AlterCrest: The Crest of Hope
Chapter III: "A Cry for Help"
Jolly Trolly, 4/11/01

On the outside, Patamon was still on the battlefield, held underneath the arm of the Digimon Emperor as he stood on his slave Airdramon, along with Wormmon. The Airdramon lifted up into the air again, out of the DigiDestined's reach. Flymon and MetalGreymon stood around the Airdramon, facing the DigiDestinged. TK remained trapped under Wormmon's Sticky Net, and Matt and Garurumon were unconscious on the ground. Cody, Tai, Armadillomon, Kari, Gatomon, Raidramon, Yolei, Davis, and Hawkmon were poised in front of MetalGreymon.
Cody shifted behind Raidramon, crouching down behind him as to not be seen by Ken. He whipped out his D-Terminal and began frantically typing in the email addresses of Mimi, Joe, Izzy, and Sora. "Come on guys, one of you has to be around!" He typed in a quick message:
"Help! Patamon captured! MetalGreymon
attacking! Come quick!"
Ken noticed the boy behind Raidramon though, he had an aerial view that Cody didn't take into consideration. "Hey! Boy! What are you doing!"
Cody shivered nervously and looked up. His hands were so shaky that he dropped his D-Terminal to the ground, and it landed softly into the sand. "Oh, um, I was tying my shoe," Cody lied.
Ken nodded, "I could see how that would make sense, but your shoes don't have laces, now everyone step away from that D-Terminal, now!"
Cody gulped, thinking, "Oh no! I never pressed send!"
Ken jumped off of the Airdramon and landed in front of the DigiDestined. He picked up the D-Terminal and walked up in front of Cody. He lifted his hand up high and slapped Cody right across the face, leaving a gigantic red mark. Cody flinched badly. You could tell he wanted to cry, or fall to the ground, but instead he did nothing. He just stood in front of the Digimon Emperor and stared back it him menacingly.
"Don't you EVER lie to me again, prick," Ken yelled back at the young boy.
The Airdramon had lowered back to the ground again, and Ken stepped on. Ken read the message out loud, "Help, Patamon captured, MetalGreymon attacking, come quick. What the hell is this?"
The DigiDestined stared right back at him, without saying anything.
Ken picked up his whip and whipped the whip, inches away from Cody's face, "ANSWER ME!" He demanded.
"I was trying to contact the other DigiDestined. If they were here, you wouldn't stand a chance!" Cody yelled up to him.
Wormmon stared at the small, hurt child. "Poor kid. What Ken is doing isn't right. I wish there was I was I could help the DigiDestined, they seem to have quite a predicament on their hands. Hey! I know!"
Wormmon inched his way next to Ken, undetected by his "master". Ken was holding the D-Terminal down by his waist. Wormmon had one shot.
Wormmon made a flying leap, careful hitting the "send" button on the D-Terminal.
"What the hell! Wormmon!" Ken yelled.
"I-I-I tripped, master..." Wormmon lied.
Ken stared at the D-Terminal, and the words "message sent" flashed on the screen. He grimaced and tightened his grip on his whip. "You did that on PURPOSE!" He yelled. He delivered a sharp, stinging whip to Wormmon's face, and then another one, and another. Wormmon fell on his side. Ken scowled yelled at his Airdramon, "Go higher!"
The Airdramon rose higher and higher up into the sky, until the DigiDestined were nothing but small specks. Wormmon still laid on his side, in pain on top of the Airdramon. Ken took a short, running start, and took a swift kick to the Wormmon's torso. Being a master soccer-star, you can imagine how this boy could kick.
"Keeennnn!" Wormmon called back to his supposed "friend" as he fell quicker and quicker to the hard desert ground below.
Ken frowned and called back, "And don't come back, worthless, good-for-nothing piece of shit!"