Old Ones Return (II)

*Cameron is presumably creeping in the Hypnos parking lot.*
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*They are taken down to the main Hypnos level where the redhead, now with her visor off, meets them outside of the elevator.*

<Hello. I don't believe we've properly met yet. My name is Riley, a Hypnos Operator and Mr. Yamaki's wife. Speaking of, he needs to see you in the science department. Follow me.>

*Cameron is totally creeping in the Hypnos parking lot. Yokomon jumps out of his arms, and digivolves to Biyomon*

Cameron:<Hello? Anyone home?>

Biyomon:<Kylie, Lunamon?>
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*Kylie and Lunamon wave*

Lunamon:<Nice to meet ya, Mrs. Yamaki.>

Kylie:<Is this about the breakthrough?>

Azuma: "I actually haven't been introduced at all. Azuma Huraka and this here's Patamon."

<Yes...we'll get to your interview as soon as possible. And I really prefer "Riley.">

*She leads them into the steel hall of the laboratories & opens Kurata's lab. Yamaki is inside with Kurata, who is leaning against his work table.*
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*A police officer comes towards them.*

Lunamon:<I was just trying to be polite.>

*Kylie nods at Kurata and Yamaki went she enters the room. Lunamon waves*
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*Cameron heads over to the police man*

<Um, hi, I'm looking for my sister. Have you seen any black haired girls a bit taller than me?>

Salamon groans not happy to be back in Kurata's lab.

Patamon: "Something about this place freaks me out."

Salamon: "You don't say."

Kurata<It's just a lab.>

Yamaki<We might have discovered how Tamers are getting into the Digital World.>
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<No. Now control your partner before someone sees!>

Salamon: "Your lab."

Hitomi: "Sh."

Azuma: "When did this start happening?"

*An annoyed Biyomon de-digvolves*

Yokomon:<Happy?>
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Kylie:<How?>

Yamaki<We've been reviewing what was stolen from us, & we've discovered that several of Professor Kurata's prototype Space Oscillation Devices are missing.>

T"So do you think that whoever stole the D-Powers started spreading them as a distraction? And that their real goal was to make their own Digital Gate?"

Yamaki<That is difficult to say. We can't even be sure of when they went missing. Our records are reeling from a foreign net attack.>

Kurata<I feel just terrible about all of this. I-->

*Kurata begins walking towards them, but Euryale steps in front of him.*

E"No offense, Professor. It's just...your allergies."

Kurata<Ah, yes. Good thinking. Smart girl, you are.>

*He pats her on the head. Yamaki turns to Azuma.*

Yamaki<As to the timeframe of events, we are still investigating. The completion of our Digital Gate is still 3 days away.>
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<No. Stay out of sight. Especially around Hypnos headquarters. Don't you know how tense the Wild One situation is right now?>

Azuma: "I'm sure this is all very serious, but I know nothing about anything regarding your whole operation. Mind enlightening me?"

*Riley takes him aside.*

<Hypnos employes Tamer partners to deal with certain situations. This is the job that we are offering you. That said, most of the Tamers that are out there right now are not employed by Hypnos, nor were they "chosen," like I'm told some are. Their D-Powers were stolen from Kurata's lab, and distributed illegally.>

Azuma: "How were they stolen? One would think a place like this would have some top notch security features preventing someone who's not in the know to up and snatch them up. So unless I'm wrong, I'd bet it was someone inside who's doing it."

Riley<Maybe. But we don't know for sure. And since we've already had a foreign attack on our servers recently, it seems unlikely.>

Azuma: "Doesn't really explain how someone got inside here. Unless I'm missing something."

Riley<I just said that we don't know that yet. Try to keep up.>

Cameron:<Yes, but I need to find my sister.>

Yokomon:<Mr., is there someone you can ask if anyone has seen here?>
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Kylie:<So, how does this involve us?>

Azuma: "Do you at least have an idea of what this hostile party was after when they attacked?"

<Is she missing, or something?>
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Riley<We can't give you a motive until we have some idea of who it was.>

Yamaki<I am notifying all available Hypnos employees. This has the potential to be the biggest crisis we've faced since the D-Reaper.>

Lunamon:<We count as employees to be let in on secret stuff? Being an unpaided intern is cooler than I thought!>
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*Cameron shakes his head*

Cameron:<I don't think so, but I think her and her partner got involved with the mess earlier, and may have been taken back here.>

Azuma: "Isn't that a bit much?"

Yamaki<Between the Digimon-assisted criminals running amok in the city, armies from the Digital World declaring war on us, & attacks from foreign servers? No, I do not think so.>

E"So how do we fix it?"

Yamaki<You don't do anything, except not make the situation worse. I've already organized a team for the expedition once the Digital Gate is finished.>
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<Then I'm afraid it's out of my jurisdiction.>

Lunamon:<You should include us! We're really good, you know that!>

Kylie:<But school, family and stuff. We could never get away with it.>
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Cameron:<Then, who do I talk to?>

Azuma: "I think they have a pretty solid reason for not including you."

Yamaki<None of you are going. We're sending actual professionals. As I said before, your main job is to not make the situation worse.>

*He pulls out his lighter & starts clicking it again.*

Kurata<I still say we should have at least one Digimon in the expedition.>
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<You could stop stalking your sister.>

*He turns & starts to walk away.*