"Well, here we are!" Puppetmon announced as he and Mimi walked through Gatomon's lair.
"Now will you let me go?!" Mimi asked annoyed.
"No, I don't think so just yet. We have to have a little talk before I turn you over to Gatomon." Puppetmon brought her close to his face with the strings he had attached. "I don't want Gatomon to know I let Agumon to escape. I am a big fan of pain, but only when I'm the one inflicting it. Receiving it is a completely different matter. Now can you keep out little secret?"
"Why should I?" Mimi asked defiantly.
"As I said before, I'm a fan of inflicting pain." Puppetmon grabbed her wrist and squeezed hard, forcing Mimi to the ground. Mimi was crying now.
A lasso of flowers wrapped around Puppetmon's neck. Puppetmon let go of Mimi in surprise. He was yanked off his feet and tossed in a heap against the wall. "But not receiving it. We got that part." Lillymon stood next to Izzy. The two had heard voices when they had awakened from the cell. Palmon saw Puppetmon threatening Mimi, and she quickly and quietly digivolved to her Ultimate Lillymon form.
Puppetmon jumped to his feet. "Well look who's here. I was looking for a rematch." Puppetmon held his hand out, and his strings shot out. Lillymon tried to dodge, but they merely followed her and quickly latched on. Izzy didn't even move as strings connect to his body as well.
"By the way, we have a new trick." Lillymon announced and looked to her left at Izzy. Mimi looked at Izzy as well, and she nearly screamed in surprise when she saw his eyes were deep red. An aura of dark energy wrapped around his persona, and the strings instantly came off. Izzy opened his palm and fired a blast of energy directly in front of Lillymon, freeing her as well.
Izzy turned his attention to Puppetmon. Puppetmon just smirked. "Nice trick. Here's one of mine. Puppet Pummel!" Puppetmon fired his mallet at Izzy. Pellets of energy came shooting towards Izzy. Izzy waved his hand and an arc of his dark energy shot forward, disintegrating Puppetmon's attack. Izzy's attack continued undeterred, striking Puppetmon on the chest. The wooden digimon sailed through the air and collided with the wall, cracking the stone. He fell to the ground with a whump, but rose unsteadily to his feet, his mallet still in his hands. Izzy's computer, which he had stashed behind, fell to the ground and slid towards them
Lillymon laughed. She walked over and picked up Izzy's computer. She walked back and handed to Izzy. "I believe this is yours." She turned her gaze back to Puppetmon. "I guess you weren't expecting that."
"I should have. Gatomon told us one of the digidestined had super powers. I thought it was that Matt kid." Puppetmon shook his head. "I really should pay more attention at meetings, but I always end up sleeping like a log."
Lillymon heard this and her rage turned from Puppetmon to Izzy. "You mean, you knew you had these powers before?" Izzy turned to face Lillymon. "That means you used powers to save your love, who wasn't me! YOU... YOU... MAN!"
Izzy backed up, his eyes returned to normal and his aura disappeared. "What?"
Lillymon took a step forward, obliviously to Izzy's power.
"I thought that was just a dream." Izzy held his hands out. "This crest makes me imbecilic when I get angry."
"I am sick and tired of excuses from you men!" Lillymon interrupted.
Suddenly a ball of energy flew out and the ground at Izzy's feet. He lost his balance and fell, hitting his head on the ground. Izzy tried to get up, but his head was swimming from the minor concussion and from Puppetmon's attack and his subsequent fall.
"Are we forgetting about someone?" Puppetmon laughed. He was still unsteady on his feet. "You know what flower girl? You are a big help to our side."
Lillymon growled. "Mimi, help Izzy get out of here. Puppetmon's mine!" Mimi ran to Izzy and helped him to his feet. Izzy put his arm around Mimi and the two quickly ran from the hall, leaving Lillymon and Puppetmon alone, or so they thought. A pair of eyes watched the two from a dark corner.
"Well, you are a brave one." Puppetmon was weakened, but he was trying to hide it. "But as I like to say, the brave are always the first to die." Puppetmon jumped into the air, fully intent on bringing the mallet down on Lillymon. Lillymon flew backwards as Puppetmon landed. Puppetmon landed on his feet and quickly shot out strings.
"I don't fall for the same trick twice either." Lillymon's body blossomed with flowers, and the strings attached to the buds. The flowers simply came off when Puppetmon pulled the strings. Puppetmon pointed his fist at Lillymon again, but this time he released a yarn ball to her surprise. The ball struck her in the chest, wrapping her arms and wings as she fell down.
Puppetmon stepped forward twirling his mallet. "It's a good things I never run out of tricks." He held his mallet over Lillymon's head.
"DON'T YOU DARE HURT HER!" Gomamon jumped out from his hiding place, and wrapped his arms around Puppetmon's face as he landed on the back of his head. He dug claws into his eyes, filling Puppetmon with pain and fury. He grabbed Gomamon off his head and threw him on the ground. "Why you little punk. No fair sneaking up." He raised his mallet high over his head to deliver the coup-de-grace.
"Flower Cannon!" Puppetmon's gaze shifted up from Gomamon to Lillymon, who had managed to free herself. A blast from her hands caught him under the jaw, and he was sent sailing into the same wall Izzy knocked him into before. This time, the force of the blast sent him through the weakened wall and out of the castle. His high pitched scream became silent as he sailed down the side of the tower.
Lillymon's hands went back to normal as she bent down next to Gomamon. "Are you all right?"
Gomamon grasped her hand. "I am so sorry. How can you ever forgive me?"
"Huh?" Lillymon replied confused.
Gomamon didn't even hear. "When I came to I saw you and Metaletemon where gone. I looked all over, but you where gone. I was afraid you were deleted. It was all my fault. I betrayed your trust, and you almost got destroyed over it."
"Gomamon, stop!" Lillymon put her other hand under his chin. "I know what those black gears do to you. I nearly killed Tai because of one of them."
"But I was turning you in to save my own worthless hide!" Gomamon's rant continued.
"You couldn't control yourself. I know you would never turn me in to Metaletemon."
After hearing this, Lillymon de-digvolved to her rookie form, Palmon.
All of a sudden Puppetmon appeared from behind a stone pillar. He stood unsteadily on his feet, an obvious result of the recent attacks he suffered. He smiled at Palmon; "You should have blasted me harder. I merely climbed up back through the hole."
"Sticks and stones," Puppetmon took the wooden X from behind his back. "Will break your bones." Puppetmon hurled his boomerang. Gomamon and Palmon where both knocked unconscious and thrown against the wall. Puppetmon skillfully caught the projectile as it came back to him. He talked to the senseless pair on the ground. "You shouldn't have used up all of your energy, it makes for a boring fight scene."
"Now will you let me go?!" Mimi asked annoyed.
"No, I don't think so just yet. We have to have a little talk before I turn you over to Gatomon." Puppetmon brought her close to his face with the strings he had attached. "I don't want Gatomon to know I let Agumon to escape. I am a big fan of pain, but only when I'm the one inflicting it. Receiving it is a completely different matter. Now can you keep out little secret?"
"Why should I?" Mimi asked defiantly.
"As I said before, I'm a fan of inflicting pain." Puppetmon grabbed her wrist and squeezed hard, forcing Mimi to the ground. Mimi was crying now.
A lasso of flowers wrapped around Puppetmon's neck. Puppetmon let go of Mimi in surprise. He was yanked off his feet and tossed in a heap against the wall. "But not receiving it. We got that part." Lillymon stood next to Izzy. The two had heard voices when they had awakened from the cell. Palmon saw Puppetmon threatening Mimi, and she quickly and quietly digivolved to her Ultimate Lillymon form.
Puppetmon jumped to his feet. "Well look who's here. I was looking for a rematch." Puppetmon held his hand out, and his strings shot out. Lillymon tried to dodge, but they merely followed her and quickly latched on. Izzy didn't even move as strings connect to his body as well.
"By the way, we have a new trick." Lillymon announced and looked to her left at Izzy. Mimi looked at Izzy as well, and she nearly screamed in surprise when she saw his eyes were deep red. An aura of dark energy wrapped around his persona, and the strings instantly came off. Izzy opened his palm and fired a blast of energy directly in front of Lillymon, freeing her as well.
Izzy turned his attention to Puppetmon. Puppetmon just smirked. "Nice trick. Here's one of mine. Puppet Pummel!" Puppetmon fired his mallet at Izzy. Pellets of energy came shooting towards Izzy. Izzy waved his hand and an arc of his dark energy shot forward, disintegrating Puppetmon's attack. Izzy's attack continued undeterred, striking Puppetmon on the chest. The wooden digimon sailed through the air and collided with the wall, cracking the stone. He fell to the ground with a whump, but rose unsteadily to his feet, his mallet still in his hands. Izzy's computer, which he had stashed behind, fell to the ground and slid towards them
Lillymon laughed. She walked over and picked up Izzy's computer. She walked back and handed to Izzy. "I believe this is yours." She turned her gaze back to Puppetmon. "I guess you weren't expecting that."
"I should have. Gatomon told us one of the digidestined had super powers. I thought it was that Matt kid." Puppetmon shook his head. "I really should pay more attention at meetings, but I always end up sleeping like a log."
Lillymon heard this and her rage turned from Puppetmon to Izzy. "You mean, you knew you had these powers before?" Izzy turned to face Lillymon. "That means you used powers to save your love, who wasn't me! YOU... YOU... MAN!"
Izzy backed up, his eyes returned to normal and his aura disappeared. "What?"
Lillymon took a step forward, obliviously to Izzy's power.
"I thought that was just a dream." Izzy held his hands out. "This crest makes me imbecilic when I get angry."
"I am sick and tired of excuses from you men!" Lillymon interrupted.
Suddenly a ball of energy flew out and the ground at Izzy's feet. He lost his balance and fell, hitting his head on the ground. Izzy tried to get up, but his head was swimming from the minor concussion and from Puppetmon's attack and his subsequent fall.
"Are we forgetting about someone?" Puppetmon laughed. He was still unsteady on his feet. "You know what flower girl? You are a big help to our side."
Lillymon growled. "Mimi, help Izzy get out of here. Puppetmon's mine!" Mimi ran to Izzy and helped him to his feet. Izzy put his arm around Mimi and the two quickly ran from the hall, leaving Lillymon and Puppetmon alone, or so they thought. A pair of eyes watched the two from a dark corner.
"Well, you are a brave one." Puppetmon was weakened, but he was trying to hide it. "But as I like to say, the brave are always the first to die." Puppetmon jumped into the air, fully intent on bringing the mallet down on Lillymon. Lillymon flew backwards as Puppetmon landed. Puppetmon landed on his feet and quickly shot out strings.
"I don't fall for the same trick twice either." Lillymon's body blossomed with flowers, and the strings attached to the buds. The flowers simply came off when Puppetmon pulled the strings. Puppetmon pointed his fist at Lillymon again, but this time he released a yarn ball to her surprise. The ball struck her in the chest, wrapping her arms and wings as she fell down.
Puppetmon stepped forward twirling his mallet. "It's a good things I never run out of tricks." He held his mallet over Lillymon's head.
"DON'T YOU DARE HURT HER!" Gomamon jumped out from his hiding place, and wrapped his arms around Puppetmon's face as he landed on the back of his head. He dug claws into his eyes, filling Puppetmon with pain and fury. He grabbed Gomamon off his head and threw him on the ground. "Why you little punk. No fair sneaking up." He raised his mallet high over his head to deliver the coup-de-grace.
"Flower Cannon!" Puppetmon's gaze shifted up from Gomamon to Lillymon, who had managed to free herself. A blast from her hands caught him under the jaw, and he was sent sailing into the same wall Izzy knocked him into before. This time, the force of the blast sent him through the weakened wall and out of the castle. His high pitched scream became silent as he sailed down the side of the tower.
Lillymon's hands went back to normal as she bent down next to Gomamon. "Are you all right?"
Gomamon grasped her hand. "I am so sorry. How can you ever forgive me?"
"Huh?" Lillymon replied confused.
Gomamon didn't even hear. "When I came to I saw you and Metaletemon where gone. I looked all over, but you where gone. I was afraid you were deleted. It was all my fault. I betrayed your trust, and you almost got destroyed over it."
"Gomamon, stop!" Lillymon put her other hand under his chin. "I know what those black gears do to you. I nearly killed Tai because of one of them."
"But I was turning you in to save my own worthless hide!" Gomamon's rant continued.
"You couldn't control yourself. I know you would never turn me in to Metaletemon."
After hearing this, Lillymon de-digvolved to her rookie form, Palmon.
All of a sudden Puppetmon appeared from behind a stone pillar. He stood unsteadily on his feet, an obvious result of the recent attacks he suffered. He smiled at Palmon; "You should have blasted me harder. I merely climbed up back through the hole."
"Sticks and stones," Puppetmon took the wooden X from behind his back. "Will break your bones." Puppetmon hurled his boomerang. Gomamon and Palmon where both knocked unconscious and thrown against the wall. Puppetmon skillfully caught the projectile as it came back to him. He talked to the senseless pair on the ground. "You shouldn't have used up all of your energy, it makes for a boring fight scene."