Chapter 19: Shocking Development
Character Shift: Matt –Date , Second day in the Digital world-
I awoke to the sound of buzzing nearby. I felt like I was floating. I opened my eyes slowly because it was so bright outside. I was laying on Codamon's back, which explained the floating sensation. I could tell he was walking carefully to not disturb me. I lifted my head up wearily to find I had a horrible headache. Codamon turned his head. I tried to speak, but my throat was froggy.
"Don't worry, I've got you." He said quietly. I just smiled and put my head back down. I wasn't worthy of his kindness. He's a big hero here, I'm just a nobody, don't even have a Digimon like the others. They're all so cool. I looked back at the others, they were behind Codamon and I. I coughed a little, cleared my throat and said. "Codamon, where are we?"
"We're on our way to Hub Tower still. Are you feeling any better?" He asked
"Yeah, thanks for carrying me, sorry if I'm causing you guys trouble. I wish I could help out." I said. Our adventure had only begun, but I felt like I was holding everybody back.
"Oh, don't worry about it. I'm sure you'll find your Digimon soon." He said.
I put my head down on his back, then it hit me "Will you be my Digimon?" I asked him.
"Well, I would if I could, but it doesn't really work that way." Codamon said. "It's hard to explain. The person and the digimon really have to connect to become partners."
"Oh, Ok." I said, disheartened. I didn't quite understand what it would take, but I was willing to wait. I was beginning to feel more and more awake. I was able to sit up and get a good look of the forest.
"Hey, you feeling better?" Nick said from behind me. The rest of the group came up from behind
"Yeah, a little better. I don't know what happened I just passed out." I told them.
"Maybe you can't handle this." Gotsumon said, making me feel even worse. Brendan 'shushed' him.
"Nah, he can handle it, you just didn't get enough sleep right?" Herpetomon said.
"Yeah, I was just tired." I said. It was nice of them to try and help. The forest seemed like it would never end, there were trees all around us as far as I could see. We were walking down a lightly trodden path. Up ahead of us I could see a small clearing. I put my head back down on the back of Codamon's head. His fur was warm and it felt nice. I could hear the whirring of his gears and mechanics too which was cool. Soon we reached the opening to find a small river flowing by on the left and there were some rocks nearby. Brendan walked up ahead of us.
"Can we afford to take a break for a minute?" He asked Codamon.
"Yeah, but we have to hurry, I don't want to be in this forest any longer than we have to." He said. Then he turned to me. "Are you Ok to get down now?" He asked "Yeah, thanks again." I said. I was sad to get off though. It felt nice to be up there, felt empowering. Codamon knelt down and I got off and walked over to the river. The others were catching their breath. Fatomon was leaning against the rocks, Brendan, Herpetomon, Nick, Kayla, and Gotsumon were coming over to me. I decided to wash off in the lake a little. I bent over it and washed my face. The water felt nice. B had been looking around the woods, he had his thinking face on.
"Hey, Codamon, I just noticed something, why aren't I hungry or thirsty?" He said.
"Because in the Digital world we are all made up of data. Data doesn't need nourishment so you don't need to eat or drink. You can if you want, but it won't do much." Codamon explained.
"This place just gets weirder and weirder" Kayla said.
"Everybody ready to move on?" Brendan asked. We all got up and moved towards him, we were all ready. We headed off in the opposite direction of where we had come in. We were all refreshed now and we moved on briskly. I was feeling really relaxed now, I felt comforted from being up on Codamon. I watched him from behind, admiring his strength and swift movement. He's so cool, I wish he could be mine.
Our walk continued for what felt like hours. It felt like it was getting to be late. I wasn't as tired as before and even if I was I wasn't going to let it hold me back. It was starting to get cold out too, causing the leaves to crunch under our feet. Suddenly Herpetomon got all stiff like he usually does when a Digimon was around.
"Where are they?" Brendan asked him. Herpetomon pointed ahead of us. Sure enough after a second we say three small specks approaching occasionally they'd let off a huge spark of lightning.
"I've got it." Nick said, he took out his Digivice and looked over the display. "Thundermon. They are tiny little balls of energy. They're champions. Looks like there are three of them."
They approached quickly, the flew and darted about more quickly than my senses could follow. The approached us and began messing with us, they darted around us in a circle. Then they began to reverberate "You can't stop us. And even if you do, you'll never defeat Alice-M" The circular motion they were traveling gave their voices an electric and awkward sound.
"Alice-M?" Fatomon said. He drew his sword, Herpetomon got ready to slash, and Gotsumon grabbed a nearby rock. Fatomon slashed and missed, same with Herpetomon, and Gotsumon's rock missed it's target. Then the Thundermon converged on them and began generating electricity shocking the Digimon inside. Codamon, the other humans, and I were outside helpless.
"Wait, the flare!" K said.
"Oh yeah, I almost forgot." Brendan said. They all held up their Digivices and said "Flare activate!" Then there was a huge burst of light from inside the sphere of electricity. This light blew the Thundermon away, leaving the three Digimon inside glowing and ready for payback. The Thundermon were spinning air from the light and were reeling. Fatomon jumped towards the nearest one and slashed it furiously, it was sent into the ground. Fatomon continued to stab at it, but the thing was up and beginning to dart around again. Gotsumon had grabbed onto one of the Thundermon, it tried to shock him, but Gotsumon was unfazed
"Rock beats thunder." Gotsumon said and threw him into the Thundermon Fatomon was fighting. Herpetomon whose speed was augmented by the Flare began slashing and clawing wildly at the Thundermon. It wasn't able to dodge them all. It was incredible how quickly and strongly Herpetomon's slashes were. It was a flurry of slashes and swipes. Then he charged up for a big one. "Lizard Claw!" He called and gave a great green slash that blew the Thundermon away into a cloud of data.
"Yeah, Herpetomon that's the way it's done." B said cheering him on. But the flare began to wear off and the Digimon weren't fast enough to stop them all. The Thundermon began to dodge and shock them again. The two remaining Thundermon went back into their spiraling pattern. They shocked Herpetomon and Fatomon and went in for kicks and punches with Gotsumon. Codamon stepped into the mix.
"I had a feeling I'd need this sooner or later." He said. He began to flip up turrets and barrels all over his mechanics. I'd never seen so many weapon systems in one place, he was a walking arsenal. This would be a big attack.
"Bravado!" Codamon yelled. Then he began launching bullets, lasers, small rockets, and explosives out at the Thundermon. I could tell he was taking care to not hit the Digimon inside, or the rest of us, but it was a tremendous attack. Soon after the light of all of the explosions blinded us. We all looked away except for Codamon whose visor protected him from the light. When the firing stopped we looked in at the Digimon who were huddling together. All traces of the Thundermon were completely blown away by the intense burst of artillery. We went in and helped up the Digimon who had been badly shocked and were hurting. We were beginning to walk away, speechless of the outstanding attack we just witnessed. Just as we turned away from the battle site Herpetomon yelled. "Look out!" and pointed behind me. There was some shady character in the woods that I couldn't make out, but he was accumulating some kind of energy attack. I began to run away, Codamon was running towards me. "Get down!" he yelled, so I ducked down in the ground just in time for him to get in the way of the blast. It was a lightning quick flash of energy. The blast hit Codamon square in the chest and he flew back and landed right in front of me. The shady character had disappeared into the woods and we were too surprised to give chase.
"Codamon! Are you Ok? Come on, get up." I said to him. He was badly hurt in his chest. I knelt over him and began to feel like my only chance of getting a Digimon was slipping away. I was sure he was my Digimon. "No, No, Codamon!" I yelled, and a flash of light began to appear in front of me. Slowly the light began to take a shape. It was forming a Digivice, like the others had. Instinct told me it was mine, and that could only mean, Codamon really was my partner. When I took the D-Gadget in my hand a similar light came around Codamon, he was lifted up and his wound began to heal. He spun around in the air once and then slowly landed in front of me. We stared at each other for who knows how long. It was an incredible feeling. It was like we could see into each other's souls, an awesome connection to one another.
"Thanks." Codamon said softly.