"The Captive Digimon"
Here is the next chapter. Please enjoy and review everyone.
The next day it was raining outside, thunder booming and the sun was blocked out, the gloomy weather suiting all of our moods.
Tai was going to be coming with us to the Digital World to save Agumon from the Emperor.
I was there in the lab with Tai, Cody and Izzy when Kari and TK just ran into the room.
"You guys are late." Tai said.
"We're so sorry, Tai." Kari breathed from running.
"Yeah, we would've been here sooner, but we got tied up with Mrs. Mitsu." TK said.
"Now let's go and save Agumon." Kari said.
"But where is Yolei?" TK asked when he noticed the lavender haired girl was missing even though her partner was with us.
"She's cleaning her glasses." Izzy said standing from his seat at the computer.
"Well hurry up and go find her so we can leave already." Tai said.
"I'll go." I said standing up, Cody right behind me.
"I'll go too." He said.
We both stepped out of the door and stopped in our tracks when we saw that the child of Love was standing there at the door and she didn't look very good.
"Yolei." Cody gasped.
"Hey, how you doing?" she asked in an unenthusiastic voice as she walked into the room.
"Yolei, we've been waiting for you to go to the Digital World. We're going to save Agumon." The original of Courage said.
"What's wrong?" I asked stepping in front of her when I noticed how miserable she looked and felt a bit concerned.
"Aren't you excited to go to the Digital World?" Poromon asked.
"I'm not going." She said shocking everyone.
"Why not? Tell us what's wrong so we can help." Demiveemon begged.
"Oh, I can see you're the last person I would turn to if I were in trouble and needed some help." Tai sniped making me turn to glare at him.
"Be nice, Tai." His sister said holding his arm.
"I'm sorry. I'm just worried about Agumon." He apologized.
"I don't want any of you to put yourself in danger if you feel like you're not up to the challenge, so maybe it would be best if you stayed here, Yolei. I don't want anyone going if their heart's not into it." he said making Kari nod.
"And if it'll make you feel any better, Yolei, you can stay and do my math homework just to keep yourself busy." The child of Hope said.
"Now that I think about it, my kendo sticks could use some polishing." Cody said.
"It's all right if I don't go?" Yolei asked.
"Sure, you can make a day of it. Cleaning, math homework, and all those other fun things you love." Izzy said smiling at her.
"You sure?" she asked again.
"What do we have to do? Hold up a sign? If everyone says you can stay, then you should stay." Gatomon said.
"Gatomon's right, Yolei. If you don't feel like going to the Digital World, then I don't feel like going either." Poromon said.
"Now that that's finally settled, let's go get Agumon." TK said pumping a fist.
"Right." Kari agreed walking over to the computer.
"If everyone's ready, let's go Digidestinds. Digi port open!" she cried holding up her pink and white D-3.
Here we go.
I sent one last look to Yolei, seeing how upset she looked before the light pulled us all into the gate.
We wound up in the area near where we first saw SkullGreymon and there was Tentomon to greet us.
"It's so good to have the whole gang back again." He said sitting in a tree that looked like its seen better days.
"Welcome to my tree house. Actually, it's not much of a tree house anymore since SkullGreymon disintegrated it, now it's more of a twig house. But that's OK. I was planning on redecorating anyway." Tentomon said.
"We're a little more preoccupied about stopping the Digimon Emperor from hurting more digimon." I said.
"It's incredibly important we stop him. If he continues to gain power like this, he'll threaten the entire Digital World." Tai said as Cody swung his kendo stick he brought with him, almost hitting Armadillomon.
"Hey, watch it Cody. Be careful." He said.
"I'm sorry, but that Ken makes me so angry." The child of Knowledge said.
"Yeah, me too!" Armadillomon yelled.
"Armadillomon, you really need to control your temper." His partner said.
"How in the Digital World are we supposed to find out where Agumon is?" Patamon asked as Tentomon buzzed by us.
"Tentomon will help." TK said.
"Now that Tentomon is out of his tree, maybe we can climb up it and have a look around." Veemon said making me shake my head in amusement at him.
"STAY OUT OF MY TREE!" the bug yelled making my dragon's ears droop.
"You OK?" Kari asked her brother, but he ignored her.
"Tai hasn't been this angry since I popped his soccer ball with my claws." Gatomon said.
"He certainly has a right to be." TK said.
"All this standing around is making my paws itch. Let's get going." The white cat said.
"Great idea. I'll go see what I can find out and don't touch my tree! I know exactly how many pieces of bark are around it." Tentomon said as he flew off.
"Everything will be OK, Tai." The child of Light said.
"I know." He said turning away to start walking, the rest of us following him.
"Look, a control spire. This is one of the areas controlled by the Digimon Emperor." Tai said as we all looked up to the hill.
"Something's coming." I said as the ground moved, something bursting from the sand.
"DIGI ARMOUR ENERGIZE!" I called.
"Veemon armour digivolve too…Flamedramon: the Fire of Courage!"
We stood waiting for the creature to emerge and it was a tree looking monster.
"I am Woodmon! I cannot be defeated." The digimon said.
Flamedramon was covered in flames as he charged at Woodmon, knocking Woodmon back into the spire.
"Hey, I'm being defeated!" he cried.
The spire crackled with sparks as it fell on top of Woodmon, but he caught it just as the ring shattered.
"What happened to me? Who're you?" Woodmon asked now that he wasn't a slave.
"Hey, Woodmon, do you know where the Digimon Emperor can be found?" Tai called to him.
"Well, I'm not really sure, but I think he went that way." The digimon said using one of his four arms to point in the direction up the hill.
"Thanks a bunch. Let's go." Tai said looking at me before we started running up the hill.
"Wait, can I get a little help here?" Woodmon called making me and Flamedramon stop.
"Help him out." I said to my dragon who nodded and helped Woodmon lift the spire up and throw it to the side.
"Thank you!" Woodmon said as Flamedramon came back to where I was, picked me up and ran off to catch up to the others.
As soon as we were caught up, my dragon set me down as he turned back to Veemon and ran alongside me.
Yolei sent us a message and said that Agumon was being held in some place called Rail Town, so that's where we were headed, the male leader at the front of the group, walking with determination, not even caring that some of us were getting tired and falling behind.
"Tai, slow down!" Cody called as he had trouble keeping up.
"We don't have the time to slow down." Tai said as he led us off into the grassy area.
"We've made it. Rail Town." Tai said.
"Come on guys, Agumon is in this town somewhere, so let's go! Everybody split up and start looking for him." Tai said as we all started looking around the grassy area.
It looked like a nice place to live with the lush green grass, the train tracks and the homey houses.
"Tai, Agumon's close. I'm following his tracks." TK said.
"Those are train tracks, TK." The 16 years old sighed as a train whistle sounded.
Call me paranoid, but maybe we should get off of the tracks.
"What's that noise?" Veemon asked as we looked over to where it was coming from, me expecting to see a train coming and there was the black train.
"It's the local express." Kari said as the light came out of the tunnel.
"And look who's driving." TK said when we saw a smiling orange lizard.
We all jumped off the tracks so we wouldn't get hit as it came to a slow stop.
"It's-It's Agumon! Agumon!" Tai called.
"Tai!" he called back.
"Agumon, are you OK?" Tai asked running over to his partner.
"I'm fine. Tai!" Agumon cried jumping into his arms.
"I'm so happy to see you. Give me a great big hug." Tai said squeezing the lizard tightly to his chest making the lizard groan in pain.
"Are you OK? Did he hurt you?" Tai asked.
"No, you were just squeezing my ribs too hard." Agumon said.
"Tai, we should get going. I'm sure Ken will come after Agumon." Kari said.
"Listen, I wanna get back at the guy who did this to Agumon, but he's been through a lot so we gotta get him back to safety." Tai said.
"Then let's get moving." I said knowing that when Ken gets here he won't be in a very good mood.
Agumon was helped onto Tai's back as we started following the tracks out of this place.
"We'll get you some cookies and ice cream." Tai said.
"I want mine with chocolate sprinkles." Agumon said.
"How endearing!" a voice we all grew to hate mocked.
We all turned, gasping to see the wannabe ruler standing up on the train tunnel above us.
"It's Ken!" Kari said.
"My name is the Digimon Emperor." He said.
"It doesn't roll of the tongue very nicely." I said with a fake thoughtful look as I crossed my arms.
"I prefer Kenneth or Kendall. Maybe Ken-chan, that seems to suit you far better." I said angering him.
"You really don't wanna make me angry!" he yelled.
"So you're the one who put Agumon in a cage like a wild animal." Tai said placing his partner back down.
"Why don't you face us yourself instead of hiding behind your slaves like a coward?" I asked glaring up at him as he smirked down at me.
"You do amuse me so. I can defeat you just as I defeated Agumon." Ken said.
"Try it!" Tai said coming up to me, stepping in front of me protectively.
"You should be ashamed of yourself, Ken. You're the kind of bully that gives bullies a bad name!" Cody yelled throwing his kendo stick up at him, but Ken pulled out his whip and sliced it in half.
"I'm afraid you're going to have to do better than that, little boy." Ken said as a small flock of Airdramon swooped in behind him and he cracked his whip again.
DarkTyrannomon came in, keeping us caged.
"We're surrounded." TK gasped.
"Give me the word, Dai." Veemon said making me nod at him and pull my D-3 out.
"DIGI ARMOUR ENERGIZE!"
"Veemon armour digivolve too…Flamedramon: the Fire of Courage!"
"Don't let Flamedramon have all the fun, Cody." Armadillomon said.
"Right." Cody said holding his yellow and white D-3.
"DIGI ARMOUR ENERGIZE!"
"Armadillomon armour digivolve too…Digmon: the Drill of Power!"
A DarkTyrannomon blasted Flamedramon with a fire attack, but my dragon blacked it and then charged him with Flame Shield, knocking the dino back.
Another came up behind him, but Flamedramon threw his arm back, smashing the ring around his chest.
Digmon then used Rock Cracking on the ground, making three of the dinos fall down into the earth.
"They're winning!" Ken gasped.
Flamedramon then blasted his Fire Rocket to where Ken was standing, but the Airdramon flew him to safety.
"Flamedramon, what're you doing?" I asked him.
"What? I was stopping the Emperor." He said confused.
"He's evil, but he's still human. You need to be more careful." I said.
Ken might be evil, but he is still human and we can't kill a human.
What would his parents think if they found out about this?
"DIGI ARMOUR ENERGIZE!" Kari and TK cried.
"Gatomon armour digivolve too…Nefertimon: the Angel of Light!"
"Patamon armour digivolve too…Pegasusmon: Flying Hope!"
Kari and TK mounted their partners and took to the skies, going after the Airdramon.
Pegasusmon seemed to have completely ignored what I said about not going after Ken since he used his attack on the human, but his cape was made of a strong material to protect himself.
Pegasusmon used his Aquis Beam on the Airdramon Ken was on, knocking the human off and he fell to the ground.
"Attack!" Agumon cried running off.
"Agumon!" Tai called chasing after him as Ken landed safely on the ground.
"So, you've come back to me, Agumon? And I've got a new friendship bracelet for you." The Emperor said as he pulled out a spiral that glowed red and he threw it at Agumon.
"What is this?" Agumon asked.
It wrapped itself around his arm, making him whine in pain as he fell to the ground.
"You are mine again." Ken laughed.
Agumon snarled as he stood up with his back to us.
"Agumon, are you OK?" Tai asked as his partner turned to him.
"Look out!" I yelled pushing him down before the flames the lizard shot out could hit him.
We both fell to the ground, then looked up over to the lizard to see his friendly green eyes were glowing red.
"He's being controlled again!" Cody said.
"Now Agumon, dark digivolve!" Ken commanded holding his gray and black D-3 up and it glowed an amethyst color as Agumon lifted his arm with the spiral, being covered in a blue light with a dark purple tint.
"Agumon dark digivolve too…METALGREYMON!"
There stood the Ultimate level dino that was dark blue with black stripes and looked part machine.
"He looks so different." Kari said.
"And mean. MetalGreymon's armour not only protects him from harm, but it conceals his destructive Giga Blaster attack." TK said.
"The dark spiral is working perfectly. Agumon is mine again." Ken said smirking as Tai ran up to face his partner.
"MetalGreymon, you've got to fight the Emperor's control. It's me, Tai. Don't you recognize me?" he asked as the Ultimate snarled at him.
"Ohh, such a tense moment. I've got chills. Will he remember you? Allow me to answer. MetalGreymon, attack!" Ken called.
"Look out!" I yelled running over and grabbed Tai's arm, pulling him away just as MetalGreymon stabbed his claws down right where he once stood.
"Tai, the spiral's blocking his memories. He doesn't know who you are anymore." I said holding onto his arm.
"Nefertimon, help me stop MetalGreymon!" Pegasusmon called as they both swooped in above us.
They used their Golden Noose and tied the dino up, flying over us with him and slamming him into the ground.
"Don't hurt him." Tai said as I tried to hold him back.
"He's metal, he'll be fine." Flamedramon said as Tai tried to run over, but I just wrapped my arms under his and and even used my lift leg to wrap around his waist to try and hold him back.
This really isn't working, he was just dragging me over to the fight in a very uncomfortable position.
"We've got him trapped!" Pegasusmon said.
"Digon, get to the dark spiral." Nefertimon said.
"That won't be a problem for old Digmon. If he just stopped dancing around. Hey, quit it!" Digmon yelled at MetalGreymon as he did a little jig, trying to get loose as Flamedramon ran up beside Digmon.
"Agumon!" Tai called making the dino look at us.
"Knock it off!" I yelled placing both feet on the ground and started pulling him back.
"Let go!" he yelled to me.
"I'm still too scared to move." Kari said.
"I've forgotten how to move." TK said.
"He's trying to break the Golden Noose!" Pegasusmon said.
"Watch it!" Nerfertimon yelled as he tried to step on my dragon and Cody's insectoid digimon, but they jumped away.
"Let me just try to reach him. AAHHH!" Tai growled as he still struggled to get out of my hold, my arms burning from how hard I was trying to hold him back.
"Would you stop?!" I yelled back at him as he nearly broke free.
He's going to tear my arms off if he keeps this up.
MetalGreymon then took that moment to break free, the force throwing the two flying digimon back and his chest armor opened up.
Tai stopped trying to break free and just grabbed my hands, pushing me away as everyone yelled as we ran away, our digimon standing in front of us to fight as we looked for cover.
MetalGreymon fired off his Giga Blaster, the flying digimon getting away while Flamedramon and Digmon just stood there, taking the hit.
I turned round, feeling my heart in my throat as worry consumed me at the thought that they might be hurt or gone.
Relief flooded me as the smoke cleared and they were fine, Nefertimon and Pegasusmon swooping in to land next to them.
Ken laughed, but then coughed as the smoke wafted up into his face.
"With the dark spirals, I will control the whole Digital World!" he said.
"Goodbye, Digi-fools and say goodbye to your pet, Agumon for good." He laughed as he got up on MetalGreymon's head, laughing at us.
Our digimon returned to normal as we watched them go.
"Agumon, no!" Tai said.
"That guy is just the worse." TK said as I knelt down beside Veemon, lifting my hand up to touch him, but grunted at the pain that shot up my arm.
"But how can we defeat him?" Cody asked.
"I let Agumon down just when he needed me the most and I-"Tai trailed off from his pity fest when we heard the sound of something coming on the tracks.
We all turned and saw some mining carts coming with our friends in it.
"It's Yolei and Hawkmon." TK said.
"And Matt." Kari said as we all got up and ran off to the cart, my legs burning as I went, so I slowed down.
"Sorry about not coming before." Yolei said as she stopped the carts.
"That's OK; I knew you'd show up eventually." Cody smiled at her.
"Well it's a good thing she did stay or I never would have found you all." Matt said jumping out of the cart.
"Why don't you fill me in on what's happened up until now?" he said.
TK did just as his brother asked and the sky turned pink as time went by, Tai standing off from us as he wallowed in his own misery.
"I see. Well, it certainly sounds like you had a full day." Matt said.
"That's right. It's all my fault." Tai said as I looked at him, rubbing my arms as they turned numb.
"Tai." Matt called walking over to me.
"Huh?" he asked.
Matt then pulled his arm back and punched him the face, making me gasp and cover my mouth in shock at the sudden act of violence.
"Tai?" the blonde asked holding his hand out to him.
I watched in curiosity as Tai caressed his throbbing cheek and accepted the hand.
"You're right. Thanks, Matt. I needed that." He said as he was pulled up, matt smiling at him.
"Sure, anytime. I'll do it again." The child of Friendship asked.
"I appreciate that. I know that I was just blaming myself for something that was completely out of my control and also it doesn't help if I stand around here and feel sorry for myself. But now we need to focus on how we can get Agumon back." Tai said.
"OK, we have to be willing to fight Agumon at full strength. I'm sure Agumon would definitely rather be defeated by us than remain a slave to the Digimon Emperor." Matt said as his best friend nodded to him and then walked over to us.
"You're right. In the future, when we battle the Digimon Emperor, we have to be prepared to face our friends and Agumon as well, so…I don't really know how to say this." Tai said.
"Let me handle this, Tai." Gatomon said turning to the digimon.
"Everyone, the next time you see Agumon, trash him, understand? I can't hear you!" she yelled.
"OK!" they said.
"To beat Agumon! I can't believe those words actually came out of my mouth." TK said.
"Yeah. Let's all get Agumon back." Yolei giggled.
We all got into the carts, me trying not to wince every time I moved as I got in with Tai and Matt, and all of us rode it off to where ever Agumon might be now.
"I've never traveled by sailing train carts before!" Tai laughed.
"That's how all of the important people travel." Kari joked.
"Cute." Tai chuckled sharing a look with Matt before they looked back to the front.
I'm not sure how I feel about fighting Agumon.
Will I even be able to have Veemon fight him when the time comes?
To be continued…