Last time on Digimon: Digital Monsters.
Tyler and Anna, the two newest digidestined met their digimon partners Demimeramon and Hydromon. Anna was too scared too fight so Tyler and Demimeramon had to face down a group of Gizamon on their own. Demimeramon digivolved to Candlemon and them power merged with Tyler to send the Gizamon running. That's when Skullgreymon attacked. Looks like Tyler's in big trouble.
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DIGIMON: DIGITAL MONSTERS
ENTER THE FRAY
The sudden beeping jolted Anna out of her silent thoughts. She looked in alarm at the small silver sphere sitting on the desk next to her. "What's wrong with it?", she asked fearfully.
Hydromon bounced over to the digivice and examined it thoughtfully. "There's nothing wrong with it. The D-Sphere is programmed to alert it's keeper whenever one of their fellow digidestined is in danger."
Anna looked closer at the small screen on the digivice. It displayed a grid map of the city with a number of red and blue dots scattered across it. At the moment, one of the closest red dots was blinking in time to the rhythmic beeping the device was emitting.
"That's Tyler's signal.", Hydromon said. "He and Demimeramon are in danger. We have to go help them Anna."
Anna's face paled and she drew back. "What? I can't help him! What could I possibly do?"
Hydromon looked at her partner sadly. "You were picked to be a digidestined Anna. I know it can seem difficult and frightening, but you are going to have to fight eventually. Right now you have to make a choice. Your friend needs your help. You can summon your courage and risk your own safety to help him, or you can stay here and leave him to whatever dangers he faces alone."
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Tyler dove out of the way as the bony claw tore through the ground where he had been standing a moment ago. He hit the dirt several feet away and looked back. The massive creature that had attacked him was drawing back it's claw to attack again.
"What is that thing!?", he yelled.
"Skullgreymon!", Demimeramon called back. "We have to get away from it! There's no way we can fight it!"
"I'm all for that!", Tyler cried, ducking another swipe from the Skullgreymon's razor sharp claws.
Tyler ran for the edge of the park with Demimeramon right behind him. Skullgreymon's eyes narrowed and he growled at the sight of his prey trying to escape. His powerful arms tore a nearby tree out of the ground and he hurled it at the fleeing human and digimon. Tyler came up short as the massive object crashed to the ground in front of him.
"Jeez!", he cried, stumbling back.
Skullgreymon grinned and stomped forward. With their way blocked, Tyler and Demimeramon backed up.
Tyler's back hit the uprooted tree trunk. He had nowhere to go as the behemoth in front of him advanced. "We're dead.", he groaned.
Skullgreymon drew back his arm prepared to crush the pair cowering in front of him.
"Bubble Blow!" A stream of pink bubbles hit Skullgreymon in the eyes. Temporarily blinded, the monster stumbled back.
Tyler looked up in surprise to see Hydromon perched on the trunk of the fallen tree above him. "Move!", she cried.
Not thinking to argue, Tyler grabbed Demimeramon and sprinted away from Skullgreymon. His eyes clear, the creature bellowed and turned towards his prey once again. Tyler had reached the end of the tree and nearly ran headlong into Anna. He tried to grab her but she looked past him and saw Skullgreymon lumbering forward. Her eyes widened and she fainted dead away. Tyler caught her unconscious form before it hit the ground. He turned back to see that Skullgreymon was almost on top of them.
"Bubble Blow!" Two streams of bubbles from Demimeramon and Hydromon swam around Skullgreymon's head. He roared and swatted them.
Hydromon joined the others on the ground. "He isn't going to let us escape. We have no choice but to fight him."
Tyler looked at her as if she'd gone crazy. "What are we supposed to do against that thing?"
Hydromon shook her head. "I don't know, but we are the only ones who can do anything! Running won't accomplish anything. We have to make a stand here and now."
From within her pocket, Anna's digivice began to glow.
D-SPHERE ONLINE.
INITIATING DIGIVOLUTION.
"Hydromon digivolve to...!" A sphere of blue light formed around Hydromon. A moment later it shattered to reveal her new form. She was now a small amphibious creature. Each of her four legs ended in a small claw. Her skin was a light shade of green and a bright orange fin grew from her back. "Modokibetamon!"
"My turn, I guess.", Demimeramon said.
"Great.", Tyler replied sarcastically. "Go get 'em."
"Demimeramon digivolve to...Candlemon!"
The two smaller digimon leapt into action while Tyler remained watching protectively over Anna's prone body.
Despite her short legs and the fact that her body was very low to the ground, Modokibetamon moved quite fast. She scuttled between Skullgreymon's legs before he could stop her and in turning to find her left himself open to attack by Candlemon.
"Flame Bomber!" The explosive ball of fire hit Skullgreymon square in the back but he barely reacted. The monster continued to focus on Modokibetamon.
"Hydro Jet!" A blast of water from her mouth shot through the air and struck Skullgreymon in the face. The force of the attack was similar to being struck by a high-pressure hose. It was enough to knock a human senseless or seriously stun a weaker digimon, but to Skullgreymon it was barely a tap. He bellowed in rage at the water which splashed across his face and drove his claws towards his attacker. Modokibetamon rolled out of the way but barely missed being sliced in half. As it was, she was pelted by debris as the ground next to her was torn open. Annoyed by his miss, Skullgreymon prepared to strike again but Candlemon had other ideas.
He came from behind Skullgreymon and used the bony slats of his tail and spine to climb quickly towards the behemoth's head. In a moment he was perched on Skullgreymon's head much to his opponent's anger. Candlemon ducked as a claw sailed over his head.
"Aim at his head!", he called to Modokibetamon. The digimon on the ground seemed confused but wasted no time.
"Hydro Jet!" The gout of water sailed towards Skullgreymon but before it could hit, a blast of fire from Candlemon hit the water causing it to become a rapidly spreading cloud of steam. Suddenly blinded by the cloud of steam around him, Skullgreymon stumbled about in confusion. Candlemon took the opportunity to jump to the ground and join Modokibetamon.
"That'll slow him down for a moment.", Candlemon said.
"And then what?", Modokibetamon replied.
"Are you two okay?!", Tyler ran to join the digimon. Behind him, Anna was awake but seemed paralyzed with fear. She refused to move from where she stood and just stared at the towering form of Skullgreymon as he futilely clawed at the cloying mist around him.
"We aren't strong enough to defeat him.", Modokibetamon said slowly. "All we can do is slow him down and that won't last for long. But, if you and Anna both power-merge, perhaps you will be strong enough to stand against him.
"Power-merge? You mean that thing I did before when we were fighting the Gizamon?"
Candlemon nodded. "In you and Anna, our powers will be increased. I don't know if it will be enough to fight an ultimate level digimon but...?"
"But it's the only chance we have.", Tyler finished. Both digimon nodded.
Tyler's expression flickered from uncertainty to dear to determination. He ran across the space separating him from Anna.
"Anna! We have a plan but it means you're going to have to help me fight that thing!"
Anna's only reply was to stare blankly past Tyler.
Candlemon and Modokibetamon joined them. "I don't want to be rude again, but we don't have time for this.", Candlemon said impatiently.
Tyler nodded and grabbed Anna by the shoulders, shaking her violently. The affect was about what he had hoped for. Her eyes focused on him and her expression turned from one of horror to confusion and even a bit of anger.
"I know you're scared Anna, but we need you to get with it.", Tyler said, still holding her shoulders.
Anna looked at him for a moment, but her gaze shifted past him towards Skullgreymon. "Monster.", she murmured.
Tyler shook her once again. "Yes, it is a monster, and now we're going to fight it! Do you understand me?"
Suddenly understanding, Anna gasped and stumbled back. "No! I can't!"
Normally Tyler had more patience with Anna, but at the moment he couldn't afford it. Once more he grabbed her roughly. "You have to fight Anna! If we don't fight we'll die and then that thing will hurt other people! Now get it together and help me!"
And then, to his surprise, she actually nodded. Her entire body was trembling but her face showed fearful acceptance.
At that moment, the cloud of steam around Skullgreymon thinned and disappeared. He took a moment to look around and then his hateful gazed focused on the pair of humans and digimon below him.
"Now Anna!", cried Hydromon. "Use your digivice!"
Anna hesitated for a moment and then thumbed the small button on her digivice. Tyler follower her example.
D-SPHERE ONLINE.
POWER MERGE.
Bolts of red and blue light flew from the bodies of Candlemon and Midokibetamon into those of Tyler and Anna. Having already experienced this, Tyler seemed hardly surprised and flames began to dance along his arms. Anna however, screamed as her arms turned translucent and seemed to ripple and flow like water. She stared in horror at her transformed appendages.
Tyler, meanwhile had already gone on the attack. A flurry of fireballs shot from his burning hands and struck Skullgreymon. The beast shook his head, slightly dazed, but was otherwise unhurt. Tyler noticed that the sense of great strength he had a moment earlier had lessened considerably. In fact, he actually felt somewhat drained. Tyler's hesitation cost him. Skullgreymon's clawed arm struck down and though Tyler dusked to the side he was still struck a glancing blow. Even a minor tap from the giant monster was enough to send Tyler reeling. He hit the ground and his vision swam. As he struggled to regain his senses, Tyler was totally oblivious as Skullgreymon raised his arm and prepared to smash it down on the helpless boy.
Anna was still looking at her liquefied arms in horrified fascination. She felt no pain but her entire body was tingling faintly and the sensations from her arms were unlike anything she had ever experienced.
"Anna! Help Tyler!"
At Midokibetamon's shout. Anna looked up, startled. She saw Tyler lying on the ground hurt. Skullgreymon was about to strike a blow that would surely kill him. She was seized by terror, but there was also something else. The thought of Tyler being hurt or worse dying brought an incredible surge of rage she had never felt before. Acting on instinct, Anna raised her arms and pointed them at Skullgreymon. Her anger caused her to lash out and without even realizing what she was doing, a gout of water blasted from her outstretched hands. The stream of high pressure liquid covered the distance between her Anna and Skullgreymon in an instant and then the monster's head was snapped back by the sheer force of the water as it struck him.
Anna stared at her hands in amazement. Startled by the force of the blow, Skullgreymon took several steps back and regarded the tiny creature below him with guarded curiosity. As the shock of the attack wore of, his interest turned to anger and he roared. With an earth-shaking stomp he advanced towards Anna who now felt nothing but fear.
Tyler slowly opened his eyes to see that the ground had stopped spinning beneath him. He slowly sat up in time to see Skullgreymon's body pass over him as the huge creature stomped past him. He looked ahead to see Anna standing in the path of the beast. She was frozen in terror and did nothing as Skullgreymon approached her.
With the nastiest grin his fleshless mouth could muster, Skullgreymon stopped and looked down at the human who had hurt him a moment before. His mouth opened and from somewhere within his gaping maw came a voice like stones being scraped together.
"Dark Shot!"
The bones on the back of Skullgreymon's spine were curved into a sort of rounded structure which rested just below his shoulder blades. Now the purpose of this growth became evident. The area within the curved bones erupted with fire and a black object shot up into the sky. It was huge and roughly the shape of a bullet. Molded into the front of the projectile was the outline of a grinning mouth. Trailing fire behind it, the missile shot high into the sky. At the height of its climb, the missile then turned back towards the earth and proceeded to plummet downward.
Tyler looked up as the black shape rapidly grew larger and closer. "Oh shit.", he muttered.
"Run!", Midokibetamon cried.
Tyler and Candlemon ran in one direction while Anna and Midokibetamon sprinted in another. Skullgreymon simply threw back his head and laughed.
The missile hit the ground releasing an explosion that caused the ground to shake for miles in all directions. Half of the park and most of the adjacent block were torn apart. Tyler, Anna, and their digimon had managed to get clear of the immediate blast zone. But the shockwave from the explosion lifted them off of their feet and sent then hurtling through the air. Tyler hit the ground with a bone jarring impact. He landed on his side and heard an unpleasant snapping sound as his arm erupted in blazing pain. Candlemon landed nearby. Large portions of his soft body had been splattered on the ground around him. Anna landed on top of Midokibetamon in the remains of the lake which had once sat in the middle of the park. The body of her partner softened the impact enough to prevent Anna from sustaining serious injury but she was still severely stunned. Midokibetamon took the brunt of the fall and nearly lost consciousness.
Midokibetamon slowly came to her senses. Her lower body was partially submerged in the water that remained in the devastated lake. At present, there were only a few inches of standing water left. Still, the amphibious digimon found herself strangely comforted by the feel of the water on her skin. In fact she could swear that she felt almost stronger, despite the attack she had just endured.
Candlemon groaned as his body began to reform itself. The portions of his waxy form which had been splattered around him flowed back into his main body which was trying to regain it's natural shape. He raised his head and saw a blazing inferno where the missile had touched down. Smaller fires were slowly burning in the area around the impact crater. Several trees had been felled by the impact and set ablaze by the fiery explosion. As he stared at the dancing flames, he felt strangely comforted. And, was it his imagination, or where the flames shrinking?
Skullgreymon surveyed the destruction his attack had caused with joyful satisfaction. His primitive mind took great pleasure in causing such carnage. Somewhere in the recesses of his memory he recalled that his orders had been to retrieve the digidestined humans alive for his master. But that order had been temporarily forgotten by the anger caused by the fleeting pain the humans had caused him. Now he surveyed the area around him and was pleased to see that both the humans were still alive. It would be a simple matter to collect them now. His master would be pleased.
Tyler nearly passed out as a fresh wave of pain lanced through his arm as he rolled over. He tried to move the arm and found it unwilling to move. The only reward he got for the effort was even more pain.
"Broken." The though finally penetrated his brain. His arm must have been broken in the fall. He made an effort to keep still and the pain in his arm returned to a constant throb. Slowly, he took stock of his situation. Candlemon was near him and seemed captivated by the sight of a large fire where the missile had hit. Tyler noticed that at some point, the power he had taken from Candlemon was left him. "This is not going well.", he observed.
Candlemon looked back at Tyler, shaken from his momentary trance. The human seemed to be making an effort to keep his arm straight at his side. "Tyler. You're hurt."
Tyler grimaced. "Yeah. But I guess it could be worse. How are you."
Candlemon considered his reply. Considering what he had been through, he felt great. He had already recovered from Skullgreymon's attack and he actually felt stronger that he could ever remember being. "I'm fine.", he responded. "In fact, I feel really good."
"Good for you.", Tyler said painfully. There was a red glow in the corner of his eye. He looked down and saw that it was coming from his pocket. He carefully reached into it, trying to avoid moving his bad arm. He pulled out his digivice and was surprised to see that the metal sphere was shining with a bright red light. "Now what?", he muttered.
Midokibetamon first became aware of what was happening when she noticed that the water level around her was beginning to lower. Then she noticed the strange tingling sensation in her legs. She looked closer and saw that the water she was standing in was actually being absorbed into her skin. It was an unusual sensation but not at all unpleasant. In fact, with every passing moment, she felt stronger. She looked over at Anna who still seemed groggy from the fall.
"Anna. Something is happening.", Midokibetamon said slowly.
Anna looked up fearfully, as if expecting yet another source of danger. "What is it?", she asked quietly. That was when she saw the blue light coming from her pocket. She cautiously reached in and pulled out her digivice. "What's happening?"
Both digivices suddenly flared with glares of red and blue light. The two rookie digimon began to shimmer and spheres of light surrounded them both once again.
D-SPHERE ONLINE.
ELEMENTAL FUSION.
INITIATING DIGIVOLUTION.
"Elemental fusion! Candlemon digivolve to...!" Candlemon's body grew larger and taller. He took on human proportions. His entire body was covered in flames. His face had the same large blue eyes as Demimeramon. "Meramon!"
"Elemental fusion! Midokibetamon digivolve to...!" Her body grew rapidly. She had the appearance of a large fish with silvery skin. Rather than fins she had a pair of arms ending in webbed hands. Her arms, chest, and face were covered by blue armor resembling diving equipment. Her helmet looked much like an air mask. Instead of legs, she balanced on a finned tail. "Depthmon!"
The newly digivolved Champions stood before their partners. The pain in his arm, momentarily forgotten, Tyler stared in amazement at Meramon. Rather than any type of fear, Anna beheld her partner's new form with awed fascination.
Skullgreymon saw the evolved digimon and a hint of worry flashed through his mind. This might be more difficult than he had thought.
"Time for round two.", said Meramon in a voice like crackling flames.
"Indeed." Depthmon's voice sounded as though she were speaking underwater.
Both digimon charged at Skullgreymon. Caught off guard by the sudden frontal attack, he fell back. Meramon held his hands over his head and a red ball of flames formed between them. A pair of cannons slid out f Depthmon's armor and locked into place on her shoulders.
Meramon hurled the fireball at Skullgreymon. "Magma Blast!"
Depthmon's cannons fired twin shots of high pressure water. "Aqua Cannon!"
Depthmon's attack hit Skullgreymon in his rib cage. The extreme force behind the attack was enough to crack several of his ribs. Meramon's fireball hit the behemoth square in the face. Skullgreymon roared in rage and pain. Where the attacks of in-training or rookie digimon had been unable to hurt him even slightly, the combined attacks of two champion digimon were enough to do serious damage.
Any sense of reason destroyed by the sudden pain, Skullgreymon lashed out at his opponents. But his clumsy attack was easily avoided by the smaller and more graceful digimon. Depthmon spun gracefully on her tail as Skullgreymon's claws flew past her. Meramon leapt into the air as a bony claw lunged towards him. He flipped backwards in the air and came down on his feet well out of Skullgreymon's reach. Reaching for the closer target, Skullgreymon grabbed for Depthmon, but she nimbly darted out of his grasp and through his open legs. Once behind, she spun and once more her cannons moved into place.
"Aqua Cannon!" The attack hit the back of Skullgreymon's knee. The ball joint shattered under the impact and the giant toppled forward.
Away from the immediate battle zone, Tyler and Anna watched in awe.
"They're amazing.", Anna breathed.
Tyler grinned as Skullgreymon hit the ground. "I can't believe I'm actually seeing this."
With one of his legs useless, Skullgreymon was unable to stand. Completely lost in a rage borne of pain and fury he swung his claws wildly. But both of the other digimon were well outside of his range. Refusing to give up, a missile appeared in the cannon on Skullgreymon's back.
"Oh no you don't!", Meramon muttered. "Magma Blast!"
The ball of roiling flames struck through the air and hit the missile before it could detonate. The explosion was deafening. Both Meramon and Depthmon were thrown back by the force of the explosion. Farther away, Tyler and Anna were knocked down by the shockwave. When the smoke cleared, both humans and digimon were shaken but unharmed. Skullgreymon however was gone. A few flickering traces of data particles were all that remained of the monster.
In the wake of the explosion, Meramon and Depthmon had returned to their original forms of Demimeramon and Hydromon. Tyler and Anna walked over to join the two digimon who sat exhaustedly on the ground. Anna scooped Hydromon into her arms. Tyler was unable to do so as he was attempting to lessen the pain in his broken arm by holding it steady with his other hand. Demimeramon floated up weakly and rested on Tyler's shoulder.
"You're hurt.", Demimeramon said in concern.
Tyler attempted to move his arm and grimaced. "It's definitely broken. I think I'd better get to a hospital."
Anna looked up and noticed the people who were approaching the site of the battle cautiously.
"We have to get out of here!", she cried.
Tyler looked around. In addition to the gathering crowds, he could hear the sound of fast approaching sirens. He did want to stick around and try to explain to anyone just what had happened here.
With Anna's help, Tyler quickly tied his jacket around his arm in a makeshift sling. With Hydromon and Demimeramon concealed in their pockets, Tyler and Anna ran from the wreckage of the park. Several people shouted after them but most were too focused on the destruction around them to pay any attention to a couple of kids. Several police cars and fire engines as well as an ambulance tore past them and it sounded like more were on the way.
Fortunately the hospital was only a few blocks away. Tyler sat in the waiting room of the emergency room for an hour before a doctor could see him. A nurse gave him a light pain killer but the pain in his arm had already faded and it mostly felt numb as long as he kept it still. When he was finally admitted, an x-ray was taken which showed a single fracture in his lower arm. A cast was applied and his arm was put in a sling.
After Tyler was escorted away for treatment, Anna sat alone in a corner of the waiting room with the digimon concealed under Tyler's jacket which was draped over her lap. She tired to avoid making eye contact with anyone else in the room and instead focused on a television set in the upper corner of the room. A news report detailing the attack and subsequent explosion in the park was on. The involvement of digimon had been confirmed by witnesses who had stuck around to watch the fight. No actual footage of the battle had been taken and none of the witnesses said anything about seeing any children in the vicinity of the fight.
Tyler had told the doctor attending him that he had been near the park when the explosion occurred. He said that his injury had been the result of falling during his rush to get away from the chaos. The doctor had seemed to accept his answer and had left him for a moment to gather the paperwork. Now Tyler was left with a difficult problem. He had about twenty dollars cash on him but he'd need a lot more than that to pay his bill. That meant he had no choice but to call his mom. She would not be happy to be called away from work to come pay the medical bills for her son who had managed to get himself caught in a battle between a bunch of monsters. He was considering trying to run away but he had already given them his name and address. A moment later it was taken out of his hands.
The building shook as one of the walls exploded inwards. Anna was enveloped in chaos as patients and doctors ran screaming in every direction. Anna's D-Sphere flared with blue light and began beeping like crazy. She looked at the small device as several blue and red dots blinked on the screen.
"What's happening?!", she cried.
"There are more digimon nearby! And several digidestined as well!", Hydromon replied.
Suddenly Tyler was beside her, his D-Sphere in hand.
"What happened?!", he shouted over the din.
"More digimon!", Anna shouted back.
Tyler's mouth dropped. "They attacked the hospital? What do these things want with us?"
Demimeramon looked at the screen of Tyler's digivice. "This might not have anything to do with you. There are other digidestined here as well."
"We have to get outside!", Tyler yelled. "Whatever this is, maybe we can help."
Demimeramon and Hydromon nodded but Anna backed away shaking her head.
"We can't! Not again!"
Tyler shook his head. "I'm sorry Anna. I'm not gonna try to make you go. But I don't think this building is safe anymore. You can stay here but I think you'd be better off coming with me."
Tyler held out his hand and Anna hesitated only a moment before taking it. Together with their digimon they made their way through the piles of debris and out into the sunlight. The sight that greeted them was far from reassuring. A green creature with huge horns was swinging its fists at what seemed to be a human body entirely wrapped in green vines while a light blue skinned monster tried to put it in a headlock.
"This is going to be a regular thing from now on, isn't it?", asked Tyler.
"I'm afraid so.", replied Hydromon. "Violence will become a way of life for all of us until our mission is complete."
Anna looked at the battle in front of them. "I don't think I can do this.", she said softly.
Tyler looked at the three digimon before them. "So are any of these guys on our side?"
"I suppose that depends on whose side you're on." The voice came from behind them unexpectedly.
Tyler and Anna turned to see two boys about their age. One was dressed all in black, wore a pair of dark sunglasses and had a dagger shaped earring in one ear. The other stood several inches taller than any of them. He was well muscled with thick brown hair.
"Lighten up Josh.", the bigger one said. "These guys are obviously the other digidestined our digimon were telling us about." He stuck out a large hand in Tyler's direction. "How ya doin'? I'm Dave."
Tyler slowly took the offered hand and was rewarded with a vigorous shake.
"The surly guy with the glasses is Josh.", Dave said jerking a thumb over his shoulder at the kid in black who just stood back and scowled at the rest of them.
"I'm Tyler. This is my friend Anna. The little guys are Hydromon and Demimeramon."
Dave bowed slightly at Anna and grinned at the digimon. "Pleasure to meet you all."
"Now that we're all best friends, can we get back to the fight?", Josh said with a growl.
Dave slapped his forehead. "Oh right! I almost forgot!"
The four humans turned back to the brawling monsters just as the viney one flew over their heads and smashed through the wall of the hospital over their heads.
"Aw Chloramon! You gotta be careful buddy.", Dave cried.
A moment later the blue skinned creature was sent flying into a pile of nearby debris. The horned monster bellowed and stomped towards the gathered humans.
In her shaking hand, Anna's D-sphere came to life.
ANALYZER ACTIVE.
SCANNING.
TUSKMON.
LEVEL: CHAMPION
ATTACK: SLAMMING TUSK
"He's an awfully unpleasant fellow too.", Dave commented.
"Demimeramon!", Tyler cried.
"Demimeramon digivolve to...Candlemon!"
"A giant candle? Yeah, that'll do the trick.", Josh snorted.
"Flame Bomber!" The ball of fire hit the attacking digimon in the face but he showed no sign of being hurt.
"Useless.", Josh said disgustedly. "Hyogamon! Get up and finish this!"
The blue skinned digimon groaned and struggled to his feet. "I'm coming, I'm coming.", he mumbled. Hyogamon walked right up to Tuskmon and looked up at the towering creature. "Hey you!"
Tuskmon looked down and blinked.
"Ice Cudgel!" Hyogamon pulled a club resembling a large ice crystal seemingly out of nowhere and swung it into Tuskmon's chin sending the larger digimon flying back.
Hyogamon turned and slung the club over his shoulder. "Happy?", he asked. Behind him, Tuskmon clambered to his feet and roared angrily.
Josh raised an eyebrow and Hyogamon sighed and turned around. "All right, all right. Icicle Volley!" A hail of ice spikes flew from Hyogamon's hands and skewered Tuskmon. The green behemoth promptly exploded leaving a cloud of flickering data particles.
"Took you long enough.", Josh remarked as Hyogamon, suddenly out of breath sunk to his knees and glowing lightly, shrunk into a small white ball with tiny stubs of arms.
Dave walked up and slapped Josh on the back forcing the smaller boy to take a step forward. "Way to go! You sure showed that nasty what's what!"
Josh's response was to glare over the rim of his sunglasses. "Whatever. Why don't you go dig your digimon out of wherever he landed."
"Thanks, but I'm fine." What appeared to be a bouncing head of cabbage hopped out of the ruins of the hospital. Dave bent to pick it up and ruffled some of it's leaves.
"You're a tough little guy aren't ya?", he smiled warmly.
The little ball of leaves winced. "Ask me later."
"So I guess it kind of goes without saying that you guys are digidestined too?", Tyler asked.
Dave nodded. "Yup. At least that's what the talking cabbage told me." He chuckled. "This is Lushmon by the way. Josh's little guy is called Snowballmon."
Tyler stopped to think. "Demimeramon said there were five of us chosen to be the new digidestined. I guess we just have to find the fifth person now."
"You can do whatever you want.", Josh interrupted. "I'm going home."
"Hey!" Tyler grabbed Josh's arm. You can't just leave. We've all got a lot to talk about.
Josh jerked his arm out of Tyler's grasp. When he spoke his tone was calm and cold. "Don't ever touch me again."
With the others watching, Josh turned and walked away, stopping only to stop down and grab Snowballmon.
"He doesn't have much in the way of manners, does he?", Dave sighed.
"What a jerk!", Tyler cried.
"Can we go home now?", Anna asked quietly.
"Yeah I guess.", Tyler replied. "Why don't we all go and get some lunch at my place. We can talk about...all this."
"Lunch?", Demimeramon asked hopefully.
Tyler reached down to scoop up the little ball of fire. "Over the peanut butter incident, huh?"
Demimeramon shrugged.
Dave threw a pair of huge arms around Tyler and Anna drawing them close rather abruptly. "Well sure! We'll all hang out at your place and have a swell time getting to know each other."
"Great.", Tyler choked out.
They had barely taken a step when the sound of a distant explosion and a slight tremble in the ground caused their heads to snap up. In the distance a beam of white light shot straight into the air as high as they could see.
"Wh-what is that?", Anna stammered softly.
"Looks like lunch will have to wait.", Tyler murmured.
To be continued...
Whoa! Now what's going on? When are these new Digidestined going to get a break? And what's Josh's problem? Find out next time on Digimon: Digital Monsters!