Harmony on the Lake Pt 4 by Greg Williams

Military base, unknown location, rec center. Off-duty marines are relaxing here. Sergeant Wrobleski, Gina's father, is here as well playing darts with a private when a corporal walks up.

"Hey Sarge, you live in Harmony Oklahoma right?"

"Yes why?"

"There's this story on the news about it, some kind of battle or something."

"What?"

He follows the corporal to the television which is showing the news.

....monsters where seen today causing havoc through the sleepy lake town of Harmony. The strange occurances have been happening for at least a month and the authories are sure that it isn't over. Incredible as it may seem, the card game and cartoon Digimon is real. Four children from town possess these "Digimon" who are fighting a kind of infestation. Just yesterday there was a fight with two bad monsters described as a boar the size of a horse and giant parrot the size of a small passenger plane. Both were defeated by the local digimon. The children have refused to be interviewed at the time but we do have their names. Charles Larkin, Joshua Mosby, Regina Wrobleski, and Marcus Keogh."

"Regina?" replys the corporal "Isn't that your daughter?"

"My daughter's involved in this?!"

"What was once a sleepy town has become a war zone overnight. For WNT this is Kevin Horn, reporting from Harmony.

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"We can count on that woman to show up anytime now. So keep your eyes and ears open, but remember, let the kids and their digimon handle it. Do not fire unless your in immediate danger. Dismissed."

As his deputy's file out, Sheriff Jason Mosby walks out of the meeting room of Harmony's police headquarters. Joshua and Prairiemon are outside.

"Your putting me on the spot Joshua. The county sheriff's gonna have my job for this."

"If it helps, I can explain it all to him." says Prairiemon.

"We'll see."

"I'm sorry I didn't tell your earlier dad."

"Forget it. Get going. Your friends are waiting."

Joshua heads outside and meets the others across the street in the park.

"Any sign of her yet?"

"None." says Charlie.

Suddenly the grass several yards away seems to be rising up. Their digimon take defense stances. Up out of the ground comes Monroe.

"So, you ready for me yet?"

"We've been ready since this started." says Panthamon.

"What are you anyway?" says Gina

Monroe shrugs.

"Fair enough. You might as well see the digimon who's going to defeat you face to face. I'm----"

Her trench coat shreds in front of them, his skin turns to wood, her boots shred as well to reveal root-like feet and her hair comes up like leaves on a tree. One arm is now a type of cannon while the other is normal with three branch-fingers that end in leaves. Plus she grows several feet taller.

"Dradymon!!" *

"Time to digivolve!" says Charlie.

"Suramon digivolve too....Grizzlymon!!"

"Panthamon digivolve too....Tigamon!!"

"Prairiemon digivolve too....Bisonmon!!"

"Ravenmon digivolve too....Eaglemon!!"

"Wind Gale!!"

All four digimon go flying. Grizzlymon crashes into a store front. Sheriff Mosby comes up in his police car, siren wailing.

"All citizens, evacuate immediately!"

Dradymon lifts her arm and his car is lifted into the air and shaken like a toy. Jason falls out and watches in amazement. She let's go of the car and it comes straight for Jason.

"Dad, no!!" shouts Joshua

Bisonmon runs to him and covers him as the car crashes onto his back. Bisonmon grunts in pain. He shrugs off the car and faces Dradymon.

"Stampede Force!!"

Dradymon takes the hit and isn't even fazed.

"Fool! Bazooka Branch!!"

She fires from her cannon arm and it hits Bisonmon sending him crashing through another building. Eaglemon dive bombs from behind.

"Feather Missile!!"

"Wind Gale!!"

Dradymon doesn't even turn and Eaglemon goes spinning off in a different direction. The kids look at each other in determination.

"Ultimate cards out!" says Charlie.

"Out!" they say in unison

"Digivice up!"

"Up!"

As one, they slide their cards through their digivices and something new happens!

"Grizzlymon!!....Tigamon!!....DNA Digivolve too!!!.....Brustamon!!!!"

"Bisonmon!!....Eaglemon!!....DNA Digivolve too!!!....Plaskymon!!!!"

Brustamon: bear head with tiger stripes, one bear arm, one tiger arm, Tigamon's body and Grizzlymon's legs.

Plaskymon: Eagle head, eagle wings, bison arms that end in eagle talons, Bisonmon's body and Eaglemon's legs.

Everyone who has witnessed the event stares in awe.

"That not possible!" says Dradymon

"Semper Fi!" shouts Gina "Let's end it right now!

"Take her guys!" shouts Charlie

"Wind Gale!!"

The two digimon just stand there unfazed. Dradymon is visibly disturbed.

"Bazooka Branch!!"

Still no effect. Plaskymon raises his arm and a tomahawk made of fire appears.

"Tomahawk Torch!!!"

He throws it, slicing off Dradymon's cannon arm. She screams in pain.

"I will not be defeated by mere kids! YOUR MINE!!!!"

Dradymon jumps into the air and comes straight for Brustamon. He raises his arms.

"Freeze Frame!!"

Dradymon is frozen in place in the air by a what looks like a picture frame. Brustamon bring his paws together and a serated sword appears.

"Swipe Sword!!!"

"NO! Please!!" shouts Dradymon "You fool! Don't DO IIIITT!!!"

He rears back and slices, several times, through Dradymon. She screams in fury and pain and is deleted.

"HOO-RAH!!!!" shouts Gina

They all cheer as the digimon go back to rookie forms. What townspeople are around do the same. The families of the kids come up to them congradulating them. They're digivices start to beep and they take them out. A holographic screen comes up and shows the face a young Gennai.

"Digidestined, you are needed in the Digital World."

"Who are you?" says Charlie

"My name is Gennai. I'm a sort of guardian of the Digiworld. We need your help. A digimon of unbeleavable strength has taken power. You are not alone either. Hundreds of Digidestined from around the world are recieving this message. You must come."

The screen fades out. A light from one of the stores along town shines at them, from the computer store. They all go inside the store. The kids turn to their parents before going.

"Good luck Charlie." says Mr. Larkin.

"Take care sweetheart." says Mrs. Wrobleski

"Make us proud son." says Sheriff Mosby

"And hurry back to us." says Mrs. Keogh

Charlie and the others turn to their digimon.

"You ready?"

"Always." says Panthamon

"Ready and willing." says Suramon

"Then let's do it." says Charlie. "Digivices up! So long everybody!"

They all say their goodbye's as the eight of them are taken inside the computer.

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Charlie(voice over): Gennai wasn't kidding when he said there were hundreds. He broke us up into dozens and sent us to fight the minions of a very powerful digimon: RagnApoclyamon. Kinda like "The Dirty Dozen" digimon style. Quite a few digimon never made it. Prairiemon was lost to us the day we confronted RagnApoclyamon. It was one giant free-for-all. But Joshua got Prairiemon back and he's still at his side. 20 years later, I own a yacht selling company in San Diego, Joshua is police commissioner of Oklahoma City, Gina, is a four star general in the Marine Corps which has now included digimon in it's ranks, and Marcus is now head coach of the Oklahoma City Landrunners NFL team. Along with the digidestined we fought beside we still come to the Digital World and share with our children the beauty of it. I'm proud to be a digidestined and hope evil never shows itself again.

The End

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* Author's note: Dradymon is a play on the word Dryad, a creature of Greek and Roman myth.