"Oh great. I really hate it when they start out cranky," Jewel said.
"Who disturbs my sleep?" the Guardian cried. "Because I was having a really great dream."
"Y-you're the Guardian?" Takato asked.
"Yup. Name's Anyanka. So, Jason, have you been scaring the newbies again?" the Guardian asked.
"Guilty as charged. What can I say? It's a bad habit of mine," Jason chuckled.
"Jason, I am going to kill you," Jewel growled.
"Hey, don't kill him. I need him to stay in the main building of Makeshift," Anyanka said.
"What for?" Henry asked.
"Well he's my eyes and ears for the Digital and real worlds. That's why I'm protecting the Wand of Ancients, because eventually it's going to be needed," Anyanka said.
"Yeah, that's kinda why we're here. We've been facing these super powered Digimon in the real world, and we think that the Wand could be our only hope of defeating them," Jewel said.
"You want the Wand? Well, you'll have to prove that you're the ones who it's supposed to go to," Anyanka said.
"Prove? We don't have the time for that! Those Digimon are destroying the town we live in back in the real world!" Jewel said.
"Hey, I don't make the rules, I just enforce them. Actually, I do make the rules for protecting the Wand of Ancients. And you know what? Considering this is where I live, I really don't care about how the real world is faring. So, come on in, follow the rules, face possible death, and you can go home happy, and possibly even with the wand!" Anyanka smiled.
"See you when you get back here," Jason said, hopping into the aircart and pulling out a book.
"I am going to severely hurt you," Jewel muttered.
"Hey, just-"
"Terriermon, this doesn't seem like the best time to 'moumontai', okay?" Henry said.
"Are you guys going to get in there or am I going to be waiting here for the rest of my life? I only brought about a hundred books you know," Jason said.
"Oh, sure. YOU'RE calm about this. YOU aren't going on this kind of a test or something," Takato said.
"Takato, will there be some peanut butter inside?" Guilmon asked.
"Guilmon, we're about to face a bunch of potentially dangerous and deadly tests. I doubt-"
"Do you prefer creamy or chunky?" Anyanka asked, cutting Jewel off.
"My perception of these tests is getting lowered," Jewel muttered.
"What is that?" Jewel asked, pointing to the large labyrinth that was the Guardian's home.
"The peanut butter and Wand of Ancients are at the end of the maze. You'll only be able to take one back with you though," Anyanka said.
"If we were teamed with anyone but Guilmon I would say that it would be easy to choose between those too," Muchomon muttered.
"You said it," Takato muttered back.
"Yea! Peanut Butter! Is it chunky or creamy?"
"I don't know. I'll have to see," Anyanka said. She disappeared in a flash.
"Well, that was... sufficiently random," Jewel sighed. She started down the labyrinth, Muchomon flapping behind her.
"Come on, Guilmon," Takato said, following Jewel.
"But what about the peanut butter?"
"They're trying to break out of the field!" Alec cried.
"Oh, great," Reika said, rolling her eyes.
"We've got to head back out there! Otherwise, the entire city will be destroyed!" Kazu cried.
"He's right. If nothing else, it'll distract those Digimon and give Jewel and the others a chance to get back here quicker," Lee said.
"You're right. All right, team. Let's go," Addison said, grabbed his D-Power
The Digimon and their Tamers burst onto the scene.
"Here we go again," Jeri muttered. The dark Rookies smirked while the Tamer's Rookies digivolved to Champion.
"Fungus Cruncher!"
"Fox Tail Inferno!" The two attacks collided, creating a small explosion.
"Ooh! Pretty colors!" Suzie cried.
Suzie wasn't the only one drawn by the colors of the explosion. Calumon landed on top of a car and watched.
"Chrono Breaker!" Clockmon cried as he slammed his hammer down on the Floramon's foot.
"May not have much effect against them, but hey, everyone hates stubbed toes," Addison smirked. He pulled out a card.
DIGI-MODIFY
"Digi-Modify! WarGreymon, activate!" Clockmon's hands shifted into WarGreymon's claws.
"Now we're talkin'," he chuckled. "Terra Force!" he cried, the ball of yellow energy forming.
The symbol on Calumon's forehead began to glow.
Clockmon threw the energy at Floramon.
Energy burst forth from Calumon's symbol.
"Floramon, digivolve to... Kiwimon!" The ball of energy hit the plant, but when it faded, a wingless bird stood in its place.
"Oh... crap," Addison hissed.
The labyrinth seemed to go on forever.
"How long is this thing, anyway?" Jewel muttered.
"If you ask me, it's too long already," Takato sighed. The group continued walking. The only lighting in the labyrinth came from torches, spaced evenly throughout the walls.
"I don't suppose it would have hurt the Guardian to have gotten better lighting in this place," Muchomon muttered.
"We can fix that, though, right, Muchomon?" Jewel smiled. Muchomon nodded.
DIGIVOLUTION
"Muchomon digivolve to... Flarerizamon!" Flarerizamon took a step forward, illuminating the small area.
"Atta girl," Jewel said happily. Henry and Takato nodded appreciatively. And then came a low growl, seemingly from all directions.
"Uh oh," Terriermon said.
"What's the status on the quarantine?" Yamaki growled. Riley and Tally furiously worked at their consoles, attempting to get an answer.
"It appears stable, for the moment. Wait-!"
"What is it?" Yamaki asked, turning.
"There's a massive energy surge coming from inside the quarantine field and it's-" The panel exploded, throwing both women against the wall.
"Riley!" Yamaki gasped. The power surge continued throughout Hypnos Towers, blowing the power grid. In the darkness, Yamaki turned to one of the aides.
"Call an ambulance, get them here! NOW!" he barked. Once the room was vacant except for Yamaki and the two unconscious Scanners, the large veiwscreen flickered to life. Two static-y eyes appeared on the screen, which was otherwise filled with snow.
"Yamaki, you fool," a voice snickered. "You will never contain them. Not completely."
"What are you? Who are you?" Yamaki cried.
"The human world will fall," the voice snickered, ignoring him entirely. "And those digital shall rule all!" Then the screen cut out, leaving Yamaki alone. He was actually afraid now.
"Kiwimon. Champion level. Great. That's just what we needed," Lee muttered, sparing a moment to look at his D-Power.
"There are too many of them, and not enough of us!" Reika cried.
"She's right! We've gotta bolt!" Alec added. Right after this, SnowGoblinmon sent one of his Bolt Strikes straight for Alec's head. Kuwagamon intercepted it.
"He didn't mean you, tusk-face!" Kuwagamon spat.
"Let's scram," Lee said.
"Dude, I was with him the first time he said that," Kazu said. The group made their escape, falling back to the club.
"Well, actually fighting them right now seems to be on the useless side of things," Addison said, collapsing in a chair behind the bar.
"Useless being the kind choice of words," Ryo added.
"What are we going to do?" Jeri asked softly.
"Right now? Our best option is to wait for Takato, Henry, and Jewel to get back," Addison sighed. "I just hope they get back soon. Otherwise, they're going to be getting back in time to help us defend the rubble that used to be the city."
"What is that?" Takato asked.
"I'm afraid to find out," Henry said.
"Offhand, I'm guessing it's a labyrinth cliché," Jewel said. She pointed to the bullheaded face that was emerging from the shadows.
Oh no! What else can go horribly wrong to the gang now? To find out how they deal with this, tune into the next episode of Digimon: Tamers All Around!