New year, new chapter. I wish you all a happy 2017, may your dreams come true. I hope you enjoy this chapter.
Disclaimer: Je ne possède pas Digimon.
After the attack on the camp the Digidestined and their Digimon hadn't slept well and had gotten up early. For the first time since they had entered the Digiworld they received some food. Centarumon had brought them a big bowl filled with different kind of fruits and also something that looked and tasted like bread. Some of the fruits were sweet, some of them weren't, but they were happy to have something to eat, even if no one of them had been really hungry not even Makani. Usually she was the one who was always hungry and had food as her priority number one.
After their breakfast came Centarumon back. "What are you going to do now?"
Masaru stepped closer to the Digimon. "We'll go to the factory and take care of the generator!"
"But before you go there is something I have to tell you: Before your arrival Leomon, Ogremon and I had tried to fight Vilemon. But it had been too late; the Dark Transmitter already had been built. Vilemon had become stronger than us and we had to retreat, but we had not just faced Vilemon, but also its servants; neither Boogiemon nor Witchmon were among his servants."
"Does that mean Boogiemon and Witchmon serve another Digimon?" asked Maikeru.
"Most likely." answered Centarumon short.
"Who's that that other evil Digimon and where can we find it?" asked Masaru.
"I am afraid that I do not know the answers to your questions. Maybe Gennai knows."
Masaru became angry. "so basically you're telling us that it won't be over after the defeat of Vilemon. So where is that Gennai guy, how can we find him?"
"I know that he is on the continent of server, but that is all I know. I guess he will talk to you when he thinks that the time is right."
Masaru opened his mouth to say something, but after a moment he closed his mouth and ran away. Kotemon followed him and after a few moments also Sakura and Candlemon.
"Stop it Masaru you aren't a kid anymore!" she yelled to him.
He made two more steps, but then he turned around to face his sister.
"What's wrong?" asked Sakura with a caring voice.
"I don't want to be here in the middle of a war, far away from home, in a place where everyone I like is constantly in danger. Everything here is just shit." In this moment he looked at Kotemon which was hurt by his words.
Masaru sat down in front of Kotemon. "I'm sorry I didn't want to hurt feelings."
"It is ok." Replied the reptile Digimon calm.
"No it's not ok. I don't know if I'm the Digidestined you deserve."
"We only met because you are my partner." said Kotemon while it moved closer to Masaru.
Masaru hugged his partner. "Thank you."
Sakura sat down beside her brother. "You know not everything here is so bad, we already found some great friends here. And to be hones I believe Leomon and Centarumon, so we should give our best to save this world like our parents did."
"You seem to be very determined about this." asked Masaru curious.
"I am."
"But how can you be so sure about this?" still curious about the behavior of his sister.
"Because I believe in us, I believe in our Digimon partners and as long as we stand together we will win."
"I hope you're right, I really hope it. We maybe should go back to the others."
They both stood up and together with their Digimon partners they walked back to the others. The other Digidestined were already waiting for them.
"Is everything alright again?" asked Tadashi looking at Masaru.
"Good enough to continue." said Masaru with a small smile.
"Where is Centarumon?" asked Sakura.
"At the tunnels again, Centarumon knows an ancient tunnel that will bring us pretty close to the factory." explained May.
No one of the Digidestined wanted to walk through those dark tunnels again, but it was the best possibility to get unseen to the factory. So the Digidestined bowed to their fate and walked to the tunnel entrance again, where Centarumon was waiting for them.
At first they took the same way they took the days before until they entered a small side tunnel, the tunnel was so small that they had to walk behind each other. They quickly lost track of the time. Only Maikeru used his laptop from time to time to check the clock. After quite some time they finally left the small tunnel and entered a bigger one.
"At this point half of the way is behind us." informed them Centarumon.
Maikeru checked the clock they had walked to the tunnel for already one and a half hour. They made a small break until they started to walk again.
"Are we the only ones who use these tunnels?" asked Maikeru.
"In a way. These are not just tunnels this is a mace and I am the only one who knows the ways through this mace." explained Centarumon.
"Who built this mace?" asked Hoshi very curious.
"No one knows it must have been an ancient civilization of Digimon thousands of years ago. Even the gods of the Digiworld do not know who it was." answered Centarumon.
The rest of the way was uneventful in the early afternoon they left the tunnel and ended up in a very small and tight cave. It was very uncomfortable, but with every step the cave became a bit wider, until they eventually reached the entrance of the cave. Their last barrier was a few bushes they had to walk through. They stood in the jungle when they finally had made their way out.
Centarumon gave Masaru a compass. "Always head North-North –East and you will reach the factory very soon."
Centarumon also gave Sakura a small package. "I forgot to give you this earlier, it belong to your father and will be very useful for you. I will leave you now good luck." Centarumon walked back into the cave and the tunnel.
Sakura opened her package. "A binocular! That's very useful."
The Digidestined followed Centarumon's advice and headed North-North-East. It didn't take much time until they reached the edge of the forest and stood on top of a cliff not far away from them was a waterfall. Beyond them was a river that flowed directly to the factory.
Sakura used her binocular to have a closer look. The first thing she noticed was the small path beside the waterfall which would lead them down from the cliff. She couldn't see much details of the factory, but she didn't see any guards or scouts outside of the factory.
"I can't see any Digimon, we can use the small path to leaf this cliff and to come a bit closer to the factory."
The others agreed and together with their Digimon the Digidestined took the steep path. They had to be very careful the path was completely made out of stone and was very slippery because of the water that splashed from the waterfall onto it. More than once they had to stop because someone had slipped, luckily a few dirty clothes were the only causalities.
In the end they needed much longer than expected for the rather short way. The rest of the way to the factory was open land; there was no possibility to hide. Sakura used her binocular once more, much to her surprise something had changed. A few Digimon had appeared on the east side of the factory, she wasn't able to clearly identify them, but the two Digimon she assumed to be the leaders of the small group looked a lot like Leomon and Ogremon.
"Is everything alright with you?" asked Andrew Sakura.
"I'm fine, but I think I saw Leomon and Ogremon on the west side of the factory."
"That makes sense." commented Tadashi.
"How does that make sense?" asked Sakura curious.
"Because they're our distraction maneuver." said Tadashi. "It is nearly impossible to close the distance between our position and the factory without being seen. So they will distract the guards of the factory, so that we can reach the factory without being seen. "
Sakura nodded and used her binocular to see what was going on. Soon something that looked like a tank and a few gray machine Digimon left the factory and attacked the few Digimon lead by Leomon and Ogremon. Sakura was shocked for a moment because Leomon and its followers were clearly outnumbered, but she was relieved when she saw that they retreaded. The attacking forces swallowed the bait and chased after the other Digimon.
Sakura told her friends what she had seen and they went to the factory as fast as possible. Luckily they managed to get to the factory without any disruptions. But as they reached the factory they had to face another problem, there was no entrance to enter the factory.
Masaru smirked. "Are you ready Kotemon?"
"Of course!" Kotemon digivolve to Gladimon!
With a few slashes of its swords it cut an opening into the outer wall of the factory. It had been surprisingly simple.
"Rusty." Commended Maikeru when he walk into the factory and took a closer look at the wall Gladimon had cut through.
Behind the wall was a manhole, barely big enough for the Digidestined to walk through. Maikeru noticed even more how rusty some parts of the metal walls were. The manhole they were walking through was completely unlit, after a few meters they had to walk through the dark. They walked very carefully and slow through the manhole.
"We should have asked for a map." complained Tadashi.
"I'm sure Centarumon would have given us a map if there had been one available." answered May annoyed.
"I'm just saying." murmured Tadashi.
They continued their way as silent as possible. After they walked around a sharp corner they finally saw light again, a few meters in front of them a light came from the ceiling of the manhole. Quickly the Digidestined and their Digimon walked to the light and took a closer look at it. The light was an opening in the ceiling sealed with an iron grid.
"This seems to be a better way to get to the generator." said Maikeru looking at the opening.
"It's barely big enough for us." noticed Tadashi.
"Well it's the best chance we have whatever there will be, everything is better than walking in the dark." said Masaru determined.
Gladimon used its sabers again to remove the iron grid. It helped the Digidestined and their Digimon to climb out of the manhole into the corridor above them. The corridor looked rather old and dirty, the only things new in the corridor were the lamps that illuminated the corridor with a clod light.
Masaru realized that Gladimon was too big to fit through the opening. "It's ok Gladimon you can dedigivolve now."
Gladimon dedigivolved back into Kotemon, Masaru grabbed Kotemon by its kendo-sword and pulled it out of the manhole.
The Digidestined and their Digimon walked in the direction they assumed would lead them directly to the center of the factory. It was surprisingly simple there were no guards, no cameras no security after all. Just as they were about to loosen up they walked around a corner and faced two grey machine Digimon. Instantly their Digivices told them that they were facing two Mekanorimon. Tadashi realized that the cores on their front were already glowing.
"Run!" he yelled.
The Digidestined ran back around the corner, just as they had gotten around the corner two blasts of energy destroyed the wall they had been standing in front of moments ago. The laser beams had created a passage to another corridor. The Mekanorimon came around the corner looking for another target.
"Candlemon now!"
"Molten Wax!" Candlemon shot hot wax at the Mekanorimon's eyes.
"That will buy us a bit time." said Sakura slightly proud.
Instinctively Masaru ran behind the temporal blinded Mekanorimon and the others followed him. But the Mekanorimon were faster than expected and were ready to shoot again. The Digidestined ran left and right to dodge the attacks. As fast as they could the Digidestined and their Digimon run away from the Mekanorimon.
After several minutes of running Masaru stopped and looked for the others, he was shocked when he saw that only Tadashi May and Hoshi accompanied him.
"Where are the others?" he asked shocked.
"They must have run into the other direction." said May unhappy.
"Damn we have to find them, fast!" replied Masaru slightly angry.
Tadashi put a hand on the shoulder of his best friend. "I know it's hard but we have to stay calm, there still those Mekanorimon we have to take care of."
Masaru nodded. "I know. Kotemon how are you?"
Kotemon shook its head. "I am sorry but I do not think that I can digivolve right now."
"Don't worry buddy it's ok."
"We have to set up a trap, Coredramon would be too big to fight in this corridor." said May.
"She is right." commented Renamon.
But there plans got disrupted when one of the Mekanorimon came around the corner.
"Cover up! Heads down!" yelled Masaru.
They lay down on the ground and managed to dodge the attack just in time. Together the four Digimon of the Digidestined started a counter attack, but there attacks weren't very effective.
Tadashi became more and more desperate, they weren't able to fight properly and his friends' and sister's life was still in danger.
"Liollmon come on we have to win this fight."
In this moment his Digivice started to glow in bright yellow.
Liollmon digivolve to Liamon!
The lion-like Digimon became much bigger ( ̴Garurumon's size), also its claws and fangs had become bigger.
"Critical Strike!" Liamon's claws became hard as diamonds, they ripped through the metallic body of Mekanorimon, after two more slashes the Mekanorimon dissolved into data.
Masaru gave Tadashi an acknowledging nod. "Well done, let's look for the others."
"Twinkle Beam!"
Sakura pushed herself against the wall again, evading the attack from the Mekanorimon; it had been super close again, she still felt the heat of the attack on her face.
"Come on, we have to continue, we shouldn't stand still now." It was Andrew, he grabbed her hand and pulled her away from the wall. She nodded weak and started to run again.
A few meters in front of them were Maikeru and Makani waiting. They continued to run through the corridor and eventually they found a door.
"Run through the door, with bit luck Mekanorimon won't find us there." Commanded Maikeru.
The Digidestined ran through the door and stood in a small room.
"Hey guys look at this, this looks like a map." said Makani while she stood in front of a dirty wall. Sakura and Andrew walked to her, Andrew wiped the dirt away and it really was a map.
Hagurumon plucked on Maikeru's trousers. "What's up buddy?"
"I am not sure Maikeru, but this place seems very familiar to me."
"Are you sure?" asked Maikeru curious.
"Yes it is just a feeling, but this place has some effect on me."
"Ok, I have an idea." Masaru opened its laptop and plugged the cable that was part of the laptop into a plug on the wall. Immediately a lot of Digisymbols and numbers ran across the screen.
The numbers and symbols had a hallucinating effect on Hagurumon. Its body became warmer and warmer at the same time Maikeru's Digivice started to glow in beige.
"Maikeru." said the Digimon unsecure.
"Hagurumon is something wrong?"
"I do not know, I…"
Hagurumon digivolve to Guardromon!
The small ensemble of gear frames transformed into a big, bulky, brown robot.
"You digivolved!" cheered Maikeru.
"Yes; it is just distant memories but I think I have already been here a long time ago."
"That's very interesting. Do you think that you are able to fight against Mekanorimon?"
"Yes!" said Guardromon very determined.
"Alright let's go." commanded Maikeru.
"We know the way to the generator." replied Sakura.
They nodded and left the room. To their surprise they stood right behind the Mekanorimon. Both Guardromon and Mekanorimon hesitated a moment because they were so surprised before they attacked.
"Destruction Grenade!"
"Twinkle Beam!"
Guardromon was a bit quicker, but it hadn't aimed well it only hit Mekanorimon's leg. Mekanorimon wanted to attack but its damaged leg broke away the attack hit the ceiling. The Digidestined had to take a few steps back because of metallic debris falling from the ceiling. Guardromon fired its second missile right into Mekanorimon's core.
"To the generator?" asked Sakura.
"To the generator." confirmed Maikeru.
Masaru and his three followers ran rather clueless through the factory, it was pure luck that they found that they found the center of the factory. It was a big hall with a huge generator in it and a thick black cable that lead away from the generator. They wondered how they could destroy that generator.
In this moment a door burst open and a big, bulky, brown robot appeared, Liamon prepare to fight, but then they saw that the Digimon was accompanied by their missing friends. Of course the Digidestined were happy to be reunited again, they quickly told each other what had happened.
"How do we destroy this?" asked May.
Her brother grinned. "Well, we'll shoot at it; Guardromon!"
Guardromon nodded. "Step back. Mega Grenade!"
The hatch on Guradromon's body opened and a big grenade flew out of it towards the generator. The grenade exploded in the generator and eventually the generator exploded, but the eruption was much bigger than expected.
Steel beams fell from the ceiling destroying the weakened steel beams in the ground.
"We have to get out of here! The factory will collapse!" yelled Masaru.
Right as they hurried to a door a huge piece of metal fell from the ceiling between them and the door. The piece of metal ripped the floor in front of them apart. They turned around looking for another door, but it was already too late the floor underneath them broke away and the Digidestined and their Digimon fell into the darkness.
Surprisingly the darkness was just very dirty water, but the surprise quickly became horror. Sakura was a miserable swimmer, Guardromon drowned instantly because of its weight and the cold water mad every movement extremely difficult and exhausting for the others.
Andrew instantly started to feel numb from the cold water, he saw Maikeru screaming the name of his partner with tears in his eyes. And Masaru was screaming his sister's name desperately, Andrew was by far the best swimmer among the Digidestined, the other at least were able to keep their heads above the water.
While the Digimon took hold on their human partners or tried to swim on their own; Betamon was comfortably swimming in front of him. He quickly made up his mind, now it was his time to safe his friends, if someone could save them it was him and Betamon.
Suddenly he recognized a red light, first he had thought that it came from underneath them, but now it looked more like his leg was glowing red, but it wasn't his leg it was his Digivice. He looked at Betamon and it looked at him expectant.
"It's our turn now, let's save our fiends!"
The glowing intensified and also Betamon started to glow red.
Betamon digivolve to Seadramon!
The small amphibious Digimon transformed into a huge green sea snake with a yellow head and a white downside.
Immediately Seadramon dove into the water, moments later Seadramon's head came out of the water again with Hagurumon and Sakura between his jaws. To their right the debris of the generator had created an artificial island; carefully it laid them down on the island. At the same time it used its long body to push the other Digidestined very close to the generator debris.
When he climbed onto the island Andrew was very happy to see that Sakura wasn't unconscious, she was coughing heavily and spit a lot of water, but overall she seemed to be unharmed. Maikeru had been the second who had climbed on the island.
"How are you Hagurumon?" he asked very concerned.
"Do not cry Maikeru, I am ok. I just feel very weak."
"We can't take the way through the factory, it would be way too dangerous, but we have to get out of here." said Tadashi.
"If we destroy the ceiling a bit more I could digivolve and you could fly on me out of the factory." explained Falcomon.
"That would be really dangerous, we shouldn't destabilize the factory anymore." replied Maikeru.
"Why is here even so much water?" asked Hoshi curious.
And then Maikeru realized it. "Of course, the generator was part of a hydroelectric power plant, this water is from the river, and the Digimon here must have used the flow rate of the water to produce energy. That means there must be an inflow and an outflow for the water." explained Masaru his theory. "Seadramon could you please check if there is an inflow and outflow?"
Seadramon nodded and dove into the water once more. Andrew stared for a moment at the place where Seadramon had vanished into the water. Suddenly he felt two hands grabbing his arm and turning him around, it was Sakura, just a second later she hugged him tight. She didn't say a single word, but no words were needed he understood what she wanted to say. When they broke their embrace they looked at each other with a bright blush on their faces.
Masaru saved them from the embarrassing moment and he also gave Andrew a small hug. "Thank you for saving my sister's live. I owe you a big one."
"You are very welcome."
Maikeru gave Andrew a clap on the shoulder. "Thank you I really appreciate what you and Betamon have done for me and Hagurumon."
"You are also very welcome."
Andrew still felt a bit uneasy from getting so much attention.
Just a few moments later Seadramon came back. "The current at the inflow is two strong I would not be able to bring you outside safe. The outflow is blocked by a huge piece of metal, but I think it could be a safe way out." reported Seadramon.
"Can you remove the metal?" asked Andre his partner.
"It should not be a problem." Quickly Seardramon swam to the outflow and dove into the water.
A few moments later the Digidestined felt the factory slightly shacking again, then there was one stronger jolt and the Digidestined could see that the water level was slowly decreasing.
When Seadramon returned the Digidestined and their Digimon climbed on Seadramon's back and Seadramon swam carefully to the outflow. Seadramon tried to swim as much as possible on the surface of the water, so that only the Digidestined's feet got wet.
The outflow was a very big pipe; the water only occupied half of the space in the pipe, so the Digidestined and their Digimon could leave the factory pretty comfortable on Seadramon's back. As they had left the factory behind them noticed that the water had become much clearer again.
They decided to travel a bit longer on the river, until only Sakura with her binocular was able to see factory in front of the setting sun.
"Unbelievable." whispered Maikeru surprised.
"What's the problem?" asked his sister.
"My laptop is still working like nothing had happened."
And it is done. Originally I had planned to end this chapter when the Digidestined fell into the water and to put the whole Seadramon plot in an extra chapter, but I think that would have been a very boring chapter. I'm much happier with this longer chapter. I hope you liked it.
As always pls R&R and I see you soon
sayonara
