Warriors and Keepers Unite
Chapter 24
"Welcome, humans." A low, dangerously kind voice echoed through the chamber and was followed shortly by a sinister laugh.
"Um, Sao? Lisa? Leo-"
"Leonard, lights if you please," Sao snapped quickly and not caring that she had cut Flamon's line of questioning off.
"I'm on it." Moments after Leonard answered there was a flicker of light in the center of the ring the Picos had unknowingly formed and that flicker spread throughout the entire room, squelching the shadows and bringing forth the light.
"No way! We're trapped!" Flamon exclaimed.
"Impressive, Keeper. Unfortunately, you're little pet tricks aren't going to get you anywhere. Except maybe to make up my mind to keep you Keepers as jesters for my court instead of deleting you. After I defeat you all and reconfigure your data to my liking, that is." The Keepers pinned their ears flat against their necks and glared defensively at the figure seated across the room on a golden throne.
"Leonard, the whelps and Lisa and I will Digivolve into Beast Hybrids while you work on getting us out of this cage, alright?"
"Deal."
FlaDiiamon turned to face Flamon and Strabimon. "On the count of three, Leonard is going to get us outta here and the lot of us will Digivolve into our Beast Spirits, understand whelps?" Flamon and Strabimon nodded sullenly, obviously disliking the term FlaDiiamon used to address them. "One, two, three,"
Perromon was shrouded in metallic gray mist and slowly, ever so slowly, the bars of their cage ripped away, releasing the captives.
Flamon and Strabimon leapt from the cage and were followed closely by the Keepers. "Execute…Beast Spirit Evolution!" The two were concealed in orbs of light and were momentarily replaced by BurningGreymon and KendoGarurumon.
"What are you doing?!" FlaDiiamon snapped quickly, glaring at the Warriors who had already begun to race into battle. Ignoring her outburst, both Warriors leapt into the air on either side of Pharaohmon and prepared their attacks.
"Wildfire Tsunami!"
"Lupine Laser!"
The fire and light swirled together, intertwining until the attacks focused and exploded, coating the area in a thick cloud of smoke. BurningGreymon and KendoGarurumon landed and stared cockily at the swirling dust.
Silence in the aftermath of the attacks reigned supreme in the chamber until a single, skin-prickling cackle filled it.
"Idiots," FlaDiiamon snarled at the two Beast Hybrids. "The most you just did there was to make him stronger!"
"Oh what a smart doggy," Pharaohmon taunted from his perch on his throne. "Although I hate to say it, but you aren't smart enough. Let's try a new game, shall we?" Pharaohmon spread his arms at shoulder-width apart, then brought his hands together quickly, using his index fingers to point at FlaDiiamon. "You're mine."
Before any of the Warriors could react FlaDiiamon disappeared in a cloud of data particles. The particles soon vanished as well, leaving only memories and a mystery of FlaDiiamon.
At the drop of a pin Folamon and Perromon were replaced by BurningFolamon and TerraPerromon, their Beast Hybrid forms.
"You will regret that," TerraPerromon snarled, pinning her ears flat against her neck.
"Yea, we're going to tear you data bit by data bit." BurningFolamon added sharply, pawing at the ground to emphasize her point.