Digimon: Dark Worlds

Prophecy | Chapter 11

(Art is NOT mine, made by 3eep on Deviantart.)
"Ugh..." Erik sadly walked over to his apartment door, slumped over, while Labramon trudged behind him. The second he opened the door his mom was already right there, racing right up to him.

"Oh god, Erik, I saw what happened on the News! Are you okay?! Did anything happen to you?!" She rapidly asks, her face full of worry.

"Yeah mom, I'm fine..." Erik weakly says. "Oh goodness, that's a relief! I don't know what I would've done if you..." Erik's mom sobs quietly, hugging Erik tightly. "Mom, it's ok..." After a moment or so, she finally lets go, wiping her eyes. When she stands up, she then finally notices Labramon. "...Erik, honey, why do you have that dog with you?" Erik was shocked, not sure what to say. He was so exhausted after the Vademon attack that he didn't even think about bringing Labramon home. "I'm Labramon, I'm a Digimon!" He blurts out confidently. "Woah, W-w-wa-w- Wait a minute-" Erik stammers, not sure what to say. His mom leans down to look at Labramon, surprised and confused. "...Erik, please don't tell me you brought the monster that attacked everyone here..." She says, getting worried.

"What? No, of course not!" Erik rubs his arm nervously. "To tell you the truth, he's actually my friend..." His mom is shocked by this. "Erik! You seriously became friends with one of those monsters?!"

"No mom, he's not a monster!" Erik blurts out. "He's a lot different then the other monsters on the News...If it wasn't for him, I probably wouldn't have gotten out of there alive." He looks down at Labramon, smiling lightly at the Digimon. "...My other friends also have Digimon too." His mom continues eyeing Labramon, thinking hard for a while.

"...Well, you look pretty harmless." She rubs Labramon's head for a moment, then lets out a sigh. "Alright, he can stay. Just make sure he isn't seen by anyone in the building." The two both smile, Erik hugging her. "Thanks mom." He says.

"Yeah, thanks so much mom!" Labramon cheerfully says. Erik's mom giggles at this. "Please, you can just call me Ms. Field." She says, smiling down at him. Labramon looks over to the TV playing in the living room. "You get your News on the TV too?" He asks. "Yes, of course, everyone does. They're talking about the accident right now, in fact." Erik and Labramon both walk over to it, sitting down on the floor. On the News they talked about mostly obvious stuff, and showing images of the wreckage.

However, it was the headlines of the story that really shook the two of them to their core.

'Unknown alien monster fatally attacks Coney Island. 21 people injured, 10 people dead.'

"...Dead?" That one word was enough to put Erik in a completely shocked state, barely able to move from fear and grief. "...It was because Vademon...Knocked down that Ferris wheel." Erik's body started shaking, and he could feel his eyes watering. "Oh god, of course that would've killer some people..." He covered his face with his hands, shaking even harder, tears now falling. Labramon rubbed his back soothingly, trying to comfort him. "...I'm so sorry..." Labramon whimpers. "I wish I could've helped more..." Labramon starts to slump down as well. Erik's mom only watches in the distance, not sure what to say or do.

After a moment or so, Erik finally sits up, wiping some tears from his eyes. Labramon rests himself against Erik, still trying to comfort him.

"...How are we going to beat him, Labramon?" Erik whimpers.

"I...I wish I knew..."

...

'DING!' A noise comes from the Digivice. "Oh great...This better not be Vademon again..." Erik pulls out his Digivice, but rather then seeing a located Digimon, it instead shows some blinking text message.

' For the one with the courage, leap to the light on the day of doom atop the highest point. Then, the true powers shall be unlocked.'

"...What?" Erik looks at the text, confused. "How..." Labramon hops up, reading the text carefully. "Whoa, it's like a prophecy of some sort..."