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Digimon Season 2.5 "Digimon Adventure 03"
Episode 18: "The Great Escape"
.:Star City, Folder Continent, Digital World:.
Starmon jumped with a yelp and spun round to face the owner of the shadow that was currently hovering over hm. He gulped and took a few steps back, a small and nervous laugh escaping his mouth.
"You look surprised and a little nervy to see me Starmon."
Starmon continued to laugh uneasily. "Well you see spooks-"
The Undead King growled under his breath taking one threatening step towards the smaller Digimon. "Do not call me that."
Kamemon was watching from the top of the steps and began to make his way down to where his master was currently stood in the middle of the room.
Starmon stiffened up and took a large step backwards, widening the gap between him and the Undead King. "Well... I... Uhh..." he stuttered. He then narrowed his eyes. "Say how did you get here so fast anyway? File Island is 1,000 miles away and it takes days to travel across that vast ocean."
"That is none of your concern!" The Undead King snapped irritably. "Now where are the....?" he then trailed off and eyed the champion Digimon suspiciously. "You double crossed me didn't you?" he demanded darkly. "You had not intent on handing those brats over to me. You knew too well it takes days to travel from File Island." He began to progress towards the leader of Star City who backed up. "You knew when you set that deal that I would not make it before sunset and you would have the pleasure of destroying those brats..." his mouth then turned into a lopsided evil smirk. "Well it looks like I was the only that's double crossed you."
Starmon held his hands up defensively. "Those brats are still yours if you can catch up with them. Those pathetic humans aren't any of my business anymore."
The Undead King's eyes burned with rage. "What? You let them go? We had a deal!" he roared.
Starmon gulped and took another step back, but the Undead King only grew closer. "Hey I wouldn't have to let them go if that other human hadn't shown up and demanded she fight for them."
"What?"
"A little brat and her BurningGreymon showed up about an hour ago. I thought I had an easy shot at winning that battle but I have to admit those two were stronger and craftier than I thought."
The Undead King turned away, his eyes narrowing. "That girl..." he muttered almost in disbelief.
Starmon glanced up at the hooded being, watching him. "Those brats went that way if you still want 'em." He said pointing down one of the streets. "They should be outta my city by now. It was pleasure doing business with you." He was about to turn to leave when the Undead King swiftly moved to block him.
"Not so fast." The Undead King spoke darkly. "You're not being let off that easy. You were still planning on double crossing me and I do not like being taken for a ride." He lowered his head closer to Starmon as he formed a sphere of dark energy in his hand.
Starmon flinched as he knew too well what was about to happen. But he wasn't expecting what would happen next. Just as the Undead King released his attack, Kamemon had reached them and he jumped in front of his master and took the deadly blow himself.
He screamed in pain, his cry echoing throughout the street, before his body burst into small pieces of data.
Starmon's eyes widened in horror as he witnessed his personal assistant be destroyed. He looked up, the fear now clearly shown in his eyes and he took two small steps backwards.
The Undead King merely looked at the hand which had dealt the blow and smiled sinisterly to himself. "See how easy it is? This is what you get for trying to double cross the Undead King." He snarled.
.:Digitama Desert, Folder Continent, Digital World:.
Jonathon closed the lid on his laptop and stood up from the rock he was sat on, cradling the portal computer under his arm. "My father says he's gonna try a few things that'll help us get home. For now he says we should find a safe place to rest while we wait."
"Rest?" Dawn questioned him. "You've been resting in those cages for the past couple of days. Why don't we explore this continent a bit more? From the sounds of things no humans have ever set foot here."
"We may have been sat in those small cages for an awful long time but we need a proper place to rest. Not to mention get some decent food." Gatomon replied.
"Yeah, plus we wanna hear what happened to you back on File Island. That should help pass the time." Patamon added.
MJ glanced down the road. They were just on the outskirts of Star City and had left the more built up area. There were only a few small buildings scattered around as the area slowly merged with Digitama Desert. "Look." She spoke up pointing. "That looks like a road side diner. I'm sure whoever owns it will let you rest in there for a while. And it's bound to have some good food."
Dan crossed his arms. "Don't count on it. Me and my parents stopped by one of those places once when we went camping last summer. The food was so bad I ended up throwing up in my Dad's new car."
Dawn glanced at the small building. It looked deserted but wasn't run down. "I suppose we could give it a shot. I doubt Starmon will come looking for us out here. He's probably in his headquarters sulking, right Agumon?" she winked and nudged her partner.
Agumon grinned and nodded. "Right."
Suddenly in the distance, a faint explosion was heard. Gatomon pricked her ears up and turned around to look back at where they had originally come from. "What was that?" she wondered.
Two more explosions were heard. One slightly louder than the other. The kids and Digimon turned to look back at the city whilst Dawn fished out her mini telescope from her back pocket and held it up to her right eye.
"What do you see?" Agumon asked glancing up at his human partner.
Dawn paused for a second. "Smoke. Something's definitely happening back there." She replied.
Dan scoffed a laugh. "It's probably Starmon taking his frustration out on his own city because he lost that battle."
Dawn continued to look through her mini telescope. She could see through some of the gaps in the buildings and streets and Digimon were running around frantically. "I don't think so...There are Digimon running everywhere... I think something is attacking the city." She gulped. She just hoped it wasn't the Undead King. She brought her mini telescope down from her eye. "We have to go back."
"What?" MJ gasped. "You can't be serious? Go back and help that ruthless Starmon? Have you just forgotten what he was planning on doing to us?"
Dawn turned to face the older blonde girl. "There are also innocent Digimon there too. Not to mention Burgemon. He helped me rescue you guys. He might be in danger."
"She's right." Margaret agreed. "Even if Starmon refuses our help, we still need to go back and help those innocent Digimon."
.:Star City, Folder Continent, Digital World:.
The Undead King smiled as he stood at the top of the steps of Starmon's headquarters. He tilted his head upwards and looked on as the huge skyscraper building was ravaged by fire. Only a few floors were alight but the fire was quickly spreading upwards.
Behind him he could hear the terrified screams of Digimon as they tried to escape from the attack of the Undead King's five Devidramons. They were blasting every building they saw and every innocent Digimon that got in their way.
Starmon's staff were screaming as they came running out of the burning building. But as they did they were met with an unfortunate end as the Undead King destroyed them, each with one single blast of energy.
Burgemon came running out of the main doors coughing as the smoke got into his lungs. He came to a halt when witnessing his fellow colleagues being destroying. Thinking fast, he quickly darted behind one of the large stone pillar posts and out of sight from the Undead King.
Starmon watched on in horror as his city was destroyed. The fire raging through his headquarters reflected in his wide eyes. He turned to face the Undead King at the top of the steps. "There was no need for you to do this!" he hollered up and he thrust his finger up at the hooded figure. "You are just as bad as those humans!"
The Undead King turned around and smiled before he walked down the steps. "Maybe this will teach you not to mess with me in the future." He spoke as he reached the bottom. "Now, where are those children?" he demanded.
"I told you they went that way!" Starmon exclaimed, pointing behind him. "They should be out of my city and heading for the Digitama Desert by now."
The Undead King's smile widened and he glanced up to his Devidramon. "Keep up the good work boys. I'll be back shortly." He then took off down one of the streets, gliding through the air.
"Wha... wait... you can't-" Starmon stuttered. He narrowed his eyes and growled as he looked up at the Devidramon. One spat out a sphere of energy, which struck a window on the tenth floor of a building. "Stop that now!" the leader of the city leapt up into the air and prepared to throw a punch.
The Devidramon turned around and opened his mouth, releasing another attack. The energy sphere blasted Starmon and he was sent crashing to the ground, skidding along the hard concrete. Devidramon soared down from above, his claws out ready to strike the fallen leader. Starmon cringed and held his arms out in defence.
"Nova Blast!" The huge ball of fire and energy came hurtling out of nowhere. It struck Devidramon in the side and sent the dragon Digimon tumbling to the ground away from Starmon. He crashed into a store window
The leader of Star City got to his feet and looked down the street to see Greymon, Strikedramon, Swanmon and Flybeemon arrive. His eyes narrowed when she saw the children perched on top of their partners. "What are you doing here?!" he almost roared. "I thought I told you brats to stay out of my city?!"
Margaret and Gatomon jumped down from Greymon's shoulder. "We've come to help you." The Kimura girl replied as Gatomon leaped up into the air and dealt a powerful 'Lighting Paw' attack on one of the Devidramon.
Starmon watched as the Devidramon crashed into the side of a building, smashing three windows as he did. He growled and turned back to the kids. "I don't need help from pathetic humans! I can protect my city by myself!"
Dawn jumped down from Greymon and landed beside her cousin. "Listen, soon you along with this city is gonna be turned into stardust. So whether you like it or not we're helping you!" she exclaimed angrily.
Starmon gritted his teeth and remained silent. "Why are these humans helping me? I tried to destroy them and yet they came back..."
At this point the five Devidramon had surrounded the DigiDestined and Digimon. They were currently hovering in the air, their wings flapping to keep them airborne as their glared down at the kids with their dark red eyes.
Greymon stood at the front of the group. "Let's take one each guys. This shouldn't take long." He spoke gruffly.
All five Devidramon roared and dived down in the air towards the DigiDestineds' Digimon. "Dark Gale!" one of the Devidramon aimed his attack at Strikedramon, sending four red beams from his eyes.
Strikedramon jumped up into the air. "Strike Claw!" with one swift move he slashed his claw down through the two beams that had come out of Devidramon's left eye before he did the same with the right, disintegrating the attack easily. He then soared through the air towards the dragon Digimon. "Strike Fang!" covering his body in hot flames, he rammed into Devidramon sending him higher into the air.
Devidramon wailed as his skin was burned. Strikedramon then flew up over him and put both his hands together before curling them into a fist and pounded down on Devidramon's head sending the dragon Digimon plummeting down to the ground with a earth-shaking crash.
Another Devidramon flew over his fallen comrade and through the smoke that had rose into the air, startling Greymon. He roared and held his head down, going for the head butt. Greymon spun round quickly, his back facing the on-coming dragon Digimon. He lifted his tail and swung it around, slapping Devidramon in the side with force.
The impact sent Devidramon crashing into a building and smashing through the glass window. Inside he crashed into some wooden shelving and lay there motionless, covered in glass, wood and other various items.
"Nova Blast!" Greymon blasted his large fireball attack into the building and an explosion ripped through the premises, causing the children to stand back from the intense heat of the flames.
But Devidramon suddenly emerged from the burning building, his breathing heavy and low growls escaping his mouth. The other Devidramon who had fallen into the crater also re-appeared, heaving himself out of the large hole and shaking the rubble off his body.
"Man these guys don't go down easily!" Dan exclaimed.
Both Flybeemon and Swanmon rocketed down from the sky towards the Devidramon that had climbed out of the crater. His back was to them and he didn't seem to notice them flying down towards him...
"Lightning Sting!" Flybeemon turned his body so his stinger was pointing directly down at his foe. The tip began to glow as a bolt of red lightning shot out from the end of his stinger.
"Feather Tornado!" small white feathers fell from Swanmon's large wings. They seem to float for a second before turning into small but strong wind vortices.
Both attacks struck the unsuspecting Devidramon from each side and he wailed in pain. He staggered a little but remained on his feet.
Flybeemon rocketed down from the air and slammed into the Devidramon's body, impaling his stinger into the side of the dragon's abdomen. "Poison Stinger!" the champion Digimon released his lethal poison before jerking his stinger out.
Devidramon let out a slow and agonising moan before he fell forward, collapsing face down on the ground.
.:Freezeland, File Island, Digital World:.
Tai, Sora and their Digimon were trudging through the thick snow on the outskirts of the Freezeland. They reached the top of the small slope that looked over the majority of the land. Izzy's research had given them this location. He hadn't been able to pinpoint an exact location, but they knew Stacey was in there somewhere.
Agumon shivered and folded his arms across his body in an attempt to warm himself up. "Are you sure Izzy got his location right? Why in the world would Stacey come to this part of the Digital World? She'd freeze to death!"
Tai glanced at his partner. "Izzy managed to get his coordinates down to this area. How many times has he been wrong?"
Agumon shrugged still shivering as he started to lag behind the group. "I just can't see why Stacey would come here. Only ice Digimon are adapted for this land. I'm freezing my tail off!"
"Ah stop whining... hey I thought all that fat round your stomach would be keeping you warm." Tai commented as he burst out laughing.
Agumon responded by hurling a large snowball at his human partner's head. Tai yelped as the snowball struck him and some of the snow fell down the back of his shirt.
Sora shook her head and sighed as she continued ahead as her husband turned back to get his revenge on Agumon. "They're like a couple of children. Sometimes I feel I have three kids instead of just one."
Biyomon giggled a little. "And just think soon you'll have four." She then glanced back to where Tai and Agumon were still fighting. "Let's just hope this one doesn't take after its father."
Sora smiled a little as she placed a hand on her stomach. She didn't mind what they had. A boy would be nice, but if they had another girl she would be just as happy. The bearer of Love snapped out of her thoughts as she spotted someone stood by the frozen lake. "Huh? Who's that?"
Biyomon looked ahead. "Looks like an Agumon."
"Hey!" Sora called as she lightly jogged over followed by Biyomon. "Excuse me?"
The SnowAgumon looked up from what he was doing. "Huh? Hey more humans!" he exclaimed.
"More? You mean there's humans already here?" Biyomon questioned.
SnowAgumon motioned into the forest just behind the lake. "Just one. My cousin brought her home with him. Quite a strange and stubborn thing. She doesn't talk much."
Sora and Biyomon glanced at each other. "That's gotta be Stacey." The bearer of Love commented.
By this point, Tai and Agumon had finally arrived brushing the snow off themselves. "Hey what's going on?" Tai asked.
Sora turned to her husband. "I think we might have found Stacey." She then turned back to the small SnowAgumon. "Could you take us to her? It's really important we talk to her."
SnowAgumon nodded. "Sure. Last time I saw her was in our home with my cousin. I'll take you there. It's just through the forest." He said as he motioned behind him.
.:Digitama Desert, Folder Continent, Digital World:.
The Undead King growled as he scanned the endless stretch of the desert. He was quite far out from the city and apart from the buildings in the background; nothing else could be seen in the distance. No one could be seen and it was silent apart from the small breeze that blew the dust across the land.
"That two timing little creep." He muttered under his breath. "Those brats couldn't have gotten that far away." He narrowed his eyes. "I bet he's double crossed me again." He spun round and glided through the air back towards the city....
.:Star City, Folder Continent, Digital World:.
Greymon picked up Devidramon and hoisted him up into the air before slamming him down against the ground, destroying him instantly. The data from the dragon Digimon rose into the air in front of Greymon's face. "Four down, one to go." He growled.
Gatomon noticed the final Devidramon high in the air flying away from them. "Oh no you don't." She climbed up in between two buildings by leaping from one window ledge to the other. Once she reached the top she jumped into the air and narrowed her eyes. "Cat's Eye Hypnotism!" she sent waves of energy from her eyes that struck Devidramon, which paralyzed and confused him.
Taking the opportunity she landed on the roof of one of the buildings before jumping back up and sticking her right leg out. "Lightning Kick!" she dealt a powerful blow to the dragon Digimon's stomach that sent him crashing onto the top of the building opposite. He remained paralyzed and Gatomon descended down bringing her fist back. "Lightning Paw!" she slammed her right fist into his body and Devidramon silently fell limp before bursting into small pieces of data.
The small champion Digimon smiled as she gracefully landed on the roof. "That takes care of that." She commented to herself.
Suddenly the Undead King ascended up into the air and onto the roof, startling Gatomon. As he glided down onto the roof, the wind got underneath his cloak and it blew outwards. Gatomon's eyes widened as nothing could be seen underneath it. Just darkness, a pair of boots, two dark red eyes and a small dark blue glow where his heart was supposed to be.
"Here kitty, kitty." He taunted in a sinister and sly voice......
Margaret shot her attention up to the sky as she heard her Digimon screamed. She watched wide eyed as Gatomon fell from the top of the building and crashed to the ground a few metres away from her. "Gatomon!" the young Kimura girl rushed over and knelt down beside her fallen Digimon.
Gatomon twitched and opened her eyes slowly. Her fur was dirty from the smoke and dust. "S.....something's up there..." she managed to murmur out.
"Huh?" Margaret glanced up to where her Digimon partner had fallen from. She could just about see something stood at the edge of the top of the building.
Dawn got out her mini telescope and held it up to her eye. "He's here..." she muttered under her breath.
"So this is where you DigiDestined have been hiding." The Undead King's voice boomed down. His attention turned to Starmon who was stood behind the children. "Double crossing me yet again were we Starmon? You had them here for yourself the whole time."
Dawn glanced up with a confident smirk across her face. "A bit slow getting here weren't you? If I were you I wouldn't recommend the air service you took because it sucks!"
The Undead King growled, clenching his fists. He leapt down off the building and glided down landing on the ground on the opposite side of the road to the children. His eyes fell upon Dawn. "Didn't I say the last time we meet I wouldn't hesitate in killing you, you meddling brat!"
Margaret gulped and glanced at her cousin fearfully. "Y-you know this thing?" she whispered.
Dawn nodded, not taking her eyes off the Undead King. "He's the one who's ordering Garurumon X about and attacked me and my Mom. He was planning on coming here to kill you guys."
Margaret, MJ, Dan and Jonathon all turned to look at the Undead King. Margaret was quite scared by his appearance and grabbed hold of MJ's arm.
The Undead King chuckled lightly. "I sense you fear me. You are right to. You brats will regret ever wanting to become DigiDestined once I am done with you."
Dawn stood at the front of the group with Greymon by her side. "We're not afraid of you. We scared you off once before we can do it again." She whipped her digivice off her belt. "Digivolve Greymon!"
Strikedramon, Swanmon and Flybeemon charged forward towards the Undead King.
"W-Wait!" Starmon suddenly blurted out before the brown haired girl could release her Digital Ring. Dawn stopped what she was doing and turned to face the champion Digimon. "Get out of here." He spoke walking towards her. "I'll hold him off."
Strikedramon swung his leg around releasing a deadly kick but the Undead King raised his right arm and blocked the attempt before dealing a strong punch to Strikedramon's stomach.
"What?" The Kamiya girl demanded.
"Get back to where you came from. This guy is strong." Starmon replied.
Flybeemon rocketed through the air with his stinger pointing at the hooded figure. The Undead King spun around and grabbed the stinger in his hand before throwing Flybeemon away like a Frisbee.
"You're... you're helping us?" MJ gasped a little surprised.
Starmon sighed, still finding it difficult to admit he avoided answering her question. "He's attacked my city. I must defend it."
Swanmon released her hurricane attack but the Undead King simply wafted it back at her with his hands sending her crashing into the side of a building.
Jonathon looked from the battle to Starmon. "But you can't defeat him. You have no chance."
Starmon turned to the black haired boy. "I know that. But I must defend my city no matter what the consequences. He has destroyed it and it's my duty as the leader to protect it further. You've done your part. Now go!"
Greymon roared loudly as he charged with his head down. The Undead King waited for him to get close before grabbing him by the nose horn and heaving him up into the air before slamming him down on to the ground and on top of Strikedramon.
Starmon had his eyes on the battle. "Go to the Star City airfield. There you will find my Blimpmon. He will transport you back to File Island."
All four Digimon charged at once towards the Undead King but he created an aura of energy around him before releasing it outwards in all directions sending the champion Digimon skidding back against the ground.
Dawn clenched her fists as she thought about what to do. She hated running out on a battle. But she had promised her parents she would bring the others home safe. This time she couldn't be selfish. She sighed and turned to the others. "Alright." She muttered. "Let's go."
Starmon silently walked towards the Undead King who was stood in the middle of the road. The Undead King saw him coming and turned his attention away from the champion Digimon. "If you want those children, you're gonna have to go through me first."
The Undead King laughed hard. "You're helping these brats?" he continued to snigger and shook his head. "You, Starmon who hates all humans, are protecting the children? Getting a little soft aren't we?"
Starmon tightened his fists before thrusting his finger forward pointing at him. "You have destroyed most of my city! By doing so you must deal with me first!"
The Undead King still chuckled. "Well I never turn down a challenge."
Away down the road, Dawn climbed up onto Greymon's shoulder with Margaret and Gatomon. She glanced back at Starmon who lunged at the Undead King but was kicked away. "C'mon, let's get outta here."
Greymon nodded and set off down the road along with Flybeemon, Swanmon and Strikedramon who were all carrying their partners.
"Wait!"
Dawn spun her head around to see Burgemon hurrying to catch up with them. "Hey stop! It's Burgemon!" she hollered at her Digimon.
Greymon came to a halt and lowered his body a little to allow Burgemon to climb up onto his back. Once he was safely on the dinosaur Digimon quickened his pace to catch up with the other leaving Starmon to face the Undead King alone......
.:SnowAgumon's Cave, Freezeland, File Island, Digital World:.
Stacey and SnowAgumon were sat in the small cave eating dinner. The rest of the group had been ice fishing that morning and had caught a large selection of fish. The human and Digimon were sat cross legged in front of the small log fire eating in silence.
"Hey! Hey Blondie!"
Stacey sighed and turned to face the other SnowAgumon who had ran into the cave. "How many times have I told you not to call me that?"
"There's someone here to see you." The small rookie replied, ignoring her previous comment.
Stacey dropped her half-eaten fish on the wooden plate in front of her and slowly got to her feet. "Who?" she asked. She glanced to the entrance of the cave to see Tai, Sora and their Digimon enter. The young blonde sighed. "What're you doing here? How did you find me?" she demanded.
Sora stepped further into the cave. "Stacey, we're here because you're in danger. Garurumon X is after you."
"He has orders from the Undead King to track you down and kill you. You've gotta come home where it's safe." Biyomon added.
Stacey turned her back to them. "I'm not going home." She muttered, folding her arms stubbornly.
"Stacey, once Garurumon X finds you he's gonna kill you. You'll have no chance against him." Tai told her. "You're coming home where we can keep you safe.
Stacey spun around to face him, her fists clenched. "You can't tell me what do to; you're not my father!" she shot back. "If Garurumon X is after me then so be it! I'll have to face him sooner or later." She sat back down and picked her half eaten fish up.
"How do you expect to face Garurumon X without a Digimon partner? One blast. That's all it'll take." Agumon spoke up.
Stacey was about to take a bite out of her fish but paused. He was right. Without anyone to protect her it would only take one attack from Garurumon X and she would be dead.
Tai walked towards her. "Stacey, get your stuff. You're coming back home with us." He demanded.
Stacey slammed her fish down and jumped to her feet, spinning around to face him. "NO!"
"Umm excuse me?" Everyone fell silent and turned to look at the other SnowAgumon who was stood outside the entrance of the cave. "This Garurumon X; Is he a big wolf, fluffy with large spikes coming out of his back?" the little rookie asked.
"Yeah." Everyone replied in unison. "Why?" Biyomon asked, tilting her head a little in curiosity.
The SnowAgumon pointed behind him. "Because he's here."
"What!?" Tai and Agumon ran over to the edge of the cave and peered out. Looking down the pathway through the forest they could see Garurumon X heading in their direction. He had his head down sniffing the ground.
"How did he find us?" Agumon muttered.
"I don't know... but we've to get as far away as possible from here." Tai turned and ran back into the cave to where his wife and Stacey were. "He's here and he's heading in this direction."
Sora gasped in shock. "W-what?"
Stacey gulped and took a few steps back into the darkness of the cave.
SnowAgumon scurried over to the small fire. "Frozen Wind!" he spat out a blast of ice which extinguished the flames. "C'mon, we can escape out the back way!" he ran to the back of the cave where there was a small hole through the thick rock that led outside.
Sora held out her hand to Stacey who stood beside her. "C'mon, please Stacey. We need to leave now." She said almost pleading with her.
Stacey hesitated a little before slowly reaching out and taking the woman's hand. The first step to admitting to herself she needed help from others.
.:Star City, Folder Continent, Digital World:.
The champion Digimon charged through the empty city streets, following the signs for the Star City airfield. Suddenly there was a huge explosion that rocked the entire city. The ground beneath them shook.
Dawn and Margaret looked behind them to see a huge mushroom shaped fireball mixed with smoke slowly drift up into the air. It was massive, covering three or four tall buildings in the process. Margaret sighed sadly. "Poor Starmon. I wish we could have done more to help him."
Burgemon sighed and shook his head. "Starmon's city is his pride and life. All the years I have known him he has never backed out of defending these streets. He always fights to the death to protect his city and Digimon. Unfortunately he never got to exert revenge on the humans that destroyed his city over ten years ago. All these years he's carried hatred and wanted revenge for that day so when you children accidently arrived here he took the opportunity to final act out his vengeance."
Just then, there was another explosion forcing them to turn their heads. Dawn quickly got out her mini telescope and held it up to her eye. She gawped as she saw the Undead King turn a corner and come into view. "Better step on it Greymon! He's after us!"
Greymon quickened his pace. He glanced up at the signs that hung above the road. "We're almost there." He came to a halt and spun around.
"Greymon! What're you doing?" Dawn demanded. She and Margaret looked ahead and their eyes widened as the Undead King grew closer and closer to them....
Greymon remained still and waited until the Undead King got a little closer. "Nova Blast!" he blasted a large fireball at a nearby building.
The explosion tore through the middle of the building, and the top half crumbled and tilted over crashing down towards the ground...
The Undead King came to a sudden halt and looked up to see the large pieces of brick plummeting down directly above him. He attempted to leap to safety but the rubble crashed on top of him, burring him underneath.
"Nova Blast!" Greymon turned to the other side and did the same with the opposite building. The rubble fell down piling up even more whilst Greymon stomped away to catch up with the others.........
At the airfield, the others had already arrived and were preparing to board Blimpmon who was situated on the main runway. The Digimon had all changed back to their rookie forms as Greymon burst through the main gates.
"Where were you?" Dan asked as the dinosaur Digimon approached them. "I thought you were right behind us."
Dawn, Margaret, Gatomon and Burgemon all jumped off Greymon's back before he de-digivolved back to Agumon. "Don't worry. We just had to temporally halt the Undead King." The Kamiya girl replied.
"Yeah." Agumon nodded. "We haven't much time. That rubble won't hold him down for long so let's get outta here!"
Blimpmon's doors slowly opened and the DigiDestined and Digimon hurried inside. Once everyone was aboard, the doors closed back up and Blimpmon slowly began to move down the runway and drift up into the air.
Inside it was big and split up into about three or four rooms. The main room was a spacious and luxurious lounge. It had a seating area with two large red sofas with a coffee table in the middle. On the other side of the room was a vast dining table with chairs all around.
"Wow, Starmon lived big." Veemon commented.
While Blimpmon rose higher into the sky, the children looked on out of the window and down at Star City. The trail of destruction left by the Undead King could clearly be seen. Buildings were still on fire while others were completely destroyed, and the streets were still empty.
The kids and Digimon continued to stare as Blimpmon drifted further and further away....
.:SnowAgumon's Cave, Freezeland, File Island, Digital World:.
Garurumon X arrived at the SnowAgumon's cave. He paused just outside the entrance and sniffed the air. He could smell food; freshly cooked food. His attention turned to inside the cave. He lowered his head and sniffed the ground as he entered the cave.
Looking up he inspected the cave. It was dark and there was no sign of life. But in the corner was a burnt out fire that was still smoking slightly. He walked over and noticed the half eaten fish on the ground. He sniffed it and a small smirk appeared on his face.
He chuckled to himself. "She's been here." He muttered to himself. He walked further into the cave, still sniffing at the air. The scent led him to the back of the cave. "Smells like she's not alone too." He added darkly.
Glancing down he saw the small hole in the rock of the cave. He sniffed the ground in the hole and growled. He blasted his way through the thick rock of the cave with a single attack flooding the cave with daylight.
Stepping outside and over the rubble of rock, he glanced down at the ground that was covered with white snow. In the snow were footprints that disappeared deeper into the forest. "You can run but you can't hide." He snarled under his breath before he took off into the woodland...
.:Freezeland, Digital World:.
Stacey ignored the numb feeling in her feet as she and SnowAgumon ran as fast as they could through the snow, trying to keep up with the Kamiya couple ahead of them. They had exited the forest and were now running across a vast flat land of deep snow. Just ahead of them was a steep jagged cliff that blocked their way.
Tai and Sora came to a halt and stared up at the crag that towered over them. Tai stepped closer to it. "We'll never be able to climb up there." Biyomon commented.
"Now what do we do?" Agumon asked, glancing at his human partner.
Stacey glanced to her right as something shimmering in the sun caught her eye. About a quarter of a mile away she saw a large ice building that sat just up from the bottom of the cliffs. "Hey look!" she exclaimed pointing towards it.
SnowAgumon glanced in the opposite direction as she looked up at the tall cliff. It was rough and jiggered with sharp rocks sticking out. Snow and ice covered most of it which made it that much harder to climb. "Hmmmm..." he glanced back to where Stacey was last stood only to see her and the others sprinting towards the ice palace to the right. "Hey! Wait!" the little rookie hollered after them. "Don't go in there!" he pleaded almost screaming.
He scrambled after them as fast as they could. But by this point they had already ran up the steep slippery steps and entered the palace. "Wait!" he yelled again but they didn't hear him. He reached the steps of the palace and scampered up them and ran through the entrance, slamming the door shut behind him. He slouched down against the cold door breathing heavily. "We... we can't stay here."
Agumon, along with the others glanced back at him. "Whadda ya mean?" he questioned. "We're far away from your cave. I doubt Garurumon X will come looking in this direction."
SnowAgumon stood up straight and walked into the centre of the room to join the others. "That's not what I-" his sentence was cut short as the doors behind him were suddenly blasted open into shards of ice. The little rookie was flown forward by the blast and skidded across the slippery floor on his stomach whilst pieces of ice struck the DigiDestined like small bits of hail.
Everyone looked to the entrance to see a familiar silhouette emerge from the smoke that rose into the air. Stacey gulped and backed up slightly as Tai and Agumon stood in front of her.
As Garurumon X emerged fully from the smoke, he lifted his head and a sly smirk spread across his face as he eyed each DigiDestined one by one. "I've found you." He said in a mocking tone as if it was a game of hide and seek.
The group slowly backed up to the edge of the room with Sora and Biyomon breaking off to the right. Tai continued to stand in front of his friend's daughter. "Stay back Garurumon X. We know what you've come to do and you're gonna have to get past me and Agumon first."
Garurumon X was growling under his breath and he took two quick strides into the centre of the room, forcing the group further back. There was a large grand staircase behind them and Stacey slowly stepped up backwards onto the first two steps. "Very well." Garurumon X finally spoke. "I have unfinished business with you two anyway." His eyes narrowed as he stared at Tai and Agumon.
Sora and Biyomon continued to back up slowly to the edge of the large hall. Sora took one more step back, but it was a step too far. "W-w-whoa..." and suddenly they fell down what appeared to be a corridor that sloped down like a large slide. "Ahhhh!" both her and Biyomon screamed as they disappeared from sight.
"Sora!" Tai was about to run forward but Garurumon X shot out a blast of energy from his mouth that flew past inches away from Tai's face before it slammed into the wall, the ice cracking and breaking apart.
Stacey suddenly spun round on her heel and bolted up the staircase with SnowAgumon right behind her.
"Not so fast!" Garurumon X lunged forward towards the grand staircase as Stacey and SnowAgumon reached the top.
Agumon sprung forward opening his mouth. "Pepper Breath!" he aimed his fireball attack straight at Garurumon X and it struck the champion Digimon directly in the eyes.
The X Digimon wailed as he lowered his head and closed his eyes, rubbing them with his right paw. He let out a gruff growl, shaking his head a little as he blinked rapidly. He slowly lifted his head back up and snarled. "I'll deal with you two first." He muttered before he pounced towards Tai and Agumon......
Sora and Biyomon continued to scream as they reached the end of the long ice slide. They slid off and skidded across the slippery floor before crashing into something hard and cold. The room was dark and silent. The only light could be seen from the corridor which they had just slid down from.
Biyomon shivered a little and got to her feet, helping her human partner up. "Are you okay?" she asked.
Sora nodded, also shivering. "Uh huh. Just got a cold back." She giggled a little. She glanced around and squinted to try and make out anything that was in the room. Remembering she had a small torch in her pocket, she fished it out and turned it on. Pointing it in front of her she shone the light on what they had collided with.
"Ahhhh!" Both human and Digimon screamed and jumped back in fright, their backs against the ice wall behind them.
In front of them was the face of Tyrannomon. His mouth was wide open as if he was about to charge. Sora gulped and shone the torch over Tyrannomon's body. He was frozen in a large block of ice in a charging pose.
"W-what is this place?" Biyomon quivered as she clung onto her human partner's arm.
Sora remained silent and turned the torch to the left. There was a Divermon and a Numemon both froze in a block of ice like Tyrannomon. Behind them she caught a glimpse of Vilemon, Pandamon and Fangmon.
The room was large and full of various Digimon all in the same condition and in different poses. Sora began to a shake a little as she felt uneasy. All the Digimon were frozen, and probably dead, but they were all staring at both her and Biyomon.
Tai and Agumon turned down another corridor and continued to run, skidding and almost slipping over on the ice floor. They had no idea if Garurumon X was still following them or any idea where they were. They had turned down so many hallways they had forgotten the way back.
Agumon glanced behind him as he breathed heavily. "I.... I think we lost h-him..." he panted.
"Yeah.... but now we're lost." But then, Tai suddenly slipped, taking Agumon down with him and they both skidded across the floor before coming to a stop.
Tai just lay there out of breath. "We're getting too old for this Agumon....." he groaned, closing his eyes and breathing heavy.
"No kidding." Agumon slumped on top of Tai but he suddenly perked up when he heard something down the hall. "Garurumon X!" he exclaimed.
Tai sat up and saw a door that was slightly a jar to the right of them. "C'mon." He got to his feet and darted through the door with his Digimon partner close behind.
Agumon slammed the door shut behind them. The room was small and empty and there was a small jingling sound coming from above them. Tai glanced up and saw large sharp icicles hanging from the ceiling. Two suddenly broke off and the bearer of Courage jumped back out of the way before they smashed onto the floor, shattering everywhere.
Tai breathed heavily, his back up against the cold wall, as he glanced at Agumon by the door. "We've gotta get outta here...."
The huge ice door slowly opened, sliding easily across the shimmering floor. Stacey poked her head through the doorway and peered inside the room with SnowAgumon behind her.
The room was large with a huge bay window that opened up onto a balcony on the opposite side. All the furniture was made from ice, including a king size four poster bed, a grand piano, a couple of bedside tables, a large cabinet and a coffee table at the end of the bed.
Stacey opened the door further before walking into the middle of the room. Her footsteps echoed along the icy floor and her reflection could be seen clearly as if she was looking in a mirror.
SnowAgumon stepped inside and closed the door behind him. "Stacey, I really think we should get out of here. This place is dangerous." He followed her into the centre of the room.
Stacey continued to study the room as she slowly turned around in a circle, finally stopping so her back was to the bay window. "How is this place dangerous?" she asked him as she glanced up at the ceiling that was made of tiles of ice. "I can't see it melting on us." She joked, scoffing a laugh.
SnowAgumon shook his head as she walked past him heading towards the door. "No. You don't understand. That's not what I meant. You have no idea what'll happen if he finds us in his palace."
Stacey carried on walking, but she suddenly came to a halt when she caught the reflection of something behind them through ice door. It was something big and white and it had entered through the bay windows.
The two friends slowly turned around as a small breeze blew in from the open window, and a large shadow loomed over them. "Well, well... I see with have guests." The new arrival spoke in a chilling voice.
Stacey gulped and staggered back a little as SnowAgumon backed up in front of her, a look of horror shown across his face...
To be continued...