Digimon: The Year of Reckoning
Chapter 2
"A Clearer Picture"
Narrated by Brandon
"Let's help them out guys!" I yelled. "Go!"
We all aimed our digivices at our digimon. They were absorbed in the yellow, blue, green, and pink light.
"Hornmon digivolve to…Spikemon!"
"Sandmon digivolve to…Crustmon!"
"Tadpolemon digivolve to…Betamon!"
"Podmon digivolve to…Catermon!"
"Whoa, they digivolved," JT said astonished.
"Be careful!" Mya shouted.
Catermon zoomed towards Darkmon.
"Absorbing Thread!"
A long string of sticky thread shot from her mouth and wrapped around Darkmon's body. I guess he wasn't just a shadow after all. The thread began to glow a deep purple sucking his energy away. For about two seconds.
He barely flinched and the thread snapped falling to the ground.
Next up was Betamon. His attack was for close range, so he had to climb through several trees to get in target.
"Beta Slugger!"
He leapt from the tree and tail whacked Darkmon in the back. Didn't even phase him.
"Crustmon, Spikemon, try to attack him together!" Nick and I yelled.
Crustmon scuttled towards the towering enemy with Spikemon following close behind. They lined up ready to attack.
"Aqua Jet!"
Crustmon shot a high-pressured jet of water from his claw that only succeeded in getting Darkmon soaked. Just like we wanted him.
"Spikemon, do it!" I yelled.
"Thunder Horn!"
Several forks of thunder erupted from his horn hitting Darkmon. Because he was wet, he was badly electrocuted.
"You will all pay for what you've done!!" he boomed. "Shadow Beam!"
A dark beam shot from his chest. Pitch black with dark purple sparks shooting from it. It was coming straight for us.
"Brandon what are we gonna do?!" Faith screamed.
"How are we getting outta this one, o fearless leader?" Nick laughed.
I thought it over surveying the area. Only one way.
"Jump."
I grabbed Faith's arm and dragged her to the edge of a cliff. I looked back to see Nick, JT, Mya, and the digimon following.
And together we all jumped. Plummeted down the hundred feet or so. And into a lake. Another freaking lake. But we survived and that was the important thing.
I struggled to pull Faith up to shore. Once we were all on dry land we started shivering. Being wet, we were freezing.
"I wish I hadn't worn a stupid bathing suit," JT complained.
"Why don't you use your digivices? They carry a spare pair of clothes for each of you," Catermon said as if we should have known.
We all pushed a button on our digivices and were dressed in appropriate attire. I had on an orange T-shirt with khaki cargo pants. Nick had a blue sweatshirt with baggy jeans. JT had red shirt with a green plaid over-shirt and shorts. And Mya was looking mighty fine in her hot pink leather tube top and mini skirt.
Everyone was comfortably dressed. Everyone except Faith.
"I don't have a digivice, so what am I supposed to do?"
"I can help!" Catermon exclaimed.
She went to work spinning thread until finally she produced a shirt, shorts, and fuzzy slippers for Faith.
"Thank you."
"Nice choice of shoes," Nick snorted.
She flashed him an angry look and told Catermon they were perfect.
"What do we do now?" Mya asked.
"You should probably work on getting stronger," said a strange female voice. "Otherwise you won't stand a chance in the final battle."
We whipped around to see a middle-aged woman in scarlet robes.
"I'm Genevra, descendent of Gennai. And I am here to guide you on your journey."
"I remember Gennai from my grandmother's stories," I said.
"He was a wonderful man. But now is not the time to talk about the old digidestined. We must focus on the new digidestined, you."
We all nodded and she continued.
"You were brought here to destroy Darkmon, who I see you have already met. Darkmon is the toughest enemy the digiworld has seen since Apocalymon. It will take everything you've got to defeat him.
"He wants to take over the digital world, but his plan doesn't stop there. He wishes to enter the real world, your world, and destroy it. So there would be no chance of a new group of digidestined to interfere. He was too late. But that won't stop him from destroying the real world.
"For now though, the real world is safe. Darkmon hasn't figured out a way to enter it. He's perplexed at the fact that you kids got through the holy gate separating the two worlds that was erected by the original digidestined. The gate that kept digimon from entering the real world and humans from entering the digiworld.
"So right now you must focus on strengthening your digimon as well as yourselves. I will return to you when I feel you need my help or advice. But until then, you're on your own. Good luck digidestined."
"Wait!" Faith yelled. "Why am I here? I don't have a digimon, so what is the reason for my being here?"
But it was too late. Genevra was gone. Faith dropped to her knees weeping.
"It's okay sis, we'll figure out why you're here soon. I'm sure there's a digimon out there looking for you right now. Maybe you're like that girl Kari who's digimon got lost. We'll find it."
"Actually there were only four…" Spikemon started but stopped after a kick from Nick. "I mean, Brandon's probably right."
Will Faith ever find her digimon? Does she even have one to find? Will the digimon ever become strong enough to defeat Darkmon? Or will Darkmon succeed in destroying the real world?