Ch. 51 Run Away Train
"You let what happen to my little sister!" yelled Cody
"Well it all happened so fast…" started Michelle
"Oh great, there are more of them coming," said Javi, surveying the ShadowToyAgumon as they approached. The team's Digimon were able to keep the army of Digimon back but the sheer numbers made victory look unlikely.
"We'll just have to keep on attacking till they retreat," said Taomon, launching her attack.
"Guys look!" Brandi pointed at the ShadowToyAgumon army; their dark color was beginning to fade away, revealing Digimon in the same shape as them but more vividly colored.
"Those would be ToyAgumon, they're very kind Digimon. I guess that WaruMonzaemon must have corrupted their data turning them into their ShadowToyAgumon forms," thought MachGaogamon.
"So if they're turning back, Cody and his group must have gotten rid of WaruMonzaemon," said Javi.
The ToyAgumon seemed to talk amongst themselves and began to file back into the crumbled town before them. The Digidestined were relieved to see that everything was calming down and began to head for the loading platform.
"Won't Kayla be happy to… uh guys… what happened to the train?" Brandi asked in a panic.
"What do you mean,' what happened to the train?' It was right… there…" said Winona, looking to see that the track before them was empty.
"I thought you were supposed to watch her," barked Albert as he looked over to Michelle.
"I got so wrapped up in the battle that I never noticed that the train had left," said Michelle, with the same look of panic as Brandi.
"Ok look, we're not going to get anywhere if we just sit here and argue with each other," put in Angewomon.
"She's right. The train was facing one way so if we follow the tracks in that direction we should find the train. I say that me, Brandi, and Javi should go off and look since our partners can fly so we can cover more ground rather quickly," said Albert.
"Ok and what should we do?" asked Winona.
"Explain how this happened to Cody and hope he doesn't kill Michelle for losing his sister," laughed Javi as he climbed onto his partner's back. Brandi did the same, followed by Albert climbing into MachGaogamon's hand. The trio flew off in the same direction that the train was originally facing.
"… and that about covers it," finished Michelle as she recalled the events.
"We can get to her in no time if we hurry," said MetalGreymon. Cody wasted no time climbing onto his partner's back. MetalGreymon extended his wings and took off in flight toward the direction that Michelle had pointed out.
"Let's head out," said WarGrowlmon, Andrew riding on his back. The jets on WarGrowlmon's back made flight a breeze.
"Wait for us!" said AeroVeedramon, TJ on his back.
"What about us? Our partner's can't fly!" yelled Winona. Garudamon lowered her hand and allowed Ann, Winona, Renamon, Michelle, and Gabumon to climb on and have a place to stay so they could catch up to the others now in flight.
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Kayla and Lopmon sat in one of the aisle seats and waited to see if the train would stop. The interior of the train car that they were currently in was elegant in style. There were several rows of seats with a red-colored rug extending from one door to the other in the car. The windows on the walls showed the outside view, which was currently moving by rather fast.
"Think that we should have gotten off when the train started moving?" asked Lopmon.
"I don't think we could have. I didn't even know the train was moving till I looked out the window. The fighting was so loud and the rumbling made the train shake a lot."
"I wonder where this train is going."
"Let's see if we can find someone and ask them," said Kayla, hopping out of her seat. Lopmon did the same and landed right next to Kayla. The two of them walked down the aisle and reached one of the doors. Kayla opened the door to find a small room that connected the two cars along with another door. They walked through the room and continued forward, finding another train car exactly like the one they were in.
"Nobody here either," sighed Lopmon.
The duo continued to move from car to car, hoping to find someone else on the moving train. After a few more moments of walking Kayla sat back down in one of the seats and frowned.
"I guess you and me are the only one's on the train right now," said Kayla with despair.
Before Lopmon could respond, one of the car doors opened. A tall lady with pale skin wearing a red dress and hat with a small spider-like charm on the front entered. The lady had long white hair and a pair of sunglasses that covered her eyes.
"Are you lost, my dear?" asked the woman in a sweet voice.
"Yes I am. I'm looking for my big brother or any one of his friends," said Kayla, relieved to see that she and Lopmon weren't alone on the train.
"Something doesn't feel right," said Lopmon.
"Well, my dear, I think I can help you," said the woman.
"Really?" said Kayla.
"Yes, just come with me and I'll take you to him. They're on the train too," smiled the mysterious woman.
"She's lying Kayla, how can they be on the train when we haven't even stopped?" Lopmon reasoned out, taking her place in front of Kayla, ready to defend her partner.
"I figured that since you were young you'd fall for my trick. Guess I'll get my dinner the hard way," laughed the woman. Her body began to morph into a newer form. The new form was a spider with the woman's body now on top. Her hair was messy with a pair of red horns growing from the sides of her head. The red and purple pattern on her hat was now covering her body.
Kayla let out a scream and ran for the door behind her only to find that it was locked. Kayla pulled out the D-Dex on her vest pocket and scanned the Digimon, though her body was shaking in fright. "Arukenimon, she's a virus type Digimon that takes on the form of a lady to draw in her victims. She can fight with her Spider Thread and Acid Mist attacks."
"Come here, my pretty," said Arukenimon.
"Don't worry Kayla, I'll protect you," said Lopmon. Kayla's Digivice began to glow with a bright white light.
Lopmon Digivolved to…Turuiemon
The light from Kayla's Digivice faded, revealing Lopmon's Digivolved form, Turuiemon. Turuiemon looked similar to a bunny rabbit that stood on two legs and wore a pair of yellow overalls and a blue scarf. Her fur was now a light purple color with white on the tips of her ears and now bore sharp, claw like devices on her hands.
"What's this?" said Arukenimon
"You did it Lopmon, you Digivolved!" exclaimed Kayla.
"It's Turuiemon now Kayla. Let me handle this witch," said Turuiemon, taking an attack stance. Turuiemon held out her hands revealing her silver claws.
"Gauntlet Claw!" said Turuiemon, and dashed forward toward Arukenimon and attacked relentlessly with her claws. Arukenimon tried to block the attacks but was unable to keep up with them. One last swipe with her claw sent Arukenimon flying into the wall.
"Is that all you got?" asked Arukenimon, getting up off the ground. "Try this, Spider Thread!"
A long series of webs shot out from Arukenimon's hands and toward Kayla. Turuiemon swiped at the webs, her claws cutting them apart. Arukenimon continued with the attack, which soon over powered Turuiemon.
"Run Kayla!" yelled Turuiemon.
"But…" started Kayla.
"But she has nowhere to run to," laughed Arukenimon.
Turuiemon leapt over Kayla and used her claw to break apart the previously locked door. Kayla ran through the door to find that she was now outside with only a ladder as a possible escape route. Kayla started to climb the ladder and ended up on top of the speeding train. Turuiemon soon followed close behind. The two of them made their way to the end of the car to find Arukenimon already on top of the roof with them.
"This is the end of the line for you two." Arukenimon grinned.
