Plan B
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"Jamming Hertz!" the silver beetle dove down from above them. The blast of lightning sent Mark sprawling.
"So, the little lady bug wants to dance!" growled Dobermon. The dog growled angrily and lifted his lips to reveal the large, white fangs that lined his mouth.
"You guys, get Brendan's crest, we'll deal with Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum," growled Shima Unimon. Brendan looked down at Kevin who was still holding him on his shoulder.
"Come on, let's get it before they turn this place into a quarry," said Kevin as he swung around and moved to the pillar.
"Wild Thunder!" a sprig of lightning rushed up at the beetle as it swerved between pipes. The metal cylinders exploded as the heat from the passing electrons caused the already hyperactive water vapor to overwhelm the pipes' designs and rupture. Hot steam filled the area like a fog.
"I can't see a thing!" growled Dobermon.
"I can see you though!" chuckled the insect, "Infrared scans, you've got to love them! Jamming Hertz!" Dobermon yelped as the blast of energy struck his black muscular flank.
"Are you ok?" asked Shima Unimon. The zebra was looking around slowly trying to find a shadow of the beetle they were attempting to fight.
"You should worry about yourself!" chirped the insect as a black shadow zoomed forward and a blue blast struck the equine warrior in the face sending the digimon skidding backwards.
"Not much further now…" grunted Brendan as his lavender glowing tag touched the lavender emblem on the pillar. The two, inter-swirling circles glowed softly. A purple light shot forward and enveloped the tag. The emblem was now superimposed on the tag. The pillar shifted and its marble cracked and sloughed off revealing a large vent. Brendan blinked. "A…geo-thermal vent…."
"Busy Status!" growled the bug as it fired red orbs at Shima Unimon and Dobermon. Suddenly the two digimon were frozen in place.
"No…" Mark shouted as the two digimon stood there like large flesh statues. Brendan twisted around causing the human totem of Kevin and Brendan to fall and land hard on the now slick and moist ground.
"Dobermon!" Brendan scrambled to his feet. He ran forward grabbed Dobermon by the neck. "Come on big guy you can move…."
The digimon didn't even speak. The canine's large brown eyes didn't blink or move. Brendan narrowed his eyes.
"What's wrong with them?" Kevin was next to Shima Unimon trying to shake the horse awake.
"I-I don't know…" whispered Brendan. He looked up. A large portion of the steam had flowed out of the building out of the large, beaten door. The beetle was up there on the pipes giggling like mad.
"My Busy Status attack will leave any opponent frozen in place like a locked up computer!" chuckled the insect as he twitched its forward legs.
"Searchmon, stop the banter, destroy them!" growled Assaultmon. The metal titan was standing by the door; so far he hadn't moved from his position and seemed to be just observing the fight.
"What are we going to do?" Kevin looked up worriedly at Brendan. He was looking for answer with those brown eyes.
"I-I don't know…" Brendan looked up. A tear was in his eye, "If I hadn't been so drattedly curious and determined to get my crest, I could've helped you guys keep a look out for Searchmon! If I was so smart…why didn't know this was going to happen! We have to find away…maybe a reboot…no it must be more organic…maybe some sort of muscle relaxer…."
"Ummm…Brendan…" Mark was pointing up at the auburn haired boy's chest. His hazel eyes looked in amazement as the purple glow of his unioned tag and crest rained forward over the zebra digimon and the dog digimon.
"I don't like being put on a leash," growled Dobermon as he sneered and lifted a leg cautiously. The black dog opened his mouth. "My turn! Schwarz STRAHL!" A black beam of energy slammed into Searchmon who was in still gaping at the miracle in front of him.
"Wild Thunder!" a blast of blue lightning slammed the insect's underside as it was sent flying.
"And now for the topping to this cake of crow!" growled Dobermon. His eyes flashed a deep crimson, "I hope you like nightmares Searchmon, because you're going to have one heck of a one. Grau Realm!" a black orb swirled around Searchmon.
The metal insect screamed in terror as black strikes of lightning struck from all sides within the depths of the black ball. The ball released into little streams of smoke leaving behind a very frightened Searchmon. The metal insect was beaten and blackened. Burns smudged his metal coat and the radar disc on his back was now at an odd angel. Brendan then noticed the same emblem that was on his crest was on the radar disc.
"Lord Assaultmon…" wheezed the insect. Suddenly the bug was covered in lavender light that shot forward and flooded Brendan's tag. A bruised green worm with little spiked legs was all that was left behind. "I am sorry…"
"Pathetic organic…" growled Assaultmon as he walked forward clanking his metal hooves on the floor. He looked down at the worm. "You are an insect…die like one!" He raised his right hoof. Time froze, and then suddenly there was a scream that was cut off by a large splat. "Now I'll have to have someone to clean that off…" The silver torso of the mechanical centaur turned; its cannon like arms were now pointed at Shima Unimon and Dobermon.
Mark was shocked. Assaultmon had just callously destroyed one of his elite by stepping on him. A burning sensation filled his body. He was angry. No, he was more than angry. He couldn't put the right words in his mind to describe the seething wave of hatred that filled his body. He clenched his fists.
"You are…a…" Mark's mouth tried to stay closed but the anger pushed the words out regardless, pushing them through his teeth and his lips. "MONSTER!"
"You don't understand," said Assaultmon calmly. He turned one of his arms. The cannon was now trained on Mark. "As Searchmon, he was useful, but after his defeat, and de-digivolution; he was just like you, another useless, pathetic, organic vermin!"
The cannon turned a bright red. A gasp filled Kevin's breath. This was his chance, he had to do something. "Shima Unimon, it's time for plan B."
Kevin ran forward. "Hey, you big rust bucket, hit me!"
Assaultmon's head swerved and he brought his cannon to bear on Kevin. Brendan gasped as did Mark.
"No, Kevin!" shouted Shima Unimon.
"You fool!" yelped Dobermon and Brendan.
"So long human…" Assaultmon chuckled at the foolish human. "Justi…" Assaultmon stopped.
A black glow filled the building. "Shima Unimon….dark digivolve to….."
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"Are you ok?" Seadramon growled as the greenish blue digimon swung around to miss four missiles. Jason was clutching tightly to the green skin of the digimon as he tried to maintain his hold on the lizard.
"I'm…not feeling the best in the stomach area…" admitted Jason as he swallowed hard, pushing those berries from earlier back into his gullet.
"Seadramon!" shouted the angelic boy, Lucemon as a white blaze shot by blasting a cluster of missiles.
"Thanks, Lucemon," called the dragon as he turned. The dragon opened his mouth and let out a blast of ice. The large flying reptile that had been chasing them was caught in the attack and froze on the spot and tumbled towards the ground.
"Now…" Lucemon looked around. Two more of the flying digimon were left. The Pteranomon were swirling around. Their metal wings were resetting the missile launchers that were housed underneath. "One down, two to go." He drew his hands together and a bright swirl of white swam between the two of hands. The swirl soon encapsulated the angel's entire body. A white blazing tornado shot forward. "DIVINE FEAT!" The twister cut past one Pteranomon and then twisted around and struck the other one. Lucemon shot upwards from the concussion of the attack, kicking off of the last Pteranomon hit.
"I had no idea he could do that…" whispered Jason as he looked up in awe of the, now, very regal looking angel as Lucemon glided upwards looking down.
"Ice Blast!" roared Seadramon as he fired a wave of ice at the two stunned pteradons. The two reptile birds fell backwards, their wings completely frozen.
"I have to find Steven!" called Lucemon. Her curled his wings in close and shot down towards the ground.
"What about…?" Seadramon looked back at the city.
"We should go find the others," gritted Jason as he hugged himself. "Lucemon can take care of himself…"
The dragon nodded and wrapped around and glided towards the glow of the city.
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"It's leading this way!" shouted Steven. Ginryuumon was now bounding through the snow following the blue light that was projecting itself in the shape of an arrow towards the west.
"I smell Rinkmon," growled Ginryuumon. He gave a little huff of annoyance and pushed forward.
"We'll just have to deal with him when he shows," called Kevin. He looked down at the tag that hung from his neck. It was still glowing cold snowy blue.
"Quadruple Storm!" a blast of lightning drew a melted line in the snow. Ginryuumon and Steven looked up. A swirl of snow swept up and from it emerged Rinkmon. He stood on the opposite side of the line from Steven and Ginryuumon. "Cross the line…I dare you!"
"Fine!" growled the dragon and he lifted his clawed feet.
"Wait…" Steven looked up at the smiling blue digimon. His latex body suit glowing a soft blue in the weak night light. "I don't like this…" There was a loud creaking sound that reminded Steven of the old pirate movies he listened to, where the ship would groan under pressure of the waves. "He's done something. I think we're on the lake…" Steven looked at Rinkmon and scowled. "He's weakened the ice…if we aren't careful we'll find ourselves stuck under the ice…"
"What do we do?" asked Ginryuumon. The dragon stiffened.
"We don't have much choice, just go slowly," said Steven. He rubbed the side of the dragon's neck. "Just stay calm, if you get too tense you'll stomp right through the ice."
Ginryuumon stepped forward. The ice gave an unholy squeak that seemed to run far into the distance. Ginryuumon and Steven took in a deep breath and Ginryuumon continued forward.
"You think I'm going to let you get away?" asked Rinkmon as he skated forward.
"You can't!" Steven looked up. "If you do…you'll fall just like us!"
Rinkmon smirked. He swept around. "That's if the ice is weakened!" Rinkmon disappeared into a blur of blue. A fist shot from in front of the black dragon and struck Ginryuumon in the chest. The dragon crashed backwards on the ice. The frozen water screeched in protest.
"You said…" started Steven as he slowly stood up.
"No you assumed!" shouted Rinkmon, "and as they say…to assume makes an…"
"Yeah…" growled Steven quietly. Ginryuumon stood and growled.
"Steven, go for your crest…I'll deal with Mr. Winter Olympics," growled Ginryuumon as he narrowed his eyes. He opened his mouth. "Battle Rod Break!" a ball of energy formed in Ginryuumon's mouth and it flew forward as a rod of energy that slammed into Rinkmon's chest. Steven looked up at Ginryuumon.
"Are you sure you can take him alone?" Steven looked up at the dragon.
"Piece of cake," said Ginryuumon. Steven nodded and ran after the beam of blue light.
"Quadruple Storm!" Rinkmon skated towards Ginryuumon with his electrified fists bared.
"Armor Piercing Blade!" the blade on Ginryuumon's helmet glowed and shot an energy blade at Rinkmon. The blue blur slammed his fist into the blade and skidded back as the blade pushed forward.
"Fine…" growled Rinkmon as he skated backward and then disappeared in a blue burst of speed. "Hit this!" a punch slammed into Ginryuumon's side. A second one slammed into the dragon's scaly chest. Another slammed into the side of Ginryuumon's head. The dragon moaned as the punches came in at lightning fast bursts. He growled and swung his long armored tail around and Rinkmon, struck by the leathery appendage, came out of his blur of speed and was sent tumbling through a bank of snow.
"Battle Rod Break!" another rod of energy slammed into the solar plexus of the fallen Rinkmon. The humanoid digimon stood up holding his abdominal muscles.
He looked up at the dragon. "Not bad…" He drew up his fists and let them flow with lightning. He then pushed his hands forward opening up his palms. "Quadruple Storm!" four bolts of lightning shot out, but instead of striking Ginryuumon they wrapped around the dragon and then jabbed him with the heads of the bolts.
"Armor Piercing…blach…" the bolts tightened hard around the dragon.
"Nah uh, uh…" smirked Rinkmon. "I don't think that would be wise."
Suddenly from behind Rinkmon there was a blast of blue light that filled the sky like an aurora. Rinkmon turned his head. The human boy, the one Ginryuumon called Steven, was walking forward. The medallion around his chest was glowing bright blue. A hurricane shaped emblem was blazing forward. The ice began to shift. A blast of steam erupted from behind the boy. The boy skidded forward.
"Steven!" roared Ginryuumon. The dragon puffed up his chest and shattered the lightning bindings. The armored beast roared forward slamming Rinkmon to the side as he ran to Steven. The ice was cracking. Steam was flowing from the direction the boy had come from. Plumes of stream shot up from the cracks.
"The crest was in this rock that was poking out of the ice," said Steven. He looked shocked. "I put the tag up to the rock and the crest came out and then the rock melted away and suddenly a red glow shot up from the lake's depths and this huge bubble of steam belched out of the hole in the ice."
"We got to get off this ice…" growled Ginryuumon. He lowered himself and let Steven on. He turned to run but Rinkmon was standing in his way.
"You aren't going anywhere," growled the blue digimon. His arms' lightning decals were glowing brightly.
"Look we'll fight you later," growled Ginryuumon. He took a step forward.
"No! You're not going to survive this encounter!" He drew his arms up and started to spin up. Blades of energy swam up the swirls of snow and ice. The next thing both Ginryuumon and Steven knew Rinkmon's fist slammed into the ice. "Spinning Cutter!" streaks of lightning shot in all directions around him. New cracks roared open. The ice chunked up. Ginryuumon started to slide as his weight unbalanced the ice chunk they were on. The dragon reared back. He felt Steven clasp onto his neck but the boy's fingers slipped.
"Steven!" Ginryuumon spun around but the boy was already in the water. Ginryuumon bent down to grab the boy with his mouth but something had leapt on him.
"Quadruple Storm!" four blasts of lightning slammed into Ginryuumon's back. Ginryuumon bucked backwards throwing Rinkmon off of his back. The blue digimon was sent sliding up the ice chunk.
"Hurry Steven!" growled Ginryuumon turned to snag the boy.
"No!" Rinkmon was at Ginryuumon's head's side and he punched the dragon and kicked Steven back into the water.
"No…" Steven murmured as he was pushed underwater. "I need help!"
There was a blue beam that shot forward. Ginryuumon growled and was covered in blue light as he opened his mouth. "Battle Rod Break!" Rinkmon swirled around in time to see the rod of energy smash into his head. The helmet shot off. Rinkmon's body fell on the ice. Ginryuumon dove into the water. The blue glow of Steven's crest led the dragon to the boy who was floating motionless in the water. Ginryuumon grabbed the boy. He made for the surface but the ice had lodged together. Ginryuumon growled and rammed the ice. It wouldn't budge.
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Lucemon was flying frantically over the surface of the cracking ice. He had a feeling that Steven had found his crest because there had been a blast of aural light in the sky soon followed by the ice's eruption.
He glided inches above the ice. There was a blue light swimming under the ice. There was a loud thump. Lucemon blinked. A few feet away lay the form of Rinkmon. The skater digimon's helmet was lying a few feet further from his body. Lucemon shuddered. Suddenly the digimon exploded into data. A blue bulb hovered above the ice. Lucemon ran over to the bulb. He felt an odd strength and he reached forward. Two large blue energy drills formed on Lucemon's hands. There was a second thump from under the ice. A blue glow was swimming around where the thump had sounded. The angel dove for thump area. The drills ripped through the ice and the frozen water exploded in a geyser of white. Ginryuumon shot up through the hole and collapsed on the ground releasing Steven on the ice. The boy was frozen to the touch. Lucemon looked up at Ginryuumon. The ice shook again. A second blast of steam shot up from under the ice. Streams of the vapor shot up through fractures in the ice. Ginryuumon de-digivolved to Ryuudamon. Lucemon looked around. Ice started to crack up again. He snatched up the boy and the digimon and took off.
"He's going to freeze…" said Lucemon. He closed his eyes and pushed his energy into the boy and the digimon. "I have to try and keep them alive!" He looked around. "A vent…" Lucemon dove for a rocky out cropping. He rode the chaotic thermals over the vent holding Ryuudamon and Steven over heated water.
Steven shook awake. "Lucemon…"
"Yeah, stay still, your frozen," returned Lucemon as he tilted his wings to compensate for the heat bubble that shot up on his left. "Just stay calm, and let the steam warm you, I'll dry you off and then we can go…"
"Where's everyone?" asked Steven groggily.
"The city, Brendan and Kevin rode into the city to look for the girls," said Lucemon. "Seadramon and I had to face off some flying fighters and then I came for you…found you under the water…and Rinkmon, decapitated on the ice." Lucemon saw Steven look at Ryuudamon and then down at the steam. "How are you feeling? Do you think we can get going, yet?" The boy nodded. Lucemon curled his wings around Steven and rubbed them against his moist skin. The angel then took a big breath and shot up on the thermals. "It won't take long to get to the city…these thermal cracks in the lake are causing a very strong push towards shore…"
Lucemon and his passengers glided off towards the faded lights of the city. Little flickers of light were erupting from the ground. A battle was being waged, but little did they know that the battle was not just against the metal titans of Assaultmon, but against another titan.
AN: Thanks to Alforce and sixsense, and to Lodis Lord you know your keeping me motivated. Reviews are one of those things I get really excited when I see my email say I have mail! Though sometimes I get anxious not always the most secure about my narratives!