Digimon: Digidefenders
Episode 10: The Seadramon Scuffle/The Case of the Missing D-4
It was what natives would consider an average day in New York City. Children taking trains or
busses into school. One child who normally took the train was Rick Steiner of the Digidefenders.
He met his friends, Albert and Stephen at the front door.
"Hey, guys, how's it going?" Rick asked as the three exchanged stylish handshakes.
"Going cool, Big R," Stephen replied. "Hey, wanna get together at the usual place after school?"
"Don't tell me, Al wants to challenge you again and you need me as a ref."
The group went inside. "Dude, you must be psychic." Rick wasn't surprised, every week they
played the Digimon card game and every week Stephen usually won and every week Al would demand a
rematch. It was getting redundant.
A beeping came from Rick's wrist. It was his D-4. Unfortunately, Al and Stephen heard it too.
"Hey, what's that? Some sort of watch?" Stephen asked.
"Uh... yeah, excuse me." Rick ducked into the nearest boy's room. After making sure it was
empty, he locked himself in a stall.
"Rick here."
"Rick." The Commander's voice came. At the same time, the video screen showed her face in the
control room. "Video Satellite picked up this off the Carolina Coast." The image switched to a
picture of a strange shadow moving across the ocean. The shadow was serpentine-shaped.
"My God, that looks like Seadramon," Rick commented.
"That's what we thought," the Commander agreed. "Is Betamon still in his card state?" Rick
reached into his shirt and took out the card pouch. He opened it up and saw that the Betamon
card was still inside.
"Yes he is," Rick answered showing her the card.
"Thought so. Anyway, satellite is tracking it heading in your direction. Be on the look out."
"Um... Commander, I'm at school so it might be a little difficult for me to get away. Could you
send somebody over here just in case I can't get over there."
"Sure. I'll tell Marisa to be on standby."
"Right. Rick out." The D-4 blinked off and Rick left the restroom.
"Where did you go to?" Al inquired of him.
"Just to the restroom, now come on, we're going to be late for class."
When Rick and his friends arrived in the classroom for their fifth period class, they could see
students mingling amongst themselves. Their teacher was at her desk. Her name was Mrs. Baton,
or as the students often called her, Old Bat. She was a woman who looked like she should've
retired ages ago. Her hair was ash-gray and in curls. Her cold eyes were hidden behind a large
pair of eyeglasses. She was dressed in what looked like a table cloth with blue flowers all
over it. She was a good teacher, no argument there, but her personality made Rick wished he was
battling Dinobeemon again, or even worse, locked in a room with Marisa.
The bell rang and the students took their seats. Mrs. Baton got out her lessonbook and began
teaching about the world political systems.
But Rick couldn't concentrate, not when he knew that that Seadramon clone was out there. He
hoped that Mari would get here in time.
But his hoping was worthless. For at that moment his D-4 went off.
"Richard, would you turn off your beeper while you're in class," Mrs. Baton scolded.
"Uh... yes, ma'am," Rick said. He quickly went under his desk and tried to press buttons.
"Great, most advanced piece of equipment in existence and it doesn't even have a freaking mute
button or at least a volume control."
"Richard," Mrs. Baton snapped.
"I'm doing it, Mrs. Baton." Rick pounded on the D-4 but the alarm still went off. Rick came to
the conclusion that the D-4 would keep doing that until he engaged the Digimon in battle.
"Mr. Steiner, please give it to me."
"Gi... give it to you?"
"Yes, your watch. Give it to me."
"I'm sorry, Mrs. Baton, I can't."
"I must insist that you do."
"I'm sorry, I can't," Rick repeated, this time a little more harsher.
"You must. If you don't give it to me, I will have to call your parents and suspend you." Mrs.
Baton reached for Rick's wrist but he pulled it away.
"No, you don't understand, this is a matter of life and death!" Rick shouted.
"I don't care if the whole world will explode if I take it off." Mrs. Baton finally grabbed his
wrist and held it with such force that Rick thought his hand would snap right off. Mrs. Baton
removed the D-4 and placed it in the drawer. "You can pick it up at the end of the month."
{Half of New York City could be destroyed by then,} Rick thought. He scowled. {Old Bat, you
don't know what you just did.}
"Commander," a technician called out. "Twenty minutes elapsed. The Digimon just entered the
harbor."
The Commander motioned for the technician at the communication consol to vacate his seat. She
sat down in it instead. "Rick, come in. What's taking so long? Rick? Rick, come in! Blast,
he's not answering. Marisa, come in."
There was a brief pause before the response is. "Yeah, I'm here. Is Ricky having trouble with
the Digimon?"
"We don't know, he won't answer the D-4. You need to get over to America to see what's wrong."
"Oh come on, you don't want me to trash the Digimon?"
"I'll send Nikolai and Shinji over there. If Rick is in some sort of trouble, you might be the
only one who can help him."
"Oh why not, at any rate, he'll owe me one. I'll get right on it." The Commander nodded and set
out to contact Nikolai, the Digidefender of Russia, and Shinji, the Digidefender of Japan.
Rick spent the rest of the day on pins and needles. Several times, he heard police sirens going
towards the harbor. He hated not being able to do anything about it.
The final bell rang and Rick left. He delibrately stayed away from Albert and Stephen because
he needed to get his D-4 back. He took a peek into Mrs. Baton's room. He cursed his luck, she
was still at her seat grading papers.
Rick turned to leave when he heard her call out, "Mr. Steiner, is there a problem?"
Rick cringed. He didn't want her to see him. "Uh... Mrs. Baton, hi, um... I just came to..."
"If you want your watch, you'll have to wait until the end of the month. That's when I give
back everything I confiscated from students."
"Yes... yes, I know, but I left something at my desk. So I'll just go retrieve it."
The scowl. She gave him the scowl that told him that she knew he was hiding something. "Be
quick." Rick ran over to his desk and pretended to look for something.
Meanwhile, Marisa exited the Digiport from the computer in the computer room. There were a few
students working there who freaked when they saw the girl exit from the computer screen.
"Excuse me," she said in accented English before she ran out the room. She ran down the hall
until she spotted Rick in Mrs. Baton's room. She had to get Rick's attention without getting the
teacher's in addition.
"If you can't find what you're looking for, maybe it isn't here," Mrs. Baton said to Rick in a
cold tone.
Rick looked up at her and spotted Mari out of the corner of her eye. He descreetly motioned her
to stay there. "I guess it's not here. Thanks, Mrs. Baton, bye." And Rick ran outside.
"Mari, I'm glad you're here."
"Rick the Commander sent me to see why you haven't stopped the Digimon yet." But Rick stared at
her blankly. Mari was talking in French and he never took a foreign language yet. But that
didn't make any sense. Last time he saw her, he could understand her perfectly.
"What?"
"The Digimon, why haven't you stopped it?" Mari said like she was speaking to a retarded person.
"Mari, you're speaking French, I don't understand you."
Meanwhile, Shinji and Nikolai arrived through a computer in a room that was occupied by two
lovers who were caught up in the act. When the pairs saw each other, they froze for a moment.
"Excuse me," Nikolai said.
"Sorry," Shinji threw in. The two quickly left the apartment and made their way down the crowded
streets of New York City. They finally came to the riverfront. And not a moment too soon, the
Digimon surfaced. The resemblance to Seadramon was uncanny. But it was bigger and was covered
in what appeared to be gray fur.
"Seadramon?" Nikolai gasped.
------------------Digimon--------------------------------------Database-----------------------
Name: Waru Seadramon
Level: Ultimate
Type: Sea Animal
Attribute: Virus
Attacks: Dark Blast, Evil Icycle
Shinji: Not exactly, Nikolai. That's Waru Seadramon. He's like Seadramon's cousin. His fur is
so durable that he can dive to an incredible depth and not implode.
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"Great," Nikolai moaned. "Another ultimate. Well, let's get to work. Gizamon, digimerge!"
"Elecmon, digimerge!"
"Digivolve," the two commanded.
DIGIVOLUTION
"Gizamon, digivolve to... Ebidramon!"
"Elecmon, digivolve to... Leomon!"
Leomon leapt onto Ebidramon's back and the sea-faring Digimon moved out.
"I can't attack with you on me," Ebidramon told him. "So you'll have to attack."
"Fine by me. Fist of the Beast King!" Leomon shot a blast of energy shaped like a lion head.
The blast hit Waru Seadramon but didn't affect him.
"Digi-download Dinobeemon data!" Shinji commanded. A pair of fly-like wings appeared on
Leomon's back. Leomon flew off of Ebidramon which gave him the ability to attack.
"Twin Scissors!" Crescent-shaped energy shot out at Waru Seadramon but he knocked it away.
"Heh-heh-heh," he laughed. "My turn. Dark Blast!" A beam of dark energy knocked Leomon out of
the sky. He dedigivolved to Elecmon. Elecmon quickly dog-paddled to Shinji.
"You okay?" Shinji asked. "Can you still battle?"
"Give me a minute to recover my strength, then I'll go back in," Elecmon decided.
Nikolai surveyed the scene before him. {Rick, where are you?}
Mari had an incredulous look on her face. Was Rick playing a joke on her? It certainly wasn't
funny.
"How could you not understand me, you stupid..." She looked down on him and noticed his D-4 was
gone. "Rick, where's your D-4."
Again, she was speaking French to him, but he recognized D-4. She must be asking where his D-4
was. "You want to know where my D-4 is?" She nodded. He motioned at Mrs. Baton's desk. "She
won't let me get it and the Digimon might be trashing New York by now." Mari looked at Mrs.
Baton's desk. She then noticed the open window by it.
"I have an idea, follow me," she instructed. Then realizing he didn't know what she was saying,
she grabbed his hand and lead him outside.
"Wait a minute, we need to get my D-4." Mari dragged him over to the window and motioned him to
stand still and watch. Good thing he could understand hand gestures.
"Floramon, digimerge! Floramon, see the D-4 on the desk? Use your stamen rope to get it and
bring it here."
"Right. Stamen Rope!" A vine shot out from Floramon's hand.
"Ah, I get it," Rick said. "You're going to use Floramon's vine to get the D-4. But be careful,
Old Bat is not as feble as she looks."
"Well I'm not as gullible as I look," Mari countered. Carefully, the vine wrapped around the
band of the D-4.
Suddenly Mrs. Baton spied the rope. She moved her hand to grab the vine.
"No time to be careful now," Mari said as she yanked on Floramon's stamen rope. The vine pulled
the D-4 out the window and into Rick's hands.
Rick sighed contentedly and donned his D-4.
"Good shot, Floramon," Mari said.
"I have a good partner," Floramon countered.
"You sure do."
"Whew, feels good to understand you again, Mari."
"Good, I didn't want to have to resort to charades."
"Richard Steiner!"
"Uh-oh," Rick, Mari, and Floramon all said. It was Mrs. Baton. She actually came out of the
school and over to them.
"You're in a load of trouble, young man. Come with me to the principal's office!"
"Rick, can you hear me?" It was the Commander.
Ignoring Mrs. Baton, Rick spoke into his D-4. "I'm here, Commander. Sorry, my D-4 got away
from me for a moment."
"Don't worry about it. Nikolai and Shinji are having trouble with Waru Seadramon. Get down to
the bay at once."
"I'm already there, Commander."
"No, you're not," Mrs. Baton argued. "You are coming with me and when I take that watch away
from you, you won't get it back until ten years after I die."
"Sorry, Old Bat," Rick snapped as he got out his Betamon card. "But I have a world to save.
Betamon, digimerge!" Mrs. Baton's face paled upon seeing Betamon all but leap out of his card.
"Betamon, our opponent is Waru Seadramon. Think you can handle him?"
"Waru Seadramon was never the brightest of Digimon," Betamon commented. "I'm ready whenever you
are."
"All righty then. Betamon, digivolve!"
DIGIVOLUTION
"Betamon, digivolve to... Seadramon!"
Mrs. Baton gasped upon seeing the large blue worm-like creature. Rick, Mari, and Floramon got
onto Seadramon's back. Seadramon flew off towards the bay leaving Mrs. Baton wondering what
just happened.
Things weren't going too well for Nikolai and Shinji. Elecmon failed and Ebidramon was currently
in a life or death struggle with Waru Seadramon.
Suddenly Seadramon crashed through the sky and tackled Waru Seadramon. The two went underwater.
Rick, Mari, and Kiwimon (Floramon digivolved on the way there) joined Nikolai, Shinji and
Elecmon.
"Glad you could join us, pal," Nikolai said.
"I had a little crisis to take care of," Rick explained.
Waru Seadramon was on the defensive now. Seadramon was showing him no mercy.
"Dark Blast!" Seadramon bit down on Waru Seadramon making the ultimate throw his attack in a
random direction. "Evil Icicle!"
"Ice Blast!" The two attacks collided. The two dove under water to avoid the explosion that
resulted from the attacks combining.
"Prepare to be absorbed!" Waru Seadramon yelled as he surfaced.
"Not today," Seadramon said as he also rose to the surface. "In case you haven't noticed, I
have some friends with me."
"That's our cue to make an appearance," Elecmon said.
"You betcha, pal. Elecmon, digivolve!"
DIGIVOLUTION
"Elecmon, digivolve to... Leomon!"
"Digi-download Dinobeemon data!" Leomon gained Dinobeemon's wings and picked Kiwimon up. The
two flew into the air.
"Twin Scissors!" Waru Seadramon quickly dove under water and surfaced again only to come face
to face with Kiwimon and Leomon.
"Pummel Peck!" Kiwimon shot her attack right between the eyes. Waru Seadramon covered his eyes.
Leomon dropped Kiwimon onto Ebidramon's back before moving in for an attack.
"Fist of the Beast King!" The attack was now like a sledge hammer to Waru Seadramon. Leomon
turned towards Seadramon. "Seadramon, now's your chance to finish him off."
"Right. Ice Blast!" Seadramon blasted Waru Seadramon. His body began to freeze up. Finally,
he dissolved, his data being copied into Rick's D-4.
"And that's a wrap," Rick cracked as the Digimon moved inland. The Digidefenders congratulated
themselves and especially Rick for defeating Waru Seadramon.
Rick was nervous about heading to school the next day. He just knew that Mrs. Baton was out
there and the moment she saw his face, he was in a world of trouble. Rick was tense throughout
his first four classes and lunch.
But when he arrived at Mrs. Baton's classroom, she wasn't there. Instead there was a new teacher
sitting at her desk. She looked young, probably fresh out of college, with shoulder length
brown hair and green eyes.
As Rick took his seat, the teacher stood up. "Ladies and gentlemen, my name is Ms. Kathy
Roberts. I'll be your teacher for today."
Rick leaned over to Stephen who was sitting next to him. "Steve, where's Mrs. Baton?"
"Dude, you haven't heard?" Steve asked. Rick's confused face said he didn't. "They're thinking
about checking her into a nursing home."
"A nursing home? What for?"
"Yesterday afternoon, she approached the principal and told him that there was a talking frog,
a giant snake and a talking flower outside her room. But they weren't there. Must've been the
last straw, principal's talking about forcing her retirement."
Rick couldn't believe his luck. Mrs. Baton tried telling the principal about Betamon/Seadramon
and Floramon and he didn't believe her. Rick took a deep breath and leaned back in his chair.
The secret of the Digidefenders was safe for another day.
------------------Digimon--------------------------------------Database-----------------------
----------------------------------Digidefender Profile----------------------------------------
Name: Steiner, Richard
Nickname: Rick
Age: 13
Height: 5'0"
Weight: 100 lbs.
Hair: Sandy blonde
Eyes: Green
Skin: White
DOB: 4/21/1989
POB: New York City, New York, United States of America
Digimon: Betamon
Seadramon
Mud Frigimon
Rick was the first of the Digidefenders to receive his Digimon partner only because there was a
Betamon card in his pocket when the D-4 picked him up and took him to the headquarters. He
considers himself the leader of the Digidefenders. But deep down, he is unsure of his leadership
abilities. He knows they have all been lucky so far but it's only a matter of time before they
encounter a situation where they'll need his leadership and he's afraid that he won't be able to
lead them. That's why he's thankful for Jorge's help.
Rick lives in New York City on south side of Manhatten near the riverfront. He has no siblings
but lots of friends, all who share the same hobby: the Digimon card game. But Rick knows he
can't tell them that he's a Digidefender or else their mission would be compromised.
Rick will eventually grow into his roll of leader and prove that he's the most capable digital
leader that ever existed. He knows that he will eventually have to reveal to others what he
does but he hopes that day doesn't come any time soon or when it does, they will be ready.
Digi-download Data:
Golemon
This data originally belonged to
Jorge when Monochromon defeated
Golemon at Mount Rushmore. Rick
gave Jorge Frigimon's data and
received Golemon's data in
return. This data will give
Betamon the ability to digivolve
to Mud Frigimon, an alternate
champion form.
Waru Seadramon
Rick and Marisa were able to come
to the aid of Nikolai and Shinji
when Waru Seadramon attacked
New York. Downloading this data
into Seadramon will give him the
ability to perform the ultimate's
attack, Dark Blast.
Episode 10: The Seadramon Scuffle/The Case of the Missing D-4
It was what natives would consider an average day in New York City. Children taking trains or
busses into school. One child who normally took the train was Rick Steiner of the Digidefenders.
He met his friends, Albert and Stephen at the front door.
"Hey, guys, how's it going?" Rick asked as the three exchanged stylish handshakes.
"Going cool, Big R," Stephen replied. "Hey, wanna get together at the usual place after school?"
"Don't tell me, Al wants to challenge you again and you need me as a ref."
The group went inside. "Dude, you must be psychic." Rick wasn't surprised, every week they
played the Digimon card game and every week Stephen usually won and every week Al would demand a
rematch. It was getting redundant.
A beeping came from Rick's wrist. It was his D-4. Unfortunately, Al and Stephen heard it too.
"Hey, what's that? Some sort of watch?" Stephen asked.
"Uh... yeah, excuse me." Rick ducked into the nearest boy's room. After making sure it was
empty, he locked himself in a stall.
"Rick here."
"Rick." The Commander's voice came. At the same time, the video screen showed her face in the
control room. "Video Satellite picked up this off the Carolina Coast." The image switched to a
picture of a strange shadow moving across the ocean. The shadow was serpentine-shaped.
"My God, that looks like Seadramon," Rick commented.
"That's what we thought," the Commander agreed. "Is Betamon still in his card state?" Rick
reached into his shirt and took out the card pouch. He opened it up and saw that the Betamon
card was still inside.
"Yes he is," Rick answered showing her the card.
"Thought so. Anyway, satellite is tracking it heading in your direction. Be on the look out."
"Um... Commander, I'm at school so it might be a little difficult for me to get away. Could you
send somebody over here just in case I can't get over there."
"Sure. I'll tell Marisa to be on standby."
"Right. Rick out." The D-4 blinked off and Rick left the restroom.
"Where did you go to?" Al inquired of him.
"Just to the restroom, now come on, we're going to be late for class."
When Rick and his friends arrived in the classroom for their fifth period class, they could see
students mingling amongst themselves. Their teacher was at her desk. Her name was Mrs. Baton,
or as the students often called her, Old Bat. She was a woman who looked like she should've
retired ages ago. Her hair was ash-gray and in curls. Her cold eyes were hidden behind a large
pair of eyeglasses. She was dressed in what looked like a table cloth with blue flowers all
over it. She was a good teacher, no argument there, but her personality made Rick wished he was
battling Dinobeemon again, or even worse, locked in a room with Marisa.
The bell rang and the students took their seats. Mrs. Baton got out her lessonbook and began
teaching about the world political systems.
But Rick couldn't concentrate, not when he knew that that Seadramon clone was out there. He
hoped that Mari would get here in time.
But his hoping was worthless. For at that moment his D-4 went off.
"Richard, would you turn off your beeper while you're in class," Mrs. Baton scolded.
"Uh... yes, ma'am," Rick said. He quickly went under his desk and tried to press buttons.
"Great, most advanced piece of equipment in existence and it doesn't even have a freaking mute
button or at least a volume control."
"Richard," Mrs. Baton snapped.
"I'm doing it, Mrs. Baton." Rick pounded on the D-4 but the alarm still went off. Rick came to
the conclusion that the D-4 would keep doing that until he engaged the Digimon in battle.
"Mr. Steiner, please give it to me."
"Gi... give it to you?"
"Yes, your watch. Give it to me."
"I'm sorry, Mrs. Baton, I can't."
"I must insist that you do."
"I'm sorry, I can't," Rick repeated, this time a little more harsher.
"You must. If you don't give it to me, I will have to call your parents and suspend you." Mrs.
Baton reached for Rick's wrist but he pulled it away.
"No, you don't understand, this is a matter of life and death!" Rick shouted.
"I don't care if the whole world will explode if I take it off." Mrs. Baton finally grabbed his
wrist and held it with such force that Rick thought his hand would snap right off. Mrs. Baton
removed the D-4 and placed it in the drawer. "You can pick it up at the end of the month."
{Half of New York City could be destroyed by then,} Rick thought. He scowled. {Old Bat, you
don't know what you just did.}
"Commander," a technician called out. "Twenty minutes elapsed. The Digimon just entered the
harbor."
The Commander motioned for the technician at the communication consol to vacate his seat. She
sat down in it instead. "Rick, come in. What's taking so long? Rick? Rick, come in! Blast,
he's not answering. Marisa, come in."
There was a brief pause before the response is. "Yeah, I'm here. Is Ricky having trouble with
the Digimon?"
"We don't know, he won't answer the D-4. You need to get over to America to see what's wrong."
"Oh come on, you don't want me to trash the Digimon?"
"I'll send Nikolai and Shinji over there. If Rick is in some sort of trouble, you might be the
only one who can help him."
"Oh why not, at any rate, he'll owe me one. I'll get right on it." The Commander nodded and set
out to contact Nikolai, the Digidefender of Russia, and Shinji, the Digidefender of Japan.
Rick spent the rest of the day on pins and needles. Several times, he heard police sirens going
towards the harbor. He hated not being able to do anything about it.
The final bell rang and Rick left. He delibrately stayed away from Albert and Stephen because
he needed to get his D-4 back. He took a peek into Mrs. Baton's room. He cursed his luck, she
was still at her seat grading papers.
Rick turned to leave when he heard her call out, "Mr. Steiner, is there a problem?"
Rick cringed. He didn't want her to see him. "Uh... Mrs. Baton, hi, um... I just came to..."
"If you want your watch, you'll have to wait until the end of the month. That's when I give
back everything I confiscated from students."
"Yes... yes, I know, but I left something at my desk. So I'll just go retrieve it."
The scowl. She gave him the scowl that told him that she knew he was hiding something. "Be
quick." Rick ran over to his desk and pretended to look for something.
Meanwhile, Marisa exited the Digiport from the computer in the computer room. There were a few
students working there who freaked when they saw the girl exit from the computer screen.
"Excuse me," she said in accented English before she ran out the room. She ran down the hall
until she spotted Rick in Mrs. Baton's room. She had to get Rick's attention without getting the
teacher's in addition.
"If you can't find what you're looking for, maybe it isn't here," Mrs. Baton said to Rick in a
cold tone.
Rick looked up at her and spotted Mari out of the corner of her eye. He descreetly motioned her
to stay there. "I guess it's not here. Thanks, Mrs. Baton, bye." And Rick ran outside.
"Mari, I'm glad you're here."
"Rick the Commander sent me to see why you haven't stopped the Digimon yet." But Rick stared at
her blankly. Mari was talking in French and he never took a foreign language yet. But that
didn't make any sense. Last time he saw her, he could understand her perfectly.
"What?"
"The Digimon, why haven't you stopped it?" Mari said like she was speaking to a retarded person.
"Mari, you're speaking French, I don't understand you."
Meanwhile, Shinji and Nikolai arrived through a computer in a room that was occupied by two
lovers who were caught up in the act. When the pairs saw each other, they froze for a moment.
"Excuse me," Nikolai said.
"Sorry," Shinji threw in. The two quickly left the apartment and made their way down the crowded
streets of New York City. They finally came to the riverfront. And not a moment too soon, the
Digimon surfaced. The resemblance to Seadramon was uncanny. But it was bigger and was covered
in what appeared to be gray fur.
"Seadramon?" Nikolai gasped.
------------------Digimon--------------------------------------Database-----------------------
Name: Waru Seadramon
Level: Ultimate
Type: Sea Animal
Attribute: Virus
Attacks: Dark Blast, Evil Icycle
Shinji: Not exactly, Nikolai. That's Waru Seadramon. He's like Seadramon's cousin. His fur is
so durable that he can dive to an incredible depth and not implode.
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"Great," Nikolai moaned. "Another ultimate. Well, let's get to work. Gizamon, digimerge!"
"Elecmon, digimerge!"
"Digivolve," the two commanded.
DIGIVOLUTION
"Gizamon, digivolve to... Ebidramon!"
"Elecmon, digivolve to... Leomon!"
Leomon leapt onto Ebidramon's back and the sea-faring Digimon moved out.
"I can't attack with you on me," Ebidramon told him. "So you'll have to attack."
"Fine by me. Fist of the Beast King!" Leomon shot a blast of energy shaped like a lion head.
The blast hit Waru Seadramon but didn't affect him.
"Digi-download Dinobeemon data!" Shinji commanded. A pair of fly-like wings appeared on
Leomon's back. Leomon flew off of Ebidramon which gave him the ability to attack.
"Twin Scissors!" Crescent-shaped energy shot out at Waru Seadramon but he knocked it away.
"Heh-heh-heh," he laughed. "My turn. Dark Blast!" A beam of dark energy knocked Leomon out of
the sky. He dedigivolved to Elecmon. Elecmon quickly dog-paddled to Shinji.
"You okay?" Shinji asked. "Can you still battle?"
"Give me a minute to recover my strength, then I'll go back in," Elecmon decided.
Nikolai surveyed the scene before him. {Rick, where are you?}
Mari had an incredulous look on her face. Was Rick playing a joke on her? It certainly wasn't
funny.
"How could you not understand me, you stupid..." She looked down on him and noticed his D-4 was
gone. "Rick, where's your D-4."
Again, she was speaking French to him, but he recognized D-4. She must be asking where his D-4
was. "You want to know where my D-4 is?" She nodded. He motioned at Mrs. Baton's desk. "She
won't let me get it and the Digimon might be trashing New York by now." Mari looked at Mrs.
Baton's desk. She then noticed the open window by it.
"I have an idea, follow me," she instructed. Then realizing he didn't know what she was saying,
she grabbed his hand and lead him outside.
"Wait a minute, we need to get my D-4." Mari dragged him over to the window and motioned him to
stand still and watch. Good thing he could understand hand gestures.
"Floramon, digimerge! Floramon, see the D-4 on the desk? Use your stamen rope to get it and
bring it here."
"Right. Stamen Rope!" A vine shot out from Floramon's hand.
"Ah, I get it," Rick said. "You're going to use Floramon's vine to get the D-4. But be careful,
Old Bat is not as feble as she looks."
"Well I'm not as gullible as I look," Mari countered. Carefully, the vine wrapped around the
band of the D-4.
Suddenly Mrs. Baton spied the rope. She moved her hand to grab the vine.
"No time to be careful now," Mari said as she yanked on Floramon's stamen rope. The vine pulled
the D-4 out the window and into Rick's hands.
Rick sighed contentedly and donned his D-4.
"Good shot, Floramon," Mari said.
"I have a good partner," Floramon countered.
"You sure do."
"Whew, feels good to understand you again, Mari."
"Good, I didn't want to have to resort to charades."
"Richard Steiner!"
"Uh-oh," Rick, Mari, and Floramon all said. It was Mrs. Baton. She actually came out of the
school and over to them.
"You're in a load of trouble, young man. Come with me to the principal's office!"
"Rick, can you hear me?" It was the Commander.
Ignoring Mrs. Baton, Rick spoke into his D-4. "I'm here, Commander. Sorry, my D-4 got away
from me for a moment."
"Don't worry about it. Nikolai and Shinji are having trouble with Waru Seadramon. Get down to
the bay at once."
"I'm already there, Commander."
"No, you're not," Mrs. Baton argued. "You are coming with me and when I take that watch away
from you, you won't get it back until ten years after I die."
"Sorry, Old Bat," Rick snapped as he got out his Betamon card. "But I have a world to save.
Betamon, digimerge!" Mrs. Baton's face paled upon seeing Betamon all but leap out of his card.
"Betamon, our opponent is Waru Seadramon. Think you can handle him?"
"Waru Seadramon was never the brightest of Digimon," Betamon commented. "I'm ready whenever you
are."
"All righty then. Betamon, digivolve!"
DIGIVOLUTION
"Betamon, digivolve to... Seadramon!"
Mrs. Baton gasped upon seeing the large blue worm-like creature. Rick, Mari, and Floramon got
onto Seadramon's back. Seadramon flew off towards the bay leaving Mrs. Baton wondering what
just happened.
Things weren't going too well for Nikolai and Shinji. Elecmon failed and Ebidramon was currently
in a life or death struggle with Waru Seadramon.
Suddenly Seadramon crashed through the sky and tackled Waru Seadramon. The two went underwater.
Rick, Mari, and Kiwimon (Floramon digivolved on the way there) joined Nikolai, Shinji and
Elecmon.
"Glad you could join us, pal," Nikolai said.
"I had a little crisis to take care of," Rick explained.
Waru Seadramon was on the defensive now. Seadramon was showing him no mercy.
"Dark Blast!" Seadramon bit down on Waru Seadramon making the ultimate throw his attack in a
random direction. "Evil Icicle!"
"Ice Blast!" The two attacks collided. The two dove under water to avoid the explosion that
resulted from the attacks combining.
"Prepare to be absorbed!" Waru Seadramon yelled as he surfaced.
"Not today," Seadramon said as he also rose to the surface. "In case you haven't noticed, I
have some friends with me."
"That's our cue to make an appearance," Elecmon said.
"You betcha, pal. Elecmon, digivolve!"
DIGIVOLUTION
"Elecmon, digivolve to... Leomon!"
"Digi-download Dinobeemon data!" Leomon gained Dinobeemon's wings and picked Kiwimon up. The
two flew into the air.
"Twin Scissors!" Waru Seadramon quickly dove under water and surfaced again only to come face
to face with Kiwimon and Leomon.
"Pummel Peck!" Kiwimon shot her attack right between the eyes. Waru Seadramon covered his eyes.
Leomon dropped Kiwimon onto Ebidramon's back before moving in for an attack.
"Fist of the Beast King!" The attack was now like a sledge hammer to Waru Seadramon. Leomon
turned towards Seadramon. "Seadramon, now's your chance to finish him off."
"Right. Ice Blast!" Seadramon blasted Waru Seadramon. His body began to freeze up. Finally,
he dissolved, his data being copied into Rick's D-4.
"And that's a wrap," Rick cracked as the Digimon moved inland. The Digidefenders congratulated
themselves and especially Rick for defeating Waru Seadramon.
Rick was nervous about heading to school the next day. He just knew that Mrs. Baton was out
there and the moment she saw his face, he was in a world of trouble. Rick was tense throughout
his first four classes and lunch.
But when he arrived at Mrs. Baton's classroom, she wasn't there. Instead there was a new teacher
sitting at her desk. She looked young, probably fresh out of college, with shoulder length
brown hair and green eyes.
As Rick took his seat, the teacher stood up. "Ladies and gentlemen, my name is Ms. Kathy
Roberts. I'll be your teacher for today."
Rick leaned over to Stephen who was sitting next to him. "Steve, where's Mrs. Baton?"
"Dude, you haven't heard?" Steve asked. Rick's confused face said he didn't. "They're thinking
about checking her into a nursing home."
"A nursing home? What for?"
"Yesterday afternoon, she approached the principal and told him that there was a talking frog,
a giant snake and a talking flower outside her room. But they weren't there. Must've been the
last straw, principal's talking about forcing her retirement."
Rick couldn't believe his luck. Mrs. Baton tried telling the principal about Betamon/Seadramon
and Floramon and he didn't believe her. Rick took a deep breath and leaned back in his chair.
The secret of the Digidefenders was safe for another day.
------------------Digimon--------------------------------------Database-----------------------
----------------------------------Digidefender Profile----------------------------------------
Name: Steiner, Richard
Nickname: Rick
Age: 13
Height: 5'0"
Weight: 100 lbs.
Hair: Sandy blonde
Eyes: Green
Skin: White
DOB: 4/21/1989
POB: New York City, New York, United States of America
Digimon: Betamon
Seadramon
Mud Frigimon
Rick was the first of the Digidefenders to receive his Digimon partner only because there was a
Betamon card in his pocket when the D-4 picked him up and took him to the headquarters. He
considers himself the leader of the Digidefenders. But deep down, he is unsure of his leadership
abilities. He knows they have all been lucky so far but it's only a matter of time before they
encounter a situation where they'll need his leadership and he's afraid that he won't be able to
lead them. That's why he's thankful for Jorge's help.
Rick lives in New York City on south side of Manhatten near the riverfront. He has no siblings
but lots of friends, all who share the same hobby: the Digimon card game. But Rick knows he
can't tell them that he's a Digidefender or else their mission would be compromised.
Rick will eventually grow into his roll of leader and prove that he's the most capable digital
leader that ever existed. He knows that he will eventually have to reveal to others what he
does but he hopes that day doesn't come any time soon or when it does, they will be ready.
Digi-download Data:
Golemon
This data originally belonged to
Jorge when Monochromon defeated
Golemon at Mount Rushmore. Rick
gave Jorge Frigimon's data and
received Golemon's data in
return. This data will give
Betamon the ability to digivolve
to Mud Frigimon, an alternate
champion form.
Waru Seadramon
Rick and Marisa were able to come
to the aid of Nikolai and Shinji
when Waru Seadramon attacked
New York. Downloading this data
into Seadramon will give him the
ability to perform the ultimate's
attack, Dark Blast.