Chapter 14: Old land, New
directions.
They all finally landed on the first Continent of Server. This land had been changed since they last
visited. They were greeted by a
thud. Garudamon had begun to devolve
and almost dropped the Chosen. They
jumped at 10 feet and landed safely. Piyomon on the other hand, had fallen and landed hard. They rushed to her, and heard a scream. Gabumon came running out of the clearing,
not seeing the Chosen, and rushed to Piyomon's side. He began washing her wounds. After they were clean Jyou came over and tried to help her. Gabumon attacked blindly. Yamato yelled out for him to stop. Gabumon jerked and only grazed Jyou.
"Yamato? Sora? What are all of you doing here?
"Getting attacked apparently."
"Jyou? Oh I am terribly
sorry. I saw Garudamon devolve and
begin falling. I thought maybe some
thing had happened to her. Something
bad. Agumon came by here confused and
babbling. He left, and went looking for
his mate. When I saw her I thought
maybe she had found what they were looking for and came looking for him. But she fell. I reacted. Is there
anything I can do Jyou?"
"Yeah. Get de-clawed. Really I am fine. It is only a scratch. I
have had worse."
"You bet he has."
"Again I am sorry. So why are
you all here?"
"Well something has locked you all out of Digivolving. He has summoned us or something. And we think he is evil. He made Tailmon lose her child."
"Patamon will not be pleased. He is supposed to be at Primary Village, getting advice from
Elecmon. Tentomon and Armamon should be
near by. Tentomon's house is near by."
"So that leaves one more to find."
"One more? I smell Palmon and Hawkmon as well."
Very astute wolf. Palmon sensed
something was wrong when Agumon ran by her, ranting like a mad man. I should stop his movement. DemiDeviMon hit him with a hypnotic
ray. It mad him go a little crazy. Even I don't know how he ended on this
Continent. In fact that would be
wise. I shall stop him now.
"You leave him alone. He has
done nothing to you."
You think I will kill him? Taichi, think for once. He is
near friends, I stopped them all. They
are frozen amongst the beginning. You
shall find them.
Gabumon looked terrified. Salamon froze again. This was
getting old. They all conferred and
agreed.
"Gabumon, can you smell them out?"
"Well yes. But I say go by
Tentomon's house first. He should be
there."
Koushiro and Mimi both perked up at the thought of finding Palmon
soon. Koushiro sat down during their
ten-minute rest and typed something. Miyako peered over his shoulder.
"What are you writing sensei?"
"What the being said. It might
be helpful later."
"Which part?"
"The They are frozen amongst the beginning. It might help."
"Good point."
Taichi yelled for the gang to gather up and
follow Gabumon. Since the terrain had
changed Koushiro wasn't sure where Tentomon was. They began walking. Daisuke and Yamato had made a cot to carry Piyomon. She had fainted, and was resting. Jyou fixed her wings and splinted and
bandaged her. After about two hours
they arrived to Tentomon's residence. He had left a note to Armamon that he would be back shortly. They decided to wait. Both Digimon arrived at the same time and
wit the same looks on their faces when they saw the Chosen. They had lots of questions, but darkness was
about to fall. They wanted to go find
Palmon and Hawkmon they return to Tentomon's dwelling and rest. Taichi decided that the groups should split
up again. One to stay and set up camp
for the group and explain the situation to the two Digimon, the other to find
the two missing Digimon. Taichi took
Yamato, Daisuke, Jyou, Mimi, and Sora. The rest stayed and began to unpack for the night. Jyou gave Iori instructions on how to take
care of Piyomon, in case she got worse. That helped ease Sora's worry, for leaving Piyomon alone. Tentomon patiently awaited an answer for
this intrusion. He didn't mind it, it
just seemed sudden for them not to contact him. The long story began. Each Chosen there told their side of the story. Miyako and Ken's affect Tentomon the
hardest. He the loneliness well. And he genuinely felt for Ken. He had been through a lot.
"Well what does this being want?"
"We don't know pal. He wants us to find him. WE are apparently going faster than he expected. So he made it harder to find the last four. He is testing. That much we know."
"Hmm What is so hard about finding last four?"
"Well we know who it is. Agumon, Veemon, Patamon and Wormmon. He also let us with a clue. They are frozen in the beginning. Right now I can't make heads to tails of it. We need to think real hard. This is important. We started out on File Island."
"Yeah we did. But the second started out in Server. And Ken started out in the desert. Where is Patamon supposed to be anyway?"
"Primary Village."
"Ah. Well Primary is where most Digimon start."
"That's true. Maybe the clue will be there."
"Mr. Koushiro?" Ken asked the older boy.
"Yeah Ken. If I may, the beginning for all Digimon is the Digitama. And all Digitama's are placed in Primary
Village. What if they have been reverted
back to the Tama stage?"
"Then it might be impossible to find
them. It could take us days to find
them. He is really testing us."
"It was just a thought."
"And a logical one. Good point. We may have
to split up again. Ken I want you with
me this time. Taichi will listen to
me."
Miyako smiled approvingly. Her sensei and Ken were both very
smart. Maybe Ken can get to know him
better. It would be good for Ken to
find other friends besides her and Dai. Dai. I wonder how you are. I hope Taichi and Yamato don't kill
you. Your brashness might get you in
trouble one day. I wonder if we can
find some alone time for playful banter. Wait. What am I thinking. We have plenty of time for that later. We just started this thing last night.
Hikari kept vigil over Piyomon. Takeru kept vigil over her. Salamon and her shared a bond no one
understood. Hikari had told him that
when she found out Salamon lost her Tama, she did too. She was not pregnant. They took those precautions, but she lost a
part of herself. She was not taking it
too lightly either. Occasionally tears
would stain her face. Takeru wiped them
all gently. This guy needed to be
taught a lesson. Takeru remembered the
time he had to fight Ken, and when he had to fight Tai-san. That was to save Daisuke from wrongful
accusations. He was the one that 'took
Kari's innocence.' Tai beat the living
tar out him too. Yamato and Daisuke
couldn't even stop him. It hurt. Just like Yamato, Jyou and Taichi couldn't
even stop Daisuke. That name rang in
his head. They were not done. He knew this. But for now it had to be.
Koushiro and Iori were talking to their
partners when Piyomon awoke. She
started squawking in confusion. Hikari
and Miyako stopped her, explained the situation and put her back to sleep. Ken then began to cook. The others should be back soon. And they all were hungry.