The mornings were just as bright in the digital world as they were in the real world. The cavern faced east, which let the sun shine with all its fury into the cave. Tristan grumbled as he forced himself to get up. He cleaned up the remains of the campfire and then checked on the eggs. He placed his palm on his egg and felt in grow warm under his touch. He then went out to find some food for him and Meggie to eat.
Meggie woke up just as he arrived back with some branches covered with berries. He handed her a few branches to pick from while he then proceeded to pick his clean. They tasted like blackberries with a splash of citrus. After they ate enough berries to fill them up, they left the cave to explore the mountain. They realized they were pretty high up on it. After about an hour of hiking down the mountain, they began to hear growling sounds from afar. They began to hurry, hoping they wouldn't be found.
As they were walking, Meggie noticed something odd about the shadows cast from the trees. Some of the shadows did not fit the silhouette of the trees. Every time she would looked up at the trees; however, they would rustle as if something was hiding in them.
"Tristan, I don't think we're alone. There's something in the trees watching us.", whispered Meggie as she gestured for Tristan to look at the shadows. They decided it was time to run. They held on tightly to their eggs and ran. They could hear the creatures in the trees begin to chase after them. When Meggie glanced back, she could see what they were. They were a bunch of Chamelemon. They had moved to running on the ground now, moving a lot more faster.
To make matters worse, they came across a dark Raidramon and a dark Akatorimon. Tristan and Meggie had to quickly change direction to avoid running within their reach. They were chased through mountainous forest until then eventually came to a part of the mountain that jutted out like a cliff. They were then slowly backed to the edge of the cliff as they dark digimon crept towards them. Raidramon then proceeded to speak to them.
"We have you trapped. Give us those eggs and your Digivices and we will let you go.", spoke the Raidramon in a cold voice.
"We would never give in so easily, besides, how do we know we can trust you? Aren't you supposed to be the bad guys? You'd never let us go!", replied Tristan as he stepped in front of Meggie. Raidramon then growled and ordered the Chamelemon to attack. They then charged forth and prepared to lash out their tongues for a Tongue Whip attack. Before they could; however, they became surrounded by black bats and dark energy. Angry, Raidramon and Akatorimon then proceeded to lunge for the digi-destined. Tristan pushed Meggie out-of-the-way and Akatorimon was struck down by a flash of red lightning. Raidramon was about to hit Tristan when he was hit by the black bats. When he fell down; however, he tail knocked into Tristan and sent him over the edge of the cliff. He grabbed onto the edge in time to save himself, but had to watch in horror as his egg fell quickly down.
The dark digimon then ran away quickly, as whatever attacked them scared them away. Meggie than grabbed Tristan's arm and tried to help him up. The edge of the cliff started to make cracking and crumbling noises. Just in time before the edge broke off, an unseen person quickly grabbed both of them and pulled them to safety. That person quickly vanished, but Tristan caught a glimpse of what they looked like. He saw a cape of some sort. Meggie than grabbed her egg. She then sat beside Tristan as he began to breakdown. He couldn't believe he lost his egg and future partner so quickly. He just kept calling himself a failure and that he was never meant to be here.
Meggie tried consoling him and kept trying to reassure him that everything will be fine and that they just have to find the egg. As they sat there, a friendly Monzaemon from the Rebellion discovered them. He told them that he had seen the dark digimon heading for this area and knew it meant some digi-destined were nearby. He asked if they needed his help for anything. Meggie explained to him everything that happened.
After hearing it, Monzaemon then told Tristan he'd help them look for the egg. They then spent the next several hours hiking down the mountain towards the location where the egg would have landed. They spent several more hours trying to find it. They couldn't find any traces of the egg landing anywhere in this area. They didn't even find any broken egg shell pieces. It was as if the egg just simply vanished after it fell.
It was getting dark when Meggie felt her egg get really warm and begin to shake. The egg became surrounded by white light and began to change shape. It become more spherical and a tail-like structure began to form. After it finished hatching, Meggie was holding her digimon partner. It was black and shaped like a bomb. It had three eyes, each of a different color, and two spikes for ears. Its tail was actually a fuse and was sparking on the end.
"Hi there, I'm Bommon! We finally get to meet.", said Bommon cheerfully as it looked at Meggie. She gasped in shock and then laughed. She was happy to finally meet her partner.
"Hello there Bommon, my name's Meggie. But you probably know that already.", replied Meggie with a smile on her face. She then looked at Tristan, who was still depressed.
"Bommon, can you help us look for Tristan's egg? We still have a good hour to search before it gets too dark.", asked Meggie as let Bommon sit on the ground. He was surprising adept at hopping around.
"Of course! Anything to help a pal. Have you tried the radar on the Digivices though?", answered Bommon as he hopped around and around. Meggie then mentally face-palmed herself, as even Ophanimon told them the Digivices functioned as radars.
"Let's try it then. How do I work it?", said Meggie and she pulled out her device. Tristan also pulled out his. They tried tapping the screens and looked around the devices to see what sort of buttons they had.
"It radars by default. Anything that is tied to you of those devices will automatically be picked up on the radar if it is close by. So if the egg is nearby, it will show up as a dot on the screen and will beep.", explained Bommon. The two digi-destined then walked around looking at the Digivices to see if they would pick anything up on their radars. Their search of the area turned nothing up though. Tristan then asked monzaemon if he could lead them back to the camp. He wanted to apologize to Ophanimon for failing to protect the egg and wanted to return home.
At first Monzaemon was against returning to the camp. He told them that it might not be safe and that the Dark Digimon League may have succeeded in destroying the camp. Tristan was still adamant on going back, so Monzaemon relented. They then hiked down the mountain and headed south towards the campsite. They rested for the night when they were within a couple of kilometers. They then woke up the next morning and quickly resumed their journey.
When they reached the camp, they were shocked by what they saw. The camp was in ruins. Small fires were still blazing and tents were in shreds. Injured digimon were everywhere; being cared for by other less injured digimon. There was no sign of the eggs that were left behind from the selection process. It also appeared as if Ophanimon was missing. Tristan began searching for Arukenimon, hoping maybe she could help him. He was then told by a Leomon that she was a few tents away being cared for, but that she might not have long before she has to de-digivolve.
They found her sitting down and propped up against a boulder. She had a very tired and weakened appearance. Her hat was on the ground beside her and was in shreds. Her shades were cracked and had small pieces missing. She was relieved to see Tristan and Meggie. They both asked her what had happened to the camp. She then proceeded to tell them. When Ophanimon sent them away, they went to help the camp's forces battle the dark digimon. They were attacked by some high-ranking members of the D.D.L.; however, and much of the camp was destroyed. The D.D.L. was droven off by our forces in end, but at a cost of a lost of Ophanimon's power. She used the last of her powers to then hide the remaining eggs where they couldn't be easily found. Then Ophanimon vanished and became an egg. The egg was then warped away to a hidden location. It would be Splashmon's job to find the 3 Celestial eggs and bring them back to the Rebellion.
After her story, Arukenimon then asked the humans what happened to them while on the mountain and asked why Tristan looked so sad. Meggie again decided to tell the story, so as not to trouble Tristan with having to say it himself. After learning of his egg's fate, Arukenimon just reached out a placed her hand on his shoulder.
"You need not blame yourself, Tristan. There was nothing you could have done. Your eggs weren't hatched and you had no means to defend yourself. You were being attacked by several champion level digimon. You are both lucky to have made it out of there alive. And that you put your friend's life over yours is enough to show that you are not a bad person. And you are definitely not a failure. I have faith that you'll get through this.", said Arukenimon softly as she spoke from the heart. She hoped that what she said would lift Tristan's spirits some. She then explained to them that she was low on energy and needed to revert to a weaker form. While in the weaker form, her energy will replenish and she'll be able to save enough energy to digivolve back again.
She then proceeded to glow with light and her silhouette began to shrink into the size of a cat-sized spider. Meggie instantly freaked out. Her freak out managed to make Tristan actually laugh for a bit. He apologized to KoDokugumon for Meggie's reaction and explained to her that Meggie has a fear of spiders and anything remotely bug-like. After Meggie had taken time to cool down, she came back. She was still visibly frightened by KoDokugumon's appearance, but told them she knew KoDokugumon was a friend. Bommon then revealed to everyone that it was now time. His fuse was almost completely burnt away.
Meggie then asked frantically is that meant he was going to explode. He just cheerfully laughed and jumped up and said, "just wait!"
A White light surrounded Bommon as he proceeded to digivolve to his In-Training form. He digivolved into Missimon. He was a rocket-shaped digimon with a blue angular head, glowing red eyes, and green hands with steel claws. Meggie was happy to see her partner digivolve. They did a little happy dance and then remembered Tristan's situation.
As they began to help the other digimon in the camp recover, Meggie had an idea. She then asked Missimon to come with her to talk to KoDokugumon. Although she was till skittish because of her fear, Meggie asked KoDokugumon if she would like to come with them while she recovers. Meggie explains that it would be good for Tristan, as he would have someone to partner with until he recovers from losing his egg. KoDokugumon ponders what they'd do about the camp, but then says that she can have Monzaemon run it for a bit. She agrees to join them on their trip. She also thanks Meggie for asking her herself, knowing about her fear. She says she has a feeling that Meggie's fear might be gone by the end of her journey in this world.
It was evening time when they all repaired enough of the camp for all the remaining digimon to lay back and rest peacefully. They prepared a large dinner for everyone to eat. Tristan had went fishing in the nearby river with a Mummymon. They all then ate to their heart's content and got into their sleeping quarters and slept the night away.
It would be a relief to the Digi-Destined team in the morning, that the worst of their beginning journey has now passed over and that easier days and times would now be coming.