Chapter 21: Getting to the Surface

In Star City, within the colonyship Dome, the colonists & crew are having a ball! People of all ages & races are dancing in the streets, music playing loud everywhere, & fireworks being fired off above the city in honor of their new home. They are cheering with great joy. Food & drinks being served all around. It was like celebrating all the holidays & birthdays on Earth! In was amazing.
The DigiDestined, their parents, Rico, Odo, Solo, Ajax, & VT-10 & VT-03 enter the city dome & catch the party. They can all see that all the people, micronian-size & human-size, young & old, are having the time of their lives. But they all knew what they had to do.
"We have got to tell everyone what's going to happen & what's happening already," said Ajax.
"Yeah but how?" said Agumon.
"There has to be a way of tell these colonists to get out of here," said Sora.
"I know a way," said Odo.
The gang gathers around Odo & listens.
"The tall center building in the dome over there."
Odo points to the building he's talking about. The gang looks to where he points. The building in the center of the dome is tall. A skyscraper-like building with three antennas on top.
"That building is where all announcements are made," explained Odo, "If I get over there, I can get everyone's attention & they'll get off the ship."
"Great idea!" said Tai.
"Preface!" said Izzy's Dad.
"I'll go to the building & make the announcement," said Odo, "You guys have to stop Lord Himi & Zor & the Hur'g."
"Ajax & I will go after Himi," said Rico, "DigiDestined, you & your parents will go down to Digi-World with Maya, & Rald to stop the Hur'g. They will send down groud troops to capture your digimon allies."
"We'll go down there & gather up some digimon to help us," said Matt, "We have friends down there that could help us."
"Good idea," said Matt's Dad.
"What about us?" said VT-03.
"The two of you will also go down with the DigiDestined," said Rico, "You two are the most strongest Valkyries able to handle the Hur'g Ground Troops."
"You got it my Master," said VT-10.
"Alright," said Tai, "we all know what to do. Let's do it!"
"Right!" said everyone.
"I'll see all of you when we get to the surface," said Odo.
"Let's go," said Rico.
Odo runs through the crowds of people as he heads into the city to the announcement building. The others head back into the main corridor. They split up into two groups. The DigiDestined & their parents & VT-03 & 10 in one group, Rico, Ajax, & Solo in the other. Each group heads into one of three main corridors.

Meanwhile, somewhere deep within the lower decks of the colonyship, somewhere near main engineering, Lord Himi talks to Zor as they walk in one of the main corridors.
"The DigiDestined & the others have escaped," said Lord Himi.
"How do you know sir?" asked Zor.
"I felt it."
"Then I'll capture them again sir. I'll kill them myself."
"No. Let them try to defeat me. They know very well that nothing can stop me."
"What do you want me to do then sir?"
"Lead the Hur'g fighter attack. Make sure they succeed in capturing the planet Digi-World."
"As you wish my lord."
Zor leaves Himi & heads down to the shuttle bay to join the Hur'g outside. Lord Himi heads down to main engineering, waiting for the Hur'g to strike.

Maya, Rald, Rex, & the warriors run into Lord Himi's vault & grab their morphers. In a few minutes, all of them were ready to go into battle.
"O.K. everyone this is it!" said Maya, "We all know what we have to do! We have to destroy the Hur'g fighters & stop Himi's plans to take over! LET'S GO KICK SOME ASS!"
All the warriors cheered, some screaming 'Death to Lord Himi'.
"Come on, Let's go!" said Rald.
Everyone started heading out the door, morphing into his or her Valkyrie & Alpha Star Force Armors.
Maya & Rald lead the way to the main fighter bay.
As they head down the main corridor, Maya & Rald see a group of people heading their way. It's the DigiDestined & VT-03 & 10.
"DigiDestined!" said Maya.
The Digi-gang meet up with Maya, Rex, & Rald. Maya tells the warriors to keep going. The gang gathers together.
"It's great to see you guys!" said Tai.
"Same here!" said Rald. He sees the digivices & tags & crests, "I see you got your morphers back. So did our warriors."
"That's great," said Izzy.
Maya sees the DigiDestined's parents.
"And these people are?" said Maya.
"Oh, these are our parents," Mimi.
"And this is my brother Jim," said Joe, introducing him.
Jim & the parents say hi.
"No time for further introductions now," said Maya, "We have got to stop those Hur'g fighters."
"We're coming too," said Kari.
"Yeah, we're going down to Digi-World to stop the ground troops & get reinforcements," said Palmon.
"That's right," said Rald, "The Hur'g will send down ground troops to capture everyone. The fighters on the other hand will stay in the air & in orbit to make sure no one interferes with what they are doing."
"Then what are we waiting for?" said Tai's Mom.
"Let's go!" said T.K.
The DigiDestined, their parents, VT-10, VT-03, Maya, & Rex & Rald join up with the warriors, heading down to the fighter bay.

Master Odo finally makes it through the crowds of people, & makes it to the announcement building. He heads inside & to the elevator.
A few minutes later, Odo makes it into the announcement room. He has to turn off all the music in order to get everyone's attention. He finds the music control panel. It's on "on." He gets to the panel & turns it off. The music goes off.
The colonists & crew stop as soon as the music stops. Everyone is confused & wonderings why someone has turned the music off.
Odo opens up a channel to everyone in the dome. Holographs of Odo appear everywhere in the dome. The colonists & crew see now that Master Odo wants to make an announcement. They all listen. Odo speaks.
"Attention all crew & colonists. This is Master Odo speaking. Our leader, Lord Himi, has betrayed us! He has joined forces with the Hur'g & is now preparing to destroy us all! We are all in great danger! Everyone evacuate to the escape pods now! This is not a drill! Repeat, Lord Himi & the Hur'g are preparing to destroy us all! Evacuate to the escape pods now!"
The colonists & crew began to scream in terror! All hell begins to break loose! The colonists & crew run like crazy to the escape pods.
Odo has gone it! The colonists are doing what he has said. Now all that Odo can do now is go with the colonists to the surface. He leaves the building to join them.

The DigiDestined & the others made it to the main fighter bay. Inside there were hundreds of Valkyrie & alpha veritechs, most of them in guardian mode, others in fighter plane mode. All had staff weapons. There were also sphere shuttles like the one Rico & his friends came in when they went down to Digi-World. There were also other types of shuttles that looked like shuttles from Star Trek.
"Everyone to your ships!," said Maya.
The warriors did just that. They all got to their fighters & got into their cockpits. The cockpit windows close. The fighter engines power up. The fighters begin to hover. The main doors at the end of the bay open. Outside is Digi-World. The fighters take off like bats-out-of-hell through the bay doors.
"Well," said Maya, "Their off."
"We better get going too," said Tai.
"You got that right human," said VT-03.
"We'll take one of the fast shuttles," said Rald, pointing to one of the Star Trek-like shuttles.
"Good idea," said Tentomon.
"When we get to the surface," explained Izzy, "we'll call on our digimon allies for help."
"I know we can do this," said Matt.
"I know too," said Gatomon, "Let's go."
"Right!" said everyone.
The gang gets into one of the shuttles. Rald takes the controls.
"Here we go!" said Rald.
The shuttle doors close, the engines power up, the shuttle hovers & takes off, following the remaining fighters.

The colonists & crew make it to the escape pods. The whole ship is now on red alert.
Odo runs into one of the pods with some of the colonists. As the pods get full of people, the doors close, & the pods detaches from the ship. The escape pods are just like the sphere shuttles, only bigger, with windows. They are attached to the sides below the dome of the colonyship. One by one, the pods detach from the ship & start their descent to Digi-World.

Kari & Gatomon look outside the side window of the cockpit area of the shuttle. They see the pods.
"Guys," said Kari, "Look out here."
The other DigiDestined, their parents, VT-03 & 10, Rex, & Maya look out the window together with Kari. They too see the escape pods, coming off the ship one by one, & heading for Digi-World.
"Looks like Odo did it," said Gabumon.
"Yeah," said Gomamon, "the colonists are all heading down to Digi-World with us."
"I sure hope Rico, Solo, & Ajax are O.K.," said Sora.
"Me too," said Biyomon.
"Don't worry," said Sora's Mom, "I'm sure they're O.K."
"Let's only hope so," said Joe.
Now that everyone is going to the surface, the DigiDestined can only hope that Rico, Solo, & Ajax can succeed in whatever they are doing, & hope that they can save their worlds.
The question is only a matter of time.
For only time will tell. For now.