Ninetalesuk:
I might use them in the sequel, but I'd need to know their Pokemon teams first. Can you give them to me?
All the names of my new Unifieds follow those of the Ancients. For example, Unified Hybrid Emperor/Kaiser Greymon and Ancient Greymon are both Greymon. So if the Wind Ancient is Ancient Irismon, then the Unified would be (something) Irismon.
The big problem with Unified Hybrids is that you need to take Spirits from other people to make them. You know, the "cheerleader problem." I may or may not get all of them in. The Fusions don't have these problems, so I can think I can get all of them in.
wintersun:
May's ten like Ash. Yeah, Pokemon characters don't really age at all.
Gijinka Renamon:
Nah, I won't be using the purple Renamon.
Neosister3000:
You should watch Digimon some time.
Sylvia Viridian:
I was thinking something along the lines of the Moonlight Knight from Sailor Moon for "Prince Ash."
Disclaimer:
Toei and Bandai own Digimon, and Nintendo owns Pokemon.
The Stones of Doom
By: RB3
Chapter 20: Weapons of Mass Destruction, part 2
Gary noted arch-like machines in photos of the rear courtyard. These arches were strung together and had bullet-shaped metal pods pointed at their centre. Gary immediately recognized this set up. It was the same dimensional gate technology that Silph pioneered and used to bring people to the Digital World. Apparently, Team Rocket had somehow acquired this technology and was using it for their corrupt agenda.
Jenny suggested that the Rockets might have acquired this technology from a leak in Silph. Despite the lingering questions, the important thing was to shut the place down. That goal inevitably required the use of force. Unfortunately, Mephistomon's ascension to power had triggered a Dark Area revolt by evil Digimon. Most of the Sovereigns' forces were committed to suppressing the rebellion. They could only provide a minimal of troops for support.
Silph Town was largely alone in its attack on the Rocket base. In order to fill in some of the gaps, they recruited trainers from Silph Town like Ritchie, Whitney, and Gary. After hearing the plan, it was time for action. The trainers were supplied with protective gear such as body armour and helmets. The trainers were flown into Server by helicopters and watched as several Digimon swooshed past them.
"Dragons?" asked Gary.
"They must be our Digimon allies," suggested Whitney. "Vajramon said that some Digimon were going on ahead to soften up the Rocket base."
The Digimon were grey-skinned, dragon-like creatures with humanoid torsos and serpentine tails. They were cybernetically enhanced beings with heads covered in metal helmets, and three-pronged claws on their metal forearms. Their wings were blocky and artificial, having feathers made of metal. There weren't many cybernetic Pokemon, so Gary thought these cybernetic Digimon, Gigadramon, were pretty cool. They looked very strong, which meant big trouble for Team Rocket.
====================Digimon Analyzer====================
Name: Gigadramon
Attribute: Virus
Level: Ultimate
Attacks: Darkside Attack, Gigabyte Wing
Gigadramon is the more powerful version of his cousin species, the Megadramon. Their specialty is heavy aerial bombardment using their special ability, the Darkside Attack.
The Gigadramon sped towards Team Rocket's base and upon reaching its airspace, their fun began. The wailing of an air raid siren filled the air. The Gigadramon began to rain missiles down on and around the Team Rocket base. Within seconds, the Gigadramon had levelled the watch towers on the eastern side of the base. The building shuddered with each explosion of the missiles. Several grunts fled the building in panic, while others released Pokemon to repel the Gigadramon.
One of these grunts unleashed a Venusaur. "Venusaur, Solar Beam!"
The Venusaur grunted in affirmation and his flower petals glowed white as they filled with the power of the sun. Once full, the Venusaur released his energy as a powerful white beam. It clipped one of the Gigadramon in the chest, causing him to lose altitude. Upon recuperating, the Gigadramon shot an angry glare at his attacker. He flew into position and launched a salvo of missiles. In several massive explosions, the missiles felled both Venusaur and the grunt.
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The destruction of Lilycove City by Kanto's nuclear weapons had enraged the Hoenn government. They ordered a punitive counter strike against Kanto. Somewhere in Hoenn, the metal hatch of an underground missile silo opened. The mission control counted down from five, and upon reaching zero, the missile shot into the air like a rocket. It swooshed over the sea on its way to Saffron, Kanto's capital city.
The missile reached the halfway point and the skies darkened supernaturally. Bolts of lightning flashed in the air, almost resembling electrical pillars that supported the clouds. Upon entering the air space under the cloud, the missile attracted lightning to its location like a magnet. The bolts continued to lash out at the missile. They missed at first but progressively became more and more accurate. Eventually, lightning struck the missile and triggered a massive, blinding explosion in the sky that could be seen from miles away.
Among these witnesses was a pair of Liberator spies. They had made a clandestine rendezvous in the seedy back alleys of a Kanto city. The first was a man in a long beige trench coat. He made sure that his hat kept his face concealed as much as possible. This man carried an envelope under his arm and a toolbox. The second man was in a black trench coat like the first. Though he kept his face hidden, portions of his black hair were still visible to a keen eye. The first man held out his envelope upon identifying his contact.
"So Kage, here are your orders," said the first man. "As you just saw, the war's going nuclear. It's vital that you succeed in your mission."
"Of course," replied the agent named Kage, as he took the envelope and the toolbox from his contact.
Kage returned to his hotel room and opened the envelope. Inside, he found a picture of what looked like a nuclear power plant taken from the sky. He pulled out a letter detailing his mission and proceeded to read it. The power plant supplied the fissile material necessary for Kanto's nuclear weapons. The plant had a division for constructing warheads and servicing the Army Ant. Therefore, it was only a matter of time before the Army Ant came for maintenance.
This power plant was located in the south-eastern parts of Kanto. Kage's mission was to infiltrate this plant as a worker and accomplish two tasks. The first was to bug the Army Ant so that it could be tracked. Planting a bomb would be much quicker, but there was no way to sneak an adequately powerful bomb inside without being detected. Kage would certainly be caught if he tried.
As a rule, the Army Ant did not stay in any single place for too long, so Kage had to act fast. Kage opened the toolbox and found the bugs in a resealable plastic bag hidden at the bottom of the toolbox. His second goal was to introduce a special biological agent to the reactor's uranium fuel. This agent was a bioremediation agent meant for cleaning radioactive waste. After releasing the agent, there would be no danger of a melt down.
The bacteria would consume the uranium and shut down the plant. Kage would then signal the Liberators to assault the plant and destroy it. Kage looked in his toolbox and found the agent stored in blowtorch fuel canisters. Each had marks on the bottom to distinguish them from regular blowtorch fuel canisters. After looking over the rest of his possessions, Kage packed his belongings and began his mission. A few days later, Kage pulled up to a check point in his car.
The whole area was under tight security, with armed guards patrolling the compound vigilantly. A solid concrete wall ran around the perimeter which had coiled barbed wire on top. One of the check point's guards demanded identification. That guard examined Kage's papers, while another searched Kage, his car, and his toolbox for anything illegal. Everything checked out, and the guards allowed him through. Kage quickly established his cover as a worker, and it wasn't long before the Army Ant returned to the plant for maintenance.
The Army Ant was a massive machine. True to its name, it was an artificial ant made of silver Chrome Digizoid. Folded onto its back was the pair of rails that served as its missile launcher. Beneath this main weapon was a rotating Gatling gun that could fire in any direction. A worker opened a hatch on the Army Ant's abdomen which exposed the feed for the missile loading mechanism. An overhead crane began to transfer nuclear missiles. Kage watched a worker removed the Gatling gun with a crane. A second worker checked the power source below.
The Army Ant's power came from a small statue made of what appeared to be onyx. It represented two soldiers glaring at each other from opposite sides of a gorge, ready to kill each other. Kage entered the pilot's cabin through the hatch on the top of the head. He attached a bug onto the pilot's headphones, making sure that they were undetectable. He opened a panel underneath searched around inside. After bugging the computer, he resealed the panel so no one would know and left the cockpit.
Kage disappeared into a private location. "This is Kage calling the doctor. The plague has moved eastward," he whispered into a miniature radio.
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The signal travelled to a group of campers hidden in a forest to the northwest. They tuned a machine with a reception dish towards the power plant. The listened for Kage's message through headphones until his garbled voice could be heard. After some minor adjustments, they could hear his voice clearly. They in turn, relayed the message back to their Liberator allies in Vermillion City. At the other end, Izzy and the Liberator communication officers listened and were delighted.
"I repeat, this is Kage calling the doctor. The plague has moved eastward," said Agent Kage.
"Prodigious!" exclaimed Izzy. The rest of the Liberator officers celebrated the news.
Surge walked in. "Why's everyone so happy?"
"We've found the Army Ant!"
Surge looked at the screen and noted a blip to the southeast of Kanto. "Yeah!"
The Liberators continued to analyze the information from the tapped Army Ant. Recently, Johto had sided with Kanto's enemies, resulting in a declaration of war on Kanto. In response, Kanto threatened to launch retaliatory nuclear strikes should anyone attack Kanto. As Hoenn's failed retaliation showed, Kanto also had some sort of anti-missile defence system involving lightning. Since an invasion risked nuclear reprisal, no one dared to attack Kanto.
The pilots of the Army Ant had received orders to move westward into the middle of the wilderness. This was to prepare for when Kanto would need to make a nuclear counter attack. The Army Ant was most vulnerable during this transition. It was up to the Liberators to permanently remove the obstacle presented by the Army Ant and the power plant. After forming an attack plan, the Liberators held a meeting to brief everyone on the plan.
"Okay everybody, we've got good news and bad news," began Surge. "The good news is that we've found the Army Ant. The bad news is that it's moving to set up for an attack on Johto."
"Why Johto?" asked Yuki.
"Johto had just joined the Hoenn Alliance. It gave them the perfect way to get into Kanto, which is weak on its west border. Mephistomon knows this and has threatened nuclear attacks should anyone try to invade."
"That's where we come in," continued Electra. "While one of our groups takes out the power plant, we'll eliminate the Army Ant. With it out of the way, there's no danger to Johto."
Surge showed a map of the terrain in the Army Ant's path. "Our intelligence says that the Army Ant's convoy is going to pass through a narrow gorge of its way west. We're going to wait there and ambush it as it passes through. This mission is more dangerous than the others because the Army Ant carries nuclear explosives inside. One wrong move and its goodbye for all of us..."
Electra brought the Army Ant's schematics from the Nakamura Diary. "Like last time, we must be careful of damaging the Army Ant's abdomen. Aim for the legs or the head."
After finishing the briefing, the Liberators filed into the medic's office to receive shots as protection against radiation poisoning. "Ow!" said Agumon as the medic gave him his needle.
"I hate needles!" complained Casey. She winced as the medic gave her a shot
"No one likes getting needles, but you've gotta have this injection. Radiation is very dangerous, especially to children," said Electra.
After inoculating each person and monster, the Liberators geared up for the fight with the Army Ant. It was night and the sky filled with countless twinkling stars. The rebels reached the gorge and prepared their ambush for the Army Ant. The gorge consisted of a narrow path with rocky cliffs on both sides. These cliffs had stones which the rebels could use for cover. The rebels hid behind the stones and waited for their prey.
Surge received a call on his radio from a lookout by the entrance of the gorge. "Okay, I understand." Surge turned to the rest of the Liberators. "Okay, the Army Ant is coming this way. When I give the signal, take out the convoy"
As expected, the Army Ant's convoy marched into the gorge, with an Orc leading the way. It was the same mutated creature the Kanto Team had fought after being duped by the fake Army Ant. Following the Orc was the Army Ant and several Medusas and humvees. Trailing the convoy were two creatures that resembled the reanimated skeletal remains of Alakazams. These ghostly, legless creatures hovered their way into the gorge.
In the bony right hand of each of these undead Alakazams was a femur they held like a wand. They had mummified skulls with an effigy of Mephistomon's demonic face etched on their foreheads. They wore tattered black robes that fluttered in the air as they moved. Emanating from their eyes and their femurs was the glow of the tainted Psychic energy that animated their bodies. Izzy dubbed them the Alakazam Liches after their wizard-like appearance.
The Liberators was in disbelief over Kanto's new mutant war beasts. "Okay, get ready," said Surge. The convoy's centre entered Surge's sight. "Now!"
At once, chaos descended onto the gorge as a rocket wiped out one of the humvees. The vehicle exploded, leaving nothing behind but flaming wreckage. The tires of the trailing humvee screeched as the driver and slammed on the brakes. Now aware of the attack, the trailing humvee attempted to turn around and manoeuvre into a better firing position. War Greymon's Terra Force Beam nailed the Orc in the back and drove him face first into the ground. The Army Ant's Gatling gun swivelled around and rained bullets on Surge's position.
"We're pinned down!" cried Surge from behind his boulder. The bullets pattered endlessly against the stone surface.
"Metal Garurumon, get the Army Ant off us!" called Matt.
Metal Garurumon complied by launching a massive salvo of missiles at the Army Ant. The missiles struck its head and legs, encasing them behind a layer of ice. The Army Ant's gun swivelled to Metal Garurumon and opened fire. It tracked each of his movements until it finally caught up and shot him out of the air. Metal Garurumon crashed onto the cliff to Matt's concern.
"Arrrgggh!" groaned Metal Garurumon. "Those aren't normal bullets..."
Indeed, Metal Garurumon was right. Normally, regular bullets would be useless against a Mega level Digimon like Metal Garurumon. Matt looked around and found some of the Army Ant's expended bullets strewn on the cliff. Unlike normal bullets, these ones were made of a dark, amethyst-like gemstone. These bullets gave Matt an unpleasant, ominous feeling as he gazed upon them.
"Izzy!" called Matt. "Can you tell me anything about this bullet?"
Matt tossed the bullet in front of Izzy. The Gatling gun turned and sprayed the space between them with bullets. "This looks like dark energy that has been crystallized," informed Izzy. "No wonder it hurt Metal Garurumon so much..."
Matt's suspicions were confirmed. "Everybody, watch out for the Army Ant! It's not firing bullets; it's firing dark energy!"
Towards the entrance of the gorge, the other members of the Kanto Team were having difficulties with the Alakazam Liches. Angewomon got off to a good start by nailing one of the Liches in the head with Celestial Arrow. This bolt of positive energy was an anathema to the undead Alakazam and stunned him momentarily. Yuki's Vaporeon, a blue, dog-like marine creature, capitalized on this moment of weakness and sent the Lich into the rocks with a Hydro Pump.
"Yeah!" exclaimed Yuki.
The Lich glowed with a crimson aura as it employed the Recover technique to heal itself. As retaliation, the Lich fired a Shadow Ball which flattened Vaporeon. For Angewomon, the Lich employed the "Bonemerang" technique. He threw his bone and it returned to his hand after scoring a direct hit on her ribs. Angewomon crashed onto the ground hard. The Lich was satisfied with himself until Tracey's Smeargle stepped forward to confront him.
"Smeargle, use Thunderbolt!" commanded Tracey.
The Painter Pokemon hurled a blast of powerful lightning at the Lich. In response, the undead Alakazam simply raised a Light Screen as protection. Ever the opportunist, Tracey had his Smeargle use the Sketch ability to paint a crude copy of the plastic barrier. As a result, Smeargle learned how to use Light Screen as well. He would soon get the perfect opportunity to test his new move out.
The Lich glowed with tainted crimson light as he projected a Psychic attack. Smeargle immediately raised a Light Screen which abated the wave of energy. Smeargle immediately sketched the Psychic attack and added it to his already vast repertoire of abilities. The Lich fired a Shadow Ball which forced Smeargle to dodge. As a follow up, the Lich caught the Painter Pokemon in a Confusion attack. After a few moments of suspending Smeargle in the air, the Lich slammed him into the ground.
"No! Smeargle!" cried Tracey.
The battle was not going too well for Casey and Izzy either. Bayleef and Mega Kabuterimon fought the Medusas and soldiers with the help of Liberator rebels. It was a frustrating fight because each Ekans on a Medusa could act independently of the body. The Ekans heads fired Ice Beams, Bubblebeams, Thunderbolts, and Psybeams all in quick succession. This barrage of attack blew Mega Kabuterimon out of the sky and reduced him to his Tentomon form. This same barrage sent Bayleef into a stone wall with enough force to create an indentation.
"Bayleef!" cried Casey.
"Casey, get down!" warned Izzy.
One of the Medusa's snake heads turned to them and fired a powerful Hyper Beam. The explosion shattered the cliff, causing Izzy and Casey to tumble to the ground below. The ordeal left Izzy with a broken left arm and Casey unconscious. The Medusa moved in and wrapped a tentacle around Izzy's neck and a second around Casey's torso. It proceeded to toss Casey around like a cat playing with its meal, while it strangled Izzy.
"Arggggggggh!" gargled Izzy as he tried to call for help.
It seemed like the end was near for Izzy and Casey until a blast of ice froze the Medusa solid. Their saviour slashed through the frozen abomination, shattering it to a countless number of shards. Their saviour revealed himself to be Metal Garurumon. On his back was a Machoke, the previous form of Machamp. One by one, the Machoke and Metal Garurumon pulled everyone out of harm's way under the cover of the Liberators.
Metal Garurumon unloaded each person and monster at a makeshift hospice away from the gorge. "Owww, my arm!" moaned Izzy.
"Careful, you don't want to aggravate the injury!" warned the medic. The medical staff quickly proceeded to treat Izzy, Casey, and their monsters.
Machoke and Metal Garurumon returned to their partners. "Good work, Machoke," said Kenji.
All the while, bullets continued to pelt the boulder. Surge was pinned down behind the safety of the stone. "We're getting nowhere fast!"
"We need some way to shut down the Army Ant," said Matt. "Does it have a weakness of some sort?"
A second volley of bullets interrupted their conversation. "Not that I know of," replied Kenji. "Unless..."
"Unless what?"
"Unless we someone can remove its Stone of Doom. It's the only thing that powers it. Once that's done, the Army Ant will go dead. The problem is how do we get close enough to open it? Even if we do get close enough, the Stone is below the gun and behind hard metal. We'd need someone who is strong enough to punch it open."
Brock got an idea. "I have a Machamp and he's a very strong Pokemon."
"...And I have a Machoke who can help out too," added Kenji. "I think that should be enough. All we need now is a distraction."
"Let me take care of that," offered Metal Garurumon. "You just worry about the Stone."
Metal Garurumon flew into position for the plan. Kenji and Brock released their Machoke and Machamp respectively and kept them back until it was time. During this time, the Army Ant continued its relentless assault on the Liberator forces. A barrage of missiles pounded the Army Ant, encasing a layer of ice around its body. The Army Ant turned its cannon to Metal Garurumon and opened fire.
"Okay, go now!" ordered Kenji.
As Kenji had planned, the Army Ant was preoccupied with Metal Garurumon. Machoke and Machamp descended onto the bottom of the gorge and ran to the Army Ant. All the while, Metal Garurumon fired on it to ensure it was too busy to care about the two Pokemon. They leapt onto the top of a small platform above the Gatling gun and began to alternate punches on the same point. It would take a long time, despite the great strength of both Machoke and Machamp.
The Army Ant's pilot heard a loud thumping from above and behind. "Huh? What's going on?"
The co-pilot looked outside the cabin window. "Some Pokemon are trying to punch a hole through our armour!"
The pilot grabbed the radio. "Get those Pokemon off us!"
A Medusa broke off from the main fighting to assist. "Oh no you don't!" exclaimed Kenji. "Haunter, go!"
"You too, Pineco!" exclaimed Brock.
Brock's Pineco, an animated pinecone, barred the Medusa's path with the ghostly Haunter. The Medusa took offence and promptly began firing various Pokemon beam attacks. Pineco and Haunter scattered to evade the barrage. The Medusa swivelled to continue following Haunter, taking the heat off of Pineco. Brock saw an opening and ordered a Rapid Spin attack.
Pineco spun like a top gone out of control and slammed himself into the Medusa's temple. Upon recovering from the attack, one of the Medusa's shot out and grabbed Pineco. It continued crush the life from Pineco as it moved him closer so his Ekans could bite him. Kenji ordered Haunter to help out with a Shadow Ball. The attack injured the Medusa, and also enraged it. It then smashed Haunter into the ground with a Psybeam.
It seemed that the Medusa had the upper hand, but latching onto Pineco proved to be the Medusa's biggest mistake. "Pineco, Explosion!" ordered Brock.
Pineco's body glowed with a bright white light before engulfing the Medusa in a massive explosion. Once the smoke cleared, it revealed Pineco lying on the ground unconscious. The Medusa fared much worse. Its head was blown open as though a water balloon had ruptured. The water in its body and black ichor had splattered all over the ground. Brock and Kenji recalled their Pokemon and turned their attention back to their Fighting type Pokemon.
Machoke and Machamp continued to pound on the Army Ant's armour. After what seemed like an eternity of punching, Machamp's fist pierced through. The two Pokemon promptly began to widen the hole until they could see the innards of the Army Ant. The Pokemon had exposed wires that led from deeper inside to the Gatling gun. Machoke promptly grabbed the wires, ripped them out, and tossed them aside.
The Army Ant gunner pressed the button to fire, but nothing happened. "Shit! The gun's dead!"
After pushing deeper, Machoke found the wires that led from the rail gun to the Stone. "Machoke machoke! (The Stone is deeper inside!)"
"Machamp! (Let's pull it out!)" The two Pokemon tore away the metal until the Stone became exposed. Machamp tried to pull the Stone out, but something was impeding it. "Machamp machamp. (Something's holding the Stone down...)"
Machoke scrutinized the Stone. "Machoke! (Clamps!)"
Machoke broke the clamps, enabling Machamp to pull the Stone completely out of its space. Immediately, the Army Ant went dead. "Machamp! (Yeah!)"
For Surge and Brock the feeling was mutual. "Yeah! Alright!"
In Kenji's case, he had exacted a measure of revenge for the execution of his father. "Good work Machoke!" he complimented, as Machoke returned to the cliff. Kenji took the Stone from Machamp to consult Izzy on how to dispose of it.
The news of the Hostility's capture spread throughout the ranks of the Liberators. It renewed their hope, as well as their attack against Kanto's forces. Metal Garurumon abandoned his attack against the now defunct Army Ant and turned his wrath onto a Lich. He launched a Giga Missile whose explosion caught the undead Alakazam off guard and smashed him into the ground. Angewomon, Smeargle, and Vaporeon capitalized, annihilating the Lich with a well placed Celestial Arrow, Thunderbolt, and Hydro Pump.
The Liberators quickly defeated the Kanto escort and took control of the area. Several rebels appeared in a flicker of blue light. They had been teleported in by various Psychic type Pokemon. Each rebel was in a fully sealed protective suit like those used as protection in biochemical warfare. Each rebel carried a nozzle connected to the canister on their backs by a hose. These men and women were the clean up crew.
Kenji watched from a distance as the clean up crew began clearing the nuclear material. "What are we going to do with the Army Ant? I don't think it's a good idea to leave it here."
"Yeah," replied Surge. "I never expected to take it intact, but hey, that's even better! We could make use of it after some modifications."
Kenji smiled. "Yeah, I can't wait to see the look on Mephistomon's face once he finds out we're using his own toy against him! After what he did to Dad, it's time for a little poetic justice!"
The Liberators spread the news of the destruction of Kanto's nuclear capabilities. Upon reaching the eyes and ears of the Hoenn Alliance, fear of nuclear retaliation vanished. Immediately, the Alliance began to move massive amounts of troops and equipment into Johto. Dozens of cargo planes landed in the airports of Johto while helicopters shuttled soldiers onto the land. It wasn't long before the battle began.
At the Kanto-Johto border, Alliance Pokemon fought enemy Pokemon, Digimon, and the abominations from the defunct Lake of Rage lab. Kanto's anti-aircraft guns banged as they lobbed exploding flak shells, bullets, and missiles into the sky. Overhead Alliance bombers unloaded ordnance onto the enemy below, leaving a trail of destruction in its wake. The time of Mephistomon's empire was coming to an end. The invasion of Kanto had begun.