Chapter 4: The Trials of the Temple
Part 1
Tom, Emma, Greg, and Jami were racing as fast as they could through the thick dense tropical forest. Finally, Greg couldn't run anymore. He threw his head down and slapped his hands on his knees. He began to catch his breath. Greg never was a good athlete. Greg stuck his head up and looked around. The others were gone! "Well, now what?" Greg said to himself. "Everyone's gone... I'm alone... I can barely see my nose in front of my face. I would say, 'Can it Get Any Worse?', but whenever they say that on shows and movies, it always does get worse."
"I'm Here!" Zoomon mumbled as he stumbled out from behind a tree nearby.
"At least that isn't worse... " Greg thought to himself.
"I noticed you weren't there, but when I turned I tripped over a root and hurt my right ankle." Zoomon recalled. "It's fine, really. Just a little time." Just then, there was a strange period of silence, an eerie silence. Then, there was a God-Awful roar.
"That we don't have!" Greg exclaimed as he saw Minotarumon plow over an especially thick area of trees.
"This isn't good... " Greg mumbled. Minotarumon stared straight at Greg and Zoomon. Minotarumon let off another God-Awful roar and held up his Cannon Arm.
"DARKSIDE... " Minotarumon began.
"GIGA DESTROYER!" A voice exclaimed as two missiles nailed Minotarumon right in the chest. Greg remembered that attack.
"MetalGreymon!" Greg exclaimed. Immediately following that, MetalGreymon leapt from behind Greg and Zoomon and landed in front of Minotarumon.
"Run for the Temple and you'll be safe. ScribeDramon is waiting for you there. He'll tell you everything you need to know. Now, run like the wind!" MetalGreymon ordered as it began to attack Minotarumon, head on. Greg stood for a second. Finally, Minotarumon flew backwards. Minotarumon stood and picked up his Cannon Arm. Greg shook his head, picked up Zoomon, and ran off as fast as he could. Just as he did, he saw Jami, Emma, Tom, and the Digimon treading cautiously through the other way.
"OVER HERE!" Greg exclaimed. It took all their attention towards him. "LET'S GO! MINOTARUMON'S BACK!" The 6 of them looked Greg and Zoomon for but a moment until they too ran off. The group ran as fast as they could, and as long as they could. Greg began to fall behind again.
"Hurry Up Greg!" Jami exclaimed. "C'mon, You Can Do It!" Jami always was a Team Player. She always tried to do good for the team, wether it be encouraging others or a "Take it for the Team!" type thing. Greg then remembered something. He stopped immediately.
"WAIT EVERYONE!" Greg exclaimed as he pulled a lighter out from his pocket. Greg then pulled up a large stick. He then quickly stuck his hand in his pocket, only to pull out the Test Corrections that Mr. Highfield made them do. "I knew these would come in handy some day." Greg mumbled as he wrapped the 3 Pages around the Top of the stick and lit them with the lighter. The Papers quickly lit on fire and lasted long enough to catch the stick on fire. "And there was light!" As the flame began to illuminate their surroundings, they realized they were but feet from a cave in the bottom of a mountain.
"Mount Gato... The Temple... Finally... " Tom mumbled as they all ran for the Cave as fast as they could. They finally all stood in front of the Cave. The Cave lead to a flight of stairs that lead downward, deep into the earth.
"Well Tom... You First... " Emma mumbled.
"Wusses... " Tom replied as he pulled the Torch from Greg. Tom and Podmon lead the way down the steps, the others followed. They treaded captiously. Finally, after what seemed like hours of walking, they all reached the bottom of the steps. They were in a large stone chamber, with only one other visible exit/entrance. That was a small stone doorway on the other side of the long chamber. The Chamber had 6 Pillars in it, 3 on each side of it. Other than that, that's all that was in there. "Let's head for that Doorway."
"No, really?" Greg replied sarcastically.
"Shut up... " Tom mumbled as the group began to walk across the Chamber. They didn't make it but 1/4 the way there, when they all heard a strange noise. It was like the sound when you swing a stick through a fire.
"What was that... ?" Emma whispered as they all froze, in fear of what it might be. "After that Minotarumon fella', I'm not sure I wanna know... "
"Haven't you ever watched Digimon?" Greg asked Emma.
"I've heard of it... But I've never watched it." Emma responded.
"We'll explain later then... " Greg stated. They all froze as they heard the sound again, only on the other side of the Chamber. They all looked over at the side of the Temple where the sound came from.
"So, the Kids finally decided to show up... You couldn't have picked a better time to come, either." A strange mysterious voice stated from in front of them. They all looked forward, only too see a centaur, except it wasn't really have Half-Man. It's bottom half was a Black Horse with strange Gold Spikes out of its back. Also, on its 4 Legs, it had Gold Armor. The Armor on each leg was separated into two parts, the bottom half of the leg and the top half of the leg. Connecting the two parts was a piece of Black Fabric. There was also a Piece of Armor which, if he were a regular horse, would cover his neck, but instead, it lead into his Human-Half, the Upper Half. The Gold Armor continued up the Human Half until it reached his neck, there was then a Piece of Black Fabric, connecting it to his Golden Samurai-Like Helmet, which covered his entire face. His armor was all Solid Gold and resembled Magnamon's armor, a lot. There was also armor on his right arm, which was divided into two pieces, the same as on his horse half, with a piece of Black Fabric connecting the two pieces. His left arm though, only had armor on his top half of his arm because the bottom half of his arm was a Cannon Arm, similar to Beelzemon Blast Mode's, except it was Silver.
"Who are you!?" Zoomon exclaimed as all the Digimon jumped in front of their partners, ready to protect them.
"Don't worry... I'm a "Good Guy" as you might say. My name is ScribeDramon, I am the Guardian of this Temple. I am also Baihumon's loyal servant. Andromon and MetalGreymon were also Guardians of this Temple, but they went to fight and keep the coast clear enough for you 4 to make it here." The Strange Centaur-Like creature replied. "You just have one last thing to do, you all must pass the Trials... Once you do... You Will Be Blessed by the Mysterious Forces of the Past. Follow Me." No one knew quite what this ScribeDramon was talking about just yet, but soon enough...
ScribeDramon lead them to about Half Way through the Chamber. "Begin... !" ScribeDramon mumbled as a cloud of smoke covered the area. Greg and all the others closed their eyes and coughed. Finally, when they opened their eyes, the 4 of them were in the middle of what looked like a Coliseum.
"This can't be good... " Greg mumbled as an approximate 20 Black-Colored Leomon ran out of the other side. The Black-Colored Leomon all drew their blades. Emma looked upward at the place where the Emperor would sit.
"LOOK!" Emma exclaimed as she saw him. "THERE'S SOMEONE UP THERE!" They all looked up. They saw a large Black-Colored SaberLeomon leap from the stands into the stadium. The Black-Colored SaberLeomon landed in front of them.
"It is I, BlackSaberLeomon!" The Black-Colored SaberLeomon started. "I was in league with ShadowEtemon when he alone ruled the Digital World. However, when the revolts began, My BlackLeomon and I were captured and put on trial. Before they sentenced me to death, ScribeDramon suggested he lock me here, in this Banished Dimension. They all agreed and since then, all supposed DigiDestined had to come here, and only the ones who defeat me will be claimed the true DigiDestined... now... Let's be Gladiators!" BlackSaberLeomon and his Militia of BlackLeomon then lunged at the group.
To Be Continued...
Part 1
Tom, Emma, Greg, and Jami were racing as fast as they could through the thick dense tropical forest. Finally, Greg couldn't run anymore. He threw his head down and slapped his hands on his knees. He began to catch his breath. Greg never was a good athlete. Greg stuck his head up and looked around. The others were gone! "Well, now what?" Greg said to himself. "Everyone's gone... I'm alone... I can barely see my nose in front of my face. I would say, 'Can it Get Any Worse?', but whenever they say that on shows and movies, it always does get worse."
"I'm Here!" Zoomon mumbled as he stumbled out from behind a tree nearby.
"At least that isn't worse... " Greg thought to himself.
"I noticed you weren't there, but when I turned I tripped over a root and hurt my right ankle." Zoomon recalled. "It's fine, really. Just a little time." Just then, there was a strange period of silence, an eerie silence. Then, there was a God-Awful roar.
"That we don't have!" Greg exclaimed as he saw Minotarumon plow over an especially thick area of trees.
"This isn't good... " Greg mumbled. Minotarumon stared straight at Greg and Zoomon. Minotarumon let off another God-Awful roar and held up his Cannon Arm.
"DARKSIDE... " Minotarumon began.
"GIGA DESTROYER!" A voice exclaimed as two missiles nailed Minotarumon right in the chest. Greg remembered that attack.
"MetalGreymon!" Greg exclaimed. Immediately following that, MetalGreymon leapt from behind Greg and Zoomon and landed in front of Minotarumon.
"Run for the Temple and you'll be safe. ScribeDramon is waiting for you there. He'll tell you everything you need to know. Now, run like the wind!" MetalGreymon ordered as it began to attack Minotarumon, head on. Greg stood for a second. Finally, Minotarumon flew backwards. Minotarumon stood and picked up his Cannon Arm. Greg shook his head, picked up Zoomon, and ran off as fast as he could. Just as he did, he saw Jami, Emma, Tom, and the Digimon treading cautiously through the other way.
"OVER HERE!" Greg exclaimed. It took all their attention towards him. "LET'S GO! MINOTARUMON'S BACK!" The 6 of them looked Greg and Zoomon for but a moment until they too ran off. The group ran as fast as they could, and as long as they could. Greg began to fall behind again.
"Hurry Up Greg!" Jami exclaimed. "C'mon, You Can Do It!" Jami always was a Team Player. She always tried to do good for the team, wether it be encouraging others or a "Take it for the Team!" type thing. Greg then remembered something. He stopped immediately.
"WAIT EVERYONE!" Greg exclaimed as he pulled a lighter out from his pocket. Greg then pulled up a large stick. He then quickly stuck his hand in his pocket, only to pull out the Test Corrections that Mr. Highfield made them do. "I knew these would come in handy some day." Greg mumbled as he wrapped the 3 Pages around the Top of the stick and lit them with the lighter. The Papers quickly lit on fire and lasted long enough to catch the stick on fire. "And there was light!" As the flame began to illuminate their surroundings, they realized they were but feet from a cave in the bottom of a mountain.
"Mount Gato... The Temple... Finally... " Tom mumbled as they all ran for the Cave as fast as they could. They finally all stood in front of the Cave. The Cave lead to a flight of stairs that lead downward, deep into the earth.
"Well Tom... You First... " Emma mumbled.
"Wusses... " Tom replied as he pulled the Torch from Greg. Tom and Podmon lead the way down the steps, the others followed. They treaded captiously. Finally, after what seemed like hours of walking, they all reached the bottom of the steps. They were in a large stone chamber, with only one other visible exit/entrance. That was a small stone doorway on the other side of the long chamber. The Chamber had 6 Pillars in it, 3 on each side of it. Other than that, that's all that was in there. "Let's head for that Doorway."
"No, really?" Greg replied sarcastically.
"Shut up... " Tom mumbled as the group began to walk across the Chamber. They didn't make it but 1/4 the way there, when they all heard a strange noise. It was like the sound when you swing a stick through a fire.
"What was that... ?" Emma whispered as they all froze, in fear of what it might be. "After that Minotarumon fella', I'm not sure I wanna know... "
"Haven't you ever watched Digimon?" Greg asked Emma.
"I've heard of it... But I've never watched it." Emma responded.
"We'll explain later then... " Greg stated. They all froze as they heard the sound again, only on the other side of the Chamber. They all looked over at the side of the Temple where the sound came from.
"So, the Kids finally decided to show up... You couldn't have picked a better time to come, either." A strange mysterious voice stated from in front of them. They all looked forward, only too see a centaur, except it wasn't really have Half-Man. It's bottom half was a Black Horse with strange Gold Spikes out of its back. Also, on its 4 Legs, it had Gold Armor. The Armor on each leg was separated into two parts, the bottom half of the leg and the top half of the leg. Connecting the two parts was a piece of Black Fabric. There was also a Piece of Armor which, if he were a regular horse, would cover his neck, but instead, it lead into his Human-Half, the Upper Half. The Gold Armor continued up the Human Half until it reached his neck, there was then a Piece of Black Fabric, connecting it to his Golden Samurai-Like Helmet, which covered his entire face. His armor was all Solid Gold and resembled Magnamon's armor, a lot. There was also armor on his right arm, which was divided into two pieces, the same as on his horse half, with a piece of Black Fabric connecting the two pieces. His left arm though, only had armor on his top half of his arm because the bottom half of his arm was a Cannon Arm, similar to Beelzemon Blast Mode's, except it was Silver.
"Who are you!?" Zoomon exclaimed as all the Digimon jumped in front of their partners, ready to protect them.
"Don't worry... I'm a "Good Guy" as you might say. My name is ScribeDramon, I am the Guardian of this Temple. I am also Baihumon's loyal servant. Andromon and MetalGreymon were also Guardians of this Temple, but they went to fight and keep the coast clear enough for you 4 to make it here." The Strange Centaur-Like creature replied. "You just have one last thing to do, you all must pass the Trials... Once you do... You Will Be Blessed by the Mysterious Forces of the Past. Follow Me." No one knew quite what this ScribeDramon was talking about just yet, but soon enough...
ScribeDramon lead them to about Half Way through the Chamber. "Begin... !" ScribeDramon mumbled as a cloud of smoke covered the area. Greg and all the others closed their eyes and coughed. Finally, when they opened their eyes, the 4 of them were in the middle of what looked like a Coliseum.
"This can't be good... " Greg mumbled as an approximate 20 Black-Colored Leomon ran out of the other side. The Black-Colored Leomon all drew their blades. Emma looked upward at the place where the Emperor would sit.
"LOOK!" Emma exclaimed as she saw him. "THERE'S SOMEONE UP THERE!" They all looked up. They saw a large Black-Colored SaberLeomon leap from the stands into the stadium. The Black-Colored SaberLeomon landed in front of them.
"It is I, BlackSaberLeomon!" The Black-Colored SaberLeomon started. "I was in league with ShadowEtemon when he alone ruled the Digital World. However, when the revolts began, My BlackLeomon and I were captured and put on trial. Before they sentenced me to death, ScribeDramon suggested he lock me here, in this Banished Dimension. They all agreed and since then, all supposed DigiDestined had to come here, and only the ones who defeat me will be claimed the true DigiDestined... now... Let's be Gladiators!" BlackSaberLeomon and his Militia of BlackLeomon then lunged at the group.
To Be Continued...