Henrika: A Tale of Two Tamers
Chapter 13
Suddenly, just as Henry thought he was about to meet his maker, a hand quickly reached down and grabbed his. It took Henry a brief second to realise he'd just been saved. The hand began to pull him up. Taking a good look, Henry noticed that the sleeve on the arm was that of a black business suit.
'No, it couldn't be. Could it?' Henry thought to himself. As he finally got pulled back inside, Henry discovered that his suspicion was correct; his saviour was Yamaki.
"You? Uhhh, not that I'm ungrateful or anything but why did you come?"
"Perhaps I'm not the monster you thought I am," Yamaki replied, cracking an almost decent smile.
"More humans!" Antylamon snarled. "You will all die!"
"I think not," Yamaki said with confidence. "Now Riley!"
Before anyone could react, Riley busted in and threw a grenade at Antylamon. The grenade released a huge plume of smoke, blinding the rabbit Ultimate.
"Now's our chance! Let's go!" Yamaki and Riley began leading Henry and Rika out of the room. They began proceeding down the stairs to the exit.
"I thought you said there wasn't going to be enough time for a rescue?" Henry asked.
"I managed to contact Tally and asked her to give us an extension," Yamaki replied.
"Hey aren't we forgetting someone people?" interrupted Rika. "Kyubimon and Gargomon!"
"That's right!" realised Henry. "They're still up there! We have to go back for them!"
"Look kid," Yamaki said, "the extension I got wasn't much. It's just enough time for us to get out of here and reach the barrier. I already risked my life once trying to save your lives, I'm not going to risk it again just to save data!"
Before Henry could retort with a 'They're more than just data,' speech, the ceiling blew open. Debris and rocks came tumbling down, a huge chunk of which landed right on top of Yamaki.
"Yamaki!!!!" screamed Riley, who immediately rushed to his aide. "Yamaki, are you okay?"
"Rrgh… My legs are… pinned down." grunted Yamaki. "I think they might be… broken."
Through the hole in the ceiling, Antylamon leaped down. The expression on his face suggested that he was really, extremely pissed off.
"You should not have done that!" roared Antylamon. "Royal Rule Number One: NO SMOKING IN THE CASTLE!"
Antylamon raised his arm in preparation to strike when suddenly, his arm was pelted by blue fire balls from above. The rabbit Deva looked up to see…
"Kyubimon!" cried Rika. Kyubimon jumped down from the hole followed by…
"Gargomon!" cried Henry. The two Champions surrounded the Ultimate.
"You wouldn't attack your own brother now, would you?" asked Antylamon, rubbing his still sore arm.
"Sorry bub," said Gargomon "Just call me an orphan! Gargo Laser!"
"Dragon Wheel!"
The attacks were directed at Antylamon's legs. Crippled and incapacitated, the Deva fell to the floor.
"Whoa Gargomon, don't you think you were a little ruff there?" asked Henry.
"Well he started it!"
Suddenly, an incredibly loud explosion was heard in the distance. The entire castle began to shake, as if it were about to collapse.
"What is this?" snarled Antylamon. "What is going on?"
"Your government tax dollars at work," Yamaki said, with a not-so-decent smile.
TO BE CONTINUED
