*totally shocked* I actually get to be ON TV!!!!!! OMG!!!!!! That is the
reason this chapter is only 6 pages long. Well, we have some action here.
Sorry, no Impmon. I know I said there'd be more Impmon in this chapter but
because everyone wanted to know what was going on with the Frontier kids I
had to leave him out for now. Chapter 8 is based on Season 02 and Season 04
mostly. There's a little 03 too. Okay, now onto the reviews.
GemmaniGirl: Impmon's Tamers are Ai and Mako. Yep, I know he has Tamers. I just didn't really want to put them in this story. As for the Frontier gang digivolving on their own . . . I can't say anything in that cuz I might accidentally give something away. I love your reviews! They make me so HAPPY!!!! *jumps up so high she blasts through the roof* oops . . .
Salpheon: I guess cliffhangers are my specialty. ^^ Heh, there's a real bad one at the end of this chapter. A REAL bad one. As for the Frontier kids, read and find out!
Digi fan: Well, here's your chapter! Read away!
Tablecoth-Girl: Arigato! Here's some more to the story.
RoseniteHuntress: Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Hope you like this chapter as well!! ^_^
Disclaimer: I don't own Digimon. Never have, never will. So DEAL WITH IT!!!!
Chapter 8
Cave-In!
When Henry, Kari, Kouji, and Terriermon arrived at Rika's house it was late at night. Henry knocked on the door wearily. An elder lady opened it and looked at Henry with a smile.
"Why Henry, Rika told me you'd be coming soon. Do come in," she said. "Everyone is in Rika's room." She spotted Kari leaning Kouji. The boys had switched off halfway because Henry had been carrying Terriermon as well as Kari. "Goodness me, what happened to you? Never mind. Just get some rest. Henry, tell Rika I'll get dinner in soon."
"I will, thank you, Mrs. Nonaka," Henry replied. Mrs. Nonaka left them and headed for the kitchen. Henry nodded at the old woman. "That was Rika's grandmother. When we first told our parents about our digimon most of them freaked out. Rika's grandmother, Takato's father, and Susie were the only ones that weren't fazed by them. My dad probably wouldn't have been quite as shocked as he was if at the time Impmon wasn't trying to burn him to a crisp."
"Yep! And I saved Henry's dad's life!" Terriermon said. "I went up to that ol' Impmon and told him he better get his sorry behind outta here before I- I . . . GAH!!!"
"Terriermon!" Henry cried looking down at his digimon partner who had fallen off his shoulder and had fallen on the ground.
Terriermon looked up at smiling sheepishly. "Okay, okay, it didn't quite go like that."
Kouji and Kari laughed at this statement. Henry merely raised his eyes to the clouds as if asking for help.
"Monmentai, Henry."
***
"I . . . CAN'T . . . TAKE IT . . . ANYMORE!!!!!!!" Takuya yelled slamming his head against cell walls.
"Whoa, calm down there cowboy. We only started a few minutes ago," JP said.
"Uh . . . JP? We've been at this for way over three or four hours," Zoë corrected him.
JP stared at her in disbelief, "You got to be kidding me!"
"Aw man!" Tommy groaned. "We'll never make it out of here."
Zoë placed a comforting hand on Tommy's shoulder. "Don't say that. I'm sure we'll get through this."
"AHHHH!!!! I'M GOING TO GO INSANE IF WE DON'T GET OUT SOON!!!!!" Takuya shouted, standing up giving one final furious blow to the wall putting all his strength to it. "Agh!! Now that hurt!"
Zoë, Tommy, and JP sat stone still staring at the wall which had simply crumbled under the impact. Takuya stood with his back to the gaping hole shaking his hands. His face was all pinched up in pain.
"T-Takuya?"
Takuya looked up at Zoë. "Yeah?" The blonde girl pointed at the hole in the wall. The boy turned around. His jaw dropped up.
"Holy smokes! Did I do that?!"
Footsteps echoed down the passageway. "I heard it coming from in there," came Mummymon's voice.
"Well open it, you dolt!" Arukenimon snapped. They heard a key being shoved into the keyhole. Without a second thought Zoë grabbed Takuya's arm and jumped into the hole followed swiftly by JP and Tommy. They fell into some sort of body of water. JP immediately found the wall on the opposite side and his hand brushed by something clearly made of metal. It was a ladder, he realized. He grabbed it and looked around for his friends. Takuya emerged close by with Tommy but Zoë was nowhere in sight. Takuya passed Tommy to JP who helped the younger boy find his footing on the ladder and hoisted him above the water level.
"Where's Zoë?" JP asked Takuya.
Takuya shrugged, "We got separated when we fell in the water."
"I see her!" Tommy said suddenly.
"Where?!" both boys asked urgently.
"It looks like she's out cold. She's lying on some driftwood and the current is taking her out to wherever the water empties out to."
Takuya heaved himself out of the water to see where exactly Zoë was. His face fell. She was way out of any swimmers reach. Or at least his and JP's reach.
"No . . ." he whispered despairingly.
***
"How long do you think this tunnel is?" Davis wondered aloud.
"Longer than you can handle," Yolei muttered. Davis glared at her and then shifted TK to a better position on his back.
Yolei looked at TK sadly. "How is he?"
Davis looked back at the blonde boy who had fallen asleep. "I don't know."
"Look at these carvings! They're made of real gold!" Cody exclaimed tracing one figure with his finger. He had been walking ahead of the others and had just reached the top of a wide staircase. Davis took a few steps before his foot landed on a stone that sunk to the ground. He nearly lost his balance.
"Agh!" Davis yelled trying to keep himself balanced.
"What the-" Cody exclaimed in shock. The wall in front of Cody was slowly sliding away to reveal a rusty, old, iron ladder that was ascending just as slowly. Suddenly a small boy jumped off the ladder and into the long hallway the small group had been walking in. He was followed by two other, older boys. All three were soaking wet.
"Wait a minute," Yolei said suddenly. "You're the kids that Owikawa brought in recently."
The boy with the goggles nodded taking off his cap and squeezing out any excess water. "You must be the other kids Sora told us about."
"Sora?!" they all asked in surprise.
"Sora told you about us?"
"How did you get in contact with her?"
"What did she say exactly?"
"Did they escape as well?"
"Are they still trapped?"
"How are Tai and Matt?"
"Did they get beaten up like TK?"
"SHUT UP!!" Cody had to practically yell to be heard over his friends. Everyone looked at him in surprise. Even TK stirred in his slumber.
"Now where are they and how are they doing?" he asked calmly.
"Well . . . the two, Tai and Matt, were hurt I believe. And unless they escaped the same time we did they are still in their cell," the "leader" of the group said. "And you are . . . ?"
"I'm Cody, and this is Yolei, Davis, and TK. Who are you?" he answered.
"Takuya," the boy said the nodded to the other two boys each in turn, "This is JP and Tommy."
"Hey, wasn't there a blonde headed girl with you?" Davis asked suddenly.
No one spoke for awhile until; finally, Tommy answered the question. He looked greatly saddened and his voice, as well, showed his emotions. "Yes, but we lost Zoë. When we escaped, she and Takuya were separated. We saw her drift away with the current. She was unconscious so she couldn't swim back to us. By the time we realized what had happened she was too far out."
Davis regretted his question. "I'm sorry. I'm sure she'll be fine."
Yolei looked out through the door. Her face turned pale.
"Yolei? What's wrong? You look like you've seen a ghost," Cody said.
Yolei shook her head as if to rid herself of something horrid in her head. "It's nothing," she said finally. She pasted a fake smile on her face. "So, where do we go from here?"
"Why not straight ahead?"
Davis would've jumped a foot off the ground if it hadn't been for the extra weight on his back. "Don't scare me like that, TH!"
"It's TK, Davis," TK muttered, "Now do you think you can put me down?"
"You aren't strong enough, TF."
"I said it's TK! And yes I AM strong enough! Now let me down!" TK demanded.
"Sorry TG, but I can't do that. We may need to run for it and you'll either slow us down or be left behind," Davis said keeping a firm hold on TK's legs.
"TK, knucklebrain! It's TK! Let go!"
"No!"
"Yes!"
"No!"
"Yes!"
"NO!"
"YES!"
"NO!!"
"YES!!"
"NO!!"
"YES!!"
"N-"
"KNOCK IT OFF ALREADY!!!!" Yolei yelled in their faces, her voice echoing down the hall. Both Davis and TK fell to the floor in surprise.
Takuya felt someone tug at his arm. Looking down he saw Tommy wide-eyed in fear. "Tommy? What is it?" Silently Tommy pointed toward the ceiling. Takuya squinted into the semi-darkness. He gasped unable to move. He heard a blood-curdling scream from Yolei's direction then JP shout, "THE CEILING'S CAVING IN!!!"
"EVERYONE, TAKE COVER!!" Cody yelled eyes pinned toward the ceiling.
"Yeah? Like where Einstein?" Davis snapped.
"On that ladder, idiot!" TK replied spotting the ladder Takuya, Tommy, and JP had used as an escalator. Takuya grabbed Tommy's hand and pushed him to JP.
"Get him on the ladder!" JP nodded. Cody and Davis passed TK out to JP next, and then they scrambled on. Takuya looked around for Yolei.
"Takuya! Get out of there!" JP yelled.
Takuya ignored him and started pushing some debris out of the way. He found Yolei trying desperately to move the rock that had fallen on her foot. Takuya moved in to help.
"I can't move it!" Yolei cried tears filling her eyes. Takuya tried to lift it. Just as he rolled it off her foot the rest of the ceiling fell.
"TAKUYA! YOLEI!"
*****
Sorry! I'm so sorry! I just pass this offer up! It's such a perfect cliffhanger!! Well, anyone wanna guess where Zoë's going to end up? Or how about if Takuya and Yolei survive? And what did happen to Impmon, Joe, Takato, Kazu, and Kenta? Whoever can guess why Yolei turned pale when she looked out the weird, stone, sliding door thing gets a big, huge Hershey's Chocolate Bar!!! (Word of advice: better hurry before I get tempted and eat the chocolate first) ^_^ Well, I'll see ya'll later.
GemmaniGirl: Impmon's Tamers are Ai and Mako. Yep, I know he has Tamers. I just didn't really want to put them in this story. As for the Frontier gang digivolving on their own . . . I can't say anything in that cuz I might accidentally give something away. I love your reviews! They make me so HAPPY!!!! *jumps up so high she blasts through the roof* oops . . .
Salpheon: I guess cliffhangers are my specialty. ^^ Heh, there's a real bad one at the end of this chapter. A REAL bad one. As for the Frontier kids, read and find out!
Digi fan: Well, here's your chapter! Read away!
Tablecoth-Girl: Arigato! Here's some more to the story.
RoseniteHuntress: Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Hope you like this chapter as well!! ^_^
Disclaimer: I don't own Digimon. Never have, never will. So DEAL WITH IT!!!!
Chapter 8
Cave-In!
When Henry, Kari, Kouji, and Terriermon arrived at Rika's house it was late at night. Henry knocked on the door wearily. An elder lady opened it and looked at Henry with a smile.
"Why Henry, Rika told me you'd be coming soon. Do come in," she said. "Everyone is in Rika's room." She spotted Kari leaning Kouji. The boys had switched off halfway because Henry had been carrying Terriermon as well as Kari. "Goodness me, what happened to you? Never mind. Just get some rest. Henry, tell Rika I'll get dinner in soon."
"I will, thank you, Mrs. Nonaka," Henry replied. Mrs. Nonaka left them and headed for the kitchen. Henry nodded at the old woman. "That was Rika's grandmother. When we first told our parents about our digimon most of them freaked out. Rika's grandmother, Takato's father, and Susie were the only ones that weren't fazed by them. My dad probably wouldn't have been quite as shocked as he was if at the time Impmon wasn't trying to burn him to a crisp."
"Yep! And I saved Henry's dad's life!" Terriermon said. "I went up to that ol' Impmon and told him he better get his sorry behind outta here before I- I . . . GAH!!!"
"Terriermon!" Henry cried looking down at his digimon partner who had fallen off his shoulder and had fallen on the ground.
Terriermon looked up at smiling sheepishly. "Okay, okay, it didn't quite go like that."
Kouji and Kari laughed at this statement. Henry merely raised his eyes to the clouds as if asking for help.
"Monmentai, Henry."
***
"I . . . CAN'T . . . TAKE IT . . . ANYMORE!!!!!!!" Takuya yelled slamming his head against cell walls.
"Whoa, calm down there cowboy. We only started a few minutes ago," JP said.
"Uh . . . JP? We've been at this for way over three or four hours," Zoë corrected him.
JP stared at her in disbelief, "You got to be kidding me!"
"Aw man!" Tommy groaned. "We'll never make it out of here."
Zoë placed a comforting hand on Tommy's shoulder. "Don't say that. I'm sure we'll get through this."
"AHHHH!!!! I'M GOING TO GO INSANE IF WE DON'T GET OUT SOON!!!!!" Takuya shouted, standing up giving one final furious blow to the wall putting all his strength to it. "Agh!! Now that hurt!"
Zoë, Tommy, and JP sat stone still staring at the wall which had simply crumbled under the impact. Takuya stood with his back to the gaping hole shaking his hands. His face was all pinched up in pain.
"T-Takuya?"
Takuya looked up at Zoë. "Yeah?" The blonde girl pointed at the hole in the wall. The boy turned around. His jaw dropped up.
"Holy smokes! Did I do that?!"
Footsteps echoed down the passageway. "I heard it coming from in there," came Mummymon's voice.
"Well open it, you dolt!" Arukenimon snapped. They heard a key being shoved into the keyhole. Without a second thought Zoë grabbed Takuya's arm and jumped into the hole followed swiftly by JP and Tommy. They fell into some sort of body of water. JP immediately found the wall on the opposite side and his hand brushed by something clearly made of metal. It was a ladder, he realized. He grabbed it and looked around for his friends. Takuya emerged close by with Tommy but Zoë was nowhere in sight. Takuya passed Tommy to JP who helped the younger boy find his footing on the ladder and hoisted him above the water level.
"Where's Zoë?" JP asked Takuya.
Takuya shrugged, "We got separated when we fell in the water."
"I see her!" Tommy said suddenly.
"Where?!" both boys asked urgently.
"It looks like she's out cold. She's lying on some driftwood and the current is taking her out to wherever the water empties out to."
Takuya heaved himself out of the water to see where exactly Zoë was. His face fell. She was way out of any swimmers reach. Or at least his and JP's reach.
"No . . ." he whispered despairingly.
***
"How long do you think this tunnel is?" Davis wondered aloud.
"Longer than you can handle," Yolei muttered. Davis glared at her and then shifted TK to a better position on his back.
Yolei looked at TK sadly. "How is he?"
Davis looked back at the blonde boy who had fallen asleep. "I don't know."
"Look at these carvings! They're made of real gold!" Cody exclaimed tracing one figure with his finger. He had been walking ahead of the others and had just reached the top of a wide staircase. Davis took a few steps before his foot landed on a stone that sunk to the ground. He nearly lost his balance.
"Agh!" Davis yelled trying to keep himself balanced.
"What the-" Cody exclaimed in shock. The wall in front of Cody was slowly sliding away to reveal a rusty, old, iron ladder that was ascending just as slowly. Suddenly a small boy jumped off the ladder and into the long hallway the small group had been walking in. He was followed by two other, older boys. All three were soaking wet.
"Wait a minute," Yolei said suddenly. "You're the kids that Owikawa brought in recently."
The boy with the goggles nodded taking off his cap and squeezing out any excess water. "You must be the other kids Sora told us about."
"Sora?!" they all asked in surprise.
"Sora told you about us?"
"How did you get in contact with her?"
"What did she say exactly?"
"Did they escape as well?"
"Are they still trapped?"
"How are Tai and Matt?"
"Did they get beaten up like TK?"
"SHUT UP!!" Cody had to practically yell to be heard over his friends. Everyone looked at him in surprise. Even TK stirred in his slumber.
"Now where are they and how are they doing?" he asked calmly.
"Well . . . the two, Tai and Matt, were hurt I believe. And unless they escaped the same time we did they are still in their cell," the "leader" of the group said. "And you are . . . ?"
"I'm Cody, and this is Yolei, Davis, and TK. Who are you?" he answered.
"Takuya," the boy said the nodded to the other two boys each in turn, "This is JP and Tommy."
"Hey, wasn't there a blonde headed girl with you?" Davis asked suddenly.
No one spoke for awhile until; finally, Tommy answered the question. He looked greatly saddened and his voice, as well, showed his emotions. "Yes, but we lost Zoë. When we escaped, she and Takuya were separated. We saw her drift away with the current. She was unconscious so she couldn't swim back to us. By the time we realized what had happened she was too far out."
Davis regretted his question. "I'm sorry. I'm sure she'll be fine."
Yolei looked out through the door. Her face turned pale.
"Yolei? What's wrong? You look like you've seen a ghost," Cody said.
Yolei shook her head as if to rid herself of something horrid in her head. "It's nothing," she said finally. She pasted a fake smile on her face. "So, where do we go from here?"
"Why not straight ahead?"
Davis would've jumped a foot off the ground if it hadn't been for the extra weight on his back. "Don't scare me like that, TH!"
"It's TK, Davis," TK muttered, "Now do you think you can put me down?"
"You aren't strong enough, TF."
"I said it's TK! And yes I AM strong enough! Now let me down!" TK demanded.
"Sorry TG, but I can't do that. We may need to run for it and you'll either slow us down or be left behind," Davis said keeping a firm hold on TK's legs.
"TK, knucklebrain! It's TK! Let go!"
"No!"
"Yes!"
"No!"
"Yes!"
"NO!"
"YES!"
"NO!!"
"YES!!"
"NO!!"
"YES!!"
"N-"
"KNOCK IT OFF ALREADY!!!!" Yolei yelled in their faces, her voice echoing down the hall. Both Davis and TK fell to the floor in surprise.
Takuya felt someone tug at his arm. Looking down he saw Tommy wide-eyed in fear. "Tommy? What is it?" Silently Tommy pointed toward the ceiling. Takuya squinted into the semi-darkness. He gasped unable to move. He heard a blood-curdling scream from Yolei's direction then JP shout, "THE CEILING'S CAVING IN!!!"
"EVERYONE, TAKE COVER!!" Cody yelled eyes pinned toward the ceiling.
"Yeah? Like where Einstein?" Davis snapped.
"On that ladder, idiot!" TK replied spotting the ladder Takuya, Tommy, and JP had used as an escalator. Takuya grabbed Tommy's hand and pushed him to JP.
"Get him on the ladder!" JP nodded. Cody and Davis passed TK out to JP next, and then they scrambled on. Takuya looked around for Yolei.
"Takuya! Get out of there!" JP yelled.
Takuya ignored him and started pushing some debris out of the way. He found Yolei trying desperately to move the rock that had fallen on her foot. Takuya moved in to help.
"I can't move it!" Yolei cried tears filling her eyes. Takuya tried to lift it. Just as he rolled it off her foot the rest of the ceiling fell.
"TAKUYA! YOLEI!"
*****
Sorry! I'm so sorry! I just pass this offer up! It's such a perfect cliffhanger!! Well, anyone wanna guess where Zoë's going to end up? Or how about if Takuya and Yolei survive? And what did happen to Impmon, Joe, Takato, Kazu, and Kenta? Whoever can guess why Yolei turned pale when she looked out the weird, stone, sliding door thing gets a big, huge Hershey's Chocolate Bar!!! (Word of advice: better hurry before I get tempted and eat the chocolate first) ^_^ Well, I'll see ya'll later.