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Land Ho'

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Kevin sat down and looked at his surroundings. Black cords and red flesh lined the inside of Whamon. It truly wasn't so horrible. The travel was steady and smooth. The smell wasn't nearly as bad as the others had thought it would be. Whamon was rather entertaining if not a bit dorky.

Kevin almost laughed. He was just like that prophet in the Bible, Jonah. Amy was still fussing about something or other. Ever since their defeat of Boogeymon she'd been very touchy. It was beginning to worry Kevin.

Kevin was shook from his thoughts by a sudden jolt to the right. The boy stood up slowly and leaned against one of Whamon's inner walls.

"What's wrong big guy?" Shouted Kevin upwards.

"We got some trouble," murmured the whale. "Tylomon, closing in."

"Tylomon?" asked Kevin.

"Shark type digimon," replied Whamon. The ground pulled hard to the right. "They are faster than I am under water, I can't keep them off me..."

"Whamon!" shouted Brendan. The boy clung to walls of the digimon, "If you surfaced, your bigger body would resist the waves easier than a smaller body..."

The ground pulled upwards. The children fall backwards onto the ground. There was a hard undulation tossing the children up and down.

"I think I'm going to be sick..." murmured Jason as he grasped a wall.

"We better get a refund for this!" shouted Amy as she was tossed to the ground.

"I'm sorry, they're just too fast!" returned the whale. "It's no good, even with the waves they are too fast!"

"Then let us out so we can take care of them!" shouted Stephen.

Suddenly a light filled the cavernous innards of the whale. "Go ahead; I hope you can swim..."

"I can!" stated Otamamon. He looked up at Jason, "Let's go!"

Jason nodded and ran out of the gullet of the whale and outside to its mouth. Otamamon leapt into the ocean and turned to Jason. The boy, who was still in ice cream colored clothes, held up his digivice.

"Otamamon Digivolve to Seadramon!" the small tadpole shimmered and grew into a huge sea serpent. "Now where are you?" growled the sea serpent as it turned its head.

"Torpedo Attack!" growled two voices. Four projectiles shot up and exploded into Seadramon.

"Ice Blast!" roared Seadramon. The parts of the ocean surrounding the target of the blast turned into a large ice berg.

"Let me finish them off!" said Whamon. The whale closed his mouth and rammed the ice. The two sharks flew into the sky and exploded into dust.

Seadramon returned to its tadpole state and Whamon glided over and opened his mouth to let the little digimon in. Jason ran up to Otamamon through the ocean water and lifted the tadpole up.

"I think we got rid of the shark problem," said Otamamon with a smile.

"We sure did!" said Jason and he put Otamamon down.

"Did you see that?" whispered Amy to Janet. "Jason just hugged Otamamon..."

"Yeah?" Janet looked at Amy. "Your point is?"

"I didn't think he was the type..." said Amy quietly. "I mean he's so cold and mean..."

"It's just a face he puts on..." said Janet. She narrowed her eyes. "I wish he wouldn't wear it so often though..."

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"The reports were right, sir!" shouted a little green ogre. The image on the screen looked bemusedly at the creature. "The Tylomon sentries reported being attacked by a digivolved Seadramon before their signal went dead! They were pursuing a Whamon, sir! It's them! Should I prepare the infantry?"

"Do you really think I can't handle a few little kids?" asked the cold voice of the image. "Let them come...I will crush them!"

"But they are the prophe..."

"I will be the one to stop them," growled the voice silencing the little ogre.

"I will have the teleporter system ready for your arrival, sir," said the ogre quietly.

"Be sure that you do, Goblimon," said the image and the screen went dark.

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Whamon glided into the bay. The giant mammal slid up on shore and opened his mouth. The children walked out onto the ground.

"Thank God, main land..." whispered Amy as she took a deep breath, "and fresh air!"

"I said I was sorry about the sardines!" yelped the whale.

"I don't think I ever want to do that again!" said Amy as she walked up the beach.

"Hey!" shouted Stephen. "Don't wander far!"

"Yeah, yeah..." grumbled Amy quietly.

"What got up her butt?" growled Jason quietly as he folded his arms over his chest.

"Maybe it was a sardine..." suggested Otamamon. The children all looked down at the tadpole and gave a look of surprise.

"I don't know..." said Mark. He held Puttomon tightly. "She's been cranky since our defeat of Boogeymon..."

"It's just shock," said Janet quietly. "She's not used to killing..."

"None of us are..." said Brendan. The boy turned a little, "but we aren't turning into pains..."

"You don't understand," Michelle said quietly. "Amy...well...she was always a bit of a soft heart...and for her to kill something...even if it was mean..."

"Even so," Jason replied. He walked forward with Otamamon in tow, "Boogeymon was way passed just mean...he was evil, it was a kill or be killed decision...we had no choice..."

"You made the right decision," said Whamon quietly. "You are destined to save this world, if that means you have to destroy the beings putting this world at risk then so be it..." The whale shifted a little and slid into the water. "I must leave...be safe children..."

The children looked up and sighed. Amy and Penguinmon were no where on the beach.

"Dang it," growled Stephen. "We better split up and look for her, Mark you're with me."

"Michelle, come on," said Kevin as he walked up the beach.

"We'll go the other way," said Jason as he and Janet went in the other direction.

"Umm, I guess I'll stay here in case she comes back..." said Brendan with a sigh.

The others disappeared into the forest.

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"Penguinmon..." Amy was walking a few steps ahead of the flightless bird, "am I a pain?"

"I don't think so..." said the bird quietly. "You haven't made my leg hurt at all..."

"That's not what I meant..." sighed Amy. She looked down and continued to walk.

"What do you mean?" asked the bird as it stumbled around behind the girl.

"Did I make the right decision with Boogeymon...?" asked Amy quietly. "I just feel like we killed him when we didn't have to...and now they are sending us after another digimon...like we're assassins..."

"Boogeymon was evil," replied Penguinmon. The bird hopped next to Amy. "He would not have given a second thought of killing you if you were in his position..."

"I just..." Amy sighed heavily, "I was just...it was different when the Bakemon were attacking the Gotsumon...the Bakemon weren't defenseless."

"Boogeymon had to be taken down," said Penguinmon. Amy looked down at the penguin. The bird looked up at the girl, "He would have hurt many more people than the Bakemon..."

"I just don't know," Amy looked around her. The beach was gone. She was in a forest. Amy looked down at Penguinmon, "Where are we?"

"I...I don't know," said Penguinmon, "I wasn't paying attention to where we were going..."

"We're lost..." gasped Amy. She dropped her head to her hands and began to cry, "God, not an hour on this darn continent and we're already lost!"

"Don't get down, some one will come looking for us," said Penguinmon. She held her partner's hand.

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"They are near the Gigimon village," said Goblimon. A large metallic figure turned. He was like a metal centaur. He had the body like a metallic horse with four hydraulic legs. He had a metallic human like robot top. His arms were two large cannons. "Assaultmon, sir...do you wish to teleport now?"

"No," replied the metal figure. "Not yet..."

"The digivice signatures are separating..." said Goblimon. He turned to Assaultmon.

"That's my point," growled Assaultmon. He turned clanking his metallic hooves on the ground, "I would have to hunt them down...no we will destroy them all at once..."

"Maybe we can expedite the situation," replied Goblimon. He looked at the looming metallic war lord. "One of the children is much further than the others...if we capture it..."

"We could use it to lure the others..." chuckled Assaultmon. He swept around, "This is most definitely the best plan I've had yet!"

"But..." The Goblimon sighed and then turned. "Patching in teleporter coordinates..." The Goblimon turned and watched as the metal beast disappeared into a shimmer of light.

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Amy stood up. Penguinmon looked up at her partner, "We shouldn't move...it could be dangerous..."

"I'm tired of sitting here like an idiot," said Amy. She folded her arms over her stomach, "you can stay here if you like, but I'm going!"

"Wait up!" yelped Penguinmon. The bird ran after the girl.

There was a shimmering ahead of them in the forest. It disappeared. Amy looked down at Penguinmon and the bird looked up at the girl.

"What was that?" asked Amy quietly.

"I don't know..." replied Penguinmon. She looked ahead, "I have never seen anything like that on File Island..."

"Let's go and check it out, maybe it's someone that knows where we are..." said Amy. She pushed forward.

"Wait!" Penguinmon leapt after the girl. "It could be something dangerous!"

"You'll be with me," said Amy. She looked down at the bird. "So nothing too bad can happen...right?"

"I suppose not..." said Penguinmon unsurely.

Amy walked forward and swept open the ferns and looked into the clearing. There was nothing there. Amy sighed and looked down at Penguinmon.

"Must have been fairy lights..." whispered Amy quietly.

"Fairy lights?" asked Penguinmon.

"Little lights that appear out of no where..." replied Amy. She sighed. "They were attributed to magical little people..."

"I assure you, there are no little people here..." said a deep cold voice. Amy looked up. A large metallic centaur stalked forward from the bushes. "A human girl...it is much better than I hoped...the sympathy you shall garner from your counterparts will be much greater than if you were a male...yes, I shall lure them in with you just fine..."

"What are you talking about?" shouted Amy she stumbled back a bit as the metallic digimon walked forward. "You, you big, overgrown, metal rocking horse!"

"Well child, I intend to capture you and use you as bait for the other humans..." said the horse creature, "and then I'll destroy you all in one fell swoop..."

"Not if I have anything to say about it!" shouted Penguinmon. The bird leapt forward. "Penguinmon digivolve to Saberdramon!"

"You wish to pit your organic claws against my hard, metallic body?" chuckled the digimon. He lifted his arms up. They were nothing but large guns. "You don't stand a chance..."

"Black Saber!" growled the bird unleashing a blade of shadow on the digimon.

"Fool," the digimon cracked his gun down on the blade shattering it. "I, Assaultmon, will not be stopped by such an under achieving attempt!"

"Run, Amy," growled Saberdramon. "I'll keep this overgrown caste iron pot busy!"

"Oh don't bother running, this fight is already over," said Assaultmon he leveled his arm. "Justice Massacre!"

A large red orb slammed into Saberdramon dropping the bird. The raven landed on the ground as Penguinmon.

"Penguinmon!" Amy ran up to the rookie digimon.

"Come with me, or I'll crush your digimon partner..." growled Assaultmon as he dropped his heavy metallic foot inches from Penguinmon's prone body.

Amy grabbed up the small aquatic bird and looked up at the gleaming metallic monster. "I'll go, just don't you hurt Penguinmon!"

Faster than Amy could realize Assaultmon had snagged her up with his arm sliding the barrel of the gun under her shirt. He shook her free of Penguinmon. A shimmer of light swept around them and the scene disappeared.

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Assaultmon has Amy...what will happen? Will the Digi-destined save her? Will Penguinmon be able to get to them before Assaultmon?