Chapter 6
In no time at all, Romano, Felimon, Germany, and Gilbamon met up with the others. "Finally! What took you so long? Do you have any idea how worried we were?" Austria said.
"What the bloody hell happened in there? We heard a roar from inside, and what happened to you two?" Britain asked as he noticed the cuts on the Italians.
"We ran into Lenmon," Felimon answered.
"Lenmon?" Natamon asked in disbelief.
"Yeah, but don't vorry; Felimon here Hetavolved and sent zat kitty packing!" Gilbamon said.
"Awesome! It's been soooo long since you became Pastromon!" Alfamon exclaimed.
Felimon blushed and Germany rolled his eyes, "Anyvay, ve shouldn't go zrough zis jungle; it's impossible not to get lost." Germany declared.
"I guess we should go around then," Britain decided.
"Hold on," Russia said suddenly, "We don't really where we're going da? Shouldn't we have a destination in mind?" he asked innocently.
Everyone agreed at his point, they had to find someone or some place that could take them home and they had to recover their memories. "We could always look for *Oramon," Mattamon said quietly.
"Who is zat?" France asked. "He's a Digitalia who's really wise; they say he knows everything." Mattamon answered.
"We know where to find him, we're actually on the right path," Lizamon said.
"Yeah dudes, but what about the…" Alfamon trailed off nervously. "What? *Nephila Gorge?" Natamon asked; Alfamon nodded.
"What's Nephila Gorge?" Britain asked. "It's a really creepy gorge that we have to go through to get to Oramon; it's really dangerous and not many Digitalia have made it through there in one piece." Alfamon explained.
"I don't wanna go to that scary place, my medication's wearing off!" Felimon cried.
"You take medication?" Romano asked. "Ignore him," Gilbamon said to him waving his hand.
"Isn't there another way?" Austria asked.
Kikumon shook his head, "It's the only way to get there, and it's the fastest too."
"Don't worry, we'll be fine!" Lizamon said smiling, "We've managed to survive three strong Digitalia, I'm sure a few more won't hurt us."
"Yeah; us. What about them?" Alfamon asked gesturing to the nations, "Worst case scenario; if we get separated from them there will be hell to pay!"
"How can you get separated in a gorge? Those things are really straight forward; literally!" Lizamon protested.
"Yes, but it's really wide; if a Digitaria chases us, we all could get separated," Kikumon pointed out.
"But if our partners are in danger we can just Hetavolve right?" Natamon asked.
"I don't know, it took a lot of energy for me to Hetavolve and Romano nearly got eaten by then!" Felimon said nervously.
Mattamon nodded, "He's right, there's no telling how long it will take to successfully Hetavolve." He said.
"Aw relax! No other Digitalia can match the strength of awesome me!" Gilbamon bragged.
The nations were all starting to get second thoughts about this, "Don't we get a say in this?" China asked. "No," All the Digitalia said together and went back to their discussion.
"Look, it's the only way; let's promise that we'll be very careful and try to stick together," Lizamon concluded.
The other Digitalia nodded and began to walk off, "Let's go," Alfamon said and grabbed Britain's arm proceeding to drag him along and the other Digitalia did the same, ignoring their protests.
About an hour later, they reached Nephila gorge; just the sight made even freaked out Russia. The brown ground had transformed to black and dark grey. Before them lay an enormous gorge with jagged edges that was about sixty feet deep and eighty feet wide. Storm clouds seemed to gather around that one area and very eerie feeling emanated around the whole place.
"This is it." Alfamon said.
"We just have to go straight through and we'll be close to Oramon," Lizamon said.
Everyone nodded and the three flying Digitalia flew everyone safely into the gorge; they had to make multiple trips though. Once everyone was safely on the ground again, they began the long walk. They all stayed in a large group with the Digitalia surrounding the nations, their senses on high alert for any Digitalia. But all the while, they kept getting this eerie feeling and it wasn't coming from Russia.
"Are you sure this was a good idea?" Austria asked Lizamon.
"Of course, it's the only way to find Oramon and get you home," Lizamon answered. "But-" Austria began but Lizamon cut him off,
"Look, you have to take risks if you want make progress. The right way is never the easy one." She said.
The group continued to walk, but the eerie feeling was no even stronger. All the Digitalia stopped and froze. Their eyes darted all around, but nothing was in sight. Their senses were screaming that a Digitalia was nearby, but all was quiet.
Natamon's wolf ears twitched and she tackled Russia onto the ground as four blurs zoomed over them. One of the objects tore through Russia's scarf a bit and pinned the tiny piece of ripped fabric to the wall of the gorge. Natamon got up and everyone ran to the wall; four needles that were light purple, stuck to the wall.
Natamon took out her stat screen marble and scanned the needles. She turned to the others, her eyes wide in alarm, "*Latromon," she said.
As if her words had triggered it, a dozen more needles flew in their direction. The Digitalia all tackled their partners to the ground and covered them to shield them from any harm, "What the bloody hell are those things?" Britain asked frantically.
"Poisonous needles!" Mattamon cried.
"Just having skin contact with one can kill a Digitalia in twelve hours!" Alfamon explained.
They got up and even more needles were shot towards them, "I don't think I want to know what they do to humans!" France said.
The three flying Digitalia picked up their partners and took to the skies to try to find the source while the land Digitalia tried their best to fend off the needles. They looked around frantically until they spotted a small hole in the wall of the gorge, "Lizamon!" Alfamon yelled.
"I'm on it!" she said nodding. She safely placed Austria behind a boulder and she flew towards the hole, "Rage Hammer!" she yelled and her metal club transformed.
She slammed her mallet into the hole and it crumbled away to reveal a dark cave; and out of it, crawled a black spider the size of an R.V.
"Shit!" Alfamon cursed and flew higher as the spider shot more needles from between its pinchers. The group all scattered as they dodged the oncoming attacks that were repeated over and over, "Who is that?" Germany asked urgently as Gilbamon flew higher,
"Latromon; one of the most brutal Digitalia. He uses the needles to weaken his enemy before eating them alive!" Gilbamon explained.
Latromon shot another wave of needles; Kikumon stood in front of China, "Sakura Gale!" he yelled and the gust of wind erupted from his hands, stopping all the needles and throwing them to the ground. The wind eventually ceased, but one needle had managed to get through. Since the wind had blown it off course, China was easily able to dodge it; but not before it grazed Kikumon, leaving a small gash on his cheek.
Kikumon's vision blurred as he swayed on his feet until his legs could no longer support him, "Kikumon!" China cried in horror as he caught the Digitalia. The gash on his cheek quickly became inflamed as the poison seeped into his bloodstream. China moved behind a boulder, praying that Latromon would leave them alone.
Another wave of needles flew through the air, narrowly missing the flying Digitalia. The land Digitalia managed to get away when,
"NO!"
Romano's scream echoed through the gorge; a needle had been shot into Felimon's leg. Felimon frantically ripped it out as dizziness overcame him and he fell backwards into Romano's arms. Romano dragged his behind another boulder as the Digitalia all got ready to attack.
The flying Digitalia placed their partners on the ground and told them to hide and they flew towards Latromon, minus Felimon and Kikumon.
"Star Blast!"
"Flash Fire!"
The two attacks hit, but the armor covering most of the spider's body blocked most of it. That provided a distraction to allow Mattamon to get up close, "Ice Breath!"
The area between the spider's pinchers was now firmly frozen shut; no more needles would be bothering them for a while. Alfamon flew in close to attack, but something slammed into his wings. Alfamon flew to the ground and Britain ran up to him. Alfamon tried to fly, but his wings wouldn't move; were they stuck? "I can't fly!" he cried.
Britain examined the Digitalia's wings and found a white sticky substance wrapped around them, "It's some kind of webbing!" Britain said and he tried to pull it off. But the stuff was strong and wasn't going to be cut easily.
Mattamon ran up to attack again and found where the webbing was coming from; a small hole on Latromon's head opened to shoot out a glob of webbing with incredible force and speed that pinned Mattamon's left arm to the wall before he could react.
Gilbamon flew in for a direct attack and managed to dodge the web shots, but Latromon was smarter than he seemed. He raised one of his eight legs and hit Gilbamon directly. The winged Digitalia slammed into the wall of the gorge head first and felt very dizzy as Germany rushed over to him.
"Splitting Shriek!" Natamon let out the ear piercing scream, but Latromon turned so that the armor on his back took most of the attack. But it didn't just block it; it reflected most of the sound waves back to Natamon. The wolf Digitalia held her ears and fell to her knees at the mercy of her own attack.
Latromon, who was a bit dazed from the portion of the attack that did affect him, smacked her away with one of his legs and Lizamon saw this as her chance to attack,
"Rage Hammer!" her metal club became the large mallet and she slammed down hard on Latromon's head. Lizamon grinned at her victory, but that triumph was quickly replaced by shock as Latromon appeared just fine; and Lizamon had fallen right into his trap. The hole on Latromon's head opened right in front of Lizamon, but this time sent out a continuous stream of thinner web-like material.
Every inch of Lizamon except her head was wrapped in webbing, forming a cocoon around the Digitalia. With her now useless wings, Lizamon fell to the ground.
Austria's eyes widened in horror as Latromon leaned towards Lizamon, snapping his pinchers at her. He clenched his fists and spotted a jagged rock out of the corner of his eye. Lizamon's words echoed in his head, "You have to take risks if you want make progress. The right way is never the easy one."
Before he knew it, Austria had the jagged rock in his hand like a dagger and was running towards Latromon. The other nations yelled and screamed for him to get back, but Austria kept going. He ran under Latromon where there was no armor and stabbed upward with all his might. Greenish goo spurted out of Latromon as the spider writhed in agony and took many massive steps away from Lizamon.
Austria's senses came back to him as a now very angry Latromon came towards him. Before the nation could react, Latromon glued Austria to the ground with an especially large glob.
"Austria!" Lizamon cried as she tried to move towards him, but it was no use. Austria managed to cut some of the webbing away with his rock, but he was still firmly stuck to the ground.
Lizamon continued to struggle and squirm towards her partner, "I have to save him!" she cried; Austria's Hetavice began to glow.
Latromon leaned closer to Austria as his pinchers snapped dangerously close to his face, "NO, AUSTRIA!" Lizamon screamed and her whole body began to glow. The webbing easily broke away as Lizamon began to grow rapidly,
"Lizamon…Hetavolve to…*Lepkemon!"
The glowing ceased, and in Lizamon's place stood an enormous butterfly, about the same size as Freemon. Her proboscis curled and her wings shone with every color of the rainbow. "Now, I'll show you my true power of my Ultimate form: Lepkemon!" the butterfly said.
She flapped her wings causing a large gust of wind that blew Latromon back a few yards. Her proboscis then uncurled and wrapped around Austria before gently pulling him free and placing him a safe distance away.
Latromon shot multiple globs of webbing at the new enemy and Lepkemon took flight, easily avoiding the attack. She whipped up more wind with her wings, slightly stunning the spider, before ramming into him, flipping the spider onto its back.
Lizamon flew into the air high above Latromon, "Smash of Steel!" Lepkemon yelled and her entire being turned to pure solid steel.
The butterfly then flew at top speed towards Latromon with her proboscis and antennae pointed at the target like spears and the three appendages along with her entire body slammed into Latromon's soft underside.
The impact of the attack caused the needle shooter that Mattamon froze shut before to break open and send a few needles into the air. The needles landed in the ground around Latromon and Lepkemon as more green goo gushed out of the three wounds Lepkemon had inflicted.
Latromon shuddered before finally lying still and disappearing. As the spider disappeared, all the webbing began to harden and crumble away, freeing the Digitalia who were still caught in its grasp. Lepkemon began to glow again and began to shrink.
Austria ran up to her just as the glowing faded away to reveal Lizamon facing him, "Lizamon! Are you alright?" Austria asked frantically.
Lizamon opened her mouth to say something, but swayed and fell forward. Austria barely managed to catch her, "Lizamon, what's wrong?" Austria asked.
Lizamon reached behind her and yanked something out of her shoulder; she held it up to reveal one of Latromon's needles. One of the last few needles must have hit Lepkemon at the last minute.
Austria turned to the others, "She's poisoned!" he cried.
"Kikumon! Stay with me!" China cried, cradling his Digitalia.
"Don't you dare fall asleep Felimon! Just keep your damn eyes open!" Romano cried desperately to his Digitalia. The two were beginning to bead with sweat and their wounds were getting redder and more inflamed every second.
This was bad; three Digitalia were poisoned and if they didn't find a cure in twelve hours they would be done for. "We have to get out of here and find Oramon!" Mattamon said.
Alfamon nodded, "He's the only one who can save them! We have to hurry!" he agreed.
Romano and China hauled Kikumon and Felimon onto their backs while Austria picked Lizamon up bridal-style. Alfamon and Gilbamon flew ahead of them to scout out for any more Digitalia while the others ran on the ground towards the exit.
They hoped that they would be able to get out and find Oramon without running into any trouble; with three dying Digitalia on their hands, it was the last thing they needed.
I am an evil person...I give you permission to beat me within an inch of my life...X(
Super SUPER evil cliffie! But at least the plots finally moving!
*Meanings:
-Oramon: I got the name from the word Oracle. You know, those guys from ancient greece and rome who could see into the future and stuff? That's why he's supposedly super smart, but you'll find out later ;)
-Nephila Gorge: The word Nephila comes from 'Nephila Clavipes' which means 'Golden silk orb weaver'. Ironic right? I named a creepy dark gorge after a word that has golden in it.
-Latromon: Like Nephila, the word Latro comes from the name 'Latrodectus' which is part of the latin name for black widow spiders. I thought it fit pretty well to a huge ass black spider.
-Lepkemon: 'Lepke' is one of the ways to say butterfly in Hungarian. The other word is 'Pillangó' but that one was a little too long; and Lepkemon sounded a lot more unique if you ask me.
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