thefolder | Sleepwalker Event

"HELP!"

Beastboy's cries can be heard through the halls of Hospitown's temporary housing as he clings desperately to his Gaomon's leg.

"Rita! Anyone?" He called as the little blue dog dragged him down the hall. Her eyes were half open and glazed over, deep in a sleepwalking trance.

The gangly green teen was doing his best to stop her but she just kept trudging along as if he was light as a feather.

"It came from down this way!"

From somewhere behind Beastboy and his wayward partner, Jinora and Nima round a corner. Both of them had heard Beastboy's calls for help, but Nima's better hearing had helped track them down.

"There they are! Beastboy!"

Edited 2014-02-23 19:26 (UTC)

Being dragged behind Chili was not terribly comfortable but he was refusing to let go.

"She's been like this for an hour!"

Chili came to a wet floor sign and dismissively swatted it into the air where it landed on his head with a sharp "thunk" dazing him. He blinked hard and Chili continued trudging along.

"All month long! How much rest can she really be getting with all this walking?!"

"An hour?" Jinora's not had much experience with sleepwalking, but what Beastboy has described doesn't sound normal.

At a loss for anything else to do, Jinora tries grabbing onto one of Chili's arms in an attempt to stop her.

"Careful!" Beastboy warned and winced but Chili just kept walking, dragging the two of them along.

From where he was Beastboy couldn't see it but a glowing door had appeared at the end of the hallway. Chili was heading right for it.

Jinora tried to dig her heels into the floor but only wound up falling backwards onto her butt for her troubles. Quickly she pulled herself to her feet and caught back up. As it was, Jinora was the one to notice the door first.

"What in the world is that?"

"What's what? Where? Who?" Beastboy twisted and turned to see around Chili's legs till he saw the door which was swinging open.

"Oh dude...dude no come on! Magic glowing door Chili? Really?"

But sure enough she continued on for the door as the light burned brighter blinding them all.

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As the light faded, Beastboy blinked away the spots dancing in front of his vision and gaped at the sight that had appeared before them.

They were outside now, it was still evening but a massive tower of glass and steel loomed over them.

In the unmistakable shape of a T.

"Dude...no way..."

Both Nima and Jinora stared up at the building.

"Beastboy? What is it?"

"I-it...it's..."

He blinked away tears dragging himself to his feet still in awe.

"It's my home! Titans Tower! " the cracking in his voice was impossible to miss.

"Titans Tower?" Chili mumbled blinking awake and looking puzzled.

"Yeah, it's...but we're not..." He gave a spin around wide eyed at the city spread out behind them.

"This isn't my city though..."

"But how did it get here?" Jinora wondered aloud.

While their partners were gaping at the building, Nima made her way over to Chili. "Are you all right?" she asked the Gaomon.

Chili shook her head to clear it and gazed up at the Tower, then Nima, then to Beastboy and Jinora. "I believe I am...but where are we?"

"You led us here! You slept walked...sleep walked? You were asleep and walking and we went through this magic door and...and who cares?! I'm home!"

He ran for the doors excitedly and put his hand on the pad next to it. A light ran over and a computer voice chirped "Titan Identified: Beastboy."

The metal doors slid open leading into a small entrance area that looked...trashed. His mouth fell open as he looked around at the overturned furniture, garbage and muddy foot prints that marred what looked to otherwise be a pleasant lobby. A door to the side was marked with a picture of a little man using stairs while a single Elevator was the focal point of this room.

"I always assumed your home was messy given how you keep your room." Chili remarked studying the foot prints. They were clearly not human.

"It's not normally like this!" An exasperated Beastboy defended.

When Beastboy bolted for the building Jinora and Nima raced after him in an attempt to keep up. Nima let out a low whistle when they saw the destruction inside.

"Did they throw a wild party while you were gone?" she asked.

Jinora looked around. "Better than the alternative."

Beastboy punched the button on the elevator and was pleased to see it still lit up.

"I will be totally ticked if they had a party without me." He complained. The doors slid open and he led them inside pushing the button for the main floor.

A short ride later and they found themselves in the main room of Titan's Tower and it wasn't looking much better then the lower floor. It was a big wide room with storage lockers to one side and computers to another, a kitchenette that was covered in dirty dishes and wrappers. A long sofa and table at the far end of the hall with a giant TV screen hanging against the windows that lined the wall.

More foot prints, burn marks, the computer towers were smashed and there were rips in the sofa and rug. Amazingly none of the windows were broken but there were smudges on the glass.

A glittering disco ball lay smashed on the table.

Beastboy's jaw hung open in a mix of awe and confusion. "OK...ok...so Titan's Tower is here. That's great...it looks like there was a war here. Not so great..." Clearly he was having trouble processing.

"ROBIN! CYBORG! STARFIRE! RAVEN! ANYONE!?!"

A pause and he added "Silkie?"

Silence was his only response.

"Maybe they're out- looking for you," Jinora suggested as she stepped over what looked like a small pile of garbage to avoid tripping on it.

As far as she was concerned, it looked like Nima's party theory had more merit than Beastboy's war theory. After all, if someone had fought with his friends then they wouldn't eat and leave their dirty dishes all over. Then again, Jinora didn't know what kind of enemies Beastboy and his friends had.

"No...that couldn't be." Her rubbed his forehead trying to think "If they came into the Digital World they woulda wound up here the same way as everyone-"

But he was cut off as one of the doors on the far side of the room past the kitchen slid open.

A Hanumon came swaggering out flanked by several Koemon and all of them were sizing up the chosen and their partners with wary looks.

"Well Fe Fi Fo Fum! Look who's poking around out clubhouse boys!" The leader snarled and stood up to his full height trying to look intimidating.

"Hey...hey boss I've seen this guy before! He's on some of those pictures we were using for target practice!" A Koemon commented with a wicked laugh. "He's just as goofy looking in person as he is in the pictures."

Beastboy gaped and his ears flatted as he barred his teeth reacting to the image of his teams photos being shot up for fun. "This isn't your clubhouse! This is Titan's Tower! A place for heroes!"

That just set the monkeys laughing hysterically and Beastboy's face turned red. Chili stepped forward growling protectively.

"Look, we're not looking to cause any trouble." Jinora stepped forward in an attempt to diffuse the situation. "This is Beastboy's home and we just want to see if his friends are here and if they're all right."

Beside her, Nima's body tensed as if preparing for a fight. "Somehow, I don't think this is going to work," she remarked, sotto-voice.

"You may not have been looking for trouble." The Hanumon grinned a crooked toothy grin "But you sure found it, light em up boys!"

The six Koemon in the room each took to a line up and drew out some over sized sling shots. When they opened fire each one had launched one hundred little metal balls. So a hailstorm of six hundred balls was now flying at the heroes.

"Look out!" Chili hit the ground but her chosen was not as fast and Beastboy stumbled back as he was mercilessly pelted.

Acting on instinct Jinora swept her arms out in front of her to blow the pellets away with a blast of air, remembering too late that her airbending was lost to her. She quickly brought her arms up to shield her face from the flurry.

As the barrage settled Beastboy swayed on his feet slurring his words.

"Iz...iz zat tha besh you got?!" He groaned spitting out metal balls.

Apparently not though because the next barrage, each one launched a metal ball the size of a grape fruit. Three at Jinora and three at Beastboy.

This time Chili was on the offensive and sprang up to punch two of the three out of the air. The third caught Beastboy in the stomach and he doubled over.

The monkeys...laughed hysterically.

Nima also leaped into action, batting one of the balls away and catching a second in her mouth. Jinora ducked to avoid the third but was too slow; it clipped her on the shoulder, and she cried out in pain as she went down.

That cry of pain from Jinora was the last straw.

As Beastboy rose to his feet the monkey's all took aim at him and fired more of the larger balls. He barely stepped aside letting them race by but caught the last one, glaring hard.

"I don't care if this place was empty when you found it. I don't even care what you've done while you were here. But I'm home now and you're leaving!"

Chili began to glow and looked startled as a flash of light filled the room.

"GAOMON DIGIVOLVE TO GAOGAMON!"

Driven by Beastboy's desire to protect Jinora and reclaim his home Chili had finally found honor in her tamer and connected. The evolved Digimon stood tall and fierce with shaggy blue fur and long dangerous claws.

Edited 2014-02-28 00:28 (UTC)

Nima raced to stand in front of Jinora, shielding her from any stray balls that came from the second barrage. "Jinora, are you all right?" she asked urgently.

"Yeah- ow - I'm okay." The girl winced as she pulled herself up to her hands and knees, her shoulder throbbing.

Jinora stared in wide-eyed amazement as Chili started glowing and then digivolved to Gaogamon. She had read about digivolving in the beginner's guide when she had first arrived, but as always reading about something and actually seeing it were two different things.

Beastboy gave her a quick glance and his frown turned into a stoic smile.

"ATTACK!" Roared the gorilla digimon and his squad of monkeys sent another barrage of metal balls at them, small and large.

Chili dug her claws into the ground and roared out "Spiral Blow!"

A powerful vortex of wind burst from her mouth and deflected the balls away from Jinora, Nima and Beastboy.

"Better stay down, Jinora," Nima advised as she continued to stand guard over her Digidestined.

Jinora nodded, watching Chili's defense in awe.

The Beast Digimon threw herself into the battle with a sort of primal fury that was a wonder to see. She scattered Koemon with each swipe of her paws as Beastboy vaulted over the sofa to throw himself at the big shaggy ape Digimon who simply snarled and backhanded him out of the way. He slammed back into the sofa and flopped behind it.

With six green monkeys crawling all over her it seemed Chili's new evolution wouldn't be enough on it's own.

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