The House Always Wins - Part 1 (Giygas/Shyguy)

[Giygas]

The streets of Terabyte were as busy as always. Digimon and humans alike making their way through the main hubs and alleys of the city, ignoring vendors and beggars along the way. That wasn't the case for the feline who appeared to suddenly materialize in a deserted part of town. Or at least it seemed so. The buildings looked a bit worn down, windows barred and if one could look part the dust and moss growing out of the walls, it would appear bullet wounds would riddle most structures. Ahead laid what seemed to be a large, deserted compound. Giygas gave a soft sigh, turning to his meatbag companion for now, adjusting a glove as he did.


"... Stay cool."

The feline would divert his attention to the compound once more, holding a claw above an open paw, a hologram, miniature mock up of the building ahead appearing to hover above it. A red point would be highlighter in the middle of the first floor with the words "entrance" floating below it. At the same time, Giygas would suddenly flinch, the hologram vanishing as the cat would stagger backwards.

"Ughh... what is that idiot... well, what the hell am I doing now? Ah... the tournament, of course." He'd mumble, pondering to himself for a moment, an awkward silence following. "It looks like there's a tournament in Triton city right now... and I'm also there. Well, part of me, I can see everything as it's happening. Though it seems like I've eaten too much cotton candy and now I get to feel that stomach ache... but not any of the sugary goodness... ugh, Giygas can be an ass at times. I'm severing communications."

The cat would boldly declare before his mechanical eye would blink a bright red for a few moments. He'd stretch his neck a bit, followed by a toothy yawn. He seemed a bit out of it for a few moment before he would suddenly jolt back into reality.

"O-oh... I can't cut him off, he's not accepting... but luckily our nanites repaired the damage already, well... I guess things should be fine. We're basically going to sneak into that compound to 'train'. I'll be your Digimon and you'll be my tamer if anyone asks. The sentries are only set to ignore tamers. What we need to do is sneak in and retrieve some parts. See, under that building an old lab of mine is hidden, but the 12 know about it and without a doubt guard it. Luckily, I have some tricks up my sleeve... now, go forward... and act casual. Also, don't freak out."

Suddenly, a bright, red light would run across the feline from head to toe, his form changing into that of a regular black Gatomon in mere seconds, a rather wide grin stretching across his muzzle. His ability to reconfigure his data to appear as something else was as useful as ever, though his weight remained the same. Still, instead of his voice having a deep, metallic and somewhat eerie hue to it, along with what seemed like an echo, it was now normal, and somewhat more high pitched. His fur would feel soft, unlike the previous steel wool feel it had and his abnormally hot body seemed to cool down, but under that guise he was still InvidiGatomon, or rather; Giygas.

"Optic camouflage, pretty nifty, eh? My own invention. Now go." He would park, pointing a claw forward as he would tap his foot with impatiens. There was always time to boast, however.

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[Hamelin Herriot]

Despite his constant assurances, Hamelin, or rather, Gepetto, wasn't nervous at all. In fact, the possessed man seemed rather eager to get to work. Though when the cat suddenly flinched back, he looked on in confusion, quickly picking up what he was saying as a small grin appeared on his face. "Multiple bodies huh? Interesting. I wonder how someone like me can get in on that?" he murmured to himself. Just imagine it. Gepetto controlling multiple bodies at once. But that was a goal for another time. Right now, they needed to get into that compound, find Giygas' lab, and then find these 'spare parts' that he was talking about.

"Oh, don't worry about me," Gepetto replied with a sickening smirk, "It's not skin off my nose if this body bites it. I'll just jump into another one. One hopefully better than this feeble meat sack. Seriously, how can humans tolerate being so weak? No wonder someone like Ham Ham had such a crappy life." Though Hamelin's consciousness was tucked away in the back of his mind, Gepetto had full access to the young man's memories, and man did his life suck. Being possessed by Gepetto was probably the best thing to happen to the kid. He was finally of use to someone. Even if it was just as a temporary body. As Giygas took on the form of a regular Gatomon, Gepetto's smirk widened. "You're just full of surprises aren't you?"

As they approached the compound, Gepetto kept an eye out for any of the 'sentries' that Giygas had mentioned. Nothing yet. Then again, this building wasn't really something they would care too much about, if they were able to simply walk in. No, the laboratory underground would have all the security. It would just be that little bit easier if they got in without alerting anyone first. And then, they were in Giygas' territory.

The compound itself wasn't anything spectacular. The place was essentially a hollow shell, just like the rest of the buildings in the area. What it was used for, Hamelin didn't know, and didn't care. No wonder the sentries wouldn't keep tamers out of here. Nobody would have guessed the treasure trove underneath this place. "So, here's what I'm thinking," Gepetto spoke, keeping his voice low so that only Giygas could hear, "We do a little 'training', throw some attacks around, and if we just so happen to 'accidently' blast a way into the lab, well, it's not our fault now is it? And if any sentries have a problem with that..." His face took on a psychotic grin, "Well, accidents do happen in training after all."

Giygas

[Giygas]

Giygas shot an unimpressed glare at the human, or Digimon, or whatever that guy was supposed to be, giving him what seemed to start off as a shrug but quickly shifted to an awkward cough.

"I don't think you could handle it."

Splitting ones core was an incredibly hard, not to mention unstable, process. Most cores would dissolve upon the slightest fragmentation, but thanks to Alastor, as well as the blade Giygas had managed to pull this off. Yet, it wasn't without drawbacks even then. Still, there was no time to dwell on that now.

The feline wouldn't exactly reply as his escort would try to play down his tamer or something along the lines, instead being more interested in running a paw against the walls of the abandoned builind, almost as if feeling for something. In a sense, the Digimon was now this... Ham-Ham, meaning that it was him who had the crappy life now, but Giygas didn't feel like chiming in to point that out just yet. It was better to not get attached at this point anyway. Especially given that he didn't expect the flesh bag to walk out of there alive.

Of course, then came the needlessly complicated plan suggestion, causing the cat to grunt. True, that would mask their actions up until entry, but at the same time it would cause everyone currently guarding the lab to be on alert, possibly due to fear of an attack or collateral damage. They only had to worry about the sentries once they entered the lab anyway.

"Ugh, well, we could do that, but at the same time, that would most likely result in the setnires instantly knowing we're here. How about you just... go on an adventure and open that hatch, then I'll follow as your companion, and so long as we show no aggression we should be fine! You just have to go and... um, talk to them while I sneak around."

Giygas struggled to keep a straight face through that, but with any luck the boy would make it out alive. If not, then at least his distraction and possibly violent death would serve as to better this world. A win win situation, really. Giygas might even reward him if he survived. Eventually, a hatch, seemingly laying in plain sight would be revealed as the cat kicked a carpet away.

"There we go... open that up."

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[Hamelin Herriot]

Ok, so the whole 'accidentally blowing their way into the lab wasn't the way to go. But Gepetto really didn't expect that they could simply just walks in without any interference.

Then Giygas found the hatch and it really did seem like that was the case. Really? THAT was how the twelve were hiding the entrance? Under a carpet? No sentries guarding the room or anything? Sure, this was a dangerous place and he shouldn't let his guard down, but if these 'sentries' turned out to be weaklings, than toppling the Olympus Twelve would be no problem at all. Taking a quick look to make sure nobody was around (still nobody. Man, security was LAX here), he pulled open the hatch, revealing a ladder going down. He slowly began to lower himself down the ladder.

And down.

And down.

And dow-HOW LONG WAS THIS LADDER!?

Seriously, no wonder they didn't put any security. Anyone who tried to get in here would probably fall off the ladder from exhaustion and be killed by the fall. Thankfully, SOMEHOW Gepetto made it to the bottom. He took a look around, a ling, dimly lit tunnel leading into the blackness. Curse humans and their lack of good light vision.

"One hell of a deep sewer here," Gepetto murmured. He hoped Giygas would catch on that he was only acting, saying this sort of stuff just in case anyone was listening. Make it seem like a tamer and his partner accidentally wandering into the place. "Let's go check it." He started walking slowly, easily giving Giygas the chance to take the lead. He knew this place after all.

[Despair Sister]

It was supposed to be an ordinary day at work, you know the type where you check in during the morning, do the trivial and often boring work and then in the evening just check out, go home and chill till the next day. Of course it was meant to be the same for the patrol of three Commandramons, armed with their rifles as they walked along the sewers beneath the compound, just a simple uneventful patrol.


"Yo, ya heard about what happened in Triton city?"


One of the Commandramon addressed the rest of his unit, rifle slung over his shoulder while the other ones nodded their heads in response.


"Duh, heard some idiots got themselves blown up while trying to 'retrieve' a dead-man-walking. Glad we're just sewer patrolling."


Of course, sewer patrols while boring were rarely dangerous, aside from the occasional Sukamon or Numemon that made his way into the sewers. The trio continued their idle chattering as suddenly the sound of a loud thud came from near one of corridors, right around the corner in fact.


"Got to be shitting me, not that giant Sukamon again?"


The one taking the lead groaned in annoyance, grabbing his riffle as he prepared to head toward the corner. Whatever Gepetto and Giygas had been planning, they'd best act fast before their presence would be discovered!


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Three armed Commandramon heading your way~

[Giygas]

The feline slid down the stairs effortlessly, trying not too look too bored, but in reality he wanted to get this over with so he could get back to work. It was like needing to scratch an itch only you were in a straight jacked and old spaop opera episodes were playing on repeat on a black and white tv nearby and... The Gatomon paused, bringing a paw to his chin. "I guess this was meant to make more sense, but I'm kind of tired and... hang on, am I narrating my own thoughts? Or that one of the other cores? Oh, wait, no, this is me. Huh, weird. Haven't had my head clear in ages. Ughh...I feel like I gained weight lately, but I'm not really sure how or how to lose it even. The workload is kind of stressing me out too. I mean, I could talk about it with this guy but I guess I am talking about it with myself right now which in my case is valid because myself could apply to at least three others, so technically this qualifies as a conversation, though it's a monologue. Ok, these are defiantly not my thoughts..."

Giygas realized he had been standing still, pondering for at least two minutes, his thoughts getting jumbled with another core, prompting him to slap himself once, somewhat scolding the other. It was then when one of his ears twitched, head rising as he would narrow his eyes straight ahead. Two... no three, three Digimon approached. This would be easier if he would increase the power in his mech eye, but a soft scan reveled they were Commandramon. Nothing too bad. He's raise a finger, beckoning the flesh bag closer.



"Haha, it feels so nice to be able to live in this wonderful world created by the 12. I'm certainly glad I'm able to explore all these wonderful structures that I've been graced with. I love the Digital World, it's the number one world ever."

After that honestly moronic display, Giygas would turn his head to the side and cough awkwardly, twiddling his fingers together.

"Oh, wow, those are really nice rifles, where did you guys get them?"

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[Hamelin Herriot]

Gepetto gave Giygas a flat look, one that quite frankly said 'Wow...that is some TERRIBLE acting!'. He honestly hoped whatever sentries they came across were stupid enough to actually buy it. Well, if things went south, at least Gepetto wouldn't be the one at fault.

And then, wouldn't you know it, a trio of Commandramon, rifles in hand. Gepetto acted like anyone would when they suddenly find themselves facing a group pointing guns at them. He took a step back, raising his hands in the universal 'I mean no harm' gesture. Granted, he wasn't scared. He had Giygas with him for crying out loud, and even if this body was killed, Gepetto could always find another. But now was the time for deception. "Whoa!" he yelped, stumbling back, "Wh-What the hell is this!? Buddy! We're being mugged! Do something!" Make it look like this was all a misunderstanding. It should either cause the commandramon to back up to try and correct the situation, or give them a good excuse to fight back and delete them.

[Despair Sister]

DOWN WITH THE FOOLS!

If there was one thing that could be said about the situation right now, then it was that the Commandramon were confused as hell at the deceptive display of the two. While Giygas seemingly praised the Olympus eleven in an almost patriotic fashion the three Commandramon looked at each other in confusion.

"Did the twelve even make the Digital World?"
"Dunno, aren't there only eleven left anyway?"
"I'm smelling something fishy."

However, the comment about their rifles made the one at the front grin, raising his rifle as if he was preparing to show it off from a firing angle.

"I agree, they are pretty neat, the latest models to be exact! Dunno where they come from, our boss doesn't tell us who our suppliers are."

And then it came all raining down when Gepetto started ranting about getting mugged, one of the Commandramon glaring at the kid while unlocking the safety trigger on his rifle and shot a single bullet straight at the boy's feet, as if to warn him.

"We're no fucking thugs, we're security guards! Besides who the hell would go and mug someone in the sewers? In fact how the hell did you two even get here?!"

[ M16 ASSASSIN - fires from its assault rifle.

D C D BOMB - throws a small bomb at foes - two post cool down ]

PHARAOH LEAP.

[Giygas]

At this point, clearly agitated at his partner, Giygas would take a step back, raising both paws in defense as he'd perk his ears, putting on a somewhat shocked, but more angry expression on display.

"Woha, don't shoot! We're unarmed and outnumbered. Who knows how many of you are in this place... for whatever reason. I mean... surely it's not just you, right?"

Though it seemed like he was trying to reason with them, the feline was more interested in finding out if that was indeed all the security this place could afford. If so, he might as well dispose of them and drop that revolting act now. He'd strategically put one of his hands behind his back for now, ready to pull out his weapon if needed.

"Me and my partner are just looking to explore. We're not looking for trouble officer. We heard from a Monzaemon that some shady, cat fellow used to live here and that he was super strong, so I figured I could fight him and train!"

Of course, he was referring to himself, but he was rarely a cat and didn't live there at any point. Though, this misinformation could be attributed to grapevine and would potentially make his spiel a bit more believable. He'd crack an awkward smile for now, the edges of his mouth twitching as he fought his urge to grin.

"Man, I sure wish I had gun like that, though. So cool."

It would seem that these gun nuts were a bit too proud of their primitive weapons, so hopefully playing that would cause them to be a bit more mellow, granted the fleshbag didn't screw everything up for the 4th time since they met. Flattery could get you anywhere, after all. Giygas knew that all too well.

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[Hamelin Herriot]

Gepetto let out a yelp as the guard shot at his feet, causing him to jump. Not thugs indeed. And yet they were shooting at a 'poor defenseless tamer'. He was about to say something, but thought better of it as Giygas spoke up. Best let him handle this. After all, these guys were rookies. If they wanted, Giygas could easily dispatch them. Instead, the small feline began speaking of hearing about a powerful feline living down here. He kept himself from chuckling, instead putting on a sour expression, a response to getting shot at.

As the two talked, his mind began to come up with ways he could get back at the irritating Commandramon. The problem was, being stuck in this body made exacting revenge a bit difficult for him. Maybe there will be something in the lab he could use? If this guy was the leader of the Metal Empire, then he probably had some sort of doom cannon or something laying around. What kind of tyrant WOULDN'T have that? It was standard fare after all. But revenge would come later. Right now, he had to wait for these gun toting reptiles to leave.

[Despair Sister]

DOWN WITH THE FOOLS!

It seemed Giygas his smooth talking was working well enough, the self-proclaimed leader of the trio nodding their head firmly in agreement. Of course they didn't knew who the feline was, else they would have reacted otherwise, but for the time being they clearly felt like the advantage was in their court, a smug grin on his lips as he explained.

"Of course! Not only are there hundreds of us upstairs, but there are even Tankmon and the big three. Man, if someone was crazy enough to try to sneak into this place while those three are around... they would have a death wish!"

He laughed heartily while his two companions nodded their head in agreement. Whoever the big three were, they must had been serious business if it made the three of them so confident. Still, the talk about the Shadey cat guy made one of them exclaim with a hint of interest.

"Yeah! Heard one lived here a long time ago, in fact they found a room that belonged to him not that long ago, it's being guarded by our boss now cause they found some neat things in there."

They sure liked talking, and that was made even more evident when Giygas mentioned his interest in the guns they were wielding.

"Yeah, those rifles are pretty expensive! They might not look like it, but they are made from Huanglong ore... can you believe it? Bullets like this could tear through even a Greymon with ease!"

[ M16 ASSASSIN - fires from its assault rifle.

D C D BOMB - throws a small bomb at foes - two post cool down ]

PHARAOH LEAP.

[Giygas]

Giygas somehow doubted the credibility the Huanglongmon ore bullets, but he wouldn't argue against it. Not even he had that sort of weapon, so it was beyond unlikely they did. Even his own mixture of alloy couldn't come close to matching that. Still, his main concern was how loaded this place was. It wouldn't be an easy job by a long shot, but he might as well get started. These three were isolated and he could easily wipe them out. He'd worry about the rest later now that he knew the location of the said bunker and save his heavier rounds for that so called 'boss'.

"Wow, that's really, really, really, really interesting. What's that yellow thing, though?"

The feline would suddenly ask, pointing at seemingly nothing behind the trio. Regardless if they would turn or not, at that moment he would pull out his golden clad weapon and fire a volley against all three from point blank range, making use of his Prana and aiming skills to fire as little, yet accurate rounds as possible, not trying to attract more attention to himself. A quick assassination was all he needed right now, not to mention he could make use of those rifles himself. As he would fire, his guise would shatter instantly, leaving his true nature behind.

"CARRION!

As soon as the command was yelled, the portals would already be formed around the trio and the volley would already be heading towards them. Giygas cracked a wide grin, the one he was suppressing this entire time as he'd lick at his lips. Finally, things would get done.
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○ CARRION - Papa Eagle creates a portal near him and several smaller portals around the target before firing a barrage of energy bullets that explode on impact at the first portal, causing them to come out of one or seral of the other ones, surrounding the target with fire. A single hit won;t yield much damage, but if the opponent takes the full hit this attack can be devastating. As far as how the projectiles are being produced... survivors swear he has some sort of weapon that suddenly pops up before vanishing again.

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[Hamelin Herriot]

Gepetto cocked an eyebrow as the Commandramon harped on about their security and their weaponry. So there were about a hundred Commandramon, a Tankmon, and three others. Nothing a being like Giygas couldn't handle. But Huanglong Ore weaponry? On grunts like these? He seriously doubted it. I mean, that shit was expensive, and who would waste it on weakling like these?

He would have asked who provided the weaponry for them, but Giygas was already making his move, distracting them before attacking them head on. So much for sneaking around. Still after how they treated them, seeing this happen to them was almost therapeutic. "Guess we're dropping the act huh?"

[Despair Sister]

DOWN WITH THE FOOLS!

It appeared Giygas his attempt to ambush the trio had been a perfect success! The moment the portals emerge the Commandramon attempted to quickly raise their rifles, as if sensing a threat but by the time they aimed it was already too late. The first out of the trio had been cleanly slain, a bullet in the head making the soldier let out a pained grunt as his body exploded into a flurry of data, converting back into the form of a Digitama.

The second one was equally unlucky, the bullets piercing him to the point it was like he had turned into Swiss cheese before his body dissolved into data. However, the third one was more fortunate, having barely had enough time to raise his rifle to intercept the remaining bullets send his way, only a single stray one hitting him in the leg.

The poor soul fell onto the ground, a pained cry as he attempted to reach for a device in the pocket of his bullet-proof vest.

"Base! Base! We got-"

However, before the Commandramon could finish speaking a GIANT Sukamon landed right on top of him, seemingly too busy devouring the Commandramon and his fallen allies to care about Giygas and his companion.

"Dino Three, report! Dino Three! what is your status? Send out reinforcements! we got a situation in the sewers!"

It seemed that the base was about to send people to investigate, and with this giant Sukamon they might had a distraction for the time being, but it clearly seemed to be a bad idea to keep on lingering around!

Mutant Sukamon has appeared! This Sukamon is considered the equivalent of a Super Mega foe, but has yet to notice the duo.

[ POOP TOSS -Covers enemy in disgusting substances, will stun anyone who isn't a Mega for two rounds..

Nom Nom Nom - Will proceed to devour a single foe stunned by Poop Toss, lethal to humans! ]

PHARAOH LEAP.

[Giygas]

Giygas cracked a somewhat sly grin, surveying the damage he did as he croacked his weapon once more, pointing it at the fallen Commandramon to execute him. Though, before he could fire,. or finish admiring his ahndy work for that matter, a massive and rather foul smelling Digimon made an entrance, causing Giygas to lap backwards, staring in disbelief. A Sukamon...? One of Al's experiments? No, that wasn't his style at all. Perhaps a random Digimon that got hold of the mutagen? That could be trouble.

The feline paused, dematerialzing his weapon as he'd crack a grin for a moment. Or maybe... this was good. The Commandramon had managed to signal for help before he was devoured. That thing hasn't seen them yet either. So, it was fair to assume that a squad was likely heading their way right now. The Sukamon would likely get the blame for his work and be identified as the intruder, allowing Giygas to head straight for the lab during the commotion. If he was lucky the pile of filthy would thin out the guards before dying, making his exit all that smoother. This was a good thing.

"We're moving out."

His voice was more silent than before, almost like a whisper before he would swiftly grab the fallen radio the guard had, muting it as he did. This would let him listen in on the guard's movements, and possibly allow him to access their system if he needed to. A useful tool indeed, perhaps more useful than Ham, who sort of became obsolete the moment they were spotted. Giygas didn't dwell or look at his ally, instead opting to dart straight for the lab now, staying in the shadows, yet moving fast. Being a cat had its perks, after all.