Digimon: Gorillamon Takes a Bite Out of the Big Apple
Stingmon landed on the outskirts of New York City. We circled the city before landing and saw the destruction. Buildings were toppled, which just toppled more and more. It was an oversized and unfun version of dominos. Fires were still burning and sparks were still flying from power converters. We landed in on a small side street right outside the city.
"Well, were are the Digimon?" Valerie said as we walked town the streets. The only sounds were the crackling of flames and the zapping sound of the power lines.
"I don't know. Stingmon? Do you sense anything?" I asked as I looked around slowly. A can bounced off pavement and clanged as it hit the ground again.
"I can't tell Cody. All I know is............evil Digimon are here."
"Gee, we sure needed you to tell us that Stingmon." Pengomon said as he waddled along side of Valerie.
"Pengomon! Stingmon, it's not your fault you can't sense anything. You're a Digimon, not a radar or satelite." I said as we continued. We were all alert, searching for anything.
"Pengomon? Just to be safe, you should Digevolve too. That we if we're taken by surprise, we can strike back quickly." Valerie said as the flames from the burning buildings licked at us.
"Pengomon.....digevolve to..........Frigimon!" With Frigimon walking by us, the flames didn't seem so hot. We jumped at every shadow and every clank and clang. Every pidgen that flew over head made us look up, for we were afraid of sky attacks. Rats squeaked from gutters and garbage cans. We walked for what seemed like forever when we reached Madison Square Garden. Everything was demolished. The MTV building was still flaming, more rats ran along, playing in the playground that was now theirs'.
"Whoa.....we got here too late." Valerie said.
"Yeah....we never should have gone to my house. It wasted too much time. We should have stopped on the way there, not the way back. I made the wrong choice." I said. My knees felt all wobbly and before I knew it, I was on the ground kneeling. "Oh God, I did the wrong thing! 1 made one mistake and now, thousands probably died! Those office buildings we saw alone killed hundreds or thousands! No body would have seen this coming!" I began to cry violently. I buried my head in my hands. I sat down and pulled my knees to my chest. "It's my fault.....I could've made the other choice.....I went for personal gain......not the whole...the wrong choice....the wrong one! VALERIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I made the wrong choice!!!" I buried my face in my knees as I fell over sideways and cried twice as hard. "My fault, it's mine!"
"Cody, you couldn't have known..."
"Yes! I could've known! I did know! I knew that the longer we waited, the more destruction would be caused that's why we...split...we split up! Oh shit! We all split up and the other towns and places........the others took time to tell their parents......the...the....the..." I just stuttered and said nothing else. I had failed.
"Cody, we went to tell our parents what was happening. Sure, it might be the wrong choice, but, we had to tell our family what happened and what was happening. So, what? You made a choice for personal gain? Big deal! That's what we're fighting for, we're fighting so we can have a family, so we have a home to go home TO. It might not seem like it, but from my point of view, and Davy's and Liana's and Natalie's views, you made the right choice. What kind of friend would you have been, and what kind of leader for that matter, if you said to us, 'Our families are worried about us, so? Get to work and fight!'? You would have been a lousy leader and friend." Valerie said as she held me upright. I looked into her eyes, but my vision was blurred by tears. There was a thud and Wormon fell to the ground.
"Cody!? What happened to me? I was flying and then all of a sudden, a wave of pain came over me and I was Wormon again." He said as he came over to me. Valerie was still holding me and I was still looking in her eyes. But, I found none of the comfort she was offering.
"No.... wrong choice. Bad choice. Bad leader....." I pushed her away and laid down again. "Bad bad choice."
"Ooh! I am sick of your mood swings! You....I'm out of here. You may have given up, but I haven't. I still believe for what we fight in!" She said as she turned and started to run away.
"Bad choice...wrong choice...." That was all I said. I turned my head away as she ran down the street. Frigimon hurried after her. Wormon turned away from her and looked at me.
"Cody? What's wrong?"
"The wrong choice....bad and wrong choice....my fault it's my fault..." He stared at me and started to cry himself.
"You didn't do anything... you made the right choice. You just don't see it."
"Shut up, fish bait!" He whimpered and crawled away from me. I closed my eyes and slept.
* * *
"Look at yourself." The shadow said to me, it's eyes glowing red.
"Who...who are you?" I didn't try to back away this time. I didn't have the strength or courage to try. I was glued in place.
"Oh, me? I'm everyone and everywhere. I am the sadness and cruelness in everyone. You made me, well, helped make me. I wouldn't exist without the pain and torment of the world, the suffering and death. But, thanks to you, and your misguided plan to "help", many died and now, I have the power to communicate to you. Your friends will all die now, too. No matter how bad of a leader you think you are, you're not. But, none of that matters now. Without you, the Digidestined will perish."
"No, Davy is a good leader!" I yelled, my voice echoed throughout the dark space we were in. "Valerie has a heart that's in the right place! With those two, they will still succeed!"
"Ha! Without, like I said, they will perish! Creating strategies and showing empathy and compassion are three things, but, physically leading and fighting are another. Valerie will die now, in New York, all because of you and your self induced guilt trip. Natalie will take it upon herself to go to the Rockies. She will die there. And, because no one can back them up, DarkTyrannomon and SkullGreymon will eliminate Davy and Liana in Seattle. The evil Digimon will conquer the world. All of the others' Digimon lack the strength to win. Without you and your Digimon, who is now slowly being deleted because you, the worlds are doomed! Look, magic!" The shadow said as he waved a blackened hand slightly and a screen materialized in front of us.
"What is this?" I asked feeling worse and worse about myself. I saw Wormon shrink into Minemon as he talked to my physical body.
"Soon, he will de-digevolve into a Digiegg and after that....pop! He'll return to digital information. Now, watch this..." The shadow snapped and the screen blacked out and then, another image appeared. It showed Frigimon fighting two Garbagemon and Gorillamon. Valerie hid behind a huge piece of a collasped building. The screen zoomed out and showed a piece of building above Valerie. It was on the verge of collapse itself. Valerie would be crushed.
"No!" I cried out as another screen appeared. It showed Minemon de-digevolving into Leafmon. Both screens hovered in front of me, showing the damage I had caused. I can't believe this, I caused this. There's got to be something I can do. I have to fix this. I can fix this.
Leafmon changed back to Minemon.
"What!? How did that happen?" The shadow said. "Kunemon!" He yelled and a small catepillar Digimon appeared at his side.
"Yes, my Lord?"
"How much time do I have?"
"Another few minutes, sir. Then, it will stop working and we will be thrown back." The little Digimon said, his mouth was a tri-clamp and it clicked with each word.
"You will still lose. I will rule the both worlds. The Digiworld and our world." The shadow said quietly, almost to himself. I gasped at his last comment.
"How.....You're human! But, you said that darkness created you! How can you be human!?"
"Oh, I thought you to be quicker than that, you just realized now? Pathetic. Actually, I am human. But, the sadness and darkness did create me in a sense. The world turned me. Turned me into what you see before you. I lost faith in everything I held dear. So, now I fight for the world I believe in now. But, I am a Digidestined like yourself, and the others, but I am not misguided. But, all this..." He waved his hand in a circular motion. "It's not my work. Some other force is sending those Digimon to attack the real world. I'm just waiting patiently. And when this evil Digimon force is in power and they think that they're safe, I will move in and crush them!"
My mind suddenly flipped back to something the human said to me earlier. He had said, "No matter how bad of a leader you think you are, you're not. But, none of that matters now. Without you, the Digidestined will perish. All of the others' Digimon lack the strength to win. Without you and your Digimon, who is now slowly being deleted because you, the worlds are doomed!" Why would someone that is an enemy, think so highly of me? And if my friends feel the same about me, as he feels about me........that means it's true.
The screen flashed and Minemon digevolved to Wormon.
"What!? How are you doing this! I thought your thoughts defeated you!" He yelled.
"Sir, time to leave." There was a flash and they were gone. I blinked and I was awake.
"He was right! I am.....good!" I looked down at Wormon and he was glowing and my Digivice was beeping differently than before.
"Wormon warp-digevolve to.................Imperialdramon!" I was amazed. In the show they show the Digimon going from stage to stage, but now, he was Wormon one second and instantly Imperialdramon the next.
"Cody! You're back! That's great! You're right! You are good, you just didn't realize it. But, this proves that you are good. I wouldn't haven't been able to become Imperialdramon without the good you have inside you."
"We need to help Valerie! She's in trouble down by the subway! We need to get there quick!"
"No need to worry, Cody! I'm Imperialdramon! I can travel anywhere in seconds! Plus, with my Imperial Laser attack, Valerie will be saved."
"Just hurry! You may be fast, but a falling building may be a bit quicker!" In like a second, we were above the fight. He landed and I got off him. "Go! Just don't delete them! Knock them out!"
"Right!" He took off again and joined Frigimon in the fight. I ran as fast I could to Valerie. I looked up and the building piece began to quiver and tilt more and more.
"Valerie-eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!" I cried and dove. Pushing her out of the way from the building that began to fall.
"Aah!" She screamed as she rolled down the angled street. I looked up and saw the building coming faster and faster. I jumped down the hill myself and rolled to a stop beside her.
"Geez.....I think I cut that a little too close...." I gasped as pulled myself to a sitting postion.
"Maybe if you hadn't stopped and looked up." She said feeling herself for cuts. I looked over towards the fight. Frigimon had frozen one of the Garbagemon. Imperialdramon swiped at the other one. I reached into Valerie's backpack and pulled out the laptop.
"Good, it's okay." I whispered as I stood and ran towards the fight. "Digiport open!" I said when I got to the frozen Garbagemon. The computer pulled it in. Imperialdramon swung his tail at Gorillamon but, he jumped back.
"Get that King Kong wanna-be, Imperialdramon!" I yelled. Frigimon bounced back and forth with the other Garbagemon. Imperialdramon saw that he was having trouble and swung his tail, the Garbagemon was slammed against a building. It groaned loudly.
"I'm going on a Garbagemon strike." It said as it slid to and hit the ground. I put the computer next to it and he was sucked in.
"One more Imperialdramon!"
"This will be easy! Imperial Laser!" The red lasers came from his eyes and hit Gorillamon directly.
"Ooh....owuch..."Gorillamon gasped. His pulse-cannon on his arm cracked and fell apart. The shattered more when the pieces hit the ground. I ran over and opened the laptop.
"Digiport, open!" I held my Digivice near the screen and Gorillamon was sucked in. It was wierd watching that. They turned into like an all bent shape of the thing they should be and they were just pulled. It was a while later, we were sitting in Central Park, resting on benches that had somehow evaded the onslaught of Digimon destruction. I was laying on the bench, stretched out when Valerie came over to me.
"Why did you do it?" She asked.
"Do what?" I played dumb with her.
"I guess a better question would be how can you? How can you change your mood and feelings and views in that amount of time?"
"I had help."
"From who?"
"I'm...." I stopped before I answered. I thought about what I should say. "I don't want to talk about who I had help from. But, I'm sure you'll meet him soon enough. Too soon, I'm afraid."
"Who?" She really wanted an answer.
"An enemy of mine...yours...ours. He's a real life Digimon Emperor."
"What!?"
"He's a Digidestined that wants to rule both the worlds. But, he's not the one that's causing the trouble now. Something else is doing it."
"Another Digidestined? I thought it was just the five of us."
"I thought so too. There could be another five or another five hundred. But, we can't stop to search for all of them now."
"You saved me, again." She said while sitting by my feet. I put my feet on the ground so she could move closer.
"I know. And I'll do it another ten times if I have to."
"I'm going to have to pay you back somehow."
"You already have. If you didn't believe in me, you'd be dead right now and I would still be in the dark world feeling bad for myself. You helped me too. Again. We're even Valerie."
"I guess...we should go and take care of Mammothmon now."
"No, Imperialdramon will get us there in a second tomorrow morning. Right now I offer you something we haven't had for a while."
"Really? What? A life that involves to worries outside of what time to get up tomorrow?"
"Yeah, that. But, this is something we haven't had for along time. The closest thing we got was when we were at my house."
"What? C'mon tell me?" She started to giggle. It made they little doubts I had left go away.
"I offer you, a bed that doesn't move or fly." I pointed to the Regent hotel. It survived the attack too, somehow. The Digimon had mainly focused on Madison Square Garden and the path into town that we followed.
"I'll take that offer."
Imperialdramon flew us there in a blink of an eye and soon, we were all fast asleep in a suite. But, in my dreams shadows haunted my dreams again.....
Stingmon landed on the outskirts of New York City. We circled the city before landing and saw the destruction. Buildings were toppled, which just toppled more and more. It was an oversized and unfun version of dominos. Fires were still burning and sparks were still flying from power converters. We landed in on a small side street right outside the city.
"Well, were are the Digimon?" Valerie said as we walked town the streets. The only sounds were the crackling of flames and the zapping sound of the power lines.
"I don't know. Stingmon? Do you sense anything?" I asked as I looked around slowly. A can bounced off pavement and clanged as it hit the ground again.
"I can't tell Cody. All I know is............evil Digimon are here."
"Gee, we sure needed you to tell us that Stingmon." Pengomon said as he waddled along side of Valerie.
"Pengomon! Stingmon, it's not your fault you can't sense anything. You're a Digimon, not a radar or satelite." I said as we continued. We were all alert, searching for anything.
"Pengomon? Just to be safe, you should Digevolve too. That we if we're taken by surprise, we can strike back quickly." Valerie said as the flames from the burning buildings licked at us.
"Pengomon.....digevolve to..........Frigimon!" With Frigimon walking by us, the flames didn't seem so hot. We jumped at every shadow and every clank and clang. Every pidgen that flew over head made us look up, for we were afraid of sky attacks. Rats squeaked from gutters and garbage cans. We walked for what seemed like forever when we reached Madison Square Garden. Everything was demolished. The MTV building was still flaming, more rats ran along, playing in the playground that was now theirs'.
"Whoa.....we got here too late." Valerie said.
"Yeah....we never should have gone to my house. It wasted too much time. We should have stopped on the way there, not the way back. I made the wrong choice." I said. My knees felt all wobbly and before I knew it, I was on the ground kneeling. "Oh God, I did the wrong thing! 1 made one mistake and now, thousands probably died! Those office buildings we saw alone killed hundreds or thousands! No body would have seen this coming!" I began to cry violently. I buried my head in my hands. I sat down and pulled my knees to my chest. "It's my fault.....I could've made the other choice.....I went for personal gain......not the whole...the wrong choice....the wrong one! VALERIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I made the wrong choice!!!" I buried my face in my knees as I fell over sideways and cried twice as hard. "My fault, it's mine!"
"Cody, you couldn't have known..."
"Yes! I could've known! I did know! I knew that the longer we waited, the more destruction would be caused that's why we...split...we split up! Oh shit! We all split up and the other towns and places........the others took time to tell their parents......the...the....the..." I just stuttered and said nothing else. I had failed.
"Cody, we went to tell our parents what was happening. Sure, it might be the wrong choice, but, we had to tell our family what happened and what was happening. So, what? You made a choice for personal gain? Big deal! That's what we're fighting for, we're fighting so we can have a family, so we have a home to go home TO. It might not seem like it, but from my point of view, and Davy's and Liana's and Natalie's views, you made the right choice. What kind of friend would you have been, and what kind of leader for that matter, if you said to us, 'Our families are worried about us, so? Get to work and fight!'? You would have been a lousy leader and friend." Valerie said as she held me upright. I looked into her eyes, but my vision was blurred by tears. There was a thud and Wormon fell to the ground.
"Cody!? What happened to me? I was flying and then all of a sudden, a wave of pain came over me and I was Wormon again." He said as he came over to me. Valerie was still holding me and I was still looking in her eyes. But, I found none of the comfort she was offering.
"No.... wrong choice. Bad choice. Bad leader....." I pushed her away and laid down again. "Bad bad choice."
"Ooh! I am sick of your mood swings! You....I'm out of here. You may have given up, but I haven't. I still believe for what we fight in!" She said as she turned and started to run away.
"Bad choice...wrong choice...." That was all I said. I turned my head away as she ran down the street. Frigimon hurried after her. Wormon turned away from her and looked at me.
"Cody? What's wrong?"
"The wrong choice....bad and wrong choice....my fault it's my fault..." He stared at me and started to cry himself.
"You didn't do anything... you made the right choice. You just don't see it."
"Shut up, fish bait!" He whimpered and crawled away from me. I closed my eyes and slept.
* * *
"Look at yourself." The shadow said to me, it's eyes glowing red.
"Who...who are you?" I didn't try to back away this time. I didn't have the strength or courage to try. I was glued in place.
"Oh, me? I'm everyone and everywhere. I am the sadness and cruelness in everyone. You made me, well, helped make me. I wouldn't exist without the pain and torment of the world, the suffering and death. But, thanks to you, and your misguided plan to "help", many died and now, I have the power to communicate to you. Your friends will all die now, too. No matter how bad of a leader you think you are, you're not. But, none of that matters now. Without you, the Digidestined will perish."
"No, Davy is a good leader!" I yelled, my voice echoed throughout the dark space we were in. "Valerie has a heart that's in the right place! With those two, they will still succeed!"
"Ha! Without, like I said, they will perish! Creating strategies and showing empathy and compassion are three things, but, physically leading and fighting are another. Valerie will die now, in New York, all because of you and your self induced guilt trip. Natalie will take it upon herself to go to the Rockies. She will die there. And, because no one can back them up, DarkTyrannomon and SkullGreymon will eliminate Davy and Liana in Seattle. The evil Digimon will conquer the world. All of the others' Digimon lack the strength to win. Without you and your Digimon, who is now slowly being deleted because you, the worlds are doomed! Look, magic!" The shadow said as he waved a blackened hand slightly and a screen materialized in front of us.
"What is this?" I asked feeling worse and worse about myself. I saw Wormon shrink into Minemon as he talked to my physical body.
"Soon, he will de-digevolve into a Digiegg and after that....pop! He'll return to digital information. Now, watch this..." The shadow snapped and the screen blacked out and then, another image appeared. It showed Frigimon fighting two Garbagemon and Gorillamon. Valerie hid behind a huge piece of a collasped building. The screen zoomed out and showed a piece of building above Valerie. It was on the verge of collapse itself. Valerie would be crushed.
"No!" I cried out as another screen appeared. It showed Minemon de-digevolving into Leafmon. Both screens hovered in front of me, showing the damage I had caused. I can't believe this, I caused this. There's got to be something I can do. I have to fix this. I can fix this.
Leafmon changed back to Minemon.
"What!? How did that happen?" The shadow said. "Kunemon!" He yelled and a small catepillar Digimon appeared at his side.
"Yes, my Lord?"
"How much time do I have?"
"Another few minutes, sir. Then, it will stop working and we will be thrown back." The little Digimon said, his mouth was a tri-clamp and it clicked with each word.
"You will still lose. I will rule the both worlds. The Digiworld and our world." The shadow said quietly, almost to himself. I gasped at his last comment.
"How.....You're human! But, you said that darkness created you! How can you be human!?"
"Oh, I thought you to be quicker than that, you just realized now? Pathetic. Actually, I am human. But, the sadness and darkness did create me in a sense. The world turned me. Turned me into what you see before you. I lost faith in everything I held dear. So, now I fight for the world I believe in now. But, I am a Digidestined like yourself, and the others, but I am not misguided. But, all this..." He waved his hand in a circular motion. "It's not my work. Some other force is sending those Digimon to attack the real world. I'm just waiting patiently. And when this evil Digimon force is in power and they think that they're safe, I will move in and crush them!"
My mind suddenly flipped back to something the human said to me earlier. He had said, "No matter how bad of a leader you think you are, you're not. But, none of that matters now. Without you, the Digidestined will perish. All of the others' Digimon lack the strength to win. Without you and your Digimon, who is now slowly being deleted because you, the worlds are doomed!" Why would someone that is an enemy, think so highly of me? And if my friends feel the same about me, as he feels about me........that means it's true.
The screen flashed and Minemon digevolved to Wormon.
"What!? How are you doing this! I thought your thoughts defeated you!" He yelled.
"Sir, time to leave." There was a flash and they were gone. I blinked and I was awake.
"He was right! I am.....good!" I looked down at Wormon and he was glowing and my Digivice was beeping differently than before.
"Wormon warp-digevolve to.................Imperialdramon!" I was amazed. In the show they show the Digimon going from stage to stage, but now, he was Wormon one second and instantly Imperialdramon the next.
"Cody! You're back! That's great! You're right! You are good, you just didn't realize it. But, this proves that you are good. I wouldn't haven't been able to become Imperialdramon without the good you have inside you."
"We need to help Valerie! She's in trouble down by the subway! We need to get there quick!"
"No need to worry, Cody! I'm Imperialdramon! I can travel anywhere in seconds! Plus, with my Imperial Laser attack, Valerie will be saved."
"Just hurry! You may be fast, but a falling building may be a bit quicker!" In like a second, we were above the fight. He landed and I got off him. "Go! Just don't delete them! Knock them out!"
"Right!" He took off again and joined Frigimon in the fight. I ran as fast I could to Valerie. I looked up and the building piece began to quiver and tilt more and more.
"Valerie-eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!" I cried and dove. Pushing her out of the way from the building that began to fall.
"Aah!" She screamed as she rolled down the angled street. I looked up and saw the building coming faster and faster. I jumped down the hill myself and rolled to a stop beside her.
"Geez.....I think I cut that a little too close...." I gasped as pulled myself to a sitting postion.
"Maybe if you hadn't stopped and looked up." She said feeling herself for cuts. I looked over towards the fight. Frigimon had frozen one of the Garbagemon. Imperialdramon swiped at the other one. I reached into Valerie's backpack and pulled out the laptop.
"Good, it's okay." I whispered as I stood and ran towards the fight. "Digiport open!" I said when I got to the frozen Garbagemon. The computer pulled it in. Imperialdramon swung his tail at Gorillamon but, he jumped back.
"Get that King Kong wanna-be, Imperialdramon!" I yelled. Frigimon bounced back and forth with the other Garbagemon. Imperialdramon saw that he was having trouble and swung his tail, the Garbagemon was slammed against a building. It groaned loudly.
"I'm going on a Garbagemon strike." It said as it slid to and hit the ground. I put the computer next to it and he was sucked in.
"One more Imperialdramon!"
"This will be easy! Imperial Laser!" The red lasers came from his eyes and hit Gorillamon directly.
"Ooh....owuch..."Gorillamon gasped. His pulse-cannon on his arm cracked and fell apart. The shattered more when the pieces hit the ground. I ran over and opened the laptop.
"Digiport, open!" I held my Digivice near the screen and Gorillamon was sucked in. It was wierd watching that. They turned into like an all bent shape of the thing they should be and they were just pulled. It was a while later, we were sitting in Central Park, resting on benches that had somehow evaded the onslaught of Digimon destruction. I was laying on the bench, stretched out when Valerie came over to me.
"Why did you do it?" She asked.
"Do what?" I played dumb with her.
"I guess a better question would be how can you? How can you change your mood and feelings and views in that amount of time?"
"I had help."
"From who?"
"I'm...." I stopped before I answered. I thought about what I should say. "I don't want to talk about who I had help from. But, I'm sure you'll meet him soon enough. Too soon, I'm afraid."
"Who?" She really wanted an answer.
"An enemy of mine...yours...ours. He's a real life Digimon Emperor."
"What!?"
"He's a Digidestined that wants to rule both the worlds. But, he's not the one that's causing the trouble now. Something else is doing it."
"Another Digidestined? I thought it was just the five of us."
"I thought so too. There could be another five or another five hundred. But, we can't stop to search for all of them now."
"You saved me, again." She said while sitting by my feet. I put my feet on the ground so she could move closer.
"I know. And I'll do it another ten times if I have to."
"I'm going to have to pay you back somehow."
"You already have. If you didn't believe in me, you'd be dead right now and I would still be in the dark world feeling bad for myself. You helped me too. Again. We're even Valerie."
"I guess...we should go and take care of Mammothmon now."
"No, Imperialdramon will get us there in a second tomorrow morning. Right now I offer you something we haven't had for a while."
"Really? What? A life that involves to worries outside of what time to get up tomorrow?"
"Yeah, that. But, this is something we haven't had for along time. The closest thing we got was when we were at my house."
"What? C'mon tell me?" She started to giggle. It made they little doubts I had left go away.
"I offer you, a bed that doesn't move or fly." I pointed to the Regent hotel. It survived the attack too, somehow. The Digimon had mainly focused on Madison Square Garden and the path into town that we followed.
"I'll take that offer."
Imperialdramon flew us there in a blink of an eye and soon, we were all fast asleep in a suite. But, in my dreams shadows haunted my dreams again.....
