A/N: I'm trying to crank out some kind of fic updates, and this is what I'm managing right now, sorry… Enjoy~
Disclaimer: I own nothing but Shixona, Silvmon, and Silvmon's digivolutions.
Digimon Adventure 02, Shixona
Chapter 12
It was a Saturday, and Silvmon and I were at my apartment, just watching a good movie on T.V. when my friend piped up.
"Shixona?" he murmured.
"What's wrong, Silvmon?" I asked.
"I know I asked about digivolving to Ultimate and Mega before, but now that Davis and Veemon have a second Digi-Egg, do you think we'll get one, too?" he inquired, his silver eyes lowered to the floor.
"I'm not sure, but we'll see. I'm sure something good will come your way, pal," I smiled at him, stroking my hand along his back, pausing to scratch between his wings. He gave a pleased trill, smiling up at me.
"Thanks, Shixona. You know, it's strange how our roles have sorta reversed," he said.
"What do you mean?"
"I used to be the one comforting you back when we first met, especially after you got your crest. But now you're the one making me feel better!" he grinned, but then his expression saddened. "When are your parents going to come home, though?"
"I'm not sure. I haven't heard from them since Thursday," I sighed. "But as long as we're together, we'll be fine." That's when we got a message from Sora on my D-terminal, saying that Biyomon was in trouble.
"Let's go, Silvmon. Biyomon's in trouble!" I told him, and he nodded. My partner hid in my backpack as I slipped my shoes on, and then slid my arms through the straps, being mindful of Silvmon in my backpack so I didn't swing him around. I took off to the school, almost slamming into Davis in my haste.
"Hey, Shixona!" he greeted, and I heard Demiveemon rustling around in his own backpack. "Let's hurry in! Sora's waiting for us."
"Right," I nodded. We snuck into the school, and then found Sora indeed waiting for us at the computer lab. Not too long after, Yolei and Cody showed up with Poromon and Upamon.
"It's about time! Where are T.K. and Kari?" Davis wondered aloud.
"It wasn't my turn to watch them," I shrugged. "No T.K. or Kari?"
"If they were out of town, at least they'd e-mail us," Cody pointed out.
"Maybe their batteries are dead?" Yolei suggested.
"Maybe T.K. decided to wash his in the bathtub?" Davis said hopefully.
"Biyomon needs us! We'll just have to go without them!" Sora finally interrupted.
"Let's see where Biyomon's signal came from…" I murmured, checking the computer. "There it is!"
"Well, now that we know where we need to get, let's get to getting to it, got it?" Davis declared.
"All right, everyone, Digi-Port open!" I yelled, and then we all went to the Digital World. When we arrived, however, sand and dirt flew all around us, and Davis even pulled his goggles down to cover his eyes.
"Oh, whoa there… I sense this place is a cultural desert," Hawkmon said.
"Did you say dessert?!" Veemon demanded eagerly.
"This sand-blasting sure makes my shell look real shiny," Armadillomon remarked.
"Ugh, can't see," Silvmon complained. Finally, the sand cleared to reveal a ghost town in the desert.
"Whoa!" Sora gasped.
"Check it out! It looks like the old west!" Davis commented.
"Where's the spire we saw on the monitor?" Cody wondered aloud.
"I don't see a Control Spire anywhere!" Yolei agreed. We decided to head to the town.
"Fear not, Yolei, for I shall save you from any danger that may be thrust upon us!" Hawkmon told his partner.
"Instead of protecting my life, how about finding us some cold water?" Yolei replied.
"I wonder where Biyomon is," I said.
"She can't have gone far, Shixona. She's here somewhere," Sora responded immediately. Suddenly, we all perked up when we heard music. "Where's that music coming from?"
"It's coming from over there!" Silvmon pointed at a saloon, and we all went inside.
"Well, how do you like that? It's just a player piano! I'm starting to think there's nobody here!" Davis said.
"Ye came to the right place, ye just sit right where ye are, so says the mon behind the star!" a voice from the corner greeted.
"Huh?" we all uttered.
"Howdy! Welcome, digi-pilgrims, to the safest town west of Siros. I'm Starmon," the voice added, and he emerged from the corner to reveal himself. "Now, belly up to the boss, so I can welcome ya'll with a cold mug of welcome milk!"
"Huh?" we repeated.
"Didn't spill a drop, did I? My way of being neighborly to strangers. So, here's to ya!" Starmon laughed lightly.
"What is welcome milk?" Sora frowned.
"It's 100% homogenized moo juice, little missy!" Starmon laughed again. "Welcome."
"Now that you mention it, I'm kinda thirsty," Davis stated.
"My mouth feels like a clothes dryer full of cotton balls!" Yolei agreed.
"My tongue is a dusty tank train!" Armadillomon chimed in.
"Thank you!" we all told Starmon, and we began to drink our milk.
"Hmm…tourists. You gotta love 'em," he smirked, walking past to the wall.
"Uh, Mr. Starmon?" Sora piped up as he passed her. "Have you by any chance seen a cute little pink bird Digimon named Biyomon?"
"Did you say Biyomon? That kind of rings a bell," Starmon said. "Yep, I've got a feeling I've heard that description before." He snapped his fingers, and then a wanted poster wall appeared behind him, covered in pictures of Biyomon.
"Biyomon wanted? What did she do?" Sora gasped.
"That digi-desperado is on the run from the Digimon Emperor! But they haven't caught her yet," Starmon told us.
"Well, I hope she's somewhere safe now, but I know I'll feel a lot better when we find her," the ginger sighed. "Sir, maybe you could help us find her. We heard she was last seen near here."
"You are right about that ma'am," he replied, sipping at his mug of milk.
"And if Biyomon were in trouble, you'd help her. You being a lawmon, I know you'd save her from that Digimon Emperor," Sora added. Starmon stiffened before setting his milk down.
"Ma'am, there's something I gotta tell you," he admitted, and took off his cowboy hat to reveal a dark ring on his head.
"Huh? He's wearing a dark ring!" we gasped.
"Well, I knew behind that tin star was a gutless, lowlife lackey of the Emperor with jelly for a spine!" Veemon huffed.
"You could have told us!" Davis snapped. "And what did we say about name-calling?"
"Look's like the jury's still out on Starmon," Armadillomon commented. "Think he's a good apple, or a bad one?"
"People are like milk, they can turn bad," Cody replied.
"You're right!" Starmon said. "You might think I'm lower than a snake's belly for saying this, but I DO work for the Emperor, and I got orders!"
"What's the earth's-reject up to now? Pulling wings off butterflies?" Davis demanded.
"You can bet he's experimenting with something evil!" Starmon responded, laughing a little and turning away. Once his back was turned, we took off out of the saloon, running for our lives. Soon after, though, Starmon emerged from the saloon.
"It's no use trying to high-tail it out of here! Time for a weather report!" Starmon yelled. "Meteor Shower!" We screamed as the attack hit us, trying to escape it.
"I've heard of heavy showers, but that was too much!" Davis groaned. Starmon then tied us up and threw us in a jail cell back in the town.
"Now you'll enjoy your stay," he said. "Here's the rules: no cookies in your cells, no loud music after eight, and no chucking oysters during months without a R. Enjoy!" And with that, he left.
"No way…" I grumbled.
"Sora…" Biyomon's weak voice mumbled from the back of the cell.
"Huh? What was that?" Sora wondered.
"Sora…" Biyomon repeated.
"Biyomon!" Sora gasped. After a while, we all settled around her, the bird Digimon's head resting on Sora's lap.
"I tried to get away, but I just didn't have the strength," Biyomon murmured.
"Shh, don't talk. What happened?" Sora asked.
"You just said not to talk, didn't you?" Biyomon laughed quietly. "I wish you'd make up your mind."
"Kay, you can talk a little," Sora smiled.
"When I first came to this town, I had no idea it was under the control off the Emperor," she explained. "I had been shot down by his flying dragons, and needed food! I was tired, hungry, and very, very thirsty." After she had finished explaining, Veemon tried to use his Vee-Head Butt on the cell wall, but merely ended up leaving a Veemon head-shaped dent in the wall.
"I think I used a little too much Vee and not enough Head Butt!" Veemon groaned as he tottered backwards from the impact.
"Nice try, buddy!" Davis comforted his friend.
"Why not my Silver Pulse?" Silvmon suggested.
"It'd be worth a try, right guys?" I asked, and they nodded.
"Silver Pulse!" Silvmon shouted, firing the attack at the dent, but after the dust cleared, we saw that it had only managed to widen the dent Veemon had made.
"Dang it…" I grumbled.
"That wall is as hard as Veemon's head, and just as thick!" Cody commented.
"You said it," Armadillomon agreed.
"But it should be no problem for you to drill through that wall," he pointed out. "Digivolve to Digmon!"
"I'm too weak to do it," the yellow Digimon sighed.
"I forgot we haven't eaten," the brunette sighed.
"I could do something if I had food," Armadillomon added.
"Boy, Yolei, I sure wish we had some snacks from your store," Cody told the violet-haired teen.
"I'll call my dad! He delivers!" Yolei declared.
"But Yolei, we're imprisoned in the Digital World!" Hawkmon pointed out.
"You're right! If it's more than 5 miles, there's a delivery charge!" Veemon chimed in.
"Huh?" Biyomon said suddenly, perking up.
"What is it, Biyomon?" Sora asked her partner.
"It sounds…like a horse!" she told us.
"He needs new shoes," Yolei muttered as the horse slowed to a stop.
"I said WHOA!" a stranger's voice yelled at the horse, and then he came into the room. "Never fear, the protector of justice is here. Holy guacamole! Just who in tarnation are you? Howdy, folks."
"That's Deputymon. He's a barrel-chested Digimon that shoots from the lip. But usually he's helpful and harmless," Silvmon told us.
"From the look on your faces, I feel like I squashed your favorite hat! What's the story?" Deputymon asked.
"We got put in the dungeon for no reason by your partner, Starmon!" Armadillomon told them.
"Where's your justice?" Cody demanded.
"Yeah, there's nothing else in here, just us!" Veemon piped up. "So let's see it! Where's your dark rings, Deputy?"
"I ain't got no dark ring. Nobody control me, not even myself!" Deputymon snapped, taking off his hat.
"There's no dark ring!" Silvmon gasped.
"Right toe, ya varmints!" Deputymon declared, showing us his bare feet.
"We're sorry to have been so suspicious, Deputymon, but put yourself in our boots!" I pointed out to him as he continued to undress.
"There, you see any dark rings now?" he demanded, and by this point he was completely undressed.
"WAH!" we yelped.
"Sorry, I guess I got a little carried away," Deputymon apologized.
"We didn't see anything," Yolei assured him. "Uh, Deputymon, are you here to keep us in jail, or to set us free?"
"No need to fret, lady, soon you'll be free!" he assured us. Everyone but me cheered, and I glared at him, feeling like there was a catch. "'Course I'm only freeing the girls," he added.
"Huh?!" they gasped, and I sighed.
"I knew there was a catch," I grumbled.
"I need card players, but not boys, 'cause they cheat," Deputymon explained.
"Say what?" Davis uttered.
"Did I mention I don't even cheat at Solitaire?" Veemon added.
"Strictly women-folk only. That's the rule," he replied firmly.
"Couldn't you make that women, children, and Digimon first?" Armadillomon tried to argue.
"Could you find it in your heart to make an exception and let us all go?" Cody piped up.
"Ladies only," Deputymon stated, not budging on that. "Scoot! What is this, the petrified desert? I said SCOOT!"
"But we're not boys!" Biyomon and Hawkmon protested, and I shook my head.
"I'll stay here," I huffed. After they left, Silvmon nuzzled my side, comfortingly. Eventually, Starmon came in, babbling about lunchtime and how being evil works up an appetite. That's when he yelped how we were gone, and Davis and Cody went to the front of the cell.
"Deputymon freed the girls, said boys cheat at cards," Davis grumbled.
"I imagine they're enjoying some delicious snacks right about now," Cody added.
"Ooh… I'm gonna let that pop-gun have it with both barrels!" Starmon shouted furiously, and then stormed out to go after Deputymon.
"Just look at that," Veemon whimpered, staring at the desk.
"Look at what?" Davis frowned.
"His lunch!"
"Yummy. If I can just wrap my lips around that lunch, I can armor digivolve!" Armadillomon said.
"I've got an idea," Cody announced.
"What's your plan?" his partner asked.
"Pretend these ropes are pasta, and help yourself to an all-you-can-eat!" the brunette told him.
"Mama mia!" the yellow Digimon smiled. Silvmon bit through his and my ropes with ease, considering his sharp teeth, and then Veemon and Armadillomon chewed through Davis's and Cody's ropes soon after.
"There!" Veemon grinned at his partner.
"Now to figure a way to break out!" Davis declared.
"Chocolate always works," Veemon laughed lightly.
"Well, that about does it. We're almost free!" Cody said, and held up a lasso made from the rope.
"Delicious ropes!" Armadillomon chuckled. Davis tossed the lasso at Starmon's lunch, and then tugged it over once it was looped.
"Come to papa!" Davis grinned.
"Oh boy!" Veemon said eagerly.
"Those ropes were just a high-fiber appetizer. Now, bon appetite!" Cody told his partner.
"Looks mighty tasty," he replied, and began to eat some of the sandwiches. I could tell Silvmon was drooling as he stared hungrily at the food.
"You know, the easiest way to escape is to dig out. You can help out later!" Davis assured Veemon, who was also watching hungrily.
"You can have some," Armadillomon offered to the others, and they smiled gratefully before gulping down some of the sandwiches, too.
"Just this once, it's okay to gulp down our food. We've got to help our friends!" Cody commented. Once they were finished, Cody shouted, "Digi-Armor Energize!"
"Armadillomon, armor digivolve to…Digmon, the Drill of Power!"
"All right!" Cody cheered after Digmon drilled through the wall.
"Let's move it!" Veemon urged Davis.
"You got it! Digi-Armor Energize!" he yelled.
"Veemon, armor digivolve to…Raidramon, the Storm of Friendship!"
"Digi-Armor Energize!" I shouted.
"Silvmon, armor digivolve to…Puredramon, the Lone Wolf of Purity!"
"Whoa, let's move!" I cried out, and we took off.
"We'll handle this!" Davis told the girls and their Digimon when we arrived.
"That's where you're wrong!" Starmon laughed. "Meteor Shower!" Raidramon and Puredramon were hit by the attack, and Raidramon de-digivolved to Veemon, who was caught by Biyomon and Hawkmon. Puredramon landed nearby, but he de-digivolved as well after a couple of seconds.
"Too much chocolate!" Biyomon complained.
"I'll try to cut back," he told her. "Davis, digivolve me into Flamedramon! He's a better fighter!"
"Right, Veemon!" Davis nodded. "Digi-Armor Energize!"
"Veemon, armor digivolve to…Flamedramon, the Fire of Courage!"
"Starmon, you're fired!" Flamedramon declared. "Fire Rocket!"
"Ugh… AHHH!" Starmon wailed when Flamedramon's attack struck him, and he was sent flying into the Control Spire, which was disguised as a water tower. Later, after Starmon's dark ring had broken off, he apologized to Biyomon, but then we got duped into playing cards with Starmon and Deputymon. Ugh…I hate playing cards sometimes…
A/N: And here's another chapter! I've got a surprise in store for you all for the next chapter, btw, so it might take me a bit longer. R&R, peeps!
