The door opened and Mako came in. "Kei?" he asked.
Kei turned around and smirked. "Hey, did you forget to bring me the drink you promised?"
"Um, I kinda got thirsty myself... and then I found the cookies... and I kinda ate them all by myself before remembering that I promised to bring you something... but anyways... there's someone here for you."
Kei frowned. "For me? Who?"
"Somebody who is very angry at you, young lady!" Asaji Lillymon said as she stepped into the room. Behind her, Eiko followed. She giggled nervously. "Sorry, Kei! She kinda found me out..."
"Um, heh... hi, Mom!" Kei said sheepishly.
"Don't you 'Hi, Mom!' me, Kei!" Lillymon said angrily. "You had me worried sick! One more of these escapades and you'll be grounded for the rest of the year!" She turned around to d'Arcmon, who had appeared behind her. "I'm so sorry about this... I hope Kei wasn't a bother..."
"Well, she... tried very hard to be polite," d'Arcmon said. She was a bit fidgety, as she didn't really want to tell strangers about her family problems, and Kei had been present when her little daughter got kidnapped, after all.
"Mom, I'm sorry I tricked you," Kei muttered. "And I'm sorry I broke my promise, but... don't you see how important this is? I mean, if it wasn't for me and HolyCalumon, my friends would have been..."
"HolyCalumon?" Lillymon wondered. "Who's that?"
"She's right there, on the screen..."
"Don't bother, Kei..." Holy sighed. "All they can see is static, remember? They also won't be able to hear my voice."
Kei looked back at her foster mom, Mako and his mother, and they were all staring at the screen in confusion. "But... there's nobody there, right?" d'Arcmon muttered.
Eiko, on the other hand...
She took one look at the screen, and she went as white as a sheet. She slowly backed off, until she reached the wall. "B-bio... BioCalumon..." she whispered.
"What? No!" Kei shouted. "No, Eiko, you've got it wrong! That's not Bio, that's..."
"Take him away!" Eiko cried. "He's a bad guy!"
"What... but what are you talking about?" Lillymon wondered. "There's nobody here, Eiko."
"No, Mom, don't you remember?" Kei said. "Nobody but the game masters can see anything from the game. Eiko, it's all right! It's not Bio, it's his sister, HolyCalumon!"
Eiko stopped crying. "He... he has a sister?"
"That's right, Eiko!" HolyCalumon smiled. "And I promise you, I would never do the things my brother has done. I'm different, see?"
Eiko floated closer to the screen. "You look different, that's right... but why are you in there?"
Holy gave her a sad smile. "I'm afraid I'm trapped in here..."
Eiko gasped. "That's horrible!"
"Yes, well, but at least I can help Kei making decisions when she's helping her friends."
"You helped her?" Eiko smiled. "Thanks!"
"It was my pleasure," Holy replied.
"She's... talking to someone, isn't she?" d'Arcmon muttered. "But I can't see or hear anyone..."
"Mommy, wasn't that what your boss said?" Mako asked. "On that letter she wrote, she said..."
"Mako, what did I tell you about reading other people's mail?" d'Arcmon grumbled. "And you can't just tell Magnadramon my 'boss'."
"But that's what she is, right?" Mako asked curiously.
"You... you are a servant of Magnadramon?" Lillymon gasped. She gave the angel Digimon a hasty bow. "I'm so sorry, I didn't know..."
"Well, she IS the superior of all Angel Digimon," d'Arcmon smirked. "But I guess that not all Digimon who decided to live on Earth know that anymore..."
"I... must admit that I never met an Angel Digimon before," Lillymon nervously said.
d'Arcmon sighed. "Well, my son's right about one thing: Magnadramon wrote me a letter in which she told me everything about this 'RPG Maker' and its powers. And as a mother, let me tell you something: If your child is the only one who can help the Sovereign's new champions, it is a great honor. You should be proud of Kei!"
"Well... maybe I am proud..." Lillymon muttered.
Kei looked at her in surprise. "Mom?"
"But I'm still mad at you because you just ran away like that!" Lillymon snapped. "For now, stay and help your friends, I don't mind. But keep in mind that after all of this is over, you'll be grounded!"
Kei sighed in relief. "Yes, Mom! Thanks, Mom!"
Lillymon sighed as well. "Well, now I should bring you back home, Eiko..."
"Awww, can't I stay?" Eiko whined. "I'm a game master too, you know?"
"Eiko, I can't just allow you to stay here without having talked to your parents," Lillymon frowned. "Now come along, or I have to call them."
"Hmmm, okay... bummer! Bye, Mako! Bye, Kei!"
"Bye, Eiko! Maybe some other time," Kei said.
"Farewell, Eiko!" HolyCalumon said as she waved from the computer screen. "It has been a pleasure meeting you."
Eiko grinned. "You really are nicer than Bio!"
"Oh, please!" BioCalumon groaned in his cage as he watched the scene with closed eyes. "All this niceness makes me wanna puke..." He opened his eyes and grinned. "But what I found out is very interesting indeed... so I have a twin sister, huh? Well, dear sister... if it's war you want, you shall have it! And when the time is right, I shall merge with you to regain all of my powers..." He snickered.
Suddenly the lights turned on. "Didn't anyone tell you that it is unwise to talk to oneself?" Barbamon darkly asked.
Bio winced. "Point for you, gramps!" he grumbled as he turned his back to the Demon Lord. "So you heard what I said, big deal! It's not like it will help you in any way..."
"That depends," Barbamon said as he sat down on a chair. "So, tell me... how did you learn of this 'sister' of yours? Do you have visions? Or are you telepathic?"
"I'm not telling," Bio grumbled.
Barbamon smiled. "Of course not! But still, I am intrigued... why would you want to 'merge' with her? Does that have some deeper meaning or are you just a little pervert?"
"WHAT?" Bio yelled as he snarled at the Demon Lord furiously. "I'll kill you!"
"I doubt that, not from within there," Barbamon chuckled. "Well, obviously you don't want to cooperate. Maybe I should go and pay that sister of yours a visit and ask her instead..."
"HER?" Bio snorted with laughter. "You are crazy, old man! She's in league with Angel Digimon now, and she's helping the twerps that defeated your other Demon Lord pals."
"There's an Angel Digimon on my side as well, remember?" Barbamon said. "So that point is kind of moot."
"Well, yeah, Lucemon has always been a special case," Bio admitted. "But still, you won't succeed with me, you won't succeed with HolyCalumon either. Sucks to be you!"
Barbamon rose from his chair. "You don't have to be so cocky, BioCalumon! If I may remember you, those who believe in 'ideals' such as love and friendship have a fatal flaw: They try to protect those they love. You do not have such a flaw, I must concede. But your sister... let's see if she cooperates if I threaten those who are close to her."
Bio grimaced. "You don't even know where she is..."
"True," Barbamon admitted. "But as soon as I find her, and she is willing to tell me everything, I won't have any use for you anymore... keep that in mind, BioCalumon!"
BioCalumon wanted to give him a snappy retort, but then the door opened and a tiny figure with shining wings entered the room.
"Barbamon?" Ai asked meekly. "I can't sleep... I'm scared. Can you read me a story? Mommy always used to do that..."
While Barbamon groaned, Bio rolled around the floor of his cage with laughter. "Oh, that's a real hoot! Your almighty prospective Demon Lord is not just a kindergardener, she's also a scaredy cat!"
Barbamon ignored the laughing BioCalumon and walked up to Ai, glaring darkly at her. "To bed! Now! Or I will give you more nightmares than you ever had in your life!"
Ai's lip trembled, and her eyes grew teary. The presence of Barbamon was so terrifying, even more than usual... She turned around and ran back to her room, sobbing loudly.
"Aw, now you made her cry!" Bio snickered. "You're not very good with children, are you?"
"She WILL do as I say!" Barbamon growled. "Or else I'm gonna reduce her family house to a pile of ashes!"
"Good luck with that," Bio sarcastically commented. "But what you need is Pride, not Fear!"
Satisfied, he turned around and closed his eyes.
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