Chapter 30: Tokyo Drift
Ken had left me with the other digimon at Davis's house while they went to see Kari. We had wanted to go, but the hospital had strict rules about not letting pets in the building, and they had already seen that we weren't toys. While we aren't really pets either, the hospital people wouldn't budge.
We spent most of the day playing tag, which was a fun game despite its simplicity. It was very relaxing to have a day to just fool around instead of having to worry about fighting. Davis's mother was very nice to all of us, too. Gatomon didn't seem to have as much fun, though. I could tell she was still worried about Kari. The doctors had said that Kari would be fine, but Gatomon really wanted to visit her partner. I can relate to that feeling. I miss Ken whenever we're separated, and I can't imagine what I would do if he was ever hurting and I could not go to him.
Eventually the games of tag devolved into a game of catch Veemon and tackle him to the ground, which was equally fun for everyone except Veemon. When we were all tired out and took a break, he was able to laugh at it, though. Unfortunately our fun didn't last very long.
"Wormmon!" I heard Ken calling out my name. We all looked toward the voice and saw all of our partners arriving. "Sorry, but we've got to go, right now," ken said, picking me up.
"What's wrong Davish?" Veemon asked.
"Daemon's started sending digimon into the city. We've got to try and stop them!" Davis explained.
"They're probably the crazy digimon. Gennai said he was gathering them at the portal," TK said.
We ran out of the house and into the street. It was beginning to rain lightly, causing a little bit of mist to rise up and shroud things that were far away.
"TK, you take Gatomon and Patamon and go to the hospital to make sure no digimon attack it. Yolei, you go, too. With Kari there you'll be able to digivolve Gatomon and Hawkmon into Silphymon if you need to," Ken said.
"Right," Yolei and TK both responded as they spilt off from us in a different direction.
"Where are we going?" Davis asked.
"We're going to meet up with Izzy and Mimi in the park and then we'll try to run through the city and cure as many digimon as possible. Our other digimon will try to keep them from doing too much damage," Ken explained.
"Izzy said everyone else is already trying to subdue the digimon, but there are too many for them to protect the entire city," Cody said.
We raced down the street as fast as possible. Luckily Ken and Davis both play soccer, and Cody practices Kendo, so they were all able to run the entire way. By the time we arrived at the park, the rain had turned into a downpour, completely drenching us all.
"Jeez, what took you?" Mimi asked from under a pink umbrella.
"We had to get our digimon at Davis's house," Cody explained.
"No time for small talk guys, we've got to get moving," Izzy said. "Mimi, I'm sorry but I'll need your umbrella to protect my computer."
"Oh, uh, alright," Mimi said, resigning herself to being soaked like everyone else. She held the umbrella out over Izzy's hands as he opened his laptop.
"Alright, the closest digimon are this way," Izzy said as he began to lead us north out of the park. We followed closely, with Mimi holding the umbrella over Izzy's laptop as we ran. The rain seemed to get even harder, and off in the distance we could hear the roar of thunder.
"Davis, I think we should get ready to fight now," Ken said.
"Good idea," Davis agreed as we sprinted up the street. Through the rain, the outline of a digimon was coming into view. I focused all of my strength, and the familiar energy of digivolution began to pulse through my body.
Wrommon digivolve to…..:::::Stingmon!
"Ken, it's very hard to fly in this rain," I told him. I was running beside them to save my strength, flying through this would be too tiresome.
"Alright, but be ready to in case we come across any flying digimon," Ken said. He turned to Davis. "I think we'd be better off with two different digimon. Go with Raidramon here because of his speed," Ken advised.
"Right! Let's go Veemon!" Davis said.
Veemon, armor digivolve to…..:::::Raidramon!
"Cody, you and Armadillomon save your strength for now. We only need to distract the digimon so that Palmon can get a clear shot at them," Ken said, finishing the battle plan.
"Of course. But don't push Stingmon and Raidramon too hard," Cody said.
"Izzy, I think it might be wise if I saved my strength as well," Tentomon said. "In any case, I'm finding it very hard to fly in this weather as well."
"Don't worry, Stingmon and Raidramon are fast enough that we shouldn't have a problem," Izzy replied.
"Well then maybe they should go stop that thing, because it's moving away from us and we're not catching up to it very quickly," Davis said.
"I'm on it!" Raidramon said as he dashed forward into the rain. In moment the digimon was stopped, and we heard a loud roar. As we closed in, we saw a Tyrannomon fighting with Raidramon.
"Raidramon! Draw him away from the building!" Izzy yelled. Raidramon dashed out into the street, dodging the Tyrannomon's fiery attacks. Palmon ran up behind the dinosaur digimon.
"Poison Ivy!" Palmon called out as she launched her vines at Tyrannomon. Its bloodshot eyes quickly returned to normal, and it stop struggling against the vines in only seconds. The giant digimon scanned its surroundings with a confused look on its face.
"Alright, the digital gate is open," Izzy said, running forward with his laptop. He turned the screen toward Tyrannomon and pressed a key. The digimon was dragged through the gate.
"Great, that's one," Davis said.
"No time to lose, there's lots more! Hurry!" Izzy called out as he led us off through the rain in another direction.
We ran around the city for hours. Eventually Raidramon and I had to give over to Kabuterimon and Digmon because we were too tired. We rendezvoused with Tai, Matt, and Sora temporarily to take care of the digimon that Greymon, Garurumon, and Birdramon had corralled into an abandoned factory, and then kept running through the city. The streets were becoming rivers because of the rain, which only seemed to be getting worse. It was nearly impossible to see more than a block down the street, which made finding the digimon very hard. Even worse was the thunder, which we often confused for the sound of a raging digimon. We lost all sense of time as we desperately tried to find all of the digimon that had been released.
By this time, the storm had become so bad that no cars or pedestrians were out on the streets, leaving us free to run through them as quickly as possible. However, the water was beginning to clog up the sewer systems, and the streets were beginning to flood. In some lower areas we could see cars being carried away by the rising water.
"This has to be the worst storm we've had in years! Why'd it have to be today?" Davis complained.
"Don't worry; we've only got one more stop. Joe and Ikkakumon have managed to trap a whole heard of Gizamon in a convenience store. If we can get all of them cured and back to the digital world, we'll be done," Izzy assured us.
We found Joe outside of the convenience store. Ikkakumon had his horn pointed at the door and was poking the Gizamon back in as they tried to escape. They all had the familiar bloodshot eyes that were sure signs of the toxic herbs.
"Hurry Izzy, Ikkakumon can't keep them trapped much longer," Joe said.
"Alright, Kabuterimon and Digmon, When Ikkakumon backs up, you have to make sure that the Gizamon don't get off of this stretch of road. Palmon will start attacking them as quickly as possible. Veemon and Wormmon, use whatever strength you have left to protect Palmon. Ready, now!" Izzy screamed.
Ikkakumon leapt back away from the door, and the Gizamon came swarming out. Kabuterimon and Digmon managed to block their escape routes down the street, and Palmon began hitting them with her vines as fast as she could. Some of them tried to attack us, but my string attack managed to tie them up until Palmon could get to them. After several minutes of frantically trying to contain the Gizamon, we managed to get all of them cured, and Izzy sent them back to the digital world through his computer.
"Phew," Izzy said as he leaned against the wall of the store. "We've finally gotten them all."
"I don't think we're done for the day yet Izzy," Joe said.
"What are you talking about Joe?" Cody asked.
"It wasn't supposed to rain today. It was supposed to be bright and sunny. I understand that meteorologists aren't perfect, but for such a massive storm to spring up out of nowhere is beyond comprehension. I think there's a digimon involved."
"Does that mean we're not done fighting?" Davis asked.
"I hadn't thought of that," Izzy said. "Do you think it could be Daemon?"
"I'm positive that it is," Cody said.
"Why's that?" Ken asked.
"Because TK just told me so. Daemon is on top of the hospital building creating this storm!" Cody exclaimed.
"We've got to get there right now!" Izzy said. "If Daemon is causing this, he'll flood the whole city. In fact, he may be planning to do this to hundreds of cities around the world. His plan must be to distract us with crazy digimon while he sinks the city with a massive storm. Not to mention the danger that TK, Kari, and Yolei are in!"
"TK said that he hasn't seen them yet," Cody assured us. "Still, we need to hurry."
"Izzy, I think it's time you found that power that let you read Ricky's email again," Kabuterimon said.
"You're absolutely right. The sky is the fastest way there, and you're going to take us," Izzy said. Through the rain, I could see a soft glow coming from Izzy's chest.
Kabuterimon digivolve to…..:::::Megakabuterimon!
We all climbed onto Megakabuterimon's head and he took off into the sky like lightning. The enormous insect digimon had no much less trouble flying through the rain than I had had as Stingmon. Riding on him, we could see the hospital in seconds. Standing on top was a figure which we had only seen for a short time a year ago, but that had been stronger than Imperialdramon. He was gathering power to himself, creating the wind and heat needed to summon up such a massive storm.
"We have to stop him quickly, otherwise this storm is only going to get worse," Izzy said. "Go for it, Megakabuterimon!"
"Horn Buster!" The insect roared. He slammed his horn into the back of the unsuspecting Daemon. The demonic digimon was blasted off of the roof and through the wall of the nearby skyscraper. Megakabuterimon landed on the hospital's roof and let all of us climb off of his head. We looked up and immediately saw Daemon, rising out of the hole in the building, anger burning in his eyes.
"So, a little insect has come to play with me," he said as he stared down at us. "I suppose I should be more careful, lest your overgrown mosquito bite me again."