Myotismon grinned deviously
at the eight children standing before him. "I can see that simply reading
fanfics isn't enough of a challenge for you brats," he began. "Therefore, I have come up with a cunning
plan that will force you to wrack your brains and push your mental capacities
to their very limits!"
"Shouldn't
take Tai very long to do that," Matt commented, crossing his arms and
smirking.
"Shut it or
I'll do a lot more than wrack your brains, Mousse," Tai snarled in
response.
Izzy interrupted
them, sounding somewhat interested. "And what might this challenge
entail?" he asked Myotismon.
"I call it the
Invention Exchange," the evil digimon replied, baring his fangs in a
wicked grin. "Instead of reading the next segment of the story, you will use
this time to come up with a suitably impressive creation which you shall then
compare with an invention of my own."
"The point
being?" Sora asked, wearing a puzzled and skeptical expression.
"There's no
point, it's just fun!" DemiDevimon piped up, shrugging as best he could
while remaining airborne.
"Silence!"
Myotismon snarled. "There is a catch, Digi-Destined," he informed
them. "Your invention not only has to impress me, it has to work. That way
you can't simply cut some holes in a cardboard box and say that it's an
interdimensional transporter or somesuch."
Tai slapped a hand
to his goggled forehead. "Aw, man, there goes my idea!" he moaned.
Matt glared at him
askance, "What a pity to lose such a brilliant concept."
"Maybe we
should invent something that'll keep those two from fighting all the
time," Sora suggested to Izzy in a whisper, jerking a thumb over her
shoulder at Matt and Tai.
Myotismon resumed
his tirade, ignoring the two squabbling boys and the fact that Izzy was
entirely lost in thought, his ten-year-old mind working furiously at the
prospect of this newest challenge. "Of course, I still need someone to
torture in the theatre," he mused. "And that leads us to your puny
digital companions..."
A door - one of
which, up till this point, the children had been entirely unaware - slid open
on a far wall, revealing eight small digimon, blinking confusedly in the
torchlight. TK gave a squeal of glee and rushed over to greet Patamon; the
other children followed him, going to their respective partners.
"Tai? What's
going on?" Agumon asked, peering round the room.
"Oh, y'know,
the ususal. Myostismon's torturing us with a fanfic and now he's making us come
up with some cockamamie invention for a contest," Tai responded with a
shrug.
"That old
routine?" Gabumon marvelled.
Myotismon called
for their attention. "This little reunion has gone on long enough. The
human brats will stay here; you digimon will go into the theatre.
DemiDevimon!"
"The Button!
Right away, boss!" With great flourish, DemiDevimon pressed The Button,
plunging the room into chaos once more.
"That's your
cue, guys!" Sora called to the befuddled digimon, pointing towards the
open theatre door. "You've got Fanfic Sign! Good luck!"
Following her
directions, the eight monsters hurried into the theatre.
_____________________________________________________________________________
(The digimon
file in and look around the theatre for a moment before taking their seats. Due
to their small size, it's difficult to see their silhouettes over the backs of
the chairs, but they arrange themselves as follows, from left to right:
Gatomon, Agumon, Patamon, Gomamon, Biyomon, Gabumon, Tentomon and Palmon.)
Agumon: So we're
just supposed to read a story and go, huh?
Patamon: I guess
so. I hope TK will be all right without me.
Digimon: The
Tsunonrimon Saga—Part Three: Fallen Angels
Biyomon: Coming this fall to NBC.
Chapter One
Tentomon: It was the best of times, it was the worst
of times...
A dark tower
rose into the night from the peak of a mountain. A single light burnt near the
top, casting flickering shadows over the surrounding area. Without warning,
five shadows flew off the building, silhouetted against the full moon. A loud,
insane, cackling followed them.
Agumon: Fly! Fly, my pretties! Eh-heheheheheheh!
The Digidestined
were currently trudging through a shallow marsh. "I hate this!"
complained Mimi, as she tried in vain to keep her clothes dry. "All this
muck is disgusting!"
Palmon: Has she been visiting Tapestries again? She
just keeps ignoring the warnings and grousing about it...
"You won't
get any argument from me on that one, Mimi." Muttered Matt.
Patamon: Tongue twisters are fun!
"My shoes
are so caked with mud right now that I can barely lift them!" The others
nodded their assent.
Gomamon: 'Assent'...does that sound like a good
thesaurus word to you guys?
Agumon: What's a thesaurus?
Gomamon: I dunno. Joe asked me to write
down any good words I heard. He's keeping a list or something.
Gabumon: Hummm...'assent' sounds good to
me.
Gomamon: Okay! (He writes it down in
Joe's notebook as best he can, being a creature with no opposable thumbs.)
"I'd
complain too, except I'm too tired to complain!" said T.K. "And we
can't even rest here, because there's no place to sit down!"
Patamon: It gets awful crowded in the cafeteria at
lunch time.
Izzy suddenly
pointed through the mist shrouding the swamp. "Hey, look!
Gatomon: Look, Ma, there's a Denny's! There's a
Denny's, Ma!
There's some
solid land!" Everyone looked where he was pointing, and sure enough, a
bank of land rose out of the mud ahead. "We must be at the end of the
marsh!"
As soon as they
reached the bank, the group sat down, relieved. "I hope we're through the
worst of it," Said Sora. "First Cybermon attacks us," she
brought her left hand subconsciously to her left side,
Tentomon: Stimulus, response! Stimulus, response!
Don't you ever *think*?
where she had
been injured by a Pulse Cannon blast during that battle. "Then, we have
the mountains, the canyon, and now that marsh!" Sora ticked the ordeals
off on her fingers as she recited them.
Palmon: By this point everybody else was pretty
ticked off, too.
The most recent
additions to their group—Jake and Zegimon—looked at each other.
Gabumon: (Jake, pointing at Agumon) "WAAAAUGH!
Giant lizard!"
Agumon: (Zegimon, pointing at Gabumon)
"AAAAAAAAAHH! Hairless freak!"
"We should
be through it," answered Jake. "Zegimon's never been farther than
this before, but he has pretty good vision, and he says its just straight
forest from now on."
Gatomon: Not yaoi forest. Just wanted to be clear.
Joe looked up
from scraping the mud off his shoes to respond, but never got the chance. A
gigantic battle-axe imbedded itself in a tree right above his head.
"YAAAH!!!" he yelled in surprise and terror. A cruel laughing filled
the area.
Biyomon: No-good frat boys and their stupid hazings!
There was
another 'whoosh' of air, and a grove of trees in front of the Digidestined was
cleaved in half by another axe. Standing behind the trees was a gigantic
Digimon, which kind of looked like Ogremon, just much more powerful and
stronger. The new Digimon laughed again.
Gomamon: Somebody'd told him a really funny joke
that morning, and he just couldn't stop thinking about it.
Izzy immediately
had his analyzer program up and running. "That's Goblinmon, Ogremon's
fully Digivolved form! He's strong, and is an expert with his battle-axe! If
you aren't careful, he'll really cut you down to size!"
Gomamon: Ba-da-BUMP!
Agumon: Did Nimpy co-write this part of the
story?
"He's
mine!" shouted Zegimon. "Zegimon digivolve to…KAMOMON!" The
immense lizard prepared for battle. "Flame…Agh!"
Gabumon: That's an unusual attack.
Kamomon was
hurled from his feet and tossed into the muck of the swamp, splashing the Digidestined
with goop.
All: Wah-wah-wah-wah-waaaaaaahh!
Where Kamomon
had been attacked, the air started to ripple, and solidify. It formed into a
Minotaur-like Digimon, who wore steel gloves on his hands. Izzy was soon at it
again.
Biyomon: Izzy's a minotaur-like digimon?
"Now you
see him, now you don't! That's Invisomon! He can turn invisible at will, and
his Drain Energy attack can leave anyone out like a light!" Invisomon
snickered,
Gatomon: Goblinmon told him the joke he'd heard.
and vanished
once again in much the same way he had appeared.
Patamon: On a pogo stick.
"I don't
like this!
Palmon: I dunno, the story hasn't been too bad so
far.
Gabumon
digivolve to…GARURUMON!" Garurumon leaped into the air at Goblinmon.
"Howling Blaster!" Goblinmon awaited the attack calmly, then
dispersed the energy harmlessly with a swipe from his axe.
Suddenly,
Garurumon was wrapped up in a spray of thread. A spider Digimon crawled out of
the forest, drawing a scream from Mimi.
Gabumon: (spider) "Hold still, Mimi! How
am I supposed to draw you screaming if you keep jumping around like that?"
"I hate
spiders!"
"That's
Arachnomon! This spider isn't the type you can squash under your heel, it has
an armored carapace that is as strong as titanium!" Supplied Izzy.
Gomamon: 'Carapace'...how do you spell that?
Palmon: Um...K-A-R...uh...'pace'.
Gomamon: Right. Got it. (scribbles in
his notepad)
Before any of
the Digimon could digivolve again, another Digimon appeared besides Arachnomon.
It looked like a three-headed dog,
Agumon: Wait - what's a dog?
Gomamon: I dunno. Sounds like a thesaurus
word to me! (scribbles)
each head
looking at the Digidestined hungrily, as if contemplating which would make the
best meal.
Gatomon: I bet Joe tastes like chicken! Hee hee.
Patamon: Oh, that's just mean.
"Cerebrus
was the guardian of the underworld in Greek mythology, and Cerebrusmon fits the
description perfectly! His attack, Wrath of Hades, is one of the most powerful
attacks in existence!"
Agumon: Nowhere near as powerful as "Sissy
Slap", though.
Kamomon, still
dripping mud, lined up next to Garurumon, who had clawed free of the string.
The two Champions
All: (singing) Weeeee are the champions, my
fri-end...
Gatomon:
Well, *I'm* the Champion, anyway.
Others:
Feh.
leapt into the
air at the three-headed Digimon. A small blur, however, shot in from apparently
no where and kicked Kamomon in the nose,
Palmon: Honk!
knocking him
down, then rebounded to land on Garurumon's back. Both of the larger Digimon
fell to the ground. The blur resolved itself into a little man, dressed
entirely in green, and wearing a little top hat.
Gabumon: Good heavens, it's Mxyzptlkmon!
"If you
catch one of Leprechaunmon's four-leaf clovers, don't think you're lucky! They
have razor edges, and he can throw them like knives!"
Gatomon: (Izzy) "The only way to get rid
of him is by tricking him into saying his name backwards twice."
The little elf
grinned sadistically at Izzy, and as if spurred by his words, threw a trio of
deadly shamrocks right at Tai and Sora, who narrowly missed getting hit.
All: (singing) New deadly Lucky Charms -
they're tragically delicious!
Jake looked at
the four Digimon he could see, and randomly guessed about where Invisomon was.
Gomamon: (Jake) "Right behind Tai! Aim
at his head!"
"Come on,
we can beat them, they aren't that hard!"
"Patamon
digivolve to…ANGEMON!"
All: (singing) Tsukame! Egaita yume wo...
"Agumon
digivolve to…GREYMON!"
All: (singing) Mamore! Dajii na tomo wo...
"Biyomon
digivolve to…BIRDRAMON!"
All: (yup, still singing) Takumashii jibun ni
nareru sa...
"Gomamon
digivolve to…IKKAKUMON!"
All: (still singing) Shiranai pawaa ga yadoru
haato ni hi ga tsuitara…
"Palmon
digivolve to…TOGEMON!"
All: (same as above) Donna negai mo uso ja
nai...
"Gatomon digivolve
to…ANGEWOMON!"
All: (singing, still) Kitto kanau kara...show
me your brave heart!
"Garurumon
digivolve to…WEREGARURUMON!"
Agumon: Aww, we ran out of verses.
Gabumon: Oh pooh.
"Kamomon
digivolve to…METALKAMOMON!"
The Digidestined
got ready to fight. "Needle Spray!" yelled Togemon, trying to score a
hit on Arachnomon.
Patamon: B 6!
Gabumon: Direct hit. You sunk my
battleship!
Arachnomon had
other ideas, however. "Mandible Slash!" it chirped, and closed its
jaws around the walking cactus, which cried out in pain.
"I'll help
you! Celestial Arrow!" Angewomon pulled back her bowstring and released an
arrow straight into Arachnomon's heart. The spider screamed in agony and
dissolved into dust.
Gatomon: (singing) Another one bites the dust!
"Hey! One
shot from Angewomon's Arrow and we defeat an Ultimate stage Digimon! We really
are getting stronger!" exclaimed Tai.
Biyomon: Proof that Super Bulk-Up Formula really
does work wonders.
"Wrath of
Hades!" yelled one of Cerebrusmon's heads, Izzy couldn't tell which. A
ring of fire suddenly appeared around the whole group, enclosing them in. The
ring extended as far as they could see in the sky. The ring started to
contract.
Agumon: This is almost as exciting as "Who
Wants To Be A Millionaire"!
Kabuterimon flew
up into the air. "Oh no you don't! Electro shocker!" the ball of
electricity hit Cerebrusmon dead on, not doing any real damage, but stunning
him enough to stop the attack.
Goblinmon leapt
at Greymon, his battle-axe missing by inches and splitting a rock in two.
"Don't forget the orders Tsunonrimon gave us!" the monster yelled.
Gomamon: (Goblinmon) "And remember that
we were supposed to keep her existence a secret until it's too late.
D'oh!"
A ghostly voice
echoed through the forest.
Biyomon: (eerily) Oooooo...ooooooooooooo!
Patamon: Could you repeat that, ma'am?
Agumon: (Irish accent) Bah, ignore
her. You won't get anything out of her, unless it's spooky wind noises you're
after.
"Right!
Drain Energy!" Ripples emanated from no particular spot, and all of the
Digidestined felt themselves growing much weaker. It wasn't long before every
single one of them was asleep.
Tentomon: Invisomon attacks by playing Yanni CDs at
top volume.
The group
finally woke up to T.K. screaming.
All: Yaaaaaaahh!
"What is
it, little guy?" asked Matt, concerned.
Gatomon: (TK) "Charlie horse! It hurts,
darnit, it HURTS!"
"The
Digimon took…they took Angemon and Angewomon!" This got a gasp from
everyone, as they looked around. The two angels were indeed gone!
All: Bum bum BUMMMMMM!!!
Chapter Two
"Calm down,
T.K., Kari." Reassured Sora. "I'm sure we'll find Angemon and
Angewomon soon."
Palmon: (Sora) "I'm fairly certain they
aren't being held captive somewhere and tortured mercilessly by some obscenely
powerful unknown enemy. Don't worry."
She looked over
at where Izzy was typing furiously at his laptop. "What are you doing,
Izzy?"
Gomamon: (Izzy) "Let's see,
www.hotchicks.com...uh, sorry, what were you saying?"
Izzy's eyes
never left the screen for a second. "Each Digimon has an individual stream
of data, which varies from Digimon to Digimon—much like DNA in humans. By
searching for specific groupings of data—in this case a group of a Goblinmon, a
Leprechaunmon, an Invisomon, a Cerebrusmon, and Angemon and Angewomon, we
should be able to track…
Tentomon: Oh, you can not. Now he's just
making stuff up.
Got it!"
his laptop beeped. All of the Digidestined clustered around the computer whiz.
The screen showed an overview of the entire Digital World, as if from an
airplane, and slowly zoomed in on individual sections, until it was focused on
a dark, gloomy, fortress.
Palmon: How come villains never live in bright,
cheery condos or homey cottages or something?
Patamon: They all have the same real
estate agent.
"Angewomon
and Angemon are being held here."
"So what
are we waiting for?" Asked Jake. "Let's go get them!"
"Wait!"
shouted Gabumon. "Remember, Goblinmon said something about orders from
somebody called Tsunonrimon. Who's he?"
Agumon: I think we can assume he's someone bad.
No one had an
answer. "Well, I guess we can suppose that they all work for him, whoever
he is." Said Matt. "The question is, are we powerful enough to take
him on, whoever he is?"
"Well,
we're going to find out." Answered Sora. "One way or another."
Tentomon: (Sora) "And possibly die in
the process. Won't that be fun?"
Angewomon had no
idea where she was. The last thing she remembered was dueling with Cerebrusmon,
then the attack from Invisomon and…her head hurt.
Biyomon: (Angewomon) "Thinking is
hard!"
When she had
gathered enough of her wits to examine the situation,
Gabumon: Her wits having been scattered willy-nilly
around the castle.
she looked
around. She was lying on some sort of rack, unable to move, yet she didn't see
any wires or chains holding her.
Gatomon: I have a bad feeling...
Across the room,
Angemon was bound to a similar structure. He, too, was just coming around.
Angewomon
started to wonder about the attack that had hit her. It was a most curious
effect. It had drained her energy and her will to fight; yet apparently had not
physically drained her power, because she was still Angewomon. If she had been
robbed of her power, she would have deDigivolved back to Gatomon, or maybe
Salamon.
Agumon: Or possibly even FluffyBunnyMon.
"It's no
use pretending to be unconscious further, I can see you are awake."
Angemon jerked her head to the side,
Palmon: Whoa! Somebody underwent a sudden sex
change.
noticing the third
figure in the room for the first time. It wasn't hard to see why she had missed
seeing the person in the first place, as the woman was draped in a black cloak
which blended in perfectly with their surroundings.
Patamon: She should put some reflective tape on her
clothes or something; she might get hit by a car while she's wandering around
at night.
"Who…are
you?" whispered Angewomon.
Gabumon: I'm Batmon!
"Who am
I?" the woman laughed coldly.
Gomamon: You mean you don't know either?
Agumon: She must have amnesia. Quick, hit
her on the head! That always helps restore someone's memory!
"I am the
future ruler of the entire realm of both the Digital World and the Human World.
I am your future master. I am that who will destroy the Digidestined once and
for all.
Gatomon: I am someone with dissociative personality
disorder, apparently.
I am," she
seemed to hunger for this line. "The Dark Queen Tsunonrimon!"
All: (gasp melodramatically)
"And you
hold a grudge against the Digidestined why?" asked Angemon, struggling to
move against his invisible bonds.
"Oh, don't
try and struggle, it's quite useless. You are being held to the table by pure
Dark Magic, even a holy warrior such as yourself is powerless against this
magnitude of evil."
Gomamon: Hmm...'magnitude.' (scribbles)
She walked over
to Angemon, and lifted his chin, seeming to stare straight through his
faceplate. "You want to know why I hate the Digidestined so? I shall tell
you then." Tsunonrimon pulled back the cloak of her hood, revealing a face
so exquisite
Gomamon: (scribbles)
that it could
have been chiseled
Gomamon: (scribbles)
out of stone.
Yet among her beauty was a malignant
Gomamon: (scribbles)
aura of evil,
which distorted her image
Gomamon: (scribbles)
Agumon: Gomamon, slow down, buddy.
Gabumon: You're running out of paper.
We've still got half of the story to go through.
Gomamon: I'm just trying to be
comprehensive. Oooh, that's a good word! (scribbles)
into that of
something unholy and terrible. "They destroyed my mentor and father, the
Lord Devimon. And for that, they shall pay with their lives."
Angemon looked
at her defiantly. "You mean I destroyed Devimon.
Agumon: (pokes Patamon) You glory-hog, you.
Patamon: Hey!
He was pathetically
weak. If you are anything like your father was, the Digidestined shall defeat
you easily."
Tsunonrimon just
smiled, refusing to be goaded.
Palmon: Goad goad goad.
"So it was
you who dealt the mortal blow to Lord Devimon? Oh, then my plan is even more
ironic! This will be so much fun to watch the Digidestined die at my
hands!"
Angewomon looked
at her.
Gatomon: Your cloak clashes with your shoes.
"What
exactly is your plan? What do you want us for?"
"The mighty
Lord Devimon, as well as being my father, was also my tutor and mentor."
Tentomon: As was previously mentioned.
Tsunonrimon
removed her obsidian gloves, and her pale hands shone in the dim light.
"His one weakness was that he learned no real offensive techniques, but I
have corrected that. However, he did spend time teaching me his personal
favorite technique."
Biyomon: (ominously) The overhand loop
stitch.
Her hands
started to glow a dark black, as she walked to the two angels. She pushed the
two frames together with a clang. "And now, I shall use it on you
two." Tsunonrimon raised her hands. "Fitting, isn't it. Touch
of…"
Patamon: SATAN? (giggles insanely)
The wall
suddenly tumbled in, courtesy of MetalGreymon.
Agumon: Hey, cool! After we save the Digiworld, we
could go into demolitions! We'd make millions!
The rest of the
Digidestined and their Digimon all followed. T.K. saw Angemon strapped to a
wire frame, some lady with her hands on both Angemon's and Angewomon's
Tentomon: Ugh. Is this going to turn into one of
*those* fanfics?
Gatomon: Oh, for pity's sake, they're not
all bad.
shoulders.
"Angemon!"
Jake stood in
front of T.K. "Give Angemon and Angewomon back now! Or else get ready to
fight us!"
Palmon: Can't we just challenge her to a game of
ping-pong instead?
The woman looked
at the Digidestined with an air of contempt. "But of course." She
waved her hand and both the angels tumbled to the floor.
T.K. and Kari
ran over to their Digimon, to check if they were okay.
Tai looked at
Jake, then at Matt. "I don't like this." He said at last. "This
was too easy. What is she up to?"
Gomamon: About five-foot-ten! Ha ha!
Kari hugged
Angewomon. "I'm so glad you're okay, Angewomon! Angewomon?" Kari
looked up at her partner, surprised that she wasn't responding.
Gabumon: Maybe she's not plugged in.
Angewomon was
looking down at Kari with an eerie aura of stillness around her.
"Angewomon? What's wrong?"
Biyomon: (Angewomon) "You borrowed my
favourite blouse without asking. You know how I hate that."
The woman
laughed. "Oh, but I forgot to mention one teensy little bit of
information. Angemon and Angewomon are working for Queen Tsunonrimon now!"
All: D'oh!
T.K. looked at
Angemon in horror, and slowly backed away. "Angemon! What did she do to
you?"
Patamon: She gave me an awesome payment package with
health and dental! Muahahaha!
"I merely
gave him a future, little boy. And now, as a test of their loyalty to
me…Angemon! Angewomon! Get your Digidestined
Gomamon: Get 'em while they're hot! Get yer
Digidestined right here!
and bring them
with me!" Tsunonrimon commanded.
The angels did
what they were told. Angewomon held Kari tightly, refusing to let go, even when
Kari kicked her. Still holding their partners, the angels walked back to
Tsunonrimon.
"Kari!"
shouted Tai, who jumped at Tsunonrimon.
Gatomon: Yeah, that always works.
The Dark Queen
waved her hand, and Tai froze in midair, unable to move.
Palmon: I'll bet she did all the special effects for
"Lost in Space".
Tentomon: Well, her "Touch of
Evil" would explain a lot about that movie.
"Do not try
my patience, child." Tsunonrimon warned. "These two Digidestined and
their Digimon partners belong to me now!"
Gabumon: (Tsunonrimon) "See, I wrote my
name on the underside of their shoes. 'Tsu-no-n-ri-mon.' So there."
She started to
back away, and leapt into the air. A sphere of energy started to coalesce in
the palm of her hand as she floated there. "Black Magic!"
Agumon: (singing) She's a black magic
woman...
Tsunonrimon
hurled the ball at the seven remaining Digidestined. The ball exploded before
it reached them,
Biyomon: Foom!
pummeling
everyone with dark energy. The stone walls of the tower started to crumble.
Tsunonrimon
turned her back on the destruction she was wreaking. "Come, Angemon,
Angewomon!" Still holding their Digidestined, the angels floated into the
air beside her, and the trio flew over the horizon.
"Matt!"
yelled T.K., struggling to escape Angemon's iron grip.
"Tai!"
shouted Kari, who was pummeling her ex-partner with her fists. "Help
us!"
"T.K./Kari!"
Gomamon: Well, which is it? Make up your head!
cried both Tai
and Matt, when they recovered enough from the pain that was tormenting them.
But it was too late; both of them were gone.
"No!"
yelled Matt. "We've got to go after them!"
Mimi weakly sat
up and adjusted her hat. "But how, Matt? I don't think any of us can even
move a muscle!" Matt turned, and his heart sank. All of the Digimon had
reverted back to their Rookie forms, and they looked too tired to Digivolve.
The same appeared to be true of the Digidestined.
Gabumon: The Digidestined can digivolve? Since when?
Tentomon: Must be a new plot twist to hike
up the ratings.
Jake got to his
feet. "Okay, lets think about this logically and rationally."
"WHAT DO
YOU MEAN LOGICALLY?" bellowed Tai. "THEY TOOK MY SISTER!"
"Hey,
hey!" Jake backed away from Tai. "I mean, lets look at the situation.
Tsunonrimon apparently has Angewomon and Angemon on her side,
Gatomon: Duh.
and they've
taken T.K. and Kari.
Gatomon: Duuuuuhhh.
Our Digimon are
all in their Rookie forms, and I doubt any of them have the energy to
digivolve."
Gatomon: Duuuuuuuuuuuu-uuuuuuuhhhhh.
Gabumon: Jake has a death grip on the
obvious.
There was a
murmur of assent from all the Digimon at this. "However, we do know the
general direction in which Tsunonrimon is taking your sister, Tai,
Biyomon: Wait! Who's got a sister named Tai?
Tentomon: More plot twists! What will
those writers think of next?
and your
brother, Matt." He pointed over the horizon where the group had
disappeared.
Jake paced back
and forth as he spoke. "Apparently, Tsunonrimon is incredibly powerful,
right, Izzy?"
All: Duuuuuuuuuuuuhhhhhh!
Izzy nodded.
"Her power level is read as higher than that of a Mega Digimon. Whatever
she is, none of our Digimon can take her on
Gomamon: A date?
alone."
"Anyway,
it's a given that we need to send a search party. The question is, who can go?
Sora, it is obvious that with your still-healing injury, you can't." Sora
looked crestfallen,
Biyomon: (Sora) "Oh, boo hoo. I can't
place myself in life-threatening peril to save the two most annoying members of
our team."
Gatomon: (lashing her tail angrily)
Look who's talking, you pink feather duster.
but she
apparently understood why she couldn't go on the rescue. "We can't leave
her here alone, though. So some of us have to stay." He sat down.
Agumon: (Jake) "I'll stay, since I'm a
wuss."
Biyomon: (to Gatomon) What are you
saying? Are you implying that *I'm* annoying?
Gatomon: Well, if the flea collar fits...
"Zegimon, Agumon,
and Gabumon are the only Digimon in our party that have reached their Mega
stage yet. So if we are going to stand a chance against Tsunonrimon, we need
all of us there, and besides which, she has your siblings. As for the fourth
member of our group, we need a Digimon that can fly, as Kamomon can only carry
so much weight. So I propose that Matt, Tai, Mimi, and myself go rescue T.K.
and Kari, while Joe, Izzy, and Sora stay behind."
Tentomon: Wait! Why would they take Palmon with
them? Wouldn't I be able to carry more passengers?
Palmon: Oh, so you're saying that I'm
useless, is that it?!
Tentomon: No, I - oh, pineapples.
Biyomon: (still arguing with Gatomon)
I am not annoying! You're just...um...still evil!
Gatomon: Oh, come *on*. Remember your
little "Sora's fishing" song? That had to be one of the most annoying
things I've ever heard!
Neither of the
three being left behind looked too happy about these arrangements, but everyone
agreed.
"I don't
think I can digivolve now," said Zegimon. "I'm still worn out."
"It's
okay," assured Jake. "My plan is that we hike a while and wait for
you guys to regain your energy, then you Digivolve and take us to Tsunonrimon.
Any other suggestions?" There were none.
Gomamon: I suggest we order tacos!
Biyomon: I suggest that me and Fuzz-Face
here settle this argument once and for all!
Gatomon: Just name the time and place,
birdie.
Palmon: (to Tentomon) At least I
don't evolve into a gigantic dung beetle!
Tentomon: Hey! That's going too far, you
weed!
"So what
are we waiting for?" asked Matt, impatient. "Let's get moving!"
The three
staying behind bid good luck to the search party, and Matt, Mimi, Jake, and Tai
hiked off into the growing darkness.
Biyomon: "Just name the time and place,"
huh? Well, how about here and now! (She flutters into the air.) Spiral
Twister! RRRAAHH!
Gatomon: Fine by me! Lightning Claw! (She
leaps up and slashes the air wildly, negating Biyomon's attack.)
Tentomon: (to Palmon) Take *this*! (He
pokes her in the side with one of his claws.)
Palmon: Ow! Hey! Let's see how *you* like it! (She
pokes him back. Soon the two are engaged in a vicious poking fight.)
Chapter Three
"Let me go,
you old hag!" Kari struggled against the invisible ropes tying her down.
"Oh, its
quite useless to resist. Besides, it won't matter in a short time."
Tsunonrimon removed her gloves and stared out a window at the mining quarry
below her palace. "If you want to be let go, just ask." She
imperceptibly flicked her wrist, and T.K. and Kari could suddenly move again.
(Agumon, Gabumon, Patamon and Gomamon look around at
their companions. Tentomon and Palmon are still poking each other, and Biyomon
and Gatomon are exchanging attacks and insults.)
Patamon: Everyone else is fighting. I feel
left out.
Gomamon: Oh. Well, uh, you're
really...orange-y.
Patamon: Oh yeah? Well, you
have...um...fish breath!
Gomamon: Is that so? Well, you couldn't
digivolve to save your life!
Patamon: (sulkily) That's 'cause
I'm special. And your attack is useless! And slimy! But mostly *useless*!
Gomamon: Why you - ! (He swats at Patamon, who
flutters out of reach and continues to taunt him.)
Both of them
climbed to their feet. "Why do you want to hurt us so badly, anyway?"
asked Kari.
"You know, your
partner asked that very same question. The fact is, that you Digidestined
killed my mentor and father, the Lord Devimon. And for that, you will all
die." Tsunonrimon said rather matter-of-factly.
Gabumon: (trying to ignore the chaos around him)
Thank you for, uh, for restating the obvious...
Agumon: Ah-ha! An insult! Prepare to die! (He
leaps at Gabumon, and the two proceed to wrassle rather half-heartedly.)
T.K. looked at
Tsunonrimon in disbelief. "You hate us for that? But that was over…"
He tried to remember how long it had been, but all the days in the Digiworld
just seemed to blend together. "A long time ago." He finally
concluded. "Why did you wait all this time?"
(The digimon continue to fight, temporarily ignoring
the story.)
Tsunonrimon smirked.
"I believe it was one of your human philosophers who said, 'Revenge is a
dish best served cold.' And that is unbelievably true."
Tentomon: (pausing in his poking match) What?
How could she know about human philosophers? That doesn't make any sense!
Palmon: (returning her attention to the
story) Well, maybe she heard about it on cable or...oh, I dunno. Hey,
weren't we fighting?
Tentomon: Um...maybe. What were we
fighting about?
Biyomon: (drifting down to her seat)
I can't remember either. And my wings are getting tired.
Gatomon: Humph. Well, I never wanted to
fight with you, anyway. (She resumes her seat and proceeds to lick one paw,
acting utterly disinterested.)
Kari didn't know
what they were talking about. Oh sure, she had heard stories from the others,
but that was like reading a book or watching something on TV. It didn't seem
that real to her. However, she decided to try and bluff Tsunonrimon. "And
Devimon was pathetically weak! We beat him easily! You shouldn't be that hard,
if your…father," she practically spit out the word. "Was that
powerless against the Digidestined!"
Gomamon: (to Patamon) I'm sorry I said you
were orange-y.
Patamon: And I'm sorry I said your attack
was slimy. (He settles down and continues to read the fanfic.)
Biyomon: (pointing to Agumon and Gabumon)
What are they fighting about?
Agumon: He insulted the story! For that he
must die!
Gomamon: But we're all insulting the
story. Even you.
Agumon: Bwuh - ? Oh, that's right. Sorry,
Gabumon.
Gabumon: No problem. Sometimes you need to
get these things out in the open.
Biyomon: I feel at peace with the world.
Tsunonrimon's
whirled around faster than Kari would have thought possible, and backhanded her
across the cheek.
Gomamon: Whoa! Catfight!
Gatomon: What's that supposed to mean?
Palmon: Oh, give it a rest.
Kari's world
spun as she was thrown across the room. "Kari!" shouted T.K., running
over to Tsunonrimon, and kicking her in the shin as hard as he could.
Agumon: Yeah, that's showing her, TK.
"You hurt
Kari!" he shouted, and brought his foot back to kick her again,
Tentomon: (TK) "I'll give you such a
*pinch*!"
but he was
suddenly lifted off his feet as she grabbed him and threw him into a wall. He
sank to the floor.
With T.K. out of
the way, Tsunonrimon stalked over to Kari. "How DARE you!" she
hissed, and brought her hand back up. However, before hitting Kari again, she
stopped, and a wicked smile grew on her face. "Angemon," she
commanded. "Come here and teach this impertinent brat a lesson!"
Gabumon: (Angemon) "Very well. Two plus
two is five...I mean, three...uh, I before E except after X...oh poopie."
Angemon silently
walked over to Tsunonrimon and Kari. "As you order, my queen." He
brought his staff up above his head, and then whipped it back down in a blow to
Kari's side. She cried out in pain.
Palmon: I call foul! That's way outta line!
The recovering
T.K. looked at his partner in horror. "Angemon!"
Biyomon: (TK) "What's gotten into you?
No more 'Power Rangers' after school for you!"
Tears welled up
in Kari's eyes, more from the pain of being betrayed than the excruciating pain
of being hit with Angemon's staff. Tsunonrimon threw back her head and laughed
coldly.
Patamon: - because that's what all good villains do.
Sora looked into
the small fire that the three of them had built.
Palmon: (Sora) "I see a slow, lingering
death for everyone but me...I shall retire and live in Bermuda."
"I wonder
where the others are, and how they are doing?" She sighed. "It kind
of hurts to not know what is happening to your friends, don't you agree?"
Izzy and Joe nodded.
Gomamon: (Izzy/Joe) "Yeah, uh-huh, sure,
whatever."
"Well, I
think that if we don't hear from them by morning, we should follow them. That
way, if they are in trouble, we can help, but we are listening to the others
for now." Said Joe.
"Why, Joe,
is that an actual thought of your own?" kidded Izzy. "I'm
surprised!"
Agumon: (Joe) "Why, Izzy, is this my
fist headed for your face?"
Sora smiled at
this, but inwardly, she wondered where Tai was, if he was all right. 'I hope
he's okay…' she thought.
At this moment,
Tai and the others were coming up on Tsunonrimon's palace, riding on Kamomon's
back. "Look over there!" shouted Mimi, pointing with one hand and
holding onto her hat with the other. "Do you think that's where they
are?" she asked.
Biyomon: That dark, spooky place with the air of
evil and villainy about it? Probably.
"It's worth
a try!" Matt yelled back.
Gabumon: (Kamomon) "Stop yelling in my
ear!"
Suddenly, hordes
of Digimon boiled out of the windows of the palace and flew towards the
Digidestined, and they didn't look friendly. "I'd say this is the
place!" said Palmon. "Let's go!"
"Palmon
digivolve to…TOGEMON!! Digivolve to…LILLYMON!" Lillymon leveled her Flower
Cannon and knocked several of the attackers out of the sky.
Tentomon: And her good deed was twofold, as some
time later one of the evil digimon's bodies landed on top of a mugger holding
up an old lady.
"Gabumon
warp digivolve to…METALGARURUMON!" The metal Digimon froze a whole section
of the approaching Digimon with the Ice Wolf Claw attack.
Gomamon: They'll stay nice and fresh for thousands
of years.
"Agumon
warp digivolve to…WARGREYMON!" WarGreymon spun around and ripped even more
of Tsunonrimon's henchmen to shreds with his claws.
Gatomon: Oooh! That's gotta hurt.
"My turn!
Kamomon warp digivolve to…DRAGOMON!" Dragomon activated his Wing Shield
and plowed through the steadily shrinking cloud unharmed. Now through the first
line of defense, the Digimon prepared themselves for battle.
(The Blinky Light Thingy ™ begins flashing,
startling the eight digimon.)
Biyomon: What's that?
Agumon: I think it means the story is
over. (He stands up to leave, the others quickly following suit.)
Gomamon: Joe's gonna be so pleased with all the
words I added to his list.
Palmon: I wonder how they're coming with
their invention?
Patamon: Maybe they'll let us help them
with it.
Tentomon: Or maybe they'll want to use us
as test subjects. Sometimes Izzy gets the most chilling look in his eye when he
stares at me...
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Kari looked up as
the theatre door slid open. "Gatomon! You're alive! You made it!"
Gatomon purred
smugly. "It was almost too easy."
"Nothing we
couldn't all handle together!" Agumon agreed, placing one claw on
Gabumon's shoulder in a friendly gesture.
Sora smiled at
that, then turned to Tai and Matt, who were still scowling at each other.
"You see, guys? The digimon get along just great! You never see *them*
fighting, do you?"
The two boys
muttered noncommittally, watching Izzy put the finishing touches on their
invention.
"So what did
you come up with?" Palmon asked, peering at it curiously.
Izzy gave the
strange device one final tweak, then turned to the digimon. "It's a
complex neurocranial device built from loose ends that can be found lying
around any spooky castle," he told them, folding his hands behind his
back. "Of course, I won't know for sure that it works until we test it for
Myotismon."
"Speaking of
which, where is he?" Joe wondered, fidgeting nervously.
"You
rang?" Myostimon intoned, his deep laugh ringing throughout the corridors
of the castle.
"We finished
our invention thingamajimmy!" Mimi announced, in her irritating,
high-pitched little girl voice. "Well, actually, Izzy did most of the
work, I wanted to help with it but he just said 'No, no, no, you'll only break
it' and told me to go paint my nails or something, which was a silly suggestion
because I don't have *any* nail polish with me *at all*..."
Mytosimon recoiled,
drawing his cloak around him. "Gaaaahh! Silence, impudent wench! By the
gods, the sound of her voice alone would be enough to bring the Dark Masters to
their knees!" he growled to DemiDevimon, who shuddered in agreement.
"At least you
don't have to travel with her," Izzy muttered darkly, removing his hands
from his ears. Regaining his composure, he gestured towards the machine resting
nearby. "I call it Jingle-B-Gone 2000," he said, rather grandly.
"It's guaranteed to remedy that age-old affliction of having an annoying
song stuck in one's head for hours on end."
"An
interesting premise," Myotismon granted. "But does it work?"
"Of
course," Izzy replied without hesitation. "Perhaps you'd like a
demonstration. Tai, would you care to volunteer?"
"Sure!"
their poofy-haired leader agreed blithely, stepping forward.
"I knew you
would," Izzy smiled. "Now, Tai, would you happen to have some sort of
tune stuck in your head?"
Tai scrunched up
his face in thought. "Now you mention it, I do. I think it's something by
the Spice Girls."
Izzy nodded,
"And how does that make you feel? Does it just keep coursing through your
head over and over again, refusing to leave no matter how hard you try? Is it
slowly driving you mad, chipping away at your already tenuous hold to sanity?
Do you feel like that song is the only thing you've known, like it's the only
thing in the universe that truly exists, eclipsing all other facets of - "
"YES!"
Tai screamed, seizing ahold of the front of Izzy's shirt. "IT'S MAKING ME
CRAZY! IT HURTS, IZZY, IT *HURTS*!"
"Wonderful!"
Izzy exclaimed, extracting himself from Tai's grip. "Fortunately for you,
I have just the thing to cure this condition." He picked up a
curiously-shaped headpiece that resembled nothing so much as a glorified
bicycle helmet with wires streaming out of it from countless locations across
its surface. Izzy handed it to Tai. "Put this on."
Tai complied,
somehow cramming his hair underneath the helmet, and watched as Izzy knelt by a
box-like component to which the helmet's numerous wires were attached.
"With the flip of a switch, the Jingle-B-Gone will scramble certain brain
waves within your cranium and in effect erase all knowledge of the song stuck
in your head, thereby ridding you of its diabolic presence forever! It's so
simple, even Mimi could operate it!"
"Ooooh, can
I?" Mimi asked, and before anyone could stop her, the pink-clad girl had
darted forward and flipped the switch.
There was an enormous
puff of smoke and a flash of light, accompanied by a shower of sparks from the
Jingle-B-Gone. The children and digimon coughed, trying with some success to
wave the smoke away from their faces. Tentomon finally obliged by fanning his
wings, clearing the room but for a few lingering wisps.
Tai was standing
stock-still, the smoldering helmet still on his head and a blank expression on
his face. Izzy stood on tip-toe and tentatively waved a hand in front of his
eyes, eliciting no response. "Uh boy," he muttered.
Sora grabbed the
helmet and gave it a tug. "It's stuck!" she cried, sounding alarmed.
"Matt, give me a hand with this."
The two finally
managed to pry the helmet off Tai's noggin, revealing bushy hair that seemed to
have suffered no lasting damage from its confinement and electrocution.
"Mimi, what did you *do*?!" Joe yelled, staring in dismay at Tai's
catatonic state.
"Me! It was
Izzy's stupid whatchamacallit," Mimi insisted, turning away and folding
her arms in front of her chest, deeply wounded.
Sora grabbed Tai by
the shoulders and gave him a hard shake. "Tai! Snap out of it,
c'mon!"
The boy remained
unresponsive for several moments, then blinked slowly and gazed at Sora with
wide-eyed curiosity. "Spork?" he queried.
Sora blinked back.
"I beg your pardon?"
"Spork!"
Tai affirmed happily, grinning. He then turned to Matt, staring at the blond
boy for a few minutes. "Binky," he said finally, wrapping his arms
about him.
Matt regarded his
companion with horror. "Get him offa me!"
Myotismon cackled
in grim satisfaction. "Pathetic children! Your device not only failed, it
managed to accomplish what my own machinations have not - you have rendered one
of your own a witless vegetable!" He laughed evilly once more for good
measure.
"Hey!"
Izzy protested, insulted at this affront to the fruits of his genius. "It
did too work! Tai, you don't have that song going through your head anymore,
right?"
Tai turned away
from Matt for a minute to contemplate Izzy's request. "Baka!" he
hissed, burying his face in Matt's shirt.
"I'll take
that as a 'no'," Izzy said, folding his arms across his chest and throwing
a self-satisfied grin at Myotismon.
"And even
better, Tai and Matt aren't fighting anymore!" Agumon pointed out.
"Izzy, you're a genius!"
"Well...I
know." Izzy tried to look modest, without much success.
Matt looked
extremely pained. "Could you guys please *do* something about him?"
he pleaded, a blush staining his cheeks as he glared down at Tai, who was
appeared to have dozed off with a look of bliss upon his features.
Myotismon, on the
other hand, glowered at them all darkly. "Curse you, Digi-Destined!"
he growled. "Someday I *will* break you! Someday - !" He cut off the
transmission abruptly, the screen dying with a FWOOSH.
"Hey, what
about your invention?" TK shouted after him, belatedly.
Kari turned to Izzy
with worried eyes. "You can fix Tai, can't you?"
Izzy ran his hands
through his spiky red hair. "I hope so. Although it is rather nice to not
have to listen to him and Matt fighting all the time..."
"My arms are
falling asleep!" Matt yelled.
Sora stood back to
stand by Joe, watching the goings-on with mixed amusement and dismay.
"This really doesn't solve anything," she admitted. "You realise
that, don't you, Joe?"
The older boy
stared warily back at her with narrowed eyes. "Spork," he said
accusingly.
The eight digimon
exchanged puzzled looks. "I don't even want to know," Gomamon said.
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PART FOUR COMING AT
SOME POINT IN THE NEAR FUTURE!
DISCLAIMER: If I
owned "Digimon", I'd probably be a middle-aged Japanese businessman
with a private jet and a summer home in the mountains. As it is, I'm a honky
white chick who's filling out job applications for Shop-Ko. Please don't sue
me.
NO INSULT is
intended to 7 of 11, who's being awfully good-natured about this MiSTing. He
has my eternal respect and appreciation.
The romajii lyrics
to "Brave Heart" can be found in their entirety at Megchan's Digimon
Sekai, http://www.megchan.com/digimon . Check it out, it's really
nifty!
Have a great
summer, everyone! I'll work on part four when I have time and post it when I'm
able. Laters!
stinger
"THEY TOOK
MY SISTER!"
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