(((((Chapter 7: The Sand Kingdom Pt. 1)))))
Somewhere in the Digital World…
An area where there was nothing but sand wherever you looked. There, two bodies where lying on the sandy floor out cold. The bodies belonged to Vincent and Lizzy. Lizzy opened her eyes and slowly stud up.
"OW!" She placed her hands on her head. "My head…why does it hurt?" She looked in front of her and saw Vincent. "Vincent…" She ran to him and started to shake him awake. "Hey…wake up…" She shook him as he opened up his eyes lifting his head up and seeing his best friend, Lizzy. "Hey…you okay?" She smiled worried.
He smiled and sat on his knees next to his friend. "Where are we? I've never seen this before in my life."
Lizzy looked around. "Yeah…I don't remember how we got here. I do remember the others and the letter that Ophanimon gave us…" She looked at Vincent.
"That's right!!" Vincent recalled standing up. "The letter! The book, the others that we met at the High School in Japan! And Ophanimon…"
"You still have the book right?" Lizzy asked him as he searched on the sandy floor to find it. "Good. Put it in here, that way we won't lose it if I keep hold of it." She placed the book inside her bag and buttons it up to keep it safe.
"Good job. Now we need to get out of this heat and into a safer place."
"Maybe it wasn't such a good idea to wear all black today, Vincent."
"Well…I wouldn't have worn it if I knew I was going to be stuck in a desert, Lizzy." He copied her tone which made her stare at him.
"Yeah, yeah, yeah…" Then, she spotted a near by village that blended with the sand. "Hey…look! It's a village…but what's it doing here in a desert? It's to hot to be settled here."
"Yeah. Let's go check it out, Liz." They walked to the village. After a few minutes of walking in the desert like area, they reached their point and stud in front of the village's entrance.
"Wow…" They stud in front of a 10 foot tall gate. "That's a huge entrance."
"You got that right. Maybe we shouldn't…"
"COME ON, VINCENT!!!" Lizzy grabbed his arm and pulled him towards the entrance. "It wouldn't hurt to go in and meet new people!!" She stopped herself and corrected herself. "Actually more like meeting new Digimon friends!! YAY!!" She pulled him near the entrance.
"But how do we get inside?"
"You two!! Why do you stand near the entrance to our village!!?" A giant wolf like creature with armor around its body appeared jumping off from a giant tree near the entrance.
"Whoa!! What a big wolf!! I never saw a wolf that big at all." Lizzy held Vincent's arm tightly.
"Answer me." He demanded.
'Rude much?' Lizzy thought. "We just happened to pass by and we're looking for a place to hang out in and we'll be out of the village in a couple of minutes…maybe hours depends on what you guys have to look at."
"Liz…listen we just came by to see your village, that's all."
"Are you allies with Lilithmon?! We do not accept visits from Digimon that ally with her!!"
"Lilithmon?! We're against her! Our new friends are looking for her to destroy her and save this world from chaos!!" Lizzy exclaimed.
"Find her and destroy her?!" He looked at them for moment and laughed. "HA!! You're friends cannot destroy her!!"
"Why not? They have the Spirits of the Ten Legendary Warriors!! Shouldn't that be enough?"
"The Legendary Warriors you say? That will never be enough…even if they have all ten spirits." He sounded sad.
"Why not? I thought that the Warriors would be enough to destroy Lilithmon."
"I wish it was…but I would seem that they will not be enough. I can show you…" He said. "I must know your names first…"
"Oh! I'm Lizzy!!"
"Vincent. And yours?"
"I am Garurumon. The Gate Keeper of the Sand Kingdom."