Writers Note: This story starts where 'Under Pressure' left off. I will start with the last few shots of the show, were Wargreymon is struggling for life in the jaw of Metalseadramon. I will then go from there. Enjoy!
The New Quest
Chapter 1: The Arrival.
"Wargreymon!" Kari shouted, as Metalseadramon emerged from under the water with Wargreymon still in his mouth.
"I can't watch." Tai said, as he closed his eyes to keep from watching his friends struggle.
"I'm tired of playing around with you Wargreymon," Metalseadramon said, "Time to say goodbye." And Metalseadramon tried to close his mouth tighter.
Watching from the shore, Sora turned to Birdramon, her Crest of Love glowing, "Birdramon, he needs help."
"I am on it." Birdramon said, as she to began to glow, "Birdramon digivolve to…Garudamon!" Garudamon took off to the battle.
Gatomon watched from on top of Kabuterimon, "I can't just stand here and watch." She said, and then leaped off of the giant bug.
"Gatomon!" Kari shouted, as her Crest of Light began to glow.
"Gatomon digivolve to…Angewomon!"
Angewomon and Garudamon both flew up to Metalseadramon, who did not even notice them. "Angewomon," Garudamon called out, "Keep him busy, while I fly around and take him by surprise."
"Ok Garudamon, good luck." Angewomon said, as she brought he arm up, and began to form her arrow. "Celestial Arrow!" She shouted, as she brought the arrow down, and fired it at Metalseadramon.
The Arrow hit Metalseadramon, but did no real damage. "What was that a misquote bite?" Metalseadramon called out, "Now try this on for size, River of Power!" and a beam of energy shot out from his nose, right at Angewomon. But just as he shot it, Garudamon rammed into his back, causing him to shoot the beam into the air, as well as allowing Wargreymon to escape from his jaw.
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Kabuterimon looked up at the battle, "I have to try and help them." He said, as Kari, Tai, and Izzy got off of him.
"Go for it Kabuterimon." Izzy said, as his Crest of Knowledge began to glow.
"Kabuterimon digivolve to…Megakabuterimon!" And he flew off to join the battle, with Zudomon following alone.
Just then, several Divermon jumped up on shore. "Now you won't escape." The lead one said. He then pulled out a harpoon, "Striking Fishes!" He shouted, and threw it at Mimi.
"Mimi!" Palmon shouted, as she began to glow, "Palmon digivolve to…Togemon!" Togemon stopped the harpoon. "Now, how about a little Needle Spray!" she shouted, as she shot out several needles from her body.
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The boy sat down on the chair, and placed the device over his ear. He then looked over, and saw that his companion on this trip was also ready. He turned to another boy, who had a turban on, and was sitting behind a control panel. "Ready Hadji." He said, as he sat back in the chair.
"Very well my friend," Hadji said, as he began to type in the activation sequence. "Quest World log on. Subjects Jonny Quest, and Jesse Bannon. Going hot in 3, 2, 1."
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The needles struck a few of the Divermon, knocking them back into the water. The rest of them scattered all over the place. "That will show them." Tai said, and then turned his attention back to the other battle.
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Jonny and Jesse walked in a desert, but yet it was not a dessert, but a virtual representation of a dessert. "Ok," Came Hodji's voice, "As you both know, you can only have a few items to begin with. One is your Hover Pads. The second, is your Laser Swords. Third is your Harpoon Cables. And last is your Energy shields."
"We already know that Hadji." Jesse said, "Just begin the program."
"Very well, but it thought that you might have needed a refresher on the rules and equipment." Hadji said, and suddenly, two metallic boards appeared in front of Jesse and Jonny. They both quickly hopped on them.
"This time, you're going down Jesse." Jonny said, as he activated his board.
"In your dreams Jonny." Jesse said as she activated her own board. In the distance, a pillar appeared, and both of them got ready for Hadji's signal to begin.
"Ok, Ready, set, GO!" Came Hadji's voice, and both Jonny and Jesse took off for the pillar.
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"Striking Fish!" One of the Divermon shouted, and threw a harpoon at the group again.
Garurumon jumped at it, and caught it in his jaw. He then snapped the harpoon in half, and turned to the Divermon that had thrown it. "Howling Blaster!" He shouted, as he released a blast of blue energy at the Divermon, hitting the digimon, and throwing it back several feet.
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Angewomon, Wargreymon, Garudamon, and Megakabuterimon, floated in front of the huge Mega digimon, and faced off with him. Zudomon watched from below, unable to help them much, but ready to do so if they needed it. "We need to try and weaken him." Wargreymon shouted to the others.
"Easier said than done Wargreymon." Angewomon said.
Metalseadramon just stared at them, "If you think that you can beat me with just one Mega digimon, you are in for a big surprise."
"Then lets see what you have tough guy." Garudamon said, "Wing Blade!" And with that, a giant fiery bird launched out from her, and went right at Metalseadramon.
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The Hover Pads flew over the desert terrain. Jonny had taken an early lead, and now looked back to see that Jesse had finally caught up with him. "I'm going to win this time Jess, just like I did the last time."
"Think again Jonny Quest!" Jesse shouted to him.
Both racers could clearly see that they were coming up to the first of many obstacles, a minefield that would react to the slightest noise, and they both also knew that the only way to get through it, was by taking the most direct and dangerous approach, barreling through.
Jonny was almost at the edge of the minefield, and was about to kick in the thrusters that were on his Hover Pad, when the ground started to shake so badly, that it effected the pad. Jonny fell off of it, and hit the ground hard. He looked back, in time to see that Jesse had also fallen off of her pad as well. "Hadji," Jonny said into the air, "What was that?"
"I don't know," Hadji said, in a voice that sounded like he was as confused about it as Jonny was, "but I am attempting to locate the problem right now."
"Don't bother." Came a sinister voice. Just then, the ground split open, and Jeramia Surd came out of it, standing over 20 feet tall. "The cause of it is right here." Surd finished, as Jonny and Jesse both got to their feet, drawing their Laser Swords.
"Your not welcome here Surd!" Jonny shouted. "Hadji, get dad and Race to the Lighthouse."
"I am on it." Hadji said.
Surd looked down at Jonny and Jesse, "Do you think that your fathers will be able to help you?" He said, as he brought his foot up, and slammed it down on the ground, right on top of Jonny.
Jonny ducked and rolled out of the way, just barley dodging out of the way of the giant foot. He then saw his Hover Pad a few feet away, and made a break for it. Meanwhile, Jesse had already gotten back on her Hover Pad, and was now flying right at Surd, with her sword drawn, and her energy shield in front of her.
Surd watched as Jesse made her approach to him, and then just before she got to him, he swatted her away like a fly. She flew out of control to the ground, but just before she hit, Jonny flew up and caught her. "That was a nice little trick boy, but you will have to do better than that to beat me."
"Don't worry Surd, we will!" Jonny shouted back. He then turned to face Jesse, "We have one shot."
Jesse nodded in understanding, "Our Harpoon Cables." She said.
Jonny nodded to her. "I will distract him, while you try to get back to your pad." Jesse nodded, and jumped off the pad. Jonny then turned the pad to face Surd. "Ok Surd, let's see if you can stop the Quest World champion." Jonny then activated his Energy Shield, and hit the boosters on his pad, causing him to accelerate right at Surd.
Jesse only needed a moment to get her cable ready. She then jumped onto her pad, and activated it. She turned to see how Jonny was doing, and saw that he was making circles around Surd, who in turn was trying to knock him out of the air in the same was the he had knocked her out of the air. Jesse hit her own accelerator, and flew right into the fight.
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Dr. Benton Quest and Race Bannon both rushed into the Lighthouse. "What's happening Hadji?" Benton asked.
"Surd has hacked his way into the system again, and he is now attacking Jonny and Jesse." Hadji said, as he watched the monitor of the battle.
Benton and Race both stepped up behind Hadji, and watched. They saw Jesse go right at Surd, as full speed. "What is she trying to do?" Benton asked.
"Well, I will be." Race said, and then pointed at the screen, "Do you see what Jesse is carrying Benton?" Race asked.
Benton looked closer at the object that she had in her hand, "It looks like some sort of cable." He said.
"That's right," Race said, "they plan on tripping Surd up with it."
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Jesse met up with Jonny, after he had completed his tenth lap around Surd. Jesse then through the cable to Jonny, "Here you are Jonny."
"Thanks Jess." Jonny said, as he caught the cable. "Now lets give Surd a little surprise that he won't soon forget." Both teens then activated their pads, as they rocketed right at Surd.
Surd, who was still a little dizzy from trying to catch Jonny as he flew around him, did not even see the two pads until it was to late for him to do anything about it. Jonny and Jesse both flew in on different sides of Surd, and then flew around his legs, pulling the cable tight. Surd, unable to keep his balance, fell down to the dessert floor with a huge thud, and then shrunk back to his normal size.
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Race was the first to let out a cheer, as Surd hit the ground. "Now that was sweeter than honey fresh from the bee hive." He said, as he patted Benton on the back.
"Indeed that was quite ingenious of them." Benton said, but trailed off as he watched the monitor.
Race looked at the monitor as well, "What in the world is that?" he asked, as he saw what looked like some sort of vortex open up.
"I wish that I knew." Benton said, he then turned to Hadji, "Get them out of there Hadji."
Hadji's fingers worked over the controls, "I have been trying Dr. Quest, but the system is not responding."
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Jonny was the first to notice the vortex, and Jesse was right behind him. "What is that thing." Jesse asked.
"I don't know Jess, and I don't plan to find out." Jonny then reached up to his head, where the interface device was on his body back in the lab, and tapped it, "Jonny Quest logging off." Nothing happened.
Jesse then tried, "Jesse Bannon, logging off." Again, nothing happened.
Surd laughed, "Obviously, your equipment is malfunctioning. Fortunately, mine is at peek performance. Jeramia Surd, logging off." Nothing happened, "Jeramia Surd, logging off." He said again, this time more firmly, and again, nothing happened.
"Looks like you are in the same boat that we are in Surd." Jonny said, just as a wind began to pick up, sucking anything and everything into the vortex, including Surd, who went into it, cursing both Jonny and Jesse for what they had done to him. But both teens were to preoccupied with the task of trying to keep from being sucked in themselves. But they only made it to their Hover Pads, before the wind caught them, and pulled them into the vortex. It then closed, leaving Quest World empty again.
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Garudamon's attack hit Metalseadramon, but did no damage. Metalseadramon just laughed at her, "You call that an attack, I have been hit harder by a Flymon." His nose then began to glow, "Now try my attack, River of Power!" and a beam of destructive energy shot out at Garudamon. But she dodged the attack with great ease.
"Celestial Arrow!" Angewomon shouted, as she released her glowing arrow at Metalseadramon.
"Horn Buster!" Megakabuterimon added in, shooting out a blast of powerful electricity.
Both attacks hit Metalseadramon, but he shrugged them off, "You just don't get it," he said, "you can't stop me." He then set up to use his attack again, when there was a flash of light, so bright, that it blinded him.
Wargreymon quickly saw an opportunity, "Now, attack together, and try to weaken him up enough for me."
"You heard him everyone, Wing Blade!" Garudamon shouted.
"Celestial Arrow!" Angewomon added in.
"Horn Buster!" Megakabuterimon shouted.
"Vulcan's Hammer!" Zudomon finished, bringing his hammer down hard into the water. A blast of energy then came out of the water.
All four attacks hit Metalseadramon in the same spot, which began to glow a little from the energy that it had just stopped. "Now, lets put a little spin on this battle," Wargreymon said, "Mega Claw!" he shouted, as he began to spin around so fast, that he created a whirlwind, that flew right at Metalseadramon, cutting into his armor like a hot knife through butter.
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Tai looked up at the sky just after the flash of light that had blinded Metalseadramon, and saw three figures fall into the water. "Oh no." He said.
Matt looked at Tai, "What is it?" He asked.
"Three people just fell into the water." Tai said.
"What?" Sora asked.
"I saw them to." Kari said, supporting what Tai had just said.
"Look!" TK shouted, "There they are."
The entire group looked out to the water, and saw three people thrashing around in the water. They then saw something else swimming up at them. "Are those Divermon again?" Mimi asked.
Tai pulled out his monocular, and looked through it, "No, it's Shellmon again." He then pulled the device down from his eye, "We need to help them."
"Leave that to me." Garurumon said, as he jumped into the water.
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Jonny was not sure where he was, but he did know that Jesse and Surd were with him, and he also knew that they had landed in water. He looked around, and saw several kids standing on a near by shore, with two creatures. Jesse then screamed, and Jonny turned to see what she was screaming at, and then wish that he had not. Some sort of creature that reminded him of a crustacean, was headed right for them.
He then noticed that Surd was trying to swim away, and though he was a little confused by this, since the man was supposed to be paralyzed, he did not argue with the logic of it, and swam after him, Jesse following closely behind him.
Just then, a wolf type creature slammed into the crustacean creature, knocking it over. But the crustacean quickly recovered, "Howling Blaster!" the wolf shouted, as it shot out a blue beam at the crustacean.
"Water Cannon!" The crustacean shouted, as it shot out a powerful stream of water at the wolf.
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Matt watched at Garurumon was hit hard by the blast of water. But before he could say anything, he saw Patamon fly out to help Garurumon. "Patamon digivolve to…Angemon!"
"I hope that Angemon will be able to help Garurumon out." TK said, as he watched his friend and guardian fly off to battle.
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Jesse and Jonny watched as yet another creature, this time an Angel began to fight the crustacean. The angle drew back his fist, "Hand of Fate!" he shouted, as he shot out a beam of energy at the crustacean. The beam hit its mark, and the crustacean turned its attention on the angel. "Garurumon," the angel shouted, "get those people to safety, I will handle Shellmon."
"You got it Angemon." Garurumon said, as he moved to Jonny and Jesse. "Quick, climb on my back." He instructed, and the two teens did as they were told, and he began to swim back to shore.
Shellmon quickly surfaced again, "You have gotten in my way for the last time Angemon, and now you will pay. Water Cannon!" Shellmon shouted, shooting out a powerful blast of water at Angemon, hitting him hard, and knocking him under water.
By this time Garurumon had made it back to shore, and had dropped Jonny and Jesse off. "I have to help Angemon." He said, and jumped back into the water. Matt watched as his friend went back out to battle with Shellmon, and suddenly, his Crest of Friendship began to glow. Jonny and Jesse watched, as Garurumon also began to glow, "Garurumon digivolve to…Weregarurumon!"
"Togemon you go to." Mimi said, her Crest of Sincerity beginning to glow as well. Jonny turned around to see what was happening, just in time to see the giant cactus begin to glow as well.
"Togemon digivolve to…Lillymon!"
Weregarurumon looked up, and saw Lillymon, "Lillymon, give me a lift." He called out.
Lillymon reached out, and took Weregarurumon's hand, and lifted him up.
"Mega Claw!" came a shout from a battle that was taking place in the air. Jonny and Jesse looked up, to see another angle, a giant beetle type creature, a huge bird that looked like it came out of Native American legions, a turtle creature with a huge hammer in it's hand in the water below them, and a giant whirlwind. The whirlwind went right at another creature that looked like a sea serpent covered with some sort of armor, and cut into it. The whirlwind cut into the sea serpents armor, and then came out on the other side, dispersing, and taking the appearance of a giant creature, that neither Jonny nor Jesse could recognize. The serpent then fell into the water, with a huge splash.
Both of them then turned their attention back to the battle that was being played out before them. Lillymon, with Weregarurumon along for the ride, had flown out to where Shellmon and Angemon had fought. "Garuru Kick!" Weregarurumon shouted, as he swung his leg around, leaving a blast of energy that streaked toward Shellmon.
As the blast hit Shellmon, Lillymon dropped Weregarurumon into the water, and then she brought both of her hands together, forming a flower. The flower bloomed out, revealing a metal cylinder inside "Flower Cannon!" Lillymon shouted, as a blast of green energy shot out from the flower, and hit Shellmon. Angemon then blasted out of the water, knocking Shellmon upside-down.
Shellmon quickly recovered though, and saw that the Turtle creature was headed right for him. He then looked at the other 3 digimon that were around him, "You have beaten me again, but the next time you will not be so lucky." Shellmon then retreated back into his shell, and submerged below the water.
All of the digimon then returned to the shore, and reverted back to their Rookie forms, except for Angewomon, who reverted back to her champion form.
Jonny and Jesse walked up to the digi-destined, and looked at them, "Would somebody please explain to us what is going on here?" Jonny asked.
"As well as who all of you are." Jesse added, and then indicated the digimon, "And who they are."
"It's sort of a long story." Tai said, "But first off, we can at least introduce ourselves, I am Tai Kamiya, and this," He indicated Kari, "is my little sister Kari." He then indicated Matt and TK, "That is Matt Ishida, and his little brother TK." Tai then proceeded to introduce the others, "That is Sora Takenouchi, Izzy Izumi, Mimi Tachikawa, and Joe Kido." Tai then indicated the digimon with them, "And these guys are our digimon partners, Agumon, Gabumon, Biyomon, Tentomon, Palmon, Gomamon, Patamon, and Gatomon."
"Digimon?" Jesse asked.
"It is short for Digital Monsters." Izzy said.
"So now that you know who we are, who are you?" Sora asked.
"And how did you get to the Digi-World?" Matt finished.
Jonny was the first to speak up, "Well, I am Jonny Quest, and this," he indicated Jesse, "is Jesse Bannon." Jonny then went on to tell them about their battle with Surd, and how they had been sucked into a vortex of some kind, and when they were thrown out of it, they had found themselves in the middle of the battle with Shellmon. "So, that's our story, what's yours?" Jonny asked.
The kids then went on to explain how they had come to the Digi-World, and how they had each found a digimon that became their partners and protectors. They then went on to tell about how the digimon could digivolve into bigger and/or more powerful digimon. They then told about their adventures against first Devimon, then Etemon, then Myotismon, and finally, their current adventure against the Dark Masters. "So that is our story." Joe said. "Now the question is, are the two of you digi-destined as well?"
"Well," Izzy began, "they do not possess their own Digi-Vices, so I must surmise that they are not like the eight of us."
Just then, some nearby rocks moved over, to reveal a transmitter. A hologram of Gennai then appeared over it. "Greetings, it is about time that you got back."
The kids, their digimon, and Jonny and Jesse both gathered around the image. "Yeah, we're back Gennai," Tai said, "but just how long were we gone?"
"You were gone for about 5 years." Gennai said.
"5 Years!" everyone except for Jonny and Jesse said.
"Are you sure Gennai?" Izzy asked, "How did you figure this out?"
"Yes," Gennai said, answering Izzy's first question, "But this is know time for a math lesson, you have work to do, and new enemies to defeat."
"You mean the Dark Masters." Sora said.
"Exactly, as well as you have to return your two new friends home." Gennai said indicating Jonny and Jesse. "They are not digi-destined like the eight of you, so they do not have digimon to protect them like you do."
"But how do we get home then?" Jonny asked.
"There is only one way for you to get home, and that is the gate in Myotismons old castle." Gennai said. "You do still have the Key Cards that I gave to you?"
Tai looked away from the image, "I am afraid not, we did not have time to get them before we jumped through the portal. The only one that we have is the Agumon one." Tai pulled the card out of his back pocket and held it up.
Gennai looked at the card, "Well, it is a start." He then looked off into space for a moment, "The rest of the cards are being held by several different digimon. Some of them are good, some are evil."
"Then we will have to get the cards from them." Jesse said. "But how do we find them?" She then asked.
"That is simple," Gennai said, as he turned to Izzy, "I have updated the Radar program that I put on Izzy's computer. It should be able to lead you to the digimon that posses the cards."
"Then lets get going." Agumon said.
Gennai looked at the group, "Just be careful, the Dark Masters are still out there, and will not hesitate to destroy all of you. Even you two." He said, indicating Jonny and Jesse
"We will be Gennai." TK said, as Gennai's image disappeared, and the rocks moved back to conceal the transmitter.
Izzy pulled out his computer, and switched it on. He then brought up the radar program, and he got an signal almost immediately. "Prodigious, I got a lock on one of the cards." He then pointed to the east, "It's that way."
Tai looked in the direction that Izzy was pointing in, "Then lets get going." Tai said, as the lead the group on to their quest to find the Key Cards.
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Metalseadramon had just barley gotten to shore. Wargreymon and the other digimon that had battled with him had proven to be more powerful than he had originally thought them to be. But right now he needed to rest, and heal from the battle. But just as he was about to close his eyes to go into a deep sleep, a figure appeared, and walked towards him.
Metalseadramon tried to get back up, preparing himself for a battle, but the figure just walked up to him, and began to laugh. "So my powerful friend, you seem to have been beaten up badly. But no matter, for soon, you will be back up, and I will be just as powerful myself." Metalseadramon tried to say something, but he did not have the strength to do so. Jeramia Surd looked at him, and began to laugh some more.
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(Narrator) "What evil plan does Jeramia Surd have in store for the digi-destined and their new friends, and will they be able to find the Key Cards, and stop him in time? Find out in the next chapter of The New Quest saga."
To Be Continued in Chapter 2: The Rookies