Spy Guy: I'm thinking about making two updates today, but I'm not sure. Still have to proof read the next chapter.
And thankS2Teennovelist for the basic ideas for this chapter. It took me a while for this one, but I think I'm back on track.
Right now I'm toying around with the idea of adding Dani to this. I'm not really sure. Maybe have Dobermon be her partner (but no one knows it, because he's in his rookie form, Labramon.) Dobermon then has to decide what's right, an dpick what side he's really on. Tell me what ya think. thne I'll decide.
Now for responses!
Cold-heart-Angel23, Something happens in every chapter. Something always happens.
S2Teennovelist, Yeah, I was wrong about the digivlution thing. But I can fix it! Using none other than Lillithmon to help me! Thanks for all the ideas. I tried to put them together in a story arc, but I was having trouble. So I went out an dgot some moutain dew, wrote a comedy story for a while, adn (while still on a caffinated high) then wrote this chapter, and the effects of caffine are most notable when Guardromon is talking. He makes this comment about Gilligan's Island. But for the most part I just typed like the wind, and reread when I was done. I think it turned out pretty good. And I have a question for you. Should Jazz and Gatomon biomerge to Magnadramon, or Ophanimon? When I thinkof Magnadramon I don't think of the dragon in the picture. I think more of a pink version of Haku from Spirited away. yeah...If you stare at Lillithmon on a caffine high, and you quint, you can kinda see Sam. (No more Moutain dew for me.)
And I'm reviewing. Please can I have the outfit ideas?
spdgirl, I don't think I can put Vlad in this. I'd just be getting all my stories mixed up and then this story and Freedom's curse will have the same plots and that would suck. So sorry. (but thanks.)
And now on to the story:
I don't own this.
Machgaogamon sighed.
"I guess I should thank you for sparing my life and saving my brother's." He said coldly, not looking Quilinmon in the eye.
"We have no time for this." Renamon interrupted. "We all know where Persiamon has gone. We have to get to Wisemon's before she spills everything she knows about the resistance."
The large wolf sighed and turned to his brother.
"We might not make it out of this." He said. "We might not even fufill our goals, but we have to stop Persiamon. Right?"
"Yeah." Gaomon said, looking into his brother's eyes. They were filling with tears, but he didn't say anything.
"Come on." Machgaogamon growled. "We've got to hurry."
"There's a village that we can stop at a little ways ahead." Prariemon called. The forest had given way to a vast desert, and even in the nighttime, the heat was unbearable. Tucker was no longer riding on Guardromon's back, due to the fact that he was made from metal and it was heating up. Now the boy was riding on the back of Growlmon, Guilmon's champion form. Tucker noted that Prariemon and Elecmon were no longer racing. Soon the rabbit digivolved back to Pegasusmon, and flew along with the other on his back. Soon the outline of a large stone village could be seen in the distance.
"I can see it!" Guardromon called. Seahorsemon trilled happily.
"Food!" Growlmon roared with excitement, causing him to go even faster. Tucker yelped as he almost lost his grip. Stingmon, Guardromon, and Seahorsemon laughed hard.
"It's not funny." Tucker protested.
As they got closer to the gates of the city, the boy noticed a large lion standing watch. It stood on four legs and had a large black mane. A golden hoop earring hung from its ear.
"Don't come any further." He growled. "No one gets inside by the orders of d'Arcmon."
"We just need a place to stay." Pegasusmon said calmly, as he and the others came to a halt. "It's never been a problem before. We've been always welcomed in this town."
"Well not anymore. No one gets in." The lion growled.
"What are you doing Liamon?" Said a beautiful angel-like digimon. A golden mask covered her face, and she held a golden scepter in one hand.
"I'm just following orders." Liamon snarled.
"I told you to ignore those orders if they were people we know we can trust. Here we have Pegasusmon, the leader of the resistance, and…" She looked over the rest of the group, and her eyes settled on Tucker.
"And a human with a key."
At that Liamon smiled slyly and stepped aside, allowing the others in. Growlmon had to de-digivolve due to his size, but now Tucker could walk on foot.
"You're a very handsome human." d'Arcmon said as she walked beside him. "Haven't seen one like you in…ever. What does that key stand for?"
"Understanding." Tucker replied. "Me and my buddy Guardromon understand each other better than anyone else does."
"I'd like to understand." The angel smiled as she walked ahead. Tucker grinned at her dumbly.
"I'm nervous about the interest she showed in your key." The robot said.
"Everyone should be interested in it." The boy replied. "It's special."
"But Datamon thought it was special too." Guardromon continued.
"Well, I'm not tied up in a computer store, so I think that I'm fine. You need to relax buddy." Tucker said. The robot sighed.
"It's hard to relax whensomething doesn't feel right." He whispered.
d'Arcmon lead them to what seemed to be a palace. It was filled with many large rooms on many floors, connected by spiral stair cases, some that seemed to go into no where.
"Lord Angemon." She smiled. "You can have the master room. I don't use it myself. Too big for a little humble digimon like me. But you're the leader of the resistance. Only the best for you."
"Thank you." Pegasusmon replied.
"Liamon will show the rest of you to your rooms. Except for you Tucker. I want to show you something that is near and dear to the heart of our town."
"Sure." The boy replied.
"I'm coming too." Guardromon said. Tucker missed the glare that d'Arcmon shot at the robot.
"No. I'm sorry. Tucker needs to see it alone." She persisted, trying to keep her voice cheery.
"Why won't you let me go?" Guardomon snapped. "I'm his friend, and if this has anything to do with the key, it has to do with me too!"
"What's your problem?" Tucker asked, frowning at his friend.
"Something doesn't feel right." He replied angrily.
"You're being rude." The boy snapped. "d'Arcmon just wants to show me something. Maybe robots like you can't get near it? Did you ever think of that?"
"No…" Guardromon replied sheepishly.
"That's true Guardromon." d'Arcmon said, calming herself down. "There's a lot of water in the area, and it would be a shame if you short circuited.
"I can de digivolve."
"Just follow Liamon." Tucker said firmly. "It's only a little tour."
Guardromon sighed as the two began to walk away.
"That's like what they said on Gilligan's island, and look where that got them."
d'Arcmon lead Tucker down a long flight of stairs into what he could only describe as damp tunnels. His boots splashed in the water that went up to his ankles. He didn't want to think of where it had been. D'Arcmon lead the boy down a tunnel that had strange designs carved in the walls. They seemed to be curving lines that ran the length of the walls. He could see that they were different colors. One was blood red, like the key of anger had been. The other was purple, just like Danny's. The others were hunter green, and gray. Tucker didn't ask what they were for. He just stared at them as they walked past.
"Here we are." The angel said. She led the boy into a large room, that seemed to be crumbling. Stones were loose from the walls, and vines crept over them. She pointed with her staff, to the far side of the room, to a wall devoid of vines. Tucker gasped as he saw that the strange lines all led up to dim symbols that were carved into the stone. He recognized the purple eye that was Danny's crest. The yin yang sign that was Sam's. The hand over the heart that was Jazz's. And the twisting symbol that was his own. But there were others that he didn't recognize. He supposed that those were other keys. Underneath each one there seemed to be a lock.
"This is the wall of the many rulers." d'Arcmon said. "Over the history of this town, many humans have come here with their spirit keys, and placed them into this wall, making their digimon the new ruler."
"So you have a partner too?" Tucker asked. The angel drooped.
"Alas, no." She sighed. "And that means that I am not the true ruler of this place. But I so want to be, more than anything I have ever wanted. I feel like I am at home here, and if I ruled this place, I would no longer need Wisemon's help to keep the people in line."
Tucker turned pale.
"You mean…you're in it with Wisemon?" He gulped. D'Arcmon's eyes flashed red.
"Yes I am." She sneered, as she shot a beam from her staff that caused loose stones to fall and block the only exit.
Guardromon was having a hard time sleeping. Tucker hadn't come in. Maybe d'Arcmon had given him his own room. Maybe that was it.
Hopefully that was it. The robot got off the bed, and walked over to the door. He needed to make sure that his friend was safe. He couldn't just sit here in the dark. Even if Tucker had been a little harsh, the robot found himself not caring. They were friends, and sometimes even friends fight. Right now, each other was all they had. With the others missing they shouldn't be fighting. Guardromon reached for the door handle and went to turn it, but found that the door was locked.
"They locked me in?" He asked himself. That was just a little suspicious Then he felt a strange urgent feeling inside him. He remembered what that feeling meant.
Tucker was in trouble.
"Guardro missiles!" He shouted, aiming the blasts at the door. It shattered under the impact. The robot ran out, only to be greeted by an angry Liamon.
"Going somewhere?" He snarled.
"Yes." Guardrmon replied, and with that he punched the lion up right against his jaw. It made a nasty crack, as it made contact. Liamon fell to the ground, knocked unconscious by the blow.
"I guess the lion sleeps tonight." The robot sneered, before he continued on. He soon gave up going quietly, due to the fact that his feet made metallic noises when they hit the ground. He had to find Tucker, and he had to do it fast before reinforcements showed up. But where would Tucker be? He also realized that the others were most likely locked up. Including the leader of the resistance. If d'Arcmon wanted to, she could turn them all in to Wisemon. The leader and a whole bunch of traitors. The resistance would be crushed. And then there was Tucker. Would Wisemon use him to make another warrior like Danny? Then he would have two and without the resistance…
Guardromon couldn't let that happen. The only room he knew of was the one where Pegasusmon was in. The robot then changed his course and ran for it. He stopped before he came to the door, and saw that it was being guarded by two Gazimon. He almost laughed. They were just rookies.
"Guardro misilles!" He shouted. The two rabbits exploded in a burst of data. Guardromon absorbed it and then blew apart the door. A small Patamon was lying on the bed, limp. The robot ran inside, and knew immediately that it had to be Lord Angemon. There was a bowl of stew laying on the bed. It had to have been drugged. Guardromon checked for a pulse, and found one. But it wasn't very strong.
"At least you're a little guy now." He said, picking up the bat creature, and carrying him away. Maybe they had drugged the others as well. They all ate, and Guilmon probably ate a lot. Guardromon was the only one who didn't have to. And that was why Liamon was headed to his room. To knock him out. He looked around wildly as he tried to figure out where to go. Finding Tucker was the only thing he could do right now. Where could he have gone? Then he spotted a flight of stairs that led down.
That had to be it.
"I've been waiting for a human with a key to come along for quite some time. You have the key of understanding. Its corrupted form becomes the key of anger. Not so well suited for me, but I just need you to agree to be my partner and put your key into the lock. Quite simple really." d'Arcmon sneered.
"Then what are you gonna do with me!" Tucker spat.
"Turn you into Wisemon of course. Once I can rule over this place, I'll have no need for you, but Wisemon'll want your new key."
"Someone's already tried a scheme like this one. It doesn't work. Guardromon will save me!" The boy shouted.
d'Arcmon laughed cruelly.
"I sent Liamon to take care of him. You have no choice boy. Just take my hand, and put the key in the lock."
Tucker hesitated. He really didn't want to. But…
"I won't!" He shouted, pushing the angel away. "He wouldn't want me to!"
d'Arcmon snarled and grabbed the boy's key. It glowed blood red. She then yanked him forward and pushed it into the lock under the symbol of the key of anger. She held onto the boy's shoulder with one hand, and turned the key with the other. There was a click, and for one moment time seemed to stop. Tucker's eyes rolled back into his head, and he went limp. D'Arcmon dropped him and watched as the blood red of the key spread up her arm in the same swirling lines that were on the walls. He began laughing insanely, and the light also spread through the stone lines as well. The room was bathed in a blood red glow. Soon she let go of the key, and watched as it slipped from around the boys neck. He had given up its power. She shrugged when she realized that Wisemon wouldn't want him anymore.
"Tucker!" Guardrmon shouted, from the other side of the fallen stone.
"What is he doing here?" d'Arcmon snapped. The boy's eyes fluttered open.
"Guardrmon!" He managed to croak. "I'm in here!"
"Guardro missiles!" The robot shouted. The stone was blown back. D'Arcmon put her arms up to protect herself from the debris.
"I knew you were bad." Guardromon growled.
"Give the robot a cookie." She sneered. Her appearance had drastically changed now. Her once golden bird wings, had turned into those of a bat. Her hair was wild, and traced with the red lines. She now had long black claws that dug into the staff she still held. Her teeth had turned into shining fangs. She didn't look like an angel anymore.
"You have to get the key!" Tucker rasped. "It's the only thing keeping her powerful!"
The robot nodded and ran over to the wall.
"I don't think so." D'Arcmon shrieked. She thrust her staff in an upwards motion, and a column of stone shot out of the ground, blocking Guardromon's way.
"That's not good." He groaned. The other digimon then shot him with a blast from her staff.
"You can't win. You can't even digivolve further. You are weak without your key. But I am strong, and you can never beat me!"
"I was right about you all along. You wanted to know about Tucker's key so you could use him. You didn't even really care about the others. You just wanted to make yourself stronger!"
"I was wrong…" Tucker sighed. "I was wrong about her the whole time. I just wanted someone to be on our side. Someone…I don't know…but I know my mistake, and I'm sorry…I understand now…"
Suddenly the red lacing the walls brightened as the key burned with a red fire. It flew from the wall and landed in front of Tucker. He reached out to take it and the fire spread to him. He didn't care if it hurt, he was going to get them out of this. He'd ignored the words of his partner again, and he wasn't going to let things get as far as they did last time. The fire then spread to Guardromon who yelped slightly in surprise and then straightened up. The fire broke away from Tucker and left only the robot aflame.
"Guardromon digivolve to…Andromon!" He shouted. The fire then dissipated, leaving behind a tall thin man covered in worn armor. A skull mask covered his head. Parts of the armor were missing, mostly on his right foot where it showed long black claws. He glared at d'Arcmon with his red eyes.
"I digivolved." He said plainly, right before he grabbed the digimon by her arm and swung her into a wall. She grunted and tried to get up, but a whole bunch of vines snapped above her, letting the rocks they had been holding, tumble down on top of her. He immediately regretted the decision when the whole place began to collapse.
"Get on my back, Tucker." Andromon said. The boy did so, still holding his key in his hand. Andromon grabbed the still unconscious Patamon, who had been lying by the door. They ran through the crumbling tunnels, as the red light glowed all around them. They ran up the steps and into the main floor. Andromon slipped as a stone came loose below his feet. Patamon flew from his hands. Tucker scrambled forward to catch him, but the stone sunk beneath his feet. Andromon grabbed him by the back of his shirt and pulled him back. The two watched as the small bat fell into the tunnels below.
"That was Lord Angemon." The android sighed. Tucker stared down into the hole for a moment, but then the ground underneath him became unstable, and he felt Andromon pick him up, and climb another flight of stairs.
"What about the others?" The boy asked.
"We can't save them all. I think they were probably drugged, just like Patamon was." The rumbling then got worse. Andromon and Tucker tried going up, but the stairs in front of them crumbled to pieces. They turned around, only to find that everything behind them was gone as well.
"We're trapped!" Tucker shouted.
They stood there as the ceiling began to crumble as well. The red from the tunnels was showing through now. Then all of a sudden, it dimmed.
Slowly a yellow light snaked its way through the lines that were etched into the walls. It spun around in the spiral shapes, and as it did so, the rumbling seemed to stop. It made its way up from the tunnels, carving its own twisting path. The two watched as it worked its way up to the ceiling. All the loose stones were pushed back into place by the light before they could fall. Then, once the whole room was covered, a swirling pattern worked its way around in the middle of the ceiling. Then it fell, like golden water from a fountain, into the hole where Patamon has fallen. Tucker and Andromon held their breath as it happened. Soon it stopped. They stared down at the hole, waiting for something to happen. But their attention was drawn to the stairs that lead into the tunnels. They were now back in place. A boy wearing a hat was walking up them, holding Patamon in his arms.
"Hey!" Tucker shouted happily. "Where'd you come from?"
The boy smiled in reply. His hair was a beautiful blond color. He seemed to be just a few years younger than Tucker from his appearance.
"Around." He replied. "I had to get Patamon. He's my partner." Then he smiled again. It was a strange smile. One that seemed old, and faded. He walked over and handed Patamon to Tucker. Then he patted the bat on the head gently.
"Hope is the thing with feathers." He whispered. Then he stared up at the two.
"Who are you?" Andromon asked.
The boy smiled again, and replied,
"T.K." Then there was an explosion of yellow light. It engulfed the boy and soon he was gone.
"Get out of here." The boy whispered.
"But the others!" Tucker shouted.
"They're safe. Just go."
Andromon nodded, and the two ran for the door. The light was quickly receding, and the rumbling was coming back. The android pushed the doors open and ran into the blinding desert. But no one was there…
But he had to keep running. He just had to...