Episode 3
TAI'S FRIEND
"All of the Digidestined, including yours truly, got home and spent the day being hugged by our parents and eating as much as we could hold. Tai discovered that it was the exact same day we left for the Digiworld again after battling Myotismon, even though we'd been in the Digiworld for months. The city was still a mess and everyone was trying to get over the attacks of Myotismon. There may be other evil Digimon planning to attack the city soon, but hopefully there won't be any more trouble." -Izzy
Tai woke up the morning after he got home to hear his mom yelling for him.
"Tai! One of your friends is on the phone!"
"Is it Izzy?" he yelled back.
"No."
"Matt?"
"No, it's a girl."
"Sora?"
"No, I think it's your friend Lily. She went on vacation a couple of weeks ago, remember?"
"Now I do," he muttered, staggering into the living room. Lily had been his best friend since they were in kindergarten together, though he couldn't have told anyone why. They were total opposites. Lily was very calm and level-headed -unlike me, Tai thought to himself- and she didn't even like soccer. She lived two floors down and to the left in his building.
Tai took the phone his mom handed him and murmured, "Hello?"
"Tai?" Lily's voice said on the other end.
"Hi, Lily. What's up?"
"Nothing. Absolutely nothing."
Tai knew her too well for that. "Except...?"
"Except I come home and the whole city's been practically destroyed! Geez, what did I miss?"
Tai collapsed on the sofa. "A lot."
"The TV station's out," Lily said. "And one of the bridges out of town. And everywhere on the news I hear stories about big monsters that attacked the city, for gods sake. And WHAT on or off Earth made that big hole on the first floor?!"
Tai smiled. That had been Greymon, when he was trying to get Tai's mom back after she had been captured by the Bakemon. That didn't exactly work, but at least they got Mrs. Kamiya back later.
"I really don't know," he lied. "It was too confusing to really understand what was going on."
"Man, I go to the shore for a week and everything falls apart," Lily grumbled.
"Yeah, it was all your fault for leaving, Lily."
"Ha ha," she replied dryly. "By the way, I heard about soccer camp. Sorry that got snowed out."
"That's okay," he said. "I'll guess I'll just have to hang around here."
"Well, I'm coming up," Lily grumbled. "I'm bored of being here by myself. Jamie had to go back
to classes early this morning, and she's working late at the hospital tonight."
Lily lived with her sister, Jamie, who was going to college and was taking care of Lily as their parents were dead, killed in a terrible car accident when Lily was just a little girl. Jamie was working as a nurse in the hospital until she got her MD, which was probably going to be pretty soon.
"Uh, well, I don't know if that's I good idea," Tai said nervously as Agumon wandered into the living room. His parents might be okay with their visiting Digimon, but he had a feeling Lily might be freaked out by them. Plus there was that whole thing with the ninth Digidestined. They DID have to start searching sooner or later.
"Lily, do you have a digivice?" Tai asked suddenly.
"A digi-what?"
Tai sighed. "Never mind. I guess that's a stupid question."
"Tai, what are you talking about?"
"Forget it. But come on up. We can take a walk or something, if you don't mind my little sister
coming along."
"No, I don't mind," Lily said. "See ya." She hung up.
Well, Tai thought, guess I can't take the Digimon anywhere. Hopefully there won't be any baddies hanging around.
"Kari," he yelled. "You wanna go for a walk?"
*******************
Metaldragamon watched from the shadows as the story played out.
"It is time, Goromon," he boomed. "Send the first one."
*******************
Joe, Mimi, Palmon, and Gomamon roamed the streets together, looking for signals on the digivices. Earlier Joe had called Mimi for a little Digidestined hunting. During their time in exile away from the others, back when the Dark Masters were still running around, Joe and Mimi had formed a close bond, and even now, it somehow hadn't felt right searching the city without Mimi.
"Boy, this heat is destroying my hair," Mimi complained. She complained an awful lot. But that was okay. Joe had gotten used to it by now.
"Maybe we should check out some nice, air-conditioned arcade or something," Joe suggested innocently. "The kid will probably be in a place like that."
Mimi looked at him and flashed her winning smile. "Now you're talking!"
"You're telling me," Palmon said happily.
"Mm-hm," Gomamon agreed.
At first Mimi and Joe had considered stuffing the Digimon in a bag or something so that they wouldn't be seen by the public, but they soon decided that there was no point in that. After all the huge monsters that had attacked Odaiba over the past week, Joe seriously doubted anyone was going to care much about their little Rookies.
"Okay, so now that that's decided, why don't we find a nice cool restaurant?" Mimi said. "The kid has to eat, right?"
"Definitely!" Gomamon said happily.
Then suddenly, a shadow fell over them.
"AAAARRRRRRRCCKKKK!" A terrible, screeching cry filled the air, causing the kids and their Digimon to clap their hands over their ears.
"I have a feeling we're going to have to take a rain check on that lunch idea!" Joe yelled to Mimi.
"Oh no!" Palmon cried. "It's Skullvulmon!"
The enormous bird descended on them, it's bald head gleaming and it's claws glistening wickedly.
"Skullvulmon is an enormous bird Digimon with a nasty attitude!" Gomamon informed them as their digivices took note of the creature. "You'd better not cross her or she'll impale you with those claws!"
The bird swooped over their heads and landed a few feet away as people began screaming and running for cover.
"Palmon and Gomamon, I think you'd better do your stuff!" Joe yelled.
"Right!" the Digimon replied in unison as the digivices activated.
"Palmon, digivolve to...TOGEMON!"
"Gomamon, digivolve to...IKKAKUMON!"
Next Episode: "THE HUNT FOR THE DIGIDESTINED"
TAI'S FRIEND
"All of the Digidestined, including yours truly, got home and spent the day being hugged by our parents and eating as much as we could hold. Tai discovered that it was the exact same day we left for the Digiworld again after battling Myotismon, even though we'd been in the Digiworld for months. The city was still a mess and everyone was trying to get over the attacks of Myotismon. There may be other evil Digimon planning to attack the city soon, but hopefully there won't be any more trouble." -Izzy
Tai woke up the morning after he got home to hear his mom yelling for him.
"Tai! One of your friends is on the phone!"
"Is it Izzy?" he yelled back.
"No."
"Matt?"
"No, it's a girl."
"Sora?"
"No, I think it's your friend Lily. She went on vacation a couple of weeks ago, remember?"
"Now I do," he muttered, staggering into the living room. Lily had been his best friend since they were in kindergarten together, though he couldn't have told anyone why. They were total opposites. Lily was very calm and level-headed -unlike me, Tai thought to himself- and she didn't even like soccer. She lived two floors down and to the left in his building.
Tai took the phone his mom handed him and murmured, "Hello?"
"Tai?" Lily's voice said on the other end.
"Hi, Lily. What's up?"
"Nothing. Absolutely nothing."
Tai knew her too well for that. "Except...?"
"Except I come home and the whole city's been practically destroyed! Geez, what did I miss?"
Tai collapsed on the sofa. "A lot."
"The TV station's out," Lily said. "And one of the bridges out of town. And everywhere on the news I hear stories about big monsters that attacked the city, for gods sake. And WHAT on or off Earth made that big hole on the first floor?!"
Tai smiled. That had been Greymon, when he was trying to get Tai's mom back after she had been captured by the Bakemon. That didn't exactly work, but at least they got Mrs. Kamiya back later.
"I really don't know," he lied. "It was too confusing to really understand what was going on."
"Man, I go to the shore for a week and everything falls apart," Lily grumbled.
"Yeah, it was all your fault for leaving, Lily."
"Ha ha," she replied dryly. "By the way, I heard about soccer camp. Sorry that got snowed out."
"That's okay," he said. "I'll guess I'll just have to hang around here."
"Well, I'm coming up," Lily grumbled. "I'm bored of being here by myself. Jamie had to go back
to classes early this morning, and she's working late at the hospital tonight."
Lily lived with her sister, Jamie, who was going to college and was taking care of Lily as their parents were dead, killed in a terrible car accident when Lily was just a little girl. Jamie was working as a nurse in the hospital until she got her MD, which was probably going to be pretty soon.
"Uh, well, I don't know if that's I good idea," Tai said nervously as Agumon wandered into the living room. His parents might be okay with their visiting Digimon, but he had a feeling Lily might be freaked out by them. Plus there was that whole thing with the ninth Digidestined. They DID have to start searching sooner or later.
"Lily, do you have a digivice?" Tai asked suddenly.
"A digi-what?"
Tai sighed. "Never mind. I guess that's a stupid question."
"Tai, what are you talking about?"
"Forget it. But come on up. We can take a walk or something, if you don't mind my little sister
coming along."
"No, I don't mind," Lily said. "See ya." She hung up.
Well, Tai thought, guess I can't take the Digimon anywhere. Hopefully there won't be any baddies hanging around.
"Kari," he yelled. "You wanna go for a walk?"
*******************
Metaldragamon watched from the shadows as the story played out.
"It is time, Goromon," he boomed. "Send the first one."
*******************
Joe, Mimi, Palmon, and Gomamon roamed the streets together, looking for signals on the digivices. Earlier Joe had called Mimi for a little Digidestined hunting. During their time in exile away from the others, back when the Dark Masters were still running around, Joe and Mimi had formed a close bond, and even now, it somehow hadn't felt right searching the city without Mimi.
"Boy, this heat is destroying my hair," Mimi complained. She complained an awful lot. But that was okay. Joe had gotten used to it by now.
"Maybe we should check out some nice, air-conditioned arcade or something," Joe suggested innocently. "The kid will probably be in a place like that."
Mimi looked at him and flashed her winning smile. "Now you're talking!"
"You're telling me," Palmon said happily.
"Mm-hm," Gomamon agreed.
At first Mimi and Joe had considered stuffing the Digimon in a bag or something so that they wouldn't be seen by the public, but they soon decided that there was no point in that. After all the huge monsters that had attacked Odaiba over the past week, Joe seriously doubted anyone was going to care much about their little Rookies.
"Okay, so now that that's decided, why don't we find a nice cool restaurant?" Mimi said. "The kid has to eat, right?"
"Definitely!" Gomamon said happily.
Then suddenly, a shadow fell over them.
"AAAARRRRRRRCCKKKK!" A terrible, screeching cry filled the air, causing the kids and their Digimon to clap their hands over their ears.
"I have a feeling we're going to have to take a rain check on that lunch idea!" Joe yelled to Mimi.
"Oh no!" Palmon cried. "It's Skullvulmon!"
The enormous bird descended on them, it's bald head gleaming and it's claws glistening wickedly.
"Skullvulmon is an enormous bird Digimon with a nasty attitude!" Gomamon informed them as their digivices took note of the creature. "You'd better not cross her or she'll impale you with those claws!"
The bird swooped over their heads and landed a few feet away as people began screaming and running for cover.
"Palmon and Gomamon, I think you'd better do your stuff!" Joe yelled.
"Right!" the Digimon replied in unison as the digivices activated.
"Palmon, digivolve to...TOGEMON!"
"Gomamon, digivolve to...IKKAKUMON!"
Next Episode: "THE HUNT FOR THE DIGIDESTINED"