Chapter 8 - Veemon's Wild West
"Sorry Tai, we lost him."
I arched an eyebrow.
"Imperialdramon couldn't handle whoever that was?"
Davis snorted.
"Of course he could! The guy just ran off before we could do anything."
Ken however looked a little skeptical.
"I don't know Davis, he managed to hold off Imperialdramon's attack despite the condition he was in. He could be a bigger threat than we realize."
Davis sighed.
"I suppose you're right Ken. I just think we could have handled him if it came down to it."
Now it was Ken's turn to sigh.
"Maybe, Davis, maybe."
I glanced around. We were all a little restless, eager to move on. Whatever Azulongmon wanted, it was important.
"Alright, let's go. We've still got a little ways to go."
We walked mostly in silence the rest of the way there. Again, I had a feeling that something was not quite right. Like storm clouds just over the horizon. We walked a little further through the Desert of Server until we reached the lush, green, valley more or less in the center of the desert where Azulongmon made his home most of the time. We waited on the cliff, and the Holy Dragon himself flew down out of the sky, several clouds opting to follow him and clump around various parts of him.
"Digidestined. I have summoned you here because I sense a threat to the digital, and possibly the real world. At this time, the true nature of the threat is largely unknown. I know only that it is small at the moment, and I would like to stop it before it spreads. I also know that it is based somewhere in on Server."
"Oh that really narrows it down…"
I smacked Davis in the back of the head and glared at him. Then I returned my attention to Azulongmon and nodded for him to continue.
"To that end, I would like you to investigate. As I said, this evil is currently small, so any unusual disturbance, no matter how trivial, should be reported."
I thought for a moment, then propelled Davis forward.
"Go on, tell him."
Davis looked a little sheepish.
"Well, um, it's like this, you see…"
"Get on with it."
"Right, well we saw an unknown knight digimon delete a Zanbamon just outside a village when we first got here. It was strong enough to repulse Imperialdramon's laser in a weakened condition before it ran off… Maybe that's something?"
Azulongmon looked… strange for a second. Then he shook his head slightly, before returning to normal.
"Hmmm. I could be nothing, or it could be everything. But my instincts tell me that was… well, if not a coincidence, then something that doesn't need to be too seriously worried about. Chase it if you wish, but I believe it to be something different."
I nodded slightly, thinking. Then I turned and addressed the group.
"Alright, let's split up. Pair up people. I want the younger Digidestined in their DNA pairs for safety. Izzy, Joe, one of you two will go with either Matt or I, since we can warp digivolve."
We split up and Izzy ended up with me, and Matt with Joe. With that we started out to search. One group in each of the cardinal directions, with Davis and Ken trying to track down the knight they'd fought earlier, so they headed roughly southeast. Izzy and I headed west towards the jungles, Matt and Joe south towards the sea, Kari and Yolie went north, and TK and Cody went east, off into the desert proper.
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Ugh, my aching head…
Gently pushing BlackGuilmon off me, I got up and looked around slowly. The flower shop was in shambles, and a wounded the Biyomon in front of me was proof of the fact that it was not just a very bad dream. Someone had taken Sora. I doubted the Mummymon was working on its own, an ultimate wouldn't stand anywhere close to a chance against some very mad Digidestined, and nothing was likely to piss them off more than kidnapping one of their own.
Still, they'd have to be found first…
And that was likely to be the problem. I looked at my partner behind me. BlackGuilmon was still out like a light. Glancing around, just to make sure we were alone, and Biyomon was still unconscious, I did something about it.
DIGI-MODIFY! Recharge Activate!
It worked. Restoring his energy allowed his natural healing to take over in addition to waking him up. He was still a little tired, but nothing serious.
"BlackGuilmon, pick up Biyomon."
He nodded, he didn't talk as he did so; somewhere inside he sensed the gravity of the situation. Another quick check, you never could be too careful, and I was on my way.
DIGI-MODIFY! Digital Gate Activate!
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Davis, Ken, Wormmon and I wandered back down to the small settlement where Wormmon and I had fought that wierdo knight. It was small enough that I didn't remember ever being there. I looked at Davis, and he shrugged as well. I guessed that he had never been there either. We crossed over to the local saloon and didn't see anything too unusual. There were a few Deputymon playing cards, a few assorted digimon at the bar, and a Starmon in the corner.
"Hey Davis, let's go ask that Starmon over there what he know about the attack earlier."
"But I was going to get something to drink Ken…"
I smacked my head.
"Hey Ken, you don't need all of us to go talk to that Starmon do you?"
He shook his head.
"I guess not, but…"
"Good. Then Davish, you go get something to drink while Ken goes and talks to Starmon over there."
Ken looked at me a little funny.
"And what will you be doing?"
I grinned a little.
"I thought I might go join those gentlemon for a game or two."
Ken groaned.
"Veemon please don't cause any trouble."
I smiled brightly at him.
"Don't worry Ken, I'm a born player. I can hold my own."
"That's what worries me."
"Nothing will happen. I'll ask them about what they saw while I'm over there."
Ken looked a little less worried.
"Well…"
"Great, it's settled then! Davish, I'll need a little money to start…"
He groaned, but gave me a little.
"Thanks Davish! I won't let you down!"
I ran over to the table where the Deputymon were playing. They looked at me a little suspiciously.
"Whadda ya want stranger?"
"I want to play."
"I don know, this is for the big boys…"
I jumped on a chair and slapped my money down on the table. Their eyes immediately lit up.
"Welcome stranger, the game is go fish…"
A half hour later I was up three hundred digi-dollars. I glanced over my shoulder. Davis was at the bar talking to the digimon there, and it looked like the Starmon wasn't very talkative, as Ken was still trying to pry answers out of him.
Oh well, looks like I have time to win some more dough…
I grinned at the player next to me as he handed me the last three.
"WOOOHOOO! I win again!"
The Deputymon glanced at each other a little uneasily. Then one spoke.
"Listen stranger…"
"Veemon."
"Veemon, no offense, but we'd rather you left the table, you win too much."
I sighed.
There goes my fun…
The Deputymon next to me looked a little wild though.
"NOOO! Don't make him leave! I don't have the mon…ey…"
He trailed off as I stared at him.
"You don't have the money?"
He looked down, a little shame faced.
"No…"
"Hmmmm…"
I looked at him for a while. Then I snapped my fingers.
I've got it!
"Well… there is something you can do to pay off your debts…"
He looked at me with hope filled eyes.
"Really?"
"Yeah! All you have to do is give me your hat."
"My hat?!"
"Your hat. Your bandana too."
He sobbed a little, but complied. I he hadn't, he would've been locked up for a while. Just to be nice, I returned all of the money I made off him though. I put on the hat. It started as ridiculously over sized, but when it transferred to my ownership, both it and the bandanna scaled down to a perfect fit. I looked myself over in the mirror.
I look good…
I looked around again. Davis seemed to be doing fine at the bar, but Ken still seemed to be struggling. I strode over, feeling the ten-gallon hat give off waves of coolness as I went over to the table. I jumped up onto an empty chair, put one foot on the table and leaned on it. I looked in Starmon's direction with my head down a little, then flicked the hat up with my thumb as I raised my head and spoke.
"What's the problem here?"
Starmon looked at me a little curiously.
"Weeell, young'un, this here feller wants ta know 'bout the attack this mornin'. I's already explained that I don know much, but 'e jus' won't quit askin'"
I thought about this for a moment, before answering.
"Do you know someone else who would know, by any chance?"
The Starmon looked thoughtful for a minute.
"Well, I might know jus' the mon I reckon. There's a Floramon down the street a ways, 'bout four, five doors down. The lil lass was out there in the thick a it."
I smiled at him.
"Thanks, pardner!"
"Any time young'un."
As we left the table, Ken was still looking at me in shock.
"How'd you do that?"
"Huh?"
"Get him to talk like that. It took me nearly all the time I was over there just to get the fact that he didn't know anything out of him!"
"That? That was easy, Ken. Ya jus' has ta approach 'em right."
Ken looked a little upset at me for some reason, and opened his mouth to say something about it when we were distracted by a commotion from the bar. Davis was backing away slowly from a Snimon with a spittoon laying upside-down on its head. Then he turned and ran outside, the Snimon chasing, then, surprisingly, it came back inside and returned to its drink, pausing only to destroy the spittoon on its way back.
Ken and I headed outside, looking for Davis, only to find him face down in the trough. We ran over to help. After we pulled him out and dried him off, we went for the Floramon's house. I once more insisted on doing the talking when we reached the place. Davis was still sulking, and after my performance in the saloon, Ken was inclined to go along with it. Floramon answered my knock by opening the door with a sweet smile. I smiled right back.
"Evenin' ma'am. I was wonderin' if we might ask you a few questions about this mornin'.
She blushed a little.
"Of course! Do come in and sit down. I rarely have guests."
We did as requested, and once we were settled, I asked again.
"Ma'am, I was wonderin' if you could tell us about what happened today. If it's not too painful that is…"
"No, no! It's fine. The short of it is this. The village was being attacked by this nasty Zanbamon. He just charged in for no good reason and started wrecking the place! We all scrambled out of town for a while, then I assumed that it was safe enough and started back home, under the objections of some of the others I might add. I was almost home when that Zanbamon came running right for me! It would have trampled me too, if that knight hadn't intervened…"
"The knight saved you?!"
"Yes. He knocked that mean Zanbamon down and told me to run, so I did. I wanted to thank him, but he left before I got the chance to.
He saved Floramon? What's going on here?
I stood up.
"Thank you for yer time ma'am. We have to be goin' now."
She smiled at me again.
"Of course. Do come again sir."
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I turned at a sudden noise. Then I yelled out to Tai.
"Tai! Jump!"
To his credit, Tai didn't hesitate. He jumped right out of the way of the falling tree, followed by Agumon. I turned to the source of the disturbance. There behind the tree was a Deltamon, its three heads ready for action as it charged at us.
Digivolution_
Agumon Digivolve to… Greymon!
Tentomon Digivolve to… Kabuterimon!
Kabuterimon flew at Deltamon.
"ELECTROSHOCKER!"
"TRIPLE FORCE!"
The attacks collided in mid air and sent out miniature shockwaves through the forest. Greymon rushed forward, but was intercepted by a Cyclonemon.
"ARM BOMBER!"
The attack struck Greymon in the side, causing him to stumble slightly. He turned and went after his attacker, while Kabuterimon and I concentrated on ours. Kabuterimon rammed into his opponent with his horned head, knocking Deltamon backwards, But he retaliated.
"SERPENT BITE!"
Kabuterimon responded by ramming Deltamon into a fairly stout tree, loosening his grip. Kabuterimon broke free and flew up to the canopy of the trees above us to think about his next move.
Greymon charged Cyclonemon.
"HORN BUSTER!"
"HYPER HEAT!"
Cyclonemon let out a heat beam from his mouth, but it did nothing against Greymon's skull helm. Greymon plowed into Cyclonemon, knocking him back.
Kabuterimon swooped in low, charging his attack just as Deltamon lost interest and was going over to help Cyclonemon.
"ELECTRO-"
"SLAMMING TUSK!"
A Tuskmon broke from the surrounding trees and nailed Kabuterimon in the side, knocking him to the dirt, where he de digivolved. I rushed out to him.
"Tentomon!"
I grabbed my fallen partner and ran towards Tai, who was having more problems, now that Deltamon and Tuskmon were closing on Greymon. Tai nodded to himself and yelled out to Greymon.
"Greymon! Digivolve!"
Greymon never had the chance.
"HORN BUSTER!"
Tuskmon let loose his version of Greymon's own attack and swatted Greymon into the ground, where he dedigivolved. Tai ran for his partner, narrowly escaping getting caught by Cyclonemon and Deltamon. Tai joined me in running when suddenly the ground opened up beneath me and I plummeted through. The hole closed immediately after me, cutting me off from Tai. It was hard to tell who was worse off, him with three hostile champions and an unconscious partner, or me, who from the looks of it still had another hundred feet to drop.
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I woke up in a tiny cell. I looked around, but didn't see Biyomon anywhere. I tried to feel my waist for my digivice, but I hurt too much to move.
Tai… help me… please…
"Sorry Tai, we lost him."
I arched an eyebrow.
"Imperialdramon couldn't handle whoever that was?"
Davis snorted.
"Of course he could! The guy just ran off before we could do anything."
Ken however looked a little skeptical.
"I don't know Davis, he managed to hold off Imperialdramon's attack despite the condition he was in. He could be a bigger threat than we realize."
Davis sighed.
"I suppose you're right Ken. I just think we could have handled him if it came down to it."
Now it was Ken's turn to sigh.
"Maybe, Davis, maybe."
I glanced around. We were all a little restless, eager to move on. Whatever Azulongmon wanted, it was important.
"Alright, let's go. We've still got a little ways to go."
We walked mostly in silence the rest of the way there. Again, I had a feeling that something was not quite right. Like storm clouds just over the horizon. We walked a little further through the Desert of Server until we reached the lush, green, valley more or less in the center of the desert where Azulongmon made his home most of the time. We waited on the cliff, and the Holy Dragon himself flew down out of the sky, several clouds opting to follow him and clump around various parts of him.
"Digidestined. I have summoned you here because I sense a threat to the digital, and possibly the real world. At this time, the true nature of the threat is largely unknown. I know only that it is small at the moment, and I would like to stop it before it spreads. I also know that it is based somewhere in on Server."
"Oh that really narrows it down…"
I smacked Davis in the back of the head and glared at him. Then I returned my attention to Azulongmon and nodded for him to continue.
"To that end, I would like you to investigate. As I said, this evil is currently small, so any unusual disturbance, no matter how trivial, should be reported."
I thought for a moment, then propelled Davis forward.
"Go on, tell him."
Davis looked a little sheepish.
"Well, um, it's like this, you see…"
"Get on with it."
"Right, well we saw an unknown knight digimon delete a Zanbamon just outside a village when we first got here. It was strong enough to repulse Imperialdramon's laser in a weakened condition before it ran off… Maybe that's something?"
Azulongmon looked… strange for a second. Then he shook his head slightly, before returning to normal.
"Hmmm. I could be nothing, or it could be everything. But my instincts tell me that was… well, if not a coincidence, then something that doesn't need to be too seriously worried about. Chase it if you wish, but I believe it to be something different."
I nodded slightly, thinking. Then I turned and addressed the group.
"Alright, let's split up. Pair up people. I want the younger Digidestined in their DNA pairs for safety. Izzy, Joe, one of you two will go with either Matt or I, since we can warp digivolve."
We split up and Izzy ended up with me, and Matt with Joe. With that we started out to search. One group in each of the cardinal directions, with Davis and Ken trying to track down the knight they'd fought earlier, so they headed roughly southeast. Izzy and I headed west towards the jungles, Matt and Joe south towards the sea, Kari and Yolie went north, and TK and Cody went east, off into the desert proper.
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Ugh, my aching head…
Gently pushing BlackGuilmon off me, I got up and looked around slowly. The flower shop was in shambles, and a wounded the Biyomon in front of me was proof of the fact that it was not just a very bad dream. Someone had taken Sora. I doubted the Mummymon was working on its own, an ultimate wouldn't stand anywhere close to a chance against some very mad Digidestined, and nothing was likely to piss them off more than kidnapping one of their own.
Still, they'd have to be found first…
And that was likely to be the problem. I looked at my partner behind me. BlackGuilmon was still out like a light. Glancing around, just to make sure we were alone, and Biyomon was still unconscious, I did something about it.
DIGI-MODIFY! Recharge Activate!
It worked. Restoring his energy allowed his natural healing to take over in addition to waking him up. He was still a little tired, but nothing serious.
"BlackGuilmon, pick up Biyomon."
He nodded, he didn't talk as he did so; somewhere inside he sensed the gravity of the situation. Another quick check, you never could be too careful, and I was on my way.
DIGI-MODIFY! Digital Gate Activate!
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Davis, Ken, Wormmon and I wandered back down to the small settlement where Wormmon and I had fought that wierdo knight. It was small enough that I didn't remember ever being there. I looked at Davis, and he shrugged as well. I guessed that he had never been there either. We crossed over to the local saloon and didn't see anything too unusual. There were a few Deputymon playing cards, a few assorted digimon at the bar, and a Starmon in the corner.
"Hey Davis, let's go ask that Starmon over there what he know about the attack earlier."
"But I was going to get something to drink Ken…"
I smacked my head.
"Hey Ken, you don't need all of us to go talk to that Starmon do you?"
He shook his head.
"I guess not, but…"
"Good. Then Davish, you go get something to drink while Ken goes and talks to Starmon over there."
Ken looked at me a little funny.
"And what will you be doing?"
I grinned a little.
"I thought I might go join those gentlemon for a game or two."
Ken groaned.
"Veemon please don't cause any trouble."
I smiled brightly at him.
"Don't worry Ken, I'm a born player. I can hold my own."
"That's what worries me."
"Nothing will happen. I'll ask them about what they saw while I'm over there."
Ken looked a little less worried.
"Well…"
"Great, it's settled then! Davish, I'll need a little money to start…"
He groaned, but gave me a little.
"Thanks Davish! I won't let you down!"
I ran over to the table where the Deputymon were playing. They looked at me a little suspiciously.
"Whadda ya want stranger?"
"I want to play."
"I don know, this is for the big boys…"
I jumped on a chair and slapped my money down on the table. Their eyes immediately lit up.
"Welcome stranger, the game is go fish…"
A half hour later I was up three hundred digi-dollars. I glanced over my shoulder. Davis was at the bar talking to the digimon there, and it looked like the Starmon wasn't very talkative, as Ken was still trying to pry answers out of him.
Oh well, looks like I have time to win some more dough…
I grinned at the player next to me as he handed me the last three.
"WOOOHOOO! I win again!"
The Deputymon glanced at each other a little uneasily. Then one spoke.
"Listen stranger…"
"Veemon."
"Veemon, no offense, but we'd rather you left the table, you win too much."
I sighed.
There goes my fun…
The Deputymon next to me looked a little wild though.
"NOOO! Don't make him leave! I don't have the mon…ey…"
He trailed off as I stared at him.
"You don't have the money?"
He looked down, a little shame faced.
"No…"
"Hmmmm…"
I looked at him for a while. Then I snapped my fingers.
I've got it!
"Well… there is something you can do to pay off your debts…"
He looked at me with hope filled eyes.
"Really?"
"Yeah! All you have to do is give me your hat."
"My hat?!"
"Your hat. Your bandana too."
He sobbed a little, but complied. I he hadn't, he would've been locked up for a while. Just to be nice, I returned all of the money I made off him though. I put on the hat. It started as ridiculously over sized, but when it transferred to my ownership, both it and the bandanna scaled down to a perfect fit. I looked myself over in the mirror.
I look good…
I looked around again. Davis seemed to be doing fine at the bar, but Ken still seemed to be struggling. I strode over, feeling the ten-gallon hat give off waves of coolness as I went over to the table. I jumped up onto an empty chair, put one foot on the table and leaned on it. I looked in Starmon's direction with my head down a little, then flicked the hat up with my thumb as I raised my head and spoke.
"What's the problem here?"
Starmon looked at me a little curiously.
"Weeell, young'un, this here feller wants ta know 'bout the attack this mornin'. I's already explained that I don know much, but 'e jus' won't quit askin'"
I thought about this for a moment, before answering.
"Do you know someone else who would know, by any chance?"
The Starmon looked thoughtful for a minute.
"Well, I might know jus' the mon I reckon. There's a Floramon down the street a ways, 'bout four, five doors down. The lil lass was out there in the thick a it."
I smiled at him.
"Thanks, pardner!"
"Any time young'un."
As we left the table, Ken was still looking at me in shock.
"How'd you do that?"
"Huh?"
"Get him to talk like that. It took me nearly all the time I was over there just to get the fact that he didn't know anything out of him!"
"That? That was easy, Ken. Ya jus' has ta approach 'em right."
Ken looked a little upset at me for some reason, and opened his mouth to say something about it when we were distracted by a commotion from the bar. Davis was backing away slowly from a Snimon with a spittoon laying upside-down on its head. Then he turned and ran outside, the Snimon chasing, then, surprisingly, it came back inside and returned to its drink, pausing only to destroy the spittoon on its way back.
Ken and I headed outside, looking for Davis, only to find him face down in the trough. We ran over to help. After we pulled him out and dried him off, we went for the Floramon's house. I once more insisted on doing the talking when we reached the place. Davis was still sulking, and after my performance in the saloon, Ken was inclined to go along with it. Floramon answered my knock by opening the door with a sweet smile. I smiled right back.
"Evenin' ma'am. I was wonderin' if we might ask you a few questions about this mornin'.
She blushed a little.
"Of course! Do come in and sit down. I rarely have guests."
We did as requested, and once we were settled, I asked again.
"Ma'am, I was wonderin' if you could tell us about what happened today. If it's not too painful that is…"
"No, no! It's fine. The short of it is this. The village was being attacked by this nasty Zanbamon. He just charged in for no good reason and started wrecking the place! We all scrambled out of town for a while, then I assumed that it was safe enough and started back home, under the objections of some of the others I might add. I was almost home when that Zanbamon came running right for me! It would have trampled me too, if that knight hadn't intervened…"
"The knight saved you?!"
"Yes. He knocked that mean Zanbamon down and told me to run, so I did. I wanted to thank him, but he left before I got the chance to.
He saved Floramon? What's going on here?
I stood up.
"Thank you for yer time ma'am. We have to be goin' now."
She smiled at me again.
"Of course. Do come again sir."
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I turned at a sudden noise. Then I yelled out to Tai.
"Tai! Jump!"
To his credit, Tai didn't hesitate. He jumped right out of the way of the falling tree, followed by Agumon. I turned to the source of the disturbance. There behind the tree was a Deltamon, its three heads ready for action as it charged at us.
Digivolution_
Agumon Digivolve to… Greymon!
Tentomon Digivolve to… Kabuterimon!
Kabuterimon flew at Deltamon.
"ELECTROSHOCKER!"
"TRIPLE FORCE!"
The attacks collided in mid air and sent out miniature shockwaves through the forest. Greymon rushed forward, but was intercepted by a Cyclonemon.
"ARM BOMBER!"
The attack struck Greymon in the side, causing him to stumble slightly. He turned and went after his attacker, while Kabuterimon and I concentrated on ours. Kabuterimon rammed into his opponent with his horned head, knocking Deltamon backwards, But he retaliated.
"SERPENT BITE!"
Kabuterimon responded by ramming Deltamon into a fairly stout tree, loosening his grip. Kabuterimon broke free and flew up to the canopy of the trees above us to think about his next move.
Greymon charged Cyclonemon.
"HORN BUSTER!"
"HYPER HEAT!"
Cyclonemon let out a heat beam from his mouth, but it did nothing against Greymon's skull helm. Greymon plowed into Cyclonemon, knocking him back.
Kabuterimon swooped in low, charging his attack just as Deltamon lost interest and was going over to help Cyclonemon.
"ELECTRO-"
"SLAMMING TUSK!"
A Tuskmon broke from the surrounding trees and nailed Kabuterimon in the side, knocking him to the dirt, where he de digivolved. I rushed out to him.
"Tentomon!"
I grabbed my fallen partner and ran towards Tai, who was having more problems, now that Deltamon and Tuskmon were closing on Greymon. Tai nodded to himself and yelled out to Greymon.
"Greymon! Digivolve!"
Greymon never had the chance.
"HORN BUSTER!"
Tuskmon let loose his version of Greymon's own attack and swatted Greymon into the ground, where he dedigivolved. Tai ran for his partner, narrowly escaping getting caught by Cyclonemon and Deltamon. Tai joined me in running when suddenly the ground opened up beneath me and I plummeted through. The hole closed immediately after me, cutting me off from Tai. It was hard to tell who was worse off, him with three hostile champions and an unconscious partner, or me, who from the looks of it still had another hundred feet to drop.
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I woke up in a tiny cell. I looked around, but didn't see Biyomon anywhere. I tried to feel my waist for my digivice, but I hurt too much to move.
Tai… help me… please…