Disclaimer: I don't own digimon, I do own Jason Johnson, and yamatos.girl,
who knows – more to the point, Ralph Wiggum, Demon Spawn, firewall0,
Iltatahti and Sara-chan have been kind enough to let me use their
characters.
AWW I should have done something like who do you think the eighth child will be…Ho well, I doubt anyone would have guessed anyway.
New Discoveries
When last we left everyone, they had just made it to the ruins and found some neat carvings. Jay touched a pillar and caused it to glow. Pretty soon everyone else found a pillar with the same results, but that left one pillar remaining, so is there another child? While they pondered Echomon showed up with one of his minions who then took Medusa…Will anyone be able to save her?
"Faster. We're gaining on it," Jay urged his partner.
"I'm going as fast as I can…unless you want to get off and push," Raptormon said.
"Jay is it just me or did we just pass Network Port?" Pixie asked.
"It looks like we're going over the canyon where we killed Unimon now," Jay said.
They looked ahead of them to see the tiger fly at a constant speed with Ashemon right behind it. Suddenly out of nowhere a blue light erupted from the jungle below. As soon as the light faded the tiger changed its course so it would discover the source of the brilliance. Medusa fell from its mouth as he descended.
Medusa screamed as she plummeted to her doom.
"Hang on Meddie," Ashemon cried as she began to descend as well. "Ashemon digivolve to…" Ashemon said. The burgundy light emitted from Medusa's watch glowed, causing her to shift to the champion level. "Blazemon."
She was able to fly faster than her partner's plummet, but when she finally caught Medusa, she was unable to stop their descent. Instead they go crashing to the ground through a canopy of trees.
"Medusa," Pixie and Jay shriek in terror. They too went through the trees but instead of crashing to the ground, they both made splendid landings. They heard a moaning in the nearby bushes. They look to find Medusa on top of Blazemon.
"Blazemon must've taken the brunt of the fall," Pixie guessed.
They eased Medusa out of the bushes and then made to move the oversized sprite. A growl. They slowly turn around to see nothing but a wall of trees.
"Lets get out of here," Garosumon advised.
Jay placed the limp form of Meddie on Raptormon's back when Blazemon suddenly awoke.
"Oooo my head," She said.
"Nice save," Jay said giving a thumbs up.
"I don't know if anyone else notices the fact that there is still a TIGER on the loose," Pixie urged. "Lets go."
The trio of flying digimon lifted off the ground and through the dense canopy of trees to hear another growl.
"It came from that way," Jay said pointing. "Lets go get it."
They flew over a clearing where they saw what appeared to be a young girl. Meddie who was just waking up asked, "Who's that?"
"Lets go find out," Blazemon said.
Just then the tiger-like digimon burst through the undergrowth and approached the young girl.
"Run away," Pixie called to the girl. Instead the girl approached the menacing form. It did not move as she approached. She brought her hand up and began to pet the infected tiger. As soon as she touched the being a bright blue light enveloped the duo. This caused the six in the air to shield their eyes. When the glare dissipated they noticed that the clearing was empty. Instead the girl and digimon had flown up right beside the three champions.
"Hi, I'm Lauren. What's your name," The girl said.
"Well I'm Jay," Jay began. "And these are Pixie and Meddie. Oh and all of these big guys are our partners."
"Charmed," Raptormon said.
"Can we finish introductions later?" Meddie asked. "And why didn't you run after we told you to?"
"I could sense that he wouldn't hurt me," Lauren said. "Oh and his name is Daizetmon."
"Forgive me. The fever was controlling me," Daizetmon said.
"No problem. Now lets go help Jason," Pixie said.
They make their way to the ruins hoping that their friends haven't lost their heads and went after Echomon.
"Only an insane person would go and fight without us," Jay said.
Meanwhile, Jason had in fact just decided that he was insane. Sure he wanted to get Echomon before he could do more harm, but was a confrontation really necessary? He didn't say anything lest his companions decide him to be a weak leader.
"While you were knocked out Echomon revealed himself to have infected numerous digimon," Jason yelled so Sarah could hear him.
"So he's responsible for sending that oversized duck to attack me," Sarah said.
"I assume so," Jason informed her.
"PUMAMON GET YOUR REAR IN GEAR! WE HAVE A BAT TO CRUSH INTO A FINE PASTE!" Sarah exclaimed.
"Lets pick up the pace Pumamon," He said and was instantly thrown back with the sudden speed burst.
Up ahead they could make out the shape of the giant bat, but it didn't seem to be alone. As if to illustrate that point another digimon rose up into the air and attacked, "Twin Sickles."
Pumamon did his best to avoid the energy blades as he moved forward.
"Look there are more on the ground," Michael said pointing.
They all turned their attention to the ground where they saw numerous familiar faces. The first was the Ninjamon that so graciously allowed Michael lodging when they first entered the town, the Tuskmon that Pixie stayed with, and…the mayor himself…Wizardmon. This sight caused them all to stop in their tracks.
"How do you like my collection of minions?" Echomon asked with a sly grin on his face.
"You've turned our friends against us?" Savannah asked shocked. "You monster!"
"Thank you," Echomon said. "But I seriously don't need you around to compliment me. Kill them!"
"Digivolve if you haven't done so already," Michael urged.
Bladeramon jumped off Kabuterimon's back. "Bladeramon digivolve to…" Bladerimon began. The light enveloped the rookie and when it dispersed his champion form was in its place. "Daggermon"
Kodokumon dropped to the ground as well, "Kodokumon digivolve to…" Kodokumon stated. The purple light hit her and as it dispersed, you could see her champion form. "…Serenemon."
Mike and Savannah dropped off of Kabuterimon as he flew high into the sky to combat the other flying bug. Pumamon was relieved of his passengers as well as he charged forward towards the horned figure. Bladerimon decided to spar off with the ninja, which left Serenemon to deal with the mayor.
Kabuterimon shot at Snimon like a bullet, using his thick horn to ram the giant praying mantis. This caused both of them to fall into the ground. The force of the blow caused them to create a large crater. When the dust cleared Kabuterimon could be seen flying and letting off an electrical attack. No pieces of data emerged from the crater but Snimon was still nowhere to be seen. He was knocked unconscious.
Just then everyone's attention was turned towards the battle between Serenemon and Wizardmon. Wizardmon fired thunderball after thunderball at the flying digimon. She was able to dodge each one but didn't go on the offensive. She was afraid to hurt her friend.
"Just knock it out," Sarah advised.
Serenemon analyzed her opponent. It was hard to see a good way to neutralize her foe without destroying it. Just then Wizardmon's cape fluttered in the wind as he let loose another attack. 'That's it,' She thought. "Fire wave," she cried. A wall of fire approached the mystic digimon and surrounded it. Then the wall began to close in around Wizardmon. It was all a matter of time before the billowing cape of the mayor was set ablaze.
"AAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!" Wizardmon screamed. He began running around and before long his hat and jumpsuit were burning as well. Eventually he got control of the cape and jumpsuit fire by rolling, but the hat fire was still going strong. He contented himself by ramming his head repeatedly against a tree, which transferred the fire to the woodlands surrounding the battle. A loud crack was heard and Wizardmon fell to the ground. The tree tumbled towards the raging battle between Daggermon and Ninjamon.
Essentially this battle was an old fashioned duel. Ninjamon appeared to have the upper hand because his weapon had a sharp edge to it, while Daggermon only had his staff. The crash of metal erupted in the air.
Ninjamon jumped backwards preparing for a long-range attack. "Ninja Knife Throw," he cried throwing four sharpened stars at Daggermon. Daggermon avoided two, blocked one with his staff and was grazed by the remaining star.
He fell to the ground feigning pain. Just as he'd hoped Ninjamon pressed the attack with a sword swipe, but as the ninja got close, Daggermon brought his staff up and swept the advancing digimon's feet out from under him. Then while Ninjamon lost his balance, Daggermon swiftly used his staff to knock him out.
This left the ensuing battle between the horned behemoth and the oversized cougar. This battle was evenly matched; both combatants had enough stamina to attack counter and dodge. The only problem was that their battleground was steadily shrinking thanks to the wildfire.
"Earth Pounce," Pumamon cried. He sent the shockwave out to put out some of the flames.
Pumamon dove at Tuskmon, their fighting forms rolled through the opening in the fire and down the mountain; they soon rolled out of sight.
"What will you do now boy?" Echomon taunted. "Your digimon is finished."
"He'll be back," Jason said defiantly. "He'll be back to destroy you!"
Meanwhile eight figures were flying above the ruins No one was to be found. "Great they went after him," Pixie said.
"Now how are we going to find them?" Meddie asked.
Suddenly the fire spurted up over a mountain putting it in view. "That way," Jay yelled indicating the flames.
"Brilliant deduction Sherlock," Raptormon said as he flew towards the flames.
"Wait for us," Lauren said. The rest of the digimon flew to match the pace of Raptormon. They hear an explosion.
What was that explosion? What will Echomon's role be in the upcoming battle? Will Medusa's rescue party get there in time? Find out next time on … The New Digital World.
I-NUKEM: Ooh I love it the tension is so thick I can cut it with a chainsaw. Well here's the last child…Will her power be enough to conquer the carrier digimon? I dunno…probably…I haven't decided yet…Well review or I'll um…geeze I need a new threat…um review or I'll…send sharks with laser beams on their heads after you.
Coyomon: *taps I-NUKEM's shoulder and whispers into his ear*
I-NUKEM: What??? WHAT DO YOU MEAN WE ONLY HAVE SEA BASS??? *clears throat* I'm sorry but we only can attack you with mutated sea bass. *in a lower tone* Is it too much to ask for sharks that shoot friggin' lasers out of their heads??? What do I pay you for?
Coyomon: You don't pay us!
I-NUKEM: Oh. Ummm keep up the good work.
AWW I should have done something like who do you think the eighth child will be…Ho well, I doubt anyone would have guessed anyway.
New Discoveries
When last we left everyone, they had just made it to the ruins and found some neat carvings. Jay touched a pillar and caused it to glow. Pretty soon everyone else found a pillar with the same results, but that left one pillar remaining, so is there another child? While they pondered Echomon showed up with one of his minions who then took Medusa…Will anyone be able to save her?
"Faster. We're gaining on it," Jay urged his partner.
"I'm going as fast as I can…unless you want to get off and push," Raptormon said.
"Jay is it just me or did we just pass Network Port?" Pixie asked.
"It looks like we're going over the canyon where we killed Unimon now," Jay said.
They looked ahead of them to see the tiger fly at a constant speed with Ashemon right behind it. Suddenly out of nowhere a blue light erupted from the jungle below. As soon as the light faded the tiger changed its course so it would discover the source of the brilliance. Medusa fell from its mouth as he descended.
Medusa screamed as she plummeted to her doom.
"Hang on Meddie," Ashemon cried as she began to descend as well. "Ashemon digivolve to…" Ashemon said. The burgundy light emitted from Medusa's watch glowed, causing her to shift to the champion level. "Blazemon."
She was able to fly faster than her partner's plummet, but when she finally caught Medusa, she was unable to stop their descent. Instead they go crashing to the ground through a canopy of trees.
"Medusa," Pixie and Jay shriek in terror. They too went through the trees but instead of crashing to the ground, they both made splendid landings. They heard a moaning in the nearby bushes. They look to find Medusa on top of Blazemon.
"Blazemon must've taken the brunt of the fall," Pixie guessed.
They eased Medusa out of the bushes and then made to move the oversized sprite. A growl. They slowly turn around to see nothing but a wall of trees.
"Lets get out of here," Garosumon advised.
Jay placed the limp form of Meddie on Raptormon's back when Blazemon suddenly awoke.
"Oooo my head," She said.
"Nice save," Jay said giving a thumbs up.
"I don't know if anyone else notices the fact that there is still a TIGER on the loose," Pixie urged. "Lets go."
The trio of flying digimon lifted off the ground and through the dense canopy of trees to hear another growl.
"It came from that way," Jay said pointing. "Lets go get it."
They flew over a clearing where they saw what appeared to be a young girl. Meddie who was just waking up asked, "Who's that?"
"Lets go find out," Blazemon said.
Just then the tiger-like digimon burst through the undergrowth and approached the young girl.
"Run away," Pixie called to the girl. Instead the girl approached the menacing form. It did not move as she approached. She brought her hand up and began to pet the infected tiger. As soon as she touched the being a bright blue light enveloped the duo. This caused the six in the air to shield their eyes. When the glare dissipated they noticed that the clearing was empty. Instead the girl and digimon had flown up right beside the three champions.
"Hi, I'm Lauren. What's your name," The girl said.
"Well I'm Jay," Jay began. "And these are Pixie and Meddie. Oh and all of these big guys are our partners."
"Charmed," Raptormon said.
"Can we finish introductions later?" Meddie asked. "And why didn't you run after we told you to?"
"I could sense that he wouldn't hurt me," Lauren said. "Oh and his name is Daizetmon."
"Forgive me. The fever was controlling me," Daizetmon said.
"No problem. Now lets go help Jason," Pixie said.
They make their way to the ruins hoping that their friends haven't lost their heads and went after Echomon.
"Only an insane person would go and fight without us," Jay said.
Meanwhile, Jason had in fact just decided that he was insane. Sure he wanted to get Echomon before he could do more harm, but was a confrontation really necessary? He didn't say anything lest his companions decide him to be a weak leader.
"While you were knocked out Echomon revealed himself to have infected numerous digimon," Jason yelled so Sarah could hear him.
"So he's responsible for sending that oversized duck to attack me," Sarah said.
"I assume so," Jason informed her.
"PUMAMON GET YOUR REAR IN GEAR! WE HAVE A BAT TO CRUSH INTO A FINE PASTE!" Sarah exclaimed.
"Lets pick up the pace Pumamon," He said and was instantly thrown back with the sudden speed burst.
Up ahead they could make out the shape of the giant bat, but it didn't seem to be alone. As if to illustrate that point another digimon rose up into the air and attacked, "Twin Sickles."
Pumamon did his best to avoid the energy blades as he moved forward.
"Look there are more on the ground," Michael said pointing.
They all turned their attention to the ground where they saw numerous familiar faces. The first was the Ninjamon that so graciously allowed Michael lodging when they first entered the town, the Tuskmon that Pixie stayed with, and…the mayor himself…Wizardmon. This sight caused them all to stop in their tracks.
"How do you like my collection of minions?" Echomon asked with a sly grin on his face.
"You've turned our friends against us?" Savannah asked shocked. "You monster!"
"Thank you," Echomon said. "But I seriously don't need you around to compliment me. Kill them!"
"Digivolve if you haven't done so already," Michael urged.
Bladeramon jumped off Kabuterimon's back. "Bladeramon digivolve to…" Bladerimon began. The light enveloped the rookie and when it dispersed his champion form was in its place. "Daggermon"
Kodokumon dropped to the ground as well, "Kodokumon digivolve to…" Kodokumon stated. The purple light hit her and as it dispersed, you could see her champion form. "…Serenemon."
Mike and Savannah dropped off of Kabuterimon as he flew high into the sky to combat the other flying bug. Pumamon was relieved of his passengers as well as he charged forward towards the horned figure. Bladerimon decided to spar off with the ninja, which left Serenemon to deal with the mayor.
Kabuterimon shot at Snimon like a bullet, using his thick horn to ram the giant praying mantis. This caused both of them to fall into the ground. The force of the blow caused them to create a large crater. When the dust cleared Kabuterimon could be seen flying and letting off an electrical attack. No pieces of data emerged from the crater but Snimon was still nowhere to be seen. He was knocked unconscious.
Just then everyone's attention was turned towards the battle between Serenemon and Wizardmon. Wizardmon fired thunderball after thunderball at the flying digimon. She was able to dodge each one but didn't go on the offensive. She was afraid to hurt her friend.
"Just knock it out," Sarah advised.
Serenemon analyzed her opponent. It was hard to see a good way to neutralize her foe without destroying it. Just then Wizardmon's cape fluttered in the wind as he let loose another attack. 'That's it,' She thought. "Fire wave," she cried. A wall of fire approached the mystic digimon and surrounded it. Then the wall began to close in around Wizardmon. It was all a matter of time before the billowing cape of the mayor was set ablaze.
"AAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!" Wizardmon screamed. He began running around and before long his hat and jumpsuit were burning as well. Eventually he got control of the cape and jumpsuit fire by rolling, but the hat fire was still going strong. He contented himself by ramming his head repeatedly against a tree, which transferred the fire to the woodlands surrounding the battle. A loud crack was heard and Wizardmon fell to the ground. The tree tumbled towards the raging battle between Daggermon and Ninjamon.
Essentially this battle was an old fashioned duel. Ninjamon appeared to have the upper hand because his weapon had a sharp edge to it, while Daggermon only had his staff. The crash of metal erupted in the air.
Ninjamon jumped backwards preparing for a long-range attack. "Ninja Knife Throw," he cried throwing four sharpened stars at Daggermon. Daggermon avoided two, blocked one with his staff and was grazed by the remaining star.
He fell to the ground feigning pain. Just as he'd hoped Ninjamon pressed the attack with a sword swipe, but as the ninja got close, Daggermon brought his staff up and swept the advancing digimon's feet out from under him. Then while Ninjamon lost his balance, Daggermon swiftly used his staff to knock him out.
This left the ensuing battle between the horned behemoth and the oversized cougar. This battle was evenly matched; both combatants had enough stamina to attack counter and dodge. The only problem was that their battleground was steadily shrinking thanks to the wildfire.
"Earth Pounce," Pumamon cried. He sent the shockwave out to put out some of the flames.
Pumamon dove at Tuskmon, their fighting forms rolled through the opening in the fire and down the mountain; they soon rolled out of sight.
"What will you do now boy?" Echomon taunted. "Your digimon is finished."
"He'll be back," Jason said defiantly. "He'll be back to destroy you!"
Meanwhile eight figures were flying above the ruins No one was to be found. "Great they went after him," Pixie said.
"Now how are we going to find them?" Meddie asked.
Suddenly the fire spurted up over a mountain putting it in view. "That way," Jay yelled indicating the flames.
"Brilliant deduction Sherlock," Raptormon said as he flew towards the flames.
"Wait for us," Lauren said. The rest of the digimon flew to match the pace of Raptormon. They hear an explosion.
What was that explosion? What will Echomon's role be in the upcoming battle? Will Medusa's rescue party get there in time? Find out next time on … The New Digital World.
I-NUKEM: Ooh I love it the tension is so thick I can cut it with a chainsaw. Well here's the last child…Will her power be enough to conquer the carrier digimon? I dunno…probably…I haven't decided yet…Well review or I'll um…geeze I need a new threat…um review or I'll…send sharks with laser beams on their heads after you.
Coyomon: *taps I-NUKEM's shoulder and whispers into his ear*
I-NUKEM: What??? WHAT DO YOU MEAN WE ONLY HAVE SEA BASS??? *clears throat* I'm sorry but we only can attack you with mutated sea bass. *in a lower tone* Is it too much to ask for sharks that shoot friggin' lasers out of their heads??? What do I pay you for?
Coyomon: You don't pay us!
I-NUKEM: Oh. Ummm keep up the good work.