Round Robin of the Dark Masters
Scene: A dark forest in the Digiworld. The Digi-Destined have come across the interface to restore balance to the Digiworld, and by doing so, save their world.
"Well, I guess we're back in the Digiworld."
"Gloomy, isn't it?" Benjamon remarked, already standing.
"It's dark!" TK said, looking around.
"Weird." Matt added, his eyes glancing upward, and then locking...
"Hey! Look up there!" Sora cried, and all eyes turned up to the sky.
A vision of the earth filled the sky from horizon to horizon.
"Could that be earth?" Joe asked quietly
"It would not seem unreasonable to assume that we could see earth from the Digiworld just as we saw the Digiworld from earth." Izzy said, typing at his computer.
"Are you trying to contact Gennai?" Tentomon inquired.
"Well, I'm not playing solitaire."
Benjamon stood to the side, gazing up at the suspended earth. "Wonder how far away we really are," he murmurs, reaching up to scratch his nose. "Holy!!...Izzy, what do you make of these?" he asked the presiding computer whiz, holding his hands out.
Izzy turned and nearly fell on his back as he stared down the length of three silvery blades and three stout spikes. "Hey! Careful!" he gasped, his right hand covering his heart.
"Sorry..." Benjamon murmured. He set a pair of metal gloves on the ground next to Izzy, and looked over at the other Digi-Destined, who had come over to see what the commotion was.
"Not very fashionable," Mimi observed, prodding the gauntlet with her toe, "Far too medieval for my taste."
"Wicked! Look at those claws!" Tai grinned, trying to pick the bladed glove up.
"I'd really rather not, if it's all the same to you..." Joe said, shuddering, "I never liked weapons."
Tai continued to try lifting the gauntlet. "Ung! I can't move it!" he said, straining.
Sora looked at Benjamon. "You mean those silver bands weren't a part of you?" she asked.
"No." the humanoid Digimon replied, stooping over to take the triad of blades off the ground. "Hmm... Seems light enough..."
Izzy, who had been typing at his pineapple again, suddenly spoke up. "They aren't a part of his program, but they are his crests. Made of Digizoid Chrome, no less."
"What?" said TK, pulling out the small crest of Hope out from under his shirt. "You mean like ours?"
This caused everyone to look closer.
"Well, if you look at the back, you can see symbols..." Kari murmured, "One on each glove!"
"If I'm reading this correctly," Izzy began, "The left-handed gauntlet, the one with the knuckle spikes, is the crest of Justice. The right-handed gauntlet with the foot-long blades is the crest of Honor. And finally... Your glasses are the crest of Compassion."
"Why three crests?" Matt asked.
"We only got one apiece!" Mimi added, taking out her crest of Sincerity and looking at it. "Palmon?"
"Yes, Mimi?" the cactus-like rookie replied.
"When you were Lilymon, you never did get around to telling me what was wrong with my fashion sense."
"Oh, sorry, Mimi."
Mimi smiled, and hugged Palmon. "It's all right, we have lots of time!"
"Where did they come from, Benjamon?" Tai asked.
"I guess they are my hand guards, because the design is the same...I wonder..." he said, slipping the gauntlets back on, "If I can change them back..." He sat down, leaning against his backpack slightly as he regarded the silver weapons. The Digi-Destined looked closely as the seconds dragged on into minutes...
"This is boring, and gets us nowhere!" Matt grumped, turning his back to the others.
"Hey! Something's happening!" TK yelled.
Under Benjamon's steady gaze, the blades and spikes shrank, the metal beginning to glow faintly and whirl, moving down onto his hands, and slowly changing back into the chevrons of his hand guards.
"Sorry it took so long..." Benjamon apologized, "But now that I know what to do, I think I can change them back and forth more quickly."
"Still doesn't help us in the slightest." Matt frowned, walking around the small clearing.
"I agree," Joe nodded, "Hey... Where's Gomamon?"
"Gomamon! Where are you?" Joe called, cupping his hands to his mouth.
"I'm right here, Joe!" said the little, somewhat seal-like Digimon, appearing out of Joe's gymbag.
Managed to look slightly miffed, crossing his arms and turning slightly away as he spoke. "Well, that's just grea...AUGH!" He stumbled back as a pinkish blur sped into the tall grass nearby.
The ground crumbled under him, and Joe scrabbled for a handhold as the earth caved in.
"JOE!" Gomamon shouted, charging toward the crevasse. The other Digimon, except for Benjamon, ran with Gomamon
"Koromon Digivolve to... Agumon!"
"Tsukomon Digivolve to... Gabumon!"
"Motimon Digivolve to... Tentomon!"
"Tokomon Digivolve to... Patamon!"
"Yokomon Digivolve to... Biyomon!"
Salamon and Palmon, already in their rookie stages, ran after the others.
"Wait!" Kari shouted, bringing the Digimon to a sudden halt, nearly bowling each other over in the process. Dashing ahead, Kari knelt down by the grass and calmly talked to the Digimon hiding inside..."Come out, Don't be afraid; You're among friends."
Slowly the grass parted, and a haggard-looking pink mouse with a black ring around one eye fell to the ground.
"Oh, my goodness!" Palmon exclaim, "It's Chumon!"
"He looks terrible!" Mimi said, "He needs a major makeover!"
The mouse Digimon stirred, and lifted his head feebly... "Palmon? Mimi?" it squeaked weakly.
"Hey! Little help here?" Joe shouted, still holding on to the edge of the suddenly created cliff.
"Oops! Sorry, Joe! Forgot all about...Huh. Well, never mind, I guess." Gomamon said, watching as Benjamon knelt and hauled Joe up single-handedly.
"You all right, Joe?" he asked softly.
"I'm fine, thanks. Joe replied, "Gomamon!"
"Yes, Joe?" the Digimon replied.
"How could you leave me there to hang by my elbows?"
"Sorry, I guess I forgot..."
"You forgot... YOU LEFT ME HANGING WHILE YOU WERE OFF IN LALA LAND?!"
Gomamon looked slightly embarrassed. "Sorry..."
Joe sighed... "It's ok. I forgive you."
Gomamon looked at his clawed flippers and murmured under his breath as they rejoined the group. "Wonder what it's like to have elbows..."
Joe, Benjamon and Gomamon walked back to the others, where the small voice of Chumon was just fading away.
"Hey guys! Chumon says that there are four 'Dark Masters' who have taken over the Digiworld, and that they have created a base on top of Spiral Mountain." Sora explained, pointing to the swirling mix of city, cave, forest and ocean that spiraled up into the sky.
Joe sighed again. "Color me cynical, but nothing about this place surprises me anymore."
Benjamon shrugged. "So, what do we do?"
"Defeat the Dark Masters, of course!" Tai said, smiling. "Let's go get 'em!" He and Agumon turned to head for Spiral Mountain, and the rest followed.
Benjamon stopped... "Hey! Does anyone else feel... well, Odd? Like something bad is about to happen?" he said quietly. Everyone turned to look at him.
"No, I don't feel anything." Tai said, shaking his head. The others nodded, even the constantly worried Joe.
"You're just being paranoid." Matt said, civilly.
"Maybe..." Benjamon muttered, his hand guards morphing into the bladed and spiked gauntlets.
Joe looked around. "Let's get going... We aren't going to save the world just standing here."
Mimi's eyes were bright as she looked at Joe. "That's such a heroic thing to say!" she breathed...
Tai, Matt, and Benjamon rolled their eyes in unison.
Joe flushed faintly, and scratched his head, smiling foolishly. "I was just saying what I thought, Mimi!" he said, the words rushing out.
Before Mimi could respond, a loud, harsh laughter broke out around them.
"I've been waiting for you, Digi-Destined!" a grating voice roared, as the ground in front of the eight children ruptured as a huge, partially armored snake appeared in front of them, spiraling it's neck around to look at them with large, cold eyes.
"Oh no!" squeaked Chuumon, "It's Metalseadramon!"
/*
Digimon Analyzer (Beta version 2.3.0.4)
Metalseadramon
Type: Virus
Level: Mega
An armor-plated terror of the deep, Metalseadramon is a vicious and highly aggressive water dragon Digimon. He possesses some form of levitation ability, but is most dangerous in water.
Attacks:
River of Power: A slow charge Ki beam fired from the nose cannon.
*/
"In that case, let's RUN!" Joe shouted, and everyone took off as Metalseadramon circled around and dove after them.
"BWA HA!" the giant wyrm laughed as he crashed through the ranks of the Digi-Destined. The crash scattered the Digi-Destined and their Digimon much in the way a child would destroy a leaf pile as they ran through. The Digi-Destined groaned and struggled to their feet...
"If that's the way you want it, we can play rough, too!"... Matt said, struggling to his feet.
"Let's go, Agumon!" Yelled Tai, pulling out his Digivice.
"Gotcha!" Agumon agreed.
All the Digimon Digivolved to Champion level, except for Benjamon, who had been hurled into a large knothole, and was stuck...
"Agumon Digivolve to...GREYMON!"
"Biyomon Digivolve to...BIRDRAMON!"
"Tentomon Digivolve to...KABUTERIMON!"
"Gabumon Digivolve to...GARURUMON!"
"Palmon Digivolve to...TOGEMON!"
"Gomamon Digivolve to...IKKAKUMON!"
"Patamon Digivolve to...ANGEMON!"
"Salamon Digivolve to...GATOMON!"
"ARGH!" Benjamon shouted, bracing his feet against the tree to push.
"Nova Blast!" Greymon roared, spitting a large fireball at Metalseadramon, who passed through the attack with no effort, and smashed into Greymon. The helmeted orange champion was flattened, falling over instantly.
"Meteor Wing!"
"Howling Blaster!"
"Harpoon Torpedo!"
"How about some Needle Spray? HAH!"
"Electro Shocker!"
"Hand of Fate!"
"Thunder Claw!"
Metalseadramon shrugged off the attacks without blinking, and rammed the champions, nearly eating Gatomon in the process.
"Angemon!" TK yelled.
"Oh, no! Gatomon!" Kari said, moving to her Digimon's side.
Metalseadramon laughed again, loud and harsh. "You should know your powers are useless against me!" he gloated, circling overhead.
"How come he's beating us so badly?!" cried Mimi, tending to Togemon.
"Metalseadramon is a Mega Digimon, and even eight champions can't beat him!" Izzy replied.
"But we SHOULD have NINE!" shouted Matt, glaring at the struggling Benjamon.
"LOOK, IF I COULD FIGHT, I WOULD!" Benjamon roared, still pulling himself free.
"Then we're lost without more power!" Tai exclaimed, standing over the fallen Greymon.
"I JUST SAID I'M TRYING!" Benjamon shouted, his hand guards glowing and changing back into the gauntlets. "ARRRRGGGG! YAAAAAAAA!" he screamed, ripping the tree apart in his rage.
"Benjamon Digivol..."
"Now it's time to take one nasty ride!" Metalseadramon roared, his nose cannon glowing blue, shooting a beam that shredded the ground and sent the Digi-Destined down...
It was foggy where they landed. Very foggy. There was green grass underneath, and gray all around. The Digi-Destined collapsed on the ground next to their Digimon, groaning. Benjamon had landed on his face, and was struggling to get to his feet. With a shudder, he dropped back to the ground, under the weight of his large backpack.
Angemon and TK were talking.
"TK, are you all right?" Angemon intoned, picking TK up in his arms.
"I thought I was broken, but I guess I'm okay!" said the youngest member of the group.
Angemon nodded and chuckled softly...
"If anyone asks if I'm hurt, It'll be faster to list what doesn't feel battered..." Benjamon moaned...
At this, Matt smiled quickly.
An animalistic noise echoed from out of the fog.
Angemon set TK down, and stood up.
"What's the matter?" TK asked.
"Wait. I'll be back." Angemon replied, flying off into the fog.
"Don't go... Wait for me..." Benjamon murmured, still straining to get up.
Suddenly, two lights appeared, and grew larger, moving fast toward Angemon, hitting the angel Digimon in a staggered pair. Angemon screamed once as he returned to Patamon.
Benjamon unsteadily rose to his feet... "A mechanical dragon?" he asked, eyes shining in the dull light. "This one's m..." He disappeared, just as two more blasts from Machinedramon shattered the ground beneath the Digi-Destined...
"Mine?" Benjamon finished, surrounded by white. Nothing but white. "Wh...Where am I?" he blinked, turning his head... "More importantly, where are the Digi-Destined??"
You are in the matrices of the Digital world.
"Not you again!" Benjamon cried out, going through the motions of sitting down heavily with out any chair or surface to sit upon.
The Digi-Destined are safe.
"What?"
The Digi-Destined are safe.
"How could they be safe? You know how Angemon got blasted by that mechanical dragon!"
They are safe.
"For all your power, you aren't very creative, are you?"
We are creative, we are the creators.
"Your use of capitalization has improved from when you abducted me on earth. Can I go now?"
Thank you. No.
"Why not?" Benjamon pouted, sullen and upset without being able to fight.
We have taken an interest in you; since you are outside of our plans, you could be a very valuable asset. A trump card, ace in the hole, secret weapon,
"I GET THE POINT!" Benjamon screamed in frustration. "WHY DID YOU BRING ME HERE?"
To keep you unknown to the Dark Masters.
"Trying to milk the surprise for all its worth?" Benjamon asked, shifting quickly to a more interested, much calmer tone.
Yes.
"Hmm... I like! Surprise is certainly a great edge..."
We agree. However, we cannot speed up time to take you to where you will be most useful; we ask what you think we should do with you until that time.
Benjamon thought, processing options as quickly as his program allowed. Three picoseconds later:
"I want to fight. Could you send me somewhere to train?"
We can. Work hard. We will send for you when the time comes.
The whiteness in front of Benjamon shifted to a faint picture, which, as Benjamon stared, filled out with stronger and stronger colors, becoming increasingly realistic, until...
"Hey mon! Where'd you come from?"
Next up: "The Contest"
Benjamon fights in an underground coliseum while the Digi-Destined meet the rest of their new enemies in the Digiworld... The Dark Masters.
Send those suggestions, comments, Digimon Ideas to:
Drowzee1@hotmail.com
Also, I'm going to start playing a little faster and looser with the events of the show, just to keep things interesting and prevent me from being a complete hack writer.
Scene: A dark forest in the Digiworld. The Digi-Destined have come across the interface to restore balance to the Digiworld, and by doing so, save their world.
"Well, I guess we're back in the Digiworld."
"Gloomy, isn't it?" Benjamon remarked, already standing.
"It's dark!" TK said, looking around.
"Weird." Matt added, his eyes glancing upward, and then locking...
"Hey! Look up there!" Sora cried, and all eyes turned up to the sky.
A vision of the earth filled the sky from horizon to horizon.
"Could that be earth?" Joe asked quietly
"It would not seem unreasonable to assume that we could see earth from the Digiworld just as we saw the Digiworld from earth." Izzy said, typing at his computer.
"Are you trying to contact Gennai?" Tentomon inquired.
"Well, I'm not playing solitaire."
Benjamon stood to the side, gazing up at the suspended earth. "Wonder how far away we really are," he murmurs, reaching up to scratch his nose. "Holy!!...Izzy, what do you make of these?" he asked the presiding computer whiz, holding his hands out.
Izzy turned and nearly fell on his back as he stared down the length of three silvery blades and three stout spikes. "Hey! Careful!" he gasped, his right hand covering his heart.
"Sorry..." Benjamon murmured. He set a pair of metal gloves on the ground next to Izzy, and looked over at the other Digi-Destined, who had come over to see what the commotion was.
"Not very fashionable," Mimi observed, prodding the gauntlet with her toe, "Far too medieval for my taste."
"Wicked! Look at those claws!" Tai grinned, trying to pick the bladed glove up.
"I'd really rather not, if it's all the same to you..." Joe said, shuddering, "I never liked weapons."
Tai continued to try lifting the gauntlet. "Ung! I can't move it!" he said, straining.
Sora looked at Benjamon. "You mean those silver bands weren't a part of you?" she asked.
"No." the humanoid Digimon replied, stooping over to take the triad of blades off the ground. "Hmm... Seems light enough..."
Izzy, who had been typing at his pineapple again, suddenly spoke up. "They aren't a part of his program, but they are his crests. Made of Digizoid Chrome, no less."
"What?" said TK, pulling out the small crest of Hope out from under his shirt. "You mean like ours?"
This caused everyone to look closer.
"Well, if you look at the back, you can see symbols..." Kari murmured, "One on each glove!"
"If I'm reading this correctly," Izzy began, "The left-handed gauntlet, the one with the knuckle spikes, is the crest of Justice. The right-handed gauntlet with the foot-long blades is the crest of Honor. And finally... Your glasses are the crest of Compassion."
"Why three crests?" Matt asked.
"We only got one apiece!" Mimi added, taking out her crest of Sincerity and looking at it. "Palmon?"
"Yes, Mimi?" the cactus-like rookie replied.
"When you were Lilymon, you never did get around to telling me what was wrong with my fashion sense."
"Oh, sorry, Mimi."
Mimi smiled, and hugged Palmon. "It's all right, we have lots of time!"
"Where did they come from, Benjamon?" Tai asked.
"I guess they are my hand guards, because the design is the same...I wonder..." he said, slipping the gauntlets back on, "If I can change them back..." He sat down, leaning against his backpack slightly as he regarded the silver weapons. The Digi-Destined looked closely as the seconds dragged on into minutes...
"This is boring, and gets us nowhere!" Matt grumped, turning his back to the others.
"Hey! Something's happening!" TK yelled.
Under Benjamon's steady gaze, the blades and spikes shrank, the metal beginning to glow faintly and whirl, moving down onto his hands, and slowly changing back into the chevrons of his hand guards.
"Sorry it took so long..." Benjamon apologized, "But now that I know what to do, I think I can change them back and forth more quickly."
"Still doesn't help us in the slightest." Matt frowned, walking around the small clearing.
"I agree," Joe nodded, "Hey... Where's Gomamon?"
"Gomamon! Where are you?" Joe called, cupping his hands to his mouth.
"I'm right here, Joe!" said the little, somewhat seal-like Digimon, appearing out of Joe's gymbag.
Managed to look slightly miffed, crossing his arms and turning slightly away as he spoke. "Well, that's just grea...AUGH!" He stumbled back as a pinkish blur sped into the tall grass nearby.
The ground crumbled under him, and Joe scrabbled for a handhold as the earth caved in.
"JOE!" Gomamon shouted, charging toward the crevasse. The other Digimon, except for Benjamon, ran with Gomamon
"Koromon Digivolve to... Agumon!"
"Tsukomon Digivolve to... Gabumon!"
"Motimon Digivolve to... Tentomon!"
"Tokomon Digivolve to... Patamon!"
"Yokomon Digivolve to... Biyomon!"
Salamon and Palmon, already in their rookie stages, ran after the others.
"Wait!" Kari shouted, bringing the Digimon to a sudden halt, nearly bowling each other over in the process. Dashing ahead, Kari knelt down by the grass and calmly talked to the Digimon hiding inside..."Come out, Don't be afraid; You're among friends."
Slowly the grass parted, and a haggard-looking pink mouse with a black ring around one eye fell to the ground.
"Oh, my goodness!" Palmon exclaim, "It's Chumon!"
"He looks terrible!" Mimi said, "He needs a major makeover!"
The mouse Digimon stirred, and lifted his head feebly... "Palmon? Mimi?" it squeaked weakly.
"Hey! Little help here?" Joe shouted, still holding on to the edge of the suddenly created cliff.
"Oops! Sorry, Joe! Forgot all about...Huh. Well, never mind, I guess." Gomamon said, watching as Benjamon knelt and hauled Joe up single-handedly.
"You all right, Joe?" he asked softly.
"I'm fine, thanks. Joe replied, "Gomamon!"
"Yes, Joe?" the Digimon replied.
"How could you leave me there to hang by my elbows?"
"Sorry, I guess I forgot..."
"You forgot... YOU LEFT ME HANGING WHILE YOU WERE OFF IN LALA LAND?!"
Gomamon looked slightly embarrassed. "Sorry..."
Joe sighed... "It's ok. I forgive you."
Gomamon looked at his clawed flippers and murmured under his breath as they rejoined the group. "Wonder what it's like to have elbows..."
Joe, Benjamon and Gomamon walked back to the others, where the small voice of Chumon was just fading away.
"Hey guys! Chumon says that there are four 'Dark Masters' who have taken over the Digiworld, and that they have created a base on top of Spiral Mountain." Sora explained, pointing to the swirling mix of city, cave, forest and ocean that spiraled up into the sky.
Joe sighed again. "Color me cynical, but nothing about this place surprises me anymore."
Benjamon shrugged. "So, what do we do?"
"Defeat the Dark Masters, of course!" Tai said, smiling. "Let's go get 'em!" He and Agumon turned to head for Spiral Mountain, and the rest followed.
Benjamon stopped... "Hey! Does anyone else feel... well, Odd? Like something bad is about to happen?" he said quietly. Everyone turned to look at him.
"No, I don't feel anything." Tai said, shaking his head. The others nodded, even the constantly worried Joe.
"You're just being paranoid." Matt said, civilly.
"Maybe..." Benjamon muttered, his hand guards morphing into the bladed and spiked gauntlets.
Joe looked around. "Let's get going... We aren't going to save the world just standing here."
Mimi's eyes were bright as she looked at Joe. "That's such a heroic thing to say!" she breathed...
Tai, Matt, and Benjamon rolled their eyes in unison.
Joe flushed faintly, and scratched his head, smiling foolishly. "I was just saying what I thought, Mimi!" he said, the words rushing out.
Before Mimi could respond, a loud, harsh laughter broke out around them.
"I've been waiting for you, Digi-Destined!" a grating voice roared, as the ground in front of the eight children ruptured as a huge, partially armored snake appeared in front of them, spiraling it's neck around to look at them with large, cold eyes.
"Oh no!" squeaked Chuumon, "It's Metalseadramon!"
/*
Digimon Analyzer (Beta version 2.3.0.4)
Metalseadramon
Type: Virus
Level: Mega
An armor-plated terror of the deep, Metalseadramon is a vicious and highly aggressive water dragon Digimon. He possesses some form of levitation ability, but is most dangerous in water.
Attacks:
River of Power: A slow charge Ki beam fired from the nose cannon.
*/
"In that case, let's RUN!" Joe shouted, and everyone took off as Metalseadramon circled around and dove after them.
"BWA HA!" the giant wyrm laughed as he crashed through the ranks of the Digi-Destined. The crash scattered the Digi-Destined and their Digimon much in the way a child would destroy a leaf pile as they ran through. The Digi-Destined groaned and struggled to their feet...
"If that's the way you want it, we can play rough, too!"... Matt said, struggling to his feet.
"Let's go, Agumon!" Yelled Tai, pulling out his Digivice.
"Gotcha!" Agumon agreed.
All the Digimon Digivolved to Champion level, except for Benjamon, who had been hurled into a large knothole, and was stuck...
"Agumon Digivolve to...GREYMON!"
"Biyomon Digivolve to...BIRDRAMON!"
"Tentomon Digivolve to...KABUTERIMON!"
"Gabumon Digivolve to...GARURUMON!"
"Palmon Digivolve to...TOGEMON!"
"Gomamon Digivolve to...IKKAKUMON!"
"Patamon Digivolve to...ANGEMON!"
"Salamon Digivolve to...GATOMON!"
"ARGH!" Benjamon shouted, bracing his feet against the tree to push.
"Nova Blast!" Greymon roared, spitting a large fireball at Metalseadramon, who passed through the attack with no effort, and smashed into Greymon. The helmeted orange champion was flattened, falling over instantly.
"Meteor Wing!"
"Howling Blaster!"
"Harpoon Torpedo!"
"How about some Needle Spray? HAH!"
"Electro Shocker!"
"Hand of Fate!"
"Thunder Claw!"
Metalseadramon shrugged off the attacks without blinking, and rammed the champions, nearly eating Gatomon in the process.
"Angemon!" TK yelled.
"Oh, no! Gatomon!" Kari said, moving to her Digimon's side.
Metalseadramon laughed again, loud and harsh. "You should know your powers are useless against me!" he gloated, circling overhead.
"How come he's beating us so badly?!" cried Mimi, tending to Togemon.
"Metalseadramon is a Mega Digimon, and even eight champions can't beat him!" Izzy replied.
"But we SHOULD have NINE!" shouted Matt, glaring at the struggling Benjamon.
"LOOK, IF I COULD FIGHT, I WOULD!" Benjamon roared, still pulling himself free.
"Then we're lost without more power!" Tai exclaimed, standing over the fallen Greymon.
"I JUST SAID I'M TRYING!" Benjamon shouted, his hand guards glowing and changing back into the gauntlets. "ARRRRGGGG! YAAAAAAAA!" he screamed, ripping the tree apart in his rage.
"Benjamon Digivol..."
"Now it's time to take one nasty ride!" Metalseadramon roared, his nose cannon glowing blue, shooting a beam that shredded the ground and sent the Digi-Destined down...
It was foggy where they landed. Very foggy. There was green grass underneath, and gray all around. The Digi-Destined collapsed on the ground next to their Digimon, groaning. Benjamon had landed on his face, and was struggling to get to his feet. With a shudder, he dropped back to the ground, under the weight of his large backpack.
Angemon and TK were talking.
"TK, are you all right?" Angemon intoned, picking TK up in his arms.
"I thought I was broken, but I guess I'm okay!" said the youngest member of the group.
Angemon nodded and chuckled softly...
"If anyone asks if I'm hurt, It'll be faster to list what doesn't feel battered..." Benjamon moaned...
At this, Matt smiled quickly.
An animalistic noise echoed from out of the fog.
Angemon set TK down, and stood up.
"What's the matter?" TK asked.
"Wait. I'll be back." Angemon replied, flying off into the fog.
"Don't go... Wait for me..." Benjamon murmured, still straining to get up.
Suddenly, two lights appeared, and grew larger, moving fast toward Angemon, hitting the angel Digimon in a staggered pair. Angemon screamed once as he returned to Patamon.
Benjamon unsteadily rose to his feet... "A mechanical dragon?" he asked, eyes shining in the dull light. "This one's m..." He disappeared, just as two more blasts from Machinedramon shattered the ground beneath the Digi-Destined...
"Mine?" Benjamon finished, surrounded by white. Nothing but white. "Wh...Where am I?" he blinked, turning his head... "More importantly, where are the Digi-Destined??"
You are in the matrices of the Digital world.
"Not you again!" Benjamon cried out, going through the motions of sitting down heavily with out any chair or surface to sit upon.
The Digi-Destined are safe.
"What?"
The Digi-Destined are safe.
"How could they be safe? You know how Angemon got blasted by that mechanical dragon!"
They are safe.
"For all your power, you aren't very creative, are you?"
We are creative, we are the creators.
"Your use of capitalization has improved from when you abducted me on earth. Can I go now?"
Thank you. No.
"Why not?" Benjamon pouted, sullen and upset without being able to fight.
We have taken an interest in you; since you are outside of our plans, you could be a very valuable asset. A trump card, ace in the hole, secret weapon,
"I GET THE POINT!" Benjamon screamed in frustration. "WHY DID YOU BRING ME HERE?"
To keep you unknown to the Dark Masters.
"Trying to milk the surprise for all its worth?" Benjamon asked, shifting quickly to a more interested, much calmer tone.
Yes.
"Hmm... I like! Surprise is certainly a great edge..."
We agree. However, we cannot speed up time to take you to where you will be most useful; we ask what you think we should do with you until that time.
Benjamon thought, processing options as quickly as his program allowed. Three picoseconds later:
"I want to fight. Could you send me somewhere to train?"
We can. Work hard. We will send for you when the time comes.
The whiteness in front of Benjamon shifted to a faint picture, which, as Benjamon stared, filled out with stronger and stronger colors, becoming increasingly realistic, until...
"Hey mon! Where'd you come from?"
Next up: "The Contest"
Benjamon fights in an underground coliseum while the Digi-Destined meet the rest of their new enemies in the Digiworld... The Dark Masters.
Send those suggestions, comments, Digimon Ideas to:
Drowzee1@hotmail.com
Also, I'm going to start playing a little faster and looser with the events of the show, just to keep things interesting and prevent me from being a complete hack writer.