Digimon Limbo
Steve slowly opened his eyes. He saw...nothing. He looked down...nothing. He was floating in nothingness. Next to him, he heard a weak male voice, "Oh great. I've always wanted to come to Digimon Limbo."
He turned in mid-nothing. Floating next to him was a light-blue... THING. It had a tail not unlike a tadpole's, its four feet were webbed, and its round head had a fin on it. It smiled at him, "What, you seriously expected me to stay ultimate after all that? I'm Surfmon, Snowmon's in-training form. I surprise my enemies with my Surf Beam, but then it's best for me to swim away."
What with all the nothingness and new forms and everything, Steve's brain soon started to hurt. He sighed as he reached up to rub it, "So, now what do we do? If I remember what my science teacher said when I was listening, Limbo's the end of everything."
Surfmon nodded, "Yep."
"So, how do you move around here?"
"Er... Pass?"
"Great."
He leant backwards slightly, but ended up doing a somersault because there was nothing to lean against. He sighed again, as he thought, 'I wish I could go down. Then at least I could do SOMETHING other than floating.'
No sooner had he finished the thought when he suddenly plummeted down. "YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!" he screamed. He thought, 'Great. I'm going to die because I am falling in a place where you can't. Wish I could stop to appreciate the irony in that.'
Then he stopped. Surfmon called out, "Steve, what happened?"
Steve considered this for a moment, "I was just thinking about going down and then I went down."
"That means that if you want to go anywhere, you have to think about it."
"Congratulations, Einstein. You have won NOTHING!"
Surfmon dropped down next to him, "Quit the sarcasm. Look, we should see if we can still get to the Digiworld from here. Just think about going there."
Moments later, they were standing on the ground, in between two mad Leopardmon. The cat Digimon sprang at each other, and...passed straight through Steve and Surfmon.
Surfmon blinked, then smiled, "Well, makes sense. We're in Limbo, but it overlaps the Digiworld. So we can see what's happening, but no-one can see us."
Steve looked up at the sky, "I don't know if that made me feel better or worse."
"Well, this way we can see how the others are doing."
The boy sighed, "OK, OK, I get the picture." 'This is going to be interesting...'
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Violet traced a shape in the dirt at her feet. At first, it looked like a circle. Then she added four spikes, one at each `corner` (or curve, or whatever those bits are called on a circle), a small flame inside it, and finished off with a bar above the flame, with daggers hanging off each end.
"Nice," Mary commented, kneeling next to her. Then she raised an eyebrow, "What exactly IS it?"
Violet considered, "I don't actually know. It seems, whenever we stop, I get it stuck in my head, so I draw it."
Inside her head, V chuckled. 'What?' Violet asked.
~ 'It's not there because it's there. It's there to protect you.' ~
'From what?'
~ 'You'll find out soon enough.' ~
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Steve was standing by a stream, looked at the digidestined. Surfmon sat next to him, "Steve, why aren't we moving?"
He looked up, "Huh?"
"We thought about being WITH the digidestined, but we're not. It's as if there's something that's pushing everything in Limbo away from them."
"Well, we're on the ground now, so we might as well try walking."
They started off, but when they were about a metre or so away from the digidestined, something seemed to shoot out and shove them back. "What the..." Steve started, but then he registered what was standing in front of him.
It looked like Violet, except she had longer hair, was dressed completely in white, a pair of wings grew out of her back, and her hand held a staff. On her T-shirt was a silver picture of a circle with four spikes, a flame in the middle, and a bar with daggers hanging off each end above the flame. Her staff was white, with silver stripes going across it.
She considered the two in front of her, then smiled, "Sorry. I didn't know who you were, so I just knocked you back."
Surfmon was opening and shutting his mouth like a goldfish. Steve stuttered, "Wh...Who..."
"Am I?" She supplied. Steve nodded, "Call me V. I do have a proper name, but I need to keep it a secret. If anything found out about me..." She drew a finger across her throat, making the sound of someone whose throat had been cut.
Steve gulped, "Ouch." She nodded. Then something occurred to him, "Wait, what are you doing here anyway? I mean, don't you need to be elsewhere, terrifying someone else?"
She glared at him, "If you value your life, you won't say that again."
"No offence or anything, but what would you do to me?"
In answer she started to spin her staff. It glowed brightly, and then it became a sword. She held it up, "Does that answer your question?"
He nodded weakly. She smiled. Then he asked, "But what ARE you doing here?"
"I can't go anywhere else."
"Why not?"
She turned around and pointed at Violet, "I have to stay where she is."
Steve's eyes widened, "Violet? Why do you need to stay with her?"
V pointed at the ground, "You'd best sit down. It's a long story." When they were both comfortably seated, she began, "I guess it starts with me being born. I was one of the first Digimon to be created. There was the worldly trio, as Digimon call us. There's the creator, the preserver, and the healer. I'm one of those. Then there's the four ruling dragon Digimon: Lightdramon, the protector of the light crests and ruler of light, Darkdramon, the protector of the dark crests and ruler of darkness, Timedramon, the ruler of time, and Univerdramon, the ruler of the universe.
"After that came the Digimon rulers of Heaven and the Underworld: Metatramon and Reapermon. Then there were the ultimate evil guys: Apocalymon and EmperorDevimon. But the most powerful Digimon that were created were Godsermon and Satanmon.
"More Digimon were created, some good, some evil, some neutral. Then Satanmon began to get out of control. He began to make too many evil Digimon. You can only have so much evil here, and soon EmperorDevimon and Apocalymon began to de-digivolve. That means go back to the previous level. However, Satanmon told them that their true powers were being suppressed. To release them, they needed more evil Digimon. Then their true powers would come. So they gladly sacrificed their lives in order to make the Dark Masters: MetalSeadramon, Puppetmon, Machinedramon, and Piedmon. You see, those two were made to keep the balance of good and evil. If the Dark Masters were destroyed, then there would be a gap left for them.
"Naturally, Satanmon began to turn others to the dark side. Darkdramon was made as a counterpart for Lightdramon. You know, light and darkness. However, Satanmon convinced him that he was meant to be evil. Then he travelled to the Underworld and said the same thing to Reapermon. And, well, you get the idea. In a last effort, all the good Digimon (and some of the neutral) went head-to-head with the evil Digimon. We tried to convince the ones who had been converted to return to us, but they didn't listen. Then Satanmon put a curse on my two partners and me.
"I can still hear him saying it. It went `May you reside only within the light crests. May you give them the glowing power that shall never triumph. And, when one of the holders of the crests comes to me, may you be separated. Let one of you be confined to the mind of a human, and be trapped there forever. This curse I lay upon you: May it never be broken until the creator, the preserver, and the destroyer walk once more.`
"So we ended up in the crests, and Satanmon ended up the winner. So the others summoned the digidestined, and you know how it goes from there. Then, when Kari became evil, I ended up with Violet. I don't know why it was her, but that was how it went."
There was a long silence after she had finished. Then Steve whispered, "Wow.... And all this time, she hasn't told ANYBODY?"
V grinned, "Well, actually two people already know."
Steve raised an eyebrow, "Who?"
"Lizzie and Pearlmon."
The eyebrow went down, and Steve rubbed his eyes, as they were starting to hurt, "OK, Pearlmon I understand, but LIZZIE?"
V shrugged and gave him a small smile, "Why not? They're practically soul- mates," she narrowed her eyes, and stressed the last few words, "in the platonic sense."
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Violet tried to get to sleep, but it just wasn't working. V seemed to be somewhere, chatting away, so Violet couldn't sleep. Eventually, the girl gave up and stood up.
'Well, if I can't sleep, I might as well have a look around. V said that the Digiworld's beautiful at night.'
She followed the stream they were resting by, passing through a small wood. Then she gasped as she came out of the trees and saw the most beautiful sight she'd ever seen. It was a huge waterfall, crashing down a cliff. In the moonlight, it was magic. Oh, there just aren't words to describe the beauty of it.
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"Whoa," Steve whispered, "it's...I don't know...MAGIC."
V smiled as Surfmon enjoyed the moisture in the air, "Welcome to Spiritual Falls. It's beautiful by day, and it's beautiful at night." Then her smile faded, and she frowned, "Hey, did you hear that?"
The blonde raised an eyebrow, "Did we hear what?"
V closed her eyes, thinking deeply. Then they snapped open, "Something's here in Limbo. It's trying to attack Violet's MIND. You know, plant some ideas in there, that sort of thing."
"I thought Limbo was nothing."
V smiled, then waved a hand around her, "If Limbo's nothing, how come we're here, and not in mid-nothing? Limbo is nothing PHYSICALLY, as in nothing exists or lives here. It's a mental world. I live in Violet's head, so I hang out here. Powerful magical Digimon, like Witchmon, can send Digimon here, but they can't make the Digimon LIVE here."
Then her smile faded yet again. She could hear something in the water. Cautiously, she poked her staff in the running water. Then, she quickly jerked it back and something came out with it.
As Digimon go, it wasn't very tall. But as Digimon go, it was LONG! It was a aquamarine, with a small frill across its neck, and a bluey-green helmet (the same colour as Mike's crest) covered the same part of its head that Serpentmon's did. It had twirled itself around V's staff, yet there was still some of it in the water. V narrowed her eyes. It did the same.
Steve and Snowmon felt as though they didn't know something. Wait, correction, they KNEW that they didn't know something. Even if they did know what was going on, they wouldn't know something. So, let's stop going round in circles and get back to the story.
Steve cleared his throat, "Er, V? Who is that?"
"Serpensmon," V hissed, and Steve was almost knocked back by the sheer force of the hatred in her voice, "When Serpentmon was first created, a stray bit of his data was captured by Satanmon and turned into this water version. He attacks with Tsunami, a great wave launched from a rock varying in size. He has the ability to become only water, and you have to jab where he is for him to become solid against his will."
Serpensmon looked at the three of them, as if considering their strength in a fight against him. When he had fully examined them, he began to shimmer. Then he became pure water, and splashed into the river.
V lifted her staff, but Steve reached out and stopped her. When she stared at him, he looked coolly back, "V, if you carry on like that, you're going to be doing it for the rest of eternity." To match his look, he seemed to radiate some kind of cool calmness. He turned to his Digimon, who blinked when he noticed the authority in his partner's voice, "Surfmon, if you can digivolve, now would be a good time."
The Digimon nodded, "Right." The familiar glow began to surround his body, "Surfmon digivolve to Snowmon!" The glowing light grew to Snowmon's size, and carried on going, "Snowmon digivolve to Icemon!" Icemon's glowing form splashed into the water, as he underwent his final changes, "Icemon digivolve to Blizzardmon!"
The ice-beast leapt into the air, wings outstretched. He surveyed the river leading to the waterfall, then glanced at Steve. The boy was considering the water, and suddenly Blizzardmon felt some kind of mental connection with his digidestined. He could HEAR Steve's thoughts running through his mind, 'Blizzardmon COULD try freezing it. Serpensmon might become physical to escape being hit, then we can get him.'
He looked up, but Blizzardmon shook his head, indicating that he already knew. When Steve mouthed `Wha? `, the Digimon thought, 'Steve? Can you hear me?'
Steve stepped back, his eyes widened, and his mouth dropped open. His thoughts leapt out at Blizzardmon, 'What the heck? What's going on?'
'I don't know. All I know is that I can hear your thoughts, and you can hear mine.'
'Great. What happened to privacy?'
'It's on holiday,' Blizzardmon thought, smiling to himself. Then he swooped up higher, and his body began to glow, "Freezing Storm!"
Chilling winds began to blow as his wings beat faster and faster. Snow began to fall out of his triangles, as he blew out a swirling, silver wind. Steve started breathing on his hands, and V smiled, as if it was just a nice, cool breeze on a hot day.
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Violet jumped as the snowstorm appeared from nowhere, "Yeep! Where did that come from?"
~ 'Oh yeah, I forgot you weren't here.' ~
'Now what are you going on about?'
~ 'Don't worry. I'm sure Steve will explain.' ~
'Steve? What are you going on about?'
~ 'Aren't you feeling sleepy?' ~
'Now that you mention it, a tiny bit, but stop changing the subject!'
~ 'It's been a while since you last slept...' ~
'Quit talking like that! You sound like you're hypnotising me or something!'
~ 'The ground looks inviting, doesn't it?' ~
Violet sat down, 'V, what are you doing?'
~ 'It's best if you don't see the storm...so sleep...just sleep...sleep...sleep...' ~
V's `voice` was becoming a steady murmur, almost a constant hum. Violet yawned, 'V, you'd better explain later...' then she leant against the tree behind her, and fell asleep.
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Steve stared, "What the...What did you do to her?"
V took her hand off Violet's forehead, "I told you, this is a mental world. All I did was send a mental command. Pretty simple, actually."
Suddenly a cry of pain washed over the waterfall. Steve looked up, "Sounds like we've found him."
Serpensmon burst out of the water, which, by now, was completely frozen. It glared at Blizzardmon, swooped up to the higher level, and formed a circle around a piece of the earth. There was a loud rumble as it began to rise up, but Steve leapt at Serpensmon and knocked the Digimon off. The ground stopped rising.
Blizzardmon swooped down, and placed one webbed foot over Serpensmon's neck. Then his triangles began to glow, "Blizzard Triangle!"
As the ice was launched, a bright light erupted from Serpensmon's body. As the Digimon disintegrated, the light swept around and become a circle. Blizzardmon looked over his shoulder, "Steve, it's a way back! Come on!"
Steve looked at V, who shook her head, "Steve, I can't go, remember? I'm stuck here until the creator, the preserver, and the destroyer show up."
"You can't stay here by yourself! If you're not going, then neither am I!"
"Steve! You have to go! If you don't go back, those three are never going to show up! Trust me, I'll be fine, now GO!"
The boy looked at his Digimon. Blizzardmon shrugged, as if to say `Your choice`, then turned around and walked into the portal. Steve turned back, "V...I..." He sighed and lifted one hand, "Bye."
She smiled, "Hey, it's not forever! If you go back and help, we'll see each other again. I promise!"
He smiled back, albeit weakly, "OK. See you soon, then." With that, he turned around, and ran into the portal. After a second or two, it disappeared.
V sighed, whispered to Violet, "You can wake up now," then raised her head to look at the stars. 'Someday,' she thought, 'I'll get back. As long as I believe in them, and they believe in themselves, everything will be fine. I know it will... ' IS V RIGHT? AND WHO SENT SERPENSMON TO LIMBO ANYWAY? FIND OUT ON THE NEXT DIGIMON: DIGITAL MONSTERS!
Author's note: Sorry if the end sounded bit rushed. And, Alan, I think this episode answers your question: No. Blizzardmon is going to stay as Blizzardmon. I don't care if Frontier has him, he's different, he's mine, and he's staying. ^_^;. Sorreeeeeeeeeee... But on the positive side, at least you know V's background now.....
Lady Moon
Steve slowly opened his eyes. He saw...nothing. He looked down...nothing. He was floating in nothingness. Next to him, he heard a weak male voice, "Oh great. I've always wanted to come to Digimon Limbo."
He turned in mid-nothing. Floating next to him was a light-blue... THING. It had a tail not unlike a tadpole's, its four feet were webbed, and its round head had a fin on it. It smiled at him, "What, you seriously expected me to stay ultimate after all that? I'm Surfmon, Snowmon's in-training form. I surprise my enemies with my Surf Beam, but then it's best for me to swim away."
What with all the nothingness and new forms and everything, Steve's brain soon started to hurt. He sighed as he reached up to rub it, "So, now what do we do? If I remember what my science teacher said when I was listening, Limbo's the end of everything."
Surfmon nodded, "Yep."
"So, how do you move around here?"
"Er... Pass?"
"Great."
He leant backwards slightly, but ended up doing a somersault because there was nothing to lean against. He sighed again, as he thought, 'I wish I could go down. Then at least I could do SOMETHING other than floating.'
No sooner had he finished the thought when he suddenly plummeted down. "YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!" he screamed. He thought, 'Great. I'm going to die because I am falling in a place where you can't. Wish I could stop to appreciate the irony in that.'
Then he stopped. Surfmon called out, "Steve, what happened?"
Steve considered this for a moment, "I was just thinking about going down and then I went down."
"That means that if you want to go anywhere, you have to think about it."
"Congratulations, Einstein. You have won NOTHING!"
Surfmon dropped down next to him, "Quit the sarcasm. Look, we should see if we can still get to the Digiworld from here. Just think about going there."
Moments later, they were standing on the ground, in between two mad Leopardmon. The cat Digimon sprang at each other, and...passed straight through Steve and Surfmon.
Surfmon blinked, then smiled, "Well, makes sense. We're in Limbo, but it overlaps the Digiworld. So we can see what's happening, but no-one can see us."
Steve looked up at the sky, "I don't know if that made me feel better or worse."
"Well, this way we can see how the others are doing."
The boy sighed, "OK, OK, I get the picture." 'This is going to be interesting...'
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Violet traced a shape in the dirt at her feet. At first, it looked like a circle. Then she added four spikes, one at each `corner` (or curve, or whatever those bits are called on a circle), a small flame inside it, and finished off with a bar above the flame, with daggers hanging off each end.
"Nice," Mary commented, kneeling next to her. Then she raised an eyebrow, "What exactly IS it?"
Violet considered, "I don't actually know. It seems, whenever we stop, I get it stuck in my head, so I draw it."
Inside her head, V chuckled. 'What?' Violet asked.
~ 'It's not there because it's there. It's there to protect you.' ~
'From what?'
~ 'You'll find out soon enough.' ~
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Steve was standing by a stream, looked at the digidestined. Surfmon sat next to him, "Steve, why aren't we moving?"
He looked up, "Huh?"
"We thought about being WITH the digidestined, but we're not. It's as if there's something that's pushing everything in Limbo away from them."
"Well, we're on the ground now, so we might as well try walking."
They started off, but when they were about a metre or so away from the digidestined, something seemed to shoot out and shove them back. "What the..." Steve started, but then he registered what was standing in front of him.
It looked like Violet, except she had longer hair, was dressed completely in white, a pair of wings grew out of her back, and her hand held a staff. On her T-shirt was a silver picture of a circle with four spikes, a flame in the middle, and a bar with daggers hanging off each end above the flame. Her staff was white, with silver stripes going across it.
She considered the two in front of her, then smiled, "Sorry. I didn't know who you were, so I just knocked you back."
Surfmon was opening and shutting his mouth like a goldfish. Steve stuttered, "Wh...Who..."
"Am I?" She supplied. Steve nodded, "Call me V. I do have a proper name, but I need to keep it a secret. If anything found out about me..." She drew a finger across her throat, making the sound of someone whose throat had been cut.
Steve gulped, "Ouch." She nodded. Then something occurred to him, "Wait, what are you doing here anyway? I mean, don't you need to be elsewhere, terrifying someone else?"
She glared at him, "If you value your life, you won't say that again."
"No offence or anything, but what would you do to me?"
In answer she started to spin her staff. It glowed brightly, and then it became a sword. She held it up, "Does that answer your question?"
He nodded weakly. She smiled. Then he asked, "But what ARE you doing here?"
"I can't go anywhere else."
"Why not?"
She turned around and pointed at Violet, "I have to stay where she is."
Steve's eyes widened, "Violet? Why do you need to stay with her?"
V pointed at the ground, "You'd best sit down. It's a long story." When they were both comfortably seated, she began, "I guess it starts with me being born. I was one of the first Digimon to be created. There was the worldly trio, as Digimon call us. There's the creator, the preserver, and the healer. I'm one of those. Then there's the four ruling dragon Digimon: Lightdramon, the protector of the light crests and ruler of light, Darkdramon, the protector of the dark crests and ruler of darkness, Timedramon, the ruler of time, and Univerdramon, the ruler of the universe.
"After that came the Digimon rulers of Heaven and the Underworld: Metatramon and Reapermon. Then there were the ultimate evil guys: Apocalymon and EmperorDevimon. But the most powerful Digimon that were created were Godsermon and Satanmon.
"More Digimon were created, some good, some evil, some neutral. Then Satanmon began to get out of control. He began to make too many evil Digimon. You can only have so much evil here, and soon EmperorDevimon and Apocalymon began to de-digivolve. That means go back to the previous level. However, Satanmon told them that their true powers were being suppressed. To release them, they needed more evil Digimon. Then their true powers would come. So they gladly sacrificed their lives in order to make the Dark Masters: MetalSeadramon, Puppetmon, Machinedramon, and Piedmon. You see, those two were made to keep the balance of good and evil. If the Dark Masters were destroyed, then there would be a gap left for them.
"Naturally, Satanmon began to turn others to the dark side. Darkdramon was made as a counterpart for Lightdramon. You know, light and darkness. However, Satanmon convinced him that he was meant to be evil. Then he travelled to the Underworld and said the same thing to Reapermon. And, well, you get the idea. In a last effort, all the good Digimon (and some of the neutral) went head-to-head with the evil Digimon. We tried to convince the ones who had been converted to return to us, but they didn't listen. Then Satanmon put a curse on my two partners and me.
"I can still hear him saying it. It went `May you reside only within the light crests. May you give them the glowing power that shall never triumph. And, when one of the holders of the crests comes to me, may you be separated. Let one of you be confined to the mind of a human, and be trapped there forever. This curse I lay upon you: May it never be broken until the creator, the preserver, and the destroyer walk once more.`
"So we ended up in the crests, and Satanmon ended up the winner. So the others summoned the digidestined, and you know how it goes from there. Then, when Kari became evil, I ended up with Violet. I don't know why it was her, but that was how it went."
There was a long silence after she had finished. Then Steve whispered, "Wow.... And all this time, she hasn't told ANYBODY?"
V grinned, "Well, actually two people already know."
Steve raised an eyebrow, "Who?"
"Lizzie and Pearlmon."
The eyebrow went down, and Steve rubbed his eyes, as they were starting to hurt, "OK, Pearlmon I understand, but LIZZIE?"
V shrugged and gave him a small smile, "Why not? They're practically soul- mates," she narrowed her eyes, and stressed the last few words, "in the platonic sense."
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Violet tried to get to sleep, but it just wasn't working. V seemed to be somewhere, chatting away, so Violet couldn't sleep. Eventually, the girl gave up and stood up.
'Well, if I can't sleep, I might as well have a look around. V said that the Digiworld's beautiful at night.'
She followed the stream they were resting by, passing through a small wood. Then she gasped as she came out of the trees and saw the most beautiful sight she'd ever seen. It was a huge waterfall, crashing down a cliff. In the moonlight, it was magic. Oh, there just aren't words to describe the beauty of it.
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"Whoa," Steve whispered, "it's...I don't know...MAGIC."
V smiled as Surfmon enjoyed the moisture in the air, "Welcome to Spiritual Falls. It's beautiful by day, and it's beautiful at night." Then her smile faded, and she frowned, "Hey, did you hear that?"
The blonde raised an eyebrow, "Did we hear what?"
V closed her eyes, thinking deeply. Then they snapped open, "Something's here in Limbo. It's trying to attack Violet's MIND. You know, plant some ideas in there, that sort of thing."
"I thought Limbo was nothing."
V smiled, then waved a hand around her, "If Limbo's nothing, how come we're here, and not in mid-nothing? Limbo is nothing PHYSICALLY, as in nothing exists or lives here. It's a mental world. I live in Violet's head, so I hang out here. Powerful magical Digimon, like Witchmon, can send Digimon here, but they can't make the Digimon LIVE here."
Then her smile faded yet again. She could hear something in the water. Cautiously, she poked her staff in the running water. Then, she quickly jerked it back and something came out with it.
As Digimon go, it wasn't very tall. But as Digimon go, it was LONG! It was a aquamarine, with a small frill across its neck, and a bluey-green helmet (the same colour as Mike's crest) covered the same part of its head that Serpentmon's did. It had twirled itself around V's staff, yet there was still some of it in the water. V narrowed her eyes. It did the same.
Steve and Snowmon felt as though they didn't know something. Wait, correction, they KNEW that they didn't know something. Even if they did know what was going on, they wouldn't know something. So, let's stop going round in circles and get back to the story.
Steve cleared his throat, "Er, V? Who is that?"
"Serpensmon," V hissed, and Steve was almost knocked back by the sheer force of the hatred in her voice, "When Serpentmon was first created, a stray bit of his data was captured by Satanmon and turned into this water version. He attacks with Tsunami, a great wave launched from a rock varying in size. He has the ability to become only water, and you have to jab where he is for him to become solid against his will."
Serpensmon looked at the three of them, as if considering their strength in a fight against him. When he had fully examined them, he began to shimmer. Then he became pure water, and splashed into the river.
V lifted her staff, but Steve reached out and stopped her. When she stared at him, he looked coolly back, "V, if you carry on like that, you're going to be doing it for the rest of eternity." To match his look, he seemed to radiate some kind of cool calmness. He turned to his Digimon, who blinked when he noticed the authority in his partner's voice, "Surfmon, if you can digivolve, now would be a good time."
The Digimon nodded, "Right." The familiar glow began to surround his body, "Surfmon digivolve to Snowmon!" The glowing light grew to Snowmon's size, and carried on going, "Snowmon digivolve to Icemon!" Icemon's glowing form splashed into the water, as he underwent his final changes, "Icemon digivolve to Blizzardmon!"
The ice-beast leapt into the air, wings outstretched. He surveyed the river leading to the waterfall, then glanced at Steve. The boy was considering the water, and suddenly Blizzardmon felt some kind of mental connection with his digidestined. He could HEAR Steve's thoughts running through his mind, 'Blizzardmon COULD try freezing it. Serpensmon might become physical to escape being hit, then we can get him.'
He looked up, but Blizzardmon shook his head, indicating that he already knew. When Steve mouthed `Wha? `, the Digimon thought, 'Steve? Can you hear me?'
Steve stepped back, his eyes widened, and his mouth dropped open. His thoughts leapt out at Blizzardmon, 'What the heck? What's going on?'
'I don't know. All I know is that I can hear your thoughts, and you can hear mine.'
'Great. What happened to privacy?'
'It's on holiday,' Blizzardmon thought, smiling to himself. Then he swooped up higher, and his body began to glow, "Freezing Storm!"
Chilling winds began to blow as his wings beat faster and faster. Snow began to fall out of his triangles, as he blew out a swirling, silver wind. Steve started breathing on his hands, and V smiled, as if it was just a nice, cool breeze on a hot day.
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Violet jumped as the snowstorm appeared from nowhere, "Yeep! Where did that come from?"
~ 'Oh yeah, I forgot you weren't here.' ~
'Now what are you going on about?'
~ 'Don't worry. I'm sure Steve will explain.' ~
'Steve? What are you going on about?'
~ 'Aren't you feeling sleepy?' ~
'Now that you mention it, a tiny bit, but stop changing the subject!'
~ 'It's been a while since you last slept...' ~
'Quit talking like that! You sound like you're hypnotising me or something!'
~ 'The ground looks inviting, doesn't it?' ~
Violet sat down, 'V, what are you doing?'
~ 'It's best if you don't see the storm...so sleep...just sleep...sleep...sleep...' ~
V's `voice` was becoming a steady murmur, almost a constant hum. Violet yawned, 'V, you'd better explain later...' then she leant against the tree behind her, and fell asleep.
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Steve stared, "What the...What did you do to her?"
V took her hand off Violet's forehead, "I told you, this is a mental world. All I did was send a mental command. Pretty simple, actually."
Suddenly a cry of pain washed over the waterfall. Steve looked up, "Sounds like we've found him."
Serpensmon burst out of the water, which, by now, was completely frozen. It glared at Blizzardmon, swooped up to the higher level, and formed a circle around a piece of the earth. There was a loud rumble as it began to rise up, but Steve leapt at Serpensmon and knocked the Digimon off. The ground stopped rising.
Blizzardmon swooped down, and placed one webbed foot over Serpensmon's neck. Then his triangles began to glow, "Blizzard Triangle!"
As the ice was launched, a bright light erupted from Serpensmon's body. As the Digimon disintegrated, the light swept around and become a circle. Blizzardmon looked over his shoulder, "Steve, it's a way back! Come on!"
Steve looked at V, who shook her head, "Steve, I can't go, remember? I'm stuck here until the creator, the preserver, and the destroyer show up."
"You can't stay here by yourself! If you're not going, then neither am I!"
"Steve! You have to go! If you don't go back, those three are never going to show up! Trust me, I'll be fine, now GO!"
The boy looked at his Digimon. Blizzardmon shrugged, as if to say `Your choice`, then turned around and walked into the portal. Steve turned back, "V...I..." He sighed and lifted one hand, "Bye."
She smiled, "Hey, it's not forever! If you go back and help, we'll see each other again. I promise!"
He smiled back, albeit weakly, "OK. See you soon, then." With that, he turned around, and ran into the portal. After a second or two, it disappeared.
V sighed, whispered to Violet, "You can wake up now," then raised her head to look at the stars. 'Someday,' she thought, 'I'll get back. As long as I believe in them, and they believe in themselves, everything will be fine. I know it will... ' IS V RIGHT? AND WHO SENT SERPENSMON TO LIMBO ANYWAY? FIND OUT ON THE NEXT DIGIMON: DIGITAL MONSTERS!
Author's note: Sorry if the end sounded bit rushed. And, Alan, I think this episode answers your question: No. Blizzardmon is going to stay as Blizzardmon. I don't care if Frontier has him, he's different, he's mine, and he's staying. ^_^;. Sorreeeeeeeeeee... But on the positive side, at least you know V's background now.....
Lady Moon