The New Protectors
Chapter 1: Here We Are!
File Island, The Digital World
The journey from one world to the other was almost instantaneous. All five teens found themselves standing on a cliff on the side of a mountain. All five staggered for a moment, disoriented, but that didn't last long. All five turned to each other, and a trilingual argument began, each of them asking basically the same questions…
"Who are you?"
"Where are we?"
"What the fuck just happened?"
They all turned as another voice came from behind them, "I believe that we can answer most of your questions."
Standing behind them, were two people, a tall guy with light hair and a pony tail wearing some kind of robe, and a guy who looked around twenty wearing jeans, a blue and white t-shirt and a hat that made him look like Gilligan. And seated on "Gilligan's" should was what appeared to be a large orange hamster with wings. The one with the pony tail had been the one to speak.
"My name is Gennai. I am the one who brought you here. Before you ask why, I am going to make this easier on all of us." Gennai extended held up a strange sphere that pulsed with blue light. From the sphere, five beams of light shot out and struck the teens on their wrists. When the beams faded, small devices were now attached to their wrists.
"These will make it possible for everyone to understand each other. Now, I imagine you haves some questions."
Ryoka, who by the way, still has her knife in her hand, was the first to speak, "Yeah, I got one for yah. What the fuck did you drag us here for? I was on my way to a party I might actually have enjoyed."
"First off, put the knife away." Gennai glared at Ryoka until she finally tucked the knife back under her vest. "Alright, now the reason you are here, is because this world as well as yours is in danger. A creature called Myotismon is trying to take over our world again. And if he succeeds, his next stop will be the real world."
"What do you mean the real world?" Asked Zack.
"Well the world you are in now is not your world, it is the Digital world."
Ryoka, suddenly got a strange look in her eyes
"You said this thing is called Myotismon."
"Yes."
"Is he about seven feet tall, wears a blue suit, long cape, and a mask, and looks like something out of an Anne Rice novel."
"Gilligan" who up until now had remained silent, "Yeah, that's him, how did you know that."
"Well, it was during that whole mess with the monsters in the middle of the city. Me and a lot of other kids were rounded up and brought before Myotismon, he had this little cat with him, and he seemed to be looking for a little girl. I was eight at the time. Was he also the one who attacked all those young women and put them in the hospital?"
Gennai nodded.
"One of those girls was my older sister," her eyes took on a much darker look, "She died from blood loss before the ambulance got to her."
"I'm sorry." Said "Gilligan." "I was there too, me and several of my friends, were able to kill that monster. But now it seems that he found a way to be reborn. My name is Takeru, but you can call me TK. The reason we need your help is because Myotismon got smarter since the last times we fought him. This guy on my shoulder is Patamon. He and my friend's digimon could digivolve into larger more powerful forms to battle him. But he has found a way to block that. The only place we can still do it is here on file island. Let me show you what I mean."
The five teens watched as patamon flew to the ground, and TK held out a small yellow and white device. The device began to glow and a light came from patamon.
"Patamon Digivolve too…
A bright burst of light and in patamon's place stood a tall being that could only be described as an angel.
…Angemon!"
All five teens stared at the tall angel.
Gennai looked at the teens.
"It might look cool now, but the moment he tries to leave file island, he would turn back to patamon. The reason we need you is because, we have found another way to fight. But it would only work with people who didn't already have digimon. Will you help us?"
The five teens turned and stared at each other. None of them said anything, but all had the same look on their face. Tyler who had been staying silent the entire conversation summed it up well.
"Like we have a choice."
"Okay, quick question." Said Zack.
"Shoot." Replied TK.
"Why us? Why us out of all the people on Earth?"
Gennai held up the blue sphere. "We didn't choose you. This did. The power it contains chose you, and gave you those devices. It was given to me by the guardian Azulongmon."
"Guardian? If he is the guardian, why doesn't he fight this creep?"
"The guardians are powerless to harm Myotismon. The same field which prevents the digivolutions also holds the guardians at bay. Now then. As yet I have not learned your names."
"I'm Zack."
"Tyler's the name."
"Ryoka."
"Kenda."
"Name's Torrie."
Gennai looked carefully at each one as they spoke. "Well then, now that we have that straight. I have some things for you to here. As I said, normal digivolving, as patamon just showed, does not function. We found a way to bypass this. First off, push the red button on the side of the digivices."
The five stared at him, and they quickly realized he meant the watch-like things that he had given them. The all stared at the red switch on the side, and in near unison, they depressed it. In a flash, the digivices had vanished, and a metal coating started to slide up and down the teens arms. The coating went to the tips of their fingers, to the base of the neck and all the way down to their feet. The coating hardened and took on some color. It conformed to their bodies, and then expanding to for thin armored bodysuits. All the suits were primarily grey in color, but the chest and back pieces, the forearm plates, and the boots, were colored.
Each teen's armor was a different color. Zack's was a light blue color. Tyler's was a silvery color. Kenda's was a pale yellow. Torrie's was a sandy yellow. And Ryoka's was the same pink as her hair.
Square in the center of the chest plate, each suit bore a strange symbol.
The teens stood staring at the armor that now coated their bodies. Admiring how it moved with the motion of their bodies, and staring at the symbols that adorned their chests.
Gennai cleared his throat to get their attention back.
"This armor will protect you from some of the dangers in the digital world. To return to your normal state simply will the armor to leave you. The bypass I told you about sends enough power to a digimon to digivolve through the field, but they can only maintain the change for a few moments. In those few moments they can make a second transformation." From within his robe, Gennai brought out a small mechanical device. He set it on the ground, and pressed a button on the side. A holographic image appeared of a person wearing an armor suit like the teens. "The second transformation alters their form and bonds it to their partners armors suit, making the wearer even more powerful." As he spoke the image changed to show the figure wearing an armored suit that looked animalistic.
"Another important thing for you to know is that those symbols on your chests are not just for show. They are very important for they are the marks of your greater power. You see, to normally digivolve from the rookie stage like patamon, to the champion form like Angemon, it merely takes a force of will. But to go beyond that, it requires the power of your spirit. For each person these feelings are different, just as the symbol each of you bares is different. In some cases it is an emotion that one must learn, in other cases it can be old scars on the mind that must be let go, but no matter what they are, without that power, you can not become stronger."
TK came forward again. "Each of you must grow and become stronger people in order to tap that power. Now then, Tyler, yours is the crest of Honesty. Kenda, you bare the crest of Faith. Torrie, you wear the crest of Honor. Ryoka, yours is the crest of Trust. And lastly Zack, the crest you bare is the crest of Fate. What these crests truly mean, is for you to learn on your own, Gennai and I can not help you in that."
Most of the teens were silent as they took in what they were just told. Most, except for Tyler, who was still as curious as ever.
"You said that we needed to join with a digimon and they would form our armor?"
Gennai turned to the dark haired boy. "Yes, that's right."
"Well where are these digimon who can be our partners?"
At this question all the others turned to Gennai to here his answer.
"They were taken."