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Chapter 1

"derp" spoken word

"derp" thoughts

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"Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me" Psalm 23:4. That on simple sentence plays through my head over and over and over like a broken record. Now you must know this about me, I don't believe in God. But in a time like this, in the face of your enemy with your face drenched with nervous sweat, I silently pray he is on my side.

"A little over 500,000 is what we are seeing sir, and 1/3 seem to be mega."

I turn to face the Andromon next to me. "Well we wouldn't want this to be too easy would we? What are our chances of victory?"

"A 43.27859% chance of victory sir. Just in cause you were wondering we estimate we will lose 62% of our forces, that's if we win of course."

62% gone, that's 124,000 lives extinguished. What unnerved me most was that he said it so matter-of-factly. Well I can't worry about that now, and so I turned my attention to the digimon around me.

"All of you brave digimon, from rookie to mega, are here for one sole purpose. To preserve justice, freedom and free will. Ideas that have been squashed and oppresed in this world for far too long. Standing before us is the one and only barrier between us and our goal, Proditor and The Dark Army. They seek to stop us and impose their tryanny upon the Digital World, but there actions are in vain. We will crush them and prove to them once and for all that no matter the size injustice will not prevail against the pure of heart! So let us fight for our families, our loved ones, and all others that inhabit the Digital World!"

Not the most inspiring speech in the world ( or worlds ) I know, but you try making something better while facing nearly certain death. Anyway, it did the trick because with the screams and cheers of thousands I turned and we charged into what will be no matter what our last fight.

Then, I'm surrounded by darkness.

~

I slowly opened my eyes.

"Man what a wild dream. I must have dozed off while waiting for Dr. Asswipe."

Suddenly the door opened and in came the devil himeself Dr. Milo Sampson or as I like to call him Dr. Asswipe.

"Hello Seth, how are you?"

"You sure you don't want to answer that question for me? I might have forgotten you know."

"Haha yes, very good Mr. Matherson. Its nice to see you didn't forget how to make a joke. Although the same can't be said for your manners eh? So, are you ready to begin your last session?"

Deciding not to continue with our little word game, "I've been ready since the begining."

Then lets begin, I'll start off with a few simple questions and..."

Questions starting from the most basic to more personal, it's the same thing we have been doing for the past month. "Might as well just save some time and start now."

"My name in Seth Matherson and I'm 19 years old. I live in Rome, Italy but I was born in Seattle, Washington. My parents, Ruth and Thomas Matherson, died when I was 14 and I moved around with my brother Jason until he died three years ago. I have lived off my inheretance since. My oldest and most fond memory was when Jason took me to the local ice cream shop back home, called Antarctic, after every baseball game. He always made me fell better, even if we lost. The only thing I can't remember is how I got here."

"Yes thats to be expected, and you most likely will never get those memories back. But, if the other tests check out then I see no reason to keep you here any longer and you'll be able to go home."

"He has the biggest smile on his face right now. Probably because he can't wait to get rid of me." Now I'm smiling too.

~

For the rest of the day I prepared to take my first steps back into the real world. Most of the time was spent going over emergency numbers, signs to look out for, when to take the pills they gave me, and any other information that would help me adjust.

It was late afternoon when I got out. The sun was setting giving off a beautiful dispaly of deep oranges and reds. Maybe its a sign of better things to come, a bright future. One thats not forgotten.

~

The car ride ahead of me was an hour long so that left me with a lot of time to think.

Remember when I just spouted out all that stuff to Dr. Asswipe a few hours ago. Well to be honest lying through my teeth. I don't remember anything up until I woke up in that hospital. I couldn't actually tell you a thing about my family or my childhood, but strangly that doesn't bother me. I want to know eventually but not right now. Anyway I bet your dying to now at about at least what went on this last month though so here it is.

It all started with a light.

*One Month Ago*

First came light; a pure and blinding light. As the light faded I began to notice where I was.

"I'm in a bed, a hospitl bed, and by the looks of it I've been hear a while." I tried to get up and move around when all of a sudden a group of five doctors came rushing in. Two check the monitors and two check on me while one, a girl who I assume is in charge, just watches at the foot of my bed.

Then came the noise. I could here everything going on around me.

"His vitals are stable", said one of the doctors checking the monitors.

Then another chimed in, "Pupils are diolating." All the while the lead doctor gave a slight nod with every comment.

Finally after what seemed like a lifetime they left, all except for the woman.

"Welcome back Mr. Matherson, how are you feeling?"

I tried to speak but my throat was too dry, "W...Wa...Water." She called in a nurse to fetch me a cup and pitcher of nice cool water. After I chugged down a glass and waited a minuete, "Fine I guess, but who did you say I was?"

"Your name is Seth Amoris Matherson, and we have many things to talk about.'

For the next hour or two I was told why I was here and how I came to be here as well. Apperantly for the past two years I have been in a coma.

A little over two years ago a nurse found me by the entrence with my wallet, a bank account number to pay the bill, and a note only saying "Take care of him". Since then I have been conected to life support with the hope that one day I might wake up. All the while I was never visited once.

I spent the next month in rehab with Dr. Asswipe slowly but surely working toward my goal of getting out of here and into the outside world, and even though I tried to contact any from my previous life no one came. Sometimes though I couldn't help but feel like someone was watching.

Then about a week ago I recieved a strange email. All it contained was the information I would need to pass my final exame and "Study" at the bottom. The strangest part about it was that it didn't even appear to be sent by anyone, there was no email address on it.

*Present Time*

"Welcome home sir."

"Huh, what?"

"We've arrived at your home sir."

"Oh thanks", I said as I handed him a tip.

The first thing I noticed as I walked in was the cleanliness. "I guess the hospital must have hired a maid or something."

I walked down the hallways and take a right moving into the kitchen, somehow still remembering where to go. Its strange you know? All the little things you manage to hold onto while you forget stuff like due assignments. Anyway, I got myself some water then made my way back to the living room.

All of a sudden I bump into something soft, like really soft. "Hmm well this is odd", I said then I looked up.

You know those moments when you can't comprehend what you're seeing? Well I'm having one of those. Standing in front of me is a fox, or at least I think it is. Without any further examination I lunged for the nearest object and grabbed... a remote. "Fight off a fox monster with a remote, sounds like a great plan." Suddenly it moved and the next thing I knew the remote was lying broken on the ground and I was... fine??

"Damnit, I'm sorry Seth I should have been more careful."

"Wait was it talking to me, Can foxes even do that, and more importantly did it say my name?"

I just silently watched as it picked up the pieces of the remote, walked across the room, and put them in the trash can. When it turned back to look at me it finallly noticed the look of shock and confussion on my face.

"Seth, don't you remember me yet?"

Upon hearing it I could instantly tell that it was actually a she, and that she had a beautiful voice.

Finally my brain cought up with me and I remembered she just asked me a question. "N... no, should I?"

"Seth it's me Mirari, your mate."

At that moment the events of the day finally became too much and I did something so cliche I will hit myself for it later, I passed out.