Time to wakey wakey!

Kevin let out a heavy sigh as he walked in to hear Hadon fantasizing about destroying everything in sight again. He always did get wistfully violent at the mention of Suzaku. Poor bastard, Kevin thought. "I really don't want to have clean up another one of your messes. Remember what happened in the Torrent Swamplands? Don't need a repeat of that," Kevin said, walking over to the fridge and taking out a beer bottle. Popping the cap off with his thumb, Kevin sat on the couch next to Hadon. He took a sip, then elbowed him in the ribs. "And stop calling me Kay Kay." Wyatt, in the meantime had perched himself up in the rafters and fashioned himself a little swing chair from his strings. He just kicked back and watched the show happen before him.

Kevin continued to drink his beer and set the empty bottle down on the table. "Alright, then. Let's get down to it. Been a while since I did this. Not since Geoff. Wonder whatever happened to him since he left? Oh, well. Down to business." As he spoke he got off the couch and walked over to the bedroom where Taru was laying. He removed the satchel from his jacket and sat in a chair by her bedside. He then lifted her left arm and pushed her sleeve up over her shoulder. Removing the cap from one of the needles with his teeth, he inserted the syringe into the muscle of her left shoulder and pressed down on the plunger, sending the serum coursing into her bloodstream. The effect should wake her up, but all the others had been conscious for their infusions, so who knew what would happen. Maybe she'd just wake up stronger in the morning? Whatever. Kevin then stood up and shook out his sleeves to get comfortable.

"Well, that's that. Now we wait. Wanna play chess or something? Got nothing else scheduled for today," Kevin said, walking back to where Hadon was. He would ignore Taru until she woke up.

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For the most part, the small girl appeared to be out like a light the whole walk to civilization. Except for the occasional groan when she was moved, she wouldn't move or talk to them, let alone hear either of the two's conversations. On occasion, if they even bothered to pay attention, they would hear her whisper something akin to her brother's name before once again going quiet. Once she was placed on the softness of the bed was when they seemed to have gotten the biggest response from her since she had fallen asleep. Almost by instinct upon feeling something soft and warm under her, Taru would stretch out, hands finding a pillow and quickly hugging it tightly to her chest. Afterwards, her body would relax and she would continue to sleep.

Until she felt a pinprick in her left arm. The shot of DDNA would surge through her, already starting to pull the girl out of her dream. The two older men would hear a small groan come from the bedroom, a noise so very akin to a child not wanting to wake up. But her body was setting off an internal alarm, the DDNA shot quickly waking up her tired muscles. As her eyes opened, she stared straight out towards the living room, body not wanting to move. She groaned again and rolled back over, attempting to go back to sleep.

Her mind replayed her latest memories and as it wandered backwards, Taru would suddenly realize something: This was not, in every way, her home. this would make the girl suddenly sit up with a small gasp, looking back towards the bedroom door. Running her fingers over some of her skin, she groaned at feeling the dried mud sticking to her. She definitely needed a shower. The girl slowly got up, moving as quietly as she could towards the doorway. She peeked through it to see who had brought her here, curious if it was the same men as before.

Hadon laid down on the couch, resting his head on Shade. "I don't like chess....being undefeated for my entire life is boring." Hadon said. Shade looked at Hadon and arched his brow, "Could you kindly remove your head from my lap?" Shade asked. "No, you're like a massive pillow of fluff." He said. Shade shook his head, "It must be fun, looking at the world through your eyes." Shade said, "Immensely." Hadon added, he sensed Taru approaching and raised his head to look at the door. "Good morning, did you know you sleep talk a lot?" Hadon said, he got up from Shade and sat upright. "So, how do you feel? Healthy? Deathly? Hungry? Damn....I could go for a taco right now." Hadon said rubbing his stomach. "You hate tacos." Shade said, Hadon took his finger and brought it to Shade's mouth touching his lips. "Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh........don't mock the taco..." He said, Shade became annoyed and threw an uppercut to Hadon's chin causing him to make an inaudible noise and flip over the back of the couch. "You made me bite my tooooooongue...." Hadon said from behind it. Shade looked at Taru, "Are you going to hide in there all day or are you going to join us like a normal house guest?" Shade asked.

Kevin watched on in silence as Hadon and Shade bickered. He sensed that Taru was awake, but remained silent until they stopped messing around. As Shade knocked Hadon over the couch, Wyatt began to laugh his wooden ass off from his perch in the rafters, in his cackle of a laugh. He then cleared his throat and looked down at Taru, however he did not speak. Kevin spoke up first, addressing Hadon first.

"Everything you need for a taco is in the fridge, and you know it. So shut up and go make one. Anyway, down to business. Welcome back to the land of the living, Taru. It seems you have survived. How do you feel now, indeed? We are quite curious. Wyatt, help our shy guest in, will you?" Kevin looked up at his partner and smirked.

"With pleasure, Kevin!" Wyatt said. Without even moving from his makeshift swing, Wyatt launched some strings at Taru from his fingers and wrapped them around her. Giving a yank, he pulled the girl into the middle of the room in front of everyone and let go, making sure that she kept her balance the whole way and did not fall during the pulling. What happens after he lets go is not his problem. "There you go. One mail order Taru, freshly injected and ready for your needs!" Wyatt said, chuckling to himself. Kevin threw his beer bottle at him in retort to his wisecracking. Despite that, he would just sit back on the couch and stare Taru down at this point.

Taru felt a chill run down her spine as the older of the two humans called out upon sensing that Taru was awake. Apparently, her hiding spot didn't help her at all when around this group. She carefully moved to peak around the doorway, watching as Hadon asked her how she was. Before she could even answer, the Digimon (whom she assumed was his partner) and him started to banter towards each other. It soon became a tad violent and the uppercut made Taru wince and hide behind the wall.

She would silently listen as the silver haired man spoke. Upon hearing her name again, she moved to look back out. Before she knew it, Taru felt thin strings wrap around her body, making the mud crack as it applied pressure to the thin layer. A small yelp would be heard from the girl as she was practically forced forward, nearly tripping over herself (although Wyatt made sure she wouldn't hit the floor). She wobbled slightly as the strings released her but she stayed standing. Redness was in his cheeks at what the puppet said and, suddenly, she felt like a child being the center of attention.

There was something foreboding about these to. She felt so small around them, like some powerful energy was constantly radiated around them. A hand came to grip her under arm, nails scratching at the mud on her skin. "Y-You didn't have to pull me..." Hazel eyes glanced towards the two and she breathed in before letting out a sigh. "And I'm okay, I guess... I could really use a shower. But... Where am I? And... What do you mean by 'freshly injected'?" She had an idea of what they meant but she still wanted to be sure. Her memories were still slowly being recovered from the rather harsh ordeal she had went through.

Hadon slowly rose his head above the couch after being uppercut by Shade, he cleared the blood from his lips after biting his tongue and cleared his throat. "You're in our safe house, we are part of a guild called Genesis. I can't say anymore then that because we're not even supposed to exist. We're kind of like super heroes that protect the world from the shadows. As for being freshly injected, we messed with your DNA by merging it with DDNA....Digimon DNA. In other words, you're now partially a digimon. The DDNA will empower your digisoul and turn it into a weapon for your own protection. It now has the ability to harm digimon and protect you against conventional weapons. So congratulations, you're now super human." Hadon said jumping back onto the couch. "If you concentrate on your digisoul, you should be able to feel it. You can summon it forth and bind it to your sword so that it can harm digimon." Shade added. "Yes, also the shower is in the bathroom just behind us. I don't know if Kay Kay paid the water bill thought, may not have hot water....I could always send Shade in there with you to keep the water warm." Hadon offered, Shade glared at Hadon, "Why the hell would I do that!? Even if I could do what you're saying!? You pervert!!" Shade send standing up and stomping on Hadon's head into the couch to which it snapped in two. Shade let out a sigh and looked at Taru, "There is plenty of hot water...I apologize for my idiot of a partner." Shade said. Hadon's legs were twitching as they stuck out of the destroyed couch.

Kevin stood up calmly milliseconds before the couch snapped beneath him, as if he knew it was going to happen. "Yeah, I didn't have to pull you. We didn't have to save you, either, so quit bitching. Go shower and get dressed with whatever you find in Hadon's dresser. Should be a dress or two in there." He gave Hadon a sideways grin as Wyatt cackled from his perch. "Just make it fast, will ya? We don't have all day. I want to be gone before he gets here. He just arrived at the embassy. Nosy relatives annoy me." Kevin walked over to an undestroyed chair and kicked back in it, folding his left foot over his right knee.


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The more eccentric of the two humans was the one to answer all her questions, nonchalantly of all things. He listed off the answers like there wasn't a care in the world and part of her wondered how many times he had to explain these things to other people. Was she not the only one these two ended up taking for themselves? She wasn't well versed on the guilds of W.A.D.A but part of her knew these two weren't W.A.D.A, especially since she had never heard of one called Genesis. The part of the DDNA made Taru look down at her open palm, closing and opening it like she was tested her strength with the simple gesture. Her brother had gotten those same injections. A small smile came to her lips at the thought of her seeing him again...and possibly finally beating him in a spar. She would have giggles at the thought if it wasn't for the crackling of wood as the couch seemed to snap like a twig under the power of Shade's stomp. She winced again at seeing Hadon stuck in the wreckage. Although she didn't voice her concern. She was quickly learning that this was how they all interacted. She only hoped that they wouldn't do that to her. Part of her knew she'd snap like a twig if they even touched her with the intent of hurting her.

"It's okay... He's...kind of funny." A small smile came to her lips at the compliment towards Hadon. When she was rushed by the other male, she quickly made her way to the bathroom. "Yes, yes sorry." She'd peek from behind the door of the shower before quietly saying to them all. "Thank you...for saving me... Id be dead without you guys so... Thank you... Again..." With that, the door was shut and she'd turn on the shower to let the water warm up before stripping her clothes as fast as she could.The dry mud crackled as it was forced to move but once all her dirty clothes were off, she'd immediately jump into the shower. The girl would scrub every inch of her body, muddy water and dirt flowing down the drain with each step. As she washed her hair (which took the longest), her mind wandered to the past few hours. She remembered scraping herself up but there wasn't a scratch on her skin. That must have been the DigiSoul taking effect, protected her from any injury.

Her mind pondered about her two savors, seemingly analyzing what they had said to her. Who were these people? Genesis? Shouldn't exist? It wracked her brain and after quite a while, she'd realize how long she had been in. It had to be past her usual 30 minute mark so she quickly turned off the water and grabbed a towel from the rack.

It was at that moment that she noticed she didn't have another pair of clothes. Anything on her bag most likely got soaked and dirty in that muddy trap she had fallen in. Wrapping her towel around her body, she carefully opened up the door to look out, hair falling to the side and dripping water onto the floor. "U-Um... Do you have any clothes? All of mine are dirty..."

Hadon was standing looking out a window when Taru made her way out of the shower, "U-Um... Do you have any clothes? All of mine are dirty." She asked them. Shade was meditating and looked at Taru, "Ask yourself this, do you think that a group of four men...two of which are digimon...would have women's clothing just lying around?" He said. "Despite what Kevin said, Hadon actually doesn't have dresses anywhere." He added. Hadon turned around sort of half smiling, "Actually that isn't entirely true." He spoke up which caused Shade to arc a brow at Hadon. "There is clothing in the guest room we left you in, they uh...belonged to someone...I had to leave behind. Someone...I was hoping to meet here..." Hadon sounded disappointed but perked up rather quickly, "You can help yourself, you two seem to have the same measurements but it might help me know for sure if you take that towel off." Hadon said smiling. Almost immediately Shade leaped across the room with a flying dropkick, sending Hadon into the wall. "You know damn well you can check her measurements a different way!!" Shade yelled. "I....was......joking...." Hadon said from the hole in the wall. Hadon climbed out of the hole with a massive lump on his head. "Anyway....you two are very close in stature so take your pick. It's quite the variety, I'm sure you'll find something to your liking." He said clearing his throat. Shade eyed his partner, he had no idea that Hadon had been keeping some of Ari's things. The sole human being he had ever cared deeply about was ripped from his life a few years ago, Hadon never wallowed or wept for her. He hadn't even grieved in small ways so to hear this now, was certainly surprising. "If you don't like any of the clothing choices, you're free to wander in your birthday suit." Hadon said, earning him a swift punch to the back of his head sending him violently into the ground below shaking the home. "Seems like I was prematurely edifying you in my mind! You damn pervert!" Shade yelled. "I..........was............joking........" Hadon said.

Kevin sat back in his hair with his arms crossed. He of course knew about Hadon's unrelenting love for and missing of poor Ari. The fact that he brought some of her belongings helped humanize him in Kevin's mind. But even he hadn't expected him to actually allow another to wear her clothes. He remained silent on the matter. It wasn't his place to question it. However, it did show that maybe Hadon was developing a soft spot for this new girl instead. Kevin chuckled aloud at the thought, though to others it would appear that he was laughing at Shade once again punching Hadon.

Once the new dust settled, Kevin cleared his throat and stood. "Taru, I suggest that you hurry and get dressed. Hadon and I must leave before things get worse for Tatsu. We can't really get involved with that. Since you now know about us, I strongly recommend that you come with us." As if on cue, Wyatt jumped down from his perch and glared at Taru, as if he was preparing to grab her. Kevin snapped his fingers, however, and Wyatt stood down, moving instead to stand beside his partner. Behind Kevin's back, Wyatt took his thumb, placed it in his metal nose, and wiggles his fingers at Taru. Kevin seemed to somehow know what he was doing and gave him a sideways glance.

"Regardless, we must move quickly. Hadon and I have....somewhere else to be." Kevin definitely seemed to be commanding the room at this point, and was not messing around.

Taru was taken aback by Shade's response to her question and she was about to intervene herself, stating how she had no problem wearing men clothes, before Hadon spoke up and defended her case. Once she got the confirmation that there was clothes in the guest room, she spoke a soft 'thank you' to them before quickly moving across the living room as Shade sent Hadon flying with a dropkick. She was careful to not drop the towel as she did and carefully closed the door behind her as she silently listened to them talk while going through the clothes in the room.

She was quick to find a suitable outfit for herself and, as she changed, she listened to what Kevin was saying through the door. She wasn't able to catch every word but what did stick out to her was her brother's name: 'Tatsu.' How did he know that name? As she changed, she tried to think back to what information she had told the two. There was no way she mentioned Tatsu in the little time she was conscious. So how did he know that name?

Once she was dressed and content, she walked out of the room, her mud-soaked backpack in one hand and the towel in the other. "I'm ready I'm ready... Don't worry. But... Kevin... How did you know my brother's name? And if you who he is... Can't I go home with him? My family's probably worried, you know..."

Hadon stood up dusting himself off, "Ari's outfit fit's you nicely." He complimented, Shade crossed his arms and leaned against the wall. "Tatsu is your twin isn't he? He works for W.A.D.A. according to his file." Hadon said walking over to her, "Seems like a boring fellow." Hadon added. He approached Taru and put his hand on her shoulder, "Listen, we saved you and gave you power beyond your wildest dreams...but the problem is what my partner says...we technically don't exist. So if you leave you have to promise not to mention a word to anyone about us or Genesis." Hadon said with a smile, it was hard to tell if there was malice behind his words. "Your other option Taru, is to come with Kevin and I and let us show you what it is we actually do behind the scenes....and it isn't sex!" He said. Shade nearly fell over, "You just couldn't resist, could you?" Shade said. Hadon chuckled, "I'm just joshing, but seriously...you've been given a rare opportunity to see what Genesis is. We have a mission much larger then any single organization. Before I tell you more, you have to agree to join us. Any information regarding Genesis is for members only." Hadon said turning and walking towards Kevin. "You don't have to decide right this second, but we actually do have somewhere to be...in a metaphorical sense." Hadon said. Shade sighed, "I still haven't sensed any temporal disturbances anywhere so we have a little time."

Kevin looked Taru up and down and began having flashbacks to Gaia. He hadn't seen that outfit on anyone in a long time. Taru and Ari had similar body's and matched almost curve for curve, so if it wasn't for Taru's blonde hair to contrast Ari's brown, they could have been twins. Kevin felt himself beginning to blush and shook himself off. Clearing his throat again, he tried to resume his commanding presence. "Yes, we know about Tatsu and his job as a nurse on the Tartarus. I have it from a....let's just call it a very reliable source, that he is having quite a bad day right now. He left the base to look for you, and may very well get mugged if not worse in a matter of minutes. As I said, however, Hadon and I have more pressing matters than a robbery of some insignificant nurse, so we are leaving. Feel free to run to him, but even with your new power there is little you could do alone to save him. His fate is basically sealed. So once again, I strongly recommend that you come with us. You can visit Tatsu in the hospital later, if he makes it there. However, if you do go to him, you risk your own safety. Should you make it through and speak of Genesis, we will know. And it will not go smoothly for you. The choice is yours."

During this speech, Wyatt shuffled himself and checked on his hammer weapon, making sure it was properly loaded. He did not speak.