The New Quest
Chapter 3: The Champions
"Hey, this is Jonny Quest. We had all stopped to set up camp, and while everyone else went off to gather supplies, Izzy and Tentomon were elected to tell Jesse and me about the digimon. In order to best explain the digivolving, Izzy went through Agumons seven different forms. Meanwhile, Joe and Gomamon were off fishing, and had caught more than enough to feed all of us. After returning, and enlisting Tai and Matt's help to bring the fish that he could not carry back, they discovered that the pile had been stolen. Joe would not leave one enough alone, and luckily, when he headed out to track it down, he ran into me, and we both went together. After we returned to were they had been fishing earlier that day, were we met up with Gomamon, who had followed us there, and eventually tracked down the fish to what was left of Primary Village, which, is where I learned was the place where all baby digimon start their lives. It was there that we met the culprit, Elecmon. He told us about how Metalseadramon's henchmen, known as Rangermon, had blocked off the river were he had caught all of his fish in with a dam. We agreed to help him out. Meanwhile, Jesse and Tai had figured out that we had gone off, and had headed out after us.
"When we got to the dam, Elecmon and Gomamon put up a good fight. But eventually, Gomamon had to digivolve to Ikkakumon, which was still not enough power to defeat the Rangermon, who we had learned were able to take out even fully evolved digimon. Greymon then showed up, with Tai and Jesse, and they sent a signal to the rest of the digi-destined, using one of Ikkakumon's Harpoon Torpedoes. Both he and Greymon then digivolved to Zudomon and Metalgreymon. When the rest of the group got there, Gabumon warp digivolved to Metalgarurumon, and the Rangermon ran for their lives. The digimon then combined all of their attacks together, and destroyed the dam. Elecmon then revealed that he had three of the Key Cards that we needed to send Jesse and me back home, and told us that a digimon that was called Unimon might have the cards that bore the images of Champion digimon on them."
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Jeramia Surd walked through the dank passages of the castle on top of Spiral Mountain, following closely behind Metalseadramon. Eventually, they came into a large room, where three other digimon sat, waiting for their comrade to return. "So I take it that you did not succeed in your mission to destroy the digi-destined." The one that looked more like he was a court jester said.
"Don't get on my case Piedmon," Metalseadramon warned, "I underestimated the power that those digimon of theirs had. But it will not happen again."
Puppetmon floated down, and looked at Surd, with amusement in his eyes, "You may have failed Metalseadramon, but at least you brought a new toy for us to play with."
"I am not a toy," Surd said with anger in his voice, "I am Jeramia surd, and if it were not for me, your friend here would not be here anymore."
Piedmon looked Surd over, and then smiled, "Then what is it that you want?"
Surd looked at the digimon, and smiled. "I want to help you to destroy your enemies."
"And how are you going to do that one toy?" Puppetmon asked, as he retook his place next to Piedmon.
Surd looked at the Dark Masters, and began to outline the plan that he had come up with while caring for Metalseadramon. When he was finished, he watched as Piedmon considered for a moment the plan. "And you are certain that this plan of yours will work?"
"In any plan, there are a million unknowns that we must attribute to. And besides," Surd continued, "only fools bet on certainties."
Piedmon took this into consideration, and then threw his arms out wide, "Then you have our many resources at you disposal." At this, Surd let out an evil smile.
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"So," Jonny asked, "what does this Unimon look like?"
Of the 8 digi-destined, only Tai, Sora, and Joe had ever met Unimon in person. Joe was the first to speak up. "Unimon is a huge unicorn type digimon, with what looks like a Virtual Reality mask over his head."
"Yeah," Sora said, "but the last time we saw him, he was being controlled by a black gear."
"Black Gear?" Jesse asked.
Izzy was the first to speak up this time, "The black gears were used by Devimon to turn good digimon to bad ones."
"But thankfully we have not seen any more of them since we defeated Devimon." Palmon added.
"But they are still around." Came a voice from behind them. "Evil like that can never be truly destroyed."
Everyone turned around to see who had just spoke, and all together, they all shouted, "Leomon!" The entire group, except for Jonny and Jesse, who did not know who this digimon was, and Kari and Gatomon, who knew who he was, but only by the stories they had heard about him, run up to him, and surrounded the large digimon.
"It is good to see all of you to." Leomon said, "But we have more important things to deal with first."
"We are ready to fight with you again Leomon." Agumon said.
"Just tell us were and how, and we will do our part." Tai added.
Leomon did not say anything, but instead let out a huge smile, and walked up to Kari and Gatomon. "So you are the eighth child." Leomon said to Kari. Kari looked up at the digimon, and nodded. Leomon then looked down at Gatomon, "And you are her digimon partner."
"Yes sir." Gatomon said, feeling a little on the small side, because of the size difference between the two of them.
Leomon just smiled at both of them, "Then it is a pleasure to meet both of you both." Leomon then looked at the two humans that were standing off to the side, watching him, in utter interest. "And who might you two be?" Leomon asked, as he walked up to them.
Jonny swallowed, "I am Jonny Quest, and this is my friend Jesse Bannon."
"It is a pleasure to meet the two of you." Leomon then turned to the rest of the group, "I have a camp that is not to far from here. You are all welcome to rest there."
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Piedmon walked into the lab that the human Jeramia Surd had confiscated for his plan, and stared at the human as he was bent over a counter, looking at something. Puppetmon followed him in, and plopped himself on the counter next to were Surd was working. With a bit of annoyance in his eyes, Surd looked up at the digimon, "Do you mind getting off. You are disrupting my work."
Puppetmon stared at the human, and then laughed, "And are you going to make me Toy?"
Surd was about to say something, when Piedmon spoke up, "I believe that we have something that may be of use to you."
"Very well." Surd said, as he stepped away from the counter, and followed the 2 digimon back to what he had interpreted as their throne room.
Piedmon took a seat on a bench, with Puppetmon sitting down next to him. Metalseadramon floated behind them, and the robotic Machindramon was off to the side of them. A digimon walked up, and bowed to the assembled group, "My lords, I bring you a report from the field."
"Speak now Rangermon." Metalseadramon bellowed.
A bit shaky, the Rangermon told the Dark Masters about how they had let the dam near Primary Village be destroyed by the digi-destined, and their digimon partners. As the Masters considered what action they should take against the digi-destined, Surd walked up to the Rangermon, "Was there anyone else with these digi-destined?"
"No," the Rangermon replied, "Just the 10 humans, and 8 digimon."
Piedmon heard the reply, "But there are only 8 digi-destined, and 8 digimon. Where did the other 2 come from?"
"The same place that I came from Piedmon." Surd replied. "So those brats are working with the digi-destined." Surd then turned back to the Rangermon, "Is there anything else that we should know about?"
The Rangermon began to think about it, as the Dark Masters turned their complete attention to him, "I don't think so, unless you call looking for cards with the images of digimon on them something that you should know about."
"Digimon cards you say," Piedmon repeated, "what would they be needing those type of cards for?" Piedmon thought for a moment, and then it hit him, "Of course." He shouted.
"Of course what?" Metalseadramon asked.
"Those cards that the digi-destined are after, are the Key Cards that they used to open the gate that Myotismon used to go to their world. But why would they be hunting the cards down now?"
"Maybe they think that we are to much for them, and they decided to return home." Puppetmon answered.
"Or," Surd spoke up, "they are searching for the cards to open the gate to return their new friends home."
"Then in that case, we have no time to loose," Piedmon said, as he sat back down on the bench, "Surd return to the lab, and get back to work. I have a feeling that our enemies will soon be headed back to what is left of Myotismons castle, and we must be ready for them."
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Leomon's camp was set up next to a lake. In fact, Izzy was the first to realize that this was the same lake that they met the original Seadramon in. When he expressed his concern about this to the others, Leomon just told them, that Seadramon had not been seen in a long time, so the lake was safe now. As everyone gathered supplies, they told Leomon about how they were on a quest to find the Key Cards that would open the gate in Myotismons castle. They then showed him the four cards that they had already collected of, Gomamon, Agumon, Gazimon, and Elecmon.
Later, after they had gotten back, and had dinner started, Tai remembered the question that everyone had wanted to know the answer to, "So Leomon, how did the Dark Masters take over the Digi-World?"
Leomon looked up at the sky that was growing steadily darker, and took in a deep breath. "After all of you had left the Island, things started to return to normal. Eventually, we learned of Greymon, Garurumon, Kabuterimon, and Birdramon digivolving into Metalgreymon, Weregarurumon, Megakabuterimon, and Garudamon. We also learned about you defeating Etemon, and then finally, your journey to find the eighth child. It was shortly after you left the Digital World, that we noticed that things were beginning to change. They were small at first, but they steadily became more noticeable. It was not till about a year after you had left, that Spiral Mountain began to form, changing the Digi-World as it grew. Eventually, the oceans began to disappear, and then the forests, and finally the ground itself, all relocating to the Mountain."
"That would explain the different shades of color on Spiral Mountain." Izzy said, "Each of the colors are representing a different aspect of the Digi-World." Izzy paused for a moment, and stared up at the towering peak, "The Green is for the Forests, which I bet Puppetmon controls. The Blue is for the Oceans, which Metalseadramon more than likely controls. And finally, the brownish color represents the earth, or more precisely, the mineral resources of the Digital World, which I would bet my laptop, Machindramon controls."
"Then what does Piedmon control?" Matt asked.
"He is the master of the Dark Masters." Leomon said, "Piedmon is the most powerful of them all, and therefore proclaimed himself the leader of the group. None of the others dare to oppose his power."
"Leomon, do you think that Wargreymon and Metalgarurumon will be able to defeat him?" Tai asked.
"I do." Leomon said, "That first battle with Piedmon was a learning experience for not only them, but you as well. You now know that the Dark Masters are not going to be easy to defeat, and that you must grow in order to defeat them."
"Was that what Piximon meant when he rescued us?" Sora asked.
"That you must discover on your own." Leomon said. He then looked up at the sky, and found that it had gotten dark, "Now, it is best that you all head off to bed. In the morning, I will help you to find Unimon, so that you can get the Key Cards that he has with him."
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Later that night, Jonny woke up, and found Jesse sitting by the water, staring out. He walked down to her, and sat down. "What is it Jess?" He asked.
Jesse looked up at him, and shrugged, "I was just thinking about Surd. We have not seen hide nor hair of him since we first came to this world."
Jonny looked out at the lake, "I know, I was thinking that myself."
"Do you think that he could be up to his old tricks again?" Jesse asked.
"I hope not." Jonny said, "But we also have to think about the fact that he could have joined up with the Dark Masters somehow."
Jesse shivered at that thought. "I hope that he didn't, because the digi-destined, as well as the two of us will be in big trouble if he had."
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Piedmon looked at though his telescope, and smiled. "Metalseadramon!" he shouted.
The serpent digimon popped out of a large tank of water, and flew up to Piedmon. "What is it Piedmon?"
"The digi-destined are camping out near a lake right now. I suggest that you go and finish what you began earlier."
Metalseadramon let out a smile, "It would be a pleasure to finish off those digi-destined once and for all." He then headed off to complete his task.
As Metalseadramon left, Puppetmon floated down next to Piedmon, "Do you think that he will succeed this time?"
"He failed once to destroy the digi-destined, and I will bet that he will fail again." Piedmon said, and then looked at Puppetmon, "When he does fail, you will fight the digi-destined next."
This new brought a smile to Puppetmon's face, "It would be a pleasure."
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It was morning, and the digi-destined had just finished breakfast, and were now breaking camp, when suddenly, the ground began to rumble under them. "What is going on here?" Jesse asked nobody in particular, just as Metalseadramon popped out from under the ground.
"Now it is time for us to finish what we began digi-destined." The large digimon shouted.
Tai looked up at the digimon as he flew over top of them, "Man, he is harder to defeat for good than the cockroaches at grandmas old place." Both Tai and Matt turned to their digimon, "Ok you two, time to get rid of him for good."
"Digivolve!" Matt added.
"You heard them." Agumon said, "Agumon warp digivolve to…Wargreymon!"
"Right!" Gabumon said, "Gabumon warp digivolve to…Metalgarurumon!"
The 2 Mega digimon flew up at Metalseadramon, "So you think that I will go down easily, well, forget it, River of Power!" the digimon shouted.
"Arial Attack!" came a shout from above Metalseadramon, suddenly, a ball of energy came out of nowhere, hitting the digimon in the back, causing him to fire the blast off to the side. Unimon then flew past Metalseadramon like a bullet, and floated next to Wargreymon. "I saw Metalseadramon break through the ground, figured that I might be able to help you out."
Wargreymon looked at the Champion digimon, "Thanks for the help, but you had better let us handle it from here Unimon." The digimon nodded, but before he could fly out of the way, he was hit by a blast from Metalseadramon.
"That will teach you to interfere with my battles Unimon." Metalseadramon shouted, as Unimon fell to the ground, and hit it hard.
"That was our friend that you just blasted Rust Bucket." Metalgarurumon shouted, as various parts of his metal body opened up, and reviled the arsenal that he had stored inside of his body, "Now, Metal Wolf Claw!" and several missiles shot out, and made a b-line right for Metalseadramon.
The missiles all struck their target, and froze the digimon. Wargreymon flew up to Metalseadramon, and through both arms into the air, "Now, lets finish this guy for good, Terra Force!" and a huge ball of energy formed over his head, and Wargreymon threw it at Metalseadramon. The ball hit the digimon, and it shattered him into several pieces, which fell into the lake and disappeared. The 2 Mega digimon then flew down to the ground, where they reverted back to Tsunomon and Koromon, and they both bounced over to where Unimon was laying on the ground.
"Are you going to be ok Unimon?" Kari asked.
"No, I am afraid that I will soon be joining Piximon, Chumon, and all the others that have fallen fighting the Dark Masters." Unimon answered in an almost pained voice. "But before I go, I have something that I was going to give to you, in the bag at my side."
Izzy reached into the bag, and pulled out three cards, each barring a picture of a different digimon on them. "The Champion key cards." Izzy proclaimed, "But how did you know that we needed them?"
Unimon looked up at Izzy and the others, "I ran into Elecmon yesterday, and he told me that you were searching for the three cards that I had in my possession. I then headed off to find you immediately." Unimon paused for a moment, "It is the least that I could do after you saved me from that gear." The digimon appeared to be ready to say something else, but before he could get it out, his head lowered, and the slight on the visor that he wore disappeared, and he vanished from sight.
As the tears began to flow, Leomon stepped up to where Unimon had just laid, "The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the one." Leomon then bowed his head, "Your sacrifice will be remembered Unimon."
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Piedmon watched as Metalseadramon was destroyed, and the digi-destined received the Key Cards from Unimon before he too was deleted. He turned to Puppetmon, "Now it is your turn Puppetmon."
"Oh boy," Puppetmon shouted, "now I get to play war with those digi-destined. Only in this game of war, they will really be destroyed." Puppetmon then ran off to begin his plotting.
Piedmon floated down to the floor, just as Surd walked through the door, followed by another human. "So, I see that you succeeded in at least a part of your plan."
"Yes," Surd replied, "It is not perfect, but it is only the prototype. The real ones will be even more powerful than the originals."
"Excellent, how long till you can have them ready to go?" Piedmon asked.
"Not very long, isn't that right my creation?"
"You had better believe it my Master." The human said, as the light hit something on its head that reflected it out.
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Matt held the cards that bore the images of Unimon, Drimogemon, and Kuwagamon on them, and then handed them back to Joe, who in turn added them to the four cards that they had already collected, and placed them in his bag. "So where do we go from here?" Jonny asked.
Izzy was the first to speak up, "I believe that the last three cards that we need to find are in the possession of either Andromon, Digitamamon, or Shogungekomon."
"Why do you say that Izzy?" Jesse asked.
"Because those are the digimon that are on the last three cards." Izzy informed her.
"Then the best bet is to find Andromon." Leomon said, "All of the other cards that you have found were with good digimon, and it might be the same this time around."
"Then lets go." Tai shouted, and everyone let out a shout, and they headed off to find Andromon and hopefully the last three Key Cards.
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(Narrator) With Leomon helping them, and Metalseadramon out of the way, will the digi-destined find the last three key cards and return Jonny and Jesse back home. And what evil plan does Puppetmon and Jeramia Surd have in store for our hero's? Find out the answer to this and many other questions in the next chapter of The New Quest."
To Be Continued in Chapter 4: Puppetmon Strikes.