For the Love of Family(OPEN)
Oct 21, 2020 12:54:22 GMT
Post by ricochet6-Mandrake on Oct 21, 2020 12:54:22 GMT
Mandrake sat peacefully underneath a tree just outside of a forest. A few days prior, Lothar had headed to a town roughly a few days away from the forest to do some shopping while their son LJ stayed with Mandrake. Hopping around while chasing some leaves blowing nearby, LJ giggled happily while Mandrake watched the young one play. Mandrake sensed the minds of various digimon of the forest but none of them were heading in his and LJ's location so the magician felt a sense of peace.
It seemed such serenity was sadly not meant to last as Mandrake sensed two presences approaching him and LJ. However LJ wasn't aware since he wasn't telepathic like Mandrake so he continued playing. Mandrake, however, grabbed his staff and rose to his feet. He then used his telekinesis to lift LJ unto a branch of the tree he was sitting under. Looking up at his son, who had let out a surprised squeak when lifted, he said "LJ sit still and stay quiet."
Though LJ's spoken vocabulary was small, it seemed the young one understood his parents at least sometimes and the purple Punimon grew silent as he looked down from his perch. Mandrake looked toward the forest where the approaching presences were coming from and one of the strangers came into sight revealing himself as a Reapermon. Seeing a mega approaching him with a smile made Mandrake hope he was friendlier than he appeared. "What do we have here? It seems a little Wizardmon has set up camp near my forest." Reapermon said with a smile that was unsettling making Mandrake tighten his grip on his staff as the mega approached coming to a stop right in front of the magician.
"Pardon me for intruding then, Reapermon. I guess I'll be on my way." Mandrake said as he cautiously took a few steps backward as the other presence was approaching from somewhere behind him. Before he got a couple steps away from Reapermon his right arm was grabbed by the intimidating grim reaper like digimon's only hand.
Mandrake hissed in pain as Reapermon tightened his grip and pulled the magician toward him. The action had caused Mandrake to drop his staff since it was being held in the magician's right hand. Struggling Mandrake began to glow with the light of digivolution before a second voice said "I wouldn't do that if I were you, Wizardmon." The voice came from the direction of the tree LJ was placed in and Mandrake turned in the voice's direction. His sapphire blue eyes widened in horror as he saw an ultimate digimon known as MetalPhantomon and in that digimon's grip was a terrified and crying LJ. Seeing his son like that made him stop glowing.
"Such a young digimon. Tell me. Is he yours, little Wizardmon?" Reapermon asked with a cruel grin.
Not taking his eyes of his terrified son Mandrake merely nodded before he said "Don't hurt him. He's only a child."
"I wouldn't dream of it. Now if the boy is yours, your mate can't be far. Where is your mate, Wizardmon?" Reapermon asked jerking Mandrake until the magician was facing the mega level reaper.
"I'm not married but he should be back from shopping in a few days." Mandrake answered as he tried to wrench himself free with no success.
Reapermon's cruel grin intensified as he said "Makes me wonder what he would pay to get you and the little one back. Hmm? MetalPhantomon, I think we should leave his mate a note so he knows we are taking care of his family in his absence." MetalPhantomon offered him some paper and a pen with his free hand since the other was holding a still crying LJ. Reapermon threw Mandrake on the ground on his stomach and pinned the magician down with one foot as he wrote the note. When done the MetalPhantomon rolled up the note while Reapermon looked down at Mandrake before reaching down and pulling Mandrake's scarf free from his hair and tied it around the ransom note before setting it inside a hole in the nearby tree. Before Mandrake could get up fully Reapermon grabbed him again by the arm. After nodding at MetalPhantomon the two grim reaper like digimon took their hostages into the forest with Mandrake desperately trying to struggle free the whole time. Realizing he couldn't free himself he attempted to reach out for Lothar telepathically only for MetalPhantomon to interrupt his focus by striking him over the back of the head rendering him unconscious.
A few days later...
Lothar, unaware of his family's kidnapping, was driving what appeared to be an old vintage convertible of some kind. He had gotten it as a surprise for Mandrake hoping it would make traveling easier for the small family. As he brought the vehicle to a stop near where he left Mandrake and LJ he looked around seeing what looked like signs of a struggle with the ground littered with footprints with some of them clearly being Mandrake's. The imprints looked like he was dragged in the direction of the nearby forest. Before he could head into the forest he spotted what looked like Mandrake's scarf tied around a rolled up piece of paper in a tree as well as Mandrake's staff laying on the ground. Reaching into the tree he untied Mandrake's scarf before reading the note.
I have your mate and son. If you want them returned to you, you will give me thirty thousand bits or I will get my money by selling your family for slavery in Tenebrous' black market. If you try anything funny I will kill the child and absorb his data since he would have little to no value as a slave.
The words on the paper made Lothar horrified and he tightened the grip he had on both the ransom note and Mandrake's scarf before sinking to his knees with the now crinkled paper tumbling to the ground in front of his knees. He didn't have the money to pay the ransom so what could he do to save the ones he loved?
It seemed such serenity was sadly not meant to last as Mandrake sensed two presences approaching him and LJ. However LJ wasn't aware since he wasn't telepathic like Mandrake so he continued playing. Mandrake, however, grabbed his staff and rose to his feet. He then used his telekinesis to lift LJ unto a branch of the tree he was sitting under. Looking up at his son, who had let out a surprised squeak when lifted, he said "LJ sit still and stay quiet."
Though LJ's spoken vocabulary was small, it seemed the young one understood his parents at least sometimes and the purple Punimon grew silent as he looked down from his perch. Mandrake looked toward the forest where the approaching presences were coming from and one of the strangers came into sight revealing himself as a Reapermon. Seeing a mega approaching him with a smile made Mandrake hope he was friendlier than he appeared. "What do we have here? It seems a little Wizardmon has set up camp near my forest." Reapermon said with a smile that was unsettling making Mandrake tighten his grip on his staff as the mega approached coming to a stop right in front of the magician.
"Pardon me for intruding then, Reapermon. I guess I'll be on my way." Mandrake said as he cautiously took a few steps backward as the other presence was approaching from somewhere behind him. Before he got a couple steps away from Reapermon his right arm was grabbed by the intimidating grim reaper like digimon's only hand.
Mandrake hissed in pain as Reapermon tightened his grip and pulled the magician toward him. The action had caused Mandrake to drop his staff since it was being held in the magician's right hand. Struggling Mandrake began to glow with the light of digivolution before a second voice said "I wouldn't do that if I were you, Wizardmon." The voice came from the direction of the tree LJ was placed in and Mandrake turned in the voice's direction. His sapphire blue eyes widened in horror as he saw an ultimate digimon known as MetalPhantomon and in that digimon's grip was a terrified and crying LJ. Seeing his son like that made him stop glowing.
"Such a young digimon. Tell me. Is he yours, little Wizardmon?" Reapermon asked with a cruel grin.
Not taking his eyes of his terrified son Mandrake merely nodded before he said "Don't hurt him. He's only a child."
"I wouldn't dream of it. Now if the boy is yours, your mate can't be far. Where is your mate, Wizardmon?" Reapermon asked jerking Mandrake until the magician was facing the mega level reaper.
"I'm not married but he should be back from shopping in a few days." Mandrake answered as he tried to wrench himself free with no success.
Reapermon's cruel grin intensified as he said "Makes me wonder what he would pay to get you and the little one back. Hmm? MetalPhantomon, I think we should leave his mate a note so he knows we are taking care of his family in his absence." MetalPhantomon offered him some paper and a pen with his free hand since the other was holding a still crying LJ. Reapermon threw Mandrake on the ground on his stomach and pinned the magician down with one foot as he wrote the note. When done the MetalPhantomon rolled up the note while Reapermon looked down at Mandrake before reaching down and pulling Mandrake's scarf free from his hair and tied it around the ransom note before setting it inside a hole in the nearby tree. Before Mandrake could get up fully Reapermon grabbed him again by the arm. After nodding at MetalPhantomon the two grim reaper like digimon took their hostages into the forest with Mandrake desperately trying to struggle free the whole time. Realizing he couldn't free himself he attempted to reach out for Lothar telepathically only for MetalPhantomon to interrupt his focus by striking him over the back of the head rendering him unconscious.
A few days later...
Lothar, unaware of his family's kidnapping, was driving what appeared to be an old vintage convertible of some kind. He had gotten it as a surprise for Mandrake hoping it would make traveling easier for the small family. As he brought the vehicle to a stop near where he left Mandrake and LJ he looked around seeing what looked like signs of a struggle with the ground littered with footprints with some of them clearly being Mandrake's. The imprints looked like he was dragged in the direction of the nearby forest. Before he could head into the forest he spotted what looked like Mandrake's scarf tied around a rolled up piece of paper in a tree as well as Mandrake's staff laying on the ground. Reaching into the tree he untied Mandrake's scarf before reading the note.
I have your mate and son. If you want them returned to you, you will give me thirty thousand bits or I will get my money by selling your family for slavery in Tenebrous' black market. If you try anything funny I will kill the child and absorb his data since he would have little to no value as a slave.
The words on the paper made Lothar horrified and he tightened the grip he had on both the ransom note and Mandrake's scarf before sinking to his knees with the now crinkled paper tumbling to the ground in front of his knees. He didn't have the money to pay the ransom so what could he do to save the ones he loved?
