I_NUKEM: Salutations from the streets of Odaiba, Japan! I'm here looking
for the guest voices that should have been here last chapter.
Jake: Anyone got a cure for jetlag?
I_NUKEM: I thought you were going to the movies with Jess...
Jess: He insisted on hiding in your luggage. I think he was scared that you were going to replace him.
I_NUKEM: *snaps* Well a guy can dream can't he?
Jake: *facefaults*
Jess: *peers around* So what do these voices of yours look like?
I_NUKEM: *shrugs* I'll know them when I hear them.
Just then Izzy and Joe go walking past.
Joe: You know, being a doctor is a lot of hard work. I'd like to see you try it some time.
Izzy: You know I've been busy pondering the fundamentals of astrophysics.
They argue like that for a while.
I_NUKEM: I think I found our special guest voices!
Jess: *looks around* You mean them?
Jake: I'll get them. This chloroform should do the trick! *walks behind Joe and Izzy with a bottle of chloroform* I'll give you guys this chloroform if you come with me.
Joe: Well I don't see the harm in it, he's an American, what can he do?
Jake: *Pulls out a large mallet and whacks them both over the head* That's what!
I_NUKEM: While we prep these two to recap this chapter, why don't you all take a look at the chapter I posted most recently, or if its still fresh in your mind great!
Cold Shoulders
As the digidestined pelted each other with snowballs, they were blissfully unaware of the numerous digimon that were surrounding them.
Their partners however, were able to grasp the situation.
"Uh, Savannah, um... there are lots of digimon coming" Tentomon tried to explain.
"Not now Tentomon," Savannah said hurriedly as she ducked a snowball. "I've got Sarah in my sights and I'm not about to lose her!"
The remainder of the digimon's warnings fell on deaf ears as well.
It wasn't until they were completely surrounded that they finally understood the severity of their situation.
"Oh great," Medusa sighed. "We've been caught. Well I guess there's a first time for everything."
"What now o fearless leader?" Sarah asked.
Jason's shirt was soaked from the snowball fight so he began shivering. "Well first I'm getting my coat back."
He walked over to Pixie, who relinquished the goggleneck's coat and began looking around warily.
"Greetings chosen ones." A being rose out from the snow.
"There's something you don't see every day," Jay commented.
She resembled the other beings surrounding her with the exception of translucence, as if she was made of ice. However, this digimon showed no hint of being covered in snow, indicating her intangible nature.
"It pains me to be the bearer of bad news, but I'm afraid that you all must be taken to our master. As was our charge." She gestured to the now revealed snowman digimon who were approaching their position, effectively dropping the digidestined's maneuverability. "Or you could oppose us, forcing us to destroy you."
"Don't be ridiculous, of course we're going to oppose you," Savannah said. "Just give us a second will ya?"
The digidestined all converged in what would appear to be a football huddle.
"I have a feeling we're just dealing with ice-digimon." Michael said.
Jason nodded. "Right, that means that Serenemon," He glanced towards Sarah. "Raptormon," He glanced towards Jay, "And Blazemon, or even Pyromon should we need it...I seriously doubt that Yetimon would send anything less than an ultimate against us." He finished the thought with his eyes on Medusa.
"BREAK!" Lauren yelled. Everyone looked at the preteen, who immediately sweatdropped. "Couldn't resist." She said smiling.
The digidestined turned to face their transparent foe.
"Now we're ready to oppose you." Savannah said with a grin on her face.
"You're up guys," Jason nodded
Jay, Sarah and Medusa stepped forward with their watches glowing. The watches detached from their bands, and positioned themselves on the left side of their faces. Then they attached, their visors emitted a green, purple, and burgundy color respectively.
Their visors emitted a light that struck their digimon.
"Washimon digivolve to..." The green eagle said. "Raptormon."
"Kodokumon digivolve to..." The cat-like digimon called. "Serenemon."
"Ashemon digivolve to..." The fairy-like digimon cried. "Blazemon."
Using their visors the three digidestined scanned their adversaries.
"Frigimon," Sarah said as she looked towards the snowmen surrounding them. "They're champions, Sub-Zero Ice Punch is their specialty."
"The translucent one is an Ultimate!" Medusa informed everyone. "She goes by SpectreFrigimon. Her attacks include a chilly touch, and her spectre freeze leaves icicles on your nose."
Jay nodded towards Medusa. "She's all yours, we'll go after Frosty's impersonators."
The crest chip emerged from Medusa's headset, and flew towards the fairy digimon. "Blazemon Chrono Digivolve to..." Blazemon cried. "Pyromon."
With that, the three digimon flew their separate ways. Raptormon flew towards the right side of the specter.
Raptormon sliced through the air until he came upon a large group of Frigimon towards their right.
"Sub-Zero Ice Punch" They all yelled, firing their freezing punches into the air. Raptormon tucked his wings inward, and began spinning, narrowly avoiding the first wave. This maneuver brought him close to the ground and into physical attack range.
The Frigimon saw this and immediately converged upon the eagle in hopes of pummeling him into oblivion. Raptormon had other plans, as he spread his wings once more, and stuck his boots out and collided feet first with the nearest Frigimon. Using his powerful legs, he pushed off of the snowy being, and rocketed into the sky. This caused the digimon to sink into the snow.
Gaining altitude, he began flapping his wings and began circling the digimon, much like a vulture would do to a wounded animal in the desert.
He soon stopped circling and decided to put an end to the 10+ digimon that had set their sights on him. Raptormon plummeted, he pointed his wings downward. "Burning Feathers" He cried.
The green feathers on Raptormon's wings ignited. Soon, several of these emerald feathers shot out of the wingtips, towards the Frigimon below.
They brought their arms up to shield from the burning projectiles, but to no avail. The burning arrows seared through their snow-like arms, and struck their chests, deleting them on impact.
On the other side of the battlefield, Serenemon had the same problems that Raptormon had faced. The Frigimon were coming at her in full force, attempting to freeze her in place.
"Sub-zero Ice Punch" They cried, loosing their frozen attacks. Serenemon merely constructed a wall of flame in front of her body. This made all the frozen attacks ineffective. One digimon had tried to make it through the heated barrier, but as soon as he tried, his entire body began melting and turned into data. This had made the remainder of the Frigimon cautious to approach the fiery digimon.
"Can't take the heat?" She smirked. "Then get out of the Digiworld. Fire Wave!" She pointed her arms downwards, and began adding to the firewall. She gave one pushing movement towards the wall. This caused the barrier of flames to dance and expand. The digimon began fleeing towards the snow banks. Serenemon curved her arms and brought the tips of her fingers together. This caused the fire to completely surround the Frigimon.
"That'll hold 'em," She said as she wiped her hands together. This caused the fire walls to meet, with the Frigimon inside. When Serenemon looked at what happened, she began sweatdropping. "Oops."
In the final skirmish, the two ultimates had yet to make their first move. Then suddenly the icy specter disappeared entirely.
Pyromon's eyes widened. "What?" She looked around frantically. "Where'd she go?"
Her question was answered as she felt an icy touch on her back. She whirled about. She expected to see the ghostly snowman, but instead found no trace.
"Are you afraid to fight me head on?" the fiery spirited digimon asked.
Her response was another touch that sent chills to her spine. Again she turned. This too was futile.
"A little help here Meddie," Pyromon yelled over her shoulder.
Her partner was standing a good distance away. She watched through her visor. Despite her view of the battle, she still had a hard time figuring out what was going on. Her partner was turning and lashing out in various directions, missing her opponent entirely. She touched her headset, retracting the visor and it dawned to her that SpectreFrigimon had made herself invisible to the naked eye. Pressing her headset once more, she was quick to offer her assistance.
"She's to your left!" Medusa shouted.
As per her partner's instruction, Pyromon punched to the left, her hand was immediately frozen into a fist. She could hear the phantom digimon chuckling as it came into view.
"How did you like my Chill Touch?" SpectreFrigimon sneered.
"Frankly I thought it to be uninspired," Pyromon shrugged. As she did so, her hand rose in temperature, melting the ice and freeing her digits.
"Say what?" SpectreFrigimon stepped back slightly.
"I'm a digimon that commands flames and heat. If you thought a little cold would hurt me, I'm afraid you were sorely mistaken," the fiery digimon stated calmly. "I suggest you give up."
The snowy digimon nodded as if accepting the terms. Then she raced forward, expanding her body as she did so. "Spectre Freeze!"
"What's this?" Pyromon's eyes went wide as the ever-growing snowman dove into her. She brought her arms up to block and closed her eyes, waiting for the impact. Strangely, there was no pain, merely a chilly sensation. She looked around and could see some sort of translucent barrier between her and the rest of the digidestined. She looked upwards and could make out what appeared to be a cavern, but she soon felt a pang of realization.
'I'm inside of her', Pyromon thought.
"You like the temperature in there?" SpectreFrigimon asked. "I can always go lower you know."
As if to demonstrate that fact, Pyromon was immediately struck by an icy wind, causing her to shiver slightly. The temperature continued to drop, causing her to wrap her arms around herself.
The digidestined team was watching in horror.
"Why doesn't she just melt that thing?" Lauren asked.
"I guess she's cooled down more than she's let on," Savannah replied.
"Someone needs to help her!" Medusa cried.
Raptormon and Serenemon nodded to each other before flying towards the fray.
Simultaneously, the crest chips ejected from Jay and Sarah's visors. They flew towards the two champion digimon before entering them.
"Serenemon Chrono Digivolve to..." The humanoid digimon cried. "...Bokuramon."
"Raptormon Chrono Digivolve to..." The eagle yelled. "...JetRaptormon."
As the two additional ultimates flew towards the ectoplasmic beast, they could make out slight traces of frost on Pyromon's skin.
"Geeze, this digimon must be really cold if she can do that to a powerful fire digimon," Bokuramon commented.
"Raptor Lasers!" Jetraptormon yelled as the emerald laser cannons gathered energy. He fired them straight at the digimon, but the beams passed through the digimon harmlessly.
"What?" Jetraptormon sweatdropped. "I didn't think that that was supposed to happen."
"Dark Destroyer!" Bokuramon tried her attack. The black lightning bolts struck harmlessly on the specter's skin, before ricocheting and grazing Jetraptormon's left wing.
"Mayday! MAYDAY! EAGLE GOING DOWN!" the jetpack clad eagle shouted as he began spinning, striking a snowbank.
"Not again..." Bokuramon sweatdropped. Then she dropped from the sky to tend to the fallen eagle.
The giant specter laughed. "YOU CANNOT HOPE TO DEFEAT ME!"
From inside her ectoplasmic prison, Pyromon was gathering her strength. Her entire body was covered in a thin layer of frost, making it difficult to move. However she concentrated her power into making a small ball of fire within the confines of her hands. Soon she built onto it, and the flames began growing. Soon it was the size of a volleyball then it grew still. Then she held it over her head, as if she was showing it off like a beacon. This significantly raised the temperature of her prison. With the hot air, the ghastly being began shrinking, as it had less cold to draw power from.
"Flame..." Pyromon took the oversized fireball in one hand. Then launched it into the cranial cavity. "THROWER!"
With this giant flame attack, the ghost's head was miraculously blown off. Specks of data began separating into the icy atmosphere, until the captive Pyromon was liberated.
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I_NUKEM: WOW!!! ALMOST 2 WHOLE MONTHS WITHOUT AN UPDATE. I must be a great procrastinator.
Coyomon: *sweatdrops* B4k4. I_NUKEM: *looks at Coyomon* What was that?
Coyomon: Just update quicker. I mean you have no excuse now that you've graduated from highschool.
I_NUKEM: Um... well I still have *begins rambling off things I still have to do*...so I still have excuses.
Coyomon: *begins growling*
I_NUKEM: Uh...oh...
Coyomon: *Bites onto my leg*
I_NUKEM: OW!!!! LET GO YOU FURBALL!!!! *dances around the room trying to dislodge the coyote from my leg*
Pixie: Um...while Jason is brainstorming for the next chapter...
I_NUKEM: *CRASH* I SAID LET GO!!! I CREATED YOU I CAN DELETE YOU JUST AS EASILY NOW RELEASE MY LEG!!!!
Pixie: *sweatdrops* Review, and try to avoid commenting on the shortness of the chapter and the length of time it took him to write it, seeing as he's been off for the past month, doing random useless things like tests, filling up his hard drive with junk, and outlining a non-digimon fic.
Jason: *hops into view* Some help you are. From now on when I ask for someone to help me out in the afterward, I'm getting Savannah to do it. Ok so like Pix said, review or...um...i'll uh...sick Coyomon on you...then uh...send you the bill to my college...T think the total cost is getting up to $20,000 a year now. ^_^
Jake: Anyone got a cure for jetlag?
I_NUKEM: I thought you were going to the movies with Jess...
Jess: He insisted on hiding in your luggage. I think he was scared that you were going to replace him.
I_NUKEM: *snaps* Well a guy can dream can't he?
Jake: *facefaults*
Jess: *peers around* So what do these voices of yours look like?
I_NUKEM: *shrugs* I'll know them when I hear them.
Just then Izzy and Joe go walking past.
Joe: You know, being a doctor is a lot of hard work. I'd like to see you try it some time.
Izzy: You know I've been busy pondering the fundamentals of astrophysics.
They argue like that for a while.
I_NUKEM: I think I found our special guest voices!
Jess: *looks around* You mean them?
Jake: I'll get them. This chloroform should do the trick! *walks behind Joe and Izzy with a bottle of chloroform* I'll give you guys this chloroform if you come with me.
Joe: Well I don't see the harm in it, he's an American, what can he do?
Jake: *Pulls out a large mallet and whacks them both over the head* That's what!
I_NUKEM: While we prep these two to recap this chapter, why don't you all take a look at the chapter I posted most recently, or if its still fresh in your mind great!
Cold Shoulders
As the digidestined pelted each other with snowballs, they were blissfully unaware of the numerous digimon that were surrounding them.
Their partners however, were able to grasp the situation.
"Uh, Savannah, um... there are lots of digimon coming" Tentomon tried to explain.
"Not now Tentomon," Savannah said hurriedly as she ducked a snowball. "I've got Sarah in my sights and I'm not about to lose her!"
The remainder of the digimon's warnings fell on deaf ears as well.
It wasn't until they were completely surrounded that they finally understood the severity of their situation.
"Oh great," Medusa sighed. "We've been caught. Well I guess there's a first time for everything."
"What now o fearless leader?" Sarah asked.
Jason's shirt was soaked from the snowball fight so he began shivering. "Well first I'm getting my coat back."
He walked over to Pixie, who relinquished the goggleneck's coat and began looking around warily.
"Greetings chosen ones." A being rose out from the snow.
"There's something you don't see every day," Jay commented.
She resembled the other beings surrounding her with the exception of translucence, as if she was made of ice. However, this digimon showed no hint of being covered in snow, indicating her intangible nature.
"It pains me to be the bearer of bad news, but I'm afraid that you all must be taken to our master. As was our charge." She gestured to the now revealed snowman digimon who were approaching their position, effectively dropping the digidestined's maneuverability. "Or you could oppose us, forcing us to destroy you."
"Don't be ridiculous, of course we're going to oppose you," Savannah said. "Just give us a second will ya?"
The digidestined all converged in what would appear to be a football huddle.
"I have a feeling we're just dealing with ice-digimon." Michael said.
Jason nodded. "Right, that means that Serenemon," He glanced towards Sarah. "Raptormon," He glanced towards Jay, "And Blazemon, or even Pyromon should we need it...I seriously doubt that Yetimon would send anything less than an ultimate against us." He finished the thought with his eyes on Medusa.
"BREAK!" Lauren yelled. Everyone looked at the preteen, who immediately sweatdropped. "Couldn't resist." She said smiling.
The digidestined turned to face their transparent foe.
"Now we're ready to oppose you." Savannah said with a grin on her face.
"You're up guys," Jason nodded
Jay, Sarah and Medusa stepped forward with their watches glowing. The watches detached from their bands, and positioned themselves on the left side of their faces. Then they attached, their visors emitted a green, purple, and burgundy color respectively.
Their visors emitted a light that struck their digimon.
"Washimon digivolve to..." The green eagle said. "Raptormon."
"Kodokumon digivolve to..." The cat-like digimon called. "Serenemon."
"Ashemon digivolve to..." The fairy-like digimon cried. "Blazemon."
Using their visors the three digidestined scanned their adversaries.
"Frigimon," Sarah said as she looked towards the snowmen surrounding them. "They're champions, Sub-Zero Ice Punch is their specialty."
"The translucent one is an Ultimate!" Medusa informed everyone. "She goes by SpectreFrigimon. Her attacks include a chilly touch, and her spectre freeze leaves icicles on your nose."
Jay nodded towards Medusa. "She's all yours, we'll go after Frosty's impersonators."
The crest chip emerged from Medusa's headset, and flew towards the fairy digimon. "Blazemon Chrono Digivolve to..." Blazemon cried. "Pyromon."
With that, the three digimon flew their separate ways. Raptormon flew towards the right side of the specter.
Raptormon sliced through the air until he came upon a large group of Frigimon towards their right.
"Sub-Zero Ice Punch" They all yelled, firing their freezing punches into the air. Raptormon tucked his wings inward, and began spinning, narrowly avoiding the first wave. This maneuver brought him close to the ground and into physical attack range.
The Frigimon saw this and immediately converged upon the eagle in hopes of pummeling him into oblivion. Raptormon had other plans, as he spread his wings once more, and stuck his boots out and collided feet first with the nearest Frigimon. Using his powerful legs, he pushed off of the snowy being, and rocketed into the sky. This caused the digimon to sink into the snow.
Gaining altitude, he began flapping his wings and began circling the digimon, much like a vulture would do to a wounded animal in the desert.
He soon stopped circling and decided to put an end to the 10+ digimon that had set their sights on him. Raptormon plummeted, he pointed his wings downward. "Burning Feathers" He cried.
The green feathers on Raptormon's wings ignited. Soon, several of these emerald feathers shot out of the wingtips, towards the Frigimon below.
They brought their arms up to shield from the burning projectiles, but to no avail. The burning arrows seared through their snow-like arms, and struck their chests, deleting them on impact.
On the other side of the battlefield, Serenemon had the same problems that Raptormon had faced. The Frigimon were coming at her in full force, attempting to freeze her in place.
"Sub-zero Ice Punch" They cried, loosing their frozen attacks. Serenemon merely constructed a wall of flame in front of her body. This made all the frozen attacks ineffective. One digimon had tried to make it through the heated barrier, but as soon as he tried, his entire body began melting and turned into data. This had made the remainder of the Frigimon cautious to approach the fiery digimon.
"Can't take the heat?" She smirked. "Then get out of the Digiworld. Fire Wave!" She pointed her arms downwards, and began adding to the firewall. She gave one pushing movement towards the wall. This caused the barrier of flames to dance and expand. The digimon began fleeing towards the snow banks. Serenemon curved her arms and brought the tips of her fingers together. This caused the fire to completely surround the Frigimon.
"That'll hold 'em," She said as she wiped her hands together. This caused the fire walls to meet, with the Frigimon inside. When Serenemon looked at what happened, she began sweatdropping. "Oops."
In the final skirmish, the two ultimates had yet to make their first move. Then suddenly the icy specter disappeared entirely.
Pyromon's eyes widened. "What?" She looked around frantically. "Where'd she go?"
Her question was answered as she felt an icy touch on her back. She whirled about. She expected to see the ghostly snowman, but instead found no trace.
"Are you afraid to fight me head on?" the fiery spirited digimon asked.
Her response was another touch that sent chills to her spine. Again she turned. This too was futile.
"A little help here Meddie," Pyromon yelled over her shoulder.
Her partner was standing a good distance away. She watched through her visor. Despite her view of the battle, she still had a hard time figuring out what was going on. Her partner was turning and lashing out in various directions, missing her opponent entirely. She touched her headset, retracting the visor and it dawned to her that SpectreFrigimon had made herself invisible to the naked eye. Pressing her headset once more, she was quick to offer her assistance.
"She's to your left!" Medusa shouted.
As per her partner's instruction, Pyromon punched to the left, her hand was immediately frozen into a fist. She could hear the phantom digimon chuckling as it came into view.
"How did you like my Chill Touch?" SpectreFrigimon sneered.
"Frankly I thought it to be uninspired," Pyromon shrugged. As she did so, her hand rose in temperature, melting the ice and freeing her digits.
"Say what?" SpectreFrigimon stepped back slightly.
"I'm a digimon that commands flames and heat. If you thought a little cold would hurt me, I'm afraid you were sorely mistaken," the fiery digimon stated calmly. "I suggest you give up."
The snowy digimon nodded as if accepting the terms. Then she raced forward, expanding her body as she did so. "Spectre Freeze!"
"What's this?" Pyromon's eyes went wide as the ever-growing snowman dove into her. She brought her arms up to block and closed her eyes, waiting for the impact. Strangely, there was no pain, merely a chilly sensation. She looked around and could see some sort of translucent barrier between her and the rest of the digidestined. She looked upwards and could make out what appeared to be a cavern, but she soon felt a pang of realization.
'I'm inside of her', Pyromon thought.
"You like the temperature in there?" SpectreFrigimon asked. "I can always go lower you know."
As if to demonstrate that fact, Pyromon was immediately struck by an icy wind, causing her to shiver slightly. The temperature continued to drop, causing her to wrap her arms around herself.
The digidestined team was watching in horror.
"Why doesn't she just melt that thing?" Lauren asked.
"I guess she's cooled down more than she's let on," Savannah replied.
"Someone needs to help her!" Medusa cried.
Raptormon and Serenemon nodded to each other before flying towards the fray.
Simultaneously, the crest chips ejected from Jay and Sarah's visors. They flew towards the two champion digimon before entering them.
"Serenemon Chrono Digivolve to..." The humanoid digimon cried. "...Bokuramon."
"Raptormon Chrono Digivolve to..." The eagle yelled. "...JetRaptormon."
As the two additional ultimates flew towards the ectoplasmic beast, they could make out slight traces of frost on Pyromon's skin.
"Geeze, this digimon must be really cold if she can do that to a powerful fire digimon," Bokuramon commented.
"Raptor Lasers!" Jetraptormon yelled as the emerald laser cannons gathered energy. He fired them straight at the digimon, but the beams passed through the digimon harmlessly.
"What?" Jetraptormon sweatdropped. "I didn't think that that was supposed to happen."
"Dark Destroyer!" Bokuramon tried her attack. The black lightning bolts struck harmlessly on the specter's skin, before ricocheting and grazing Jetraptormon's left wing.
"Mayday! MAYDAY! EAGLE GOING DOWN!" the jetpack clad eagle shouted as he began spinning, striking a snowbank.
"Not again..." Bokuramon sweatdropped. Then she dropped from the sky to tend to the fallen eagle.
The giant specter laughed. "YOU CANNOT HOPE TO DEFEAT ME!"
From inside her ectoplasmic prison, Pyromon was gathering her strength. Her entire body was covered in a thin layer of frost, making it difficult to move. However she concentrated her power into making a small ball of fire within the confines of her hands. Soon she built onto it, and the flames began growing. Soon it was the size of a volleyball then it grew still. Then she held it over her head, as if she was showing it off like a beacon. This significantly raised the temperature of her prison. With the hot air, the ghastly being began shrinking, as it had less cold to draw power from.
"Flame..." Pyromon took the oversized fireball in one hand. Then launched it into the cranial cavity. "THROWER!"
With this giant flame attack, the ghost's head was miraculously blown off. Specks of data began separating into the icy atmosphere, until the captive Pyromon was liberated.
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I_NUKEM: WOW!!! ALMOST 2 WHOLE MONTHS WITHOUT AN UPDATE. I must be a great procrastinator.
Coyomon: *sweatdrops* B4k4. I_NUKEM: *looks at Coyomon* What was that?
Coyomon: Just update quicker. I mean you have no excuse now that you've graduated from highschool.
I_NUKEM: Um... well I still have *begins rambling off things I still have to do*...so I still have excuses.
Coyomon: *begins growling*
I_NUKEM: Uh...oh...
Coyomon: *Bites onto my leg*
I_NUKEM: OW!!!! LET GO YOU FURBALL!!!! *dances around the room trying to dislodge the coyote from my leg*
Pixie: Um...while Jason is brainstorming for the next chapter...
I_NUKEM: *CRASH* I SAID LET GO!!! I CREATED YOU I CAN DELETE YOU JUST AS EASILY NOW RELEASE MY LEG!!!!
Pixie: *sweatdrops* Review, and try to avoid commenting on the shortness of the chapter and the length of time it took him to write it, seeing as he's been off for the past month, doing random useless things like tests, filling up his hard drive with junk, and outlining a non-digimon fic.
Jason: *hops into view* Some help you are. From now on when I ask for someone to help me out in the afterward, I'm getting Savannah to do it. Ok so like Pix said, review or...um...i'll uh...sick Coyomon on you...then uh...send you the bill to my college...T think the total cost is getting up to $20,000 a year now. ^_^