As Ben and his crew's exploration of the Ice Temple started to reach it's conclusion, Ravio, wanting to know more about the situation with his father snuck out to the forest. A search party was sent, but only Celebi was found. While they were worried about what became of Ravio, they could not aford to waste to much time. For the next Oracle that awaited them was the Ice Captain. And so, Ben, Summer, Nokia and Fei departed to finish liberating the Ice Temple.

As Ben, Summer, who had an Ambipom and a Feraligatr by their sides along with Pichu, Staraptor Nokia, Fei, Agumon, Gabumon and FanBeemon entered the last segment of the Ice Temple, the first thing they saw was a glowing Mareep.

"Is that one of the things we need to catch?" FanBeemon asked.

"Capture on!" Ben and Summer fired their Stylers at it and noticed them. Mareep shot a few small sparks at them, but they were quick to dodge them while continuing the capture. Soon Mareep's angry eyes softened and it walked away.

"That was easy." Summer said.

"I'll say, you didn't even need us." Nokia added. "So, we're looking for those cute little sheep?"

"They're called Mareep." Ben replied. "And maybe. In the last area of the Fire Temple we had to collect a certain number of Pokemon rather than a specific species."

"We'll whatever." Fei shrugged. "Let's press forward and we'll see how it goes as we move on."

They continued onward and saw an angry Mankey near the next WarpZone. As soon as it saw them it ran in their direction swinging its fists. "Isn't he feisty?" Fei said. "FanBeemon? Shall we?"

"Gear Stinger!" Fei's partner shot a blue needle at Mankey, making it back up.

"Ambipom Double Hit!" Ben's Pokemon whacked to twice in the face with the giant tails on its hands. While it was dazed Summer captured it.

"That one wasn't glowing." The female Ranger said. "Maybe we are just looking for Mareep."

"Looks like it." Ben nodded. "Come on."

They went through the WarpZone and onto an island. There was a Glameow near a yellow switch. "Why do I have a feeling that the moment we go near that kitty it'll attack us?" Nokia asked.

"Oh please." Fei walked towards the switch the moment Glameow saw her it sprung into he, tackling her to the ground.

"I told you!" Nokia yelled.

"Shut up and get this furball off me!"

FanBeemon flew into the Glameow knocking it off of Fei. While it was down, Ben started drawing loops around it. Glameow swatted at the Styler, and then Pichu zapped it, keeping the Pokemon still long enough to finish his capture.

FanBeemon helped Fei up. "Are you okay?"

"Sure. Let's just pretend that never happened, yeah?"

Ben stepped on the switch and a bridge appeared. They crossed it to the next island. They walked through it and came to another dead end, this time with two switches and a Purugly. "Ugh. Look at that fat cat." FanBeemon said. "That thing will attack us on sight for sure!"

"If you insult it like that it might." Ben replied.

"Yeah, well I ain't getting ambushed by two cats in one day!" Fei said. "Come in FanBeemon, this time we get the jump of furball here!"

DIGIVOLUTION

"FanBeemon Digivolve to…GoldGuardromon!"

"Get em!"

"D-Grenade!" Two missiles were launched by GoldGuardromon at Purugly. They exploded and sent the Pokemon flying before it bounced on the floor. It got up and hissed.

GoldGuardromon's fist glowed yellow. "Thunder Fall!" The Purugly ran right into a charged punch and was knocked out.

"There. That's that."

"I always figured you as more of a dog person anyway." Nokia said.

Ben walked towards the switches. "Which one…" He stepped on the one to the left and another bridge opened. They passed to the next island. They traveled down it to where they saw a Ampipom, and a Purugly guarding the next WarpZone.

"Neither of those are Mareep." Summer said. "You know…we don't have to fight every Pokemon here if we can just reach the captain…"

"Agreed." Ben said. "Let's run around them."

As they approached the Pokemon ran towards them. "Feraligatr!" Summer's Pokemon spat a large blob of water in front of them and made a large puddle. Both Pokemon slipped and fell. "Now! Run for it!"

"Classic." Ben laughed.

They ran to the WarpZone and to the next room. It was a u shape and they were on the upper right end. In between them and the other end where the WarpZone was there were a lineup of angry Pelipper.

Ben looked at the other side of the room where they needed to go and took a deep breath. "Okay…We are going to have to run. Fast. Everyone ready?"

"Yeah…" Summer gulped.

"Do we really have to run all the way around to get there?" Nokia groaned.

"Unless ya want to be bird food, yes." Fei said.

Ben took a deep breath. "Okay. Three…two…one…GO!"

They charged forward together. As soon as the first Pelipper spotted them it squawked loudly getting the attention of the others. Pichu fired a bolt at the first one, making it collapse, but the damage was done. All the others were on to them.

"Here they come!" Summer yelled.

Whirlwinds and blasts of water were fire. GoldGuradromon shielded Fei from a hit and kept going. They ran down, made the turn and continued north, not looking back to see how many Pelipper were chasing them but could hear the squawking.

"Almost there!" Ben said as the WarpZone came into view. Then they saw a Primeape blocking the way.

GoldGuardromon rushed ahead and punched it in the face. "Out of the way you!" While it was stunned, Feraligatr lifted it and threw it into the crowd of birds after them. The heroes wasted no time running into the WarpZone.

When they appeared in another room they stopped to catch their breath. Nokia collapsed on the floor. "Man, that was close." Ben sighed. "Good thing they can't seem to use the WarpZones."

"Why is that anyway?" Summer asked. "The Pokemon we bring with us can use them."

"I don't know, but I'm not complaining." Fei replied. "Come on, the end can't be far now."

"Wait…" Nokia wheezed "I need a minute…"

"Oh, suck it up. If that wore ya down, what will ya do when we fight the captain?"

Nokia groaned as she got up. They then looked at the room. It was rectangular. Their was another island across from it, but no bridge to cross. A Ampharos stood near a switch with a Pelipper patrolling. "Looks like we need to get past them to move on." Summer said. "Ben, Nokia and I can make a distraction. Fei, you hit the switch."

"Alright. Don't keep me waiting."

Nokia held up her Digivice.

DIGIVOLUTION

"Agumon Digivolve to…Tyrannomon!"

"Gabumon Digivolve to…Dorgamon!"

"Okay, we'll get the yellow guy! You Rangers go to town on the bird!"

"Okay! Let's do this Benny!"

"You got it Sums!"

"Power Metal!" Dorugamon shot a large metal sphere at Ampharos. It was knocked back but quickly recovered and shocked Dorugamon.

"Fire Breath!" Tyrannomon fired a jet of flame, harming the Pokemon further.

Not far off Pelipper and Staraptor collided in the sky. A few seconds of trading pecks and wing slaps and neither one held an advantage. That is until Pichu shocked it with a bolt to weaken it enough for Staraptor to get a good hit, sending it downward. Ampipom then slapped it with its tails and it flew into Ampharos, knocking it over. Ben and Summer then traced them with their Stylers until they were no longer hostile.

"There we go." Ben said. "Now we can…Where's Fei?"

"Ah finally." The girl in question walked towards them on the bridge.

"Where were you?"

"After makin' the bridge appear, I took GoldGurdromon and took a look at the path ahead. Cleared out the rest of the Pokemon out while we were at it."

"You went out on your own?!" Nokia asked.

"Sure. Ya'll were takin' too long."

"Then you could have helped!"

"Figured ya could handle yerselves. Anyway, the red WarpZone is close by. And it's open."

"Really?" Summer asked. "There was just one Mareep?"

"Strange ain't it? Anyway, let's get a move on."

They crossed the bridge to the WarpZone and made it to the final room of the Ice Temple. The elevator took them up to the arena where a man in blue armor awaited with an Abomasnow stood next to him. He wore a neckless with a blue stone that had a lighter blue crystal inside.

Fei scanned the Pokemon. Abomasnow. Grass/Ice Type. Know as "The Ice Monster" it whips up blizzards and lives in mountains."

"So, you're the Ice Captain." Summer said.

"And you are the intruders who have stormed our sacred temples. I Pagos shall bring justice upon you for such actions."

Ben clutched his fists. "Justice? Is that what you call selfishly enslaving Pokemon and using them to destroy anything in your way?!"

"And how is what you do any different boy? The Pokemon you use used to be residents of this very temple."

"But when we fight with them, we don't need to brainwash them!" Summer replied. "They made their choice to lend us their power while you forced that choice on them!"

"If that is the case…then those Pokemon are traitors. Just like Tanvir and Kira."

"Were you the one who attacked Tanvir?!" Nokia asked.

"Oh? The traitor finally paid the price for abandoning his honor as a Steelhead?"

"What did you say?! Tanvir did nothing to deserve that!"

"You guys aren't getting anywhere with this." Fei said. "The real Icicle Steelhead isn't there. This is just Ravio's old man talking though him. What he says won't matter once we knock him out."

Ben sighed. Then smiled. "You're the crudest girl I've ever met Fei. But you do have a point. The sooner we beat this guy the sooner the crazy talk ends."

"Yeah!" Nokia nodded. "Let's take this lunatic down! Then we can sort out Ravios mean old dad!"

Pagos snarled. "Insolent child! You shall show respect when you speak of the Great Elios!"

Fei rolled her eyes. "Oh please, if he's so great, why is he relying on a bunch of bucket heads to fight his battles for him?"

"You dare make fun of the mighty Stealhead?! If you do not know your place…I shall put you in it!" Pagos swung his hand upward. Abomasnow moved in sync with the captain. "Grass Knot!"

Fei and Ben could feel rumbling under their feet.

"MOVE!" Ben rolled away, as Fei pushed, Summer when thick, flexible vines rose from the ground. The ones, trying to snag Ben and Summer missed, but Nokia and Fei had their legs completely wrapped from just above the knees down, squeezing their legs together.

"YEEEEEK! Wh-where did these come from?!" Nokia screamed. Fei grunted as she tried to pry the vines off of her.

"Fei!"

"Nokia!"

GoldGuardromon, Dorugamon and Tyrannomon ran towards their partners. "Pointless!" Pagos and Abomasnow raised both their hands into the air. Massive pillars of ice rose up, surrounding Nokia and Fei, keeping their Digimon away from them.

"I got this! Fire Breath!" Tyrannomon shot a burst of flame at the ice but nothing happened. "What?!"

Pago laughed. "Fool. Did you think my ultimate warrior's ice could be harmed by such a pitiful flame?"

"Ngh!" Nokia tired to pry her legs free with little success. "I got to Digivolve them!" She reached into her pocket and pulled out her Digivice. But as she did another vine came out of the ground and ensnared her wrist in a grip so tight, she dropped her Digivice to the floor. "OW!" Another vine grabbed her other wrist and one more rose from behind her, wrapping around her upper body pinning her upper arms to her sides. "HEY!"

Just as Fei pulled out her own Digivice, a vine slapped it out of her hand, and it landed near Nokia's feet. She growled as more vines appeared to her sides and from behind to restrain her arms the exact same way as they did Nokia before she could try anything. "Grrr! Let me go you freak!"

"Dang it…" Ben muttered. "We're on our own. This fell apart so hard so quick."

"Abomasnow is a Grass Type." Summer said. "Staraptor, has a type advantage on it."

"And a Disadvantage. Don't forget, it's also an Ice Type. "Pichu's electric attacks won't do as much damage. And Feraligatr is vulnerable to Grass Types…Ambipom is the only Pokemon we have that can do any real damage without being exposed to extreme danger…Guess he'll be our front liner. Go, Ambipom! Double Slap!"

As Ben and Summer launched their Stylers, Ambipom ran up to Abomasnow and slapped it with one of its tails. Just when it was about to strike with the next, Abomasnow caught the tail and threw Ambipom to the other side of the room.

"D-Grenade!" GoldGuardromon shot two missiles at it, but Abomasnow roared and ice spikes formed around shielding it and knocking Ben and Summer's Stylers aside. It then broke off a shard of ice and threw it so hard, GoldGuardromon was sent flying to the ground.

Feraligatr shot a blast of water at it, but the Pokemon easily tanked the hit. It slowly moved towards it. "Staraptor, back up Feraligatr!"

Summer's other Pokemon swooped in and swiped Abomasnow with his beak. While the damage was significant, Abomasnow recovered just as Staraptor turned around for another hit.

"What an annoyance." The Ice Captain sighed as he held his hands in front of him. "Icey Wind!"

Abomasnow breathed a heavy trail of freezing mist that slowly froze Staraptor. By the time he hit the ground he was a block of ice.

Tyrannomon ran towards the bird. "I got him!"

Pagos laughed. "Grass Knot."

More vines came up and tripped Tyranomon, making him fall over. More rose up, covering his body and pinning him to the ground.

"Power Metal!" Dorugamon shot a metal ball at Abomasnow. The attack did nearly make it fall over. But it roared as it summoned another massive icicle that slammed Dorugamon into the ceiling, before he crashed into the ground next to Tyrannomon who roared as he got up, snapping the vines tying him down.

"Hmph!" Pagos tapped the crystal on his neckless. He held his arms up in a X formation then forward in an X formation.

"He's using his Z-Move!" Ben said.

Pagos held his palms flat and moved his left arm across from his right. Then his right arm over his left. Then his left over the right again then spread his arms out, then held them forward. Abomasnow rose up on a pillars of ice. "Subzero Slammer!" Abomasnow shot a chilling blast at Nokia's Digimon that froze them in a block of ice immediately.

"Tyrannomon! Dorugamon!" Nokia screamed, trying to pull her arms free.

Abomasnow jumped down, then continued towards Feraligatr.

Ben turned to his partner. "Pichu!"

"Pi!" Pichu jumped towards Abomasnow only to be wacked aside by his massive hand.

"Pichu!" Ben ran toward his Pokemon. Which Pagos saw as an opening.

"Icey Wind." In a flash Abomasnow turned to face Ben and shot another trail of cold air that immediately started freezing Ben from the feet, and the ice traveled up his body, stopping just at his neck leaving only his head free.

"Gah! I…Can't move!" Ben grunted.

"Ben!" Summer ran towards him.

"Grass Knot."

She screamed as she felt something hold her feet together and she fell to the floor. She looked behind her to see more vines holding her ankles together. "Hey! Let go!" She turned over onto her back and tried to pull her feet free. The vines extended and snatched her by the wrists before pulling them towards her ankles. Her hands were left tied to her feet, putting Summer into a sitting position with her knees tucked into her chest. She grunted as she tried to pull her four limbs away from each other. "Cheap shot creep!"

"And now for the last one." Pagos said as Abomasnow continued his advance towards Feraligatr. Panicking, the Pokemon shot burst after burst of water attacks. But Abomasnow didn't even flinch as it marched towards it.

Pagos raised his hand. "Wood Hammer!" In sync he and Abomansow swung their hands down and Feraligatr was knocked out with a powerful Grass Type attack.

"That was too easy." Pagos said. "I thought you would be more powerful considering you gave Dasios and Flegos such a hard time. Now I see your victories were nothing more then dumb luck! Alas that luck has finally abandoned you here." Fei grunted as she tried to pry free from the vines holding her. Hearing her grunt, Pagos looked over to her as she struggled. "Still trying to resist? Even if you escape the Grass Knot, that ice around you can resist most fire attacks. Breaking it is no job for human hands."

"Gutless coward! If you didn't trap us in here, we'd pound you flat!"

"Underestimating your opponent will cost you on the battlefield arrogant child. You must crush the opponent with your full power the moment you see them. That is true victory."

Fei stopped struggling and glared at him. "Full power? Yeah right. Then what's yer excuse for sending all those weaklings to protect you while we were storming your precious temple? Sounds to me like you're the arrogant one."

Pagos went silent.

Fei smugly smirked at him. "What's the matter? Cat got yer tongue?"

"Intruders…" Pagos growled. "Take a good look at your friend. Let her be an example!"

The vines around Fei's upper arms unraveled. But then they joined the ones around her wrists as they pulled her hands over her head. "What are you-?!" Soon her wrists were completely bound together into a thick ring of vines. The vines around her legs slid down and soon her feet were trapped together in another thick ring with her body pulled like a bowstring. And then they started pulling harder. Her hands were pulled up and her feet down. "AAAAAAH! NNNNNNGH!" Fei yelled as her body was being stretched. She greeted her teeth and tried to pull her limbs back in as the pulling slowly but gradually got stronger and stronger.

"Where are your clever remarks now child?" Pagos laughed.

"Fei!" Nokia yelled as she tried to pull free from her own binds. Her friend was suffering right next to her and she could do nothing about it.

"Leave her alone!" Summer screamed as she tried to pull free from her own binds. All that did was prompt Abomasnow to raise the vines holding her upward. She shrieked from suddenly being lifted off the floor and dangling from her hands and feet, still tied together.

Another vines appeared and wrapped around Fei's middle, crushing air out of her while her body felt like it was being pulled apart. "Gaaaaaaah…"

"Only suffering for those who challenge the Steelhead." Pagos said coldly.

Then two missiles hit Abomasnow making it stumble and stop what it was doing. Fei let out a sigh of relief as her bonds slackened. The vine around her midsection dropped. Gold Guardromon stood there breathing heavily. "You really tick me off, you know that?"

"Oh? You're still here?" Pagos asked.

"There is only one thing I hate more then punks who act strong because they pick on the weak. It's freaks like you who beat on my partner!"

Fei was shocked. "Gold…Guardromon…"

"RAAAAAAAAAAH!" the Digimon flew straight into Abomasnow, trying to push it back. The Pokemon slammed its hands into the Digimon's back repeatedly.

Fei in the meantime felt that with Abomasnow distracted, the vines grip on her seemed to have weakened somewhat. She groaned as she tried to pry her feet apart with all of her strength, and within a couple of seconds, managed to pull them out of vines that dropped the ground in a heap. Neither Pagos of Abomasnow seemed to notice. Her hands were still trapped though, and they held her up with her feet just above the floor and mere inches away from her Digivice. She growled as she stretched her left leg toward it. "Come on…"

Meanwhile Abomasnow lifted up GoldGuardromon and threw her across the room. She bounced of the floor before the thrusts on her back propelled her forward. "I'm not finished yet!" She slammed into it again. "Heaven's Thunder!" An aura of electricity shocked, the Pokemon, but only annoyed it at best.

Inside the icy dome, Nokia was watching the battle until she got a glance of Fei trying to reach towards her Digivice with her foot. "Uh, what are you doing?"

"What's it look like? Those guys have their own problems, we're gonna have to save ourselves!"

Nokia looked down at the vines around her legs. She grunted as she tried to move them. She could move them a little bit, but not enough to separate her legs or get them near her Digivice. Though she noticed Fei's was closer. "Psst! Fei!" With a good amount of effort she swung her legs to the side and batted them into Fei's Digivce moving it just a bit closer to Fei, but enough for the edge of her foot to reach it and pull it towards her.

"Gotchya! Thanks."

"Yeah, no problem. But how are you going to use your Digivice like that?"

Fei dragged her Digivice over to her, and held it between her feet. "It's called improvisin'."

Back at the battle Abomasnow pushed back GoldGuardromon with one hand and held up the other. "Enough of this!" Pagos yelled. "Wood Hammer!"

"POM!"

Right before Abomaslow attacked, Ampipom landed on the back of its head and covered its eyes with its tails. The Punch Abamasnow threw at GoldGuardromon just missed. Pichu landed on its head and wacked it with the ukulele.

Ben smiled upon seeing his Pokemon unharmed. "Pichu! Ambipom!"

Staraptor gripped one of its arms in his talons. GoldGuardromon charged into it. "You pests!" Pagos growled as Abomasnow tried to shake off its attackers.

Back in their ice prison, Fei swung her legs back and forth. She swung her legs forward and lifted them as high as she could. Her hands and feet were almost touching. She stretched her fingers and managed to pass the Digivice from her feet in her bound hands.

Meanwhile while flailing about Abomasnow managed to push GoldGuardromon to the floor right in front of the clear ice, trapping Fei and Nokia. The Ice Captain then saw Fei smirking with her eyes glowing blue and a blue screen projected from her Digivice displayed in front of her.

"Abomasnow, stop her! Quick!"

The Pokemon threw the other Pokemon and Digimon off of him. It channeled its energy and the vines on the floor that were holding Fei's legs earlier came back to life and grabbed her left foot again, but just before they started moving Fei lifted her right foot up to kick the monitor in front of her just before her right leg was grabbed and the vines held her ankles down and together. But by then it was too late.

DIGIVOLUTION

A bright light came out of Fei's Digivice that pierced a hole through the top of the ice before coming down on GoldGuardromon. A bright shell formed around him. "GoldGuardromon Digivolve to…" the shell blew away and there was now a Digimon in red and gold armor with a blue cape and twin katana in green sheaths at her hips. "Grademon!"

Nokia was amazed. "That's FanBeemon's…new Ultimate form?"

The Digimon stood silent for a moment. Then in a flash she was in front of the ice pillars surrounding Nokia and Fei. She drew her blades and a chunk of the three pillars slide off the base and dropped to the ground.

"Impossible!" Pagos yelled. "No force can damage that ice!"

"Hmph. Fool. There is nothing my blades cannot cut." Grademon walked over to Fei and Nokia and swiftly and accurately cut the ivy holding them apart. "Fei, are you alright?"

Fei rubber her wrists. "You kidding? I hardly felt that. Thanks for cutting us lose partner." Fei smirked. "Ready for a little payback?"

Grademon nodded. "Like you wouldn't believe it."

Nokia's eyes glowed pink as she picked up her Digivice. "I agree with Goldrademon."

"Grademon." Fei and her Digimon cut in with exasperation.

"Whatever. You have some nerve if you think you can beat up one of my friends right in front of me. And you hurt my partners to! You're going down ice jerk! Tyrannomon! Dorugamon! Let's try this again!" A beam of light came out of her Digivice and split into two that rained down on her Digimon.

DIGIVOLUTION

"Tyrannomon Digivolve to…MetalTyrannomon!" Tyranomon's body changed from red to grey with a metal jaw and horn with other metal parts and wires on his body.

"Darugamon Digivolve to…DoruGreymon!" Darugomon was now bigger and his purple fur turned red. He had four silver wings and a horn on his head. The ice trapping the Digimon shattered when they Digivolved.

"Them as well…" Pagos trembled. "What is this power?!"

Nokia smiled. "This is the power between us and our love for our Digimon!"

"Let's just call it the power of our trust in our Digimon." Fei sighed. "Don't make it weird."

Pagos growled. "This is how you defeated the other Captains and my subordinates…Well it won't be enough to stop me! Abomasnow, Icey Wind!"

The Pokemon spat another chilly gust.

"Nuclear Laser!" MetalTyrannomon shot a bright blue lesser from his hand that pierced the wind and struck Abomasnow with powerful intensity. It roared in pain before falling over.

"MetalTyrannomon, thaw Ben out while the others have this guy distracted!" Nokia said.

"Right!" As Grademon and DoruGreymon rushed towards Abomasnow Tyrannomon face Ben as fire began to build up in his mouth.

"Uh guys?" Ben shuddered. "Bad idea, bad idea!"

"Flame Burst!" the Digimon shot a blast of flame that landed near Ben. He felt the heat, but was unharmed as the ice started to felt. Once it was soft and thin enough he broke free.

"Phew! For a second I thought I was gonna get barbecued! Thanks!" He then ran over to Summer with Pichu and Staraptor. The bird Pokemon flew in and slashed through the ivy holding Summer's hands and feet and Ben caught her as she fell. "You hanging in there Summer?"

"Thanks to you guys I'm not hanging anymore." Summer smirked. Ben laughed at her obvious pun as he put her down. "Fei, Nokia, you and your Digimon rock! We're back in the game!"

Ben scanned Fei's. "Grademon. Ultimate Level Vaccine Digimon. The "Golden Meteor". It wields a pair of swords called "Souken Gradalpha to use techniques with godly speed."

Summer scanned Nokia's. "MetalTyranomon. Ultimate Level Virus. It's body was remodeled to acquire mightier powers. It's reinforced body can deflect attacks and it's offensive power is so high it can smash armor with its chin. DoruGreymon. Ultimate Data Digimon with an X-Antibody. It's highly intelligent and can demolish dauntlessly courageous Digimon."

DoruGreymon flew above Abomasnow. "Metal Meteor!" He shot a much bigger metal sphere that glowed red as it descended and it hit Abamasnow in the head, making it drop to its knees."

Grademon's hands were at the hilts of her sheathed swords. "Time to end this."

"Do something Abomasnow, hurry!" the Ice Captain punched the ground and his Pokemon did the same. Pillars of ice like the ones that trapped Fei and Nokia surrounded Abomasnow, only this time they served as a shield for it.

"Hmph. You're a slow learner." Grademon said as she dashed towards him. "Cross Blade!" it almost seemed like Grademon disappeared and reappeared behind Abomasnow and its ice barrier. She slowly stood straight and sheathed her swords. The ice pillars fell apart and Abomasnow fell over.

Ben and Summer fired their Stylers and looped them around the Pokemon until the capture was successful.

The captain gasped as he came to his senses. "…Do I know you? Did you have something to consult with me?"

"Sure do." Ben nodded.

The team returned to the plaza where the others were.

Kira stepped towards Pagos. "Ice Captain!"

"How did I let this happen? I don't even know what to say…"

"It's not your fault. Besides, there's no time to feel sorry for yourself."

Ben turned to Takumi. "Any luck finding Ravio?"

"No, and we looked all over the forest."

Pagos looked at the sleuth. "What's wrong with Ravio?"

"He ran off on his own with Celebi while we were distracted." Yuuko replied.

Arata folded his arms and raised an eyebrow. "I'm sorry, We?"

"Well I don't recall you doing anything to stop him!"

"Dosen't change the fact that you and Kira where the only ones he fooled!"

"That's enough you two!" Summer yelled.

Yuuko pointed at Arata. "He started it!"

"No, you did!"

"I don't care who started it, I'm ending it!" Summer then let out an exasperated sigh. "So bottom line is Ravio went into Teakwood Forrest on his own and Ben and Takumi went to look for him, but they only found Celebi alone. We're worried."

The Ice Captain looked down. "…That worries me, too. I didn't see him in the temple."

"You don't think whoever attacked Tanvir got to him, do you?" Nokia asked.

"Tanvir was attacked?! When?!"

"Hey! Did someone call for me?" To everyone's surprise, Tanvir casually waved and walked over to them.

Kira ran to him. "Tanvir! Are you sure you can walk?"

"I can't rest here at a time like this. Don't bother asking about me…" Tanvir then noticed Ravio was not by Celebi's side. "Where did Ravio go?"

Kira sighed. "I tried to stop him, but he went towards Teakwood Forest…Ben and Takumi tried to find him, but they found Celebi alone. I wonder if Ellios found him and took him to the Light Temple…"

"What?! I understand that Ellios wants to be with his own son, but…Why would he separate Celebi from Ravio?"

"That's true." Ami nodded. "Celebi can travel through time. Having that kind of power could easily support his plans. So why let him go?"

Pagos folded his arms. "Ellios, in his right mind, would be harmless. Unless…Sabios is behind all this."

Kira raised an eyebrow. "Sabios? He's just a smooth talker."

"Who's Sabios?" Terriermon asked.

"He's the Dark Captain." Tanvir replied. "But I agree with Kira. He couldn't pull off something like this."

Pagos sighed. "I'm afraid you don't know Sabios at all. He's earned Ellios's trust by his words alone. He seems to be planning something, too. What's more, he's good at putting people under his spell. He's not relying solely on the power of his armor."

"Are you saying Ellios is under Sabios's spell?" Tanvir asked.

"So that must be why he's doing all this!" Ben growled. "He's being manipulated himself!"

Pagos nodded. "That is quite possible. In any case, Ravio may be in danger."

"You think Sabios kidnapped him?" Fei asked.

"If he did, it's safe to say that he's keeping it a secret from Ellios." Arata replied. "If we can find Ellios and tell him that, he might come to his senses and attack Sabios."

"Then we have a new plan." Yuugo said. "We find either Ellios and tell him Sabios's plans, or Sabios himself and put a stop to them."

"If we find Sabios, we might find Ravio." Ami said. "Let's try going after him first. Besides Ellios might not even listen to anything we say. Especially if he's under Sabios's spell."

"Yeah, and if it's all the same to you people, I'm not quite up for fighting Ellios's Pokemon god." Terriermon added.

"I'll go look for Ravio with Kira." Tanvir said.

"The rest of us will hit the temples." Takumi nodded. "Sabios has one too, right? That's where we're heading."

"Before you can reach the Dark Temple, you need to go through the Thunder Temple." Pagos said. "Allow me to use my armor's power to open the path." The captain chanted as he held his hands in front of him and his armor glowed blue. "Now the path to the Thunder Temple is waiting for you. I hope Ravio is safe."

"Leave him to us." Tanvir said. "Ben, Summer, everyone, we're asking you to take care of the temples!"

Ben nodded. "We got it."

And with this, half of the temples are finished so we should be around half way through this story. I hope you'll all stick around to the end but for next week we have the beginning of the Thunder Temple! See ya then!