ONLY ONE ROAD

Part Zero Five.

"It is so good to see you again!" Marineangemon cried, laughing happily in Kazu's arms.

"Where is Guardromon, dude? Is he around here somewhere?" Kazu asked, hoping that Marineangemon would say yes. The little pink digimon flew away from Kazu's arms and hovered in the air a few feet away. "Unfortunately, no.Things in the Digital World are bad, Kazu. Very bad indeed!"

"What? What do you mean? "

Marineangemon sighed and slowly flew down to sit on a rock and looked up at Kazu with big blue eyes that were sad. "There is this digimon who has taken over a metropolis and is deleting anyone who stands in his way for control over the entire Digital World."

"First it was the Deva's, then the D-Reaper, now it is a new enemy? What is it with the Digital World?" Kazu asked, setting himself down on the ground in front of Marineangemon and picking at blades of grass. "But Guardromon and the others, they are alright, aren't they?"

Marineangemon shook his head slowly. "Most of us were captured by the evil digimon as soon as we arrived back in the Digital World. Guilmon, Renamon, Impmon ."

" Where were they taken? We must get them back and kick some digimon arse!" Kazu held up a fist. "It is not that simple," Marineangemon said in his squirrel like voice. "Fresamon, the digimon in question, has locked our friends up in the metropolis and have them under heavy guard by digimon that you would know as Devimon and Ladydevimon.Hideously evil digimon who do their jobs very well and would rather be deleted than let even one of their prisoners escape!"

Devimon bad, got that," Kazu muttered. "Do you know which city they are being held in?"

"Yes.the fortress of Fresamon's power.Mindea City."

"I don't get it, though, Marineangemon.If this Fresamon guy is so bad, why haven't the Sovereigns stopped him?"

"Because Mindea City is outside the jurisdiction area of the Sovereigns' control points. They cannot touch him, no matter what happens. And several digimon who have tried to free the city have never returned.either taken prisoner or.deleted!

Marinangemon shivered after speaking the word and flew over to the bag lying on the ground at the base of a tree. He sniffed at the opening and smiled brightly. "Food!"

Kazu stood up and went over to the bag and opened it. Reaching in, he pulled out a cream puff pastry and handed it to Marineangemon who swallowed it in one bite. "When were the last time you eaten?"

Marineangemon scowled his forehead. "Not since I arrived back in the Digital World."

"Boy, talk about your fasting diets!" muttered Kazu and produced a bread roll from the bag.