Disclaimer: None of these characters belong to me.
LOVE'S TRUE STRENGTH
Chapter Twelve: The Way Things Belong
A loud siren went off. Ken got up from the floor quickly and ran into his viewing room. On his large computer screen, it showed the digidestined coming near his base.
"Oh, crud!" Ken exclaimed, running on to the balcony to watch them coming.
Davis was in the lead with Tai and the others not far behind. Gatomon was riding on Tai's impossibly big hair.
Getamon jumped up on the railing excitedly. "Is that Gatomon?"
"Yes," Ken muttered. "Getamon, I have designed you for this purpose. It's time for you to prove the copy is better than the original."
Ken turned and went back into the base. Getamon glanced down at the digidestined, then quickly followed Ken.
"I don't understand," she said, trying to keep up with him.
"Face your rival," Ken told her.
"Face? Rival?" Getamon exclaimed. "You want me to destroy the digimon who I'm based from?"
"It's what I made you for," Ken insisted, still walking.
"Master," Getamon protested. "Wouldn't destroying her be destroying part of myself. I really don't think I can do that."
Ken stopped suddenly, looked down at her and said, "Do you care for Kari?"
Getamon was taken aback by this question. "Yes, of course."
Ken knelt down beside Getamon and looked into her eyes, "Those people want to take her away. Could you stand not seeing Kari in the morning with her beautiful smile?" His eyes stared with great intensity. "Could you live without hearing her gentle laughter ever again?" Getamon thought she saw the glimmer of tears in his eyes. "Could you stand by while another takes your place in her arms and does with her what you should be doing?" Ken closed his eyes for a moment, then continued, "Getamon, will you just let them take her away?"
"No, sir!" Getamon shouted, tears in her own eyes.
"Good," Ken said, standing up. "I have a surprise for you, then. I'll let you do something very special."
Getamon smiled with excitement. She knew what the surprise was.
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"Take that base down!" Davis shouted to Flamedramon.
"Don't take it down too hard," Cody insisted. "We don't want to hurt Kari."
Flamedramon shot a fire ball at the base. It was barely dented.
"Oh, I wish I could show that Emperor a thing or two," Gatomon grumbled, quite disgruntled at the fact that she had to stay behind with the digidestined while the other digimon could fight to get Kari back.
"Show your face, Ken!" Tai shouted as if Ken would hear.
"Yeah, you coward!" Yolei yelled. "Give us our friend back!"
"What's that?" TK asked, pointing.
A door near the bottom of the base opened and a small purple cat jumped out. She walked confidently toward them with her eyes narrowed. Gatomon stared in disbelief. This cat may not have been the same color or had as smooth hair, but she did have a striking resemblance to Gatomon.
"Who're you?" Gatomon demanded as the cat neared them.
"Your worst nightmare," she spat. "I am Getamon and I'm here to take you out, Gatomon."
"Better than you have tried!" Gatomon shouted back.
"We'll see," Getamon smirked, narrowing her glowing green eyes even more. "Getamon digivolve to..."
She stretched out really tall and slender, lots of black bushy hair flowing down her shoulders as her ears shrunk and tail disappeared. A deep purple strapless body suit covered all the way down to her high-healed shoes. Two large, black bat wings sprouted from her shoulder blades. Clawed gloves and a mask appeared to match the outfit. She stood confidently before them, her bushy hair falling over one of her green eyes as she stretched out her long sharp fingers.
"...Getawomon!"
(A/N: Man, I wish you could see my drawings of her too. She is wicked awsome looking!)
Gatomon hissed, "Who do you think you are, a copycat?"
"Anyone who dares to take Kari will have to go through me," Getawomon threatened, her eyes glowing indignantly.
"I could take you down if I could digivolve!" Gatomon shouted.
"Master," Getawomon called up to Ken, who was back at his little balcony. "I want this to be a fair fight."
"You got it," Ken muttered.
He ran back to his viewing room and took Kari's crest and digivice from a drawer. He connected them to his computer and began to tap away at his computer console.
Without knowing what was happening, Gatomon began to digivolve. She grew into her human- like form. Her long blonde hair tumbled down her back as her cat gloves flew off. Eight wings sprouted and a helmet covered her eyes. She was Angewomon, ready to face her duplicate foe. The digidestined stood in awe.
"Let Kari go, you facsimile!" Angewomon commanded.
"Facsimile?" Getawomon laughed. "You will find that this facsimile is twice as strong as you are!"
"Heaven's char-" Angewomon began, raising her arms into the air.
"Nightmare claw!" Getawomon shouted, kicking on leg in the air, twirling, then coming down on Angewomon with her long, sharp fingers cutting across Angewomon's middle.
Angewomon fell to the ground in pain. The digidestined gasped, looking at the cruel smile on Getawomon's face.
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Kari felt the room move. She glanced up. Everything was shaking. What was going on? Quickly, Kari got into her clothes and walked into the hall. A bump sent her right into the wall. She did her best to walk down the corridor, a hand running along the wall to help keep her balance. Another bump felt like the whole base rocked and sent Kari sliding down the hall and into Ken's arms.
"What's going on?" Kari demanded, pulling away from him immediately.
"We're under attack," Ken told her.
"The digidestined!" Kari shouted with glee. "They've come for me."
She jumped up and down. With another bump, Kari fell back into Ken's arms. She pulled herself away from him.
"You want to leave?" Ken asked in surprise and sadness. "But, I thought-"
"Ken, let me go home," Kari begged. "Please, can I go?"
Ken looked into her soft umber eyes. He wanted to kiss her and hold her tight, but somehow he knew she wouldn't let him. How could he possibly deny her what she wanted? He would do anything for her.
"Go," Ken muttered, lowering his eyes.
Kari's eyes widened in surprise. He was letting her leave? After everything he said last night, she didn't think he was capable of such a thing. But maybe he did care for her after all. Kari reached up and touched his face. Ken immediately took her hand and kissed her wrist. Suddenly, she didn't want to leave him anymore. He placed her digivice, crest and D3 into her hand.
"Ken-" Kari whispered, her voice quivering.
"You better hurry and stop Getamon," Ken told her, turning away so he wouldn't have to watch Kari leave.
Kari nodded and headed down the corridor. She stopped when she saw the necklace Ken had given her sitting on the ground. She picked it up and continued to the exit. It was already open, so she stepped out. To her shock, she saw Getamon in a digivolved form, dragging Angewomon by her hair. Angewomon beat her arms and wings but she was too weakened to fight.
"Getamon!" Kari shouted. "Stop it!"
Getawomon stared up at Kari and let go of Angewomon's hair. She lowered her eyes in shame. Quickly, Getawomon flew up to where Kari stood.
"Kari," Getawomon sniffled. "I didn't want you to leave."
"I'm sorry," Kari began, tears filling her eyes. "I just don't belong here."
"You could," Getawomon insisted. "We were happy, remember? Can't we just stay like that?"
Kari shook her head.
Getawomon closed her eyes and folded her wings over her face. She shrunk back down to Getamon and hugged Kari's legs.
"I'm sorry, Kari!" Getamon cried. "I was a bad digimon to you."
"No, Getamon," Kari said, kneeling down to her. "You were a good digimon. But you aren't really mine. I'm meant to be with Gatomon."
Tears rolled down Getamon's deep purple cheeks as her eyes grew dull. Kari hugged Getamon. Immediately, Getamon pulled away and ran into the base. Kari stood up and glanced down the dark corridor. Ken stood at the end. Wormon was in his arms. Getamon ran up and hugged his legs. All six eyes stared at her, pleading for her to stay. She almost did. She almost turned away from the digidestined and ran down that hall to be with them.
"Kari?"
Kari looked over at Angewomon floating near her. Angewomon smiled and held out her hands. Before she changed her mind, Kari jumped into Angewomon's arms and let herself be carried down where the other digidestined stood. Tai hugged her once they were on the ground.
"You really had us worried," Yolei said.
Davis came forward once Tai had released her.
"Are you OK?" he asked.
Kari glanced up at the base and started bawling. Davis put his arms around her. She clung to him.
"It's all right," he assured her. "We won't let him get you again."
Ken glanced over his balcony at Kari in Davis' arms. Wormon and Getamon balanced on the railing and looked down at her too. It was a terrible heartache Ken felt, but it was just something he had to deal with. Kari had made her choice. He let out a discontented sigh.
"Things will be less fun around here," Wormon muttered.
"Yup," Getamon agreed. "Things will be lonesome too."
The digidestined and their digimon disappeared, returning to the human world.
"Well, I guess that's that," Ken sighed, turning and walking back onto the dark base.
As he slowly walked through the halls, he finally saw them for what they were. Empty and dark. Everything was empty and dark. He went to his viewing room and sat in his chair. Just a couple buttons brought the video of Kari laughing.
"At least she's happy," Ken muttered to himself.
"But that's just a tape," Wormon said behind him. "Maybe she isn't happy to have left us."
"She is," Ken began. "I know, somehow, that she's happy and that's all I need."
A/N: That's sad! I hate myself for writing these sad endings. I'm sorry I made it sad. Forgive me! But that's the end. No more. I'll miss writing this one.
LOVE'S TRUE STRENGTH
Chapter Twelve: The Way Things Belong
A loud siren went off. Ken got up from the floor quickly and ran into his viewing room. On his large computer screen, it showed the digidestined coming near his base.
"Oh, crud!" Ken exclaimed, running on to the balcony to watch them coming.
Davis was in the lead with Tai and the others not far behind. Gatomon was riding on Tai's impossibly big hair.
Getamon jumped up on the railing excitedly. "Is that Gatomon?"
"Yes," Ken muttered. "Getamon, I have designed you for this purpose. It's time for you to prove the copy is better than the original."
Ken turned and went back into the base. Getamon glanced down at the digidestined, then quickly followed Ken.
"I don't understand," she said, trying to keep up with him.
"Face your rival," Ken told her.
"Face? Rival?" Getamon exclaimed. "You want me to destroy the digimon who I'm based from?"
"It's what I made you for," Ken insisted, still walking.
"Master," Getamon protested. "Wouldn't destroying her be destroying part of myself. I really don't think I can do that."
Ken stopped suddenly, looked down at her and said, "Do you care for Kari?"
Getamon was taken aback by this question. "Yes, of course."
Ken knelt down beside Getamon and looked into her eyes, "Those people want to take her away. Could you stand not seeing Kari in the morning with her beautiful smile?" His eyes stared with great intensity. "Could you live without hearing her gentle laughter ever again?" Getamon thought she saw the glimmer of tears in his eyes. "Could you stand by while another takes your place in her arms and does with her what you should be doing?" Ken closed his eyes for a moment, then continued, "Getamon, will you just let them take her away?"
"No, sir!" Getamon shouted, tears in her own eyes.
"Good," Ken said, standing up. "I have a surprise for you, then. I'll let you do something very special."
Getamon smiled with excitement. She knew what the surprise was.
************
"Take that base down!" Davis shouted to Flamedramon.
"Don't take it down too hard," Cody insisted. "We don't want to hurt Kari."
Flamedramon shot a fire ball at the base. It was barely dented.
"Oh, I wish I could show that Emperor a thing or two," Gatomon grumbled, quite disgruntled at the fact that she had to stay behind with the digidestined while the other digimon could fight to get Kari back.
"Show your face, Ken!" Tai shouted as if Ken would hear.
"Yeah, you coward!" Yolei yelled. "Give us our friend back!"
"What's that?" TK asked, pointing.
A door near the bottom of the base opened and a small purple cat jumped out. She walked confidently toward them with her eyes narrowed. Gatomon stared in disbelief. This cat may not have been the same color or had as smooth hair, but she did have a striking resemblance to Gatomon.
"Who're you?" Gatomon demanded as the cat neared them.
"Your worst nightmare," she spat. "I am Getamon and I'm here to take you out, Gatomon."
"Better than you have tried!" Gatomon shouted back.
"We'll see," Getamon smirked, narrowing her glowing green eyes even more. "Getamon digivolve to..."
She stretched out really tall and slender, lots of black bushy hair flowing down her shoulders as her ears shrunk and tail disappeared. A deep purple strapless body suit covered all the way down to her high-healed shoes. Two large, black bat wings sprouted from her shoulder blades. Clawed gloves and a mask appeared to match the outfit. She stood confidently before them, her bushy hair falling over one of her green eyes as she stretched out her long sharp fingers.
"...Getawomon!"
(A/N: Man, I wish you could see my drawings of her too. She is wicked awsome looking!)
Gatomon hissed, "Who do you think you are, a copycat?"
"Anyone who dares to take Kari will have to go through me," Getawomon threatened, her eyes glowing indignantly.
"I could take you down if I could digivolve!" Gatomon shouted.
"Master," Getawomon called up to Ken, who was back at his little balcony. "I want this to be a fair fight."
"You got it," Ken muttered.
He ran back to his viewing room and took Kari's crest and digivice from a drawer. He connected them to his computer and began to tap away at his computer console.
Without knowing what was happening, Gatomon began to digivolve. She grew into her human- like form. Her long blonde hair tumbled down her back as her cat gloves flew off. Eight wings sprouted and a helmet covered her eyes. She was Angewomon, ready to face her duplicate foe. The digidestined stood in awe.
"Let Kari go, you facsimile!" Angewomon commanded.
"Facsimile?" Getawomon laughed. "You will find that this facsimile is twice as strong as you are!"
"Heaven's char-" Angewomon began, raising her arms into the air.
"Nightmare claw!" Getawomon shouted, kicking on leg in the air, twirling, then coming down on Angewomon with her long, sharp fingers cutting across Angewomon's middle.
Angewomon fell to the ground in pain. The digidestined gasped, looking at the cruel smile on Getawomon's face.
************
Kari felt the room move. She glanced up. Everything was shaking. What was going on? Quickly, Kari got into her clothes and walked into the hall. A bump sent her right into the wall. She did her best to walk down the corridor, a hand running along the wall to help keep her balance. Another bump felt like the whole base rocked and sent Kari sliding down the hall and into Ken's arms.
"What's going on?" Kari demanded, pulling away from him immediately.
"We're under attack," Ken told her.
"The digidestined!" Kari shouted with glee. "They've come for me."
She jumped up and down. With another bump, Kari fell back into Ken's arms. She pulled herself away from him.
"You want to leave?" Ken asked in surprise and sadness. "But, I thought-"
"Ken, let me go home," Kari begged. "Please, can I go?"
Ken looked into her soft umber eyes. He wanted to kiss her and hold her tight, but somehow he knew she wouldn't let him. How could he possibly deny her what she wanted? He would do anything for her.
"Go," Ken muttered, lowering his eyes.
Kari's eyes widened in surprise. He was letting her leave? After everything he said last night, she didn't think he was capable of such a thing. But maybe he did care for her after all. Kari reached up and touched his face. Ken immediately took her hand and kissed her wrist. Suddenly, she didn't want to leave him anymore. He placed her digivice, crest and D3 into her hand.
"Ken-" Kari whispered, her voice quivering.
"You better hurry and stop Getamon," Ken told her, turning away so he wouldn't have to watch Kari leave.
Kari nodded and headed down the corridor. She stopped when she saw the necklace Ken had given her sitting on the ground. She picked it up and continued to the exit. It was already open, so she stepped out. To her shock, she saw Getamon in a digivolved form, dragging Angewomon by her hair. Angewomon beat her arms and wings but she was too weakened to fight.
"Getamon!" Kari shouted. "Stop it!"
Getawomon stared up at Kari and let go of Angewomon's hair. She lowered her eyes in shame. Quickly, Getawomon flew up to where Kari stood.
"Kari," Getawomon sniffled. "I didn't want you to leave."
"I'm sorry," Kari began, tears filling her eyes. "I just don't belong here."
"You could," Getawomon insisted. "We were happy, remember? Can't we just stay like that?"
Kari shook her head.
Getawomon closed her eyes and folded her wings over her face. She shrunk back down to Getamon and hugged Kari's legs.
"I'm sorry, Kari!" Getamon cried. "I was a bad digimon to you."
"No, Getamon," Kari said, kneeling down to her. "You were a good digimon. But you aren't really mine. I'm meant to be with Gatomon."
Tears rolled down Getamon's deep purple cheeks as her eyes grew dull. Kari hugged Getamon. Immediately, Getamon pulled away and ran into the base. Kari stood up and glanced down the dark corridor. Ken stood at the end. Wormon was in his arms. Getamon ran up and hugged his legs. All six eyes stared at her, pleading for her to stay. She almost did. She almost turned away from the digidestined and ran down that hall to be with them.
"Kari?"
Kari looked over at Angewomon floating near her. Angewomon smiled and held out her hands. Before she changed her mind, Kari jumped into Angewomon's arms and let herself be carried down where the other digidestined stood. Tai hugged her once they were on the ground.
"You really had us worried," Yolei said.
Davis came forward once Tai had released her.
"Are you OK?" he asked.
Kari glanced up at the base and started bawling. Davis put his arms around her. She clung to him.
"It's all right," he assured her. "We won't let him get you again."
Ken glanced over his balcony at Kari in Davis' arms. Wormon and Getamon balanced on the railing and looked down at her too. It was a terrible heartache Ken felt, but it was just something he had to deal with. Kari had made her choice. He let out a discontented sigh.
"Things will be less fun around here," Wormon muttered.
"Yup," Getamon agreed. "Things will be lonesome too."
The digidestined and their digimon disappeared, returning to the human world.
"Well, I guess that's that," Ken sighed, turning and walking back onto the dark base.
As he slowly walked through the halls, he finally saw them for what they were. Empty and dark. Everything was empty and dark. He went to his viewing room and sat in his chair. Just a couple buttons brought the video of Kari laughing.
"At least she's happy," Ken muttered to himself.
"But that's just a tape," Wormon said behind him. "Maybe she isn't happy to have left us."
"She is," Ken began. "I know, somehow, that she's happy and that's all I need."
A/N: That's sad! I hate myself for writing these sad endings. I'm sorry I made it sad. Forgive me! But that's the end. No more. I'll miss writing this one.