(Author's Note: This is the sequel to The Experiment, although it doesn't quite live up to that story. Don't worry, I still think it's worth reading. ^_^ Enjoy! *bows*)
Six months have passed since the experiment came to an end. Since that time, Mewtwo has lived peacefully in the Digital World, isolated from all except the few he called friends- most notably Biyomon. Unable to return home (even if he wanted to), Mewtwo became the first and only pokemon to live in the Digital World...until now.
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Primary Village
June 7th, 2001
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Elecmon padded through the field of eggs, humming a happy tune to himself. He checked for any eggs that might be hatching soon, but a quick look showed none of them were glowing or shaking. Elecmon smiled and walked towards the playground area, where the young baby digimon were playing around. Just as he was about to leave, an odd noise that sounded like wobbling.
"Hmm?" Elecmon turned around to the source of the noise. A couple yards away, a blue and black striped egg was glowing a bright blue. Elecmon went over and looked at it with a smile. "Come on out little one."
The glowing egg flashed brightly, and Elecmon was forced to shield his eyes momentarily. When he opened them again, a brown wicker basket with a sky blue pillow in it had appeared. Resting on the pillow was a baby unlike anything the digimon had ever seen. It looked like a black marble the size of a golf ball, with dozens of even smaller black dots floating around it. The little thing had two blue dots for eyes that looked up in Elecmon's direction.
"Well hello," said Elecmon in a sing-song voice as he picked up the little baby. "And what's your name?" The little creature didn't answer; it just continued to look at Elecmon. "...Shy little guy aren't you?" he said cheerfully as he put the little critter on his back and gave him a ride towards the playground.
When they reached the playground where the other digimon were playing around, Elecmon let the little baby on his back hop down. "Now you have fun with the others, while I go work on getting some lunch for everybody." Elecmon turned and ran off towards the nearby river to go fishing.
The little baby watched as several Punimon played with a brightly colored rubber ball, pushing it back and forth. One of the Punimon noticed the new arrival, and hopped over to where he sat. "Hi, I'm Punimon. What's your name?"
"..."
The punimon looked at the other baby confusedly. "Hello? Are you listening?" Without warning, the little baby suddenly glowed a bright blue, and seemed to explode into a lot of small dots like the ones flying around it. The hundreds of dots swirled in the air, and within seconds the blue glow disappeared, revealing an unorganized, yet united collection of black dots.
"Wow! He digivolved!" cried the excited punimon. The other punimon, as well as several other baby digimon came over and stared up in awe at the giant floating black ball. As they looked at it, the black dots around it began to swirl faster, and the creature's "body" glowed bright blue. The frightened baby digimon scurried away as fast as they could, crying loudly as the ground started to vibrate.
Meanwhile, by the river, Elecmon finished off a Super Thunder Strike, which fried another batch of fish in the water, sending them flying to the shore. As Elecmon gathered them up, he could hear the sound of the baby's crying and screaming, as well as an odd rumble coming from the Primary Village.
"Oh no, the babies!" Elecmon dashed towards the village as fast as his little legs could carry him. "Don't worry little ones, I'm coming!" Elecmon closed the distance between the river and the village playground in record time, and found the forty-some baby digimon cowering in terror under one of the toy-filled trees. They all cringed next to Elecmon, who stood between them and the mass of glowing dots. "Don't worry little ones, I'm here! Go hide, quickly!" The little digimon obeyed, and ran off en masse as Elecmon stared at the source of the trouble with determination.
"I don't know what you are, but you're going to pay for scaring my babies!" growled Elecmon. "Super Thunder Strike!" A powerful bolt of electric energy flew from Elecmon's body, but rather than hit it, the electricity pixels changed into beautiful pink flower petals, which fell harmlessly around the mass of dots.
"What happened?" yelled a shocked Elecmon. As what just happened sunk in, the mystery enemy launched a blast of high-pressure water that the digimon could barely avoid. The attack slammed into one of the house-sized bouncy blocks that populated Primary Village, plowing a huge hole through it with ease.
"Whoa!" The rumbling in the village grew louder, and as a much louder tearing noise filled the air, the ground started to split and crack as the earth shattered under some invisible pressure. Elecmon stared in horror at the bouncy blocks and toy trees as they fell to the ground or were knocked around by the mini-earthquake. Some objects as small as a toy truck or as large as a granite boulder flew into the air, as if they were falling up. Elecmon suddenly flew up as well, screaming in surprise as the creature glowed silently.
"Somebody help! The babies are in danger!" cried Elecmon as loud as possible before blackness overtook him, coupled with a burning pain inside.
****
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Kamiya Residence
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Gatomon moved the nail filer back and forth on her claw, sharpening it to a fine point. She blew off a piece of bone and examined the claws with a flick of the wrist as a test. She returned to filing, while someone else in the room struggled elsewhere in the room behind a closet door.
"So Kari, what's this school dance for anyway? Isn't it the middle of the summer?" asked Gatomon.
"I already told you Gatomon, this is just a summer dance put on by the student body. It's to celebrate the end of the year."
"Even though the end of school was weeks ago?" added Gatomon. Kari walked out of the closet in a stunning pink dress that hugged her body and was short enough to attract attention, but not in a tasteless manner. Kari sat at her mirror and tried to decide what earrings she should wear for the occasion.
"I wonder who will be there," mused Kari as she tried on an earring with a crescent moon design, then decided against them.
"I'm sure Davis and TK will be there," answered Gatomon. "You're going to be busy trying to keep them from fighting over you."
Kari giggled. "Well, I'm sure there'll be plenty of fast dances, so it shouldn't be a problem." Kari tried on a pair of simple earrings made of three small crystals that dangled on a string. Kari looked at them for a little while in the mirror, then turned to Gatomon. "What do you think?" she asked.
Gatomon cocked her head as she looked. "They look great. Stick with those."
"Are you sure?" said Kari, turning back to the mirror again. "Do you think the guys will like them?"
"I don't think their eyes will make it to your earrings," said Gatomon. Kari giggled and tossed a pillow at Gatomon, who deftly avoided it as she laughed.
Kari put on a pair of one-inch high heels and stood up to test them out. She danced around a little bit, and found them a little difficult to manage compared to her typical footwear, but not impossible to be graceful in. "Hey Gatomon, do you think I should put on some make-up? What color lipstick does Angewomon use?"
Gatomon smiled. "I think you should go without. You look fine the way you are."
Kari smiled. "Are you saying that just to be nice?"
"Hey, my credibility as a digimon is on the line. It's my business to make sure you look stunning." The two laughed, and Gatomon started offering suggestions on Kari's dance moves.
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Motomiya Residence
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Davis smiled at the mirror, and made sure his tie was straight. His black and white tux was clean as could be, and unlike his normal fashion, Davis wasn't wearing his goggles. When his clip-on tie was arranged the way he wanted it, he made a toothy smile to show off his pearly white teeth and struck a goofy pose.
"Hey Kari, wanna dance?...*ahem* How's it going Kari? You look wonderful tonight...grrrr...Kari, would you honor me with the next dance?"
"Why are you talking to the mirror Davis?" asked Demiveemon as he watched his human companion curiously.
Davis groaned. "Not now Demiveemon, I've gotta practice my line!" The boy noticed he was missing his boutonnière. Davis picked up the small red rose for his tuxedo and pinned it on carefully.
"I still don't get it. Why do you have to practice how to ask Kari to dance?" asked the little digimon. "It doesn't sound that hard."
Davis sighed. "I can't just ask her to dance. It's not that simple," answered Davis. "If I sound like a dork, she won't wanna dance with me."
"Why?"
"Because!"
"Because why?" repeated Demiveemon.
Davis growled. "Demiveemon..."
BeepBeepBeep.../"Somebody help! The babies are in danger!"/
Demiveemon ran to the D3 on Davis' desk. "Who's that?" asked Davis.
"Why you asking me?" replied the blue digimon. "Whoever it is, they're in trouble and they're in the Digital World."
Davis reached over and picked up his goggles. As he put them on, he said "Then let's go!" Davis picked up the D3, ran over to his computer, and shouted "Digi-port open!".
****
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The Digital World
Outside Primary Village
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The digital portal glowed as five human forms and five digimon forms materialized. Four of the kids had been dressed in finery before their entrance into the Digital World, but as always, their wardrobe changed upon entrance into this world.
"Okay, let's keep this quick so that we don't miss the dance." said Davis. "So you guys got the distress signal too?"
"Yeah, it was from Elecmon." said TK. "He's an old friend. I wonder what happened."
"Guys, look!" shouted Yolei. She pointed across the field, where hundreds of eggs were scattered seemingly at random. The land itself was in disarray, looking as if an earthquake had hit it. The once beautiful Primary Village was in ruins, and not a single digimon baby could be found.
"Oh my gosh, what happened!" cried Kari. She and TK ran around to gather the digieggs, finding most of them intact. Most... but not all. Kari fell to her knees in front of one egg in particular, which was shattered in one part, but apparently still clinging to life since it hadn't been reconfigured. "The... poor baby." Unsure of what to do, Kari just sat there, cradling the half-developed baby digimon.
Veemon growled angrily, but kept a tight rein on his rage. "Who did this!" yelled the digimon. "Who would attack a townful of babies and eggs! Who would be so cruel!" Veemon slammed his fist into the ground, crunching some good-sized rocks.
"Over here!" called out Hawkmon. "It's Elecmon!"
"Elecmon!" TK, Kari, and the others ran over to where Hawkmon was kneeling, and saw a very battered and bruised Elecmon. TK picked up the digimon, who grunted painfully as he was moved.
Elecmon looked up at TK's concerned face. "...T...K?"
"Elecmon, what happened?" he asked. "Who did this to the Primary Village?"
"Uhh...I...don't know. I've never seen a digimon like that before...and it had just hatched only moments before..."
"What was it like? What do you mean?"
Elecmon held his side, which was starting to depixelate. "Errah...it...it was a whole lot of dots...like marbles...that floated and glowed blue when it used its power."
"That doesn't sound like any digimon I've ever heard about," said Armadillomon. "Did it have a name?" Elecmon's face contorted with the pain in his body, and he struggled to stop from being reconfigured.
"Elecmon, please hold on!" begged TK, shaking the digimon's head lightly. "Please, you have to help us. You can do it, you're the toughest babysitter I know."
Elecmon smiled. "Yes...at least the babies are safe. They're nearby, my friends. Please...take care of them for me, until I get back."
"...Elecmon?" The digimon's eyes closed, and his body went limp. "Elecmon!" yelled TK. The digimon's life ended, and Elecmon disappeared into nothingness, leaving TK's arms.
"...Elecmon," whispered TK sadly. He closed his eyes, keeping his sadness inside, and stood up, still looking at the spot where Elecmon was.
"...TK?" said Patamon from his spot over him.
"Are you okay?" whispered Kari, putting a reassuring hand on his shoulder.
TK eventually looked up at the others, and gave a light smile. "...Yeah. I know he'll be back to his old, obsessive self soon enough."
****
Cody walked around the village, looking for clues as to what the enemy was, while the others worked on regathering the digi-babies and the digi-eggs. Cody kneeled down next to a deflated bouncy block, where the apparent epicenter of the force that destroyed the village was. Judging from the angle and distribution of the uplifted earth, it looked like whatever it was...it really had some muscle behind its powers.
"Find something?" said Davis as he walked to where Cody was.
"Maybe," answered Cody quietly, standing up once again. "Have they found the babies?"
"Yeah, they're okay. Right now TK, Kari, and Yolei and the digimon are feeding them all. I don't know how Elecmon kept up with those things! They're always hungry!"
"Yeah...babies tend to be that way," said Cody. "At least they're still alive. Something tells me that's a good thing."
Davis gave him an odd look. "Well, nobody likes to die Cody..."
"That's not what I mean," said the boy. "Haven't you noticed that Elecmon's egg hasn't arrived yet?"
Davis blinked. "Was I supposed to? I wasn't keeping track."
"It's been a few hours since Elecmon... well, you know. His egg should have arrived quickly since reconfiguring doesn't take too long, but not a single egg has appeared this whole time."
"So what? Maybe there's just lag or something," suggested Davis. "We are in the Digital World, after all."
"I don't think so..." muttered Cody. "I'm going to keep watching."
"...All right. Don't make it too long, unless you want to stay here by yourself. We still have the dance to go to."
Cody frowned as he sat down on an inclined rock. "Yeah...the dance."
Davis looked at the sad boy with concern. "What's wrong?"
"Oh...nothing."
Davis sat down on the ground opposite Cody. "...Aren't you going?"
"...No."
"Why not? I thought everybody in school was going." Davis leaned back against a rock.
"Well, I'm not," replied Cody evenly.
"Why not? Don't have a date?"
"No, I-"
"Hey, I don't have a date either," interrupted Davis. "All the coolest guys don't have dates. We get to dance with more girls."
Cody's face fell. "But I don't want to dance with lots of girls. One girl is more than enough..."
"So who'd you ask? Anybody I know?"
"..."
Davis smiled evilly. "What's her name?"
Cody's cheeks turned red. "That's none of your business!"
Davis put his hands up defensively. "Hey hey hey, I'm just wondering." Cody huffed one more time and sat looking at the ground angrily. Cody said nothing more, and Davis waited quietly for the others to finish caring for the baby digimon.
****
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Izumi Residence
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Izzy smiled as a member of the chat room named Mrryln64 made a funny joke. Izzy (otherwise called Tentodude in the chat room) typed a response to it, and tried starting a conversation with some of the more interesting people in the room. Suddenly, his computer screen flickered, and a subwindow opened up, entitled "System Error".
"What the..." Izzy paused in his chatting to check on the error, and was surprised to find out where it was. "A system error...?" Izzy checked the data to find out what the problem was. Apparently, the gate program for the Digital World had a strange glitch in it...but how did it get there?
"Hmm...let's see. I'll run a system check," thought Izzy aloud. A quick press of the buttons and the check was under way. After barely a second, the program returned a very long list of errors.
"Wow... error count: 2,147,483,648! That's means the computer can't count them all! But...how?" Upon closer inspection, Izzy saw the errors themselves. Strangely enough, every single error said the exact, same word.
Missingo.
Six months have passed since the experiment came to an end. Since that time, Mewtwo has lived peacefully in the Digital World, isolated from all except the few he called friends- most notably Biyomon. Unable to return home (even if he wanted to), Mewtwo became the first and only pokemon to live in the Digital World...until now.
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Primary Village
June 7th, 2001
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Elecmon padded through the field of eggs, humming a happy tune to himself. He checked for any eggs that might be hatching soon, but a quick look showed none of them were glowing or shaking. Elecmon smiled and walked towards the playground area, where the young baby digimon were playing around. Just as he was about to leave, an odd noise that sounded like wobbling.
"Hmm?" Elecmon turned around to the source of the noise. A couple yards away, a blue and black striped egg was glowing a bright blue. Elecmon went over and looked at it with a smile. "Come on out little one."
The glowing egg flashed brightly, and Elecmon was forced to shield his eyes momentarily. When he opened them again, a brown wicker basket with a sky blue pillow in it had appeared. Resting on the pillow was a baby unlike anything the digimon had ever seen. It looked like a black marble the size of a golf ball, with dozens of even smaller black dots floating around it. The little thing had two blue dots for eyes that looked up in Elecmon's direction.
"Well hello," said Elecmon in a sing-song voice as he picked up the little baby. "And what's your name?" The little creature didn't answer; it just continued to look at Elecmon. "...Shy little guy aren't you?" he said cheerfully as he put the little critter on his back and gave him a ride towards the playground.
When they reached the playground where the other digimon were playing around, Elecmon let the little baby on his back hop down. "Now you have fun with the others, while I go work on getting some lunch for everybody." Elecmon turned and ran off towards the nearby river to go fishing.
The little baby watched as several Punimon played with a brightly colored rubber ball, pushing it back and forth. One of the Punimon noticed the new arrival, and hopped over to where he sat. "Hi, I'm Punimon. What's your name?"
"..."
The punimon looked at the other baby confusedly. "Hello? Are you listening?" Without warning, the little baby suddenly glowed a bright blue, and seemed to explode into a lot of small dots like the ones flying around it. The hundreds of dots swirled in the air, and within seconds the blue glow disappeared, revealing an unorganized, yet united collection of black dots.
"Wow! He digivolved!" cried the excited punimon. The other punimon, as well as several other baby digimon came over and stared up in awe at the giant floating black ball. As they looked at it, the black dots around it began to swirl faster, and the creature's "body" glowed bright blue. The frightened baby digimon scurried away as fast as they could, crying loudly as the ground started to vibrate.
Meanwhile, by the river, Elecmon finished off a Super Thunder Strike, which fried another batch of fish in the water, sending them flying to the shore. As Elecmon gathered them up, he could hear the sound of the baby's crying and screaming, as well as an odd rumble coming from the Primary Village.
"Oh no, the babies!" Elecmon dashed towards the village as fast as his little legs could carry him. "Don't worry little ones, I'm coming!" Elecmon closed the distance between the river and the village playground in record time, and found the forty-some baby digimon cowering in terror under one of the toy-filled trees. They all cringed next to Elecmon, who stood between them and the mass of glowing dots. "Don't worry little ones, I'm here! Go hide, quickly!" The little digimon obeyed, and ran off en masse as Elecmon stared at the source of the trouble with determination.
"I don't know what you are, but you're going to pay for scaring my babies!" growled Elecmon. "Super Thunder Strike!" A powerful bolt of electric energy flew from Elecmon's body, but rather than hit it, the electricity pixels changed into beautiful pink flower petals, which fell harmlessly around the mass of dots.
"What happened?" yelled a shocked Elecmon. As what just happened sunk in, the mystery enemy launched a blast of high-pressure water that the digimon could barely avoid. The attack slammed into one of the house-sized bouncy blocks that populated Primary Village, plowing a huge hole through it with ease.
"Whoa!" The rumbling in the village grew louder, and as a much louder tearing noise filled the air, the ground started to split and crack as the earth shattered under some invisible pressure. Elecmon stared in horror at the bouncy blocks and toy trees as they fell to the ground or were knocked around by the mini-earthquake. Some objects as small as a toy truck or as large as a granite boulder flew into the air, as if they were falling up. Elecmon suddenly flew up as well, screaming in surprise as the creature glowed silently.
"Somebody help! The babies are in danger!" cried Elecmon as loud as possible before blackness overtook him, coupled with a burning pain inside.
****
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Kamiya Residence
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Gatomon moved the nail filer back and forth on her claw, sharpening it to a fine point. She blew off a piece of bone and examined the claws with a flick of the wrist as a test. She returned to filing, while someone else in the room struggled elsewhere in the room behind a closet door.
"So Kari, what's this school dance for anyway? Isn't it the middle of the summer?" asked Gatomon.
"I already told you Gatomon, this is just a summer dance put on by the student body. It's to celebrate the end of the year."
"Even though the end of school was weeks ago?" added Gatomon. Kari walked out of the closet in a stunning pink dress that hugged her body and was short enough to attract attention, but not in a tasteless manner. Kari sat at her mirror and tried to decide what earrings she should wear for the occasion.
"I wonder who will be there," mused Kari as she tried on an earring with a crescent moon design, then decided against them.
"I'm sure Davis and TK will be there," answered Gatomon. "You're going to be busy trying to keep them from fighting over you."
Kari giggled. "Well, I'm sure there'll be plenty of fast dances, so it shouldn't be a problem." Kari tried on a pair of simple earrings made of three small crystals that dangled on a string. Kari looked at them for a little while in the mirror, then turned to Gatomon. "What do you think?" she asked.
Gatomon cocked her head as she looked. "They look great. Stick with those."
"Are you sure?" said Kari, turning back to the mirror again. "Do you think the guys will like them?"
"I don't think their eyes will make it to your earrings," said Gatomon. Kari giggled and tossed a pillow at Gatomon, who deftly avoided it as she laughed.
Kari put on a pair of one-inch high heels and stood up to test them out. She danced around a little bit, and found them a little difficult to manage compared to her typical footwear, but not impossible to be graceful in. "Hey Gatomon, do you think I should put on some make-up? What color lipstick does Angewomon use?"
Gatomon smiled. "I think you should go without. You look fine the way you are."
Kari smiled. "Are you saying that just to be nice?"
"Hey, my credibility as a digimon is on the line. It's my business to make sure you look stunning." The two laughed, and Gatomon started offering suggestions on Kari's dance moves.
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Motomiya Residence
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Davis smiled at the mirror, and made sure his tie was straight. His black and white tux was clean as could be, and unlike his normal fashion, Davis wasn't wearing his goggles. When his clip-on tie was arranged the way he wanted it, he made a toothy smile to show off his pearly white teeth and struck a goofy pose.
"Hey Kari, wanna dance?...*ahem* How's it going Kari? You look wonderful tonight...grrrr...Kari, would you honor me with the next dance?"
"Why are you talking to the mirror Davis?" asked Demiveemon as he watched his human companion curiously.
Davis groaned. "Not now Demiveemon, I've gotta practice my line!" The boy noticed he was missing his boutonnière. Davis picked up the small red rose for his tuxedo and pinned it on carefully.
"I still don't get it. Why do you have to practice how to ask Kari to dance?" asked the little digimon. "It doesn't sound that hard."
Davis sighed. "I can't just ask her to dance. It's not that simple," answered Davis. "If I sound like a dork, she won't wanna dance with me."
"Why?"
"Because!"
"Because why?" repeated Demiveemon.
Davis growled. "Demiveemon..."
BeepBeepBeep.../"Somebody help! The babies are in danger!"/
Demiveemon ran to the D3 on Davis' desk. "Who's that?" asked Davis.
"Why you asking me?" replied the blue digimon. "Whoever it is, they're in trouble and they're in the Digital World."
Davis reached over and picked up his goggles. As he put them on, he said "Then let's go!" Davis picked up the D3, ran over to his computer, and shouted "Digi-port open!".
****
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The Digital World
Outside Primary Village
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The digital portal glowed as five human forms and five digimon forms materialized. Four of the kids had been dressed in finery before their entrance into the Digital World, but as always, their wardrobe changed upon entrance into this world.
"Okay, let's keep this quick so that we don't miss the dance." said Davis. "So you guys got the distress signal too?"
"Yeah, it was from Elecmon." said TK. "He's an old friend. I wonder what happened."
"Guys, look!" shouted Yolei. She pointed across the field, where hundreds of eggs were scattered seemingly at random. The land itself was in disarray, looking as if an earthquake had hit it. The once beautiful Primary Village was in ruins, and not a single digimon baby could be found.
"Oh my gosh, what happened!" cried Kari. She and TK ran around to gather the digieggs, finding most of them intact. Most... but not all. Kari fell to her knees in front of one egg in particular, which was shattered in one part, but apparently still clinging to life since it hadn't been reconfigured. "The... poor baby." Unsure of what to do, Kari just sat there, cradling the half-developed baby digimon.
Veemon growled angrily, but kept a tight rein on his rage. "Who did this!" yelled the digimon. "Who would attack a townful of babies and eggs! Who would be so cruel!" Veemon slammed his fist into the ground, crunching some good-sized rocks.
"Over here!" called out Hawkmon. "It's Elecmon!"
"Elecmon!" TK, Kari, and the others ran over to where Hawkmon was kneeling, and saw a very battered and bruised Elecmon. TK picked up the digimon, who grunted painfully as he was moved.
Elecmon looked up at TK's concerned face. "...T...K?"
"Elecmon, what happened?" he asked. "Who did this to the Primary Village?"
"Uhh...I...don't know. I've never seen a digimon like that before...and it had just hatched only moments before..."
"What was it like? What do you mean?"
Elecmon held his side, which was starting to depixelate. "Errah...it...it was a whole lot of dots...like marbles...that floated and glowed blue when it used its power."
"That doesn't sound like any digimon I've ever heard about," said Armadillomon. "Did it have a name?" Elecmon's face contorted with the pain in his body, and he struggled to stop from being reconfigured.
"Elecmon, please hold on!" begged TK, shaking the digimon's head lightly. "Please, you have to help us. You can do it, you're the toughest babysitter I know."
Elecmon smiled. "Yes...at least the babies are safe. They're nearby, my friends. Please...take care of them for me, until I get back."
"...Elecmon?" The digimon's eyes closed, and his body went limp. "Elecmon!" yelled TK. The digimon's life ended, and Elecmon disappeared into nothingness, leaving TK's arms.
"...Elecmon," whispered TK sadly. He closed his eyes, keeping his sadness inside, and stood up, still looking at the spot where Elecmon was.
"...TK?" said Patamon from his spot over him.
"Are you okay?" whispered Kari, putting a reassuring hand on his shoulder.
TK eventually looked up at the others, and gave a light smile. "...Yeah. I know he'll be back to his old, obsessive self soon enough."
****
Cody walked around the village, looking for clues as to what the enemy was, while the others worked on regathering the digi-babies and the digi-eggs. Cody kneeled down next to a deflated bouncy block, where the apparent epicenter of the force that destroyed the village was. Judging from the angle and distribution of the uplifted earth, it looked like whatever it was...it really had some muscle behind its powers.
"Find something?" said Davis as he walked to where Cody was.
"Maybe," answered Cody quietly, standing up once again. "Have they found the babies?"
"Yeah, they're okay. Right now TK, Kari, and Yolei and the digimon are feeding them all. I don't know how Elecmon kept up with those things! They're always hungry!"
"Yeah...babies tend to be that way," said Cody. "At least they're still alive. Something tells me that's a good thing."
Davis gave him an odd look. "Well, nobody likes to die Cody..."
"That's not what I mean," said the boy. "Haven't you noticed that Elecmon's egg hasn't arrived yet?"
Davis blinked. "Was I supposed to? I wasn't keeping track."
"It's been a few hours since Elecmon... well, you know. His egg should have arrived quickly since reconfiguring doesn't take too long, but not a single egg has appeared this whole time."
"So what? Maybe there's just lag or something," suggested Davis. "We are in the Digital World, after all."
"I don't think so..." muttered Cody. "I'm going to keep watching."
"...All right. Don't make it too long, unless you want to stay here by yourself. We still have the dance to go to."
Cody frowned as he sat down on an inclined rock. "Yeah...the dance."
Davis looked at the sad boy with concern. "What's wrong?"
"Oh...nothing."
Davis sat down on the ground opposite Cody. "...Aren't you going?"
"...No."
"Why not? I thought everybody in school was going." Davis leaned back against a rock.
"Well, I'm not," replied Cody evenly.
"Why not? Don't have a date?"
"No, I-"
"Hey, I don't have a date either," interrupted Davis. "All the coolest guys don't have dates. We get to dance with more girls."
Cody's face fell. "But I don't want to dance with lots of girls. One girl is more than enough..."
"So who'd you ask? Anybody I know?"
"..."
Davis smiled evilly. "What's her name?"
Cody's cheeks turned red. "That's none of your business!"
Davis put his hands up defensively. "Hey hey hey, I'm just wondering." Cody huffed one more time and sat looking at the ground angrily. Cody said nothing more, and Davis waited quietly for the others to finish caring for the baby digimon.
****
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Izumi Residence
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Izzy smiled as a member of the chat room named Mrryln64 made a funny joke. Izzy (otherwise called Tentodude in the chat room) typed a response to it, and tried starting a conversation with some of the more interesting people in the room. Suddenly, his computer screen flickered, and a subwindow opened up, entitled "System Error".
"What the..." Izzy paused in his chatting to check on the error, and was surprised to find out where it was. "A system error...?" Izzy checked the data to find out what the problem was. Apparently, the gate program for the Digital World had a strange glitch in it...but how did it get there?
"Hmm...let's see. I'll run a system check," thought Izzy aloud. A quick press of the buttons and the check was under way. After barely a second, the program returned a very long list of errors.
"Wow... error count: 2,147,483,648! That's means the computer can't count them all! But...how?" Upon closer inspection, Izzy saw the errors themselves. Strangely enough, every single error said the exact, same word.
Missingo.