Digimon U-squad Ch 8
The last of my breath escaped me as I collapsed in front of the jungle train station, "Okay," I wheezed, "That is enough running for one day!"
Tali nodded, "Yeah, let's just hope Ria and the Chief got our distress call."
Illyria was still in shock, after all, we had almost been killed by Devimon and Black Gatomon had it not been for Tali's Garurumon's transformation into WereGarurumon, "Thanks Tali."
"No problem," Tali panted.
Calfmon looked at the three of us, then at Gabumon and Dobermon, who'd seemed just as worn out as we had been. However, my digimon wasn't even sweating, "Come on, we could at least go for another mile!" Calfmon exclaimed as I hit the ground before a train came screeching up to us. Vega and Riamei stepped out. The eleven year old girl rushed toward her sister.
"Are you alright?!" Ria asked her sister before beginning to inspect every part of her body.
"We came here as soon as we could," Vega said as he looked around, "What's wrong?"
"Tower," Tali said, "In the forest, Czar, Devimon, Black Gatomon," with that she collapsed, however Vega caught her in his arms before setting her up straight.
"Slow down," Vega said, "What did this tower look like?"
"It was a giant black tower," Tali's Gabumon panted, "With some storm around it!"
Vega nodded, "And Devimon...he's still alive?" Tali gave a soft nod and coughed, "You alright?"
Tali nodded, "Just not used to running that fast."
Riamei looked at Illyria, "Look at this! You got a little scratch on your cheek!" Riamei then took out a box that said, my first med-kit, "DON'T WORRY! I'LL SAVE YOU!" Riamei's terriermon shook its head as its master put a band-aid over Illyria's cheek, "There! All better!" she said before coming over to me, "You're fine," She said and turned around.
"Gee thanks," I said and put my hands on my legs.
"No problem!" Riamei smiled as Vega grabbed Tali.
"Tali, and Illyria have earned a rest for the day," He said.
"What about me!?" I snapped.
Calfmon laughed, "Come on Carlos! We're fine! Besides! I feel great!"
Vega nodded, "That's why you're coming with Ria and I," He said, "It turns out, Starmon has spotted something near the Western Village. Vanessa wants us to check it out with her."
"Oh well, okay," I said as Illyria and Tali boarded a blue train, while Vega, Riamei, and I boarded a brown one. Within a few seconds the train sped off and I was once again taken by suprise, "SWEET JIMMNEY CRICKET!" I exclaimed as I accidently flew into Vega's lap. The two of us looked at each other for a second before I scrambled out of his lap.
"Don't ever do that again," Vega said.
"Can do!" I stammered as Ria chuckled, "It's not funny!"
"To you yes," Riamei's terriermon chuckled, "To us, no."
"Its not funny to me either," Vega's Monodramon whined.
Calfmon shook his head as the train grinded to a halt, "Everyone out, we're at the Western Station!" The train conductor called.
The three of us piled out of the train only to see Vanessa and Ben standing in front of us. Ben had on a red attire similiar to something Indiana Jones wore.
"Good, you managed to get here on time," Vanessa smiled as her Gallantmon stood beside her.
"Shall we head out, your highness," Gallantmon asked his master.
"Yes," Vanessa said, "Let's go," with that a strange hoverboard shaped like a bird appeared at Gallantmon's feet while Vanessa got on.
"And the rest of us are walking?" I sighed.
"It will be great exercise," Vanessa said.
"Right," I replied, exercise is the last thing you ever want to do after running for your life. With that, the five of us set out. The hot sun was making me sweat more than it should have, everyone else on the other hand seemed fine, I need to get out more, I thought. A giant temple made of sand seemed to rise out of the ground about an hour later as we approached a small camp site.
"This is where Starmon should be," Ben said as he looked around, "Where is he?"
"I'll tell you where he's not," A voice said, "Somewhere safe."
I whipped my head around to see who was talking as a bright yellow star shaped digimon with sunglasses, arms, and legs walked up to us.
"Super Starmon?" Vanessa asked the digimon, "What are you doing here?"
"I was sent here a few hours after Starmon," The digimon said, "Only to find out that he's been hauled off to that Pyramid over there," it said and pointed at the temple of sand.
"Then that's where we're headed," Ben exclaimed before running off with Vanessa. Vega, Riamei, and I figured it was in our best interest to go after them. That was until we met them at a gigantic ornate ruined doorway, decorated with all kinds of runes.
"Looks dangerous," I said, "You guys can go first..."
Vanessa grabbed me by the collar, "Just for that," She said and shoved me ahead of the group, "You're going first."
Me and my big mouth, I thought as I led the group deeper into the pyramid. Everything began to grow dark and ever single sound sent me jumping. My brain was already busy making up the kinds of monsters that would hide in a place like this until there was a faint clicking noise followed by a loud thump. I turned around to notice that a giant boulder was headed toward everyone in the group, "Everyone! Run! It is a cliche pyramid trap!" I shouted as my feet ran faster than they ever had. The rest of the group shook their heads as I heard what sounded like rock shattering. My head turned around to see that Vanessa's Gallantmon had shattered rock, "Oh...uh...never mind," I stammered with a huge hint of embarassment.
"Just keep walking," Vanessa said, like a good little DATS member I did what I was told, no questions asked. A few minutes later Vega's monodramon stopped and put its ear to the wall.
"That's weird," It said, "I hear something that sounds like something burining."
"What would a flammable object be doing in a place like this?" Vanessa asked Ben.
"I have no idea," Ben said, "But let's check it out."
"It could be a trap guys," Riamei pointed out.
Ben shook his head, "We'll be just fine Riamei."
The little orange haired girl then grabbed onto Ben's leg, "But I don't want you to get hurt Sol-Kun!"
Ben sighed and continued walked with a new leg brace. The deeper we progressed into the cave, the colder it seemed to get. That was until one sudden moment when it felt hot as hell before a fireball struck the ground in front of us. This sudden surge of energy lit up the entire area around us. Revealing a giant keep tower with black bricks that looked like they were indeed burning. The area around this keep tower looked like some kind of fire strom with meteors and sparks flying everywhere. A blood curling, ear shattering roar pierced the air and almost made me flee. My body was too parlyzed with fear to do so. Two gigantic Lizard digimon with hands sticking out of its back adorned with sharp blood red claws and a moringstar on its tail.
"The Czar doesn't like tresspassers," The first green digimon roared.
"That means we gotta kill you!" The second one chimed in.
Monmon and Gallantmon both stood in front of their masters as Vega took out his digivice, "Warp divolution go!" He exclaimed as his Monodramon jumped forward.
"Monodramon warp digivolve to," The cute purple dragon said, "CyberDramon!" Riamei and I both sent our digimon into their champion forms as the first green digimon ran toward Taurosmon. My digimon jumped out of the way and sent a Ki sphere at his foe. The result explosion barely damaged the digimons armor as it slammed Taurosmon with its tail. Thankfully though, my digimon caught the tail and spun the first green lizard around in a circle before hurling him a few feet away. As the first green reptile flew, Gargomon opened fire.
"Gargo Pellets!" He exclaimed as several high speed bullet flew forward and managed to inflict several minor injuires on it. Just then, Gallantmon charged at the second one and bashed it with his shield before Monmon jumped on Gallantmon's shoulder and fired an explosive pellet out of its sling shot. The attack flew forward and knocked the second reptile back as CyberDramon slashed at the air.
"Erase Claw!" It shouted as several blue beams shot from his fingernails and hit their intended target. However the green digimon Taurosmon had tossed ran forward and grabbed Gargomon
"Scrapless Claw!" It exclaimed as it tried to crush Gargomon between its hands.
"I don't think so!" Gargomon smirked as it ripped itself out of the digimon's grasp, "Bunny Smash!" It exclaimed as it shoved its gun arm into the reptile digimon's face before opening fire. The reptile digimon stood back as it was blind sided by a twenty fist strike from Taurosmon. Gallantmon shot a Final Elysium at the second reptile digimon and sent into the walls of the tower. CyberDramon ran over to the Reptile digimon and slammed its knee into the digimon's face before planting its face into the ground.
There was a bright flashing of light as a see through image of the Czar appeared, "Seriously? Aren't you Groundramon actually supposed to be ferocious!" He then looked at us, "Fun how it still requires five of you to defeat two of these digimon. Then again, you walked right into my trap." The image laughed.
"What?!" Vanessa excalimed as an image of Super Starmon appeared, Then dissipated to show an image of Black Gatomon.
"We gotcha good!" The black cat laughed.
The Czar nodded, "Did you really think would really just call then abandon his post? However, you'll have a lot of time to think over your stupidity once my Groundramon have ripped you limb from limb," He said and pointed at Gargomon, "Your ears will make a nice hat!" The image snapped its fingers as it disappeared. Red mist began to fill the area as everyone and their digimon began to grow sleepy. For some strange reason though, I wasn't feeling tired. The two Groundramon's let out a howl as their eyes glowed red. As the other digimon and Tamers slumped to the floor the digimon came barrelling towards me. Taurosmon looked at me and tried to move, but his body gave out. His last seconds were seeing me slammed against a wall.
"I wonder what humans taste like," The first groundramon said as it picked me up, "Maybe I'll just have a little bite."
"You idiot, at least share him," The second groundramon said.
"Oh right!" The first Groundramon said as it began to attempt to pull my apart. My body didn't seem to give up as it pulled harder and harder, "Gee, this ones kinda tough."
"We probably should have gone for the little girl," The second one said.
I looked around, and in a bit of desperation I yelped, "Someone! Anyone! Help me!"
"No ones gonna save you," The second Groundramon said before there was a bright glow.
"You think I'll just stand by and watch you hurt my tamer?" Taurosmon excalimed as it began to glow white, "Oh no...I'm going to do the opposite! I'm going to tear the digicores from your chests and give them as gifts to your master! Taurosmon digivolve to," My digimon huffed as it walked toward the Groundramon, when the glow dissipated, Taurosmon's wrists not had some kind of blue band around them with a long tail. As he was now in some kind of toga, a black leather blindfold was now around his eyes, "Ki Taurousmon!"
I just stared along with the Groundramon as Ki Taurosmon dashed toward one, "One Hundred fist strike!" He exclaimed, when he got close to the first green reptile digimon he made four swift motions and struck the monster one hundred times. Not that I could count though, he moved so fast it didn't even look like he moved at all. My captor dropped me to the ground. The second one saw this and began to run away.
"There is no escape for you!" Ki Taurosmon exclaimed, "Spinebreaker Tornado!" He shouted and dashed toward the Groundramon and grabbed it by the tail. My digimon then put the digimon on his shoulders and began to spin around. As my digimon spun around, a giant, red tornado formed around him. He then tossed the Groundramon into the air and jumped up after it. When Ki Taurosmon got up to the Groundramon he grabbed it and slammed in on the ground. The Groundramon's spine was place right over Ki Taurosmon's knee, there was a loud crack as data spewed from the Groundramon's belly. I stared in wonderment and disgust, just as Ki Taurosmon charged a beam in his hand, "Kame Beam!" He exclaimed as he shot a giant red beam that engulfed both the Groundramon and obliterated them from existance. The red mist fled as if it didn't want to mess with my digimon as everyone else got up.
"What happened?" Vanessa said as she looked at my digimon.
Ki Taurosmon stared at Vanessa, "I just saved your sorry hide," He said before collapsing on the ground and reverting back to Calfmon. I ran over to him and picked him up.
"That was awesome buddy!" I smiled.
Calfmon laughed, "Yeah, that was the best work out I've had in a long time."
