Ch. 50 The Toy Army

Brandi and Winona, along with their partners, explored more of Toy Town. The ShadowToyAgumon stood no chance against any attacks from Taomon and Angewomon.

"Why did the tenth child have to be a little girl? Now she'll be whining all the time and wanting to always be with Cody," sighed Winona.

"Are you still on that? Get over it already. Kayla is going to be a great addition to the team. She just needs to be brave like her older brother," said Brandi.

"And what is she going to do when we can't be there to protect her?"

"She'll learn to help her partner Digivolve just like how we all did. Give her a chance will you. If memory serves right, you have pulled a few dumb moves before."

"Brandi is right, though very young, Kayla may have more power deep within her that we may not see right away," said Taomon, over hearing Brandi's and Winona's conversation.

"We've all had our share of ups and downs. Kayla will learn day by day and soon she'll be just as strong as any member of the team," said Angewomon, taking out a few ShadowToyAgumon with her celestial arrow attack.

"I guess we'll have to see then," shrugged Winona.

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"Spiral Blow!" cried Gaogamon, sending another hoard of ShadowToyAgumon flying into a building.

"Wow, that was so cool," said Kayla from atop Gaogamon's back.

"You think that was cool, watch this. WereGarurumon, show them what you got," said Michelle.

"Right, Wolf Claw!" said WereGarurumon, taking out several ShadowToyAgumon with a single swipe of his claw.

"Hey Albert, how do Digimon Digivolve?" asked Kayla.

"Well, a Digimon Digivolves when they feel the need to protect their partner. Your friendship with them gives them the strength to Digivolve to the champion level."

"And when you believe in the power of your crest and feel its power flow through you, your partner will move on to the ultimate level," added Michelle with a smile.

"If you can bond with your partner like how these guys have, Lopmon will be able to Digivolve like us in no time," said WereGarurumon, knocking back a few more ShadowToyAgumon with ease.

"You'll learn how one day," said Gaogamon.

"I think we're bonding already," said Lopmon.

"We just need to learn how to get you to Digivolve," said Kayla with excitement.

"Hey Albert!" yelled Ann in the distance. The group turned to see Ann and Javi running toward them with their partners close behind.

"Hey guys, any luck finding Monzaemon?" asked Michelle.

"Nope, nothing," answered Javi.

Before anybody could say anything, the sound of a loud explosion followed by black smoke filled the town. The sound cause Kayla to lose balance while on Gaogamon, then topple off his back. Kayla thought that she would hit the ground but was relieved to open her eyes and see that Angewomon had caught her then place her gently on her feet. Lopmon jumped down right beside Kayla.

"You guys hear that?" asked Winona, approaching the group with Brandi.

"Hear what?" asked Javi sarcastically.

"The explosion dork," sighed Winona.

"It sounded like it came from where Cody and his group headed," said Ann.

"Think my big brother is ok?" asked Kayla with a worried look on her face.

"I'm sure he's fine. Cody wasn't made our leader for nothing," assured Michelle.

"I think we may have a problem of our own to take care of," said Albert, pointing to an army of ShadowToyAgumon approaching the group.

Gaogamon looked around then saw a building off in the distance "We can hold them off there for a while, at least till their numbers diminish."

"Sounds like a plan to me," said Winona.

"Me and Ann will go see how Cody and his group are doing," said Garudamon lowering her hand so that Ann could climb on.

"We'll be back," said Ann as she climbed into Garudamon's palm. It wasn't long till they were up in the air and heading toward a large smoke cloud further into the town.

Gaogamon Digivolved to… MachGaogamon

"Howling Cannon!" cried MachGaogamon, sending a flurry of blue rings toward the incoming army. The ShadowToyAgumon were sent flying back but for every one that was knocked down, more quickly took its place.

"Let's get moving guys," said Javi.

The team followed and ran toward the building pointed out in the distance. They arrived to find that the building was a train station with a train currently settled in the loading platform. The station itself was designed just like the town, with brightly colored bricks making up the building. The train looked more like something that you would find in the real world and did not match the style that Toy Town presented. It had the typical engine with several cars attached.

"This might get ugly for a bit," said Cyberdramon, surveying the incoming Digimon.

"We may want to move Kayla somewhere safe for now," put in Taomon.

"I have an idea," said Michelle, jogging over to the train and opening one of the doors on the car.

"You can hide in her Kayla till we get thing settled out here."

"Ok…" said Kayla, looking nervous as she climbed into the train car.

"She should be fine in there till we level the playing field a bit," said MachGaogamon.

"Let's hope so, here they come," pointed Brandi.

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"You annoying brats just don't get the hint do you? Bear Claw!" said WaruMonzaemon, taking a swing at AeroVeedramon.

"Get what? You took over this peaceful place just for your own selfish needs. What do we need to understand other than you have to go down," said TJ.

""I'm the King here, I'm the King!" bellowed WaruMonzaemon.

"Where have we heard that before?" smiled Cody.

"I think that we should just end this already. Giga Missile!" said MetalGreymon, launching his attack toward WaruMonzaemon. WaruMonzaemon dodged the attack as the missiles collided with a nearby building, turning it to rubble and leaving a cloud of black smoke.

"Ha, you missed," laughed WaruMonzaemon.

"Atomic Blaster!" said WarGrowlmon releasing his attack. WaruMonzaemon took the attack directly into his back and was sent flying into another building.

"V-Wing Blade!" said AeroVeedramon, flapping his mighty wings. A shower of orange energy bursts struck WaruMonzaemon.

"Now we can end this, Giga Missile!" said MetalGreymon, releasing his attack one more time. The attack struck WaruMonzaemon directly, turning him into nothing but bits of data.

"Nothing to it," said Cody.

"Look at the ShadowToyAgumon," said TJ, pointing to one of the Digimon walking nearby. The black color on the Digimon began to fade, revealing a brightly colored Digimon.

"ToyAgumon, puppet level Digimon that are kind in nature," said Andrew, reading off the information on his D-Dex.

"I wonder what turned them all evil?" questioned TJ.

"Hey guys!" yelled Ann from above with Garudamon. Garudamon landed on the ground then moved her palm to the ground and let Ann off.

"Hey Ann, where's everybody else?" asked Cody.

"An army of ShadowToyAgumon was surrounding us so the others took shelter in a building while we came to check up on you guys," smiled Ann.

"Let's go check to see if they're still ok," said Andrew. The team along with their partners headed for the building the others were hiding in. It wasn't long till Cody and his group found the train station that the others were located in. Ann was surprised to see that only Winona, Michelle, and their respective partners, now in their rookie forms, left in the train station.

"Where's everybody else?" asked TJ.

"What happened to Kayla?" put in Cody, looking rather angry.

Winona and Michelle looked at each other, and then glanced over to their partners, who just gave them a blank stare.

"Umm… Cody, don't be mad…" started Michelle.