Raid

I don't own Digimon

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"Lightning Spear!" the metallic dragon roared. Streams of lighting swiped out over the field. Several red, slinking coyotes yelped and retreated back into the forest. "Leave now, Fangmon, there is only more where that came from!"

It was just after dawn. The attack was a surprise but not unanticipated. A traveling Wizardmon and his allies had appeared earlier. MailDramon of course had scoffed at the idea of evil digimon trying to take the great power held with in the temple, but the wizard had been right in the end. Unfortunately she had sent them off, rather roughly.

"Let us through," Called a charred voice. "You will not impede the will of Boogeymon!"

"You shall not have access!" growled MailDramon.

"Do it, Nohemon," shouted the voice.

"William's Arrow!" A purple pulse arced through the air. MailDramon's eyes narrowed.

"Lightning Spear!" A blast of electricity snapped out of the dragon's mouth and struck out at the arrow. It exploded in the air. The large armored dragon flicked its helmeted snout in the direction the arrow had come from. "Show yourself!"

"Snipe Steal!" black pulses shot from the shadows. The pulses pelted the dragon.

MailDramon growled. "Do you think such pathetic strikes against the guardians of this temple would work?"

"She is right..." growled a deeper voice. A large purple striped wolf tiger stepped from the shadows, "It is a good thing the master came and retrieved me first."

"Gururumon," MailDramon opened her wings. "Leave here..."

"Now, my little minions," growled the wolf tiger. The coyotes scurried forward. There had to an army of them, much more than had attacked her earlier. Gururumon smiled. "Strike all at once; she will not be able to withstand you all."

"Blast Coffin!" A black blast shaped like a coffin. The blasts all struck the dragon. MailDramon reared up aggressively.

"Chaos Fire!" a black streams of fire slammed the dragon in the chest. MailDramon fell backwards. Gururumon leapt forward and bit down. "Killer Bite!" black energy flowed from the fangs into the metal. He turned and looked back at the Fangmon. "Go, on ahead."

The Fangmon scurried onto the temple grounds. Behind them landed Nohemon. The crow's wings flapped as the scarecrow's body gently lowered to the ground. Its head turned left and right. FlaWizardmon exploded on the scene next to him in a swirl of fire.

"Where is the power?" asked Nohemon. He drew his arrow onto his bow string.

"It is inside the temple," replied FlaWizardmon. His matchsticks were crossed and glowed softly.

"A place that you won't get to!" roared a voice above them. A large, metallic pteranosaur wheeled above them. "Sidewinder!" several missiles flew forward.

"William's Arrows!" The first arrow shot off. Nohemon reached back and pulled out five more and fired them forward. The arrows canceled out the missiles in an explosive display. The scarecrow held up its hand, "Derision Claw!" a black claw apparition flew forward and exploded against the metal skin of Pteranomon.

"You three, keep Pteranomon busy," growled FlaWizardmon to three of the closer Fangmon. "The rest come with us!"

"Fly Spark!" a flash of static slapped the ground in front of FlaWizardmon.

"Nohemon, take care of it!" FlaWizardmon didn't turn to the scarecrow.

"William's Arrow!" The arrow flared a dark purple and exploded into the red armored fly.

"Poison Sting!" a stream of spiraling needles exploded down between FlaWizardmon and Nohemon.

"Do I have to do everything?" growled FlaWizardmon. He lifted his matchsticks. They glowed angrily, "Magical Ignition!" Two whips of fire slashed out and slammed the fly to the ground. They continued to lash the insect until it exploded into dust. He narrowed his eyes with a growl. A burst of energy glided upwards. One half flashed further into the temple, the other flashed west ward

"Black Statue!" A large white, winged creature dove down. It had long arms that bulged on the fore arm. It tossed a black object down that exploded.

"Gargoylemon..." FlaWizardmon whipped his match sticks up.

"William's Arrow!" a purple blast shot from the scarecrow's bow. Gargoylemon fell backwards and crashed to the ground.

"Fangmon, you keep these buffoons busy," growled FlaWizardmon. He turned to Nohemon. "Quickly, we must get into the temple."

The two humanoid digimon ran into the temple.

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"I refuse to accept relation to that overgrown tin can!" growled Gatomon. The cat clenched its paw.

"You can not expect a guardian not to be so defensive," said Mud Frigimon. He walked quietly through the forest.

"They know now," said Wizardmon quietly. He drew his cloak together. "That is all we can do for the time being."

"What do we do now...?" asked Mud Frigimon. The chocolate giant looked down at the wizard.

"We go back to the digi-destined," replied Wizardmon. He looked up with his hazel eyes. "They are the only ones...that can save this world."

"How do we find them?" Gatomon hopped into one of the tree branches.

"We follow the glow," whispered Wizardmon. He held up his staff and the sun emblem glowed softly a short point pointed forward. "Forward it is..." The sound of a giant explosion ripped from behind them.

"The Temple!" Gatomon looked up.

"We can't just leave them there to be massacred!" said Mud Frigimon.

Wizardmon narrowed his eyes. "You two, make for the temple, I'll find the Digi-Destined. I can travel faster alone and I can lead them to it faster than either of you..."

Mud Frigimon and Gatomon nodded slowly and ran towards the temple.

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"Saberdramon," Amy called over the whipping winds. "Do you see anything?"

"No, Amy..." replied the large bird.

"If you flew a little lower," called Renamon from behind Amy and Janet, "I may be able to sniff them out."

"Careful!" Kevin's voice chimed, "I don't want to fall off!"

"Don't tell me you're afraid?" chuckled Jason. He gave Kevin a smirk.

The bird descended down over the tree tops. Renamon leapt down onto the clawed foot of Saberdramon. She took a deep breath. She growled. The pine trees made the air smeller like air freshener. She shook her head and then took another breath. Her eyes widened.

"I smell...smoke!" Renamon leapt up on Saberdramon's back. "There is smoke! Something is on fire..."

"I see it," replied Saberdramon.

"Wait..." Kevin crawled up. "We have to find the others..."

"Uh..." Snow Agumon looked up. "I think we found them!"

Kevin looked up. A large blade flashed in front of Saberdramon. Saberdramon reared back just about losing her precious cargo.

"That was just..." whispered Amy.

"Armor Piercing Blade!" another blade of light sliced through the air.

"Hey!" growled Saberdramon. She looked down at the forest, "There they are! You guys it's me Saberdramon! I'm not going to attack! I'm Penguinmon for crying out loud!"

"Ginryuumon!" shouted Stephen's voice, "Stop!"

"Bring us down, Saberdramon," called Amy. The bird nodded and landed.

"What the heck are you guys doing here!?" Stephen shouted as he ran up with the others.

"We were looking for you!" shouted Kevin. The kids leapt down from Saberdramon. "We met some resistance with the whole chase down Boogeymon thing."

"Yeah, we met some nasty looking digimon, too," said Mark. He stood next to Stephen.

"Kevin!!!" Michelle ran up and hugged her brother, "I was worried. I'm so happy to see you!"

"The digimon we saw were traveling with three others..." said Brendan. He walked up slowly, "One was like a big wolf tiger thing, the other two were humanoid...one was like Wizardmon and the other was like well...a scarecrow..."

"You guys met the Fangmon!" Jason looked at them.

"Yeah...did you?" asked Stephen.

"No, but our friends the Gotsumon saw them," replied Janet. She looked up at the others, "The Elder said that they were raiders, they were probably sent somewhere to get something for Boogeymon."

"The great power!" whispered Stephen.

"We have to find Wizardmon," said Lucemon suddenly. "He'd know the location of the power!"

"But we have more important things to worry about," said Amy. She looked up. "Something is on fire..."

"If the Fangmon have gotten there already..." Brendan let the words fall, "then...the battle could be raging..."

"Saberdramon!" Amy was on the bird's back, "How many can you carry?"

"If I carry everyone we will be flying low and slow," replied the bird.

"Otamamon, I think it's time for you to digivolve!" Jason turned to the tadpole.

"Right," said Otamamon. "Otamamon digivolve to Seadramon!" the tadpole grew and morphed into the giant sea serpent. "Everyone climb on!" The children split up and half climbed up on Saberdramon and half on Seadramon. The two large digimon took off.

Janet looked back over her shoulder. She saw Lucemon and Mark. She frowned a bit. "He trusts that angel too much." She whispered into Renamon's ear.

"You must trust him too," replied Renamon quietly. "His actions under Boogeymon's control weren't his own..."

"He said he broke that power though!" retorted Janet quietly.

Renamon looked up at the girl. "His contamination ran deeper than the Hagurumon influence..."

"I'm sure..." said Janet she narrowed her eyes. Renamon sighed and looked forward.

"The fire is this way," shouted Renamon over the wind. She pointed to the left. "To the left, Saberdramon."

The bird shifted its wings and glided left followed by Seadramon.

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They ripped through the air. Seadramon's slim body made it very aerodynamic and he cut the air easily. Saberdramon was large and glided on the air as effortlessly as Seadramon. They were coming up on the smoke, and soft plumes wafted over the trees.

"Something's coming!" reported Lucemon from Saberdramon's back.

"I see it!" called Saberdramon. "It's a Wizardmon!"

"We have to pick him up!" shouted Mark. He climbed up to Saberdramon's head, "He's one of the good guys!"

The bird flew low and the wizard digimon dropped down on her back.

"Digi-destined!" called Wizardmon. He looked over at Seadramon, "We have to get to the Temple of Calumon immediately! Follow me, I'll lead you there!" With that the wizard leapt up and dove forward.

The two other champions glided in behind him. It wasn't long before they saw the carnage of the Temple. The plumes of smoke and fire puffed from the courtyard.

"Hurry, I fear we are too late!" shouted Wizardmon and he dropped down. "I hope we are in time....A note..." Wizardmon looked at it. "They have gone further into the temple!"

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Gatomon and Mud Frigimon ran to the large arches to the Temple of Calumon. They looked at the scorch marks on the walls. MailDramon was on her side.

"No," whispered Mud Frigimon frozen in shock.

"MailDramon!" Gatomon leapt forward and gently held MailDramon's head up, "What's happened here?"

"We were attacked, just like your friend said we would..." whispered the dragon. "They overwhelmed me..."

"Where are they?" Gatomon asked desperately.

"They continued further into the temple..." The dragon coughed and tried to stand. "I don't think I can last long in this form..." The dragon's body glowed softly as an energy source lifted from her. The dragon's body was replaced by the body of a puppy, kitten creature.

"Salamon..." Gatomon looked at the puppy kitten.

"I am afraid the energy of miracles has been released into the Digital World once more..." Salamon looked up. The ovum of light glowed then shattered. "Already half of the energy of Knowledge has been returned to the great power, the other half went forth into the world..."

Another ovum floated into the air silently. Gatomon looked up. The egg cracked in two. Half shot further into the temple the other half blasted westward.

"What the..." Gatomon looked at Salamon.

"Gargoylemon!" whimpered the puppy kitten.

Another egg with the emblem of a heart on it glided upwards. It also snapped in half, half went into the temple, half westward.

"What is in the west?" asked Gatomon.

"The Digi-destined..." whispered Salamon her eyes filled with tears, "Gargoylemon, FlyBeemon, now...Pteranomon...slowly they are falling one by one..."

"What about the Digi-Destined!?" Gatomon growled angrily.

"They will be the new guardians of this world and of the power," whispered Salamon, "but they must prove themselves...the power will show itself but then will go forth into the world...They will gain half and the other half will need to be searched out..."

"Why?" Mud Frigimon asked blatantly. "Why must they toil to save this world..."

"They must prove themselves," said Salamon. "It is the only way..."

"Right now, we have to stop Boogeymon's forces," said Gatomon. She looked around and found some parchment on one of the altars and snatched up a feather pen and wrote a note. "Salamon, you go into the forest, we'll help your friends. Come on Mud Frigimon!"

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AN: Another short chapter...we'll see how it goes...So now things are getting interesting...the Guardians of the Temple in all their chagrin have slowly started to be defeated...(I know I didn't show the conversation between Wizardmon and MailDramon, but for a reason...I tried and it made things stilted....and overly yawn worthy...)