Me: (walks out onto stage) Hey all! Just a quick intro this time around, as this chapter is attached with the last! Feels great without Pumpkinmon and Gotsumon, huh? Anyway! Seeya! And PLEASE review! (walks off stage)

(Suddenly Pumpkinmon and Gotsumon burst through the floor of the stage)

Pumpkinmon: Thinks we are gone does he?

Gotsumon: That's what he thinks!

(They both cackle!)

Digimon Tamers: A Night on the Town

Chapter Four

"Renamon Strikes Back!"

Renamon spat into Impmon's face, as he came close to her, clutching one of the torture knifes Etemon had gave him. "You want to torture me? Get it over with!"

Whoa! Impmon thought, as he wiped the spit off his face with the glove of his right hand. She's a real pistol that's for sure! One of the great qualities I've always admired about Renamon….annoying as it can get. This idea of mine was great! My supreme revenge on those Tamer brats! And with these torture devices Etemon lent to me, ( I just gotta find out where he got 'em!), I'm gonna break Renamon, brainwash her, and then make her my bride! 'The Bride of Impmon'...hm...nice ring to it...

But still…I better not get my guard down…Renamon's tough, (hey, that why I like her), but she can still pose a threat in chains. "Okay then!" Impmon chuckled, as he brought the knife close to Renamon's neck, (but just out of reach of her fists and legs). Gee…eh….I hope this goes alright…I certainly have never tortured anyone before, (but maybe the other way 'round, but that's another story).…and it's a lot different then scaring whiny little brats. Okay here goes! Nothin' to it!

"And I'll go real slowly…just for you!" Impmon added. Yeah…slowly…waitaminute! I'm not hesitating am I? Of course not! You're doing this for you Impmon! Not that beautiful Digimon! Not like you have any REAL feelings for her! Not like you could! Yeah…not like you could….after all you've been through….

"I'm really flattered…" Renamon muttered, just as Impmon began to brush the knife off the hairs of her neck.

Okay….this is it! It might be fun! Impmon thought, gritting his teeth as he brought the knife closer to the skin of her neck. But why am I hesitating? Have I just….gone too far for once? No way! I'm Impmon! The meanest Digimon around! Yeah…but if that's true…why can't ya shove some toothpick into this Digimon's neck!?? Great…you start to have doubts just now! A part of me almost wants to throw the knife on the ground, let Renamon go, and then stop Etemon killing those brats. Yeah….but that's only one part of you! The rest of you says torture! Torture! Torture! But why -

"Well what are you waiting for Impmon?" one of the four Gazimon behind him shouted. "Get on with it!"

Impmon snarled and turned around to see the four Gazimon standing there, the cronies Etemon had got for him, tapping their feet on the ground impatiently, as if waiting for some show to start.

Lousy stinkin bunnies…Impmon thought. "Look guys!" Impmon shouted, his voice echoing around the room, waving the knife at them. Agh! A part of me, (a BIG part), wants me to shove the knife through them! Lousy fleabags…

"I don't exactly have experience in this….um….field….so I'm just deciding which is the best part to…cut her with!" Impmon said, and the four Digimon just looked at him quizzically.

"You won't get the chance." Renamon said behind him.

Impmon paused and turned around to see Renamon hanging from her chains, and glaring at him.

"W-What do you mean baby?" Impmon asked, a puzzled expression on his face.

"I mean…THIS!" Renamon roared, as she swung her right leg up, (which should have been attached to a chain), and Impmon howled in pain as the leg connected with the area between his two legs.

Impmon sailed through the air, (the knife having left his hand), and crashed onto the table in the middle of the room, (which had the case of torture devices on it). The case flew into the air, spilling out the various knifes, torture devices, and other equipment. Impmon shrieked as all the torture devices crashed onto the ground, and luckily rolled out of the way, dodging them all.

Now…..THAT was a surprise! Impmon thought, as he quickly got off the ground and surveyed the situation.

Where did that knife I was holding g -

Impmon's thoughts were interrupted as he heard an agonising scream, and turned to his right to see that Impmon's knife had unfortunately landed on one of the Gazimon's heads, pointy end down.

Impmon cringed as the Gazimon exploded into Digital Energy. …..when that guy reboots at Primary Village, I'm going to be far away from here in the Digital World!

Impmon then looked ahead of him to see Renamon standing in front of the remaining Gazimon, holding up her arms, with the chains attached. Impmon gasped when he saw the chains fall off her arms, and the other leg.

Oh my GOD! Impmon thought. She…she…musta wriggled free when I was babbling to those fleabags! The lousy, two-bit, good for nothing, flea-bitten…beautiful Digimon - she did it!

Renamon then jumped into the air and did a roundhouse kick to one of the Gazimon's heads, knocking him into the opposite wall.

Before the dust had barely settled from their comrade having crashed into the wall, the other two Gazimon yelled their attack.

"PITFALL!" they shouted at the same time, but before they barely moved, Renamon picked one of them up by the head and swung him into the other, and the two crashed into the other wall.

For a horrible second, Impmon thought Renamon was going to attack him, but the first Gazimon she attacked got up and charged at her. Renamon swung a punch at him, but the Gazimon dodged it and responded with a kick in the face.

This appeared to make Renamon even madder, as she picked the Gazimon up by the ears and threw him into the ceiling, and the Gazimon fell to the ground, unconscious.

But by then, the other two Gazimon had recovered, and they charged at Renamon, and she the same to them.

WOW! She's fightin' mad! I….eh….think I'll watch from over……here…Impmon gulped, as he hid behind the remains of the table he had crashed into moments before.

Etemon had better be doing better then this! Impmon thought, as he saw Renamon punch one of the Gazimon.

*

That monkey is really going to pay! Rika thought, as she watched Guilmon digivolve to Growlmon.

Growlmon roared and stomped the ground in front of Etemon, who had a look of amusement on his face.

"Aw gee…" Etemon sighed. "You gotta be kidding me! How can some overgrown lizard think he can beat me?!"

Growlmon roared at this remark, and swung his tail and it walloped Etemon into nearby trees.

"Hah!" Takato laughed, as Etemon struggled to his feet. "I guess that shows you what an overgrown lizard can do, huh? You good-for-nothing……eh……er…..bananas for brains!"

Rika rolled her eyes. Oh c'mon….bananas for brains? That the best he can do? Takato is certainly enthusiastic if nothing else….one of the qualities I….guess I admire about him…..where is Renamon?

Rika then looked overhead at the treetops, as the battle raged on, expecting her partner Digimon to suddenly spring down into the center of battle.

Renamon better have a good explanation when she shows up! I……really do hope that nothing's wrong…..oh what am I thinking? Renamon is perfectly capable to take care of herself!

Rika then directed her attention back to the battle and saw Growlmon's fire attack crash into Etemon, and the monkey Digimon howled in agony.

"Mah tootsies! Mah tootsies!" Etemon moaned, hopping about as he gripped his right foot.

Rika then saw Henry come up beside her, clutching the unconscious form of Terriermon.

"Is he alright?" Rika asked.

"I'm not entirely sure…" Henry muttered, with a worried expression on his face. "I NEVER should have sent Terriermon ahead to help you guys, I didn't know Etemon was here, and he's an Ultimate, and Terriermon is a Rookie…" his voice trailed off.

"Alright!" Etemon roared, as he stood in front of Growlmon. "Now I'm entitled for some serious PAYBACK! CONCERT CRUSH!!!"

Etemon fired the now tiresome attack, (in Rika's opinion), at Growlmon and it slammed into the Digimon, knocking him into even more trees.

Etemon fired the attack again. and again, and again. Every time Growlmon struggled to his feet, he was knocked to the ground.

"Oh no!" Takato yelled.

"Don't worry gogglehead…." Rika said, laying a sympathetic hand on Takato's shoulder, (much to her and Takato's surprise). "All you have to do is make Growlmon digivolve to his Ultimate form!"

Takato smiled at her. "Of course!"

Takato took the D-Arc off his belt, and took a card from his pocket.

"Ready Growlmon?" he shouted to his Digimon. Growlmon nodded, and Takato raised the card in the air. "Matrix Digiv - "

"OH NO YE DON'T!" Etemon snarled, pointing his fist at Takato. "You're not pulling off anymore tricks with that lousy toy of yours! CONCERT CRUSH!"

The attack hit the ground in front of Takato, throwing dust and stone everywhere.

Rika was thrown back a few meters into a tree, which temporarily winded her, outside the smoke she saw the Takato had landed on top of Henry.

She ran over to Takato, and helped him off the other boy. "You alright Takato?" she asked.

"I'm fine…" Takato croaked. "I think Henry took the worst of it though…"

"Aww…" Rika heard Calumon say beside her. "Game Over I guess…" And he folded his ears up.

Rika look down to see Henry had a look of panic on his face. "What's wrong?"

"Terriermon!" Henry gasped. "He must have fallen out of my arms in the explosion!"

Henry then struggled to get to his feet, and moaned as he fell back to the ground again.

"Whoa…you sure you're alright Henry?" Takato said, looking down on the other boy.

"I don't think so…" Henry mumbled. "I think I sprained my ankle! Of all things to happen!"

"I think it's worse then that…" Rika noted, as she pointed at Henry's ankle, which was bent at an off angle.

"C'mon lets help him up!" Takato said, and him and Rika took each of Henry's arms, and lent him on their shoulders.

"This isn't our only problem…" Rika said to Takato. "We still have that crazy chimp to deal with."

Takato nodded. "And where is -"

He was cut off as a battered looking Guilmon, clutching Terriermon, ran through the cloud of dust.

"We….have to…get of here Takatomon!" Guilmon panted. "He's right behind me!"

Guilmon then threw Terriermon at Takato to catch, but instead Henry took his arms of Rika and Takato's shoulders, and caught Terriermon - but then Henry fell back onto then ground.

"That was intelligent!" Rika remarked, as she lent Henry on her shoulder, as he held Terriermon in the other.

"Alright you lousy Digimon Tamers!" Etemon shouted over the cloud of smoke. "I'm coming for ya!"

"Rika…" Takato said, turning to her. "I want you to take Henry to a nearby hospital, me and Guilmon will hold him off!"

Rika's eyes darted to Guilmon, and she saw Takato's Digimon had a very uncertain look on his face.

He's nuts! "Y-You can't!" Rika stuttered, and out of the corner of her eye she saw Etemon's outline in the cloud of dust. "You'll end up worse then gogglehead here!" she said, indicating to Henry.

"Gee….thanks…" Henry mumbled.

"I might…" Takato nodded. "But I have to take that risk. Please Rika, just do this one thing for me?"

Rika sighed. "Alright! But it may the one thing I'll ever do for you, considering you may not live through this gogglehead!" There was a pause. As if Rika was going to say more, and her and Takato just looked at each other for a few moments.

"What is it?!" Takato said. "We don't exactly have a lot of time here!"

Rika was about to reply when Etemon emerged from the cloud of dust, howling with laughter.

"I have you now!" Etemon laughed, as he stomped towards Guilmon, who shuddered with fear

"Nothing!" Rika said. "C'mon gogglehead! C'mon Calumon!"

Calumon jumped onto Rika's other shoulder, (much to Rika's annoyance), and her and Henry turned around, going at a slow run, whole Henry was hopping madly on his other foot.

"Pyro Sphere!" Rika heard Guilmon shout, and she craned her neck back to see Guilmon's attack bounce harmlessly off Etemon's chest.

Rika and Henry then turned a corner, and could no longer see the battle, but it could still he heard after Rika and Henry were a distance away. Rika then became increasingly worried, for she heard more 'Concert Crush' then 'Pyro Sphere'.

Henry and Rika then exited the park, she could still hear Takato's shouts, then an explosion….then silence.

"That doesn't sound too good.." Calumon said, in a sad voice.

"I uh…would say Takato and Guilmon are just fine…" Henry whispered, almost to himself.

"Some date this is turning out to be…" Rika muttered, the strain of Calumon and Henry's weight on her shoulders, beyond annoying.

Henry let out a nervous chuckle, as they crossed the road in the direction Rika hoped the hospital was . "Takato said it was just a 'social meeting'!"

Oh great! I've given this gogglehead something to laugh about in his old age! "It…was…" Rika said, and even now she heard Calumon chuckling on her other shoulder.

"Sure it was…" Henry said, still chuckling.

Rika sighed, as fire sirens could be heard in the distance.

*

The final Gazimon exploded into Digital Energy, and Renamon absorbed it.

She then landed back on the floor of the stone room, and her eyes darted to the broken table that Impmon was cringing behind.

Renamon walked forward, and Impmon jumped out from behind the table, and landed in front of her.

A ball of flame appeared over his finger, and Renamon jumped aside as he flung it at her yelling "Bada Boom!"

"You're going to have to do a lot better then that to stop me Impmon!" she shouted, as she charged forward.

Impmon yelped, all courage gone, and took off in the opposite direction.

"Diamond Storm!" Renamon shouted, and shot the energy particles high into the air.

She jumped up and caught one between two of her fingers, as the others pinned themselves to the ceiling.

She flung the sharp crystal at Impmon, and it landed right on target, pinning his tail to the ground.

"Aww….crap!" he moaned, as he tried to move, but he couldn't, and Impmon cringed in agony as he looked at his tail pinned to the ground.

"Now…." Renamon said, grabbing Impmon's ears and forcing him to look at her. "How do I get back to Earth?"

"T-That machine…." Impmon said through gritted teeth, pointing at the bulky machine against the wall. "I-It's h-how Etemon got to Earth…and how we got back here…"

Renamon then looked at the machine, and letting go of Impmon's ears, walked over to it, noting the buttons with numbers at the side of it.

I'm no rocket scientist but…Renamon then turned to Impmon. "I'm assuming I just punch in the co-ordinates, a portal opens, and I'm transported home?"

Impmon nodded, and to Renamon's surprise, gave her the co-ordinates. Renamon punched them in, and several sounds were heard from inside the machine. A telescope - like device then jutted out of the front of the machine, and projected a black portal,

"Now b-baby…" Impmon grinned, despite the pain in his tail. "How about letting me go?"

Renamon said nothing as she stepped into the portal, ignoring Impmon's "No wait! Please!", and she then left the room was transported through the portal.

I'm coming Rika…

*

"No wait! Please!" Impmon called after Renamon, but it was too late, Renamon stepped through the portal, and was gone.

"Oh geez…what the hell have I done!?" Impmon shouted, ignoring the pain in his tail. I gave Renamon the wrong co-ordinates! I just sent that beautiful Digimon to her death!

"I gotta go after her! If anything happens to her, it's my fault!" Impmon realised, then walked over to the machine, and tripped, remembering that Renamon had pinned his tail to the ground.

Great! Just frickin' great! How the hell am I ever going to free her from the -

*

"…the Dark Ocean!" Renamon gasped, looking at the black waters underneath her, as she hovered over them.

That no good Impmon! He deliberately sent me here! I'll get my revenge…if I ever get back…

Renamon was just about to consider her options, when two chains reached up out of the waters, and wrapped around her ankles, pulling her under the waves.

"Oh no!" Renamon gasped, struggling to stay above the water, but she couldn't resist the pull of the chains and was pulled under.

Renamon shut her eyes, and she was surprised to find that she could still breathe. What kind of ocean is this?

Renamon then hit a metal surface and found herself standing outside two iron gates, she turned around and saw two humanoid creatures clad in metal armour, clutching the chains that were attached around her ankles.

"You are trespassing!" one of them barked.

Renamon stepped forward, about to protest her case, when the other creature walloped her across the face, knocking her to the ground.

"By order of Lord Dragonmon…" the guard barked, standing over Renamon as she slipped into unconscious. "…we find you a prisoner of the Dark Ocean!"

Then everything went black.

To Be Continued…

It looks like things have gone from bad to worse for Renamon in the next instalment as she finds herself in the clutches of Dragonmon! As Impmon races to her rescue, back on Earth, Rika races back to the battle scene with Etemon - and struggles to comes to terms with what's happened to Takato! Miss it not!