Digimon: Surf's Up!
"So, what exactly are we doing?" Valerie asked from behind me.
"We have to get to David. Every time one of those counterparts gets near one of us, an evil Digimon attacks us. One of them is supposed to meet up with David, so, we need to get there as soon as possible."
"Oh. I see." She said. We were flying through the air on Stingmon's back. Angemon was holding Natalie a little ways behind us. I hope we get there in time. David's gonna be in so much trouble. Hopefully he'll have his Digimon there already to help him.
I screamed over my shoulder, "How ya doing back there Natalie!?"
She screamed up to me, "I'm fine. I could use an in-flight movie though!"
"Or some honey-roasted peanuts." Valerie said while giggling.
I suddenly remembered that we all left home without warning.
"Hey? Guys? Did you left your parents know that you were leaving?" I asked.
"Yeah, Cody. I did." Valerie said. "I said to them 'Mom, Dad, I have to go find another kid named David, who's a Digidestined like me. My friends Cody and Natalie are coming with me. The fate of the worlds depend on us, so, I might be late for supper.' Of course I didn't tell them!"
"I told my mom and dad that I had a school field trip. I printed out a fake permission slip on my computer and had them sign it." Natalie yelled to us. "So they won't think about my being gone. I called the school and said that I was sick and I'd be out for a few days."
"Oops. I just didn't think. I left the day after Wormon appeared."
"I left the day after we got back from the ghost town. I left the same time you did." Valerie said.
"Oh, well. This is extremely important. I don't think we'll get in too much trouble after we save the worlds." Natalie said.
"If we save the worlds." I said solemly. "I mean, think about it. Natalie's and my Digimon had to Digevolve to take care of one Digimon, remember? Stingmon and Angemon all had to work together to take care of Skullmeramon. And then, Angemon also had to take care of Deputymon! Plus, Pengomon couldn't Digivolve for some reason."
"I tried. But, I couldn't I'm sorry." He sounded like he was going to cry.
"OH, Pengomon. You'll get to show them your power soon. Don't worry." Valerie said while hugging him.
"Cody." Stingmon said.
"Yeah?"
"Skullmeramon was an Ultimate. Of course a single Champion couldn't take care of him. And we tried our hardest. I just ran out of power."
"Well, let's look at this mathimatically." I said while patting Stingmon's head. He was upset and I was trying to calm him down. "Two Champions equal One Ultimate. Like during a DNA Digevolve. The two Champions combine to make one Ultimate. But, OUR two Champions could barely take care of a single Ultimate. And, I don't think the big enemy that's harassing the Digital World is going to be a Champion. Let's look throughout the past happenings of the Digidestined. All that stuff really happened at one time. Devimon, Etemon, Myotismon, VenomMyotismon, MetalSeadramon, Puppetmon, Machinedramon, Piedmon, Apocylamon, Arukenimon, Mummymon, Daemon, MaloMyotismon. Those were all evil Digimon who were unoffically working together. Now, only one of those Digimon was a Champion, and Devimon was hell for the original Digidestined. Digimon are also weaker when they're in our world. Imagine if we had to face Skullmeramon in the Digital World. He would've wasted us quicker than a Digivice beeps." Everyone whimpered at that thought. I had put a major damper on the mood of victory we had.
"Sorry guys, but we have to learn from the other kids' mistakes. We won't have time to deal with figuring out alot of technical stuff. We're in the REAL world. The kids were in the DIGITAL WORLD. We're going to have to deal with our real lives. We have school and families. If an evil Digimon pops up in Russia, what can we do? We're going to fly out across the Atlantic to get to it? That'd take to long. Moscow would be destoryed by the time Stingmon flew me out there. We could take a plane? Nope, because as soon as someone reports to the airport that Russia's in trouble, all planes are going to be indefinately canceled. We can't open Digiports through a computer."
"How do you know that, Cody?" Valerie asked.
"You think I'm stupid enough to have Stingmon fly me to you two when I could've opened a Digiport? I tried that as soon as I got home. I get a little screen that shows where a Digiport should be, but it's like trying to break into Fort Knocks! I'd kill for Izzy right about now. But, the truth of the matter is: we have no idea what we're getting into. The Digimon in Russia is my worst fear. It's what's going to cost us alot. That one thing could be our down fall. As soon as an evil Digimon realizes that we can't travel far, they'll most likely group in that one area! Sure, after that, eventually we'll get there. But, by then it could be too late!"
"I guess so, Cody." Valerie said. Natalie just nodded.
"But, why? WE have power to stop them! Are you calling us weak?" Pengomon said as he bounced in Valerie's arms. "Cause we're not!"
"I'm not calling you weak, Pengomon. I'm just saying, the evil Digimon are alot stronger. Like Minotaurmon. Stingmon had trouble with him, and both Stingmon and Minotaurmon are Champions. We just aren't ready. Never mind. Once we have all the American Digidestined together, we'll be fine.....I hope." I shook my head, feeling sorry about ever bringing up the subject. "Look, I've been looking at this map. And we're over California now. San Diego is down there about 50 miles. Okay Stingmon?"
"Okay, Cody."
"We should try to get some sleep guys." I said to them. "This is going to be a busy day. And I don't think we're going to have time to go swimming..."
"Cody, how can we sleep? It's too dangerous." Valerie said, worrying like she does sometimes.
"Well..." I paused, thinking about how we could do this. "HEY! NATALIE! COME OVER HERE! THERE'S ROOM ENOUGH FOR YOU OVER HERE. THAT WAY, ANGEMON CAN DE-DIGEVOLVE AND TAKE A REST TOO!" Angemon dropped Natalie softly onto Stingmon's back. Then, he de-digevolved and the two of them fell to sleep right away.
"What if we fall off?" Valerie asked.
"Um...I'm not tired. So, I'll stay up and make sure you guys are safe, alright?" I asked, knowing she'd say "Yes."
"Okay. Thanks." She touched my arm in thanks and fell asleep with Pengomon pulled tight against her chest. The truth was that I was extremely tired. But, I was the unoffical leader. I had to watch out for them. I couldn't let them sacrifice their sleep.
"How can you not be tired, Cody?" Stingmon asked, surprised.
"I am tired. Very, very tired. I've slept about a whole hour since I got caught up with you and everyone, Stingmon. But, I know that Valerie was tired. She kept yawning and yawning. She could barely keep her eyes open. If I had said that I was tired, she would've stayed up to watch the rest of us. I couldn't let her make that sacrifice, cause, I know how a nice of a person she is. She wouldn't have thought twice."
"Oh, that was very nice of you." That's all he said. He didn't want to prod any more, knowing that there was more to be said, that wouldn't be said. I turned around to look at them and make sure they were alright. Valerie was sitting up, with Pengomon laying at her side. She was staring at me, smiling at what I had done for them, for her.
"Valerie, don't say anything. You need your sleep." She nodded. She mouthed the words "Thank you.", and then, she was asleep again.
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Stingmon landed on top of a building. He was really tired from the flight, so when he de-digevolved, he went back to Minemon.
"What? Where's Wormon?" I said.
"I am Wormon! I'm Minemon. I just got really tired. So, I'm the in-training form of Wormon. Soon, though, I'll be Wormon again." He hovered around my head.
"At least you're less obvious than a huge, green worm." I said. We went down the fire escape and started walking down the street.
"Guys! What are we supposed to do if someone asks about our Digimon? Kids are going to recognize them in a second!" Natalie said, with Patamon on her head sleeping.
"First thing's first." I pointed to Patamon. "Wake up the flying-pig."
"I am not a pig, Cody!" He said as he yawned.
"Yeah, I know. But, I figured that'd wake you up." We all laughed except Patamon. "Second thing's second. Look over there." I pointed to a guy walking down the street with a leash suspended in mid-air.
"So? I see those all the time. Those are invisible dogs. I don't know how the work though. It can'tbe anti-grav, cause that's not real. And it's sure not a dog." Natalie said, not really caring about it.
"I know how they work. The chain of the leash is super stiff, it's like a board. The collar is normal leash material though." Valerie said.
"OK, thank you for the science lesson Valerie. That's not the point. Let's pretend we have invisible leashes! Our Digimon with walk or fly or hover in front of us. We'll hold our hands out like we're carrying a leash. People will assume that they're mechinized. Ok?"
"Oh! I get it Cody!" So we walked down the streets of San Diego with our "invisible leashes".
"Cody, where is David going to be?" Valerie asked. Natalie used to date David, so, she didn't like to talk about him. She still loved him, but, she just couldn't move on. David was going to be really pissed when he saw her.
"Natalie, let's lay down some ground rules, ok?" I said.
"Ok." She replied.
"Rule One: No hugging David. Rule Two: No touching David. Rule Three: No nicknames you used to call him. Rule Four: Stay as far away from him as possible, ok? We can't have one of our Digidestined run away. Got it?" I know it sounded mean, but, she would do all those things that I had mentioned.
"Fine!" She said, beaten. "I'll just let my true love get away from me."
"Okay." I said.
"As long as we're all agreed." Valerie said while stiffling a laugh.
"To answer your question, most likely. On a Friday, at 4:00 o'clock? David is most likely going to be at the beach." I said. We ran to the beach, I carried Minemon in my arms. Patamon flew rapidly behind me and Pengomon was struggling in third. Natalie and Valerie were right behind Patamon and before Pengomon. We got to the beach and found it deserted, except for two guys and a girl.
"Where is everybody? This isn't right! People should be crowding this place." Valerie said.
"Look! There's police tape right there surrounding the entire beach area. Somethings wrong....let's go ask them!" I said, quickly running over to the small group of people. "Hey! You three!? Can you tell me something?" I skidded to a halt when I got to them. Sand from the beach kicked up around me. That's when I noticed one of them was in police uniform. Bike police anyways. Bike shorts, t-shirt with SDPD sown on the left arm, and sunglasses. But, I recognized his face from somewhere......
"Kenny? IS that you?" I asked surprised to see him here.
"You know Kenny? I'm his brother, Lenny. You must be Cody. This is David." He pointed to the boy next to him. "And this is Liana. Both of them are Digidestined, like you. I see you brought the other two girls with you. Good." David and Liana looked over my shoulders to see the others. David's smile suddenly vanished as he saw the first girl running towards him.
"Oh, God no!" He cried out in desperation.
"Oh, God yes! Davy, baby I love you!" Natalie cried out in anticipation. She leapt over to him and crossed like seven feet of sand and landed next to him. She wrapped him in her arms and hugged him tighly. I ran over and tried to pry her off him with no success.
"Somebody get the jaws of life!" I cried out. David's backpack started to wiggle and a Koromon popped out.
"Koromon.....digevolve to.....Agumon! Leave him alone! Pepper Breath!" A flame leapt at Natalie and hit the sand by her feet. She let him go and backed away slowly. "Who is that Davy?" Agumon asked him.
"That's uh......Clingmon! She's really clingy! She doesn't understand when a relationship is over. She'll attack you with her...uh...er.....Super Crushing Hug Attack. You better take care of her Agumon!" Davy yelled.
"No! She's not a Digimon!" Patamon cried out, flying in front of Natalie. "She's Natalie!"
"It's the same thing, Pigmon!" Davy cried out.
"When will you all understand that I am not a PIG!?" Patamon yelled.
"Minemon digevolve to.....Wormon!" I looked down in surprise. "Sticky Thread!" Patamon's wings were tied up and he fell to the ground. Agumon's legs were tied too. "You guys need to stop it." He said calmly.
"Yeah, I brought them here. Why's this beach blocked off?" I asked.
"There is a Digimon in the water. An evil Digimon. We can't find it though. It attacked people two days ago."
"Two days ago?" I yelled. "That's when Minotaurmon appeared up in my neighborhood in New Hampshire!"
Davy untied Agumon and threw the thread away. "The Digimon attacked Agumon this morning."
"Yeah, I sent Betamon out to have a look for the evil Digimon." Liana said, staring out over the water, looking for her Digimon.
"Cool! Betamon, huh? That's a cool Digimon. Can't compare to Wormon though!" I boasted.
"Alright enough!" Lenny said. "You guys need to work out a plan. The Digimon are here. It's up to you to send them back to the Digital World."
I looked away from everyone and whistled trying to act innocent. "We've uh.....sorta been uh....just...deleting them." I said nervously.
"WHAT!?" Lenny yelled in my ear. "You can't destory them! Sure they'll get reconfigured into DigiEggs in the Digital World, but, still, that's not the right thing to do!"
"Well, we can't open a Digiport to send them back! Believe me, I've tried. It doesn't work." I said.
"Oh. Well that affects the whole view then, doesn't it? I can't imagine why the Ports won't work.....I'll be back. You guys stand guard ok? I have to go check on the DigiPorts." He ran over the beach, jumped on a bike and sped off.
"Sorry, Davy. I told her the rules about you. She needs to listen next time."
"SHE NEEDS A LIFE! ONE WITHOUT ME IN IT!" He yelled.
"Davy...baby you don't mean that do you?" Natalie asked as she stepped towards him to hug him.
"Natalie! Back! Remember the rules. No touching Davy." The water rippled and a Digimon flew out, straight towards us. Digivices beeped.
"Wormon digevolve to Stingmon!"
"Patamon digevolve to Angemon!" Both of them leapt towards the new Digimon.
"Wait! That's just Betamon!" Liana cried while running after them.
"Stingmon! Stop! He's on our side." I yelled to him.
"Oops, sorry. I was only trying to protect you." He de-digevolved and came back to me.
"Angemon!! Stop! It's just Betamon!" Angemon stayed digevolved.
"NO!!! Stay digevolved!" Betamon cried as he leapt into Liana's arms. "Shellmon is coming!" The sea erupted into huge waves. We were at least 30 feet away from the ocean and the waves hit us.
"I knew I should have packed my snorkeling gear! Wormon!? Now, you can work!" I cried.
"Wormon digivolve to Stingmon!"
"Hand of Fate!" Angemon cried, while letting loose his beam attack. Shellmon was hit, but he shook it off and came to land.
"Rapid Kick!" Stingmon started to kick Shellmon all over.
"Useless! Water Spritz!" He lowered his head and shot a huge stream of water right at Angemon. He dodged, but instead it hit Stingmon. He started falling to the ground but, I dove and caught him right after he de-digevolved to Minemon.
"Hey, you're Minemon again." I said wiping the water from him.
"Yeah...I've digevolved too many times today."
"Angel Rod!" Angemon cried as he swung his staff in an upward motion. It sent Shellmon flying into the water. He made a big splash as he landed.
"Thanks! Fool! Now, I will win this fight! I am completely dominant in this element! I am Shellmon, Lord of the Seas!" Shellmon yelled and then he laughed maniacally.
"Geez, someone has an ego." David said. "His ego could give Wes's ego a run for the money." We all laughed. Wes was a person in chat who thought he was the coolest and toughest.
"Betamon, you better help Angemon out!" Liana said as Betamon leapt into the water. He was glowing green.
"Betamon.......digevolve to Seadramon!" Everyone except for Liana jumped back at the sight of Seadramon.
"Does everyone know who that is?" Valerie asked, shivering from the cold water and from the sight of Seadramon. "Cause...th-that's...Seadramon. He was in the episode when Gabumon first digevolved to Garurumon. He'll knockout any Digimon with his Tail Slap attack or put the freeze on them with his Ice Blast Attack!" She said, still shivering.
"Tail Slap!" Seadramon's double pronged tail hit the water instead of Shellmon and another wave cascaded over us. We all started to shiver.
"Tail Slap!" This time, Shellmon was wrapped up by Seadramon's attack. "Now, Angemon! Attack while you have the chance!"
"Hand of Fate!" The beam struck Shellmon in the face throwing him backwards, causing Seadramon to lose his grip on him.
"Seadramon, the honors are yours."Angemon spoke while flying back to land.
"Thank you, Angemon. Ice Blast!" A blue beam cut through the air between Seadramon and Shellmon. Water that was splashing at the time was frozen and it dropped into the ocean. The beam struck Shellmon and froze him solid. Voices came from behind us.
"Look, it must be that new Godzilla movie they're making!"
"No, you got to be joking Rosie! That's definately the fight scene for Jurassic Park 4!"
"Nah, you're both wrong. Those are monsters from the Resident Evil movie!"
A little boy, with an ice cream cone said, "All of you are wrong! Those are Digimon! They look so real from here!"
"Yeah, my son watches that show, you're right kid!"
"My little girl is obsessed with that show! She loves the one girl Yolei."
"My little brother and sister love that series. They have all the toys." Soon, everyone was talking about Digimon. Then the first boy yelled, "LOOK! IT'S GENNAI!" We all turned around and saw Lenny running towards us with a lap top.
"Now, Cody! Use your Digivice to send him back to the Digital World!" He opened the lap top and I ran over to him.
"DigiPort Open!" I yelled. My feeling stupid about saying this stuff vanished yesterday after the battle with Deputymon and SkullMeramon. The huge block of ice that was Shellmon was sucked into the laptop. Lenny flipped the lid down and it clicked off. The crowd ran towards us. Our Digimon de-digevolved.
Ice Cream Boy said to me, "Are you Ken? You don't look like him...oh well. Can I have your autograph?"
"Look! That one girl looks like Yolei!"
"She looks like Mimi!"
"This one is Tai!"
"This one is Sora....I think."
People started to yell, "Can we have your autographs!?"
Then one guy picked up Minemon and said, "Hey!? What is this? I thought it was computer imaging, but movies don't do that till the end. So, what is it?" The guy asked, growing more and more suspicious.
"Uh.....it's a robot. We've incorporated an air support chamber on it's bottom. It repulses it upwards from the ground, it's alot like a hovercraft. You know the fan blows down and pushes the craft up?" I said quickly, not letting him get in a word.
"Now, move along people. Move along our stars need to get rest for tomorrow's scene." Lenny said as he pushed us and our Digimon forward down the beach onto the sidewalk. As soon as we reached the sidewalk, I heard someone say, "Hey! I don't see any cameras!" Everyone turned to see us, but we were already across the street.
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David and me sat with Lenny at a table. Natalie, Liana, and Valerie were all asleep in the other room in Lenny's apartment. Minemon sat on the table in front of me, while Agumon sat on a chair, trying to seem like a human. It was a comical sight. The girls' Digimon were in the other room with them.
"Aren't you two tired?" Lenny asked as he covered his mouth with his hands as he yawned.
I yawned too. "Yeah, we are. I am anyways. I just haven't been sleeping good lately. And I have some thing to ask you."
"I'm tired too. My first day with the Digimon was hard."
"Are you saying I'm a handful Davy?" Agumon asked him.
"You couldn't fit in his hand Agumon....you're too big." Minemon said as he hopped into my right hand. "I can fit in Cody's though!" Davy, Minemon, and I laughed.
"Yeah, Agumon. You're more like an armful!" Davy said, still laughing. Agumon joined us. Lenny kept quiet.
"What is it Lenny?"I asked.
"This...." He slid his laptop over to me and I looked at the screen. Nearly a dozen webcasts were in small portioned windows on the screen. All of them showed pictures of Digimon in them. David looked over my shoulder and saw what was happening.
"That's DarkTyrannomon in Seattle! And Gorillamon in New York!" He said, pounding his fist down on the table.
"Geez, that's Mammothmon in Alaska!" I looked at another section of the screen. In the one window I clearly saw a mall, being destroyed by numerous Digimon. But, that's not what surprised and shocked me. I growled.
"Cody? What is it?" Davy asked trying to figure out which screen I was looking at. I pointed to the lower right hand side window. "So? It's a mall. We have better things to worry about than a place to buy CDs at."
"No...it's not the mall..." In the screen, it showed the mall being destroyed by many Digimon and then, one Digimon moved out of the way again and I could see the sign again. It said, "Entrance to West Acres".
"That's.......the city Fargo, North Dakota...." I said through a cracking voice.
"So?" Davy asked, scanning the rest of the screen.
"So....that's were I used to live before I moved to New Hampshire. That's the town were all my family is."
"So, what exactly are we doing?" Valerie asked from behind me.
"We have to get to David. Every time one of those counterparts gets near one of us, an evil Digimon attacks us. One of them is supposed to meet up with David, so, we need to get there as soon as possible."
"Oh. I see." She said. We were flying through the air on Stingmon's back. Angemon was holding Natalie a little ways behind us. I hope we get there in time. David's gonna be in so much trouble. Hopefully he'll have his Digimon there already to help him.
I screamed over my shoulder, "How ya doing back there Natalie!?"
She screamed up to me, "I'm fine. I could use an in-flight movie though!"
"Or some honey-roasted peanuts." Valerie said while giggling.
I suddenly remembered that we all left home without warning.
"Hey? Guys? Did you left your parents know that you were leaving?" I asked.
"Yeah, Cody. I did." Valerie said. "I said to them 'Mom, Dad, I have to go find another kid named David, who's a Digidestined like me. My friends Cody and Natalie are coming with me. The fate of the worlds depend on us, so, I might be late for supper.' Of course I didn't tell them!"
"I told my mom and dad that I had a school field trip. I printed out a fake permission slip on my computer and had them sign it." Natalie yelled to us. "So they won't think about my being gone. I called the school and said that I was sick and I'd be out for a few days."
"Oops. I just didn't think. I left the day after Wormon appeared."
"I left the day after we got back from the ghost town. I left the same time you did." Valerie said.
"Oh, well. This is extremely important. I don't think we'll get in too much trouble after we save the worlds." Natalie said.
"If we save the worlds." I said solemly. "I mean, think about it. Natalie's and my Digimon had to Digevolve to take care of one Digimon, remember? Stingmon and Angemon all had to work together to take care of Skullmeramon. And then, Angemon also had to take care of Deputymon! Plus, Pengomon couldn't Digivolve for some reason."
"I tried. But, I couldn't I'm sorry." He sounded like he was going to cry.
"OH, Pengomon. You'll get to show them your power soon. Don't worry." Valerie said while hugging him.
"Cody." Stingmon said.
"Yeah?"
"Skullmeramon was an Ultimate. Of course a single Champion couldn't take care of him. And we tried our hardest. I just ran out of power."
"Well, let's look at this mathimatically." I said while patting Stingmon's head. He was upset and I was trying to calm him down. "Two Champions equal One Ultimate. Like during a DNA Digevolve. The two Champions combine to make one Ultimate. But, OUR two Champions could barely take care of a single Ultimate. And, I don't think the big enemy that's harassing the Digital World is going to be a Champion. Let's look throughout the past happenings of the Digidestined. All that stuff really happened at one time. Devimon, Etemon, Myotismon, VenomMyotismon, MetalSeadramon, Puppetmon, Machinedramon, Piedmon, Apocylamon, Arukenimon, Mummymon, Daemon, MaloMyotismon. Those were all evil Digimon who were unoffically working together. Now, only one of those Digimon was a Champion, and Devimon was hell for the original Digidestined. Digimon are also weaker when they're in our world. Imagine if we had to face Skullmeramon in the Digital World. He would've wasted us quicker than a Digivice beeps." Everyone whimpered at that thought. I had put a major damper on the mood of victory we had.
"Sorry guys, but we have to learn from the other kids' mistakes. We won't have time to deal with figuring out alot of technical stuff. We're in the REAL world. The kids were in the DIGITAL WORLD. We're going to have to deal with our real lives. We have school and families. If an evil Digimon pops up in Russia, what can we do? We're going to fly out across the Atlantic to get to it? That'd take to long. Moscow would be destoryed by the time Stingmon flew me out there. We could take a plane? Nope, because as soon as someone reports to the airport that Russia's in trouble, all planes are going to be indefinately canceled. We can't open Digiports through a computer."
"How do you know that, Cody?" Valerie asked.
"You think I'm stupid enough to have Stingmon fly me to you two when I could've opened a Digiport? I tried that as soon as I got home. I get a little screen that shows where a Digiport should be, but it's like trying to break into Fort Knocks! I'd kill for Izzy right about now. But, the truth of the matter is: we have no idea what we're getting into. The Digimon in Russia is my worst fear. It's what's going to cost us alot. That one thing could be our down fall. As soon as an evil Digimon realizes that we can't travel far, they'll most likely group in that one area! Sure, after that, eventually we'll get there. But, by then it could be too late!"
"I guess so, Cody." Valerie said. Natalie just nodded.
"But, why? WE have power to stop them! Are you calling us weak?" Pengomon said as he bounced in Valerie's arms. "Cause we're not!"
"I'm not calling you weak, Pengomon. I'm just saying, the evil Digimon are alot stronger. Like Minotaurmon. Stingmon had trouble with him, and both Stingmon and Minotaurmon are Champions. We just aren't ready. Never mind. Once we have all the American Digidestined together, we'll be fine.....I hope." I shook my head, feeling sorry about ever bringing up the subject. "Look, I've been looking at this map. And we're over California now. San Diego is down there about 50 miles. Okay Stingmon?"
"Okay, Cody."
"We should try to get some sleep guys." I said to them. "This is going to be a busy day. And I don't think we're going to have time to go swimming..."
"Cody, how can we sleep? It's too dangerous." Valerie said, worrying like she does sometimes.
"Well..." I paused, thinking about how we could do this. "HEY! NATALIE! COME OVER HERE! THERE'S ROOM ENOUGH FOR YOU OVER HERE. THAT WAY, ANGEMON CAN DE-DIGEVOLVE AND TAKE A REST TOO!" Angemon dropped Natalie softly onto Stingmon's back. Then, he de-digevolved and the two of them fell to sleep right away.
"What if we fall off?" Valerie asked.
"Um...I'm not tired. So, I'll stay up and make sure you guys are safe, alright?" I asked, knowing she'd say "Yes."
"Okay. Thanks." She touched my arm in thanks and fell asleep with Pengomon pulled tight against her chest. The truth was that I was extremely tired. But, I was the unoffical leader. I had to watch out for them. I couldn't let them sacrifice their sleep.
"How can you not be tired, Cody?" Stingmon asked, surprised.
"I am tired. Very, very tired. I've slept about a whole hour since I got caught up with you and everyone, Stingmon. But, I know that Valerie was tired. She kept yawning and yawning. She could barely keep her eyes open. If I had said that I was tired, she would've stayed up to watch the rest of us. I couldn't let her make that sacrifice, cause, I know how a nice of a person she is. She wouldn't have thought twice."
"Oh, that was very nice of you." That's all he said. He didn't want to prod any more, knowing that there was more to be said, that wouldn't be said. I turned around to look at them and make sure they were alright. Valerie was sitting up, with Pengomon laying at her side. She was staring at me, smiling at what I had done for them, for her.
"Valerie, don't say anything. You need your sleep." She nodded. She mouthed the words "Thank you.", and then, she was asleep again.
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Stingmon landed on top of a building. He was really tired from the flight, so when he de-digevolved, he went back to Minemon.
"What? Where's Wormon?" I said.
"I am Wormon! I'm Minemon. I just got really tired. So, I'm the in-training form of Wormon. Soon, though, I'll be Wormon again." He hovered around my head.
"At least you're less obvious than a huge, green worm." I said. We went down the fire escape and started walking down the street.
"Guys! What are we supposed to do if someone asks about our Digimon? Kids are going to recognize them in a second!" Natalie said, with Patamon on her head sleeping.
"First thing's first." I pointed to Patamon. "Wake up the flying-pig."
"I am not a pig, Cody!" He said as he yawned.
"Yeah, I know. But, I figured that'd wake you up." We all laughed except Patamon. "Second thing's second. Look over there." I pointed to a guy walking down the street with a leash suspended in mid-air.
"So? I see those all the time. Those are invisible dogs. I don't know how the work though. It can'tbe anti-grav, cause that's not real. And it's sure not a dog." Natalie said, not really caring about it.
"I know how they work. The chain of the leash is super stiff, it's like a board. The collar is normal leash material though." Valerie said.
"OK, thank you for the science lesson Valerie. That's not the point. Let's pretend we have invisible leashes! Our Digimon with walk or fly or hover in front of us. We'll hold our hands out like we're carrying a leash. People will assume that they're mechinized. Ok?"
"Oh! I get it Cody!" So we walked down the streets of San Diego with our "invisible leashes".
"Cody, where is David going to be?" Valerie asked. Natalie used to date David, so, she didn't like to talk about him. She still loved him, but, she just couldn't move on. David was going to be really pissed when he saw her.
"Natalie, let's lay down some ground rules, ok?" I said.
"Ok." She replied.
"Rule One: No hugging David. Rule Two: No touching David. Rule Three: No nicknames you used to call him. Rule Four: Stay as far away from him as possible, ok? We can't have one of our Digidestined run away. Got it?" I know it sounded mean, but, she would do all those things that I had mentioned.
"Fine!" She said, beaten. "I'll just let my true love get away from me."
"Okay." I said.
"As long as we're all agreed." Valerie said while stiffling a laugh.
"To answer your question, most likely. On a Friday, at 4:00 o'clock? David is most likely going to be at the beach." I said. We ran to the beach, I carried Minemon in my arms. Patamon flew rapidly behind me and Pengomon was struggling in third. Natalie and Valerie were right behind Patamon and before Pengomon. We got to the beach and found it deserted, except for two guys and a girl.
"Where is everybody? This isn't right! People should be crowding this place." Valerie said.
"Look! There's police tape right there surrounding the entire beach area. Somethings wrong....let's go ask them!" I said, quickly running over to the small group of people. "Hey! You three!? Can you tell me something?" I skidded to a halt when I got to them. Sand from the beach kicked up around me. That's when I noticed one of them was in police uniform. Bike police anyways. Bike shorts, t-shirt with SDPD sown on the left arm, and sunglasses. But, I recognized his face from somewhere......
"Kenny? IS that you?" I asked surprised to see him here.
"You know Kenny? I'm his brother, Lenny. You must be Cody. This is David." He pointed to the boy next to him. "And this is Liana. Both of them are Digidestined, like you. I see you brought the other two girls with you. Good." David and Liana looked over my shoulders to see the others. David's smile suddenly vanished as he saw the first girl running towards him.
"Oh, God no!" He cried out in desperation.
"Oh, God yes! Davy, baby I love you!" Natalie cried out in anticipation. She leapt over to him and crossed like seven feet of sand and landed next to him. She wrapped him in her arms and hugged him tighly. I ran over and tried to pry her off him with no success.
"Somebody get the jaws of life!" I cried out. David's backpack started to wiggle and a Koromon popped out.
"Koromon.....digevolve to.....Agumon! Leave him alone! Pepper Breath!" A flame leapt at Natalie and hit the sand by her feet. She let him go and backed away slowly. "Who is that Davy?" Agumon asked him.
"That's uh......Clingmon! She's really clingy! She doesn't understand when a relationship is over. She'll attack you with her...uh...er.....Super Crushing Hug Attack. You better take care of her Agumon!" Davy yelled.
"No! She's not a Digimon!" Patamon cried out, flying in front of Natalie. "She's Natalie!"
"It's the same thing, Pigmon!" Davy cried out.
"When will you all understand that I am not a PIG!?" Patamon yelled.
"Minemon digevolve to.....Wormon!" I looked down in surprise. "Sticky Thread!" Patamon's wings were tied up and he fell to the ground. Agumon's legs were tied too. "You guys need to stop it." He said calmly.
"Yeah, I brought them here. Why's this beach blocked off?" I asked.
"There is a Digimon in the water. An evil Digimon. We can't find it though. It attacked people two days ago."
"Two days ago?" I yelled. "That's when Minotaurmon appeared up in my neighborhood in New Hampshire!"
Davy untied Agumon and threw the thread away. "The Digimon attacked Agumon this morning."
"Yeah, I sent Betamon out to have a look for the evil Digimon." Liana said, staring out over the water, looking for her Digimon.
"Cool! Betamon, huh? That's a cool Digimon. Can't compare to Wormon though!" I boasted.
"Alright enough!" Lenny said. "You guys need to work out a plan. The Digimon are here. It's up to you to send them back to the Digital World."
I looked away from everyone and whistled trying to act innocent. "We've uh.....sorta been uh....just...deleting them." I said nervously.
"WHAT!?" Lenny yelled in my ear. "You can't destory them! Sure they'll get reconfigured into DigiEggs in the Digital World, but, still, that's not the right thing to do!"
"Well, we can't open a Digiport to send them back! Believe me, I've tried. It doesn't work." I said.
"Oh. Well that affects the whole view then, doesn't it? I can't imagine why the Ports won't work.....I'll be back. You guys stand guard ok? I have to go check on the DigiPorts." He ran over the beach, jumped on a bike and sped off.
"Sorry, Davy. I told her the rules about you. She needs to listen next time."
"SHE NEEDS A LIFE! ONE WITHOUT ME IN IT!" He yelled.
"Davy...baby you don't mean that do you?" Natalie asked as she stepped towards him to hug him.
"Natalie! Back! Remember the rules. No touching Davy." The water rippled and a Digimon flew out, straight towards us. Digivices beeped.
"Wormon digevolve to Stingmon!"
"Patamon digevolve to Angemon!" Both of them leapt towards the new Digimon.
"Wait! That's just Betamon!" Liana cried while running after them.
"Stingmon! Stop! He's on our side." I yelled to him.
"Oops, sorry. I was only trying to protect you." He de-digevolved and came back to me.
"Angemon!! Stop! It's just Betamon!" Angemon stayed digevolved.
"NO!!! Stay digevolved!" Betamon cried as he leapt into Liana's arms. "Shellmon is coming!" The sea erupted into huge waves. We were at least 30 feet away from the ocean and the waves hit us.
"I knew I should have packed my snorkeling gear! Wormon!? Now, you can work!" I cried.
"Wormon digivolve to Stingmon!"
"Hand of Fate!" Angemon cried, while letting loose his beam attack. Shellmon was hit, but he shook it off and came to land.
"Rapid Kick!" Stingmon started to kick Shellmon all over.
"Useless! Water Spritz!" He lowered his head and shot a huge stream of water right at Angemon. He dodged, but instead it hit Stingmon. He started falling to the ground but, I dove and caught him right after he de-digevolved to Minemon.
"Hey, you're Minemon again." I said wiping the water from him.
"Yeah...I've digevolved too many times today."
"Angel Rod!" Angemon cried as he swung his staff in an upward motion. It sent Shellmon flying into the water. He made a big splash as he landed.
"Thanks! Fool! Now, I will win this fight! I am completely dominant in this element! I am Shellmon, Lord of the Seas!" Shellmon yelled and then he laughed maniacally.
"Geez, someone has an ego." David said. "His ego could give Wes's ego a run for the money." We all laughed. Wes was a person in chat who thought he was the coolest and toughest.
"Betamon, you better help Angemon out!" Liana said as Betamon leapt into the water. He was glowing green.
"Betamon.......digevolve to Seadramon!" Everyone except for Liana jumped back at the sight of Seadramon.
"Does everyone know who that is?" Valerie asked, shivering from the cold water and from the sight of Seadramon. "Cause...th-that's...Seadramon. He was in the episode when Gabumon first digevolved to Garurumon. He'll knockout any Digimon with his Tail Slap attack or put the freeze on them with his Ice Blast Attack!" She said, still shivering.
"Tail Slap!" Seadramon's double pronged tail hit the water instead of Shellmon and another wave cascaded over us. We all started to shiver.
"Tail Slap!" This time, Shellmon was wrapped up by Seadramon's attack. "Now, Angemon! Attack while you have the chance!"
"Hand of Fate!" The beam struck Shellmon in the face throwing him backwards, causing Seadramon to lose his grip on him.
"Seadramon, the honors are yours."Angemon spoke while flying back to land.
"Thank you, Angemon. Ice Blast!" A blue beam cut through the air between Seadramon and Shellmon. Water that was splashing at the time was frozen and it dropped into the ocean. The beam struck Shellmon and froze him solid. Voices came from behind us.
"Look, it must be that new Godzilla movie they're making!"
"No, you got to be joking Rosie! That's definately the fight scene for Jurassic Park 4!"
"Nah, you're both wrong. Those are monsters from the Resident Evil movie!"
A little boy, with an ice cream cone said, "All of you are wrong! Those are Digimon! They look so real from here!"
"Yeah, my son watches that show, you're right kid!"
"My little girl is obsessed with that show! She loves the one girl Yolei."
"My little brother and sister love that series. They have all the toys." Soon, everyone was talking about Digimon. Then the first boy yelled, "LOOK! IT'S GENNAI!" We all turned around and saw Lenny running towards us with a lap top.
"Now, Cody! Use your Digivice to send him back to the Digital World!" He opened the lap top and I ran over to him.
"DigiPort Open!" I yelled. My feeling stupid about saying this stuff vanished yesterday after the battle with Deputymon and SkullMeramon. The huge block of ice that was Shellmon was sucked into the laptop. Lenny flipped the lid down and it clicked off. The crowd ran towards us. Our Digimon de-digevolved.
Ice Cream Boy said to me, "Are you Ken? You don't look like him...oh well. Can I have your autograph?"
"Look! That one girl looks like Yolei!"
"She looks like Mimi!"
"This one is Tai!"
"This one is Sora....I think."
People started to yell, "Can we have your autographs!?"
Then one guy picked up Minemon and said, "Hey!? What is this? I thought it was computer imaging, but movies don't do that till the end. So, what is it?" The guy asked, growing more and more suspicious.
"Uh.....it's a robot. We've incorporated an air support chamber on it's bottom. It repulses it upwards from the ground, it's alot like a hovercraft. You know the fan blows down and pushes the craft up?" I said quickly, not letting him get in a word.
"Now, move along people. Move along our stars need to get rest for tomorrow's scene." Lenny said as he pushed us and our Digimon forward down the beach onto the sidewalk. As soon as we reached the sidewalk, I heard someone say, "Hey! I don't see any cameras!" Everyone turned to see us, but we were already across the street.
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David and me sat with Lenny at a table. Natalie, Liana, and Valerie were all asleep in the other room in Lenny's apartment. Minemon sat on the table in front of me, while Agumon sat on a chair, trying to seem like a human. It was a comical sight. The girls' Digimon were in the other room with them.
"Aren't you two tired?" Lenny asked as he covered his mouth with his hands as he yawned.
I yawned too. "Yeah, we are. I am anyways. I just haven't been sleeping good lately. And I have some thing to ask you."
"I'm tired too. My first day with the Digimon was hard."
"Are you saying I'm a handful Davy?" Agumon asked him.
"You couldn't fit in his hand Agumon....you're too big." Minemon said as he hopped into my right hand. "I can fit in Cody's though!" Davy, Minemon, and I laughed.
"Yeah, Agumon. You're more like an armful!" Davy said, still laughing. Agumon joined us. Lenny kept quiet.
"What is it Lenny?"I asked.
"This...." He slid his laptop over to me and I looked at the screen. Nearly a dozen webcasts were in small portioned windows on the screen. All of them showed pictures of Digimon in them. David looked over my shoulder and saw what was happening.
"That's DarkTyrannomon in Seattle! And Gorillamon in New York!" He said, pounding his fist down on the table.
"Geez, that's Mammothmon in Alaska!" I looked at another section of the screen. In the one window I clearly saw a mall, being destroyed by numerous Digimon. But, that's not what surprised and shocked me. I growled.
"Cody? What is it?" Davy asked trying to figure out which screen I was looking at. I pointed to the lower right hand side window. "So? It's a mall. We have better things to worry about than a place to buy CDs at."
"No...it's not the mall..." In the screen, it showed the mall being destroyed by many Digimon and then, one Digimon moved out of the way again and I could see the sign again. It said, "Entrance to West Acres".
"That's.......the city Fargo, North Dakota...." I said through a cracking voice.
"So?" Davy asked, scanning the rest of the screen.
"So....that's were I used to live before I moved to New Hampshire. That's the town were all my family is."
