Hey guys, sorry about the wait. I'm graduating in the next several weeks so it's been crazy. I'll try to update more often.
The yokomon were in a panic, frantically running around.
"He burns up everything he touches!" one cried fearfully.
"He never comes down off the mountain, though!" another cried "This is very strange behavior for him!" As the burning digimon got closer the feeling of pain, confusion, and anger that had faded earlier was slowly growing stronger. She reached up and pressed her fingers against her temples in a futile attempt to stem the pain that was growing steadily stronger.
"I'm burning! Too hot!" Meramon's voice could be heard all the way down at the Yokomon's village and was causing quite a stir.
"Meramon is a fiery digimon," Palmon pointed out "There's no reason he should be in pain from his own flames. That's his nature." They could hear sobs coming from the burning digimon which seemed to confuse them. The pain in Amaya's head continued to increase, but everyone was paying such close attention to Meramon that they didn't notice as she slowly sank to the ground, holding her head in her hands.
"This is weird," said Tai "He's crying."
"Burning!"
"Sounds like he's out of his mind with pain," Sora pointed out worriedly.
"What do we do?" asked Tai
"Burning. Burning! BURNING!" Meramon's yells got louder each time.
"Look," said Sora "he's coming straight toward the village!" She was right, if Meramon stayed on the course he was on he would run right into the village that they were in.
"Hey everybody," said Biyomon "We better decide what we're going to do. I've never seen him move so fast. He's already reached the foot of the mountain and now he's starting to enter the forest!" The yokomon cried out fearfully as they saw the trees catch ablaze.
"Everybody freeze!" called Sora "Stay very still." If Amaya had been able to think through the pain that had her on the ground she may have had a comment to that, but as it was it took all she had to keep from crying out in pain. Then they heard the first thing from Meramon that wasn't him yelling about burning.
"You're gonna need more than sunscreen to stop me!"
"Don't move a muscle," Sora murmured while trying not to move her lips. The forest was blazing by this time and Meramon was obviously still moving closer.
"Burn. Burn! BURN!" As before Meramon's voice got louder on each word as he burst out of the forest and began to make his way across the desert towards them.
"Ahh!" Tai yelled, turning "Unfreeze! And RUN!" The other children were quick to agree and turn to run out towards where the lake used to be, and the large boat that was stuck in the middle. Before they took off however they noticed Amaya kneeling on the ground, holding her head in her hands and with tears of pain falling down her face. Yet somehow she managed not to make a sound.
"Amaya!" Matt cried worriedly, dropping to his knees beside her and nodding to the other kids to continue running "What's wrong? Get up! Come on!" Amaya made no response so Matt grabbed her arm and pulled her to her feet causing her to whimper in pain, opening her eyes.
"We've got to go!" he reiterated, pulling her along as he ran after the other children and along the long line of yokomon who were running in the same direction. Tai and Sora were in the front of the group. The Yokomon were screaming in fear as they ran, which added to Amaya's headache. Tai and Sora reached the entrance to boat first and began to direct the Yokomon, and other kids, inside it. Mimi, Joe, and Izzy helped get the Yokomon to the top and kept helping the Yokomon on.
Matt was near the back since Amaya was practically dead weight as he pulled her along. Suddenly he stopped and turned to Amaya. He reached down and picked her up in his arms so that he could just carry her instead of drag her along. Amaya would have complained, but her head hurt too much to talk, so instead she just whimpered quietly. They passed by Biyomon who was standing on the crest of a cliff, directing the herds of Yokomon over the top.
"Everyone keep moving now," Amaya heard Biyomon say as they passed her "just follow the one in front of you."
"Biyomon, save yourself!" Sora's voice came from by the boat "Come down while there's still time!"
"I can't leave hear till all my friends are safe Sora," Biyomon called back.
"All right," Sora called "I suppose I'll just have to come up there after you then." The last part was quieter, but Amaya and Matt were able to hear it because she said it right as they passed her to go into the boat. Sora took off towards the cliff to get to Biyomon and try and make her come down.
"Sora!" Tai called after her "You'll never make it!" Matt stopped and turned to watch Sora.
"Sora! Come back!" Matt called after the running girl, causing Amaya to whimper again "Oh...sorry." Finally the flow of Yokomon ended, but Biyomon was still up on the cliff. Biyomon didn't seem to notice Meramon coming up behind her.
"Watch out!" Sora cried to her partner "Biyomon! He's right behind ya!" Meramon cried out in anger.
"Go away Meramon!" Biyomon cried angrily "Leave us alone! We're not bothering you!" Meramon ignored her and knocked her down, sending her rolling down the cliff.
"Biyo, Biyo, I'm coming Biyo!" Sora cried, rushing to catch Biyomon. She leaped forward just in time to keep Biyomon from crashing into the ground. From the boat they couldn't hear what was being said, but they was Sora sit up. The fear immiting from Sora, Biyomon, and the others just added to Amaya's pain and she clutched Matt's shirt desperately.
"What's wrong?!" Matt cried, looking down at her worriedly. Do to his distraction he missed Sora standing back up, still holding her partner in her arms, and turning back towards the boat. He also missed Biyomon flying up to confront the fiery digimon angrily and blasting him with several spiral twisters, which actually made him bigger. Matt was so focused on his hurting little sister that he didn't even hear Biyomon's cry of fear as Meramon grew or Tai and Izzy rush past him with the other digimon. He did, however, hear the now giant Meramon jump down the cliff.
"Better get ready, here I come!" Meramon cried as he headed down. Matt looked up just in time to see Biyomon begin to glow with a bright light and grow much bigger, turning into a giant, red bird. He couldn't hear what she was now, but she carried Meramon right back up to the top of the cliff and dumped him there. The giant bird, who was even bigger than Meramon, gave a wordless battle cry and flew around him.
"What's wrong Birdramon?" Meramon taunted, letting Matt and Amaya know Biyomon's new name "Afraid of me? Let's fight!"
"Don't hurt him," Amaya cried quietly "Don't hurt him, please."
"What do you mean?" Matt asked, looking down at her "He's attacking us.
"Confused," Amaya mumbled "he's confused...and hurting..." Matt looked at Amaya like she was crazy. Meramon created a huge ball of fire and threw it at Birdramon.
"Here," he called "Have a ball!" The fireball hit Birdramon on the back, but she kept flying."
"Don't turn your back!" Sora called out advice. Birdramon turned and charged at Meramon, as she got close Meramon began to blast her with fireball after fireball, but she kept coming, hitting him over and over again with her wings.
"Birdramon!" Sora called "Move away!" Birdramon did, flying into the air. She crossed her wings before spreading them out. As she did pinpoints of light formed on the inside of her wings. She shut her wings forcefully, causing several blasts of fire to shoot from her wings and crash into Meramon, all hitting him dead center in the chest.
Meramon had been laughing before, but as they hit he began to cry out in pain before hunching over onto himself and shrinking back to normal size. As he crumpled to the ground a black gear shot out of his back and into the sky, shattering. Once it was free Amaya felt his emotions calm and her head began to clear. Her body was so relieved to be free of the pain that she passed out in Matt's arms.