*An earthquake? A mysterious disappearance? Or is it Metaldragamon's doing?*
Episode 11
ANOTHER SEPARATION
"I guess I'd better fill you guys in. Tai, Agumon, Auramon and I were wandering around the mountains, minding our own business, when this big ugly kangeroo called Kazikonzamon came out of nowhere when we were sleeping and attacked us. Agumon did that digivolving thing and tried to fight Kazikonzamon but he was just no match for him. I thought I was dead meat until Auramon digivolved to Auroramon and kicked that kangeroo's butt. That little Digi really had it in her." -Lily
After the defeat of Kazikonzamon, Tai, Lily, and their Digimon had decided it might be a good idea to start moving instead of waiting around for the next Digimon to attack them. The sun was just rising over the snow-capped mountains when the group stopped for a break.
"I have something for you," Tai said to Lily. "I kept forgetting to give it to you before, but Auramon's digivolve last night reminded me."
He held out his hand.
"A necklace?" Lily exclaimed, taking it from him. It was some kind of weird pendant hanging on a chain. The pendant was a gold color, shaped like an elongated octagon, with a rectangular panel of glass in the middle.
"Not just a necklace," Tai said. "It's a tag. It'll hold your crest, once you find it."
This meant absolutely nothing to Lily. "What a crest?" she asked blankly.
Tai grabbed something around his neck and pulled it up over his head. He held it up for Lily to see.
It was another tag, identical to Lily's, except it had a tiny rectangle with a strange design under the glass. The design looked like an orange sun.
"That's a crest," Tai said, pointing to the design. "This crest will help Auramon digivolve to her Ultimate stage. Ultimate is the level after Champion."
"Where do I find my crest?" Lily demanded.
"We found ours all over the Digiworld. Somehow they always seem to just come to us. You'll find yours sooner or later," Tai assured her. "The other Digidestined have them too. Each one is different. The designs represent our best qualities. Each of the Digidestined have one quality that's essential to the group."
"What does your crest represent?" Lily asked.
Tai grinned recklessly. "Courage."
*******************
"He has given her the crest, my master," Goromon reported, as he and Metaldragamon watched the two Digidestined.
"I have eyes, Goromon," Metaldragamon snapped.
Goromon decided to try again. "The girl and her Digimon defeated Kazikonzamon all on their own, master. And unless I am mistaken, I believe that Kazikonzamon was an Ultimate. Auroramon was only a Champion."
"What's your point?" Metaldragamon demanded.
"She is strong," Goromon said simply.
Metaldragamon laughed scornfully. "She will not be strong enough. We will see how strong she is when she is lost and cut off from the others. Is your work done?" he added.
"Yes, master."
"Then we will show her my little playground."
******************
Auramon led the way up the side of a vast mountain, chattering the whole way.
"I was born up on this mountain, you know," Auramon told them. "I would have frozen to death as a baby Digimon if the other Auramon hadn't taken care of me. We live in herds up in the mountains usually, but as soon as I digivolved to Tiramon I went down to the valley to live there."
"Tiramon?" Lily said blankly.
"My In-Training stage," Auramon explained. "Most Tiramon live up in the mountains, too, but I didn't want to for some reason. Of course I understand it now; it was because I knew you were coming, Lily. But I still know my way around these mountains. All Auramon are born with that knowledge."
"You must be a very good mountain climber, too," Lily growled.
"Yep," Auramon said cheerfully. They'd been climbing this mountain for hours now and she wasn't even out of breath, while Lily, Tai, and Agumon were about ready to collapse.
"Come on, you guys, pick up the pace," Auramon scolded. "We're almost at the top!" She bounded away through the snow.
Lily glanced at Tai. He shrugged wearily. "We can always take a break at the top."
Lily looked up. "I think we are at the top."
She was right. The ground leveled very suddenly, leaving them with sort of a large, flat ledge to stand on at the very top of the mountain. The air was freezing and thin, but the view was beautiful.
"Looks like we might be on Continent Server," Tai said, noting the vast desert far in the distance where they had fought Etemon.
"Is this where the other Digidestined are?" Lily asked.
Tai shurgged. "I don't know. I hope so."
"It's so quiet up here," Agumon commented.
"A little too quiet," Auramon said, bounding out of nowhere. "I don't see any of my cousins. In fact, I don't see anyone at all. It's as if they've all been chased away."
"It is too quiet up here," Lily said, shivering slightly. "It's giving me the creeps. I think we should get out of here."
She had barely finished before the ground suddenly began to rumble and shake.
"EARTHQUAKE!" Tai and Lily both yelled instictively.
"It's not an earthquake!" Auramon yelled back. "There's never been an earthquake in these mountains."
"Then how...?" Lily demanded. Her words were lost as a loud roar like thunder split the air.
It happened very suddenly. Agumon was the first to notice that the snow was falling away, sliding into a crack in the earth. He yelled a warning to Tai, and they both jumped back, away from the hole.
Then the mountain simply split in half, the two pieces moving away with a sickening scrape. The movement kicked up the snow and sent it swirling into the air, blurring Tai and Agumon's vision.
When the movement finally stopped, and the snow finally cleared, they saw that the mountain had closed up again, just like that.
They did not see Lily or Auramon.
Next Episode: "THE METAL CITY"
Episode 11
ANOTHER SEPARATION
"I guess I'd better fill you guys in. Tai, Agumon, Auramon and I were wandering around the mountains, minding our own business, when this big ugly kangeroo called Kazikonzamon came out of nowhere when we were sleeping and attacked us. Agumon did that digivolving thing and tried to fight Kazikonzamon but he was just no match for him. I thought I was dead meat until Auramon digivolved to Auroramon and kicked that kangeroo's butt. That little Digi really had it in her." -Lily
After the defeat of Kazikonzamon, Tai, Lily, and their Digimon had decided it might be a good idea to start moving instead of waiting around for the next Digimon to attack them. The sun was just rising over the snow-capped mountains when the group stopped for a break.
"I have something for you," Tai said to Lily. "I kept forgetting to give it to you before, but Auramon's digivolve last night reminded me."
He held out his hand.
"A necklace?" Lily exclaimed, taking it from him. It was some kind of weird pendant hanging on a chain. The pendant was a gold color, shaped like an elongated octagon, with a rectangular panel of glass in the middle.
"Not just a necklace," Tai said. "It's a tag. It'll hold your crest, once you find it."
This meant absolutely nothing to Lily. "What a crest?" she asked blankly.
Tai grabbed something around his neck and pulled it up over his head. He held it up for Lily to see.
It was another tag, identical to Lily's, except it had a tiny rectangle with a strange design under the glass. The design looked like an orange sun.
"That's a crest," Tai said, pointing to the design. "This crest will help Auramon digivolve to her Ultimate stage. Ultimate is the level after Champion."
"Where do I find my crest?" Lily demanded.
"We found ours all over the Digiworld. Somehow they always seem to just come to us. You'll find yours sooner or later," Tai assured her. "The other Digidestined have them too. Each one is different. The designs represent our best qualities. Each of the Digidestined have one quality that's essential to the group."
"What does your crest represent?" Lily asked.
Tai grinned recklessly. "Courage."
*******************
"He has given her the crest, my master," Goromon reported, as he and Metaldragamon watched the two Digidestined.
"I have eyes, Goromon," Metaldragamon snapped.
Goromon decided to try again. "The girl and her Digimon defeated Kazikonzamon all on their own, master. And unless I am mistaken, I believe that Kazikonzamon was an Ultimate. Auroramon was only a Champion."
"What's your point?" Metaldragamon demanded.
"She is strong," Goromon said simply.
Metaldragamon laughed scornfully. "She will not be strong enough. We will see how strong she is when she is lost and cut off from the others. Is your work done?" he added.
"Yes, master."
"Then we will show her my little playground."
******************
Auramon led the way up the side of a vast mountain, chattering the whole way.
"I was born up on this mountain, you know," Auramon told them. "I would have frozen to death as a baby Digimon if the other Auramon hadn't taken care of me. We live in herds up in the mountains usually, but as soon as I digivolved to Tiramon I went down to the valley to live there."
"Tiramon?" Lily said blankly.
"My In-Training stage," Auramon explained. "Most Tiramon live up in the mountains, too, but I didn't want to for some reason. Of course I understand it now; it was because I knew you were coming, Lily. But I still know my way around these mountains. All Auramon are born with that knowledge."
"You must be a very good mountain climber, too," Lily growled.
"Yep," Auramon said cheerfully. They'd been climbing this mountain for hours now and she wasn't even out of breath, while Lily, Tai, and Agumon were about ready to collapse.
"Come on, you guys, pick up the pace," Auramon scolded. "We're almost at the top!" She bounded away through the snow.
Lily glanced at Tai. He shrugged wearily. "We can always take a break at the top."
Lily looked up. "I think we are at the top."
She was right. The ground leveled very suddenly, leaving them with sort of a large, flat ledge to stand on at the very top of the mountain. The air was freezing and thin, but the view was beautiful.
"Looks like we might be on Continent Server," Tai said, noting the vast desert far in the distance where they had fought Etemon.
"Is this where the other Digidestined are?" Lily asked.
Tai shurgged. "I don't know. I hope so."
"It's so quiet up here," Agumon commented.
"A little too quiet," Auramon said, bounding out of nowhere. "I don't see any of my cousins. In fact, I don't see anyone at all. It's as if they've all been chased away."
"It is too quiet up here," Lily said, shivering slightly. "It's giving me the creeps. I think we should get out of here."
She had barely finished before the ground suddenly began to rumble and shake.
"EARTHQUAKE!" Tai and Lily both yelled instictively.
"It's not an earthquake!" Auramon yelled back. "There's never been an earthquake in these mountains."
"Then how...?" Lily demanded. Her words were lost as a loud roar like thunder split the air.
It happened very suddenly. Agumon was the first to notice that the snow was falling away, sliding into a crack in the earth. He yelled a warning to Tai, and they both jumped back, away from the hole.
Then the mountain simply split in half, the two pieces moving away with a sickening scrape. The movement kicked up the snow and sent it swirling into the air, blurring Tai and Agumon's vision.
When the movement finally stopped, and the snow finally cleared, they saw that the mountain had closed up again, just like that.
They did not see Lily or Auramon.
Next Episode: "THE METAL CITY"