Digimon: Elementals
By: ArtikGato
Disclaimer: For the minuscule portion of you who are BRAINDEAD IDIOTS, I DON'T own Digimon. Not that I wouldn't like to, but I don't Toei Animation, Saban, Fox Kids, and those Japanese people own Digimon, not me. There are lots of Digimon that I've created for the sole purpose of putting them in this story, so if you see a name you don't recognize, it's probably one of my creations. There will be a list at the end of the fic, and in the Author's Note at the beginning of every chapter, I'll put the names of my creations for that particular chapter, as well as the origin of some Digimon you may not recognize.
Author's Note: Comments, suggestions, and CONSTRUCTIVE criticism welcome. Flames will be answered by a multitude of things from my army of faithful and loyal (and powerful) Digimon. The following Digimon are 100% my creations. If there are actual Digimon with those names, oops, and sorry to whoever created them. Here they are: Gualemon, Icedramon. OK, enjoy the story!
Chapter Thirteen: Freeing the DigiAlps
"There are two guards at the entrance to the Snow Caverns," Nick said, looking over a snow drift through a pair of binoculars.
"Let me see," I said, and he handed me the goggles. I looked, and then typed something into my fusion computer.
"Who are they?" Nick asked, taking back the goggles from my outstretched hand.
"They are Gualemon. They are penguin Digimon with chilling attacks called Cold Freeze. It says they are the Champion form of Penguinmon, whoever that is," I read off the computer. April, Floramon and Voltomon looked on, trying to come up with a plan of action.
"Ok, we have to figure out how to take them out, without destroying them, but at the same time making sure they don't call for backup," April said. Nick snapped his fingers.
"I've got it! We can use Pansymon!" he exclaimed.
"What?" Floramon asked, nervously.
"Yeah, Pansymon can grab them with her vines, which takes care of everything, except defeating them..." Nick explained.
"Why do we have to defeat them?" I asked.
"Huh?" Nick and Syakomon asked.
"We can just capture them using Pansymon, and then take them somewhere else," I replied.
"Perfect!" April exclaimed.
"Floramon Digivolve to... Pansymon!"
"This is really, really boring, huh?" One Gualemon asked.
"You bet. I say we should make a break for freedom," the second said.
"Are you kidding? If the Polarmon Brothers caught us they would have us for lunch!" the first Gualemon exclaimed. Above them, Pansymon crept across the snowdrift which hid the Snow Caverns entrance. A few feet away, the rest of us hid behind a snow drift, ready.
"I'm just saying, if we did get away, there are much more powerful Digimon out there, and I'd much rather be a slave here in the North than somewhere else," a Gualemon said. Suddenly, a mass of vines wrapped around them, and picked them up. They tried to shout for help, but the vines wired their beaks shut. Pansymon lifted them up, and jumped down off the snow drift and to us.
"Good job Pansymon!" April exclaimed, as she sat the two Gualemon down in the snow. She unwrapped her vines, except for around their mouths.
"Listen! We aren't going to hurt you, we're the Digidestined," I said to them.
"Understand?" Voltomon asked. They nodded, and Pansymon released them, and turned back into Floramon.
"You three are Digidestined? What are you doing here, in the DigiAlps?" the female Gualemon asked.
"It's kinda obvious isn't it? We are here to get rid of the Polarmon Brothers!" Nick said. The Gualemon nodded, happily.
"We'll help you. After all, we are their slaves. If you defeat them, we don't have to be guards at the Snow Caverns fortress anymore! We'd be so grateful!" the male Gualemon said.
"What can we do to help?" the female Gualemon replied.
"Well, we would appreciate it if you would try and get the rest of the guards in Snow Caverns on our side. We need to make it through to Polarmon without using a lot of energy," Syakomon said.
"Most of the guards want the same thing we do, to be rid of the Polarmon Brothers. We could try to get them on your side, but, there might be a few problems," the male Gualemon said.
"Why?" I asked.
"Years ago, a very powerful dark Digimon came to the DigiAlps and conquered all of the Digimon here in a very short time. He left the Polarmon Brothers in charge of the area, and said that any Digimon who tried to go against them would be punished severely. The guards in Snow Caverns might not believe us, and it will be pretty hard to convince the ones who are actually on the Polarmon Brothers' side. We'll try," the female Gualemon explained.
"Good luck!" April said, and the Gualemon went into the cave.
"Ok, this is not good," Will said, nervously. At the time, Will, Wendy and Randy were...in a little bit of a jam. They were trapped on a large glacier, with a bunch of Mojyamon and Frigimon surrounding them.
"Any ideas?" Flamemon asked.
"We could always try flying up the mountain, but that would be too obvious-whoa!" Wendy said, but was rudely interrupted by the Frigimon ramming the bottom of the glacier again.
"Let's try dealing with this problem right now," Randy said.
"Should we Digivolve?" Sparrowmon asked.
"Well..." Will said, looking around. He spotted something.
"I've got an idea! Do you see that?" he asked pointing to an area of ice on the side of the glacier they were trapped on. Randy and Wendy looked.
"What am I looking for?" Randy asked.
"A fracture! This glacier will break apart if it gets melted! If we timed it right, we could trap the Mojyamon and Frigimon, which would take care of them without having to hurt them!" Wendy exclaimed.
"Ok, here's what we do. We're going to need Falcomon, Pyliomon, and especially Meramon for this, so...." Wendy said, beginning planning. A few minutes later, they stood ready.
"Ok?" Wendy asked.
"Ok!" the others replied.
"Flamemon Digivolve to... Meramon!"
"Sparrowmon Digivolve to... Falcomon!"
"Tapirmon Digivolve to... Pyliomon!"
Wendy, Will, and Randy jumped onto Pyliomon and Falcomon's backs, and they took off toward the ground.
"Ok, here goes! Ready for some aerial maneuvers?" Wendy asked, and Randy and Will nodded. Pyliomon and Falcomon skimmed along the surface of the snow, with the Mojyamon and Frigimon chasing behind them. Meramon jumped down from the glacier, and landed behind them. Falcomon and Pyliomon turned and split up, then wound back around and flew side-by-side again. They flew straight for Meramon.
"NOW!" Randy yelled, as soon as they passed him.
"Roaring Flames!" Meramon exclaimed, and shot a column of fire into the fracture in the glacier. The fracture melted, and the glacier began to split down the middle. Falcomon and Pyliomon turned around, and Randy, Will and Wendy jumped off their backs. Meramon jumped over to where they were. The Mojyamon and Frigimon ran up and tried to escape.
"Falcon's Wind!" "Roaring Flames!" Meramon and Falcomon stopped them from getting away, and the glacier fell into two pieces around them, trapping them.
"Great job guys!" Randy and Wendy exclaimed. Falcomon, Meramon, and Pyliomon returned to their Rookie level.
"Now, let's get to the top of the mountain," Will said.
"Gualemon! Back so soon? Do you have good news?" I asked.
"Well, we were able to convince most of the guards. You won't have to fight anyone in the cavern, except a couple of Icedramon near the entrance to the Polarmon's room," the female Gualemon said.
"Icedramon..." I said, typing away at the fusion computer.
"What does it say?" Nick asked.
"Icedramon... Champion Digimon native to the north. Normally, they have a bad nature, oh great! Their attack is called Snowball Shots," I said, looking at the picture of the blue-ish mini dragon Digimon.
"We should be able to beat them, no sweat!" Voltomon said, courageously.
"Good, then this should be a piece of cake," April said, although we could tell she doubted her own words.
"Good luck Digidestined, not that you'll need it," the male Gualemon said.
"We'll be back," Floramon said, and we started toward the entrance to the cavern.
"Oh, by the way, we heard from a tribe of SnowGoburimon that there is a helpful Digimon called Coelamon somewhere in the base. Do you know him?" Nick asked.
"Actually, yes. He and his friends are in a pool of ice water in the large room right before you'll get to the Icedramon." the female Gualemon said.
"Ok, thanks," I said, and we headed in the direction of the snow caverns entrance.
"Well, which way should we go?" Wendy asked. The six of them had been standing in the same spot for fifteen minutes, trying to see as far down one of the two paths as possible.
"I'd kill for a map!" Randy exclaimed, frustrated.
"Well, we can't split up, that would just make us weaker," Will said.
"What can we do?" Tapirmon asked.
"We could always flip a coin," Sparrowmon suggested.
"It's worth a try," Wendy said, and began rummaging through her purse.
"What was that?" Randy asked. The ground below them trembled.
"Huh?" they asked, and each looked in different directions.
"Hah, hah haaah! My brother had a great plan! Splitting them up into two groups makes them so much weaker!" Polarmon chuckled.
"Where's it coming from?" Will asked.
"Up there!" Flamemon exclaimed, and they all turned to look, just in time to jump out of the way of a giant ice boulder, rolling down the side of the mountain toward them. The boulder rolled down further, and slammed into a cliffside, knocking a bunch of snow, ice, and rocks into the path.
"Are you guys all right?" Will asked.
"I'm ok," Wendy said.
"Yeah, me too," Tapirmon said.
"So am I," Flamemon answered.
"What about you Sparrowmon" ... "Randy?" Wendy and Flamemon asked at the same time. They got no response.
"Sparrowmon?" Wendy asked, standing up.
"Randy?" Flamemon asked, looking around, nervously.
"What was that?" Randy asked, on the other side of the pile of snow and rocks.
"I'm not sure," Sparrowmon replied.
"I hope the others are all right, hey guys!" Randy exclaimed, looking around.
"Hmmm.... they are either buried under that pile of snow and rocks, or on the other side of it," Randy and Wendy said, in sync.
"I hope they aren't buried!" Will exclaimed.
"Let's hope they aren't buried," Sparrowmon said.
"Now what?" Wendy asked.
"Well, there is only one path we can take, so we don't need the coin," said Flamemon.
"Not that! What if Sparrowmon and Randy are buried?" Wendy asked, loudly.
"Don't worry, they aren't," Tapirmon said.
"Huh?" Wendy and Will asked.
"How can you tell?" Flamemon asked.
"When we were dodging the boulder, I didn't have to jump very far, and I turned around just in time to see Sparrowmon and Randy land safely on the other side," Tapirmon said.
"Oh, that explains it," Will said.
"I guess we either try and climb this, or take that path up the mountain," Wendy said, eyeing the mound of snow and rocks.
"The path," they all said, at the same time.
"At least we have Flamemon to keep us warm," Tapirmon said, as they started up the path.
"Don't get too close or I'll burn you," Flamemon replied.
"Which way do you think the others are headed?" Sparrowmon asked.
"We'd have heard from them by now if they were attempting to climb that, so I guess they are headed up the mountain," Randy said, turning around.
"Looks like we won't be needing that coin after all," Sparrowmon said, and they started walking.
"Shhh! This way!" Syakomon said, sliding back across the bottom of the Snow Caverns. We slid over to where he was, and peeked around the side of the wall of ice. In the middle of the next room was a giant pool of water with chunks of ice floating around in it. A little farther, past the pool, was another room, with the two Icedramon guarding a frozen doorway.
"That must be Coelamon's pool," I whispered.
"Let's go, but don't fall in," April whispered, and we dropped to our knees. One at a time we slid silently and quickly across the ice, out of the Icedramon's sight.
"Greetings Digidestined, and welcome to my pool of ice water," Coelamon greeted us, whispering.
"This is dangerous, Coelamon, why do you want to help us?" I asked.
"I heard from the SnowGoburimon and Gualemon you were coming. I want to offer my assistance in the battle with Polarmon," he said.
"That's a very generous offer, but we probably won't need any help. We'll keep you in mind, though," Nick whispered.
"At any rate, I can tell you about what happened to the DigiAlps. A powerful..." Coelamon started.
"The SnowGoburimon and Gualemon already told us most of what happened. You wouldn't happen to know the name of the dark Digimon that took over the DigiAlps, though, would you?" April asked.
"Sorry, but I don't know his name. He was an evil, bat like Digimon, though." Coelamon said.
"Can you tell us anything about the Icedramon in the next room then?" I asked.
"You can lure them into this room with meat, and then try and ambush them, that way they don't let Polarmon know that you're here," Coelamon suggested.
"I get the feeling that Polarmon knows we're here, he just doesn't want to face us yet," Nick said.
"At any rate, be careful, Digidestined!" Coelamon said, and dove down into the depths of the pool of water.
"Thanks Coelamon!" Syakomon said, and we slid over to the wall, and prepared to face the Icedramon.
Randy and Sparrowmon climbed up the side of the mountain, trudging through the freezing snow. On another path, a few hundred feet away, Wendy, Will, Tapirmon and Flamemon climbed up the mountain, too. On the top of the mountain stood Polarmon.
"Now that I've split them up, I will just have to destroy them. Since the Digimon have to be with their partner to Digivolve, I'll just have to kill that boy and the Sparrowmon first," he said, and laughed evilly.
"It's too cold up here!" Randy complained.
"You're cold? I'm a bird, birds aren't supposed to be in the cold!" Sparrowmon said, from the air. Suddenly, she stopped, in surprise.
"What is it?" Randy asked, and faced forward.
"We're at the top!" Sparrowmon exclaimed. Randy couldn't tell, because the snow was falling too hard.
"What's that up ahead?" Randy asked her, spotting something coming toward them through the snow. Sparrowmon landed beside him, shivering, but not from the cold. Instinctively, Randy took up a fighting stance.
"That won't do you any good, fool. Now you must face me, Polarmon!" the bear Digimon said, stepping into their view. Randy didn't move from his stance. Flamemon wasn't anywhere near him, and neither was Wendy. They were in trouble.
"Prepare to meet your doom, Ice Bear Claw!" Polarmon exclaimed. Sparrowmon lept into the air, to defend Randy.
"Spiral Wind!" Polarmon blocked, and lunged toward Sparrowmon.
"You'll make an excellent meal," Polarmon said, jabbing at her with his claws. She dodged, and flew up, out of his reach. Randy ran after them.
"Ice Bear Claw!" Polarmon tried to attack.
"Leave her alone!" Randy exclaimed, and kicked Polarmon from behind. Polarmon squealed, and with good reason, Randy did play a lot of soccer.... Polarmon whipped around.
"You, boy, are getting to be annoying!" Polarmon exclaimed.
"I know, I'm a teenager," Randy said, and dodged a jab from Polarmon. Randy took off across the icy field, with Polarmon in toe.
"Ice Bear Claw!" Polarmon attacked, but Randy jumped, and he slammed his claw into the ground. Randy landed, and ran back in the other direction, with Sparrowmon leading him. Polarmon, howling in rage, jumped back up and continued his pursuit.
"Oh no, a dead end, watch out!" Sparrowmon exclaimed, as she and Randy stopped, to avoid falling off the edge of the mountain. They turned back around, and there was Polarmon!
"Not laughing now, are you?" Polarmon exclaimed, enraged, and lifted his claw, only to be slammed into by something from behind Randy and Sparrowmon!
"Pyliomon! Great timing!" Randy exclaimed, and Pyliomon circled back around and let Will off his back.
"Where's Wendy?" Sparrowmon asked.
"She's climbing up the mountain with Flamemon right now!" Will said, running back up to them.
"Ice Bear Claw!" Polarmon shot a blast of blue energy at Pyliomon, who dodged. The blast hit the ground, and caused Randy and Will to lose their balance. They both fell backwards, but Randy fell straight over the side of the mountain.
"Randy!" Will and Sparrowmon yelled, and Sparrowmon swooped down to where he was. Below, Wendy and Flamemon looked up, only to see a falling Randy and flying Sparrowmon!
"Oh no!" they both exclaimed, and Flamemon jumped up toward Randy. Sparrowmon spotted Wendy, and dove down toward her.
"Flamemon Digivolve to... Meramon!"
"Sparrowmon Digivolve to... Falcomon!"
Falcomon caught the falling Randy on her back, and swooped down toward Wendy and Meramon.
"Need a lift?" she asked, and Wendy gladly climbed on. Meramon grabbed onto her foot, and they rose into the air. Above, Pyliomon and Polarmon were practically sparring, matching and blocking each other's attacks. Falcomon flew up, and Meramon jumped down. Falcomon let Wendy and Randy off her back, and joined Meramon and Pyliomon against Polarmon.
"Wait, this is three on one! This isn't fair!" Polarmon exclaimed.
"Who said you played fair?" Meramon asked, and jumped toward him.
"Flaming Fist!" Meramon punched Polarmon, knocking him back toward the edge of the mountain.
"Asteroid Smash!" "Falcon's Wind!" Pyliomon and Falcomon attacked from the air, and Polarmon was thrown back, over the edge of the mountain. Wendy, Will and Randy ran to the edge he had fallen off, and looked over the edge. All they could see was falling ice and snow.
"It's too bad. He was a bad Digimon, and we did what we had to, but I still feel a little sorry for him," Wendy said, and jumped on Falcomon's back. Randy and Will rode Pyliomon down. They were going to see if they had finished the job. At the bottom, on top of a bed of snow, lay Polarmon. The Digidestined, still with their Digivolved Digimon, approached him, slowly.
"Is he dead?" Will asked.
"No, Digimon usually vaporize when they die. He's still here," Randy said, a little sadly.
"I bet he's in a lot of pain from that fall," Wendy said. Polarmon began to stir, and coughed.
"Ohhhhh... I'll get those Digidestined yet! They'll never beat me!" he groaned, facing away from us.
"You think so, do you?" Meramon asked. Surprised, he jumped up, and faced us.
"How did you get here?" he exclaimed.
"Never mind that. You have three seconds to tell us why we shouldn't destroy you right here, right now," Pyliomon said, and the Champion Digimon took up a fighter's stance.
"Because.... because.... I don't need to give you a reason, because you won't be able to destroy me, weaklings! Ice Bear Claw!" he yelled, frustrated.
"Attack!" Falcomon said, and the three Digimon blasted Polarmon with their attacks. Finally, he was vaporized.
"All right! We did it!" Wendy, Will and Randy exclaimed, and gave each other high fives. The Digimon returned to their Rookie forms, and rejoined their partners.
"Great job guys!" Randy said.
"Well, that takes care of the Icedramon," I said, brushing my hands together to signify that we were done. The three Icedramon sat on the ice, tied up with rope, and surrounded by some Mojyamon and the Gualemon. We slid back to Coelamon's room, and the back to the room where the Icedramon had been guarding. Shockmon, Pansymon, and Marinedramon followed.
"Ok, now all we have to do is break in there and destroy Polarmon," I said.
"Easier said than done," April replied.
"Don't worry, it'll be a piece of cake!" Marinedramon reassured us, and we slid forward to the iced door.
"I hope you're right!" Nick said. We got to the door, and had Marinedramon punch it in. The Digimon leapt into the center of the room, and each faced a different direction.
"Polarmon's not in here," Shockmon said, after a minute of looking.
"Then where is he?" I asked, as we slid into the room. Suddenly, the ground was moving below us, and we were sliding toward the edge of a wall. Shockmon, Pansymon and Marinedramon jumped, and the three of us humans crashed into the wall of ice, cracking it. Three icicles shot out from three different directions in the room toward us.
"Look out!" Marinedramon and Pansymon exclaimed. Shockmon flew in front of us, and the icicles hit her instead of us.
"Shockmon!" I exclaimed, as she dropped to the ground, and reverted back into Voltomon. I stood up, and ran over to her.
"Where did those icicles come from?" Pansymon asked, and suddenly, two more shot out of the walls. I ducked to avoid them, and Marinedramon jumped to the side, barely missing being hit by one. Pansymon wasn't as fortunate. The icicle tagged her, and slammed her back into the wall. She reverted back to Floramon, and slid to the ground, unconscious. We gasped.
"Floramon!" April yelled, and ran to her friend.
"What's going on?" Nick asked, standing up. Two more icicles shot out, and toward Marinedramon, and he grabbed both of them in midair. He flung them back to where they had come, shattering a wall of ice in the northern part of the room. Behind the thick wall of ice stood Polarmon, snarling.
"DARN!! You've found me!" he exclaimed, angrily. Marinedramon, the only Digimon left who could fight, took up a fighting stance. Polarmon glared at him, and jumped forward. Marinedramon jumped to meet him.
"Hydro Punch!" Marinedramon aimed his fist.
"Ice Bear Claw!" Polarmon too aimed a punch. Their fists collided, and they were frozen together! Marinedramon and Polarmon both tried to jerk loose of the ice. Realizing that he had an advantage, Polarmon jerked his arm back sharply, causing Marinedramon to fall to the floor.
"Marinedramon!" Nick exclaimed.
"Ice Bear Claw!" Polarmon slammed his fist into Marinedramon, and froze him to the ground. Marinedramon struggled to free himself from the ice. Polarmon jerked his frozen hand free, and jumped back.
"Icicle Throw!" Polarmon exclaimed, and threw several jagged icicles at Marinedramon. They landed in a circle around him, trapping him in the ice. He turned to Nick, April, Voltomon, Floramon and I.
"You're next!" he snarled, and the weak Voltomon and Floramon jumped to our defense. They were so exhausted and hurt that they couldn't muster up the strength to Digivolve.
"Static Strike!" Voltomon sent a pulse of light into Polarmon, who blocked.
"Rain of Pollen!" Floramon surrounded him in a cloud of pollen. Voltomon attacked again.
"Marinedramon!" Nick said, and ran to him, while Polarmon was distracted. Nick tried to pull up a couple of icicles, but with no luck. He kicked at the ice trapping the now nearly immobile Marinedramon.
"You two are getting annoying!" Polarmon growled, and tagged Voltomon and Floramon with a couple of icicles. They too were frozen to the ground, with no way to get free.
"Now it's your turn!" he said, turning around to Nick.
"Nick, run!" April and I yelled, and Nick dashed off away from Polarmon, toward us. We began to run too.
"What are we going to do?" Nick asked.
"Coelamon!" I exclaimed, and tried to skid to a stop in front of Coelamon's pool of water. Instead, I jumped over, followed by April and Nick. We turned around, and Coelamon surfaced.
"What's the trouble, Digidestined?" he asked. He turned around, only to see a charging Polarmon.
"Oh no!" we all yelled, and ducked, as Polarmon skidded to a stop, and jumped over us, crashing into a wall of ice. We ran to the other side of the room, minus Coelamon.
"Anyone got a brilliant plan of action?" April asked.
"Yeah, I have one," I said, and pointed to the wall of ice. Polarmon stood up, snarling, and charged toward us, only to slip on the ice and fall. We scattered, and I slid around to the other side of the half broken ice wall. April and Nick slid to the other side of Coelamon's pool. Polarmon got back up, got his bearings, and took off toward April and Nick.
"Perfect!" all three of us thought. As he neared to pool, Coelamon and his friends leapt out of it, surprising him. They jumped onto Polarmon, and pulled him into the pool of ice water. I pushed against the wall of ice, and it fell over, trapping Polarmon in the pool of water.
"Let's go, back to the Digimon!" I said, jumping over the wall of ice, and dashing back toward the room our Digimon were trapped in.
"You're back! We were so worried!" Voltomon, frozen to the ground, exclaimed. I dropped to the ground, and began to hit at the ice, in an attempt to free Voltomon.
"We've got to hurry, I don't know how much longer those Coelamon can hold Polarmon under the ice!" Nick said, pushing over one of the icicles that trapped Marinedramon. I pulled up a large chunk of ice, and Voltomon tried to wriggle free.
"Floramon Digivolve to... Pansymon!" Pansymon stood up, shaking off a few chunks of ice, and turned to us.
"Ready to go?" I asked the now free Voltomon.
"We can rest later, right now we have a job to do," Voltomon said.
"Voltomon Digivolve to... Shockmon!" Pansymon wrapped her vines around the remaining icicles, and pulled them down. Marinedramon punched free his arms of the ice.
" Shock Beam!" Shockmon melted the ice trapping Marinedramon's legs. Marinedramon stood up, shook off, and took up a fighting stance. A loud roar sounded throughout the caverns, and Polarmon charged toward the room from down the hall, wet, halfway frozen, and furious.
"Here he comes," April said. He charged into the room, and stopped in surprise.
"Shock Beam!" "Stinging Petals!" "Hydro Blaster!"
Next Chapter: The reign of the Polarmon Brothers has come to an end. The Digimon of the Alps gather to celebrate, and throw a huge party for the Digidestined. With the Alps freed, the Digidestined start off into the Misty Forest, their next destination.