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Savior


For the first few days she pounded at her chains and refused to eat. Although she was hungry and thirsty she was relentless. Almost super human. But she was only human, not a perfect being like himself. Eventually she stopped fighting and succumbed to the hunger that had long since set in.

He watched her on one of the little computer screens that decorated the air in front of him. She grew weaker by day. It had been over a week now. A week without her friends. A week without sound. A week with very little food, hardly any water. So now she was weak. She didn't fight because she couldn't. She had given it up when her voice gave out three days ago.

She was sleeping now, induced by the chemicals he put in her food that he gave her sparingly. Everything he gave her was highly drugged. She was never awake for more then twenty minutes a day. It could prove useful if he ever wanted more of her.

He got up from his monitors and walked down the carved stone hallway that was the main passageway of his castle. He had gotten sick of watching her still form and of watching the rest of the Digi-Doofuses search for her. They were really quite humorous. Believing they really had a chance was cute.

He crouched beside her. "Wake up." His voice was solid, but soft. She didn't move. He removed some smelling salts and held them under her nose. She moved her head and he shook her roughly. "Stand up."

She shook her head. Her lips move, but no sound escaped them.

He sighed. "Damn DigiDestined. So weak." He slapped her. She whimpered and tried to move. "What do you want?"

"To go home," she forced.

He smirked. "You can just leave." There was a flicker of hope in her eyes. "If you can stand and walk out."

Her tensed up muscles slumped again. She couldn't move and she just barely opened her eyes.

"Come on," he taunted. "Show me how strong the DigiDestined really are. You've always been such a nuisance to me; you never give up. What's stopping you know?"

He could see it in her eyes. The taunting, it was hurting her.

"Fine," he shrugged. He stood up and walked toward the exit. He heard the sounds of chains rattling and he glanced back to see her struggling to stand.

"I will walk out of here," she stated, straining to keep hold of the black stonewall.

"That's better," he smirked. With one snap of his fingers the chains disintegrated. The wall of the dungeon gave way to a frozen wasteland. "There's a Digiport off that way." He pointed off into the snow desert. "Over eight miles."

She could feel the cold eating at her. Snowy winds beckoned at her.

"Do you want any equipment?"

"No," she snapped, stepping into the snow. She disappeared into the blizzard, the crunch of her footsteps and the clouds of white breath disappearing with her.
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The monitors flickered with several different images. The DigiDestined, captured digimon, free digimon. It never stayed on one image for very long. He was able to monitor each, strategizing as his eyes moved between them. What would be the perfect way to destroy the Digi-Destined?

One of the screens flickered on the image of the snowy wasteland just beyond his door. Except unlike most images this on was not completely white.

"Freeze Frame 7!" He ordered. It froze. "Zoom in." The image intensified and he recognized the small segment of color. It was a hand.

He jumped down from his chair and ran for the exit. Throwing open the door he saw Airdramon resting on the stoop lazily. He took one leap from the doorstep and landed on his back. "Let's go." The Airdramon waited for directions. To this he kicked the mighty digimon. "Just fly. I'll tell you when to stop." With a roar from the Airdramon they were off.

He tightened his grip on the Airdramon. It was cold and he had been stupid enough to leave his jacket. The cold bit at his skin, causing him to shiver and his nose to redden. He could even feel tremors underneath him of digimon taxi.

Hell had certainly frozen over.

But it was his hell, so he was happy.

His eyes, covered by sunglasses, despite the lack of sun, scanned the snow-covered ground searching for the color he had seen on his monitor. His eyes caught something, but it was hard to make out so he whipped off his glasses and stared harder.

"Stop!" He commanded. The Airdramon stopped and slowly made his way to the ground. Before they reached it he jumped off the Airdramon's back and ran over to where he had spotted…whatever he had spotted.

The snow crunched under his feet as he walked to the snow that was still piling up under his feet. It was a constant blizzard out here. But he didn't let the frozen wind whipping at his face break his steady pace. He had created these conditions, and this was the way he liked them. It was harder for anyone to find, or leave, his home.

He knelt down at where he had seen the color. He pushed back some of the snow and found a completely white hand. He pulled off his glove and touched it lightly. It was completely frozen. He continued to dig, with his gloved hand. He found her frozen body underneath less then a foot of snow. Most of her body was white, except for the blue in her lips.

She sucked in air as if she was breathing through a straw, but it was more then he expected. She was shook so violently it caused him to shake as well. He ripped off his cape and wrapped it around. He eyes fluttered open at the feeling and she clutched to his chest. The action caught him off guard, but he realized she had no idea who he was, nor did she care. He was warm.

He picked her up and carried her back to Airdramon, who had finished his landing. He climbed onto its back. "Take us back," he commanded.
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Well, I really like this so far. What do you think? Please read and review. I'll reveal the "stars" next chapter.

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