A/N: Probably one of the most epic games of Capture the Flag around... Rules are the same as normal Capture the Flag, but players may use any tactics they like, as long as no one gets hurt. This includes the use of attacks and abilities. Inspired loosely by actual games of Capture the Flag.
Background: Cody has abilities involving earth. Joe has abilities with water. Digigears act as both radio and tracking devices, which everyone wears for both communication and safety reasons. Headsets are waterproof. Mimi dyed her hair pink again.
"I've got it, I've got it!"
"Go! Run!"
"Cover me!"
"Backup, we need backup here!"
"Shoot, got someone on me, I'm heading to the lake!"
"I'll help you there!"
Joe sprinted as fast as he could towards the lake, glancing about wildly for any sign of Mimi. He could still hear the yells in his headset, shouts for help or to aid chasing someone in their territory, but he was the best one suited for getting Mimi to safety. He had already yelled his reply, and was watching his digivice closely to see where she would come out into the open.
Then he saw a flurry of leaves and the sight of dyed pink hair.
"Mimi!" he shouted, waving as he jumped towards her, already preparing to use his abilities to haul her over towards him.
She waved back, her precious cargo grasped tightly in her hands, as she ran for the bank and was about to dive into the water –
Walls of sand and rock spiked up from the ground, forcing Mimi to stop. In desperation, she tried to vault up over them as they rose, but she was not fast enough; the top of the walls came too high above her head, and within moments she was trapped in a cage of, essentially, dirt.
"I caught you!" Joe heard Cody crow in victory from far off in the distance.
His headset buzzed to life. "Cody got me," Mimi reported sadly.
"No worries, we'll get someone to lead a rescue," Matt's voice came in. "Good job Mimi, this is the closest we've come to winning the game all day."
"Thanks. Sorry, gotta' turn off the headset now 'til one of you guys comes to save me and Izzy."
He heard a click, signaling that Mimi had disconnected from communication. Looking out at the bank again, he could see the walls of Cody's trap return to mounds of earth, while Mimi followed the boy back to where he assumed the other team's jail was.
"The rest of you get back safely?" Matt asked.
"I'm safe."
"Me too."
"I got back."
"I'm hiding out... I think Agumon's tracking me..."
Then Gatomon's voice crackled over the line. "Matt! Group of six heading in your direction! TK and mons!"
"Great, this'll be fun. Veemon, Raichu, Scizor, you're on rescue. Davis, Kari, give me some backup. Everyone else, keep watch!"
Joe knelt down to the ground, hearing the replies of everyone while he sat in wait. He could still see the moving digivices, and a quick check at the Digigear was enough to tell him of the many others were nearby, including a group that was inching slightly close to the border between their territory and his team's...
Perfect. They're close to the water.
He smiled, knowing that though this group knew his location, he had the advantage of his element and a few backups if he needed help. In fact, if he could just sneak his way a little closer, he might be able to entrap a good number of them... or at least make sure they were unable to defend their side.
Concentrating, he focused the water from the lake and glanced down at the Digigear and digivice, which told him there were two humans in this group.
"Gatomon, there's a group close to me, southeast side of the lake. Any type weaknesses I need to be careful of?" he spoke into the headset.
There was a pause, with the sound of someone jumping through trees and carefully gripping onto branches and trunks.
"No, you're safe. Do your thing."
"Thanks. Gomamon, get ready."
He heard an explosion of sound, which he assumed meant that Matt had finally had his run-in with the group coming towards him, and hoped Davis and Kari could help keep everyone off him while he continued protecting their flag.
Joe readied himself, focusing on the water again and the group he knew was nearby. From the looks of it, they were fanning out as though preparing to rush around him so he wouldn't be able to go after them all... but that would be unnecessary.
He sent the water pouring over the entire area in a giant flow to pull the six opponents straight into the lake.
As he heard the shouts of the group as they ended up in a body of water – the part of it that was still on his team's side – he inwardly had to grin to himself.
Capture the Flag is so much more fun this way, he thought as he saw Gomamon gleefully swim around tagging the entire group out.