Chapter 3: The Control Spire
It was a Saturday morning and Nicolas woke up from his bed, DemiVeemon playing with the Nintendo 64. He had thought it was all a dream, but sighed in relief that it wasn't.
"Sleep well?" DemiVeemon asked.
"Yeah…" Nicolas answered groggily.
Nicolas got dressed and opened his DT. He stared, sadly at the empty spot where his two DigiMentals should be, and felt a pang of jealousy at Megan.
He suddenly heard a beep and checked his mail. It was from Ardash, he said that all the Digidestined were going to his house and if he wanted to go too.
"C'mon, let's go to Ardash's house!!" Nicolas said to DemiVeemon, and they both left after Nicolas had asked his Mom if he could go.
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"Okay guys, we have a problem. See this map in the computer, all the black spots are what the Digi-Queen calls her territory, it is guarded by control spires which we have to smash since all the Digimon in it's area turn evil. The white marks are the still unoccupied territory. Okay?" Uki said, controlling Ardash's computer like a whiz and everyone nodded. (the Digidestined and their Digimon where all in Ardash's house in front of the computer)
"Door to the Digiworld, open!!" Uki cried and the group was sucked inside the computer.
When the group arrived at the Digiworld, they saw that they were in the middle of an oasis in a sandy desert. There was a pool of water in the centre of the oasis and the kids didn't hesitate to jump in.
The water was cool and peaceful, Nicolas knew something wasn't right but didn't say anything so as to disturb the tranquillity. He pondered awhile, and dove back and forth on the pool. Then, he saw it. At first he had thought it was a mirage, but then saw the sleek shape of the black tower.
"Look, a control spire!!" Nicolas shouted, and everyone gazed at it in awe.
"Let's destroy it!" Armadillomon shouted.
Abruptly, a dust cloud came out of the ground and when it settled, a strange, mole like Digimon with a violet back, a white belly, four paws ending in drills, and a drill as a horn.
"It's Drimogemon!" Veemon shouted
"It has no dark ring, it must be controlled by the control spire!!" Nicole shouted.
"Hawkmon, Digivolve!" Megan said and Hawkmon Digivolved to Halsemon who went flying upwards.
"Mole's Claw!!" Drimogemon shouted, and from his front, claw like drills, six drills came out and flew at Halsemon but she evaded them.
"Tempest Wing!!" Halsemon shouted, and the red beam hit Drimogemon, producing a sand cloud.
When the cloud settled, Drimogemon was nowhere to be seen.
"I sense something wrong…" Ardash said and all of a sudden, Drimogemon jumped out of the sun and tackled Halsemon, who fell to the floor, badly bruised, but flew up again.
"Megan, you stay here with Nicole and Gatomon. The rest of us, let's go try to throw down that control spire!!" Nicolas shouted.
And so, the three boys and their Digimon went to the tower but found that another Drimogemon was guarding the tower. The group crept silently through the oasis, trying not to be seen but to no avail.
"Boom Bubble!!" Patamon shouted.
"Diamond Slamming Attack!!" Armadillomon shouted and entered his shell and bumped into Drimogemon but both attacks bounced off.
Suddenly, Nicolas felt a tug towards a palm tree. He looked under it and saw a DigiMental. It looked like an egg with a red, orange, and yellow, flame pattern. In the middle was a strange kind of yellow sun with a dot in the middle. Also coming out of the front was a blade and Nicolas pulled the DigiMental up and placed it in his DT, and ran over to the boys who had been joined by the girls and the two Drimogemon had teamed up.
"Hey, you got the DigiMental of Courage!!" Gatomon said while she fended off the attacks from the first Drimogemon.
"Digivolve!!" Nicolas told Veemon and he was covered in a blue light, merged with the DigiMental, and said:
"Veemon, Armour Digivolve to: Flamedramon!!" And when the light disappeared, Veemon had turned into a Digimon that had the DigiMental with the blade as a mask covering only the face, while he had knee pads in the flame pattern, a shield covering the upper part of his chest in the flame pattern, hands with the flame pattern ending in three blades, three black rings around his arm, and legs with the flame pattern ending in three blades.
"Wow…" Uki marvelled at the sight of Flamedramon
"Fire Rocket!!" Flamedramon shouted, and his body was covered with fire, and he flew at the Drimogemon and sent them flying.
"Tempest Wing!!" Halsemon cried, and she used the red beam to collapse the tower.
"You did it!!" Patamon squealed.
While the group celebrated, the Digi-Queen was watching their every move.
"Pathetic…" Daphne muttered.
"Here, eat this." Wormmon said and offered her some fruits.
"I…didn't…ask…for anything!!" Daphne shouted and kicked Wormmon, whose eyes had welled up in tears.
"I'm sorry…" Wormmon whispered.
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The group had returned to the real world and were hanging out in Ardash's room when they got an e-mail on Ardash's DT.
"It's from my cousin, Matt!" Ardash said and he read the message out loud:
"I just received an e-mail from some guy called Gennai, he says that you and some friends have also got Digimon!" Ardash read, startled, and went on.
"I have had a Digimon called Gabumon for four years now. Download the attachment and you will see a picture of him and my friends who got Digimon." Ardash went on and downloaded the picture, which had arrows coming out of everyone saying their names.
On it were his cousin, a red haired girl called Sora, a dark haired boy called Joe, a pink dyed girl called Mimi, a red haired boy called Izzy, and a brown haired boy called Tai. Ardash knew their names because he had met them In front of each of them was their Digimon, Matt had a Digimon which was a white head with orange hair on the back and a blade protruding out of his forehead called Tsunomon. Sora had a Digimon that had a pink head, green eyes, a blue flower coming out of her head, and a red, curved stem coming out of the flower called Yokomon. Joe had a Digimon that looked like a weird, brown seal with a little orange tail on his head was called Bukamon. Mimi had a Digimon that looked like a green and white head with two miniature feet, two big, seed-like eyes, and a little stem which was split into two leaves called Tanemon. Izzy had a pink Digimon that looked like a ghost with two little hands on the side of its body and two brown eyes was called Motimon and Tai had a Digimon that looked like a pink head with two long ears was called Koromon.
"All these Digimon are in their In-Training form." Uki observed.
"They're so many!" Poromon shouted.
"The e-mail goes on: Matt has the trait of Friendship, Tai Courage, Mimi Sincerity, Joe Reliability, Sora Love, and Izzy Knowledge." Ardash said.
"I have Sora's trait!" Megan said gleefully and Nicolas added proudly:
"And I have Tai's trait."
"Okay, seems like everyone will have a trait, but there are six traits, how can we divide them in five kids? Me and Ardash will have one trait each but which, and if Uki gets Joe's for example, one will be left, not three…" Nicole said.
"We're just gonna have to find out who gets what." DemiVeemon said.
"Okay, enough excitement for one day, let's go home." Upamon said, and everyone went to his or her house.
It was a Saturday morning and Nicolas woke up from his bed, DemiVeemon playing with the Nintendo 64. He had thought it was all a dream, but sighed in relief that it wasn't.
"Sleep well?" DemiVeemon asked.
"Yeah…" Nicolas answered groggily.
Nicolas got dressed and opened his DT. He stared, sadly at the empty spot where his two DigiMentals should be, and felt a pang of jealousy at Megan.
He suddenly heard a beep and checked his mail. It was from Ardash, he said that all the Digidestined were going to his house and if he wanted to go too.
"C'mon, let's go to Ardash's house!!" Nicolas said to DemiVeemon, and they both left after Nicolas had asked his Mom if he could go.
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"Okay guys, we have a problem. See this map in the computer, all the black spots are what the Digi-Queen calls her territory, it is guarded by control spires which we have to smash since all the Digimon in it's area turn evil. The white marks are the still unoccupied territory. Okay?" Uki said, controlling Ardash's computer like a whiz and everyone nodded. (the Digidestined and their Digimon where all in Ardash's house in front of the computer)
"Door to the Digiworld, open!!" Uki cried and the group was sucked inside the computer.
When the group arrived at the Digiworld, they saw that they were in the middle of an oasis in a sandy desert. There was a pool of water in the centre of the oasis and the kids didn't hesitate to jump in.
The water was cool and peaceful, Nicolas knew something wasn't right but didn't say anything so as to disturb the tranquillity. He pondered awhile, and dove back and forth on the pool. Then, he saw it. At first he had thought it was a mirage, but then saw the sleek shape of the black tower.
"Look, a control spire!!" Nicolas shouted, and everyone gazed at it in awe.
"Let's destroy it!" Armadillomon shouted.
Abruptly, a dust cloud came out of the ground and when it settled, a strange, mole like Digimon with a violet back, a white belly, four paws ending in drills, and a drill as a horn.
"It's Drimogemon!" Veemon shouted
"It has no dark ring, it must be controlled by the control spire!!" Nicole shouted.
"Hawkmon, Digivolve!" Megan said and Hawkmon Digivolved to Halsemon who went flying upwards.
"Mole's Claw!!" Drimogemon shouted, and from his front, claw like drills, six drills came out and flew at Halsemon but she evaded them.
"Tempest Wing!!" Halsemon shouted, and the red beam hit Drimogemon, producing a sand cloud.
When the cloud settled, Drimogemon was nowhere to be seen.
"I sense something wrong…" Ardash said and all of a sudden, Drimogemon jumped out of the sun and tackled Halsemon, who fell to the floor, badly bruised, but flew up again.
"Megan, you stay here with Nicole and Gatomon. The rest of us, let's go try to throw down that control spire!!" Nicolas shouted.
And so, the three boys and their Digimon went to the tower but found that another Drimogemon was guarding the tower. The group crept silently through the oasis, trying not to be seen but to no avail.
"Boom Bubble!!" Patamon shouted.
"Diamond Slamming Attack!!" Armadillomon shouted and entered his shell and bumped into Drimogemon but both attacks bounced off.
Suddenly, Nicolas felt a tug towards a palm tree. He looked under it and saw a DigiMental. It looked like an egg with a red, orange, and yellow, flame pattern. In the middle was a strange kind of yellow sun with a dot in the middle. Also coming out of the front was a blade and Nicolas pulled the DigiMental up and placed it in his DT, and ran over to the boys who had been joined by the girls and the two Drimogemon had teamed up.
"Hey, you got the DigiMental of Courage!!" Gatomon said while she fended off the attacks from the first Drimogemon.
"Digivolve!!" Nicolas told Veemon and he was covered in a blue light, merged with the DigiMental, and said:
"Veemon, Armour Digivolve to: Flamedramon!!" And when the light disappeared, Veemon had turned into a Digimon that had the DigiMental with the blade as a mask covering only the face, while he had knee pads in the flame pattern, a shield covering the upper part of his chest in the flame pattern, hands with the flame pattern ending in three blades, three black rings around his arm, and legs with the flame pattern ending in three blades.
"Wow…" Uki marvelled at the sight of Flamedramon
"Fire Rocket!!" Flamedramon shouted, and his body was covered with fire, and he flew at the Drimogemon and sent them flying.
"Tempest Wing!!" Halsemon cried, and she used the red beam to collapse the tower.
"You did it!!" Patamon squealed.
While the group celebrated, the Digi-Queen was watching their every move.
"Pathetic…" Daphne muttered.
"Here, eat this." Wormmon said and offered her some fruits.
"I…didn't…ask…for anything!!" Daphne shouted and kicked Wormmon, whose eyes had welled up in tears.
"I'm sorry…" Wormmon whispered.
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The group had returned to the real world and were hanging out in Ardash's room when they got an e-mail on Ardash's DT.
"It's from my cousin, Matt!" Ardash said and he read the message out loud:
"I just received an e-mail from some guy called Gennai, he says that you and some friends have also got Digimon!" Ardash read, startled, and went on.
"I have had a Digimon called Gabumon for four years now. Download the attachment and you will see a picture of him and my friends who got Digimon." Ardash went on and downloaded the picture, which had arrows coming out of everyone saying their names.
On it were his cousin, a red haired girl called Sora, a dark haired boy called Joe, a pink dyed girl called Mimi, a red haired boy called Izzy, and a brown haired boy called Tai. Ardash knew their names because he had met them In front of each of them was their Digimon, Matt had a Digimon which was a white head with orange hair on the back and a blade protruding out of his forehead called Tsunomon. Sora had a Digimon that had a pink head, green eyes, a blue flower coming out of her head, and a red, curved stem coming out of the flower called Yokomon. Joe had a Digimon that looked like a weird, brown seal with a little orange tail on his head was called Bukamon. Mimi had a Digimon that looked like a green and white head with two miniature feet, two big, seed-like eyes, and a little stem which was split into two leaves called Tanemon. Izzy had a pink Digimon that looked like a ghost with two little hands on the side of its body and two brown eyes was called Motimon and Tai had a Digimon that looked like a pink head with two long ears was called Koromon.
"All these Digimon are in their In-Training form." Uki observed.
"They're so many!" Poromon shouted.
"The e-mail goes on: Matt has the trait of Friendship, Tai Courage, Mimi Sincerity, Joe Reliability, Sora Love, and Izzy Knowledge." Ardash said.
"I have Sora's trait!" Megan said gleefully and Nicolas added proudly:
"And I have Tai's trait."
"Okay, seems like everyone will have a trait, but there are six traits, how can we divide them in five kids? Me and Ardash will have one trait each but which, and if Uki gets Joe's for example, one will be left, not three…" Nicole said.
"We're just gonna have to find out who gets what." DemiVeemon said.
"Okay, enough excitement for one day, let's go home." Upamon said, and everyone went to his or her house.
