Author Notes: I worked a little bit harder on this chapter. I hope you like it!

Digimon: Another Story

Chapter 3: The Prisoner In The Wooden Dungeon

The group of five kids and their Digimon were on the outer parts of the Desert. The day had still been long, and not much of it was left, because now the sun was beginning to set. The temperature had drastically dropped, after the hottest evening the kids had ever been through was coming to an end.

"Guys, I'm tired!" Yukio complained.

"Oh, Yukio, we're almost to the mountain," Tomo replied.

"You know, I don't even see why we're chasing after this stupid mountain," Haru said. "We don't even know what's on it, or if it will even help us, for all we know, we could just going to some random mountain that has nothing to do with anything."

"Haru, don't be such a pessimist, if we climb the mountain, we might be able to see further than we could if we were to just stay down here," Shina explained.

"I guess, but I'm tired," Haru commented.

"Look!" Yukio exclaimed. He pointed to cloud of dust in the horizon.

"What is that?" Tomo asked. He shielded his eyes from the sun to get a batter view.

"A cloud of dust?" Lunamon suggested.

"Yes, but what's causing it?" Shina questioned.

"I don't know, but I think we're about to find out!" Haru exclaimed. The nearing cloud soon revealed an army of Digimon.

The army of Digimon finally made it to the group of kids. They stopped before them. There must have been at least fifty of them. The army was made up by a bunch of plant-type Digimon, all of which resembled Palmon.

"Palmon, are those your cousins?" Hana asked.

"No, those are Alraumon," Palmon stated. "They may look like me, but they're far from what I'm like."

"Digidestined!" one of the Alraumon said. "We have orders for you to be taken with us."

"Over my dead body!" Tomo exclaimed.

"That can be arranged puny human," the same Alraumon stated.

"Betamon," Tomo said, "get ready."

"Go get 'em Mushroomon!" Haru ordered.

Mushroomon began to charge toward the Alraumon. The other four partners to the kids began to as well.

"Beta Slugger!" Betamon called out as his fin hit one of the Alraumon.

"Fungus Crusher!" Mushroomon attacked. He threw a toadstool bomb, which exploded knocking three Alraumon out.

"Poison Ivy!" Palmon shouted as her claws reached out and wrapped themselves around one of the plant Digimon.

"Cog Crusher!" Hagurumon shouted. He sent a gear and it implanted itself in one of the Alraumon. He then had full control over the being.

"Luna Claw!" Lunamon took her claws and hit two of the Alraumon.

The Alraumon didn't take very light of this. As they sent their claws out and took a hold of the kids and their Digimon. They ones that didn't do this, used their Gloom Dust attack to give the kids and their Digimon a bit of poison, to weaken them as the one's that were holding the kids, drained their power.

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Tomo opened his eyes. He didn't realize it yet, but he was in a cage. He sat up, and everyone else as in their separate cage. He reached for his Digivice, thankfully, it was still there. Everyone else was still out, except Haru.

"Haru!" Tomo yelled.

Haru turned around and his face lit up a bit. "Tomo! You're alright!"

"Yeah, but where are we?" Tomo asked. He looked around ,and it appeared they were inside of a log house. It was nicely put together.

"Etemon's 'dungeon'." Haru replied.

"Some dungeon," Hana commented. The two boys were surprised she was even awake. She was sprawled out on the bottom of her cage.

"We have to get out of here!" Tomo exclaimed.

"Don't hold your breath," a strange voice from the corner said.

Everyone who was awake looked over there. There he was, Kyouji. He looked at them and gave a small smirk.

"Kyouji!" Haru yelled.

"Be quiet, Haru!" Kyouji scolded.

"What's wrong?" Haru asked innocently.

"If it weren't for your big mouth, we wouldn't be in this place," Kyouji stated.

"Huh?" Tomo asked. He looked at the two boys in confusion.

"You're the reason! If you wouldn't have wondered off and ran into those Alraumon, they wouldn't ever know we were even here!" Kyouji explained.

"I didn't wonder off, they found me!" Haru corrected.

"Would you two knock it off? You're giving me a headache," Hana complained.

"I'd agree, but it is kind of Haru's fault that we are here," Shina stated. She sat up and looked at everyone.

"You mean, you agree with this guy?" Haru asked.

"Well, yes, you did in fact wonder off and got us exposed," Shina stated. She looked at Haru and then at Kyouji. "But that doesn't give you a right to yell at him, he was simply being curious and trying to identify the surroundings."

"Well, the stupid ass got us in here!" Kyouji accused.

"You did run off, too, you know, so you got yourself in here," Shina said. She looked at Kyouji in his cage. She shook her head when he flipped her off.

"Guys! We still have to get out of here!" Hana restated.

"Duh! But how do you plan to do that?" Kyouji asked.

"Well, I don't know, but I can try and make a plan," she replied.

The first of the Digimon were beginning to wake back up. Lunamon woke up first, followed by Palmon, then Mushroomon.

"Guys, you're waking up!" Haru rejoiced.

"No need for celebrating, we're still not out," Shina said.

"No, but our Digimon can Digivolve and get us out!" Haru explained.

"Only two of Digimon have proven to be able to Digivolve, and besides, they're probably too weak to do it anyway," Shine explained.

Around that time, a figure opened the door. It walked in to expose itself.

"Vegiemon!" Haru exclaimed.

"Vegiemon?" Tomo asked.

"Vegiemon is a champion Digimon, he can be rather strong when he has to be," Hagurumon explained. Everyone looked at him, not realizing that he was awake.

"Hey, didn't you put your gear inside one of those Alraumon?" Hana asked.

"Yes, but it doesn't last forever, you know?" he stated.

"Damn it!" Tomo exclaimed. The Vegiemon approached the kids.

"You guys aren't supposed to be awake, or talking!" he scolded. "Now shut up!"

"Why don't you make me?" Tomo remarked.

"Why you little..." Vegiemon began. He wrapped his vine arms around Tomo's neck and began choking him.

"Hey! Leave him alone! He never did anything to you!" Haru stated.

"Shut up!" Vegiemon demanded. He unwrapped one of his arms around Tomo's throat and reached it over to Haru's cage. He began to choke Haru as well.

"Haru!" Mushroomon exclaimed. "Let go of him! Or I'll..."

"Or you'll what?" Vegiemon asked mockingly.

"Just Leave him alone!" Mushroomon demanded.

"No!" Vegiemon argued. He tightened his grip around Haru's neck.

"Stop!" Mushroomon exclaimed. Right then, Haru's Digivice began to glow. A light shot out and hit Mushroomon and he too began to glow. He began to Digivolve. "Mushroomon Digivolve to... Woodmon!"

Woodmon had expanded so much, he busted the cage.

"Woodmon!" Haru exclaimed with one of his last breaths.

"Let go of him now!" Woodmon demanded.

"Oh, I'm really scared," Vegiemon mocked.

"Branch Drill!" Woodmon said to signal his attack. He took one of his arms and punched the Vegiemon. The Vegiemon let go of both Haru and Tomo.

"Oh, you're gonna pay for that!" Vegiemon exclaimed. "Stinky Breath!"

A big cloud of raunchy air clouded around Woodmon. But he jumped out of it and hit Vegiemon again. He hit him again. Then, the door busted open, and in walked Weedmon.

"A green Vegiemon?" Tomo asked.

"No, that's Weedmon, he's stronger than the regular Vegiemon," Hagurumon explained.

"What's goin' on in here?" the Weedmon asked. "What the hell?"

Woodmon stood his ground, as Weedmon joined Vegiemon. They began to attack.

"Deadly Ivy!" Weedmon called out as his arms reached out and took a hold of Woodmon.

"Compost Crusher!" Vegiemon attacked. He threw some pink Digimon crap at Woodmon, who was being held still by the Weedmon's Deadly Ivy.

"Woodmon!" Haru called out.

"Betamon, are you awake?!" Tomo called. There was n response.

"Palmon, you have to Digivolve!" Hana stated.

"I would, Hana, but I'm just too weak at the moment," Palmon explained. As she said that, Yukio sat up and looked at Hagurumon.

"Hagurumon, you have to!" Yukio demanded. His Digivice began to glow as another ray of light engulfed Hagurumon. "Hagurumon Digivolve to... Guardromon!"

"Grenade Destroyer!" Guardromon said as he fired a missile from his forearm. It hit both Vegiemon and Weedmon. They flew back, and Weedmon lost his grip on Woodmon.

"You alright?" Guardromon asked as he walked up next to Woodmon.

"Yeah, let's get 'em!" he demanded. Woodmon went for Vegiemon while Guardromon went for Weedmon.

"Branch Drill!" Woodmon attacked. His branch went right through Vegiemon's stomach.

"Grenade Destroyer!" Guardromon yelled as his missile exploded Weedmon.

Both Vegiemon and Weedmon burst into data. The battle was over. Woodmon and Guardromon Dedigivolved back to Mushroomon and Hagurumon.

They ran to the cages concealing the kids and Digimon and let them go with the keys that dropped from Weedmon's data.

"Thanks, guys," Hana said as she stood out of her cage.

Tomo ran over to Betamon's cage. He lifted the Digimon into his arms. "Betamon, are you alright?" he asked. Betamon's eyes barely lifted.

"I need some more sleep," he said.

Tomo smiled and he hugged his Digimon. He never knew he could feel so emotional over something or someone he ad just met.

"Come on, guys, let's get out of here," Haru said as he ran to the place where a door once stood.

Everyone ran to the place where the door used to be as well. But Hana spoke up and said, "We don't know our way out of here."

"I think we have to go up these steps, for starters," Shina pointed out.

They began to climb the stairs. Once at the top, they ran in to someone.

"What do you guys think you're doin'? Escaping?" the Digimon asked.

"Get out of our way, Etemon" Kyouji demanded.

"Or else what? Are you gonna blast me away with your champion Digimon?" Etemon mocked.

"Just move it!" Hana demanded.

"Uh-huh, I don't think so," he replied.

Shina looked to their right and then yelled, "To you're right!"

There, running down the hall was a Digimon. Running at great speeds. Etemon looked and exclaimed, "Liomon!"

"Liomon! Attack him!" Kyouji exclaimed.

"Critical Strike!" Liomon said as he bit Etemon's leg.

"Let's go!" Kyouji suggested. The group of kids ran around Etemon and out to what seemed to be the front door, but wasn't. They walked out of them and saw that there was an entire fortress there. The Alraumon must have been living there, but there were none to be found.

"Let's go down this street!" Shina suggested. The kids ran down but were stopped by Kyouji.

"Liomon's in trouble," he sensed.

"What do you mean?" Haru asked.

"I can sense it, Liomon's in trouble," he turned and looked at the door;'s to the structure. They soon burst open with Etemon behind them. He carried Liomon on his back. He threw him at the kids.

"You forgot this," he declared.

"Liomon!" Kyouji exclaimed. He ran over to his partner's side. "I'm so sorry, I thought you could hold him off."

"It's okay, Kyouji, I don't blame you," Liomon said. He got up and looked at everyone. "Let's get out of here."

Everyone took off running from Etemon.

"Oh no you don't!" Etemon yelled as he ran after them.

"Faster!" Hana exclaimed.

They made it to the gates leading to the outside. IT was being manned by two Alraumon. Yukio looked up at them.

"Let us through," he commanded.

"What's the secret word?" one of them asked.

"I'll rip of you heads and use them as scratching posts if you don't let us through," Liomon suggested.

"How about, no," the other Alraumon said. The two of them laughed.

"You kids better stop running away from me," Etemon said as he caught up to the kids.

"Etemon!" Shina said. She looked at him in disgust and then at Lunamon. She knew Lunamon probably couldn't Digivolve yet, but she had high hopes of it.

"Tomo," Betamon said, "I can Digivolve and get us out of here."

"No, you're too weak," Tomo said.

"No, just let me," he said ash e jumped from Tomo's arms. Tomo's Digivice began to glow, and shot light onto Betamon. "Betamon Digivolve to... Seadramon!"

Seadramon faced Etemon and attacked. "Ice Blast!" He shot ice from his mouth and it hit Etemon, temporarily freezing him.

"Get on," Seadramon said as he ducked by the kids and their Digimon. Everyone got on. They flew over the gates, and as they did so, Etemon busted from the ice Seadramon had cast upon him.

"Dark Network!" Etemon attacked. An orb of negative energy hurled past Seadramon and the kids.

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The kids floated away on Seadramon's back. They were now in the jungle. They landed next to a waterfall so they could rest.

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More Author notes: I'm not sure if Hagurumon digivolves into Guardromon, but I think it fits, and I like it. So, um, yeah.