Gomamon floated happily in the ocean tides, humming to himself, while the others sat in a circle around the food that sat in front of Joe.
"Ok," Joe began "Let's figure this out. There's seven people in the group times three days times three meals. That comes to..."
"Sixty-three meals," Izzy told him
"Uh...right. So split evenly between us we have uh..." Joe trailed off again
"Enough food for three days," Izzy put in again.
"Right!" said Joe "Oh...uh exactly I guess you knew that..."
"But you guys," Sora cut in "when you add in the digimon we really only have enough for about half an hour."
"Oh that's right..." Joe rubbed the back of his head in embarrassment.
"Not a problem at all," Gabumon reassured them "we digimon hunt and forage for ourselves."
"You do?" asked Sora as many of the other children voiced their surprise.
"Why are you surprised?" Amaya asked, petting Alopexmon's head gently "They had to survive somehow before we got here right?"
"Good point," said Izzy.
"Yes, no need to include us in your calculations," said Tentomon
"You sure Biyomon?" Sora inquired
"Oh absolutely," Biyomon replied "we can do alright for ourselves."
"Ok," Joe began again, relieved "now that that's taken care of let's go ahead and divide this between the seven people in our group." But Amaya wasn't paying any attention to Joe; instead she was watching Tai and Agumon who were behind him, happily stuffing their faces with food.
"This is great," said Tai, causing Joe to spin around and look at him "I could eat a dozen of these."
"Just what do you think you're doing?" asked Joe angrily
"I'm glad we never hear you complaining," Tai said sarcasticly
"Hm?" Joe was rather upset "You people make me crazy!" Suddenly Amaya jerked up and stared out at the ocean in horror, but thanks to her positioning and the fact that everyone else was glaring at Tai, no one but Alopexmon noticed her strange behavior. Amaya put a finger to her lip and Alopexmon nodded, signaling that she wouldn't say anything. Amaya was glad for that, she wasn't sure how she would explain that she felt something moving their way, something big and angry. Then Biyomon stood up and turned to face the ocean too.
"Now what's the matter?" asked Sora
"Trouble," Biyomon replied seriously.
"Oh," Sora and Joe, whose backs were to the water, turned so they could try and see what Biyomon was talking about. Suddenly a huge jet of water came shooting out of the sand and into the air before beginning to move along the beach, sending the telephone booths flying.
"Ah!" All the kids shot to their feet and ran back towards the cliff that was on the opposite side of the beach from water, leaving all of the different bags behind, Except for Amaya's, which she had slung back over her shoulder the moment she had finished re-packing.
"What's that?" asked Tai, turning back as the spout vanished. The telephone booths came crashing back to the ground around a large, rising cone of sand. The sand was swept away by a gust of wind caused by the swirling giant shell beneath it.
"Shellmon!" Tentomon cried
"What's a Shellmon!?"Izzy yelled back
"Something that gets mad for no reason," Tentomon replied. The shell stopped spinning and a large, pink, dinosaur looking head with a mass of green tentacle things on top of it and two legs with blue spots came out of a hole in the front of it. Shellmon roared angrily at the group.
"Attacked by two digital monsters in the same day," Joe moaned "and doesn't Shellmon know I'm allergic to shellfish?"
"Somehow," said Amaya "I don't think he cares." Amaya turned and began to climb the cliff behind them.
"Everybody!" He called "Up here!" Shellmon lowered its head and pointed its green tentacle things towards Joe. A jet of water came shooting out from the center of the tentacle things right at Joe, knocking him off the cliff! Joe screamed as he fell and Amaya could have sworn she heard Gomamon yell Joe's name from out in the water before he too was blasted by Shellmon. Amaya hurried over to Joe to try and see if he was alright.
"Digimon attack!" called Gabumon before running towards Shellmon.
"Right!" said Biyomon and Gabumon together, following close behind him. Alopexmon was right behind them.
"Agumon you show 'em!" Tai called as Matt, Sora, and Amaya tried to help Joe.
"Pepper breath, ha!" called Agumon. The ball of fire hit Shellmon in the mouth, causing his head to jerk backwards.
"Blue blaster!" called Gabumon
"Spiral twister!" yelled Biyomon
"Super shocker!" cried Tentomon
"Ice barrage!" Alopexmon called. But all four of their attacks died before they got farther than a foot in front of them!
"What's happening to them?!" Izzy cried as everyone stared in horror
"They've looked like they've lost their powers!" called Matt right before Shellmon's blast of water knocked them all back, but only Agumon got back up. Amaya ran over to Alopexmon and crouched next to her worriedly, what was wrong with them?!
"Agumon!" Tai called
"Boom bubble!" Patamon tried, but nothing happened before he was hit by one of Shellmon's tentacles and sent flying.
"Poison ivy!" But Palmon's fingers didn't even extend a little. Shellmon knocked her back with a toss of his head. Agumon sent another pepper breath at Shellmon that once again hit Shellmon in the mouth.
"Go get 'em Agumon!" Tai called.
"Why is it only Agumon?" wondered Izzy from his position next to Tentomon
"We're just too hungry," explained Tentomon from his position on the ground.
"Wha?" Izzy turned to look at his partner
"Gabumon!" Matt was kneeling next to Gabumon trying to help him.
"I don't have any strength," Gabumon said weakly.
"Sorry Amaya..." came Alopexmon's quiet apology
"Don't be," Amaya replied, scooping the little fox into her arms "you did all you could."
"That's it," Sora realized as she picked up a rather battered Biyomon "Agumon is the only one who had anything to eat."
"Now I see," said Izzy
"Than the other digimon don't have enough strength left to fight," Matt realized. Tai had been listening closely to their conversation and realized that it was up to him and Agumon.
"Agumon!" he called "Looks like it's just you and me now!"
"Then give me a diversion!" Agumon called back. Tai nodded and ran to the other side of Shellmon from where Agumon was.
"Hey Shellmon!" he yelled at the giant digimon "Ugly! Over here!"
"No, don't!" Sora yelled after him. From Shellmon's other side Agumon shot another pepper breath at the monster's face.
"This will work!" said Tai as he grabbed up a pole from the broken phone booths and started banging on Shellmon's shell with it "How do ya like that!?" But Amaya and the others watched in horror as he was forced to drop the pipe when one of Shellmon's tentacles wrapped around his waist, picking him off the ground.
"Hold on Tai!" Agumon yelled. Shellmon turned towards Agumon and reached out with one of his huge feet. Agumon tried to get away, but Shellmon trapped him, leaving only his head sticking out from underneath the huge foot. Shellmon then proceeded to blast all the other children and digimon into the cliff wall with a huge jet of water.
"Watch out!" called Tai from where he was being held above Shellmon's head while being squeezed tightly "He's gonna get everyone and there's nothing I can do! Aaah!" He started to scream as Shellmon's tentacle began to squeeze him harder.
"Tai no!" Agumon yelled from where he was trapped. No one was really in a position to see it easily, but the device that Tai was carrying around began to glow with the same bright light that made the digimon evolve earlier. There was no huge vortex this time, or lights from the sky, but Agumon did begin to glow with a bright light.
"What's going on?" asked Tai
"Wow..." the other children, who were just getting up and were rather sore, stared in amazement as Agumon lit up.
"Agumon digivolve to...Greymon!" The light grew and sent Shellmon tumbling backwards, making him release Tai who went flying off to land in the sand a short ways off. Where Agumon used to be stood a large orange dinosaur with blue stripes and a dark brown mask/armor of sorts over the top part of his head. He had three large, brown horns with black stripes and stood even taller than Shellmon.
"Wow, he did it again," said Tai "now he's Greymon!" Greymon chuckled as he stared at Shellmon who took a slight step back before repositioning himself to charge. Shellmon charged at Greymon (if you could call it that, Shellmon wasn't very fast) and Greymon grabbed his head and held him back. Both digimon were shuddering in eversion as they pushed against each other.
"Now you're getting him!" Tai called to his partner "Go Greymon!" Shellmon tried to blast Greymon with a jet of water, but Greymon just moved his head and let the blast pass harmlessly by before firing his own blast of fire right into it, turning the water into steam. Both digimon shut off their blasts at about the same time, but then Greymon leaned forward and stuck his head underneath Shellmon and sent him flying into the air.
"Digi nova blast!" Greymon yelled, sending a huge ball of fire at Shellmon's exposed underside, sending the giant shell digimon flying back out to sea. As everyone stared off where Shellmon had been sent a much dimmer light surrounded Greymon and he began to shrink back to Agumon. Tai turned and saw what was happening and ran towards his partner.
"What! Agumon!" when he reached him Agumon was lying on his stomach in the sand "Oh, are you all right? You poor little guy, Agumon!" Amaya began to move forward, slightly worried that Agumon might have been hurt when they hadn't been looking.
"Tai? Tai!" Agumon called tiredly "Do you have anything to eat?" Tai chuckled in relief and Amaya stopped moving towards them, deciding instead to tend to the other digimon. A short time later everyone but Joe and Gomamon were once again gathered around the food. Gomamon was swimming around in the water and Joe was attempting to use the, now shattered, phone booths.
"Hello? Hello? Come on, I know you're there!" Joe called into the phone that was lying in the sand, completely by itself "Operator! Operator?!"
"There's really no reason to stay here now," Tai pointed out, standing with Matt as the digimon and other kids ate.
"Who wants to break the bad news to Joe?" Matt asked sarcastically. He, like Amaya, couldn't believe that Joe was attempting to call with a completely destroyed phone.
"If you want some more, just say so," Sora told the digimon as she knelt next to them around the small pile of food.
"Shellmon wasn't destroyed," Izzy pointed out as he stood next to Tai "He was just temporarily removed. We should pack up and leave before he decides he wants to come back for round two."
"Good idea," Matt agreed.
"In that case," Joe, who had just walked over, butted in "We should go right back to the forest. Because if anybody's looking for us that's the place they'll go!"
"Joe, be rational," Amaya sighed.
"Yeah," agreed Sora "we fell off a cliff and floated down a river to get here. And getting back there is a really big job."
"And we could run into Kawagamon!" Mimi pointed out
"Now listen," said Izzy calmly "Logically speaking if there are telephones here then there must be people to use them. So, I think it makes good sense to try and find those people." Matt and Mimi smiled at this plan.
"That makes sense?" Joe asked
"It certainly does," Sora agreed
"Especially in comparison to your plan," Amaya added, causing Joe to groan.
"Then let's all get going," Tai decided
"Anywhere you wanna go I'll go Tai," said Agumon "You just pick the direction."
"Then let's get out of this place!" said Tai
"And let the monsters beware," Matt agreed.
"Mhm..." Joe still didn't sound convinced "Well my plan is to avoid all monsters. Yep, that's my plan."
"I don't think that's possible Joe," Amaya pointed out as Alopexmon moved to stand next to her.
"Ok, here we go!" Tai cheered as they set off in search of people. The others cheered happily as well.