Chapter 12

He Comes With Great Power

The view was cluttered with the sight of green vines and vegetation. Moss covered the trees, and leaves as large as rooftops shut out the sun and sky. And in the midst of it all, stood Roberto, looking for a way to get home. He had heard from some sources that the key to get out of the Digital World was from where the darkness came. He thought that maybe the darkness that the Digimon had talked about were the Digi-Destined themselves, and where he and the others had come from was some where in this jungle. He cut through the jungle, swaying his machete this way and that.

"Where is it?" said Roberto. "I could have sworn it was over here!"

It was no good. Roberto couldn't find the gate where he had come from. He turned and started walking back.

"Where to go now?" he said, incasing himself in his cloak.

Noises came from the bushes, and Roberto swiftly looked over toward it.

"Come out," he said. "I heard you."

A black Armadillomon popped out.

"Shadow..."

The Shadow looked at Roberto in an almost hungry way, and not in a hungry like food hungry, no, in a threatening way. The dark digimon almost looked pleased to see Roberto, and then walked to him. Roberto pulled out his pistol and thrusted it at the Shadow digimon. The Armadillomon just kept on coming, obviously not intimidated by the steel gun that Roberto was holding.

"I warn you," said Roberto, "I'll shoot you, and I'm really not in the mood to do it, but if I must..."

The black digimon didn't listen to Roberto's warning and kept pressing on. Then the digimon turned into a black light and chanted:

"Armadillomon Digivolve to.............DarkAnkylomon!"

The Armadillomon turned into a huge, spiky monster. It looked at Roberto, ready to strike, but Roberto seemed to have something up his sleeve. The digimon lifted its tail, ready to strike. And Roberto pulled out a pendant. It was a sapphire pendant, lined with gold in the shape of a wolf.

"Wha?!" said the now nervous DarkAnkylomon, looking at the pendant. "No! It can't be!"

"Yes, it is," said Roberto, the pendant now resting on his chest. "Attack me, and I'll use it."

"I was given orders," said the DarkAnkylomon, "and I won't disobey them!"

"Well then," said Roberto, raising the pendant to the sky. "Crystal Wolf! Melt your power!!!"

The pendant seemed to turn into a blue liquid and poured all over his skin. He turned into a blinding light and started to change...

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Gabumon pushed the bushes away that were in front of him. He wanted to see some kind of civilization, but found only a slow moving stream.

"NOOOO!" said Agumon, falling face down to the ground. "I'm tired of nature! I don't want to see another tree again for the rest of my living life! Agh!"

And with that Agumon got up and sat near the stream. Renamon came out and sighed. She too was getting sick of seeing trees, although she wasn't all in front about it as much as Agumon was. DarkGatomon just shrugged her shoulders and laid in the wet grass to cool herself off. It was getting warmer in the forest, and in the direct sun, it was almost unbearable.

"I want to go to a restaurant and, and eat stuff and, and have fun and, and cool down and, and yeah!" said Agumon. "Someone please give me civilization! Some where! I'll do anythin', anythin'! Just please-"

"SHUT-UP!!" yelled DarkGatomon, interrupting Agumon's little sprawl. "If I have to hear you winin' again, I'll kick ya'!"

Agumon imagined DarkGatomon kicking him in the face. He thought about it and if she was positioned just right, he wouldn't mind getting kicked at all!

"Then go ahead," said Agumon, "kick me!"

DarkGatomon laughed.

"Whateva' looser!" she said.

And with that, she lifted up one foot and kicked him right in the face. Agumon fell knocked out, with blood slowly falling down from his nostrils.

"Oh dear God," said Renamon, walking toward the scene. "Are you okay Agumon?"

Agumon sounded goofy as he talked, as if he was in a daze.

"I...needed...that. Heh."

"Hey Agumon!" said Gabumon, as if he just noticed something. "Isn't this the stream near home?"

Agumon quickly got up to look at the stream once more, but closely this time.

"Hey, yeah! This is! It's Ice Stream!" said Agumon jumping up with joy. "Yea! We're near home!"

"But the problem is," said Gabumon. "Our village is east of the stream, I don't know which way is east."

"We were going west, and east of west is the north," said Renamon. "And I believe south is that way."

Renamon pointed up stream. Beyond that was a bright jungle that looked full of life.

"Well then let's go!" said Agumon.

Renamon stood there. "Wait, we should be heading to the next temple before the Digi-Destined do. Or else they'll take the Pixel there. We'll just remember this spot and come back later."

"No way!" said Agumon. "I'm tired of walking! I want to go home and see mommy!"

"Mommy?" said DarkGatomon, chuckling. "You are soo pathetic! Ahaha!"

Agumon's eyes swelled up with tears.

"Mommy...I miss you."

"Well Renamon," said Gabumon, "how do we remember this place. I really don't think we'll remember this place mentally."

"Let's get back to the trail first," said Renamon, heading into the forest.

Gabumon looked at the jungle area; he was looking particularly at the bamboo stalks, their leaves swaying slowly in the wind. Then the stalks parted and out came Roberto, clutching his arm. Gabumon was shocked and took a step back.

"He-Hey! There's a guy over there!" he said.

Renamon looked over and took position.

"Who are you?!" demanded Renamon.

Roberto fell to his knees.

"Help..."

He fell down like a doll. DarkGatomon was happy to see someone she remembered and ran over to him.

"Hey," said Gabumon, "don't go towards him. He might be dangerous!"

DarkGatomon laughed at this response; for she knew that Roberto was anything but dangerous, especially towards her because he knew her very well. DarkGatomon had grown fond of Roberto when they had worked together, so if he was hurt, then she would be upset.

"He's still alive," said DarkGatomon, sighing, "that's good. I hope he's okay."

"You know him?" said Renamon. "Who is he?"

"His name is Roberto," said DarkGatomon. "He's a friend of mine."

"Roberto?!" screamed Agumon. "He's one of those Digi-Destined, isn't he?"

"Well he was!" said DarkGatomon. "But he left. He didn't like how they tried to make the digimon give up their towns; their lands. So, instead of staying, he left without a trace."

"So he's really nice?" said Gabumon. "And he's your friend? Well, a friend of yours is a friend of ours, I guess... Hey. Where's Renamon?"

Renamon was grinding up some herbs and leaves. Next to her was a pot, from Agumon's backpack of course, that had some boiling water in it.

"This is no time for tea Renamon," said Agumon.

"It's not for me Agumon," said Renamon, "it's for Roberto and his injuries." She came over with the herbal tea and poured it for Roberto. "Have him drink it. It will revive him."

"Here Roberto," said DarkGatomon, putting the liquid in his mouth.

She glanced at Roberto's throat to see if he would swallow it. Which he did, since DarkGatomon watched his Adams apple bob up and down. He let out a sigh, and sat there for a moment. Then suddenly he shot up and awoke bellowing! He waved his hands in front of his mouth, trying to cool it off. He rushed over to the stream and drank some of the water from it. After he drank, Roberto laid down, staring into the sky. DarkGatomon looked at Renamon.

"Well he's awake," said DarkGatomon, "but is he healed?"

Renamon folded her arms.

"It has side effects," explained Renamon. "For instance, some people find it hot."

"As long as it doesn't kill him," said DarkGatomon going over towards Roberto. "Are you okay, honey?"

Roberto looked at DarkGatomon and got up in surprise. He hadn't seen his old friend in a long time.

"DarkGatomon!" he said, hugging her. "I haven't seen you in a long time! How are you?"

"I'm...fine!" said DarkGatomon, loosing her breath.

"What's wrong?" said Roberto, still hugging DarkGatomon.

"Yo' squeezin' me, foo'!"

"Oh, I'm sorry. It's just that I haven't seen you in a while."

"Yeah, I know. Still, don't you go squeezin' me ta' death! Jeez! Anyhow, how are ya'? Last time I saw ya', you were rippin' your crest off yo' cloak!"

Agumon popped up. "Yeah! Tell us!"

Roberto was taken aback at the sight of Agumon.

"Well, hello," said Roberto.

"Hi! I'm Agumon!"

Gabumon and Renamon came over to greet themselves.

"Uh, hi, um, I'm Gabumon."

"And I am Renamon."

Roberto stood up, his long cloak getting dragged up from his shoulders. He looked at them and bowed.

"And I am Roberto. It gives me great pleasure to see you in person."

Renamon looked at him oddly.

"Have we meet, Roberto?"

"Not in person," said Roberto, "but I have seen you many times. I even helped you get DarkGatomon on your team."

Renamon tried to remember that day, and she remembered the voice:

"Maybe the Digi-destined changed the code of the shadows, making it impossible to control them."

"Huh?" said Gabumon, looking around. "Who was that?"

"Who is there?!" demanded Renamon.

"Someone who likes to keep a secret. Let's just say an ally. By the way, DarkGatomon is not that far away. And if you really want her to join you, persuade her; she always falls for that."

"Uh, okay?" said Agumon.

"You were that voice," said Renamon.

"Yes," said Roberto, "I was that voice. I would have came out, but I felt that I couldn't. I still didn't trust you that well. I believe in your ideals; the way you think. The Digi-Destined can't have those Pixels, and I know you know why Renamon. They can take over the world with them. But I heard another part of the legend, one that I think you all will find interesting."

"There's another part?" said Gabumon.

"What is it?" continued Agumon.

Roberto cleared his throat for his speech, and began.


"As you all know, the Pixels have the power to control the world, if someone holds all of them that is. But, there is another part of the legend that no one ever gets to hear. The Pixels have another power; they hold a beast in place in the Digital world. Why do you think the temples are in such odd places? One temple is north, another south, the other west, one near the east too, and one smack dab in the middle."

"The Gold Temple," muttered Renamon; she was talking about the middle temple.

"Yes," continued Roberto, "the Gold Temple plays a key role in the world. For you see, that temple holds the beast; it's sort of a cage you could say that holds the beast and the other temples kind of hold the cage in place. But if you take the Pixels out of their places, the beast will be free. I think that's what the Digi-Destined want. I think they believe that if they can tame the beast, they could use it to control the world."

Agumon was shaking from that talk, Gabumon was a little scared, DarkGatomon feared this too, but didn't show it, and Renamon felt guilty about her not protecting the Gold Temple properly.

"We're going to DIE!!!" screamed Agumon, as he ran to go hide under a rock.

"But I don't think they can tame it," said Roberto. "If you could tame it, then why was it entrapped?"

"Well," said Renamon, "we shouldn't hesitate; we must go to the temple to the west."

"That would be the Ruby Temple," said Roberto.

They soon after that walked on to the road, and then Renamon turned around.

"I'll just put this here."

Renamon pulled out a small red flag and planted it near the area they were just in. Then she got up and went to Roberto.

"I can sense that you have a good heart. Please join us?"

Roberto nodded and said, "I would love too."

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Author's Notes

I wanted to type this chapter for a long time. I loved typing this chapter. I know I say this a lot, but I enjoy typing, so whatever. Anyway, I hope this chapter was a good one, and I think the next one will be too, so we'll see. So, until next chapter, see ya'!

--Carlas Lua

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