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Jess: *stifles laughter* Jake, I warned you.
Jake: Just be quiet
Jess: You need to stop trusting him with your dignity.
Jake: Just finish with the hair and get me a fan will ya?
Jess: *rolls her eyes* And why can't you do this?
Jake: Because its hard to move with all of these robes.
Jess: Well all done, here *hands Jake a Japanese fan and a mirror*
Jake looks into the mirror and sees that his normal clothes and hairstyle were now replaced with those of a kimono girl.
Jake: You remember him saying anything about how long I have to stay like this?
Jess: He said for the chapter description.but he might make you stay in it longer.
Jake: *sighs* Lets get this over with. *Starts fanning himself*
Jess: *looks at him as if he was insane. Shakes her head and regains her composure* Well the battle between the ultimates raged on.
Jake: *stops fanning self and throws the fan away* If there was any doubt the Digidestined came out on top.
Jess: As the battle concluded, the partners of the two ultimates raced out to join them, a thick fog began to envelop the field.
Jake: The two digidestined were caught in several surprise attacks, made by their partners.
Jess: The ensuing explosions caused the rest of the group to investigate, but when they did they found Psimindramon.
Jake: He tried to defeat the remaining teens, and preteen, using the two traitorous ultimate level digimon.
Jess: Savannah and Jason finally caught up with the group and expressed their beliefs of their partners being controlled.
Jake: When everyone attacked the two turncoat partners, Sarah held Serenemon back.
Jess: However after careful persuasion, she realized that they needed to work together. Thus Bokuramon was born.
Jake: She fired her attack, which took care of the two puppets, and then concentrated to destroy the puppeteer.
Jess: With everything back to normal, the digidestined retired to the monastery.
I_NUKEM: *enters the room* Great job guys. *looks at Jake; bursts out laughing* Thanks Jake, now I know what a guy with no dignity looks like. *Walks away laughing*
Jake: One of these days. *begins shaking fist*
Realizations
Like the nights preceding, Jason was tossing and turning in his bed. He shot up, drenched in cold sweat. He got out of bed shaking his head, leaving his partner asleep at the foot. Upon exiting his room, he sighed. Making his way down the hall, he briefly opened each door, watching his slumbering friends, and then quietly shut them again.
'Why do they all sleep soundly?' he thought as he reached the final door of the hallway. He peeked his head in and saw Lauren curled up, with Dazemon acting like a stuffed animal. 'What makes them so special.or probably more accurately, what makes me so different?'
He was about to shut the door when the room began to shake. Jason was caught off guard and fell to his knees. The door flew completely open, and debris began falling from the ceiling.
Jason glanced upwards to see a gigantic hand lift off the roof, and another hand reach inside. This hand grabbed the slumbering youth, and began squeezing the life out of her. Her cries were so faint that they did not awaken her partner.
Jason tried to shout for help, but somehow he was unable to speak. He watched in horror as Lauren's lifeless body fell to the ground right in front of him.
Fighting back tears he crawled over and cradled the limp body in his arms, and looked at the hands with utter hatred. They then moved onward. Jason felt tears roll down his cheek as he realized the fate of the remainder of his friends. He fought to stand up, still cradling the limp body, until a large piece of debris forced him to the floor once more.
'I've failed,' he thought. 'I was powerless to stop the fever; I was powerless to protect everyone. I was powerless.'
Jason sat up rapidly. He muttered a string of curses under his breath. As he glanced at his watch, his thoughts were confirmed, it was the exact time that he had been forced awake for the past few nights with these nightmares, Midnight. He sighed and got out of bed, and not realizing it, he did the exact same things that he had in the vision, but when he got to Lauren's door, he looked in and silently closed the door, without incident.
He glanced around. There were several monks retiring to their rooms. Some were exiting their rooms, and made their way silently down the hall. Curious, Jason followed the procession. They entered a staircase, and traveled to the basement, where torches were necessary. Rounding a corner Jason could finally see what their destination was. There was a large room; a purple flame illuminated the entirety of the space, from its place in the center. He glanced around and saw Digimon of all shapes and sizes sitting by the flame and eventually slipping into some sort of trance.
Not wishing to attract attention, he glanced around and found a closet with robes of all shapes and sizes, he took one that was about his size and put it on, and assumed a place around the fire.
'Wonder what this is supposed to tell me, oh wait I'm supposed to have a clear head," He thought, but then mentally slapped himself, as he began to empty his mind. He closed his eyes and began to focus. He could see pictures of his friends flash before his eyes.
'If I can see my friends with no concentration, maybe I can figure out that nightmare like Sepikmon said I could,' Jason realized.
He began concentrating on the dream that he endured this night.
Images shot into his head, which he at first took to be his memory, but then saw the hands, and what they did.
He began sweating and grimacing in his concentration. His eyes shot open. Jason looked around as he was breathing heavily. He noticed that no other monks were having his predicament, so he shut his eyes and began concentrating once, and he began asking what he might do to prevent the events.
The digidestined all woke at different hours. But the smell of cooking led them all to the same place, the dining room.
The first awake, Savannah, was having a problem saving 14 spots for her friends, fortunately she had Motimon to help her.
Eventually 12 of the seats were filled, with the goggleneck, and his partner the only ones absent.
Suddenly Cubmon burst into the room filled with hundreds of beings. He found the smaller table and saw his teammates sitting, waiting for his arrival. He raced towards them, but slipped on the marble floor and continued into the kitchen. After colliding with some plates and being covered with flour, he emerged and raced to the table. Noting his partner's absence he voiced his concerns. "JJ's disappeared." He said.
This caused a commotion at that table until a robed figure entered the room; he glanced at the small table with people shaking the small bear and sighed. He walked towards them, evading the larger monks and finally sat down, but no one noticed him. He raised his eyebrow.
"What's up?" He asked. Still no one paid him any heed. They were all still drilling Cubmon about Jason's disappearance.
"I don't suppose that Cubmon has done anything wrong," he said as he removed the hood, revealing himself to be the "missing" goggleneck. Finally everyone glanced in his direction, and breathed sighs of relief.
"Don't disappear without telling us," Michael instructed.
"Yeah you've already disappeared before, we were worried," Pixie said.
"That why you were shaking Cubmon so hard?" Washimon asked. "I mean the guy doesn't need a babysitter."
"He should still tell us where he's going," Savannah pointed out.
Jason slammed his fist against the table. "Enough!" He yelled. "Now my whereabouts are unimportant."
"So the origin of your clothes isn't important either?" Dazemon interrupted, indicating the robe.
Jason rubbed his eyes. "May I finish?"
"Go for it," Himon squeeked.
"Thank you," Jason sighed. "Now, before I was interrupted, I was saying that where I was isn't important. What is important is that we have to leave now." He added emphasis on "now" by slamming his fist against the table.
"What's the rush?" Jay responded. "I mean, if we stay here, we get free lodging, free food, and we just wait around until some infected digimon shows its face."
"Fine, you all can stay here. Stay here and die." Jason said coldly as he stood up and walked out of the room.
"What was that about?" Sarah asked.
"Think we should follow him?" Meddie asked.
"Something's been changing Jason.he's grown so cold, emotionless, as if working is all he knows how to do," Kakumon said.
"He's just having a bad day," Pixie defended. "It happens to the best of us."
"I want to know more about that dying comment," Michael said as he stood up, carrying Shadesmon in his arms.
"Yeah, he was looking right at me when he said that.it can't be a good thing," Lauren agreed as she too followed the goggleneck.
With those points, the remainder of the Digidestined soon followed suit.
They found Jason in his borrowed room, packing his supplies. He turned to the door and saw everyone standing right in the doorway.
"What's this business about death?" Motimon supplied.
"Haven't you realized it by now?" Jason asked. After each of my visions become apparent and we solve the problems that go with them, I get a new one. The subject is always the same."
"In each one we die." Meddie nodded.
"Yeah, but why were you looking at me before you stormed off?" Lauren asked.
Jason sat on the bed and tried to keep his composure. "Because.I witnessed your death in this past dream.and there was nothing I could do about it."
Everyone just stared at Jason. "And how is it that you can remember this dream while the others remained hidden?" Shadesmon asked.
"Well if you remembered Sepikmon's words, he said that my visions would reveal themselves through concentration. So I've been meditating for the past eight hours," Jason replied.
"That explains the robe," Nekomon acknowledged.
"Now are we going to go or not?" Jason asked.
"I'm with ya JJ," Cubmon said. With that he began to glow. "Cubmon digivolve to.Coyomon."
"We're not going to abandon you now," Michael responded. With that Shadesmon glowed as well. "Shadesmon digivolve to.Bladeramon."
"Yeah, you'd be lost without us," Sarah said. Nekomon too began to shimmer. "Nekomon digivolve to.Kodokumon."
"Where would you be without your "new lookout"?" Savannah giggled. Motimon glowed orange and said. "Motimon digivolve to.Tentomon."
"You aren't excluding us from the action," Meddie said. Himon glowed like the rest of them. "Himon digivolve to.Ashemon."
"I would say something encouraging like that too, but my partner is already at the rookie level," Jay smiled.
This caused Michael to sigh. "Shut up bloody cowboy."
"What was that nerdy brit?" Jay replied.
"Be quiet, both of you," Lauren shouted.
Everyone looked in shock towards the normally quiet young lady.
"Er.well where are we going if we're not staying here?" Lauren asked.
"We're going to stick with the original plan. Make our way to the coast. Hopefully we'll be able to get there before Titanimon can find us." Jason replied.
He pushed his way through the door and left the monastery. He and Coyomon looked at the vast plains with a feeling of regret, there were many holes, mostly craters from energy attacks. He was soon joined by the remainder of the digidestined. Without a word they began to the beach.
Before they were able to go 10 feet they could hear a rumbling. Looking around they finally saw Titanimon rapidly approaching with his long strides.
"If he's not here for us, then he's here for the monks," Jason said. "We can't let him hurt them."
"You're saying provoke him right?" Pixie asked.
"Sounds good to me.if I wanted to be a pancake," Washimon gulped.
"C'mon bird brain," Ashemon said. "We can do it."
"Coyomon digivolve to." Coyomon stated. A bright light hit him and changed him to his champion form. ".Pumamon."
"Ashemon digivolve to. " Ashemon said. The burgundy light emitted from Medusa's watch glowed, causing her to shift to the champion level. "Blazemon."
"Bladeramon digivolve to. " Bladeramon began. The light enveloped the rookie and when it dispersed his champion form was in its place. "Daggermon"
"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."
"Kodokumon digivolve to. " Kodokumon stated. The purple light hit her and as it dispersed, you could see her champion form. "Serenemon."
"Dazemon digivolve to." Dazemon said. A blue light hit him, shifting him to become his winged tiger form. "Daizetmon."
"Think you guys got another in you?" Savannah asked.
"We can try," Serenemon nodded.
The Digidestined watched as Titanimon was nearing them, only two more strides and he'd be able to attack at point blank range.
Suddenly, seven watches, all save Lauren's, began to shimmer with the watch faces sliding downward. The crests that they had worked so hard to discover detached from the watches and floated to the champions.
"Pumamon chrono digivolve to. " Pumamon said as he was enveloped in a bright light. "Cougarmon." The commando now took his place.
"Blazemon chrono digivolve to. " Blazemon cried. The burgundy light enveloped her, as the crest chip from Medusa's watch entered her. She began to shift to appear to be more human, her long hair waved around her as she sprouted flame wings from her backside. "Pyromon." She was now clad in her red bodysuit.
"Daggermon chrono digivolve to. " Daggermon stated. He twirled his staff as he was enveloped in a red light. The crest chip from his partner's watch entered his body, causing him to grow in bulk, and he was now twirling his large broadsword. "Metaldaggermon." His metal armor now replaced his flesh.
"Garosumon Chrono Digivolve to." Garosumon said, as she began to change into her bipedal, winged wolf form. "Halogarosumon." The light faded to reveal the pink digimon's golden ring encircling her neck.
"Raptormon Chrono Digivolve to..." Raptormon said. Aside from growing in size, he also gained a large form on his back, it was what appeared to be a large jet pack with various modifications. The goggles were traded in for a jet fighter's helmet. The rest of his form, the gloves and jeans, remained unchanged. "Jetraptormon."
"Kabuterimon Chrono Digivolve to." Kabuterimon said as the chip entered his body. He began to glow an orange hue as his body began to get more armor plating then his wings were covered in a large orange shell. The energy enveloping him moved onto his head, ending with the horn, bolstering it to seem like an oversized battleaxe. "MegaKabuterimon." The orange light faded, but the orange hue on his body remained.
"Serenemon chrono digivolve to." Serenemon cried. Her short dress began lengthening slightly. Twin bulges forced themselves from her back. The results were two wings that were somewhat darker, and had numerous holes throughout them. The light began fading and she removed her hands from her face. ".Bokuramon." The light faded completely and now the humanoid digimon had a slight resemblance to her previous form, however she now wore a black dress, had black wings, and her eyes were orange.
"Can you do it too?" Lauren asked her partner.
The winged tiger merely shook his head.
Titanimon finally came to a stop. He looked at the small army of digimon at his feet. "So, you've decided to submit to my master."
"Well, not exactly," Sarah yelled up to him.
"We were mainly planning on cleaning your clock," Savannah called.
"Enough chatting, ATTACK," Jay shouted.
"Avec plaisir," Halogarosumon nodded.
The other digimon looked at her strangely.
"It means with pleasure," The wolf sweatdropped.
"Ooh," The digimon said in unison.
Cougarmon pointed towards Titanimon's head. "We finish this now," he yelled.
"Jetraptormon's elevator service, going up," The Eagle with the oversized arsenal said.
"Penthouse please," Metaldaggermon said holding onto the green bird's talons.
The remainder of the fliers took to the air, leaving Cougarmon alone on the ground. He raced towards Titanimon, hatchets raised, and leapt into the air, burrowing the blades into the metal armor.
"Pathetic insects," Titanimon bellowed.
"You'll see just how pathetic we are," Pyromon shouted. "Flamethrower." She hurled two fireballs at Titanimon. He raised his left arm and deflected the fire.
"Titan Punch," He cried, hurling his magnetic right arm towards the red clad digimon.
"Watch out!" Halogarosumon shouted. She flew and pushed Pyromon out of the way of the attack but she wasn't as lucky. The flying fist met her and she flew backwards and landed, digging a trench before she came to a complete stop.
"You'll pay for that," Metaldaggermon cried as his companion lifted to be relatively face to face with the colossal behemoth.
"More insects?" Titanimon chuckled.
"Well its time for you to feel my sting," Metaldaggermon brandished his sword. "Night of a Thousand Knives."
Multiple compartments all lining his metal armor glowed and opened. Each contained a multitude of knives roughly ¼ in size compared to the large broadsword, but still packed a punch. Metaldaggermon pointed his sword at Titanimon, indicating the target. The majority of the knives merely bounced off of the giant's metal torso, however some stuck on the more vulnerable spots, where flesh was exposed.
Titanimon roared in rage, He raised his left arm, "Titanium discs" He bellowed.
Hundreds of black discs emerged from a secret compartment. Metaldaggermon, and his mount, Jetraptormon, did their best to deflect the large discs, but the endless sea continued to advance.
"Raptor Lasers," Jetraptormon cried as he fired his lasers rapidly, destroying a steady stream of discs.
"Sonic Slash," Metaldaggermon yelled. He swung his sword with deadly precision, however the attack pressed on, soon knocking the two digimon to the ground.
"Horn Buster," Megakabuterimon yelled. He flew towards the magnetic arm, horn glowing, hoping to puncture the metal, making it inoperable. His horn collided with the arm, but instead of his momentum driving through the robotic arm, he forced it backwards, separating it from Titanimon's side.
"Lets destroy this thing while it's away from him," Bokuramon instructed.
"Shadow claw," Daizetmon cried. His energy attack bounced off the metal.
"Dark destroyer," Bokuramon yelled. She fired dark energy at the ground. She raised her hands to create a dark energy tendril, which began squeezing the magnetic arm.
"Now you're weakened," Cougarmon said as he neared the exposed stomach. "Time to finish you off, Cougar Slice." The hatchets dug in an X shape right at his abdomen, but other than cutting him, they had no other effect. Titanimon brought his left arm up and scratched his stomach.
"HM.what caused that itch?" Titanimon mused before he forcefully knocked Cougarmon into the high-flying Pyromon.
The digidestined looked at the battlefield. Five digimon were down for the time being, the other three attacking the magnetic arm were making little headway.
"TIME TO DIE DIGIBRATS," Titanimon bellowed. He closed his eyes and created a strong magnetic field about his right side. This was sufficient to pull his arm free from the energy tendril.
Placing his newly freed arm on the ground he began to suspend his entire body into the air. "Colossal Cyclone," He cried. The magnetic force between the arm and shoulder began shifting, turning, causing the entire airborne bulk to turn, slowly at first, but then it rapidly gained speed. He began spinning so fast that a gigantic tornado was formed, which began sucking up almost everything in its path.
"Run!" Medusa yelled, but her warning came too late. The digidestined were picked up and pulled towards the spinning digimon, as were the fallen bodies of their companions. Even those digimon that had retained their strength weren't able to resist being sucked up by the vacuum.
"By any chance were you able to survive a tornado Jason?" Pixie yelled over the sound of swiftly moving wind.
"Never tried!" Jason shouted back.
"Does that really matter right now?" Michael shouted.
"Don't worry everyone," Lauren shouted. "We'll be alriiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii." By then they were consumed by the cyclone.
Will they be alriiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii? What could possibly survive a vacuum cleaner of that proportion? Will Jake ever get a break? Find out next time on NDW.
Jess: *stifles laughter* Jake, I warned you.
Jake: Just be quiet
Jess: You need to stop trusting him with your dignity.
Jake: Just finish with the hair and get me a fan will ya?
Jess: *rolls her eyes* And why can't you do this?
Jake: Because its hard to move with all of these robes.
Jess: Well all done, here *hands Jake a Japanese fan and a mirror*
Jake looks into the mirror and sees that his normal clothes and hairstyle were now replaced with those of a kimono girl.
Jake: You remember him saying anything about how long I have to stay like this?
Jess: He said for the chapter description.but he might make you stay in it longer.
Jake: *sighs* Lets get this over with. *Starts fanning himself*
Jess: *looks at him as if he was insane. Shakes her head and regains her composure* Well the battle between the ultimates raged on.
Jake: *stops fanning self and throws the fan away* If there was any doubt the Digidestined came out on top.
Jess: As the battle concluded, the partners of the two ultimates raced out to join them, a thick fog began to envelop the field.
Jake: The two digidestined were caught in several surprise attacks, made by their partners.
Jess: The ensuing explosions caused the rest of the group to investigate, but when they did they found Psimindramon.
Jake: He tried to defeat the remaining teens, and preteen, using the two traitorous ultimate level digimon.
Jess: Savannah and Jason finally caught up with the group and expressed their beliefs of their partners being controlled.
Jake: When everyone attacked the two turncoat partners, Sarah held Serenemon back.
Jess: However after careful persuasion, she realized that they needed to work together. Thus Bokuramon was born.
Jake: She fired her attack, which took care of the two puppets, and then concentrated to destroy the puppeteer.
Jess: With everything back to normal, the digidestined retired to the monastery.
I_NUKEM: *enters the room* Great job guys. *looks at Jake; bursts out laughing* Thanks Jake, now I know what a guy with no dignity looks like. *Walks away laughing*
Jake: One of these days. *begins shaking fist*
Realizations
Like the nights preceding, Jason was tossing and turning in his bed. He shot up, drenched in cold sweat. He got out of bed shaking his head, leaving his partner asleep at the foot. Upon exiting his room, he sighed. Making his way down the hall, he briefly opened each door, watching his slumbering friends, and then quietly shut them again.
'Why do they all sleep soundly?' he thought as he reached the final door of the hallway. He peeked his head in and saw Lauren curled up, with Dazemon acting like a stuffed animal. 'What makes them so special.or probably more accurately, what makes me so different?'
He was about to shut the door when the room began to shake. Jason was caught off guard and fell to his knees. The door flew completely open, and debris began falling from the ceiling.
Jason glanced upwards to see a gigantic hand lift off the roof, and another hand reach inside. This hand grabbed the slumbering youth, and began squeezing the life out of her. Her cries were so faint that they did not awaken her partner.
Jason tried to shout for help, but somehow he was unable to speak. He watched in horror as Lauren's lifeless body fell to the ground right in front of him.
Fighting back tears he crawled over and cradled the limp body in his arms, and looked at the hands with utter hatred. They then moved onward. Jason felt tears roll down his cheek as he realized the fate of the remainder of his friends. He fought to stand up, still cradling the limp body, until a large piece of debris forced him to the floor once more.
'I've failed,' he thought. 'I was powerless to stop the fever; I was powerless to protect everyone. I was powerless.'
Jason sat up rapidly. He muttered a string of curses under his breath. As he glanced at his watch, his thoughts were confirmed, it was the exact time that he had been forced awake for the past few nights with these nightmares, Midnight. He sighed and got out of bed, and not realizing it, he did the exact same things that he had in the vision, but when he got to Lauren's door, he looked in and silently closed the door, without incident.
He glanced around. There were several monks retiring to their rooms. Some were exiting their rooms, and made their way silently down the hall. Curious, Jason followed the procession. They entered a staircase, and traveled to the basement, where torches were necessary. Rounding a corner Jason could finally see what their destination was. There was a large room; a purple flame illuminated the entirety of the space, from its place in the center. He glanced around and saw Digimon of all shapes and sizes sitting by the flame and eventually slipping into some sort of trance.
Not wishing to attract attention, he glanced around and found a closet with robes of all shapes and sizes, he took one that was about his size and put it on, and assumed a place around the fire.
'Wonder what this is supposed to tell me, oh wait I'm supposed to have a clear head," He thought, but then mentally slapped himself, as he began to empty his mind. He closed his eyes and began to focus. He could see pictures of his friends flash before his eyes.
'If I can see my friends with no concentration, maybe I can figure out that nightmare like Sepikmon said I could,' Jason realized.
He began concentrating on the dream that he endured this night.
Images shot into his head, which he at first took to be his memory, but then saw the hands, and what they did.
He began sweating and grimacing in his concentration. His eyes shot open. Jason looked around as he was breathing heavily. He noticed that no other monks were having his predicament, so he shut his eyes and began concentrating once, and he began asking what he might do to prevent the events.
The digidestined all woke at different hours. But the smell of cooking led them all to the same place, the dining room.
The first awake, Savannah, was having a problem saving 14 spots for her friends, fortunately she had Motimon to help her.
Eventually 12 of the seats were filled, with the goggleneck, and his partner the only ones absent.
Suddenly Cubmon burst into the room filled with hundreds of beings. He found the smaller table and saw his teammates sitting, waiting for his arrival. He raced towards them, but slipped on the marble floor and continued into the kitchen. After colliding with some plates and being covered with flour, he emerged and raced to the table. Noting his partner's absence he voiced his concerns. "JJ's disappeared." He said.
This caused a commotion at that table until a robed figure entered the room; he glanced at the small table with people shaking the small bear and sighed. He walked towards them, evading the larger monks and finally sat down, but no one noticed him. He raised his eyebrow.
"What's up?" He asked. Still no one paid him any heed. They were all still drilling Cubmon about Jason's disappearance.
"I don't suppose that Cubmon has done anything wrong," he said as he removed the hood, revealing himself to be the "missing" goggleneck. Finally everyone glanced in his direction, and breathed sighs of relief.
"Don't disappear without telling us," Michael instructed.
"Yeah you've already disappeared before, we were worried," Pixie said.
"That why you were shaking Cubmon so hard?" Washimon asked. "I mean the guy doesn't need a babysitter."
"He should still tell us where he's going," Savannah pointed out.
Jason slammed his fist against the table. "Enough!" He yelled. "Now my whereabouts are unimportant."
"So the origin of your clothes isn't important either?" Dazemon interrupted, indicating the robe.
Jason rubbed his eyes. "May I finish?"
"Go for it," Himon squeeked.
"Thank you," Jason sighed. "Now, before I was interrupted, I was saying that where I was isn't important. What is important is that we have to leave now." He added emphasis on "now" by slamming his fist against the table.
"What's the rush?" Jay responded. "I mean, if we stay here, we get free lodging, free food, and we just wait around until some infected digimon shows its face."
"Fine, you all can stay here. Stay here and die." Jason said coldly as he stood up and walked out of the room.
"What was that about?" Sarah asked.
"Think we should follow him?" Meddie asked.
"Something's been changing Jason.he's grown so cold, emotionless, as if working is all he knows how to do," Kakumon said.
"He's just having a bad day," Pixie defended. "It happens to the best of us."
"I want to know more about that dying comment," Michael said as he stood up, carrying Shadesmon in his arms.
"Yeah, he was looking right at me when he said that.it can't be a good thing," Lauren agreed as she too followed the goggleneck.
With those points, the remainder of the Digidestined soon followed suit.
They found Jason in his borrowed room, packing his supplies. He turned to the door and saw everyone standing right in the doorway.
"What's this business about death?" Motimon supplied.
"Haven't you realized it by now?" Jason asked. After each of my visions become apparent and we solve the problems that go with them, I get a new one. The subject is always the same."
"In each one we die." Meddie nodded.
"Yeah, but why were you looking at me before you stormed off?" Lauren asked.
Jason sat on the bed and tried to keep his composure. "Because.I witnessed your death in this past dream.and there was nothing I could do about it."
Everyone just stared at Jason. "And how is it that you can remember this dream while the others remained hidden?" Shadesmon asked.
"Well if you remembered Sepikmon's words, he said that my visions would reveal themselves through concentration. So I've been meditating for the past eight hours," Jason replied.
"That explains the robe," Nekomon acknowledged.
"Now are we going to go or not?" Jason asked.
"I'm with ya JJ," Cubmon said. With that he began to glow. "Cubmon digivolve to.Coyomon."
"We're not going to abandon you now," Michael responded. With that Shadesmon glowed as well. "Shadesmon digivolve to.Bladeramon."
"Yeah, you'd be lost without us," Sarah said. Nekomon too began to shimmer. "Nekomon digivolve to.Kodokumon."
"Where would you be without your "new lookout"?" Savannah giggled. Motimon glowed orange and said. "Motimon digivolve to.Tentomon."
"You aren't excluding us from the action," Meddie said. Himon glowed like the rest of them. "Himon digivolve to.Ashemon."
"I would say something encouraging like that too, but my partner is already at the rookie level," Jay smiled.
This caused Michael to sigh. "Shut up bloody cowboy."
"What was that nerdy brit?" Jay replied.
"Be quiet, both of you," Lauren shouted.
Everyone looked in shock towards the normally quiet young lady.
"Er.well where are we going if we're not staying here?" Lauren asked.
"We're going to stick with the original plan. Make our way to the coast. Hopefully we'll be able to get there before Titanimon can find us." Jason replied.
He pushed his way through the door and left the monastery. He and Coyomon looked at the vast plains with a feeling of regret, there were many holes, mostly craters from energy attacks. He was soon joined by the remainder of the digidestined. Without a word they began to the beach.
Before they were able to go 10 feet they could hear a rumbling. Looking around they finally saw Titanimon rapidly approaching with his long strides.
"If he's not here for us, then he's here for the monks," Jason said. "We can't let him hurt them."
"You're saying provoke him right?" Pixie asked.
"Sounds good to me.if I wanted to be a pancake," Washimon gulped.
"C'mon bird brain," Ashemon said. "We can do it."
"Coyomon digivolve to." Coyomon stated. A bright light hit him and changed him to his champion form. ".Pumamon."
"Ashemon digivolve to. " Ashemon said. The burgundy light emitted from Medusa's watch glowed, causing her to shift to the champion level. "Blazemon."
"Bladeramon digivolve to. " Bladeramon began. The light enveloped the rookie and when it dispersed his champion form was in its place. "Daggermon"
"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."
"Kodokumon digivolve to. " Kodokumon stated. The purple light hit her and as it dispersed, you could see her champion form. "Serenemon."
"Dazemon digivolve to." Dazemon said. A blue light hit him, shifting him to become his winged tiger form. "Daizetmon."
"Think you guys got another in you?" Savannah asked.
"We can try," Serenemon nodded.
The Digidestined watched as Titanimon was nearing them, only two more strides and he'd be able to attack at point blank range.
Suddenly, seven watches, all save Lauren's, began to shimmer with the watch faces sliding downward. The crests that they had worked so hard to discover detached from the watches and floated to the champions.
"Pumamon chrono digivolve to. " Pumamon said as he was enveloped in a bright light. "Cougarmon." The commando now took his place.
"Blazemon chrono digivolve to. " Blazemon cried. The burgundy light enveloped her, as the crest chip from Medusa's watch entered her. She began to shift to appear to be more human, her long hair waved around her as she sprouted flame wings from her backside. "Pyromon." She was now clad in her red bodysuit.
"Daggermon chrono digivolve to. " Daggermon stated. He twirled his staff as he was enveloped in a red light. The crest chip from his partner's watch entered his body, causing him to grow in bulk, and he was now twirling his large broadsword. "Metaldaggermon." His metal armor now replaced his flesh.
"Garosumon Chrono Digivolve to." Garosumon said, as she began to change into her bipedal, winged wolf form. "Halogarosumon." The light faded to reveal the pink digimon's golden ring encircling her neck.
"Raptormon Chrono Digivolve to..." Raptormon said. Aside from growing in size, he also gained a large form on his back, it was what appeared to be a large jet pack with various modifications. The goggles were traded in for a jet fighter's helmet. The rest of his form, the gloves and jeans, remained unchanged. "Jetraptormon."
"Kabuterimon Chrono Digivolve to." Kabuterimon said as the chip entered his body. He began to glow an orange hue as his body began to get more armor plating then his wings were covered in a large orange shell. The energy enveloping him moved onto his head, ending with the horn, bolstering it to seem like an oversized battleaxe. "MegaKabuterimon." The orange light faded, but the orange hue on his body remained.
"Serenemon chrono digivolve to." Serenemon cried. Her short dress began lengthening slightly. Twin bulges forced themselves from her back. The results were two wings that were somewhat darker, and had numerous holes throughout them. The light began fading and she removed her hands from her face. ".Bokuramon." The light faded completely and now the humanoid digimon had a slight resemblance to her previous form, however she now wore a black dress, had black wings, and her eyes were orange.
"Can you do it too?" Lauren asked her partner.
The winged tiger merely shook his head.
Titanimon finally came to a stop. He looked at the small army of digimon at his feet. "So, you've decided to submit to my master."
"Well, not exactly," Sarah yelled up to him.
"We were mainly planning on cleaning your clock," Savannah called.
"Enough chatting, ATTACK," Jay shouted.
"Avec plaisir," Halogarosumon nodded.
The other digimon looked at her strangely.
"It means with pleasure," The wolf sweatdropped.
"Ooh," The digimon said in unison.
Cougarmon pointed towards Titanimon's head. "We finish this now," he yelled.
"Jetraptormon's elevator service, going up," The Eagle with the oversized arsenal said.
"Penthouse please," Metaldaggermon said holding onto the green bird's talons.
The remainder of the fliers took to the air, leaving Cougarmon alone on the ground. He raced towards Titanimon, hatchets raised, and leapt into the air, burrowing the blades into the metal armor.
"Pathetic insects," Titanimon bellowed.
"You'll see just how pathetic we are," Pyromon shouted. "Flamethrower." She hurled two fireballs at Titanimon. He raised his left arm and deflected the fire.
"Titan Punch," He cried, hurling his magnetic right arm towards the red clad digimon.
"Watch out!" Halogarosumon shouted. She flew and pushed Pyromon out of the way of the attack but she wasn't as lucky. The flying fist met her and she flew backwards and landed, digging a trench before she came to a complete stop.
"You'll pay for that," Metaldaggermon cried as his companion lifted to be relatively face to face with the colossal behemoth.
"More insects?" Titanimon chuckled.
"Well its time for you to feel my sting," Metaldaggermon brandished his sword. "Night of a Thousand Knives."
Multiple compartments all lining his metal armor glowed and opened. Each contained a multitude of knives roughly ¼ in size compared to the large broadsword, but still packed a punch. Metaldaggermon pointed his sword at Titanimon, indicating the target. The majority of the knives merely bounced off of the giant's metal torso, however some stuck on the more vulnerable spots, where flesh was exposed.
Titanimon roared in rage, He raised his left arm, "Titanium discs" He bellowed.
Hundreds of black discs emerged from a secret compartment. Metaldaggermon, and his mount, Jetraptormon, did their best to deflect the large discs, but the endless sea continued to advance.
"Raptor Lasers," Jetraptormon cried as he fired his lasers rapidly, destroying a steady stream of discs.
"Sonic Slash," Metaldaggermon yelled. He swung his sword with deadly precision, however the attack pressed on, soon knocking the two digimon to the ground.
"Horn Buster," Megakabuterimon yelled. He flew towards the magnetic arm, horn glowing, hoping to puncture the metal, making it inoperable. His horn collided with the arm, but instead of his momentum driving through the robotic arm, he forced it backwards, separating it from Titanimon's side.
"Lets destroy this thing while it's away from him," Bokuramon instructed.
"Shadow claw," Daizetmon cried. His energy attack bounced off the metal.
"Dark destroyer," Bokuramon yelled. She fired dark energy at the ground. She raised her hands to create a dark energy tendril, which began squeezing the magnetic arm.
"Now you're weakened," Cougarmon said as he neared the exposed stomach. "Time to finish you off, Cougar Slice." The hatchets dug in an X shape right at his abdomen, but other than cutting him, they had no other effect. Titanimon brought his left arm up and scratched his stomach.
"HM.what caused that itch?" Titanimon mused before he forcefully knocked Cougarmon into the high-flying Pyromon.
The digidestined looked at the battlefield. Five digimon were down for the time being, the other three attacking the magnetic arm were making little headway.
"TIME TO DIE DIGIBRATS," Titanimon bellowed. He closed his eyes and created a strong magnetic field about his right side. This was sufficient to pull his arm free from the energy tendril.
Placing his newly freed arm on the ground he began to suspend his entire body into the air. "Colossal Cyclone," He cried. The magnetic force between the arm and shoulder began shifting, turning, causing the entire airborne bulk to turn, slowly at first, but then it rapidly gained speed. He began spinning so fast that a gigantic tornado was formed, which began sucking up almost everything in its path.
"Run!" Medusa yelled, but her warning came too late. The digidestined were picked up and pulled towards the spinning digimon, as were the fallen bodies of their companions. Even those digimon that had retained their strength weren't able to resist being sucked up by the vacuum.
"By any chance were you able to survive a tornado Jason?" Pixie yelled over the sound of swiftly moving wind.
"Never tried!" Jason shouted back.
"Does that really matter right now?" Michael shouted.
"Don't worry everyone," Lauren shouted. "We'll be alriiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii." By then they were consumed by the cyclone.
Will they be alriiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii? What could possibly survive a vacuum cleaner of that proportion? Will Jake ever get a break? Find out next time on NDW.