Digimon: The Year of Reckoning
Chapter 4
"Be All That You Can Be"
Narrated by Nick
I was on full alert after the illusion I had of falling off a cliff. So was JT since he imagined drowning. There was something strange about this jungle, I could tell.
"Nick, maybe we should try to contact Brandon," Crustmon offered.
"Nah, he said to reach him if and when we find an exit out of this jungle. I don't see an exit do you?"
We continued. Everything looked the same. I felt like we were going around in circles. Our dumb luck we probably were.
"Nick! I think I found something!" JT yelled.
I ran over to him. He was looking through some ferns into a clearing. Right in the middle of the clearing was a large hut.
"Who do you think it belongs to?" he asked.
"I don't know. Let's check it out."
We crept towards the hut. I knocked on the door. No answer.
"It appears no one's there," Betamon said.
"Should we go inside?" JT asked shaking.
"That's no such a good idea. Hee-hee-hee-hee!"
From out of the tree leapt a clown. You could tell he was evil. Think Tim Curry from "It".
"What do you think you're doing at my house?" He boomed.
"We just wanted to know how to get out of this jungle," JT said.
"Oh really. Well I'll tell you how," he said. "You die! Hee-hee-hee-hee! Cherry Bomb!"
He threw four cherries the size of softballs at us.
"JT get back!"
I pushed him away just as the bombs exploded. The sonic wave threw me into the hut crashing down the wall.
"My house! Now you will pay!"
"Stay away from them!" Crustmon yelled. "Aqua Jet!"
Clownmon was drenched. But he just laughed and spun around really fast, drying himself off.
"Is that the best you've got?"
"Beta Slugger!"
Betamon conked Clownmon in the head and he fell backwards.
"Come on guys, run for it!" I yelled recovering from the explosion.
We tore through the jungle leaping over vines and fallen trees, avoiding small streams and rocks. We ran and ran until we were exhausted.
"Do you think we're safe?" JT asked scared.
"I…" I started.
"Left! Left! Left, right left! Company halt!"
I looked back at the way we had come. Standing in a row facing us were about fifty digimon that looked like they were from the army.
"Those are Soldiermon," Crustmon informed. "Watch out for their Bullet Storm."
"We claim this land for King Clownmon!" the general bellowed. "Commence fire!"
"Bullet Storm!" they all yelled.
Hundreds of tiny bullets zoomed through the air getting closer and closer to us.
"Aqua Jet!"
Crustmon cleared away a cluster of bullets and the others whizzed by us.
"Reload!"
"What do we do?!" JT cried.
"We'll just have to run."
"I'm to tired to run."
"Well what else can we do!" I screamed in his face. "I'm sorry. This…it just can't end like this."
"Bullet Storm!"
More bullets came at us. Crustmon blasted them away again. But there was one he missed. One that was coming straight for me. One that was inches from my face when…
"Crustmon digivolve to…Lobstremon!"
The little crab changed into a large lobster that walked on two legs. He stuck out his arm and crushed the bullet with his claw.
"Bullet Storm!"
More Soldiermon had joined them and now twice as many bullets flung at us.
"Tidal Twister!"
Lobstremon opened his claw and shot a beam of water at the Soldiermon. As soon as it hit the ground it began to spin and twirl into a tsunami. Half of the Soldiermon flew through the air and away from them. But the others continued firing.
"Lobstremon can't hold them off much longer!" I yelled.
JT and Betamon looked at each other and nodded.
"Betamon digivolve to…Seadramon!"
Seadramon, a giant sea serpent dove into a nearby river. He then erupted out behind the Soldiermon. They spun around weapons drawn.
"Ice Blast!"
Ten of them were turned into Popsicles. But the others managed to fire and Seadramon roared before sinking into the water.
The Soldiermon then turned and blasted Lobstremon knocking him off his feet.
"NO!" I yelled.
The Soldiermon loaded again.
"Spike Missile!"
Six large spikes flew through the air. Three of the Soldiermon were impaled by one each. A fourth one was impaled by the other three.
"Suffocating Spore!"
The remaining Soldiermon were blanketed in a red cloud of dust. They immediately passed out and then exploded.
From behind me I saw a large rhinoceros charging towards me with Brandon on its back. From the other direction was a butterfly woman carrying Mya and a dedigivolved Betamon.
The remaining three digimon went back to rookie and almost collapsed of tiredness.
"You found us," I said. "Thank God."
"So your digimon digivolved," Brandon said. "Ours did when this jerk Clownmon showed up. I swear he looked just like…"
"Tim Curry from 'It'!" I said finishing his sentence. "He attacked us too. And then he sent these soldier guys after us."
"Well this is a great reunion guys, but what if he comes back. We should start moving."
Mya was right. Like always. The five of us with our four digimon started walking again hoping to escape this jungle of illusions.
Will they ever escape the jungle? Will they run into Clownmon again? And are their digimon strong enough to handle him and any other tricks he has up his sleeve?