Digimon AU - Chapter 00
Digimon AU Chapter 00. Hope you enjoy, fandomly~
Ah, and please remember English isn't my mother tongue ^_^;;;;.
Chapter 00
I'll become a merry butterfly,
and ride on the earnest wind
The common hall was relatively full that day. From anywhere between fifteen and twenty members present (it was hard to know at the best of times how many of them were present, specially with the ones who hid under the tables, peered in from the windows or hanged from the ceiling but never announced their presence). It made for a lively afternoon/morning/evening/middle of the night, but clam enough that they could actually hear what the other was saying.
Midori was playing a video game on one of the game consoles they had brought over from their houses while some other members watched. Ven was half hunched on her computer, messing around with photoshop and grumbling as something didn't meet her approval. Fishie was floating on her tank, having an animated chat with Little and occasionally splashing the other.
A little farther, South was shouting abuse after Tine dared to compliment her on one of her drawings. The group waited patiently for her to be done shouting and show them more. They had long learned to interpret whatever she said and not take offence on it. STFU equaled 'thank you very much' or GTFO meant 'you are very kind to say so'. It was a whole language of its own (some suspected that, in fact, one of them should get around to writing a sort of guide of it for new comers).
Cure was checking in Tina, their fallen general who continued unconscious since their last battle with sTeVe. They had taken turns in staying with her while they waited for her to wake up. Some of them had tried to contact her parents, but no one had managed to do it yet. They were almost to the point were they would just hack into Tina's account and leave a message there. Or Ven would at any rate.
And so, they gathered in little groups to amuse themselves, mixing and breaking apart as something caught their attention or they lost interest in whatever they were doing.
Kirby sighed as she lay curled around a pillow on top a carpet Cass had dragged in after one too many of them had caught a cold from siting on the bare floor. She was bored and it would soon be time to get home, but she didn't want to leave just yet either. You never knew when things would pick up and then she would be left feeling sorry she hadn't stayed a couple minutes more.
'Maybe I should take a nap or something...' Kirby sighed and closed her eyes. She half felt someone drag a blanket over her but she just snuggled deeper, figuring she could thank whoever it was later. 'It probably was Fufu, anyways...'
Kirby was almost sleep when she heard... Something. It was a sweet sound, almost like the sound babies did in cartoons. But no one was watching TV when she last checked. She had chosen this spot for just that reason to avoid getting stepped on. Kirby lifted her head from the pillow and looked around confusedly.
"Culu?"
'Culu? What is that? French?' Kirby stood up and looked around, but no one seemed to be saying the strange sound. A flash of white on the corner of her eye caught her attention and she approached were she saw it silently. 'Maybe Steven sneaked in again? Did Tine promise to take him to Hot Topic again?'
"Culu, Culu~" Kirby followed the sound to underneath a table in front of a turned off TV. 'Well, Steven isn't small enough to fit there...' She got on her knees and peered cautiously underneath. "Culu?"
"Culu... Culumon?" The little white creature perked up at hearing it's name, emerging from underneath the table and waving cheerfully. "Guys! Come look at this!"
"Hum? What did you find, Kirby?" Asked Fufu from where she had been talking with Mik and Shiny. The girl stood up and moved to join her fiancée, the other girls followed her, curious to see what had caught Kirby's attention.
"Hi! Culu~" The creature chirped.
"What is it, Kirby?" Cure who was closest to them approached quickly, then let out a squeal of delight. "How cute! What is it?"
"I'm a digimon, Culu~ My name is Culumon!" The little creature replied cheerfully, waving its little arms around.
"A digimon?! Let me look at it!" E cried, crushing down to look at the tiny creature. "Where did you come from? How you got here?"
"Hey! Not fair! I can't see!" Fishie protested from her tank. Little shuddered and went to gather the trolly they used when they needed to move Fishie around. Gemma moved to help her when a scream rung across the room.
"Kirby!"
Little turned around and let out a scream to join the chorus. A scaly hand had emerged from the TV and grabbed Kirby by the arm. Culumon was hitting the hand while it dragged the girl closer to the TV.
"What the fuck is that shit?!" North pushed South toward one of their stash of weapons to force her to arm herself instead of standing there emitting curses.
"Kirby!" Fufu shouted joining the white creature in trying to get the thing to release the girl.
"Move out the way!" Tine shouted as she grabbed one of the swords they left paying around in case of sTeVe showing around. Fufu moved away and Tine climbed on the table, aiming close to the Television set. She aimed and swung the weapon down, but a second hand emerged and grabbed the weapon, breaking the hilt.
"Grab her!" Talons ordered, rushing to join in the fray.
Cure, Fufu and E moved to grab Kirby's arm, but had to jump back when the other scaly hand tried to grab them as well. Cure yelped as the hand crashed into the table, braking it in half. E ducked behind a sofa to avoid being hit by the splinters. Fufu cried out, but refused to move further, trying to reach her fiancée's arm again.
Pyro reached into her bag of explosives and prepared to launch it to the fry. Turtle yelped and jumped over the girl to stop her. Treyen dove to help her held off the girl. "You will burn, Kirby, you hot head!"
Kirby let out a scream as the hand pushed her arm inside the TV and it meet no resistance. A white light began to shine and grew stronger as Culumon and Kirby were pushed inside the TV until it become a blinding light. Fishie cried out and moved as far as she could on her tank. She cried out harder when the sound of breaking glass began to rung. "My tank is breaking! Help! I can't breath outside water!"
The sound of glass breaking grew stronger, almost drowning out the screams of the rest of the fandomly. The light was too bright to see and Fishie had to cover her face with both her arms to avoid being hurt by it. She felt more than saw as it diminished and suddenly, silence reigned the comm hall.
Fishie held her breath for a couple of seconds then timidly opened her eyes. The part of her tank that faced the TV was broken, but not enough to let the water out. The TV was showing static, a sound that seemed a lot louder now that silence reigned on the common hall.
"Where...where is everyone?" Little asked, emerging from where she had hidden begin her tank when the light had grew to bright to see. Gemma emerged from the other side, a club ready to hit anything that tried to attack them.
But there was no one there, only the broken TV and a smashed table meet their eyes.