Old Reliable
Previously on 'A New Destiny Arises'… After rescuing some Gotsumon, the DigiDestined returned home with them. But later they received a distress call from Gabumon and Tigermon. The Team, along with Matt and Piper, returned to the Digital World and helped out the two digimon. Later, they saved a village of Gazimon that was being controlled by the Digimon Emperor. Can they save the Digital World from the Emperor? Find out in 'A New Destiny Arises'…
The Digimon Emperor was busy at work in an arctic region of the Digital World. Well he had a heard of Gizamon working for him. The weather was a harsh blizzard, and the Gizamon were already tired enough as it was.
Infuriated with the slow work, the Digimon Emperor whipped one Gizamon. When he went in for a second blow, Gomamon stepped in and grabbed the whip. Sealmon ran to the injured Gizamon.
"Can't you see all these Gizamon are tired?" Gomamon asked. "Maybe we should use this whip on you, you big bully."
"Rule number 1: Don't ever talk to me without calling me 'sir'. Rule number 2: Don't ever talk to me." said the Digimon Emperor, pushing away Gomamon. "Anyone who can take down these two pathetic creatures will receive a prize package, the rest will receive some parting gifts."
The Gizamon circled around Gomamon and Sealmon, but the two Rookie digimon stood their ground.
"I know all about Gizamon." said the Digimon Emperor. "They're amphibian Digimon with webbed feet. Their fins cut through the water like knives. "
"They won't attack us." Sealmon said.
But she was wrong, the Gizamon all attacked Sealmon and Gomamon, injuring them to the point they couldn't move.
As a result, the Digimon Emperor slapped a Dark Ring on all the Gizamon, ordering them to get back to work on building the prison.
"Come on Wormmon." called the Digimon Emperor. "I want you to make me a Hot Chocolate."
"What about Gomamon and Sealmon?" Wormmon asked, following his partner.
"Let them freeze." replied the Digimon Emperor.
A few minutes later, Gomamon woke up and noticed Sealmon still beside him. Mustering up what little strength he had, Gomamon put Sealmon on his back and crawled away.
"I've just gotta climb up this little hill…" he thought. A few minutes later "Okay, maybe it's not such a little hill after all."
On the top of the hill, Gomamon found a TV mostly covered in snow. He reached the front of it and passed out muttering Joe's name.
Back in the Real World, Joe and Amy were with a few more of their classmates from their private medical school. Their digivices suddenly went off. The couple looked at each other, knowing that their partner digimon were in trouble.
"So are you ready for that big Anatomy test?" asked one of their classmates.
"Yeah, I spent the whole night looking in the mirror." answered another classmate.
"I just remembered that Joe and I left our notes in my car." Amy said. "We'll see you guys later, bye."
Amy and Joe ran off to where Amy parked her silver/blue Nissan. Joe slid into the passenger seat while Amy hopped into the driver's seat. She quickly started the car and buckled up.
"I hope Sealmon and Gomamon are okay." Amy muttered, pulling out of her parking space and headed off the High School. "Piper told me all about the Digimon Emperor."
Joe held Amy's free hand that wasn't on the steering wheel, "Don't worry sweetie." he said and smiled reassuringly. "We'll get there and help them out."
Amy gave her boyfriend a quick smile before turning back to the road.
The final bell rang to dismiss the High School students. Davis was on his way to the Computer Lab when he noticed Cody going down the stairs.
"Where are you going Cody?" Davis asked.
"Home. I have Kendo practice this afternoon." Cody answered.
"Practice later! The DigiWorld's in danger." Davis reminded.
"Sorry Davis but my grandfather is the teacher and he would be very disappointed if I missed a lesson." Cody apologized and walked away.
Davis grew aggravated. Catherine walked up to him.
"What's the matter Davis?" Catherine asked.
"Cody's choosing to go to Kendo practice instead of with us to the Digital World." Davis answered.
Catherine sighed, "Well that shouldn't stop us. Let's go."
"Really? You and I? Together? All alone in the dangerous Digital World?" Davis asked "Finally! It'll be like my dream come true."
"Excuse me?" Catherine asked.
"I said I'm studying French. Parlez-vous." Davis quickly recovered.
Catherine chuckled as the pair walked towards the computer lab, to find the others waiting for them.
"What's going on?" Catherine asked.
"A distress call came from one of the Digimon." Rini answered.
"Yeah and it's in a part of the Digital World that's farther than we've gone before." Payson added.
"Well, this should add to our frequent flier miles." Kari sighed.
Payson located the area where the distress call came from.
"We can't leave yet, Cody isn't here." Upamon said aloud.
"Cody isn't coming." Davis told him. "He has Kendo practice."
"One question: what's kendo?" Upamon asked.
In response, Davis hit the In-Training digimon with a rolled up piece of paper.
"What did you hit me for?" screamed Upamon.
"You wanted to know what kendo was." Davis smiled.
In his apartment, Cody and his grandfather were practicing Kendo. But Cody kept thinking about Upamon. His grandfather noticed this and decided to talk.
"I have been to many lands and met many people." said his grandfather, Chikara "And in all my travels, I have found only one thing I can count on... Prune Juice!"
Cody nervously chuckled. "Grandpa, there are people who are counting on me, and I'm afraid I'm letting them down." Cody admitted.
"I once told your father this," said Chikara. "People rely on you only to the extent you rely on yourself."
Cody understood. He got up, thanked his grandfather for the advice, and headed back to the school.
Upamon heard footsteps approaching and thought it was Cody, but it wasn't.
"Everyone hide!" Davis yelled.
The door slid open and it was Joe and Amy.
"Joe, Amy." said Rini and TK.
"Hey guys." Joe smiled and waved.
"This is Joe and Amy, they were part of the old team of DigiDestined." TK introduced.
"Oh the doctors." Davis chuckled.
"This is Davis and Payson, the new DigiDestined." Kari introduced. "They're not really doctors yet."
"We received a distress call from the DigiWorld." Rini informed.
"Yeah, it's from Sealmon and Gomamon." Amy replied.
Catherine held up her new digivice, "This is the only way the gate can open." she said.
"Izzy gave us a heads up about them." Joe told them.
"And we also know about the Digimon Emperor." Amy added. "Piper told me about him."
"Are you planning on coming to the Digital World with us?" Kari asked, when she noticed the sack of supplies Joe had.
"Yes, I'm worried about Gomamon." Joe answered. "And Amy's worried about Sealmon."
"Alright, let's go." Payson voted.
She and Davis held their digivices to the screen, when Cody barged in.
"Cody!" Upamon screamed. "You-made-it-you-made-it-you-made-it-you-made-it-you-made-it-you-made-it-you-made-it-you-made-it-you-made-it-you-made-it-you-made-it-you-made-it!"
Cody turned to Joe and Amy, "You're going to have to forgive him. He's hyperactive." he informed.
Davis and Catherine held their Digivices to the screen and the gate opened, transferring all the DigiDestined from the Real World back to the Digital World.
Once they arrived in the arctic region, the cold struck the DigiDestined. Joe pulled out a few hand warmer packets to the younger DigiDestined.
"Good Old Reliable Joe." Rini chuckled.
Payson accidentally dropped her hand warmer, but when she picked it up, small purple and tan spots were uncovered.
"Hey guys, check this out!" Payson called.
Amy and Joe walked over, and they instantly knew those spots belonged to their partners. The couple knelt down and dug them out.
"Gomamon?" Joe questioned. "Say something."
Amy gently caressed Sealmon's bruised face. "Wake up Sealmon."
The small digimon stirred and opened her Ocean Blue eyes. "Amy." she murmured, laying her head on Amy's shoulder. "Your hair's longer." Sealmon said into Amy's shoulder.
Gomamon opened his eyes, "Joe." he managed to say.
"Gomamon, What day of the week is it?" Joe asked his digimon.
"It's Saturday?" Gomamon answered.
Joe chuckled. "Actually, it's Thursday, but you never did know the day, so I guess you're back to you're old self."
"We heard from Tentomon and Zapdomon that we could use those TV's to contact you if we were in trouble." Sealmon informed.
"Well just be glad we have a first aid kit to patch you up." Amy smiled at her digimon, rubbing her pink mane.
"What happened to you guys?" Joe asked.
"We picked a fight with the Digimon Emperor, that's what." Gomamon answered, angrily.
Davis stared at the Control Spire off in the distance. "He's built another Control Spire here as well." he informed the others.
"What are those?" Amy asked, turning to Catherine and Rini.
"It supplies power to the Digimon Emperor's dark rings that turn digimon into his slaves." Catherine answered.
"It also makes it impossible for our digimon to Digivolve." Rini added.
"Can we destroy them?" Amy asked.
"There is a way." Kari answered.
"But we'll have to cross this ice to even get close enough to destroy it." Rini followed.
"Now I know what Matt means when he says I'm walking on thin ice." TK muttered to himself.
"Hey Joe did you bring any skates?" Payson asked.
"Sorry, no." Joe answered.
"But we did pack some rope." Amy added.
"Perfect. We can chop down some trees and make a sled." Kari giggled.
The partner digimon went ahead to chopping down some surrounding trees to make a giant sled. The DigiDestined used the rope to tie the logs together, and to attach their partner digimon to the sled to they could pull it.
"Now mush Digimon! Mush!" Davis chuckled as the Digimon raced towards the Control Spire.
As they got closer they could see a line of snowmen like Digimon.
"Snowmen?" Payson questioned.
"No, they're Frigimon." Amy corrected. "But what's around their legs?"
The new team of DigiDestined realized that the Frigimon were being controlled by Dark Rings.
"Frigimon, a frosty digimon with a chilling SubZero Ice Punch attack." Sealmon informed.
The Frigimon fired their attack, making the Rookie digimon swerve to avoid them.
"Forget about fighting the Frigimon." Joe ordered. "They're not that fast, we can outrun them."
"But they're attacking us!" Davis yelled.
"Our mission is to destroy that Control Spire." Amy told him. "You said it supplies power to the Dark Rings. If we take out the Spire, the Frigimon won't attack us anymore."
"Amy's right, run past the Frigimon." Rini called to the Digimon.
The seven digimon picked up their speed and ran right past the Frigimon line. The champion digimon however, turned around and aimed their attack, which struck a hill a few feet in front of the DigiDestined, causing an avalanche.
The Digimon raced and jumped over a small crevice and barely made it. But they made a sharp turn, causing everyone to fall off the sled, and Cody falling into the river below.
"We'll save him!" called Gomamon and Sealmon as they dove into the river.
The kids found a cave and built a small fire, helping Cody to warm up. Joe handed him a cup of hot, herbal tea.
"Boy, that Joe really comes prepared." Payson noted.
"That's nothing." Kari said.
"Wait until you see him during hay fever season." Amy added, chuckling.
"We should leave Cody here while we destroy the Control Spire." TK voted.
Cody tried to protest, but Joe decided he would stay back and take care of Cody while the others went to destroy the Spire.
"That sounds like a good idea, Joe." Amy said, smiling. "I'll go with the others."
The DigiDestined re-attached their Digimon to the sled. Amy pulled out a newer, upgraded transformation staff. It was circular with two small rings on either side, forming a V-shaped pedestal. Etched in the orb was the symbol for Mercury.
"Mercury Planet Power!" Amy screamed. In a bright flash, she became Sailor Mercury once again. But her outfit was upgraded than her Super Sailor uniform. Instead she had dark blue shoulder pads with small, white sleeves reaching a little ways above her elbow. Her skirt was blue with light blue trim, and a pale blue ribbon was tied in the back with elongated ends. Under the skirt were ocean blue leggings reaching to her knees. Lastly, she had blue boots with a light blue trim at the top.
"Love the new upgrade." Sealmon completed.
"Thanks." replied Sailor Mercury. She turned to Joe and smiled.
"Be careful." Joe said, taking Mercury's gloved hand.
"I will. Don't worry." Mercury replied, placing her other hand on Joe's cheek.
Joe leaned in and kissed Sailor Mercury's lips softly. "I love you Amy."
"I love you too Joe." Sailor Mercury echoed. She smiled and stepped onto the sled, then the digimon raced to the Control Spire.
Gomamon chuckled. "What's so funny?" Joe asked.
"Nothing." Gomamon answered. "Just glad to see you and Amy are still together."
Joe smiled. "Yeah, we live together in the same apartment."
"You mean apartment building?" Gomamon questioned.
"No." Joe said. "The same apartment. As in 'we live together'."
Gomamon was speechless, for once.
Armadillomon sat by his partner and noticed that he was upset.
"Somethin' the matter Cody?" asked the armadillo rookie.
Cody turned to his partner. "I feel... I should be out there helping the others."
Joe sat down on the other side of Cody and smiled. "I know exactly what you're feeling." he said. "I used to feel that way, too, but I thought it was nausea. And then I slowly began to realize something. All of us are here for a reason. There's a big picture that we can't see yet, and I don't mean a wide screen TV. So, us staying behind is for a reason."
"But what's the reason?" Cody asked.
But before Joe could answer, the cave began to shake. The two boys went outside and found the Digimon Emperor waiting for them, with a Dark Ring controlled Shellmon by his side.
The Digimon Emperor chuckled evilly. "Meet my newest slave, Shellmon." he introduced. "His Aqua Blaster attack shoots water so hard, it can demolish solid rock."
Joe looked back at the Spire and then to his Digimon. "Gomamon, now I know why were supposed to stay behind. To give Sailor Mercury and the others time to destroy the Spire." he informed. "I need you to create a diversion. Keep Shellmon busy with that great Gomamon charm of yours."
"Right." Gomamon nodded his head and jumped out of Joe's arms. He ran in front of Shellmon. "Why did one Shellmon steal the other Shellmon's lunch? Because it was Shellfish." the small rookie chuckled.
Shellmon lifted his foot and tried to stomp on Gomamon. The small rookie dodged. "I guess you heard that one already." he muttered.
Armadillomon and Cody watched.
"That's the Great Gomamon Charm?" Joe thought to himself.
Sailor Mercury and the other DigiDestined arrived at the Control Spire, but found it was guarded by the Frigimon.
"Veemon! Let's go!" Davis called to his partner. "DigiArmor Energize!"
"Veemon Armor Digivolve to…Flamedramon: The Fire of Courage."
Rini exchanged glances with Biyomon. "Help him out."
"You got it." Biyomon nodded her head.
"DigiArmor Energize!" Rini screamed.
"Biyomon Armor Digivolve to…Phoenixmon: Burning Love."
The two Armor digimon stood between the DigiDestined and the line of Frigimon.
"So that's what Mina meant by 'Armor Digivolution'." Sailor Mercury blinked in astonishment.
"Yep." Rini giggled. "Phoenixmon and Flamedramon can fend off our frosty friends while the rest of the Digimon can destroy the Spire."
Catherine, Kari, TK, and Payson all nodded. "DigiArmor Energize!" they screamed in unison.
"Nalamon Armor Digivolve to…Leopadramon: The Guardian of Melody. "
"Gatomon Armor Digivolve to…Nefertimon: The Angel of Light."
"Patamon Armor Digivolve to…Pegasusmon: Flying Hope."
"Hawkmon Armor Digivolve to…Halsemon: The Wings of Beauty."
"Now let's get to work on destroying that Spire." Halsemon voted.
The other three Armor digimon nodded and flew around the Spire and began attacking.
Shellmon went in to attack Gomamon once more.
"You have no sense of humor!" Gomamon yelled at Shellmon.
"Try the knock-knock jokes!" Joe called to his partner.
Cody looked at Armadillomon. "You ready?"
"You bet." replied the Rookie digimon.
"DigiArmor Energize!" Cody yelled.
"Armadillomon Armor Digivolve to…Digmon: The Drill of Knowledge."
Joe was astonished at the new form of Digivolution. "Armor huh? Not bad."
Digmon charged into battle, taking a hit for Gomamon. "Thanks Digmon." Gomamon said, getting away from the battle.
"You're welcome." Digmon grunted.
Phoenixmon and Flamedramon were fighting their hardest against the Frigimon.
"Flaming Tempest!" Phoenixmon created her fiery attacking, knocking out some of the Frigimon.
Above them in the air, the other four Armors were working hard at destroying attacking the Spire.
"Gold Rush!" Digimon fired his drills, destroying the Dark Ring around Shellmon's leg.
"Alright!" cheered Joe and Gomamon.
But the celebration was cut short when a lobster like digimon emerged from the river.
"No problem, I'm never out of ideas or slaves." chuckled the Digimon Emperor. "Ebidramon here uses his Twin Scissors attack to crush the enemy like a snail."
Ebidramon grabbed Digmon and dragged him under the water.
"Digmon!" Cody cried as his partner was taken under the frozen waters.
"If only you could digivolve." Joe said to Gomamon. He looked onward to the Spire. "What's taking them so long?"
"Alright!" called Sailor Mercury. "On my signal, attack the Spire all together!" Mercury powered up a pulsating orb of water. "Now!" she ordered.
"Rosetta Stone!" attacked Nefertimon.
"Star Shower!" followed Pegasusmon.
"Blizzard Rain!" added Leopadramon.
"Mach Impulse!" finished Halsemon.
Sailor Mercury exhaled and fired her attack. "Mercury Aqua Mirage!" the water combined with the attacks and freezing the control spire, thus rendering it powerless. Mercury's digivice beeped.
"Sealmon digivolve to…Walrainmon."
"Walrainmon!" called Sailor Mercury. "Destroy the Spire!"
"With pleasure!" said the walrus like Champion. "Raining Harpoon!" the missiles made contact with the spire, turning it into rubble.
"They did it! They destroyed the control spire!" Joe exclaimed. "Now you can digivolve!"
"Gomamon digivolve to…Ikkakumon."
Ikkakumon dove into the river and released Digmon. The insect Armor digimon resurfaced. Seconds later, so did Ikkakumon and Ebidramon.
"Now it's my turn." Digmon said. "Gold Rush!"
Ebidramon was taken back by the sudden attack.
"You got him!" yelled Cody.
"Finish him Ikkakumon!" ordered Joe.
"Harpoon Torpedo!" the missile destroyed the dark ring and Ebidramon swam away.
Walrainmon led the group back to Joe and Cody. They all cheered at their latest victory.
"Alright you two, you're in charge here now." Joe said to Gomamon and Sealmon.
"Great, a frozen wasteland." Gomamon chuckled. "Just what I always wanted."
"Look on the bright side, at least you can practice your jokes." Amy giggled.
"Very funny Amy." Gomamon said.
Sealmon giggled.
"I guess we should be headed home." TK suggested.
Cody turned to Joe and Amy. "Before we go there's one last thing I need to finish." he said.
"What's that?" Joe asked.
"Our introduction." answered the younger DigiDestined. "Hello, I'm Cody." he bowed respectfully.
"I don't get it Cody. What's that all about?" Davis asked.
"My grandfather says that next to prune juice, manners are the most important thing a man can have." Cody answered.
"You know, Cody reminds me an awful lot of Joe—always honest and sticks to the rules." Rini giggled.
"I think he reminds me of Izzy—just loaded with curiosity." TK chuckled.
"Part Joe and part Izzy?" Amy questioned. She then smiled. "That's one scary combination."
Everyone laughed. With one final goodbye, they all headed home.
"It was nice to be back in the Digital World again." Amy said.
"It really was." Joe agreed. He put his arm around Amy's shoulder and smiled.
"Joe?" Cody asked. "Will you and Amy come back and fight with us again?"
The older couple exchanged glances. "Sure we will." Joe answered.
"Would you two like to come over to my house sometime?" Cody asked again. "You would really like my grandfather, and I know he'll like you two."
"That sounds wonderful." Amy smiled.
She and Joe said their goodbyes as Amy's silver/blue Nissan pulled out of the parking lot.
"The newer team works so well together." Amy told Joe on their way back to their apartment. "Even better than we did at first."
"Well remember Amy we had to learn everything about the Digital World and our Digimon all on our own." Joe reminded. "It wasn't until we defeated Devimon that we learned the power of teamwork and being DigiDestined."
Amy smiled. "True. And being the DigiDestined brought us so close together." she sighed. "And it's that bond that keeps us together to this day."
Joe nodded in agreement. "And it was also being DigiDestined that brought us together." he took Amy's hand and squeezed it.
Amy parked her car and the couple headed up to their apartment. They sat down on the couch, turned on the TV and cuddled close together.
What new battles await the DigiDestined? Find out in the next chapter of 'A New Destiny Arises'…
To Be Continued…