Henrika: A Tale of Two Tamers

Chapter 5



Rika slipped on her shades just before entering the Digital Field. Already in the Field was Takato with Guilmon, and Terriermon. Henry came in seconds later, almost out of breath.

"Terriermon… why… am… I… not… surprised to… see you here?" panted Henry.

"Well we're here," said Rika, "so where's the Digimon? Don't tell me you already beat him, Gogglehead!"

"Me? No actually, we haven't seen the Digimon yet."

"That's odd," observed Henry. "Why would a Digital Field appear with no Digimon?"

"But there is a Digimon here!" said Guilmon. "I can smell it!"

Just then, a strange wind began to blow. In the ground, a footprint appeared seemingly out of nowhere. Terriermon started trembling with fear, like he'd never trembled with fear before.

"Oh no… Not him!"

Suddenly, a huge and hairy Digimon became visible. At that moment, Henry knew why Terriermon was so disturbed.

"It's Endigomon!" shouted Henry, as he held up his digivice, activating the encyclopedia. "A Champion level Virus Digimon. His attacks are Howling Destroyer and…"

"Long Arm Grabbing!" roared Endigomon, as his arm outstretched towards Rika. Fortunately, Renamon once again arrived at the crucial moment and deflected the attack with a well-timed kick.

"I always know how to make an entrance."

"Let him have it Renamon!"

"He'll have it and keep it! Diamond Storm!"

Endigomon was momentarily blinded by Renamon's barrage, but quickly retaliated.

"Howling Destroyer!"

"Pyro Sphere!"

Guilmon's intervention deflected the blast into a nearby tree, which disintegrated. Clearly, Endigomon did not like interference. He began lumbering towards Guilmon.

"Uh oh."

"Don't worry Guilmon, we're ready for him! Digi-Modify! Hyper Wings activate!"

With the swipe of a card, Guilmon sprouted six glowing wings. He flew up into the air, avoiding what would have been a nasty whack on the head.

"Ha, ha, missed me!"

"Yeah! Do it Guilmon!"

"Pyro Sphere!"

Guilmon fired at Endigomon's feet, giving him the hot foot. This caused the lumbering beast to lose his balance and fall down.

"Alright Renamon," said Rika, "this is our chance! Finish him off!"

"Diamond…"

"Waiiit!" cried Henry. "Don't do it! You can't destroy him!"

"Oh yeah? Give us one good reason why not!"

"Because," said Terriermon, "he's my brother."

Meanwhile, Endigomon got back up on his feet. The strange wind began to blow and Endigomon faded from site.

"Rika... You cannot escape us."

The whole Digital Field vanished as well. Everyone was left in a state of confusion.

"Where'd he go?" asked Takato.

"I don't know," replied Henry. "We didn't destroy him, so there's no reason why he or the Digital Field should just disappear. None of this makes any sense."

"All I know," snarled Rika, "is that Renamon and I had a chance to download a really strong Digimon and you stopped us! Thanks a lot!"

With that, Rika stormed off with Renamon following behind.

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Meanwhile, over at Hypnos, Riley and Tally were tracking the whole thing.

"Sir, these readings are very odd. It shows that the anomaly has disappeared, yet the Digimon that was inside is still intact."

"Present location?"

"Difficult to pinpoint, sir. Looks like it's returned to the Digital World."

'For now at least,' Yamaki thought to himself. 'If this means what I think it means, then we're going to have to result to more drastic measures.'

TO BE CONTINUED