Hello everyone. I've finally updated lol. You're probably tired of me apologising for lack of updates etc. But lately things have just been happening one thing after another so I've not had much time to write and stuff.
Aldamonburst: Thanks :) the digital ring is just a way I of digivolving I created. I wanted something different than just digivolving like they did in 01 if you know what I mean. It'll be explained more in the future.
Hikari Motomiya Yagami: Yeah Margaret's just like her mother. And don't worry Ken's kids will get more of a role from now on.
AngelofLight04: They might be friends but they'll still fight hehe.
YamiYugi4ever: Sorry about that, but the story would work better with what I have planned if Sora wasn't pregnant.
Sync the Dragon Tempest: His plans will be revealed very soon ^^
RazenX: Thanks ^^ yeah Dawn's not all bad hehe
Jbak37: believe it or not the surname I chose for Kari's married name was the same as the twins from frontier although I didn't realise it at the time lol
Gatomonrules: I doubt Dawn and Stacey will ever stop fighting lol I've not actually decided what Kazemon is gonna digivolved into yet
Azn-tin-shuffle-pro349: I'm using some Digimon from other series, I know some of my ideas do sound familiar but I do try to create my own.
Invincable Shinji: I've got them planned in somewhere but it's not for a while yet.
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Digimon Season 2.5 "Adventure 03"
Episode 25: "Katie's Big Adventure"
.:Searea Ichibangai Apartments, Odaiba, Tokyo:.
It was the weekend, a Saturday morning and rain was pouring down as Stacey, Gabumon and SnowAgumon dashed across the road. The rain was coming down so hard it was bouncing off the ground. The three friends didn't stop running until they were safely indoors in the Ichibangai apartment building where TK and MJ lived.
SnowAgumon put the hood down on his jacket and shook himself dry but he quickly pulled his hood back up when the elevator doors opened up and a large man wearing a suit walked out into the lobby carrying a briefcase.
Stacey and her two Digimon stopped and waited until the man passed before dashing for the elevator just before the doors closed.
"So, where we going?" SnowAgumon asked putting his hood down for a second time.
"We're going to my cousin's place. We're all meeting there. The others want to discuss the Undead King." Stacey replied as she pressed the button for the fifth floor.
"Are you sure you're gonna be okay talking about all this?" Gabumon asked looking up at his human partner.
The Ishida girl sighed. "Yeah. Sooner or later they're gonna want to tell them all I know. So I guess I should get it over and done with."
The elevator doors opened and the three friends stepped out. MJ's apartment was the door just next to the elevator. Stacey stepped up and hesitated a little before lifting her finger up and pressing the doorbell. They waited a few moments before there was a muffled sound from the other side and the door opened.
"Oh hey Stacey." MJ smiled brightly. "C'mon in. The others are in my room." She said. Her eyes fell upon SnowAgumon. "Huh? Who's this?" she asked curiously.
"Huh? Oh, this is SnowAgumon. My Digimon partner." Her younger cousin replied as the three stepped in to the apartment.
"You have two Digimon partners? That's so cool." MJ beamed.
Stacey couldn't help but smile. Her cousin didn't seem to hold any bad feelings towards her. She walked into the apartment and paused when she noticed quite a lot of cardboard boxes scattered down the hallway.
MJ giggled meekly rubbing the back of her head. "Heh... sorry about the mess. Me and Dad have just started packing everything up."
"Oh that's right. You're moving into the same apartment building as Dawn." Stacey replied.
MJ nodded as they walked down the hallway towards her bedroom. "Yeah. The apartments are so much bigger there and we're gonna need the space once Dad and Mrs Kimura get married."
Stacey had almost forgotten her Uncle TK was marrying Margaret's mother at the end of the year. That would make Mrs Kimura her aunt, and also Margaret, along with Dawn, her cousins. She shouldered a little at the thought of her and Dawn being "relatives". She followed her older cousin through the apartment.
MJ opened her bedroom door and Stacey heard the voices of the others. She paused for a second before slowly walking in followed by Gabumon and SnowAgumon.
When she walked in, everyone stopped talking and looked at her. Jonathon was sat at the desk with his laptop, Dawn and Dan were stood by the balcony doors leaning against the glass, Tricia and Margaret were sat on the bed and the Digimon were seated on the floor.
Margaret smiled as saw Stacey start to shift a little uncomfortably. "Hey, glad you could make it." She said patting a space on the bed beside her.
Stacey walked in from the doorway, closely followed by Gabumon.
"Hey, it's great to have you back Gabumon." Patamon grinned as he flapped his wings and flew over. He then caught SnowAgumon peeking around the doorway. "Hey who are you?"
Stacey turned around and smiled. "Oh this is SnowAgumon. My other Digimon partner."
Everyone looked amazed and surprised when SnowAgumon walked into the room and stood beside Gabumon.
"What?" Dawn exclaimed. "You've got two Digimon partners? How did that happen? That's not fair!"
Stacey turned around, a slight smug grin on her face. "There's no need to be jealous about it."
"Jealous? I'm not jealous!" Dawn protested crossing her arms stubbornly. "I just can't understand why you've got two partners and I don't, I'm the leader."
"Sounds like jealousy to me." Stacey commented as she walked over and sat down next to Margaret.
"Hey, shut up!" the Kamiya girl snapped back.
"So is everyone here?" MJ asked. She closed her bedroom door and sat down at her computer chair.
"We're still waiting on James and Fernanda." Jonathon replied as he turned to his laptop. "They should be here soon."
.:Ichijouji residence, Tamachi, Tokyo:.
Katie sighed as she leaned over the back of the sofa with her chin resting in the palm of her hand as she watched the rain pour down with no signs of stopping. Her brother had left with Fernanda for Odaiba. Her father had been called into work and her mother was busy with the housework.
The seven year old girl pouted and jumped off the sofa before slowly making her way towards the living room door, dragging her feet as she did. She passed Yolei who holding the vacuum cleaner, which was switched off, whilst talking to one of her sisters on the phone.
"Yeah, I know... she's only married him for the money. He's not even attractive." Yolei spoke into the phone laughing a little. "Oh hold on a second Chizuru." She brought the phone down from her ear and turned around. "Katie sweetheart, where are you going?"
"I'm going to play with my dollies in my room." Katie replied before she exited the living room, leaving her mother to continue her conversation with her Aunt Chizuru about the previous night's soap operas.
Upon entering her room she saw her Digimon partner Hawkmon taking a nap on her bed. Her bedroom was the smallest out of the three and was painted in a soft lilac colour. Katie loved the colour purple and her bed sheets, curtains and carpet were all different shades. She walked over to the foot of her small bed where her dollhouse lay. She opened it up and began to play with the dolls.
Hawkmon stirred a little and opened her eyes. She yawned and stretched her arms. The only difference between Katie's Hawkmon and her mother's was that Katie's was female and Yolei's was male.
Katie stopped playing for a second and looked up at the window. The rain was still coming down hard. She pouted. "It's so boring be stuck inside all day. Why does James get to go out and meet up with his friends and I'm stuck inside?"
Hawkmon sat up straight, dangling her legs over the edge of the bed. "They're discussing the Digital World."
Katie stood up, still pouting. "Then why can't I go? I'm a DigiDestined too... right?"
"Well... technically yes." Hawkmon replied jumping down from the bed. "Maybe your brother didn't want you to go. Maybe he feels it'll be too complicated for you to understand."
Katie huffed and glanced down at her doll that was on the floor. "Hey, where's Suzanna's hat?" she began searching through her dollhouse pulling out all the furniture before looking under her bed and climbing up to look on her high shelves.
"Weren't you playing with your toys in your father's office?" Hawkmon asked.
"Oh yeah!" Katie jumped down from the chair she was stood on and dashed across the room and out into the hallway. Her father's office was only two doors down from her bedroom. As she opened the door she could still hear her mother on the phone.
Hawkmon followed her human partner into Ken's small office. It had a large desk in the corner that had a computer, laptop and scanner on top. Large shelving cupboards ran down one side of the room that were filled with folders, books and other stuff Ken used for his detective work.
The young Ichijouji girl began searching around the room. She looked underneath the desk before crawling around and peering behind the balcony door curtains. "Oh here it is!" she smiled crawling further behind on her hands and knees.
Hawkmon walked over and glanced out of the window. "The rain's finally letting up."
Katie stood up, holding the toy hat in her hand and looked out of the window. The rain was slowly stopping and specs of blue sky were peeking out from behind the dark clouds in the distance. She stood up on her tip toes and unlocked the door before sliding it open and stepping outside. "Maybe we can go play outside now."
Hawkmon followed and shivered as it was a little chilly.
"Hey what's that?" Katie asked, pointing to her left.
"Huh?" Hawkmon turned around and looked to where the little girl was pointing. "Oh, that's just a Digital Split. It should vanish in a couple of seconds."
"It looks real pretty."
Suddenly a gust of wind blew up across the balcony and blew the Digital Split towards Katie and Hawkmon...
"Ahh!"
.:Takaishi apartment, Odaiba, Tokyo:.
"So, I've got on the screen what information we have on the Undead King so far, it just doesn't seem a lot." Jonathon commented sighing and leaning back in his chair. "Even our parents couldn't find out much about him."
"Maybe because there isn't a lot we know about him." James replied, who had arrived with Fernanda shortly beforehand.
"There is one person who knows more." Tentomon said, motioning to the Ishida girl sat on the edge of the bed.
Stacey looked up and cast a glance around the group. "Huh? Me?"
"Well duh, of course you. Who else in this room has spent six months living with him?" Dawn sarcastically remarked.
Stacey shot a glare at the Kamiya girl before looking at the others. "Where do you want me to start?"
"Well, how about for a start, who is he?" Agumon asked.
"Is he a Digimon, human or some unknown creature?" Patamon added.
"I don't know who he is exactly. I've never seen beyond that black cloak. He never told me his true identity. He always told me that wasn't important right now." Stacey replied. She then exhaled loudly. "I'd love to tell you more but to be honest, I know as much about him as you do."
"You learned nothing about him in the six months you spent in his base?" Veemon enquired.
The Ishida girl hesitated before continuing. "I wouldn't say nothing... I already knew everything that's on his profile." She motioned to the information on Jonathon's laptop. "But I also know what he's capable of. He's strong and you shouldn't underestimate him. He managed to break into one of the most highly guarded places in the Digital World."
"Where was that?" Fernanda asked quietly.
Stacey turned around to face her. "Area 66. It's a base situated in the deserted area of the Digital World. It's highly guarded as it contains the Port Stone, which controls all the portals. If the Port Stone is removed, all the portals are immediately locked.
"Wait... is that why the portals suddenly locked trapping us there?" Jonathon demanded swirling around in his chair.
Stacey nodded. "He stole the Port Stone and planned to use its power. I managed to sneak in and steal it myself and return it to Area 66. That's when I met SnowAgumon whilst I was climbing Thunder Mountain. He helped my return it."
"For someone who's known little of it sure sounds like he's planning something big." MJ commented.
SnowAgumon shook his head. "Everyone knows about the Undead King. Since he showed up almost a year ago word travelled fast across the Digital World and Digimon stayed well clear of his base."
"Wait he showed up almost a year ago? Why weren't we called upon sooner?" Dawn demanded.
"Gennai and Centarumon were keeping a close eye on his base when he first appeared and sensed something was up. They began to spread the word to as many Digimon as they could to stay well clear." The little white rookie continued. His new human partner bit her lip and lowered her head at the mention of Gennai. "It's only recently the Undead King started prowling the Digital World and capturing Digimon and destroying homes. Before then he seemed to confine himself to his base and no one saw him. Most didn't even see him as a threat."
Margaret gulped a little. "If he's been in the Digital World for almost a year now... why did he wait so long to show himself, and is taking his time making his moves?"
"Who knows what plans he's got running through his mind?" Wormmon added.
Jonathon turned back to his laptop. "Well, if this is all we've got on him I guess it's case closed for now." He closed the file and shut down his laptop.
"Actually..." Stacey began. "There is one more thing I haven't told you about the Undead King." The Ishida girl sighed and lowered her head as everyone turned to look at her. "He was the one who killed Gennai."
All the kids gasped in shock. "W-what?" MJ gawped. "What did he have against Gennai? He never did anything to anyone."
"Gennai re-opened all the portals to the Digital World to allow you guys access, which didn't please the Undead King. Also, I overheard him saying that Gennai was working on some things that would help you guys. I'm not sure what those were, he never mentioned it. I doubt he even knew himself. But he wanted to destroy Gennai before he had chance to complete what he was working on." Stacey continued.
Margaret lowered her head mournfully. "Gennai was one of our parents' oldest and dearest friends."
"What an awful monster." Tricia added sadly.
Dawn punched her fist into the palm of her hand. "Well we're just gonna have to give him a taste of his own medicine."
.:Tropical Jungle, File Island, Digital World:.
Katie moaned groggily and gently stirred and slowly opened her eyes. Her vision was a little blurred until she realised she wasn't wearing her glasses. She patted her hand around on the ground and eventually found them. Groaning again, she slowly sat up right rubbing her head with one hand and putting her glasses on with the other.
Once her vision became focused, she looked up to see a strange monkey looking Digimon sat cross legged directly in front of her, its head titled to the side staring at her. Its face had a sort of a masked look to it.
Katie shrieked in fright and scrambled backwards before managing to jump to her feet and scurry behind a small red and white stripped tent. Suddenly a hand appeared from inside the tent and grasped her shoulder. She jumped and spun round to be met with the same Digimon. Katie screamed again and stumbled back falling over and landing on her bottom.
The Digimon walked out of the tent. "There's no need to be afraid little girl." He spoke, his voice slightly high pitched.
Katie was visible trembling, still a little shaken from her double fright. "H-how did you... I mean you were there..." she pointed from the tent and then to where the Digimon was sat when she first woke up.
"All part of my act here at the Island Carnival." The Digimon replied. "I follow the visitors around and surprised them by popping up anywhere possible and give them a little show." He produced a set of juggling balls and began to juggle them effortlessly.
"Huh?" Katie then realised she was in the middle of a carnival, surrounded by brightly coloured tents, game stalls and rides big and small.
"Sorry about giving you a fright just then." The monkey Digimon spoke breaking the girl from her thoughts. "But you kind of gave me a fright too. You just suddenly dropped from the sky. I thought it was raining little girls." He stopped juggling the balls and placed them back in his pockets.
"Katie!"
Katie turned around to see Hawkmon appear from behind a coconut shy flapping her wings rapidly.
"Are you okay Katie? I heard you scream!" The rookie exclaimed.
Katie smiled. "I'm okay Hawkmon. I just had a little fright. I'm not hurt." She responded to her Digimon partner who was now hovering in front of her.
"Oh good. When I woke up and realised you weren't beside me I started to panic, especially when I heard you-" Hawkmon stopped what she was saying as the monkey Digimon had appeared right beside them juggling his balls again. "Ummm... who's this?" she asked.
The Digimon threw the juggling balls high up into the air one by one before spinning around in a complete turn on his heel and opened his back pocket allowing the balls to fall in. "I'm Makuramon."
"What are you the carnival clown?" Hawkmon asked landing on the ground.
"Carnival entertainer." Makuramon corrected.
Katie looked around. "Where is everyone? Is the Carnival closed?"
"No." Makuramon started doing hand-stands and other aerobatic moves whilst he spoke. "No one travels to this part of the jungle anymore."
"Really? How come?" the little girl asked.
"There was an attack in the jungle a mile away about a week ago. The jungle caught fire and trees and plants were destroyed. Luckily the fire stopped before it reached our carnival. But, unfortunately now everyone is scared to venture this far into the jungle. We've just had one visitor in the past seven days."
"That's terrible." Katie pouted.
"Yeah... listen; do you know where we can find the nearest portal to get back to earth?" Hawkmon asked.
Makuramon jumped in the air and perched on the pole in a seated position. "You're not leaving already are you? Don't you want the grand tour of the carnival?"
"That would be great!" Katie grinned excitedly.
"Katie, are you sure that's a good idea? We should be really heading back home. Your mother is going to wonder where you've gone." Hawkmon stated.
"I just wanna quick look. I haven't been to a carnival in ages!" the little girl replied before skipping after Makuramon.
Hawkmon groaned and gave the place another once over before flapping her wings and following her human partner.
Once Hawkmon caught up with them, Katie and Makuramon were stood in front of a hoop-la stall. Makuramon spun the coloured rings on his index finger before throwing them to Katie who fumbled with them and only caught one.
Makuramon shrugged. "Oh well, let's hope you can aim better than you catch."
Katie picked up the rings she had dropped and held them in her left hand before beginning to throw them one by one. Unfortunately she missed all of them.
After trying her luck on the hoop-la stall she moved onto other games such as the Duck Pond, Whack-a-mole, Ping-Pong ball and fishbowl, the shooting gallery and the ring toss.
Katie giggled happily as she walked away from the Ring Toss tent carrying a handful of prizes. "That was fun. I've got in so much practice I'll finally be able to beat James when we next go to the carnival back home."
Hawkmon, who was also carrying a few prizes, smiled a little. "Yeah." She then looked ahead and saw a fast food booth. "How about we get something to eat before going home? I bet you're hungry."
"Yeah I am." The seven year old replied.
Makuramon jumped down from some rope lights he had been swinging from above. "Good choice. I'll ask our cook to make up some burgers and fries. He'll be glad to have some business at last."
.:Thunder Mountain, File Island, Digital World:.
Roars erupted from inside the grounds of the Undead King's base. Outside in the large courtyard at the back of the castle two Tuskmon X were fighting each other vigorously. The slightly larger Tuskmon X slammed his whole body into his foe and sent him crashing into the large stone wall that surrounded the base.
At the side, the Undead King was watching closely. He had transformed the courtyard into a sort of fighting ring and was sorting his army in picking out the weakest Digimon.
Dobermon X, who had been appointed as the Undead King's top henchman after Garurumon X's departure, walked out of the castle and appeared beside him just as the weaker Tuskmon X collapsed to the ground.
"This Tuskmon X is nowhere near strong enough for a place in my army. Release him." The Undead King demanded.
Dobermon X nodded and signalled to three other Dobermon X's who were stood around the edge of the fighting ring. "Surely all Digimon who have the X Antibody are strong enough?" he questioned looking back at the Undead King.
"The X Antibody does make Digimon stronger but some of these Digimon are lacking the skill and fighting ability to be a part of my army. I need the best of the best to destroy the DigiDestined and take over the Digital World." The Undead King replied.
A few moments later, the main gates to the base slowly opened up and Tuskmon X stumbled out before collapsing to the ground and the gates closed back up.
The champion Digimon snorted blowing the dust up from the ground in front of his face before slowly getting to his feet and trudging away from the Undead King's castle and into the wild...
.:Tropical Jungle, File Island, Digital World:.
"Mmm these fries are the best I've ever tasted." Katie grinned as she popped a couple more in her mouth. "The carnival food back home is kinda icky."
"Our cook is one of the best." Makuramon replied. He was sat opposite Katie and Hawkmon.
Katie glanced around the empty carnival. "Does anyone else work here? Or is it just you?" she pondered.
"There were more of us. There were the Impmon twins, BigMamemon, Gekomon." He began to ramble on. "But since the fire and the lack of visitors most of them have left the carnival for a better place."
Hawkmon swirled the straw around in her milkshake. They had been sat having lunch for about thirty minutes. "Katie I really think we should be heading back now. You know how you're mother can panic and-"
"But you haven't tried out the best parts of the carnival yet... the rides!" Makuramon exclaimed as he jumped up onto the table and spread his arms out wide.
Hawkmon shot the monkey Digimon a look. "I really don't think we have time for that."
"Aww c'mon Hawkmon. Please don't be a party pooper. Mommy's gonna be on the phone to my Auntie all afternoon. We've got plenty of time." Katie said with a big smile.
"Great." Makuramon grinned performing an acrobatic jump over the two friends and landing on the ground in a crouching position. "How about you try out the most thrilling ride in the carnival for starters?"
Katie and Hawkmon both turned around in their seats with curious looks on their faces.
Makuramon motioned to the large rollercoaster that was situated behind him a little in the distance. The two big drops could be seen clearly over the tents and a few trees.
"Oh wow, cool!" Katie grinned. Back home she was always too small to ride the big rides. "Can I really ride it?" she pleaded.
The monkey Digimon nodded. "Of course. If you think you're up for the most thrilling and scariest ride of your life?" he exclaimed a little dramatically.
Katie's grin grew bigger as she jumped down from her seat and followed Makuramon.
Hawkmon sighed. "How am I gonna get Katie back home?" she sighed to herself before flying after her human partner.
Just outside the carnival two Orgemon X, part of the Undead King's newly formed army, were patrolling the area, their bone clubs resting on their right shoulders. They strode in unison down the small dusty path. As they were infected with the X Antibody, their appearence was slightly different to the usual Orgemon.
Their skin was a darker green and their arms and legs were built with huge muscles. They had large black spikes pertruding from their shoulder blades, knuckles and back. Their two horns were more pointed and spiky and the bone club they were carrying was a dusky grey with large spikes sticking out at the top.
"This sucks." One spoke gruffly breaking the silence. "Why do we get stuck hiking through miles and miles of jungle? There hasn't been a single little brat in sight since we left base this morning!" he angrily slammed his bone club into the side of a tree, breaking the bark as he came to a halt.
"What are you complaining about? It got us away from that base didn't it? Being stuck inside those four stone walls was starting to drive me crazy." The other Orgemon X replied, continuing down the path.
The first Orgemon X tapped his bone club in the palm of his hand a couple of times. "I'm just itching to smash something right now. I wish we could find something to pummel to make the boss proud. There has to be a DigiDestined around here somewhere."
Suddenly a shrill but happy sounding scream echoed through the jungle that sounded very close.
The second Orgemon X halted in his tracks and smiled. "You may get what you wished for. That sounded like a human scream." He trudged through some thick brush and pulled down a low hanging branch with his club. Through the bushes he could see the tall rollercoaster at the edge of the carnival. He looked up as the carriage went hurtling by as Katie screamed excitedly with Hawkmon grasping for dear life next to her. "Bingo." He grinned under his breath.
Katie's laughter and screams filled the carnival as the roller coaster hurtled down the steepest part of the track. "One more time!" she screamed excitedly down to Makuramon who was stood by the control booth.
He nodded and allowed the carriages to ride through the station and begin its journey up the incline for a third time.
Katie giggled, almost bouncing in her seat. "This is fun."
Hawkmon was visibly shaking and her feathers were all ruffled from the wind. "Must we go again? Maybe we shouldn't have eaten before getting on this ride." She moaned a little queasily. "Wouldn't you like to try a calmer ride?"
As the carriages reached the top of the incline, a large green hand appeared from behind the control booth and grabbed Makuramon by the scruff of the neck. The monkey Digimon yelped in surprise as he was yanked around the corner and out of sight.
He looked up to see the two Orgemon X towering over him. He was about to yell when the first Orgemon X clamped his hand over Makuramon's mouth.
"You're coming with us." He grunted quietly. "We have a little favour to ask of you." He added before they dragged Makuramon away.
"Weeeeeeeeee!" Katie screamed waving her hands up in the air as the carriages dipped down a slight slope.
Hawkmon glanced down to the control booth and noticed Makuramon had disappeared. "Huh? Where did Makuramon go?" she asked glancing to her human partner who was having too much fun to hear her. The rookie Digimon moaned and closed her eyes tightly as a large drop was fast approaching...
Makuramon huffed and sprang away from Orgemon X's grip as they finally came to a stop behind some bushes just outside of the carnival. "What is the meaning of this?" he demanded. "Just who are you two clowns?"
The first Orgemon X swung his bone club aiming for the monkey's head but Makuramon ducked quickly and the club smashed into a tree trunk behind, splitting it in half. He then pointed his club right in Makuramon's face. "Never insult us again like that or it will be the last words you breath." he threatened.
Makuramon held his arms up defensively. "Okay, okay chill out." He said taking a step back. "What do you want?"
The second Orgemon X pointed his club behind him towards the rollercoaster in the background. "We want the human." He demanded. "We are under orders from the Undead King to seize any humans who enter the Digital World."
Makuramon raised an eyebrow. "You want the little girl? What for?" he questioned.
"That is none of your business. All you need to worry about is keeping the human in your little carnival until the Undead King arrives to take care of her." The first Orgemon X snarled.
"We'll make it worth your while though if you are under any doubts." The other Orgemon X added. He unclipped something from the back of his belt and dropped a small sack at the monkey's feet. The bag opened up and spilled a little of its contents, which was filled to the brim with Digi-Dollars. "And there is more where that came from."
Makuramon grinned his eyes lighting up at the money. "You've got yourself a deal!" he exclaimed as he bent down to take the sack of money, but Orgemon X slammed his own hand down against Makuramon's stopping him.
"You better hold your part of the deal monkey boy. If the brat gets away it will be you suffering the consequences." He forewarned.
"Yeah, yeah I get it." Makuramon replied freeing his hand from the Digimon's grip. "Don't worry," he said as he swung the sack of money over his shoulder. "I'll just keep them on the rollercoaster."
The first Orgemon X growled. "If you do that they will start to suspect something is up. Just keep them occupied on the rides."
Makuramon thought for a second. "They are planning on leaving soon though... Don't worry, I've got a little trick up my sleeve. Just... how about we triple the price if the Undead King gets what he wants?"
The two Orgemon X's glanced at each other and growled under their breath. The first one gritted his teeth. "... Very well. Triple it is. But you only get the rest of the money if the girl is held until the king arrives."
As the carriages entered the station they slowly came to a stop and the safety bars lifted up above Katie and Hawkmon. They looked down to see Makuramon was stood beside the control booth once more.
"About time." Hawkmon huffed as they climbed out of the carriage and walked down the steps.
"So, ready for some more fun?" Makuramon asked.
"I'd love to but I really think I should go home now. If my Mommy's noticed I'm missing she can really panic." Katie replied with a giggle.
Makuramon's eyes widened a little, which went unnoticed by the little girl, but not Hawkmon who eyed him suspiciously. "You can't go yet!" he exclaimed a little too dramatic. "I mean... uhhh... you haven't had a bird's eye view of the carnival from the Ferris wheel yet. You can't leave until you've had a ride on that."
Katie smiled. "Well... okay then." She giggled. "I love Ferris wheels. C'mon Hawkmon I bet we can see for miles around from the top."
"Katie-"
"Just one more ride then we'll go home. I promise."
Hawkmon sighed. "Alright then."
Makuramon placed his hands on each of their shoulders and gently turned them around so they were looking at the large white Ferris wheel just ahead of them. "There it is. The biggest Ferris wheel you'll ever ride."
Hawkmon observed it a little sceptical. "Doesn't look any bigger than the Ferris wheel in Odaiba."
"You won't be saying that when you reach the top." Makuramon said as he guided them towards it.
Just behind one of the carnival tents, the two Orgemon X were keeping an eye on Makuramon making sure he was keeping his end of the deal. The first Orgemon X peeked around to see the monkey Digimon helping Katie and Hawkmon into one of the carriages on the Ferris wheel.
The second Orgemon X took a small device from his pouch pocket that hung from his belt. He pressed a few buttons before a dialling tone was heard.
As the other Orgemon X joined his partner, the call was answered and the Undead King appeared on the screen. He was stood outside with his base just behind him."This had better be important." He snarled. He seemed to have his attention on something else as he gave a quick glance to the screen.
"Good news sir, we have one of the DigiDestined." The first Orgemon X spoke.
The Undead King didn't seem all that impressed. He snarled a little as he looked at the screen. "This couldn't have waited until you returned to the base?"
The two Orgemon X glanced at each other a little confused. "B-but we thought you wanted to dispose of the children yourself sir." The second said slightly unsure.
"I haven't got time to waste chasing little brats. I have some important business right now. I'm sure you two are old enough to take care of this yourself." The Undead King replied, with a hint of sarcasm at the end.
"Well... if you're sure boss." The first Orgemon X said.
"Yes. Now go destroy that DigiDestined and don't return until you have done so." The screen went blank as the Undead King ended the video call.
.:Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department, Tokyo:.
Ken was sat at his desk, which was overfilled with paperwork. He was assigned to investigate the mysterious monster attacks that had been happening. But being a DigiDestined made it that little bit harder. He knew exactly what was going on but couldn't tell his boss the truth so he had to make it look like he was doing something about it without letting his secret out.
He sighed and leaned back in his chair rubbing his temples. The pile of paperwork in front of him was witness statements from the public he had to read and follow up. So far he was only through a quarter of them.
The sudden shrill of his phone made him jump a little. He sat up straight and picked it up. "Ichijouji?"
"Hey Ken."
"Oh hey Izzy, how can I help? There isn't another Digimon attack is there?" he asked with a gulp.
"No, everything's fine at the moment. I was just researching the X Antibody when Katie's signal appeared in the Digital World."
Ken sat up more straighter, tensing up. "What? Are you sure?"
"Positive. I've got her exact co-ordinates. I'll send them to you."
"Okay… thanks Izzy." Once Ken hung up the phone he sat there wondering why his daughter would go to the Digital World. He picked up the phone once more and was about to press the speed-dial number to call his apartment but decided against it. Telling Yolei would only send her into a fit of panic and if she already knew their daughter was missing she would have called by now.
Ken stood up from his desk, checked he had his digivice before leaving his office in a hurry…
.:Tropical Jungle, File Island, Digital World:.
"Okay." Makuramon said as he secured the safety bar across Katie and Hawkmon. "Hold on tight. Here we go." He jumped back and grasped the leaver with both hands about to pull it back to start the ride.
"Hold it!"
All three looked to see the two Orgemon X striding towards them between the water gun game and the rifle range tents.
"There's been a change of plan." The first Orgemon X said tapping his bone club in his hand. "We'll be destroying these two. The Undead King is busy right now."
"What?" both Katie and Hawkmon exclaimed.
Makuramon let go of the leaver and leaned against it. "I still get my money right?" he questioned.
Hawkmon glared at the monkey Digimon. "You tricked us!"
Both Orgemon X shook their heads in unison. "I think you will find the deal was we triple the price if these two were still here when the Undead King arrives." One explained.
Makuramon scowled clenching his fists. "We had a deal. If the Undead King got what he wanted I get triple." After receiving no answer he growled and pulled the leaver back causing the Ferris wheel to move. Once Katie and Hawkmon reached the top, he pushed the leaver back stopping the ride. "No money, no kid."
"You really think you can stand up against us two?" The first Orgemon X growled.
"We'll just over power you and get the girl ourselves." The second Orgemon X added. He stormed forward and grabbed Makuramon by the scruff of the neck before hoisting him up off his feet.
Makuramon struggled kicking his legs and trying to pry Orgemon X's hand from his neck. "Let me go!" he demanded.
"Be quiet monkey boy." Orgemon X simply replied before tossing Makuramon away like a rag doll.
Makuramon crashed into a tent and the whole thing collapsed on top of him. He struggled through the fabric of the tent and popped his head out to see the other Orgemon X pull the leaver setting the ride off once more.
"What do we do Hawkmon?" Katie asked trembling as they began to get closer to the ground below.
Hawkmon looked around frantically before glancing down at the safety barrier. She pushed it up with all her strength and leapt out of the carriage hovering in the air. "Here, grab hold of my feet."
Katie quickly stood up and grasped Hawkmon's ankles and the bird Digimon flapped her wings carrying them both away from the Ferris wheel.
Orgemon X growled. "You're not getting away that easily. Pummel Whack!" he punched his fist upwards firing his dark energy. The attack whistled inches past Hawkmon's left ear.
"They're shooting at us Hawkmon!" Katie cried.
"Pummel Whack!" the other Orgemon X also fired the same attack and it clipped the rookie's right wing.
Hawkmon screeched in pain and Katie screamed as they both began to fall from the sky. They fell down and down and crashed through the top of the Duck pond tent and there was a loud splash as they landed in the water.
Makuramon snarled and sprung to his feet. "Give me my money you cheats!" he exclaimed before charging forward and jumping up scratching away at Orgemon X's head.
"Argh! Get off me you little pest!" Orgemon X growled. He grabbed hold of Makuramon and tossed him away but the monkey Digimon just jumped right back up at him.
"I'll get the girl." The other Orgemon X said, turning away and trudging off towards the demolished Duck pond tent.
At the fallen tent, Hawkmon was helping Katie out of the water. They were both dripping wet as they fell to the floor in a heap. Katie coughed and spluttered water from her mouth as Hawkmon got to her feet ruffling her feathers dry.
The rookie looked up to see Orgemon X striding towards them. "We gotta move!"
"Wait..." Katie got to her feet and looked past the on-coming Orgemon X to Makuramon who was being overpowered by the other. She watched as he was thumped over the head with Orgemon X's bone club. He stumbled a little before collasping to the ground. "We have to help him."
"What?" Hawkmon exclaimed. "Help him? Have you already forgotten what he tried to do to us? He sold us over to the Undead King! We have to get out of here now."
"I know Hawkmon but we can't leave him to be savaged by those two monsters. No one deserves that, even if he did trick us. We have to try." Underneath Katie's pink jumper, her digivice began to glow...
Hawkmon sighed. No matter what the person Katie always found a place in her heart to be kind to them. "Okay." She glanced up to see a huge banner hanging above. She waited for the right moment. "Feather Strike!" Releasing her head-feather, it flew up and sliced the cord that was holding the banner up before curling around in mid-air and slicing the other side.
The banner fell from above landing on top of Orgemon X. He grunted as the weight sent him falling to the ground.
"Nice move Hawkmon." Katie smiled as Hawkmon caught her head-feather and placed it back on top of her head.
The two friends ran as quickly as they could in between two tents and around the mini boating pond. As they arrived Makuramon was blasted through the air and slammed against a wooden maypole before slumping against the ground.
"Hey pick on someone your own size you big bully!" Katie shouted.
Orgemon X turned around to face them, slightly amused.
"Stop picking on Makuramon." Katie shot back as bravely as she could, although deep down she was trembling and her heart was thumping against her chest. "Just because you're bigger and stronger doesn't mean you can push others around!"
"How nice." the other Orgemon X said sarcastically as he approached from behind, startling the two small friends. "Is that what you say to all the big children who bully you back home?" he smirked.
Makuramon slowly picked himself up off the ground and slid behind the maypole, peeking out from behind it.
"Why can't you just be nice to others? Don't you find it hard being such a bully?" Katie asked.
The two Orgemon X laughed hysterically. "Being nice gets you nowhere in this world." one of them replied. "That's why the Undead King is so powerful and the kind and nice are diminishing. Evil will always triumph over good."
"You're wrong." Katie replied. Her heart was beating even faster now but she never took notice of it as her digivice was now vibrating and the screen's light was showing through her thick jumper. "Huh?" she lifted her jumper up, revealing her white D-Power. As she did, the D-Power bleeped and a small ring appeared on the screen.
Hawkmon gawped. "A ring... just like what your brother told us about."
The ring shone brightly inside the digivice before bursting out of the screen with a shimmering trail behind it. Katie took a step back in surprise and stared at the ring, which had doubled in size since leaving her D-Power.
"What's going on here?" Orgemon X demanded growing impatient.
"Is this a silly little trick Makuramon taught you?" the other asked.
Hawkmon stepped forward and glanced up at her human partner. She gave her a small smile before reaching up and taking hold of the golden ring. The light from the ring engulfed the rookie Digimon...
"HAWKMON DIGIVOLVE TO... PECKMON!"
Katie was still looking down at where Hawkmon was stood. But once the light had faded, she slowly lifted her head up to see an ostrich-like Digimon standing next to her. She had fiery orange feathers sticking out of her head and huge tail feathers in the same colour.
The two Orgemon X batted their bone clubs against the palm of their hands in unison. "So you digivolved, big deal."
"There's still two of us, and only one of you."
Makuramon gulped and slowly backed away from the maypole he was hiding behind before turning and running as fast as he could, disappearing behind a tent.
Peckmon's glare was fixed on the two X Digimon, although she looked away for a split second to see Makuramon flee. "Just watch this, Katie." she spoke, not taking her eyes off them. She let out a shrill battle cry before charging forward. Jumping up in the air she began to spin around before driving one of her feet down towards her two foes.
The two Orgemon X raised their hands to shield themselves and took the full force of the impact. They struggled as they pushed against Peckmon's attack but their feet slowly began to sink into the sandy dirt as they slid backwards.
One of the X Digimon picked up his bone club from the ground and swung it high above his head slamming it down against Peckmon's leg, causing her to retreat backwards. "Pummel Whack!" the same Orgemon X fired his dark energy attack from his fist before the other mimicked his move.
Peckmon leaped up into the air and dodged the first attack before swooping to the right to miss the second. The first attack slammed into a nearby tent, blasting it to pieces on impact whilst the second disappeared high into the sky and into the clouds.
Katie flinched as the tent exploded near her. Debris fell everywhere and a large pink teddy bear landed at her feet.
Peckmon soared through the air dropped down behind the two X Digimon. "Thousand Beaks!" Peckmon created shadow clones of herself that formed a circle and began to rapidly peck the Orgemon X.
The two Orgemon X grunted and cringed as they were stabbed and prodded repeatedly. "Argh enough of this!" the first Orgemon X raised his bone club and spun round striking a clone as it lunged at him. As the bone club made contact the clone was instantly destroyed and disappeared in to thin air. The second Orgemon X joined in and they moved around the circle destroying each clone in turn until the true Peckmon was left.
Katie backed up a little and watched in awe as the fight continued. Her eyes followed her Digimon partner as she lunged forward and released her 'Kunai Wing' attack.
Peckmon threw large Kunai like sharp feathers that exploded on impact. They left a trial of destruction behind as they blew up holes in the ground moving closer and closer to the two Orgemon X.
They grunted as they stumbled backwards trying to dodge the attack but it kept following them. The attack soon caught them up and they were blasted into the air before crash landing into a large tent.
The tent collapsed on top of them. They fought their way out of the tangled fabric only to be met with the sight of a large sphere of energy hurtling towards them….
"Uh oh…." the two Orgemon X murmured in unison, their eyes wide as saucers. They had no time to react as the energy filled attack exploded upon impact. "Yahhhhhhh!" their screams echoed across the carnival as one was thrown into the small boating pool with a huge splash and the other skidded across the ground.
The Orgemon X on the ground groaned and rubbed his head a little dazed. He sat up and was about to grab his bone club that had landed just a couple of feet away from him when a razor sharp feather suddenly sliced it in half. He froze in shock and looked up to see Peckmon towering over him.
"Let's get outta here!" The Orgemon X in the pool screeched fearfully before jumping out of the water and turning bolting away towards the exit of the carnival with his partner in tow closely behind.
"And never come back!" Katie said confidently and proudly with her hands on her hips. She giggled and turned around to face the maypole. "Hey where did Makuramon go?" she asked as she looked around the empty carnival.
Peckmon sighed. "He ran off just before the fight. I saw him disappear behind the Shooting Gallery." she said motioning behind her. "Some thanks we get after we came back to help him."
Katie nodded discretely in agreement. "But we did the right thing Peckmon. If we didn't come back he would have got hurt really badly."
Peckmon smiled warmly at her human partner's kindness. "She's got more bravery than that spineless monkey." she thought.
"Katie!"
"Huh?" Katie turned around after hearing the familiar voice call her name. She saw her father and Wormmon running towards her between two red and white tents. "Daddy!" she exclaimed happily before running to him.
Ken came to a stop as his daughter reached him. He bent down and scooped her up in his arms. "Katie thank goodness you're alright. What were you thinking coming here alone? Izzy called me and told me your signal had appeared in the Digital World."
"I'm sorry Daddy we didn't mean to come here. It was an accident." Katie replied with an innocent pout.
Ken smiled a little. "It's alright. I believe you." He looked past his daughter to Peckmon. "Uhhh who's that? Is that... Hawkmon?"
Katie nodded grinning. "Yep, she digivolved." She replied proudly.
Ken blinked in surprise whilst Wormmon looked up at his partner's daughter. "She digivolved? Did you battle a Digimon?" the rookie asked.
The little girl nodded once more still smiling. "Two."
"T-two?" Ken exclaimed completely shocked and wide eyed. "You fought two Digimon on your own?"
"I wasn't on my own Daddy. Peckmon protected me, she did most of the fighting. She was so cool." Katie replied. She then frowned a little. "You're not mad are you?"
Ken smiled laughing a little. "No. Just one thing though." He said. "Don't tell your mother."
To be continued...