A/N: I'm pleased quite a few of you have already tagged on to my story. I'll do my best not to disappoint you.

At the Beach

Settling down in the sand, the children and their Digimon now had another thing on their minds – food. Not that they had gone too long without it, but they could certainly do with a bit after being chased by Tortomon. Unfortunately, the only supplies they had came from Sam. Even then, they would be lucky if it lasted them two days. Michael then put the Digimon into the equation and that meant… a small spot of bother. No worries, they said; the Digimon could get food for themselves.

"So let's review" Aiden said, "We're stuck in a different world, no contact with Earth at all, virtually no food and apart from the Digimon we're all alone".

"In other words" Jordan concluded, "we can't get home. But, let's at least try not to lose our heads just yet. A group needs a leader to keep everything together, and I would strongly suggest Aiden fill that position". The boy looked up as he said this.

"What? If anyone, you should do it Jordan" Michael exclaimed.

"Why me?" Jordan questioned, "I mean; I'm pretty nervous when it comes to situations, I'm not that strong socially, I prefer working alone plus I don't like giving orders. When I do, I feel like I'm being arrogant. As for you Michael, you're smart, you always know the way out of something and you're not as shy as me".

"Now you're just making up excuses not to, Jordan" Aisling said. "Besides, I'm not sure social skills will be much help with angry Digimon anyway; but you're not as bad as you think. Do you remember the time we had that debate in history class? No-one was quite as passionate as you were. What do you think, Aiden?"

"Are you sure" Aiden started, "that it's right leaving the responsibility to someone who would flee at the first sight of an evil Digimon?"

"There you are, see? He's confident, he stands up for himself, doesn't worry about speaking his mind… and he won't be as afraid as I will be." The digimon could only look on in fascination at the debate before them. Jordan's rushed case for just about anyone else lead to Sam calling a vote. They were about to start when Michael added: "Do you think the Digimon should have a say in this?"

"To be fair Michael, we've not too much knowledge about human activity" said Tentomon, buzzing around.

"Fine" Aisling said. Michael went for Jordan, Sam for Aiden.

"Aisling, who's it going to be?" She tried to hurry up her thinking to break the tension. Aiden simply huffed when she looked at him. She sensed reluctance, and then pointed towards Jordan. He sighed, and then thanked the others. Aisling however, went to face him:

"What's wrong?"

"I don't know" he shied away, "It's just, do you really think I'm up to it? I mean, I appreciate the fact you seem to believe in me but; what if I'm not strong enough?"

"Don't be frightened" she comforted, "Aiden's not as brilliant as you think. Whatever happens we'll all look out for each other. And I'm sure you will too". He smiled at this, and then felt a tug at his shorts: "I don't know about the rest of the Digimon, Jordan but I think lunch is waiting"..

"You're right" he said, "excuse me, everybody". With that he and Agumon sat down to start eating.

"What's bothering you?" Gabumon asked.

"Nothing. It's just do you think Jordan should be the leader?"

"Well the others seem to have faith in him".

"I guess" he said, looking as Jordan continued to share some of Sam's food with Agumon.

"Your idea of good food is a bit different from mine" commented Agumon.

"Well the human species and yours aren't exactly related" Jordan replied.

"Your world sounds very interesting, Michael" Tentomon said, nibbling on a biscuit.

"Well" Michael said, "Now you must tell me about your life".

"Ah well then" Tentomon hesitated, "I wake up, fly around, perhaps catch a bit of food, fly around again meeting a few friends and before you know it my day's over".

"Fascinating. You said Tortomon was a Champion level Digimon. What are you at then?"

"The Rookie level" Tentomon said. "There are some levels beyond the Champion level I've never heard of but they're at a much greater power than ours".

"I wish we had a volleyball and a net or at least a bucket" Sam sighed, "That way we could actually have some fun here".

"Sam, what's a volleyball?" Gomamon asked.

"A volleyball is a ball that you knock around over a net using your hands and the trick is to catch the opposing team out".

"You know, you humans are very strange when it comes to behaviour" he stated.

This was met by a slight twitching of Sam's eyes.

"Guys, do you think we'll be able to get back home?" Aisling asked worriedly.

"You want to leave us that soon?" Biyomon asked in return, slightly shocked.

"No of course not Biyomon, it's just we have family back home and we might not ever see them again".

"I was right. Family? Humans are very strange indeed" Gomamon added. This time everyone looked at the cheeky fish, who just blushed, and said: "I guess you humans find us Digimon weird as well, eh?"

"At least you talk, that's one thing" Aiden said. He was disturbed by a small rumbling coming from the distance. He and the others stopped eating to check it out. Sam had other ideas however and ran round the corner.

"No Sam! Come back!" shouted Aiden. He then heard screaming, and him frantically running back.

"What was it?" Gomamon asked.

"Um…" Sam stumbled over the words. No need; it was already there in front of them.

"What is that?" Aisling asked in wonder.

"That's Golemon, a rock Digimon" Biyomon replied, not looking at the girl. "Jordan, you're the leader, what should we do?" Jordan then looked at them all and said: "How do all of you feel about running for the hills?"

"See what I mean?" Aiden said, trying to get a message across to the rest of them.

"But the Digimon may not be strong enough yet" Jordan said. "How are they actually?"

"Not too good" Gabumon said, holding his stomach. "Most of us haven't had anything proper to eat yet".

"So much for fending for yourselves" he said. "Run as I give the signal"

"Wait Jordan" Agumon interrupted, "I feel fine!"

"Well that's great, but are you really strong enough for this thing?"

"Sure!"

"Alright" Jordan said, bracing himself for the large creature, "I suppose if you feel ready, you can do it".

"Right!"

PEPPER BREATH!

This hit Golemon in the head, but did little to halt his advancement.

GOLEM PUNCH!

This almost hit Agumon, but threw him back a little along with the whole group.

"You alright?"

"I think so, but I need a distraction to really get him".

"Hmm… yeah, I'll get his attention" Jordan said half-heartedly, "Just make sure he doesn't get me right away". He crawled past the rest of the group and then presented himself to Golemon rather meekly:

"Hey you, over here!" The Digimon simply roared at him and carried on.

"Over here!"

"What are you, an idiot?" Aiden asked. "You think that's going to do anything?"

Jordan took a deep breath. He wanted to do it for them, but wasn't sure about it. With a bad feeling about it he picked up a stray rock and threw it at the giant thing. This did the trick; now he had his eyes set on him instead.

"Oh boy" he muttered.

PEPPER BREATH!

The attack hit the enemy by surprise this time; he slightly stumbled, but to their horror he continued and grabbed Jordan with his large left hand. Having originally been frozen in fear, he panicked and tried to slip out but his grip was too hard.

"Let me go!" Jordan said frantcially before he was thrown back to the ground. He struggled to get back up, the wind taken out of him. Aisling couldn't bear to watch as Golemon's shadow came over him.

"JORDAN!" Agumon shouted, "I'll help you!" Just then, Golemon was taken aback as a brilliant flash of light came from his strange plastic object. The light appeared to affect Agumon too, as he took a whole new form:

AGUMON DIGIVOLVE TOOO… GREYMON!

"Greymon?" Aiden wondered.

"He's a champion level Digimon" said Gabumon, "his heavily armoured shell on his head along with a nifty fireball and aggressive nature at his disposal, you had better watch out if you oppose him!"

The dinosaur charged at him with his horn down and brought it up under Golemon's head, putting him badly off balance. The dizzy Jordan was still in the thick of it all, until he regained his senses with a well-timed distress signal:

"Jordan! Over here!" He got up, snuck between the feet of the battling Digimon and ran back to meet the others.

"You okay?" Aiden asked to him directly, "You almost got yourself killed".

"I know" Jordan replied, breathing heavily with his head bowed down. "Not the smartest thing I've ever done and I'm sorry" he said a bit ashamed. They then turned back to see Greymon gaining the upper hand over Golemon.

GOLEM PUNCH!

This took Greymon back a few steps, but was ready a few instances afterwards:

NOVA BLAST!

The huge inferno managed to defeat Golemon; he suddenly collapsed into a huge pile of gravel afterwards.

"Where'd he go?" Sam asked.

"My guess is Greymon was able to totally destroy him" Gomamon explained. They saw Greymon enveloped in a white light, and then revert to Agumon in front of them. Jordan ran up to check on the exhausted Digimon.

"Are you alright Agumon?" he asked anxiously.

"Got any food?"

The boy laughed. "I think we already ate our fair share! One thing's for sure, you certainly saved my bacon. Thanks!"

"That's alright Jordan. I hope that bacon's still available for me to eat!"

After a couple of hours of eating and talking Aisling begged the question, "what should we do now then?".

"I say we go back into the forest and stay there for the night" Aiden offered, noticing the sun setting over the endless blue sea.

"What if Tortomon attacks us again?" Sam inquired, slightly fearful. "I've already experienced more monsters than my usual liking".

"Which is?" Michael humoured.

"None whatsoever" he replied. Everyone laughed quietly at this small gag.

"Don't trouble yourself Sam" Jordan reassured. "Frankly I'm not very keen on monsters myself but if anything happens, Agumon's waiting". The small dinosaur smiled at this remark. "Now then, to the forests. Unless anyone likes to sit out in the open waiting for something to happen".

They all shook their heads at this and started to walk back to the slope that went directly to the woods. Every one of them started to yawn a little as they walked along, night now falling on them. They then saw a small lake, a good place to get some food maybe; a good place to sleep yes.

"So then, who's up for a different type of camping out instead?" Michael asked. Aisling, Jordan and Sam merely groaned at this, their stomachs following in succession…

A/N: What do you think of that then? Please Read and Review!

Preview: As night looms, how will they react to the next thing wanting them dead?