The
DigiDestined
The Light DigiDestined must find
the cubes the hold the locations of their
Energizer ports . . . and Taylor's Tag.
Energized
Jay Barial
Last Time . . .
Sasha: We were heading to the Beta Moon, to find my Crest of Friendship, so we decided to stop the Dark DigiDestined first. With Airdramon on our side, we managed to defeat the three Ultimate Digimon. And when we headed to the Beta Moon, who encountering the traveling sales men, Psychemon. He showed us to Digitamamon's restaurant, where he confused us with Dark DigiDestined. He was about to attack, when Dark DigiDestined showed up. Unfortunately, they had a plan of their own. Using some new dark power, they were able to force Digitamamon to Mega Digivolve to Devitamamon. After they left, it left us two deal with the Mega Digimon. All together, with the help of Gururumon and Seadramon, along all of our Digivices and Crests, we managed to weaken Devitamamon enough for it to revert back to Digitamamon. And we found my Crest! Now all we need to do is find these Energizers and Taylor's Tag and we can defeat the Dark DigiDestined!
Chapter One: Digitamamon's Story
"Food!" cheered the six Digimon of the Light DigiDestined.
The six Rookies, accompanied by Psychemon and the three Betamon, were all sitting around the table and happily chowing down on some of Digitamamon's excellent cooking.
"I'm afraid to ask," said Taylor, as he stomach gurgled. "Is your food eatable for humans?"
"Hungry," moaned Michael and Derek in unison.
"I believe so," said Digitamamon. "The last time I had humans in my restaurant, they didn't get sick and they very much enjoyed it."
"Excellent!" The six Light DigiDestined quickly ordered some of the food and eagerly dug in.
As they continued eating, Taylor brought up an important question. "So, Digitamamon, do you know the location of the Energizers that we need?"
"Taylor," said Alley, "don't you remember what Tai and the others said. They said that we need to find the others cubes before we can find the Energizers. The spirits within the cubes hold the location of the Energizers."
"You truly are the Light DigiDestined children," said Digitamamon. He glanced at Taylor for a moment, seemingly like he was remembering something.
"What is it?" asked Taylor. "Do you have some sort of connection with the DigiDestined somehow?"
"Yes," answered the egg-shaped Digimon. "A long time ago, I met the DigiDestined who you all follow after. Tai and Kari and such. I later met up with them again, but with new children. They saved me from the Digimon Emperor's Dark Spiral. Then, after many years of seeing the Dark DigiDestined and Light DigiDestined duke it out, their battle go too close to my restaurant and I was destroyed."
"Ouch, that sucks," replied Sasha. "But you were obviously reborn, right?"
"Of course," said Digitamamon. "I was reborn not too many years ago. But this time, I was reborn with a human partner. I was a Digimon of the Light DigiDestined."
"Yeah," said Summer, "but as I recall all of the Light DigiDestined were destroyed, right?"
Digitamamon nodded. "I was in one of the Light DigiDestined groups that survived for awhile. Our group even surpassed where you DigiDestined are. Our battle even led us out into the real world, where there was an attack eight years ago."
"I remember that," said Derek. "Those were all Digimon. They were attacking the airport, the city, airplanes, and other stuff."
"Oh yeah," said Sasha. "That was the same time that angel-like Digimon Digivolved somehow. It then Digivolved into a giant Digimon that destroyed most of the other monsters."
"Now that I think about it," said Summer, "that Digimon reminded me a lot of Angewomon. You know, the Digimon that Gatomon Digivolves to."
"Yeah," said Michael, "and there was a plane crash that heard about on the news. There were Digimon there, like Seadramon and Crossmon."
"I remember that," said Alley. "My brother was occupied with something else at the time, but there was a Digimon battle right outside."
"Eight years ago . . ." Taylor sighed. "Eight years ago, is kinda blurry for me . . . I remember I went to Tokyo and there was some weird stuff happening, but I don't specifically remember any Digimon."
"How come they all remember stuff but you don't Taylor?" asked Bugmon.
"There's the time that my cousin disappeared." Taylor shrugged. "I kind of just shut down for awhile in depression . . . blocked out that how thing . . ."
"Anyway," said Digitamamon, "after the battle eight years ago, must of the Digimon were destroyed and reborn, but I was one of the few that made it back to the Digital World. The Dark DigiDestined destroyed our human partners and they let us be, since we couldn't possibly stop them."
"So you remained in your restaurant," replied Derek, turning away. "Sounds like a chicken to me."
Digitamamon rolled his eyes and pulled away Derek's plate. "No food for you."
Derek cringed and sighed. "My big mouth."
Chapter Two: The Energizers
"You idiots!" roared DeviMuertemon.
"Sorry," said Bob, Lily, and Jessie in unison.
"You had the chance to destroy the Light DigiDestined and you left!" roared DeviMuertemon in anger.
"Sorry," said SkullBaboomon, Dark Cerberusmon, and Black Grizzlymon.
"It's because of your stupidity that the Light DigiDestined were able to revert Devitamamon back to Digitamamon!" shouted DeviMuertemon in anger. "And now, the Light DigiDestined hold all six Crests, which they'll need to Digivolve!"
"But with us standing in their way," said SkullBaboomon, "they'll be no way for them to Digivolve."
"Besides," said Lily, "they'll need the Energizers to achieve their Ultimate forms. And if we get to them first, we can destroy them or we can use them to Digivolve."
"That's what I want to talk to you three about," said DeviMuertemon. "You three Dark DigiDestined are the only ones who can remain at the Ultimate level at this moment. Jason and Sectomon will be ready soon, but until then we need you three to stop them."
"And what can we do?" asked Dark Cerberusmon.
"A Digimon called Centarumon holds the key to the cubes," said DeviMuertemon. "The cubes hold the location of the Energizers."
"So," said Black Grizzlymon, "a Centarumon. We've faced a Centarumon before, have we not?"
"This Centarumon is special," replied DeviMuertemon. "It was here during the destruction of the Dark Masters. Additionally, this Centarumon was chosen twice as a Digimon for past Light DigiDestined. He's skilled." DeviMuertemon swiveled around towards the trio of Dark DigiDestined and growled, "plus, he knows where Taylor's Tag is! And Michael's Energizer port is nearby! If you screw up-"
"We're screwed," replied Bob. "Bugmon and Cubmon will be able to Digivolve to Ultimate."
"Well," said Lily, holding up her Digivice. "With the help of our Digivices, we'll be able to Digivolve Centarumon to aid us in the battle."
* * * *
"Centarumon," said Digitamamon, "is another Digimon that aided us in the battle eight years ago. He is the one you'll want to look for. He holds the cubes of the Light DigiDestined."
"Like these?" asked Taylor and Michael, pulling out the two small cubes that held the spirit of Kari and Tai.
"Exactly," said Digitamamon.
"So if you and Centarumon were in the battle eight years ago," said Tripupmon, "are there any other Digimon who were in the fight?"
"We were!" said Psychemon and the Betamon that had Digivolved in unison.
"You two were Digimon of the Light DigiDestined of the past?" Pondmon and Sparkmon chuckled. "That's a laugh."
Psychemon snorted. "Fine. I know the location of Centarumon. I was going help out but if you don't want it."
"We don't." The Light DigiDestined got up and bowed. "Thank you Digitamamon, but we must depart." The six Digimon and DigiDestined turned away and headed out of the restaurant.
"Hey! Wait for me!" cried Psychemon, rushing after them.
Chapter Three: Centarumon's Tale
"So," said Monomon, slightly annoyed by their present company, "Psychemon, I have a question about Centarumon. And since you're all buddy-buddy here on the Beta Moon, I bet you probably know the answer."
Psychemon chuckled. "I know all!"
"Yeah," said Monomon sarcastically, "I'm sure ya do." He cleared his throat and asked, "Centarumon was a Digimon of the DigiDestined twice, right? That's what Digitamamon said."
The Light DigiDestined, led by Psychemon, were eagerly heading towards a small mountain range where Centarumon lived. It was there were they'd find their cubes.
"Centarumon was reborn after the battle eight years ago," said Psychemon. "He was once again chosen as a Digimon of a DigiDestined. But this DigiDestined group didn't get too far. It was at this time that the Digital World had set up guards all around the world to protect the real world. So, when a new group of Dark DigiDestined tried to attack the real world, these DigiDestined children and their Digimon were able to stop them from entering the real world."
"But there weren't any Light DigiDestined in the Digital World," said Bugmon. "I guess that's better than nothing."
"Centarumon, along with the other Digimon around the world protecting the entrances to the Digital World, were sent back into the Digital World after the Dark DigiDestined were dealt with," said Psychemon. "There were a lot of these Digimon, with different abilities. Naturally Digivolving . . . DNA Digivolving . . . Armor Digivolving . . . there were a lot of them."
"How many?" asked Taylor.
"Uh . . ." Psychemon stopped and thought for a moment. He counted on his fingers for a moment before he came up with his answer. "Around twenty Digimon, if I'm not wrong."
Alley cringed. "That's a lot. And there's only six of us. How will we stop the Dark DigiDestined if they ever get to the real world?"
"When that day comes, we'll deal with that problem." Taylor pointed to the mountain up ahead. "But right now, we have to get our cubes."
"Huh!" Suddenly, Michael's Digivice started to go off and his Crest started to react. "Something's happening."
"I sense something!" said Cubmon eagerly. "Michael, pull out your cube now!"
Michael stopped and revealed his cube that held the spirit of an old DigiDestined. It was reacting with the Crest. Michael activated it and an image of Tai appeared.
"Tai," said Michael, holding up his Digivice and Crest. "Something weird is going on. Is there anything important nearby?"
"Are you on the Beta Moon?" asked Tai, curiously. "You're at Centarumon's mountain, right?"
Michael nodded.
"This is the location of your Energizer port," said Agumon. "If you find it in the mountain, then Cubmon will be able to Digivolve."
"Perfect," said Taylor contentfully. "Cubmon's Ultimate form will prove useful if we have to face the Dark DigiDestined again."
"Is that enough?" asked Tai and Agumon.
"Yes," said Michael. "I'll see you two soon." Michael took out his Crystal of Courage and deactivated the cube. "Let's go!"
Chapter Four: The Dark DigiDestined's Plan
The Light DigiDestined, their Digimon, along with Psychemon, all quickly hurried through the giant mountain. After about an hour of hiking, the Light DigiDestined managed to emerge in a giant valley.
Taylor sighed as he leaned against the side of part of the wall. "This is taking forever."
"Cubmon," said Bugmon, turning towards his companion. "Is your Energizer port nearby?"
Cubmon glared at Bugmon out of the corner of his eyes and growled, "I don't know Bugmon! If I had know, then I would have told you!"
"Bitter, bitter," muttered Bugmon as he walked away from Cubmon.
"What's their problem?" asked Michael, as he leaned against the wall next to Taylor.
"I think they're hungry again," replied Taylor.
The other DigiDestined all chuckled as Cubmon and Bugmon remained angry at each other.
"I think they're tired too," replied Sasha, as she bent down and rubbed Tripupmon on the head. "Think about it. We've been traveling for awhile, and we haven't gotten much rest. We may be full of energy, but these guys have a limit."
* * * *
"Perfect," said DeviMuertemon as he watched the Light DigiDestined emerge into the valley between the mountains. "The Light DigiDestined's guards are down. Now is the time to strike!"
Bob, Lily, and Jessie slowly turned towards each other and then slowly turned back to DeviMuertemon.
Jessie stepped up and had the courage to ask, "DeviMuertemon, um, weren't we suppose to go after Centarumon first?"
"It doesn't matter now!" growled DeviMuertemon. "We have the Light DigiDestined in our grasps! Let's use this to our advantage!" DeviMuertemon suddenly created a portal of darkness and pointed to it. "Hurry, and you can get them while their still in their Rookie forms."
Jessie, Black Grizzlymon, Bob, Dark Cerberusmon, Lily, and SkullBaboomon all nodded and quickly headed into the portal.
* * * *
The Light DigiDestined all got up after taking a quick break.
Alley sighed as she glanced around the giant valley and then turned to Michael. "Which we do we head if Centarumon hasn't revealed himself to us?"
"I don't know," replied Michael.
"Well," said Monomon, as he hopped on Michael's shoulder, "if we head to the center of the valley, then we'll have a better chance at finding him."
"Get off," growled Michael, as he tried to shake the monkey off of his shoulder.
"Leaving so soon?" The six children and the seven Digimon all swiveled around and there was Black Grizzlymon, Dark Cerberusmon, and SkullBaboomon standing on a ledge on the side of part of the mountain. With them were three of the Dark DigiDestined.
Taylor glared at Jessie who happily waved at Taylor from the ledge. "They're trying to stop us from finding the Energizer port and our cubes."
"Well we won't let that happen," replied Michael.
All six children pulled out their Digivices and shouted, "Digivolve!"
"Bugmon Digivolved to . . . Spidmon!"
"Cubmon Digivolved to . . . Grizzlymon!"
"Tripupmon Digivolved to . . . Cerberusmon!"
"Monomon Digivolved to . . . Primemon!"
"Pondmon Digivolved to . . . Aquamon!"
"Sparkmon Digivolved to . . . Joltmon!"
Chapter Five: Centarumon's Appearance
The six Champion Digimon all stood in front of the six DigiDestined children, along with Psychemon by their side.
"Get me to Digivolve! Get me to Digivolve!" shouted Psychemon eagerly. "Seven against three will be better odds! Please!"
Derek nodded, pulling out his Digivice again. He concentrated and the Digivice slowly began to react. "Digivolve!"
The light from Derek's Digivice hit Psychemon and a brilliant light surrounded the Digimon. "Psychemon Digivolved to . . . " As the light started to die down, a new figured emerged from where Psychemon stood. "Gururumon!"
"So, you think seven puny little Champion Digimon can defeat us?" sneered Dark Cerberusmon.
"We defeated the other three Dark DigiDestined!" growled Cerberusmon.
Taylor swiveled around towards the other five Light DigiDestined and sighed. "We won't have time to get to the Energizer port if our Digimon lose. We have to go now!"
"SkullBaboomon," instructed Lily.
"Right." The giant monkey-like Digimon jumped off from the ledge and landed behind the seven Digimon, wedging the six children between a bunch of monsters.
"Killer Bite!"
"Banana Club!"
"Electro Punch!"
Gururumon, Primemon, and Joltmon all lunged at SkullBaboomon as it faced towards the six Light DigiDestined children. Gururumon dug its powerful set of teeth into SkullBaboomon's opened side, while Joltmon released a shocking and Primemon swung its club at SkullBaboomon.
A combination of all three attacks sent SkullBaboomon flying back, and skidded towards the six children.
"Watch out!" shouted all three Digimon.
"Underworld Wrath!" Cerberusmon dug its claw into the ground and it emerged in front of the rolling SkullBaboomon as it headed toward the children. A giant claw shot out of the ground and SkullBaboomon slammed into it.
"My turn! Shadow's Darkness!" growled Black Grizzlymon.
"Flames of Hell!" roared Dark Cerberusmon.
Dark Cerberusmon's three heads all started to inhale and released three powerful blasts of black fire that hurled towards Gururumon, Joltmon, and Primemon, that sent the three Champion Digimon flying backwards.
Black Grizzlymon's shadow started to grow and shadowed over Aquamon and Cerberusmon, and as it did the two Digimon remained stunned and frozen in place and roared in pain as darkness started surging through them.
SkullBaboomon quickly regained balanced and turned angrily towards the six DigiDestined children, after being harmed by their Digimon. "You'll pay! Skull Clubs!"
Spidmon and Grizzlymon quickly appeared in front of the six Light DigiDestined children to protect them, but there was no way they could hold off SkullBaboomon's club.
"Spider Fang Rockets!" growled Spidmon.
"Grizzly Claw!" growled Grizzlymon.
Spidmon released twin rockets towards SkullBaboomon but the explosion wasn't strong enough to hold of the Ultimate Digimon, while Grizzlymon tried to slash it with its claw, but the bone armor was too resistant.
The two Champion Digimon landed in front of the children to prepare for the incoming blow when they heard a loud battle cry and several feet trampling down a nearby hill.
"Hunting Cannon!" Suddenly, an armored human/horse-like creature started running down the hill, with its arm that had a gun on the end of it aimed towards SkullBaboomon. It released several shot towards SkullBaboomon, which sent the Digimon stumbling off coarse.
Chapter Six: Centarumon's Evolution!
Knightmon!
Centarumon landed by Spidmon and Grizzlymon and quickly swiveled around towards Taylor, Michael, Sasha, Summer, Derek, and Alley. "You're the Light DigiDestined, right?"
Taylor nodded, holding out his Crest of Light. "That's us. Do you have the cubes we're looking for?"
"Yes," answered Centarumon, "but from the looks of it, you need me here, so I can't show you the locations now."
"Damn," growled Taylor, as it kicked the dirt in front of him.
"Heh." Black Grizzlymon released Aquamon and Cerberusmon from the Shadow's Darkness attack and turned his attention, along with Dark Cerberusmon's attention. "Dark Claw!"
"Terror Attack!" roared Dark Cerberusmon.
The two Digimon quickly lunged towards the three Champion Digimon as they quickly prepared for the incoming attack.
"Spider Fang Rockets!"
"Grizzly Quake!"
"Hunting Cannon!"
Spidmon and Grizzlymon tried to slow down the two incoming Ultimate Digimon by using their multiple target attacks, which slowed the incoming Digimon a little bit, but not enough to do any harm. Centarumon lunged towards them and tried to fire at them, but Black Grizzlymon slashed by it, cutting its side, and Dark Cerberusmon tackled Centarumon and all three heads began to rapidly bite at Centarumon.
"Quickly!" shouted Centarumon, under the large Ultimate Digimon. "Head to the north caves to find the cubes and the Tag that should hold the Crest of Light."
Taylor's head shot up, with his eyes wide opened. "My Tag!"
Spidmon lowered itself down and Taylor climbed onto its back, while Grizzlymon lowered its claw and Michael walked onto it. While the other dark Digimon were distracted with the remaining Light DigiDestined's Digimon and their allies, the two idle Digimon quickly rushed away from the battle.
"Web Wall!" Spidmon put up a huge wall of webbing that blocked the Dark DigiDestined's way, so the two Digimon could at least get a head start.
Jessie smirked with contentment as the two Digimon rushed away and left Centarumon unprotected. "Please, let me do the honors." Jessie held up here Digivice and pointed it towards the pinned Centarumon. "It's time to Digivolve!" Jessie's Digivice started to radiate and released a stream of dark energy that hit Centarumon, and it started to glow and change shapes.
"Centarumon Dark Digivolved to . . ." Its four legs retracted and out of it emerged two legs, and armor covered its body. A shield appeared on its back, and twin swords appeared by his side. A helmet covered over its face and it swung its two blades back and forth and back and forth. "Knightmon!"
Derek, Sasha, Summer, and Alley all froze in fear as their allying Digimon Digivolved into a dark, warrior.
"This isn't good," replied Primemon.
"Bad timing," murmured Cerberusmon.
"We could easily take him!" roared Aquamon.
Joltmon swiveled around towards Aquamon and asked, "you're kidding right?"
Aquamon nodded. "Of course, we're dead."
"Knightmon," said Jessie, pointing towards Spidmon's Web Wall attack. "Cut through that wall and go after those DigiDestined!"
"Berserk Sword!" Knightmon drew forth one of his swords and quickly charged towards the four remaining Light DigiDestined children. Their Digimon stood their ground to protect their human partners, but Knightmon jumped over them and sliced its sword down the center of the wall of webbing, destroying the attack.
"No! Static Convey!" Joltmon tried to stop the escaping Knightmon from catching up to Spidmon and Grizzlymon by teleporting the evil Digimon. But, it spun around and slashed at the electricity, deadening the shock.
Chapter Seven: On the Rampage
"No!" cried Joltmon as Knightmon escaped.
"Terror Attack!" Dark Cerberusmon lunged towards Joltmon and sunk all three sets of teeth into the Digimon and it cried in pain as the teeth dug deeper and deeper.
"Banana Club!" Primemon quickly appeared to help Joltmon and began repeatedly slamming Dark Cerberusmon with its club, but it didn't seem to be very effective. Then, SkullBaboomon appeared and sent Primemon flying backwards with its Skull Clubs attack.
SkullBaboomon landed in front of Primemon as it tried to pull itself up from the ground and started to glow as Primemon approached it. "Skull Explosion!" All of its skeletal bones lit up and released deadly blasts of energy that sent Primemon soaring backwards.
"Frost Fist!"
"Tail Twister!"
Aquamon and Cerberusmon quickly rushed towards Dark Cerberusmon, who was still lodged into Joltmon. Aquamon darted towards the Ultimate Digimon and punched it in the back, temporarily freezing Dark Cerberusmon and loosening its grip on Joltmon. Cerberusmon began spinning its tail and sent Dark Cerberusmon airborne and flying away from Joltmon.
As soon as Joltmon was released, the Digimon dropped to its knees as pain was slowly relieved from it.
* * * *
Spidmon and Grizzlymon quickly moved through the valley towards a cave at the end of the valley. But, as they were moving . . .
"Uh, this may not be the best time to mention this," said Taylor, as he looked back towards the others, "but there's a large, guard-like Digimon chasing after us."
Grizzlymon and Spidmon glanced back and there was Knightmon rushing towards them, holding up its two swords and quickly running towards them.
"This is Knightmon," said Grizzlymon. "Normally a strong and noble Digimon, this Digimon has powerful swords that can cut through the ground. It is Centarumon's Ultimate form, thus it will usually bare the Crest of Hope on its back since its Rookie form is Patamon, who Digivolves through the powers of hope."
"We can't stop this thing while we're heading to the cave," said Grizzlymon. "It would take too long, and the other Light DigiDestined need us."
Michael stood up and closed his eyes. His Crest of Courage and his Crystal of Courage began glowing and slowly started to glow brighter as they moved closer towards the other end of the valley. "My Energizer port is nearby."
"Well," said Taylor, "it really doesn't matter because Knightmon's catching up to us."
The two Light DigiDestined glanced back again and Knightmon was several feet away from them, ready to attack.
"Wait!" Suddenly, Michael's Crest started to glow less and Michael's eyes moved towards the wall of the mountain and squinted. He pointed at it and shouted, "Taylor! The cave's there! Hidden by some sort of hologram!"
Spidmon and Grizzlymon slowed down and spun around towards Knightmon, and quickly let down their human partners, as they quickly ran away.
"Spider Claw!"
"Grizzly Claw!"
Spidmon and Grizzlymon both lunged towards Knightmon, but its swords slashed towards the two Digimon to countered the incoming blows. Spidmon's Spider Claw clashed with one of Knightmon's swords and Grizzlymon's Grizzly Claw clashed with the other sword, and they pushed against one another to knock the other over.
Meanwhile, while the two Champion Digimon fought against the Ultimate Digimon, Taylor and Michael quickly rushed towards the wall that Michael's Crest of Courage was pointing him towards.
They stopped in front of the wall and Michael put his hand on the wall and it passed right through.
"Somehow it's getting old," replied Taylor as they stepped into the cave.
Chapter Eight: Centarumon's Cave
"Berserk Sword!" Knightmon lunged towards Spidmon and Grizzlymon with its giant sword, but the two Champion Digimon quickly darted out of the way. "You may be a bit more agile, Champions, but I have much more power." He drew out a second sword and glared at the two Digimon. "Berserk Swords!" Knightmon quickly ran towards the two Digimon and tried to slash at them, but they managed to dodge out of the way again.
"Grizzly Quake!" As Grizzlymon landed in front of Knightmon, it sunk its claws into the ground, creating a small but deadly tremor that caused the ground to collapse beneath Knightmon's feet.
"Spider Fang Rockets!" Spidmon landed behind Knightmon and shot the twin rockets at the Ultimate Digimon and hit the evolved form of Centarumon off guard. Unfortunately, the armor that encased the Digimon protected it from Spidmon's attack.
"Berserk Sword!" Knightmon slashed at Spidmon and sent the arachnid Digimon flying backwards, and then lunged at Grizzlymon and slammed the Digimon into the side of a wall.
* * * *
Taylor and Michael slowly walked through the holographic wall and there was a small room up ahead with a dim light shining into it.
"The cubes are probably there," said Taylor to Michael. "We have to hurry, now. Centarumon's counting on us to defeat him, and the rest of the DigiDestined need some Ultimate Digimon to aid them."
Michael nodded. He closed his eyes and his Crystal of Courage and Crest of Courage both began glowing and Michael slowly looked up and pointed towards the room. "My Energizer port has to be up there."
The two quickly rushed down the tunnel into the room and there, on the floor, were four cubes with the symbols of Knowledge, Sincerity, Reliability, and Friendship. They all started to glow as Taylor got near them.
"I guess the one who possesses the powers of Light has some sort of connection with the other Crests," murmured Michael. "This is something I'm sure Derek will want to know."
Taylor bent down and picked up the four cubes and sighed. "Well, supposedly my Tag and your Energizer port are here too." He glanced around with a disappointed look on his face. "Here's a question: Where are they?"
* * * *
Spidmon and Grizzlymon slowly rose up from after Knightmon's deadly sword attack.
"This could be worse," replied Spidmon, as it slowly started to regain its strength. "We could be fighting more Digimon than Knightmon."
Grizzlymon sighed and gave a loud roar. "Where are Michael and Taylor! We need their powers in order to Digivolve. Without them . . ."
"We're finished." Spidmon quickly gave a low hissing sound and lunged towards Knightmon. "Spider Claw!"
"Grizzly Claw!" roared Grizzlymon.
"The Duel!" Using both swords, Knightmon slashed at both Digimon in unison and sent them hurling towards the ground, leaving them open for Knightmon to finish them off.
* * * *
"Man!" Taylor leaned back against the wall of the cave and sighed. "We got so far, and we still didn't find anything that could help us."
Michael sighed and stood in front of Taylor. "The Energizer port and your Tag have to be around here somewhere." Michael gave a low grunt and started to lean back against the wall right next to Taylor when suddenly he stumbled through the wall.
"Huh?" Taylor quickly got up and looked around for a moment. "Michael?"
"I'm . . . right here." Michael poked his head out through the wall, which was apparently another hologram. "Centarumon really loaded this place up with holograms." Michael smiled as he signaled Taylor to enter. "Our stuff's in here."
Chapter Nine: The Digimon
Taylor walked into the room, and a small pool of strange, liquid, energy seem to radiate with a light to create a glow within the room. There was a small ledge hanging over the pool, and there was Taylor's Tag hanging on it.
"My Tag!" cheered Taylor happily. Taylor quickly reached for it and placed it around his neck. Taylor pulled out his Crest of Light and slid it into Taylor's Tag. Suddenly, Taylor's Digivice and Crest of Light began glowing and reacting.
Michael smirked as he felt something glowing and reacting with the pool. Michael pulled out his Digivice and DigiGem, which were reacting with the pool of energy. He slowly bent down and drew out his Crystal of Courage and his small Digivice. As he slowly moved the two objects towards the pool, they started to react more and more, until he placed them in the pool and a brilliant flash of light was released from the pool.
Michael slowly pulled out his Digivice and DigiGem, and they were both radiating with light and energy.
* * * *
Knightmon once again slammed Grizzlymon into the ground as Spidmon jumped onto Knightmon's back, attempting to stop Centarumon's altered form. But, Spidmon was also hurled away and slammed into the ground.
"You Digimon bug me," replied Knightmon. "It'll be necessary for you two to be destroyed."
"That's great," replied Spidmon, slowly backing up.
"It could be worse," mocked Grizzlymon, as he continued to back up.
"The Duel!" Knightmon drew out its two swords and they loomed over the two injured Digimon. Knightmon was able to slash the two Digimon in half when it suddenly roared in pain, feeling some sort of energy surge through it. It spun around, and there was Michael and Taylor, with their Crests and Digivices radiating, and seeming to repel the darkness that was buried within Knightmon.
"No duel," replied Taylor.
"We don't want to hurt you Centarumon," said Michael. "But weakening you will be necessary for you to revert back to your regular form."
Taylor smiled brightly as he held up his Digivice and shouted, "Spidmon, it's time to Digivolve!"
Suddenly, Taylor's Digivice began to glow and sent a signal towards the Crest of Light. The signal powered up the Crest of Light to send another signal, which sent the two signals upward into the sky. A new signal was created rained down upon Taylor's Spidmon.
"Spidmon Digivolved to . . ." Spidmon quickly started to glow and stood up on two of its feet. Crimson-colored whip-like weapons appeared in the Digimon's hands, and claws extended from its feet and hands. "Crimson Spidmon!"
Michael nodded. "All right Grizzlymon, let's do it!"
Michael's Digivice released a signal that hit his Crest of Courage and the two signals went upward like Taylor's Digivice. The signal went upward and then started to rain down upon Michael's Digimon. "Grizzlymon Digivolved to . . ." Grizzlymon started to enlarge and its hands and feet were encased in a metal covering. Its claws turned to pure metal, and metal shielding covered over Grizzlymon's chest. A helmet appeared Grizzlymon's face, and sent of surge of energy powering up Michael's Digimon. "MetalGrizzlymon!"
Chapter Ten: The Attack
The two Ultimate Digimon appeared from the clouds and dust of the valley and loomed over the smaller Knightmon. "Uh oh. Um . . . Berserk Sword . . ."
"Multi Attack!" All of MetalGrizzlymon's claws on its feet and hands all began to glow and they were all launched towards the incoming Knightmon. Knightmon tried to knock away the small missiles, but as he sliced through them, they caused huge explosions that sent Knightmon hurling backwards.
"Crimson Cross!" Crimson Spidmon crossed its six arms to form three Xs and they all started to glow a dark red. Spidmon released his arms from the position and sent three Xs hurling towards Knightmon.
Knightmon quickly jumped up and blocked the three Crimson Crosses with its swords.
"Grizzly Slash!" MetalGrizzlymon's claws, which had grown back, started to glow again and it darted towards Knightmon and he slashed the occupied Digimon. Instead of injuring his own claws, MetalGrizzlymon ended up sinking its claws into Knightmon's armor and slashed through the knight Digimon.
Crimson Spidmon sunk its eight arms into the ground and it started to glow. "Arachnid Shock!" Crimson Spidmon released the energy that had build up in the Digimon and surged it through the ground. The attack didn't harm MetalGrizzlymon, but it ended up surging through Knightmon, forcing the Digimon to lose strength and stumble to the ground.
"Metallic Force!" MetalGrizzlymon closed its eyes and the metal armor the surrounded the Digimon began to glow. MetalGrizzlymon held out its arms and spread its feet, and suddenly a beam of light was released from the armor and hit Knightmon.
The beam of light from the Ultimate Digimon slowly faded away and there lay an injured Centarumon, laying on its side.
"I'm sorry Centarumon," murmured MetalGrizzlymon, "but it was the only way to stop you." MetalGrizzlymon turned to Crimson Spidmon and nodded. "We have to go help the others, now."
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"Skull Clubs!" SkullBaboomon leaped towards Primemon and Cerberusmon and swatted the two Digimon away with its bone clubs, sending the two Champion Digimon towards the wall of the valley.
SkullBaboomon landed and then quickly rushed towards Primemon. "Deadly Bash!" SkullBaboomon lunged at Primemon and slammed it further into the wall, and continued ramming into it. "Skull Explosion." Suddenly, the bone armor protecting SkullBaboomon began to glow and caused a giant explosion that badly harmed Primemon and forced it to lose energy and revert back to Lemon.
"ARG!" Cerberusmon quickly jumped onto SkullBaboomon's back and sunk its three sets of teeth in the Digimon, along with its four sets of claws.
"Skull Explosion!" SkullBaboomon's armor began to glow again and caused a giant explosion that sent Cerberusmon flying backwards. Cerberusmon slammed into a rock and sent a surge of pain through Cerberusmon's back and it began to glow and Digivolved back to Tripupmon.
Several feet away from SkullBaboomon another battle was concluding. Aquamon, Joltmon, and Gururumon were attempting to fight off Black Grizzlymon and Dark Cerberusmon.
"Killer Bite!" Gururumon jumped towards Dark Cerberusmon, but the Ultimate Digmon swatted the Champion Digimon and slammed it to the ground, forcing Gururumon to Digivolve back to Psychemon.
"Duel Hit!" Aquamon and Joltmon stood side by side and their fists began to glow with energy. They lunged at Black Grizzlymon and punched the Digimon in the stomach, but it didn't go flying back.
"Terror Attack!" Dark Cerberusmon darted towards the two Champion Digimon, and sunk their teeth into their backs, and sent them flying off of Black Grizzlymon. Dark Cerberusmon slowly turned towards the two Digimon and chuckled. "Say bye-bye. Flames of Hell!"
"Armored Claw!" Suddenly a Digimon lunged down from a ledge above them to protect Aquamon and Joltmon from Dark Cerberusmon's attack. The Digimon sliced through the fire and sliced at Dark Cerberusmon's face.
Suddenly, a large spider-like Digimon jumped down and planted all eight of its legs into the ground and released a surge of energy into the ground. "Arachnid Shock!" The pulse of energy the Digimon released sent Dark Cerberusmon, Black Grizzlymon, and SkullBaboomon flying back.
Jessie's eyes widened in horror, as did the other two Dark DigiDestined. "It's Crimson Spidmon and Grizzlymon's next form."
Aquamon started to glow and reverted back to Pondmon, and stood next to Joltmon. "Joltmon, let's do it! Aquatic Teleport!"
"Static Convey!" Joltmon sent a blast of electricity towards the Digimon, while Pondmon sent a large bubble towards the injured Digimon, but they weren't weakened yet as they broke through the two attacks.
"Multi Attack!" roared MetalGrizzlymon.
"Crimson Cross!" shouted Crimson Spidmon.
MetalGrizzlymon's claws began to light up and they all launched towards the three dark Ultimate Digimon and caused millions of tiny explosions that sent the Digimon soaring backwards. Crimson Spidmon released three dark red crosses towards the Digimon and one X hit each Digimon, and sent them flying backwards.
"No!" The three Dark DigiDestined quickly rushed over to their Digimon, to try to revive their strength through their Digivices and Crests, but that only helped Pondmon and Joltmon get all six of them at once.
"Aquatic Teleport!"
"Static Convey!"
Pondmon and Joltmon released their teleporting attacks again, and this time, within a matter of seconds, the trio of DigiDestined and the trio of Digimon disappeared.
Joltmon began to glow and reverted back to Sparkmon, while Crimson Spidmon and MetalGrizzlymon began to glow and changed back to Simon and Whelpmon.
MetalGrizzlymon and Crimson Spidmon have joined the ranks, and are now apart of the Light DigiDestined's crew. But now, DeviMuertemon has sent some dark Digimon to attack a small village, and it's up to the Light DigiDestined to stop them. And, DeviMuertemon plans to attack them directly after. But, they're not at full strength, because Metal Arachnosectmon and Crimson Spidmon are facing off once again, in a rematch you won't want to miss. Crimson Spidmon versus Metal Arachnosectmon.
