And the next one!
Actually finished this one a few hours ago, but I was occupied for a little bit so didn't have the chance to post it yet.
But now I do, so enjoy!
Clues and Danger! Battle at the Pier!
"Well...first day of our investigations and already things are getting out of hand," Gyro sighed as they were all now gathered at the same cafe that Blake would have chatted with Sun in the original timeline.
"It's...not THAT bad...right?" Jaune asked.
Gyro gave him a deadpan stare, before switching on his scroll. "Read the comments."
'Was that seriously real?!'
'As if the Grimm weren't enough!'
'I bet that was just some publicity stunt'
'Are we being invaded by aliens?'
And on and on the comments went. Suffice to say, they'd no doubt made tonight's headline news.
"Ok… that's pretty bad." Gomamon noted as he was looking from over Jaune's shoulder.
"At least they didn't see Weiss and Ruby." Tentomon said with some relief.
"That's something at least," Yang sighed. "Still...guess Azure was right...how long CAN we keep this a secret?"
"Myotismon tried to take out the CCT. The world is going to have its eyes on the Digimon soon. All we can do is keep the damage down to a minimum," Pierce said, pinching the bridge of his nose. "Other than that, we can just hope and pray this doesn't get more out of hand than it needs to…"
Unfortunately, it seemed the universe wasn't feeling so nice.
A lone man was looking at the TV in a bar with narrowed red eyes, scratching his stubble on his chin, before looking down at his flask "I'm… pretty sure I haven't drank yet today."
"And I'm pretty sure I'm seeing this too." the bartender said, staring at the TV as well.
"Right, so I'm not drunk for once." the man sighed, palming his face "Great, I wish I was… but, in literally 5 seconds…"
"What?" the bartender said in confusion.
In response, the man held up his hand, before counting down with his fingers, and when he reached zero, his scroll started to ring.
"Freaking called it." the man grumbled as he grabbed his scroll, not even bothering to check the caller ID as he accepted it "I just saw the news Oz, what the hell?"
"I'm as confused as you are Qrow, but I believe you should come back to Vale early." the voice of Ozpin could be heard from the other end.
Qrow groaned at that "You're lucky I didn't start that mission yet." Putting some Lien on the counter, he got up and was soon out of the bar. "Monsters, huh? Whatever happened to just Grimm," he sighed.
"What the fuck am I seeing right now?" a man with a bowler hat and a white coat asked as he looked at the rather small TV he had in a dark warehouse.
No sound met him, but a rapid series of hand movements were his answer.
"Yes, I know those are monsters, but why the FUCK are they in Vale? And what KIND of monsters?!" the man said angrily.
Again, a series of rapid hand movements answered him.
"Don't you sass me young lady! Or else no more ice cream for you!" the man said in irritation.
The hand movements didn't happen this time, before the young woman answering him was staring at him with wide, pleading eyes.
"Oh no. Those stopped working on me years ago and you know it." the man said, completely unphased by her puppy dog eyes. "More importantly, we'll need to act carefully from now on. Can't have our operations disrupted by random giant monsters," he said with a huff.
Ozpin frowned as he looked out the window, down at the sight of the battle. Fortunately despite the damages, it was nothing that couldn't be fixed over time. If anything, he was glad the battle happened here rather than near any of the student dorms or main facilities. Still, his mind was focused on the creatures, and how some so large could have gotten in undetected. Truth be told, if there was anything that could come even close to what he'd seen, it would be...his eyes widened in realization when he recalled the battle that had been shown 11 years ago, through screens all over the various Kingdoms. Certainly the creatures seemed different, but what if there was a connection.
Any further thoughts were interrupted though when he was notified of an incoming call. Unsurprisingly, the caller was one James Ironwood.
"I see James didn't waste anytime responding to this situation," came Glynda's voice as she'd just entered the room a moment or two before the call came in.
"It would seem so." Ozpin said with a sigh, before answering the call, the stern visage of James Ironwood appearing on his screen "I assume you also saw the news James?"
"I did, and I don't know what to think honestly. One of those creatures trying to destroy the CCT and the other two protecting it. I wish I knew what was going on." Ironwood answered with a sigh.
"As do I. I won't lie to you James, this is like nothing I have EVER encountered before," Ozpin admitted. "However…"
"Is something the matter?" Glynda asked.
"No, its just that...these creatures remind me of that incident...11 years ago," Ozpin said.
"You mean that bizarre transmission of two monsters fighting? Do you think these things may be related to that?" Ironwood asked.
"It's a possibility that we shouldn't rule out at the very least." Ozpin said with a sure nod.
"True." Ironwood admitted with a nod of his own, before glancing to the side for a second "Leo is late."
"You called him?" Ozpin asked with a raised eyebrow.
Ironwood nodded "I told him to call your office for a conference call."
Ozpin frowned at the news, but just as he was about to sit down, another screen came up, revealing Leo Lionheart, headmaster of Haven. "Ah, there you are, Leo," he nodded.
"You're late," Ironwood frowned.
"M-my apologies. I was...held up with something…" Lionheart said.
"Well, what matters is you're here," Ozpin said. "Now then, regarding the creatures that appeared at the CCT...my biggest concern is how they were able to enter unnoticed. Especially the larger ones."
"Well, about the man on fire, I've read some reports sent in to the Vale News, a lot of people had seen a tall man walking around the city in a trenchcoat apparently." Lionheart said, throwing in his own two cents.
"So it could have been that one had been pretending to be a large human to get inside the CCT undetected," Ironwood nodded. "But that doesn't answer the issue with the other two."
"Actually...I believe the answer may be staring us in the face," Ozpin said after a few moments.
"What do you mean?" Glynda asked.
In response, Ozpin played the part of the footage, showing the creatures going through a metamorphosis.
"So… they were even smaller before taking on those other larger forms." Lionheart realised.
"That is the possibility, yes," Ozpin nodded.
"Then this could very well be a problem beyond even the Grimm," Ironwood frowned. "If they really can take smaller forms, one could easily get behind our defenses, then suddenly grow into its larger form and begin rampaging right in the middle of a city!"
"True, but keep in mind, they weren't fighting like wild beasts, they appeared to be fully sentient." Ozpin said, remembering especially when the fairy waved at him.
"So...what are they anyway?" Lionheart asked.
"I do not know. I have never once seen anything even remotely like them...save for the incident 11 years ago. Perhaps we may just find the answer to that question many of us had back then…" Ozpin frowned.
"So what are we going to do about them?" Ironwood asked.
"For now? Nothing. We'll deal with them on a case by case basis. If any of them prove hostile we will fight. But until then...we wait and observe. It wouldn't do to make more enemies for ourselves at this critical point in time," Ozpin said with finality.
Meanwhile, on the island of Patch, a man was coming home from work, sighing as he entered his house and walked into his kitchen, his dog waking up and following him into the room. Yawning a little, he went to the fridge and fixed himself a quick sandwich and a glass of water. Setting them on the table, he switched on the television and lazily began switching the channels. At first it was just a few gameshows, the weather, the latest model of scrolls, a monster attack on Beacon, the newest in hunting gear…
Wait, what was that last one?!
The water he was drinking was promptly spat out when his brain made the connection, and quickly switched it back to the previous news channel. From there he saw a trio of monsters duking it out near the CCT Tower that was at the base of Beacon Tower, and had it not been for the fact this was CLEARLY the news channel...he'd probably have wondered if this wasn't just the shoot for some kind of movie.
The man had to blink a few times to make sure he wasn't seeing things, before looking down at his dog, a corgi "Zwei, bite my leg."
Zwei tilted his head in confusion up at him, before shrugging… somehow, and doing as told, biting down on his leg.
The man winced at that, Zwei letting go a few moments later, before looking back at the TV… and he could still see the monsters.
"We're going to Beacon!" the man shouted as he picked up his dog and ran out of his house as fast as he could. And by as fast as he could, we mean there was a literal dust cloud shaped like him and there was a notable trail of dust from where he was running.
"So...now what do we do?" Ruby asked.
"If I may suggest, you should continue on your lead for the pier," Renamon said...suddenly appearing next to them.
"How'd you get here?!" Pyrrha asked as they jumped in surprise.
"I walked," was Renamon's amused response. "At any rate, Azure is looking into seeing how best to do 'damage control', and Summer is thinking how best to approach this. If this is the scale Myotismon is going for, it will be inevitable that people will want to know of us," Renamon said. "However…"
"Something wrong?" Blake asked.
"Summer believes that if push comes to shove...you all should remain hidden," Renamon said. "At the very least, your connection to the Digimon should not be known."
"Ok, not gonna deny that would be for the best considering the attention it would get us." Gyro said with a sigh.
"Exactly, and Summer also worries about Ironwood." Renamon added with a nod.
"Why would she be worried about General Ironwood?" Weiss asked.
"Right...we didn't mention that," the brothers sighed. "It's not so much what he does but what he might do. You know how he ended up helping the plot for Beacon's downfall, even if unintentionally, right?" Gyro asked.
"...you're afraid if he learns about the Digimon...or more importantly, the Crests…" Blake's eyes widened.
"We fear they may TRY to harness the power in a way that it was not meant to be used," Renamon nodded with a sigh. "Summer told me that at the core he is a good man...but his ways are far too questionable. We cannot afford for the Crests to be misused."
"She's...got a point," Jaune frowned.
"I...can't deny it could be catastrophic if the Crests were to go out of control because they were misused…" Weiss admitted.
"Guess we've got no choice then," Salamon frowned. "We can't let them know about the Crests or us if we can help it."
"A little bit hard since me and Tentomon were seen earlier." Palmon commented.
"But me and Weiss weren't, so as far as everyone knows, there's no connection," Ruby said.
"And we'll have to try and keep it that way for as long as we can," Ren nodded.
"But for now, we'll continue the investigation," Pierce said.
"I'll return to Beacon. Keenan and Falcomon will meet you all at the pier. They're among our best trackers so they may find something," Renamon nodded before all but vanishing.
"What is it with everyone in Summer's group being a ninja," Gyro sighed.
"Even Wizardmon's a bit of a ninja with his invisibility spell." Pierce added, shaking his head in slight annoyance.
"But she's right," Biyomon said. "We should continue investigating the pier for clues. We might find something."
"Right, we'll get to that," Agumon nodded...before adding, "Right after we finish off THAT."
Right on cue a waiter placed what could only be described as an ice cream lover's wet dream, as the absolutely MASSIVE sundae topped with a number of different flavors, showered in chopped nuts, topped with a generous helping of chocolate and strawberry sauce, with freshly picked cherries.
"I dunno about you guys, but that thing is going down," Nora grinned as they all picked up their individual spoons.
"I'm surprised the waiter didn't hear us talk like at all." Yang noted.
"Or maybe he did, but decided it would be better to not get involved," Ren shrugged as the Digimon and Nora started digging in. "We should start before they finish," he added in amusement.
"A guy could lose a hand in there," Jaune said in wry amusement at the...feeding frenzy...this was becoming.
"Let's hope we don't." Blake said with an amused roll of her eyes as she grabbed a spoonful.
As expected, between the 20 of them, the sundae was gone in moments, so paying the cafe what they owed, the group soon made their way back to the pier, but not before meeting up with Keenan and Falcomon, and after a quick relay of information, the two went on ahead by themselves, saying they were more used to doing things on their own. A such, the 20 of them found themselves back at the pier...this time prepared.
"Great idea carrying the nose plugs," Salamon said, as currently they were all wearing nose plugs to defend against the stink.
"Still though...let's not stick around for too long," Gabumon said, earning sounds of agreement.
"We'll comb through the area, then meet back here. As usual, teams of four. Two Digimon and two hunters per group," Gyro said, earning nods from all of them.
This time around, Gyro and Agumon found themselves paired up with Ruby and Palmon as they investigated the docks."Find anything?" Gyro asked when Ruby came back after using her Semblance.
"Nope," Ruby shook her head. "So far nothing yet. What about you guys?"
"Nothing so far," Agumon shook his head. He and Palmon tried searching the roofs. Nothing. He even tried removing the nose plugs to see if he could smell anything. BIG mistake.
"Do you think we're going about this wrong?" Palmon asked.
"Like we're looking for things the wrong way?" Gyro asked, earning a nod. "Hm...you might be right. I mean...Myotismon is flashy, but he's not stupid. What are the odds he'd put his hideout somewhere someone could just stumble upon…"
"Pretty low if you ask me." Ruby admitted.
"For all we know it could even be underground." Agumon added.
"Exactly. There's no way of finding it easily." Gyro said, frowning a bit.
"But...what does that leave us?" Agumon frowned.
"For now? Let's regroup and rethink our plan," Gyro sighed, before the four of them made their way back, planning to call the others once they reached there. However, as they were about to pass a corner, Ruby suddenly grabbed the others and pulled them back.
"Ru-" Gyro didn't get to finish as she clamped his mouth shut, before shushing him, then pointing around the corner. Peeking out, they were met with a small group of Bakemon, seemingly discussing something.
"The boss has been a real slave driver since we got here, huh?" one of them said.
"Well, we are planning to take over this kingdom, so we got a lot of work to do," another said.
"Still...I wish the boss didn't have to set up the base out in the sea. It's such a hassle having to come back and forth…" another said with a sigh.
The four of them couldn't believe the jackpot they'd stumbled upon. What more the Bakemon were soon floating away, possibly toward wherever this 'off the coast' hideout was...or at least the general direction. With that in mind, they began tailing the Digimon.
Their luck seemed to have been good, as the Bakemon never once noticed them following. Heck, it wasn't long before they reached the area where the boats were kept, and saw the Bakemon going into a small boat...one that was designed akin to something in the age of exploration. In short, it was a wooden sailboat.
"Wow...they really like it old school," Ruby couldn't help but say.
"Let's see if we can get a closer look. Maybe even some kind of tracker," Gyro said, to which they slowly moved towards the ship. By now the ship had started to sail away, but if they timed it right….
However, before they COULD actually try anything, they were forced to dodge when a tentacle came out of the water and tried to squash them.
"What the heck was that?!" Agumon said in confusion as they got away from the edge of the water.
"We'll have the answer when whatever it is comes out of the water." Gyro said, grabbing his scroll and readying the analyzer. True enough, when the Digimon surfaced, they were met with the sight of what could only be described as a giant white squid with a mouth and black markings on its head.
Gyro looked at it for several moments, before sighing "I don't want to know how the anatomy works." he muttered, before looking at the analyzer "Ok, so that's Gesomon then, an Adult Level."
Digimon Analyzer: Gesomon
Gesomon. Virus Type. An Adult Level Mollusk Digimon. Known as the White Demon of the Depths, grabbing at its prey before pulling them into the depths of the ocean. It prefers hit and run tactics while fighting. It's special attack is Devil Bashing, unleashing a trashing with it's many tentacles.
"Okay...its an aquatic Digimon, but its by itself. I think we can handle it," Agumon said.
"But just in case," Ruby added before pulling out her scroll and texting a message to the others, telling them where they are and that a Digimon is here. However, just as she finished, Gesomon took another swing at them, forcing them to dodge again. Acting quickly, they were about to go for their D-Cores...but stopped for a moment.
"What's wrong?" Palmon asked.
"Yeah, we should evolve!" Agumon agreed.
"But if we do that, we'll draw attention again," Ruby frowned.
"She's right, we need to minimize attention as much as we can, especially seeing as Gesomon is only at the Adult level," Gyro grit his teeth. "Ruby, I think Lillymon might be our best bet right now."
"Oh yeah, Lillymon is smaller than the other Perfects, so that means I can fight without drawing quite as much attention," Palmon nodded.
"And they've already seen you, so if anyone saw you they'd think you simply appeared again, not that there's more of us," Gyro added.
"Alright. Let's go, Palmon," Ruby said, grabbing her D-Core.
"Palmon, Evolution! Togemon! Super Evolution! Lillymon!"
"Vicious Vine!" Lillymon called out, meeting one of Gesomon's tentacles head on, and knocking it back as the monster roared in pain. Aside from the thorns, the power level difference was making itself known. Realizing that, it quickly submerged.
"Careful, he's gonna try to attack from the water where you can't see him!" Ruby warned.
"Got it!" Lillymon nodded, keeping her guard up as she carefully scanned the water. As expected, Gesomon tried to snap at her whenever she got close to the water, and in some cases MIGHT have landed a lucky hit...if those attempts at her blind spot didn't draw fire from Ruby who had Crescent Rose at the ready, shooting down any tentacles that got close to her partner, and also allowing Lillymon to make her move.
"Vicious Vine!" she called out, wrapping a vine around one of the tentacles, before grabbing hold. "Haaaaaa!" she shouted as with a strong pull, she drew the larger Digimon out of the water, and was about to throw him towards the land where he'd have been defenseless...if it weren't for a sudden arc of electricity that came out of the water and hit Lillymon in the back.
"Lillymon!" Ruby called out in alarm at seeing her partner literally shot in the back.
"Damn, they had reinforcements!" Gyro growled, before running to the edge of the water, and using his Semblance, propelled himself forward in a great leap, and managing to catch Lillymon just as she reverted to Tanemon due to being shocked out of her Perfect form, and landing on the other side of the pier before either of them touched the water. "You okay?" he asked her.
"I'm...ow...okay…" Tanemon said, still feeling a little tingly from the sudden shock.
Gyro nodded in relief before glaring at the water, just as the attacker rose out of it. It looked a LOT like Seadramon, with a maroon colored body, a black helmet over it's head that had a golden horn coming out of it, and dark blonde hair on the back of the helmet.
"Is that...MegaSeadramon?" Agumon asked, remembering it from a night he and the others had been browsing the Analyzer.
"No, its different," Ruby said as she checked. "Uh oh...its WaruSeadramon and he's even MORE vicious than MegaSeadramon!"
Digimon Analyzer: WaruSeadramon
WaruSeadramon. Virus Type. A Perfect Level Aquatic Digimon. A Digimon that evolved from a truly wicked Seadramon, its thoughts are filled with nothing but destruction and cruelty. It can control the powers of darkness with the horn on its head. Its special attacks are Shadow Javelin, firing a bolt of black lightning from it's horn, and Darkstorm, engulfing the enemy in a whirlpool summoned with the powers of darkness.
"Guess we've got no choice. Let's go, buddy!" Gyro said, grabbing his D-Core.
(Play Brave Heart)
Agumon, Evolution! Greymon! Super Evolution! MetalGreymon!"
The large form of MetalGreymon was soon flying over the water. "Giga Destroyer!" he called out, firing his missiles, causing a few explosions in the water and forcing the two aquatic Digimon to separate. However, while they couldn't directly help each other, they could still shoot attacks out from the water, forcing MetalGreymon to evade.
"Okay...this is getting us nowhere…" Gyro frowned. Fortunately…
"Hey!" came a pair of voices as Gyro turned to see Jaune and Pyrrha coming towards them.
"We came as soon as we could," Pyrrha said as Gomamon and Gabumon came up behind them.
"Well you guys came at a great time. Jaune, this one's on you and Gomamon," Gyro said.
"Leave it to us," Gomamon nodded.
"I'll help too," Gabumon said.
"Gomamon, Evolution! Ikkakumon! Super Evolution! Zudomon!"
"Gabumon, Evolution! Garurumon! Super Evolution! WereGarurumon!"
Gesomon shot his tentacles out of the water in an attempt to snare MetalGreymon, but once again, he found his tentacles caught when WereGarurumon grabbed hold of it. "We're having squid tonight!" WereGarurumon growled, before he pulled the Digimon out of the water, and slammed him into a section of the pier, causing him to roll on the ground painfully.
At the same time, Zudomon was already in the water, and when WaruSeadramon tried to stab him with his horn...well… "Fore!" Zudomon shouted, as he slammed his hammer into WaruSeadramon, launching him out of the water for a bit, before he landed back in section a bit further out.
"Go guys! Kick their butts!" Ruby cheered as the four of them had regrouped, Gyro giving Tanemon back to her.
"You can do it guys!" Jaune cheered as well.
"Don't give them a chance to retaliate!" Pyrrha added.
Gyro however… "Uh...I think we should run," he said, pointing upward, towards the approaching news chopper.
"They picked a 'great' time to show up…" Jaune groaned as the four of them and Tanemon ducked into a nearby warehouse, before opening their scrolls to watch the news while also watching the fight. At the same time they texted the others, warning them to stay away for now.
Up in the chopper, Lisa Lavender was once again getting ready for a scoop.
"Can't believe we have two in one day." she said with a frown as she looked out the door, before turning to the cameraman "I feel like this is bigger than we could ever think."
"Honestly? Wouldn't be surprised." the cameraman said with a shrug. "Well, get ready. We're rolling in 3...2...1…"
"This is Lisa Lavender, bringing you another special report. No more than just a few hours following the monster attack in Beacon, yet another sighting has arose. We are currently at the pier where what appear to be a large turtle like creature with a hammer, a cyborg flying reptile, and an honest to Oum werewolf seem to be fighting against a giant white squid with a grotesque looking mouth, and what appears to be a large sea serpent of some kind! So far it seems the squid and serpent are at a disadvantage, but that begs the question, what do either side want? Are the ones winning the ones defending, or the ones attacking? We will maintain a safe distance and continue...wait...something's happen! It seems the squid is undergoing a metamorphosis much like two of the previous creatures!"
True enough, Gesomon had been so angry, that in his anger, he'd triggered an evolution.
(Song paused)
He'd gone from being a marine creature to humanoid, wearing a blue body suit with tears at the extremities for his hands and feet, as his hands seemed to be formed from Gesomon's tentacles, while having two more of them hanging off his back. He had a cape covering his back, and a long tail that seemed to be from an octopus tentacle. His eyes were red, and he sported a third one on his forehead.
"Oh… crap." Jaune winced from their hiding spot as he looked at the analyzer.
"What is it?" Pyrrha asked with a worried frown.
"MarineDevimon." Jaune answered.
"Great… another one." Gyro said with a growl. They REALLY didn't want to have to deal with another Devimon.
Digimon Analyzer: MarineDevimon
MarineDevimon. Virus Type. A Perfect Level Aquatic Beast Man Digimon. A Digimon known to fight dirty and brutally, using every advantage it has to beat down its opponent. It is a Digimon filled with nothing but hatred for the world above the seas, and the two tentacles on its back have minds of their own. Its special attacks are Guilty Black, firing a venomous ink from its mouth which saps the strength of its opponents and Neck Hanging using its tail to hoist up opponents in an attempt to hang them.
Caught off guard by the evolution, WereGarurumon was unprepared when he was hit with a spray of ink, and when it hit, he felt his strength drain, leaving him open to a strong strike from the tentacles, knocking him back.
"Not good!" Zudomon said, noticing what happened...and getting a tail slap for his trouble. "Help WereGarurumon! I got this!"
"Got it!" MetalGreymon nodded, before turning his attention to the newly evolved Digimon and pointed his arm. "Trident Arm!" he called out, extending his arm and pushing MarineDevimon back, giving WereGarurumon time to get back on his feet. "You okay?'
"I'll be fine. Just let my guard down for a bit," WereGarurumon nodded, before letting himself fall into the water, getting the venomous ink off. He jumped out a moment later, still weakened but at least the effects were gone. "Careful, he fights dirty."
As if to confirm that, a pair of tentacles lashed out and wrapped around both of them, the two soon struggling against the surprisingly strong mon. At the same time, WaruSeadramon had managed to wrap around Zudomon, though he was making...questionable...progress, on account of Zudomon slamming his hammer into his face a few times. Overall the fight had become a stalemate.
"It appears that the fight has lost any signs of clear winners now, as both groups appear to be on equal footing. But yet, we still don't know which side is the one we'd want to see winning." Lisa commented back in the chopper.
"Hate to admit it, but she's right about no clear winner," Gyro growled in their hiding spot. They wanted to help, but they had to keep this secret for as long as possible. As it was, all they could do was trust in their partners and hope for the best.
"I've gotta help!" Tanemon said, but Ruby stopped her.
"No, Tanemon! You're still hurt from the fight!" Ruby said with worry.
"This...is going to be a problem…" Jaune groaned at their hands being proverbially tied. However… "Uh...does someone hear something?"
Back up in the chopper, he wasn't the only one.
"Uh...does anyone else hear that?" Lisa asked, to which the cameraman nodded, and started trying to find the source...and found what appeared to be a fast approaching dot.
"Uh...wha?" was all the five of them in the hiding spot could say at the sight of a fast approaching boat. Their eyes soon widened to the size of saucers when they realized it was a row boat...going fast enough to beat a speed boat.
"Well… this beats everything we've seen in the Digital World." Gyro said slowly.
"I'll say, whoever's rowing must have a lot of upper body strength." Pyrrha added with a nod.
"Hey, I think I can see who's rowing the boat," Ruby started, as the object came closer...then she had a blank look on her face.
"Something wrong?" Jaune asked.
Ruby wordlessly pointed to the additional passenger on the boat aside from the blonde man who was rowing while facing away from the camera. It was a corgi. A VERY familiar corgi.
"...isn't that your family dog?" was Pyrrha's flat question, to which Ruby nodded.
"...why do I suddenly wish I was fighting Devimon, Etemon, and Myotismon in one shot while buck naked?" Gyro asked, breaking into cold sweat at realizing who was rowing...and he didn't need to think too hard on WHY he was coming all the way here either.
"Call your mom, or Gyro might faint." Tanemon told Ruby, who nodded before texting her mother, who'd managed to get her hands on a scroll thanks to Azure.
"Well...not that it helps in a good way...but...he's kinda headed straight for WaruSeadramon...and I'm pretty sure he has no idea they're in front of him…" Jaune said, as true enough, the rowboat rammed right into WaruSeadramon, the force naturally destroying the boat, and throwing its occupants into the air and into the water a good distance away...while the force had actually been hard enough to cause the Digimon to roar in pain and let go of Zudomon.
"...well folks...I...honestly have no idea what just happened…" Lisa blinked as everyone in Vale just saw a rowboat ram into a giant sea serpent hard enough to cause it pain...after having been moving faster than a speed boat. "Whatever the case, it seems this has given the turtle an advantage," she said, as true enough, with the serpent no longer wrapping around it, the turtle-like creature grabbed hold of it, and slammed it's hammer into the serpent's face so hard, the horn actually broke.
"Well...that turned the tables in our favor," Pyrrha blinked.
"But dad and Zwei are in the water!" Ruby said in worry.
"We'll get them," Jaune reassured. "But we can't do that with WaruSeadramon still in the water."
As if in response to his words, Zudomon grabbed the dazed WaruSeadramon, and turned to his friends. "Hey guys, heads up!" he shouted, before throwing WaruSeadramon.
(Resume song)
MetalGreymon and WereGarurumon heard that, and saw the incoming serpent. Blinking, they quickly threw themselves to the side, causing MarineDevimon to have all of 2 seconds to see his incoming comrade, before he was bowled over, letting go of his two opponents in the process as the two evil Digimon went rolling and smashed into a nearby warehouse, now in a tangle of limbs.
"We'd better wrap things up before we end up destroying more of the area," MetalGreymon frowned.
"I second that," WereGarurumon agreed.
"But we gotta get them away from the city too," Zudomon added, having taken a moment to find the two that had been in the rowboat, depositing an out cold Taiyang on the side of the pier, with Zwei licking his face to try and wake him.
"Then let's get them somewhere we can finish this without collateral damage. Think you can handle the fire power?" WereGarurumon asked MetalGreymon.
"Leave it to me," MetalGreymon nodded.
"I'll help you get the height," Zudomon added.
"Heh, well then, let's go guys!" WereGarurumon said as he jumped and got behind the still tangled Digimon. "Kaiser Nail!" he called out, striking them with as much force as he could, sending them flying towards Zudomon, while MetalGreymon took to the skies.
"Hammer Spark!" Zudomon called out, his hammer sparking with electricity before he swung it at the incoming fastball, sending the two hapless Digimon up into the sky.
"Game over. Giga Destroyer!" MetalGreymon called out, firing the two missiles, which hit the Digimon dead on, deleting them in a massive explosion.
(Song end)
"Strike!" WereGarurumon shouted with a laugh.
"I might have a good career in baseball." Zudomon added, chuckling as he rotated his arm.
"You know, kind of surprised with how long we're able to hold these forms now." MetalGreymon added as he landed.
"Well, we can worry about that later. We should get out of here," WereGarurumon said, earning a nod from his teammates.
"Um… excuse me?" they all stopped when they heard the voice, turning slowly to the chopper which had landed on top of a crate, and Lisa Lavender was holding her mic out to them "Would any of you be interested in an interview?" she asked, some nervousness in her voice. She wouldn't deny this was probably one of her...less than smart ideas...but with Vale practically in an uproar with the strange creatures, and the fact that clearly they're intelligent if they were able to communicate with each other...in human language at that...this may be her one chance to give Vale and Remnant a clearer view of what is going on.
"Uh…" the three of them blinked, not expecting this. On one hand they should get going, but on the other hand, they didn't exactly want to do anything that would make THEM look suspicious so… "Uh...sure?" MetalGreymon said.
Meanwhile, their partners were looking on rather blankly. "...okay, this just got strange…" Gyro deadpanned.
"But not the worst we've seen…" Jaune sighed.
"...I don't know if that's a good or bad thing…" Pyrrha sighed.
"Okay, before you start, we're kinda in a hurry, so...5 Questions only, if that's okay," Zudomon said, scratching the back of his head awkwardly.
"Oh! Um, of course." Lisa said with a surprised nod, before clearing her throat "Now, I suppose my main question, and the one the whole world has, is, why are you here?"
"Chasing after a criminal is the best way of putting it. He took over part of one of the main continents of our world, securing a gate to this world, and now he's planning on invading your world, so we chased after him to stop him." WereGarurumon answered.
"So, the ones you beat were his soldiers then?" she asked again.
"Right, we were looking around the docks because we heard rumors about weird sightings around here, but then those two attacked us." Zudomon nodded.
"I see. What are your names?" she finally got around to asking.
"I'm MetalGreymon, these are WereGarurumon and Zudomon. The enemy we're chasing calls himself Myotismon, and he's basically a vampire." MetalGreymon answered this time.
"So he would be the one behind the sudden anemia cases then." Lisa gasped in realisation, connecting the dots, before moving to her next question "About the fairy and beetle that were seen earlier today, are they with you?"
"That's right, the fairy is Lillymon, and the beetle is AtlurKabuterimon." WereGarurumon explained simply.
Lisa nodded at the answer, making sure to remember it "And, lastly, what exactly are you?"
"We're Digital Monsters, Digimon for short." Zudomon fielded this one.
"Please leave the area now, we need to have a private discussion between ourselves." MetalGreymon asked politely.
"Uh, alright, thank you for your answers." Lisa said, a bit surprised, before getting back on the chopper along with her cameraman, turning to him with a large grin "You got all of that right?"
"Every single second of it." the cameraman nodded, flipping the small screen around to let her see he had indeed recorded it all.
"The scoop of the century… and it's ours!" Lisa cheered as the chopper took off.
I like giving Lisa a personality, it's fun.
But, yeah, villains CAN evolve just straight up suddenly, as you all saw with Gesomon evolving into MarineDevimon right there.
Also, Gyro is really close to pissing his pants because of Taiyang being there.
But anyway, sorry for yet ANOTHER cliffhanger people, but that's just the way it goes, because...
The Adventure Evolves.
