CH. 37 A Wise Man Once Said
Winona, Cody, Brandi, Michelle, and TJ were sitting at the lake with their partners waiting for the others to show up. The cold winter air blew around them as they tried to keep warm.
"So how did the others do at the competition?" asked TJ.
"I don't know. I couldn't understand Albert on the phone when I called him last night. There was too much noise in the back ground and he sounded rushed," Michelle replied.
"We can ask them now, here they come," pointed Cody. Albert, Javi, Ann, and Andrew returned to the lake with their partners in their arms. They were all smiling when they reached the rest of the group.
"So…" said the group altogether.
"So,,, we did it, we got first place!" exclaimed Javi. The four of them were smiling as everyone congratulated them.
"And we have more news, we took a quick trip to the Digital world and Strikedramon Digivolved to Cyberdramon after Javi got his crest to glow," put in Andrew.
"That's great guys and congrats on getting your crest to glow Javi," said Brandi.
"So are we going to the Digital World? I have a region I want to explore," said Winona pulling up something on her laptop. She picked a region rather quickly and showed the screen to the team.
"Let's go then. Anybody want to volunteer to stay and watch the laptop?" asked Cody, pulling out his Digivice.
"I will," Ann volunteered.
"I think I'll stay to get some homework done," Michelle added.
"Us too," said Andrew and Javi together.
"Ok then, let go guys. Digiport open!" said Winona, and the group was sucked through the screen and sent through to the Digital World. The group landed on the outside of what appeared to be an ancient Aztec-like pyramid. The building was made of grey stones that towered high into the sky. A door was open before them, leading into the interior of the building.
"Should we go in?" asked Brandi.
"Do you have to ask?" sighed Cody.
The group began to enter the ancient building with their partners close by their side. They were surprised to find that the interior had but one large room. Torches were on the sides of the walls, illuminating the room. A sky light above let in some light from the outside. More odd-looking symbols filled the sides of the room and were also inscribed onto the floor.
"Is this it?" questioned Veemon.
"There's nothing here," said Agumon
"Looks can be deceiving," put in Renamon.
"It reminds me of the Temple of Data," said Winona.
"Yeah it does look similar minus the whole maze and crazed Digimon chasing us," said Albert.
"I wouldn't say there isn't one here," Gaomon speculated.
The group surveyed the room until the only entrance to this room sealed itself shut. All the flames from the torches were extinguished by a swift wind. The symbols began to glow in an eerie green color. Several orbs of light illuminated the remaining parts of the room.
"Why can't we go somewhere peaceful for once?" groaned TJ.
"Hear me… Hear me…" echoed a voice.
"Where's that coming from?" asked Cody looking around.
"Hear me… Hear me…" repeated the voice.
"It's coming from up there" said Salamon looking upward to the roof. The group looked upward to see a completely robed figure slowly lowing itself to the group. It wore a dark brown cloak with another tan colored cloak on top. The figure's yellow eyes were all that was visible from its facial region.
Brandi scanned the Digimon with her D-Dex. "Wisemon, a Wizard type Digimon. He has two attacks called Pandora Dialogue and Eight Balls of Lust. There isn't any more data to this Digimon."
"Hear me Digidestined. Darkness will rise again to consume the worlds…" said Wisemon.
"That's it. Agumon…" started Cody.
"On it Cody."
Agumon Digivolved to… Greymon, Greymon Digivolved to… Meta Greymon
Veemon Digivolved to… Veedramon, Veedramon Digivolved to… AeroVeedramon
Salamon Digivolved to… Gatomon
Gaomon Digivolved to… Gaogamon
Renamon Digivolved to… Kyubimon
The team surrounded the Digimon. Wisemon seemed to be unaffected by the teams appearance.
"Giga Missile!" said MetalGreymon, releasing an attack.
"V-Wing Blade!" said AeroVeedramon, sending a series of orange blades from his wings. Wisemon leapt into the air and dodged the attack. Gatomon leapt into the air after him trying to attack the Digimon but Wisemon easily maneuvered around each attack.
"Spiral Blow!" said Gaogamon, creating his spiraling vortex.
"Foxtail Inferno!" said Kyubimon. The two attacks combined together and struck Wisemon. The attack seemed to have no affect on this Digimon.
"That should have hurt him….." said Cody.
Wisemon floated back down to the ground and held out his hands, creating eight colored orbs that hung in the air around him. "Eight balls of Lust!" said the Digimon, launching the attack in multiple directions. Each orb struck each Digimon partner, sending them back against the wall.
"Hear me Digidestined… Darkness will consume the worlds… there is nothing you can do to stop it… you will fail."
Winona appeared to be annoyed by this Digimon. "How can you know what will happen? The future cannot be determined without some form of evidence to prove it. Just cause you say it does not make it true."
"You will all fail."
"No we won't. You can't prove it. Without anything to prove what will happen, you cannot prove that the darkness will win." Winona's crest began to glow with a bright purple light. Kyubimon could feel the power of the crest growing within her.
Kyubimon Digivolved to… Taomon
Taomon resembled Renamon but was much bigger in size. She now wore long purple and white robes with various symbols on them. Her appearance still did not strike fear in Wisemon.
"Darkness will…" started the Digimon.
"Will cover the worlds yeah we know. But until you can prove it with something, Taomon, you know what to do," Winona stated.
"Right," said Taomon. A large paint brush appeared into her hands. Taomon drew several symbols in the air. She then began to recite an incantation, causing the symbols to glow in a bright white color.
"This will show you that the darkness will not win. Talisman of Light!" said Taomon, sending a beam of white light toward Wisemon, who made no attempts to avoid the attack. The attack struck Wisemon and released a bright white light.
"Pandora Dialogue!"
"You should be gone" said Taomon in surprise.
"Darkness will rise, darkness will rise. The worlds will fall to the darkness. Your light will not pierce this evil. You can see this child of light. Let your heart be the first to fall…" said Wisemon. He was destroyed into bits of data when the light subsided. The team returned to their rookie forms as Taomon returned to Viximon and landed softly into Winona's arms. The main doors to the room opened, giving an exit to the outside.
"You logic and wisdom helped me Digivolve," smiled Viximon.
"Maybe they did get my crest right. The crest of wisdom does belong to me…"
"You ok Albert?" asked Cody, looking over to Albert, who appeared to be in thought.
"What? Yeah… let's get out of here…" The group nodded and left the temple, Albert still looking uneasy as they left.