Ch.2 A Plea For Help
"This way guys" lead Agumon. Agumon, Veemon, and Lopmon continued to make their way through the dense forest in search of shelter from the encroaching shadows. The trio of Digimon kept on moving until they reached a small, seemingly abandoned cave. Once inside the cave, the three Digimon sat on the ground to catch their breath.
"We'll be safe in here" said Veemon.
"What's going on?" asked Lopmon.
"We have no idea, one minute we're just lounging around the forest when suddenly all these clouds began to form followed bunch of black orbs began flying around the forest, capturing Digimon and turning them into zombies." spoke Agumon.
"Same thing happened at the village" informed Lopmon.
"Gee, just when you thought we had it easy, all this happens. I wonder how the others are doing?" thought Veemon.
"They should be fine I hope" continued Agumon.
"I wish Kayla and the others were here" frowned Lopmon.
"Is there a way we can contact them?" asked Veemon.
"Not that I know of" said Agumon.
"There has to be a way to call the others, the Digidestined are kinda meant to protect the Digital World from danger" spoke Veemon. The three Digimon stopped talking when they felt the cave shake for a second.
"We'd better hide" said Agumon looking at the entrance of the cave.
"Where are we gonna go?" asked Lopmon.
"There's only one way to go" said Veemon looking down the dark tunnels of the cave. With that, the three Digimon began to head further and further into the cave, not knowing what lies deep within.
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The computer lab at Lakeview was practically empty with the exception of one boy typing rapidly on a keyboard. The boy was of average height, slim, and had sharply combed black hair. His clothing consisted of grey cargo shorts, grey tennis shoes, and a blue tee shirt. He continued with his work until he heard the door open on the other side of the room.
"Hey Andrew, find anything yet?" asked one voice.
"Nothing yet Cody" replied Andrew.
"Well keep trying, if Albert senses something wrong then something must be up" spoke another voice. This voice came from a boy that was the same height as Cody, had a leaner body, and had his hair cut in a buzz cut like style. All he wore were brown boots, blue jeans, a blue tee shirt, and a letterman jacket.
"I'll keep trying TJ. If Winona was here we could get this done faster" sighed Andrew. "Hard to find a gateway that is 'sealed forever'"
"You'll get find it" said Cody patting Andrew on the back. Andrew just returned to his work while TJ and Cody looked on.
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Agumon, Veemon, and Lopmon continued to make their way through the cave's tunnels until they found a rather large room seemingly carved into cave. The room was lit by several torches attached to the rooms walls all surrounding a stone, circular shrine in the center of the room. Atop of the shrine were three clear orbs about the size of a human's palm, each showing a strange symbol in the center slowly rotating around and around. The trio then gathered around the shrine and looked over the three orbs.
"Aren't those the symbols for the Crest of Valor and the Crest of Trust?" asked Lopmon pointing to the red and teal colored crests.
"Hey, they are! Which one is that one though?" questioned Veemon looking over a crimson colored symbol. The symbol looked like the outline of a sword but had two lines running diagonally through it.
"Maybe we can contact the others with these" spoke Agumon placing his claws on the orb with the Crest of Valor floating in the center. "Cody, if you can hear me… Help!"
"It's worth a shot" shrugged Veemon placing his hands on the orb with the Crest of Trust "TJ, help us!"
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"You hear that?" asked Cody and TJ at the same time.
"I didn't hear anything" replied Andrew, still focused on the computer.
"I could have sworn that I just heard Agumon right now." said Cody.
"Yeah, I know I just heard Veemon right now" added TJ. The computer screen suddenly went black then began to flash a series on ones and zeroes. The screen on the computer then displayed a black window with a several menus on the side. One menu displayed a place to input data and coordinates, another displayed a window for messages, and the final menu displayed a three dimensional globe. On the top section contained a window with a red bar completely lit up and a green bar below it in a darkened color tone. The center of the screen showed nothing but static currently. Two very familiar voices could be heard from the static screen.
"Cody… help us!" yelled Agumon.
"The Digital World is in trouble… again!" added Veemon.
"I'm coming Agumon" said Cody as he reached into his back pack, pulling out his red Digivice.
"You're not going in without back up" spoke TJ grabbing his Digivice.
"Hold on guys, we don't even know if the gateway is safe" said Andrew, trying to reason with TJ and Cody.
"Message the others and have them meet here" instructed Cody as he held up his Digivice to the computer screen, TJ performing the same movement "Hope this still works, Digiport open!"
Before Andrew could say anything else, the computer screen began to glow in a bright white color pulling Cody and TJ through the screen. Once the light subsided, Andrew was left alone in the computer.
"What was that?" asked a voice suddenly. Andrew turned to the computer lab's doorway to see a tall, skinny boy with messy black hair looking at Andrew from the doorway. The boy's clothing contained white sneakers, old blue jeans, and a navy blue colored shirt with white stripes going around it.
"Oh boy" sighed Andrew.
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The orbs that Veemon and Agumon touched began to glow brightly in their respective colors. Before they could react, the two Digimon felt something big land on top of them. As the two Digimon recovered from the fall, their hearts began to race with joy.
"TJ!" exclaimed Veemon jumping onto his partner.
"Cody!" yelled Agumon wrapping his claws around Cody.
"Good to see you again Veemon" smiled TJ.
"Oww Agumon, that hurts. Nice to see you again too" laughed Cody. The four of them collected themselves, giving TJ and Cody a chance to look over their clothing. Their clothing was the same as it was four years ago, brown hiking boots, blue jeans, a black undershirt, and a light weight vest with their crest symbol on the back in black. Cody's vest was colored red while TJ's vest was colored teal.
"Just like the old days" said TJ placing his D-Dex in one of the vest's pockets.
"So what's been going on guys?" asked Cody.
"Something or someone trying to mess with the Digital World." spoke Veemon.
"Yeah, any place that is peaceful will be covered by dark clouds then be attacked all while a bunch of black orbs begin to fly around taking over any Digimon they touch." informed Agumon.
"We were able to escape to this cave where we found those orbs which somehow brought you guys here" finished Lopmon.
"These things?" said TJ picking up the orb with his Crest of Trust in the center.
"I wonder what makes these things so special" questioned Cody picking up the orb with the Crest of Valor.
Once the two lifted their orbs off the shrine, the whole room began to rumble. A beam of white light shot out from the center of the shire, releasing five small orbs into the air. The glowing orbs quickly dashed through the ceiling in the blink of an eye.
"Ok…" began TJ.
"Never a dull moment around here" sighed Cody.