Henrika: A Tale of Two Tamers

Chapter 12



"Ha! You missed!" Antylamon laughed.

"Did I?" said Gargomon. Antylamon looked behind him and noticed that Gargomon had actually been aiming at Renamon's chains. Renamon was now free.

"Blast! You've released my bargaining chip!" Antylamon growled.

Meanwhile, unbeknownst to everyone else, but knownst to us, Calumon was watching from a nearby window. He watched as Rika went to aid her Digimon companion.

'Game over?' Calumon thought.

"Rika... Gargomon can't take on an Ultimate alone. You must help me to digivolve."

"But how? My Digivolution card just doesn't seem to work for me!"

"It will work… if you believe in me."

Rika looked over at Gargomon. He was holding his own against Antylamon, but not for very long. So Rika reached into her card pouch and pulled out her Digivolution card.

'I know this can work. Please let Renamon digivolve so she can defeat Antylamon,' Rika thought to herself. As she did, the card began glowing a bright blue glow. This glow caught Antylamon's attention.

"Well, well, well. What have we here?"

"Here we go!" said Calumon, as the triangle on his head began to glow as well.

"Digi-Modify! Digivolution Activate!"

'Digivolution'

"Renamon digivolve to… Kyubimon!"

"I did it," said an amazed Rika. "We did it! Alright Kyubimon, go kick some giant rabbit's tail!"

"The pleasure will be all mine. Fox Tail inferno!" This sudden intervention from Kyubimon gave Gargomon the breathing room he needed.

"Yeah! Now that's more like it! Gargo Laser!"

"Rrgh! Two Champions against one Ultimate! How dare you level the playing field!"

Meanwhile, Henry managed to sneak in and get to Rika.

"Rika! Are you okay?"

"Henry!" For a moment, Rika actually sounded happy to see Henry. "Yeah, of course I'm fine. What, you didn't think I could handle things on my own?"

"Oh I knew you'd handle yourself fine," said Henry, respecting Rika's pride, "I just figured you might like some extra backup. You know, just in case 'fine' wasn't enough."

"Well, I suppose a little backup was a good idea. After all... sometimes me and Renamon need a little help," Rika said with a smile.

"Hey you! Stay away from my political puppet!" roared Antylamon. The giant rabbit managed to break free from Kyubimon and Gargomon, grabbed Henry, and flung him right at the open window, where Calumon no longer seemed to be.

"Henry!" cried Rika. Henry managed to grab the edge of the window, but his fingers were slipping fast.

"A little help here guys!" Henry shouted. Unfortunately, the last of his fingers gave way and he was about to fall.

TO BE CONTINUED