Chapter 4: The Drode
"Who are you?" asked everyone.
"I am the Drode. I have come here as a messenger by the mighty Crayak. Why don't you look around?" he said. To their shock, everyone besides the tamers and their Digimon were frozen, as if someone had pressed the pause butten in a movie. "I remember this place. The Digimon here would have destroyed the Real World and then the galaxy, if not for the meddlesome Ellimist."
"You know him?" asked Henry.
"Of course I know him! As a matter of fact I wish he would be destroyed. I can answer many of your questions, tamers." said the Drode. For some reason he kept smiling.
"Fine then, just who are the Crayak and the Ellimist?" asked Guardromon
"The Ellimist and the Crayak are both the most powerful entities to exist, but the Great Crayak is more powerful. They can warp space and time. They can travel a million light years in a fraction of a second. They can destroy the fabric of space time itself! And that is only a billionth of their power. The Ellimist wants that life should flourish and be peaceful and Crayak wants to destroy the entire galaxy and make a new, better one. Isn't he wonderful?" the Drode said.
"Not really. It doesn't make much sense to me." said Ai.
"Of course, it is difficult for most people to recognize how great Crayak is." said Crayak.
"How does this have anything to pertain to us?" asked Kenta.
"It's fairly simple. The Ellimist and the Great Crayak can't oppose each other directly. Their power is so great; they fear that space time itself will collapse on them, destroying them and everything that they have worked for. So, they play a game. A game in which they manipulate beings smaller than themselves and hope that one day one of them will win." explained the Drode. "Also, just remind your little friend Brenet that she forgot to charge her laptop. It may only take 5 seconds and only once every century, but now you will have to charge it since I just reduced its battery strength." The Drode started to laugh and then vanished, before saying, "See ya later losers!". Time then started again.
"Ahhh! He's right! I can't work my laptop anymore!" screamed Brenet when she checked it.
"What!" screamed the others.
"That means we can't go back either!" said Henry. Everyone was now really tense.
"Huh, what's happening?" asked Fneiysmon. She had also been frozen so she didn't know what happened. They told him what had just happened." Really, I can't believe that happened to you. As for charging your laptop's battery, I heard that there was a place which gives off electric energy and it is used to charge human electronics and sometimes Digimon that feed on electric power. I can take you there."
"What about us?" asked one of the Friezmon.
"You should just run away and be happy I didn't punish you!" scolded Fneiysmon. She then turned to the tamers and let them on her back. So, the tamers thanked her and then got on her. As they flew up, an idea came to Kazu.
"Uh guys, this idea never came to me, but do Digimon have genders?" he asked. For some reason, no one seemed to have the answer. After some time, Fneiysmon said,
"As a Digital God, I know the answer. No, there are not boy or girl Digimon. Sure, you may call some her or he, but I could also call Guilmon she. There are also Digimon like LadyDevimon and Devimon, but there are not male or female Digimon." she explained. (This is not made up and the creator of Digimon had himself said this. I just wanted to get this clear.) Soon, they were out of the Snow Land and took out their snow clothes. They approached a new place. "This is the Thunder Land. Lightning Storms are common around here. There is a large tower that absorbs lightning and some Digimon go there to feed on electric power. We can charge your laptop there."
"So, what else is there?" Terriermon asked. Fneiysmon turned red at this due to embarrassment. They all were wondering what was happening to Fneiysmon.
"Well, I don't know. To tell you the truth I just became a Digital God a few days ago. It's difficult to keep learn everything about all of the different places in the Digital World. I ask the other gods for advice nearly every day." Fneiysmon explained.
"Also, is it true that the Ellimist made the Digital Gods?" Impmon asked.
"I'm not sure about that, but he established the Digital Gods over the Digital World. There used to be only one, but then he made three more. That was to make sure that if any of the Gods became evil, like when Zhuqiamon attacked you the others could stop them. Also, there was a limit of six. All of us our equally powerful, again to make sure that no one can destroy the other for power. We are also unable to load other Digimon into ourselves to become more powerful." Fneiysmon said this and then her guests were all deep in thought, wondering about how powerful Ellimist and Crayak must be.
"I feel a little guilty about the Digimon we had destroyed earlier." said Jeri.
"Well, they deserved that for attacking someone who had done nothing to them. Also, since the D-Reaper is gone, a Digimon's data again recycles and they become eggs in the Grasslands, which you might want to see later. It surprises me to see how much the D-Reaper's presence seemed to make our world quite terrible." Fneiysmon said. Now, they seemed relieved, but the first sentence Fneiysmon said made them a bit uneasy about her.
"Won't are parents be worried about us?" said Suzie.
"I almost forgot! We've been gone for nearly three ours!" said Ryo.
"They most be really worried." said Takato.
"I wonder what they're about to do. Since Hypnos has broken down, they won't know where we are." said Terriermon.
"Suzie, you didn't replace your r with a w this time!" said Lopmon.
"Yeah! I think I'm getting bigger!" said Susie. Lopmon looked at her tamer in amazement.
"I know what it's like to be treated like a child. Since I only became a god a few days ago, the others look down on me." said Fneiysmon.
"Really?" asked Cyberdramon.
"Yes, but soon I won't be the newbie. The final Digital God will arrive in a matter of days." said Fneiysmon.
"We'd be glad to meet him or her." said Takato. They had finally arrived at the tower.
Human World
As you might have imagined, the tamer's parents were getting worried since there children had not come back after two hours. Once they had waited three hours, it occurred that something had gone wrong. It was a possibility that all of them could have stopped at another's house. So, they phoned the other parents and they had not been there either. The parents then decided to go to a meeting place to decide what to do.
"They said that they would be back in half an hour. It's been three and a half hours and they still have not come back." said Takato's father.
"What can we do?" asked Rika's grandmother. They all were thinking of ideas to help, but they couldn't think of anything.
"They said they were looking for information on someone or something called the Ellimist." said Takato's father.
"Exactly! That's why we're worried about them!" said Rika's grandmother.
"I'm sure there's nothing to worry about. They've gone through many difficult situations." said Takato's father.
"But we don't know about this Ellimist! He managed to bring back Leomon to life and upgrade a laptop in a matter of seconds. What if they are now going against a force that they can't handle?"
"Well, what can we do otherwise?"
"Something besides just sitting here!"
"Hypnos has disintegrated! We have no way to contact them!" Everyone became silent at these words, because they knew it was true and they could do nothing but wait.
Tower in the Digital World
They had finally reached the tower. There were a few Digimon like Fneiysmon had mentioned. There were a lot of panels at the base of the tower and a few of the Digimon were sucking in electric power.
"In the old days such Digimon used to take power from batteries. It's a good thing that this tower was built. The batteries were then just thrown away and some of them were even thrown in the ocean. It was polluting our environment. Now, all Digimon that eat electricity stay here." Fneiysmon explained.
"We have the same problem in our world." said Takato. "I wish there was something like that tower in our world."
"Enough talk, we have to charge my laptop." said Brenet. They quickly got down and then charged the laptop.
"Wait, we've been gone for three hours now." Kazu said. "Our parents are going to freak." They all nodded and Brenet started to open the portal.
"Thanks." they all said before going to the Human World. They explained everything that had happened to their parents. They were now really worried about this Ellimist person's powers. The next day, in school they told everything to their friends.
After a while, they all met in the classroom while they noticed that the new boy was with them.
"I am an associate of the Ellimist. My name is Cat." He said. ( If you want to know how Cat looks like, he looks exactly like the rival in Pokemon Diamond and Pearl."
"Don't try to trick us." said Kenta. "We know that you're name is the Ellimist." Everyone looked at the new kid who was now calling himself Cat.
"So you've told everyone." Cat was saying, looking at everyone around in the class. "However, I'm someone different than the Ellimist, although we may look alike."
"Who are you then?" asked all of them.
"I am to the Ellimist, what the Drode is to Crayak." Cat said.
"So you're like his assistant?" asked Kenta.
"Yeah, saying that is correct to some extent." Cat replied.