Author's Notes: This is set as the last episode of Season 1. And I REALLY
did try to keep everyone in character, but Matt got a little twisted
because of what I wanted to have happen. And yes, I did insert myself into
the story, because I am a shameless Matt-fan. So no flames, but if you've
got criticism or praise, feel free to leave me a review. ;-)
Disclaimer: No, I don't own Digimon, and I forget who does. And yes, I support Taito.
Digimon: Progeny
The sun rose above the trees as the Digi-destined awoke and contemplated their next move. "Okay everyone, we have to find Piedmon and defeat him. He's the last Dark Master," Tai told the group.
"What, are we just gonna waltz up and challenge him again?" Joe demanded, pushing up his glasses.
"Yeah, something like that," Tai replied.
"Great, I'm following a suicidal leader," the blue-haired boy sighed, putting a hand over his eyes. "We're doomed."
"Oh come on, Joe. Don't be such a pessimist," Gomamon argued.
"But that's what I do best."
"Let's just head up Spiral Mountain," Sora suggested. "We'll figure out what to do once we reach the top."
"Well all right, but all this walking is seriously giving me blisters. Oops! I promised I wouldn't complain anymore. Sorry," Mimi apologized.
"That's okay, Mimi. This is your first complaint in two days," Palmon reassured her, patting her pink-clad friend with a leafy arm.
"You really are getting better," Izzy added, tapping at his laptop.
"Don't you ever give that thing a break?" Matt wondered, looking over his shoulder to see what he was doing.
"We're in the Digital World, and it helps to have someone who knows a lot about computers. I'm just drawing us a map and possible plans for when we face Piedmon."
"You can do all that on a computer?" TK asked in surprise. "I just thought they were for playing games on."
"Izzy can do many things on his computer. Though sometimes I wish he'd spend more time figuring out how to defeat Piedmon instead of designing scenarios," Tentomon complained.
"I am figuring out how to defeat Piedmon. By doing this, I can come up with the best strategy on how to beat him. My digivice has analyzed him, so I know all the attacks he can do. By figuring out how he'll fight us, I can make a plan to counter his advances and defeat him."
"Okay Izzy, you keep at it. Meanwhile, let's start climbing this mountain," Tai ordered. The group began climbing, helping each other along as the path got steeper.
"How're you doing, Kari?" Gatomon wondered, walking beside her friend. The young girl smiled at her.
"I'm fine, Gatomon. Ever since that light touched me, I haven't felt sick at all." Gatomon nodded and thought back to when Kari had been sick. She had thought her human partner would die, but then a strange light had surrounded her, and had made Wargreymon powerful enough to defeat Machinedramon with one swipe of his claws.
"I hope we can defeat Piedmon," Biyomon said to Sora. "He's a lot tougher than any of the others.
"Don't worry, Biyo. If we work together we can do it."
"You think so?"
"I know so," Sora told her as she gave her a hug.
"Thanks Sora, you're the greatest."
"I still say we're doomed," Joe piped up. The others ignored him.
* * *
Piedmon was watching the Digi-destined through his huge telescope, and now a smile crossed his face. "So, they think they know all my attacks, do they? Humph! Those meddling brats haven't seen anything yet." He floated over to where a large green fruit sat on a stool and drew his two katanas. He stood there a moment looking at the fruit, then suddenly sliced downward with his swords. "Trump Swords!" The fruit and the stool both fell into four pieces. "See if you can dodge this attack, Digi-destined."
* * *
At last the group reached the top of Spiral Mountain, though the sun would be setting soon. "Whew, my feet are killing me," Mimi said as she sat down and fanned herself with her hat.
"And so are my roots," Palmon added, sinking them into the soil. After a moment she pulled them back up. "No nutrients here," she sighed. Izzy was still tapping on his computer, and TK and Patamon wandered over.
"You still coming up with a plan?" the little boy asked.
"I'm nearly done, and I've put in every permutation I can think of."
"TK, what's a permutation?" Patamon asked.
"Beats me."
"A permutation is-" Izzy began, before Tentomon cut him off.
"Please Izzy, no scientific explanations. You'll confuse them even more." Nodding, the computer-whiz went back to typing while TK and Patamon shrugged and went to go sit by Gabumon and Matt, who was playing his harmonica. The sweet, sad melody reached everyone's ears, and Tai turned around from scouting the area.
"Don't you know any happy songs?"
"Sorry Tai, all I play are Blues." Rolling his eyes, the brown- haired boy put his eye to his mini-telescope and began searching for Piedmon's hideout. Suddenly he saw the tall clown, and he was heading their way!
"What is it, Tai?" Agumon wondered, staring up at him.
"Piedmon's on his way. Everyone get ready!" he yelled. Matt stopped playing and stood up, and Izzy tapped one last key.
"I did it! I've come up with a foolproof plan to beat Piedmon's attacks. If we follow my computer's instructions, we can't lose," he said.
"Famous last words," Joe quipped.
"I thought you were supposed to be "Old Reliable"?" Tai asked.
"He is. You can rely on him to be a pessimist," Gomamon replied. When Joe shot him a look, he blushed. "Sorry Joe." Just then Piedmon arrived, an evil smirk on his face.
"So Digi-destined, we meet again. I hope you've enjoyed your time here in the Digital World, because today will be your last day."
"We'll just see about that, clown-face!" Tai shot back, holding out his digi-vice. "Agumon, you're up!"
"Agumon warp-digi-volve to… Wargreymon!" As Agumon began to digi- volve, Matt turned to Gabumon.
"Your turn."
"Right Matt. Gabumon warp-digi-volve to… Metalgarrurumon!" The two Megas stood in front of the group. Piedmon smiled and split himself into two people. Izzy checked his computer.
"Both of them are Piedmon, so we all need to fight him!" he shouted. Turning to Tentomon, he nodded.
"Tentomon digi-volve to… Kabuterimon! Kabuterimon digi-volve to… Megakabuterimon!" Sora turned to her digimon.
"Biyomon digi-volve to… Birdramon! Birdramon digi-volve to… Garudamon!" Mimi was up next.
"Palmon digi-volve to… Togamon! Togamon digi-volve to… Lillymon!"
"Gomamon digi-volve to… Ikkakumon! Ikkakumon digi-volve to… Zudomon!" Joe pumped his fists in the air as Gomamon joined the fight. Kari and TK looked at each other and smiled.
"Gatomon digi-volve to… Angewomon!"
"Patamon digi-volve to… Angemon!" As soon as the other digimon had digi-volved into their ultimate forms -or champion, in Angemon's case- they all attacked the other Piedmon. Back and forth they all went, trading blows and being knocked to the ground. Garudamon took an especially hard hit and went down, and Sora cried out:
"You can do it, Garudamon! I know you can!" Nodding, the giant digimon took to the air again.
"Wing Blade!" she yelled, unleashing her powerful attack.
"Flower Cannon!" Lillymon said, adding her own attack.
"Horn Buster!" Megakabuterimon helped them out.
"Volpin's Hammer!" Zudomon shouted, throwing his weapon. Wargreymon and Metalgarrurumon were fighting the other Piedmon.
"Terra Force!" Wargreymon said, hurling the fiery ball of energy at the Dark Master.
"Metal Wolf Claw!" Both Megas' attacks hit Piedmon, and he was slammed into the ground.
"Hand of Fate!" Angemon cried triumphantly, hitting the second Piedmon while Angewomon got the other.
"Heaven's Charm!" Both Piedmons were slammed together and became one again. He picked himself up and brushed his clothes off.
"Well, now that was amusing. But enough games, Digi-destined. It's time for the final curtain call." He flung out his hand, and tendrils of black energy arced from his fingertips and held the digimon firmly to the ground.
"Izzy, what do we do?" Megakabuterimon asked.
"I don't know! I didn't know he could do that!" Tai turned to stare at him, and the others followed his lead.
"You didn't know?"
"That isn't one of his abilities. Someone must be lending him power!"
"Right you are, my dear boy. You thought it would be so easy to defeat me, but you were wrong! This power is from an evil so great, even Gennai wasn't able to defeat him!"
"We can still defeat you!" Tai argued.
"There you go again being suicidal!" Joe screamed as Mimi tried to calm him down.
"It's no use screaming, Joe. Once Tai makes up his mind, that's it."
"Don't remind me."
"I really do hate to interrupt your pointless chatter, but I have a world to conquer. And since you kids are the only ones in my way, I think it's time I got rid of you for good." Drawing one of his swords, he advanced on them. Matt pushed TK behind him, and Sora stepped in front of Kari. Tai would've defended his sister, but he was too far in the front.
"You don't scare me!" he challenged. Piedmon smiled and chuckled, still walking towards them. Now they began backing up towards the edge of the mountain. Izzy hit it first and looked down. All he saw was darkness, and he could barely make out the tops of the trees. Sure they were only about a hundred feet up or so, but the fall was nothing to sneeze at. All at once Piedmon struck, bringing his sword down between Tai and the rest of the group. Everyone dove out of the way, and Tai found himself right at the edge of the cliff.
"You Tai, are the very glue that holds the Digi-destined together. If I destroy you, I destroy the others as well. Then it's a simple matter of killing them as well. Goodbye Digi-destined." Piedmon brought the sword up, and Tai could do nothing to defend himself from the sharp blade.
"Tai!" Matt yelled, standing up and racing over. Just as the katana came down, Matt pushed Tai out of the way. Unfortunately, he couldn't help himself. The blade sliced into his stomach, and he froze for an instant. Crying out in pain, Matt lost his footing and fell off the side of the mountain. Tai and the others could only watch as he rolled down the side and landed in a tall tree. They couldn't see anything after that.
"MATT!" TK wailed as Joe caught hold of him.
"TK, stay here!" he said to the distraught child.
"MATT!" Metalgarrurumon yelled, breaking free of the black tendrils. TK's crest suddenly started glowing, and they all watched in wonder as Angemon began to digi-volve!
"Angemon digi-volve to… Magnaangemon!" Magnaangemon spread his six wings and faced Piedmon.
"He who fights and runs away, lives to conquer another day!" Piedmon said as he vanished into thin air. Magnaangemon picked up TK, who was crying now, and hugged him.
"Don't worry TK, we'll find Matt. He isn't dead."
"Are you sure?"
"I'm sure. As soon as we get off this mountain we'll look for him." With that, Magnaangemon went back to Tokomon, who nuzzled TK.
"Come on everyone, let's get back to the ground!" Sora told them as they raced off down the trail. With Piedmon's disappearance, the black energy had vanished, and the digimon returned to their rookie states. All except for Koromon and Tsunomon, who were in their in-training forms. Tai, Koromon, and Tsunomon stayed back for a moment.
"He saved me. Matt saved my life," Tai whispered, thinking back to all the times he and Matt had argued and the time that Matt had challenged him. "We have to find him."
"Sure we will, Tai," Koromon agreed. They ran off after the others. Tsunomon looked down the cliff into the ever-darkening forest below.
"Hang in there, Matt. We're coming." With that, he bounced off after everyone else, eager to find his human friend.
Disclaimer: No, I don't own Digimon, and I forget who does. And yes, I support Taito.
Digimon: Progeny
The sun rose above the trees as the Digi-destined awoke and contemplated their next move. "Okay everyone, we have to find Piedmon and defeat him. He's the last Dark Master," Tai told the group.
"What, are we just gonna waltz up and challenge him again?" Joe demanded, pushing up his glasses.
"Yeah, something like that," Tai replied.
"Great, I'm following a suicidal leader," the blue-haired boy sighed, putting a hand over his eyes. "We're doomed."
"Oh come on, Joe. Don't be such a pessimist," Gomamon argued.
"But that's what I do best."
"Let's just head up Spiral Mountain," Sora suggested. "We'll figure out what to do once we reach the top."
"Well all right, but all this walking is seriously giving me blisters. Oops! I promised I wouldn't complain anymore. Sorry," Mimi apologized.
"That's okay, Mimi. This is your first complaint in two days," Palmon reassured her, patting her pink-clad friend with a leafy arm.
"You really are getting better," Izzy added, tapping at his laptop.
"Don't you ever give that thing a break?" Matt wondered, looking over his shoulder to see what he was doing.
"We're in the Digital World, and it helps to have someone who knows a lot about computers. I'm just drawing us a map and possible plans for when we face Piedmon."
"You can do all that on a computer?" TK asked in surprise. "I just thought they were for playing games on."
"Izzy can do many things on his computer. Though sometimes I wish he'd spend more time figuring out how to defeat Piedmon instead of designing scenarios," Tentomon complained.
"I am figuring out how to defeat Piedmon. By doing this, I can come up with the best strategy on how to beat him. My digivice has analyzed him, so I know all the attacks he can do. By figuring out how he'll fight us, I can make a plan to counter his advances and defeat him."
"Okay Izzy, you keep at it. Meanwhile, let's start climbing this mountain," Tai ordered. The group began climbing, helping each other along as the path got steeper.
"How're you doing, Kari?" Gatomon wondered, walking beside her friend. The young girl smiled at her.
"I'm fine, Gatomon. Ever since that light touched me, I haven't felt sick at all." Gatomon nodded and thought back to when Kari had been sick. She had thought her human partner would die, but then a strange light had surrounded her, and had made Wargreymon powerful enough to defeat Machinedramon with one swipe of his claws.
"I hope we can defeat Piedmon," Biyomon said to Sora. "He's a lot tougher than any of the others.
"Don't worry, Biyo. If we work together we can do it."
"You think so?"
"I know so," Sora told her as she gave her a hug.
"Thanks Sora, you're the greatest."
"I still say we're doomed," Joe piped up. The others ignored him.
* * *
Piedmon was watching the Digi-destined through his huge telescope, and now a smile crossed his face. "So, they think they know all my attacks, do they? Humph! Those meddling brats haven't seen anything yet." He floated over to where a large green fruit sat on a stool and drew his two katanas. He stood there a moment looking at the fruit, then suddenly sliced downward with his swords. "Trump Swords!" The fruit and the stool both fell into four pieces. "See if you can dodge this attack, Digi-destined."
* * *
At last the group reached the top of Spiral Mountain, though the sun would be setting soon. "Whew, my feet are killing me," Mimi said as she sat down and fanned herself with her hat.
"And so are my roots," Palmon added, sinking them into the soil. After a moment she pulled them back up. "No nutrients here," she sighed. Izzy was still tapping on his computer, and TK and Patamon wandered over.
"You still coming up with a plan?" the little boy asked.
"I'm nearly done, and I've put in every permutation I can think of."
"TK, what's a permutation?" Patamon asked.
"Beats me."
"A permutation is-" Izzy began, before Tentomon cut him off.
"Please Izzy, no scientific explanations. You'll confuse them even more." Nodding, the computer-whiz went back to typing while TK and Patamon shrugged and went to go sit by Gabumon and Matt, who was playing his harmonica. The sweet, sad melody reached everyone's ears, and Tai turned around from scouting the area.
"Don't you know any happy songs?"
"Sorry Tai, all I play are Blues." Rolling his eyes, the brown- haired boy put his eye to his mini-telescope and began searching for Piedmon's hideout. Suddenly he saw the tall clown, and he was heading their way!
"What is it, Tai?" Agumon wondered, staring up at him.
"Piedmon's on his way. Everyone get ready!" he yelled. Matt stopped playing and stood up, and Izzy tapped one last key.
"I did it! I've come up with a foolproof plan to beat Piedmon's attacks. If we follow my computer's instructions, we can't lose," he said.
"Famous last words," Joe quipped.
"I thought you were supposed to be "Old Reliable"?" Tai asked.
"He is. You can rely on him to be a pessimist," Gomamon replied. When Joe shot him a look, he blushed. "Sorry Joe." Just then Piedmon arrived, an evil smirk on his face.
"So Digi-destined, we meet again. I hope you've enjoyed your time here in the Digital World, because today will be your last day."
"We'll just see about that, clown-face!" Tai shot back, holding out his digi-vice. "Agumon, you're up!"
"Agumon warp-digi-volve to… Wargreymon!" As Agumon began to digi- volve, Matt turned to Gabumon.
"Your turn."
"Right Matt. Gabumon warp-digi-volve to… Metalgarrurumon!" The two Megas stood in front of the group. Piedmon smiled and split himself into two people. Izzy checked his computer.
"Both of them are Piedmon, so we all need to fight him!" he shouted. Turning to Tentomon, he nodded.
"Tentomon digi-volve to… Kabuterimon! Kabuterimon digi-volve to… Megakabuterimon!" Sora turned to her digimon.
"Biyomon digi-volve to… Birdramon! Birdramon digi-volve to… Garudamon!" Mimi was up next.
"Palmon digi-volve to… Togamon! Togamon digi-volve to… Lillymon!"
"Gomamon digi-volve to… Ikkakumon! Ikkakumon digi-volve to… Zudomon!" Joe pumped his fists in the air as Gomamon joined the fight. Kari and TK looked at each other and smiled.
"Gatomon digi-volve to… Angewomon!"
"Patamon digi-volve to… Angemon!" As soon as the other digimon had digi-volved into their ultimate forms -or champion, in Angemon's case- they all attacked the other Piedmon. Back and forth they all went, trading blows and being knocked to the ground. Garudamon took an especially hard hit and went down, and Sora cried out:
"You can do it, Garudamon! I know you can!" Nodding, the giant digimon took to the air again.
"Wing Blade!" she yelled, unleashing her powerful attack.
"Flower Cannon!" Lillymon said, adding her own attack.
"Horn Buster!" Megakabuterimon helped them out.
"Volpin's Hammer!" Zudomon shouted, throwing his weapon. Wargreymon and Metalgarrurumon were fighting the other Piedmon.
"Terra Force!" Wargreymon said, hurling the fiery ball of energy at the Dark Master.
"Metal Wolf Claw!" Both Megas' attacks hit Piedmon, and he was slammed into the ground.
"Hand of Fate!" Angemon cried triumphantly, hitting the second Piedmon while Angewomon got the other.
"Heaven's Charm!" Both Piedmons were slammed together and became one again. He picked himself up and brushed his clothes off.
"Well, now that was amusing. But enough games, Digi-destined. It's time for the final curtain call." He flung out his hand, and tendrils of black energy arced from his fingertips and held the digimon firmly to the ground.
"Izzy, what do we do?" Megakabuterimon asked.
"I don't know! I didn't know he could do that!" Tai turned to stare at him, and the others followed his lead.
"You didn't know?"
"That isn't one of his abilities. Someone must be lending him power!"
"Right you are, my dear boy. You thought it would be so easy to defeat me, but you were wrong! This power is from an evil so great, even Gennai wasn't able to defeat him!"
"We can still defeat you!" Tai argued.
"There you go again being suicidal!" Joe screamed as Mimi tried to calm him down.
"It's no use screaming, Joe. Once Tai makes up his mind, that's it."
"Don't remind me."
"I really do hate to interrupt your pointless chatter, but I have a world to conquer. And since you kids are the only ones in my way, I think it's time I got rid of you for good." Drawing one of his swords, he advanced on them. Matt pushed TK behind him, and Sora stepped in front of Kari. Tai would've defended his sister, but he was too far in the front.
"You don't scare me!" he challenged. Piedmon smiled and chuckled, still walking towards them. Now they began backing up towards the edge of the mountain. Izzy hit it first and looked down. All he saw was darkness, and he could barely make out the tops of the trees. Sure they were only about a hundred feet up or so, but the fall was nothing to sneeze at. All at once Piedmon struck, bringing his sword down between Tai and the rest of the group. Everyone dove out of the way, and Tai found himself right at the edge of the cliff.
"You Tai, are the very glue that holds the Digi-destined together. If I destroy you, I destroy the others as well. Then it's a simple matter of killing them as well. Goodbye Digi-destined." Piedmon brought the sword up, and Tai could do nothing to defend himself from the sharp blade.
"Tai!" Matt yelled, standing up and racing over. Just as the katana came down, Matt pushed Tai out of the way. Unfortunately, he couldn't help himself. The blade sliced into his stomach, and he froze for an instant. Crying out in pain, Matt lost his footing and fell off the side of the mountain. Tai and the others could only watch as he rolled down the side and landed in a tall tree. They couldn't see anything after that.
"MATT!" TK wailed as Joe caught hold of him.
"TK, stay here!" he said to the distraught child.
"MATT!" Metalgarrurumon yelled, breaking free of the black tendrils. TK's crest suddenly started glowing, and they all watched in wonder as Angemon began to digi-volve!
"Angemon digi-volve to… Magnaangemon!" Magnaangemon spread his six wings and faced Piedmon.
"He who fights and runs away, lives to conquer another day!" Piedmon said as he vanished into thin air. Magnaangemon picked up TK, who was crying now, and hugged him.
"Don't worry TK, we'll find Matt. He isn't dead."
"Are you sure?"
"I'm sure. As soon as we get off this mountain we'll look for him." With that, Magnaangemon went back to Tokomon, who nuzzled TK.
"Come on everyone, let's get back to the ground!" Sora told them as they raced off down the trail. With Piedmon's disappearance, the black energy had vanished, and the digimon returned to their rookie states. All except for Koromon and Tsunomon, who were in their in-training forms. Tai, Koromon, and Tsunomon stayed back for a moment.
"He saved me. Matt saved my life," Tai whispered, thinking back to all the times he and Matt had argued and the time that Matt had challenged him. "We have to find him."
"Sure we will, Tai," Koromon agreed. They ran off after the others. Tsunomon looked down the cliff into the ever-darkening forest below.
"Hang in there, Matt. We're coming." With that, he bounced off after everyone else, eager to find his human friend.