"Digi-Spirit" Part 1

It started so long ago... I was in the hospital getting the blood I needed to live for the next month. I was tired and weak but my heart was in good spirit at the time. I was about to go to sleep when a strange thing happen. A black hole opened up beside my bed. This strange creature came out of it.

It came over to my bed. "Hello, little one. Don't say anything right now just listen to what I have to say." It went on saying it had come to give me a healthy body and more.

I didn't want anything else but to get out of this bed and have a life. Then the room went dark and I found myself in a strange world. My body seemed new and better. I had a strange digivice on my wrist and a necklace around my neck. The stranger was now standing in front of me. "Welcome to the Digi-world. My dear child this is what I need you to do for what I have given you." Then I got this Digi-egg. That's what this person called it. I was to look after it and wait for my next instructions.

I remembered being locked inside the egg. It seemed like an eternity to me. Gods above, I couldn't understand what the heck was taking me so long. I had stored up enough energy and COULD hatch out of that blasted egg whenever I pretty much wanted to. But the egg apparently had to get used to my new "owner" first. Owner. I soon learned to hate that word.

Gods, I hated being used then and I absolutely loathe it now. All I know was that one thing was for certain. I wanted out!

Curse all the dratted things of the Digital World! I was NOT about to wait for the egg to get used to my new owner. And, with that in mind, I felt the egg melt away to reveal my first evolution, if you will. It wasn't that much, actually. All I was at the time was just a small little blob. I don't know about the color and, personally, I didn't care to know.

All I knew was that I was finally free.

So, this was a Digimon. It didn't look like much, actually. After all, it was just a little pink BLOB with little stumps of wings. Not much at all.

"So," I said, looking at the little Digimon. "What's your name?"

"Cala," the little blob responded.

"Calamon?" I looked at the blob. "You're not much, are you?"

"Cala?" it asked, looking at me, almost pleading with me.

"Well anyway, we're stuck together. So let's get along with one another." Cala just looked at me for now. We did some training as the stranger called it. ::Blowing things up::

I didn't like it at all. I wonder why... I wanted some answers... Some real answers but I kept it all inside of me instead of speaking out.

It took me a while, but I finally got used to Amy.

Amy. I didn't like her. I think it had to do with the fact that I felt like I was being used by her, but I wasn't sure. At any rate, Amy wasn't all that great of an owner and I think she regretted the day I could finally talk.

I had just gotten into a fairly decent (and cute ::shudders::) form. This was my stage before rookie. I looked like a relatively short upright blob with really short wings. Still in blob mode. I personally hated it. After some persistence, I FINALLY evolved into rookie. This looked somewhat better, in my opinion. I now had gotten past the blob stage (thank the Gods). Lunamon. I didn't like the name all that much, but it was better than being a blob!

"Amy, do you like me?" I asked her one day, curious.

"Why?" she wondered.

"Well, I want to rate my annoying-ness."

"You're joking, right?"

"No!"

Humans. Their stupidity never ceased to amaze me. Never. "Well, of course I like you."

"Are you lying?" Amy looked at Lunamon with the one good eye she still had. That other Digimon had lied to her about a healthy body but she was stuck here and she had to do as told for now. She felt she was the only human in this strange Digimon world. She hid the bad eye under her brown hair. It had turn white but she could still see out of it for now. She hated this... but Lunamon was a good friend.

"No, I'm not lying. Lunamon you're my only friend I had in a long time." She remembered a while back she had two other friends, brothers but, for some reason she couldn't recall their names.

"Amy, if you were given a chance to leave, would you?" I asked, looking at her again. "If it meant leaving you here, probably not."

I was puzzled. If it meant leaving me here? Did she think I was a softy or something?

"I can take care of myself, ya know," I retorted. "I'm not soft, if that's what you're thinking."

"Why would I think that?"

"Most humans take pity on things smaller than they are."

Amy's head snapped around to look at me. "I'm not taking pity on you and I do NOT think that you're soft."

"Well, that's always good to know."

I don't know why, but I found myself smiling right then. That would be the first and only time I would smile for a long time after that.

Lunamon was good and all, but I guess I was glad when she had finally digivolved into Alcinamon. She pointed out, quite harshly, too, that she probably wouldn't go any farther than that.

"Why not?" I found myself asking her. "It's a pain storing up energy when I have to keep replenishing it after pretty much every single attack that I do," was all the response that she had offered. I figured that was all the response I was going to get, so I left it at that.

We were just walking through the Digiworld. We did that fairly often nowadays. Alcinamon had recently abandoned flying when with me, probably because she figured that I would be able to keep up. I probably wouldn't have been able to, anyway. Anyway, we were walking through some forest. The trees seemed to grow closer and closer to us as we walked.

"Dratted trees!" Alcinamon snapped, under her breath. She caped her wings and continued to walk. "Something wrong?" I wanted to know, looking at her.

"Only that these trees are seriously aggravating my wings, but that's just fine. I wouldn't be all that surprised if I walk out of here with tears in them." Her tone was pretty sarcastic. I hadn't heard her use sarcasm in a long time.

"You okay?"

Alcinamon sighed irritably. "No, I am not okay, thank you very much! My energy supply is pretty much non-existent, so if we run into something that wants to hurt us, I have just enough energy for a short distance Teleportation maneuver for two people. After that, we'd have to run. Let's see, what other things can I point out to tell you that I'm not okay. Let's see. My wings hurt because of obvious tearing, therefore meaning that I can't do very much in the way of shielding for either you or myself. Is this sufficient enough for you, or must I go on?"

I shook my head. Something was wrong with Alcinamon, I just didn't know what. Besides, she was just so CONFUSING! Sure, she looked like an angel, complete with the wings, a very nice sky-blue sleeveless dress and her pretty long brown hair. But now I was seeing another side to the angel; this was the side of darkness that I had never seen before. So, my angel had a dark side to her.

I decided to keep walking, but a quick glance to my left revealed that Alcinamon wasn't there.

"Alcinamon?" I looked back. Sure enough, Alcinamon was standing right where I had left her. "Alcinamon, come on! We have to keep moving. I don't like this place!"

Alcinamon said nothing, did nothing. She just stood there. Suddenly, her head cocked to the side, like she was listening to someone. I was about to tell her that she was imagining things and to come on, but a few seconds of listening revealed a low chant.

"I don't like this," I told her. "Let's go."

She shook her head. "Nope. Not until I find out what that is."

"Are you nuts?! It's probably a trap!" She looked at me, her face looking only slightly different. "Now why would anyone want to trap us? After all, no one knows us and no one would even think about giving us a second glance. Well, you maybe because you're human and all, but--------"

All other thoughts gone, she turned and started walking carefully through the trees. I sighed and walked right after her. She's insane, I realized. This Digimon is insane! Figures that I got stuck with an insane Digimon.

I continued to follow her until we reached a clearing. I leaned against a tree, tired. Alcinamon had been against a different tree, waiting for me to catch up. Once I did, she ceased her leaning and walked over to a clump of bushes. I followed her again.

"What's going on?" I whispered.

"Some Digimon is talking to another Digimon via some kind of magic communications device. If I got closer, I could tell you the schematics of it, but I'm too tired right now." After a few minutes of silence, Alcinamon's apparently acute hearing caused her to look rather annoyed.

"Now what?" I asked. "The Digimon with the weird hat just mentioned Myotismon," Alcinamon explained, backing away from the bushes.

"What? Who's Myotismon?" I demanded, looking at her. "I want answers!"

"Quiet!" Alcinamon snapped. "Do you want to get us both killed?!"

"Well, no, but-------"

"Then you do as you're told and don't ask questions!" I looked at her rather surprised. "Myotismon is only THE most powerful evil Digimon in the Digiworld, with the exception of Devimon, of course. NO ONE'S more powerful than Devimon." I nodded, pretending that I understood, but I didn't. "What are you two doing here?"

Alcinamon and I both screamed and turned to find a short Digimon standing there. He had a weird looking witch's hat that you'd only expect to see on a kid at Halloween and a cloak that was pulled up over his mouth.

"Who're you?" I demanded. "My name is Wizardmon, at your service," responded the Digimon, bowing low. I half expected his hat to fall off. "What do YOU want?" Alcinamon snapped irritably. Wizardmon apparently just noticed her for the first time because he looked somewhat startled as he turned to face her. "Are you her Digimon?" Wizardmon asked Alcinamon. Alcinamon snorted. "HER Digimon? I should say not. I'm nobody's master except my own. Why?" Wizardmon shrugged. "Oh, no particular reason. If you'll excuse me----" He turned to go.

"Oh no you don't!" Alcinamon let out a short growl of fury before lunging forward and picking up Wizardmon by the collar of his cloak. She turned him around so he was facing her, he was struggling to get free. "My friend and I want answers and you're gonna give 'em to us, ya little creep."

"And if I don't?" Wizardmon challenged.

"If you don't, well, then, I'm going to have to set my little ones on you." In that instant, I saw small, technicolor orbs flying and clustering into a group behind Alcinamon. "What's it going to be, Wizardmon?" Wizardmon looked behind me. "I think neither." And he ducked out of Alcinamon's grasp. Just as a small white cat leaped out and tackled Alcinamon, throwing her to the ground.

~Now what?~ Amy looked at the weird little white cat. Then it happen... her body zap her with pain. "Just leave us alone. We didn't do any thing to hurt you, so let's us go and we'll be on our way." I didn't like this: it was getting un-friendly. "Just leave us alone." Her one good green blue eye seemed to glow. "Now my dear why would we do that?" The white cat look at me with blue eyes.

"Well because it the right thing to do." Alcinamon looked at me. I didn't know if she wanted to fight or not but I didn't want her to get hurt more that she already was and I had an ace that no one knew about but it could kill me if I didn't do it right.

"What honestly makes you think that we always do the right thing?" the cat demanded, glaring at the two of us. "Look, just leave us alone, all right?" Alcinamon snapped. I saw her in the process of raising her hand but the cat wouldn't allow that. She pinned Alcinamon's hand down.

"If you summon those balls of yours, you're going to regret it," the cat hissed. "Gatomon, it's less fun when she's on the ground. It's too easy," Wizardmon complained. "At least give her the chance to fight back."

The cat Digimon, Gatomon, relented and pushed off of Alcinamon who shakily got to her feet. Slowly, she cupped her hands and closed her eyes. A small glowing orb appeared and it hovered there for a few moments. "Come, my little one. Come."

It finally got fairly big, about the size of a small rubber ball. "Little one, those two Digimon are harming me." The orb glowed in indignation and flew forward, accompanied by the other little orbs floating around. Together, they fell upon Gatomon and Wizardmon, pelting them with a glowing ball shower.

I don't know why I bothered to do that. I don't know why I decided to waste my energy. I had managed to use a brief energy restoration, just enough to summon my lead orb, but that was about it. I now had the ability to use up enough energy for a Teleport, but only for one. There was no way I was going to use it on me, and that was final. Either Amy and I made it out together, or we didn't go at all.

Using all that energy like that was NOT the smartest thing to do. I gripped the back of a tree for support as I backed away.

"You all right?" Amy whispered to me. "Haven't we been through this enough?" I demanded. "Come on. Let's get out of here while they're still distracted."

Amy nodded and, together, we took off through the forest, not caring if they were behind us or not.

Wizardmon and Gatomon blasted away the orbs and looked around. "Darn they got away!"

"Who got away?"

The pair turned around and they faced Myotismon and Demidevimon. "Ya who got away, and don't ya run around the digi-bush." Wizardmon spoke up. "There seemed to be a Digimon with a..a.. well I don't know what that other was but they seemed to be working together, Master Myotismon."

Myotismon looked down on the two before him. "Well now, I give you one more chance to capture these two strangers or face my bats."

"Ya better get going ya two."

Bats with the letter 'A' in red flew around, and their red eyes looked at Gatomon and Wizardmon.

They bowed and ran into the woods after the pair of strangers.

I was hurting all over. I wanted to yell out my anger and pain but I stayed quiet. I was watching Alcinamon. She didn't look so good. Using her power like that made her weak. And being weak Amy knew about. Sitting in a bed all day and having people do the simple things for you. That was the reason she agreed with that dark stranger. At first it seemed that the deal was good but then slowly her 'so called' new body began falling apart. That's when she decided to get out but then she had a new problem... Alcinamon. She wasn't going to let this person use her like she was being used.

Alcinamon looked back at me. I didn't know if we ever really got along with one another. I was going to try my best to make her realize I want to be her friend. Soon my legs felt like lead and I couldn't move any more but I still tried to push onwards. A cave was in sight and we ran into it to hide.

Once we got there, I sank down onto a nearby rock and looked at Alcinamon. She leaned against the rock wall, as tired as I am, I notice. "You okay?" I asked her. "I'll be okay when I restore my energy and when we get out of here!" Alcinamon snapped.

I was silent, looking at her. Finally, I had had enough. "Look, you think just because you're a Digimon, that gives you all the right in the world to control me. Well, you don't control me. I'm human and proud of it. I'M your master now, and, if you don't like it, you can just go give yourself up to Myotismon or whoever the heck he is, because I'm not going to take it anymore!"

Alcinamon blinked, looked at me for a moment, but said nothing. Silence passed between us before Alcinamon's expression hardened into one of hate. "I'll stand watch outside, Prima Donna!" She glared at me and then sat outside beneath a rock ledge.

Oh, god, did she hate me now? I didn't mean to make her angry at me, but I had enough of that!

Hah! Humans. What do THEY know? She hasn't lived in the Digiworld; she doesn't know what it's like. How could she? What right does she have to do that to me? I'm her only source of protection and she knows it, too. Humph! Humans. I hate them. Always have and always will. What could she possibly-----

Wait a second, what's that? Something's coming this way. Oh, Wind Lords help us both! I now can see that it's Gatomon and Wizardmon, heading this way. Don't they EVER give up?

I sighed and ducked back inside. "Hope you didn't plan on staying her forever. We've got trouble," I told Amy. "Don't tell me they're back," Amy stated. "What? You honestly want me to tell you a lie? Humans." I stopped myself just in time before I surged into a rant. "Look, Amy, I don't have enough energy to Teleport us outta here. We're gonna have to fight our way out of this."

Amy shook her head. "You're not strong enough." I laughed. "Neither are you, but do you honestly think that's gonna stop them from taking us?" Amy thought about it and shook her head again. "I didn't think so. Come on."

I helped Amy to her feet and we started to leave. Unfortunately for us, Wizardmon and Gatomon were a bit faster than we had anticipated. "So, here they are," Gatomon purred. "Myotismon will be pleased." I froze. Damn their speed! Damn them, too. "Don't move," I whispered and I turned to face them. Wizardmon nodded. "Shall we?" Gatomon nodded. "After you." Gatomon grinned evilly. "My pleasure. LIGHTNING CLAW!" I pulled Amy out of the way of the attack, but I caught the tail end of the attack and instantly felt a searing pain against my shoulder. Just lovely.

"Alcinamon?" Amy asked. "I'm fine. Don't worry about me." I tried my best to block the pain as I turned to face Wizardmon and Gatomon. "You sure?" No, I wasn't sure, thank you very much. I couldn't let Amy know that, though. So, I gave her a weak nod and looked at Wizardmon and Gatomon again.

"You two have a lot of nerve coming here after what you pulled," I snarled, glaring at them. "You came here uninvited," Gatomon pointed out. "Look, Amy and I didn't know these were your woods. If you let us go--------" I started.

Gatomon and Wizardmon just started laughing. "Let you GO?!" Gatomon demanded. "You're kidding." I smiled. "Wanna bet?" I crossed my arms in front of me. "If that's what you think, you've got another thing coming!" My arms extended in front of me. "FLAMING SWORD!" A stream of energy surged from my hands, then condensed into a sword. It flew forward, slamming into Wizardmon who made a pleasing cry of surprise before he fell backwards. Gatomon gasped, looked at Wizardmon, and then at me.

And then I noticed the dark cloud of bats heading towards us. Oh great.

"What are those things?" Amy whispered. "If those are bats, then we're in trouble," I whispered back. "How come?"

"Because those, my dear Amy, are Myotismon's bats. If they're here, then so is Myotismon." And then I heard his voice, ringing like thunder in my mind. "GRIZZLY WING!" The next thing I knew, the floor was swept out from under me as the swarm of bats flew forward, grabbed Amy and me and hoisted us both into the air. We flew forward through the cave entrance and outside to where Myotismon was waiting for us.

And he wouldn't be expecting a chat.

My first glimpse of Myotismon wasn't a pleasing one, I knew that much. The bats eventually let us go. Well, "Let us go" wasn't the best phrase I could have used. Probably "thrown us down on the ground" would have been more accurate. Anyway, I laid against the ground for a few moments, then chanced a look up. Myotismon stood there, his upper torso much bigger than his legs were, at that rate. I was starting to wonder how they supported him. To my right, I saw Alcinamon force herself up so her hands were supporting her as she looked at Myotismon.

"Myotismon," Alcinamon breathed. "I thought so." He looked at us and I knew what was going to come out of his mouth would NOT be good.

"What do you want from us? We don't..."

"Be quiet, Digidestined."

"Digi-what??? You got the wrong person Vamp." For that remark I got a slap in the face. It didn't stop me from staring back at him. With a cold stare. "I will destroy that Spirit of yours and then no one will stop me."

"Now Mr. Vamp. I am no Digidestined. So I believe ya looking for some one else. So... can ya let me and my friend go now." Alcinamon looked at me with shock. "So that's it. I knew there was something different about you…" Myotismon looked at Alcinamon. "And here is the Digidestined Digimon. Flying in circles for her, are you?" At that, Alcinamon bristled. "I fly in circles for NO HUMAN!"

"Oh, but you must," Wizardmon piped up. "Why else would you be a Digimon for the Digidestined?" Alcinamon turned her head so she was facing Wizardmon. "SHUT UP!" Myotismon laughed evilly, his lips parting in a wicked grin.

"Alcinamon, that just what they want you to do," I tried to warn her. But it was too late. Alcinamon leapt up with surprising strength that I had never seen before and whirled to face Wizardmon.

"I SAID shut up," Alcinamon snapped. I stared at Alcinamon for a moment. Then, she whirled to face Myotismon and, in one swift motion, she performed the hand motions needed to use her Flaming Sword attack. Before the attack reached Myotismon, however, the flaming bolt of light disappeared as if it never was. "Oh Wind Lords…"

Myotismon held up his hand. "CRIMSON LIGHTNING!" A red stream of red light surged from his hand, like a whip. He slammed it in Alcinamon's general direction, making full contact with her body. Letting out a cry of pain, Alcinamon was forced to the ground. Her wings now lay spread out so I could clearly see the holes in them.

"Stop it!" I shouted angrily. "Stop it! Leave her alone!" Myotismon's attention was drawn away from pestering Alcinamon and to me. "She didn't do anything to you! Why are you doing this?!"

"You two are both threats to me," Myotismon pointed out. "Threats must be eliminated." I stared at Myotismon in disbelief. Did he hate me, Alcinamon and the Digidestined (whoever they are) so much that we have to be killed? I made my way carefully over to Alcinamon and helped her to sit up. "Don't you die on me now, Alcinamon. Don't you dare!

"There... there has to be a way around this," Alcinamon whispered, looking at me. I felt her hand close over mine. "There is another way. I know it." I looked down at her, watching her eyes shimmer. "I don't think so." She shook her head. "There has to be. Why else would he------" She cut herself off and looked at Myotismon.

"I'll make you a deal, Myotismon." Her voice rang loud and clear and it was clear that she held Myotismon's attention. "You agree not to harm us any longer and you get us in return."

"WHAT?!" I demanded. Alcinamon offered no response. "Think about it, Myotismon. You'll have one of the Digidestined in your grasp, to do with as you please. And you also get a capable Digimon who's been trained for destruction who is also very capable of following any order given to her by any person." She looked at Myotismon. "I don't think you could get a better deal than that."

So this is how it happen. We ended up working for Myotismon. Well I was keep in a cell. Most of the time anyway. I worried about Alcinamon all the time. Now I didn't know if she worried about me. I was let out on some days to make sure Alcinamon's power level was kept up to it's highest. I never gave up on her or myself even though I was pushed around and gotten a beating at times.

Some time went by. I heard Myotismon shouting about these other Digidestined. Who were they and, for that matter, where were they? Of course, there were some times when Alcinamon actually came into the cell to talk to me. There was one time when I noticed that her wings were finally healed up and she looked rather upset about something. "What is it?" I asked her. "Myotismon is on a rampage again. He's just mad because some messed up Digimon isn't giving him the results that he wants." She sighed. "And he's been taking it out on anyone within reach of his Crimson Lightning or his Grizzly Wing. I don't think I've ever been so scared for anyone before…"

I tried to comfort her, but I didn't know how to. "We're not within range, are we?" Alcinamon shook her head. "For now, at least." She sighed. "I have to go. If I don't leave right now, Myotismon is going to be wondering why I'm not on patrol with Demidevimon and Gatomon. I don't see why I have to deal with Demidevimon. He's just a bowling ball with wings, anyway. Why should I listen to him?"

I laughed. "Didn't Myotismon say something about him having a special project for you to work on?"

She shrugged. "He might have, but he said something about not doing it until he thought I was ready. Apparently I'm not ready for it yet." She caped her wings. "I have to go now. Otherwise Myotismon will throw a fit." Alcinamon rapped three times on the cell door. It promptly opened to allow Alcinamon passage out of the cell, then it closed with a bang.

I don't know why I bothered with Demidevimon. He wasn't nearly as intimidating as Devimon. If anything, he was even more annoying than Devimon, Myotismon AND Gatomon combined. Our patrol, once again, proved useless. No sign of the Digidestined or their Digimon anywhere.

"They're probably just not here yet," I commented with a snarl. "Lord Myotismon is just getting worked up over nothing."

Gatomon looked at me. "You don't know that for sure. After all, the only Digidestined we have come across is the one you carry around with you."

At that, I bristled. I most certainly did NOT carry around Amy. If anything, it was the bothersome human who carried ME around! However, I wasn't about to say that in front of both Gatomon and Demidevimon, so I just said nothing. Unfortunately, that answer didn't seem to work for Demidevimon.

The cell was cold tonight. It seemed I was here for ever. Then it happened. I heard Myotismon was leaving the Digial world. Maybe it was a sign. I was thinking of a way to get myself and Alcinamon out of his evil hands. All I had to do was get out of this cell, find my Digivice, and my Crest Tag. I was lucky in still having my Crest. I was able to hide it. The Crest seemed to glow at times.

I didn't know why but it gave me hope. I moved to the door of my cell. "Hey what does a person have to do to get some water?"

There was some grunting and then the sound of the key turning in the lock. As the guard came into the room, Amy gathered her strength and punched the Digimon in the face. She leapt over the guard and locked the door behind her. "Well that's one step to freedom. Next thing is to find Alcinamon and my other stuff." Amy took in the fresh air not knowing if she was free or not. She kept moving. Looking for evil Digimon and any sign of Alcinamon.

She noted Gatomon ordering some Digimon to follow her to some place. Amy decided to follow the parade of Digimon and hoped that this would lead her to Alcinamon. Amy looked at all the weird, strange and different Digimons. Paws, hooves, tails, trunks, capes and fur moved as Amy moved behind them in the dark. ~What am I thinking.~ Amy clenched her teeth and fist. ~I'm going to find my friend Alcinamon and get away from Myotismon.~ She found herself looking at a tower of shadows.

She moved closer.

Inside the tower....

The tower was dark. Towards the back of the tower was an unfinished Gateway to another world, the normal human world. Wizardmon had been working on it, but the effort had tired him out. Personally, I didn't blame him for collapsing like he did. It was a lot of work for ANY Wizard Digimon to do. I was rather surprised he made it as far as he did. Myotismon was looking rather annoyed, considering he wanted the Gate done tonight. His eyes swept around the room, making some of the weaker Digimon flinch from his gaze. My eyes stayed trained on his until our eyes met. He knew, from experience, that Wizardmon and I were the only two Digimon capable of working on the Gate. I was, to Myotismon, a Wizard Digimon of sorts and Myotismon's only chance at getting the Gate finished.

"Finish it," Myotismon ordered. I glared at him. "Find some other Digimon to finish it!" I snapped. "I saw what building your Gate did to Wizardmon over there and I won't be a part of it."

Myotismon's eyes flared a dark crimson. "You WILL finish it or you will regret it." I stared at him in surprise. This was the first time he had ever gotten truly angry with me since the day I first met him and sold myself into his service, Amy joining me for the ride. I was starting to regret the day I had ever made the bargain with him.

"Finish it!" Myotismon snarled. I spread my wings and glided over to the entrance to the Gate, not forgetting to glare at him one last time before landing. I caught the fleeting image of Gatomon entering the tower, followed by some Digimon.

"Gatomon!" I called suddenly, my voice ringing with an authority I had never used before. Gatomon seemed startled, too, but she trotted down towards me. "Get Wizardmon out of the way." Gatomon complied by dragging Wizardmon away from the area.

I sighed as I spread my fingers in a fan-like shape, thumb like fingers touching. After concentrating, I let out a sudden yelp as the energy surged through my body. Turquoise bolts of energy surged through me and flew through my fingers towards the Gate which was instantly engulfed with turquoise light. The effort and the loss of energy was exhausting, but I kept at it, knowing full well that, if I stopped, Myotismon would severely hurt me. After what seemed like an eternity, I knew the Gate was done. I stopped the energy flow, feeling somewhat dizzy and unsteady on my feet. I spread my wings for balance and turned to face Myotismon.

"There," I told him. "It's finished. The Gate is completed." Myotismon stepped forward to view the gate. "Excellent."

My head jerked up. Amy! Amy was here…but how…

I had slowly entered the tower. One thing came to my mind. ~You are one stubborn girl....~ Suddenly an image came to my mind as well when I thought that. An image of a boy. ~Strange...~

I shook my head and moved in closer. I saw Alcinamon. She looked tired. Not good... I looked around the strange place. The one thing that got my attention was the pair of large metal doors. Alcinamon and Myotismon were standing in front of them. I also saw what looked like a stone tree trunk. I didn't know what to do. I moved slowly, trying to stay in the shadows. "You have done well," Myotismon said. "You have completed the Gate for me." I gasped. So THAT was what Alcinamon had tired herself out doing. Then, her eyes met mine and I knew she saw me. Uh oh. Did that mean that the others could see me? I quickly tried to hide deeper in the shadows but Wizardmon grabbed me from behind. Boy what a scence. Alcinamon remained still, I wiggled in Wizardmon's hands, Gatomon stared at me and Myotismon's eyes glowed red.

"How did you get out of your cell...? No matter, you're coming with us as well as your Digimon. I need your help in learning about your world."

"My world... Earth..."

"Yeah!" came the response from Demidevimon. "Earth!"

Alcinamon stared ahead at the Gate, then turned to look at me. "Wizardmon, put the human down. She's not going to give us any trouble. Besides, she doesn't know this place. Where would she run to if she could?" Every Digimon in the room stared at her, myself included. She had never referred to me as 'the human' before… Wizardmon sighed and let me go. Alcinamon looked at me some more. "You're not much for a human, now, are you? What are these other Digidestined like? You're one of them, I'm sure of it. She's got the tag, crest, and Digivice to prove it." I sighed. It figured that Alcinamon was going to do something like this…

I picked myself up. I looked up at Myotismon. "So what... I'm not what you think I am. I know nothing about these Digidestined."

"That reminds me Lord Myotismon. The other Digidestined are on their way here." Demidevimon flew around Myotismon and looked at Amy. I wanted to jump to that flying bowling ball and pull those bat wings off him.

"So your point is?" Couldn't believe I said that. "You'll soon see little one, you'll see." Myotismon just grinned at her.

Tai was leading the way as the others followed him. Agumon was at his side. Joe, Gomamon, Sora and Biyomon were just behind the pair. Mimi, Palmon, Izzy and Tentomon were the third group. T.K, Patamon, Matt and Gabumon were last.

"We've got to hurry or Myotismon will leave us behind in the Digial World." Tai was looking at the others. "I know we are tired but we are running out of time." Everyone nodded. At last the Tower came into view. Everyone sat down and started to make a plan to get into the tower.

"So Agumon and Palmon will check out the place and tell us what's going on inside."

"Okay Tai. You be careful now Palmon."

"Don't worry Mimi. Agumon and I are going in disies."

"Ya we'll be right back. See you in a bit Tai."

"Be careful!!" Yelled T.K. as he watched the pair go off to the tower.

A bit later they came back and told them Myotismon was ready to go trough the gate and they had to move fast or be left behind.

Myotismon had just started to cast the spell as the kids entered the room. Demidevimon told Nanimon to take care of them. Some of the Digimon digivolved to Champions. Nanimon jumped back and told Demidevimon to take care of it himself. Demidevimon was shocked but Gatomon took charge and attacked the Digimon.

I tried to look at these other kids that were fighting Gatomon. Alcinamon took me by the arm and we headed toward the gate which had opened by now. "Good bye Digidestined." Then Devidramon attacked them. I tried to drag my feet. I watched as the little orange Digimon became a Cyborg-dino. Then as I was pulled threw the gate I saw them. It wasn't possible but there they stood. "Matt... T.K...." I yelled but my voice was drowned out by the sound of the battle. The doors closed as Gatomon came through. I saw the one boy try to drive through the doors as they closed. His voice screamed "Nooooo!!!!"

Amy blinked her eyes. The sounds of the city filled her ears. She was home but in the hands of an evil she wanted to get away from. She didn't know what Alcinamon was trying to do but she hoped she could trust her to do the right thing. Quickly, Myotismon ordered Gatomon to make a base of operations and then turned his attention to me.

"How does it feel to be home little one?"

"Ya right, no place like home."

"This isn't the time to act like that. You're going to help me find the 8th child." I gritted my teeth. I didn't want another kid to get hurt by this... Digimon. She had to keep reminding her self that this creature before her wasn't human but a Digimon. "So Lord Myotismon where do ya want this Digidestined kept for now?"

"She will keep me company for now. I wish to learn more of this strange world and it's humans." So I was put inside of Myotismon's carriage. I backed into a corner as Myotismon entered. He grinned, showing off his fangs. I wondered what was going to happen next.

How could I have done that to Amy? How could I have treated her like she meant nothing to me when she's all I've known? Easy. Humans. I never liked them anyway. Besides, there was always room for betrayal. "So, does Lord Myotismon have a plan as to what we're supposed to do?" I asked Gatomon casually. I trailed along with her mainly because Myotismon was busy with Amy and it probably would be best not to interrupt.

"Of course he does," Gatomon snapped irritably. "We're going to search for the 8th child, of course."

I mentally sighed. She didn't get it. "Well, obviously, and I'll help chase down the 8th child with pleasure, I assure you. I meant after that. After the child is properly disposed of?"

Gatomon looked at me. Her eyes flashed dangerously, half curious and half angry. "What are you after, Alcinamon? What do you hope to pry from me?"

I backed up, startled. "Nothing for myself. And I don't want to pry anything from you. I just want to get a decent idea about what will happen after this whole thing is over and done with."

"Go back to the Digital world, I suppose. There's not much else we CAN do, unless Myotismon wanted to take over this world."

Hmm…This was something to think about for awhile. "Well, since Lord Myotismon is not available, I think I shall scout around for possible locations for the 8th Digidestined to be hiding. If you will excuse me…" With a low, sweeping bow to Gatomon which I had meant as a joke, I spread my wings and took to the air, but I most likely probably should not have.

It took some doing. First Gennai gave the Digidestined some digi-cards to open up the gate. Second was figuring out how to use the cards. Izzy did that with his computer but there was still one wrong card in the pile. Then the building shook. Patamon flew off to find out. Tai was putting in the cards that were right. Patamon flew back. "The whole place is falling apart."

Then this is a one way trip."

As Tai figured out which was the wrong card, Dokugumon attacked. Some of the Digimon Digivolved but it was WereGarurumon that took out the Spider-digimon.

"Your the mon." Said Matt as they leaped through the door which Tai had opened by this time.

The Digidestined got back to Earth at their camp. They at first though they left their Digimon behind but they jumped out of the bushes with berries. "No more nature food, it fast food all the way." They raced the way back to the city. They talked the bus driver in letting them off where they needed to go. They had to find the 8th child and fast before Myotismon did.

I was in the dark again listening to my heart beat. One thing now kept me from going crazy. I saw Matt and T.K. Only if they knew I was here they'd help me out. That's what friends are for. I wanted to scream out in anger but I didn't want Myotismon to think I was scared.

"I want to talk to you Vamp."

"Now you know better to call me that little one."

"I know that Myotismon but I want your attention up and front."

"So Digidestined what do you want to talk about."

"First off I'm not at all what you think I am but you are close." My one colored eye looked at him. He looked back at me with his red eyes. I tried not to lose my temper. "If I was this Digidestined kid; I'm sorry to say this but I'm not! Okay, so now that that's out of the way." I took a breath. "What is this all about anyway? I mean why all this trouble to find a single child in this huge city."

I continued to fly through the city, not knowing where I would stop, but trying to keep out of sight. Then I saw them. ~The Digidestined! How did they get here?!~ I sighed. Trust them to screw things up. Well, then, what would be more strange to them?

I took a gamble and executed a perfect spiral down towards them.

"Who are you?" one of the males with brown hair asked.

"Hello, Digidestined," I purred. The little dinosaur Digimon looked at me. "You were in the tower with the Gate!"

"Hmm…" I looked down at the dinosaur. "What a stunning memory you have, Agumon. Pity that brain can't be put to better use."

One of the kids looked at me. He was rather short compared to the others and his eyes stared at me innocently. "Who are you?"

"T.K., you shouldn't talk to strangers," one of the taller humans looked at the younger one.

"Oh, Matt," T.K. started.

"I am Alcinamon," I responded, with a mocking bow. "There. We are strangers no longer."

"Well, Alcinamon, you can just get out of here," Matt stated. "We don't want any trouble."

"And you shan't get it, I assure you. I just come with a warning, care of Lord Myotismon. Do NOT meddle in our affairs and no harm shall come to you. Pry your noses where they don't belong and you shall severely regret it."

With that, I took to the air again, leaving the Digidestined alone.

Alcinamon though for a moment. T.K. and Matt were they not the names Amy shouted back in the tower as she was pulled though the gate?

She would have to ask her about that. She flew around the town looking for the 8th child.

Tai wasn't happy about that meeting with Alcinamon. Agumon could see his friend was upset. "Tai what's wrong. You can tell me."

"Agumon...I don't know."

"Well we got to find that 8th child before Myotismon does."Tai looked at Matt. "You're right Matt but it's strange that this Digimon would tell us to stay away and not fight us."

"Well I might be able to answer that." Izzy had his computer out and was looking up Alcinamon's statistics. The picture came up on his screen.

"Now this is strange. It says here that Alcinamon is an Angel Digimon!"

"Then why is she working for Myotismon then?"

"We'll figure that out later. Our main problem is finding the 8th child." Everyone nodded their heads. They headed out to High View Terrace to find that child.

I wanted to get out of here and find my friends. Matt and T.K., and no Digimon was going to get in my way this time not even Myotismon.

"You don't seem to understand, human. This is the one child who could bring the downfall of quite a few Digimon."

"And you think I'm that child."

"Perhaps."

I noticed Alcinamon coming towards us. Then again,~ I thought, ~maybe just ONE Digimon will get in my way.~

"Lord Myotismon," Alcinamon said, making a sweeping bow to him.

"What is the meaning of this?" Myotismon demanded.

"I have seen the Digidestined, my lord. I believe they are also searching for the 8th child." I saw Myotismon's hands clench. His eyes flashed dangerously as Alcinamon gave him her report. This couldn't be good.

"You're sure." Myotismon demanded, his voice making it sound more like a statement than a question.

"Positive, my lord. I overheard them conversing about it as I left. As for my search for the child, I have found some locations where children would be most likely to gather. If Wizardmon and I work together, our talents should be able to draw a large crowd of them."

Myotismon's eyes flashed again. "Excellent. Take these and give one to Wizardmon. I want the search to commence immediately." I watched as Myotismon placed two things that looked like my tag into her waiting hand. "Summon Gatomon and send her to me." Alcinamon made her trademark bow to Myotismon again before spreading her wings.

"Alcinamon!"

She looked at Myotismon. "Yes, my lord?"

"Do not fail me, Alcinamon. I will not tolerate failure."

At that, she smiled. "I am totally dedicated to this, my lord. In this case, failure is not an option I am familiar with."

"Excellent."

With that, Alcinamon spread her wings, flapped them in preparation, then took to the air, soaring above us to God only knows where. I stared after her, somewhat confused. What were those things he had just handed her? And what did they have to do with that kid?

The Digidestined arrived at High View Terrace. They were in shock to see it being destroyed by Mammothmon. Biyomon digivolved into Birdramon. They began to fight. As the kids watched, Joe blinked and yelled: "We've got to get off this bridge!"

They ran off the bridge and suddenly, the fighting Digimons fell onto the bridge. That's when they all started to remember what really happened four years ago. Everyone called it a Terrorist bombing. T.K. then said, "There were two of them. Two monsters." Matt recalled T.K. saying that to his mother.

"I just though it was something T.K. was making up to get mom's attention."

As the battle continued the kids had flashbacks to what had happened. Tai and Sora almost got hit by Mammothmon's Freezing Breath. Birdramon took the blast. That's when Tai remembered it was Greymon that saved him and his little sister Kari.

Sora's crest of Love glowed and Birdramon digivolved to Garudamon. With a Wing Blade, Mammothmon was taken care of.

The kids then ran off fearing they would be blamed for the damages to the area.

The end of part 1; go read part two now to find out what's going to happen next