“This looks good,” the cultured voice remarked
as he raised the clawed hand. “digital field come
forth!”

The typical energy lanced upwards and returned
to earth, exploding in a thick fog. “There now.
It should be soon.”

<><><>

“Lopmon, I don’t think they’re gonna allow you
to come to school with me anymore,” Eric said,
pulling on his orange vest. “The school suffered
enough damage when that digital field showed
up the last time.”

“I’ll just pretend I’m a stuffed animal like I 
always am.” Lopmon said. “C’mon, lemme 
come along! I’ll get weak if I don’t come along.”

Eric sighed. “Okay, but you’re riding in the
backpack. There’s too many people and dad
almost found out that I was toting a digimon to
school.”

“What about Sharmamon or Labramon? Why
do I have to be a secret from your folks while
they can do anything they want?” Lopmon asked,
pouting.

“Because Lopmon, the fact is that they were
caught bringing them home. Labramon can
pass off as a pet dog while Sharmamon does
his ‘guy in a suit’ routine that seems to fool
everybody.” Eric sighed. “I don’t want to
make them worry if possible.”

“Oh I see.” Lopmon leapt to his head as he
drooped over it. “Lets go then.”

<><><>

Two clawed hands reached out as Jullie 
whipped around. “Who’s there?”

Nothing.

Jullie calmed her breathing. “It’s nothing. Just
the wind. I hope.”

As the neared the school, a icy chill came over
her. Shivering, she turned the corner, only to
find that the school had been totally covered
in ice. “Oh no, what happened?” she asked
one of the students who were at the front of the
gates.

“I don’t know,” he replied. “I came here this
morning for class and the whole place is totally
frozen over.”

Jullie nodded as she handed him her backpack.
“I’ll see if I can get the doors open. I’m sure
the city can replace the locks.”

Marching up to the school, she grabbed the
handle and started to pull. She tugged harder
and harder. With a loud crack like a gunshot,
the door ripped off it’s hinges. Jullie let it fall
to the ground in shock, the metal plate slamming
on the ground. “The ice must have made the
door brittle.”

She turned to the students and said, “It’s okay,
the door is open!”

Suddenly, two hands reached out and dragged
her inside the school as she screamed. The kids
screamed in fear as they ran away. The front
door covered itself in ice.

<><><>

Digital Diaries : Adventures 2003

written by Shaun Garin

authorized by Lord Archive, set in his Digimon Series,
Red Digivice Diaries/War Diaries

<><><>

File 06 : Fallen Ice

Eric turned the corner. “Sheesh, what’s with the
air today? It’s in the middle of... huh?!” He stared
at the school, now with snow in the middle of the
track and piled up in drifts along the sides of the
school. “What is going on here? It looks like
someone was playing with a snow maker!”

Eric walked up to the door and looked at the
now frozen into the ground metal door. “Wow,
the door too? It must be less than minus twenty
in there!”

Knocking at the sheet of ice, Lopmon popped
his head out of the backpack. “Want me to
try and blast my way in?”

“Good idea. The ice is too thick for me to
break.” Eric said, stepping back.

Lopmon leapt out, opened its mouth and called
out, “Blazing Ice!” The projectile smashed
against the ice wall, kicking up shards of ice and
a cloud of snow. When it settled, there was a
small hole in the middle of it. “I’ll try again.
Blazing Ice!”

Eric watched. Suddenly, he heard a thudding
sound. Looking up, he saw Jullie pounding at 
the window of one of the classrooms. “Jullie!” 
he shouted. “What are you doing in there?”

Suddenly, Jullie screamed, a faint sound that
echoed through the windows as two clawed
hands pulled her back. Eric’s eyes widened
as he turned to Lopmon. “Keep blasting!
There’s a monster inside with Jullie!”

“Gotcha! Blazing Ice, Blazing Ice, Blazing Ice!”

The barrage continued for a long moment
before the whole doorway caved in, revealing
a icy hallway and dense mist. Lopmon sat 
down, panting. “I’m pooped.”

“You did great Lopmon.” Eric put on his ski
goggles. “Now lets get moving.”

“Not without us.” Eric turned to see Raine,
Lee and their digimon with them. They had
just come for school when the sight of Eric’s
digimon blasting away at a frozen door
made them stop. Lee shook his head. “You 
need backup. Whatever is in there had the 
power to freeze this whole place.”

“Thanks guys, that means a lot.”

“I’m coming too.” The group turned to see
Bones step out of the bushes, brushing off
snow from his pants. “You need a doctor if
Jullie is injured in any way. And I’m well
versed in keeping digimon healthy.”

Eric smiled. “Thanks Bones.”

“What were you doing here?” Raine asked.

“Monitoring the school.” Bones checked his 
watch. “We have two hours before I have to 
leave. We’d better make this quick.” With 
that, he walked to point and took out the 
tricorder, scanning for lifesigns. “This way,” 
he said, pointing to the stairs.

‘Hold on Jullie, I’m coming for you,’ Eric
vowed as he ran up the stairs, careful not
to slip and fall.

Bones stopped at an intersection before he
scowled at the tricorder. “The signal is now
coming from the gym.” He descended the 
stairs as he cleared away the mists with one 
hand.

As they reached the doors, Eric gasped.
“It’s frozen solid as well!”

“Let us handle the door,” Raine said as her
digivice beeped.

“Labramon evolve!” her form changed to a 
grid as she was entombed with light, her
skin ripping off and reskinned into ivory and
gold colors. The light exploded, revealing a 
large white and gold beast digimon. 
“Shiisamon!”

“Tiidiya!” The spirits raced forth and blasted
the door inwards.

“All right!” Eric ran into the gym and screeched
to a halt. “Jullie!”

Jullie was in the embrace of two white leathery
wings that belonged to a white demon like
digimon. He looked up and smirked. “Well
now, this is a surprise.”

“Let her go!” Lee demanded. “Who are you
anyway?”

“I am Ice Devimon,” he replied. “And no, I
will not let this girl go. She is to be my daughter,
the heir to my power. No one will stop me, not
even you pesky chosen children!”

“We’ll just see about that! Sharmamon!” Lee
called out, holding out his digivice.

“Sharmamon evolve!” His form tore off into the
grid as he was entombed with light. He was
then changed into a short squat red and tan ninja
digimon as the light exploded off. “Ninjamon!”

Ninjamon leapt up and threw several stars. “Iga
Style Shurinken Throw!”

The shurinken bounced off the demons skin as
he smirked, his eyes glowing. “Zero Freeze!”

Ninjamon dodged the attack which froze a 
section of the basketball nets. “He’s strong!”

“Tiidiya!” Shiisamon howled, the blue flame
spirits racing forth. They were neatly batted
away.

“He’s too strong, even for both of them! Eric,
you’ve got to evolve Lopmon!” Lee called out.

“Right. Lopmon, are you ready?”

Lopmon nodded as he leapt off his head, the
familiar light and grid washing over him. “Lopmon
evolve!” His grid expanded and changed, red
and brown fur covering his body as the energy
exploded off of him. “Wendigomon!”

Landing, he shot out his arm. “Club Arm!” The
fist bashed Ice Devimon in the chin as he flew
back from the impact. Jullie stood there, her
eyes still blank, devoid of emotion as Shiisamon
caught her fainting form and left the battle scene.

Ice Devimon stood up, wiping blue blood from
his mouth. “Good, but not good enough. Frost
Claw!” One of his arms lanced down in a cutting
blade which Wendigomon dodged, rolling back.

His upper torso shot up, revealing weapon pods
where his ribs where. “Destroyed Voice!” The
multiple weapons fire slammed into Ice Devimon
as he followed up with both fists in a Club Arm
attack.

Ice Devimon faltered under the attacks, heaving
and coughing. “Imputent digimon, who do you
think you are?”

“Not a friend of yours,” Wendigomon replied,
extending his weapons again. “Destroyed Voice!”

Ice Devimon cried out as he was knocked back
into the wall where he laid there, coughing. “Very
good... good... but the damage has already been
done.”

Eric looked up from where he was helping Bones
tend to Jullie. “Huh? What do you mean?”

“He means he infected Jullie,” Bones said seriously.
“He implanted his data into her. I don’t know what
could happen.”

“I’ll tell you what can and will happen,” Ice
Devimon sneered. “She will become my heir. A
human with the power of a champion level digimon,
and your greatest threat ever. At first, she will have
a power of a champion. Then, a perfection. Finally,
an ultimate. She will be unstoppable.”

Raine brushed back a bit of Jullie’s hair. “Can it
be removed?”

Bones shook his head. “I don’t know how. I never
came across a case like this before.”

“It’s too late.” Ice Devimon stood up as his hand
formed into the blade. “She is MINE.”

“You... you BASTARD!” Eric screamed.
“WENDIGOMON!”

“DESTROYED VOICE!”

Ice Devimon had no time to scream as he was
blown into data. Eric’s eyes watered as the room
changed back to normal as he slumped to the
ground, sobbing. Raine enfolded her arms around
him as she rocked him. “It’s okay, we’ll find a
cure.”

Lee felt a twinge of jealousy but shoved it down.
This was no time to feel like that, he berated himself.

<><><>

“Is she going to be okay?” Eric asked as the
paramedics placed her in the ambulance.

“A bit of frostbite, and a chance of the flu, nothing
serious. On the other hand, we have that viral data
to tend to, and she’s unconscious.” Bones rubbed 
the bridge of his nose. “I’ll be going kids. I have to 
attend classes.” He left silently as Raine supported 
Eric on her shoulder.

“We’ll find a way, Eric,” she said as he nodded.
“We’ll find a way to purge Ice Devimon’s data
from her body.”

“But will it be too late?” Lee asked, voicing the
question they all had in their minds.

The ambulance left the school as the three kids
trudged into the school, their minds focused on
the previous battle, and things to come.

<><><>

Journal Entry - Third week of April

Today was the longest day of my life... at least,
that’s how it felt like.

I always looked forward to battling digimon. It
made me feel alive, like there was a connection
between myself and Lopmon.

But when I saw Jullie in trouble today, I could
only feel rage.

I had never killed before, and I never intended to
do so. But when Ice Devimon stood before us,
laughing, taunting, Jullie, lying motionless on the
ground, I realized that I wanted him dead.

Wendigomon killed him. No... more like *I* killed
him.

It was my order. And frankly, I would have killed
him again if he ever tried to return.

All we can do now is hope for Jullie to recover
on her own. Bones and Carter did the best they
could. Now, it’s up to her.

<><><>

Authors notes : Ooh, set up.

The effects of the viral data inside Jullie will
come out later. It’s just a matter of time.

Coming up - Digital Adventures 2003 : File 07
Unknown Hunter - When the kids find that
someone else has beaten them to a digital field,
and it’s not one of the elder chosen, will a single
clue lead them to the unknown hunter?