Digimon: The Year of Reckoning
Chapter 5
"The Final Show"
Narrated by Brandon
Surprise, surprise, we were still walking. And getting nowhere fast.
"I'm tired," JT whined.
"Get over it," Nick snapped.
We were all getting a bit edgy lately. It seemed like we had been in this jungle for years.
"JT, guys, I think I found something!" Betamon yelled.
We followed the sound of his voice and saw him standing in front of an opening in the trees.
"That's it!" Mya yelled. "That's the exit!"
We all ran for it happy beyond all measures. We finally broke through it and sure enough we were out of the jungle. Now we were in a vast meadow.
JT and Faith were running and spinning around. Nick was practically kissing the ground. Mya grabbed my hand and we started dancing around. Seeing her smile I suddenly looked at her in a different light. She was still hot and all, but I saw beyond that now. I saw her as a sweet, loving girl. And I was in love.
"Hey, where's Betamon?" JT asked.
I snapped out of my gaze and looked back to the jungle where I had last seen Betamon. He was still standing there with an evil look on his face.
"Betamon come on," JT said.
"Something's wrong with him," Crustmon noticed.
JT stepped towards Betamon and he flickered and disappeared.
"It was another illusion," Nick said.
Suddenly the open land disappeared also. We were now back in the jungle and encased in what appeared to be a glass box.
"That was an illusions too," I figured. "We never really left the jungle. He just wanted us to think we had to catch us off guard."
"You're smarter than you look," Clownmon said as he floated down from a tree. "Now I have you right where I want you. Hee-hee-hee-hee!"
"Would you shut the fuck up with that dumb ass laugh!"
I was shocked. Clownmon must have been too. He almost stumbled over at Mya's words.
"Well, Miss Priss. After that snide remark, you can be the first to go. Hee-hee-hee-hee!!" He laughed extra loud this time.
I looked over at Mya, but as soon as I did she vanished. And appeared once again strapped to a tree gagged.
"You're gonna love this," Clownmon promised as he withdrew five daggers from his shirt.
"No!" I cried as he threw the first one. It landed about an inch from Mya's left shoulder.
"Hee-hee-hee-hee!"
He let another go. This one landed right by her right foot. Then another stuck between her spread legs.
He laughed some more and threw another dagger. It landed right in her hand. I cringed but looked closely noticing it had been wedged between her middle and ring finger.
"Nice aim," Nick accidentally said.
"What are you talking about?" Clownmon asked. "I missed."
Nick gulped and decided to stay quiet.
"Now for the grand finale. Say your good-byes kids. Hee-hee-hee-hee!"
The last dagger tore through the air. Heading straight for Mya's face. Her beautiful face.
I suddenly realized that I might never see her again. In those few short seconds so many emotions flew through my head. I desperately wanted to yell "I love you!" right then and there, but I couldn't bring myself to do it.
The dagger seemed to be moving in slow motion. Savoring the pain and sadness emitted from all of us. Faith and JT were crying. Nick looked like he was fighting for words too. I knew he had feelings for Mya too.
And then the dagger sunk into flesh. Tore into skin, muscle, bone. Blood ran down onto the jungle floor. My eyes filled with water.
"Betamon no!" JT cried.
I wiped the tears out my eyes and looked to see Mya's beautiful face still intact. But lying in a puddle of blood at her feet was Betamon. I remembered he hadn't been with us when we were trapped. The little digimon had given its life to save someone it had just met.
"Hee-hee-hee-hee! Well I guess that wasn't a complete waste of time. At least I got one of you." He looked down at Betamon. "Pathetic idiot."
"He's twice the digimon you are!" JT yelled.
Clownmon glared at the boy as green light erupted from his digivice.
"Betamon digivolve to…Seadramon!"
The digimon rose its head into the air proudly. Thanks to JT's bravery he had digivolved and his life was saved.
"You will pay for what you have done Clownmon," Seadramon warned.
His long tail whipped forward wrapping around Clownmon squeezing the life out of him. But Clownmon wasn't about to lose the fight this easily. He pulled out another dagger and stabbed Seadramon causing him to drop Clownmon. Seadramon wildly thrashed his tail around eventually crashing it into the glass prison we were in. I ran over and got Mya down. Now that we were free the battle was really gonna begin.
"Clownmon, you've performed your last trick!" JT yelled.
"We're taking you out, you big knife-throwing psychopath," Nick threatened.
"This isn't an illusion, Clownmon. This is really the end," Mya added.
"You've messed with the wrong kids!" Faith screamed.
"Digimon, go!" I yelled in an eruption of yellow, blue, and pink light.
"Spikemon digivolve to…Rhinomon!"
"Crustmon digivolve to…Lobstremon!"
"Catermon digivolve to…Buttramon!"
"I'm not finished yet. Have some pie!"
He threw five pies that exploded into ten Bakemon.
"I'll take the Bakemon," Buttramon said.
"Soldiermon! Get them!"
Twenty of the soldier digimon marched towards the digidestined.
"Come on Lobstremon, we can take them," Rhinomon said.
"I have a score to settle with the clown," Seadramon hissed.
Buttramon flew high into the air above the Bakemon.
"Dark Claw!"
She expertly dodged their attacks before gliding down right over their heads.
"Suffocating Spore!"
The Bakemon were easily destroyed.
"Bullet Storm!"
Rhinomon charged forward, the bullets bouncing off his tough hide. He smashed his two horns into the two closest Soldiermon.
Lobstremon jumped into the air and came down slamming his claw into two more Soldiermon.
"Tidal Twister!"
In a twister of water the remaining Soldiermon flew into the air.
"Spike Missile!"
He fired his attack three times impaling all of the flying Soldiermon. They fell to the ground and exploded.
"Cherry Bomb!"
Seadramon leapt into the air to avoid the explosions.
"Ice Blast!"
Clownmon's left leg was frozen to the ground.
"Ahhh!" he screamed in pain. "This isn't over!"
The other digimon lined up with Seadramon.
"We're afraid it is," Lobstremon said.
"Suffocating Spore!"
The blanket of dust covered Clownmon who began to choke for air.
"Tidal Twister!"
Lobstremon fired a jet of water from his claw blasting Clownmon.
"Spike Missile!"
"Ice Blast!"
The largest spike was covered in ice and the icy spear tore through the air and skewered Clownmon through his chest.
"Hee-hee-hee-hee!"
After his last laugh he blew up into a blast of fire and ash.
"We did it!" everyone yelled.
Our digimon collapsed and changed back into in-training.
We picked them up and hugged them tightly.
"Guys, we have a problem," Faith said. "How are we going to get out of this jungle?"
I had forgot about that completely. Suddenly we weren't so happy anymore as we realized we'd be stuck in this jungle forever.
But then the trees, vines, leaves, rocks, and streams around us flickered. Faster and faster until they disappeared all together. And suddenly we were on a beach. Without a jungle in view.
"It was all an illusion," Mya realized.
"I'm just glad it's finally over," JT said thankfully.
"I wonder what's next," Nick pondered. "Do you think we can handle it?"
There was a slight pause.
"Yeah," I said. "We can handle anything."
Is Brandon right? Can they handle anything that's thrown at them?