Digimon: The Year of Reckoning
Chapter 20
"Blizzard of Reliability"
Narrated by Nick
It had been a day since Mya had left. Two since Brandon had. JT and I had barely escaped being killed by three dino-dorks. And now JT has his first medallion. Talk about ups and downs.
If my plan had worked, then hopefully Mya would have found Brandon. Therefore finding one would be killing two birds with one stone. Doubtful, very doubtful.
"Digidestined."
It was Genevra's voice. She appeared before us.
"What's up?" I asked.
"I have spoken to Brandon."
"He's okay! What did he say?"
"He's fine. And Mya is with him."
My plan had worked.
"But I have some bad news. Brandon found the last half of the prophecy."
"How is that bad?" JT asked.
"We have discovered what is come of Faith. And it is not good. Here's a copy of the whole prophecy."
She handed me a piece of paper. JT looked over my shoulder as I read it:
"Does this mean what I think it means?" I asked.
"I'm afraid so. For Darkmon to open the gate…Faith must die. And not to rush you or anything, but…the ritual is to be performed tonight. This is the one night that comes every 3000 years, that the ritual can be performed."
"Shit. That means we have to find Brandon and Mya, then find Darkmon's castle, and finally destroy him or at least keep him from killing Faith. We have to do all of this before sundown."
"Yes. It isn't impossible, but it will take all of your strength. I must go, but I will keep an eye on you all."
She disappeared leaving us in awe. What were we going to do now?
"Nick, I have to take a trip to the boys room."
"Likewise."
JT walked over to some bushes and I went to a tree. Just as I was zipping up…
"Darkside Quake!"
"What the…?"
The ground shook and I fell. I looked over to see if JT was okay. He was fine, but we were no longer on the same land. The ground had split between us and now we were on two separate sections. Our digimon were on a third one. There was absolutely no way across.
That's when he showed himself. It was a bull-like digimon, but stood on his hind legs.
"I am Minotarumon. I will crush all of you. Starting with the little one."
He pointed at JT.
"Stay away from my brother! DigiMedallion energize!"
"Crustmon medallion digivolve to…Holymon! Angel of Hope!"
My digimon flew off his piece of land and zoomed towards Minotarumon. He started batting at him with his claws, but one punch from the evil digimon sent him flying. Minotarumon continued his pursuit of JT.
"Raging Bull Attack!"
He charged. Running straight off of his chunk of land, running on thin air and landing near JT about to impale him with his horns. Even two ninja stars landing in his back didn't stop him. JT was too scared to move. He just stood there in shock.
"Tadpolemon digivolve to…Betamon!"
"Betamon digivolve to…Seadramon!"
"Ice Blast!"
Minotarumon's feet were frozen to the ground, stopping him dead in his tracks.
"Holy Claw!"
A beam of light hit Minotarumon in the head, knocking him off of the land.
"Holymon, get JT and let's go!" I ordered.
My digimon grabbed JT and a dedigivolved Betamon, then flew down towards me. I grabbed his ankle and he lifted me off the ground. We were outta there.
Holymon let us off on the ground and said he'd be right back.
"I wonder where he's going?" JT asked.
He came back a few minutes later with something in his hand. It was a gray disk…a medallion!
"Holymon, you found another medallion!" I cheered.
"Yes, I spotted it on the way here, but I didn't want to stop in case Minotarumon came back."
"He fell into the earth, how could he come back?"
As if to answer my question, Minotarumon came charging towards us. But this time he was riding on something. It looked like a flaming pig.
"That's Boarmon!" Betamon shrieked. "He's hot-headed and pig-headed."
"Well, then we should be ready for them," JT said. "DigiMedallion energize!"
"Betamon medallion digivolve to…Eelmon! Thunder of knowledge!"
Minotarumon hopped off of Boarmon and attacked Holymon, while Boarmon ran at Eelmon.
"Holy Claw!"
"Raging Bull Attack!"
The two digimon crashed into one another.
"Nose Blaster!"
Wicked flames shot from Boarmon's snout. Eelmon beat his wings blowing them out. We flew forward and grabbed Boarmon by the tail flinging him threw the air.
"Bug Zapper!"
With a pitiful oink, Boarmon accepted defeat and ran into the forest, while Eelmon went to help Holymon.
"You have hurt my pet and dishonored myself. Now you will pay! Darkside Quake!"
The ground below the two flying digimon rushed upward crashing into them. Both fell to the ground. Minotarumon began kicking the fallen digimon over and over again. They were bruised and beaten.
"Stop it! You're hurting them!" JT and I yelled.
JT let loose several arrows, me three ninja stars. Minotarumon staggered but no significant damage was done.
"I won't let you hurt them. I'll save them!" I yelled.
That's when the new medallion began to glow. The giant walrus on it flew out and entered Holymon. He dedigivolved to Crustmon.
"Nick, your reliability helped power up the medallion. No matter what you were there for me. And now I can digivolve!"
"Crustmon medallion digivolve to…SnowCrustmon! Blizzard of reliability!"
SnowCrustmon was pretty cool. He looked more like Lobstremon now only his exoskeleton was blue and white.
"Prepare to meet a chilly defeat Minotarumon."
My digimon attacked the evil one, slamming his claws down again and again.
"Raging Bull Attack!"
Minotarumon tried to counter, but SnowCrustmon was unbelievably fast. Minotarumon couldn't get a single attack in.
"Finish him off buddy!" I shouted.
"You can rely on me. Blizzard Beam!"
A beam of blue and white light shot from both of his claws. Within the beam was snow, ice, sleet, and hail. Minotarumon didn't even know what hit him. He was instantly frozen and a few seconds later, the ice exploded along with him.
When the dust cleared I saw Sandmon laying on the ground snoring. I gently picked up my digimon.
"You were great Sandmon. You're the best."
"Nick, I think we should go look for Brandon and Mya now," JT said.
"We will. Our digimon just need to rest a little. And then we'll find them and Faith and stop this ritual from taking place. I promise."
Can Nick keep such a promise? What if they don't find Brandon, Mya, and Faith in time? Is Faith destined to die?