Chapter 3:
Shared Dreams
Ren: She was in a dark area. The only ground was a path leading to a staircase. She looked around at the area. There was nothing. She walked forward and as the steps came into a closer view she saw another Renamon, the grey one that refused to tell her his name. She started running and planed to show him that he couldn’t refuse her command any longer. But when she got there she stopped and noticed that he wasn’t even facing her way. He was facing the steps and looking up at the door above. It was actually quite a ways up. She tilted her head slightly. “So you’re dreaming about me now?”
???: He ignored her question but turned slightly and looked at her with is crimson eyes. “Do you know where you are?”
Ren: “No…”
???: “You are at the mouth of the evil that you want…the evil controlling the puppet like Digimon…the mouth of the Puppeteer’s lair…”
Ren: “Is that who I’m looking for, a Puppeteer?”
???: He slightly nodded.
Ren: “And who’s side are you on?”
???: “To be honest…I’m not sure…” he looked down.
Ren: “What do you mean you aren’t sure?”
???: “The Puppeteer destroyed who I once was…made me a puppet…rebuilt my Digivolution line…”
Ren: “So that makes you want to stay?”
???: “Don’t be stupid…that’s what makes me want to destroy him…”
Ren: “Then why don’t you?”
???: “His hold on the Digimon he turns into puppets isn’t so easy to break away from…” He closed his eyes.
Ren: “Who is this Puppeteer? I’ll destroy him from the inside out…” She narrowed her eyes.
???: “Are you always so quick to run to a pointless battle and your death? You can’t even digivolve yet…”
Ren: She narrowed her eyes. “How do I break his hold on you? You can help me beat him…”
???: “I don’t think you can help me…”
Ren: “Yes…I can…”
???: “There are only two ways to break his hold…The most simple way…in your case…is by defeating him…the hard way…falling in love with the puppet…”
Ren: Her eyes widened and there was an awkward silence between the two.
???: “The Puppeteer uses the Digimon’s hate to destroy him…he contains the hate and uses it as the marionette strings. The only way to kill hate is with love…”
Ren: She only stood there speechless. She half closed her eyes and looked down to the side grabbing her arm. “I don’t think I can…”
???: “I never asked you to…” He narrowed his eyes.
Ren: “I didn’t mean it like that!” She glared at him.
???: “Then what did you mean? Because that’s what it sounded like…you look different to you know…”
Ren: “Shut up! That’s not what I meant! I’m saying that I can’t form relationships easily! It’s not a natural thing for me! That’s why!” she gripped her arm with more strength.
???: His eyes widened with fear. “He knows…”
Ren: “Who knows what!?”
???: “He knows what you’re planning…” He grit his teeth.
Ren: She looked at him and a cliff too high to climb appeared on both sides of the path.
???: “I’m sorry…” He slowly moved to face her head on. He jumped and pinned her to the ground.
Ren: She only looked at him wide eyed.
???: “You need to go!” He lifter his hand to claw out her throat. “Stop me!”
Ren: She grabbed his hand as it came down at her. He gripped it to the point of blood. She squinted. “What’s your name!?”
???: “It’s…Flint…” He lifted his other arm and brought it down at her.
Ren: She grabbed his other hand too. She kicked him and he flew over her head. She got up instantly and started running. She looked behind her and he wasn’t following…or at least not nearly as fast. She looked forward again and the path ended. She fell off the cliff screaming. She jolted forward gasping for air. “It was a dream?” She brought her legs to her chest and wrapped her arms around them. There was a sudden sting in her palm. She looked at it and saw the blood marks along with the cuts of Flint’s claws. She shivered and brought her arm back around her leg. Trying to get a grip on what was real and what wasn’t.
???: The Gatomon from earlier was in front of her instantly. “Are you alright?”
Ren: her eyes were closed tightly.
???: “Well are you going to answer me or not?”
Ren: She opened one eye and looked at the Gatomon. She was a little calmer so she released her legs a bit. “Who are you?”
Gatomon: “My name is Tigerlily…”
Ren: “And the other Digimon?”
Tigerlily: “That’s Pupmon…”
Ren: She shivered.
Tigerlily: “What’s wrong?”
Ren: “It’s nothing…”
Tigerlily: “You never told me your name…”
Ren: “It’s Ren…thank you for your help with that Pandamon…”
Tigerlily: “Not a problem…Do you know why it attacked?”
Ren: “it was under the control of the Puppeteer…”
Tigerlily: “The Puppeteer?”
Ren: “An evil Digimon that destroys the other Digimon to use as he pleases…”
Tigerlily: “A Puppetmon?”
Ren: “I highly doubt it…”
Tigerlily: “Well…we’ll figure it out…” She smiled.
Ren: “What?” She looked confused.
Tigerlily: “Pupmon and I want to help you…”
Ren: She smiled closing her eyes “Good…I could use it…” She stood up. “Where’s Pupmon?”
Tigerlily: “Sleeping…why?”
Ren: “We have to go soon…”
Tigerlily: “She hasn’t slept all week…”
Ren: “We’ll wait till she wakes up then…”
Tigerlily: “What were you dreaming about anyways?”
Ren: “It was nothing…just…a message.”
Tigerlily: “What do you mean?”
Ren: “I mean I have…to fall in love…” She looked to the sky.
[End Chapter 3]
