Runaway Digivolving
"Violet, when does this bandage come off?" Mike asked as they reached another rough bit they had to scramble over with difficulty. They'd been crawling up a hill that had been near the lake where they'd met the Tuskmon, except they hadn't seen all rough bits when they'd been at the bottom.
Violet sighed. Mike had asked the same question for the last five hours, which was how long they had been crawling up the hill. She kept saying the same thing back, so maybe it was time to modify how she said it.
After a pause, she began," Mike, how many times do I have to tell you the same thing? You've only had that bandage on for about ten hours and that sort of wound takes at least two or three days to heal. Perhaps you would prefer it if you just died from loss of blood, or being infected by some nasty bug getting into your blood stream, or both."
Mike was a bit taken back by this. He'd never thought of Violet as a doctor, but she knew more about medical things than any other eleven-year- old he'd ever met. Shaking himself, he opened his mouth to protest, but she just gave him her I-know-what-you're-thinking look, and he stopped himself.
Violet was glad he had shut up. It gave her a chance to talk to V.
Ever since she was about two, she'd been haunted by a weird voice. It sounded just like her, except it wasn't at all like her. It was very easy to hear, for her, but no one else could hear it. It had become her companion, for a reason she could not remember. All she knew was that it was the only thing she could trust her secrets to, apart from Lizzie, her best friend. She had named it V, as it sounded like her, but it wasn't her.
V had often looked like her too, when she saw her in her dreams. She was talking like crazy at that moment, so she listened, ~" You know he doesn't like the way you mother him." ~
"I know," Violet thought back," But who else was going to do it, hmmm? Who did you have in mind?"
~" Anyone could have asked you for the first aid kit. Even Steve. Can't you tell they like each other? You've always said that fighting is a sign of deep friendship. Well, there's an excellent example." ~
Violet didn't reply. It was true, she had said that about fighting. Well, not about war, but the other kind of fighting.
Just then, she realised Pearlmon was talking to her. Looking down at her Digimon, she said," Yes?"
"Violet, we're stopping. Didn't you notice?" Pearlmon asked. Violet blinked and stopped. They had got to the top of the hill and she'd just kept walking. Blushing slightly, she hurried back to the others.
"So glad you could join us," Steve said, sarcastically. Violet was about to say something back, when John interrupted.
"What were you thinking?" he questioned.
"Huh?" Violet said, caught by surprise.
"You looked like you were thinking something," Mary explained.
Mike, hurting Violet more than intended, said," Probably thinking of more ways to ruin my life."
Violet felt as though he'd flung a dagger at her. She took a few seconds to answer," I was just thinking about those black balls."
Everyone except Mike noticed the pause. Mary was about to ask why she had paused, when John hurriedly said," The sun is starting to set. We should find somewhere to sleep for the night."
He was right. The sun was setting, but Firepentmon knew this area. He led them to a small pond where the water was fresh and Steve started to make a fire.
A few hours later, when everyone except Violet and Pearlmon were asleep, Violet knelt by the pond to talk to V.
When she was awake and near water, she could see V without needing to close her eyes. In the water, V shimmered into view.
She looked just like Violet, but she had a picture of a dragon's head on her neck and three lines that went through her left eye.
Violet smiled. She could actually talk to V aloud when she was alone, so Pearlmon was shocked to hear Violet talking to something that replied in her voice.
"V, I'm not sure if I should stay with the group."
~" Why?" ~ the mysterious voice replied. Pearlmon, sneaking up to water, making her flames almost go out so she wouldn't be seen in the water, was surprised to see someone who looked almost just like Violet in the water. It was possible for other people to see V when she was in the water.
Violet, oblivious to the fact that Pearlmon was watching them, explained to V," Mike said he hated me."
~" He did not." ~
"Well, maybe not straight out, but I got the idea."
~" He didn't mean it to hurt you. He was just annoyed about the bandage." ~
"Yeah, but any of the others could have fixed him. Like you said, they just had to ask me for the bandage."
~" You're serious about leaving, aren't you."
"Yes. I just wanted to tell you. And see you. Well, come on then."
She stood up and almost stepped on Pearlmon. Her eyes widened, then narrowed," Any reason why you're spying on me?" she asked, arms crossed.
"I heard what you were saying. Can I come with you?"
Violet wasn't expecting this. Then, V said, ~" She's your Digimon, remember? She's supposed to protect you." ~
Violet smiled when she heard that, and then she nodded at Pearlmon. Before they left, Firpentmon stirred.
Violet's digivice beeped. Holding it in front of her, she thought to V, " What's going on?"
~" I can do a lot more than talk. I'm sending out some sleeping powder through your digivice." ~
As soon as V `said` that, bright orange bits of dust came out of the screen on Violet's digivice. The powder spread out, covering the whole campsite in sparkly light. Firepentmon stopped stirring, falling into a deep sleep.
Violet stared as the powder disappeared into the group's bodies. Then, when all of it had disappeared, she looked at Pearlmon. She understood, and they both slipped away, into the darkness.
Snowmon felt the heat of the sun on his face so suddenly he thought a Greymon had used it's Nova Blast on him. He creaked his eyes open and was surprised to see the sun already high in the sky, as though it was 10 o'clock. But it couldn't be!
Getting to his feet, shaking himself, he looked round. He was the first up! Walking over to the pond, he had a five-minute swim and when he got out, all the Digimon were awake. Except.
"Hey!" he called, his voice sounding strange in the silence," Where's Pearlmon?"
The other Digimon looked around, but they couldn't see her. Snowmon was about to wake Steve, when Firepentmon said," Wait a second, Violet's not here either!"
Snowmon's eyes widened. Quickly, he bent down and bit Steve's hand.
"YEEOW!" Steve screamed, sitting up immediately and shaking his hand," Jeez, what was that for?"
Snowmon sighed, Steve wasn't going to like this.
Three minutes later, Steve jumped up," What do you mean, they're gone?"
"Exactly what I said, Steve. They're gone," Snowmon said. Steve stared round.
"Why's everyone still asleep? It has to be at least ten o'clock!" Steve rushed over to Mary, shaking her," What's going on?" she asked, groggily.
"Violet and Pearlmon are gone," Steve explained. She leapt up and helped him to wake up the others.
When they were all awake and the situation had been described, Mike noticed that Firepentmon had a strange look on his face. Bending down, he asked," What's wrong?"
Looking up at him, Firepentmon answered," I think I saw them leave. I was thirsty, so I woke up. My eyes had half-opened when I saw them looking at me. I kept still, as though I was about to wake up, but I kept my eyes slightly open. Violet's digivice beeped and started to send out some kind of orange sleep powder. I watched it sink into everyone and was about to leap up and stop them when I felt the powder sink into me too. The last thing I remember seeing is Violet's surprised face as she saw all the powder."
The tiny fire snake had everyone's attention by now. John rubbed his chin," You mean, she hadn't expected the powder, although it came from her own digivice?"
Firepentmon nodded. Mike put his head in his hands," She left because of me. It's all my fault."
Steve frowned. Hadn't Mike said he thought Violet was ruining his life? He felt Snowmon nudge his hand and looked down. His Digimon looked as though he wanted to say something, so Steve bent down to listen," You know, I think they like each other. In fact, I can almost see the seeds of romance."
Steve blinked. Then, looking at Mike, he realised Snowmon was right. Mike did seem to have a relationship with Violet that went beyond friendship. But first, he needed to comfort Mike.
"Don't worry Mike. If Violet gets into any trouble, Pearlmon could digivolve. It's not impossible," Steve said, looking at Mike. Mike lifted his head up to look at Steve. Encouraged by this, Steve went on," And anyway, she's an expert in karate, judo and kickboxing, remember? It could take a lot to at least wound her, but maybe we should look for her anyway."
Mike hadn't expected Steve to suggest that, but he found himself nodding. Holding his hand to his bandage, which had come loose, he got to his feet and said," Well, we'd better get going."
Everybody nodded, but something was nagging at the back of Steve's mind. Something that Violet had said about Mike loosing his blood.
The thought wouldn't come, so he just got up and led the group away from the campsite. He'd probably remember later.
~" Violet, why did you get so hurt by what Mike said?" ~ V said as Violet stumbled along a rough path that ran next to a stream. She'd chosen that particular path so she could talk to V.
Violet stared at V," Why?"
~" I just think you're taking something a boy said extremely seriously." ~
"Actually, I don't really know. I just felt as though he had flung a knife at me. It felt rather strange."
V smiled and sang, ~ "Can you feel the love tonight?" ~ Violet stopped and stared at V, "What?" V just smiled at her. Then she heard Pearlmon calling for her, so she ran to her.
"I can see the others from here. I think you should see them," Pearlmon explained. Violet looked at her, then at the group that was visible from the high bit of rock she was on. V was back in her head.
~" Mike's losing blood," ~ She pointed out. Violet felt something inside her rip. He was losing so much blood, it was obvious he couldn't hold on for much longer. As she watched, he fell.
Steve heard the thump behind him and spun round. Mike was lying on the ground a couple of metres away, unconscious. He ran back to him. He remembered what Violet had said now," Perhaps you would prefer it if you just died from loss of blood."
When he got to Mike, he saw the bandage had come off entirely, blood pumping freely from Mike's wound. Trying to think of what he could use as a substitute, he suddenly heard a voice in his head that sounded just like Violet, ~ "There's a palm leaf you can use to your left."~
Frowning slightly, he turned to his left and saw the palm leaf. Mary and John had heard the thump, and were standing next to Mike as they watched Steve pick up the palm leaf and check it for bugs. He took it over to the stream Violet had been walking along and washed it in the clear water.
He brought it back to Mike, and the others stared as he expertly tied it around Mike's arm in a perfect mock-bandage, stopping the flow of blood. John, rubbing his neck, asked," Where on earth did you learn to make a bandage like that?"
Steve, sticking a safety pin that had been in his pocket into the bandage to keep it in place, replied," My dad's a doctor. In fact, that was why he divorced with my mum."
He stood up, stretched and scratched his head. He was about to say something else, when they heard an evil laugh and the sound of something coming towards them," Uh oh," Mary said.
Violet stared as she saw something that looked like a grey ghost with an eyeball necklace and a red cloak with a radiation sign (a skull with three curved rectangles around it) on it coming towards the others. It was carrying a gold scythe, a silver mace and it had black eyes, except they weren't exactly visible in the darkness under the hood.
Next to her, Pearlmon bristled," I know that guy," she said," He's Phantomon, a ghost Digimon who can cut through anything with his Shadow Scythe. The others will have a problem beating him, because he's an ultimate Digimon!"
Steve frowned. Holding his digivice up at Snowmon, he said, " Snowmon, digivolve!"
"Snowmon digivolve to Icemon!"
The ice beast leapt at Phantomon, but the ghost just floated to the side.
"Do you really think you can beat me that easily? Shadow Scythe!" the Digimon said, swinging his scythe into Icemon, forcing him to go back to Snowmon.
Turning towards Mike's limp body, the evil Digimon said," I'm in the mood for chopped boy!" as he launched himself at Mike.
Violet wouldn't watch Mike die without a fight. Leaping off the rock, she landed on Phantomon, pulling his hood over his eyes.
Phantomon wasn't expecting this, but he could deal with it. He easily shrugged her off and raised his scythe.
Mary stood there with her mouth open. They'd finally found Violet, and now she was going to DIE!
However, Pearlmon had other ideas. Following Violet's example, she jumped onto Phantomon and yelled," Pearl Burn!"
It was no use. A mere fireball wouldn't stop an ultimate Digimon, as Phantomon proved, brushing through the flame as though it was air. He turned back to Violet and twirled his mace around her neck, strangling her. Any moment now she would die from suffocation.
But that moment didn't come. Her digivice glowed and shot out a familiar ball of light at Pearlmon. As it hit her, she yelled," Pearlmon digivolve to Flakemon!"
Pearlmon was now a long, purple snake with a luminous pink helmet that had a gold lightning bolt going through the eyehole. It had a plume of flames on it's head, another lot of fire around it's green rattlesnake's tail. It had green rings, just like Serpentmon's, representing a neck and a pair of pink wings with a picture of fire on each of them.
The angry snake whipped out his tail, knocking the mace out of Phantomon's hands. Violet got to her feet, rubbing her neck.
Snowmon said," I know her. She's Flakemon, a snake Digimon who curls herself up to make her attack, Flame Wheel. And once she aims, it's almost impossible for her to miss!"
Mary ran to Violet and asked," Are you OK?"
Violet looked and her and replied," Do I look OK?" Mary wasn't sure if that was sarcasm or not.
However, all Violet was interested in was Phantomon's back. There was some kind of black energy coming from it. Then she clicked her fingers and shouted to her Digimon," Flakemon, aim for his back!"
The fire snake, upon hearing that, circled round behind Phantomon, curled himself into a wheel shape and was consumed by fire. She cried out," Flame Wheel!" and shot at the energy.
As soon as she hit Phantomon's back, his eyes flashed and out came a familiar black ball. Phantomon fell to the ground.
Flakemon flashed and shrank to Pearlmon. The small fire Digimon ran to Violet, who picked her up and hugged her. As Pearlmon smiled in the embrace, she felt something wet on Violet's neck. She looked and saw an open cut. She pointed it out to Violet, who took a plaster out of her first- aid kit and put it over the cut.
"I must have got it from that mace," Violet said. Then, without warning, Mary was hugging her as well, saying," Violet, I'm so glad you're all right. You were so brave!"
Violet pushed her off, embarrassed, and asked her, "Is Mike OK?" Then, without waiting for an answer, she knelt by him and checked his palm-leaf bandage carefully.
Snowmon smiled at Steve, and said," See, what did I tell you? Love seeds," Steve smiled back and glanced at the group.
John had been rather quiet, but now he spoke," You guys, I think that proves we should stay together."
Steve stared at him. John had changed completely since they had come to the Digital World. Back on Earth, he would be asking questions, not saying what he thought. Come to think of it, in a way, they had all changed.
It felt freaky, thinking that he wasn't who he used to be. But then, he had a disturbing thought," What if the others are changing, and I'm not? Maybe I should leave the group to find out," He shook himself. No, he couldn't run away.
But as the group, all together again, settled down to wait for Mike to wake up, Steve and Mary had one thing in common. They both felt that the others were different from themselves. And that thought could put them in danger.
WILL STEVE LEAVE THE GROUP? AND WILL MIKE SURVIVE FROM THE LOSS OF BLOOD? FIND OUT ON THE NEXT DIGIMON, DIGITAL MONSTERS!
Author's Note: LONG................... Now, any comments. (looks back, then jumps about 6 feet in the air (to do this, she went through the roof. Ouch)) YAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGHHHHHHHH!!!! WHERE THE BLINKIN' **** DID V COME FROM???????????????? Well, actually, now I'm well into the series, I know where she's from, but I still have NO idea where in my mind she came from. Oh this wonderful. My brain is creating Mysterious Voices. Fab.
"Violet, when does this bandage come off?" Mike asked as they reached another rough bit they had to scramble over with difficulty. They'd been crawling up a hill that had been near the lake where they'd met the Tuskmon, except they hadn't seen all rough bits when they'd been at the bottom.
Violet sighed. Mike had asked the same question for the last five hours, which was how long they had been crawling up the hill. She kept saying the same thing back, so maybe it was time to modify how she said it.
After a pause, she began," Mike, how many times do I have to tell you the same thing? You've only had that bandage on for about ten hours and that sort of wound takes at least two or three days to heal. Perhaps you would prefer it if you just died from loss of blood, or being infected by some nasty bug getting into your blood stream, or both."
Mike was a bit taken back by this. He'd never thought of Violet as a doctor, but she knew more about medical things than any other eleven-year- old he'd ever met. Shaking himself, he opened his mouth to protest, but she just gave him her I-know-what-you're-thinking look, and he stopped himself.
Violet was glad he had shut up. It gave her a chance to talk to V.
Ever since she was about two, she'd been haunted by a weird voice. It sounded just like her, except it wasn't at all like her. It was very easy to hear, for her, but no one else could hear it. It had become her companion, for a reason she could not remember. All she knew was that it was the only thing she could trust her secrets to, apart from Lizzie, her best friend. She had named it V, as it sounded like her, but it wasn't her.
V had often looked like her too, when she saw her in her dreams. She was talking like crazy at that moment, so she listened, ~" You know he doesn't like the way you mother him." ~
"I know," Violet thought back," But who else was going to do it, hmmm? Who did you have in mind?"
~" Anyone could have asked you for the first aid kit. Even Steve. Can't you tell they like each other? You've always said that fighting is a sign of deep friendship. Well, there's an excellent example." ~
Violet didn't reply. It was true, she had said that about fighting. Well, not about war, but the other kind of fighting.
Just then, she realised Pearlmon was talking to her. Looking down at her Digimon, she said," Yes?"
"Violet, we're stopping. Didn't you notice?" Pearlmon asked. Violet blinked and stopped. They had got to the top of the hill and she'd just kept walking. Blushing slightly, she hurried back to the others.
"So glad you could join us," Steve said, sarcastically. Violet was about to say something back, when John interrupted.
"What were you thinking?" he questioned.
"Huh?" Violet said, caught by surprise.
"You looked like you were thinking something," Mary explained.
Mike, hurting Violet more than intended, said," Probably thinking of more ways to ruin my life."
Violet felt as though he'd flung a dagger at her. She took a few seconds to answer," I was just thinking about those black balls."
Everyone except Mike noticed the pause. Mary was about to ask why she had paused, when John hurriedly said," The sun is starting to set. We should find somewhere to sleep for the night."
He was right. The sun was setting, but Firepentmon knew this area. He led them to a small pond where the water was fresh and Steve started to make a fire.
A few hours later, when everyone except Violet and Pearlmon were asleep, Violet knelt by the pond to talk to V.
When she was awake and near water, she could see V without needing to close her eyes. In the water, V shimmered into view.
She looked just like Violet, but she had a picture of a dragon's head on her neck and three lines that went through her left eye.
Violet smiled. She could actually talk to V aloud when she was alone, so Pearlmon was shocked to hear Violet talking to something that replied in her voice.
"V, I'm not sure if I should stay with the group."
~" Why?" ~ the mysterious voice replied. Pearlmon, sneaking up to water, making her flames almost go out so she wouldn't be seen in the water, was surprised to see someone who looked almost just like Violet in the water. It was possible for other people to see V when she was in the water.
Violet, oblivious to the fact that Pearlmon was watching them, explained to V," Mike said he hated me."
~" He did not." ~
"Well, maybe not straight out, but I got the idea."
~" He didn't mean it to hurt you. He was just annoyed about the bandage." ~
"Yeah, but any of the others could have fixed him. Like you said, they just had to ask me for the bandage."
~" You're serious about leaving, aren't you."
"Yes. I just wanted to tell you. And see you. Well, come on then."
She stood up and almost stepped on Pearlmon. Her eyes widened, then narrowed," Any reason why you're spying on me?" she asked, arms crossed.
"I heard what you were saying. Can I come with you?"
Violet wasn't expecting this. Then, V said, ~" She's your Digimon, remember? She's supposed to protect you." ~
Violet smiled when she heard that, and then she nodded at Pearlmon. Before they left, Firpentmon stirred.
Violet's digivice beeped. Holding it in front of her, she thought to V, " What's going on?"
~" I can do a lot more than talk. I'm sending out some sleeping powder through your digivice." ~
As soon as V `said` that, bright orange bits of dust came out of the screen on Violet's digivice. The powder spread out, covering the whole campsite in sparkly light. Firepentmon stopped stirring, falling into a deep sleep.
Violet stared as the powder disappeared into the group's bodies. Then, when all of it had disappeared, she looked at Pearlmon. She understood, and they both slipped away, into the darkness.
Snowmon felt the heat of the sun on his face so suddenly he thought a Greymon had used it's Nova Blast on him. He creaked his eyes open and was surprised to see the sun already high in the sky, as though it was 10 o'clock. But it couldn't be!
Getting to his feet, shaking himself, he looked round. He was the first up! Walking over to the pond, he had a five-minute swim and when he got out, all the Digimon were awake. Except.
"Hey!" he called, his voice sounding strange in the silence," Where's Pearlmon?"
The other Digimon looked around, but they couldn't see her. Snowmon was about to wake Steve, when Firepentmon said," Wait a second, Violet's not here either!"
Snowmon's eyes widened. Quickly, he bent down and bit Steve's hand.
"YEEOW!" Steve screamed, sitting up immediately and shaking his hand," Jeez, what was that for?"
Snowmon sighed, Steve wasn't going to like this.
Three minutes later, Steve jumped up," What do you mean, they're gone?"
"Exactly what I said, Steve. They're gone," Snowmon said. Steve stared round.
"Why's everyone still asleep? It has to be at least ten o'clock!" Steve rushed over to Mary, shaking her," What's going on?" she asked, groggily.
"Violet and Pearlmon are gone," Steve explained. She leapt up and helped him to wake up the others.
When they were all awake and the situation had been described, Mike noticed that Firepentmon had a strange look on his face. Bending down, he asked," What's wrong?"
Looking up at him, Firepentmon answered," I think I saw them leave. I was thirsty, so I woke up. My eyes had half-opened when I saw them looking at me. I kept still, as though I was about to wake up, but I kept my eyes slightly open. Violet's digivice beeped and started to send out some kind of orange sleep powder. I watched it sink into everyone and was about to leap up and stop them when I felt the powder sink into me too. The last thing I remember seeing is Violet's surprised face as she saw all the powder."
The tiny fire snake had everyone's attention by now. John rubbed his chin," You mean, she hadn't expected the powder, although it came from her own digivice?"
Firepentmon nodded. Mike put his head in his hands," She left because of me. It's all my fault."
Steve frowned. Hadn't Mike said he thought Violet was ruining his life? He felt Snowmon nudge his hand and looked down. His Digimon looked as though he wanted to say something, so Steve bent down to listen," You know, I think they like each other. In fact, I can almost see the seeds of romance."
Steve blinked. Then, looking at Mike, he realised Snowmon was right. Mike did seem to have a relationship with Violet that went beyond friendship. But first, he needed to comfort Mike.
"Don't worry Mike. If Violet gets into any trouble, Pearlmon could digivolve. It's not impossible," Steve said, looking at Mike. Mike lifted his head up to look at Steve. Encouraged by this, Steve went on," And anyway, she's an expert in karate, judo and kickboxing, remember? It could take a lot to at least wound her, but maybe we should look for her anyway."
Mike hadn't expected Steve to suggest that, but he found himself nodding. Holding his hand to his bandage, which had come loose, he got to his feet and said," Well, we'd better get going."
Everybody nodded, but something was nagging at the back of Steve's mind. Something that Violet had said about Mike loosing his blood.
The thought wouldn't come, so he just got up and led the group away from the campsite. He'd probably remember later.
~" Violet, why did you get so hurt by what Mike said?" ~ V said as Violet stumbled along a rough path that ran next to a stream. She'd chosen that particular path so she could talk to V.
Violet stared at V," Why?"
~" I just think you're taking something a boy said extremely seriously." ~
"Actually, I don't really know. I just felt as though he had flung a knife at me. It felt rather strange."
V smiled and sang, ~ "Can you feel the love tonight?" ~ Violet stopped and stared at V, "What?" V just smiled at her. Then she heard Pearlmon calling for her, so she ran to her.
"I can see the others from here. I think you should see them," Pearlmon explained. Violet looked at her, then at the group that was visible from the high bit of rock she was on. V was back in her head.
~" Mike's losing blood," ~ She pointed out. Violet felt something inside her rip. He was losing so much blood, it was obvious he couldn't hold on for much longer. As she watched, he fell.
Steve heard the thump behind him and spun round. Mike was lying on the ground a couple of metres away, unconscious. He ran back to him. He remembered what Violet had said now," Perhaps you would prefer it if you just died from loss of blood."
When he got to Mike, he saw the bandage had come off entirely, blood pumping freely from Mike's wound. Trying to think of what he could use as a substitute, he suddenly heard a voice in his head that sounded just like Violet, ~ "There's a palm leaf you can use to your left."~
Frowning slightly, he turned to his left and saw the palm leaf. Mary and John had heard the thump, and were standing next to Mike as they watched Steve pick up the palm leaf and check it for bugs. He took it over to the stream Violet had been walking along and washed it in the clear water.
He brought it back to Mike, and the others stared as he expertly tied it around Mike's arm in a perfect mock-bandage, stopping the flow of blood. John, rubbing his neck, asked," Where on earth did you learn to make a bandage like that?"
Steve, sticking a safety pin that had been in his pocket into the bandage to keep it in place, replied," My dad's a doctor. In fact, that was why he divorced with my mum."
He stood up, stretched and scratched his head. He was about to say something else, when they heard an evil laugh and the sound of something coming towards them," Uh oh," Mary said.
Violet stared as she saw something that looked like a grey ghost with an eyeball necklace and a red cloak with a radiation sign (a skull with three curved rectangles around it) on it coming towards the others. It was carrying a gold scythe, a silver mace and it had black eyes, except they weren't exactly visible in the darkness under the hood.
Next to her, Pearlmon bristled," I know that guy," she said," He's Phantomon, a ghost Digimon who can cut through anything with his Shadow Scythe. The others will have a problem beating him, because he's an ultimate Digimon!"
Steve frowned. Holding his digivice up at Snowmon, he said, " Snowmon, digivolve!"
"Snowmon digivolve to Icemon!"
The ice beast leapt at Phantomon, but the ghost just floated to the side.
"Do you really think you can beat me that easily? Shadow Scythe!" the Digimon said, swinging his scythe into Icemon, forcing him to go back to Snowmon.
Turning towards Mike's limp body, the evil Digimon said," I'm in the mood for chopped boy!" as he launched himself at Mike.
Violet wouldn't watch Mike die without a fight. Leaping off the rock, she landed on Phantomon, pulling his hood over his eyes.
Phantomon wasn't expecting this, but he could deal with it. He easily shrugged her off and raised his scythe.
Mary stood there with her mouth open. They'd finally found Violet, and now she was going to DIE!
However, Pearlmon had other ideas. Following Violet's example, she jumped onto Phantomon and yelled," Pearl Burn!"
It was no use. A mere fireball wouldn't stop an ultimate Digimon, as Phantomon proved, brushing through the flame as though it was air. He turned back to Violet and twirled his mace around her neck, strangling her. Any moment now she would die from suffocation.
But that moment didn't come. Her digivice glowed and shot out a familiar ball of light at Pearlmon. As it hit her, she yelled," Pearlmon digivolve to Flakemon!"
Pearlmon was now a long, purple snake with a luminous pink helmet that had a gold lightning bolt going through the eyehole. It had a plume of flames on it's head, another lot of fire around it's green rattlesnake's tail. It had green rings, just like Serpentmon's, representing a neck and a pair of pink wings with a picture of fire on each of them.
The angry snake whipped out his tail, knocking the mace out of Phantomon's hands. Violet got to her feet, rubbing her neck.
Snowmon said," I know her. She's Flakemon, a snake Digimon who curls herself up to make her attack, Flame Wheel. And once she aims, it's almost impossible for her to miss!"
Mary ran to Violet and asked," Are you OK?"
Violet looked and her and replied," Do I look OK?" Mary wasn't sure if that was sarcasm or not.
However, all Violet was interested in was Phantomon's back. There was some kind of black energy coming from it. Then she clicked her fingers and shouted to her Digimon," Flakemon, aim for his back!"
The fire snake, upon hearing that, circled round behind Phantomon, curled himself into a wheel shape and was consumed by fire. She cried out," Flame Wheel!" and shot at the energy.
As soon as she hit Phantomon's back, his eyes flashed and out came a familiar black ball. Phantomon fell to the ground.
Flakemon flashed and shrank to Pearlmon. The small fire Digimon ran to Violet, who picked her up and hugged her. As Pearlmon smiled in the embrace, she felt something wet on Violet's neck. She looked and saw an open cut. She pointed it out to Violet, who took a plaster out of her first- aid kit and put it over the cut.
"I must have got it from that mace," Violet said. Then, without warning, Mary was hugging her as well, saying," Violet, I'm so glad you're all right. You were so brave!"
Violet pushed her off, embarrassed, and asked her, "Is Mike OK?" Then, without waiting for an answer, she knelt by him and checked his palm-leaf bandage carefully.
Snowmon smiled at Steve, and said," See, what did I tell you? Love seeds," Steve smiled back and glanced at the group.
John had been rather quiet, but now he spoke," You guys, I think that proves we should stay together."
Steve stared at him. John had changed completely since they had come to the Digital World. Back on Earth, he would be asking questions, not saying what he thought. Come to think of it, in a way, they had all changed.
It felt freaky, thinking that he wasn't who he used to be. But then, he had a disturbing thought," What if the others are changing, and I'm not? Maybe I should leave the group to find out," He shook himself. No, he couldn't run away.
But as the group, all together again, settled down to wait for Mike to wake up, Steve and Mary had one thing in common. They both felt that the others were different from themselves. And that thought could put them in danger.
WILL STEVE LEAVE THE GROUP? AND WILL MIKE SURVIVE FROM THE LOSS OF BLOOD? FIND OUT ON THE NEXT DIGIMON, DIGITAL MONSTERS!
Author's Note: LONG................... Now, any comments. (looks back, then jumps about 6 feet in the air (to do this, she went through the roof. Ouch)) YAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGHHHHHHHH!!!! WHERE THE BLINKIN' **** DID V COME FROM???????????????? Well, actually, now I'm well into the series, I know where she's from, but I still have NO idea where in my mind she came from. Oh this wonderful. My brain is creating Mysterious Voices. Fab.