Reppamon was pacing around the office he was sharing with Taomon and nervously muttered to himself: "Stay clam, he's your friend and colleague, he's not gonna rip off your head... oh, who am I kidding? That's just what he's gonna do once he finds out what I did to his daughter!"
With a pitiful whine, he put his front paws on his snout. "I'm in deep shit this time... but what was I supposed to do? Should I have told her that it is perfectly fine if she wants to risk her life? I can't bear the thought of losing her..."
"That's good to hear," a voice spoke up behind him. "Or else I really would be tempted to... well, not to rip off your head, but to kick you out of our troop."
Reppamon gasped. He turned around and saw his friend and superior standing in the door. "T-taomon!" he stammered. "I d-didn't hear you coming in..."
Taomon frowned. "Reppamon, I noticed that something was wrong with Renamon after she came home... I wouldn't be a good father if I didn't notice. And I must say, I was very angry with you. But since I now know you were just concerned about your safety, I think I can overlook it... for now!"
"Oh, thank you, you don't know how much that means to me, and I promise I will never make Renamon upset again..."
"I certainly hope so... because I don't know if I can give you this sort of understanding a second time." Taomon frowned. "So keep it in mind, Reppamon: Make my little girl cry one more time, and you'll regret it!"
"O-of course not!" Reppamon quickly said.
"Okay, I think that's quite enough for now, boys!" a slender Compsomon said as she entered the office.
"Mrs. Matsuki," Reppamon said, thankful for the distraction. "You are looking good today."
Mie grinned. "You charmer! Just remember that I am a married woman, okay? But then again, I guess you already have another girl in mind..."
Reppamon blushed, and Mie laughed.
"Can we now get to the more serious part, please?" Taomon frowned. "Or should we wait for Sheperdmon and Leomon?"
"They will come a bit later," Mie explained. "They want to check out the warehouse near the docks."
"Ah yes, the one that dock worker told us about. I still don't believe he actually saw Barbamon in there... my dear Dad would never choose a hideout so close to such a huge amount of people. My guess is that he's hiding somewhere in the country... if he hasn't even found a way back to the Digital World."
"Well, I guess our last missing guest can help us further," Mie smiled.
"Who are you talking about?" Taomon frowned.
"Why, me, of course!" a familiar voice called out from nowhere.
Taomon and Reppamon looked around the office in confusion, but they couldn't see anyone.
Then, a light blue shimmer appeared near the window, and then, a canine, blue-furred Rookie Digimon was standing in front of them.
The Gaomon smirked at the other Digimon. "Hey, guys! Surprised to see me?"
"A-alice?" Taomon gasped in surprise. Then he got furious. "What the hell are you thinking? Sneaking into a police building... you are still a wanted criminal. If my boss knew you were here, he would arrest you on the spot. How did you get past our security cameras and digital scanners, anyway?"
Alice spread the light blue cloak she was wearing around her shoulders and smirked. "A Digital Cloak!" she said. "It makes me invisible AND shields my digital code from any scanner. Pretty convenient, don't you think?"
"And yet another hint that all of this is nothing but one big Role-playing game..." Mie sighed.
"Where... did you get that thing?" Reppamon wondered.
"From Daddy, of course!" Alice smiled.
"You can't stay here," Taomon grumbled. "I can't believe you let her do that, Mie..."
Alice frowned. "Hey, I have important news regarding Barbamon's whereabouts. You can hear them, or you can kick me out and try to find him yourself."
"Well, I will hear them, but not HERE!" Taomon hissed. "Imagine what would happen if my boss came in right now and..."
The office door opened and a rotund man entered. "Taomon? Do you have a minute?"
Taomon yelped like a kicked puppy and spun around. "M-m-mr. Suzuki, sir!" he squeaked. "Th-this isn't what it looks like..."
Suzuki frowned. "What do you mean?"
Taomon looked around... and sighed with relief when he noticed that Alice was nowhere to be seen. In the nick of time, she had put her cloak back on.
"Oh, it's nothing, sir!" he told his superior officer with a nervous chuckle. "I'm just a bit worn out from my work, I guess..."
"Maybe you should take a vacation when all of this is over, Roshi. But for now, I just wanted to remind you to work on these files I gave you."
"O-of course, sir!" Taomon said. "I'll get to it right away."
"Good," Mr. Suzuki smiled. He nodded towards Mie. "Mrs. Matsuki, always a pleasure!" And then he left.
Taomon quickly closed the door behind him and sighed deeply. "Oh my poor nerves..."
"You see?" Alice smirked as she appeared out of nowhere. "If they don't want to see me, they won't see me."
"You... you crazy little girl, do you realize that this stupid stunt of yours almost costed me my job? Get out, now! We will talk about Barbamon someplace else, not here!"
Mie sighed. "I told you he wouldn't like it, Alice." She then grinned. "Say, lunch break will begin soon, right? So why don't we all go over to that noodle vendor across the street? We can discuss everything over a steaming bowl of ramen. And I can give Mayumi a call on her cellphone."
"Fine, fine..." Taomon grumbled. "As long as she doesn't do that again... damn, I think my heart stopped."
Reppamon knew he shouldn't feel amused at his friend's expense, but... after the lecture Taomon had given him earlier, he couldn't help but grin.
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