"Double Star!" Shurimon's shurkins flew throughout the air, striking the
charging Tuskmon in the throat. The Tuskmon roared with pain, but continued
forward.
"Rock Cracking!" A fissure opened up underneath Tuskmon fell in to the fissure, buried up to his neck as the hole caved in on itself. Digmon then pulled his nose and hands out of the ground.
"We've got to get out of here!" Patamon fired multiple boom bubbles at a pack of advancing Gizamon, scattering them. Every time he expanded to fire a shot, his body ached in pain from the bullet wound, but he ignored the discomfort. "There are too many of them!"
"You are quite correct." Myotismon grabbed Patamon by the wings from behind. He landed in front of Yolei, Cody and Kari. Shurimon and Digmon moved in to attack. But Myotismon pulled tighter and Patamon screamed in agony. "Shall I make a wish?"
"Let him go!" Agumon screamed at Myotismon. He was reliving that night on File Island again.
"I will, if you all devolve and surrender." Myotismon motioned with his head to the battle behind him. The underground was fighting valiantly, but were losing none the less. Mammothmon had Centarumon pinned to the ground, as a black spiral was placed on his arm. Centarumon was let up, and immediately rejoined the battle, this time on Myotismon's side. "You have lost, face reality."
Myotismon let out his trademark laugh, shortly before he screamed in pain. He let go of one of Patamon's ear wings. Patamon turned in his grip, "Boom Bubble!" And a blast of compressed air into Myotismon stomach. It was just enough for Myotismon to let him go.
Myotismon turned around, looking down at Mimi as she held out a high voltage taser. "Foolish girl!" Myotismon raised a backhand to strike her.
Joe jumped in behind her, his magnums in his hands. "Up yours." Joe coolly replied. Two bullets were fired from his guns, and sailed with pinpoint accuracy to Myotismon's weakest spot, his eyes. "I don't like being the only person with less than two eyes here." Joe quipped as Myotismon screamed in pain and stumbled back. A whip came out of nowhere and encircled his leg. Myotismon was yanked off his feet, and he landed on the ground. A stream of webbing followed, pinning Myotismon to the ground. Ken retracted his whip, Wormon beside him. Joe shouted over the drone of the battle. "Just like old times!"
Ken didn't return the compliment. "I believe we have over stayed our welcome." Raremon and Phantomon rushed to Myotismon's aid.
"Come on, let's get out of here!" Gatomon called from the sewer entrance. Lord Beta's safety was her primary concern. She would simply lead the forces to wherever they ended up.
"But what about everybody else?" Mimi shouted.
"I'm sorry Mimi, we have no choice." Joe grabbed Mimi's hand and started to pull Mimi towards Gatomon. "There's no point in sacrificing ourselves."
Kari and Yolei seemed to determine to stay and fight, but it was hopeless. Several viral digimon were advancing on them. They turned and ran, along with the rest of their friends. Digmon was the last to enter and turned around. Myotismon was now up, his eyes bloodshot and enraged. "YOU WILL ALL DIE!"
"Not today fang boy!" Digmon shoved his hands into the sides of the wall. Rock Cracking!" His finger drills spun rapidly. Cracks appeared all over the sewer tunnel as Digmon jumped back. The last thing he saw before the sewer collapsed was Michael being held by Skullmeramon. Digmon could still hear the young boy's frantic calls for Betamon. Digmon felt very ashamed of himself as he watched the tunnel completely collapse, and he took off in the direction of Cody and the others. His run ended shortly though, when they found the sewer that they came in completely shut. Someone had sealed the entrance during their stay.
"Dammit!" Joe shouted, and slammed his fist into the concrete wall. A deep purple appeared on the side of his fist, but Joe didn't notice. "They knew about everything! But how?" Joe whipped out his pistols, and pointed at the group of people behind him. The group jumped back, except for Digmon and Shurimon, who leapt in front ready to protect them. "One of you must have told them! It's the only way, we were so careful and then you came along!" The spires began to work on Joe's mind.
"Calm down." Ken placed a hand on the gun and lowered the weapon. "If I know one thing, these children would not turn us over to the Council. That would mean their own doom if not for any other reason."
"You're right Ken." Joe replaced his weapon in his holster. "Sorry everybody, it's just we lost everything today." Joe looked up at the blocked passage. "Including ourselves. We can't get through this before they clear out the rubble at the other end."
"Wait a minute y'all" Digmon had turned back to Armadillomon. He jumped in the drainage water. "There's a hole in the bottom here, we could take this out of here."
"We can't hold out breath that long." Mimi retorted.
"Ya don't need ta. Armadillomon armor-digivolve to. SUBMERINEMON; Guardian of the sea!" Submerinemon popped open his hatch. "One at a time, I'll ferry us to wherever this leads, and they'll never find us."
(Like to bet on that?) Gatomon chuckled to her self as she jumped in the hatch with Kari. Her homing beacon was already activated. Beta's army would find them no matter where they went.
Mimi climbed out of Submerinemon's hatch. Submerinemon turned white, and Armadillomon jumped up on the ledge with the rest of the group. It was pitch dark, but Mimi had a small flashlight that lit up the cavern. The path was very long, and it was an hour trip for Submerinemon to take people back and forth. Hence everyone was tired.
Joe took off his glasses and rubbed the one remaining lens. He had no need to replace the missing left lens, since his left eye was useless and covered by an eye patch. "We can't go back to the church right away. Someone may have recognize us. Plus we're all tired, with who knows how many digimon after us."
"We should get some rest." Gatomon smiled. "I'll stay up and be watch cat, just in case they find us." (And they will, thanks to this homing beacon in my glove.) Gatomon patted her glove once for good measure.
"I'll join you fair maiden." Hawkmon walked up to Gatomon.
"That's not necessary. I am capable of staying awake." Gatomon sneered, but it wasn't noticeable in the dark cavern.
"Now then, it's better safe than sorry." Hawkmon turned to the group. "The rest of you sleep. We'll keep an eye out."
"I guess you're right." Mimi handed the flashlight to Hawkmon.
After a bunch of weak agreements and good nights, everyone fell asleep. Joe and Mimi were curled up against one another. Cody slept with his back against Armadillomon's shell while Patamon slept on Yolei's chest. Kari dozed as well, with Agumon quite close to her. Ken took a secluded corner, and fell asleep using his cape as a pillow. Wormon slept close too, but at a respectable distance.
Gatomon cursed. She had plans, but if she acted on them now, Hawkmon here would alert them before she was finished. Simply put, she would disarm and tie up the ones Ladydevimon wanted alive, and kill those she didn't. Of course, she couldn't do that with Hawkmon here awake. And Ladydevimon still wanted the digidestined and their digimon alive, so deleting Hawkmon was out of the question.
"I say it has been a harrowing day, has it not?" Hawkmon sat on the cement floor. He looked over at Ken's sleeping form. "I still can't believe that child Ken is here. What a distasteful youth."
Gatomon could not believe anybody from the rebels would talk bad about Ken. He was a great hero to them in this time line. Of course, she was also one of the good guys in the other time line apparently. "I know it's hard to believe."
"It makes you wonder what will happen next. Ken's on our side, Gommamon attacked me, and Myotismon's alive when he shouldn't be. It makes me wonder what will happen next?" Hawkmon sighed.
Gatomon looked at Hawkmon. "I know what you mean." Gatomon brought her tail in front of her face, moving it back and forth.
Hawkmon's eyes focused on the gold ring. "Gatomon, where did that come from?" Hawkmon wa very confused. He had never noticed that ring before, and didn't Gatomon mention that she lost her ring when the Digimon Emperor Ken attacked the Digital World?
"This? I always had this gold ring." Gatomon's talked low and soft. "Isn't it pretty?"
"Well yes..." Hawkmon's eyes followed the ring back and forth, back and forth. "But didn't you... lose the ring?" Hawkmon had trouble thinking.
"No I could never lose my ring. I wouldn't be able to sleep at night." Gatomon's eyes glew slightly. "Sleep..."
"Sleep..." Hawkmon nodded his eyelids feeling very heavy.
"Sleep." Gatomon waved her paw in front of her face. Hawkmon suddenly fell over and dropping the flashlight, in a deep sleep. He began to snore like the the other occupants of the cave. "Nighty night." Gatomon picked up the flashlight walked slowly over to where the rest were sleeping. "Cat's Eye Hypnotism. I love that trick." She walked over to Kari first. She took her digivice off her, laughing to herself. "So this is what would have changed my destiny. Hard to believe that pathetic excuse for a warrior could have been me." Gatomon tossed the digivice into the water. "Now where was I?" She walked up to where Joe and Mimi were sleeping. First she removed Joe's guns and Mimi's taser, and dumped them in the water. Then she placed the tip of her claw on Mimi's neck. "Too bad you don't have protection any more. Ladydevimon only wants these new digidestined alive." She whispered and smiled.
WHUMP! Gatomon made a grunting sound as the air left her. The flashlight she held fell to the ground. Something had hit her in the stomach full force, and she fell against the wall beside Kari after a short flight in the air. Kari woke up with a start as Gatomon slumped to the ground.
"WAKE UP!" Kari shouted, spurring everyone into conscious. "Gatomon are you all right?" Kari bent down to pick up her companion.
"I'm fine!" Gatomon threw off the hand, knocking Kari over. She jumped to her feet. "Who ever did that has a very short life expectancy."
Mimi had already picked up her flashlight, and held it on Gatomon's attacker. A small white figure stood in that darkness, her claws point at Gatomon. Her white fur was matted with blood, and an eye was swelled shut. It took everyone a second to recognize whom it was, simply for the fact she could not be standing in two places at once. "Gatomon?!" Everyone announced at once.
"Rock Cracking!" A fissure opened up underneath Tuskmon fell in to the fissure, buried up to his neck as the hole caved in on itself. Digmon then pulled his nose and hands out of the ground.
"We've got to get out of here!" Patamon fired multiple boom bubbles at a pack of advancing Gizamon, scattering them. Every time he expanded to fire a shot, his body ached in pain from the bullet wound, but he ignored the discomfort. "There are too many of them!"
"You are quite correct." Myotismon grabbed Patamon by the wings from behind. He landed in front of Yolei, Cody and Kari. Shurimon and Digmon moved in to attack. But Myotismon pulled tighter and Patamon screamed in agony. "Shall I make a wish?"
"Let him go!" Agumon screamed at Myotismon. He was reliving that night on File Island again.
"I will, if you all devolve and surrender." Myotismon motioned with his head to the battle behind him. The underground was fighting valiantly, but were losing none the less. Mammothmon had Centarumon pinned to the ground, as a black spiral was placed on his arm. Centarumon was let up, and immediately rejoined the battle, this time on Myotismon's side. "You have lost, face reality."
Myotismon let out his trademark laugh, shortly before he screamed in pain. He let go of one of Patamon's ear wings. Patamon turned in his grip, "Boom Bubble!" And a blast of compressed air into Myotismon stomach. It was just enough for Myotismon to let him go.
Myotismon turned around, looking down at Mimi as she held out a high voltage taser. "Foolish girl!" Myotismon raised a backhand to strike her.
Joe jumped in behind her, his magnums in his hands. "Up yours." Joe coolly replied. Two bullets were fired from his guns, and sailed with pinpoint accuracy to Myotismon's weakest spot, his eyes. "I don't like being the only person with less than two eyes here." Joe quipped as Myotismon screamed in pain and stumbled back. A whip came out of nowhere and encircled his leg. Myotismon was yanked off his feet, and he landed on the ground. A stream of webbing followed, pinning Myotismon to the ground. Ken retracted his whip, Wormon beside him. Joe shouted over the drone of the battle. "Just like old times!"
Ken didn't return the compliment. "I believe we have over stayed our welcome." Raremon and Phantomon rushed to Myotismon's aid.
"Come on, let's get out of here!" Gatomon called from the sewer entrance. Lord Beta's safety was her primary concern. She would simply lead the forces to wherever they ended up.
"But what about everybody else?" Mimi shouted.
"I'm sorry Mimi, we have no choice." Joe grabbed Mimi's hand and started to pull Mimi towards Gatomon. "There's no point in sacrificing ourselves."
Kari and Yolei seemed to determine to stay and fight, but it was hopeless. Several viral digimon were advancing on them. They turned and ran, along with the rest of their friends. Digmon was the last to enter and turned around. Myotismon was now up, his eyes bloodshot and enraged. "YOU WILL ALL DIE!"
"Not today fang boy!" Digmon shoved his hands into the sides of the wall. Rock Cracking!" His finger drills spun rapidly. Cracks appeared all over the sewer tunnel as Digmon jumped back. The last thing he saw before the sewer collapsed was Michael being held by Skullmeramon. Digmon could still hear the young boy's frantic calls for Betamon. Digmon felt very ashamed of himself as he watched the tunnel completely collapse, and he took off in the direction of Cody and the others. His run ended shortly though, when they found the sewer that they came in completely shut. Someone had sealed the entrance during their stay.
"Dammit!" Joe shouted, and slammed his fist into the concrete wall. A deep purple appeared on the side of his fist, but Joe didn't notice. "They knew about everything! But how?" Joe whipped out his pistols, and pointed at the group of people behind him. The group jumped back, except for Digmon and Shurimon, who leapt in front ready to protect them. "One of you must have told them! It's the only way, we were so careful and then you came along!" The spires began to work on Joe's mind.
"Calm down." Ken placed a hand on the gun and lowered the weapon. "If I know one thing, these children would not turn us over to the Council. That would mean their own doom if not for any other reason."
"You're right Ken." Joe replaced his weapon in his holster. "Sorry everybody, it's just we lost everything today." Joe looked up at the blocked passage. "Including ourselves. We can't get through this before they clear out the rubble at the other end."
"Wait a minute y'all" Digmon had turned back to Armadillomon. He jumped in the drainage water. "There's a hole in the bottom here, we could take this out of here."
"We can't hold out breath that long." Mimi retorted.
"Ya don't need ta. Armadillomon armor-digivolve to. SUBMERINEMON; Guardian of the sea!" Submerinemon popped open his hatch. "One at a time, I'll ferry us to wherever this leads, and they'll never find us."
(Like to bet on that?) Gatomon chuckled to her self as she jumped in the hatch with Kari. Her homing beacon was already activated. Beta's army would find them no matter where they went.
Mimi climbed out of Submerinemon's hatch. Submerinemon turned white, and Armadillomon jumped up on the ledge with the rest of the group. It was pitch dark, but Mimi had a small flashlight that lit up the cavern. The path was very long, and it was an hour trip for Submerinemon to take people back and forth. Hence everyone was tired.
Joe took off his glasses and rubbed the one remaining lens. He had no need to replace the missing left lens, since his left eye was useless and covered by an eye patch. "We can't go back to the church right away. Someone may have recognize us. Plus we're all tired, with who knows how many digimon after us."
"We should get some rest." Gatomon smiled. "I'll stay up and be watch cat, just in case they find us." (And they will, thanks to this homing beacon in my glove.) Gatomon patted her glove once for good measure.
"I'll join you fair maiden." Hawkmon walked up to Gatomon.
"That's not necessary. I am capable of staying awake." Gatomon sneered, but it wasn't noticeable in the dark cavern.
"Now then, it's better safe than sorry." Hawkmon turned to the group. "The rest of you sleep. We'll keep an eye out."
"I guess you're right." Mimi handed the flashlight to Hawkmon.
After a bunch of weak agreements and good nights, everyone fell asleep. Joe and Mimi were curled up against one another. Cody slept with his back against Armadillomon's shell while Patamon slept on Yolei's chest. Kari dozed as well, with Agumon quite close to her. Ken took a secluded corner, and fell asleep using his cape as a pillow. Wormon slept close too, but at a respectable distance.
Gatomon cursed. She had plans, but if she acted on them now, Hawkmon here would alert them before she was finished. Simply put, she would disarm and tie up the ones Ladydevimon wanted alive, and kill those she didn't. Of course, she couldn't do that with Hawkmon here awake. And Ladydevimon still wanted the digidestined and their digimon alive, so deleting Hawkmon was out of the question.
"I say it has been a harrowing day, has it not?" Hawkmon sat on the cement floor. He looked over at Ken's sleeping form. "I still can't believe that child Ken is here. What a distasteful youth."
Gatomon could not believe anybody from the rebels would talk bad about Ken. He was a great hero to them in this time line. Of course, she was also one of the good guys in the other time line apparently. "I know it's hard to believe."
"It makes you wonder what will happen next. Ken's on our side, Gommamon attacked me, and Myotismon's alive when he shouldn't be. It makes me wonder what will happen next?" Hawkmon sighed.
Gatomon looked at Hawkmon. "I know what you mean." Gatomon brought her tail in front of her face, moving it back and forth.
Hawkmon's eyes focused on the gold ring. "Gatomon, where did that come from?" Hawkmon wa very confused. He had never noticed that ring before, and didn't Gatomon mention that she lost her ring when the Digimon Emperor Ken attacked the Digital World?
"This? I always had this gold ring." Gatomon's talked low and soft. "Isn't it pretty?"
"Well yes..." Hawkmon's eyes followed the ring back and forth, back and forth. "But didn't you... lose the ring?" Hawkmon had trouble thinking.
"No I could never lose my ring. I wouldn't be able to sleep at night." Gatomon's eyes glew slightly. "Sleep..."
"Sleep..." Hawkmon nodded his eyelids feeling very heavy.
"Sleep." Gatomon waved her paw in front of her face. Hawkmon suddenly fell over and dropping the flashlight, in a deep sleep. He began to snore like the the other occupants of the cave. "Nighty night." Gatomon picked up the flashlight walked slowly over to where the rest were sleeping. "Cat's Eye Hypnotism. I love that trick." She walked over to Kari first. She took her digivice off her, laughing to herself. "So this is what would have changed my destiny. Hard to believe that pathetic excuse for a warrior could have been me." Gatomon tossed the digivice into the water. "Now where was I?" She walked up to where Joe and Mimi were sleeping. First she removed Joe's guns and Mimi's taser, and dumped them in the water. Then she placed the tip of her claw on Mimi's neck. "Too bad you don't have protection any more. Ladydevimon only wants these new digidestined alive." She whispered and smiled.
WHUMP! Gatomon made a grunting sound as the air left her. The flashlight she held fell to the ground. Something had hit her in the stomach full force, and she fell against the wall beside Kari after a short flight in the air. Kari woke up with a start as Gatomon slumped to the ground.
"WAKE UP!" Kari shouted, spurring everyone into conscious. "Gatomon are you all right?" Kari bent down to pick up her companion.
"I'm fine!" Gatomon threw off the hand, knocking Kari over. She jumped to her feet. "Who ever did that has a very short life expectancy."
Mimi had already picked up her flashlight, and held it on Gatomon's attacker. A small white figure stood in that darkness, her claws point at Gatomon. Her white fur was matted with blood, and an eye was swelled shut. It took everyone a second to recognize whom it was, simply for the fact she could not be standing in two places at once. "Gatomon?!" Everyone announced at once.