"Hand of Fury!"
DarkAngemon shot out a beam of purple light towards the four children. Eric, Kaii and Chloe dove out of the way but Amanda was frozen with fear.
"Sis!" Eric cried out
The beam continued to come closer to Amanda when it began to slow down. Not just the beam in fact, the entire world around Amanda seemed to be going in slow motion. Amanda looked around at the situation. There, off to the side were Kaii, Chloe and Eric. On the other side of the temple room were the enemies. Minotaurumon, DarkAngemon and Wizardmon. DarkAngemon's attack was still slowly coming towards her. She tried to run but her legs wouldn't move, she tried to scream for help but her mouth wouldn't open. She tried to reach out to her new friends and hew brother, but her arms didn't move. Amanda then turned back to the purple light and everything slowly got darker. Everything began to fade away except for Eric continually crying out for her.
She then slowly opened her eyes. She looked up and the faces of Eric, Solarimon and Kaii looked back at her. She looked past them and saw the sky. Amanda knew that she wasn't in the temple anymore. This revelation caused a million questions to flood into her head but before she could open her mouth, Eric spoke.
"Sis! You're all right!"
"I guess I am." Amanda replied quietly. "But where are we? We're obviously not in that weird temple."
"I'll explain everything." Solarimon said as Kaii and Eric helped Amanda up.
The sun was setting and the group knew that crossing the desert at night would be too dangerous. They decided to set up camp just inside the forest. Kaii, Chloe, Ribbitomon and Tigrimon went to find some food while the Eric and Lupemon set up camp. All the while, Solarimon told Amanda all that had happened to the group. Finally the others came back with some food. They all relaxed by the fire and began to eat.
"So who do you think that guy was?" Ribbitomon asked the group.
"Which guy?" Lupemon asked.
"The one that woke Amanda up." Solarimon told the Lupemon.
"Well, he's obviously not a digimon." Kaii said.
"Could he be a digi-destined like us?" Chloe asked.
"If he is one of us. how come he didn't come to the temple?" Eric asked.
"Eric has a point." Chloe added. "Our digivices did lead us there."
"But that inscription on the wall with the holes for our digivices. it had five holes." Lupemon said.
"Five holes for five digi-destined." Amanda finally said.
"Kaii? You've been here along time. Have you ever heard of other humans in the digital world?" Tigrimon asked.
Kaii thought about this for a little while and then he spoke. "After the war that broke out in the real world. all portals to the digital world were closed and closely guarded, so no humans were ever allowed to enter the digital world. So no, I've never heard of any other human entering."
"That must mean he's new here, like us." Solarimon stated.
"Wait a second." Amanda protested. "Kaii, if no humans were allowed into the digital world, how did you get here?"
"To be honest, I don't know." Kaii said quietly.
"I don't know who this guy is or where he came from but time will tell. What I do know is that we have a big day ahead of us, let's get some sleep."
Everybody agreed to what Tigrimon's words. They would discuss the mysterious person later. The group then began to walk to their shelter. Kaii stopped and watched as the others went into the shelter. Ribbitomon existed the shelter and walked back to Kaii.
"What's wrong?" The digimon asked.
"I don't know." Kaii told him. "I just have a bad feeling about that guy. He had a digimon with him, so he could be a digi-destined."
"He sure could be." Ribbitomon added.
"But what if he isn't?" Kaii continued. "What if he's here for evil. what if he's here to destroy the digital world and all of us with it."
"He sure could be." Ribbitomon added yet again, smiling.
Kaii looked at his digimon skeptically. "Are you going to agree with everything I say?"
"I sure could be." Ribbitomon added with an even bigger smile than before.
"All right all right." Kaii said laughing. "How about we get some sleep? Are you going to agree to that?"
As Kaii and Ribbitomon walked towards the shelter, Ribbitomon looked up at Kaii with a worried look.
'He worries to much.' The digimon thought to himself.
"Minotaurumon!" Dark Angemon bellowed. "I am not pleased!"
"I'm sorry, but those kids."
Minotaurumon's explanation was cut short.
"There is no excuse! You were given the simple task of destroying those kids before they became a threat. You failed me! I am giving you once last chance, if you do not destroy those children by the time they reach Sukoza City you will face the consequences."
Minotaurumon nodded in agreement and then walked out of the room.
"EVERYBODY WAKE UP!" Amanda yelled as loud as she could.
The others scrambled to the fire area where Amanda was standing.
"What's wrong!?" Chloe cried out.
"Oh, nothing." Amanda blushed. "I made breakfast for everybody!"
Everybody gave out a sigh of relief and then looked at the food.
"It looks so good!" Ribbitomon cried out
"Dig in!" Amanda told them.
With that, Kaii, Ribbitomon, Eric and Lupemon dove head first into their food.
Chloe laughed and whispered to Amanda "Boys will be boys."
They both laughed, then looked up to realize that the four boys were already finished their breakfast.
Chloe, Tigrimon, Amanda and Solarimon then ate their food while the others prepared for the day ahead.
"Now, I'm not sure how big this desert is, but it can't be that far. After that, it's over the mountain and on to Sukoza City." Kaii told everybody.
"And why are we going to Sukoza?" Amanda asked.
"Well, to get medical help for you." Solarimon told her.
"So should we still go?" Chloe said. "Or should we turn back, go back to the temple."
Everybody grew silent. Nobody was quite sure what to do. Ribbitomon broke the silence.
"I say we keep going!" he said confidently.
"I agree." Kaii told everybody.
"But why?" Chloe asked. "Shouldn't we go back to the temple, it is where we first arrived in the digital world, we might find a way back"
"That does make sense." Eric said, adding to the conversation.
"I may not be the best person to say this." Amanda stated bluntly. "But I say we keep going."
Everybody looked towards her.
"We were chosen to become the new digi-destined. I don't know by whom or why, but we won't find out by going to places we've already been. The answer to why we're here is out there." Amanda said as she pointed across the desert.
The rest nodded in agreement.
"Let's go." Lupemon added.
With that the eight travelers walked into the desert.
"I have to destroy those kids!" Minotaurumon said with a roar. "They defeated me when I sent a strong digimon, they won when I sent a fast digimon and even more than one digimon weren't victorious. In order to destroy these children I'll have to send my most powerful team of digimon."
Minotaurumon then turned around and screamed. "RAPTORMON!"
Five sandy coloured dinosaur-like digimon charged into the room. The five digimon stood on their hind legs and had huge claws on their feet. Their arms were shorter than their legs but will were adorned with razor sharp claws. The digimons' canine teeth were so large that they still were visible when their mouth was closed.
"I need you five to destroy the digi-destined, now go!"
The five digimon then ran out of the room.
The wind had picked up considerably since the children wandered into the desert. This increasing wind was making crossing the desert more and more difficult.
"How much longer?" Eric asked as he shielded his eyes from the blowing sand, "I can barely see the mountain anymore."
"Don't worry." Lupemon said with confidence. "I know that we'll make it."
All of a sudden the children and digimon saw something that could only be described as a blur. This blur flew by at an incredible speed to their left.
"There's something over there!" Solarimon informed the group.
"No! It's over there." Chloe responded as she pointed in the opposite direction.
"You're both wrong, the thing is over there!" Amanda corrected both of them as she pointed in another direction.
"The digimon or whatever seems to be circling us!" Ribbitomon stated.
"Is it Harpymon again?" Eric asked.
"Harpymon?" Amanda asked with confusion. "Was that the guy that attacked by the waterfall?"
Solarimon nodded.
"Then we can defeat him again. we only have to get stronger!" Amanda said with confidence. She then rushed towards where she saw the blur last.
"STOP!!" Chloe, Eric and Kaii yelled.
"What?" Amanda said as she stopped.
"You can't just barrel into a fight like that!" Chloe yelled at her. "It's just too dangerous!"
"But." Amanda began to protest.
"AMANDA!" Solarimon screamed out in panic.
Amanda looked behind her and stood frozen in terror. There stood three digimon that looked like dinosaurs. The middle one snarled at Amanda and prepared to lunge.
"Flaming Arrow!" "Hydro-Shot!" "Razor Wind!" "Tail Quake!"
The four digimon unleashed their attacks towards the enemy digimon. Lupemon's 'Tail Quake' attack was the fastest and knocked Amanda to the ground. This allowed the other three attacks to hit the digimon. The attacks stunned the digimon and gave Amanda the time she needed to rejoin the others.
"What are those things?" Tigrimon asked.
"Everybody convert your digi-vices!" Kaii ordered.
Kaii, Chloe and Eric each pushed the button on their digivice and it converted into their headsets.
"Welcome to Battle mode." The electronic voice said.
Eric's digivice locked on to the digimon.
"Raptormon. The only thing more dangerous than this digimon's sharp teeth is their 'Claw Strike' attack. These highly intelligent digimon will often use advanced hunting techniques such as diversionary tactics in order to destroy their prey."
"Diversionary tactics?" Kaii said aloud.
"Everybody DOWN!" Lupemon screamed.
Everybody hit the ground as two more Raptormon attacked from behind. This threw everybody into a panic.
"How many Raptormon are there?!" Solarimon cried out.
"At least five." Tigrimon told her.
"What do we do?" Lupemon asked Eric.
Eric looked at his digimon, "We fight!"
The both nodded as Lupemon began to glow.
Lupemon digivolve to. ALPHAMON!
"Don't forget us." Tigrimon and Ribbitomon said as they began to glow.
Tigrimon digivolve to. SIBERIMON! Ribbitomon digivolve to. KAPPAMON!
Siberimon, Kappamon and Alphamon formed a circle around the children.
"Flaming Javelin!" Siberimon screamed as she launched a massive spear of fire towards the pair of Raptormon. The digimon simply dodged it.
"They're fast!" Kappamon observed. "But I'm faster!"
"Fin Blade!" He said as he charged towards the set of three Raptormon. They avoided the attack with ease and then began to claw and bite Kappamon. Kappamon let out a scream of pain.
"KAPPAMON!" Kaii cried out.
Alphamon let out a howl as he charged at the trio of attacking Raptormon. This distraction allowed Kappamon to escape from their claws and regroup with the others. "What are we going to do?" Eric asked Kaii and Chloe "They're just too powerful."
"We'll find a way." Chloe comforted him.
While Chloe, Kaii and Eric were focusing on the battle at hand, Solarimon had her own challenges.
"Amanda? Are you alright?" asked the winged digimon.
The encounter with the Raptormon had obviously shaken her. She was now sitting on the sandy ground with her head in her arms.
"I can't do it." Amanda said quietly. "I just can't do it."
"Do what?" Solarimon asked. The digimon was very confused at all this.
"I can't protect them, the others." Amanda looked up towards Solarimon. Tears were streaming down her cheeks as she continued to speak. "I can't protect them like they protected me."
"What do you mean?" Solarimon asked. "It's not your job alone to protect them."
"I know." Amanda responded. "But they spent so much time protecting me. They risked their lives to make sure I was alright and I can't do anything to protect them."
The battle continued as Siberimon, Kappamon and Alphamon bravely fought against the five vicious digimon but to no avail. The Raptormon were simply too fast. Eventually Siberimon, Kappamon and Alphamon had to retreat back to where the children were.
"They're just too fast." Siberimon told the kids. "We have to retreat."
The five Raptormon lined up and began to glow.
"Are they?" Eric asked. His voice was shaking and it was obvious that he was terrifying.
"Are they digivolving?" Chloe asked, just as terrified.
The glow of the Raptormon began to concentrate itself in front of the center Raptormon's face and turn a dark green. The four other Raptormon charged towards the partner digimon. The attacking Raptormon slowly drove Siberimon, Kappamon and Alphamon away from the four children.
"Oh no." Kaii said. His voice filled with fear.
"What?" Eric asked.
"Look!" he said as he pointed towards the fifth Raptormon. The dark green glow that had been in front of the Raptormon's face had transformed into an arrow of dark green light.
"The digimon are all busy!" Chloe cried out. "They can't protect us."
"I'll do it!" Solarimon said as she flew towards the fifth Raptormon.
"Claw Strike!"
One of the Raptormon that had been fighting the partner digimon broke away and slashed at Solarimon. The attack connected on Solarimon's wing and caused her to plummet towards the sand. Solarimon had only made it half way to the fifth Raptormon.
"Solarimon!" Amanda cried out as she ran towards her fallen digimon.
"EXTINCTION BLAST!" The fifth Raptormon cried out as it unleashed the green arrow towards Amanda and Solarimon.
Amanda saw the arrow and was back in the temple. He was frozen with fear and no matter how much she wanted to cry out for help, her mouth wouldn't open. She saw Dark Angemon's 'Hand of Fury' attack. Amanda then began to close her eyes when she heard a familiar voice. She opened her eyes and saw Solarimon. She was glowing.
"I'm here to protect you." Solarimon told her.
Amanda's digivice then converted to battle mode.
'Digivolution Activate.' The mechanical voice said.
Solarimon grew much taller and began to take the shape of a woman. Solarimon's white feathers turned into a silk dress and long white hair grew from her now human-like head. The digimon's white hair began to change into many different colours the resembled the Northern Lights. Solarimon's wings then wrapped around the digimon's waist.
'Solarimon digivolve to. AURORAMON'
Balls of light appeared in both of Auroramon's hands.
"Luminous Ball!"
Auroramon then launched the two balls towards the Raptormon's attack and destroyed it.
"Solarimon. you're beautiful." Amanda said in awe.
Auroramon then launched more glowing balls towards the Raptormon attacking the other partner digimon. The attack caused the Raptormon to fall back for a small amount of time. This gave the digi-destined the ability to all come together.
"What do he do now?" Amanda asked Auruoramon.
"I have a plan." She responded. "The Raptormon have excellent eyesight, that's why they can see where our attacks will hit, allowing them to easily dodge the attacks. So if we take away their sight. our attacks will connect. On the count of three, everybody close your eyes."
Everybody nodded in agreement.
Auroramon made two more balls of light.
"1. 2. 3!"
"Aurora Flash!"
Everybody closed their eyes as Auroramon shot the two balls of light into each other. This caused a large flash of light that blinded the five Raptormon.
"NOW!!" Kaii cried out as thee four digimon charged towards the stunned Raptormon.
"Flaming Javelin!" "Fin Blade!" "Iron Claw!" "Luminous Ball!"
The four attacks connected and four of the Raptormon were destroyed. The fifth Raptormon hissed at the four digimon and then ran away. Siberimon, Kappamon, Alphamon and Auroramon then reverted back to their rookie forms. Amanda rushed over to Solarimon and gave her a big hug.
"Thank you." Amanda said quietly to her digimon.
"You failed me for the last time!" Dark Angemon screamed at Minotaurumon.
"Well what are you going to do about it!" Minotaurumon screamed back. "I'm not afraid of you!"
"Well you should be. but you're much too weak for me."
"Weak!" Minotaurumon yelled. "I'll show you weak!"
"Wizard's Ring!"
Wizardmon appeared from the shadows and threw five rings at Minotaurumon. The rings began to spin around Minotaurumon' s body and then began to shrink. The five rings kept shrinking until Minotaurumon couldn't move.
"What is this!" Minotaurumon cried out.
"Your destruction!" Wizardmon laughed.
"Magical Game!"
A bright light shot out of Wizardmon's staff and destroyed Minotaurumon.
"The digi-destined are yours to destroy, Wizardmon." Dark Angemon told him. "But you know the consequences of failure."
"Yes sir." Wizardmon said.
DarkAngemon shot out a beam of purple light towards the four children. Eric, Kaii and Chloe dove out of the way but Amanda was frozen with fear.
"Sis!" Eric cried out
The beam continued to come closer to Amanda when it began to slow down. Not just the beam in fact, the entire world around Amanda seemed to be going in slow motion. Amanda looked around at the situation. There, off to the side were Kaii, Chloe and Eric. On the other side of the temple room were the enemies. Minotaurumon, DarkAngemon and Wizardmon. DarkAngemon's attack was still slowly coming towards her. She tried to run but her legs wouldn't move, she tried to scream for help but her mouth wouldn't open. She tried to reach out to her new friends and hew brother, but her arms didn't move. Amanda then turned back to the purple light and everything slowly got darker. Everything began to fade away except for Eric continually crying out for her.
She then slowly opened her eyes. She looked up and the faces of Eric, Solarimon and Kaii looked back at her. She looked past them and saw the sky. Amanda knew that she wasn't in the temple anymore. This revelation caused a million questions to flood into her head but before she could open her mouth, Eric spoke.
"Sis! You're all right!"
"I guess I am." Amanda replied quietly. "But where are we? We're obviously not in that weird temple."
"I'll explain everything." Solarimon said as Kaii and Eric helped Amanda up.
The sun was setting and the group knew that crossing the desert at night would be too dangerous. They decided to set up camp just inside the forest. Kaii, Chloe, Ribbitomon and Tigrimon went to find some food while the Eric and Lupemon set up camp. All the while, Solarimon told Amanda all that had happened to the group. Finally the others came back with some food. They all relaxed by the fire and began to eat.
"So who do you think that guy was?" Ribbitomon asked the group.
"Which guy?" Lupemon asked.
"The one that woke Amanda up." Solarimon told the Lupemon.
"Well, he's obviously not a digimon." Kaii said.
"Could he be a digi-destined like us?" Chloe asked.
"If he is one of us. how come he didn't come to the temple?" Eric asked.
"Eric has a point." Chloe added. "Our digivices did lead us there."
"But that inscription on the wall with the holes for our digivices. it had five holes." Lupemon said.
"Five holes for five digi-destined." Amanda finally said.
"Kaii? You've been here along time. Have you ever heard of other humans in the digital world?" Tigrimon asked.
Kaii thought about this for a little while and then he spoke. "After the war that broke out in the real world. all portals to the digital world were closed and closely guarded, so no humans were ever allowed to enter the digital world. So no, I've never heard of any other human entering."
"That must mean he's new here, like us." Solarimon stated.
"Wait a second." Amanda protested. "Kaii, if no humans were allowed into the digital world, how did you get here?"
"To be honest, I don't know." Kaii said quietly.
"I don't know who this guy is or where he came from but time will tell. What I do know is that we have a big day ahead of us, let's get some sleep."
Everybody agreed to what Tigrimon's words. They would discuss the mysterious person later. The group then began to walk to their shelter. Kaii stopped and watched as the others went into the shelter. Ribbitomon existed the shelter and walked back to Kaii.
"What's wrong?" The digimon asked.
"I don't know." Kaii told him. "I just have a bad feeling about that guy. He had a digimon with him, so he could be a digi-destined."
"He sure could be." Ribbitomon added.
"But what if he isn't?" Kaii continued. "What if he's here for evil. what if he's here to destroy the digital world and all of us with it."
"He sure could be." Ribbitomon added yet again, smiling.
Kaii looked at his digimon skeptically. "Are you going to agree with everything I say?"
"I sure could be." Ribbitomon added with an even bigger smile than before.
"All right all right." Kaii said laughing. "How about we get some sleep? Are you going to agree to that?"
As Kaii and Ribbitomon walked towards the shelter, Ribbitomon looked up at Kaii with a worried look.
'He worries to much.' The digimon thought to himself.
"Minotaurumon!" Dark Angemon bellowed. "I am not pleased!"
"I'm sorry, but those kids."
Minotaurumon's explanation was cut short.
"There is no excuse! You were given the simple task of destroying those kids before they became a threat. You failed me! I am giving you once last chance, if you do not destroy those children by the time they reach Sukoza City you will face the consequences."
Minotaurumon nodded in agreement and then walked out of the room.
"EVERYBODY WAKE UP!" Amanda yelled as loud as she could.
The others scrambled to the fire area where Amanda was standing.
"What's wrong!?" Chloe cried out.
"Oh, nothing." Amanda blushed. "I made breakfast for everybody!"
Everybody gave out a sigh of relief and then looked at the food.
"It looks so good!" Ribbitomon cried out
"Dig in!" Amanda told them.
With that, Kaii, Ribbitomon, Eric and Lupemon dove head first into their food.
Chloe laughed and whispered to Amanda "Boys will be boys."
They both laughed, then looked up to realize that the four boys were already finished their breakfast.
Chloe, Tigrimon, Amanda and Solarimon then ate their food while the others prepared for the day ahead.
"Now, I'm not sure how big this desert is, but it can't be that far. After that, it's over the mountain and on to Sukoza City." Kaii told everybody.
"And why are we going to Sukoza?" Amanda asked.
"Well, to get medical help for you." Solarimon told her.
"So should we still go?" Chloe said. "Or should we turn back, go back to the temple."
Everybody grew silent. Nobody was quite sure what to do. Ribbitomon broke the silence.
"I say we keep going!" he said confidently.
"I agree." Kaii told everybody.
"But why?" Chloe asked. "Shouldn't we go back to the temple, it is where we first arrived in the digital world, we might find a way back"
"That does make sense." Eric said, adding to the conversation.
"I may not be the best person to say this." Amanda stated bluntly. "But I say we keep going."
Everybody looked towards her.
"We were chosen to become the new digi-destined. I don't know by whom or why, but we won't find out by going to places we've already been. The answer to why we're here is out there." Amanda said as she pointed across the desert.
The rest nodded in agreement.
"Let's go." Lupemon added.
With that the eight travelers walked into the desert.
"I have to destroy those kids!" Minotaurumon said with a roar. "They defeated me when I sent a strong digimon, they won when I sent a fast digimon and even more than one digimon weren't victorious. In order to destroy these children I'll have to send my most powerful team of digimon."
Minotaurumon then turned around and screamed. "RAPTORMON!"
Five sandy coloured dinosaur-like digimon charged into the room. The five digimon stood on their hind legs and had huge claws on their feet. Their arms were shorter than their legs but will were adorned with razor sharp claws. The digimons' canine teeth were so large that they still were visible when their mouth was closed.
"I need you five to destroy the digi-destined, now go!"
The five digimon then ran out of the room.
The wind had picked up considerably since the children wandered into the desert. This increasing wind was making crossing the desert more and more difficult.
"How much longer?" Eric asked as he shielded his eyes from the blowing sand, "I can barely see the mountain anymore."
"Don't worry." Lupemon said with confidence. "I know that we'll make it."
All of a sudden the children and digimon saw something that could only be described as a blur. This blur flew by at an incredible speed to their left.
"There's something over there!" Solarimon informed the group.
"No! It's over there." Chloe responded as she pointed in the opposite direction.
"You're both wrong, the thing is over there!" Amanda corrected both of them as she pointed in another direction.
"The digimon or whatever seems to be circling us!" Ribbitomon stated.
"Is it Harpymon again?" Eric asked.
"Harpymon?" Amanda asked with confusion. "Was that the guy that attacked by the waterfall?"
Solarimon nodded.
"Then we can defeat him again. we only have to get stronger!" Amanda said with confidence. She then rushed towards where she saw the blur last.
"STOP!!" Chloe, Eric and Kaii yelled.
"What?" Amanda said as she stopped.
"You can't just barrel into a fight like that!" Chloe yelled at her. "It's just too dangerous!"
"But." Amanda began to protest.
"AMANDA!" Solarimon screamed out in panic.
Amanda looked behind her and stood frozen in terror. There stood three digimon that looked like dinosaurs. The middle one snarled at Amanda and prepared to lunge.
"Flaming Arrow!" "Hydro-Shot!" "Razor Wind!" "Tail Quake!"
The four digimon unleashed their attacks towards the enemy digimon. Lupemon's 'Tail Quake' attack was the fastest and knocked Amanda to the ground. This allowed the other three attacks to hit the digimon. The attacks stunned the digimon and gave Amanda the time she needed to rejoin the others.
"What are those things?" Tigrimon asked.
"Everybody convert your digi-vices!" Kaii ordered.
Kaii, Chloe and Eric each pushed the button on their digivice and it converted into their headsets.
"Welcome to Battle mode." The electronic voice said.
Eric's digivice locked on to the digimon.
"Raptormon. The only thing more dangerous than this digimon's sharp teeth is their 'Claw Strike' attack. These highly intelligent digimon will often use advanced hunting techniques such as diversionary tactics in order to destroy their prey."
"Diversionary tactics?" Kaii said aloud.
"Everybody DOWN!" Lupemon screamed.
Everybody hit the ground as two more Raptormon attacked from behind. This threw everybody into a panic.
"How many Raptormon are there?!" Solarimon cried out.
"At least five." Tigrimon told her.
"What do we do?" Lupemon asked Eric.
Eric looked at his digimon, "We fight!"
The both nodded as Lupemon began to glow.
Lupemon digivolve to. ALPHAMON!
"Don't forget us." Tigrimon and Ribbitomon said as they began to glow.
Tigrimon digivolve to. SIBERIMON! Ribbitomon digivolve to. KAPPAMON!
Siberimon, Kappamon and Alphamon formed a circle around the children.
"Flaming Javelin!" Siberimon screamed as she launched a massive spear of fire towards the pair of Raptormon. The digimon simply dodged it.
"They're fast!" Kappamon observed. "But I'm faster!"
"Fin Blade!" He said as he charged towards the set of three Raptormon. They avoided the attack with ease and then began to claw and bite Kappamon. Kappamon let out a scream of pain.
"KAPPAMON!" Kaii cried out.
Alphamon let out a howl as he charged at the trio of attacking Raptormon. This distraction allowed Kappamon to escape from their claws and regroup with the others. "What are we going to do?" Eric asked Kaii and Chloe "They're just too powerful."
"We'll find a way." Chloe comforted him.
While Chloe, Kaii and Eric were focusing on the battle at hand, Solarimon had her own challenges.
"Amanda? Are you alright?" asked the winged digimon.
The encounter with the Raptormon had obviously shaken her. She was now sitting on the sandy ground with her head in her arms.
"I can't do it." Amanda said quietly. "I just can't do it."
"Do what?" Solarimon asked. The digimon was very confused at all this.
"I can't protect them, the others." Amanda looked up towards Solarimon. Tears were streaming down her cheeks as she continued to speak. "I can't protect them like they protected me."
"What do you mean?" Solarimon asked. "It's not your job alone to protect them."
"I know." Amanda responded. "But they spent so much time protecting me. They risked their lives to make sure I was alright and I can't do anything to protect them."
The battle continued as Siberimon, Kappamon and Alphamon bravely fought against the five vicious digimon but to no avail. The Raptormon were simply too fast. Eventually Siberimon, Kappamon and Alphamon had to retreat back to where the children were.
"They're just too fast." Siberimon told the kids. "We have to retreat."
The five Raptormon lined up and began to glow.
"Are they?" Eric asked. His voice was shaking and it was obvious that he was terrifying.
"Are they digivolving?" Chloe asked, just as terrified.
The glow of the Raptormon began to concentrate itself in front of the center Raptormon's face and turn a dark green. The four other Raptormon charged towards the partner digimon. The attacking Raptormon slowly drove Siberimon, Kappamon and Alphamon away from the four children.
"Oh no." Kaii said. His voice filled with fear.
"What?" Eric asked.
"Look!" he said as he pointed towards the fifth Raptormon. The dark green glow that had been in front of the Raptormon's face had transformed into an arrow of dark green light.
"The digimon are all busy!" Chloe cried out. "They can't protect us."
"I'll do it!" Solarimon said as she flew towards the fifth Raptormon.
"Claw Strike!"
One of the Raptormon that had been fighting the partner digimon broke away and slashed at Solarimon. The attack connected on Solarimon's wing and caused her to plummet towards the sand. Solarimon had only made it half way to the fifth Raptormon.
"Solarimon!" Amanda cried out as she ran towards her fallen digimon.
"EXTINCTION BLAST!" The fifth Raptormon cried out as it unleashed the green arrow towards Amanda and Solarimon.
Amanda saw the arrow and was back in the temple. He was frozen with fear and no matter how much she wanted to cry out for help, her mouth wouldn't open. She saw Dark Angemon's 'Hand of Fury' attack. Amanda then began to close her eyes when she heard a familiar voice. She opened her eyes and saw Solarimon. She was glowing.
"I'm here to protect you." Solarimon told her.
Amanda's digivice then converted to battle mode.
'Digivolution Activate.' The mechanical voice said.
Solarimon grew much taller and began to take the shape of a woman. Solarimon's white feathers turned into a silk dress and long white hair grew from her now human-like head. The digimon's white hair began to change into many different colours the resembled the Northern Lights. Solarimon's wings then wrapped around the digimon's waist.
'Solarimon digivolve to. AURORAMON'
Balls of light appeared in both of Auroramon's hands.
"Luminous Ball!"
Auroramon then launched the two balls towards the Raptormon's attack and destroyed it.
"Solarimon. you're beautiful." Amanda said in awe.
Auroramon then launched more glowing balls towards the Raptormon attacking the other partner digimon. The attack caused the Raptormon to fall back for a small amount of time. This gave the digi-destined the ability to all come together.
"What do he do now?" Amanda asked Auruoramon.
"I have a plan." She responded. "The Raptormon have excellent eyesight, that's why they can see where our attacks will hit, allowing them to easily dodge the attacks. So if we take away their sight. our attacks will connect. On the count of three, everybody close your eyes."
Everybody nodded in agreement.
Auroramon made two more balls of light.
"1. 2. 3!"
"Aurora Flash!"
Everybody closed their eyes as Auroramon shot the two balls of light into each other. This caused a large flash of light that blinded the five Raptormon.
"NOW!!" Kaii cried out as thee four digimon charged towards the stunned Raptormon.
"Flaming Javelin!" "Fin Blade!" "Iron Claw!" "Luminous Ball!"
The four attacks connected and four of the Raptormon were destroyed. The fifth Raptormon hissed at the four digimon and then ran away. Siberimon, Kappamon, Alphamon and Auroramon then reverted back to their rookie forms. Amanda rushed over to Solarimon and gave her a big hug.
"Thank you." Amanda said quietly to her digimon.
"You failed me for the last time!" Dark Angemon screamed at Minotaurumon.
"Well what are you going to do about it!" Minotaurumon screamed back. "I'm not afraid of you!"
"Well you should be. but you're much too weak for me."
"Weak!" Minotaurumon yelled. "I'll show you weak!"
"Wizard's Ring!"
Wizardmon appeared from the shadows and threw five rings at Minotaurumon. The rings began to spin around Minotaurumon' s body and then began to shrink. The five rings kept shrinking until Minotaurumon couldn't move.
"What is this!" Minotaurumon cried out.
"Your destruction!" Wizardmon laughed.
"Magical Game!"
A bright light shot out of Wizardmon's staff and destroyed Minotaurumon.
"The digi-destined are yours to destroy, Wizardmon." Dark Angemon told him. "But you know the consequences of failure."
"Yes sir." Wizardmon said.