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: Ironumemon and Numerimon. Platinumsukamon is from Digimon World. OK, enjoy the story!
Chapter Seventeen: The Palace
"That's Tecno Palace?" I asked, astonished. We were looking at a run down, old metal building, with two guards at the entrance.
"That used to be Tecno Palace. It was trashed by the forces of Darkness during our battle with Toranmon and his master," Mamemon explained.
"How awful!" Floramon exclaimed, outraged.
"Tecno Palace used to be a bright and cheery place where Digimon from all over the city would gather for parties and gatherings. King Mamemon and Metalmamemon were always kind and generous rulers, unlike this dictator Toranmon," Hagurumon said, making a face of disgust.
"Don't worry, Mamemon and Metalmamemon will be back on the throne in no time, just you wait and see," Wendy assured Hagurumon.
"Of course, we're going to have to get past all those guards first," Randy said.
"No problem, all we have to do is hit them with some Digicode, and disable them, right?" April asked.
"It's not that simple. Tecno Palace is bound to be guarded by a lot of Digimon, and I'll lay odds that not all of them are robots," Mamemon replied.
"What do you mean?" Will asked.
"Not all the Digimon living here are machines, you know. The Platinumsukamon and Ironumemon, for example. They aren't mech types, they are filth types," Mamemon answered, a little concerned.
"That could be a problem. We certainly can't destroy them," Voltomon said.
"We could disable them separately, but I don't know the Digicode that is used on Filth types," Hagurumon said.
"How are we going to handle this?" Tapirmon asked.
"Well, we took out the guards at the entrance to the Ice Caverns pretty effectively, didn't we?" April asked Floramon.
"Huh?" Randy, Wendy and Will asked.
"That's right! Pansymon was able to take them out without hurting them at all!" Nick exclaimed.
"So, we'll use Pansymon to get the Platinumsukamon and Ironumemon, while..." Flamemon said, but I stopped him.
"We may not have to," I said, calling up the profiles of Platinumsukamon and Ironumemon on the computer.
"Huh?" the others asked, turning to me.
"Platinumsukamon and Ironumemon have tough, metal skin, but they are just like normal Sukamon and Numemon, they hate the sunlight," I informed them.
"Ok, so we wait to storm Tecno Palace during the day, and when we encounter the Platinumsukamon and Ironumemon, we open a hole in the roof and blind them. They'll run off into a dark corner, and allow us to pass," Syakomon said.
"Right!" we said, and Wendy checked her watch.
"It's two hours until sunup. Let's go wait at the Robot Shop until then," she said.
"No, that's too far away from here," Sparrowmon said.
"Well, there's a sewer entrance near here," Mamemon said. We sighed, and headed for the sewers.
"Ready?" Hagurumon asked.
"Ready!" I replied, plugging up the cell phone to the fusion computer. Hagurumon quickly accessed the Digicode program, and entered a string of Digicode.
"Stand back," Hagurumon warned.
"Intruder..." the two Guardromon at the entrance to Tecno Palace said, stomping forward.
"Now!" Randy exclaimed, and a wave of disabling Digicode shot from the cell phone. With a whir, the Guardromon dropped to the ground, crippled.
"Good, now, into the palace!" April exclaimed. The Champion Digimon and Mamemon entered the gate, followed by us. I was holding the computer and cell phone.
"Next?" Hagurumon asked.
"There are three Tankmon and two Mechanorimon in the next room!" Shockmon said, and fired a Shock Beam to stun them. Hagurumon entered a different message into the computer. I sat down the cell phone and computer, and stood back. The wave of Digicode spread through the room, and the Tankmon and Mechanorimon dropped to the ground. We entered the next room, to find ourselves staring at a roomful of Platinumsukamon and Ironumemon.
"Marinedramon, you know what to do!" Nick called to Marinedramon. Marinedramon jumped up and punched the ceiling.
"Flaming Fist!" Meramon helped him. A piece of the ceiling came loose, and crashed into the ground. Sunlight streamed into the dark room, sending the Platinumsukamon and Ironumemon fleeing from the room as fast as they could.
"Nice going!" April called, and we darted to the next room.
"Ok, this next room is the dining chamber. There are three doors leading out from that one; the one on the left leads to a hallway, which leads straight to the master control room. The one on the right leads to the kitchen, and the one in the center leads to the master chambers, where Toranmon probably is," Mamemon said.
"Ok, so we'll just storm right through here, go and whale on Toranmon for a while until he tells us where Metalmamemon is, and then let him beg for mercy," Randy said, sure that his plan was foolproof.
"Sounds like a plan to me," Meramon said.
"Amateurs! Maybe we should try to find Metalmamemon first," I said.
"No go, we aren't even sure if Metalmamemon is in the palace," Nick replied.
"Like I said, we whale on Toranmon until he tells us where Metalmamemon is," Randy said.
"Nobody is whaling on anybody!! He's bound to tell us since he is extremely outnumbered anyway!!!" Wendy exclaimed.
"Can't we get this over with?" Pyliomon asked, impatiently.
"Ok, fine. We'll decide while he's begging for mercy," Randy said, and we continued into the dining room. There were several Tankmon, Mechanorimon and Guardromon waiting for us.
"Ready Hagurumon?" Shockmon asked.
"Ready," Hagurumon replied, and triggered a wave of Digicode. The Tankmon, Mechanorimon, and Guardromon dropped to the floor. We walked around them, and up to the doors.
"Ok, Toranmon is through this door," Mamemon said, and took the doorknob in his hand. He turned it, and found that it was locked!
"Oh well, this place is run down anyway," Mamemon said, and blasted it open with his Smirk Bomb attack. He and the Champion Digimon leaped through the doorway into the middle of the room. Surprised, Mamemon stopped, and looked around.
"Toranmon changed the room a bit, it looks like a stadium!" he exclaimed. We ran in after them, and looked around for Toranmon.
"Well, well, well, look who we have here. It's the loser squad and their scrap heap, Mamemon," a voice said, echoing through the room.
"Toranmon!" Marinedramon exclaimed.
"Where is he?" I asked, looking around.
"Show your face, coward!" Wendy yelled.
"So, you think I am a coward, huh? You humans are so pathetic. You run away scared to the sewers when my army beats you, and yet..." the voice said, echoing, "you think that I am a coward?" Toranmon said, no longer echoing. We turned to the source of the voice, and the Digimon poised to attack.
"Come on, give me your best shot. I know I am outnumbered, but I won't go down without a fight. Besides, Mamemon is the only Digimon I want a piece of." Toranmon said, glaring at Mamemon. Mamemon glared back. The tension in that room was so thick you could cut it with a knife.
"Well too bad, cuz you're getting a piece of all of us, unless you tell us where you've hidden Metalmamemon!" Shockmon yelled.
"Now that's not fair. Six Champion Digimon and an Ultimate Digimon against just little old me? That hardly sounds like a fair fight. And I thought the powers of Darkness were the only ones who fought dirty..." Toranmon said. We glared at him. Shaking my head, because I knew I was wrong, I called off Shockmon. The others called off their Digimon too. They stayed as Champions, though, in case Toranmon had some dirty trick up his sleeve.
"We've called off our Digimon, now tell us where Metalmamemon is!" Randy exclaimed.
"Sorry, but I fight Mamemon first. If he wins, I'll tell you where Metalmamemon is," Toranmon said. We glared at him.
"Fine. But no games. You fight dirty, and you'll have six Champion Digimon to contend with," Nick said. We nodded. Mamemon and Toranmon faced off across the battle field. A lot was at stake here; if Mamemon won, Toranmon would tell us where Metalmamemon is, and resign his rule over Tecno. If Mamemon lost, we would leave Tecno, and we couldn't return. We didn't have much of another choice; a seven on one battle wasn't fair, and we couldn't destroy him if he'd done nothing wrong. He was following orders.
"Let's start the battle then," Toranmon said.
"Begin!" Hagurumon yelled, and they flew toward each other, and slammed into one another. They were blown back, to opposite sides of the battle field.
"Metal Gear Crusher!" Toranmon shot a barrage of gears at Mamemon.
"Smirk Bomb!" Mamemon blocked it with his own attack. The attacks collided, causing an explosion. As the smoke cleared, we could see Toranmon and Mamemon hitting each other with attack after attack, and slamming into each other over and over.
"Brutal, kinda like wrestling, only with miniature, metal wrestlers," Randy said.
"Yeah, but you wouldn't see the Rock shooting gears at Stone Cold, would you?" Will asked. Pyliomon and Meramon tilted their heads to the side, confused. Mamemon and Toranmon slammed into each other again and again. Finally, Mamemon hit Toranmon with a Smirk Bomb, causing him to slam into a wall, and spin to the floor out of control. He got up, and Mamemon hit him with another Smirk Bomb.
` "Mamemon you can't destroy him, or you'll never know where your brother is!" I yelled to him. He stopped. When the smoke cleared, Toranmon floated back up, and shook the soot off of his metallic body.
"Fair enough, looks like you win," Toranmon said.
"Now, where's Metalmamemon?" Mamemon asked.
"Do you really want to know?" Toranmon asked.
"Yes, now tell me. I beat you fair and square," Mamemon replied.
"Well I'll tell you. Metalmamemon is in the..." Toranmon began, but instead, shot a piece of the ceiling above Mamemon with his Metal Gear Crusher. The chunk of metal he loosened crashed into Mamemon, and slammed him into the ground. The Champion Digimon were up, flying to defend Mamemon. Toranmon flew off, toward the hole in the ceiling.
"You're not going anywhere!" Shockmon, Falcomon, and Pyliomon said, blocking him from escaping out of the roof.
"I knew he was a liar!" April exclaimed. Marinedramon lifted the chunk of metal off of Mamemon. Mamemon flew up, a little scratched up, but otherwise fine. Pansymon and Meramon stood by, ready to attack. Toranmon looked around for an escape frantically, but to no avail.
"Give up and surrender, Toranmon. We don't want to destroy you, but we will if we have to," I said.
"You Digidestined! My master will get you for this!" Toranmon said, and flew toward us, on a kamikaze mission to blast us.
"Shock Beam!" Shockmon tagged him with a blast of lightning. He slammed into the ground.
"Metal Gear Crusher..." Toranmon started, but never got to attack.
"He just won't give up, will he? Falcon's Wind!" Falcomon said.
"Stinging Petals!" "Hydro Blaster!" "Roaring Flames!" "Asteroid Smash!" "Shock Beam!" they all attacked him. Toranmon was blasted into the ground from the attacks.
"We all thought we'd seen the last of Toranmon then and there, but we soon found out, that was only the beginning." I said.
"What do you mean?" Yolei asked.
"I have a question for you," Izzy said, stopping me from continuing.
"Go ahead, ask away," I replied.
"Well, what is Digicode, exactly? Computer data?" he asked.
"Well, uh," I replied.
"Allow me to answer that one," Patamon said.
"Huh?" we asked.
"Patamon, you know about Digicode?" T.K. asked.
"Remember, T.K.? When we were in the Primary Village, the instructions for how to hatch a Digiegg were written in Digicode," Patamon replied.
"Oh, yeah," T.K. replied, in remembrance.
"Digicode is the Digital World form of writing. It just so happens that waves of information are coded in Digicode, so only Digimon can trigger them," Patamon explained.
"So, is the Digicode form of writing different for different element types?" Davis asked.
"Actually, yes. Digimon of different elements can trigger waves using their own variation of the writing. It's all very complicated," Patamon replied.
"Ok," Davis said.
"Now then, on with the story," I said.
From the cloud of smoke and dust the attacks created, a black light shone. We all looked on, stunned.
"What's going on?" April asked.
"I hope it's not what I think it is!" Nick exclaimed. The black light got brighter, and the dust and smoke disappeared, revealing Toranmon, glowing with black energy. "
"Ha ha! You can't get rid of me that easily, Digidestined! Toranmon Digivolve to... Numerimon!" the dark light disappeared, and Toranmon was much bigger. He looked like a giant gear with arms and legs. His eyes were glowing red.
"Oh no, he Digivolved to Ultimate!" Hagurumon exclaimed, fearfully. He turned to us.
"I am Numerimon, an Ultimate Digimon! I will be the downfall of you, Digidestined, with my Number Crusher attack!" Numerimon exclaimed.
"Number Crusher!" Numerimon yelled, and shot a beam of light at us.
"Digimon, attack!" Shockmon yelled, and flew forward. The Digimon all blocked his attack with their own.
"Big deal," Numerimon said, and his eyes glowed red. He shot six beams of light at the Digimon.
"Shock Beam!" Shockmon tried to block one beam. The light passed right through the shock beam, and hit Shockmon. Shockmon fell to the ground, reverting back into Voltomon in the process. I gasped. The other six Digimon dodged the beams, and went to attack Numerimon.
"Hydro Blaster!" "Roaring Flames!" "Stinging Petals!" "Feather Strike!" "Asteroid Smash!" all the attacks flew at Numerimon. A red beam of light shot from his eyes, and disintegrated the attacks in midair. The beams of light hit the Digimon, and smashed them into the ground. They too reverted back to the Rookie level.
"Oh no!" April exclaimed, and we ran out to the fallen Digimon.
"Yes, that's right, now I'll destroy you all in a nice little package!" Numerimon said, and started to attack.
"No!" Mamemon exclaimed, and slammed into Numerimon, causing the attack to crash into the wall.
"Run kids, go!" Mamemon yelled down to us, and blasted Numerimon with a Smirk Bomb. We turned around, and ran back through the door, with Hagurumon leading us.
"Mamemon will be right behind us, right? He's just going to distract Numerimon long enough for us to escape?" April asked.
"I hope so," I said, and we came out onto the streets of Tecno, only to find the army facing us.
"Uh oh," Randy said. Hagurumon didn't have the time to set up for a wave of Digicode, because their cannons were already pointed at us!
"Hyper..." "Twin..." "Grenade..." they said, but were stopped abruptly by an attack from the air. We looked up, and there was our old friend Airdramon!
"Get on, quickly!" he said, swooping down, and hovering a few feet off the ground in front of us. We quickly jumped on, Hagurumon too, and took off, before the armies could recover their senses.
"Perfect timing, Airdramon!" I said, thanking him.
"Well, I was in the neighborhood and thought I'd stop by," Airdramon replied. Suddenly, an explosion from inside the palace caught our attention. We all turned, and saw Mamemon being blasted up from inside the palace, followed by the one who was doing the blasting.
"Mamemon!" Wendy yelled.
"There's nothing we can do, Wendy," Sparrowmon said, from her shoulder.
"Ha ha, Number Crusher!" Numerimon blasted him again.
"You mean we have to sit here and let this happen?" Randy asked.
"We have to get out of here, now!" Airdramon said, and was about to take off, when Mamemon was blasted again. Even from high above, we could hear his last words:
"Brother, I've failed you..." he said, and disintegrated. We gasped.
"Oh no," I said, with tears in my eyes.
"He's been destroyed, we made a mistake," Nick said, solemnly. Numerimon laughed, and flew back into the now wrecked palace to celebrate his victory. We flew off on Airdramon's back, and we knew that now we were even farther from freeing Tecno now than we were before.
Next Chapter: Mamemon is gone, and the Digidestined grieve over the loss. But Airdramon knows a way to cheer them up. He takes them to see a couple of old friends in the Mythica Forest. What ancient secrets will be revealed by them?