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Megami, who knows - more to the point, Ralph Wiggum, Demon Spawn,
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their characters.
Jess: Hey I'm Jess, Jake's friend.
I_NUKEM: I'm letting her help Jake describe the last chapter.
Jake: Well Jason was having a nightmare about everyone being killed and being captured at some mountain.
Jess: Everyone tried to comfort him after the ordeal, but he opted to be alone, taking everyone's guard duty.
Jake: When everyone woke up, Jason revealed that he wanted to get a move on back to the mountain where Pixie got her Crest Chip.
Jess: The rest of the gang was kind of skeptical but decided to follow him anyway.
Jake: They discovered that Jason's dream was a warning as they traveled in a dead forest.
Jess: Karatenmon showed up and challenged a digimon to a one on one battle. Daggermon was holding his own until the crow digimon began to actually fight.
Jake: Michael said he didn't want Daggermon to give up, causing him to Chrono digivolve into Metaldaggermon.
Jess: This caused the tide of battle to shift towards to the good guys . and girls, allowing them to have the power to defeat Karatenmon.
I_NUKEM: That's good guys, I just wanted to say, that those people who read the chapter when I first posted it missed a pretty important line involving Michael acquiring Karatenmon's blade. That will come into play in a few chapters.
Jake: Can I be in the story now?
I_NUKEM: *sweatdrops* Jess if you would please.
Jess: With pleasure. *smack Jake*
Reclaiming a Lost Friend
"Well we're here," Michael said.
This statement was true.or at least for the most point. In reality they were at the base of the mountain and had yet to begin their ascent.
"Lets get going then," Jason said as he began to climb.
"Are you going to wait for us this time?" Savannah called to him.
"We probably should this time Jason," Coyomon informed him.
"Alright," He said. "But hurry up."
"We really appreciate you waiting for us.like you should have done the first time we were here," Sarah said sarcastically.
"What did happen last time?" Jason asked scratching his head.
"You mean you don't remember getting attacked by Golemon?" Pixie asked.
"And then disappearing from the summit when Pixie went for help?" Lauren asked.
Jason shook his head.
"Well you probably fell off, and hit your head on the way down," Washimon said. "How else could you have ended up so clueless?"
He felt a light smack to the back of his head. "Quiet down bird brain," Jay said.
The group of eight humans and eight digimon slowly made their way up a third of the mountain, finally resting on a ledge large enough to support them and encompassed the entire mountain.
"Anything in particular you're looking for?" Michael asked Jason.
Jason shook his head. "I don't really know why I drug us here.it seems so vacant. I'm gonna take another look around and see if I can find anything.if nothing turns up, we can go."
He stood up and began walking along the ledge.
"Wait Jason, you shouldn't go alone," Pixie called. She stood up and began racing after him. He was almost out of sight around a "corner". She picked up the pace as he disappeared from her view altogether.
Suddenly she heard a scream.it had come from where she assumed Jason was, so she sped up again. Everyone else began stirring as they heard the cry, giving chase. She rounded the "corner" and tripped over something. She brushed herself off and stood up. As she looked down she saw what she had tripped over. It was an old worn backpack. She picked up the bag and held it to her chest.
Everyone else finally arrived at the scene to see Pixie clutching the bag.
"Um. isn't that Jason's bag?" Savannah asked.
Pixie nodded.
"Well where is the goggleboy?" Tentomon asked.
"He's disappeared," Kakumon explained.
They all nodded as the information worked its way into their brains. "Oooh he's disappeared. What do you mean he's disappeared?" they all shouted simultaneously.
Pixie was trying to keep her cool as the others pelted her with questions that they knew that she could not answer. She pressed the map button on her watch and the holographic map appeared. "Well we can sit here all day asking pointless questions, or we can start looking for him." She said.
When the map fully emerged, they could see that Jason was somewhere right next to them.
"Well when technology fails we should use the next best thing." Meddie said.
"And that is?" Michael asked.
"HEY JAS WHERE ARE YA?" Medusa called, and unfortunately she shouted right next to Jay's ear.
This immediate noise caused Jay to fall to the ground. Sarah and Savannah both were quick on their toes and helped Jay up.
"You ok Jay?" they asked simultaneously. They then glared at each other and they began pulling at Jay's arms.
"I'm going to help him," Sarah said jerking Jay closer to her.
"No I am!" Savannah exclaimed and she too forcefully jerked Jay towards her. Unfortunately, Sarah's grip failed and with the power behind Savannah's pull, Jay went flying.
"AHHHHHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOH CRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA..." Jay cried as he sailed through the air. There was a loud thud at which everyone winced at. ".ap." Jay let out as he lay on the ground.
Sarah and Savannah sweatdropped as they looked over the edge. They blinked and slowly turned to face each other. Then they pointed a finger at each other. "This is all your fault." They accused.
As the six humans and digimon were searching, shouting, and waiting for Jay to return, a form stirred. Jason Johnson attempted to get up, but he realized that he was already in a standing position.but his hands were stuck above him. Looking up he could see metal chains around his arms, attached to.nothingness? Strangely they seemed taught as they were suspended in the void that he now realized he was in. He began turning his head back and forth, hoping to find something.anything that could help him. His eyes rested on the limp form of Coyomon, resting in some sort of glass cage. He was about to call to his partner when he heard a voice above him. He looked upwards and saw his friends, searching for him.
"GUYS, I'M DOWN HERE," He hollered. But they couldn't seem to hear him. He was about to try again when a voice beside him interrupted.
"They can't hear you." The voice said matter-of-factly.
"And who might you be?" Jason demanded.
"Oh," the voice said. He moved so he was in Jason's line of vision. Now Jason could see a skinny form, with a swelled head, and tentacles for feet. "I'm so hurt that you don't recognize me." The voice sounded hurt. "But then again it might be because I've stolen this from you." He said menacingly, as he held up a glass flask. Inside was some sort of liquid of rainbow colors. He swirled the flask and the colors all melded to create a black liquid in the jar.
"And that would be?" Jason asked puzzled.
"Why your memory of course," the creature taunted.
Jason snorted. "Then how come I've regained memories that I lost when I was here last time.I'll bet all my memories have returned by now."
"That would be true.except I've stolen more than just your memories.I've stolen your identity." The figure chuckled.
"There's no way you could do that!" Jason exclaimed.
"Then what are your parents names?" The creature questioned.
"." Jason tried to think.but somehow through all the far reaches of his mind.he couldn't find that information.
"Sadly you escaped the last time you were here, before I could finish the process," the figure continued.
"What process? What are you going to do with me whoever you are?" Jason asked. He was starting to get scared. If this alien digimon was telling the truth.his very existence was in jeopardy.
"The name's Vademon. My master instructed me to do away with one of you brats, he didn't specify which one.though I believe he implied the youngest of you.however I thought that destroying the head would cripple your little group so my master could easily wipe you out. I'm only finishing what I began." He brought up a small drill-like device with a cord attached. "You might feel some momentary discomfort," He said with a smile. Starting the drill he violently jabbed the spinning end into the side of his head and went all the way to the brain.
Jason stiffened. The pain was getting intense. He began letting out an earth-shattering shriek.
"Scream all you want," Vademon chuckled. "No one save your pathetic excuse for a digimon would be able to hear you, and he's out cold."
Jason began gritting his teeth as the pain temporarily dulled.
"Now for the fun part," Vademon chuckled as he began sucking all of Jason's thoughts, his memories, his soul.from his body and putting it into the already ¼ filled jar.
Jason began screaming once again as his body was beginning to falter, and then sag.
Lauren perked up. She had been searching around the area that Jason disappeared, close to the rock face as she suddenly felt something amiss.
"Something's wrong," She muttered.
"What was that Lauren?" Dazemon asked her.
"I don't know but.something.something's not right," she said.
"This has been pretty stressful," Dazemon explained. "Maybe you should take a break."
Lauren leaned against the mountainside and shut her eyes, as if she was in deep thought. Somehow, the second she closed her eyes she thought that she could see Jason, screaming and then fall limp. Unbeknownst to her, while she was seeing this image, her body began to shimmer with a faint blue glow. She snapped to attention, stepped away from the wall and called to everyone else.
"Jason's hurt," She said.
"How do you know that?" Michael questioned.
"I don't know.but I just have this feeling that he's hurt," She explained. Glancing out of the corner of her eye, she noticed some sort of opening in the mountainside. "Maybe he's in there," She said pointing.
Jay, who was grumbling about his fall and the climb back up, looked where she indicated. "There's nothing there," he said.
"Can't you see the cave there?" Lauren asked.
Everyone shook their heads.
"How can you not see it?" Lauren asked. "Its right here." She walked into the cave, but to everyone else, it seemed like she passed through a solid wall.
Sarah and Pixie looked at each other with uncertainty, but then walked through the wall together. Soon everyone followed the 11 year-old into the cavern.
"Where now?" Meddie asked.
And just then the floor gave way. "That answer your question?" Savannah asked.
They fell for a brief period.and were surrounded by blackness, similar to space. They suddenly stopped their plummeting and.floated?
"Where are we?" Sarah asked.
"Well with all the emptiness I'm guessing we're in the Bloody Cowboy's head." Michael suggested.
"That or the Nerdy Brit's guts," Jay countered.
Pixie gave both of them a good smack for those comments. "This isn't the time for jokes."
"Look," Lauren said pointing.
Everyone gazed in the direction that Lauren pointed.
There they could see Jason in a standing up position, with his arms suspended above him.but his head was slumped down, as if it had no ability to raise.
"What happened to him? And where's Coyomon?" Kodokumon asked.
"Coyomon's over there too," Shadesmon said, nodding his head to the glass prison that housed the lupine digimon who was beginning to stir.
"Well are we just going to float here? Or are we going to go help him out?" Himon asked.
They tried to swim there way over but they had no movement what so ever.
"Try letting us fliers take care of movement," Washimon said with a sweatdrop.
"You know bird brain that's the smartest thing I've ever heard you say," Jay said as he grabbed onto his feet.
Sarah wrapped her arms around Jay and jumped on her shoulder. Savannah held onto Tentomon's legs, as she was being held by Pixie, who was being held by Lauren.
"Himon digivolve to." Himon squeaked. A burgundy light surrounded her. ".Ashemon."
Meddie wrapped her arms around Ashemon and Michael did the same to Meddie. The three flyers, with their heavy loads, slowly made their ways to Jason and Coyomon.
Upon their arrival, they crowded around Jason's body.
"You don't suppose he's dead do you?" Meddie asked.
"Nah he's probably in shock, like after last night," Michael said as he began snapping in front of Jason's lifeless eyes. There was no response.
"Well that worked," Sarah said sarcastically.
Tears were welling in Pixie's eyes as she saw her friend.no, more than a friend.so still.so lifeless.
"Well its not a total loss," Jay said. "His mouth seems ok."
It was true, his mouth did seem to be working. They bent down and tried to hear what he was saying.
"Ten.ta.cle? Tentacle?" Lauren asked scratching her head. "What's that supposed to mean?"
Michael turned and was about to try to explain his hypothesis, when he saw movement above them. He glanced up and saw a thin strand-like object moving towards Lauren. Acting upon instinct alone, Michael drew the sword that he kept strapped on his back, and pushed off Jason's lifeless shell. Brandishing the sword, he sliced at the tentacle that was about to strike, severing half of it clear off. He turned and looked at the attacker.
"Above you," Michael cried as his momentum was taking him further away from the group.
Everyone looked up to see Vademon looming over them, clutching a vial of black liquid.
"HOW DARE YOU ENTER MY SANCTUM!" Vademon bellowed.
Seeing the vial in Vademon's grip made Pixie see red. "Yeah, well how dare you kidnap a poor unsuspecting teenager and.do whatever you were going to do with that vial?" Pixie demanded.
"What I do is none of your concern child!" Vademon replied crossly as he used his tentacles to lunge at the digidestined once more.
"Kakumon digivolve to." Kakumon said. A pink light hit her and she too became a champion. ".Garosumon."
"Washimon digivolve to." the green bird said. He was hit with a green light and evolved as well. "...Raptormon."
"Tentomon digivolve to." Tentomon said. An orange light hit him changing him into his monstrous beetle form. "...Kabuterimon."
"Dazemon digivolve to..." Dazemon said. A blue light hit him, shifting him to become his winged tiger form. ".Daizetmon."
"Kodokumon digivolve to..." Kodokumon stated. The purple light hit her and as it dispersed, you could see her champion form. "...Serenemon."
The five champions blocked the assault of tentacles and began to attack the digimon as well.
Vademon knew he was outnumbered, especially since the hot headed boy with the sword was returning with a sprite like digimon.
"Well hate to attack and run, but I've got places to go people to placate, so toodeloo," Vademon said as he disappeared back in the darkness.
"After him," Kabuterimon cried. And the five digimon flew off in the direction that Vademon fled. They were met by a torrent of boulders heading their way. This caused Daizetmon, Garosumon, Serenemon and Raptormon to swerve and try to avoid the boulders; Kabuterimon was unfortunate enough to take the assault head on. The constant crashing of rocks was enough to force him back to where Jason's body resided. Upon arriving alongside his partner, he immediately dedigivolved due to the energy he used to survive the beating.
"There he is," Daizetmon said. He flew at Vademon, but as he was about to attack with his claw, he was met with another torrent of meteors, pushing him back. Unfortunately, Serenemon was following close behind, so the attack slammed into her as well.
"We're dropping like flymon," Garosumon commented.
"He's too strong," Raptormon said, watching as two more of his companions reverted to their rookie forms.
"Pixie, call Garosumon back," Jay said. "We need to retreat."
"But Jason needs our help," Pixie attempted.
"Jason'll be here when we come back.right now we need to come up with some plan of attack," Savannah said.
"I WON'T LEAVE JASON!" Pixie cried, some tears left her eyes as her digiwatch glowed pink, and the face began to slide down, exposing the crest chip inside. The chip detached itself from the band and floated towards Garosumon. It spun around her, enveloping her in a pink light and finally entered her form. "Garosumon Chrono Digivolve to." Garosumon said, as she began to change in form. For starters, she was no longer a bird type digimon. Instead she now became a wolf, but a wolf that stands on her hind legs. She sprouted two more wings, making four total on her back, though they appear to be as if she was an angel. A golden ring encircled her neck, and she now has diamonds along her wings. ".Halogarosumon." The light faded to reveal a still pink digimon.
"GO GET HIM!" Pixie cried.
Halogarosumon nodded and flew towards the still retreating Vademon. He was throwing more meteors, an occasional planet, even the kitchen sink. Halogarosumon gracefully avoided all the obstacles, and rapidly caught up with the Alien. She grabbed Vademon by the throat and began punching his oversized brain.
"Any last words?" She asked.
"Just a few," Vademon said. "Catch this if you ever want to see your friend again." With that he threw the vial that contained Jason's essence, his soul, into the void of darkness.
She looked back and forth between Vademon's face and the vial, rapidly vanishing from view.
Without another word she released the tentacled digimon and flew with all her might to reach the disappearing jar. She kept increasing her speed rapidly and finally was able to catch the vial in her claws. She turned to see Vademon, but he was nowhere to be seen.
"Great he got away," Halogarosumon sighed. She was turned and started heading back to where everyone was crowded around Jason.only to be struck from the side by a stray planet.
"Return the vial and I'll delete you quickly," Vademon could be heard in the direction that the large mass of a projectile came.
This guy was really starting to annoy Halogarosumon, first he willingly parted with the flask, and now he demanded that they return it to him.
"Make up your mind," she muttered as she tried to get away from the planet that was sending her deeper into the blackness.
She turned her head and saw a green blur that was approaching her at a rapid speed. Was it another attack that she hadn't seen yet?
"Need a push?" The blur asked as he slowly became more visible, it was Raptormon.
"Where have you been?" Halogarosumon demanded.
"Protecting everyone from attack.I was also able to free Coyomon while you kept old squiddee over there busy," Raptormon stated.
"Just take this vial," The angelic wolf said.
Raptormon glanced at his wings and feet, "How?" He demanded.
With that the ultimate shoved the vial in his beak. "Don't break it.for all we know Jason's existence depends on it."
With that Raptormon took the precious bounty back to the rest of the group, and Halogarosumon finally detached herself from the sailing heavenly body.
"Now to finish this," Halogarosumon said. She placed both of her "hands" on the halo that encircled her neck. It began to glow and two rings of the same size and color appeared in her hands.
"HALO STORM," She cried as she threw the rings at Vademon. As soon as they left her hands the halos each split into five smaller rings. The ten halos soared towards Vademon who was attempting to block the attack with another group of meteors. This attempt at protection was in vain, for the ten rings just plowed through the rocks. The various glowing circles surrounded Vademon and began slowly closing in on him. He tried to attack the rings, but still to no avail. The ten rings began to glow as they grew in size, enveloping the evil alien digimon in a sphere made up of the 10 rings joined together. Halogarosumon brought her hands together slowly and somehow the rings reacted, slowly shrinking. Inside, Vademon was shrinking as well. She clapped her hands together and the ball instantly exploded in a bright light.
She returned to where everyone was trying to figure out what to do with the black liquid in the vial.
"If this really is.well a part of Jason.how did he get it out.but more importantly how do we put it back?" Sarah asked.
"Well.maybe if we just pour it on his face, he'll wake up," Lauren offered.
"Maybe if he drinks it." Tentomon offered.
"I say we leave Jason like he is and make Jay drink it. Maybe he'll finally get some common sense." Michael said.
Jay was about to make a comeback, but the look that Pixie just gave him could've shattered glass, so he wisely kept his mouth shut.
"Well we've got to do something," Meddie said.
Just then Jason began moving his mouth again. Strangely no words emerged.
Savannah tilted his head upwards and tried to listen. "He's trying to say something.maybe his throat's too dry to say anything." She put forth. Snatching the vial, she uncorked it and with Jason's head still tilted up, she began to pour the black liquid into his mouth. "Bottom's up Jas!"
The flask was soon emptied and Savannah dropped his head back down. They all looked at Jason to see a reaction.any reaction. He blinked. Smiles spread across his audience. Jason slowly raised his head and shook it as if to clear it, though from jumbled memories or some sort of pain was anyone's guess. He surveyed the group around him, and smiled. "Something tells me I'm not in Colorado anymore," He said.
This caused everyone to facefault, even Halogarosumon. "Does this mean we need to start from scratch again?" Kodokumon queried.
"Well I for one can say it's nice to see some familiar faces, though I can't place them at the moment." He said. He tilted his head upwards. "Hey you.sorry I'm not really good with names at the moment.could you um.get rid of these chains? My arms are falling asleep."
Halogarosumon sweatdropped and broke the chains with the claws on her hands. Jason was rubbing the feeling back into his wrists as Pixie tackled him and squeezed him tightly.
"I'm happy to see you too," Jason smiled and squeezed her back.
Pixie let him go and brushed a strand of her hair out of her eyes. "Oh I.thought you'd want this back." She handed him his backpack.
Jason shouldered the bag and looked around.
"There any reason that we're all floating around in nothingness?" Jason asked. "Personally I'd like to get something solid under my feet."
"Sounds good," Meddie said. She looked from Raptormon to Halogarosumon. "Something tells me we'll need another digimon to help transportation."
"Leave that to me," Tentomon said. "I may have been smacked around a lot, but I still have enough energy to get us out of here. Tentomon digivolve to." An orange light hit him changing him into his monstrous beetle form. "...Kabuterimon."
Michael, and Meddie climbed on Kabuterimon's back with Savannah. Jay and Sarah rode on Raptormon, leaving Lauren, Pixie and Jason to ride on Halogarosumon. These digimon took them back the way they entered the strange dimension, and back to the mountainside, where after landing, Halogarosumon became Soleilmon once more.
"Well it's been fun," Jason said turning around. "I'll see you guys later."
"OH NO YOU DON'T!" Michael said grabbing his arm.
"You aren't going anywhere buddy," Jay agreed.
"Hey what is this?" Jason asked confused.
"We can't let you go wandering around again," Pixie said. "Plus we need to stay together." With that she smiled.
Jason looked into Pixie's blue eyes and smiled, as if he could finally place the name to this face in front of him. "If you say so Pixie," he said. "Now could the Nerdy Brit and Bloody Cowboy just let me go, I'm not going anywhere."
"Especially not without me," Coyomon said, stepping forward.
Jason continued to smile. "How could I leave an adorable little coyote.no wait.I think I called you Coyomon before right?"
Coyomon wagged his tail. "It'll be a little bit, but I think Jason'll be alright," he said.
How right is Coyomon? Will the Digidestined be able to cope with a leader that's not all the way complete in the memory department? Are they still weakened enough for a quick destruction by Titanimon? Find out answers to some of these questions on the next installment of: A New Digital World.
I_NUKEM: Well what did you think? I know it gets kinda iffy around some parts but I personally like how it turned out.considering I usually wing these things.oh and if you didn't like the whole soul stealing part, DEAL WITH IT. It was the most interesting way I could come up with to finish it and eventually get me (Jason) back to normal.
If you don't review. *in a French accent* I'll fart in your general direction.
Jess: Hey I'm Jess, Jake's friend.
I_NUKEM: I'm letting her help Jake describe the last chapter.
Jake: Well Jason was having a nightmare about everyone being killed and being captured at some mountain.
Jess: Everyone tried to comfort him after the ordeal, but he opted to be alone, taking everyone's guard duty.
Jake: When everyone woke up, Jason revealed that he wanted to get a move on back to the mountain where Pixie got her Crest Chip.
Jess: The rest of the gang was kind of skeptical but decided to follow him anyway.
Jake: They discovered that Jason's dream was a warning as they traveled in a dead forest.
Jess: Karatenmon showed up and challenged a digimon to a one on one battle. Daggermon was holding his own until the crow digimon began to actually fight.
Jake: Michael said he didn't want Daggermon to give up, causing him to Chrono digivolve into Metaldaggermon.
Jess: This caused the tide of battle to shift towards to the good guys . and girls, allowing them to have the power to defeat Karatenmon.
I_NUKEM: That's good guys, I just wanted to say, that those people who read the chapter when I first posted it missed a pretty important line involving Michael acquiring Karatenmon's blade. That will come into play in a few chapters.
Jake: Can I be in the story now?
I_NUKEM: *sweatdrops* Jess if you would please.
Jess: With pleasure. *smack Jake*
Reclaiming a Lost Friend
"Well we're here," Michael said.
This statement was true.or at least for the most point. In reality they were at the base of the mountain and had yet to begin their ascent.
"Lets get going then," Jason said as he began to climb.
"Are you going to wait for us this time?" Savannah called to him.
"We probably should this time Jason," Coyomon informed him.
"Alright," He said. "But hurry up."
"We really appreciate you waiting for us.like you should have done the first time we were here," Sarah said sarcastically.
"What did happen last time?" Jason asked scratching his head.
"You mean you don't remember getting attacked by Golemon?" Pixie asked.
"And then disappearing from the summit when Pixie went for help?" Lauren asked.
Jason shook his head.
"Well you probably fell off, and hit your head on the way down," Washimon said. "How else could you have ended up so clueless?"
He felt a light smack to the back of his head. "Quiet down bird brain," Jay said.
The group of eight humans and eight digimon slowly made their way up a third of the mountain, finally resting on a ledge large enough to support them and encompassed the entire mountain.
"Anything in particular you're looking for?" Michael asked Jason.
Jason shook his head. "I don't really know why I drug us here.it seems so vacant. I'm gonna take another look around and see if I can find anything.if nothing turns up, we can go."
He stood up and began walking along the ledge.
"Wait Jason, you shouldn't go alone," Pixie called. She stood up and began racing after him. He was almost out of sight around a "corner". She picked up the pace as he disappeared from her view altogether.
Suddenly she heard a scream.it had come from where she assumed Jason was, so she sped up again. Everyone else began stirring as they heard the cry, giving chase. She rounded the "corner" and tripped over something. She brushed herself off and stood up. As she looked down she saw what she had tripped over. It was an old worn backpack. She picked up the bag and held it to her chest.
Everyone else finally arrived at the scene to see Pixie clutching the bag.
"Um. isn't that Jason's bag?" Savannah asked.
Pixie nodded.
"Well where is the goggleboy?" Tentomon asked.
"He's disappeared," Kakumon explained.
They all nodded as the information worked its way into their brains. "Oooh he's disappeared. What do you mean he's disappeared?" they all shouted simultaneously.
Pixie was trying to keep her cool as the others pelted her with questions that they knew that she could not answer. She pressed the map button on her watch and the holographic map appeared. "Well we can sit here all day asking pointless questions, or we can start looking for him." She said.
When the map fully emerged, they could see that Jason was somewhere right next to them.
"Well when technology fails we should use the next best thing." Meddie said.
"And that is?" Michael asked.
"HEY JAS WHERE ARE YA?" Medusa called, and unfortunately she shouted right next to Jay's ear.
This immediate noise caused Jay to fall to the ground. Sarah and Savannah both were quick on their toes and helped Jay up.
"You ok Jay?" they asked simultaneously. They then glared at each other and they began pulling at Jay's arms.
"I'm going to help him," Sarah said jerking Jay closer to her.
"No I am!" Savannah exclaimed and she too forcefully jerked Jay towards her. Unfortunately, Sarah's grip failed and with the power behind Savannah's pull, Jay went flying.
"AHHHHHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOH CRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA..." Jay cried as he sailed through the air. There was a loud thud at which everyone winced at. ".ap." Jay let out as he lay on the ground.
Sarah and Savannah sweatdropped as they looked over the edge. They blinked and slowly turned to face each other. Then they pointed a finger at each other. "This is all your fault." They accused.
As the six humans and digimon were searching, shouting, and waiting for Jay to return, a form stirred. Jason Johnson attempted to get up, but he realized that he was already in a standing position.but his hands were stuck above him. Looking up he could see metal chains around his arms, attached to.nothingness? Strangely they seemed taught as they were suspended in the void that he now realized he was in. He began turning his head back and forth, hoping to find something.anything that could help him. His eyes rested on the limp form of Coyomon, resting in some sort of glass cage. He was about to call to his partner when he heard a voice above him. He looked upwards and saw his friends, searching for him.
"GUYS, I'M DOWN HERE," He hollered. But they couldn't seem to hear him. He was about to try again when a voice beside him interrupted.
"They can't hear you." The voice said matter-of-factly.
"And who might you be?" Jason demanded.
"Oh," the voice said. He moved so he was in Jason's line of vision. Now Jason could see a skinny form, with a swelled head, and tentacles for feet. "I'm so hurt that you don't recognize me." The voice sounded hurt. "But then again it might be because I've stolen this from you." He said menacingly, as he held up a glass flask. Inside was some sort of liquid of rainbow colors. He swirled the flask and the colors all melded to create a black liquid in the jar.
"And that would be?" Jason asked puzzled.
"Why your memory of course," the creature taunted.
Jason snorted. "Then how come I've regained memories that I lost when I was here last time.I'll bet all my memories have returned by now."
"That would be true.except I've stolen more than just your memories.I've stolen your identity." The figure chuckled.
"There's no way you could do that!" Jason exclaimed.
"Then what are your parents names?" The creature questioned.
"." Jason tried to think.but somehow through all the far reaches of his mind.he couldn't find that information.
"Sadly you escaped the last time you were here, before I could finish the process," the figure continued.
"What process? What are you going to do with me whoever you are?" Jason asked. He was starting to get scared. If this alien digimon was telling the truth.his very existence was in jeopardy.
"The name's Vademon. My master instructed me to do away with one of you brats, he didn't specify which one.though I believe he implied the youngest of you.however I thought that destroying the head would cripple your little group so my master could easily wipe you out. I'm only finishing what I began." He brought up a small drill-like device with a cord attached. "You might feel some momentary discomfort," He said with a smile. Starting the drill he violently jabbed the spinning end into the side of his head and went all the way to the brain.
Jason stiffened. The pain was getting intense. He began letting out an earth-shattering shriek.
"Scream all you want," Vademon chuckled. "No one save your pathetic excuse for a digimon would be able to hear you, and he's out cold."
Jason began gritting his teeth as the pain temporarily dulled.
"Now for the fun part," Vademon chuckled as he began sucking all of Jason's thoughts, his memories, his soul.from his body and putting it into the already ¼ filled jar.
Jason began screaming once again as his body was beginning to falter, and then sag.
Lauren perked up. She had been searching around the area that Jason disappeared, close to the rock face as she suddenly felt something amiss.
"Something's wrong," She muttered.
"What was that Lauren?" Dazemon asked her.
"I don't know but.something.something's not right," she said.
"This has been pretty stressful," Dazemon explained. "Maybe you should take a break."
Lauren leaned against the mountainside and shut her eyes, as if she was in deep thought. Somehow, the second she closed her eyes she thought that she could see Jason, screaming and then fall limp. Unbeknownst to her, while she was seeing this image, her body began to shimmer with a faint blue glow. She snapped to attention, stepped away from the wall and called to everyone else.
"Jason's hurt," She said.
"How do you know that?" Michael questioned.
"I don't know.but I just have this feeling that he's hurt," She explained. Glancing out of the corner of her eye, she noticed some sort of opening in the mountainside. "Maybe he's in there," She said pointing.
Jay, who was grumbling about his fall and the climb back up, looked where she indicated. "There's nothing there," he said.
"Can't you see the cave there?" Lauren asked.
Everyone shook their heads.
"How can you not see it?" Lauren asked. "Its right here." She walked into the cave, but to everyone else, it seemed like she passed through a solid wall.
Sarah and Pixie looked at each other with uncertainty, but then walked through the wall together. Soon everyone followed the 11 year-old into the cavern.
"Where now?" Meddie asked.
And just then the floor gave way. "That answer your question?" Savannah asked.
They fell for a brief period.and were surrounded by blackness, similar to space. They suddenly stopped their plummeting and.floated?
"Where are we?" Sarah asked.
"Well with all the emptiness I'm guessing we're in the Bloody Cowboy's head." Michael suggested.
"That or the Nerdy Brit's guts," Jay countered.
Pixie gave both of them a good smack for those comments. "This isn't the time for jokes."
"Look," Lauren said pointing.
Everyone gazed in the direction that Lauren pointed.
There they could see Jason in a standing up position, with his arms suspended above him.but his head was slumped down, as if it had no ability to raise.
"What happened to him? And where's Coyomon?" Kodokumon asked.
"Coyomon's over there too," Shadesmon said, nodding his head to the glass prison that housed the lupine digimon who was beginning to stir.
"Well are we just going to float here? Or are we going to go help him out?" Himon asked.
They tried to swim there way over but they had no movement what so ever.
"Try letting us fliers take care of movement," Washimon said with a sweatdrop.
"You know bird brain that's the smartest thing I've ever heard you say," Jay said as he grabbed onto his feet.
Sarah wrapped her arms around Jay and jumped on her shoulder. Savannah held onto Tentomon's legs, as she was being held by Pixie, who was being held by Lauren.
"Himon digivolve to." Himon squeaked. A burgundy light surrounded her. ".Ashemon."
Meddie wrapped her arms around Ashemon and Michael did the same to Meddie. The three flyers, with their heavy loads, slowly made their ways to Jason and Coyomon.
Upon their arrival, they crowded around Jason's body.
"You don't suppose he's dead do you?" Meddie asked.
"Nah he's probably in shock, like after last night," Michael said as he began snapping in front of Jason's lifeless eyes. There was no response.
"Well that worked," Sarah said sarcastically.
Tears were welling in Pixie's eyes as she saw her friend.no, more than a friend.so still.so lifeless.
"Well its not a total loss," Jay said. "His mouth seems ok."
It was true, his mouth did seem to be working. They bent down and tried to hear what he was saying.
"Ten.ta.cle? Tentacle?" Lauren asked scratching her head. "What's that supposed to mean?"
Michael turned and was about to try to explain his hypothesis, when he saw movement above them. He glanced up and saw a thin strand-like object moving towards Lauren. Acting upon instinct alone, Michael drew the sword that he kept strapped on his back, and pushed off Jason's lifeless shell. Brandishing the sword, he sliced at the tentacle that was about to strike, severing half of it clear off. He turned and looked at the attacker.
"Above you," Michael cried as his momentum was taking him further away from the group.
Everyone looked up to see Vademon looming over them, clutching a vial of black liquid.
"HOW DARE YOU ENTER MY SANCTUM!" Vademon bellowed.
Seeing the vial in Vademon's grip made Pixie see red. "Yeah, well how dare you kidnap a poor unsuspecting teenager and.do whatever you were going to do with that vial?" Pixie demanded.
"What I do is none of your concern child!" Vademon replied crossly as he used his tentacles to lunge at the digidestined once more.
"Kakumon digivolve to." Kakumon said. A pink light hit her and she too became a champion. ".Garosumon."
"Washimon digivolve to." the green bird said. He was hit with a green light and evolved as well. "...Raptormon."
"Tentomon digivolve to." Tentomon said. An orange light hit him changing him into his monstrous beetle form. "...Kabuterimon."
"Dazemon digivolve to..." Dazemon said. A blue light hit him, shifting him to become his winged tiger form. ".Daizetmon."
"Kodokumon digivolve to..." Kodokumon stated. The purple light hit her and as it dispersed, you could see her champion form. "...Serenemon."
The five champions blocked the assault of tentacles and began to attack the digimon as well.
Vademon knew he was outnumbered, especially since the hot headed boy with the sword was returning with a sprite like digimon.
"Well hate to attack and run, but I've got places to go people to placate, so toodeloo," Vademon said as he disappeared back in the darkness.
"After him," Kabuterimon cried. And the five digimon flew off in the direction that Vademon fled. They were met by a torrent of boulders heading their way. This caused Daizetmon, Garosumon, Serenemon and Raptormon to swerve and try to avoid the boulders; Kabuterimon was unfortunate enough to take the assault head on. The constant crashing of rocks was enough to force him back to where Jason's body resided. Upon arriving alongside his partner, he immediately dedigivolved due to the energy he used to survive the beating.
"There he is," Daizetmon said. He flew at Vademon, but as he was about to attack with his claw, he was met with another torrent of meteors, pushing him back. Unfortunately, Serenemon was following close behind, so the attack slammed into her as well.
"We're dropping like flymon," Garosumon commented.
"He's too strong," Raptormon said, watching as two more of his companions reverted to their rookie forms.
"Pixie, call Garosumon back," Jay said. "We need to retreat."
"But Jason needs our help," Pixie attempted.
"Jason'll be here when we come back.right now we need to come up with some plan of attack," Savannah said.
"I WON'T LEAVE JASON!" Pixie cried, some tears left her eyes as her digiwatch glowed pink, and the face began to slide down, exposing the crest chip inside. The chip detached itself from the band and floated towards Garosumon. It spun around her, enveloping her in a pink light and finally entered her form. "Garosumon Chrono Digivolve to." Garosumon said, as she began to change in form. For starters, she was no longer a bird type digimon. Instead she now became a wolf, but a wolf that stands on her hind legs. She sprouted two more wings, making four total on her back, though they appear to be as if she was an angel. A golden ring encircled her neck, and she now has diamonds along her wings. ".Halogarosumon." The light faded to reveal a still pink digimon.
"GO GET HIM!" Pixie cried.
Halogarosumon nodded and flew towards the still retreating Vademon. He was throwing more meteors, an occasional planet, even the kitchen sink. Halogarosumon gracefully avoided all the obstacles, and rapidly caught up with the Alien. She grabbed Vademon by the throat and began punching his oversized brain.
"Any last words?" She asked.
"Just a few," Vademon said. "Catch this if you ever want to see your friend again." With that he threw the vial that contained Jason's essence, his soul, into the void of darkness.
She looked back and forth between Vademon's face and the vial, rapidly vanishing from view.
Without another word she released the tentacled digimon and flew with all her might to reach the disappearing jar. She kept increasing her speed rapidly and finally was able to catch the vial in her claws. She turned to see Vademon, but he was nowhere to be seen.
"Great he got away," Halogarosumon sighed. She was turned and started heading back to where everyone was crowded around Jason.only to be struck from the side by a stray planet.
"Return the vial and I'll delete you quickly," Vademon could be heard in the direction that the large mass of a projectile came.
This guy was really starting to annoy Halogarosumon, first he willingly parted with the flask, and now he demanded that they return it to him.
"Make up your mind," she muttered as she tried to get away from the planet that was sending her deeper into the blackness.
She turned her head and saw a green blur that was approaching her at a rapid speed. Was it another attack that she hadn't seen yet?
"Need a push?" The blur asked as he slowly became more visible, it was Raptormon.
"Where have you been?" Halogarosumon demanded.
"Protecting everyone from attack.I was also able to free Coyomon while you kept old squiddee over there busy," Raptormon stated.
"Just take this vial," The angelic wolf said.
Raptormon glanced at his wings and feet, "How?" He demanded.
With that the ultimate shoved the vial in his beak. "Don't break it.for all we know Jason's existence depends on it."
With that Raptormon took the precious bounty back to the rest of the group, and Halogarosumon finally detached herself from the sailing heavenly body.
"Now to finish this," Halogarosumon said. She placed both of her "hands" on the halo that encircled her neck. It began to glow and two rings of the same size and color appeared in her hands.
"HALO STORM," She cried as she threw the rings at Vademon. As soon as they left her hands the halos each split into five smaller rings. The ten halos soared towards Vademon who was attempting to block the attack with another group of meteors. This attempt at protection was in vain, for the ten rings just plowed through the rocks. The various glowing circles surrounded Vademon and began slowly closing in on him. He tried to attack the rings, but still to no avail. The ten rings began to glow as they grew in size, enveloping the evil alien digimon in a sphere made up of the 10 rings joined together. Halogarosumon brought her hands together slowly and somehow the rings reacted, slowly shrinking. Inside, Vademon was shrinking as well. She clapped her hands together and the ball instantly exploded in a bright light.
She returned to where everyone was trying to figure out what to do with the black liquid in the vial.
"If this really is.well a part of Jason.how did he get it out.but more importantly how do we put it back?" Sarah asked.
"Well.maybe if we just pour it on his face, he'll wake up," Lauren offered.
"Maybe if he drinks it." Tentomon offered.
"I say we leave Jason like he is and make Jay drink it. Maybe he'll finally get some common sense." Michael said.
Jay was about to make a comeback, but the look that Pixie just gave him could've shattered glass, so he wisely kept his mouth shut.
"Well we've got to do something," Meddie said.
Just then Jason began moving his mouth again. Strangely no words emerged.
Savannah tilted his head upwards and tried to listen. "He's trying to say something.maybe his throat's too dry to say anything." She put forth. Snatching the vial, she uncorked it and with Jason's head still tilted up, she began to pour the black liquid into his mouth. "Bottom's up Jas!"
The flask was soon emptied and Savannah dropped his head back down. They all looked at Jason to see a reaction.any reaction. He blinked. Smiles spread across his audience. Jason slowly raised his head and shook it as if to clear it, though from jumbled memories or some sort of pain was anyone's guess. He surveyed the group around him, and smiled. "Something tells me I'm not in Colorado anymore," He said.
This caused everyone to facefault, even Halogarosumon. "Does this mean we need to start from scratch again?" Kodokumon queried.
"Well I for one can say it's nice to see some familiar faces, though I can't place them at the moment." He said. He tilted his head upwards. "Hey you.sorry I'm not really good with names at the moment.could you um.get rid of these chains? My arms are falling asleep."
Halogarosumon sweatdropped and broke the chains with the claws on her hands. Jason was rubbing the feeling back into his wrists as Pixie tackled him and squeezed him tightly.
"I'm happy to see you too," Jason smiled and squeezed her back.
Pixie let him go and brushed a strand of her hair out of her eyes. "Oh I.thought you'd want this back." She handed him his backpack.
Jason shouldered the bag and looked around.
"There any reason that we're all floating around in nothingness?" Jason asked. "Personally I'd like to get something solid under my feet."
"Sounds good," Meddie said. She looked from Raptormon to Halogarosumon. "Something tells me we'll need another digimon to help transportation."
"Leave that to me," Tentomon said. "I may have been smacked around a lot, but I still have enough energy to get us out of here. Tentomon digivolve to." An orange light hit him changing him into his monstrous beetle form. "...Kabuterimon."
Michael, and Meddie climbed on Kabuterimon's back with Savannah. Jay and Sarah rode on Raptormon, leaving Lauren, Pixie and Jason to ride on Halogarosumon. These digimon took them back the way they entered the strange dimension, and back to the mountainside, where after landing, Halogarosumon became Soleilmon once more.
"Well it's been fun," Jason said turning around. "I'll see you guys later."
"OH NO YOU DON'T!" Michael said grabbing his arm.
"You aren't going anywhere buddy," Jay agreed.
"Hey what is this?" Jason asked confused.
"We can't let you go wandering around again," Pixie said. "Plus we need to stay together." With that she smiled.
Jason looked into Pixie's blue eyes and smiled, as if he could finally place the name to this face in front of him. "If you say so Pixie," he said. "Now could the Nerdy Brit and Bloody Cowboy just let me go, I'm not going anywhere."
"Especially not without me," Coyomon said, stepping forward.
Jason continued to smile. "How could I leave an adorable little coyote.no wait.I think I called you Coyomon before right?"
Coyomon wagged his tail. "It'll be a little bit, but I think Jason'll be alright," he said.
How right is Coyomon? Will the Digidestined be able to cope with a leader that's not all the way complete in the memory department? Are they still weakened enough for a quick destruction by Titanimon? Find out answers to some of these questions on the next installment of: A New Digital World.
I_NUKEM: Well what did you think? I know it gets kinda iffy around some parts but I personally like how it turned out.considering I usually wing these things.oh and if you didn't like the whole soul stealing part, DEAL WITH IT. It was the most interesting way I could come up with to finish it and eventually get me (Jason) back to normal.
If you don't review. *in a French accent* I'll fart in your general direction.