Chapter 13: Double-Whammy
"Funny: I didn't think your mom would let you out of the plant, given the circumstances," June remarked.
Tina sighed as she hopped along the jagged rocks that separated the grass from the sand at the shore. "Well, she normally wouldn't. I'll give you that. But we're running out of fighters to work the seek patrols, so here I am instead of in the orphanage."
"So…does this beat wiping noses?"
"Actually, there wasn't that much nose-wiping in the orphanage. But if you mean, 'Would you rather be here or back with the children,' I don't know. I mean, I felt like I was all cooped up in the plant, but I kinda miss those kids. They're a real joy. Especially when you see the looks on their faces when you bring them something new, like a new video game or a soccer ball."
"Hmm. I've never really liked kids; I just don't relate well to anyone who isn't mature enough. That's why I hate Davis so much."
Tina giggled. She looked up at the sky. It wasn't raining at all, but the sky was thick with black, thunderous clouds. "Man, weird weather, huh?"
"I'll say. Glad I brought my umbrella."
"Hard to say 'weather' or not you'll actually need it," Youngdramon cut in.
"Youngdramon, will lame puns like that actually win us any points?" Tina asked as she jumped down from the rocks onto the sand.
"Well, maybe not, I'm willing to admit. But hey, I figured it was worth a shot."
Tina shrugged. Something metallic caught her eye that was floating in the water. "Hey, what's that thing?" Since she had on waterproof boots anyway, she began wading partway into the salty water, when the object jumped out of the water and made her back away.
"What is it?" Tibemon asked.
"Menace machine!" June shouted. The machine landed on the sand, and it looked dead in the water---or dead out of the water, to be more precise. It looked like a small torpedo with two, blue eyes. It exploded, sending showers of sand everywhere. As the smoke cleared, June peeked out from around her umbrella. "Tina?"
Tina jumped out from behind the wall of rocks. "I'm okay. No sand in my hair."
"That's why you wear a hat, huh?"
"Yeah. You know, I wish our military intelligence would warn us about menace machines like this one!"
"Makes you wonder why they call it 'intelligence', huh?" Youngdramon asked.
"Do you have to mock everything?" June asked.
"Everyone knows I don't mean one word of it. But to answer your question…not if that thing has a say in it! Dragon Bomb!" Youngdramon spat a light blue sphere of energy out her mouth and shot at an android-shaped machine. The machine exploded into pieces of metal. Once again, June ducked behind her umbrella. "Okay, maybe we can tell that you'll need the umbrella," Youngdramon admitted.
"No kidding," Tibemon agreed. "I wonder what's next?"
As a multitude of mandroids began climbing out of the water, Youngdramon spat, "You had to ask, didn't you?!"
"My bad!"
GAZRIITOR:
Nickname: Tor-pedo (Unagitōru)
Real Name: Praze-tor-shend'
Caste: Ro Var'ka
Modes: One
Special Attacks:
Tetan Unutre
Comments:
The tor-pedo travels
through the water at high speeds, and its only technique is to self-destruct
and hopefully damage a target that is nearby. Its main use is to destroy
powerful, sea-dwelling digimon and to sink ships that have many people
aboard. It can also be used to launch near-shore ambushes, as ten tor-pedoes
combine into one mandroid, a tor with a special attack that does not involve
self-destruction.
GAZRIITOR:
Nickname: Mandroid (Hitōru)
Real Name: Praze-tor-epio
Caste: Kohro Var'ka
Modes: One
Special Attacks:
Non Gazrii
Yon Tetan Unutre
Comments:
The Mandroid is a tor that
resembles a human being. It is not as easily outwitted as other ator, and
has superior stamina to a human being. The cannon on its arm has power
between the rookie and champion levels. It will attack mon, but it usually
will reserve human beings, either for other ator to eat, or for future
enslavement. Similar to its previous form, tor-pedo, it can self-destruct,
and it has ten times the explosive power of a tor-pedo.
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"So what do we do about the gremlins?" Sora asked.
Izzy chimed in, "If they're armed, then I don't think that we'd better ask them nicely to explain themselves and then get out of here. It's better for us to ambush them. But I'd kind of prefer it if we didn't completely destroy the lab in the process."
"That'll be a feat to beat," Yolei answered.
"I have an attack that might do the trick, chi!" Moochi offered.
"It's worth a shot. Go for it. If there's any trouble, then module-evolve."
"Right, chi!" Moochi jumped in the door and shouted, "Cherry Blossom Blizzard!" Moochi fired a barrage of flower petals into the room, and the blast was effective in battering the tiny gremlins. The gremlins fell to the ground, one-by-one, but one picked himself up, took his weapon, and fired at Moochi. Moochi staggered backwards
Tiger jumped above Moochi and shouted, "Lightning!" Two bolts of electricity shot out his horns and killed the gremlin. "Not so dangerous after all, were they?"
Moochi groaned, nursing his APPEP burn. "Remind me not to volunteer to go first the next time, chi!"
"Maybe we can figure out just what they were doing now," Izzy thought aloud. "Just so long as---"
The shrill cry of a humbug cut Izzy's sentence short. Tiger blasted it out of the air and silenced it.
Kari let out a relieved sigh and said, "Good to know he's out of the way, but what if---"
Gatomon cut Kari off. "Kari!" she cried, pointing out the window. There was a Black Box outside, drawn by the humbug's cry.
"You thinking what I'm thinking?" Kari asked Yolei.
"Let's go for it!"
"Hawkmon, digivolve to…Altairmon!"
"Time to do our thing!" Kari declared.
"Right!" The two clapped their digivices together.
"Gatomon!"
"Altairmon!"
"DNA digivolve to…"