"So, we're called Digi-destined,
huh?" Cerac asked, as he eyed the team he would join. "What say we
introduce ourselves. My name is Damien, but everyone calls me Cerac. My
Digimon is called Mushroomon, and he will get down to your last nerve."
"I'm Cody." The smallest, and most
likely youngest of the group greeted. "My Digimon is named Armadillomon."
"Hey, howaya?" the hard-shelled Digimon
asked.
"I'm Yolei." Said a purple-haired
girl with glasses and a pilot-style outfit. "My Digimon is called Hawkmon."
"Greetings to you, good sir." Hawkmon
began to crazily shake Cerac's hand.
"I'm T.K." said a guy with dirty
blonde hair under a white hat and a yellowish outfit. "My Digimon here
is Patamon."
"Hi!" Patamon said, bouncing up and
down.
"I'm Kari." Said a girl with light
brown hair, a pink top with arm sleeves, yellow shorts, and a camera around
her neck. "This is Gatomon."
"Guaranteed to cut you up." Gatomon
muttered, crossing her arms.
"My name is Ken." Said a tall guy,
wearing a gray outfit. He had similar hair to Kari's, only it was more
of a bluish color. "My Digimon is called Wormmon.
"H-hello." Wormmon muttered shyly.
"Saving the best for last, my name
is Davis, the leader." Said the last guy, who wore a leather jacket with
flame symbols, goggles in his hair, a pair of brown shorts, and shoes to
go with. "This little guy is Veemon."
"I'm not little, Davis." Veemon protested.
"I'm vertically challenged!"
Clearly, the others thought this
was hysterical. The Digi-destined burst out laughing, and Veemon muttered
angrily to himself.
"Um, moving along, why are we here?"
Cerac asked.
"To protect the Digital world." T.K.
replied. "There's a lot of very evil Digimon here, and they enjoy destroying
basically everything in sight."
"Ah, like Xanatos." Cerac nodded.
"Xanatos?" all the Digi-destined
look at Cerac.
"He came here from the same place
I did." Cerac explained. "He's a Digi-destined like us, I think. But, he
just wanted to fight. Luckily, Mushroomon was able to handle the situation."
"Well, now that we have a new villain,
it's time we perform the traditional dragging of the new guy to meet Tai."
Davis grabbed Cerac, and dragged him to the Digi-port.
"Great…"
Meanwhile, Xanatos sat in a large,
throne-like chair at his complex located in the same forest where he had
battled Cerac, his base mounted against a large outcropping of rocks. A
Gekomon standing next to him held up a glass of cold water, which Xanatos
took and sipped. He looked outside, where two Drimogemon and a Monochromon
were digging a defensive perimeter around his base. Three Numemon and two
more Gekomon were setting up defensive posts, where they would act as guards.
Two vicious Darkrizamon and three Tyrannomon were patrolling, while a Kuwagamon
stood atop a small rock, looking around, scanning for any sign of danger.
As Xanatos watched, DemiDevimon flapped in.
"Report." Xanatos ordered his Digimon
simply.
"Sire, I have recruited two new Digimon
who will serve us very well, as aerial scouts or fighters." DemiDevimon
made a small signal with his wing, and two large, green, mantis-like Digimon
flew in. "Meet Snimon, the most deadly of all insect Digimon."
"Excellent." Xanatos smiled. "Any
word on Ultimate level Digimon, yet?"
DemiDevimon shook his head. "They're
far more difficult to control. I have, however, found an ideal target.
A Champion Digimon of immense power." DemiDevimon then indicated a viewing
screen, of a dinosaur-like Digimon.
"Who is this?"
"He is called Greymon, sire."
Xanatos smiled. "Bring him to me."
Cerac's face met the floor of the
school's computer lab, as DemiVeemon and Poromon poked him. Mushroomon
shooed them away, and Cerac rose weakly, looking around at the other Digi-destined,
and instantly falling back on the ground.
"Help me, please…" he begged.
"Let's skip the usual comedy." T.K.
suggested. "Cerac, this is Odaiba, our hometown here in Japan."
"Can I do just one thing?" Cerac
requested.
"Sure, what?" Davis asked.
"…WHAZZAAP?!"
Later, after a bunch of proper introductions,
Cerac met Tai, Sora, Matt, Izzy, and Joe, other members of the Digi-destined,
and learned that one other girl, named Mimi, was in New York, a guy named
Willis in Colorado, and two other Digi-destined, known as Alex and Michael,
had disappeared. He heard the whole story about Alex and how much they
looked alike (mostly because of the sword), as well as how he helped them
battle the evil Neomon, eventually falling asleep.
He was awoken, however, a few hours
later, when he learned, at 1:00 in the morning no less, that there was
trouble over in the Digital world!
"What's the problem?" Cerac asked
groggily, as he and Mushroomon walked into the computer room.
"Seems that the area Greymon's protecting
is under heavy attack" Tai explained. He looked around; noticing only five
other Digi-destined besides Cerac (T.K., Kari, Cody, Ken and Davis). "Where's
Yolei?"
"We tried to drag her out of bed,
nothing doing." T.K. explained. "She's the lucky one, I can tell…"
"Let's just go all ready." Kari said
simply. "Digi-port, open!"
After passing into the Digital world,
indeed, there was a sight to behold. A large, orange, dinosaur Digimon
was fighting off two large mantis-like Digimon, as well as kicking at another,
blackish Digimon with a skull-like face.
"It's Greymon!" Tai exclaimed.
"And he's being attacked by Snimon
and Darkrizamon!" Cody said. He turned to the others. "We'd better Digi-volve!"
They nodded.
"Patamon, Digi-volve to…" T.K.'s
Digimon started off, as it changed from a hamster with wings, into a staff-wielding,
armored angel-like Digimon, hence his name: "Angemon!"
"Gatomon, Digi-volve to…" Gatomon
changed into her ultimate form, also an angel Digimon, only female, wielding
a bow and arrow within her hand: "Angewomon!"
"Armadillomon, Digi-volve to…" Armadillomon
changed into another shelled creature, only with a large, spiked club for
a tail, and a more human face. "Ankylomon!"
"Wormmon, Digi-volve to…" the tiny
green worm changed into a larger, humanoid, insect Digimon with spiked
shoulder pads, and a darker tint of green to his skin. "Stingmon!"
"Veemon, Digi-volve to…" the bluish
Digimon changed then into another blue creature, more reptile-like then
its Rookie stage, and now with large, white wings, a larger horned nose,
a longer tail, and an overall more powerful look. "ExVeemon!"
"Mushroomon, Digi-volve to…" last,
but not least, the mushroom Digimon changed into another creature, a tiny,
ninja warrior, wearing a red scarf-like mask, as well as bluish pants,
red gloves, and a sword around his back. "Ninjamon!"
Once the Digi-team was assembled,
they instantly charged into battle, much to Greymon's relief.
"Thanks a lot, guys." Greymon said.
"I could use some help."
"No kidding." Cerac muttered under
his breath.
"Get them!" Davis called to the Digimon.
"V-Laser!" ExVeemon launched an energy
blast from its chest, slamming one of the Snimon away.
"Tail Hammer!" Ankylomon then
clobbered the Darkrizamon with its club-like tail, leaving the Digimon
with little Biyomon fluttering around its head.
"Koga Star!" Ninjamon flung one of
its ninja stars at the remaining Snimon, but it was reflected by the Snimon's
blade-like arm.
"Hand of Fate!" Angemon shot a blast
of energy from his hand, but Snimon dodged the attack with its mantis-like
grace.
"Nova Blast!" Greymon shot a fireball
right in Snimon's face, charring it. However, the insect would not fall.
"Stand aside, boys." Angewomon requested,
as she armed her bow. "Celestial Arrow!" She shot an arrow made of light
into the Snimon, sending it crashing to the ground, defeated. The other
two Digimon fled like cowards as the Snimon hobbled after them.
"Why were those guys attacking you,
Greymon?" Tai asked his Digimon partner.
"It seems their boss ordered them
to." Greymon replied. "What say we follow them, and see this 'boss' of
theirs?"
"I allready know who it is." Cerac
told them. "His name is Xanatos. He's bad news. Got this Digimon called
Devimon, nasty critter it be."
"Devimon?!" Tai gasped in surprise.
"Um, this could be a problem…"
"Why? What's so special about Devimon?"
Davis demanded.
"Devimon was the first Digimon we
battled. He's a lot stronger than any other Champion level Digimon, and
proved it by nearly beating us. However, Angemon was able to defeat him,
because he defeats evil Digimon." Tai explained. "However, if this Xanatos
guy has Devimon, he also has the power to control other Digimon, which
is probably why those three attacked us."
"Well, what are we waiting for?"
Davis asked. "Let's get him." He climbed onto ExVeemon's arm, and they
flew up into the air. Ken, Kari, and T.K. did the same, while Cerac, Cody,
and Tai raced through the forest below.
Xanatos watched this display, as
his Digimon warriors entered, panting from exhaustion, and beaten into
submission. He and DemiDevimon turned to them, looking quite angry.
"I simply ask that you capture Greymon!"
Xanatos roared. "What was so hard about that order?"
"The other Digi-destined surprised
us, lord." The Darkrizamon explained. "Give us another chance, please!"
Xanatos grinned. "You will get another
chance. Very soon, in fact. But, for right now, I'm afraid I'll have to
punish you. We should have a few minutes before they arrive." He took out
a large whip. "I'm going to enjoy this…"
Shortly after that, the seven heroes
arrived on the scene, ready for battle. They were not to be met unprepared,
as a Kuwagamon, three Tyrannomon, a Darkrizamon, a small horde of Flymon,
two Drimogemon, a Monochromon, and a group of Numemon popped up to meet
them.
"Attack!" Xanatos called over
an intercom. The Digimon minions charged at the Digi-destined.
"Full power attack!" Tai called out.
"Nova Blast!" Greymon unleashed the
large ball of fire from his mouth, decimating the Darkrizamon.
"Spiking Strike!" Stingmon slammed
into the Monochromon with its energy blade, sending it crashing into the
ground.
"Hand of Fate!" Angemon blinded one
of the Tyrannomon with the attack, then bashed its brains in with Angel
Staff.
"Celestial Arrow!" Angewomon created
an uprising of dust between the Drimogemon, allowing ExVeemon and Ankylomon
to attack them with their V-Laser and Tail Hammer attacks.
Cerac looked up at the citadel Xanatos
had built. He turned to Tai. "Ninjamon and I are going up there." Tai nodded,
and Ninjamon used a cable from its ninja utility belt to lift them up.
Ken climbed on Stingmon and flew after him.
Inside the citadel, Cerac, Ken, and
their Digimon crashed through a window, right before Xanatos, who was sitting
on a throne. Devimon was by his side, and the two Snimon and Darkrizamon
they had battled were infront of his throne, ready to battle.
"So, at last you've come." Xanatos
greeted. "Are you ready to accept me as your ruler?"
"Far from it." Cerac replied. "We're
here to end your rule."
"Is that so?" Xanatos cracked his
whip. "Get them!" The three Digimon charged forward.
"Ninjamon!" Cerac turned to his Digimon.
"Koga Star!" Ninjamon flung the ninja
star forward, and it sliced straight through the Darkrizamon.
"Spiking Strike!" Stingmon slammed
his energy blade through a Snimon. They then double-teamed the other one,
leaving it defeated as well.
"Is that the best you can do?" Cerac
demanded.
"I'm just getting started." Xanatos
replied. "Get them, Devimon!"
"Death Claw!" Devimon extended his
arm.
"Ninja Blade!" Ninjamon brought his
sword down, straight through Devimon's arm.
"Gah!" Devimon screamed, clutching
a stump.
"Spiking Strike!" Stingmon drove
his blade into Devimon's chest, and the Digimon fell, defeated.
"No!" Xanatos gasped. At that point,
Tai and the others came in.
"Your empire is in ruins, Xanatos.
You failed." Tai told him.
Xanatos cried out in rage. "It's
not fair! It's just not fair!"
"Join us." Ken offered. "I was like
you, once. I believed in conquering the Digital World and its inhabitants.
But, I realized it was all a game being played by an even greater evil.
It was difficult, but I converted. You can do the same."
Xanatos looked up at them, as he
gathered up DemiDevimon. "No! I'll never join you fools! Just you wait…I'll
be back, with another army, even more powerful then before! Just you wait!"
With that, he ran down a stairway, and fled.
"He'll come around." Davis said.
"He'll get it soon enough."
"Yeah." Tai nodded. "For now, what
say we go home?"
In another part of the same area,
in a small grove of trees, Xanatos promised revenge between sobs. "I'll
destroy them." He promised himself. "I'll make them pay."
"You can not." Came a new voice.
Xanatos turned to see a pair of red eyes in the forest. "However, I can."
"W-Who are you?" Xanatos asked fearfully.
The creature grinned, its smile appearing
in the dark. "Your new partner." The creature then emerged from the grove.
"You may call me…Diaboromon."
The Cerac Saga
By: Henry