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: Lavamon. Oh, and Meteor Mountain and Circuit Desert are mine. They weren't even based off of something from Digimon World! OK, enjoy the story!
Chapter Twenty-One: Inside Meteor Mountain
"Flaming Armor Energize!"
"Meramon Element Digivolve to... Tyremeramon!"
Tyremeramon faced Skullgreymon, fearlessly. Skullgreymon narrowed his eyes.
"You want to fight, eh?" Skullgreymon asked.
"If we must," Tyremeramon said, and took a step forward.
"Fine. Dark Shot!" Skullgreymon shot a missile at Tyremeramon. He jumped to avoid it, and flames surrounded him.
"Flame Shot!" Tyremeramon shouted, and slammed into Skullgreymon, causing Skullgreymon to be thrown back a few feet. Skullgreymon got to his feet, and charged forward.
"Skeleton Crusher!" Skullgreymon yelled as he tackled Tyremeramon. Tyremeramon got his bearings in the air, and bounced off of a nearby tree. He glowed with fire again, and slammed into Skullgreymon. The other Digimon watched, in awe.
"Dark Shot!" Skullgreymon shot missile after missile at Tyremeramon, only to have the flame beast dodge every one. Tyremeramon jumped after dodging the last one, and landed behind Skullgreymon. He raised his hands in front of him, and an intense ball of flames appeared.
"Flaming Laser!" he yelled, and threw the fireball. It hit Skullgreymon, and spread to engulf his entire body. We all gasped. When the fire disappeared, Skullgreymon was on his knees.
"I underestimated you, Digidestined. But know this: next time, I won't be so easy to beat!" Skullgreymon exclaimed, and fired a Dark Shot into the ground, causing dust and dirt to fill the air. When it was gone, so was Skullgreymon.
"I thought Skullgreymon was supposed to fight until either his opponent or he was destroyed," April said, as the Digimon all glowed, and reverted back to their Rookie forms. Tyremeramon glowed, and a red light shot back into Randy's new, red Digivice. Tyremeramon reverted back into Embermon.
"This one is obviously different," Will said. Randy looked at his new Digivice, awestruck. Embermon hopped up beside him, and looked at it proudly.
"Hey Randy, let us see the new Digivice!" Wendy called. He held it up proudly. The colored part around the edges was colored to look like flames.
"Skullgreymon is usually in a secret room in the inside of Meteor Mountain. The only safe way to get there is to go through the lava cave," the leader of the Pteramon informed us, and gestured to a cave opening in the side of Meteor Mountain. It was heavily guarded by a bunch of Flarizamon.
"Ok, all we have to do is evade the guards and get to that opening," Nick said.
"We'll create a distraction for you," Pteramon offered.
"I'll help," Sabredramon chipped in.
"Ok, we'd really appreciate that," Nick said.
"Right, so we get into the lava cave, where do we go from there?" I asked.
A couple of hours later, in the semi-darkness of dusk, we stood, ready to run, behind a large bush and a couple of trees. Sparrowmon sat at the top of one of the trees, inconspicuously waiting for a signal from Sabredramon. Sabredramon flew overhead, and signaled to her. She flew down to us, and we prepared to run. Suddenly, a blast of light and fire hit a large rock a few hundred feet to our left. We took off, holding our Rookie Digimon, and sprinted toward the cave entrance. The guards all rushed toward the explosion, which had been caused by the impact of six Pulse Lasers and a Meteor Wing. The guards ran to the explosion, leaving us an opening to take. So, we took it. We sprinted for the cave opening, and didn't look back.
"We're in!" Voltomon exclaimed, as we entered the lava cave. We walked in a ways, and it started to get hot. Really hot. We continued, and came to a larger cave area. We were on a narrow pathway which stretched around the edge of a large pool of lava. The only area to walk on was this pathway, which ended halfway around the pool on each side, where waterfalls of lava poured out of the walls of the cave and into the pool of lava. We gulped, and fanned ourselves to keep from passing out from the heat.
"How do we get past this?" April asked. Floramon was beginning to wilt.
"I don't know! We could fly across, maybe?" Wendy asked.
"Good idea, but can these guys Digivolve in this heat?" Will asked, looking at Tapirmon, who was halfway to passing out.
"They're gonna have to," I said, and took out a bottle of water. I dumped it over Voltomon, Sparrowmon and Tapirmon, cooling them off. They shook away the water, and glowed, beginning to Digivolve. Suddenly, out of the pool, four Digimon jumped, and landed on both sides of us. All of us screamed in terror. Two of the Digimon we recognized as Meramon, but we didn't know the other two.
"Who are they?" Wendy asked quickly, as the Digimon, except the wilted Floramon, Digivolved.
"They are Lavamon, champion Digimon made entirely of lava. Their Molten Fury attack can incinerate its opponents if they are not careful," I said, reading off of the screen. "They are Champion Digimon," I added. Shockmon hit one of the Lavamon square in the chest with a Shock Beam, knocking him against the wall. He got back up, and held out his hands.
"Molten Fury!" he exclaimed, and aimed a blast of lava at us.
"Hydro Blaster!" Marinedramon hit the Molten Fury attack, causing it to turn into rock, and drop to the ground harmlessly.
"Roaring Flames!" Randy's and another Meramon exclaimed at the same time. Their attacks collided in the air, and blasts of fire hit both Meramon, knocking them off of their feet.
"Asteroid Smash!" another Meramon was hit, sending him crashing into the wall.
"Hydro Blaster!" a Lavamon was hit, and fell backwards into the pit, steaming.
"Falcon's Wind!" a burst of wind knocked the remaining Lavamon and two Meramon into the pit. Meramon and Marinedramon dedigivolved, and we quickly crossed over to the other side on the backs of the three flyers. We continued, rushing out of that room. We made our way through a long tunnel, and finally came to a large, metal door. Marinedramon opened it, and we entered another large cave area, this time, with high tech control panels and machinery on the walls. We looked around puzzled, and spotted Skullgreymon, glued to a screen, facing away from us.
"Watching TV, I see? What's on, Pokémon?" I asked, startling Skullgreymon. He turned around to face us.
"What?? The Digidestined! How did you find me?" he asked.
"Ready?" I asked Randy. He nodded. The now Champion level Digimon jumped forward, to attack. Randy and I lifted our Digivices, and pointed them straight at Shockmon and Meramon.
"Gaah! No!" Skullgreymon shouted, in terror.
"Lightning Armor Energize!"
"Flaming Armor Energize!" a yellow light shot from my Digivice, and a red light shot from Randy's. The lights surrounded Shockmon and Meramon.
"Shockmon Element Digivolve to... Electramon!"
"Meramon Element Digivolve to... Tyremeramon!" Electramon and Tyremeramon jumped forward, and both slammed into Skullgreymon. He flung them away in different directions with his arms. They landed a few feet away on their feet, and both prepared to attack. The four other Champion Digimon also prepared to attack.
"This time, I'm far too outnumbered. You may have won this battle, but you're far from winning the war! So along, Digifools!" Skullgreymon yelled, and hit a large, red button on one of the controls. A siren sounded from somewhere inside the volcano, stunning the Digimon and us for a second. Skullgreymon moved back, and a bunch of Lavamon and a couple of Greymon moved to attack us, while Skullgreymon escaped through a secret area in the volcano. The Digimon tried to pursue, but the Lavamon and Greymon got in the way. The room started shaking, and turned a shade of dark red. The Digimon attacked the army frantically. We rushed up to the button Skullgreymon had pushed.
"Oh no!" I screamed, as I ran up the button. The others were close behind, and their reaction was the same as mine. He had pushed the 'Erupt' button! Mount Meteor was going to erupt, with us in it!
"We have to stop it from erupting somehow!" Randy yelled, over the siren.
"How?" I asked.
"If he can make the volcano erupt by pushing a button, maybe there's another button that can stop it!" Randy yelled back.
"Good thinking!" Nick yelled. We split up, looking over the controls for a button that could stop the volcano from erupting. I got out the fusion computer, plugged it up to the control panels, and proceeded in hacking into the controls of Meteor Mountain. I came across a countdown timer. My eyes widened.
"20 SECONDS!!!!!" I yelled at the top of my lungs, and the others looked at me, and then began to search more frantically, and faster. My fingers flew across the keyboard much faster now, searching for a way to disable the timer and stop the volcano from erupting.
"15!" I exclaimed, beginning to sweat a cold sweat. The others searched frantically, but with no luck.
"10...9...8..." a voice over an intercom began to countdown. I called up a control file, and searched through it.
"5...4...3..."
"There!" I exclaimed, and pointed to a button on the control panel closest to April. She lunged for the button and hit it hard.
"1....Eruption Aborted," the voice said. The shaking stopped, and the room's color returned to normal. Everyone breathed a sigh of relief and sank to the floor, exhausted. I was about to unplug the computer from the control panel, when I noticed another file, that seemed to be interesting. I tried to access it, and it produced a 'password needed' box. Thinking a little, I entered the word 'Skeleton', and the file opened. I smiled. A numbskull like Skullgreymon wouldn't have had any other password. I read through the file, which contained mostly tributes to himself and how 'great' he was. Then, I came across a map, which displayed the areas Skullgreymon had been assigned to take over. The others walked over to me, and looked on, curiously.
"Guys, I know where Skullgreymon ran to," I said, and turned the screen toward them. They looked, and nodded.
"Right, so we're headed for Circuit Desert next," Nick said.
"Perfect, a desert! It's only 180 million degrees outside now! Imagine a desert! And, there'll be no water!" Wendy complained.
"Hey, it could be worse, you know. We could all be charbroiled" I reminded her.
"Yeah, another two seconds and we would've been piles of ashes right now," Randy said. With that said, and our next destination decided, we emerged from Meteor Mountain, only to be greeted by the six Pteramon and Sabredramon.
"Good job, Digidestined! You didn't destroy him, but he and his army did pack up and head west, to Circuit Desert! Meteor Mountain is free once again!" Pteramon said.
"How can we ever repay you, Digidestined?" Sabredramon asked.
"We are kinda low on food and water, and we're headed for Circuit Desert," Will said, suggesting our payment.
"Anything else? I mean, you did save our home and our lives from a super powerful tyrant," Pteramon replied.
"Food and Water is thanks enough, really," Wendy said. With that, Pteramon and Sabredramon offered to fly us all to an area of the volcanic forest that had a lake and lots of food growing. We suddenly realized that it was night time, and that the Digimon were already asleep, exhausted from that battle, so we decided to camp out near Mount Meteor, and go tomorrow.
After stocking up on fresh water and fish from the lake, we visited the Mushroomon's farm. The Mushroomon were happy to give us plenty of fruits, vegetables, meats, and a wide assortment of other goodies, like eggs, a few loaves of home-made bread, some strange but good tasting candy, and some exotic nuts. We thanked them for their generosity, and then began our journey towards Circuit Desert. Along the way, we'd have to pass through a large forest.
Next Chapter: After that close call in Meteor Mountain, the Digidestined are faced with a new task: they must pass through a huge forest, the Enchanted Forest, to get to Circuit Desert, where Skullgreymon is hiding. The Enchanted Forest isn't as tranquil as it seems, as Skullgreymon's minions attack them left and right and once again split up the team!