"Dang, where'd they all go?" Armadillomon looked around.
Gatomon grimaced, that accent of his tended to grind at her pointed ears. "I don't know, but we better get back to Cody and Kari now."
"Oh, not just yet." Phantomon shimmered into view. He traced a blade across the sky, as if to announce his presence to the world.
"Bring it on, laundry sheet." Gatomon struck a fighting stance. Armadillomon was impressed by her ferocity.
"Calm down, Gatomon. I have not come for a fight." Phantomon lowered his blade. "I battled you once, and am not interested in doing so again. I am impressed though. Coming back from the grave, that was something I thought only I could do."
"So what do ya want, you varmint?" Armadillo brandished his claws.
"This is not for you, you speech-defective mole." Phantomon turned his attention back to Gatomon. "Beta wishes for you to visit him at his castle." Gatomon smirked but Phantomon stopped her comment with a wave of his scythe. "Before you answer, Beta wishes to present you with a little token." Phantomon slipped an object out of his sleeve and threw it to Gatomon's feet. Gatomon looked down at her paws. When she recognized the object, something welled up inside her. She didn't know it, but the spires where working on her as well. All of her logic disintegrated. Gatomon looked up and screamed. She leapt at Phantomon with rapid speed. Phantomon moved quickly, but still lost a piece of his shawl from her razor sharp claws. Phantomon flew up high and bowed. "Beta is waiting."
Gatomon snarled as Phantomon disappeared. Armadillomon walked over to Gatomon as she stared up to the sky. "What's the prob?"
Gatomon tore off without a word, dropping the object she was holding. Armadillomon tried to keep up, but she was much faster than he was. He finally gave up and decided to head back to Cody. Before he went back he picked up the article Gatomon dropped. He couldn't figure it out. Why did she get all worked up over a wooden rod with a golden sun at the end?
Cody and Kari were still in the subway station, Kari embarrassed beyond belief, attacking TK, acting like some deranged lunatic. Granted, TK did blab about the kiss, but stilll....
"Look, Armadillomon's back!" Cody pointed up the stairs to Armadillomon running over a mound of rubble. He appeared to have some sort of stick in his mouth. Armadillomon ran up to Cody and dropped the staff at his feet. "Armadillomon, this is no time to play fetch!"
"Sorry, y'all, but Gatomon just up and left. Phantomon gave this here thing to Gatomon, and you could see the temperature rise." Armadillo answered.
Kari walked over and picked up the rod. "Wizardmon, he must be alive!" She announced joyously.
"But I thought Izzy said your friend Wizardmon was killed?" Cody asked.
"He must have just been captured." Kari looked up and saw Gatomon jump down from a roof. "I'm sorry I ran off. I just saw that Wizardmon was alive and something came over me. It felt like, like, a black gear." Kari gasped at the phrase. "It's ok, I'm fine now." Gatomon assured. "The spires must work on digimon as well as humans, but only temporary. I'm just glad they wore off before I did something foolish."
"Well, it's good you came back." Kari hugged Gatomon to emphasize the point. "Now we can all go to Beta's and rescue Wizardmon together."
"Are you sure you want to keep that plan? Alpha has much better room service." A single Vilemon flew down behind Armadillomon. In his hands a long sword gleamed in the little light there was in the station.
"If you think that sword impress us, yer wrong ya over grown buzzard." Armadillomon stood on his back legs.
"No?" Maniacal laughter came from this Vilemon's mouth. He took the sword and threw into the ground in front to Cody. He threw the sheath beside the blade as it jetted out of the ground. The Vilemon jumped up into the air. "I think someone will find this particular weapon interesting. Toodles. Alpha sends his warmest, as does his guest."
Cody picked up the sword and yanked it from the ground. His eyes studied it intently. He didn't say anything until Armadillomon questioned him. "What's the matter?"
Cody took the weapon and placed it back in the sheath. He then wrapped the sheath behind his back. "I'm going to Alpha's. He's got my grandfather."
"I'm glad you decided to come with me." Cody whispered as he made his way through the dark grounds. "I know you wanted to rescue Wizardmon."
"I know, but we can't all split up." Kari was next to Cody as they wandered through Alpha's lair, a converted amusement park. Kari looked around nervously. In her time, this place was teeming with kids, filled with sounds of joy. For some reason, this setting was spookier then any place she's ever been. She could swear someone was following in the shadows, but every time she looked behind, there was no one there.
"Kari's right. Wizardmon's strong; he'll be fine for a little bit. Your grandfather's old, we should rescue him first." Gatomon scampered across the roofs of abandoned carnival games.
"Don't be so hard on Cody's Grand-pa. He's a tough old bird, I reckon." Armadillomon scouted ahead. Lights up ahead caught his eye. "Hey y'all, come and take a gander at this!" The group walked forward, stopping in front of the only powered up ride in the park, an enormous fun house. It had obviously been expanded a hundred fold. They looked up in wonder, as it seemed to travel to the skies.
"Well, I guess this Alpha's lair." Cody craned his neck up.
"What was you first clue?" Gatomon replied a rather snotty tone in her voice.
"Gatomon! Don't be rude." Kari lectured. It was unusual for Gatomon to be so coarse.
"Sorry, Cody." Gatomon apologized. "I guess I was just worried about Wizardmon. I shouldn't have snapped."
"It's ok Gatomon, I'm worried about everybody to. Especially Grandpa." Cody started to walk into the entrance, the mouth of enormous clown. The rest followed suit. Unlike the lighted outside, the inside was dark. The four took to feeling the walls. Now Kari could swear she heard someone behind her, but she couldn't see anyone when she looked back in the limited lightning.
"WELCOME! WELCOME!" Lights flew on, blinding them as their eyes adjusted. Carnival music filled the air, which only seemed to heighten the fear. The walls turned out to be mirrors as well, as a thousand distorted images of Cody, Kari, Gatomon, and Armadillomon filled the room. Suddenly, a fifth figure mixed in with the army of clones as he walked in the way the group came in. A tall thin clown dressed in a gray skintight suit. His unmoving face was painted black and white with the face of drama, one side smiling, and one side frowning. "I am so glad you decided to come to my fun-house! It's gets so lonely here without any entertainment. Imagine my utter delight when I heard digidestined have come to amuse me!" Alpha clapped his hands together. "Oh, please forgive my rudeness, I am Alpha."
Armadillomon growled. "You're going down, clown boy!" Armadillomon charged, but only rebounded off an unbreakable mirror. He fell back stunned.
"Wrong one!" Alpha laughed, and he brought out three balls and started juggling.
A familiar ring in his voice filled Kari's ears. Where had she met this lunatic before? She pushed the thought from her mind. "Gatomon, Digi-armor- energize!"
Gatomon snarled and leapt forward. "I don't need to digivolve to take out this clown." Gatomon leapt at the real Alpha, who skillfully dodged.
"Nice reflexes kitty, let's test them further." One of the balls flew from Alpha's hands and exploded in gas around Gatomon. Gatomon coughed and fell next to Armadillomon. "Now how about a ride for my new friends!" Alpha clapped his hands, and a trapdoor sprung open underneath the two digimon. Armadillomon and Gatomon disappeared down the pit. Alpha turned back to Cody and Kari. They were trying to escape, but couldn't even find each other, let alone an exit. "Now who wants to play next?"
"I do!" The three didn't notice a fourth figure sneak in. "Pepper Breath!" A fireball seared out, but harmlessly collided with a mirror.
"Agumon! How lovely you decided to join us! The more the merrier!" Alpha walked around, closing in on the kids. Cody remembered his grandpa's sword on him. He reached behind his back and brandished his sword. Before he could do anything though, another one of the juggling balls exploded in his face. Sleeping gas swirled in his nostrils, and Cody passed out on the ground. "Cody!" Kari screamed, picking up the slumbering child, his hand still gripping the sword.
Agumon had followed these kids into the fun house. He didn't know why, but he felt a connection with them. And now all he knew is he had to protect them "Pepper Breath!" A fireball seared from Agumon's mouth, but he aimed straight up. The fireball splashed against the roof. Long neglected fire sprinklers burst open with rusty colour water. The mirrors became streaked and a path seemed to instantly open up. "Come on, you two, let's get out of here!" Cody, Kari and Agumon streaked down the corridor, but the only escape route took them further into Alpha's lair.
"Wahooooo!" Armadillomon shouted as he fell down the slide, which came to an abrupt halt as it dumped him into a cage. Armadillomon rolled into a ball to absorb the impact, and spun on to his feet. "What a ride!" He was joined shortly by Gatomon, who simply landed on her feet. The trapdoor above them shut, sealing them in.
"Well, where are we?" Gatomon looked around, apparently not too concerned. She brandished her claws and sliced at the bars. Sparks and sound filled the cage, but the bars where no worse for wear. "Seems evil villains always good contractors."
"Well, we'll just have to up and dig ourselves out, yup." Armadillomon stared tearing at the floor, but quickly discovered the floor was just as tough as the cell walls. Armadillomon stopped his attack. "We'll don't that beat all, now what are we supposed to do?" Armadillomon walked up the bars. "Looks like I ain't going to fit through there..."
Gatomon raied her arms over her head. "Well, I for one, am going to have a cat nap." Gatomon made herself up agianst the bars.
"What?" Armadillomon looked at Gatomon. "Don't y'all think we should get out to help Cody and Kari?"
"How?" Gatomon replied with her eyes closed. "We're trapped. Best to wait for someone to come rescue us." Gatomon yawned one more time, her gold ringed tail resting against the bars.
Armadillomon was surprised at how quick Gatomon gave up. But he was tired. He had not slept for hours, and he had been running all day. And if Gaotmon wasn't going to help, there was no way he could. "Well..." Armadillomon lay on his stomach. "Maybe a quick snooze..."
Alpha sat back in his surveillance room. One screen displayed Gatomon and Armadillomon asleep in a cage. He had arrived to find them slumbering, probably exhausted from battling him. In another screen was Agumon leading Kari, who was carrying Cody on her shoulder. Alpha enjoyed the obvious fear on their faces. He had decided to allow the children to wander helplessly in his funhouse for a while, to heighten the terror they already felt. They would soon find there was no escape. Only then would he make his final performance. The capture of the girl Kari, Alpha dragged a finger across a fine-edged sword he held drawing a thin drop of blood as he finished his thought, and the death of the boy Cody.
Gatomon grimaced, that accent of his tended to grind at her pointed ears. "I don't know, but we better get back to Cody and Kari now."
"Oh, not just yet." Phantomon shimmered into view. He traced a blade across the sky, as if to announce his presence to the world.
"Bring it on, laundry sheet." Gatomon struck a fighting stance. Armadillomon was impressed by her ferocity.
"Calm down, Gatomon. I have not come for a fight." Phantomon lowered his blade. "I battled you once, and am not interested in doing so again. I am impressed though. Coming back from the grave, that was something I thought only I could do."
"So what do ya want, you varmint?" Armadillo brandished his claws.
"This is not for you, you speech-defective mole." Phantomon turned his attention back to Gatomon. "Beta wishes for you to visit him at his castle." Gatomon smirked but Phantomon stopped her comment with a wave of his scythe. "Before you answer, Beta wishes to present you with a little token." Phantomon slipped an object out of his sleeve and threw it to Gatomon's feet. Gatomon looked down at her paws. When she recognized the object, something welled up inside her. She didn't know it, but the spires where working on her as well. All of her logic disintegrated. Gatomon looked up and screamed. She leapt at Phantomon with rapid speed. Phantomon moved quickly, but still lost a piece of his shawl from her razor sharp claws. Phantomon flew up high and bowed. "Beta is waiting."
Gatomon snarled as Phantomon disappeared. Armadillomon walked over to Gatomon as she stared up to the sky. "What's the prob?"
Gatomon tore off without a word, dropping the object she was holding. Armadillomon tried to keep up, but she was much faster than he was. He finally gave up and decided to head back to Cody. Before he went back he picked up the article Gatomon dropped. He couldn't figure it out. Why did she get all worked up over a wooden rod with a golden sun at the end?
Cody and Kari were still in the subway station, Kari embarrassed beyond belief, attacking TK, acting like some deranged lunatic. Granted, TK did blab about the kiss, but stilll....
"Look, Armadillomon's back!" Cody pointed up the stairs to Armadillomon running over a mound of rubble. He appeared to have some sort of stick in his mouth. Armadillomon ran up to Cody and dropped the staff at his feet. "Armadillomon, this is no time to play fetch!"
"Sorry, y'all, but Gatomon just up and left. Phantomon gave this here thing to Gatomon, and you could see the temperature rise." Armadillo answered.
Kari walked over and picked up the rod. "Wizardmon, he must be alive!" She announced joyously.
"But I thought Izzy said your friend Wizardmon was killed?" Cody asked.
"He must have just been captured." Kari looked up and saw Gatomon jump down from a roof. "I'm sorry I ran off. I just saw that Wizardmon was alive and something came over me. It felt like, like, a black gear." Kari gasped at the phrase. "It's ok, I'm fine now." Gatomon assured. "The spires must work on digimon as well as humans, but only temporary. I'm just glad they wore off before I did something foolish."
"Well, it's good you came back." Kari hugged Gatomon to emphasize the point. "Now we can all go to Beta's and rescue Wizardmon together."
"Are you sure you want to keep that plan? Alpha has much better room service." A single Vilemon flew down behind Armadillomon. In his hands a long sword gleamed in the little light there was in the station.
"If you think that sword impress us, yer wrong ya over grown buzzard." Armadillomon stood on his back legs.
"No?" Maniacal laughter came from this Vilemon's mouth. He took the sword and threw into the ground in front to Cody. He threw the sheath beside the blade as it jetted out of the ground. The Vilemon jumped up into the air. "I think someone will find this particular weapon interesting. Toodles. Alpha sends his warmest, as does his guest."
Cody picked up the sword and yanked it from the ground. His eyes studied it intently. He didn't say anything until Armadillomon questioned him. "What's the matter?"
Cody took the weapon and placed it back in the sheath. He then wrapped the sheath behind his back. "I'm going to Alpha's. He's got my grandfather."
"I'm glad you decided to come with me." Cody whispered as he made his way through the dark grounds. "I know you wanted to rescue Wizardmon."
"I know, but we can't all split up." Kari was next to Cody as they wandered through Alpha's lair, a converted amusement park. Kari looked around nervously. In her time, this place was teeming with kids, filled with sounds of joy. For some reason, this setting was spookier then any place she's ever been. She could swear someone was following in the shadows, but every time she looked behind, there was no one there.
"Kari's right. Wizardmon's strong; he'll be fine for a little bit. Your grandfather's old, we should rescue him first." Gatomon scampered across the roofs of abandoned carnival games.
"Don't be so hard on Cody's Grand-pa. He's a tough old bird, I reckon." Armadillomon scouted ahead. Lights up ahead caught his eye. "Hey y'all, come and take a gander at this!" The group walked forward, stopping in front of the only powered up ride in the park, an enormous fun house. It had obviously been expanded a hundred fold. They looked up in wonder, as it seemed to travel to the skies.
"Well, I guess this Alpha's lair." Cody craned his neck up.
"What was you first clue?" Gatomon replied a rather snotty tone in her voice.
"Gatomon! Don't be rude." Kari lectured. It was unusual for Gatomon to be so coarse.
"Sorry, Cody." Gatomon apologized. "I guess I was just worried about Wizardmon. I shouldn't have snapped."
"It's ok Gatomon, I'm worried about everybody to. Especially Grandpa." Cody started to walk into the entrance, the mouth of enormous clown. The rest followed suit. Unlike the lighted outside, the inside was dark. The four took to feeling the walls. Now Kari could swear she heard someone behind her, but she couldn't see anyone when she looked back in the limited lightning.
"WELCOME! WELCOME!" Lights flew on, blinding them as their eyes adjusted. Carnival music filled the air, which only seemed to heighten the fear. The walls turned out to be mirrors as well, as a thousand distorted images of Cody, Kari, Gatomon, and Armadillomon filled the room. Suddenly, a fifth figure mixed in with the army of clones as he walked in the way the group came in. A tall thin clown dressed in a gray skintight suit. His unmoving face was painted black and white with the face of drama, one side smiling, and one side frowning. "I am so glad you decided to come to my fun-house! It's gets so lonely here without any entertainment. Imagine my utter delight when I heard digidestined have come to amuse me!" Alpha clapped his hands together. "Oh, please forgive my rudeness, I am Alpha."
Armadillomon growled. "You're going down, clown boy!" Armadillomon charged, but only rebounded off an unbreakable mirror. He fell back stunned.
"Wrong one!" Alpha laughed, and he brought out three balls and started juggling.
A familiar ring in his voice filled Kari's ears. Where had she met this lunatic before? She pushed the thought from her mind. "Gatomon, Digi-armor- energize!"
Gatomon snarled and leapt forward. "I don't need to digivolve to take out this clown." Gatomon leapt at the real Alpha, who skillfully dodged.
"Nice reflexes kitty, let's test them further." One of the balls flew from Alpha's hands and exploded in gas around Gatomon. Gatomon coughed and fell next to Armadillomon. "Now how about a ride for my new friends!" Alpha clapped his hands, and a trapdoor sprung open underneath the two digimon. Armadillomon and Gatomon disappeared down the pit. Alpha turned back to Cody and Kari. They were trying to escape, but couldn't even find each other, let alone an exit. "Now who wants to play next?"
"I do!" The three didn't notice a fourth figure sneak in. "Pepper Breath!" A fireball seared out, but harmlessly collided with a mirror.
"Agumon! How lovely you decided to join us! The more the merrier!" Alpha walked around, closing in on the kids. Cody remembered his grandpa's sword on him. He reached behind his back and brandished his sword. Before he could do anything though, another one of the juggling balls exploded in his face. Sleeping gas swirled in his nostrils, and Cody passed out on the ground. "Cody!" Kari screamed, picking up the slumbering child, his hand still gripping the sword.
Agumon had followed these kids into the fun house. He didn't know why, but he felt a connection with them. And now all he knew is he had to protect them "Pepper Breath!" A fireball seared from Agumon's mouth, but he aimed straight up. The fireball splashed against the roof. Long neglected fire sprinklers burst open with rusty colour water. The mirrors became streaked and a path seemed to instantly open up. "Come on, you two, let's get out of here!" Cody, Kari and Agumon streaked down the corridor, but the only escape route took them further into Alpha's lair.
"Wahooooo!" Armadillomon shouted as he fell down the slide, which came to an abrupt halt as it dumped him into a cage. Armadillomon rolled into a ball to absorb the impact, and spun on to his feet. "What a ride!" He was joined shortly by Gatomon, who simply landed on her feet. The trapdoor above them shut, sealing them in.
"Well, where are we?" Gatomon looked around, apparently not too concerned. She brandished her claws and sliced at the bars. Sparks and sound filled the cage, but the bars where no worse for wear. "Seems evil villains always good contractors."
"Well, we'll just have to up and dig ourselves out, yup." Armadillomon stared tearing at the floor, but quickly discovered the floor was just as tough as the cell walls. Armadillomon stopped his attack. "We'll don't that beat all, now what are we supposed to do?" Armadillomon walked up the bars. "Looks like I ain't going to fit through there..."
Gatomon raied her arms over her head. "Well, I for one, am going to have a cat nap." Gatomon made herself up agianst the bars.
"What?" Armadillomon looked at Gatomon. "Don't y'all think we should get out to help Cody and Kari?"
"How?" Gatomon replied with her eyes closed. "We're trapped. Best to wait for someone to come rescue us." Gatomon yawned one more time, her gold ringed tail resting against the bars.
Armadillomon was surprised at how quick Gatomon gave up. But he was tired. He had not slept for hours, and he had been running all day. And if Gaotmon wasn't going to help, there was no way he could. "Well..." Armadillomon lay on his stomach. "Maybe a quick snooze..."
Alpha sat back in his surveillance room. One screen displayed Gatomon and Armadillomon asleep in a cage. He had arrived to find them slumbering, probably exhausted from battling him. In another screen was Agumon leading Kari, who was carrying Cody on her shoulder. Alpha enjoyed the obvious fear on their faces. He had decided to allow the children to wander helplessly in his funhouse for a while, to heighten the terror they already felt. They would soon find there was no escape. Only then would he make his final performance. The capture of the girl Kari, Alpha dragged a finger across a fine-edged sword he held drawing a thin drop of blood as he finished his thought, and the death of the boy Cody.