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Water-Part III
Izzy opened his eyes in a cage with TK, Sora and Tai. They seemed to be underground and from the way everything was damp he assumed they were under the river.
TK looked scared and Sora was trying to make him feel better while Tai shook on the bars of the cage and shouted angrily at someone or something in the shadows.
"Who are you?" Tai demanded.
"You truly want to know?" a flowing feminine voice calmly answered.
Tai didn't say anything, but pounded against the bars again.
"I am neither human nor Digimon. I am a myth, a legend, yet I am alive. I am water itself," the voice continued.
Izzy tried to see who was speaking, but they stayed in the shadows. "You aren't making any sense," he stated.
"It is true. I control water-the rivers, the oceans, the lakes and ponds of the Digiworld; they all belong to me. I created them."
Sora looked at Water, still standing in the shadows with a look of contempt and said: "then why are you doing this? The eight of us are trying to protect the Digiworld and that includes your creations."
"The Digiworld doesn't NEED protection! I could kill all your foe in the blink of an eye if I wished to. I want what is mine," Water cried. "I gave this world to the Digimon millions of years ago and they have taken it for granted. I want it back along with your own world as well."
"But-" TK started.
"But nothing! I was kind to the pathetic beasts of this world, always giving them plenty of water but never receiving anything in return. And finally, I could stand their impudence no longer and left them. But still they continued to abuse my creations. And now I shall take back what is mine."
There was a pause until TK hesitantly questioned: "what do you look like?"
"Why should I show myself to you?"
"You think you're so tough but you're afraid to show yourself to us? You're weak!" Tai shouted.
A jet of water suddenly shot from the shadows and hit Tai in the stomach so hard he flew back to the other side of the cage.
"Weak, am I? I wouldn't call that weak. And that is not even a billionth of my power," Water stated, stepping from the shadows.
Her appearance was so different from what all of the children had expected, they all gasped.
Water was human in form. She had light blue skin, very dark blue hair and eyes and she was quite tall. She wore indigo satin slippers on her feet that were just a tad darker than her skin. Her dress was the same color as her shoes with dark blue streaks on it. Along the bottom of the dress were azure chiffon scarves that looked like water flowing around her ankles. She wore gloves that reached just above her elbows that hooked around her ring finger and were a deep azure color. Long chiffon scarves cascaded from the gloves in varying shades of blue.
"And now I shall leave you. I have an important confrontation I must supervise involving some of your dear friends."
With those words, Water swept from the room.
~*~
Joe felt as though the falling would never stop. Just as he was getting used to the sensation of weightlessness, he hit a pool of ice water and started to sink.
Quickly, he spread out his arms and legs to stop himself from falling too deep and tried his best to swim toward the surface, though he had never been much of a swimmer.
He could see a faint light far above him and kicked his legs, trying to go up. Slowly, the light came closer.
After what seemed like an eternity, Joe broke the surface coughing and sputtering and climbed out of the water shivering. The only thing ahead of him was a tunnel. He looked around for any sign of the others, but didn't see them anywhere.
"Mimi, Kari, Matt, where are you!?" Joe shouted.
"Joe?" Mimi shivered, splashing over to land and leaving the water.
"Have you seen any of the others?"
Mimi nodded and pointed back into the water where Matt was swimming to them with Kari on his back.
Once everybody had left the water, Kari wondered: "now what?"
"I guess we should follow the tunnel," Mimi answered.
"But who knows what could be at the end? For all we know it could be whatever took the others. We're defenseless without our Digimon. They'd cream us," Joe argued.
"What other choice do we have? In case you haven't noticed, we can't exactly climb out of here. The only option we have is to follow the tunnel," Matt answered.
"But we shouldn't just-" Joe began, but upon seeing the look on Matt's face sighed and said: "fine. But this doesn't mean I think it's safe" as they began walking down the tunnel.
The rocky walls of the tunnel were covered in a thick dew and water dripped from the ceiling. Every few feet, a torch was mounted on the wall, but the fire burned a blue color and water didn't seem to phase it. The fire seemed to be made of water as well because when one of the torches fell from its place on the wall and hit Mimi's dress, she only got wet.
After walking for a nearly an hour, the silence of the tunnel was broken by a strange noise. The ground began to shake and the four children stopped walking.
"What's that?" Mimi quivered, trying to keep her fear in check.
"It sounds like rushing water," Matt observed.
At the same instant, the four Digidestined's eyes widened and Joe cried: "run!"
Before they had even made it five yards, water seeped between the rocks and started forming the Salamon-like creatures that had kidnapped Sora, Tai, TK and Izzy.
There were hundreds of them packed into the tiny tunnel in front of them and behind them, trapping them just as they had been at the river.
The creatures suddenly merged together to form a huge wave that filled the tunnel and crashed down onto Matt, Kari, Joe and Mimi.
Matt struggled underwater as a surprisingly strong current slammed him against the jagged wall of the cave. His arms were bleeding, staining the water a crimson color and he was beginning to run out of air.
The water receded just enough for him to poke his head above the water for a breath of air, but it still forced him into the wall.
A voice shouted: "now retreat!" and the water drained out through the rocks, leaving the four kids scared, but not too badly injured.
Other than some minor cuts, there weren't any injuries, which was lucky.
"It's a good thing they left so quick," Kari stated.
Everybody agreed with her and began walking down the tunnel once again, though they all felt like heading back the way they came.
Behind the wall, Water was not in her human form. She had transformed into the element she was named for and was rushing faster than a river to a point she intended to meet the four children.
They think they're so lucky... Little do they know that attack was only to weaken them. By the time the reach me, they'll be pathetic.
She laughed and it echoed eerily through the little tunnel...
Water-Part III
Izzy opened his eyes in a cage with TK, Sora and Tai. They seemed to be underground and from the way everything was damp he assumed they were under the river.
TK looked scared and Sora was trying to make him feel better while Tai shook on the bars of the cage and shouted angrily at someone or something in the shadows.
"Who are you?" Tai demanded.
"You truly want to know?" a flowing feminine voice calmly answered.
Tai didn't say anything, but pounded against the bars again.
"I am neither human nor Digimon. I am a myth, a legend, yet I am alive. I am water itself," the voice continued.
Izzy tried to see who was speaking, but they stayed in the shadows. "You aren't making any sense," he stated.
"It is true. I control water-the rivers, the oceans, the lakes and ponds of the Digiworld; they all belong to me. I created them."
Sora looked at Water, still standing in the shadows with a look of contempt and said: "then why are you doing this? The eight of us are trying to protect the Digiworld and that includes your creations."
"The Digiworld doesn't NEED protection! I could kill all your foe in the blink of an eye if I wished to. I want what is mine," Water cried. "I gave this world to the Digimon millions of years ago and they have taken it for granted. I want it back along with your own world as well."
"But-" TK started.
"But nothing! I was kind to the pathetic beasts of this world, always giving them plenty of water but never receiving anything in return. And finally, I could stand their impudence no longer and left them. But still they continued to abuse my creations. And now I shall take back what is mine."
There was a pause until TK hesitantly questioned: "what do you look like?"
"Why should I show myself to you?"
"You think you're so tough but you're afraid to show yourself to us? You're weak!" Tai shouted.
A jet of water suddenly shot from the shadows and hit Tai in the stomach so hard he flew back to the other side of the cage.
"Weak, am I? I wouldn't call that weak. And that is not even a billionth of my power," Water stated, stepping from the shadows.
Her appearance was so different from what all of the children had expected, they all gasped.
Water was human in form. She had light blue skin, very dark blue hair and eyes and she was quite tall. She wore indigo satin slippers on her feet that were just a tad darker than her skin. Her dress was the same color as her shoes with dark blue streaks on it. Along the bottom of the dress were azure chiffon scarves that looked like water flowing around her ankles. She wore gloves that reached just above her elbows that hooked around her ring finger and were a deep azure color. Long chiffon scarves cascaded from the gloves in varying shades of blue.
"And now I shall leave you. I have an important confrontation I must supervise involving some of your dear friends."
With those words, Water swept from the room.
~*~
Joe felt as though the falling would never stop. Just as he was getting used to the sensation of weightlessness, he hit a pool of ice water and started to sink.
Quickly, he spread out his arms and legs to stop himself from falling too deep and tried his best to swim toward the surface, though he had never been much of a swimmer.
He could see a faint light far above him and kicked his legs, trying to go up. Slowly, the light came closer.
After what seemed like an eternity, Joe broke the surface coughing and sputtering and climbed out of the water shivering. The only thing ahead of him was a tunnel. He looked around for any sign of the others, but didn't see them anywhere.
"Mimi, Kari, Matt, where are you!?" Joe shouted.
"Joe?" Mimi shivered, splashing over to land and leaving the water.
"Have you seen any of the others?"
Mimi nodded and pointed back into the water where Matt was swimming to them with Kari on his back.
Once everybody had left the water, Kari wondered: "now what?"
"I guess we should follow the tunnel," Mimi answered.
"But who knows what could be at the end? For all we know it could be whatever took the others. We're defenseless without our Digimon. They'd cream us," Joe argued.
"What other choice do we have? In case you haven't noticed, we can't exactly climb out of here. The only option we have is to follow the tunnel," Matt answered.
"But we shouldn't just-" Joe began, but upon seeing the look on Matt's face sighed and said: "fine. But this doesn't mean I think it's safe" as they began walking down the tunnel.
The rocky walls of the tunnel were covered in a thick dew and water dripped from the ceiling. Every few feet, a torch was mounted on the wall, but the fire burned a blue color and water didn't seem to phase it. The fire seemed to be made of water as well because when one of the torches fell from its place on the wall and hit Mimi's dress, she only got wet.
After walking for a nearly an hour, the silence of the tunnel was broken by a strange noise. The ground began to shake and the four children stopped walking.
"What's that?" Mimi quivered, trying to keep her fear in check.
"It sounds like rushing water," Matt observed.
At the same instant, the four Digidestined's eyes widened and Joe cried: "run!"
Before they had even made it five yards, water seeped between the rocks and started forming the Salamon-like creatures that had kidnapped Sora, Tai, TK and Izzy.
There were hundreds of them packed into the tiny tunnel in front of them and behind them, trapping them just as they had been at the river.
The creatures suddenly merged together to form a huge wave that filled the tunnel and crashed down onto Matt, Kari, Joe and Mimi.
Matt struggled underwater as a surprisingly strong current slammed him against the jagged wall of the cave. His arms were bleeding, staining the water a crimson color and he was beginning to run out of air.
The water receded just enough for him to poke his head above the water for a breath of air, but it still forced him into the wall.
A voice shouted: "now retreat!" and the water drained out through the rocks, leaving the four kids scared, but not too badly injured.
Other than some minor cuts, there weren't any injuries, which was lucky.
"It's a good thing they left so quick," Kari stated.
Everybody agreed with her and began walking down the tunnel once again, though they all felt like heading back the way they came.
Behind the wall, Water was not in her human form. She had transformed into the element she was named for and was rushing faster than a river to a point she intended to meet the four children.
They think they're so lucky... Little do they know that attack was only to weaken them. By the time the reach me, they'll be pathetic.
She laughed and it echoed eerily through the little tunnel...