Digicross TV episode 2
"Ken's secret."
The field near Stone Town was quiet. Long grass swayed in the gentle evening breeze. The sun had only partly set, and the mountains that the sun was setting behind had a blood red colour to them.
In that field, Kyle Ellison, recently returned from his latest visit to the Digital World, was helpping out with a local problem. Some of the farmers had reported that their animals had been attacked by a wild pokemon, but the type of claw marks left at the areas attacked were like nothing the young pokemon trainer had ever seen. Still, between Eevee and Growlithe, just released from the pokemon center with the provisio that he was *not* to battle for another few days, they had managed to track down the mystery attacker.
A faint rustle in the grass caught Kyle's attention. The prey was close, he could feel the old excitement stirring in him. The thought of a new pokemon, even if he had to turn it over to the Center for observation and possible treatment, was enough to get to anyone in his line of work.
Work? Heck, this was *fun*. Kyle, with Growlithe beside him, motioned to Eevee, who had advanced ahead a few meters, the pokemon's smaller size making it easier to sneak around in the grass. Just a little closer...
And the sudden beeping of his D-Term (a gift from Izzy) startled him, and everyone in the area. The pokemon he was pursuing jumped, and leaped straight at Kyle. Eevee, only a fraction of a second slower, moved to intercept the attacking pokemon, while Growlithe inhaled sharply and let off a stream of fire. The small black pokemon ducked under the stream of flame, and only barely avoided a tackle from Eevee. Sensing it was outnumbered, it tried to flee the area.
"Pokeball, GO!"
===
"Yep, that's the one, Kyle. Thanks for catching it" Nurse Joy said, as she studied the small creature.
"What is it anyway? I've never seen anything like it" Kyle asked. Beside him, Eevee and Growlithe rested.
"I'm not suprised you haven't. This is a Sneasle, a Dark-type pokemon. They're a realtively new discovery. Sneasle here has characteristics of Darkness and Ice types. Anyway, I'd better send it to Pallet Town for analysis. Professor Oak has a standing call for any of the new types that are found." At Kyle's slightly crestfallen expression, Nurse Joy went on, smiling a bit. "I know, you were hoping to claim this one, but this one's been attacking several farms, and the pokemon guarding them very visciously. It'd be too dangerous to have in a fight."
"I guess. Well, thanks. See ya!"
Back at Kyle's house, Mikhail, his father, was waiting for him. "So, how'd it go?"
"It was a new one, a Sneasle." The two talked for a few minutes, then sat down for dinner. After they were finished, Mikhail asked Kyle "Say, didn't you say that computer thingie of yours went off?"
"Oh right! Thanks dad!" Pulling out the D-Term, Kyle opened it up and checked the Inbox. There was one message, which read:
To:kellison@stpokenet.com Kyle Ellison
From:SoccerMaster@HaightonNET.org Davis Motomiya
Subject: Soccer Invite
Hey, Kyle!
My soccer team is having a game tomorrow.
Wanna come and see me win another?
-Davis
Chuckling, Kyle hit the 'reply' function
To:SoccerMaster@HaightonNET.org
From:kellison@stpokenet.com
Subject: Re: Soccer Invite
Sure. Should I bring the rotten tomatoes,
oh grand kickmeister :-)?
-Kyle
The next morning, Kyle got up, and got his things together. There was no rush, the game wasn't until the evening.
He was still almost late.
==
"Well, we don't normally allow pets, but he seems well trained."
The track manager allowed Kyle by, Eevee perched on his shoulder. Walking to the benches by the field, Kyle quickly picked out the rest of the digidestined, and moved over to where they were sitting.
"I see I'm not the only one who got invited" Kyle said, half jokingly.
"Hey, you know Davis," Yolei said, "It's either this or listen to him retell the game in painful detail later." They laughed, and enjoyed the game for a few minutes. The game went well for the first half; Davis actually was half as good as he said (or so Yolei joked). It wasn't until the second half that things got a little odd.
It started with Ken Ichijouji arriving.
==
'Play it cool', Ken said to himself. He couldn't believe his eyes. The digidestined, here!? And he couldn't do a thing to attack them.
Calming, Ken shook off the wave of frustration. He may not be able to do anything to them directly, but humiliating that boy, Davis, in front of his friends might knock that brat down a few pegs. At the least, it'd make him feel better for a change, he thought to himself..
Ken's only worry was the fact that Eevee might be able to recognize him. Already, the little pokemon had looked towards Ken, a confused look on its face. Ken was silently glad he was upwind of Eevee. He still wasn't sure of this...thing's...capabilities, but there was no point being betrayed by a scent. Walking down, he appoached Davis.
"So, you're Davis. I am sure this will be an interesting game." Ken said.
"Hey, it's always interesting when I'm on the field." Ken had to fight to keep from laughing. This boy thought he could challenge him? This will be easy.
On the field, Ken's prediction proved accurate. Davis' team was unable to keep up with Ken's team, being outmatched by Ken's tactical sense and the discipline he had drilled into the team.
In other words, Davis' team got whipped. Bad. The only downpoint, to Ken's view, was that the little rat actually blocking a shot Ken was about to make. Cut his leg a bit in the bargain too, blast it all. Time for the 'gracious winner' act...
==
"So, 'god of soccer', what's your next move?" Kyle asked, as they headed out of the stadium.
"Funny. But I'm in too good a mood to try to take revenge, Ellison."
"You're pretty happy about losing, Davis" Kari observed.
"Hey, Ken called me his worthy opponent! Besides, he just got lucky. I'm so happy, dinner's on me!"
"Davis offering to buy dinner?" Yolei said, stunned. "He must have taken a soccer ball to the brainpan!"
Similarly stunned, Kyle failed to watch where he was walking, and wound up walking right into someone just entering the field, knocking that person over. "Oh, sorry!" Kyle said, offering his hand. The other person, who Kyle could tell was female, and looked familar for some reason, replied "Oh, it's OK, I should have been watching where I was going."
Snapped out of his good mood, Davis snapped "June! Why did you have to show up here?!"
"Oh come on, Davis, can't a big sister show a little support for her little brother?"
"Big sister?" Kyle asked, a little confused. "Oh," TK said, cutting in, "Kyle Ellison, this is June Motomiya, Davis' sister." "Oh, pleased to meet you.." Kyle said a bit uncertainly.
"Nice to meet you too. And who's this?" June said, looking at Eevee. Eevee looked up, and yipped. "Oohhh, he's so cute! Can I pick him up?" At Kyle's nod, June picked up the pokemon. "You take really good care of him, I can tell." June said. "Umm..thanks..." Kyle said, still a bit off stride.
"You're pretty cute too" June said, as she handed Eevee back. Kyle was restunned, while the others there (human and digimon) alternated between shock and doing their level best not to completely lose control and crack up laughing. "Well, I'm off for home, try not to be too late Davis!" June chirped, as she headed off.
As soon as June was out of earshot, Demiveemon said "You know, I think your sister liked Eevee."
"Eevee wasn't the only thing she liked" Davis said slyly. Kyle blushed.
"Think we should let Matt know he's off the hook?" TK said, grinning widely. Kyle still said nothing, just looking down at Eevee.
"Kyle? What's wrong?" Cody asked. Saying nothing, Kyle pulled a small slip of paper out of Eevee's collar, handing it to Cody. "It's a note" Cody said. "'Email me sometime'. And it has June's email address on it."
That did it. Everyone else just broke down laughing. Kyle's small voice saying "What just happened?" didn't help matters any, either.
==
The day after Kyle got back (and he was still refusing to say what happened, no matter how much his father tried to get it out of him), another email appeared on his D-Term.
To:kellison@stpokenet.com
From:izzy@worldnet.jp.org
Subject: Got another one. Interested?
Kyle,
We found another control spire, but I
think it might be a trap. Any chance you
can give us a hand?
-Izzy
To:izzy@worldnet.jp.org
From:kellison@stpokenet.com
Subject: Re: Got another one. Interested?
Anything to get last night out of my
head. Dad won't let up about it :-(
==
When Kyle came through the portal into the computer room, he found that the other digidestined were already there. The first thing he noticed (and pointedly ignoring Kari's question about whether he ever got around to emailing June) was that Yolei was trying to shake Davis' hand. 'Trying', in the way that a 5 year old might try mashed potatoes for the first time, from the look on Yolei's face. "It's no good, it's not the same thing!!" Yolei finally said, frustrated.
"Umm," Kyle asked, "what's up with Yolei and Davis?"
"Not 'till you answer Kari's question first." TK said, grinning.
"*sigh* Alright, no I did not email June last night.."
"Why not?" Kari asked. "You two would make such a cute couple."
"Yeah," Cody added in. "You shouldn't leave a girl hanging."
"Et tu, Cody?"
"Well, it's what Grandpa always says."
"Izzy, PLEASE tell me the portal is open??"
==
Once through the portal, the group found themselves in a blasted wasteland, with little more than rocks, barren earth, and cliff faces to break up the terrain.
"Where is this place again?" Davis asked.
"The Forbidden Valley of No Return" Armadillomon replied.
"Oh, well, as long as it's nowhere DANGEROUS" Yolei said sarcastically.
"I believe I see the control spire ahead." Hawkmon said, just returning from scouting ahead.
"Good. Hey, Kyle, your pokemon ready?" Davis asked.
Grinning, Kyle replied "Heh. I have just the wrecking crew on hand." Eevee, walking beside him, yipped in the affirmative.
"So, Kyle" Yolei said, slyly, "why HAVEN'T you called June?"
"Yolei, trust me, it wouldn't work. We're from two different worlds. Literally."
"You're just staAAAHHHHH!!!!" Yolei's reply was cut off as she and Hawkmon disappeared!
"Where'd Yolei go?!" Davis said, as the group looked around, confused.
"Last I saw, she was right here.." Kyle and Eevee walked to where Yolei was, and they, and the other digidestined (except Davis and Veemon). Kyle's last sensation was of falling through some dark, molasses like substance, then he blacked out.
==
When the group came to, they found themselves in a darkened room. "Well, this is the pits" Yolei said.
Wincing, TK replied "Can the comedy. Anyone know where Davis is?"
"I don't know where Davis is, but I think I know where we are." Cody said. As he spoke, the darkness around them was broken by a series of red eyes appearing, all staring at the digidestined.
"Deep trouble?" Kari asked. Cody nodded.
"Now might be a really good time to digivolve, guys!" Yolei said, a bit worried.
"Digiarmour, Energize!" "Eevee, Digivolve!"
[Insert "Armour Digivolve/Digivolve into Champion" sequence]
"Into a circle; protect the children!" Pegasusmon said, as the Digimon (and Pokemon, if you want to get technical) took up defensive positions. Kyle called out Ivysaur and Scizor to help.
That was about the time the swarm of mind controlled digimon (Pretty much every Rookie type out there) attacked. The next few minutes were a chaos of melee and ranged attacks. "This is getting silly! For every one I take down, two more pop up!" Digmon said.
"You're telling me!" Halsemon replied.
"You want out of this pit?" Kyle asked, grinning evilly. "OK. I call..."
==
"Davis, if you have a secret plan, now would be a good time to use it! You don't need to suprise me!" Veemon said.
Ken looked down, enjoying the scene before him. If only that fool knew what was really going on, he thought to himself. Seeing him beg was the high point of this whole plan.
That was the time that the rocky surface below Deltamon's feet broke away, and the giant digimon stumbled, nearly tripping. "Surprise? It's not even my birthday!" Digmon said, emerging from the rubble..
The other digidestined ran up to where Davis and Veemon were. "Huh?" Davis said, confused. "If you're here, then who's that up there?" he asked, pointing at a line of humans and digimon, all tied up and looking remarkably like the digidestined. However, on seeing the real digidestined and digimon appear, the beings 'tied' to the ridge shifted their appearance, revealing the ghostly forms of Bakemon, all with control rings! "ATTACK!" roared the Emperor. The Bakemon, as well as Deltamon, moved to attack the digidestined.
"Onix, Bind Attack!!" At Kyle's call, a giant stone serpent came up out of the ground, and attacked Deltamon, wrapping its long body around the giant Digimon, effectively restraining it. Seeing his chance, Davis yelled "Veemon, now!"
"Veemon, armour-digivolve to...Flamedramon, the Fire of Courage!" Flamedramon headed over to where Onix and Deltamon were fighting. As he got there, Onix was thrown off by Deltamon, who pointed its three heads at the rock snake pokemon and prepared to fire an energy blast.
"Hey, remember me?" Deltamon turned, and Flamedramon charged, shouting "FIRE ROCKET!" as he leaped at the digimon, his body covered in flames. Flamedramon flew at the digimon, and hit the control ring around Deltamon's chest, shattering it.
While this was going on, and the rest of the digidestined handling the Bakemon, Davis had decided that, while the digimon were fighting, now would be a good time to have a few words with the emperor. To wit, he charged and tackled the Emperor, knocking them both down the hill he was standing on.
"You maniac, I'm gonna make sure you don't harm any more digimon!"
"You think you have a chance against me?" he emperor said, getting up and smirking. "You have no idea who you are facing, my 'worthy adversary'."
"Huh? What are you..." glancing down, Davis noticed a small patch of blood on the Emperor's leg. Suddenly, everything clicked. "You...You're..."
"That's right! The Digimon Emperor is really Ken Ichijouji! And I am LEAVING right now! Airdramon!" At his call, a flying digimon swooped down, allowing Ken to leap on its back (Wormmon following Ken's lead), and flew off.
==
"And that's what happened" Kari finished.
"I can't believe it. I mean, I'd heard of Ken Ichijouji, but that he'd be capable of something like this..."
After the digidestined had returned, Izzy, who was waiting in the computer room, had tried to get an explanation out of them. Davis and Yolei were still stunned by Ken's secret, leaving TK, Kari, Cody, and Kyle to fill in Izzy on what happened.
"Well," Cody said, "we do have one advantage; now that we know who the Emperor is, we can confront him here, where he won't have any digimon to do his fighting for him."
"Well," TK said, wearily, "we can't do anything right now. It's late, and we should turn in."
"Yeah" Kyle added. "I'd better get back too; I promised I'd visit Growlithe before the day ended, and Nurse Joy is really touchy when a pokemon is Under Her Care." After saying their goodbyes, the rest of the digidestined made their way home.
==
Poke-World, laboratory of Prof. Samuel Oak
As Professor Oak examined the small catlike pokemon before him, part of his mind was still filled with wonder; After all these years, and these little creatures could still suprise him.
"Personal log," Oak said, speaking into a small recorder, "This Sneasle is unusually vicious; I must remember to enter that into the main pokedex databank, as well as pass the word onto other pokemon researchers. This particular specimen possesses both qualities of Ice and the newly discovered Dark type..."
As Oak went on, he was unaware of the person now entering his lab. She was a tall woman, dressed in a red overcoat and hat, from which came a long mane of white hair. The gloves on her arms, as well as the hat, had a spider web motif to them, and there were blood red gems on the back of her gloves. Black glasses completed her ensemble. She stood there for a few minutes, taking in the scene, and listening to the professor babble on.
After a few minutes, he walked up to right behind the pokemon researcher, who was still unaware of her presence. Then, she pulled a single strand of hair from her head, and it stiffened, becoming a long, silvery needle. Grinning, she whispered "Spirit Needle."
Taken unawares, Professor Oak had no chance to even see the long white needle that was pushed in just under his collar bone, waves of evil red energy coming out from it. Oak collapsed unconcious, and the lady walked up to the Sneasle that Oak had been examining.
"Now then, let me make you a small...offer."
"Sneasle?"
To Be Continued...
"Ken's secret."
The field near Stone Town was quiet. Long grass swayed in the gentle evening breeze. The sun had only partly set, and the mountains that the sun was setting behind had a blood red colour to them.
In that field, Kyle Ellison, recently returned from his latest visit to the Digital World, was helpping out with a local problem. Some of the farmers had reported that their animals had been attacked by a wild pokemon, but the type of claw marks left at the areas attacked were like nothing the young pokemon trainer had ever seen. Still, between Eevee and Growlithe, just released from the pokemon center with the provisio that he was *not* to battle for another few days, they had managed to track down the mystery attacker.
A faint rustle in the grass caught Kyle's attention. The prey was close, he could feel the old excitement stirring in him. The thought of a new pokemon, even if he had to turn it over to the Center for observation and possible treatment, was enough to get to anyone in his line of work.
Work? Heck, this was *fun*. Kyle, with Growlithe beside him, motioned to Eevee, who had advanced ahead a few meters, the pokemon's smaller size making it easier to sneak around in the grass. Just a little closer...
And the sudden beeping of his D-Term (a gift from Izzy) startled him, and everyone in the area. The pokemon he was pursuing jumped, and leaped straight at Kyle. Eevee, only a fraction of a second slower, moved to intercept the attacking pokemon, while Growlithe inhaled sharply and let off a stream of fire. The small black pokemon ducked under the stream of flame, and only barely avoided a tackle from Eevee. Sensing it was outnumbered, it tried to flee the area.
"Pokeball, GO!"
===
"Yep, that's the one, Kyle. Thanks for catching it" Nurse Joy said, as she studied the small creature.
"What is it anyway? I've never seen anything like it" Kyle asked. Beside him, Eevee and Growlithe rested.
"I'm not suprised you haven't. This is a Sneasle, a Dark-type pokemon. They're a realtively new discovery. Sneasle here has characteristics of Darkness and Ice types. Anyway, I'd better send it to Pallet Town for analysis. Professor Oak has a standing call for any of the new types that are found." At Kyle's slightly crestfallen expression, Nurse Joy went on, smiling a bit. "I know, you were hoping to claim this one, but this one's been attacking several farms, and the pokemon guarding them very visciously. It'd be too dangerous to have in a fight."
"I guess. Well, thanks. See ya!"
Back at Kyle's house, Mikhail, his father, was waiting for him. "So, how'd it go?"
"It was a new one, a Sneasle." The two talked for a few minutes, then sat down for dinner. After they were finished, Mikhail asked Kyle "Say, didn't you say that computer thingie of yours went off?"
"Oh right! Thanks dad!" Pulling out the D-Term, Kyle opened it up and checked the Inbox. There was one message, which read:
To:kellison@stpokenet.com Kyle Ellison
From:SoccerMaster@HaightonNET.org Davis Motomiya
Subject: Soccer Invite
Hey, Kyle!
My soccer team is having a game tomorrow.
Wanna come and see me win another?
-Davis
Chuckling, Kyle hit the 'reply' function
To:SoccerMaster@HaightonNET.org
From:kellison@stpokenet.com
Subject: Re: Soccer Invite
Sure. Should I bring the rotten tomatoes,
oh grand kickmeister :-)?
-Kyle
The next morning, Kyle got up, and got his things together. There was no rush, the game wasn't until the evening.
He was still almost late.
==
"Well, we don't normally allow pets, but he seems well trained."
The track manager allowed Kyle by, Eevee perched on his shoulder. Walking to the benches by the field, Kyle quickly picked out the rest of the digidestined, and moved over to where they were sitting.
"I see I'm not the only one who got invited" Kyle said, half jokingly.
"Hey, you know Davis," Yolei said, "It's either this or listen to him retell the game in painful detail later." They laughed, and enjoyed the game for a few minutes. The game went well for the first half; Davis actually was half as good as he said (or so Yolei joked). It wasn't until the second half that things got a little odd.
It started with Ken Ichijouji arriving.
==
'Play it cool', Ken said to himself. He couldn't believe his eyes. The digidestined, here!? And he couldn't do a thing to attack them.
Calming, Ken shook off the wave of frustration. He may not be able to do anything to them directly, but humiliating that boy, Davis, in front of his friends might knock that brat down a few pegs. At the least, it'd make him feel better for a change, he thought to himself..
Ken's only worry was the fact that Eevee might be able to recognize him. Already, the little pokemon had looked towards Ken, a confused look on its face. Ken was silently glad he was upwind of Eevee. He still wasn't sure of this...thing's...capabilities, but there was no point being betrayed by a scent. Walking down, he appoached Davis.
"So, you're Davis. I am sure this will be an interesting game." Ken said.
"Hey, it's always interesting when I'm on the field." Ken had to fight to keep from laughing. This boy thought he could challenge him? This will be easy.
On the field, Ken's prediction proved accurate. Davis' team was unable to keep up with Ken's team, being outmatched by Ken's tactical sense and the discipline he had drilled into the team.
In other words, Davis' team got whipped. Bad. The only downpoint, to Ken's view, was that the little rat actually blocking a shot Ken was about to make. Cut his leg a bit in the bargain too, blast it all. Time for the 'gracious winner' act...
==
"So, 'god of soccer', what's your next move?" Kyle asked, as they headed out of the stadium.
"Funny. But I'm in too good a mood to try to take revenge, Ellison."
"You're pretty happy about losing, Davis" Kari observed.
"Hey, Ken called me his worthy opponent! Besides, he just got lucky. I'm so happy, dinner's on me!"
"Davis offering to buy dinner?" Yolei said, stunned. "He must have taken a soccer ball to the brainpan!"
Similarly stunned, Kyle failed to watch where he was walking, and wound up walking right into someone just entering the field, knocking that person over. "Oh, sorry!" Kyle said, offering his hand. The other person, who Kyle could tell was female, and looked familar for some reason, replied "Oh, it's OK, I should have been watching where I was going."
Snapped out of his good mood, Davis snapped "June! Why did you have to show up here?!"
"Oh come on, Davis, can't a big sister show a little support for her little brother?"
"Big sister?" Kyle asked, a little confused. "Oh," TK said, cutting in, "Kyle Ellison, this is June Motomiya, Davis' sister." "Oh, pleased to meet you.." Kyle said a bit uncertainly.
"Nice to meet you too. And who's this?" June said, looking at Eevee. Eevee looked up, and yipped. "Oohhh, he's so cute! Can I pick him up?" At Kyle's nod, June picked up the pokemon. "You take really good care of him, I can tell." June said. "Umm..thanks..." Kyle said, still a bit off stride.
"You're pretty cute too" June said, as she handed Eevee back. Kyle was restunned, while the others there (human and digimon) alternated between shock and doing their level best not to completely lose control and crack up laughing. "Well, I'm off for home, try not to be too late Davis!" June chirped, as she headed off.
As soon as June was out of earshot, Demiveemon said "You know, I think your sister liked Eevee."
"Eevee wasn't the only thing she liked" Davis said slyly. Kyle blushed.
"Think we should let Matt know he's off the hook?" TK said, grinning widely. Kyle still said nothing, just looking down at Eevee.
"Kyle? What's wrong?" Cody asked. Saying nothing, Kyle pulled a small slip of paper out of Eevee's collar, handing it to Cody. "It's a note" Cody said. "'Email me sometime'. And it has June's email address on it."
That did it. Everyone else just broke down laughing. Kyle's small voice saying "What just happened?" didn't help matters any, either.
==
The day after Kyle got back (and he was still refusing to say what happened, no matter how much his father tried to get it out of him), another email appeared on his D-Term.
To:kellison@stpokenet.com
From:izzy@worldnet.jp.org
Subject: Got another one. Interested?
Kyle,
We found another control spire, but I
think it might be a trap. Any chance you
can give us a hand?
-Izzy
To:izzy@worldnet.jp.org
From:kellison@stpokenet.com
Subject: Re: Got another one. Interested?
Anything to get last night out of my
head. Dad won't let up about it :-(
==
When Kyle came through the portal into the computer room, he found that the other digidestined were already there. The first thing he noticed (and pointedly ignoring Kari's question about whether he ever got around to emailing June) was that Yolei was trying to shake Davis' hand. 'Trying', in the way that a 5 year old might try mashed potatoes for the first time, from the look on Yolei's face. "It's no good, it's not the same thing!!" Yolei finally said, frustrated.
"Umm," Kyle asked, "what's up with Yolei and Davis?"
"Not 'till you answer Kari's question first." TK said, grinning.
"*sigh* Alright, no I did not email June last night.."
"Why not?" Kari asked. "You two would make such a cute couple."
"Yeah," Cody added in. "You shouldn't leave a girl hanging."
"Et tu, Cody?"
"Well, it's what Grandpa always says."
"Izzy, PLEASE tell me the portal is open??"
==
Once through the portal, the group found themselves in a blasted wasteland, with little more than rocks, barren earth, and cliff faces to break up the terrain.
"Where is this place again?" Davis asked.
"The Forbidden Valley of No Return" Armadillomon replied.
"Oh, well, as long as it's nowhere DANGEROUS" Yolei said sarcastically.
"I believe I see the control spire ahead." Hawkmon said, just returning from scouting ahead.
"Good. Hey, Kyle, your pokemon ready?" Davis asked.
Grinning, Kyle replied "Heh. I have just the wrecking crew on hand." Eevee, walking beside him, yipped in the affirmative.
"So, Kyle" Yolei said, slyly, "why HAVEN'T you called June?"
"Yolei, trust me, it wouldn't work. We're from two different worlds. Literally."
"You're just staAAAHHHHH!!!!" Yolei's reply was cut off as she and Hawkmon disappeared!
"Where'd Yolei go?!" Davis said, as the group looked around, confused.
"Last I saw, she was right here.." Kyle and Eevee walked to where Yolei was, and they, and the other digidestined (except Davis and Veemon). Kyle's last sensation was of falling through some dark, molasses like substance, then he blacked out.
==
When the group came to, they found themselves in a darkened room. "Well, this is the pits" Yolei said.
Wincing, TK replied "Can the comedy. Anyone know where Davis is?"
"I don't know where Davis is, but I think I know where we are." Cody said. As he spoke, the darkness around them was broken by a series of red eyes appearing, all staring at the digidestined.
"Deep trouble?" Kari asked. Cody nodded.
"Now might be a really good time to digivolve, guys!" Yolei said, a bit worried.
"Digiarmour, Energize!" "Eevee, Digivolve!"
[Insert "Armour Digivolve/Digivolve into Champion" sequence]
"Into a circle; protect the children!" Pegasusmon said, as the Digimon (and Pokemon, if you want to get technical) took up defensive positions. Kyle called out Ivysaur and Scizor to help.
That was about the time the swarm of mind controlled digimon (Pretty much every Rookie type out there) attacked. The next few minutes were a chaos of melee and ranged attacks. "This is getting silly! For every one I take down, two more pop up!" Digmon said.
"You're telling me!" Halsemon replied.
"You want out of this pit?" Kyle asked, grinning evilly. "OK. I call..."
==
"Davis, if you have a secret plan, now would be a good time to use it! You don't need to suprise me!" Veemon said.
Ken looked down, enjoying the scene before him. If only that fool knew what was really going on, he thought to himself. Seeing him beg was the high point of this whole plan.
That was the time that the rocky surface below Deltamon's feet broke away, and the giant digimon stumbled, nearly tripping. "Surprise? It's not even my birthday!" Digmon said, emerging from the rubble..
The other digidestined ran up to where Davis and Veemon were. "Huh?" Davis said, confused. "If you're here, then who's that up there?" he asked, pointing at a line of humans and digimon, all tied up and looking remarkably like the digidestined. However, on seeing the real digidestined and digimon appear, the beings 'tied' to the ridge shifted their appearance, revealing the ghostly forms of Bakemon, all with control rings! "ATTACK!" roared the Emperor. The Bakemon, as well as Deltamon, moved to attack the digidestined.
"Onix, Bind Attack!!" At Kyle's call, a giant stone serpent came up out of the ground, and attacked Deltamon, wrapping its long body around the giant Digimon, effectively restraining it. Seeing his chance, Davis yelled "Veemon, now!"
"Veemon, armour-digivolve to...Flamedramon, the Fire of Courage!" Flamedramon headed over to where Onix and Deltamon were fighting. As he got there, Onix was thrown off by Deltamon, who pointed its three heads at the rock snake pokemon and prepared to fire an energy blast.
"Hey, remember me?" Deltamon turned, and Flamedramon charged, shouting "FIRE ROCKET!" as he leaped at the digimon, his body covered in flames. Flamedramon flew at the digimon, and hit the control ring around Deltamon's chest, shattering it.
While this was going on, and the rest of the digidestined handling the Bakemon, Davis had decided that, while the digimon were fighting, now would be a good time to have a few words with the emperor. To wit, he charged and tackled the Emperor, knocking them both down the hill he was standing on.
"You maniac, I'm gonna make sure you don't harm any more digimon!"
"You think you have a chance against me?" he emperor said, getting up and smirking. "You have no idea who you are facing, my 'worthy adversary'."
"Huh? What are you..." glancing down, Davis noticed a small patch of blood on the Emperor's leg. Suddenly, everything clicked. "You...You're..."
"That's right! The Digimon Emperor is really Ken Ichijouji! And I am LEAVING right now! Airdramon!" At his call, a flying digimon swooped down, allowing Ken to leap on its back (Wormmon following Ken's lead), and flew off.
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"And that's what happened" Kari finished.
"I can't believe it. I mean, I'd heard of Ken Ichijouji, but that he'd be capable of something like this..."
After the digidestined had returned, Izzy, who was waiting in the computer room, had tried to get an explanation out of them. Davis and Yolei were still stunned by Ken's secret, leaving TK, Kari, Cody, and Kyle to fill in Izzy on what happened.
"Well," Cody said, "we do have one advantage; now that we know who the Emperor is, we can confront him here, where he won't have any digimon to do his fighting for him."
"Well," TK said, wearily, "we can't do anything right now. It's late, and we should turn in."
"Yeah" Kyle added. "I'd better get back too; I promised I'd visit Growlithe before the day ended, and Nurse Joy is really touchy when a pokemon is Under Her Care." After saying their goodbyes, the rest of the digidestined made their way home.
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Poke-World, laboratory of Prof. Samuel Oak
As Professor Oak examined the small catlike pokemon before him, part of his mind was still filled with wonder; After all these years, and these little creatures could still suprise him.
"Personal log," Oak said, speaking into a small recorder, "This Sneasle is unusually vicious; I must remember to enter that into the main pokedex databank, as well as pass the word onto other pokemon researchers. This particular specimen possesses both qualities of Ice and the newly discovered Dark type..."
As Oak went on, he was unaware of the person now entering his lab. She was a tall woman, dressed in a red overcoat and hat, from which came a long mane of white hair. The gloves on her arms, as well as the hat, had a spider web motif to them, and there were blood red gems on the back of her gloves. Black glasses completed her ensemble. She stood there for a few minutes, taking in the scene, and listening to the professor babble on.
After a few minutes, he walked up to right behind the pokemon researcher, who was still unaware of her presence. Then, she pulled a single strand of hair from her head, and it stiffened, becoming a long, silvery needle. Grinning, she whispered "Spirit Needle."
Taken unawares, Professor Oak had no chance to even see the long white needle that was pushed in just under his collar bone, waves of evil red energy coming out from it. Oak collapsed unconcious, and the lady walked up to the Sneasle that Oak had been examining.
"Now then, let me make you a small...offer."
"Sneasle?"
To Be Continued...