We're Not Alone?

Andrew and I walked with Elecmon towards Primary Village. It wasn't far.

"So Devimon got your partners? What kind of digimon were they?"

"Well, their names were Leormon and Commandramon…" Cole blurted out.

"A Leormon and a Commandramon, huh? I got a Popomon and a Bombmon at the same time not too long ago…" Andrew and I looked at each other blankly.

"There's more than one?!" I exclaimed.

Elecmon nodded fiercely. Suddenly, Elecmon froze, and his fur stood on end. He looked scared. "Did you say Leormon and Commandramon?"

I nodded. "Yeah."

"And you said they'd digivolved?"

Again, we nodded. "Yeah. Into Liamon and Sealsdramon."

Elecmon's eyes widened. "Liamon? He's a powerful digimon!! How did Devimon defeat him?"

Andrew sighed. "I don't know. We were tired and hungry… he might have been weakened by that."

"But I still don't get why a Digidestined would be partnered with a Commandramon…" He led us to two cradles. "That should be them."

One looked like a bomb with three eyes and pointy ears. "That's Bombmon."

I grinned. "Well, he didn't get his name for no reason."

The other one looked like a dandelion with pure red eyes. It was creepy. "That's Popomon."

Andrew looked at Elecmon. "Which one's which?"

"Bombmon will digivolve into Missimon, who will-"

I stopped him as he scooped up Bombmon. "-digivolve into Commandramon."

At the same time, Andrew picked up Popomon. "That means this little guy will become Frimon, and then digivolve into Leormon."

Elecmon stared at us in amazement. "How long did you say you've been here?"

Andrew blinked, looking over at me. "Few days?'

I shrugged. "Something like that."

Elecmon was overcome with wonder. "It's amazing how quickly you've come to understand this world."

I blinked. "Who said we understood it? Besides, we're smart kids, even though we're young."

Andrew nodded. Poor Andrew… he had a broken family; he'd had to grow up faster than other kids his age. He was a lot smarter, too, which made him that much worse off. I was his only friend, as far as I knew.

We waved goodbye to Elecmon and set out with our Baby level digimon. It was getting dark, but we decided to put some distance between us and Primary Village. We both knew we wouldn't be able to sleep if we had to deal with crying babies. As we traveled through the night, the ground began to rumble. The island broke into pieces, and they were rapidly moving away from each other.

Andrew sighed in exasperation. "Great. Now what do we do?"

I shook my head. We have to think this through. We have no defense, no idea where we are, and we're floating away from our only landmark." I pointed to Infinity Mountain.

"Isn't it my job to say that?"

"Isn't it my job to say 'now what?'"

"Good point."

We sighed simultaneously. Andrew looked at me. "Think we should get back to Infinity Mountain?"

"Without our digimon able to protect us?"

"By the time we get there, they should be able to."

"True, but what about in the meantime?"

"We have the digivices."

"Oh, yeah!!!"

"You up for it?"

"Let's do it!"

So we started to search our little section of island. It was pointless, really, there was nothing there, and it wasted a lot of time.

Suddenly, I heard a familiar growling. Turning around, I saw a familiar face. It was Dobermon. "Hey! I remember you. We saved you from a black gear."

Dobermon sniffed at us. "Yes, I remember that. What happened to your digimon friends?"

Andrew stepped in. "Devimon got them."

"Someone needs to teach him a lesson."

"We want to, but we need to get back to where he is, and we think we're going to try Infinity Mountain."

"Infinity Mountain is dangerous, especially without your digimon to protect you."

"We don't have much choice, and this island is carrying us further and further away."

"Then allow me to protect you, as a thank you for freeing me before."

"That would be great!! Now, how do we get back to Infinity Mountain?"

Dobermon smiled; I swear, it was a dog smile. "We build a raft."

He used his special attack to cut down trees, and Cole and I tied them together to build a raft. After setting it in the water and getting on with Popomon and Bombmon, Dobermon jumped on, turned to face the island, and opened his mouth. "Grau Realm!!"

The blast sent the raft speeding forward towards what remained intact of File Island, and, ultimately, Infinity Mountain. As we sped forward, Andrew turned to Dobermon. "If Devimon or one of his goons shows up, and you can't take them, don't try. Our digivices can repel them. Don't take on what you can't handle and end up killing yourself."

Dobermon sighed and nodded. "Alright." Apparently he didn't like the idea of a fight he couldn't handle.

We arrived on the island much later, and Andrew and I had gone to sleep for most of the trip. Landing, we scavenged for food. There wasn't much to be found, but Dobermon caught us some fish and we were able to find some nuts and berries. After eating and feeding our digimon, the two Baby level digimon glowed.

"Bombmon, digivolve to… Missimon!!!"

"Popomon, digivolve to… Frimon!!!"

Missimon began to fly through the air, and Frimon began to bounce against Andrew's leg, propelled by its tail. "Yay!!! It won't be long before we digivolve again!!!"

I blinked. "Is digivolution always this easy?"

All three digimon looked at me. "No."

Missimon spoke in a hypothetical way. "I suppose that your digivices, mixed with your need for us to digivolve could have helped us digivolve early. But I don't know."

Andrew sighed. "Let's get moving." And so we set out for Infinity Mountain.

It was slow going. Eventually, we got to the mountain, and a battle was already raging between Devimon and other digimon. It was amazing. But the other digimon were losing.

The other digimon had people with them. "Wow! There's more Digidestined?" I said. As we watched, another digimon digivolved.

"Patamon, digivolve to… Angemon!!!"

There was an exchange of dialogue between Angemon and Devimon, but I didn't hear it because Dobermon started talking. "Angel versus devil… it makes sense…" Suddenly all the other kids' digivices started to glow and beams streamed from them to Angemon, their partners dedigivolving in the process. I held up my digivice; it did the same thing. Andrew's, on his belt, did too.

This time I didn't hear the conversation because I was talking. "I can't believe it… He's drawing on the power of the digivices to call up the power to defeat him. It's just like an angel would call upon the power of God."

Andrew was speechless this whole time. I blinked at him. "Oh yeah, that's right, you're not exactly a church-goer, huh?"

Angemon released a blast from his fist that went straight through Devimon, and they were both being deleted before our eyes.

The boy who'd had the Patamon was crying. Angemon comforted him. "I'll come back, T.K., if you want me to."

Some of Angemon's feathers from his wings fell together and formed a digiegg. I grinned. "He's going through what we're going through.

Finally, Andrew spoke. "We're not alone?"