So something called writer's block sneaked up to me and I got stuck on this chapter. Sorry for taking so long.
And of course, I write about Tsukaimon's appearance in the reboot in my notes last chapter, and he showed up for 0.5 seconds lol. Anyways, the reboot is over and Ghost Game started so it doesn't really matter.
The more Izzy stayed in this trapped room, the more the heat got to him. It was hot in there, hotter than it was seconds ago. Tentomon had given up entirely, the ladybug curled on the floor scratching his antenna while whining.
Izzy slipped to his rear, his legs sprawled against the floor. He pulled on his collar for air, beads of sweat dripping down his chest. Izzy tiredly opened up his eyes, his pupils landing on Tentomon.
"Tentomon?" Izzy whimpered gaining Tentomon's attention. The bug uncurled himself, his sweaty antenna's now stuck on his head. The ladybug cocked his head, Izzy reaching forward to his partner. "Are you okay?"
Tentomon nodded and crawled his way to Izzy. He stretched his arm out to him, the boy's hand clasping the insectoid's claw. Izzy panted as a warm breeze passed by him, his cheeks flushed red. Tentomon wobbled to his Tamer's side. His eyes travelled downwards to Izzy's laptop, a green light beeping from its side.
"Hey, Izzy?" Tentomon blinked, pointing to the laptop. "What's that?"
Izzy looked to his side where his laptop was placed, a small green light located on its side. He quirked an eyebrow as he picked up his laptop. Adjusting it onto his lap, he opened the laptop. The screen turned white, Izzy squinting at the bright light. His index finger moved to across the keyboard and lowered the brightness.
The blank screen soon popped away and was replaced with his lock screen. Izzy's eyes widened, and his pupils darted to the bottom right corner of his screen. The battery sign was now full, despite being empty just an hour ago without any charge.
"It charged!" Izzy gasped, Tentomon crawling closer to him to get a better look. "How?"
Izzy quickly darted to his feet, frightening Tentomon as he took a step backward. Tentomon cocked his head to the side, confused.
"Can't you tell?" Tentomon asked earning a confused expression from Izzy.
"Tell what?" He asked, lowering his laptop to get a better look at Tentomon.
"This place is filled with energy!" He noted enthusiastically. "It probably charged your laptop!"
Izzy stared dumbfounded at Tentomon, the insectoid keeping his proud smile on his face. Izzy knew the Digital World is very strange, but this just tops it.
"How does that even work?" Izzy inquired, his eyes clouded with interest. Tentomon's smile faltered.
"I...don't know," Tentomon sighed as he watched Izzy's smile falter. "It just does,"
"Oh," Izzy spat out bitterly. He shook his head, it was no time to be bitter about this. He could research more about this later.
Izzy sunk to his rear, crossing his legs. He shifted his laptop onto his lap. Tentomon crawled closer to him, his two claws resting on his Tamer's left leg. The insect Digimon peered forward, watching his Tamer work on his laptop. He watched him type some code into the laptop, the lock screen popping away to show the map hidden behind it. Izzy moved the cursor to the top right corner of his page and right-click the three dots. Izzy watched his laptop saving the map, smiling once the download was completed and the file was made.
"Done!" Izzy beamed clicking the map on his screen, Tentomon watching with curiosity.
"Now what?" Tentomon asked, raising his head. Izzy bit his lip, raising his head. The boy looked around the room, peering at the colourful letters written on the walls and the sealed door that wouldn't let him out.
"I don't know," Izzy sighed, putting his laptop on the floor. More drops of sweat fell down his face as a warm breeze rushed past him. He stood up and walked back to the door, his palm pressed on the surprisingly cold metal.
"We need to find a way out," He noted, as he pressed both of his hands onto the door. He grunted as he leaned his body towards it, putting all of his weight onto his push, but nothing happened.
Tentomon peered at Izzy, blinking at the failed attempt. The insectoid wobbled up to his partner, placing a comforting claw on his Tamer's back.
"It's okay," Tentomon said, Izzy smiling down at his partner. "We'll find a way out."
Izzy let out a frustrated sigh and pushed himself off of the door. "Yeah, but how?" He wondered as he wiped his hands.
"We tried calling for Sora," Izzy recalled the first time they banged their fist against the door, calling for help. Tentomon hummed, scratching his chin with his claw. The insectoid stared at the ground, thinking hard.
An idea popped into Tentomon's mind and he gasped. The ladybug twisted around and ran to the wall, brushing his claw against the letters. Izzy jumped at his partner's frantic movements.
"What's wrong?" The boy wondered, as he carefully stalked up to his partner. He bent down and picked up his laptop, brushing the dust off it.
But the insectoid didn't respond, giving Izzy a confused and slightly worried expression. "Tentomon?" Tentomon whipped his head back and Izzy jumped backwards surprised.
"There might be a code!" Tentomon nodded as he turned back to the wall. Izzy blinked in surprise and furrowed his eyebrows.
"A code?" He asked. Izzy walked up to Tentomon and sat beside him, adjusting the laptop onto his lap. Tentomon nodded at him and pointed to the purple notes written on the wall.
"These letters written on the wall must mean something," Said Tentomon getting Izzy to think. "Maybe we can use these to open the doors."
Izzy stared at his partner but then turned his views to the notes. The boy bit his lip, as he tried to ingest what Tentomon has told him.
"Maybe..." Izzy hinted, his fingers instinctively going to his keyboard. Izzy continued to wonder and think about Tentomon's idea, and soon enough he was typing down all the possible codes down on his computer.
"BORING!" Tai groaned as he stalked the halls with a stick in his hand. He raised his legs high and slammed his foot against the metal ground, the stick scratching against it. BlackAgumon was right behind his Tamer, his mouth widening, baring his back fangs and let out a very quiet yawn.
"Yeah," BlackAgumon agreed sheepishly rubbing his eyes tiredly.
"I thought we could do something!" Tai said loudly as he continued to voice his complaints. "But instead we're just walking down the hall doing jack shit!"
Tai took more wide steps and continued to swing his stick around as his only source of entertainment. BlackAgumon nodded and hummed in agreement with all of his Tamer's complaints, even though he wasn't listening.
"I want to sleep," BlackAgumon muttered as he struggled to keep his eyes open. The black dinosaur felt lightheaded and his eyelids felt heavy. Despite having no windows around, there were still some holes and tears in the factory, and BlackAgumon could see the light from the outside meaning that the sun was already rising.
'I couldn't even sleep tonight,' He thought sadly as he hung his head low. 'I want food...'
Tentomon regretted telling Izzy about the code. Why? Because it has been almost an entire hour and all Izzy has been doing is sitting on the ground typing on his laptop. Tentomon sighed as he pressed his chin on his claw. He watched as Izzy's fingers quickly pressed onto the keys on his laptop. The boy bit his lip as he squinted at the screen.
"Izzy?" Tentomon asked attempting to gain his Tamer's attention. But it didn't work, Izzy's eyes and fingers stayed on the laptop. Tentomon hopped onto his feet and strolled his way towards the redhead. He leaned forward to take a look at Izzy's laptop.
Suddenly, Izzy gasped as he slammed his laptop shut. Tentomon yelped and he jumped away. The two stared at each other for a while. Izzy did not notice him approaching him. So once he felt another presence by his side, his instincts jumped in and closed his laptop to hide everything on it. As he had always done with his parents.
"S-sorry," Izzy apologized timidly as he reopened his laptop. Tentomon tiled his head, confused.
"It's okay," Tentomon smiled as he walked backward and sat back down, away from Izzy to help him with his work. Izzy's lips pulled into a small and timid smile as he brought his fingers back to the keyboard.
Sora was walking down the hall, fast. Like really fast. And Biyomon did not like that. The bird grunted and groaned as Sora dragged her. Biyomon could not keep up with her pace, and because of that, the pink bird kept on tripping and wobbling over her own talons. Finally, Biyomon had enough.
"Sora!" Biyomon whined, raising her voice higher than she normally would at Sora. She squeezed Sora's hand as a way to get her attention.
"What?" Sora asked sharply, her eyes staying forward. Biyomon growled as she tried to pull Sora back but to no avail.
"Calm down!" Biyomon ordered, but Sora didn't listen. There was this weird feeling stuck in Sora's stomach. It was a mixture of fear, nervousness, and hatred. She couldn't get rid of it, and it was making her sick.
"Sora look!" Sora gasped as Biyomon tugged onto her hand sharply. She snapped her neck down to Biyomon, who was pointing ahead. Following her gaze, she saw Tai and BlackAgumon walk up to them. A smile made its way to Sora's face.
"Tai!" Sora yelled happily, waving her arm. Tai swung his head in Sora's direction, a wide grin spreading across his face.
"Oh hey, Sora!" He quickly made his way over. BlackAgumon gasped as Tai dragged his sleepy ass too quickly, the Digimon whining as he almost tripped over his legs. "It's so good to see you!" Tai laughed, gripping Sora's shoulders and shaking her excitedly. "I was getting so bored."
Sora sighed, her hand going to her stomach. "I got this anxious feeling in my stomach and I got worried. I'm glad to know you're safe though."
Tai frowned, his eyebrows knitting together. "Are you okay?" Tai asked in a worried tone. Sora nodded in response. "Yeah, but can we look for Izzy? I'm getting worried about him."
Tai nodded, as he grasped Sora's hand and pulled her away to the hall Izzy and Tentomon went through. Biyomon and BlackAgumon quickly followed, the bird glaring at the sleepy dinosaur.
"Sure," Tai replied looking past his shoulder. He grinned at Sora, hoping to ease the worry, and it did.
After a while, Izzy was finally finished. Everything. He had typed every letter engraved in this room onto his laptop. He let out a relieved sigh as he leaned his head against the wall. His index finger moved to the enter key and pressed it in sheer exhaustion.
Tentomon has curled into a ball away from Izzy. The insectoid Digimon wanted to give his partner some space and he eventually fell asleep after a few hours. A purple light shot Tentomon's inside, the insectoid jumping in pain, letting out a screechy howl.
Izzy swung his head to the shriek to find Tentomon jumping in pain, purple lights jumping inside of him. Tentomon clenched his jaw, his insides burning, the sparks sending him a shooting pain.
"Tentomon!" Izzy gasped as he quickly made his way to his feet. He practically threw his laptop onto the ground, for once not caring about its safety, as he climbed to his feet, his Dark Digivice slipping out of his pocket, a small purple light emitting from it.
Izzy saw the light from the corner of his eyes. He looked past his shoulder to see the screen shinning purple. Izzy glanced at it and glanced at Tentomon to see the same light shooting in him, putting two and two together.
Izzy ran back to his laptop with digivice in hand. He didn't know how it activated but he guessed it was thanks to his laptop. The letters on his screen danced around it, mixing together. Izzy did not know how to get rid of it, the only thought that came to mind was to turn his computer off completely.
Izzy let out a sigh, he might regret this later, but he was doing this for Tentomon. All he hoped was that this was the cause of Tentomon's suffering, or else all those hours typing down these notes would've been for nothing.
His middle finger found its way to the power key and pressed it, holding down onto the key until his screen went black. He snapped his head to Tentomon, to see the light disappearing and to see his partner calming down. Izzy let out a sigh, looking down to his Digivice. The screen was plain again, the purple light was now gone.
Tentomon let out a relieved breath of air as the pain dwindled away. He clenched his arms across his stomach as it was still sparking from the light, but was slowly sparking away. Tentomon looked up to thank Izzy, only to find a Mekanorimon standing in front of the now open door, his arms raised ready to attack.
Tentomon stared at it with wide eyes, the Mekanorimon staring back at him. The two stared at each other in silence for a few moments as Izzy pressed his back against the wall with his eyes shut, his body soon falling into sleep. Tentomon stole a glance at Izzy to find his partner sleeping. The insectoid decided to break the silence to protect his Tamer.
"Uh...Izzy?" Izzy groaned in exhaustion as his eyes fluttered open, then they widened in shock and fear at the Digimon at the door. He jumped onto his feet and ran to Tentomon with his laptop and Digivice in his hand.
"Tentomon?" Izzy muttered, hiding behind his partner. "What's happening?"
Before Tentomon could respond, Mekanorimon pumped his right arm back.
"Gyro Break!" His fist pumped forward throwing a corkscrew punch at them.
Not only did Izzy's code wake up Mekanorimon, but it also woke up all the other machine-type Digimon's that were hidden in the factory, including a bunch of Haguroromon's that were currently chasing Tai, Sora and their partners.
"Where the hell did they come from?!" Tai sputtered out as they ran up the stairs. His gloved hand was grasping Sora's pulling her up with him. On her back was a sleepy BlackAgumon, who couldn't walk any longer. Thankfully Biyomon wasn't as tired as him, as she flew above them.
Biyomon twisted around opening her beak.
"Spiral Twister!" A green flame formed in a spiral shape flew out of Biyomon's beak, hitting the Haguroromon's. They all vanished by the attack, their data floating in the air.
The four of them made their way up the stairs. Sora dropped to her knees due to the extra weight as Tai leaned down, his forearms pressed against his bended knees. They panted in exhaustion.
"Are you alright?" Tai asked Sora as he straightened himself. Sora nodded, taking Tai's hand as he pulled her up to her feet.
Sora looked forward, the look of relief vanishing and one of fear replaced it. Tai noticed Sora's reaction and followed her gaze, a drop of sweat forming on his forehead.
"Goddamit," Tai muttered. It was a Gaudromon, who was ready to attack.
Matt's eyes fluttered, the light from the sun stinging his eyes. The blonde groaned, as he slowly pushed himself up while rubbing his eyes. He let out a yawn as he stretched his arms, adjusting himself while being stuck between Psychemon and TK.
'Morning already?' Matt thought, surprised. He swore he had just gone to bed thirty minutes ago, it doesn't even feel like more than an hour had passed.
But Matt brushed it off. He was tired before he went to bed, it was expected. Pushing himself onto his feet, he quietly and softly walked over the mass of sleeping children and Digimons, careful not to wake them. He made his way to the trees so he could relieve himself.
After he was finished with his morning duty, Matt turned back to the camp. He scratched his head as he let out yet another yawn. He continued to rub his eyes which were not used to the light yet.
Matt blinked as he looked over the camp. Something looked odd as if there weren't enough people sleeping on the ground. Raising himself upon the tip of his toes, he counted the bodies on the ground, his eyes widening.
Only four children and five Digimons sleeping, even though there are supposed to be seven children and eight Digimons.
Matt walked over the bodies until he was standing over Joe's. Tai, Sora, Izzy and their partners went inside the factory to check it out when the sun had just recently settled down. Now it was sunrise, the next day, and they were still not back. It shouldn't have taken them this long.
Worry gnawed Matt's stomach, the blonde fearing that something had happened. He kneeled next to Joe, shaking the older boy's shoulders. Joe muttered something incoherent as his eyes fluttered open. His eyes widened at the sight of Matt's stern face, which was something Joe never expected nor wanted to wake up to.
"W-what is it?" He stuttered clearing his throat. He reached over to his bag and took out his glasses.
"Sora, Tai, Izzy and their digimons aren't here," Matt responded calmly which shook Joe. The indigo-haired boy peered around the campsite to realize Matt was right, they weren't here.
"O-oh!" He gasped, sitting up. "Did something happen to them?"
This seemed to have frustrated Matt. He scowled at him as he rolled his eyes, Joe biting his lip anxiously.
"I don't know." He sneered. He took a step over Psychemon before lightly kicking him with the tip of his shoe. Psychemon groaned, exhausted. He slowly got up and looked blankly at Matt. Matt nodded to the cliff, as he picked up Psychemon by his arm.
"Let's go find them." He ordered. Joe nodded, turning around to wake up Gomamon. But the seal didn't wake up and only rolled over in his sleep. Joe anxiously looked back to Matt, who was waiting for them impatiently. Nervous under Matt's gaze, Joe gave up on waking the seal and picked him up, making his way to Matt.
"Matt?" Matt turned around to see TK, who had raised his head tiredly with Kari by his side. "Where are you going?"
Matt sighed and was about to put TK to sleep, until Kari looked around the camp, noticing her older brother was missing.
"Where's Tai?" She asked as she pushed herself into a sitting position. Matt sighed in frustration, this wasn't going to be easy. Soon everyone woke up, the Digimons and Mimi.
"Look, we're going to find him," Matt replied to Kari, who looked confused. Matt didn't bother with her any longer, turning his attention to Mimi.
"Can you watch over them?" Matt asked but gained no response from Mimi. She was still the same as the day before, nothing had changed. She was still so gloomy, her eyes drooping down with sadness and despair written all over her face.
Aruraumon noticed her Tamer's silent reaction and rubbed her back. "We'll watch over them,"
Matt nodded at Aruraumon standing up and walking up to Joe and Gomamon with Psychemon following him. Matt took one last glance at his little brother and his best friend before he slipped off the cliff with Joe and their partners.
Izzy yelped as Mekanorimon's hand went flying towards them. Tentomon's claw wrapped around Izzy's waist as he zoomed to the wall, dodging his attack. His large mechanic hand slammed against the back wall, creating a giant hole.
Izzy widened his eyes as he glanced at the ridiculously large hole indented on the wall. If Tentomon hadn't saved him, he would've been hit by that blow. Before Izzy could thank his partner, Tentomon dashed up in the air again, taking Izzy with him and flew out the door.
Izzy wailed as his feet left the ground. He grunted as he slipped down in Tentomon's arms, grasping his claws to keep him secure in the ladybug's grip. Tentomon didn't have any time to adjust his hold on Izzy, he was more focused on getting to safety.
Izzy looked past Tentomon to find Mekanorimon slowly making his way out of the room. He stood by the door, the red lens on his torso twinkling. Then a beam shot out from it, aiming at Izzy and Tentomon.
"Tentomon!" Izzy gasped the insectoid swinging his head back. Just one glance passed his shoulders and Tentomon quickly surveyed to the side, but a little too quickly as he slammed against the wall, bruising his wings and sliding to the ground. Izzy groaned as his palm and knees slapped the ground making it sting and go red, his ribs crashing onto the metal floor with the added weight of Tentomon.
The beam continued to strike for them and their eyes widened as they threw their arms over their head as a useless way to protect themselves.
"Night Roar!" Black feathers covered in black flames flew towards the beam, hitting it. The feathers countered the beam, the beam throwing back to Mekanorimon with the black feathers. Mekanorimon's eyes widened, as he twisted around and punched a hole in the air leading to the outside. He jumped through it, missing the beam as it continued to fly into the hall.
Izzy and Tentomon stared at it in relief and shock. The sound of an explosion told the partners that the beam had hit something.
"Izzy! Tentomon!" Tai yelled as he and Sora ran to the fallen boy and Digimon, BlackAgumon yawning on Sora's back. Izzy looked past Tai and Sora to see Saberdramon flying in the air, her wings slightly tucked between the narrow halls.
Sora dropped to her knees jerking BlackAgumon awake. The dinosaur swung his head around the room, before crawling off Sora's back and dragging himself to Tai. Sora helped Tentomon and Izzy sit up, the boy gasping as his shoulder ache in pain.
"Are you okay?" Sora asked softly noticing the look of pain crossing on her younger friend's face. Izzy nodded as he bit his lip, his hand squeezing his other arm.
"Did you charge your laptop?" Tai asked and Izzy's eyes widened in happiness. He completely forgot about his laptop that was hanging onto his backpack.
"Oh yeah!" Izzy smiled as he took it off. "I did!"
Clang! Sounds of metal clanging against metal echoed in the hall. The three kids and three Digimons swung their heads to the sound. Saberdramon let out a low growl as she squinted into the distance.
"There are more Gaudromons." She snarled, Tai letting out a groan.
"More?!" He whined as she flopped onto his rear. "How did this even happen?!"
Sora sighed as she rose to her feet, helping Izzy stand who helped Tentomon.
"Come on," She ordered as she walk towards the hole where Mekanorimon went through. "We might as well try to run away."
But that plan immediately failed as Mekanorimon jumped through the hole a second later. Sora gasped as she took a step back, the machine Digimon towering over her.
"Black Saber!" Saberdramon lurched her talons forward as they crashed into Mekanorimon's metal. Mekanorimon's eyes narrowed into a glare as he raised a fist.
"Gyro Break!" Saberdramon had no time to dodge it as the fist crashed into her chest. She let out a strangled squawk as her talons flexed open freeing him from his grip. She hit the wall behind them and slipped to her rear.
"Saberdramon!" Sora gasped as she ran to her partner. She pressed her hand onto the demon bird's feathers as she let out a grunt while attempting to get back up. The Gaudramons got closer and closer, their footsteps becoming louder and louder.
Tai swung his head around and peered into the hall. He counted three or four Gaudramon's as he pulled his Digivice out of his pocket, the screen emitting an orange glow.
"BlackAgumon digivolve to...BlackGreymon!" Blackgreymon let out a roar as he stomped into his Champion form. He stammered into the hall, his claws bared ready to attack.
He tackled the first Gaudromon who approached him, as another one scampered to his side. BlackGreymon ground his teeth as his claws squeeze into its metal. He swung his tail forward as it hit the second Gaudromon while throwing the first one away.
The first Gaudramon's back slammed against the wall, his eyes glitching, letting out some steam as he rose back to his feet. BlackGreymon snarled at it, as the second Gaurdramon snaked an arm around BlackGreymon's neck, the black dinosaur choking as it lifted him off his feet.
As Sora rubbed Saberdramon's leg with Tentomon and Izzy by her side, Mekanorimon stomped its way to them. A shadow emerged over them, the two children tensing as Mekanorimon raised his hand, getting ready to attack.
But then what seemed to be a miracle happened as Gururumon jumped onto Mekanorimon, the machine Digimon tripping over its feet and falling face-first onto the metal ground. Gururumon growled as he snapped his teeth over its shoulder, biting down hard. Matt smirked on his place mounted on top of Gururumon.
"Matt! Gururumon!" Izzy gasped as Sora beamed.
"Oh wow!" Tentomon buzzed as he flung his arms in the air. "You guys saved us! Great job!"
BlackGreymon gagged as the Gaudramon squeezed his neck tighter, Tai gasping at his partner's pain.
"BlackGreymon!" Tai wailed as BlackGreymon's face turned red, veins popping in his eyes as he soon lost air. Before BlackGreymon could lose consciousness, a dash of white slammed into Gaurdromon's head, his bulky arms letting go of BlackGreymon. The white tentacle pushed the Gaurdromon onto his back, his claw digging into the metal. The Gaudramon squirmed under his hold before he exploded into multiple pixels floating in the air.
"Are you okay?" Tai swung his head in the direction of the question. There he saw Joe sitting on Gesomon, his right arm swinging back to him after defeating the Gaudromon, his left arm wrapped around another one.
"Joe!" Tai grinned at his older friend as he waved his arm to him. "You saved us!"
Joe smiled, looking flushed at the compliment. He snapped out of his pride as the Gaudromon spread his arms wide, breaking apart Gesomon's grip. He pumped his arm back before punching his clenched fist into Gesomon's chest. Gesomon gagged, the impact pushing him to the wall behind him.
Gururumon growled with his teeth clenched against Mekanorimon's metal shoulder. Mekanorimon squirmed underneath, finally finding the energy to push the big wolf off. His hands slipped under him and with one push he pushed his upper body off the ground, throwing Gururumon and Matt off him. Matt wailed as Gururumon slipped off Mekanorimon. The machine Digimon kicked the wolf in the stomach and had him skidded through the hole and onto the grass outside.
"Matt!" Izzy, Sora and Tentomon rushed past Mekanorimon and leaped out the hole. Gururumon slowly pushed himself into a sitting position, Matt gently petting Gururumon's back.
Saberdramon pushed herself into the air, her wing blade slamming into Mekanorimon, her head pushed right beside his. She pushed him out the hole, Mekanorimon pulling his arms to her wings, both his hand gripping both her wing blade and he yanked her to the side. Tai noticed that everyone was out and turned his attention back to BlackGreymon.
"Come on," He ordered as he sprinted to the hole. BlackGreymon nodded following his Tamer, the stomps shaking the room gaining Joe's and Gesomon's attention.
"Huh?" Joe snapped his head to where Tai used to stand, who was now running out of the factory.
"O-oh, Gesomon follow them!" Gesomon nodded as he slithered his way out. But Tai and BlackGreymon randomly stopped right outside the hole causing Gesomon to stop. Joe cocked his head to the side, confused.
"What's wrong?" He asked as he leaned to the side to look past Tai and BlackGreymon. His eyes widened at what he saw. There were a dozen more Gaudromon's standing outside, surrounding them.
TK and Kari stared off into space, sitting by the cliff, their legs hanging off the edge. Tsukaimon and Salamon curled on their hat and lap. TK sighed as Kari mindlessly combed her fingers through Salamon's fur. It had been a while since Matt and Joe ran into the forest with their Digimons, yet they didn't know how long it has been. They didn't have any sort of clock to check the time, hell it's even possible that no time passed at all they were just really bored and the time had felt longer.
Kari's heart ached in worry for her brother. She didn't expect it to take her brother so long to find Izzy. Terrifying thoughts entered her mind, thoughts of a wild Digimon chasing her brother and friends and thoughts of them falling to the ground, attack and defeated. Kari shook her head as she jumped onto her feet. Salamon gasped as she fell to the ground. Kari made her way to Mimi forgetting about Salamon.
"Huh?" TK noticed the lost presence from his side and looked past his shoulder. He raised to his feet, picking up the fallen Salamon as he followed Kari. Mimi was still stuck in despair. Her head was buried in her arm, her back resting against the tree. Her long honey brown locks fell over her forearms, her arms pressing against her knees. Aruraumon was right next to her, pushing her Tamer's hair out of her face.
TK and Kari stood in front of Mimi. TK stared at her with his mouth gaped open, his eyelids lowered, his pupils glistened in sadness. It really did hurt TK whenever he saw her like this. She used to be so cheerful and happy, what happened? Kari didn't care about Mimi's old self. All she cared about was her friends and brother, and she knows she can't leave this cliff without Mimi.
"Mimi let's go," Kari sighed, leaning down and grasping the older girl's wrist. Kari squeezed her eyes shut as she leaned back onto her heel, trying her best to pull the heavier girl up. Mimi slipped her arm out of Kari's gasp, causing Kari to trip back.
"Woah!" She yelped as she tripped backwards losing her balance. TK gasped as he dropped Salamon, the dog Digimon wailing as she fell back to the ground, again. He threw his arm out, catching the brunette, but her weight pushed him to his knees.
Aruraumon's pupils dashed between the two eight-year-olds and her Tamer. She watched the two kids groaning in pain, wondering what to do, and she watched her partner who has fallen to despair sit there silently, still wondering what to do. Kari looked up to Mimi to see her in the same position she was in before. Anger flared inside of her, her eyebrows knitting together and her jaw clenching. She shot back up, unintentionally pushing TK back onto the ground.
"Mimi!" Kari scowled flinging her arms around. "Don't you care about your friends?! They're missing!"
Mimi slowly opened her eyes, her sight covered by darkness. Kari's words replayed in Mimi's head as they slowly brought her back to consciousness. 'Missing...' Mimi thought, her eyebrows furrowing together, a crease appearing on her forehead as she began to think harder about all of this. 'They're missing...my friends are missing!'
Mimi's eyes widened as she pushed her head out of her arms jumping to her feet. Everyone around her flinched surprised to see Mimi's energy running back to her.
"Missing?!" Mimi shrieked as her hands squeezed Kari's shoulder, shaking the shorter girl. "Whose missing?! What happened?! Tell me, Kari, tell me!"
Kari blinked as Mimi finally stopped shaking her, her surroundings spinning around her, her head pounding from the dizziness. She couldn't reply to Mimi, she was just too dizzy, so TK did it for her.
"Everyone!" He exclaimed throwing his arms around in a circle. "Izzy and Tentomon ran away to the factory and everyone else went to find them. They never came back! You were too upset to notice..."
Mimi frowned for a moment. 'No, this is why you didn't notice before.' Mimi let out a huff as she refused to be drawn back to her despair. 'My friends need me.' She snapped her neck to the cliff. She stomped her way there, her partner and younger friends following. Mimi stood right at the edge of the cliff leaning forward, her hand placed on top of her eyebrow as she peered around. "Where's the factory?!"
"There!" Kari exclaimed raising herself up to her tippy toes. "The white building at the back!"
Mimi's gaze dashed to where Kari was pointing at. She immediately caught it, and then her gaze went down to see the number of trees that stood before it. Her lips turned to a pout, thinking about how long of a walk that would be and how sore her poor legs would be.
"That's so far away!" Mimi whined. She swung to Aruraumon, her Digivice stuffed between her clasped hands. Her lips pulled into a small smile, her eyes sparkling. "Can you Digivolve for us? Please?"
Izzy watched the battle commencing in front of him. His eyes were wide and his jaw was dropped as he watched each Digimon serve an attack to a Gaudromon while hiding behind a tree. Izzy looked down at Tentomon, wondering if his partner can fight with the others one day. Gururumon growled, his teeth clenched on a Gaudromon's shoulder. Gururumon moved his pupils to the corner of his eyes. He saw BlackGreymon wrestling against another Gaudromon, his tail and claws squeezing his shoulders and legs. Gaudromon's arms wrapped around his waist.
"BlackGreymon!" Gururumon mumbled between closed teeth. Although it was incoherent, BlackGreymon still understood. He turned his head to Gururumon's direction to be met with the large wolf throwing his opponent into the air. BlackGreymon's eyes narrowed as he raised a foot kicking the Gaudromon between his legs and throwing him up in the air. He swung his tail forward, throwing it towards the other Gaudromon. They both slammed into each other, letting out pained grunts and groans between falling onto the floor, piled atop each other. Sabedramon came soaring to the ground, her talons bared. She pressed her claws into their amour, standing on top of them with her wings spread out.
"Night Roar!" She screamed releasing her feathers as they attacked the two Gaudromon's. They let out a pained shriek as they burst into data, the demon phoenix flapping her wings as they pushed her into the air.
"Awesome!" Tai cheered on his place atop of BlackGreymon's shell, pumping his fist into the air. Sora, who was sitting on Saberdramon's leg, clapped while petting her partner and Matt rolled his eyes.
"Uh, guys!" Jyou shrieked, his eyes widening as a Gaudromon leaned closer into their vision. He was standing on top of Gesomon's head, who was surrounded by three Gaudromon's, two trapped in his tentacles and one gripping onto his slimy body.
Tai grinned. "BlackGreymon, attack!" BlackGreymon nodded as he opened his mouth and shot out a large fireball. "Nova Blast!" The flame hit the Gaudromon that was keeping a hold on Gesomon. It let out a shriek before it blew up into dozens of pixels. Gesomon smirked as he twisted his stiff body, before raising the Gaudromon's higher into the air. He lifted his legs up squirting ink out of them.
"Coral Crusher!" The ink splattered onto their eyes covering their vision. He threw them down, the Gaudromon's clawing their eyes to get the ink out.
"Mach Shadow!" Saberdramon spun around slamming into one of the Gaudromon's. Gururumon jumped onto the second widening his mouth. "Chaos Blaster!" He spewed out hot dark fire onto the Gaudromon. The two screamed as they exploded into data.
Izzy continued to watch them in awe. He watched the four Digimons jump back into a circle as more Gaudromon's surrounded them. Izzy noticed something. His eyes darted around the forest as he tried to find the Mekanorimon. Tentomon felt a strong presence from behind them. He turned around with no caution, his eyes widening at the sight of Mekanorimon towering over them.
"Izzy!" Tentomon gasped as Izzy twirled around his heart pounding when a large metal claw come into vision. He leaned back his arms covering his face as the arm claw swung down towards him.
"Tequila Knuckle!" A gloved hand came crashing into Mekanorimon's face, pushing him away from Izzy. Izzy felt a sweat drop down his skin, feeling the shadow of the towering Mekanorimon leave him. He carefully lowered his arms, his eyes widening in shock. What now stood in front of him was a giant cactus that was floating in the air wearing a large sombrero a yellow poncho. Standing on her hat was Mimi, who, for the first time in days, had a large smile posed on her face.
"Yeah!" Mimi laughed raising her arms. "You go Ponchomon!"
"Mimi?!" Tai sputtered his eyes and mouth wide open. The happy and cheerful girl was back, happily surprising everyone. Mimi smiled gently, tilting her head to the side. "Hey everyone!"
Mekanorimon slowly rose back up, letting out a low growl. Mimi pointed to Mekanorimon while incessantly hitting her hat. "Ponchomon! Ponchomon! Go! Go! Go!" Ponchomon nodded as she zoomed past Izzy and Tentomon, her fist raised, ready to throw another punch at the machine Digimon. Izzy watched them in shock and a bit jealously.
'Even Mimi got her Digimon to digivolve?' Izzy's lips turned into a frown, the boy rubbing his arm uncomfortably. He looked down at Tentomon, who was watching Ponchomon beat up Mekanorimon, with a blank expression on his face. Izzy wondered if Tentomon felt the same way he does.
"Izzy!" TK and Kari chuckled as they ran up to the older boy, holding onto their small Digimons. Izzy turned around to face them, a smile placed on his face.
"Hey," Izzy said softly as he watched TK and Kari pant in front of him. Kari straightened herself, mustering up a face of discomfort.
"Are you okay?" Kari asked, Izzy nodding. The champion-level Digimons continued their battles, more and more Gaudromon were killed. Izzy was mostly focused on Mekanorimon though. He seemed to be the strongest, he didn't get killed so easily like the Gaudromon's and could actually throw effective attacks at them.
Mekanorimon finally had enough of Ponchomon, abruptly flinging his claw into the air. His claw smashed into Ponchomon's chest, throwing her to the ground. Mimi wailed as she lost balance, falling to her back in the rim of the hat. At first, they had the upper hand, now the tables had turned. The Gaudromon Gururumon was fighting randomly gained strength, punching the wolf in the face. He howled in pain as he stumbled onto his back. Matt cried out as he slipped off Gururumon's back, slamming onto his rear.
"Matt?" Tai swung his head to the side, suddenly flying off. He groaned as he skidded onto the ground, looking up to see BlackGreymon tackled to the ground by the Gaudromon he was battling against. Izzy's eyes widened as the fight turned for the worst. He clenched his digivice, his hands shaking. He looked at Tentomon, who still carried no expression on his face. He wondered, he truly wondered if he can get Tentomon to fight. He bit his lip, shaking his head before pushing his Digivice into Tentomon's face, determination getting to the 10-year-old.
"Tentomon!" He shrieked, the insectoid Digimon jumping at the shout. He stared at Izzy then at the Digivice screen.
"What is it, Izzy?" Tentomon asked cocking his head to the side. Izzy let out a hard breath, his digivice shaking in his hand.
"Do you think you can digivolve?" He asked Tentomon's eyes widening.
"Digivolve?" He asked, earning a nod from his partner. "Yes! Please, try!"
Tentomon looked back to the digivice, determination gripping his heart, the want to please his partner took over every other emotion the ladybug had in his heart. He nodded his head, the Digivice in the small boy's hand emitting a raisin purple light, engulfing Tentomon.
"Tentomon digivolve too..." His glowing body changed shapes, expanding into a much bigger Digimon. His arms broke into two, and the front of his face sprouted out two large scissors. "Kuwagamon!"
The insectoid monster took shape to a much larger and ferocious monster. His skin was still red, but with black markings carved onto his head. His wings were broken out of his shell, now revealing his thin clear wings under the red shell. His mouth was even kept open, exposing his green gum and sharp teeth, two scissors clenched together on the front of his face, and now instead of just one arm he now has two. Izzy stared at his newly evolved Digimon in shock and awe. His jaw was dropped open, his eyes blinking surprised.
'He actually digivolved...' Izzy marvelled in his head. He wanted Tentomon to do it, for sure, but he didn't actually think he could. Izzy's shock was soon replaced with happiness and excitement, his lips pulling into a smile. Kuwagamon let out an earsplitting roar, before jumping into battle, his wings buzzing taking him off the air.
Mekanorimon was busy with Ponchomon, his claws flinging across her face as she lay defeated on the ground. Mimi shrieked as she curled herself into a ball, hiding behind one of her maracas for protection. Kuwagamon dashed towards him, his scissors snipping together. They widened as they clenched around the distracted Mekanorimon whose eyes bulged as he was raised into the air. He swung his head around to see the newly evolved Kuwagmon, letting out a growl.
He swung his claw forward as it slashed across Kuwagamon's face, the insectoid letting out a shriek, claws marks bruising his shell. His scissors clenched tighter around Mekanorimon's waist, squeezing the metal together, distracting the Gaudromon's, tossing the upper hand back to their team.
Gururumon growled slashing his claws across Gaudromon's face. He pushed the machine Digimon up, jumping back onto him. BlackGreymon pushed himself onto Gaudromon, pinning him to the ground. Ponchomon jumped back up into the air, dashing to Mekanorimon. Mimi wailed as gravity pushed her to her feet, only to push her back down onto her stomach. Ponchomon pumped her fist forward connecting the punch to his face, bolts and screws popping out of his mouth.
Kuwagamon raised his head up before slamming Mekanorimon to the ground, unclenching his scissors. He hopped up into the air, jumping onto Mekanorimon's stomach who arched in pain letting out painful gags.
"Power Guillotine!" Kuwagamon slashed his four claws from left to right, carving into Mekanorimon's twisted stomach, data fizzing out of it. He then drove his head forward, clenching his scissors into the defeated Mekanorimon's waist. He screamed an earsplitting scream with his eyes bulging as his body cut into halves, the rest later exploding into fizzing data.
Gururumon let out a low growl before opening his mouth. "Ice Cannon!"
Balls of ice launched out his mouth as they hit the Gaurdomon beneath him, ice covering the machine Digimon. He lurched his head forward, widening his mouth before clenching his teeth onto his shoulder killing the machine Digimon.
BlackGreymon pushed himself up higher, his hands still pinning the Gaudromon under him into the dirt. His claws dug deeper into Gaudromon's shoulder poking a hole. His mouth widened, heat and black forming at the end of it.
"Nove Blast!" A large fireball spitted out of his mouth hit Gaudromon, burning the machine into charcoal. Saberdramon let out a Night Roar while Gesomon let out a Coral Crusher defeating the last two Gaudromon's.
All the Digimon had gone back to their lower levels, Biyomon, BlackAgumon, and Tentomon collapsing onto each other in exhaustion.
"You guys are sleeping?!" Gomamon hollered in laughter. "That fight barely drowned me out!"
Biyomon peeked an eye open, glaring at the seal letting out a low growl. "Well, you actually got sleep last night!" She spat out in rage before collapsing right back into sleep.
"Well," Yamato sighed as he looked up and down Mimi, who was hugging Aruraumon to death. "You seem pretty happy."
"Mhm?" Mimi opened her eyes, nodding her head. "Oh yeah, I feel better now."
"Kari helped her!" TK beamed to his brother pointing to his best friend. Kari nodded. "She was so awesome!"
Kari smiled at TK's comment, squeezing Salamon just a bit tighter.
"Izzy!" Tai grinned running up to Izzy. The redhead smiled at him, coughing as Tai slapped him hard on the back, which was meant to be an encouraging pat. "You were awesome!"
Izzy blushed sightly, hugging his laptop to his chest. "Thanks..."
He looked down to Tentomon who was standing beside him and smiled at him. The insectoid smiled back, rubbing his Tamer's leg.
That was useless, A deep, dark voice rang in Izzy's head, sending chills down the 10-year-olds spine. You learned nothing from this.
Izzy shook his head from left to right, trying to locate the voice. He gaped in horror to see nothing. No Tentomon, no Tai, just darkness. Izzy tried to keep himself calm, letting out a shaking breath.
'What are you talking about?' Izzy asked in an attempted calm voice. 'And who are you?'
It doesn't matter who I am! The voice responded quickly and harshly making Izzy flinch. All that matters is your knowledge and how you can shape it...
Izzy opened his mouth to say something, but no words came out. Anxiousness took over his body. The voice took a long pause as if he was thinking about something. A low and venomous laugh rumbled around Izzy, the boy tensing up. Next time you meet an enemy, I want you to use your knowledge to...trick them. You don't have that brain for anything.
Izzy brows furrowed, a crease appearing on his forehead as he thought about the voice's words. 'Trick...why?'
The voice groaned, clearly frustrated. Does it matter why? Your knowledge of data and the internet is so spectacular, you can use it so many ways...why not like this?
Izzy bit his lip. It does feel useful, but Izzy doesn't know if he should do it. He wants to use his knowledge for good, not for bad.
'I don't think I could...' The voice scowled at Izzy causing him to flinch.
God, you're all so useless... The voice seethed before the darkness faded away leaving Izzy back with his friends.
HAPPY HALLOWEEN!
Once again, sorry for getting this chapter out late, but it's kind of perfect timing since it's Halloween (or still Halloween, that's how it is where I live)
To clarify, Izzy's code was what awaken the Gaudromon's and Mekanorimon. And Kuwagamon is Tentomon's Champion form. I wanted to choose a Digimon more unexpected, but I honestly didn't really like anyone else, also didn't think its fits.
Now there are only two more Digimons that need to evolve, and the next chapter will be delving into the plot a little.
And again, Happy Halloween guys! Hope you guys enjoyed this chapter.
