Chapter 3 - The Digital Portal
He struggled to pull his sneakers out of the mud. Running into the park in the middle of a rainstorm wasn't a smart idea.
Then again, Takato wasn't a very smart person.
He pulled his foot free and ran quickly, so that he didn't sink into the mud again.
The rain had come suddenly with a bolt of lightning. Takato didn't know it, but the rain had been caused by more than just a couple full clouds bumping into each other...
Takato couldn't see three feet in front of his eyes, but he knew exactly where he was going. He had been there tons of times... with Guilmon.
It was the place they hid Guilmon from the other people. It was the place where Guilmon had practically lived two years ago.
It was the place where there was a portal from the Digital World.
Takato was within ten meters of the stone shelter when he caught sight of it. It only looked like a dark shadow in the rain.
He dashed up a few broken stone steps, and finally stumbled into the shelter.
The rain beat heavily against the roof. A few drops leaked in from holes between the squarish grey rocks.
The shelter was lit by a dim light emanating from the corner. Takato stepped closer. The portal, though it did not give off heat, made his skin tingle.
For a minute Takato wondered whether he should tell Rika or Henry... after all, they were his companions.
No, he decided. If they have to come, their digivices will lead them.
He waited in awe. Waited... waiting for something to come out of the portal. Something... Guilmon.
He was going to finally see Guilmon!
***
Henry and Rika had a harder time using their digivices. The rain was just too thick, and they were afraid the water would damage the devices. They had no idea whether or not they were waterproof... better not take the chance.
Henry called Rika, and they met up at Henry's house, which was only eight blocks from the park. The problem was, they didn't know that it was the park where they had to go.
They stood in Henry's house, looking out the window.
At first Rika thought that the compass was pointing at the Hypnos building, but pointing the compass out another window disproved this theory.
Wherever their destination was, it was to the west of the entrance of Hypnos. The entrance of Hypnos faced south.
"We should wait for the rain to stop." Henry said.
"I don't think it will stop." Rika said. She wasn't talking about just the clouds... she had a strange feeling that somehow the storm was connected to the Digital World.
Henry was in deep thought. The park, he thought. Why was he thinking the park? What was significant about it?
"Oh my god!" Henry said, suddenly realizing.
"What--?" Rika started, but Henry had already grabbed her arm and they were out the door.
***
The Helldon empire started out small, occupying an island off the west coast of the main continent in the Digital World.
It consisted of Zeldemon, the queen, who was humanoid with red eyes and is always wearing a cloak, and has strong magic; a few wise Candlemon as military strategists; Ogremon as war chiefs, Goblimon and Fugamon as melee warriors, Apemon (tall, yellow, and fast) and a couple Endigomon (tall, hulking things, look stupid but are pretty powerful) as shock melee units, some DarkAngemon to fight from the range, and all the other random weak digimon as slaves.
With this army the Helldon army slowly conquered most of the Digital World, starting from the west.
The in-training form digimon put up not a fight at all.
Soon half the continent was under Helldon control.
"This is too easy!" Zeldemon said joyously, "but not that I mind."
The soverigns saw the rising threat of the Helldon army, but knew that they needed more power to stop it.
Defeating the army might not have been so hard, but Zeldemon possessed magic capable of (eventually) destroying the sovereigns themselves!
The sovereigns knew who they had to turn to.
The heroes. The ones who had defeated the chaos known as the D-Reaper.
The tamers.
He struggled to pull his sneakers out of the mud. Running into the park in the middle of a rainstorm wasn't a smart idea.
Then again, Takato wasn't a very smart person.
He pulled his foot free and ran quickly, so that he didn't sink into the mud again.
The rain had come suddenly with a bolt of lightning. Takato didn't know it, but the rain had been caused by more than just a couple full clouds bumping into each other...
Takato couldn't see three feet in front of his eyes, but he knew exactly where he was going. He had been there tons of times... with Guilmon.
It was the place they hid Guilmon from the other people. It was the place where Guilmon had practically lived two years ago.
It was the place where there was a portal from the Digital World.
Takato was within ten meters of the stone shelter when he caught sight of it. It only looked like a dark shadow in the rain.
He dashed up a few broken stone steps, and finally stumbled into the shelter.
The rain beat heavily against the roof. A few drops leaked in from holes between the squarish grey rocks.
The shelter was lit by a dim light emanating from the corner. Takato stepped closer. The portal, though it did not give off heat, made his skin tingle.
For a minute Takato wondered whether he should tell Rika or Henry... after all, they were his companions.
No, he decided. If they have to come, their digivices will lead them.
He waited in awe. Waited... waiting for something to come out of the portal. Something... Guilmon.
He was going to finally see Guilmon!
***
Henry and Rika had a harder time using their digivices. The rain was just too thick, and they were afraid the water would damage the devices. They had no idea whether or not they were waterproof... better not take the chance.
Henry called Rika, and they met up at Henry's house, which was only eight blocks from the park. The problem was, they didn't know that it was the park where they had to go.
They stood in Henry's house, looking out the window.
At first Rika thought that the compass was pointing at the Hypnos building, but pointing the compass out another window disproved this theory.
Wherever their destination was, it was to the west of the entrance of Hypnos. The entrance of Hypnos faced south.
"We should wait for the rain to stop." Henry said.
"I don't think it will stop." Rika said. She wasn't talking about just the clouds... she had a strange feeling that somehow the storm was connected to the Digital World.
Henry was in deep thought. The park, he thought. Why was he thinking the park? What was significant about it?
"Oh my god!" Henry said, suddenly realizing.
"What--?" Rika started, but Henry had already grabbed her arm and they were out the door.
***
The Helldon empire started out small, occupying an island off the west coast of the main continent in the Digital World.
It consisted of Zeldemon, the queen, who was humanoid with red eyes and is always wearing a cloak, and has strong magic; a few wise Candlemon as military strategists; Ogremon as war chiefs, Goblimon and Fugamon as melee warriors, Apemon (tall, yellow, and fast) and a couple Endigomon (tall, hulking things, look stupid but are pretty powerful) as shock melee units, some DarkAngemon to fight from the range, and all the other random weak digimon as slaves.
With this army the Helldon army slowly conquered most of the Digital World, starting from the west.
The in-training form digimon put up not a fight at all.
Soon half the continent was under Helldon control.
"This is too easy!" Zeldemon said joyously, "but not that I mind."
The soverigns saw the rising threat of the Helldon army, but knew that they needed more power to stop it.
Defeating the army might not have been so hard, but Zeldemon possessed magic capable of (eventually) destroying the sovereigns themselves!
The sovereigns knew who they had to turn to.
The heroes. The ones who had defeated the chaos known as the D-Reaper.
The tamers.
