Digimon: Elementals
By: ArtikGato
Disclaimer: For the miniscule 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. I didn't create any new Digimon for this chapter. OK, enjoy the story!
Chapter Thirty-Two: The Chase
"How are we going to get out of here, though, those four can barely stand," Wendy pointed out.
"Too bad we don't have a bus or a plane," Randy joked. We all looked over at Pyliomon and Egalamon.
"Close enough," Will said. Jagamon and Egalamon blinked.
"Think you can carry all six of us between the two of you?" Wendy asked.
"I can maybe carry two, though I'm not exactly the fastest thing on four legs," Jagamon said. Egalamon nodded.
"I can carry two, maybe three, but I'll be slowed down," she said. We looked to the two Megas.
"They sure can't take passengers, they can't be much bigger than six feet tall," I pointed out.
"Oh, great, we're screwed," Randy said, and sat down with a sigh.
"Not just yet!" said a familiar voice. We instantly recognized the voice, and turned to where it had come from.
"Airdramon! Sabredramon!" we exclaimed, happy to see our old friends. The dragon and bird Digimon flew toward us, surrounded by the flock of Pteramon.
"And the Pteramon too," Egalamon commented. Airdramon and Sabredramon landed in front of us, and we ran up to them.
"What brings you to this neighborhood?" Randy asked.
"We heard the Dark Masters were near here, and we figured that you could use a ride," Airdramon said. We nodded. Sabredramon looked past us to the Digimon.
"Wow, who are they?" she asked. The four Digimon came up.
"This is Lidramon, she's the DNA mega of our Digimon," April introduced, indicating to me when she spoke of Voltomon's half.
"And this is Dukaizemon, the DNA mega of our Digimon," Randy said, and gestured to Nick.
"This is Egalamon, the Element Digivolved form of Falcomon," Wendy said.
"And this is Jagamon, Pyliomon's Element Digivolved form," Will introduced. Sabredramon and Airdramon blinked.
"Wow, we heard that you'd managed to Element Digivolve all your Digimon, but Mega? How did you manage to do that?" Airdramon asked.
"Well, our Element Digimon just sort of Digivolved together to make one super powerful Mega Digimon. It's called DNA Digivolving," I explained. The leader of the Pteramon nodded, and spoke.
"Enough with the introduction, we have to get these kids out of here," he said. The rest of his flock nodded.
"Right, I can carry three, and Airdramon can carry the other three. That leaves you and your flock to distract the Dark Masters if they show up," Sabredramon said. They nodded.
"Ok kids, get on. Your Digimon will just have to follow behind," Airdramon said.
"Jagamon, you'd better dedigivolve," Will turned to Jagamon, and said. Jagamon nodded, and a purple light shot from him to Will's Digivice. Tapirmon walked up to Will, and the six of us humans exchanged quick glances.
"Right, then we'll ride with Sabredramon, and you guys can ride with Airdramon," April said. We nodded, and April, Wendy and I got on Sabredramon. The boys rode on Airdramon. They took to the air, surrounded by the flock of Pteramon and our three remaining Digimon.
"Where are you headed?" Sabredramon asked, as Airdramon and she hovered side-by-side.
"Tecno," I said, and the boys nodded.
"Ok, next stop, Tecno!" Airdramon said, and they flew off toward the west, over the rolling hills that were dotted with trees. The Pteramon and our Digimon followed behind. Just as we were beginning to fly off, a dark fireball flew past us, and we looked back, surprised.
"Don't look now, but Medusamon's back up, and she looks pretty mad," I said.
"So is Chameleomon," Wendy noted.
"Uh oh, there's Skullmammothmon!" Randy exclaimed. We gulped. Lidramon, Dukaizemon and Egalamon flew off to meet them, along with the Pteramon.
"Careful, they're very powerful Mega Digimon," Nick warned the leader of the Pteramon as he flew by.
"Don't worry, we'll just distract them long enough for you guys to make a getaway," Pteramon said, flying in-between Airdramon and Sabredramon. We gulped, hoping that all they would do is distract them.
"Dark Fireball!" Lidramon dodged three consecutive balls of dark energy.
"Cloud Strike!" she hit Medusamon with a blast of light.
"Pulse Laser!" a bunch of Pteramon also hit her with blasts of light, sending her flying through the air, and into the ground.
"Power Cannon!" that hit Chameleomon. He did a couple of back flips, and landed on his feet.
"Pulse Laser!" he was hit from every direction, forcing him to the ground.
"Eagle Eye!" that hit Skullmammothmon. He shook it off.
"Spiral Bone Crusher!" he shot his attack for Egalamon.
"Pulse Laser!" his attack exploded in the air as it was hit with a hundred blasts of light from the Pteramon.
"Kinetic Storm!" Chameleomon was hit, and sent into the trees with a crash.
"Shadow Fire!" that attack hit Lidramon, but Lidramon quickly flew out of the fire, and hit Medusamon with a Spring Light attack. Medusamon shot into a tree. She got to her feet holding her side.
"Ramming Slam!" Skullmammothmon ran forward and tried to smash into a few Pteramon.
"Power Cannon!" "Cloud Strike!" he was hit by the two attacks.
"Pulse Laser!" he was hit by the attack of every Pteramon. This sent him flying back into the forest, forming a gigantic rip in the dense trees. We cringed, looking at the damage.
"Strangler Vines!" that attack caught Dukaizemon and Lidramon by the feet, and he pulled them toward him. Medusamon took to the air again.
"Shadow Fire!" she hit both of them with a blast of dark fire.
"Eagle Claw!" "Pulse Laser!" the two Dark Masters were hit by the attacks. Chameleomon stumbled back and loosened his grip on Dukaizemon and Lidramon. Medusamon tumbled through the air at the impact of the attack, stopping her Shadow Fire. But, they were too late; the damage had already been done. Dukaizemon and Lidramon, drained of their energy and badly damaged, glowed white, and began to dedigivolve.
"Oh no!" all six of us, Lidramon, Sabredramon, and Tapirmon cried.
"Digivolve me into Pyliomon!" Tapirmon exclaimed.
"Right," Will replied, and held up his Digivice. The glowing forms of Lidramon and Dukaizemon were rapidly shrinking.
"Tapirmon Digivolve to...Pyliomon!"
"Shadow Fire!" That attack caught Egalamon off guard. She was blasted back through the air, and she too began to dedigivolve.
"Hang on guys!" Pyliomon yelled. The Pteramon began firing rapidly on the two remaining Dark Masters. Pyliomon flew up fast, and caught the now fully dedigivolved In-Training Digimon on his back. He flew back to us, his energy beginning to give out as well, and dedigivolved as soon as he reached Will. Ellmon, Sproutmon and Birdlingmon, passed out with exhaustion, fell into our arms, and Bubblemon, Embermon and Pebblemon fell into the arms of the boys. We looked back, grimly, as we realized that the Pteramon's Pulse Laser was the only thing stopping the Dark Masters now.
"We're toast," I said. The others nodded, and gulped. Suddenly, we began to move. We turned in shock, and realized that Airdramon and Sabredramon were flying away.
"What the-" April started.
"We've got to get you out of here NOW," Airdramon silenced her.
"But...the Pteramon..." Randy said, and we turned back to them, realizing what they were doing.
"They will be fine, they're just going to distract the Dark Masters long enough for us to make a getaway," Sabredramon said. We looked back at the Pteramon, frantic and saddened expressions on our faces.
"No, they'll die!" I exclaimed.
"We have to do something, we can't just sit here and let them get killed to save us!" Will yelled.
"No, we have to get out of here!" Sabredramon replied. They were now flying as fast as they could. We looked back at the shrinking forms of the Pteramon, who were still covering the Dark Masters with blasts of light. Suddenly, just before we lost sight of them, a huge explosion of dark light engulfed them. We gasped.
"Pteramon!" we cried. The light faded, and then the scene disappeared over the horizon.
We rode the rest of the way in silent mourning over our friends, the Pteramon. We knew they'd be reborn, but we were still sad over their death.
"It's not your fault," Sabredramon repeated.
"Yes it is, they fought the Dark Masters to save us," I argued.
"Don't blame yourself, if anything blame the Dark Masters, they caused this mess," Airdramon replied. We just kept our heads bowed in grief. We didn't even realize that it was night when we landed. We were just outside of the Tecno city gates.
"Wow, you guys are fast fliers, it would have taken us DAYS to reach Tecno on foot," April commented, trying to sound cheery. I looked into the sky, and realized that the moon, a small silver crescent, was right over our heads.
"It looks to be about Midnight, we've been traveling for 12 hours," I said.
"All that time and all we did is think about that poor flock of Pteramon?" Wendy asked.
"I guess time flies when you're depressed," Nick said.
"Well, are you going to come in or do I have to drag you in?" a familiar voice asked. We looked up, surprised, to see Metalmamemon and Hagurumon floating a few feet in front of us, with the gates to Tecno wide open behind them. Our expressions brightened as we saw our old friends.
"Metalmamemon!" we exclaimed, happily.
"It's good to see you," Metalmamemon returned our greeting.
"Don't forget about me," Hagurumon said.
"It's good to see you too, Hagurumon," I said, smiling. They smiled back.
"Enough of that, " Metalmamemon said, "It's really late, and the Dark Masters could be here at any time, we must get you inside," We nodded, glancing back into the darkness for signs of the Dark Masters. Metalmamemon and Hagurumon ushered us in, through the gates.
"I bet you're all exhausted and hungry," Metalmamemon said, leading us in the direction of the palace. At the mention of 'hungry', all of our stomachs, especially the Digimon's, seemed to growl in unison.
"Just noticed," Embermon said. Metalmamemon nodded, and we rounded a corner. We suddenly gasped, taken aback.
"What happened to the palace?" we asked, in shock, but in good shock.
"You like it? Everyone worked really hard to restore the palace, as well as the other buildings damaged during your fights with Numerimon," Metalmamemon said.
"It looks great!" Wendy commented at the new and improved Tecno Palace. It definitely wasn't a heap of metal like we'd found and left it, it was a glory to behold. Metalmamemon hovered over to the door.
"It has a HUGE kitchen, with LOTS of food," he said. Our stomachs growled again, and we laughed uneasily.
"I'll have the cook prepare a huge feast, and in the meantime you can tell me about all the adventures you've had since you left Tecno," Metalmamemon said, turning the doorknob, and opening the door. We nodded, and followed him inside, to the dining room.
"Actually, don't you think we should tell them about Primary Village?" Hagurumon asked. Metalmamemon looked at him, and blinked.
"I suppose so," he said, and we noticed a bit of a change in his voice. We entered the Dining Room, and sat down.
"So, what IS this 'Primary Village'?" April asked, sitting down, with Sproutmon sitting on the table in front of her.
"Primary Village is the place where all Digimon are born," Metalmamemon said.
"It's sorta like the hatchery or nursery for the Digital World," Hagurumon added.
"So THAT'S where all the Digimon are reborn! Where is it, I have a feeling once this whole mess with the Dark Masters is over we'll wanna go there," Wendy asked, cheerfully.
"Well," Metalmamemon started, his voice and expression changing to that of grief. We could tell that he was about to deliver some bad news.
"It's pretty far, actually. It's on File Island, to the West of here," Hagurumon said. We nodded.
"Yes. I sent a couple of scouts there last week, and they returned with bad news. It seems... it seems that when the Dark Masters arrived, they poisoned it with their evil," he said, starting to shake with grief.
"Poisoned it? What does that mean?" I asked, frantically.
"That means that no more Digimon will be born or reborn until the Dark Masters are destroyed," Metalmamemon replied. Suddenly we realized the cause of the pain and grief in his voice.
"That includes Mamemon," Hagurumon said. We bowed our heads, solemnly.
"And the Pteramon," Ellmon said.
"No need for tears," Metalmamemon said, trying to cheer us up.
"Why's that?" Pebblemon asked.
"Because, we have you guys! You can beat the Dark Masters for sure!" Metalmamemon replied, smiling again. We looked up.
"What makes you so sure?" I asked.
"I heard about Lidramon and Dukaizemon from Sabredramon, and I must say, that's quite an accomplishment," he replied.
"Yeah, but, in case you didn't notice, we've already lost to the Dark Masters once, that's why we came here," Randy pointed out.
"So? You guys can't let one lost battle get you down! You lost against Numerimon, but you came back and kicked his butt later! I know you guys will get the Dark Masters!" Metalmamemon said.
"Well, thanks for your vote of confidence," I said, "but right now, I don't even want to think about those crummy Dark Masters. All I want to think about..."
"Is eating!" Ellmon finished for me, as a huge platter with a large assortment of food was placed in front of us by a Mechanorimon. Ellmon and I grinned, and began to chow down, as did the rest of the Digidestined.
"BURP!!"
"Embermon!"
"Excuse me!"
"Wow," April said, finishing the last of the mashed potatoes and gravy, "that was good. I can honestly say, that's the best meal I've had since I've been here in the Digiworld,"
"Yeah, it's sure a change from Xarianfruits and soup," I said. "Not that there's anything wrong with your soup..." I quickly countered Wendy's objection.
"I know, I know. It gets monotonous after you've eaten the same thing for three weeks in a row," Wendy replied.
"Who's the chef?" Nick asked.
"That would be Tinmon," Metalmamemon said.
"Did you call?" said a robotic voice. We turned to look, and noticed a robotic head and arm sticking out of a doorway leading to the kitchen.
"We just want to pay our respects to the cook," Randy said.
"Yeah, great dinner," Embermon added.
"Yeah!" the rest of us chimed in. Tinmon got a blush on his metallic face.
"Awww shucks," he said.
"Yeah, it's even good enough to rival MY cooking," Wendy boasted.
"You wish," Birdlingmon replied. We laughed, and finally Wendy joined in.
"Well, thank you, but I have to return to making dessert," Tinmon said, and disappeared back into the kitchen.
"Dessert?" Bubblemon and Nick asked, at the same time.
"Dessert!" the rest of us exclaimed, in unison, with huge grins on our faces.
"So, Digidestined, while dessert is being prepared, why don't you tell us about the adventures you've had since you left Tecno?" Metalmamemon asked.
We were all dead tired as we were ushered into the guest rooms. We had stayed up, eating and talking, until around 3 AM, and we hadn't gotten much sleep in the past few days, either. We three girls and our Digimon got one room, while the boys got the other. The guest rooms weren't really designed for sleeping purposes, since usually the only Digimon that live in Tecno are machines, and machines don't need beds to sleep. We rolled out our sleeping bags and blankets, and were instantly asleep. We woke up the sometime after noon the next day, well rested and relaxed. The Digimon had all Digivolved overnight.
"Wow, you guys can really sleep," Metalmamemon said as we emerged from our rooms for breakfast...or should I say lunch.
"We haven't had a decent sleep since we came here, and the Dark Masters only made it harder to sleep," I pointed out.
"Good point. Well, I hope that you got a good enough sleep here," Metalmamemon replied.
"I can honestly say that that is the MOST I have EVER slept in one day, that I can remember, anyway," I said.
"Yeah, me too. I never get to sleep in, my brother always wakes me up," April added.
"Good morning everyone!" Randy exclaimed, cheerfully, as he emerged from the boys' room.
"How'd you sleep?" Wendy asked.
"Like a baby!" he replied.
"Yeah, a big, snoring baby," Nick said, as he entered the Dining room, carrying Syakomon.
"I can't help it if I snore!" Randy protested.
"Well, fortunately we were out for most of the night, and we didn't even hear you," Syakomon pointed out. Suddenly, a loud yawn caught our attention, as Will and Tapirmon emerged from the boys' room.
"Do I smell food?" Tapirmon asked, his long nose in the air.
"Yep. Tinmon is preparing lunch," Hagurumon replied. A thought struck me.
"I was just wondering, why do you have to eat? You're machines," I asked.
"We may be machines, but that doesn't mean that we don't have to eat," Metalmamemon replied. I started to reply to that, but then remembered just what world I was in.
"Remember, we're in the Digital World," April pointed out.
"Yeah. I honestly think being in this weird dimension is starting to affect me, because when I see weird stuff like strange colored trees, I think it's normal," Nick added.
"Well, I know I shouldn't say this, but if this dimension gets any weirder, I swear I'll have a seizure or something," Randy joked. Tinmon poked his head out of the door to the kitchen.
"Ah, good mor--er, afternoon children. I'm almost done preparing lunch," he said. We smiled, graciously, and sat down.
"Those brats are going to pay, just like their Pteramon friends," Medusamon said, angrily, nursing her wounded wing. She was sitting on Skullmammothmon's head, as the trio moved across the Digital Hills.
"Forget about them! Airdramon and Sabredramon are going to pay dearly for helping them escape!" Chameleomon, walking beside Skullmammothmon, replied, with the same tone of anger in his voice.
"I can't believe how easily they were able to get away!" Skullmammothmon commented.
"We weren't expecting such power from them, I mean, they're only puny little kids with weakling partners," Medusamon said.
"Yes, and besides, I can't battle with so many trees around," Skullmammothmon pointed out.
"Well, don't worry, because there aren't ANY trees on Tecno Savannah," Chameleomon said. Skullmammothmon looked at him.
"Why are you so sure that they'll be at Tecno?" he asked.
"That's the closest rebel stronghold to here, and I heard that they have many allies there," Medusamon said. Chameleomon nodded.
"Good, then I say when we get there we just blast it to smithereens," Skullmammothmon snarled.
"No, no, we can't blast it to smithereens yet, first, we have to lure them out. They'll do the honorable thing and try to fight us so that we won't destroy Tecno. Then, we destroy their pathetic Digimon, and destroy Tecno and all its inhabitants while those miserable children watch!!" Medusamon said, an evil glint in her eyes.
"Ooooh, that'll be torture! Those poor kids," he said, with false grief. They laughed, though Skullmammothmon not sure why they were laughing, and continued toward Tecno.
Ka...BOOM!!!
"What was that?" I asked, as we stood up. Something had just exploded.
"I don't know," Metalmamemon replied. Suddenly, a Mechanorimon rushed in.
"The Dark Masters are attacking the Western gates!" the Mechanorimon yelled. We gasped. Metalmamemon floated over to him.
"How many?" he asked.
"Three," he replied.
"Only three?" Randy asked.
"Maybe we destroyed one! Medusamon got hit pretty badly in the last fight," Flamemon said, hopefully.
"No, Pukumon's probably not attacking because he doesn't fight well on land," I pointed out. Another explosion sounded.
"Let's go guys, we can't let them destroy Tecno!" Nick exclaimed. The rest of us nodded.
"Don't!" Metalmamemon exclaimed, flying between us and the door.
"Metalmamemon..." Wendy protested.
"No, you can't just-" I cut him off.
"We can't let them destroy Tecno and all of you!" I exclaimed. Metalmamemon was silent for a second.
"All right, just be careful," he said, moving aside. We charged through the door.
"Oh wait!" he stopped us.
"Use the secret escape! There is a path in the sewer that leads to just outside the city limits, you can use the element of surprise to your advantage!" he said. We groaned at the thought of re-entering the sewer, but thanked Metalmamemon regardless.
"Metalmamemon here," Metalmamemon's face appeared on a screen. Looking into the screen were the three Dark Masters. They had used a contact screen on the gate to contact him.
"Save yourself some trouble, Metalmamemon, and just cough up the Digidestined. If you hand them over to us, we might spare your worthless city from total and utter destruction," Medusamon said into the screen.
"What do you mean? The Digidestined aren't here!" Metalmamemon replied.
"Don't play games with us, fool! We're three MEGA Digimon; one of us alone far surpasses your power! We could destroy you with one finger!" Chameleomon threatened.
"I'm telling you, the Digidestined aren't HERE! You're wasting your time!" Metalmamemon replied. The Dark Masters, minus Skullmammothmon, frowned. Medusamon shrugged.
"Oh well. Whether they're in there or not, we're STILL going to lay your city to waste!" she said, laughing evilly.
"Not so fast!" said a familiar voice.
"Metalmamemon was right, that sewer tunnel does lead outside of the city!" I said, as I pulled myself up out of the sewer and into the middle of the forest surrounding the city. April was behind me, and then Wendy and Will.
"Ok, you ready?" I asked Voltomon. She nodded, with anger in her eyes. She was ready for a rematch with Chameleomon, I could tell.
"Ready?" the others asked their Digimon. They all nodded with the same anger.
"Then let's get to work. The sooner the better," April said. We all held up our Digivices.
"Voltomon Digivolve to... Shockmon!"
"Flamemon Digivolve to... Meramon!"
"Floramon Digivolve to... Pansymon!"
"Syakomon Digivolve to... Marinedramon!"
"Sparrowmon Digivolve to... Falcomon!"
"Tapirmon Digivolve to... Pyliomon!"
"Lightning Armor Energize!"
"Flaming Armor Energize!"
"Floral Armor Energize!"
"Aquatic Armor Energize!"
"Windy Armor Energize!"
"Earthen Armor Energize!"
"Shockmon Element Digivolve to... Electramon!"
"Meramon Element Digivolve to... Tyremeramon!"
"Pansymon Element Digivolve to... Naturamon!"
"Marinedramon Element Digivolve to... Aeromarinedramon!"
"Falcomon Element Digivolve to... Egalamon!"
"Pyliomon Element Digivolve to... Jagamon!"
"Electramon... Naturamon... DNA Digivolve to... Lidramon!"
"Tyremeramon... Aeromarinedramon… DNA Digivolve to... Dukaizemon!"
We crept through the trees, our Digimon, fully Digivolved, behind us, and came to the tree line. The Dark Masters were right in front of us, but they weren't blasting at Tecno! They were saying something.
"I'm telling you, the Digidestined aren't HERE, you're wasting your time!" came Metalmamemon's voice over a speaker of some sort.
"Oh well. Whether they're in there or not, we're STILL going to lay waste to your city!" Medusamon replied, and laughed. I stepped out of the trees, angrily. The others followed.
"Not so fast!" I exclaimed. The Dark Masters turned, and Medusamon smiled evilly.
"Ah, Digidestined. THERE you are," she said. The four Digimon stepped out of the trees behind us.
"And you came prepared," Chameleomon remarked. "Perfect,"
"Digidestined! Get out of there, hurry!" came Metalmamemon's voice.
"Shut up!" Medusamon replied, and shot a Dark Fireball into the video screen, blowing it up. She turned back to us. "I knew you would do the honorable thing and come to defend Tecno," she said, smirking.
"If you want to chat then let's all grab some tea and have a sit down, but if you want to fight, let's go to it," Randy said, clenching his fists. We would've laughed at this remark, had we not been facing three of the Dark Masters at the time. Medusamon seemed to think about that.
"Well...the tea does sound appealing, but I think... I'd rather fight! Dark Fireball!" she rose into the air and shot a fireball of black energy at us. It hit the ground in front of us. Our four Digimon charged forward, ready to fight.
"Dark Fireball!" Medusamon shot three fireballs of Dark Energy at Egalamon.
"Eagle Claw!" the three fireballs were disintegrated.
"Stone Spear!" a purple blast of light hit Medusamon in the back.
"Kinetic Storm!" this attack hit Skullmammothmon, but only bounced off his metallic bones and skull.
"Cloud Strike!" Chameleomon jumped out of the way of Lidramon's attack.
"Needle Thorn!" that was sent toward Lidramon.
"Spring's Light!" the attack was blasted into oblivion as Lidramon's hit it.
"Eagle Eye!" Egalamon attacked Medusamon. Medusamon recovered in the air.
"Shadow Fire!" Egalamon was hit, and sent flying into the trees.
"Stone Spear!" Medusamon quickly dodged that attack.
"Dark Fireball!" Medusamon's attacks bounced off of Jagamon's rock hard shell.
"Power Cannon!" Medusamon was hit and blasted through the air.
"Spiral Bone Crusher!" his two tusks shot off, and hit both Lidramon and Dukaizemon, but they recovered before they hit the ground, and dodged a Strangler Vines attack from Chameleomon.
"We have to draw them away from Tecno!" Wendy explained, to Egalamon, who had crash landed near us. Egalamon nodded, and rose into the air. We exchanged glances, and nodded. With that, we began to make our way through the forest, to the North of Tecno. The battle raged on behind us. Egalamon flew up, and joined the fray. She shot an attack at Medusamon, and flew up to the two Megas. She motioned to the North, and they nodded. She flew down to Jagamon, and also wordlessly told him of the plan. Jagamon nodded.
"Power Cannon!"
"Spring's Light!" The two Megas attacked Skullmammothmon at the same time, with enough force to knock the giant back, toward the north. Egalamon attacked Medusamon with an Eagle Claw attack.
"Jaga Earthquake!" both Skullmammothmon and Chameleomon were then thrown off their feet.
"Eagle Eye!" Medusamon too was blasted in the direction we had already taken off in. Our three Digimon kept on the attack for a while, until we were a good distance away from Tecno.
"What's our plan?" Nick asked.
"Blow them all up?" Randy suggested.
"That'd be great, but let's be realistic," April replied.
"Kinetic Storm!" Skullmammothmon deflected it with his metallic body.
"This isn't working, we can't keep fighting like this!" Lidramon, floating beside Dukaizemon, said. Egalamon and Jagamon attacked Skullmammothmon at the same time, but to no avail.
"There is one thing we haven't tried..." Dukaizemon said.
"...Divide and conquer," Lidramon finished. "Well, it's worth a shot. Those two seem to be handling Medusamon pretty well, I'll take Chameleomon, and you've got bag-o-bones there,"
"Sure, give ME the biggest, toughest, metal guy," Dukaizemon argued.
"You're the only one that can seem to even inflict pain on the guy alone, so you're best for the job. Besides, I have a score to settle with Chameleo-Doufus over there," Lidramon replied. Dukaizemon sighed, and finally nodded. Lidramon took off toward Chameleomon, and Dukaizemon flew toward Skullmammothmon. Egalamon acknowledged this tactic, and attacked Medusamon.
"Needle Thorn!" Lidramon flew to the side, and flew back, dodging the attack.
"Cloud Strike!" she glowed bright yellowish-green, and rammed into Chameleomon at full force, slamming him backwards into the trees. Lidramon followed.
"Power Cannon!" Skullmammothmon deflected the attack.
"Megadash!" Dukaizemon flew up to dodge that attack.
"Kinetic Storm!" the attack hit Skullmammothmon's metal spine, which seemed to have a strange effect on Skullmammothmon. He cringed in pain, and started charging around, madly. Dukaizemon realized his weakness, and charged another Kinetic Storm.
"Spiral Bone Crusher!" the attack hit him most unexpectedly, knocking him into a tree. He fell to the ground, dazed.
"Megadash!" Dukaizemon rolled out of the path of Skullmammothmon just in time.
"Eagle Claw!" "Stone Spear!" both attacks hit Medusamon, sending her flying to the ground.
"Jaga Earthquake!" that attack hit her, knocking her on her back again as she tried to stand.
"Divide and conquer seems to be working pretty nicely," I commented, watching the battle through the thick undergrowth of the forest.
"Spring's Light!" another attack hit Chameleomon before he could react. He was blasted into a tree with the force of the attack. He slid to the ground. Lidramon flew up, and glowed bright yellow-green.
"Cloud Strike!" another attack hit the incapacitated Chameleomon. He was stunned for the moment. Lidramon found a bunch of vines, and used them to tie him to the tree. She took to the air and flew back to where the other Digimon were fighting.
"Stone Spear!" Medusamon dodged the attack.
"Shadow Fire!" that hit Jagamon, but she was blasted from behind by Egalamon. Lidramon appeared out of the trees, and held up her hands. Egalamon and Jagamon nodded, and prepared to attack.
"Spring's Light!"
"Eagle Claw!"
"Stone Spear!" the three attacks hit Medusamon, and sent her flying into the trees.
"Spiral Bone Crusher!" Dukaizemon frantically dodged another of Skullmammothmon's attacks. Lidramon and Egalamon flew up, with Jagamon following below them.
"Need some help?" Lidramon asked, and charged another attack.
"Great timing!" Dukaizemon exclaimed, and charged his attack.
"Jaga Earthquake!" Skullmammothmon stumbled as the attack hit him.
"Spring's Light!" "Power Cannon!" "Eagle Eye!" the three attacks hit him, throwing him completely off balance, and crashing into a few trees.
"Down here guys!" came a voice from their right. They looked to where the voice had come from, and April was there, waving her hands frantically, as she sat as high up in a tree as she could climb. They nodded, and she proceeded to climb down. A few seconds later, our four Digimon reached us, in the trees.
"We don't have long, they're all dazed and confused, and probably heavily damaged, let's get out of here," Lidramon said, and they began to glow, their energy gone once again. They returned to their In-Training forms. Carrying our Digimon, we rushed through the forest, to the North.
Chameleomon woke up groggily. He was suddenly aware that he was tied to a tree with vines. Wait a minute...he was tied to a tree with his own vines!! With a start, he realized what had happened.
"That...that...she..." he growled. He struggled for a second, and his vines became untied, and he recoiled them. He stood up, still dazed, and looked around.
"She'll pay for that! So will the rest of those Digidestined brats and their pathetic Digimon!" he exclaimed, and started off for the clearing where he'd last seen Medusamon and Skullmammothmon. He walked into the clearing, and gasped to find those two in even worse shape than he had been. He ran over to the fallen Medusamon, and shook her awake.
"Wake up!" he exclaimed, and she awoke with a start. She jumped up, and charged a fireball. "Those Digidestined brats! Where are they? I'll burn them to a crisp!" she screeched, but was suddenly aware of immense pain in her leg. She grabbed her leg, and realized that she'd been hurt, badly.
"They're not here, I guess they got away. If they were I'd choke every last bit of air out of their lungs!" he said, throwing out his vines.
"Chill out vine boy!" Medusamon said, waving away the vines, and sitting on the ground to nurse her wounded ankle. Suddenly, they both heard a loud groan, and turned to see Skullmammothmon struggling to get up. He groaned again, and sat up.
"Where are those pesky insects? I'll trample ém!" he yelled, and stomped one foot forcefully on the ground.
"Calm down! They've escaped," Chameleomon replied, stumbling. Skullmammothmon blinked.
"Why didn't you go after them, fool?" he asked.
"I was...temporarily dazed…and tied to a tree..." he said. Medusamon snickered.
"Oh shut up!" Chameleomon shouted.
"With your own vines?" Skullmammothmon asked. Chameleomon growled, but nodded. The two other Dark Masters burst into fits of laughter. Finally, they died down, after Chameleomon had been glaring at the two for quite some time.
"I wonder why they didn't just finish us off when they had the chance?" Medusamon asked.
"They were probably low on power. It took all four of them constantly attacking at full force to even daze the three of us, you know," Chameleomon pointed out.
"Good, then they're going to need to stop and rest soon. They can't be back at Tecno, not after they fought to protect it," Medusamon reasoned.
"They went north, into the forest," Skullmammothmon said.
"And just how do you know that, big guy?" Medusamon asked.
"I saw them!" he exclaimed, proudly.
"Why didn't you go after them?" Chameleomon shouted, angrily.
"I couldn't get up," Skullmammothmon replied, sheepishly.
"Well, never mind. We'll follow them, but first, we have to get the lummox out of the forest," Chameleomon said. Suddenly, something occurred to him. "Wait, if they're heading North-"
"They're heading for the ocean, Pukumon's territory!" Medusamon finished for him.
Next Chapter: After making their getaway, the Element Digidested stop and relax for a while in some ancient ruins. Chameleomon, after convincing himself that he can defeat them, tries a new tactic, and turns the forest and all plant Digimon—including April's Floramon—to zombie Digimon that will do his bidding. Uh oh...