Reppamon watched as the evil vampire lord conversed with his victims/guests and interacted with them in a casual manner.
'You can act innocent as much as you want...' the cunning Digimon spy thought to himself. 'I still know what you are up to... I won't let you lay your hands on those children.'
And with these words, he took a sip from his wine goblet.
He looked up when he felt Myotismon's gaze upon him.
"I hope the wine is to your liking," the vampire smiled. "I made sure to choose the best vintage."
"It's good," Reppamon replied. He raised an eyebrow. "Say, aren't you drinking any?"
"Oh, no!" Myotismon shook his head. "I never drink... wine..."
He then looked over to his other guests. "Are you sure you won't change your mind?"
Canismon nodded. "Yes, sorry about that, but... we really can't drink any alcohol."
Myotismon nodded in understanding. "Ah, I see... you don't want to set a bad example for your younger companions, I perfectly understand..."
Canismon and Nalamon looked at their Rookie-leveled friends while sweatdropping. "Um, you could say that..."
"Oh, now you're our Digi-mommys?" Terriermon grumbled as he crossed his arms.
Myotismon snapped his fingers. "Servants, please bring my guests a nonalcoholic beverage!"
"Of course, sire!" the three Pipismon said at once, took the redundant wine bottles with their claws and flew out of the room.
"Awww..." Kazu muttered. "I always wanted to try some..."
"Maybe your parents will allow you when you get older, kid!" Reppamon said with a smirk.
Kazu fumed. He didn't like the way how that four-legged jerk treated them just like little children.
The Pipismon came in and brought some grape juice as a replacement for the wine. They managed to open the bottles with their claws and poured some into their master's guests' goblets.
"Thanks!" Nalamon smiled and took a sip. "Hmmm, not bad!"
"So, you said you are after some old documents that still have to be here in the abandoned laboratory, right?" Myotismon asked.
"Yes, actually," Renamon explained. "I think we already searched most of the upper level, but we couldn't find them... have you found something like that after you moved in here?"
"I am afraid I can't help you," the vampire sighed. "All I found was rubble... rubble I had to move aside so I could live here. But there was no paper to be found in the middle of that rubble, no books, notebooks or even simple sheets of paper. If there is something left in here, it must still be on the upper level."
"Too bad," BlueCeratomon sighed. "Well, I guess we have to continue our search tomorrow."
"Yes, we should leave soon," Renamon nodded as she looked down at her currently-younger sister, who was already peacefully snoozing on her lap. "Or else the parents will wonder what is taking us so long."
"What a pity..." Myotismon said as he leaned forward. "I was so hoping you could stay for the night. Are you sure you don't want to reconsider?"
"No..." Canismon said and yawned. "I'm getting sleepy as well... we should have already left some time ago..."
"I'm so tired, I could fall asleep right on the spot..." Kenta mumbled.
Terriermon shook his head. "Wh-what's goin' on here...? One moment, I was wide awake and now..."
He looked around. He was not the only one who was suddenly feeling sleepy. The Ceratomon brothers were already leaning against each other. Nalamon's head was slowly sinking down on the table.
Reppamon realized at once what was wrong. He looked into the half-empty goblet that was standing in front of him.
"Oh no..." he muttered. "A sleeping drug... Myotismon, you cunning bas... zzzzz..." And then he slumped down on the floor.
In a matter of seconds, all of the vampire's 'guests' were sleeping on the floor.
"Excellent!" Myotismon smiled. "They never assumed once it was my plan to lure them into this trap all along. Servants, bring Reppamon and the small ones into the dungeon, while I take the young women into my personal chambers." He was licking his lips.
"Sire, we have no dungeon!" the winged servants replied. "We are not in your mansion anymore, remember?"
"Ah, yes, I see the problem..." their master said while rubbing his chin. "Well then, lock them into that one storeroom at the end of the hall."
"Yes, sire!" they said. "The small one as well?"
Myotismon looked at Kitmon. "No, I'm not that evil. I don't want to mistreat children. Bring her and her elder sister to the guest room and lock them up! I don't like to put females into the dungeon."
"Storeroom, sire!"
"Yes, whatever... Well, the two young vixens may take a few years until they are as beautiful as the two Champion females...." He looked down at the unconscious forms of Nalamon and Canismon with a grin. "Until that time, they can be my personal maids."
"As you wish, sire!" The Pipismon grabbed their captives with their claws and carried them out of the room, one after another, while Myotismon gently carried the females.
He licked his lips again when he saw Nalamons neck in the dimmed light of the torches. Should he take her as a bride... or as a midnight snack? Decisions, decisions...
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Kai came back into Takato's room. "Phew... nothing like a good bathroom break..."
Eiko turned around with a smile. "Look, I continued with the dungeon while you were away. Here, how do you like it? Now the heroes are captured and have to try and find a way out of the vampire's clutches."
"WHAT? Eiko, I told you not to do anything while I was away. Oh boy..." He hurried back to the computer. "Ooooh, how to fix it?"
"Well, excuse me for being bored..." the little ChibiBakemon huffed. "I just thought the players of the game would be happy for this kind of thrill..."
"Well, I know I didn't want them to get captured," Kai grumbled. "I promised my friends this game would be easy to finish."
"Your friends really want a lame game like that?" Eiko wondered.
"Yes! And now let me fix your mistakes in peace!"
Just then, the voice of Takato's mother came from downstairs: "Eiko, your mother is here to get you. Are you coming?"
"Gladly!" Eiko shouted back. "I was getting bored anyway!" And she floated out of the room without looking back at Kai once.
"Well, good riddance..." Kai muttered. "Now how am I going to free my friends from a scripted event that can't be reversed?
He then smiled. He got an idea.
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