Chapter 42 - Opening Moves
"Mother's maiden name?"
I looked down at the girl at the table who was looking at her list of questions with a mixture of revulsion, disbelief and boredom on her face. Finally, as I had guessed she would since the beginning, she snapped.
"WHAT IN THE GOD DAMN HELL IS THIS SHIT!"
I snickered, and she turned on me.
"Oh, so you think this is funny, do you?!"
"Uh…"
She glared at me until I snapped my mouth shut, and then she began pacing the room, ranting.
"I can't believe this! I am a highly efficient fighter! What the hell am I doing playing interrogator to this short kid?!"
Not much can make me angry under normal circumstances. But these circumstances were far from normal. I'd just endured fifty odd questions on my father, and it looked like the girl would get back to the questions on my mother as soon as she was done ranting. And I was chained to a wall. I didn't have Armadillomon or my digivice.
And she'd just called me short.
"I AM NOT SHORT!"
She looked at me, then went up and down. I averted my gaze blushed.
"Well, maybe a little…"
She laughed and came forward, tilting my head up with a hand under my jaw.
"Hey, it's okay to be short, shorty. At least you're cute."
Then she kissed me on the cheek and sat down at the table.
"Okay, mother's maiden name?"
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"DARK SHOT!"
The missile pounded into the quarry floor. We were fortunate enough to avoid a direct hit, but the shockwave sent us flying. I landed on my back, SnowAgumon groaning as he hit my chest.
This heat still isn't doing him any good.
Amazingly, Phil was back on his feet again, his bird digimon right beside him.
"Muchomon, Go!"
Digivolution_
Muchomon Digivolve to… FlareRizamon!
Elecmon Digivolve to… Centaurumon!
A quick glace back showed Maria beside her partner. It wasn't as much of a surprise as Phil's digivolution, as Maria had been further back than the rest of us.
Centaurumon charged in, gun arm powering up.
"SOLAR RAY!"
"RAGING INFERNO!"
The attacks impacted, but simply bounced off. I looked down at SnowAgumon, who nodded back at me. Lou got to his feet a short way ahead of me, and placed Otamamon on the ground.
Digivolution_
SnowAgumon Digivolve to… Frigimon!
Otamamon Digivolve to… Tortomon!
"DOUBLE DARK SHOT!"
Two missiles launched out of SkullGreymon's back, and we all scattered for cover, Phil screaming his fool head off. Again, no digimon was impacted directly by the powerful ultimate, but the shockwaves were damaging enough, and we were thrown back. Frigimon in particular was damaged, the heat given off by the blasts not being good for the large snowman.
"STRONG CARAPACE!"
The spines from Tortomon's back launched and impacted, smashing into the bony structure. It made a scratch or two, but there was no discernable real damage. SkullGreymon responded by stepping on Tortomon, his foot bones hardly bothered by the carapace. Frigimon ran forward.
"SUB-ZERO ICE PUNCH!"
"Frigimon! No!"
Frigimon wasn't exactly listening as he rushed in to his friend's defense. Frigimon yelled as SkullGreymon grabbed him.
"SOLAR RAY!"
"BLAZE BUSTER!"
FlareRizamon had stopped to help Centaurumon to his feet after being knocked off, but both were now back in the fight. Their attacks impacted, but SkullGreymon had an unexpected glimmer of intelligence and used Frigimon as a shield. Frigimon yelled as he was pelted by friendly fire.
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I looked out over the valley floor at the rather nondescript cave. The only things that made it stand out were the fact that the entrance was unusually large, and the strange purplish glow at the entrance.
The cave was in the side of a large hill on a grassy plain. I wiped the back of my hand across my brow. It was hot out, and I was wearing black.
Great choice Takato. Smart move that.
I glanced back at the girls behind me.
"Okay, if the intel we have is correct, we need to digivolve before we go in there, because nothing will be able to digivolve in there. They nodded, Jun enthusiastically as always, and Carmela a little nervously. I aimed the C-Ark at BlackGuilmon.
Digivolution_
BlackGuilmon Flash Digivolve to… BlackWarGrowlmon!
Bearmon Digivolve to… Grizzmon!
Kotemon Digivolve to… Yasyamon!
I looked up at my bulking behemoth.
"All right, boy. Lead us in. Let's get our friends back."
"Right Takatomon!"
I felt a shudder as we passed through the barrier, but luckily what we had assumed was correct, and we didn't dedigivolve. I didn't think we'd stand a chance if we didn't bring the barrier down though. I seriously doubted BlackWarGrowlmon would be enough for this, and I didn't like our chances with only two champions to back me up. I couldn't count on any of the Digidestined or their digimon being capable of combat.
This won't be the best idea I've ever had, but it's too late now.
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"Frigimon!"
"DOUBLE DARK SHOT!"
Centaurumon and FlareRizamon tried to scatter again, but SkullGreymon had anticipated this, it appeared. The first landed where they had been standing, but the other hit FlareRizamon dead on.
"FlareRizamon!"
Maria was holding Phil back as an unconscious Muchomon fell out of the flames. SkullGreymon lifted his foot off of Tortomon, and then slammed Frigimon down into him, before replacing the foot, eliciting a howl of pain from Tortomon this time, before tossing my partner to my feet.
"Frigimon… no…"
There was a cracking sound, and I looked up to see some spines break from the top of SkullGreymon's foot. He regressed to Otamamon. SkullGreymon had been letting out minor roars throughout the fight, but now he tossed his head back and roared again. Frigimon got unsteadily to his feet.
"Frigimon, no! You need to rest. Please."
Frigimon shook his head.
"Sorry Steve. Not this time. I'm the only one left with enough power."
I sighed, then nodded.
"Alright. Then… let's go."
"SNOW BALL!"
Obviously, the attack did no damage, but it was still enough to get his attention.
"DARK SHOT!"
Tired out, Frigimon didn't have the energy left to dodge the attack. In the middle of the flames, his melting and shrinking form still got steadily to its feet. I smiled grimly.
That's it old friend. Don't show weakness. Just hit him hard enough to take his head off.
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"So, any ideas?"
Tai shook his head.
"Not a one. We've still got our digivices thankfully, but they won't do us any good without our digimon."
TK frowned.
"Well, they do have other functions, if you remember."
Tai gave TK a look.
"True enough, but I don't see any digimon with dark powers to restrain in the immediate vicinity, do you?"
TK blushed.
"Sorry Tai."
Tai waved his hand dismissively.
"No, it's fine. We need to discus all the options, even the hopeless ones. What else do we have?"
I frowned.
"Well, the door gave a champion digimon a lot of trouble to open, so I doubt we'll be able to break out that way, and there aren't any windows."
Davis nodded.
"Yeah, no kidding, Matt. Whoever's doing this isn't taking any chances with us."
"The floor?"
"Through solid stone?"
"Walls are the same."
"Well, there's got to be something!"
"Calm down Tai. We can't do anything if we don't think logically."
"I know that! I… I'm just…"
Sora smiled and put her hand on Tai's shoulder.
"I know Tai, but panicking won't help us."
He nodded.
"All right. Forget what we have. What do we need?"
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Then, the rising form glowed and began to shrink even faster.
Digivolution_
Frigimon Digivolve to… MetalMamemon!
SkullGreymon watched in confusion.
"METAL SMIRK BOMB!"
The small energy sphere exploded in his face, sending him reeling. He still wasn't out of the fight, but at least we weren't in danger of loosing anymore either.
What leapt out of the fire was small and stumpy. Its main body was an orb covered in metal armor. The steel boots underneath it gave it a steady footing as it hefted the cannon on it's left arm and readied the claws mounted to its right arm. I grinned.
"MetalMamemon! Get him!"
"Right Steve!"
"METAL CLAW!"
SkullGreymon swiped with his own arm, but the now energized claws swiped clean through, and the arm digitized before it hit the ground. SkullGreymon backed up warily.
"METAL SMIRK BOMB!"
"DARK SHOT!"
I winced as I noted MetalMamemon's bad luck. His the energy bomb launched sailed right through a hole in SkullGreymon's ribcage, and he was unable to get out of the way of SkullGreymon's missile. He didn't fly very far back despite the impact, but it was more a matter of the metal's weight than lack of damage. Still, on his back he leveled his cannon one more time, and fired. SkullGreymon roared.
"METAL SMIRK BOMB!"
Lady luck smiled on us this time, and SkullGreymon swallowed the ball, and the blast blew his skull to kingdom come. With SkullGreymon defeated, MetalMamemon collapsed and dedigivolved to Snow Agumon.
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Our footsteps echoed through the cave, it was that large. Large enough to accommodate BlackWarGrowlmon at any place within. This made more than a little nervous.
I mean, if all the caves are this big, who knows what else they have in here?
Adjusting to the dark was unnecessary, as there were lights mounted to the ceiling every ten feet or so. Jun chose now to speak up.
"So… Matty's supposed to be in here somewhere? How come we haven't seen anyone?"
I shrugged, not really caring about being quiet, as that was impossible for BlackWarGrowlmon.
"I'm not sure why we haven't seen anyone, and for that matter I'm not even sure they're being held here. It's just that not only is this the best bet, it's the only lead we have. We'd better hope we get something out of this mess."
"Takatomon…"
I glanced up.
"What's wrong, boy?"
"I smell digimon!"
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"Cousins on your mother's side?"
I groaned, and she grimaced.
"Oh come on. Don't tell me you can't answer this one!"
I looked at her. I was tired, hungry, worried, and apparently short.
"What's the point of all this?"
"The point, which should be obvious boy, is to find out as much about you as possible. What have you learned Delia?"
We turned. Delia leapt back a little, reflexively.
"M… Murmuxmon!"
He just kept his gaze calmly on Delia. She grimaced, but answered.
"I've filled out the first ten pages or so."
Murmuxmon nodded.
"Fine. Your master has requested your presence at his dwelling. Be sure to go to him as fast as you can."
She nodded, and the mega-level digimon made his exit. I spoke up as she organized the papers a bit.
"Who's your master if he isn't it?"
She looked at me.
"Sorry short-stack, but I can't tell you that."
My eye twitched a bit as she walked over and ruffled my hair as I was chained to the wall before dropping another small kiss on my cheek.
"See ya around, kid."
Then she walked out the door.
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When the smoke cleared, I got to my feet, holding Elecmon. To either side, Phil and Lou were cradling their digimon as well. I looked to where Steve was holding SnowAgumon.
"Anyone hurt?"
Phil just shook his head and grinned, and Muchomon hopped down, looking a little scratched, but otherwise okay. I knew Elecmon was in the same condition. Lou smiled.
"Otamamon should be fine with a little rest. He wasn't hurt as badly as it seemed. Tortomon gets rid of those back spines all the time."
Steve grinned as he stood up.
"Just really tired. Going ultimate took a lot out of him."
I nodded, and Lou looked thoughtful.
"Do you still think you can continue? Tired or not, an ultimate will most likely be very useful."
Steve nodded.
"No problem. But we should probably hang back unless necessary to conserve SnowAgumon's strength."
Phil nodded.
"That's fine."
Then, a second crash happened. Phil panicked.
"Wasn't me!"
I rolled my eyes. Lou smiled.
"Of course it wasn't. Most likely it was a result of SkullGreymon's… death."
Steve groaned.
"I case you guys didn't notice, that crash just removed the exits."
I spun around. Steve was right. Both the way we came in, and the way we were planning to go out were blocked. Phil spoke, a little hesitantly this time.
"Well, we could go through the big hole over there…"
We looked over to where Phil was pointing, and sure enough, where SkullGreymon had pulled himself free of the wall, there was a hole in the side of the wall. Lou nodded.
"It seems we have no other options. Let's go."
"Mother's maiden name?"
I looked down at the girl at the table who was looking at her list of questions with a mixture of revulsion, disbelief and boredom on her face. Finally, as I had guessed she would since the beginning, she snapped.
"WHAT IN THE GOD DAMN HELL IS THIS SHIT!"
I snickered, and she turned on me.
"Oh, so you think this is funny, do you?!"
"Uh…"
She glared at me until I snapped my mouth shut, and then she began pacing the room, ranting.
"I can't believe this! I am a highly efficient fighter! What the hell am I doing playing interrogator to this short kid?!"
Not much can make me angry under normal circumstances. But these circumstances were far from normal. I'd just endured fifty odd questions on my father, and it looked like the girl would get back to the questions on my mother as soon as she was done ranting. And I was chained to a wall. I didn't have Armadillomon or my digivice.
And she'd just called me short.
"I AM NOT SHORT!"
She looked at me, then went up and down. I averted my gaze blushed.
"Well, maybe a little…"
She laughed and came forward, tilting my head up with a hand under my jaw.
"Hey, it's okay to be short, shorty. At least you're cute."
Then she kissed me on the cheek and sat down at the table.
"Okay, mother's maiden name?"
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"DARK SHOT!"
The missile pounded into the quarry floor. We were fortunate enough to avoid a direct hit, but the shockwave sent us flying. I landed on my back, SnowAgumon groaning as he hit my chest.
This heat still isn't doing him any good.
Amazingly, Phil was back on his feet again, his bird digimon right beside him.
"Muchomon, Go!"
Digivolution_
Muchomon Digivolve to… FlareRizamon!
Elecmon Digivolve to… Centaurumon!
A quick glace back showed Maria beside her partner. It wasn't as much of a surprise as Phil's digivolution, as Maria had been further back than the rest of us.
Centaurumon charged in, gun arm powering up.
"SOLAR RAY!"
"RAGING INFERNO!"
The attacks impacted, but simply bounced off. I looked down at SnowAgumon, who nodded back at me. Lou got to his feet a short way ahead of me, and placed Otamamon on the ground.
Digivolution_
SnowAgumon Digivolve to… Frigimon!
Otamamon Digivolve to… Tortomon!
"DOUBLE DARK SHOT!"
Two missiles launched out of SkullGreymon's back, and we all scattered for cover, Phil screaming his fool head off. Again, no digimon was impacted directly by the powerful ultimate, but the shockwaves were damaging enough, and we were thrown back. Frigimon in particular was damaged, the heat given off by the blasts not being good for the large snowman.
"STRONG CARAPACE!"
The spines from Tortomon's back launched and impacted, smashing into the bony structure. It made a scratch or two, but there was no discernable real damage. SkullGreymon responded by stepping on Tortomon, his foot bones hardly bothered by the carapace. Frigimon ran forward.
"SUB-ZERO ICE PUNCH!"
"Frigimon! No!"
Frigimon wasn't exactly listening as he rushed in to his friend's defense. Frigimon yelled as SkullGreymon grabbed him.
"SOLAR RAY!"
"BLAZE BUSTER!"
FlareRizamon had stopped to help Centaurumon to his feet after being knocked off, but both were now back in the fight. Their attacks impacted, but SkullGreymon had an unexpected glimmer of intelligence and used Frigimon as a shield. Frigimon yelled as he was pelted by friendly fire.
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I looked out over the valley floor at the rather nondescript cave. The only things that made it stand out were the fact that the entrance was unusually large, and the strange purplish glow at the entrance.
The cave was in the side of a large hill on a grassy plain. I wiped the back of my hand across my brow. It was hot out, and I was wearing black.
Great choice Takato. Smart move that.
I glanced back at the girls behind me.
"Okay, if the intel we have is correct, we need to digivolve before we go in there, because nothing will be able to digivolve in there. They nodded, Jun enthusiastically as always, and Carmela a little nervously. I aimed the C-Ark at BlackGuilmon.
Digivolution_
BlackGuilmon Flash Digivolve to… BlackWarGrowlmon!
Bearmon Digivolve to… Grizzmon!
Kotemon Digivolve to… Yasyamon!
I looked up at my bulking behemoth.
"All right, boy. Lead us in. Let's get our friends back."
"Right Takatomon!"
I felt a shudder as we passed through the barrier, but luckily what we had assumed was correct, and we didn't dedigivolve. I didn't think we'd stand a chance if we didn't bring the barrier down though. I seriously doubted BlackWarGrowlmon would be enough for this, and I didn't like our chances with only two champions to back me up. I couldn't count on any of the Digidestined or their digimon being capable of combat.
This won't be the best idea I've ever had, but it's too late now.
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"Frigimon!"
"DOUBLE DARK SHOT!"
Centaurumon and FlareRizamon tried to scatter again, but SkullGreymon had anticipated this, it appeared. The first landed where they had been standing, but the other hit FlareRizamon dead on.
"FlareRizamon!"
Maria was holding Phil back as an unconscious Muchomon fell out of the flames. SkullGreymon lifted his foot off of Tortomon, and then slammed Frigimon down into him, before replacing the foot, eliciting a howl of pain from Tortomon this time, before tossing my partner to my feet.
"Frigimon… no…"
There was a cracking sound, and I looked up to see some spines break from the top of SkullGreymon's foot. He regressed to Otamamon. SkullGreymon had been letting out minor roars throughout the fight, but now he tossed his head back and roared again. Frigimon got unsteadily to his feet.
"Frigimon, no! You need to rest. Please."
Frigimon shook his head.
"Sorry Steve. Not this time. I'm the only one left with enough power."
I sighed, then nodded.
"Alright. Then… let's go."
"SNOW BALL!"
Obviously, the attack did no damage, but it was still enough to get his attention.
"DARK SHOT!"
Tired out, Frigimon didn't have the energy left to dodge the attack. In the middle of the flames, his melting and shrinking form still got steadily to its feet. I smiled grimly.
That's it old friend. Don't show weakness. Just hit him hard enough to take his head off.
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"So, any ideas?"
Tai shook his head.
"Not a one. We've still got our digivices thankfully, but they won't do us any good without our digimon."
TK frowned.
"Well, they do have other functions, if you remember."
Tai gave TK a look.
"True enough, but I don't see any digimon with dark powers to restrain in the immediate vicinity, do you?"
TK blushed.
"Sorry Tai."
Tai waved his hand dismissively.
"No, it's fine. We need to discus all the options, even the hopeless ones. What else do we have?"
I frowned.
"Well, the door gave a champion digimon a lot of trouble to open, so I doubt we'll be able to break out that way, and there aren't any windows."
Davis nodded.
"Yeah, no kidding, Matt. Whoever's doing this isn't taking any chances with us."
"The floor?"
"Through solid stone?"
"Walls are the same."
"Well, there's got to be something!"
"Calm down Tai. We can't do anything if we don't think logically."
"I know that! I… I'm just…"
Sora smiled and put her hand on Tai's shoulder.
"I know Tai, but panicking won't help us."
He nodded.
"All right. Forget what we have. What do we need?"
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Then, the rising form glowed and began to shrink even faster.
Digivolution_
Frigimon Digivolve to… MetalMamemon!
SkullGreymon watched in confusion.
"METAL SMIRK BOMB!"
The small energy sphere exploded in his face, sending him reeling. He still wasn't out of the fight, but at least we weren't in danger of loosing anymore either.
What leapt out of the fire was small and stumpy. Its main body was an orb covered in metal armor. The steel boots underneath it gave it a steady footing as it hefted the cannon on it's left arm and readied the claws mounted to its right arm. I grinned.
"MetalMamemon! Get him!"
"Right Steve!"
"METAL CLAW!"
SkullGreymon swiped with his own arm, but the now energized claws swiped clean through, and the arm digitized before it hit the ground. SkullGreymon backed up warily.
"METAL SMIRK BOMB!"
"DARK SHOT!"
I winced as I noted MetalMamemon's bad luck. His the energy bomb launched sailed right through a hole in SkullGreymon's ribcage, and he was unable to get out of the way of SkullGreymon's missile. He didn't fly very far back despite the impact, but it was more a matter of the metal's weight than lack of damage. Still, on his back he leveled his cannon one more time, and fired. SkullGreymon roared.
"METAL SMIRK BOMB!"
Lady luck smiled on us this time, and SkullGreymon swallowed the ball, and the blast blew his skull to kingdom come. With SkullGreymon defeated, MetalMamemon collapsed and dedigivolved to Snow Agumon.
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Our footsteps echoed through the cave, it was that large. Large enough to accommodate BlackWarGrowlmon at any place within. This made more than a little nervous.
I mean, if all the caves are this big, who knows what else they have in here?
Adjusting to the dark was unnecessary, as there were lights mounted to the ceiling every ten feet or so. Jun chose now to speak up.
"So… Matty's supposed to be in here somewhere? How come we haven't seen anyone?"
I shrugged, not really caring about being quiet, as that was impossible for BlackWarGrowlmon.
"I'm not sure why we haven't seen anyone, and for that matter I'm not even sure they're being held here. It's just that not only is this the best bet, it's the only lead we have. We'd better hope we get something out of this mess."
"Takatomon…"
I glanced up.
"What's wrong, boy?"
"I smell digimon!"
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"Cousins on your mother's side?"
I groaned, and she grimaced.
"Oh come on. Don't tell me you can't answer this one!"
I looked at her. I was tired, hungry, worried, and apparently short.
"What's the point of all this?"
"The point, which should be obvious boy, is to find out as much about you as possible. What have you learned Delia?"
We turned. Delia leapt back a little, reflexively.
"M… Murmuxmon!"
He just kept his gaze calmly on Delia. She grimaced, but answered.
"I've filled out the first ten pages or so."
Murmuxmon nodded.
"Fine. Your master has requested your presence at his dwelling. Be sure to go to him as fast as you can."
She nodded, and the mega-level digimon made his exit. I spoke up as she organized the papers a bit.
"Who's your master if he isn't it?"
She looked at me.
"Sorry short-stack, but I can't tell you that."
My eye twitched a bit as she walked over and ruffled my hair as I was chained to the wall before dropping another small kiss on my cheek.
"See ya around, kid."
Then she walked out the door.
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When the smoke cleared, I got to my feet, holding Elecmon. To either side, Phil and Lou were cradling their digimon as well. I looked to where Steve was holding SnowAgumon.
"Anyone hurt?"
Phil just shook his head and grinned, and Muchomon hopped down, looking a little scratched, but otherwise okay. I knew Elecmon was in the same condition. Lou smiled.
"Otamamon should be fine with a little rest. He wasn't hurt as badly as it seemed. Tortomon gets rid of those back spines all the time."
Steve grinned as he stood up.
"Just really tired. Going ultimate took a lot out of him."
I nodded, and Lou looked thoughtful.
"Do you still think you can continue? Tired or not, an ultimate will most likely be very useful."
Steve nodded.
"No problem. But we should probably hang back unless necessary to conserve SnowAgumon's strength."
Phil nodded.
"That's fine."
Then, a second crash happened. Phil panicked.
"Wasn't me!"
I rolled my eyes. Lou smiled.
"Of course it wasn't. Most likely it was a result of SkullGreymon's… death."
Steve groaned.
"I case you guys didn't notice, that crash just removed the exits."
I spun around. Steve was right. Both the way we came in, and the way we were planning to go out were blocked. Phil spoke, a little hesitantly this time.
"Well, we could go through the big hole over there…"
We looked over to where Phil was pointing, and sure enough, where SkullGreymon had pulled himself free of the wall, there was a hole in the side of the wall. Lou nodded.
"It seems we have no other options. Let's go."