A/N Chapter 11 is here hope you enjoy.
The Locomon speed along the tracks away from Driver City. Inside, the digidestined nursed their injured digimon.
"Damn that SkullMeramon, if I was there a bit longer I would have beaten him." said Gazimon.
"He beat all of us, I doubt you would have made any difference." DemiDevimon spat.
"Says you! OW!" Gazimon said, wincing at his wounds.
"Try not to strain yourself." Kazuya said. "You really took a beating back there."
"Well what are we going to do now?" Sho asked. "SkullMeramon is probably going to hunt us down. "I don't want to go anywhere near that psycho."
"Yeah look at all the boo-boos he gave me." Labramon said, whimpering.
Everyone looked depressed. Their digimon had been beaten all at the same time. To make matters worse, their new enemy seemed smarter and more ruthless than Boogeymon ever was. Kazuya stood up as he looked at the other digidestined's listless expressions.
"Hey we can beat this guy!" Kazuya exclaimed.
"What are you talking about? You saw how he tossed around our digimon." said Jun.
"But we just can't give up because of one lost battle!" Kazuya continued. "We beat Boogeymon and we can beat this guy!"
"How you can be so optimistic?" Jun asked.
"Because, I just have a gut feeling that everything will turn out okay." Said Kazuya.
Sakura smiled at Kazuya's confidence. "I think you're right Kazuya." Said Sakura. "I think as long as we are together, we can accomplish anything."
"Don't you think that is a bit cliché sounding?" asked Chiisi.
Sakura then sweatdropped. "My point is that when we fought Boogeymon, we were together and we beat him."
"Technically our digimon did all the fighting." said Sho.
Sakura sighed saying, "You guys aren't making this easy."
Fairydramon then got up from her seat. "If Sakura wasn't there then I couldn't have evolved." said Fairydramon. "The same can be said for the rest of us."
Fairydramon was right. Although the digimon did do all the fighting, they would not have been able to evolve without their partners. They both needed each other and together they had won many battles. But the recent battle had drained them a bit. SkullMeramon seemed too powerful
"Look, everything's going to be alright." Kazuya reassured.
"Yeah, so stop acting depressed!" Gazimon chimed in.
Still, everyone minus Sakura and Fairydramon did not look any happier. "Well two out of seven is a start." Kazuya thought to himself
"Say, where is this train going anyway?" Sakura said, looking around.
"Yeah I know, we went in here in a rush and we don't know our destination." said Sho.
The group got up and went into the next car. They looked around in the next car but just when it seemed empty, they spotted someone.
"Hey, let's ask that digimon." Sakura said, pointing to a lone passenger. The digimon in question looked very sleepy. It had a long yellow body with a pair of brown rubber pants. A small bubble was coming from his nose.
"It's a Neemon." said Fairydramon
"Oh, looks like he's asleep." Sakura said, a bit disappointed.
"Hey, wake up!" Jun said, shaking the digimon.
"What are you doing?" Kazuya asked.
"What does it look like? This guy doesn't look like he's getting up anytime soon." said Jun.
"But that's not very nice Jun." said Penguinmon. But Jun simply ignored him and continued to shake the Neemon. Neemon continued to sleep though. Jun then pulled on Neemon's pants and then let go. A loud snap was heard as Neemon's sleep bubble popped awakening him with a start. He yawned and said in a blank sleepy tone "Good morning!"
"Uh, good morning." Penguinmon, said, waving his flipper.
"Excuse me, but where is this train heading?" asked Sho.
The digimon looked like he was thinking about something real hard and then he said, "I don't know."
Everyone stared blankly at the Neemon.
"What do you mean you don't know where this is train is going? You boarded it!" Jun shouted.
She sweatdropped noticing Neemon had fallen asleep. "Come on, wake up!" she said, continuing to shake him. But Neemon continued to sleep. Giving an angry growl, Jun shook him harder "LISTEN YOU LIITLE FREAK, IF YOU DON"T GET UP NOW I'LL MAKE YOU SORRY." Jun shouted, causing everyone to wince.
Neemon woke up startled. "Are?" he said, in a questioning tone. Neemon then swelled up like a balloon to everyone's amazement. But what came next was a bigger surprise. In an instant Neemon deflated and soon the whole car was filled with gas. At that moment the train car was filled with panic.
"Ah, it smells!" Gazimon shouted.
"My nose burns!" Labramon shouted. Labramon was really suffering since her sense of smell was more sensitive.
"My eyes. I think I'm blind." Sho shouted. His eyes were full of tears.
"Someone open a window!" Kazuya shouted. The others obliged and opened as many windows as they could. DemiDevimon and Fairydramon flapped their wings hard in the hopes it would blow as mush as the gas as possible outside. Soon the gas was gone and the smell had mostly left.
Jun just sat there dazed. Her right eye was twitching and one end of her hair was singed. Apparently she was right in front of Neemon when he uhh… attacked.
"Is there a problem here?" a female voice asked. "What's that smell?" the voice asked.
The digidestined turned to see a pinkish digimon pushing a cart. On top of the digimon's head was what appeared to be a shrimp in a bun.
Labramon took one look at it and cried out hungrily. "Shrimp Burger!"
The digimon screamed as she saw Labramon leap toward her followed by a large crash. Despite all the commotion, Neemon remained asleep.
"Deep Sleeper." Chiisi noted, before rushing off to help pry the perpetually hungry Labramon off the poor digimon.
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Driver City was in shambles. The once peaceful city was in an uproar as the inhabitants tried to flee from the viruses. The small black objects flew through the air imbedding themselves in the flesh of any digimon unfortunate to stray in their paths. The infected digimon soon began to rampage. The whole city was in chaos.
Several buildings blew apart as an angry cry roared out. It was SkullMeramon and he was not happy.
"THEY!" He breathed a Heavy Metal Fire at a building. "GOT!" He struck his flame chain at the ground. "AWAY!!!" He shouted flaring up his entire body. He could not believe that the digidestined got away. He was so close to killing those humans. He could almost hear their screams…that is, until those Commandramon had gotten in his way. By the time he deleted them all, the Locomon had sped off.
Venting his rage on the surrounding area had calmed him a bit, but it was still no substitute for killing the digidestined. "Well, at least Driver City is under our control. The fallen angles should be pleased." said SkullMeramon.
He turned to his Goblimon henchmen and ordered, "All right. Get the Blimpmon started. I can still catch those humans!"
"Um, sir there is a small problem with that." A Goblimon said.
"Problem?" asked SkullMeramon.
"Well, the Blimpmon's engines are blew out after we pushed the boosters." The Goblimon said.
"Well get them fixed now!" SkullMeramon said, his body flaring up.
The Goblimon ran off in fear to fix the Blimpmon. SkullMeramon growled in anger. Today was not his day.
"Things not working out?" a voice asked.
SkullMeramon turned to the source of the voice only to see Duskmon. He stood in the shade of a building against the wall.
"Duskmon!" said SkullMeramon in surprise. "What are you doing here?" He asked.
Duskmon closed his eyes for a moment and listened. "You seem to have created quite a bit of chaos here." said Duskmon. "I'll be sure to report your successful capture of this city to the Fallen Angels."
Duskmon then looked away towards the direction of the train station. "However the digidestined escaped." Duskmon said flatly.
"A minor setback!" SkullMeramon retorted. "Once my ride is operational again, I'll pursue them."
"You sound sure of yourself." said Duskmon.
SkullMeramon gave a slight smirk, "Of course. I've honed in on the signals of their digivices." He said. "I can track them anywhere."
"Well, I have to say I'm impressed, and that's very rare." Duskmon said, flatly. "But you have been given additional orders."
"Additional orders?" SkullMeramon questioned.
"Yes. My reason for being here was to give you those orders." said Duskmon. "Our efforts to find the digi-cores have bore no fruit. You must find them before those children do." Duskmon continued.
SkullMeramon growled in annoyance. "I was sent to kill those brats and their digimon pets! Not look for some digi-cores!" he shouted.
"Fool! If those children find the digi-cores then they will have the power to evolve their digimon further!" Duskmon said, anger starting to creep in his voice. "Now, I suggest you add that to your to do list, or perhaps I should tell the Fallen Angels about your refusal."
SkullMeramon gasped slightly before saying reluctantly "Fine! I'll inform my underlings."
"Good." With that, Duskmon sank into the shadows that the building created.
SkullMeramon gave a slight growl. Then he headed back to the Blimpmon to inform his underlings of their additional assignments.
Meanwhile, Duskmon floated through the endless dark abyss. If the digidestiend found the digi-cores, it could ruin their plans.
"Damn you Maia." Duskmon said. And with that, he disappeared into the darkness.
XXX
Back on the train, the digidestined were busy cleaning up the mess Labramon had made.
The snack cart lay on the floor, various delicacies lay ruined. "I apologize for Labramon's behavior." Sho said. "Labramon." Sho mentioned to his digimon.
Labramon put her head down and whimpered. "I'm sorry. its just that I thought your hat was a shrimp burger." She said apologetically.
"Well I'm not a shrimp burger! I'm an EbiBurgermon!" she said, wringing her hat free of Labramon's drool.
"Labramon being constantly hungry is getting repetitive, wouldn't you say?" Chiisi asked, DemiDevimon.
"Yeah, but gluttons are gluttons." DemiDevimon replied.
EbiBurgermon had finished wringing her hat dry. She put it back but she grimaced after noticing it was slightly wrinkly. "Now if you all could kindly go back to your seats." She said. Annoyance was evident in her tone
"Um, excuse me, but where is this train going?" asked Sakura.
"The Locomon is scheduled to arrive in Seaside Town." EbiBurgermon replied." "Now, if you would all get back in your seats please."
"Uhh it wouldn't be too much trouble to ask for some yummy treats?" Labramon asked, innocently.
EbiBurgermon simply gave a glare. "Uh heh, I thought not." Labramon said, nervously.
Suddenly there was a sudden jerk, knocking everyone to the ground.
"What's going on?" Kazuya asked, frantically.
"Locomon why did we stop?" EbiBurgermon asked.
"The tracks are gone." A deep voice said, out of nowhere.
"The train is talking?!" Sho said, surprised.
"Well it's Locomon Express, so it has to be a digimon." said Chiisi.
Everyone (minus Neemon) exited the train. When they reached the front of the Locomon, they gaped at the tracks or lack of tracks. Indeed the train tracks had vanished or more precisely, they were smashed.
"What kind of digimon did this?" asked Sho.
"Something big obviously." said Jun.
Then out of nowhere, a strange mist started to appear. Sakura was the first to notice it as it crept by her leg. Soon the fog became thicker as it enveloped the area. Everyone was soon lost in the mist, as they couldn't see an inch in front of them.
"GRRRR." A low deep growl, emanated from the mist. Sakura frantically turned. Fairydramon stood by her side claws bared. "Kazuya?! Chiisi!?" she asked, panicked. "Anyone?!"
"Sakura something's coming!" said Fairydramon. Right in front of them, a pair of glowing red eyes stared at them. Another growl rang out.
"Get behind me Sakura!" Fairydramon commanded. Sakura did as she was told and got behind her digimon.
The eyes grew closer. Soon a figure was starting to form. Fairydramon bared herself ready to attack. Sakura stood there afraid. Just then, Sakura's digivice glowed brightly. The figure in the mist gave a pained growl as the light from the digivice hit it. Just then, the mist cleared.
"Where are we?" asked Sakura. After the mist cleared, Sakura and Fairydramon now found themselves in a flower field. Flowers of all kinds stretched as far as the eye could see.
"Well this is new." said Sakura.
"Indeed." said Fairydramon.
The pair began to walk through the field. Fairydramon was on guard all the while. This place looked peaceful enough, but the dragon digimon was not one to be fooled by appearances. As they continued to walk Sakura heard a beep from her digivice. She looked at it and smiled. On the screen were four dots, red, orange, blue, and black.
"Everyone's here." She said in relief.
The pair followed the digivice signals. Sure enough, the others were in another part of the flower field.
"I'm so glad everyone's okay." she said, running up to Kazuya. Kazuya was lying down in the flower field with a dazed expression on his face.
"Of course we're fine Sakura. Everything here is happy." Kazuya said, dazed.
"Come on you two. There's plenty of room." Gazimon said, patting the ground.
The two then gave satisfied sighs. At that moment Sakura felt something was wrong. "This is not right." Sakura said.
"I don't know. I like this Gazimon better." said Fairydramon.
Sakura ignored her and turned to her head to see Chiisi and DemiDevimon sitting a few feet away from them.
"Chiisi, DemiDevimon!" She shouted.
As soon as she rushed to them, Chiisi turned his head. Sakura gasped at what she saw. Chiisi was smiling wide and happy. Chiisi rarely smiled or at least Sakura had barley seen him smile like this.
"Oh, hello cousin! Nice day isn't it?" Chiisi said, happily.
"Yeah, so sit down, shut up and enjoy it." DemiDevimon said. Whatever had happened to them, DemiDevimon seemed hardly effected.
"There's Sho and Labramon!" Fairydramon said, pointing. They found Sho and Labramon lying on the ground. Sho simply stared up at the sky.
"Who's that?" Sho asked, staring up at the sky. He absentmindedly scratched Labramon's head. Labramon herself was actually eating the flowers. "Good." She said between bites. Sakura frantically waved her hand in front of his face to get his attention.
Just then Sakura heard giggling. The giggling was coming from Jun. She had a happy look on her face and in her arms she carried Penguinmon who was giggling as well.
"I haven't felt this good in a long time." Jun said, happily.
"I'm so glad you're happy Jun." said Penguinmon.
Sakura backed up in shock. Now she knew something was wrong.
"What's wrong with them? They seem so out of character." said Sakura.
Just then a low growl could be heard. An all too familiar growl.
"That's what we heard in the mist earlier." said Fairydramon.
"It feels so sad." Sakura said.
"Sad?" Fairydramon questioned.
Mist began to gather and then formed a shape. The figure that appeared was hunched over in an ape like fashion. It was covered in brown fur and red skin. Its ears were a moss green color and floppy like a rabbits. In top of its head was some sort of hat the looked almost like a face. On top of the hat were three horns. Two large spikes protruded upwards from its shoulders. His eyes were blood red showing he was an infected digimon.
"A digimon was behind this." Sakura said.
"That's Wendigomon." Fairydramon said. "Stand back Sakura." Fairydramon commanded.
With that she flew towards Wendigomon. Although Wendigomon was quick to respond. His right arm elongated like a cable and smacked Fairydramon aside.
"Fairydramon!" Sakura shouted. Wendigomon started to lumber towards her. Sakura looked at him. Strangely, she could feel a sense of sadness about this digimon.
"Fairy Flame!" Several fireballs hit Wendigomon. He turned angrily towards Fairydramon who continued to pepper him with more Fairy Flames.
Wendigomon's stomach opened up to reveal several guns. Energy bullets shot out trying to strike Fairydramon. She stepped to dodge them but then one struck her in the wing. Fairydramon cried out in pain. She collapsed to the ground. Wendigomon then proceeded to grab her with his arm and elongated it.
He grunted as he swung Fairydramon around like a rag doll. Fairydramon crashed near Sakura, who immediately tended to her.
"Fairydramon!" Sakura cried.
"I'm fine Sakura." Fairydramon said shakily, standing up. Fairydramon's whole body ached. If she had not lost so much energy after fighting SkullMeramon she could evolve.
"You're in no condition to fight." Sakura said. Sakura turned to see Wendigomon coming towards them. A determined look crossed Sakura's face. She stepped forward towards Wendigomon.
"What are you doing!?" Fairydramon shouted, in concern.
"Trust me." said Sakura. Although Fairydramon was just about to run back and drag her partner away, something inside her told her to trust Sakura.
Wendigomon growled as the human stepped toward him. As Sakura walked in front of him, her serious expression softened. Now her face had a look almost of pity. "You don't want to do this do you?" Sakura asked. Wendigmon simply growled in confusion.
"It's that virus thats making you do this." said Sakura. Sakura's digivice began to glow at that instant. Wendigomon backed up a bit. He then angrily raised his fist and prepared to strike her.
"Sakura!" Fairydramon shouted. She then began to run towards Sakura.
As Wendigomon's fist headed straight towards Sakura, she instantly raised her digivice. A light emanated from it enveloping Wendigomon. He cried out in pain as the light of the digivice was all around him. Just then the virus popped out of his body. The small round black object pulsed a bit and then deleted. Wendigomon's eyes changed from a blood red color to a lighter shade of red. His expression softened as he looked around in confusion.
"You're better now." said Sakura. Wendigomon gave her a look that said thank you.
"Could you send us back please?" Sakura asked. Wendigomon nodded in response. The whole flower field dissolved into mist and with it Wendigomon.
"Sakura!" Fairydramon cried. Sakura turned to see her partner running towards her. "How did you know to do that?" she asked.
Sakura simply shrugged. "I don't know. Something just told me to." I could feel he was in pain.
She looked at her digivice. "I've always felt hesitant to fight those infected digimon, I mean it's not their fault. They were just enslaved." She said.
"That's what I like about you Sakura. You're kind." Fairydramon said. "But you're a digidestined and you have to save the Digital World no matter the cost." Fairydramon said, seriously.
"I know, but I just wish there was another way sometimes." The mist then cleared and they were back at the train tracks. The rest of the digidestined immediately snapped to attention wondering what had happened. Labramon especially wondered why she had a funny taste in her mouth. Jun was also wondering why Penguinmon was on her lap.
"Get off me!" she shouted, pushing her digimon off of her.
While all this was going on, Neemon awoke. He looked around a bit. "Good morning." He said to no one in particular.
XXX
"Are you sure it was wise to put SkullMeramon in charge?" Asked Duskmon.
"Of course." said Demon. Demon was confident in SkullMeramon's abilities. "He's vicious and bloodthirsty. My kind of digimon." Demon continued.
"That's the problem. He's too unpredictable. All he wants to do is battle." said Duskmon.
"Vicousness does not make him more competent." Retorted Cherubimon. "I just felt another virus get destroyed." Cherubimon continued.
"Then go create more." said Demon. With a growl, Cherubimon disappeared into the corridors of the castle.
"Like I said before, you're getting too confident in your high position, Demon." said Duskmon.
"Don't question my judgment." Demon growled.
"Remember, we only have two digi-cores. The other ten are still out there." said Duskmon. "We must not let those children get the others."
Lilithmon was watching all this from the shadows. It amused her slightly to see the men fight amongst themselves. The black digitama in her hands glowed for a brief moment.
Lilithmon smiled as it glowed. "Feeding time." She said. Lilithmon wandered through the castle until she came upon a door. Opening the door revealed a ceremonial room with a strange device in it. It looked like it was plugged into the wall and the ceiling. The part that connected to the ceiling almost looked like a tube. Below it was a pedestal that held the imprint for an egg or a digitama.
Lilithmon placed the digitama on the pedestal. A strange black energy poured out of the tube. The digitama seemed to absorb the energy.
"Cherubimon had a good mind when he created this." Lilithmon said. "All the chaos we have caused with a pinch of the World of Darkness."
Lilithmon kneeled before the digitama. "I hope this nourishment for your revival appeases you my master." said Lilithmon.
To be continued….
Well I hope this chapter has been enjoyable. Now about The incident with Neemon on the train well I checked and that is one of his attacks. In fact most of his attacks involve breaking wind (weird isn't it).