The New Digimon Return
Chapter 6: Old Reliable
"Hi, this is Yolie. Mimi, Hawkmon, and I had no sooner appeared though the digiport, when we were attacked by Leomon, who was under the control of a dark ring. Hawkmon armor digivolved to Halsemon, and tried to fight Leomon, but it was no use, so he carried Mimi and myself away from the battle. Mimi then told us the story about how Leomon, as Saberleomon, had saved her life when Metaletemon had attacked her and Joe, at the cost of his own life. After that we found the cave, but were once again attacked by Leomon, and this time Palmon was with him. Hawkmon armor digivolved again, in order to fight them, only this time he was backed up by Ogremon, who had followed us. Palmon dark digivolved to Togemon, and gave Halsemon a good fight. Meanwhile Mimi had run into the cave, and had not only found Ivymon, but also the Digiegg of Sincerity. Ivymon then joined the battle as Rosemon, and then digivolved into Thornedrosemon. Mimi dragged me and Hawkmon into the cave to get the digiegg. I was able to lift it, and Hawkmon armor digivolved to Surimon. Surimon was able to free Leomon from the control of the dark ring, and together with Thornedrosemon, Ogremon, and Shurimon were able to defeat Lillymon. I hope that everyone finds their new digimon soon."
Joe looked out at the natural rock formation that created a sort of bay that lead out into the digital ocean. As he looked out, he remembered the last time that he was in the oceans of the Digital World trying to outrun Metalseadramon. He shook his head as he remembered the sacrifice that Whamon had made in order to give Wargreymon the chance he needed to defeat Metalseadramon once and for all. He then looked down at Cody and Armadillomon as they also looking out into the bay, and then at the ocean beyond. He then noticed that Cody looked a little pail, and placed his hand on the younger digidestined shoulder, "Is something wrong Cody?" Joe asked.
Cody looked up at Joe with an innocent look in his eyes that made him remember just how young Cody really was. When he had first met the new digidestined only a month earlier, Cody instantly reminded Joe of TK and Kari when they first came to the Digital World, and how they had immediately grown up quite a bit after all of the thing that they had gone through starting with Devimon, and ending with Appocallymon. However, unlike TK and Kari, Cody, from the moment that he first got his D-3, had immediately taken the responsibility of being a digidestined to heart. This however was the first time that Joe had ever really seen Cody truly shaken up. "Don't worry about me Joe," Cody said, "lets just try to find Leathermon so that we can save the other digimon from Ken."
Joe knew that Cody was not telling him the entire truth, but he also knew that when he felt it was right, Cody would tell him what was wrong. Joe gave Cody a warm smile, "Good idea Cody." Joe said as he pulled out his digivice, and immediately got not just one signal, but two. "That's odd."
"What's that?" Armadillomon asked
"My digivice is picking up 2 signals." Joe said.
Cody immediately pulled out his D-3, and looked at it. "I am picking up one of those signals to Joe." Cody said, and a smile spread across his face, "I bet that it is a new digiegg."
Joe thought this over. The power of the 5 digieggs that they had found so far had given Armadillomon, Veemon, Hawkmon, Gatomon, and Patamon the ability to armor digivolve when all other digimon were unable to thanks to the dark digivice that the Digimon Emperor had. If there was a new digiegg nearby, then that meant that one of the 5 digimon that could armor digivolve could become twice as powerful, or that a new digidestined was to show up soon. Whatever the case may be, Joe knew that they had to find that digiegg. "I think that you are right Cody," Joe confirmed, as he looked at his digivice, "and from what it looks like, both the digiegg and Leathermon are close to each other." Joe looked at the digivice again, and then pointed out to a cliff that overlooked the ocean on the other side of the bay, "Over there I believe."
"Then lets get going." Armadillomon said. Joe and Cody smiled at the digimon, and they all headed off to the cliff.
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As his head peaked up over the water, Gomamon watched as Joe, Cody, and Armadillomon headed started to make their way around the cliff to a cave on the other side of the bay. He ducked his head back under the water, and looked at the Divermon that had been in the area. "Go and attack them, while we make our way to the cave that they are going to. The Emperor will be most interested in what we find there." The Divermon nodded, and headed off to do as they were told. Gomamon then turned to face the digimon that the Emperor had sent with him. "And you are with me."
"Yes sir." The digimon said as he nodded, and then followed Gomamon in the direction of the cliff.
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It had not taken Joe, Cody, and Armadillomon long to get to the cliff. Joe moved closer to the edge, and looked down. He saw the cave entrance, and then over it he could just barley make out the image of the Crest of Reliability over it. "This looks like the place." Joe said as he moved away from the edge.
"How can you tell Joe?" Cody asked.
"I saw what looked like the Crest of Reliability over the entrance of the cave, just like on the cave were we found Pyromon yesterday." Joe said, as he placed his chin into his hand to think about think about something, "The only problem is how do we get down there to get to Leathermon and the new digiegg?"
Armadillomon moved up to them, and smiled, "This looks like a job for Digmon."
"I agree." Cody said as he held up his D-3, "Digiarmor Energize!" He shouted as a purple beam of light leapt out of the D-3 and hit Armadillomon.
"Armadillomon armor digivolve to…Digmon, The Drill of Knowledge!"
"The Drill of Knowledge," Joe asked, "I thought it was the Drill of Power."
Digmon looked at Joe, and shrugged, "I thought that it made me sound smarter, after all I am a product of the Digiegg of Knowledge."
Joe smiled, closed his eyes, and shrugged, "I guess that you're right." He then turned his attention back to the matter at hand, "Now, how about getting us to that cave."
Digmon nodded, "Don't worry Joe, I will have us to that cave before you can say Rock Cracking!" Digmon then leaned over, and plunged all of his drills into the ground, and he disappeared under the ground. Joe and Cody both watched the hole and a short time later, Digmon came out of the ground. "Now can I dig a hole or can I dig a hole?" Digmon asked as Joe and Cody both moved over to the hole to look down.
"Good job Digmon." Cody said as he move to the hole and looked down, "It's a long way down Joe." He said.
Joe looked over the side, and nodded, and then began to rummage through the duffel bag that he had brought along. "Yeah, but it is a good thing that I came prepared." And he pulled out a long rope from the bag.
It had not taken Joe and Cody long to find a nearby rock to secure the rope to. They then brought it back to the hole and through what was left of it over the side. Joe then rapped the rope around himself, and then put on some gloves that he also had in his bag. "I will be right back with Leathermon Cody." Cody nodded, and he watched as Joe began to lower himself down the hole.
Cody figured that Joe had made it to the halfway point when he saw a light come on. Then suddenly, a spear came whizzing through the air, and hit the rope. "JOE!" Cody shouted as he saw the end of the rope disappear into the hole. He then turned around and saw several digimon standing there looking at them.
"Divermon." Digmon said, "That would explain the spear."
The lead Divermon pointed at Cody, "By order of the Digimon Emperor you are to be destroyed. Striking Fish!" he shouted, as all of the other Divermon followed suit.
"I don't think so boys," Digmon said, "Gold Rush!" he shouted, and all of the drill on him shot out at the spears, stopping all of them before they got anywhere near Cody.
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Joe opened his eyes, and sat up. He looked at the rope that was sprawled out next to him, and saw that it had been cut. He knew that it had not be either Cody or Digmon, so it had to be one of the Ken's controlled digimon. Joe shook his head, and began to stand up. He knew that he had at least fallen 20 feet, and felt lucky that he had not broken anything. He then heard the sounds of battle up at the entrance that Digmon had made, 'I had better hurry up and find Leathermon, and the new digiegg.' And he stumbled into the next chamber of the cave, and began to feel a little dizzy. 'I must have gotten a slight concussion when I fell' Joe thought as he sat down on a small ledge and placed his head in his hands.
Before he could even lean back against the wall of the chamber, Joe noticed a glow coming from the entrance to another chamber in the cave. He waited for a moment, and then walked into the chamber. Once inside he found that the source of the of the glow came from an object on the other side of the chamber, and decided that it was best to go over and see what it was.
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"Gold Rush!" Digmon shouted as he once again shot out all of his drill bits, only this time it was at the Divermon. All of the bits hit their mark, and one by one the Divermon were all freed from the control of the dark rings, and walked away a bit disoriented, but otherwise unharmed.
"Good job Digmon." Cody said as he ran up to Digmon, only to be thrown back by an exploding missile that hit just behind Digmon.
"You may have defeated those incompetent Divermon," came a familiar voice from behind them, "but you will have a harder time with me and my partner."
Both Cody and Digmon looked and saw Ikkakumon standing before them, a giant creature that looked like an old sea serpent behind him. "Digmon who is that other digimon?"
"That's Megaseadramon," Digmon said as he started to get up, "he's an Ultimate level digimon."
Cody thought about the situation for a second, "Digmon I know that Joe is ok. That means that you will have to try and hold them off by yourself."
"No problem Cody." Digmon said, as he prepared himself for battle.
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Joe had gotten close enough to the object to determine that it was the digiegg that they had detected. As he stood before it, he saw that it was sort of shaped like a pop bottle, was purple on one side, with the Crest of Reliability on it, and mostly white on the other with black lines going from one side to the other, and a light blue oval shape near to the bottom. Placing a hand on either side of the digiegg, he tried to pick it up, but was unable to do so. However a grayish light filled the chamber, and he let go of the digiegg when something caught his eye. On a nearby ledge a stone was emitting the same grayish glow, and before Joe's eyes, it began to take a new shape.
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"Thunder Javelin!" Megaseadramon shouted as a bolt of lightning shot out at Digmon. However Digmon moved fast, and dodged the attack by diving behind some rocks.
"Gold Rush!" Digmon shouted as he jumped up over the rocks, and aimed for the dark spiral on Megaseadramon. But just as the drill bits were about to shoot out, he was nailed from behind by Ikkakumon, and they all missed their target.
"Harpoon Torpedo!" Ikkakumon shouted, as the horn on his head shot out. It split open to reveal a missile inside of it. The missile struck the ground right next to Digmon, and he was thrown back against a nearby tree, knocking it over.
"Thunder Javelin!" Megaseadramon shouted, and he shot out a blast of electrical energy at Digmon. The force of this blast made Digmon revert back to Armadillomon.
"Armadillomon NO!" Cody shouted as he ran over to help his friend.
"Say goodbye digidestined." Ikkakumon said as he got ready to fire again.
"Laser Disks!" Came a shout from the area near the side of the cliff, and several disks of energy flew in and struck Ikkakumon and Megaseadramon.
Cody and Armadillomon looked over, and saw a giant alligator like digimon standing on two legs. Next to the digimon was Joe. "Ok Alimon, let's get Cody and Armadillomon down to that cave."
"You got it Joe." Alimon said as he got ready to attack again.
"I don't think so." Ikkakumon said as the small device attached to his dark spiral began to glow, "Ikkakumon dark digivolve to…Zudomon!"
Joe looked up at this new Zudomon. His shell, as well as his hammer, was covered with spikes. The horn on top of his head was covered with what looked like razor sharp points, and all of the fur that covered his body was completely black. Cody and Armadillomon quickly moved ran up to Joe and Alimon, "Joe is that Zudomon?" Cody asked.
"I'm afraid so Cody." Joe said in disbelief, he then regained his senses, and looked back at Alimon, "Ok Alimon, it is time to digivolve to Ultimate."
"You got it Joe." Alimon said as he began to glow, "Alimon digivolve to…" Electricity, starting at Alimons head, worked its way down his body. The electricity left in its wake, cybernetic parts. When the electricity had reached his feet, a canon appeared on his left shoulder, and a small computer panel on his right wrist. A nasty looking weapon type device appeared on his left wrist, and two more cannons on ether side of him, "Cyberalimon!"
Cody watched as Cyberalimon stood before them looking at Zudomon and Megaseadramon intently. The Ultimate digimon then turned back to Joe, Cody, and Armadillomon, "You guys go and get that digiegg, I will hold these two off." He said to them in a mechanical voice.
Joe nodded, and turned to Cody grabbing his arm and pulling him with him, Armadillomon close behind them. The three of them began down the cliff, via a very small path that led down it. "I don't know if I can make it Joe." Cody said as they got about half way down the path.
"You can do it Cody." Joe said in a reassuring voice. "Besides, I found the new digiegg, and I believe that it belongs to you."
"Why do you say that Joe?" Cody asked.
"Because it has the Crest of Reliability on it, and I can't think of any other digidestined that is worthy of that crest than you." Joe said as they reached the bottom of the path. The three of them moved to the entrance of the cave, and got into it just as Cyberalimon was knocked over the side of the cliff by Zudomon and Megaseadramon, right into the water. The other two digimon jumped in right after Cyberalimon, but Joe, Cody, and Armadillomon were already far inside of the cave when the wave that was created by the two digimon hit the cave entrance, and collapsed a boulder right in front of it.
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Both Cody and Joe coughed as the chamber that they were in filled up with dust from the collapsed boulder. The three of them began to move though the cave, until they heard an explosion outside, and the walls began to crack, letting water seep into the cave. "This part of the cave must be under the water level." Armadillomon said.
"It must be," Joe confirmed, and looked ahead of them, "come on, the new digiegg is this way." As he began to move, Joe noticed that Cody was not moving. "What's wrong Cody?" Joe asked.
"I can't move Joe," Cody said, his eyes not leaving the sight of the water coming into the cave, "I am to scared."
"What are you scared about Cody?" Armadillomon asked.
"Ever since I was little, I have had this dream were I was trapped under the water, with no way to get out. It is because of that that I have always been afraid of the water, especially the ocean."
Joe moved up behind Cody, and placed a hand on his shoulder, and turned him away from the sight of the incoming water, "I can understand what you mean Cody," Joe said, "back when we fought the Dark Masters, the original digidestined were trapped under the water for some time while we were being chased by the evil Metalseadramon." Joe smiled at Cody, "After the chase was over, an old friend of ours, Whamon, who was the digimon that saved us from Metalseadramon, was blasted and then reconfigured. After that, some of us felt that we would never be able to go near water again."
"You did?" Cody asked.
"Yeah," Joe said, "but we all knew that we would have to go back into the water someday, so we all decided that if we ever had to, we would just think about the sacrifice that Whamon made to make sure that we would have the chance to do so again." Joe paused for a moment, "This all goes back to when I told you that everything happens for a reason in the Digital World. And I would bet my entire college fund that you are here to conquer your fear of the water in some way."
"You really think so Joe?" Cody asked, and Joe nodded in agreement. Cody nodded as well, "Then lets go and get that digiegg Joe."
Joe nodded, and led Cody and Armadillomon into the very next chamber, where he found the digiegg right where he had left it. "There it is Cody, go ahead and try to pick it up."
Cody and Armadillomon moved up to the digiegg, and grabbed it on both sides. He then lifted the digiegg, and it moved off of the ledge without any effort by Cody. "I knew it." Joe said as he moved up to Cody and Armadillomon. Then all of a sudden, water began to flow into the chamber. "Quick Cody," Joe said, "use it."
Cody nodded, and held the digiegg up, "Digiarmor Energize!" he said, as the digiegg began to glow, changing into energy and then shooting to Armadillomon, who also began to glow.
"Armadillomon armor digivolve to…Submarimon, The Reliable Guardian of the Sea!"
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Cyberalimon did not know how long it had been since Zudomon had knocked him into the water, he didn't even know how long it had been since Megaseadramon had blasted him against the underwater part of the cliff. All that he knew was that he needed to buy Joe and his friends enough time to get to that digiegg, and it to digivolve Armadillomon. Cyberalimon pushed a command into his computer panel, and he aimed his canons at the 2 digimon, "Cyber Canon!" he shouted as an icy blast shot out of each of all three canons.
"Vulcan's Hammer!" Zudomon shouted as he struck his hammer against the ocean floor and a blast leapt out at Cyberalimon.
"Thunder Javelin!" Megaseadramon followed, sending out a blast of electricity at Cyberalimon. Unfortunately Cyberalimon's attacks missed their targets, but both attacks hit him, and he was thrown back against a nearby rock formation.
"I am sorry that I could not hold them off Joe." Cyberalimon said as he watched the 2 digimon advance onto him. Zudomon soon stood before him, holding his hammer high above his head ready to bring it down on Cyberalimon, when suddenly the underwater part of the cliff began to crack, and burst outward, as a new digimon came out of it.
"Let's go Submarimon, we have to help Cyberalimon." Cody said from a small cockpit on the top of the new armor digimon.
"You got it Cody," Submarimon said as he closed in on Megaseadramon, "Oxygen Torpedo!" he shouted as he launched four transparent torpedoes at Megaseadramon. All four torpedoes hit him in the area of the dark spiral, and Submarimon did not slow down as his point rammed into it, shattering the spiral.
"NO!" Zudomon shouted, as he quickly turned to face this new threat.
This however gave Cyberalimon the chance that he needed to turn the tables on Zudomon, "Cyber Canon!" Cyberalimon shouted as his canons once again shot at Zudomon, this time though the canons hit their target, and Zudomon was propelled out of the water right back onto the cliff. He then reverted back to Gomamon.
"Gomamon!" Joe shouted as he tried to run up to his fallen friend, only to be beaten by an Airdramon, which quickly grabbed Gomamon and flew away with him. Cyberalimon quickly got to the top of the cliff, with Cody and Armadillomon right behind him only a few minutes later.
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"I am sorry that I could not get Gomamon back Joe." Leathermon said as they arrived at the TV.
Joe smiled at Leathermon, "You did your best Leathermon, and that is all that I could as for you to do." He then turned to Cody, "Now how about we head for home Cody, we have a big day tomorrow."
Cody nodded, and held up his D-3, "Digiport Open!" the TV emitted a bright light, and all four of them were sucked into it.
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In the computer room at the school, one of the computers activated, and it emitted a light, and out of it came Tai, Sara, Kari, Gatomon, Scalmon, and Puffmon. "I guess that we are the first ones back." Tai said as he moved to sit in a nearby chair. Scalmon quickly bounced up onto his lap, just as the digiport once again opened, this time TK, Izzy, Patamon, and Hoofmon appeared out of it. Matt, Davis, Pupmon, and Demiveemon soon followed them, and then Mimi, Yolie, Sproutmon, and Porumon, and finally Joe, Cody, Newmon, and Upamon came out of the digiport.
"This is so incredible, the 6 digimon are back together." Puffmon said as she and Scalmon lined up with Pupmon, Newmon, Hoofmon, and Sproutmon.
"And together with the 5 of us we will free our friends, and teach the Emperor a thing or two about us digimon." Demiveemon added. And everyone in the room either laughed or smiled at that one.
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Agumon, Gabumon, Palmon, Biyomon, Tentomon, and Gomamon all stood before the Emperor. "We are sorry that we were unable to stop them Master." Agumon said. But Ken only smiled, and turned away form them.
"Don't worry, I am sure that you will have another chance to destroy them, but in the mean time leave me, I have some important work to do."
The 6 digimon left the room, leaving Ken alone with Wormmon. "What are you doing Master?" Wormmon asked.
Ken knew that he did not have to answer the small digimons question, but he decided to see just what this little useless digimon would say to his plans, "Take a look for yourself." Ken said as he moved away from the image that he had been working on. Wormmon, delighted by Ken's sudden confidence in him, looked at the image, and then froze in his tracks, "It is my master plan in case those 6 digimon fail me, this will be my backup plan." All that Wormmon could do is stare at the image and shake.
"(Narrator) Now that they digidestined have all six of the New Digimon back, can they stop Ken and free their friends, and what is Ken's Master plan? Find out in the Continuing Saga of The New Digimon Return."
To be Continued in Chapter 7: The Ultimate Battle
