled when he saw Ryo appear behind his Digimon partner. He then grinned at Betamon. "Oh, you're in big trouble now, buddy!"
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