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Chapter 58: Crocodile's Evil Plans and Fiendish Intentions!
That evening at Gennai's house…
Peach is shivering. "Brrr… It's so cold!"
"Deserts can get very cold at nighttime," explains Ness. "Despite the fact they are really hot in the daytime."
Ding-dong
Gennai's little servant, an Agumon, walks up to the door and opens it, and he sees a wireframe man standing there. "Hi! What may I do for you?" asks the Agumon.
Roy happens to be standing around when he sees the wireframe man. "Oh, a wireframe man. Did Crazy Hand send you?"
The wireframe nods his head and takes out a tape recorder and a sign that writes, "This recorder contains the beautiful voice of Crazy Hand's message."
"Uh huh… Let's hear it."
So the wireframe man walks to the living room, where all the Smashers are gathered, and places the recorder on the table. The recorder starts playing.
"Hello! This is Crazy Hand speaking!" says the voice of CH from the recorder. And the recorder starts blabbering about the Second Level Holy Weapons. I'm not going to bother writing down the entire thing. Just read chapter 41 or 43 if you want to know what CH is saying.
After listening through the entire speech, the Smashers begin talking to each other. "2nd Level Weapons?" says Roy curiously.
"Why must we use our own blood to activate it?" asks Peach. "It's painful to do so!"
"Is it really necessary?" asks Ness.
"Well, if it makes us stronger, then why not?" says Captain Falcon.
"It is necessary for fighting tougher Darkling," explains Gennai. "You will meet powerful Darkling in the future. Only the 2nd Level Weapons are strong enough to kill them."
"Well, that sounds good!"
"I have a feeling that Durandal is going to become even heavier… So I'm not excited about it," says Marth.
"So what's for dinner?" asks Parry.
To make a long story short, the Smashers eat dinner at Gennai's house and spend the night there. The wireframe man even stays there for the night.
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Around 4 a.m. in the morning, three suspicious people went towards Gennai's house…
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And so, morning came…
"Ah! That was a nice sleep!" says Peach, doing some morning stretches. CF walks out from his room and Peach greets him, "Good morning, Falcon!"
"Good morning!" says CF, but when he opens his mouth, bad breath is released and Peach faints upon smelling it. "Sorry…"
After doing their morning businesses, they all went to the dining room and eat the breakfast that is prepared. "Hey! Pass me the jar of jam!" requests Pichu.
"Okay. Catch!" says Ness as he throws him the jar. Pichu catches the jar, but it pushes him back and off the table.
CRASH!
"I told you to catch!" says Ness.
After they're all done eating, Gennai asks the Smashers, "What are your plans now? Infiltrate Crocodile's base?"
"That's what we're planning to do," says Roy. "We will destroy the Dark Reactor and then kill him so that he can't get the Armageddon. This makes things easier, doesn't it?"
"Beware, Crocodile will be the toughest opponent you'll ever face," warns Gennai. "He is one of the Shichibukai, and they are not one to be messed with."
"No matter how strong our opponent is, we can still defeat him in the end!" boasts CF with pride.
"So you better go quick. Crocodile may be ready to leave for the Digital Ruins anytime."
"But how can we get there fast?"
"The base is about an hour drive from here."
The wireframe man pops up and pulls out a sign that writes, "May I be of assistance?"
"What can you do?" CF asks him.
The wireframe man flips the sign around, and on the back it writes, "I have a desert vehicle that can take you there."
"Oh really? Show us."
So the Smashers follow the wireframe man outside File City's gate. He takes out a briefcase and presses some button on it. The briefcase begins rumbling and starts to expand. It keeps on expanding and becomes more and more like a vehicle, until it really is one! "That's cool!" exclaims Parry.
"The Desert Runner 2002!" says CF. "The ultimate vehicle for traveling in the desert!"
So the Smashers climb onto the vehicle and drives off at a fast speed, but not that fast compared to racecars. Gennai and Master Tyrannomon wave good-bye to them from the city entrance. "I hope they get there in time," says MT.
"I'm sure they will, but I'm not sure if they can come back alive," says Gennai with a suspicious grin and look.
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While the Smashers are in the Desert Runner 2002, they are trying to come up with a plan. "I say we crash into the base and run down Crocodile," suggests Roy.
"It can damage the vehicle!" says CF. "Desert Runners aren't the strongest vehicle out there."
"And we do not even know what his base looks like," says Marth.
"Perhaps if we keep our eye on any suspicious buildings, we will know it," says Dr. Mario.
So they all sit down and wait for something to happen. The drive is very long and boring, except for Ness who has his eyes glued to the Nintendo DS.
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After a long and hot ride (the air conditioner is broken), they notice an odd looking building. "Can that be it?" asks Pichu, pointing to an upside-down pyramid.
"When was the last time you saw an upside-down pyramid? Let alone hearing about one," says Marth.
"Why don't we go there? It may turn out to be Crocodile's hideout," suggests Dr. Mario. So the wireframe guy steers the vehicle towards the pyramid and parks behind a sand dune to avoid being seen.
The Smashers got down from the vehicle and poke their heads up from behind the sand dune. CF takes a closer inspection using a binocular. "Nobody's at the gate. Strange…"
"The guards aren't doing their job," says Ness.
"It could be a trap," says Peach. "We should…" But the others didn't listen to what she is saying and are already running towards the entrance. "Hey! Listen to me!" So Peach quickly catches up with them, leaving the wireframe guy alone to guard the Desert Runner 2002.
The all got to the entrance and poke their head into it. "Nobody inside either," says CF.
"Security must be lame here," says Parry. So they went inside the pyramid and travel through a long winding tunnel until they come to a fork in the road.
"Which way should we go?" asks G&W.
"I say we split into two groups and take both ways," suggests Dr. Mario.
The plan seems good to them, so they split into two groups.
Group 1: Peach, Dr. Mario, Ness, Roy, and Marth
Group 2: CF, Pichu, G&W, and Parry
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We will stick with Group 2 first as they take the left passage.
"Strange… Not a single soul around here," says Pichu.
"Did they take off for the ruins already?" wonders G&W.
"Or perhaps they know we are here and they are hiding for an ambush?" says Parry.
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Now we go to Group 1 as they take the right passage. "I can't believe there's not a single security here!" says Marth.
"This is a pyramid. How much security do you think it can have?" Roy asks him.
"Still, they could've installed some Indiana Jones-style traps."
"I rather not run into any traps…" says Peach.
"Hey, there's a large door there," points out Dr. Mario, so they go to the door and push it open. Behind the door, they see a large well-decorated room.
"Wow! What a beautiful place!" exclaims Peach in awe.
"This must be the main headquarter!" says Roy. "We found it at last!"
"Hey! There's a girl down there!" points out Marth.
Indeed, there's a young blond lady sitting on the floor. Her dress is in rags and she is weeping sadly. Being such a gentleman that he is, Roy walks up to her and comforts her. "Why are you crying, young lady?"
"I've been left behind by my friends…" replies the lady sadly. "They treated me badly and left me here to die!"
"How can they do such vile thing! Are they from the Baroque Works?"
"Please tell your friends to gather around here. I will tell you all I know about Baroque Works. Sniff…"
So Peach, Dr. Mario, Ness, and Marth gather around Roy and the young lady. The lady begins backing off from them. "You stay there, okay? Now wait for something to happen."
All of a sudden, a large cage drops down on the Smashers and traps them inside! "Hey! What is the meaning of this!" gasps Roy.
"It's a trap!" gasps Marth.
"Hahahahaha!" laughs the lady. "You have fallen for my act!"
"Hey! Isn't she the same girl we met in Congo Bongo?" points out Peach.
"She sure is! I think she's called Ms. Valentine," says Dr. Mario.
"Hehehe! It's time for payback!" laughs Ms. Valentine. "The boss will be glad to speak to you!"
"Where is he? Tell him to come out and not hide like a coward!" says Roy.
Sand flows into the room and materializes in front of the cage. "Here I am," says Crocodile as the sands form into him.
"That power can only be gotten from a Devil Fruit!" says Ness.
"So you are the Smashers who are trying to interfere with the Darkling King, right?"
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Meanwhile, Group 2 came to a dead end. "Dead end…" mutters G&W. "And we traveled so far…"
"I don't believe in this! I'll make a way myself!" says CF. "Falcon Punch!" He punches the wall and shatters it, revealing another room behind it. "Well, what did I tell you?"
They step through the hole on the wall and end up in a room with lots of Soldier Darkling, and also the Dark Reactor. "Look's like we hit the right spot," says Parry.
The Smashers take out their Holy Weapons and fight the Darkling. CF fights his way through the horde of Darkling and goes straight for the reactor. He successfully made it to the Dark Reactor, and with one mighty blow, he thrusts the Hunter Spear into the reactor. The reactor rumbles and then disappears in a bright flash, along with all the Darkling in the room.
"That was too easy! Mission complete!" says CF with a thumb up.
"I never expected this mission to end so fast!" says Pichu.
"But I wonder how are the others," says G&W.
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"What are your intentions, Crocodile?" Dr. Mario asks him. "Why do you want the Armageddon?"
"Surely the Darkling King ordered you to get it for him," says Roy.
"Think smart, but I'm not on the Darkling King's side anymore," replies Crocodile.
"What!" exclaim the Smashers.
"In fact, I am going to bring him down from his throne," continues Crocodile. "Nobody ever gives commands to me! That is why I want the Armageddon and then destroy him with it, and then I will become king myself and rule the entire world!"
"Since you are against the Darkling King, then you're considered our ally, right?" Ness asks him.
"Ha! Why should I team up with weaklings like you? You will only try to stop me, so I will put an end to you all here!"
"How dare you! For one, we are glad that you are fighting the Darkling King, but we won't appreciate it if you want to take his place!" says Roy angrily. "Let us out of here!"
"Why? It's much more fun seeing you shouting your heads off in there."
"LET US OUT!"
"Do you want to hear about this? Do you know that something big is going on in File City?"
"Uh?" wonder the Smashers.
"It all began 4 a.m. this morning…"
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Back in File City, Gennai and a large army of Guardromon march up in front of the Digimon citizens. "Fellow Digimon, I have some important announcement to make," says Gennai.
The Digimon say to among themselves, "Why does Gennai bring a large amount of Guardromon just to make a public announcement?"
"As you all know, Crocodile and his henchmen are after the Armageddon, and I know very well where it is hidden," continues Gennai.
"So what can we do about it?" ask the Digimon.
"Because it is vital that he does not get his hands on it, then all proofs of the Armageddon must be eliminated. Therefore, I have come to the conclusion that this place must be destroyed in order to keep this secret."
The Digimon are shocked to hear this. "Why! Why must the city get involved in this!"
"It is for the sake of the world. Without any information on the Armageddon, Crocodile will never find it. So the only option we have left is to destroy this city!"
Some random Digimon, a Numemon, appears in front of the crowd and protests. "Is that how you do things, Gennai! This isn't like you! You said you love this city and you love us all very much! You would never do such vile thing, would you?"
"True, I love this city, but sacrifices must be made to save the world. You cannot change my mind; I am going to destroy File City! Guardromon, attack!"
The citizen Digimon are shocked and aghast. The Guardromon begin firing missiles in every direction, destroying and burning down buildings. The Digimon run for their life to escape the city, but some of them are killed by the missiles or crushed by falling buildings.
Gennai just stands there and laughs wickedly. "Hahahaha! Everything is going as planned! I don't know how Gennai's personality is, but who cares as long as I look like him?" Gennai puts a strange headband onto his head and touches his face, and transforms into Mr. 2! And then he dances his way out of the crowd. "Lalalala! Mission complete! Now to meet with the others!"
An Agumon is hiding in an alley, and he saw everything. "That's not Gennai! It's some weirdo ballerina in disguise! We're all tricked! I must tell the others!"
The other Digimon are in great panic and running for their lives, not caring about their surroundings. Unknown to them, Mr. 1 and Ms. Doublefinger are hiding among the crowd, killing any Digimon that comes across them. Because of the great chaos, nobody knows who killed whom or who died.
"The boss says this will probably be our last mission, but it's very easy!" says Ms. Doublefinger.
"None of our missions were hard anyway," comments Mr. 1.
On top of the city wall, Mr. 4 and Ms. Merry Christmas are standing there with the real Gennai as their prisoner. "Hohohoho! They're all in great panic!" laughs Ms. MC. "Run! Run! Run! Run or die! This is fun!"
"Ha… ha… ha… ha…" laughs Mr. 4 really slowly.
The real Gennai is tied and gagged up. "Don't fall for it… Please, everyone… Don't fall for it…" he says in his mind.
The Agumon is pushing his way through the crowds, shouting at the top of his voice, "Everyone! We're all mistaken! That is not Gennai! I saw it with my own eyes!" But the uproar of the crowd made his voice vanish into it, and nobody heard what he says.
As he continues to yell at the top of his voice about the truth, Mr. 1 and Ms. Doublefinger appears in front of him. "Looks like you found out something you shouldn't know," says Ms. DF.
"That transvestite will pay dearly for spilling the beans," says Mr. 1, cracking his knuckles. The Agumon slowly backs off in fear. "There is no way he can keep this secret," continues Mr. 1. "We will have to shut his mouth forever."
And the scene zooms off farther and farther, and all that was heard was a scream. "AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"
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Back inside the base…
The Smashers are already furious by the time Crocodile finishes talking about what is happening in File City. "You vile villain!" says Peach angrily. "Why must you bring trouble to File City! What have they done to you?"
"They have not done anything to me, nor have I have anything against them," says Crocodile. "But I ordered for its destruction for no apparent reason."
"You have that city destroyed just for your own pleasure! You're a devil!" says Dr. Mario.
Roy bangs against the cage violently. "You beast! I'll kill you!" He pulls out his sword and slams it against the cage hard, but it did not cut through the steel cage.
"Try as you might, you'll never break through this cage," says Crocodile. "Now I have to leave. The officer agents are probably heading towards Digital Ruins, and I must meet them there fast. Let's go, Mr. 5 and Ms. Valentine."
"Yes, boss!" say the two agents in unison.
"Oh, and one last thing. This base is no longer needed, so I have set a self-destruction mechanism in it. The entire pyramid will become part of the sand after a few minutes."
"Nooooo! Let us out!" screams Ness.
"Crocodile! Come back here!" Roy shouts at him while pounding the cage bars. "COME BACK HERE AND FIGHT ME!"
But Crocodile ignores him and walks towards the exit of the room, but then he stops and takes out a key from his pocket. "Here's the key to your cage. I think this is unnecessary, so I'll just throw it away." He drops the key towards the floor, but just before the key touches the floor, a trapdoor opens and the key falls into it.
The key falls towards the water below and a Seadramon pops out of the water and catches the key in its mouth and swallows it.
"Hey! You just fed the key to the monster!" Ness yells at him.
"I'm so sorry about that. Gotta go," says Crocodile.
Just at this moment, the phone rings. Mr. 5 takes the phone to Crocodile. "Here's the phone, boss."
Crocodile picks up the phone and answers it, "Hello?"
"Hello? Can you hear me?" says the voice in the phone.
"Yes. Who are you?"
"I should be asking you first. I wouldn't be surprised if you're that Crocodile dude. Okay, so you asked who I am, right? I am Captain Falcon!"
"Captain Falcon?"
The Smashers in the cage are surprised to hear this. "Falcon! He's still out there with his group!" says Ness. "Surely he will come rescue us!"
"Falcon! Help us!" shouts Peach at the top of his voice.
"Ah, I hear my friends' voice," says CF. "I believe they are in trouble, right? I will go and rescue them. And if you want to know, I just beat up a henchman of yours. He is a knight of some sorts."
"You mean Knightmon? Where are you now? Tell me!" demands Crocodile.
"I believe I'm somewhere near the entrance. Catch me if you can! I don't have patience to wait for you all day! Catch ya later, Crocodork!" And the phone hangs up.
"What do we do, boss?" asks Mr. 5.
"He attacked one of our henchmen, so we shall avenge for him!" says Crocodile, and then he quickly leaves the room with the two agents.
A few minutes after they're gone, CF walks into the room. "Ta-dah!"
"Falcon! You're here!" shout the Smashers with joy.
"I thought you said you're at the entrance," Dr. Mario asks him.
"Well, I set up a plan with the others."
FLASHBACK
Group 2 sees a phone hanged up on the wall, and a sign next to it writes, "This phone connects to the main room."
"So if we use this phone, we can talk with Crocodile, right?" asks Parry.
"I believe so," replies CF. "And from what I know, our friends are now captured because we saw it from a heating vent that we randomly ventured into."
"That was pretty random indeed," says Pichu.
"Remember that knight monster we encountered not long ago? I have come up with a plan that you three must participate in."
"What is it?" asks G&W.
"You will beat up that knight. I believe you have the power to do so. Now don't kill him, but leave him near the entrance. After that, you run out of here and make some sort of deploy."
"What are you going to do?" asks Parry.
"I will use this phone to contact Crocodile and try to lure him out. He will then be fooled by your deploy while I rescue the others."
"Sounds like a good plan! Let's do it!" says Pichu.
END OF FLASHBACK
"That's a pretty smart plan," says Peach.
Suddenly, the floor around them bursts open and water gushes out! "Oh no! The water beneath is gushing out!" says Marth. And then the entire place starts shaking violently.
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"What is this shaking?" asks Ms. Valentine.
"The base is falling apart soon," says Crocodile. They come to the entrance and found Knightmon lying near the exit (or entrance, depending on point of view). "What happened here?" Crocodile asks him.
"I was… beaten up by three… of the Smashers…" replies the Knightmon painfully. "They ran… outside…"
Crocodile sees a figure standing on a sand dune outside the pyramid. "So he is Captain Falcon?" he says to himself. "I will go kill him!" And then Crocodile rushes towards 'Captain Falcon'.
TO BE CONTINUED…
How is that? Pretty cool and also a cliffhanging end, right? I hope you review me nicely and wait for the next chapter, my beloved fans!