Digimon: The Year of Reckoning
Chapter 6
"Buried Alive"
Narrated by Brandon
We were all on a high since the defeat of Clownmon. We felt unstoppable. Boy were we wrong.
As we walked up and down the beach, the sun began to set. It would be completely dark in less than an hour.
"We should find a place to sleep," Nick said.
"I remember passing a cave awhile back," Podmon said.
We turned around and walked to the cave. It looked welcoming. There was light emitting from it.
"Maybe this thing's already inhabited," Mya said.
"Can't hurt to check it out," I insisted.
With Hornmon in my arms I crept towards the entrance. As soon as I passed the threshold there was a loud rumbling.
"Brandon, look out!" Faith screamed.
I turned around and looked up to see big boulders falling from the ceiling. I fell backwards and hit my head on a rock. Everything turned black…
"Brandon!" Mya yelled. "Can you hear me?"
"It's useless, he can't hear through solid rock," Nick said.
"We have to help him," Faith urged.
"You can't help him now."
We turned to see Genevra.
"It was fate that he was trapped in that cave. There's nothing you can do to get in."
"Why is he in there?" JT asked.
"Well, your digimon have already strengthened a lot. But they can go further and will have to if you hope to fair against Darkmon. In this cave Brandon will have to face off with an ultimate digimon. If he and Rhinomon can destroy him, then Rhinomon will be able to digivolve. Not only that but Brandon will also be granted with a special power."
"Do you think he'll be able to do it?"
"For his sake, I hope so."
I suddenly woke with a sharp pain in the back of my head. Hornmon was bouncing on my chest.
"You're awake!"
"Yeah, I'm awake. How long have I been unconscious?"
"Only for about a half an hour. Brandon, I think we should move farther through the cave. This ceiling still isn't very stable."
He was right. I could see rubble falling every few seconds from the ceiling. I slowly got to my feet and we walked, well he bounced, through the cave.
After a few wandering minutes we found ourselves in an open cavern.
"This place is huge," I said astonished.
I walked farther to the middle of the area. There was an altar. On it sat a glowing yellow orb.
"What's this?" I asked.
"Beats me. Try to pick it up."
I tentatively touched it with my fingers. It shook and the altar sunk into the ground.
"Whoa."
Suddenly the far wall cracked and slid open like doors. Out of it came the biggest digimon I had ever seen.
It was a Cyclops-like digimon with two huge iron fists that were bigger than me. And in one of the human-sized hands was a large metal bar.
"I am Bludgeonmon!" he roared. "You challenge me for the power of ultimate."
"I…I…no…I don't challenge you…I think you're mistaken."
"How dare you try and fool me! I will flatten you!"
And he charged. The ground shook with each giant-size step he took. Hornmon jumped in front of me.
"Stay back! Hi-ya! Bubble Blow!"
Okay that was about as useless as Christina Aguilera's bra.
"Ballistic Bludgeon!"
He continuously brought his iron down to smash the ground around me and Hornmon.
"Hornmon, what are you waiting for, digivolve!"
"Hornmon digivolve to…Spikemon!"
Spikemon scrunched into a ball and rolled towards Bludgeonmon. When he got between his legs he unrolled and aimed up.
"Thunder Horn!"
Bludgeonmon screamed in pain as he was hit in a place that God intended only to be treated nicely. Then he went insane, bringing his fists and iron down again and again trying to squash Spikemon.
One lucky hit nicked Spikemon sending him flying through the air and smashing into a rock wall. Now Bludgeonmon was coming after me.
"Spikemon help!"
But he was unconscious. I was on my own. Bludgeonmon swung his iron barely missing me as I jumped backwards. I tripped over a rock and he loomed over me. And down came his iron fist.
I braced myself for pain. But it never came. I opened my eyes and saw Spikemon with his horn stuck in Bludgeonmon's leg. He swatted at the little rhino and knocked him off.
"Spikemon digivolve to…Rhinomon!"
Now the "huge" cavern wasn't so big anymore since it was filled with two gigantic digimon. I had to stay against the wall to keep from getting squished.
"Ballistic Bludgeon!"
He slammed into Rhinomon multiple times. At first Rhinomon was unaffected because his skin was like armor. But eventually he started to take the blows.
"Rhinomon! Charge!"
He backed up a little and let it rip. Running across the small gap between them and slamming his horn into Bludgeonmon's chest. Rhinomon lifted his head with Bludgeonmon still stuck to hit.
"Spike Missile!"
His horn flew off taking Bludgeonmon with it. He soared upwards and slammed into the ceiling falling in a heap covered in rubble. Still alive but barely.
Suddenly the altar rose from the ground again. The large yellow orb was glowing more than ever. It lifted off the altar and flew towards me and Rhinomon. Then it split into two smaller orbs. One sank into Rhinomon's back and the other entered my chest.
I could feel my body surging with power. I looked down to see my hand glowing. I held it out and a long bar of light shot from it. Then it turned into a large sword. I was surprised I could even lift it.
"Finish him off," Rhinomon said.
I walked towards the fallen Bludgeonmon. Raised my sword. And brought it down hard and fast right through his shoulder. He lay unmoving. It was over.
Suddenly the cave began to shake.
"This place is gonna cave in!" I yelled. "Rhinomon we gotta get outta here!"
His body was enveloped with that yellow light.
"Rhinomon digivolve to…Triceramon!"
The once huge rhinoceros was now an even bigger triceratops. He had a hard dark blue shell of armor, a long spiked tail, and two large forward raked horns, as well as a smaller one above his nose.
"Get on my back," he said calmly.
I tried but he was way too big. Plus I had the big sword in my hand. So instead he wrapped his tail around me and lifted me on his back.
"Hold on."
Before I could react, he began to run. Faster than you would have thought his large body could move. Rocks were falling all around us, even in front of us but he crashed through them with his horns turned them to dust.
We finally got to the entrance, which was blocked by big boulders. No problem. He slammed through them easily and we emerged into the salty sea air just as the entire cave collapsed. I jumped off and saw my friends all run up to us.
"You did it man," Nick said.
"Genevra said Rhinomon would digivolve and she was right!" Tadpolemon exclaimed.
"Check out my sword."
There were several "wows" and "ahs".
Suddenly my digivice began to glow and two beams of yellow light shot from my sword and Triceramon and landed in my digivice. He was Hornmon again and my sword was gone.
"So I guess we'll all have to go through this," Mya said.
"Except for me," Faith said, suddenly seeming kind of thankful for not having digimon.
"You guys can handle it. I believe in you."
Will the other digidestined survive their attacks? With Triceramon on their team are they finally strong enough for Darkmon?