(2)Reappearance(2)
Tentomon came
buzzing over to Izumi. "Izzy, what are you doing? We have to catch up with the
others!"
"Just a sec.
This is important."
"Izzy, I know
tha-"
Izzy turned his
laptop to a weird looking digimon that had just appeared. It had perky ears, a
short tail, and walked on four legs.
"Perromon," read
Izzy. "A peaceful, plant-eating electric-type, once it finds a nice Digimon it
never leaves it."
Perromon tilted
its head at Izzy. It looked oddly like a blue and yellow dog. It ran up to Izzy
and licked him. Izzy patted it on the head and said, "It sure is friendly.
C'mon, let's go." As Izzy got up to leave, Perromon whined. Tentomon and Izzy
walked through the woods, searching for Tai and the others.
"Looking for
person?"
"AAHHH! Perromon,
why are you following us?" Perromon nuzzled up against Izzy.
"You nice. I
stay with you."
Izzy looked down
at the Digimon. "Sorry. You'll just be in our way."
"No I not! I
really good sniffer, I help you!" As if to prove his talent, Perromon held his
nose high and took a deep whiff. "I smell human! This way!" Perromon ran off,
Izzy and Tentomon in tow.
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Gatomon paused
and lifted her nose. "What is it?" asked Kari. The group stopped and looked at
Gatomon. "I smell lightning!" Tai walked over. "You must be mistaken. I can see
the moon clearly, there's not a cloud in the sky!"
"Well, I smell
electricity," Gatomon insisted. Suddenly a bright light cut through the dense
trees. A dog digimon and Tentomon were coming, using their electricity to light
the way for…Izzy!
Tai ran forward.
"Izzy! We were worried! Uhhhh, what's that?"
"This is
Perromon. He's sort of attached to me. He helped us find our way to you." Mimi
yawned. "I don't care who helped you, I just wanna go to sleep. Look,
Tanemon is asleep already." Everyone looked. Tanemon was sleeping, and
so were all the other digimon.
"C'mon, Tai.
Let's go to bed," pleaded Joe.
"Yeah, we're not
gonna get far if we're exhausted," reasoned Matt. Tai smiled.
"Don't worry,
I'm tired too. Let's go to bed." Everyone settled down and was soon snoozing
and snoring. Perromon snuggled under Izzy's arm and fell into a peaceful,
dreamy sleep.
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(3)Forest of Change(3)
"Up, up! Me smell danger! Up, up! Izzy, up!" Perromon
desperately nuzzled Izzy's face. "Not want hurt you, but must." Perromon backed
up and let loose a huge bolt of lightning.
"WWWWWWHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!" Izzy jumped up and glared at
the digimon. "Perromon, what do you think you're doing?!?!"
"Oh, I think I know."
"Wha!" Everyone spun around. There was…Leomon!
Izzy turned to Perromon. "Leomon's not an evil digimon!
He's our friend." Perromon tilted his head. "Leomon try to kill Perromon."
"Sorry about that," said Leomon. "I was possessed by a
gear. So anyway, what are you kids doing now? Shouldn't you be heading home?"
Joe rubbed his forehead. "Well, we wanted to see if the
Primary Village was back to normal, but if you're standing here almost fully
digivolved, I suppose it must be."
Leomon chuckled. "You are correct. Come, if you wish to see
your friends, I will take you there." Leomon digivolved to Saberleomon and
everyone climbed on. They zipped through the forest, zigzagging through trees
and leaping over bushes. Suddenly, Saberleomon stopped and fell over.
"WHOOAA!" They all fell off and ran to his head. "Fine time
for a nap," cried Mimi. "Now we've got to walk!…But, ya know, we can all use
the exercise!" Everyone turned to stare at Mimi.
"Oh, puh-leez," muttered Sora. "Like we're gonna
fall for that one. You're not acting like yourself."
Tai turned to Sora. "Oh, like you are. But,
hey, I'm not in charge, so…"
Joe shrugged. "Who cares if we're acting normal or not.
Life's a party! Yahoo!" Joe started running in circles, giggling like an idiot.
TK frowned and crossed his arms.
"Joe, this is no laughing matter. Something is wrong!"
Kari sneered. "Who cares about him? I'm more important than
all of you put together! You should be concentrating on me! Me!"
Matt had a desperate look on his face. "Calm down everyone!
We should be friends here!"
Gatomon turned to the other digimon. "We may have a
problem." Gomamon nodded and said, "Look, they're all acting the opposite of
their crests. Joe's not being reliable at all!"
"Wait a minute," said Gobumon. "Matt's acting very
friendly. How come?" Koromon thought a moment, then said "Maybe they're not
being the opposite of their crests. Maybe they are being the opposite of
themselves, their personalities!" Patamon nodded. "That sounds about right."
Everyone turned to the sound of whining.
"Izzy, Izzy!" cried Perromon. Izumi shook his head. "No! I
don't want to. It is funner to sit here. Who wants to learn, anyway?" Perromon
started to cry. With his tears came tiny static bolts. Soon Perromon was
sobbing loudly, and electricity was flying all over. Little static bolts were
hitting Tentomon. He got angry and let some Super Shocker out. Lightning hit
Perromon. He yelped and let loose. Everyone was electrocuted. The digimon ran
for cover. In the midst of this, Matt was heard screaming, "What's the big
idea?" "We're gonna die!" shrieked Joe. Tentomon and Perromon realized the
electricity was curing everyone, and continued. Soon the group was back to
normal.
"Perromon happy!" the little digimon cried gleefully.
"Yay!" the other digimon shouted, ecstatically dancing around the digidestined
and the newly awakened Saberleomon. Patamon flew in circles around TK. "This
must be the Forest Of Change," he said. "Yes," replied Gatomon. "And the sooner
we get out of here, the better."
*~~~~~~~~`~~~~~~~~*~~~~~~~~`~~~~~~~~*~~~~~~~~`~~~~~~~~*~~~~~~~~`~~~~~~~~*
Leomon awoke. Quietly, silently, he slipped off into the
woods, carrying TK and Kari.
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(4)Primary Village(4)
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
"TEEEEEEEEEEEKAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
"KAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
"SHUUUUUUUUT UUUUUUUUUUUP!!" replied Joe, glaring at Tai
and Matt. "You know, some people like to sleep in and be awakened by
something a little nicer than your screams!"
"But TK and Kari are gone!" cried Matt and Tai. Now
everyone was up.
"Not agaaaaaiiiiiiin!" shrieked Mimi. "Look, Leomon is
gone, too."
Sora stood up. "Come on, we'd better go look for them."
They headed off into the woods, following a trail that seemed to have been cut
by a large digimon. After a couple of hours, Patamon whispered something to
Gatomon. She nodded and they ran away. Joe, Mimi and Sora lunged after them and
fell down in a tangle. The children and their digimon quickly ran in the
direction Patamon and Gatomon went.
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Mimi groaned. "Couldn't they spend 5 lousy seconds telling
us where they were going?" she moaned. "We've been looking for days!"
"We've only been searching for 4 hours," said Matt
anxiously. "And if you're going to…" "Look!" cried Sora. "It's Primary Village!
It has to be!" The path had opened up into a large clearing. Millions of
little huts were scattered around. Large colorful blocks formed walls around
the area. One large hut had a door, whereas the others had open doorways. The
group silently walked towards the large hut. "This is creepy," whispered Mimi.
"I thought lots of digimon would be here to welcome us." They went into the hut
and gasped. The hut was filled with rows and rows of things that looked a lot
like bookshelves. Digiglass covered the sides. Inside were digieggs. Wires were
hooked up them that seemed to be pumping energy into them.
"It's like a rehabilitation center," said Tai.
"What's a reabiltion center, Matt?" asked TK. Matt jumped.
"TK! You're okay!"
"Yup!" said TK and Hikari.
"Where were you guys?" cried Tai. "We were worried!" Leomon
walked into the hut.
"They were sick. I carried them here to get well. But you
are not allowed in here. You must leave." As they left, TK looked at Leomon and
said, "What happened? When I first came here, eggs were scattered around and
babies were in little cradles." Leomon looked sad. Suddenly, Elecmon came over.
"Hi, TK. I overheard your question. You see, it went like
this…
"It was an ordinary day, sprinkling a bit. I was moving the
cradles and digieggs so they wouldn't get wet. All of a sudden, Armagedimon
came and tore the place apart. Everything he saw, he destroyed. Not a single
digimon was left. All I could salvage from the wreck was a digiegg. I took extra
special care of it until it digivolved into a Yasomon. Together, we rebuilt the
village, with huts and special machines to hatch the eggs faster.
"But while he was here, Armagedimon had brought into
existence something horrible. It's known as Secondary Village. It is right
beyond that wall over there, called Tor Kasa, or Separation Wall. It's where
all the evil digimon go when they're defeated. You know, Venomyotismon,
Demidevimon, Puppetmon. I built everything so strong in case they break out. I
know it won't stop them, but maybe it can hold them long enough for me to move
some digimon."
Tai nodded understanding. "Is Pixiemon healthy yet? We've
really wanted to see everyone again."
Elecmon nodded. "Sure, I'll show you." He led them through
a maze of blocks and huts towards a large room. "Now, they're eating, so don't
expect too much." The digidestined stepped into the noisy room, and immediately
it fell silent. A second later, food was spilled and chairs overturned as the
digimon struggled to get to them. Pixiemon, Chuumon, Wizardmon, and many others
crowded around them shouting, "I knew you'd make it! I knew it!"
*~~~~~~~~`~~~~~~~~*~~~~~~~~`~~~~~~~~*~~~~~~~~`~~~~~~~~*~~~~~~~~`~~~~~~~~*
(5)A New Evil(5)
Gatomon and Wizardmon sat talking on the riverfront.
Chuumon, Sora, and Mimi chatted in Sukamon and Chuumon's hut(Sukamon was still
eating his garbage dinner). Pixiemon, Leomon, Tai, Izzy, and Joe walked through
the woods telling stories of the past. At the fire sat Elecmon, Kari, TK, Matt,
Gabumon, and Patamon. The other digimon sat in the dining room, building up
energy with lots of candy. Presently, Elecmon ordered them all to go to bed, as
the babies were having trouble sleeping.
*~~~~~~~~`~~~~~~~~*~~~~~~~~`~~~~~~~~*~~~~~~~~`~~~~~~~~*~~~~~~~~`~~~~~~~~*
Kari woke with a start. Because the babies had woken her
often since Leomon had brought them there, she didn't think anything of it.
However, at that second, she heard a crash that reverberated throughout her
whole body. She ran out of the guest hut. All around the Village, curious heads
were poking out of doorways. Tai and Matt, along with their digimon, were
running towards the noise. Kari ran after them and was soon joined by the
others. Soon, all the older digimon were racing down the path with them. The
sound was coming from the Separation Wall.
Stopping in horror, they stared, transfixed, at the scene
before them. The grand Tor Kasa, which had stood tall and strong for so long,
was no longer grand. A hole had been blasted through it, and was rapidly being
enlarged. Giant tentacles and blasts of light were broadening the already huge
hole. Elecmon ran back to the village crying, "I'll try to move the babies!"
Frigimon followed to help with them. All the digimon too young to fight were
loading baskets with eggs and carrying them off somewhere safer.
"Digidestined!" shouted Leomon. "We must fight against this
new evil! It cannot reach the children!" He digivolved to Saberleomon, and
looked expectantly at them.
"Agumon, warp digivolve to…Waargreymon!"
"Gabumon, warp digivolve to…Me-tal-ga-rurumon!"
"Palmon, super-digivolve to…Lilymon!"
"Gomamon, warp digivolve to…Marine-angemon!"
"Tentomon, super-digivolve to…Meeegakabuterimooon!"
"Biyomon, warp digivolve to…Phoenixmon!"
"Hyeaah!" Saberleomon shot something through the gaping
hole, and screams issued forth. Suddenly, a giant, ugly, monster-of-a-digimon
leapt through the hole, widening it a bit in the process. He was a horrific
sight. He had a snake-like body that continued through his tail, ending in a
sharp stinger. Bat wings beat the air as he soared up. He had four
double-jointed legs, each ending in large razor-sharp claws. He raised his
long, narrow head on his long, narrow neck and breathed fire into the dark sky,
illuminating his face. It was shaped like a dragon's head, with horns on the
top and pointy teeth from the mouth. Smoke poured from his large nostrils, and
he grinned wickedly down at them.
With one "Dark Annihilation!" all the digimon dedigivolved
to their in-training stages: Koromon, Tsunomon, Tanemon, Bukamon, Motimon, and
Yokomon. Saberleomon dodged away and out of sight. The evil digimon called down
to them, "Hello, digimon! Are you prepared to fight me?!" He laughed. "I am
called Gasudramon, and remember that name, for you will hear it every day from
now on! Hahahahahaaaa!"
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(6)Good
and Evil Plans(6)
Gasudramon burned down all the buildings in Primary
Village, then chased down the escaping digimon. He teasingly slashed his claws
at them, missing by millimeters.
Turning back to the Wall, he called, "Come forth through
Tor Kasa! Come forth from Secondary Village! Come forth to me, Gasudramon, your
Master! For only I can quench your blood thirst! Come forth to serve, to conquer,
and to kill!"
The helpless Digidestined and their digimon watched in
terror as, from out of the wall, came the most horrible monsters, which looked
like they'd come straight up from Beneath. There were giant cockroaches,
squirting poisonous gas, and huge mosquitoes, thirstily tasting the air, and
long, fat snakes, showing jagged teeth, and tiger-like monsters, stalking
through the hole, eyeing the Digidestined hungrily, and greedy-looking
creatures that were indescribable. Then, when it seemed all the evil digimon
were out, there emerged a huge group of beings like no others. They were not
humans, but nor did they look like digimon. Silently opening his laptop, Izzy
hissed, "Those are called Chengkomon. There isn't any other information." The
Digidestined stared at the Chengkomon. They had the build of a human, but none
were the same. One had a cat's tail, ears, whiskers, and claws. She was wearing
a black bikini top and skirt, and her black hair was in a ponytail. Another one
had brown bird wings folded down her back, and her bare feet ended in claws.
She had short white hair, and was wearing a light, breezy, brown dress.
"Let us go, to plan and begin our quest of devastation!"
shrieked Gasudramon, and immediately flying snakes with baskets tied below them
landed. The digimon that could not fly hopped into the baskets, and Gasudramon
led them off.
The Digidestined stared after them. Joe was the first to
speak. "I need to change my pants."
*~~~~~~~~`~~~~~~~~*~~~~~~~~`~~~~~~~~*~~~~~~~~`~~~~~~~~*~~~~~~~~`~~~~~~~~*
Matt leaned back in his chair. "It's simple. We have to
kill this dude before he kills us." "I know that!" cried Tai. "I've only been
saying that for twenty minutes!" "It's not that simple, Tai," said Sora. "We're
not strong enough."
"We can train with Pixiemon!"
"He followed Gasudramon as a scout."
"What about Leomon?"
"He ran off somewhere when Gasudramon came out of the
wall."
"We can't just give up!" Tai threw his arms up in
exasperation. Izzy looked over at him. "We're not, Tai. But we need a better
plan than just running off to fight him." Matt got up and paced. "We need to
kill him, but we need more info first." He turned to Elecmon. "Is there anymon
left in the village that could tell us more about some of those digi's?"
Elecmon paused. "If anyone
knew, it would be Yasomon. He's with the eggs, though." "Where are the eggs?"
asked Kari.
"That's just it. I don't know. I stayed with you guys
because I knew you better. I sent Yasomon to take the eggs somewhere, but for
security reasons, he didn't tell me where he was taking them."
Joe groaned. "Well, that's just great. We'll have to fight
them without any help, then!"
TK stood up. "No we don't! Why don't we just go look for
them? We're smarter than that stupid Gasudamon!"
Matt grinned and rubbed TK's hair. "Yup. That's what we're
gonna do."
*~~~~~~~~`~~~~~~~~*~~~~~~~~`~~~~~~~~*~~~~~~~~`~~~~~~~~*~~~~~~~~`~~~~~~~~*
(7)Chengkomon(7)
A young Chengkomon padded down a hallway. Her small feline
feet made no sound whatsoever. She stopped to look herself over in a
full-length mirror. She had on a tight skirt reaching to her knees made out of
leopard skin, and a bikini top from the same material. Her pale yellow skin had
been carefully washed, and her smooth, red, shoulder-length hair had been
articulately tied into a ponytail with a minx-fur holder. She had brushed her
triangular ears and combed her long, graceful whiskers. Though she stood on two
legs, she looked an awful lot like a cat, especially with her smooth tail,
which she always held up high with dignity except when she was working.
Smiling, she adjusted the angle of her ears so they were submissive instead of
aggressive. Then she turned and elegantly continued down the gold hallway.
She paused before a pair of huge, silver doors. The symbol
of the dragon was engraved on them. A Chengkomon stood on either side of the
door. She silently nodded to them, and with a look of sympathy aimed at her,
they opened the doors and ushered her into the Hall.
The female feline walked in and anxiously stood before a throne
made to fit a dragon. She carefully made sure to kneel down on one knee, for
standing before Gasudramon meant punishment.
"Why have you come, Chengkomon?" boomed a voice from the
throne.
"To praise and report, Lord Gasudramon," she said
passively.
"There is no need to butter me up, Felina. I am already
well pleased with you. Make your report and be gone."
"Yes, my liege. My report is this:
"While we were building our eastern encampment, I
discovered a creature called Pixiemon sneaking around. I made sure to dispose
of him. Later, while supervising the construction of the southern outpost, I
learned of a digimon called Leomon. I made sure that he was captured and taken
to the western settlement for questioning. So far, he has not spoken a word of
useful info. He- he speaks only gibberish about…"
Gasudramon leaned forward. "About what, pray tell?"
Felina hesitated. "He spoke about Digidestined, and their
fate of saving the digital world for years to come. They…they do not sound like
digimon."
Her master growled.
"What do you mean, not digimon? Ah, I see. You are trying to fool me.
You should know better than that, Felina. These, these Digidestined,
they are Chengkomon, are they not? Do not lie to me, my slave."
Felina trembled. "No, my lord, I would never dream of it! I
know not of what these creatures are. I am only reporting. I beg of you, allow
me to retire to my bed and arise early tomorrow. I will leave before sunrise
and bring back more information as to the whereabouts of these things."
Gasudramon frowned. "Alright, little slave, but be back
within the week. I have another task for you, when you return."
"Thank you, wise and wonderful master." The Chengkomon
stood up, still looking at the floor, and backed out the door. Gasudramon
smiled after her. "The Digidestined…I was wondering when they'd show up…"
*~~~~~~~~`~~~~~~~~*~~~~~~~~`~~~~~~~~*~~~~~~~~`~~~~~~~~*~~~~~~~~`~~~~~~~~*
(8)More Chengkomon(8)
Aviara
looked up as Felina entered. "Hi! It's been a long time since I've seen you
around." Felina sank down into her basket and looked at Aviara, who was
casually lounging in a nest, a book called "Black and Dark, Gears and Rings" in
her hands. Her wings were folded at her back and multiple toe rings decorated
her talons. Her short white hair was practically flat against her neck and
head, and her brown-black dress fluttered in the breeze drifting into their
tent.
"Yeah, well, you don't get much free time working for
Gasudramon."
Aviara raised an eyebrow. "'Working'? Wow. So you've given
up your fight for paychecks and free speech?"
"Oh, I don't know. Gasudramon is happy with me and I've got
decent work. It's better than bein' dead or punished."
"'Decent'? Man, that's an understatement. You're his right
hand Mon! You oversee things, draw up plans, spy, whatever. I'm still hauling
water from the stream!"
Felina grinned. "Not for long, you won't. I've been
designing a well that will carry the water up automatically by pushing a
button."
Aviara groaned. "Perfect. Then I'll be doing KP five times
a week."
"I doubt that. I created a prototype dishwasher. I'm
showing it to Gasudramon next month."
Aviara laughed. "I just can't outdo you! Every complaint
I've got, you've got an answer for!"
"Isn't that good?"
The two girls dissolved into fits of laughter. Quickly,
they covered their mouths, stifling the sounds they were making so they could
listen to what was happening outside their tent.
"What kind of imbecile digimon are you??!! This is the simplest task anyone has ever been given!"
Slash! Slash! "Get moving, or I'll whip you again!!"
"Please, sir, I'm doing the be-"
Slash! Slash! "I'll decide what's your best! Start
doing a better job, or I'll whip you 'till you're red!" Slash! Slash!
Aviara shuddered. "I'm glad I'm not that digimon."
Felina sighed. "I hate to think what poor soul is getting
hurt for forced labor." Aviara groaned. "Oh, Felina, come off it. We're
Chengkomon. We're fated to live this way."
"Doomed is more like it, Aviara. I'm going to sleep now. I
have to get up early tomorrow." Felina curled up in her basket and fell into
slumber within seconds. The other Chengkomon sighed and folded her wings over
herself. Closing her eyes, she murmured, "She always has to get up early."
*~~~~~~~~`~~~~~~~~*~~~~~~~~`~~~~~~~~*~~~~~~~~`~~~~~~~~*~~~~~~~~`~~~~~~~~*
(9)Leomon's Slip(9)
Inside the Western Settlement… Leomon moaned ever so quietly. Looking gloomily around at
the dark walls surrounding him, he again tried to escape.
"Fist of the Beast King!" The attack hit the wall
and bounced, flying towards the wall opposite. Like all the other times, it
continued to spring about the room, Leomon attempting to dodge. Finally, it
knocked into him, slamming him against the confining walls. Warm blood
trickling down his side, Leomon thought back.
He had bounded away from Primary Village when the
DestinedDigi's dedigivolved. Hiding in the nearby woods, he was able to follow
Gasudramon, and then a Chengkomon, as she went about her duties. However, down
in the south, she had found him. He remembered all too well what she has done.
"So. You are aiding those who oppose the Everlasting Lord?"
"Be silent, Chengkomon. I know of your kind. Why are you
helping the Dark Dragon rise again?"
"You should be silent, Lion! You, of all Mon, should
know what will happen to those who resist the Master."
"I do know what will happen, but I care not, for as long as
the DigiDestined are here, my life is a trivial thing."
"You would toss away your pitiful life for an unsuccessful
campaign, Lion?"
"You will not think such things when we triumph. We will
succeed."
"I doubt that, Leomon."
"Join us! There is still time! We will protect you! Come
back to your rightful-"
"Silence! Do not speak of this!"
"I must kill you then."
"Oh, but that would be so sad! Lord Gasudramon dislikes
having his faithful servants killed. It is you who will be forcibly taken. But
not killed…"
Leomon had suddenly felt himself being restrained by
thousands of Viromon.
"Oh no, not killed. I have other things in mind."
"What are you doing?!"
"Quiet, Lion, and be grateful. You will be very useful to
the Mighty Master."
Leomon had blacked out, then. He was brought back to the
present as the door to the room slid open, and thousands of Viromon swarmed
him. Leomon looked on is disgust as the tiny creatures surrounded him. Alone,
they were no more than annoying bugs, hardly bigger than a fly. But together,
working as a unit, they were a formidable force. A thousand leapt onto him,
holding him down, while another thousand climbed up his arms and chained him to
a wall. Working together, he was soon chained tightly to the wall by his
wrists, ankles, and waist. No Mon had any more worries about him. He couldn't
attack without the use of his hand.
Smiling slightly, a Chengkomon stepped into the room.
"Felina. What are you seeking now?"
"More information, of course. The Great Gasudramon wishes
to learn more of the DigiDestined."
"No need. He knows of them."
Felina looked up sharply.
"And how would you know?"
"I know."
"Shut up and speak sense, Lion."
"I do."
Felina slashed him across the face with her claws. "I know
of your trickery, Lion! Speak clearly, or you will die! I have other sources!"
"You do, but you would not kill me. Your master would be
angry. I am too valuable."
Felina spoke quietly. "Yes. That is true. But there is
nothing stopping me from giving you eternal torment!" As she spoke the last
words, the Viromon attacked, biting and stinging Leomon. Dimly, he was aware of
blood pouring from his multiple wounds.
"You still think me soft, Lion. Those days are past tense.
Forget them. Realize the new me!
"Now, tell me more. Perhaps the Dragon Lord does know, but
I do not, and to assist my master, I must know. Tell me!"
"I will say nothing that will assist the Dark Dragon!"
Leomon cried, and the Viromon attacked again, slicing through the vulnerable
spots in his skin. Felina grew angry.
"Who are they?!"
"I will not tell!"
"How many are there?!"
"That is for me to know!"
"What powers do they have?!"
"Find out yourself!"
Felina started to scream in anger, but paused. She smiled.
"Why, that is a good idea. Thank you, Leomon. In fact, I know just the way to
do it. Goodbye." Felina turned. Leomon called after her.
"Think of Stragini!" Felina stopped short. Turning around,
she glared at him.
"Do not remind me of her. Or you will regret it." She
turned and strode out, and the Viromon looked disappointed. They all gave one
last bite, then removed the chains and raced away, locking the door, leaving
Leomon to sink to the floor in pain and fear, fear for the futures of the
DigiDestined, and the Digiworld.
*~~~~~~~~`~~~~~~~~*~~~~~~~~`~~~~~~~~*~~~~~~~~`~~~~~~~~*~~~~~~~~`~~~~~~~~*
(10)What of Piximon?(10)
Inside the Eastern Encampment…A crowd of mad Viromon jeered and laughed. Some threw food.
Others poked and bit. All was aimed at a small pink ball with wings: Piximon.
His weapons broken and his wing feathers plucked, he was helpless. The Viromon
continued to make fun of him, a puff with bald wings. The crowd grew silent as
a Chengkomon drew near, parting the crowd. It was not Felina. This digimon had
thin gray fur, sharp teeth, long claws, and a short tail. Her ears pointed
slightly to the side, and her eyes were gold (If ya
can't figure it out yet, she's a wolf Chengkomon). Her fur covered her from head to toe, so she had no need
for clothing. Her eyes burned with hatred, a longing desire, but she didn't do
what she wished. Instead, she stepped right up to the elevated cage Piximon was
trapped in and twisted her mouth into a wicked smile.
"As you must know, Piximon, Felina tried to kill you. I,
however, thought you might prove beneficial. And you have. You will have the
honor of helping the Great Gasudramon in his rise to power."
Piximon gritted his teeth. "You may have taken my weapons
and made me flightless, but I will still fight you, as will all the other
digimon."
The Chengkomon smiled. "I doubt even you will be able to
fight this…" She was cut off by a voice, panting, "Caniinya! Caniinya! I have
brought news!" It was Chitaro, the Cheetah-Chengkomon.
"Well, don't just stand there, fool!" snapped Caniinya.
"What is the message?"
"'From the Everlasting, the All-powerful, Wonderful and
Great Lord Gasudramon, to Trusted Servant Caniinya,'" recited Chitaro. He took
out a scroll and continued, reading off of it now. "'I have a message for you,
Caniinya. Felina has just alerted me that you have a digi-rebel. I trust you
have plans for him that will make him useful to me.
"I would also like to remind you that because of your
successful governing of the Eastern Encampment that Felina started, both of you
will be well rewarded. Expect your gift soon.
"Your Eternal and Merciful Master,
"Lord Gasudramon.'"
Chitaro rolled up the scroll. "That is all, Caniinya."
"Then be gone, fool! Blithering idiot! I have no need for
you! Go back to the Mighty Master. Tell him I thank him most respectfully and
that I will continue to please and praise him. Now go!" Chitaro stuffed the
scroll into his belt, and, with one last ungrateful look, dropped to all fours
and raced away through the jungle. Caniinya sniffed angrily and turned back to
Piximon.
"As I was saying-" She was interrupted yet again, this time
by a Viromon.
"Lady Caniinya, someone else has been caught lurking around
the encampment!"
Caniinya looked ready to kill. Clenching her fists tightly,
she glared at Piximon then followed the Viromon as they thronged to the edge of
the camp.
