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: Sandmon. Golemon is actually Rockmon, but, due to a mix-up on the show, I am using the cooler name, Golemon. As for Meteormon, he comes from Digimon World. OK, enjoy the story!
Chapter Twenty-Five: Trouble In the Sand
"Wow, THIS is Circuit Desert?" Randy asked, awestruck. The rest of us had the same feeling. We were looking out across a long, wide, treeless bed of sand, to be sure, but there was something wrong about this desert, very wrong.
"Is it just me, or is the sand here every color BUT what it's supposed to be?" Nick asked.
"No, it's not just you. Wow, blue, pink, orange, green..." I said, looking out across circuit desert, counting off the colors.
"It may be pretty, but I'll lay odds that it is still scorching hot," Will said. We were in the shade of one of the huge trees in the enchanted forest.
"Well, let's go, the sooner we get to Skullgreymon's base, the sooner we can leave this weirdo desert," April said, and we started off. She insisted on taking some green sand when we came across a patch of it, but we convinced her that it was just sand.
"Hey, I think it gets cooler when you step on the blue, purple and green sand," Wendy said, stepping onto a patch of blue sand. The rest of us were standing on orange sand.
"Wow, you're right!" I exclaimed, as I stepped onto a nearby patch of purple sand. It got cooler, not much cooler, but it was still cooler.
"Too bad we can't just walk all the way to Skullgreymon's base on cool colored sand," April said, stepping onto the patch of green sand. We looked across the desert, towards the direction Skullgreymon's base was supposed to be in, and saw nothing but red, orange and yellow.
"Just our luck!!" Randy complained. We started off over the red, yellow and orange sand, cursing our luck. We trudged along, in the heat of the desert. Around noon, we all felt like turkeys being cooked in an oven, to say the least. We were trudging along, drenched in sweat and about to pass out, when suddenly...
"That MUST be a mirage," April said. We stopped, and looked.
"If it's a mirage, then you aren't the only one that sees it," I said.
"We're looking at an oasis, right?" Nick asked.
"Everyone sees it?" Wendy asked. We all nodded.
"IT'S NOT A MIRAGE!!! IT'S AN OASIS!!! ALL RIGHT!!!" Randy cheered, and we raced down the sand dune we had been walking on to the oasis. We found that it was bigger than we had originally thought, with plenty of palm trees for shade, and a huge pool of fresh, cool water. We filled our canteens and drank as much water as we could, before jumping into the pool to get cool. Even the Digimon, except Flamemon, joined us. We stayed at the oasis until nightfall, and had a dinner of Xarian fruits, and fresh coconuts, which were growing on the palm trees in the oasis.
"Just think, if we didn't trudge around in that hot sand all day, we never would've found this place!" April said, taking a bite out of a Xarian fruit.
"It's a good thing this pool of water was here, or we would've all died of thirst and fainted from the heat for sure," Nick commented. Syakomon was floating in the pool of water lazily, having already gulped down his dinner. We'd been swimming ever since we got to the oasis, and so we were all still wet, and looked like dried up raisins. During the night, it got much cooler, and we decided to try and get as far as we could during the night. So we packed up, and started off through the sands, enjoying the warm temperature.
"It kinda feels like Las Vegas at night," I commented.
"You've been to Vegas?" Nick asked.
"Yeah, my family went there when we were coming back from a family reunion in California," I replied. The Digimon looked confused, but shook their heads.
"You lived in California? Cool!" Will exclaimed.
"Yeah, Kimi used to live in California, but she moved to Georgia a few years ago," April explained.
"I don't know what in the world possessed my parents to move to Georgia, of all places, but I'm glad we moved there anyway. I would've never met April, and I probably wouldn't be here right now if I still lived in California," I informed them.
"Do you still go back to California?" Wendy asked.
"Yeah, for two weeks every summer. Then, when I get back, my family and April's take our yearly New York vacation," I replied.
"Wow, you are sure busy during the summer," Randy commented.
"Yeah, but this summer is one I'm sure I'll never forget," I said, and the others nodded, in agreement. Who'd ever be able to forget being sucked into another dimension where there are walking talking monsters called Digimon? Not me, that was for sure. I just hoped we'd be able to go back to our world.
Above us, a solitary Crowmon flew, making no sounds to let us know he was watching us. He quickly flew off, over our heads, and toward the place we were heading; Skullgreymon's base.
"Master Skullgreymon!" the Crowmon exclaimed, flying in through an open window in the base.
"Ahh, there you are Crowmon! Do you have an update of the Digidestined's position?" Skullgreymon asked.
"Yes sir, they are about 20 miles northwest of here. They just left the oasis," Crowmon replied.
"Perfect. Send for the generals. We don't have any time to waste," Skullgreymon said, and the Crowmon disappeared through a door.
"It's hard to believe how cool the temperature can be at night here, when we were roasting like meat in an oven earlier," Will said. We smiled at his comment.
"Well, I happen to like the heat," Flamemon said.
"That's 'cause you're a little ball of fire, Flamemon," Randy replied.
"Maybe," Flamemon said. Suddenly, we all heard a loud roar. We stopped, and the Rookie Digimon jumped forward.
"That sounded like Skullgreymon," Voltomon said.
"Should we Digivolve?" Floramon asked.
"Not yet," I replied.
"Sparrowmon, go check it out," Wendy said. Sparrowmon took to the air. She flew back down to us.
"It's Skullgreymon, all right. And, he's got company. There must be at least a hundred Digimon with him, and I'll lay odds none of them are Rookies," Sparrowmon said.
"Did you recognize any of them?" April asked.
"I didn't have enough time, another couple of seconds and I would've been spotted," Sparrowmon replied.
"Well fearless leader, what's your brilliant plan of action?" Nick asked, turning to me. I blinked, in surprise.
"Who, me?" I asked.
"Naw, the other fearless leader behind you," Nick said.
"Why me?" I asked.
"Come on, you know you're the leader," Will said.
"Well, I suppose... ok, first, I'm gonna have to get a good look at them," I said, and the others nodded. I crept up to the edge of the dune we were on, and peered over the edge. I gulped, and began typing on the fusion computer. I pulled up the files of all the Digimon I didn't recognize, and crept back to the others.
"They aren't moving, I think they're waiting for us to attack," Voltomon said, as I jumped down off the dune.
"There ARE over 100 Digimon there. First, there are three Digimon which are the only ones of their kind there, so I assume they are generals of some sort, like Waruwizardmon, Shellsnimon and Demonfloramon. First, there is Triceramon, an Ultimate Digimon. He has an incredibly hard shell, and uses an attack called Tri-Horn Slam. Second, there is Devilamon, an evil rabbit Digimon. He's a Champion level Digimon who uses and attack called Dark Speed. Third is Darktyrannomon. He is a Champion level Digimon, who is basically a black version of Tyrannomon. He uses an attack called Dark Blaze Blast. Next, there are around 25 Crowmon. They are Champion level Digimon who use Crow's Call." I said, and April interrupted.
"We ran into them back in the forest. They aren't as tough as you'd think," she said, and Floramon nodded. I continued.
"Next, there are the Sandmon. They are Champion level Digimon who look like Gotsumon, only they are they are sand colored --normal sand colored--," I added, noticing the green sand we were standing on," ...and much bigger. They use Sand Blaster. Then there are Tortomon and Golemon, Champion Digimon who are made of rocks. Tortomon uses Strong Carapace, and Golemon uses Crimson Curse. Finally, there is a squadron of Meteormon, Champion Digimon who also resemble Gotsumon. They are brown, and have huge heads. They use Meteor Blast attacks. There, that should be everybody, except, of course, for Skullgreymon." I finished. The others looked stunned.
"At least the only Ultimates we have to contend with are Triceramon and Skullgreymon. Well, fearless leader? What's your plan now?" Nick asked, again. I thought for a minute.
"They'll be expecting us to attack head on, so why don't we try to circle them, and then break up the army into smaller divisions?" I pondered.
"That might work, after all, the Polarmon Brothers used that trick on us, and almost beat us, too," Randy commented. Flamemon nodded.
"Ok, we're going to need all four Element Digimon for this," I said. April, Nick, and Randy nodded.
"Right, and Falcomon and Pyliomon can act as decoys to split up the army," Wendy said.
"Good idea," April said.
"Ok, you guys know what to do," I said, and closed the Fusion Computer, depositing it in my backpack. We all nodded.
"Voltomon Digivolve to...Shockmon!"
"Flamemon Digivolve to,.. Meramon!"
"Syakomon Digivolve to.. Marinedramon!"
"Floramon Digivolve to.. Pansymon!"
"Sparrowmon Digivolve to.. Falcomon!"
"Tapirmon Digivolve to...Pyliomon!"
"Lightning..." "Flaming..." "Aquatic..." "Floral..." we began,
"Armor Energize!"
"Shockmon Element Digivolve to...."
"Meramon Element Digivolve to...."
"Marinedramon Element Digivolve to..."
"Pansymon Element Digivolve to..."
"Electramon!"
"Tyremeramon!"
"Aeromarinedramon!"
"Naturamon!"
"Sir, should we attack?" Triceramon asked Skullgreymon.
"Not yet. We will wait for them to attack us, and catch them off guard," Skullgreymon replied. Suddenly, a blast of wind slammed into them, and Falcomon and Pyliomon flew toward them, each from a different side. The army looked around, stunned. Falcomon and Pyliomon flew off, each in a different direction.
"What are you waiting for? FOLLOW THEM!!!! DON'T LET THEM ESCAPE!!!" Skullgreymon bellowed, and the army charged off, splitting in half.
Falcomon and Pyliomon zoomed through the air, over the colorful sand, a shade darker in the night. Pyliomon flew, and landed on a patch of purple sand, where Kim, Nick, Will, Electramon and Aeromarinedramon waited. Falcomon hovered in the air above Randy, Wendy, April, Tyremeramon, and Naturamon. The army, split in half, charged off after Pyliomon and Falcomon.
"Here they come, ready?" Kimi asked, to her group.
"Get ready, here they come," Randy said, to his group. The army charged up, over a sand dune, and came face to face with two Element Digimon and the Digimon they had been chasing.
"What's this?" Skullgreymon asked, astonished. He had been leading the half of the army chasing Pyliomon. He and the army skidded to a stop, only to be hit by three attacks. Electramon and Aeromarinedramon attacked together, to shock the army, weakening them, and Pyliomon blasted Skullgreymon with a gigantic boulder. Skullgreymon retreated to the back of the army, followed by Pyliomon.
"Oh no!" Triceramon exclaimed, skidding to a stop. The rest of the army stopped behind him.
"Looks like we outsmarted you this time," April exclaimed, and Naturamon, Tyremeramon, and Falcomon attacked the army. Working together, Falcomon spread Tyremeramon's flames over the entire army.
"Don't just stand there, fight back!" Triceramon yelled. The army began fighting back, but the three Digimon were too fast for them.
"We've got them on the run!" Nick exclaimed, as the army and Skullgreymon retreated, heading toward the base.
"All right! They're retreating!" April yelled, as Triceramon retreated, followed by the army.
"Let's go meet up with the others," Wendy and Will said, in sync, though they were separated by a couple hundred feet of desert and sand dunes. They took off.
"Blast!! Those insolent Digidestined BRATS!! WHEN I GET MY HANDS ON THEM I'LL.." Skullgreymon fumed, walking off across the desert.
"Calm down master, so they have more brains then we thought, big deal, we didn't lose any troops," Crowmon said.
"That will never happen again, NEVER!!! DO YOU HEAR ME??" Skullgreymon bellowed.
"Yes sir!" the generals replied, cowering.
"Crowmon, go scout their location, see if they've decided to stop for the night," Skullgreymon ordered.
"I'm right on it sir!" Crowmon said, lifting to the air.
"That was SO COOL!!! You should've seen the look on Skullgreymon's face when he realized we outsmarted him!" Nick exclaimed when we met back up with the others.
"Yeah, and Triceramon's expression was great! Makes me wish I had a camera!" April replied, smiling. We high-fived each other. The Digimon, who had long since de-Digivolved, were back at the Rookie level.
"What now?" Voltomon asked.
"I suppose we could set up camp, or we could try to get back to that oasis and set up camp there," Randy pondered.
"Or," I started, "we could destroy the base tonight," I said, typing on the fusion computer.
"Huh?" everyone asked.
"If the Digimon are up for it, we could end Skullgreymon's reign of terror tonight," I replied.
"Well, are you guys up for it?" April asked, and the Digimon nodded.
"Just give us some food, and we'll be good as new," Flamemon said.
"Good. The base is only about two miles from here, and if I know Skullgreymon, he's headed back right now, but not going fast, because we did weaken him and his army a little," I said.
"So, we can cut him off at the pass if we hurry, right?" Wendy asked.
"Yup. We can go faster by air," I said, and turned to Tapirmon, Sparrowmon and Voltomon. Sparrowmon stepped forward.
"I'm up for it," she said. Tapirmon nodded.
"Volto, are you still tired from Digivolving?" I asked.
"Not really, I'm getting used to it. Like Flamemon said, though, we could use a little food and water for a boost of energy," she replied. I nodded.
"MASTER SKULLGREYMON!!! MASTER SKULLGREYMON!!!" The Crowmon yelled, zooming back to the army.
"What? What is it?" Skullgreymon asked, a little annoyed.
"THE DIGIDESTINED ARE HEADED THIS WAY!! THEY'RE GOING BY AIR!!!" The Crowmon screeched.
"WHAAAAAATTT???? Triceramon! Assemble the army, be ready to meet them head on!" Skullgreymon exclaimed, frantically. Suddenly, without warning, the sand dune in front of the army exploded. Skullgreymon and the army waved sand away and coughed, only to get a glimpse of three Digimon zooming above them.
"NOOOOOOO!!! THEY'RE HEADED FOR THE BASE!!!" Skullgreymon screamed.
"We're making great time! We should be at the base in ten minutes!" I exclaimed, from Shockmon's back. We had just zoomed straight over Skullgreymon's army, with no interruption thanks to Pyliomon blowing up that sand dune in front of the army. Suddenly, two or three attacks hit the sand from behind us. We looked back, only to see Skullgreymon and his army charging after us.
"They're faster than I thought!" Nick exclaimed.
"Anything can go that fast with the right motivation, except maybe my fat uncle Larry," April commented. Skullgreymon and a couple of other Digimon fired attacks at us, but they fell short.
"They're gonna try to cut us off!" Will exclaimed.
"That won't work, we're going way too fast!" Randy yelled.
"Uh oh, the flock of Crowmon!" Floramon yelled. We looked back, and saw the flock of Crowmon take off, flying toward us.
"What are we going to do?" Wendy asked.
"Wendy! Will! You two fly on Falcomon and Pyliomon and try to destroy the base! The rest of us will stay here and hold off Skullgreymon!" I exclaimed, and the others nodded. With that, Falcomon, Pyliomon, and Shockmon turned around in the air, and blasted their attacks at the Crowmon and the army. Floramon, Flamemon and Syakomon jumped into the air, and Digivolved. Shockmon, Pyliomon and Falcomon flew down, and hovered a few feet off the ground, letting off all their passengers but Wendy and Will.
"Good luck!" I called to them, and turned back to the army.
"How brave, to try and fight all of us!" Skullgreymon said, and then noticed Pyliomon and Falcomon leaving.
"NOOOO! STOP THEM!! THEY'RE HEADED FOR THE BASE!" He exclaimed, and a few Crowmon flew to stop them. Shockmon, Meramon, Pansymon and Marinedramon tried to stop them, but they got away, and the army was already attacking.
"Lightning Armor Energize!"
"Flaming Armor Energize!"
"Floral Armor Energize!"
"Aquatic Armor Energize!"
"I hope we can get to the base in time!" Wendy exclaimed. Pyliomon, carrying Will, flew beside them.
"I just hope we have the strength to destroy the base by ourselves," Will replied. Suddenly, a pulse of black light flew past them. They turned around in midair, and faced a flock of about 20 Crowmon.
"This isn't good," Falcomon said.
"Electromagnetic Pulse!" the attack hit a few Meteormon, stunning them.
"Strong Carapace!" the Tortomon fired their attacks in sync. Aeromarinedramon blasted them away with a stream of water.
"Nature's Fury!" the ball of green light hit Triceramon in the chest, blowing him backwards into the sand. He got up, furiously, and charged to attack her.
"Trihorn Slam!" Naturamon jumped, and caught his sharp horns with her vines. She landed behind him and, using all the strength she could muster, lifted the giant Digimon into the air, and slammed him down on a bunch of Sandmon.
"Black Speed!" Devilamon decided to try his luck at attacking.
"Dark Blaze Blast!" Darktyrannomon pitched in, too.
"Crow's Call!" the five remaining Crowmon helped.
"Flaming Laser!" "Ocean's Fury!" the two attacks deflected the attacks sent by the evil Digimon, and then combined, to make steam.
"Crimson Curse!" a few Golemon attacked, Naturamon and Electramon blocked the attacks.
"We're getting nowhere with this battle. We can't destroy the Digimon in the army, but with the army in the way, we can't get to Skullgreymon," Randy said.
"Asteroid Smash!" Pyliomon tried to attack a few Crowmon.
"Crow's Call!" the attacks hit the boulder and vaporized it.
"Falcon's Wind!" Falcomon tried to attack, but the Crowmon only used the wind to gain more speed, and slam into Pyliomon and Falcomon.
"This isn't working, we have to do something!" Will exclaimed, on the ground.
"We can't head for the base, the Crowmon will just block our way, and besides, we can't destroy the base by ourselves," Wendy replied, beside him.
"Let's head back toward the others," Will said. Wendy nodded.
"I wish I knew some Digicode for earth type Digimon, because most of his army is earth types," I groaned.
"This is only making our Digimon tired, we have to do something," Randy said.
"Like what?" I asked.
"We have to stun them long enough to escape and get to the base," Randy replied.
"Yeah? And then what, genius? Destroying the base wont do us any good, we have to figure out some way of separating Skullgreymon from his army, he is controlling them with his power, and once we destroy him, the Digimon will be free," I replied.
"Besides, the base might have something useful in it," Nick added.
"Right," April commented. Suddenly, we heard a noise from behind us. We turned around, to see Wendy and Will running toward us, followed by Falcomon and Pyliomon, who were being chased by a bunch of Crowmon. They ran up to us.
"Sorry, but we couldn't get to the base," Wendy said, panting. Will ran up beside her.
"Oh well, you probably couldn't have destroyed it yourselves, and there might be something we can use in it," April replied.
"Right now, we have to figure out a way to separate Skullgreymon from his army," I said, as we turned back to the battle. The Digimon were beginning to slow down, for they were getting tired. If they knocked out a Digimon, three more took it's place.
"We're way outnumbered!" Nick exclaimed. I suddenly realized that there were four Digimon giving orders to the army: Triceramon, Darktyrannomon, Devilamon, and Skullgreymon.
"Hey you guys! Attack Triceramon, Devilamon and Darktyrannomon!" I yelled up to them. They turned to the Digimon I'd mentioned, and realized what I had. The others did too. The army continued to fire their attacks at the Digimon, but they dodged, and moved toward the three generals.
"Electromagnetic Pulse!" "Nature's Fury!" the two attacks hit Darktyrannomon, blasting him back, and deleting him.
"Flaming Laser!" "Ocean's Fury!" those two attacks hit Triceramon, vaporizing him.
"Falcon's Wind!" "Asteroid Smash!" those attacks collided with Devilamon, vaporizing him as well.
"MY DARK GENERALS!!!" Skullgreymon yelled, angrily. The army, distraught about not having leaders, stopped firing and looked around, confused.
"WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR, YOU INSIPID DIGIMON!!! ATTACK THEM!!!" Skullgreymon yelled. The army didn't attack, and continued looking confused.
"ATTACK, ATTACK!! ATTACK OR I'LL BLOW YOU ALL TO PIECES!!" Skullgreymon threatened. They didn't attack. Skullgreymon looked dumbfounded.
"I get it, they are used to getting orders from the generals, and so they won't listen to Skullgreymon!" April exclaimed, excited. The army looked around, confused.
"THAT'S IT!! DARK SHOT!!" Skullgreymon bellowed, and fired a missile at them. The missile was vaporized in the air by the attacks of six Digimon. He looked over at them, and down at us.
"Now, wait a minute, this isn't fair..." he said, holding up his hands.
"We don't care!" we all yelled, including the Digimon, and the Digimon prepared to attack. Skullgreymon got a panicked look on his face.
"YOU WON'T BEAT MY SO EASILY! DARK SHOT!!"
"Electromagnetic Pulse!" the attack hit him in the chest, throwing him backwards. He stood up, and glared at us.
"That your best shot?" he said, and again prepared to attack.
"Flaming Laser!" a fireball hit him, and the flames spread over his entire body.
"Don't tell me you call this fighting!" Skullgreymon said, though weaker.
"Ocean's Fury!" a blast of water hit him, causing him to fall to his knees.
"Now, you're beginning to make me mad!" he screamed.
"Nature's Fury!" a blast of green light hit him in the head. He shook his head, and tried to stand up.
"Feather Strike!" the attack hit him on one leg, causing him to crash to the ground, standing on one leg.
"Asteroid Smash!" there went the other leg.
"That was fun! Now it's my turn!" Skullgreymon exclaimed, bluffing.
"Now everyone, all together!" I called.
"Get him!" the others cried, in sync. The Digimon all fired their attack at him at the same time, and hit him each in a different spot, causing a huge explosion. The Digimon, ours and in the army, fell to the ground and ducked to avoid the blast. We too hit the sandy ground, and shaded our eyes. When the explosion disappeared, Skullgreymon was...still there!
"Weaklings!" he cried, and suddenly gasped. His body was disintegrating!
"No, NOOOOO!!! I'LL GET YOU FOR THIS DIGIDESTIIIIIINED!" he screamed, as he disappeared. We cheered, as our Digimon glowed and reverted back to their Rookie and In-Training stages. The army cheered too. We rushed up to our Digimon, once again congratulating them on a job well done.
"Now that's what I call teamwork!" Nick exclaimed, as the rest of us hugged and praised our Digimon. We all nodded. The army walked up to us, and thanked us for freeing them of that awful tyrant Skullgreymon, and his dark generals. We grinned.
"Thank you so much. We're all so grateful! How can we ever repay you?" a Tortomon asked.
"Well, we would like to go somewhere cool to rest for the night, and get some water," Randy said, speaking for all of us.
"No problem, Skullgreymon's old fortress is air conditioned, and it's got running water too," a Meteormon said.
"That's odd," Nick commented.
"Well, weirder things HAVE happened since we got here," Randy reminded him.
"And I don't know about you guys, but I'm sure not going to complain about free air conditioning and water," April added.
"Great, just lead the way," I replied.
"We could give you a ride," the Tortomon suggested.
"Really? How nice of you!" Wendy exclaimed. The Tortomon lowered their heads, and allowed us to ride on their necks, where there weren't giant spikes. The army trudged off through the multicolored sand, which was beginning to become green, blue and purple now, to Skullgreymon's base.
Next: Another evil Digimon has bitten the dust...or sand, rather. With Skullgreymon's army on their side and his air conditioned fortress at their disposal, the Element Digidestined finally get a chance to relax. Or do they?