Henrika: A Tale of Two Tamers
Chapter 10
Henry and Terriermon had to stop and catch their breath for a minute. The castle, it seems, was a lot further than they had anticipated.
"Man… at this rate, it's gonna take us forever to get there, Terriermon!"
"Times like these I wish I did wear shoes. My feet are killing me!"
"Hey wait a minute! You could probably move a lot faster if you digivolved!"
So Henry pulled out his digivice, and he pulled out a Digivolvution card. He prepared to assume the traditional card swipe pose. But then…
"Well, well. Fancy meeting you out here. A boy your age shouldn't be wandering around strange dimensions without an adult escort."
Henry turned around. There, standing behind him, was Yamaki.
"You? What are you doing here?" asked Henry in surprise.
"I was just about to ask you the same question," Yamaki replied.
"No fair," said Terriermon, "Henry asked first!"
"I'm saving the world," said Yamaki, who directed his answer to Henry instead of Terriermon. "Do you even realise what is happening here? The Digital World is trying to take over the real world! It's expanding into our dimension! Eventually, there won't be anything left of the Earth that's recognisable! Fortunately, I've come to save the day."
"How?" asked Henry, though something told him he wasn't going to like the answer.
"By using a little something I call the 'Yuggoth Bomb'. In less than 40 minutes that bomb will detonate. And when it does, everything within this anomaly will be deleted, disintegrated, and otherwise annihilated! Thus, the gateway to the Digital World will be sealed, courtesy of Hypnos."
"Well, what about us?" Henry asked, now knowing for certain that he didn't like where this conversation was going.
"Like I said, everything within the anomaly will be eradicated—including us! That's why we must make sure we're outside of the anomaly when Yuggoth does her job. Now let's go!"
"Wait! I can't leave now! A friend of mine is inside that castle. I have to get her out now!"
"I'm afraid we can't do that. By the time you get to that castle, it'll be too late. The bomb will go off before you can get out."
"But we can't just leave her there!"
"Then perhaps you both should've thought about that before you decided to play with these dangerous creatures. I warned you that associating with Digimon would get you into trouble. Now it's cost your friend her life. Let this be a lesson to you. Now come on! We have to go!"
"No!"
"That wasn't a request!"
Yamaki grabbed Henry by the arm and started to pull.
"Let go!"
"Hey you leave my friend alone!" shouted Terriermon, who leaped up and bit Yamaki's hand.
"Rrgh! You filthy waste of pixels!" Infuriated, Yamaki pulled out a handgun and pointed it at Terriermon.
"Hey! Don't shoot him!" cried Henry.
"Stay out of this! I was just going to let you stay here and be wiped out with the rest of your monster buddies! But instead, I'm going to dispose of you the old fashion way!"
"Oh no you won't!" said Henry, swiping his card through the digivice. "Digi-Modify! Digivolution Activate!"
'Digivolution'
"Terriermon digivolve to... Gargomon!"
Yamaki was completely unprepared for this. The sight of the little bunny Digimon doubling in size to a giant rabbit man with cannons for arms was a bit more than just a shock for him.
"You call that a gun?" said Gargomon, raising his cannon arms. "These are guns! Now you have to ask yourself one question: 'Do I feel lucky?' Well? Do ya?"
"I think you'd be smart to put the gun away, Yamaki," suggested Henry. Yamaki didn't like being at a disadvantage, but he complied nonetheless.
"Hop on Henry," said Gargomon. "I'll give you a 'Gargo back' ride to the castle!"
Henry climbed up onto Gargomon's back.
"You're making a mistake boy. Trusting your life to this monster will be your doom!"
"I've found some of these 'monsters' to be more human to you," said Henry. "Of course, I wouldn't expect you to understand."
With those words, Gargomon took off at amazing Gargomon speed, leaving Yamaki with a very big decision to make.
TO BE CONTINUED
