Ch. 25 Deleted
The sky above was still a darkened grey color. The recent storms had left the entire city soaked including the cities harbor. Three small, grey colored rabbit Digimon with a feral like appearance dashed through the harbor, weaving in and out of the empty warehouses trying to lose their pursuers.
"Howling Blaster!" cried out Garurumon sending is blue energy beam flying toward the stray Digimon. The energy beam barely missed its target allowing the fleeing creatures a chance to dash into nearby alleyway.
"Just missed them, the Gazimon are heading your way Albert!" called out Michelle, currently riding on Garurumon's back.
"On it" replied Albert as he and Gaogamon began to chase after the Digimon. The pair dashed after the Gazimon through the long alley way.
"This might slow them down, Spiral Blow!" howled Gaogamon sending his cyclone like attack whirling toward the feral Digimon. The Gazimon quickly turned a corner dodging the attack. The Digimon kept running until a sudden stream of flames cut off their escape route. Cody and GeoGreymon appeared on the other side of the flame wall and watched as the Gazimon stumbled backwards.
"Gotcha" smiled Cody readying his Digivice for a Digital capture. Albert, Michelle, and their partners caught up and appeared behind the Gazimon and readied their Digivices.
"Another capture complete" smiled Agumon looking up at the three blue cards in Cody's hand. The trio of DECA agents had regrouped then began to head for DECA HQ via their jeep.
"Yep, thanks for helping us out with this one Cody. Diandra hasn't been feeling up to missions after everything's that's happened" sighed Albert.
"No problem. How's she been doing so far anyways?" asked Cody.
"Alright for the most part, her poor heart has been through so much in the past couple of days" frowned Albert.
"I wouldn't worry about it, we're gonna find Lion Squad and everything will be back to normal" assured Gaomon.
"Got a plan to catch the rats yet?" questioned Gabumon.
"Just one" answered Gaomon.
"We have to let them slip up first before we can bust them. Problem is the waiting." added Albert.
"Oh yeah guys, check this out" spoke out Michelle pulling out an aquamarine colored gem shaped like a pyramid. "Found it in one of the cargo boxes Garurumon destroyed with his attack."
"Nice, we'll have to add it to the collection" said Agumon. After talking for a bit more, the trio reached DECA HQ and began to make their way up to the control room. Once there, the group saw Erin, Javi, Andrew, TJ, and Jackie all gathered around a nearby table.
"I'll take the stone and cards to the vault then catch up with all of you later" said Michelle taking the items and leaving the room with Gabumon. Cody and Albert recalled their partners back to their Digivices then joined with the group.
"What are y'all looking at?" asked Cody. Albert and Cody took notice of a small computer with rows of letters and numbers running across the screen. Several cables ran from the side of the computer to a small camera sitting on top of a glass dome and along the dome's sides. Inside the dome laid the old coded journal currently opened mid way through. Every few moments a small robotic arm would flip the current page to the next. "Ok, anybody want to explain what this is?"
"This is gonna decode that old book in no time" grinned Javi.
"Mantis squad rigged this device up to scan and translate the journal by taking pictures of the pages then analyze the photos. The analyzed photos are run by the translating program we set up the other day and the end product is displayed on the computer screen" explained Erin.
"Only problem is we can't see the full translation till the entire book has been decoded. However at the rate this is going, we'll have all we need by the end of the day." added Andrew.
"Pretty neat huh?" said Jackie.
"I say this is just a waste of time" spoke a voice from the other side of the room. The group turned to see Edward standing on the other side of the room, playing with a small pocket knife in his hands.
"Who asked you anyways?" glared TJ.
"Shouldn't you all be out doing missions, making up for the slack that Lion Squad has left behind?" questioned Edward.
"They didn't just get up and leave" snarled Agumon from his Digivice.
"Yeah, they're in trouble and for all we know this book can help us help them" added Guilmon.
"That squad is dead and gone for all I care or until proven otherwise" smirked Edward.
"You jerk!" yelled Jackie.
"Easy Jackie, he's not worth it" said Hawkmon trying to calm Jackie down. Before anybody could say anything else, the alarm went off signaling the appearance of a new Digimon. Albert went over to the main computer and analyzed the newly appeared Digimon..
"Looks like the rain has attracted a Roachmon" said Albert displaying a picture of a roach like Digimon on the screen. The Digimon stood up right and had several bands tied around its many limbs. "It's a champion level bug Digimon that can use an attack called Garbage Dump to bury its enemies in trash."
"Looks like it's appeared near the city's dump" added Erin typing away at a nearby computer.
"Me and my squad can handle this one, up for another capture Agumon?" asked Cody.
"Sure thing buddy, let me at him!"
"This place stinks" groaned Jackie. Falcon Squad had reached the city's landfill and were searching around the piles of garbage with their partners, trying to locate the insect Digimon. Suddenly, several balls of compacted trash flew over the teams head and crashed into the ground behind them.
"Think we found them" said TJ preparing his Digivice.
"Digi-Charge" called out TJ, Cody, and Jackie together.
Guilmon Digivolved to… Growlmon
Agumon Digivolved to… GeoGreymon
Hawkmon Digivolved to… Aquilamon
"Pyro Blaster!" cried Growlmon launching his attack in the direction of the flying trash balls. The red energy sphere crashed into a pile of junk sending the Roachmon flying into the sky.
"You're not gonna get away, Blast Rings!" shouted Aquilamon knocking Roachmon out of the sky and sending it crashing into the ground.
"Mega Flame!" finished GeoGreymon scorching the Digimon with his stream of flames. A ring of data began to form around Roachmon giving Cody the chance he needed.
"Digital Capture" yelled Cody scanning the Digimon and transforming it into a card. Within a matter of seconds, the team had their Digimon sealed and captured.
"Great work guys" said Aquilamon returning to her Hawkmon form.
"Let's get back to HQ and turn this guy in, the day's almost up so the book should be fully decoded by now" smiled Jackie.
"Let's head on back then" said TJ leading the group back to DECA HQ.
Falcon Squad returned to the Control Room to find Javi typing away frantically at the computer the camera and book were attached to with Albert looking on. The team quickly ran over to Javi and Albert to see what was happening.
"This isn't right…Something's wrong, somebody tampered with the equipment" said Javi in a panic.
"Who'd want to ruin this?" questioned Albert.
"What's going on?" asked Cody.
"Somebody came while we were away and… whoa" shouted Javi, suddenly jumping away from the computer screen. Sparks began to fly from the computer while its screen began to flash on and off. The emanating sparks grew more and more, taking over both the computer and its attachments.
"Everybody hit the deck!" called out Cody as the team took cover. The agents ducked for cover just before the computer exploded setting off the rooms sprinklers to quickly douse the fire. Once the agents recovered and looked at site of the explosion, all that was left was the charred remains Mantis Squad's new invention.