A Bigger Threat
Episode 11:
"Labyrinth Island Part 1"
By: Shmeilia Rockie
* * * *
Author's note: The next couple of episodes was based off of the movie "Labrynth", just so everyone knows. That's my favorite movie in the entire world (dispite having David Bowie in it), and if anyone hasn't seen it, I suggest that they do! It is so worth the time! The plot of this segment does NOT directly follow the plot of the movie, so no one gets angry. Labrynth was just my inspiration. I never even originally planned on the old Digidestined being in this at all, so I was at a loss for something to do with them. Until now.
And to Miome, who asked me why Yolei didn't quite know some of the things she should...I can only say that was a lapse in judgement on my part, I guess...I overexagerated her air-headedness a bit. She's a good character, I just struggle with her. And Sora. I get Sora all wrong, but that's only because I don't like her. I want to appologize to all the Sora fans, right here and now: I'm very sorry for butchering her character.
Now, with all of that out of the way I can get on to the lovely disclaimer...
Disclaimer: I don't own anything from Digimon, or Labrynth. So there you go.
* * * *
In a flash and a stomach-churning moment, Matt, Davis, Ken and Joe (and their Digimon, of course) arrived on a small bump of land in the middle of a vast ocean. Across the water loomed a giantic island with a dark castle in the center, surrounded by a twisting maze. The group would have wondered about it, but something else distracted them from it completely.
"WOAH! What stinks?" Everyone immediately covered their noses.
"That, my friends, is the stinch of evil," Ken announced.
"It smells like..." Matt uncovered his nose for a second, then dearly wished he hadn't. He gagged, "Rotting eggs!"
"Really?" Joe asked, whipping the tears out of his eyes. "Smells more like the waste treatment center outside of town."
"Roadkill skunks!" Davis gasped.
The Digimon tried to wave away the smell, but to no avail.
"No fair!" Veemon whined, "Gomamon doesn't have a nose!"
"Yeah, well, that doesn't mean I can't still smell it."
"Man, this is easily the most disgusting thing I've ever smelled," Gabumon told Matt. "Worse than RedVeggimon and wet fur combined."
"Yeah, I know!"
Ken walked to the edge of the island they were on, and peered into the black water. He couldn't see his reflection, and that was a dead give-away as to where they were. "This is the Dark Ocean."
"Really?" Davis asked. He'd never seen it before. He leaned over the edge, and was about to put his hand in, but Ken stopped him.
"WHAT THE HECK DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING?"
"I just wanted to get a better look at it," Davis pouted.
"If you so much as put a foot in this stuff, you'll be evil forever!"
Davis crossed his arms and pouted. "Stop being overdramatic, Ken. I know for a fact that you practically took a bath in it."
"Yeah, and then I decided to take over the Digital World," he muttered. "Anyway, I wouldn't risk it."
"Hey," Gomamon yelped, "I just realized something!"
"What is it?" Joe asked.
"They're in color, but look at us!"
Joe and Matt stared at each other, then at Davis and Ken. "Hey! What's up with that?"
Ken turned to Davis, lightly whacked him on the arm and told him, "If you can smell something nasty, that proves you're not evil. I couldn't smell a thing the first time I came here, and it wasn't because I had a cold."
Davis mumbled, "Yeah, well, what's it smell like to you now?"
Ken sniffed the air, then rubbed his nose. "To tell you the truth, I think it smells like a combination of old gym socks and my aunt's honestly awfull perfume. Lilacs and sweat, what a WONDERFUL combination!"
"Okay, guys," Joe said, getting down to business. "I get the feeling that we should be over there."
Matt put his hands in the back pockets of his tight-fitting jeans, tossed his stylishly messy hair and squinted at the island in the distance. "But the question is, how do we get over there? I'd say swim it, but we can't risk becoming contaminated."
Joe sighed, "And that rules Ikkumon out, too, I'm afraid."
Gomamon's ears drooped, and he groaned.
"I wish we could make a boat, or something," Ken sighed. He looked around the tiny island. "There is absolutely nothing here to work with."
With a loud CRACK, the ground under Ken and Davis broke off and slid into the ocean, threatening to take the two guys with it. A hand caught Davis, who was the closest to the stable ground. Ken, however, disappeared under the dark water.
"Woah!" Davis yelped, his head reeling. "Oh, no. Ken!"
The the rest of the group stared over the edge.
"It happened so fast," Matt whispered.
Joe shook his head. "I didn't have time to get both of them. I'm surprised I managed to catch Davis."
Davis fell to the ground, tears forming in his eyes. "Not Ken. Why couldn't it have been me instead?"
"Uh, Davis," Matt suddenly grinned and pointed.
Davis leaned over the edge with them to see the excitement. There was a patch of golden light coming through the blackness. "Yes! Oh, he's good. He's so good."
At those words the light exploded, spraying them with liquid. (It was okay, though. The light had cleansed the water, so they weren't contaminated. Or so I like to tell myself.) Ken floated in the middle of a collum of golden energy, arms out from his sides and eyes closed in concentration. The water pushed against it, but inside the sheild was as dry as a bone. He floated to the ocean floor and slowly opened his eyes. He looked up at the others. "I don't think a can get back up!"
"I'll help," Joe said, jumping into the shaft of light.
"All right, all right!" Gomamon dived in after him.
"I never thought I'd live to see the day Joe recklessly dived into a dangerous situation," Matt told Davis. "That's supposed to be my job! Or Tai's."
Ken stared wide-eyed at Joe. "What are you going to do?" Pause. "Ak, you're a Megadigidestined!"
Joe looked at his hands. "Cool." (Real quick: Silver armor, white gloves and cape. Helmet.)
"If you're going to do something, do it quick. I can't keep this up much longer."
"Okay, here goes. What, I don't know." He threw his arms out in front of him and the waters parted. The split ran all the way to the main island.
Ken shut off his sheild. "Thank the heavens."
Matt and Gabumon slid down the steep island wall, Davis and Veemon right behind him. "Dude, that was awesome! From now on, I think I'll call you Moses!"
"So my power is controlling water?"
Gomamon smiled with pride. "Sure seems that way, doesn't it?"
Joe pointed to a staircase on the other side of the path. "Well, come on, guys. Let's get over there before this wears off!"
* * * *
"Okay, one question," Tai said looking around. "Where the HECK are we?"
To answer his question, the fog parted. They stood in front of a stone door marked "Warning: locked from the other side. Please go through and unlock before entering."
The eight travelers stared at the sign in total bewilderment.
Izzy scratched his head and remarked, "Okay, that is the WEIRDEST thing I have ever read."
Cody nodded, "That makes absolutely no sense, what-so-ever."
"Sure it does," TK said, getting weird looks from everyone else. He explained, "I can teleport through the door. At least, I think I can, anyway."
"Okaay, try it," Tai told him, sweatdropping in confusion.
Patamon flew off TK's helmet and said, "Yeah, go ahead. It won't hurt to try."
"At least it won't hurt YOU, Patamon." He took a deep breath and lept through the door.
All eyes went wide.
After a long pause, Tai spoke up, "Um, where is he?"
"I don't know." Izzy turned to Tai, but didn't take his eyes off the door.
"What if he teleported to Tahiti, or something?"
"Oh, boy, that makes me feel better," Patamon snapped sarcastically. "What if he ran into trouble on the other side?"
As if on cue, the door opened. Even though they were all expecting him to come through the door, the action still made them jump about a foot off the ground (Except for Tentomon and Patamon, who accidentally smacked into each other in panic.)
TK smiled warmly, "Sorry, didn't mean to scare you guys."
"Well, you sure did a good job of it!" Tai snapped. "What in the Digi-World took you so long?"
Patamon flew close to TK, "Yeah, I thought you were in trouble!"
"Sorry, sorry, guys. I had to try teleporting through various objects. It's fun!"
Tai slapped his forehead. "Great, he was having FUN."
TK threw a worried glance over his shoulder. "Well, I hate to inform you guys of this, but there are more locked doors."
"Great! Just great!" Tai threw his hands in the air and paced away about five steps, before coming back with new determination. "Well, let's get to it already. Those doors aren't going to open themselves, and just standing here isn't getting us anywhere!"
He marched past TK and stood at the next door, arms crossed and foot impatiently tapping the ground.
TK rubbed his hands together and took a deep breath, "Okay." And he was gone again.
Izzy rubbed side of his head.
Tentomon noticed something was wrong. "What's up, Izzy?"
Izzy growled in frustration, "There are just so many things I don't understand!"
"Like what?"
"Why are there so many locked doors? What's the point? Where are the other two groups? And why does Cody get the power of understanding? I could really use it right about now!"
Izzy'd said all of this so fast, Tentomon didn't catch it all. He sweatdropped, "Sometimes you just have to accept things, even if you don't understand how they work. Otherwise, you'll drive yourself crazy worring about all the little details, even when they don't matter a bit."
"But I can't DO that! That's not how my mind works."
Cody shook his head, knowing exactly how Izzy felt. He told him very plainly, "You need to be patient. Just know that one day you will understand, and until it happens you need to take life at face value."
"So, one day I will know?"
"Yes."
Izzy whipped the sweat off his forehead with relief. "That's good."
Cody grinned. "Yes, and let me tell you, it does feel good to know the answers to all my questions."
Izzy looked at him suspicously, "All your questions?"
Cody thought about that for a moment, then slowly shook his head. "No, I guess not. Really, though, I don't have any more questions. I know that everything will make since in time, and that's enough to satisfy me."
Just then, TK opened the door. There was another one. And another one. It just kept going and going...
* * * *
Commercial Break!
Tai: How Garz and Zarg eat a Reeses Peanut Butter Cup-
Zarg takes the wrapper off the peanut butter cup and stares at it questioningly. He looks from the cup to the wrapper and back to the cup. He tosses the candy to Garz and pops the wrapper in his mouth.
Garz peels the papper off the bottom and hands the peanut butter cup to a hungery Veemon, who stuffs the whole thing in his mouth and swallows without chewing. Garz smiles, "It's always nice to share with friends," winks and eats the papper.
Tai: Ugh, there's no WRONG way...to, uh, eat a Reeses.
There's a shot of a peanut butter cup leaning against its wrapper. There's a chomping noise and the wrapper disappears. The cup falls over.
* * * *
"Oh, this is a change of scenery," Yolei commented dryly.
The girls packed themselves in a tight circle, the Digimon on the outside.
"Where are we?" Mimi whispered.
"Uh, I'm not sure, but I think we're in the jungle." That sounded a lot more sarcastic than Sora had intended. Must have been the nerves.
A loud, rather disturbing gurgling sound made them all shriek.
"What was that?" Kari yelped, practically jumping into Yolei's arms.
"It sounded like water draining out of a bathtub," Gatomon commented with a shudder. "Only twenty times louder."
Click, click, clickclickclickclick.
"This forest is disturbing!" Mimi pulled her hat down over her ears as a way of self-reassurance. "I don't think I like it at all!"
Click-click. A terribly menacing cackle filled the otherwise silent forest.
"Do you think I should Morph Digivolve?" Yolei asked.
Kari bit her lip. "Not yet. Save your energy."
The undergrowth around the group began to rustle. The strange clicking and horrible laughing surrounded them.
"Okay, go ahead, Yolei! Knock yourself out."
Yolei flung her hand into the air and called, "Morph-"
"Hold on, little lady," came a gruff, yet sqeaky voice, stoping Yolei dead in the middle of the phrase. A small, furry, coral-colored demon (For lack of a better word) immerged carring two short sticks. "Don't get yo'self all in a twist. We're jus' playin' witcha."
Suddenly there were more. All over the place. They each carried sticks, which were responsible for the clicking noise.
"Ya look a triffle lost," said the lead thing, looking up at them with unmistakenly evil bulging eyes.
"N-no," Sora told it shakily. "We know exactly where we are."
"I don't tink ya do. Dis is OUR territory. And when ya tresspass on our dirt, ya go by our rules. NOW, listen to our little ditty."
The things sang together in complete discord (If you want to get the jest of what they sang about, watch the Labrynth.) They also danced as horribly as they sang, taking off their arms and legs and heads and throwing them around. That part was almost enough to make the girls cronically sick. And when they finished, they expected the poor group join them in an encore.
"I'm sorry," Kari said as they closed in. "But we can't take off our body parts. We're kind of attached to them."
"Rubbish, a course ya can. Metinks ya just need a little help."
As soon as one of them got close enough, Yolei kicked it's head off. This didn't hurt the thing at all, just startled it. "Take that, freak!" The head went rolling away, sqwaking the whole time.
"Hey, that was his head!" She grabbed the next one's head and chucked it into next week. It sailed away, screaming, "Hey, that's MY head!"
"Ooh, ya shouldn'ta done that! Now we'll hafta get rough witcha."
The freaky things started combining until they became one nasty, many legged, many armed monster with about twenty heads.
"Boy, Yolei, I don't think that was a very good idea," Sora yelled as it took a swipe at her.
"MORPH DIGI-ARMOR ENERGIZE!" Yolei took on the armor of Shurimon, (note to self: check the spelling on that) complete with giant throwing stars. She chucked one at the moster, severing one of it's arms. It crawled back up the beast and reattached itself. "It didn't even phase it!"
"That's it!" Gatomon announced. "Come on, Kari!"
Kari grabbed her pink D-3, "Right. Digivolve!"
Gatomon digivolved to Angewomon, her Ultimate form.
Mimi tossed her digivice in the air and caught it with a new determination. "Come on, guys, we can't let them have all the fun!"
"Palmon digivolve to...Togemon!"
"Biyomon digivolve to...Birdramon!"
"Needle Spray!" A thousand tiny needles burried themselves in the orange flesh of the demon, sending it howling in pain.
"Meteor Wing!" Birdramon's attack singed the thing's pink fur, and it began running around in panicked circles.
"All right, finish it off!" Kari called.
"Celestial Arrow!" The arrow sang into the core of the monster and it went POOF!
The Digimon de-digivolved and joined the girls in a little victory dance.
Yolei returned to her normal state. "Dude, that was awesome!"
"Yeah, go Girl Power!" Mimi yelled. (All the Digimon present were girls so they didn't complain.)
They did a group high-five. "Girl Power!"
"Well, let's get out of this creepy forest," Sora said, starting off in a random direction.
Yolei jumped into the air. "We can take on anything!"
"It doesn't seem too bad now," Kari commented.
Will the kids ever figure out where they're going?
Find out in the next episode of Digimon: A Bigger Threat-
"Labrynth Island Part 2"
Episode 11:
"Labyrinth Island Part 1"
By: Shmeilia Rockie
* * * *
Author's note: The next couple of episodes was based off of the movie "Labrynth", just so everyone knows. That's my favorite movie in the entire world (dispite having David Bowie in it), and if anyone hasn't seen it, I suggest that they do! It is so worth the time! The plot of this segment does NOT directly follow the plot of the movie, so no one gets angry. Labrynth was just my inspiration. I never even originally planned on the old Digidestined being in this at all, so I was at a loss for something to do with them. Until now.
And to Miome, who asked me why Yolei didn't quite know some of the things she should...I can only say that was a lapse in judgement on my part, I guess...I overexagerated her air-headedness a bit. She's a good character, I just struggle with her. And Sora. I get Sora all wrong, but that's only because I don't like her. I want to appologize to all the Sora fans, right here and now: I'm very sorry for butchering her character.
Now, with all of that out of the way I can get on to the lovely disclaimer...
Disclaimer: I don't own anything from Digimon, or Labrynth. So there you go.
* * * *
In a flash and a stomach-churning moment, Matt, Davis, Ken and Joe (and their Digimon, of course) arrived on a small bump of land in the middle of a vast ocean. Across the water loomed a giantic island with a dark castle in the center, surrounded by a twisting maze. The group would have wondered about it, but something else distracted them from it completely.
"WOAH! What stinks?" Everyone immediately covered their noses.
"That, my friends, is the stinch of evil," Ken announced.
"It smells like..." Matt uncovered his nose for a second, then dearly wished he hadn't. He gagged, "Rotting eggs!"
"Really?" Joe asked, whipping the tears out of his eyes. "Smells more like the waste treatment center outside of town."
"Roadkill skunks!" Davis gasped.
The Digimon tried to wave away the smell, but to no avail.
"No fair!" Veemon whined, "Gomamon doesn't have a nose!"
"Yeah, well, that doesn't mean I can't still smell it."
"Man, this is easily the most disgusting thing I've ever smelled," Gabumon told Matt. "Worse than RedVeggimon and wet fur combined."
"Yeah, I know!"
Ken walked to the edge of the island they were on, and peered into the black water. He couldn't see his reflection, and that was a dead give-away as to where they were. "This is the Dark Ocean."
"Really?" Davis asked. He'd never seen it before. He leaned over the edge, and was about to put his hand in, but Ken stopped him.
"WHAT THE HECK DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING?"
"I just wanted to get a better look at it," Davis pouted.
"If you so much as put a foot in this stuff, you'll be evil forever!"
Davis crossed his arms and pouted. "Stop being overdramatic, Ken. I know for a fact that you practically took a bath in it."
"Yeah, and then I decided to take over the Digital World," he muttered. "Anyway, I wouldn't risk it."
"Hey," Gomamon yelped, "I just realized something!"
"What is it?" Joe asked.
"They're in color, but look at us!"
Joe and Matt stared at each other, then at Davis and Ken. "Hey! What's up with that?"
Ken turned to Davis, lightly whacked him on the arm and told him, "If you can smell something nasty, that proves you're not evil. I couldn't smell a thing the first time I came here, and it wasn't because I had a cold."
Davis mumbled, "Yeah, well, what's it smell like to you now?"
Ken sniffed the air, then rubbed his nose. "To tell you the truth, I think it smells like a combination of old gym socks and my aunt's honestly awfull perfume. Lilacs and sweat, what a WONDERFUL combination!"
"Okay, guys," Joe said, getting down to business. "I get the feeling that we should be over there."
Matt put his hands in the back pockets of his tight-fitting jeans, tossed his stylishly messy hair and squinted at the island in the distance. "But the question is, how do we get over there? I'd say swim it, but we can't risk becoming contaminated."
Joe sighed, "And that rules Ikkumon out, too, I'm afraid."
Gomamon's ears drooped, and he groaned.
"I wish we could make a boat, or something," Ken sighed. He looked around the tiny island. "There is absolutely nothing here to work with."
With a loud CRACK, the ground under Ken and Davis broke off and slid into the ocean, threatening to take the two guys with it. A hand caught Davis, who was the closest to the stable ground. Ken, however, disappeared under the dark water.
"Woah!" Davis yelped, his head reeling. "Oh, no. Ken!"
The the rest of the group stared over the edge.
"It happened so fast," Matt whispered.
Joe shook his head. "I didn't have time to get both of them. I'm surprised I managed to catch Davis."
Davis fell to the ground, tears forming in his eyes. "Not Ken. Why couldn't it have been me instead?"
"Uh, Davis," Matt suddenly grinned and pointed.
Davis leaned over the edge with them to see the excitement. There was a patch of golden light coming through the blackness. "Yes! Oh, he's good. He's so good."
At those words the light exploded, spraying them with liquid. (It was okay, though. The light had cleansed the water, so they weren't contaminated. Or so I like to tell myself.) Ken floated in the middle of a collum of golden energy, arms out from his sides and eyes closed in concentration. The water pushed against it, but inside the sheild was as dry as a bone. He floated to the ocean floor and slowly opened his eyes. He looked up at the others. "I don't think a can get back up!"
"I'll help," Joe said, jumping into the shaft of light.
"All right, all right!" Gomamon dived in after him.
"I never thought I'd live to see the day Joe recklessly dived into a dangerous situation," Matt told Davis. "That's supposed to be my job! Or Tai's."
Ken stared wide-eyed at Joe. "What are you going to do?" Pause. "Ak, you're a Megadigidestined!"
Joe looked at his hands. "Cool." (Real quick: Silver armor, white gloves and cape. Helmet.)
"If you're going to do something, do it quick. I can't keep this up much longer."
"Okay, here goes. What, I don't know." He threw his arms out in front of him and the waters parted. The split ran all the way to the main island.
Ken shut off his sheild. "Thank the heavens."
Matt and Gabumon slid down the steep island wall, Davis and Veemon right behind him. "Dude, that was awesome! From now on, I think I'll call you Moses!"
"So my power is controlling water?"
Gomamon smiled with pride. "Sure seems that way, doesn't it?"
Joe pointed to a staircase on the other side of the path. "Well, come on, guys. Let's get over there before this wears off!"
* * * *
"Okay, one question," Tai said looking around. "Where the HECK are we?"
To answer his question, the fog parted. They stood in front of a stone door marked "Warning: locked from the other side. Please go through and unlock before entering."
The eight travelers stared at the sign in total bewilderment.
Izzy scratched his head and remarked, "Okay, that is the WEIRDEST thing I have ever read."
Cody nodded, "That makes absolutely no sense, what-so-ever."
"Sure it does," TK said, getting weird looks from everyone else. He explained, "I can teleport through the door. At least, I think I can, anyway."
"Okaay, try it," Tai told him, sweatdropping in confusion.
Patamon flew off TK's helmet and said, "Yeah, go ahead. It won't hurt to try."
"At least it won't hurt YOU, Patamon." He took a deep breath and lept through the door.
All eyes went wide.
After a long pause, Tai spoke up, "Um, where is he?"
"I don't know." Izzy turned to Tai, but didn't take his eyes off the door.
"What if he teleported to Tahiti, or something?"
"Oh, boy, that makes me feel better," Patamon snapped sarcastically. "What if he ran into trouble on the other side?"
As if on cue, the door opened. Even though they were all expecting him to come through the door, the action still made them jump about a foot off the ground (Except for Tentomon and Patamon, who accidentally smacked into each other in panic.)
TK smiled warmly, "Sorry, didn't mean to scare you guys."
"Well, you sure did a good job of it!" Tai snapped. "What in the Digi-World took you so long?"
Patamon flew close to TK, "Yeah, I thought you were in trouble!"
"Sorry, sorry, guys. I had to try teleporting through various objects. It's fun!"
Tai slapped his forehead. "Great, he was having FUN."
TK threw a worried glance over his shoulder. "Well, I hate to inform you guys of this, but there are more locked doors."
"Great! Just great!" Tai threw his hands in the air and paced away about five steps, before coming back with new determination. "Well, let's get to it already. Those doors aren't going to open themselves, and just standing here isn't getting us anywhere!"
He marched past TK and stood at the next door, arms crossed and foot impatiently tapping the ground.
TK rubbed his hands together and took a deep breath, "Okay." And he was gone again.
Izzy rubbed side of his head.
Tentomon noticed something was wrong. "What's up, Izzy?"
Izzy growled in frustration, "There are just so many things I don't understand!"
"Like what?"
"Why are there so many locked doors? What's the point? Where are the other two groups? And why does Cody get the power of understanding? I could really use it right about now!"
Izzy'd said all of this so fast, Tentomon didn't catch it all. He sweatdropped, "Sometimes you just have to accept things, even if you don't understand how they work. Otherwise, you'll drive yourself crazy worring about all the little details, even when they don't matter a bit."
"But I can't DO that! That's not how my mind works."
Cody shook his head, knowing exactly how Izzy felt. He told him very plainly, "You need to be patient. Just know that one day you will understand, and until it happens you need to take life at face value."
"So, one day I will know?"
"Yes."
Izzy whipped the sweat off his forehead with relief. "That's good."
Cody grinned. "Yes, and let me tell you, it does feel good to know the answers to all my questions."
Izzy looked at him suspicously, "All your questions?"
Cody thought about that for a moment, then slowly shook his head. "No, I guess not. Really, though, I don't have any more questions. I know that everything will make since in time, and that's enough to satisfy me."
Just then, TK opened the door. There was another one. And another one. It just kept going and going...
* * * *
Commercial Break!
Tai: How Garz and Zarg eat a Reeses Peanut Butter Cup-
Zarg takes the wrapper off the peanut butter cup and stares at it questioningly. He looks from the cup to the wrapper and back to the cup. He tosses the candy to Garz and pops the wrapper in his mouth.
Garz peels the papper off the bottom and hands the peanut butter cup to a hungery Veemon, who stuffs the whole thing in his mouth and swallows without chewing. Garz smiles, "It's always nice to share with friends," winks and eats the papper.
Tai: Ugh, there's no WRONG way...to, uh, eat a Reeses.
There's a shot of a peanut butter cup leaning against its wrapper. There's a chomping noise and the wrapper disappears. The cup falls over.
* * * *
"Oh, this is a change of scenery," Yolei commented dryly.
The girls packed themselves in a tight circle, the Digimon on the outside.
"Where are we?" Mimi whispered.
"Uh, I'm not sure, but I think we're in the jungle." That sounded a lot more sarcastic than Sora had intended. Must have been the nerves.
A loud, rather disturbing gurgling sound made them all shriek.
"What was that?" Kari yelped, practically jumping into Yolei's arms.
"It sounded like water draining out of a bathtub," Gatomon commented with a shudder. "Only twenty times louder."
Click, click, clickclickclickclick.
"This forest is disturbing!" Mimi pulled her hat down over her ears as a way of self-reassurance. "I don't think I like it at all!"
Click-click. A terribly menacing cackle filled the otherwise silent forest.
"Do you think I should Morph Digivolve?" Yolei asked.
Kari bit her lip. "Not yet. Save your energy."
The undergrowth around the group began to rustle. The strange clicking and horrible laughing surrounded them.
"Okay, go ahead, Yolei! Knock yourself out."
Yolei flung her hand into the air and called, "Morph-"
"Hold on, little lady," came a gruff, yet sqeaky voice, stoping Yolei dead in the middle of the phrase. A small, furry, coral-colored demon (For lack of a better word) immerged carring two short sticks. "Don't get yo'self all in a twist. We're jus' playin' witcha."
Suddenly there were more. All over the place. They each carried sticks, which were responsible for the clicking noise.
"Ya look a triffle lost," said the lead thing, looking up at them with unmistakenly evil bulging eyes.
"N-no," Sora told it shakily. "We know exactly where we are."
"I don't tink ya do. Dis is OUR territory. And when ya tresspass on our dirt, ya go by our rules. NOW, listen to our little ditty."
The things sang together in complete discord (If you want to get the jest of what they sang about, watch the Labrynth.) They also danced as horribly as they sang, taking off their arms and legs and heads and throwing them around. That part was almost enough to make the girls cronically sick. And when they finished, they expected the poor group join them in an encore.
"I'm sorry," Kari said as they closed in. "But we can't take off our body parts. We're kind of attached to them."
"Rubbish, a course ya can. Metinks ya just need a little help."
As soon as one of them got close enough, Yolei kicked it's head off. This didn't hurt the thing at all, just startled it. "Take that, freak!" The head went rolling away, sqwaking the whole time.
"Hey, that was his head!" She grabbed the next one's head and chucked it into next week. It sailed away, screaming, "Hey, that's MY head!"
"Ooh, ya shouldn'ta done that! Now we'll hafta get rough witcha."
The freaky things started combining until they became one nasty, many legged, many armed monster with about twenty heads.
"Boy, Yolei, I don't think that was a very good idea," Sora yelled as it took a swipe at her.
"MORPH DIGI-ARMOR ENERGIZE!" Yolei took on the armor of Shurimon, (note to self: check the spelling on that) complete with giant throwing stars. She chucked one at the moster, severing one of it's arms. It crawled back up the beast and reattached itself. "It didn't even phase it!"
"That's it!" Gatomon announced. "Come on, Kari!"
Kari grabbed her pink D-3, "Right. Digivolve!"
Gatomon digivolved to Angewomon, her Ultimate form.
Mimi tossed her digivice in the air and caught it with a new determination. "Come on, guys, we can't let them have all the fun!"
"Palmon digivolve to...Togemon!"
"Biyomon digivolve to...Birdramon!"
"Needle Spray!" A thousand tiny needles burried themselves in the orange flesh of the demon, sending it howling in pain.
"Meteor Wing!" Birdramon's attack singed the thing's pink fur, and it began running around in panicked circles.
"All right, finish it off!" Kari called.
"Celestial Arrow!" The arrow sang into the core of the monster and it went POOF!
The Digimon de-digivolved and joined the girls in a little victory dance.
Yolei returned to her normal state. "Dude, that was awesome!"
"Yeah, go Girl Power!" Mimi yelled. (All the Digimon present were girls so they didn't complain.)
They did a group high-five. "Girl Power!"
"Well, let's get out of this creepy forest," Sora said, starting off in a random direction.
Yolei jumped into the air. "We can take on anything!"
"It doesn't seem too bad now," Kari commented.
Will the kids ever figure out where they're going?
Find out in the next episode of Digimon: A Bigger Threat-
"Labrynth Island Part 2"