Episode 3: A New Evil! (Part 2)

Devillis…

A young gray haired teenage girl with fair skin hustled quickly along. She had long gray hair, a black shirt which bore her midriff, and a dark blue vest that went over the black shirt. She also wore a black skirt, and brown and white shoes. The young teenager was Zaiaku; and she wasn't human. She had large batlike wings protruding from her back. Zaiaku walked quickly, holding a strange object in her hands, she kept looking around, left to right, and especially backwards. She acted like she was being followed, like she was in a bad part of town. Of course, on this molten covered planet, there really wasn't such a thing as a "good" part of town. Zaiaku looked back, then forward, and then back again anxiously. "I have to hide this before they find--" she was cut off as she noticed a strange portal, "what's this?" she mumbled, slowly taking a step towards the strange blue swirling hole in the ground. After a few moments, curiosity got the best of her and she walked to where she was standing in front of the portal. Suddenly, the portal turned a white color and the 'project' in her hands glowed. She noticed that it began to shape into something. "Great... some sort of prank, right?" She mumbled, looking around for a friend who may have pulled a prank on her. Then she heard angered mumbles, "Oh jeeze... I don't want to be around somebody who has death on the mind.." she muttered and jumped into the portal.

The Digital World….

By time the other fallen angel had made it to the spot where Zaiaku had been, she was gone, as well as the portal.

Others who were close...and seemed to listen.

Lizomon could hear much of the conversation of the cat eared girl, a Palmon and a Gatomon. Obviously, it was not Kari.

Regan briefly looked at the other kid who obviously didn't understand much about what Regan had asked to Jijimon.

"Look...this Krasus is a...friend of mine. He is very knowledgeable about the Digital World. I know him well...

...since he's the one who sent me to the Digital World, four years ago..." Regan said.

Evander gets bored so he gets out his Sketchbook and his pencil and crayons and starts drawing. Ladybugmon sat beside him. "Ok he'll have Boxing gloves on and boxers." Evander said. "What are you drawing Evander?" Ladybugmon asked. "Your champion level.

"Really? This guy brought you into being?" Mario manages to say before he yawns a bit. He realized how tired he was. It must have been time for bed in Tokyo.

Flora also yawned. It could have been bedtime back on Felinia. She looks at the group from the alley and then hides behind the wall. She leans against it and sighs again. THis sigh also had a trace of affection in it.

"See?" Gatomon says. "The sigh proves it. You like him."

"No I don't!" Flora quietly exclaimsl.

"You like him."

"No I don't!"

"You like him."

"No I don't!"

"You like him."

"No I don't!"

"Um, girls?" Palmon asks. "Can't we just try dropping the subject?"

"NO!"

"Aw flip..."

Jijimon hears something and looks at the alley. He appears to smile under the beard and asks, "Why don't you three come on out?"

Flora, Gatomon, and Palmon freeze for a second.

"Surely," Flora says, "He can't notice us, can he?

"What are you waiting for?" Jijimon asks. "Come out!"

"He's delirious," Flora says to comfort herself.

"Boo."

"GAH!" Flora screams as she falls away from Jijimon's face, which had appeared around the alley corner. The next second, she was up and had implanted a huge lump onto Jijimon's head. "NEVER DO THAT AGAIN, IDIOT!" It was a few seconds later that she realized she was out in the open.

"So much for spying," Gatomon chuckles.

Lizomon chuckled as Floria's spying attempt was foiled.

"Heh, no need to try to hide. I was already aware of you being there." Lizomon said.

Regan chuckled briefly. "Lizomon ain't the easy one to fool." he said. Then he noticed the cat ears, claws and tail of the girl.

"Okay...another one not from Earth." he thought.

"Listen up girl. The last thing I'd like to do is to force you out in the open. And I really hope you're gonna be kind..." Lizomon said with a sly grin, then started growling menacingly.

"...or I'm gonna start to get mad..." he finished.

"And you really don't want to get on his bad side. This digimon is way overpowering any of yours, even if you'd all gang up on him." Regan half-whispered to Evander, Jessica and Mario.

Flora sticks a finger in one ear and twists it around a bit as if she was unclogging it. "Look, all I'm doing is trying to find a way home. As soon as one appears, I'm out of here, so you might as well get used to it."

Palmon sweatdrops. She wishes that Flora wasn't this mean-spirited, and especially around other people and Digimon.

Gatomon looks at Flora and smiles mischievously. "You like him."

Flora pauses for a split second before getting up in Gatomon's face. "I do not!"

"You like him."

"I do not!"

"You like him."

"I do not!"

"You like him."

"I do not!"

"Um, girls?"

"NO!"

Palmon sweatdrops.

Mario watches Flora. Why was she back here? Making sure he wasn't following again? When the fight broke out, he couldn't help but mutter, "Cat fight..."

To answer Mario's question he had posed a moment ago regarding Ladybugmon's creation, "Yes I created him from a drawing, but I had no idea that he would come to life. It's a complete mystery to me how that happened." Evander said.

Regan crossed his arms and smiled at Flora. "Sorry to say that you'll have to wait a good while for a way to return home, girl."

Lizomon frowned at Evander's words. "You created your Digimon through a drawing and now you draw his Champion level?

Odd. Guess sometimes the human imagination is powerful when combined to dreams..." he said.

A few seconds later, Flora and Gatomon finally stop bickering and Jijimon had woken back up. "Oh," he moans. "I remember seeing this child and her Digimon, and then...oh...I can't remember what happened next."

"She punched you hard on the head." Lizomon said. "That's what happened."

"Hey girl, what was the reason to spy on us?" Regan asked, looking at the red haired girl with the cat ears.

"I got my reasons, alright, human?" Flora says as a small mischievous smile appears on her face. It fades away a second later as she turns away from the group. The truth? As much as she didn't want to admit it, she had fallen in love with the red-haired kid. She couldn't say or show this, however. Felinicus never let emotions get in the way of any goals they've set their minds to. But she wasn't a Felinicus, only a Demi. She still had human characteristics, and love was one of them. This was enough to drive her into love shock, and it happened to be with the boy. Flora couldn't believe that she was in love. Such an emotion on her planet would sometimes ask for death.

"I don't know, but I'm bored out of my mind." Evander said playing rock paper scissors with Ladybugmon.

Flora glares at Lizomon. "Look, I'm sure you've had reasons for some things in the past that you decided not to share. Same here." She then turns to Regan. "Name's Flora, but you better not try to get to know me too well. I'll be gone before long."

Suddenly, everyone's Digivices start to beep. Mario blinks at his and then removes it from his pocket. He looks at the screen as a familiar jingle plays. The newsroom reappears and Lilymon X does as well. "Hey, it's another one of those news broadcasts."

Lilymon clears her throat and then reads the paper in front of her. "This is FIBN News. Reports are zooming in that an evacuation of Toy Town has occurred without any notice. Rumors say that the Digimon fled when they saw a dark, shadowy figure. It is unclear if this shadowy figure is a Digimon or not." The screen goes blank as the report ends.

"Oh no," Jijimon says. "I don't like the sound of this..." He turns to everyone. "Everyone, I know what you're all going to do. When you're done, could you come to my house?"

Not far from Evander, Jessica, Mario, and the crew, the bat winged Zaiaku had appeared in the Digital World. She landed like Evander and Jessica had before them; right on her kiester. Zaiaku sat staring blankly around, "o...kay.... not normal..." she mumbled, just soon enough to hear the beeping of the strange device in her hand, "what the?" she threw it, but a white creature jumped in the way, making it fall into her lap, "I'm hallucinating. Please tell me I'm hallucinating, that Fallen must have hit me over the head and I don't remember it," she stared at the white thing.

"I could, but that would be a lie," the white creature bounced up and down, "I'm SnowBotamon! You're Zaiaku, and I'm a Digimon, and don't throw your digivice, it's important, oh and I'm your partner, if you try to get rid of me, I'll follow you anyways," SnowBotamon spoke quickly.

"You're not real," Zaiaku mumbled, shifting so that she could hide her wings in her jacket, so as not to stand out, but she would anyways, since this was some weird twisted place, "Well, SnowSomethingmon, I don't feel like memorizing your idiotic name, you'll now be called Syn, unless you can think of anything better," she sighed, picking up her digivice, and the Digimon as she stood up. "Uh..." she heard voices, and turned around slightly. She sighed, somehow managing to keep calm while figuring out where she was, and why there weren't things on fire. She sighed lightly, beginning to walk towards the voices. Not that she liked people much, if they were people, but she needed to figure out what she was doing here, and if she truly was just suffering from a hit to the head.

Lizomon kept a concentrated look on Flora...then he suddenly bursts into flames, but he didn't seem affected by the flames.

"We all keep things that we prefer to burn and bury in the ashes of oblivion...however even as much as we want to put them away...they will return. The more you deny it, the more it will return..." Lizomon said in a much deeper and more menacing voice.

"Lizomon..." Regan said, very serious at his partner. "Enough. You're going to scare them...if it ain't done already."

Lizomon looked at Regan, then nodded...and the flames around him vanished.

"Now we should get ready. I think we should go to Toy Town to see what that shadowy figure they spoke about." Regan added.

He then looked at Flora and showed a half-smile. "You really have a lot to learn about what to do here...just like I once did."

Lizomon showed a sly smile. "Yeah, we're the professionals here. Better listen to us otherwise you could get yourself into troubles." he said.

Regan sighed at his partner's acting.

Zaiaku would have been able to hear what they were saying, if the Digimon would have shut up. Syn was talking jibber to her now, and it was fast enough that she couldn't understand a word, "Shut up!" she muttered to the Digimon.

"Sorry, I didn't know you were the boss around here!" SnowBotamon shouted, quite loudly, then continued on with her quick speech.

"Yeah, if you make me mad, you're going to be sorry," she muttered to Syn, then walked to where she was only a few feet from the others, "At least they're people," she mumbled lightly, though the girl with the cat ears didn't really help her understand what was going on, since, well, she had cat ears! "Hallucination," she mumbled quietly, "hey... where am I?"

"Digital World!" Syn spoke up, quickly, "I already told you."

"You talk too fast," Zaiaku hissed, "Okay... since that question was answered, am I hallucinating, or is this an actual place?"

Flora sighs and walks over to a nearby wall. She turns toward everyone and does a backhand smash on the wall. In an instant, the wall crumbled. "Trust me, I can take care of myself. Felinicus and Demi-Felinicus grow up under the harshest of conditions. If you still doubt me, just wait and see," she says as she turns and heads through a nearby alley. "I'll go ahead and tag along, but like I said, you better not get too attached. I'll be gone soon enough. Now, on to Toy Town."

Jijimon coughs. "Um, Flora, was it? Toy Town is the other way."

Flora pauses for a second before turning on her heel. "I knew that. I just wanted to make sure you did." She walks in the opposite direction. Palmon and Gatomon sigh and follow her.

Mario sighs. He pats Guilmon and Agumon on their backs. "Come on." The three take off after Flora and her Digimon.

Jijimon walks down a different alley. "Remember, meet me at my house when you're done!"

"Actual place," at the words 'Toy Town' the little Digmon began to squirm, "Toy Town? Toy Town! Toy Town!" Syn shouted quickly, and repeatedly.

"Where's the off switch on you?" Zaiaku sighed.

"I want to go to Toy town and see what's going on! Take me there! Now!" Syn shouted.

"What? Am I a vehicle now?" Zaiaku growled, "I don't know where Toy Town is to begin with, guess we have to do this the harder way," she muttered, taking a few steps back, covering Syn with her jacket to prevent her from standing out, since she was white afterall, and silently began to follow Mario and Flora, muffling any sounds, Syn tried making, with her jacket. She planned on figuring out things one way, or another.

"Smart, but no. You said you'd chase me no matter where I went," Zaiaku looked at Syn, "so I don't plan on wasting an effort on that..." She shrugged, and right now, I don't really have a choice but to be your friend, since otherwise, I could wind up dead since you probably know more than I do... she thought, but didn't want anyone to think she was nice enough to actually say something like that. Suddenly, Syn began to glow, as well as her digivice.

DIGIVOLUTION

"SnowBotamon digivolve to... Nyaromon!"

Syn, now Nyaromon, turned to stare directly at Zai, "whoo!"

"Well... that's something... new.... " Zai looked at Syn, before putting her hand in her pocket.

At this time, Syn stared at Gatomon, "soooo..... am I going to look like you when I digivolve more?"

Evander had been walking with his two new red haired friends, and his long time childhood friend. He turned as he heard the SnowBotamon speak. She had spontaneously asked Flora's Gatomon a question without so much as even introducing herself. He saw Zaiaku. "Oh, looks like another member of our team has shown up. Hello there. I'm Evander and this is Jessica, the mermaid. I'm Evander the Human. And these are my Digimon, Ladybugmon, and Terriermon, and this is Jessica's Digimon, Leormon." Evander said. Evander then folded his arms behind his head and gave a big grin. "Isn't that neat? I have two Digimon partners instead of just one!" Evander said. "Hey, what am I? Chopped liver?" Evander turned to see a familiar orange dinosaur walking towards them. Evander pointed and randomly blurted out "Alarm Clock!" Actually, he knew this was an Agumon. But since his alarm clock was an Agumon alarm clock and that was where he had seen him most recently, his brain signals must have gotten mixed up. Agumon sighed. He appeared a bit annoyed. "Alarm clock, yes I know. I should have gotten one. I overslept which meant breakfast was later, which meant lunch was later and…ugh." Agumon said, all frustrated and flustered. He lowered his head and said. "I'm sorry. I promise I'm not always this unreliable. I'll serve you well as a Digimon partner. Mistakes like this won't happen again." He said. Evander heard his digivice beeping. He looked down at it and the word "Partner Found" scrolled across the screen. Evander's eyes widened and his mouth opened. "Wait…I have THREE Digimon partners!? Isn't that a bit much?!" Evander exclaimed. Agumon looked angry. He put his claws on his hips and leaned forward. "Are you saying you don't want me around!?" He asked, offended. Evander took a few steps forward and smiled nervously. "Not at all! I'm just surprised since usually even getting two partner Digimon is uncommon. But I'm glad to have you here. I'm Evander." He said, extending a hand to shake. Agumon reached out and shook the goggle wearing boy's hand. "I'm Agumon. But my friends call me 'Augie'." He said. Evander tilted his head. "Augie?" Evander asked. Augie the Agumon nodded. "Yep. When multiple groups of the same species of Digmon live together, they need to have their own individual names. Can you imagine how confusing it would be if had lots of brothers who were all called Human?" Agumon explained. Evander chuckled. "That would be confusing." He said.

To SnowBotamon's earlier question, Gatomon nods. "Well, either like me or something else a bit similar."

Flora looks at Gatomon in confusion. "Gatomon, where are you going with this?"

"Just give me a second, will you?" Gatomon tells Flora before turning back to Nyaromon. "Now, tell me, are you corrupted?"

((Digidex))

BlackGatomon.

Type: Virus.

Level: Champion.

Attacks: Lightning Paw, Cats eye.

"Uh.... o...kay...." Zai looked at Evander, "I don't really...wait.... did you say she was a mermaid?" She gave him an insane look, "well... this place is definitely not real. Last I checked, everyone told me there were no such thing as mermaids, first off, then humans on the same world as me puts things into stranger thought, and then let's add the Digimon and cat-people! This puts things into so many confusing terms...." She shook her head, "none of this is logically possible..."

"Uh... then explain everything! This is a real place, since you'd definitely know if somebody hit you, and things are just confusing you, that's it. It's just shock... I think...." Syn said with a strange calmness, which caused Zai to stare at her. It didn't last long though, "whoo!" was the next thing shouted, and Syn raced around in circles.

At the second Gatomon asked about corruption, she came to a complete halt, "eh..."

"oh, and I suppose you are a half Armadillo/Dog. huh?" Evander said, joking.

"Armadillo dog? I'd pay to see one," Zai mumbled lightly, then looked at Gatomon, "why are you asking her that question? Isn't it pointless?" She sighed, then turned to Evander, "I've never seen humans until today..." she mumbled, "I'll give you a hint on what I am. I have wings, but I'm not nice," she muttered with a hiss in her tone.

Syn spun around, then looked at Gatomon again, "maybe.... maybe not! Ha!"

"Well I just now learned that my best friend was a mermaid." Evander said sitting down. "It's kinda weird how I'm the only one human." Evander said, apparently forgetting that Mario and Regan were human, or perhaps doubting whether they really were what they appeared to be. Evander pulled out a Twix from his pants pocket and started eating. "Yum!" Ladybugmon said snatching the candy bar and eating it. "Hey!" Evander shouted. He jumped up and down trying to retrieve the candy bar from the little ladybug Digimon. "Give that back or I'll give you a knuckle sandwich!" Evander exclaimed.

Gatomon sighs. "Let me explain. There are three Digimon that digivolve from the SnowBotamon-Nyaromon-Salamon chain. The first is a regular Gatomon, such as moi. Another is called BlackGatomon, which only occurs when the Salamon has a virus or is corrupted. The last is Mikemon, but that's a very rare branch. Most likely, you're going to be me."

Mario looks at Evander. "Did you forget me and Regan?"

"Who's Regen?" Evander asked. "EVAN HOW CAN YOU BE SUCH AN IDIOT HE WAS ER LIKE 5 MINUTES AGO!" Jessica said. "Evan" was a nickname his friends sometimes gave him. His given name was Evander, but sometimes he friends would shorten it to "Evan". Evander looked around. "Ronald Reagan?" Evander joked. Jessica just looked at him with a deadpan expression. Evander's goofy grin disappeared. "Sorry, I'm just bored." Evander said.

Regan didn't look happy at Evander. "That's not some kind of joke I take lightly, kid." Regan said.

Regan then clapped his hands once...and a red glow came from them as he pointed his right hand at Evander and concentrated.

Suddenly, vines and many other types of roots came out of the ground and wrapped around Evander, briefly squeezing him for just a moment, then they returned into the ground.

"That was just a little warning..." Regan said.

"Anyway, Gatomon has it right. Most of the time, it is a Gatomon that comes from that digivolution chain, BlackGatomons and Mikemons being much rarer." Lizomon said.

"Wings..." Regan muttered. Zai had spoken about having wings, plus not being nice. And Regan could feel something that seemed...dark...coming from her...

"Are you some kind of...dark...angel?" Regan said in a slightly odd voice.

Lizomon frowned hearing his partner's voice. He knew what that meant…

Evander was in shock over what just happened. "WHAT THE HECK WAS THAT!?" Evander asked. "That's not nice you big meanie!" Ladybugmon scolded.

"You've actually witnessed a small example of what Regan can do. Besides being human, he got some...peculiar skills..." Lizomon explained.

Evander stood up and put up his fists with a scowl on his face. "Oh yeah? Well, when Ladybugmon digivolves you better watch out cause Boxerincectmon will come after you." Evander said.

"And I can tell you that I'll be up to the challenge.

You're going to have a lot to do to even try to beat me, you and your Digimon." Lizomon said with a sinister grin. "Remember, Regan and I are experienced Digidestined and Digimon. We ain't newbies, unlike you."

"Sorry, I ain't taking matches right now kid. I would whack you out, and I'm really serious." Lizomon replied.

"And he's really right." Regan added. "You have no idea how powerful he is."

"Yup...after all, I'm waaaayyy much more experienced than these kiddos. I'm an Ancient Guardian after all..." Lizomon thought.

"Very...similar... the name is pretty close, so I could definitely say yes, I am a 'dark' angel as you put it. The more said Fallen Angel is much better suited," Zaiaku looked at Regan, "Surprising you actually figured that out," she yawned slightly, glancing at Gatomon and Syn, before looking at Regan and Evander, "my first impression of humans was they were normal... then I met that guy... and my thoughts of them changed, now they're idiots," she made a slight motion to Evander.

Syn stared in a daze, "ooookay! I'm ready to answer!" She paused for a second, "what was the question that you asked before?"

Mario looks at Zai. "Hey, don't judge a book by its cover. Just because Evander just so happens to be the cover of this book, it doesn't mean humans are idiots!" Evander held his fist up again and angrily looked towards Mario, "Hey, what's wrong with my cover!?" He barked. He then looked at Zai and Gatomon, "Besides, don't we have some mission to fulfill or something?"

Gatomon sighs. "Do you have a virus in you or are you corrupted?"

"Are you asking if I'm bad?" Syn asked.

Gatomon raises an eyebrow. "Bad? You mean if you are corrupted, right?" Gatomon shrugs. "All it might mean is that you might be much darker and not very nice to others if you have a virus. You might even have different Ultimate and Mega forms than me. You might also lose control at some points." Gatomon smiles a bit. "Relax, you won't have to worry about that until you reach Rookie. If you're a black Salamon, you will have a virus and will definitely be a BlackGatomon. As for Mikemon, well, you'd have a very strange tiger pelt as Salamon and as Mikemon. You'd even have different Ultimate and Mega forms like with BlackGatomon. My point is, however, it is obvious we'll have to wait for your Rookie form before we can figure out what you are."

Lizomon rolled his eyes at Evander. This kid was just a plain inexperienced one. He would stand no chances at all against Lizomon. There is a big gap in experience and strength between them. Lizomon didn't want to give a crushing and humiliating defeat to the kids.

"You remember that news announcement. Something's going on at Toy Town. We should better get going." Regan said.

"So we're...six people if I'm right, plus one or two digimons for each...

Well, I really don't think Lizomon could carry all of us. Anyone else have another digimon for transport?" Regan said.

"Regan, those kid's Digimon have only recently digivolved. You think they actually have the chance to quickly digivolve at a higher level. True, I'd admit that if Agumon and Guilmon could be able to digivolve, they could really help for transport. Yet again, that's only if their digivolution is like I'm thinking..." Lizomon said. "But perhaps that as MetalRyumon, I could perhaps transport a lot of them."

Mario nods and looks at Guilmon and Agumon.

They look back at Mario. "Sorry, Mario," Guilmon says, "but we still need more energy. Perhaps by the time we get to Toy Town, we can do it, but we're not sure."

Flora looks at her Digimon.

"Same here," Palmon says.

"I'm past Rookie, but I doubt I can carry too many people," Gatomon replies.

Mario sighs. "Guess we'll walk."

Flora looks at Mario, a mischievous smile on her face. "Just try to catch up, human." She then runs into the street, taking a left at the bend and toward the city exit and Toy Town.

"Gah! Wait for us!" Mario and the Digimon yell as they all bolt after her. Evander raised his fist with a determined look on his face. "OK lets go to Toy Town!" He exclaimed. Jessica gently elbowed him with a smirk on her face. "My my you're awfully happy." Jessica said. Evander smiled nervously, sweatdropped, and rubbed the back of his head. "Well…it's just that…oh, come on." Ladybugmon looked at Evander and then at Jessica. A look of horror was on his face. "I'm not going to carry ANY of you!" He shouted. Evander picked Ladybugmon up and held him in his arms. "I don't expect you to, buddy." Evander said. Evander, Jessica, his Agumon, Ladybugmon, Terriermon, and Leormon all started rushing off to Toy Town.

Syn sighed in relief, "Good! Good!" she looked at Gatomon, then looked at Zai, "Pick me up!"

"Demanding, aren't we?" Zai muttered, then sighed, "You'd be too slow anyways," she mumbled, picking up Syn and darted down the street, following the others towards Toy Town.

Letting the others go on a bit before him, Regan looked at his partner.

"Even if you can't transport all of them, I'm sure there wouldn't be any trouble in asking you to digivolve right? This way, we could keep watch from above." Regan said.

Lizomon chuckled and smiled. "Okay Regan, let's do it." Lizomon said then he started to glow, just as Regan's digivice beeped.

"Lizomon, digivolve to...Ryumon!!!"

In a flash of light, where once Lizomon stood, now there was a much bigger, stronger and meaner-looking version of him. A dragon digimon who rivaled in size with Greymon.

"You're coming Regan?" Ryumon asked.

"No need to ask twice." Regan said as he climbed on his partner, who then took off.

Then Ryumon flew above the other kids and Digimons. "We'll keep watch from above in case of troubles!" Regan shouted as Ryumon flew over them and circled around.