Very carefully, Yamaki and Henry peaked through the bushes to the other side seeing on the distance, two creatures standing watch of the ring like device on a clearing. A little further away, on a rock there was cage with yet another small creature imprisoned inside.
Hector decided to peak too, and he was amazed when he saw who was the one imprisoned. It was the creature that was abducted from him in the woods before.
Cloakmon was no where to be seen. Daisy verified on her laptop that he was in fact moving away.
- Who are those? – asked Carlos. – I recognize the huge lion but the other…..
Renamon decided to peak. When she saw who was on the other side she hid her head behind the bushes and hissed very upset.
- Leomon and ……Ladydevimon….- she growled uneased.
- What's with them? –asked Yuki.
- Those two are dangerous…… - said Renamon between her teeth.
- What do we do? – asked Daisy to Henry.
- We have to split up. One group will have to attack those two and get hold of the machine. If somebody can free the critter imprisoned it would be helpful. The other group would have to sneak into that halo of light that is a few feet away from them.
- Halo of light? – asked Daisy.
- Look carefully over there. – pointed Henry to the distance, next to where these two menacing monsters were standing. – I see a glow over there.
- What can it be?
- I don't know, but I bet my money that Cloakmon went on that direction with his minions.
- Very well then. Who will attack those two?
- I'll go! – replied Agumon. – It's payback time!!
- I'll go with you…. – said Palmon.
- I also want to give them a piece of my mind!! – said Gabumon.
- I'll help them…..- said Renamon.
- Clara! Stay here and wait for the path to be clear so you can use the machine. Got it? – said Carlos.
- Ok. Be careful. – replied Clara hiding behind the bushes with Gatomon in her arms.
- Daisy and Yamaki, stay with her. I'll go with the others to catch up with Cloakmon. – said Henry.
- We'll meet you later then. – replied Yamaki.
- Ok. Good luck.
Out on the clearing, two creatures were standing watch. Leomon looked all around him.
- Why did master Cloakmon have to leave us here? – he rambled in annoyance.
- Relax my friend……You know how he is like……He doesn't trust anyone…..He left us here so he wouldn't be disturbed. – said the strange creature accompanying Leomon.
It had a female shape but she resembled a vampire. All her body was covered by a black leather like tight suit that had skulls and crossbones designs all over. Behind her black mask her terrifying red eyes could be seen and over her back, a pair of huge bat wings flapped slightly with the wind.
- I don't know why he didn't take that contraption with him. ….- growled Leomon.
- Didn't you see that was holding back Metalseadramon…….Cloakmon wanted to take the container to master Alphamon as soon as he could.
- Ok…..Anyway….We'll have to wait then…… - said Leomon sighing. –That's when a fireball landed on him.
Just for a few inches he had dodged it, and after that he drew his sword looking around attentively to locate his attacker.
Far away, a small creature shaped as a dinosaur was spitting out fireballs like there was no tomorrow. They were so many that Leomon and Ladydevimon were overwhelmed although they were able to dodged them effectively.
Meanwhile, the critter inside the cage looked down sadly. He noticed that a green colored limb was approaching him. He turned around and saw who it was in amazement.
- Palmon! – he said happily.
- Shhhhh…….- said palmon gesturing the critter to keep quiet while she used her vines to bend the bars of the small prison.
- Hi Patamon….- greeted Gabumon as Patamon came out of the cage.
- Good heavens! You are all ok……but…….You have to hurry!!…..
- You'll explain later, but first let's take care of them. – said Gabumon walking away to attack.
Leomon had just knocked Agumon to the ground and he was about to strike his sword into him.
- Wait!!! – said TJ getting on the way.
- What?! – said Leomon very puzzled. – Are you protecting him?
- Yes. Don't you dare touch him!!
Leomon hesitated for a few seconds and then he felt something exploding on his back sending him to the ground. It had been Gabumon, who had spitted a blue colored fire blast.
- What are you doing Leomon? – yelled Ladydevimon as she tried to avoid Renamon's punches. – Help me!!!!
- Wait till I get rid of these newts……- said Leomon rising from the ground and throwing a very powerful punch he knocked the two to the ground.
Daisy was watching the fight from a close distance verifying the status of each creature with her laptop.
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DATABASE STATUS
AGU.mon
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GABU.mon
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- Listen! They are receiving too much damage! – yelled Daisy from the bushes. – Make them change!
TJ and Pablo heard the instruction.
- Ok, here it goes…..- said TJ pressing the left button on his digivice.
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DATABASE MODIFIER ACTIVATED
Upgrading database...........................
Done............
GREY.mon
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GARURU.mon
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Everybody watched in disbelief as Agumon and Gabumon changed shape. Agumon had grown into a 17 feet tall dinosaur. He had the same orange scales but on his head a bronze helmet that featured a pair of curved horns at the sides had appeared . Part of this helmet covered the upper part of his face like a face shield of an armor.
On the other hand, Gabumon had changed into a wolf like creature. It was all white with blue stripes, and purple colored sharp claws.
" It can't be….." – thought Leomon. "These two changed instantly. It would have taken me weeks of training to acquire that kind of power"
He negated with his head and resumed his attack. But the two new monsters were impenetrable. Garurumon head butted with strength making him loose his balance and Greymon hurled a huge single fireball that upon exploding sent Leomon flying through the air. Leomon rose from the ground dizzy.
Then, to the surprise of everybody, he just sat down with his eyes closed without making any sound.
- What are you doing? – roared Ladydevimon very upset having problems with Renamon who had just grabbed her around her waist.
- I don't intend to fight someone more righteous than myself! -yelled Leomon still with his eyes closed in deep meditation.
- You are weak….! – accused Ladydevimon.
This argument had distracted Renamon, and ladydevimon used this to her advantage. Of her body thousands of bats came flying out as a whirlwind that sent Renamon flying through the air.
When she was able to stand up it was too late. Ladydevimon had escaped through the faintly perceptible blue colored vortex.
When Greymon and Garurumon had returned to their original form, everyone gathered around Patamon and Palmon.
- How good is to see you! – said Patamon flapping his small bat wings to drift in midair. – Cloakmon received orders from Alphamon to head to the Valley of Oblivion.
- Valley of Oblivion? – asked the humans present.
- Wait……. –interrupted Clara. – First we have to cure Gatomon.
- Darn! – said Patamon. – She belongs to the group of Angels like me!. The others are really not going to like this. Fortunately, I brought this. – he said showing his small hand to the others. He was holding a golden ring that had many different symbols carved around it.