"Evil Shows His Face"
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Matt, TK, Mimi, Izzy, Gabumon, Patamon, Palmon and Tentomon all made it to the peak of the mountain to see Joe was on his knees sulking while Gomamon, Tai, Agumon, Sora, Biyomon, Daisuke and Veemon were standing around him.
"This place could really use a good bus system." Joe commented.
"Yeah, but it looks like we're at the end of the line." Matt said making Tai look back at him.
"We're doomed. Trapped on an island. We'll never get out of here alive. I knew I wouldn't like camp, but would my folks listen to me? No. I wanted to go to summer school." Joe complained.
"Here we go again." Daisuke sighed as she tightened the ribbon in her hair.
Everyone scanned the area around them, curious and shocked at the sight before them.
Tai sat down as he pulled out a sketchpad and a marker as he started drawing on it while he used his telescope to look around.
"What cha doing?" Agumon asked.
"Making a map of the island. That way we'll know exactly where we are and know where we've already been." Tai told him.
"Yes, that works in theory." Izzy said as he walked over.
When he saw the map, a look of confusion and shock filled his eyes as he looked at all of the squiggles that were drawn.
"What? Did you say map or mess?" he asked as Sora and Matt walked over to look it over.
"No question, man. You are the dude of doodles." Matt joked.
"If you follow that map, it'll lead right to a headache." Sora said.
"Well, I can read it just fine and that's what's really important." Tai said defensively.
"We don't need a map to know we're totally lost. I figured that out a long time ago." Joe said.
"I just figured out that these gloves really don't go with this dress." Mimi spoke up.
"How sad." Palmon said as a growling sound was heard faintly.
Then the sound of a crash and rocks tumbling was heard making everyone gasp and look off to the side.
"What's that?" Matt asked.
"I don't know, but I have a feeling we're gonna wait here to find out." Joe said.
They then moved down to see that the path leading down the mountain had been destroyed and they stared at it, unsure of how they were going to get down.
"At least it won't be a long wait." Sora said.
A tall lion digimon who stood on his two legs stepped out from around the corner, his skin orange and he had a mane of yellow fur around his head.
He had a long orange tail with yellow fur on the end while he wore black pants and had a sword strapped to his back.
"Don't worry, Leomon is our friend." Patamon assured.
"With big teeth." TK said nervously and clung to Daisuke as all the digimon were smiling.
"He just uses them for smiling." Patamon said.
"He's a just leader and role model for all digimon." Gabumon praised.
"I want the children." Leomon growled making everyone gasp in shock.
"Call me paranoid, but I think it's time we run!" Joe yelled as everyone started running up the mountain to escape Leo as he drew his blade.
"Oh no, my map!" Tai gasped as his map floated out of his pocket.
"Tai, come back. Forget the map." Agumon called when Leomon came around the curve.
Agumon used his Pepper Breath, accidentally burning the map, as the fireball went over to Leomon who blocked it with his knife.
"Sorry about you map." Agumon said as he and Tai started running again.
"That's okay. At least it didn't fall into the hands of the enemy." Tai panted.
"Don't slow down, Joe, he's right behind us." Matt yelled to Joe who was leading the group away.
Out from the side of the mountain, a green skinned ogre digimon with blue eyes and white hair dressed in a black loin cloth poked his head out.
"And just where do you think you're going?" he asked making them gasp and stop.
"Well, children, it was good of you to stop by." Ogremon sneered.
"Oh, this is just great." Daisuke sighed in disbelief.
"He look hungry to you?" Patamon asked.
"I'm too small to eat and I'm full of junk food." TK said.
"Well, he's not against a little snack." Gomamon said.
Mimi then gasped when she saw Leomon standing behind them.
"Make it easy on yourselves. Give up now or else." Leomon warned.
"I don't see an exit door." Matt said.
"This proves the theory that a well-executed teamwork is efficient even for bad guys." Izzy said.
"But Leomon has always been Ogremon's worst enemy. What's happened to them?" Biyomon asked.
"Ready, Leomon?" Ogremon asked.
They then charged at the humans, roaring to attack them and the devices whined as they all glowed with rainbow colors.
"Agumon digivolve too…GREYMON!"
"Gabumon digivolve too…GARURUMON!"
"Palmon digivolve too…TOGEMON!"
"Veemon digivolve too…EXVEEMON!"
The four Champions blocked off Leomon's path making him jump back.
"Biyomon digivolve too…BIRDRAMON!"
"Tentomon digivolve too…KABUTERIMON!"
"Gomamon digivolve too…IKKAKUMON!"
These three digimon blocked off Ogremon's path making him jump back, Birdramon giving off a cry as she flapped her wings and the humans went to hide behind a boulder.
"Come with me, TK." Matt grabbed his brother's hand.
"Let him have it, Greymon." Tai encouraged.
"Get back here!" Daisuke grabbed his hair and yanked him behind the boulder to hide with everyone else.
The fight then began, attacks being sent all around as the humans hid, Patamon clinging to TK as he watched since he couldn't digivolve yet much to his frustration.
"Listen up. Everybody all together now. Are you ready?" Tai called.
As they went to attack Leomon and Ogremon yet again, an explosion was heard above them and they looked up to see boulders falling down towards them.
"Avalanche, watch out." Joe called.
Turning towards the boulders, the Champions all used their attacks to destroy the boulders, turning them into debris that fell down on the humans that covered themselves.
Once things settled down, they poked their heads back up.
"Oh, wow. Everybody okay?" Tai turned to the others.
"Oh, yeah, like a day at the beach." Matt quipped.
"I think I need a facial." Mimi said.
Looking over to the digimon, they found them all lying on the ground, worn out from the fight.
"Agumon, speak to me." Tai ran over to him.
"Veemon, my poor boy." Daisuke said as she cradled him in her arms.
"We aren't wounded, Tai. We're all just a little exhausted." Agumon groaned.
"Two digivolutions in one day. No wonder." Tai said.
"Poor Biyo." Sora cooed.
"Hey, what happened to the bad guys?" Izzy asked as they noticed Ogremon and Leomon had fled.
"They just disappeared." Tai said.
"Are you sure?" Palmon asked.
"Do you think that avalanche knocked them both off the cliff?" Gabumon asked.
"We can all hope." Veemon groaned.
"Hello!" Joe walked over to the side and looked down.
"Unless they can fly, they're goners." Joe turned back to the others.
"Neither one of them had wings, so I'm sure they weren't air worthy." Sora said.
"Nothing is logical here. Anything is bound to happen, including flying monsters." Joe reminded.
"For once, you might be right Joe." Sora said.
"Something bothering you?" Agumon asked Tai who was staring at the top of the cliff.
"It's that avalanche. I can't figure out what set it off." Tai said.
"Stress accumulates until cracks develop less weight and the terrafirma suddenly isn't so firma." Izzy explained.
"Think so? It looked to me like something blasted it loose." Tai said as they all started walking again.
As Daisuke went to follow, she sensed eyes watching her, so she turned and spotted a dark figure standing on the top of the mountain and glared at it.
"Daisuke, hurry up." Sora called.
"Coming." The girl called to the orangette and followed after the group.
(After…)
Finally off the mountain, the group walked through the forest, everyone looking close to falling asleep from the hours of walking and the fight earlier on.
The sky was painted pink and purple as the sun set.
"I'm intrigued that our digimon were able to digivolve twice in one day." Izzy brought up.
"Well, it was sure lucky for us that they were able to do it." Tai said.
"I think the digimon are growing stronger. I wonder if that's a normal part of their evolution or if we're bringing out something special in them." Sora theorized.
"A fascinating hypothesis. If only we could test it." Izzy said.
"I think today was too much for them." Matt noticed the tired looking digimon.
"Palmon's looking very tired." Mimi said.
"I've been tired before. Don't worry." Palmon shrugged it off.
"Admit it, Palmon. We need to stop and rest." Biyomon whined.
"You know, to be perfectly honest, I think that would be a good idea for all of us." Joe said as the group stopped walking.
"Rest where? I don't want to sleep on the ground." Sora sighed.
"Look, a mansion." Joe gasped as he pointed to a clearing.
Gasping, everyone checked to see if he was right and was surprised to see there was indeed a mansion that looked practically brand new.
"Or maybe it's a hotel. Come on." Tai called as they all started running through the forest to get to the large mansion.
"We may have found other life forms. Look at the ground. I mean, somebody had to mow the lawn." Izzy said.
"What a place. I can't believe my eyes. This is too good to be true." Tai exclaimed.
"I hope they have a hot tub just as long as it's not too hot." Joe smiled.
"Wait you guys; don't just go charging in there. It might be dangerous." Tai called to Matt and Joe as they ran to the front doors.
"Hey, was this on your map?" Agumon asked.
"Hmm, somehow I don't think so." Tai said.
"Go ahead, Joe, open the door." Matt insisted.
"Maybe we should knock first." Joe suggested.
"Joe, nobody knocks on the door of a hotel." Matt stated.
"This place should be on your map." Agumon said.
"Agumon, if you recall, you burned up my map." Tai leaned down in the dinosaur's face.
"Oh, yeah." Agumon chuckled nervously.
"Ok, here goes." Joe pushed the wooden doors open.
Everyone peered inside to see the large inside with the grand staircase with all of the rooms, a chandelier and not a speck of dust or dirt around.
"I don't see a desk clerk. Anybody here?" Joe called.
"Looks weird." Tai walked in.
"Feels weird." Matt added.
"Well, it doesn't look or feel weird to me." Joe said as he walked further inside.
"Perhaps my definition of weird is different than yours." Izzy frowned.
"I'm with you." Sora agreed.
"Think about it. Are we safer in the open woods with no shelter or here in this sturdy building where we can defend from attack?" Joe rationalized.
"I have to admit, you have a point." Matt crossed his arms.
"That's beautiful." TK smiled at the portrait hanging on the wall.
He, Patamon, Daisuke, Veemon, Mimi and Palmon were staring at the portrait of a female angel that was hanging on the wall.
"Oh, yeah." Joe looked at it.
"Look-it, it's an angel." TK said.
"What's an angel TK?" Patamon asked.
Veemon and Daisuke gave each other an amused grin at the question the little Rookie asked.
"Something special that watches over you. Kind of like you guys." TK told him.
"If this is a spooked out, haunted house, would there be pictures of angels hanging on the walls? I don't think so." Joe said.
"Unless they were trying to trick us." Daisuke shrugged.
"Relax, we just want to be careful and talk quieter or you'll wake everybody up." Sora said softly.
"They're out like a light." Matt said as the digimon leaned against each other resting.
"I hope they have a dress shop. I've never worn the same thing two days in a row before." Mimi said as everyone walked further inside and closed the doors.
"Let's take a nap later." Izzy said.
"Well, no crowds. We must have missed the summer rush." Tai said.
"We keep missing everything." Sora said.
"This is one kooky, mixed up world. Let's go." Tai looked at her.
"Huh? Mm." Agumon woke up as the other digimon woke up, catching the scent of something.
"Do you smell that?" Gabumon asked.
"I don't smell anything. What is it?" Matt asked.
"It's the delicious odor of food." Gabumon said.
"Food?" everyone perked up.
"Are you sure?" Matt asked.
"Very sure and plenty of it." Gabumon assured.
"Show us where, Gabumon." Matt said.
"It's this way, follow me." Gabumon ran off.
"Food! Move!" Veemon yelled as he sped off after Gabumon.
"Veemon, wait up!" Daisuke called.
"Wait for us." Sora ran off.
"Oh, boy." Joe smiled.
"Hurry, hurry." Biyomon said.
"Huh? Hey, wait for me." Patamon called when he saw everyone had left him.
The group all left the room; going down the hallway until they came to two closed doors and pushed them open to reveal a buffet laid out, the meat and baked goods still having steam wafting off of them.
"Look at that spread." Tai exclaimed.
"Wow. Sorry for saying this everybody, but this looks like a setup." Matt crossed his arms.
"I don't wanna say it, but you might be right. Who would leave all this food out?" Daisuke said as she stared at the food feeling hungry.
"Matt and Daisuke are right. It could be some sort of trap." Sora had her hands on her hips.
Munching and exclamations made the humans turn to see their digimon had already sat down and were stuffing food into their mouths.
"Agumon, are you guys sure that food is safe to eat?" Tai ran up to him.
"Everyone's eating, but their table manners are appalling." Mimi said.
"Guess that because they like it." TK said.
"That's it. I can't bear to look any longer. I'm gonna eat it. At least I won't die hungry." Joe said as he ran to the table and grabbed a fork and knife.
"On your mark, get set…" he then started shoveling food in his mouth.
The others all looked at each other, unsure of what to do, but their growling stomachs demanding food made up their minds for them and soon they were sitting down and grabbing their own plates full of food.
"Lobster maître dee, is there a view with a table?" Mimi asked.
"Mm, peanut butter and pickles, this is the best pizza ever." TK said.
"Somebody, pass me something." Daisuke said.
"Okay, if one of us gets sick, we all get sick. That's teamwork too." Tai theorized.
"Pass the potatoes." Sora called.
"Potato chips, chocolate chips, any kind of chips." Izzy counted.
"These colors really clash." Mimi said.
"What are we having for desert?" TK asked.
Night soon fell and the group had found bathrooms with large baths and split up into two groups, the girls going in one side.
Finding the towels, soap and shampoo, the girls went into the bath and relaxed in the warm water as they started washing off.
"Ah, this feels great." Sora sighed with a smile.
"Oh, I missed being clean." Daisuke moaned as she washed the mint scented shampoo out of her hair.
"The only thing that'll make this better is if we had a fresh change of clothes." Mimi smiled as she scrubbed her body with a loofa.
From the wall, they heard the boys yelling as Tai jumped into the tub.
"Heads up, Matt!" they heard Tai yelled and then a splash.
"Watch the hair, dude." Matt complained.
"Is that what that is? I thought some bird made a mess on your head." Tai joked and then there was gurgled laughter from whom they guessed to be TK.
"Warm water is perfect for removing soil and aperdermus. You know; dirt and dead skin." Izzy said.
"Whenever my skin gets dirty, I just shed it." Tentomon said.
"That would be difficult for me." Izzy said as the door opened to show off Joe who had a towel around his waist and glasses off.
"Uh, may I join you?" Joe asked.
"Hey, don't be shy. There aren't any girls here. Come on in. So far we haven't found any sharks in the water." Matt said.
"No big ones." Tai joked with a smirk in his tone.
"But it looks cold." Joe said.
"Humans can be so silly." Patamon said.
"They are weird." Veemon rolled his eyes.
He wished that he would've been able to bath with Daisuke so she could wash him and they could talk, but knew the other girls would be uncomfortable with having a male in the room.
"Humans aren't the only silly ones. Where is Gabumon?" Tentomon asked.
"He's not silly, he's shy." Patamon said as they looked at the door.
"He doesn't like taking his fur off or getting it wet." Veemon told them.
"I'll get in, but I won't guarantee that I'll like it." Joe said.
Back on the girls' side, Sora was frowning at the wall while the other girls relaxed after washing off.
"Why do they have to be so noisy?" Sora asked.
"Relax, forget about them." Mimi smiled.
"I've never been so relaxed in my whole life." Gomamon floated in the water making the girls shriek and blush in outrage.
"Gomamon, you're not supposed to be over here." Biyomon yelled.
"Get back on the boys' side." Palmon used her Poison Ivy to pick him up and throw him over.
"Hey, let go! Hey!" Gomamon yelled as he was thrown over.
"Where'd you come from?" Matt asked as the other boys voices overlapped in confusion.
"Ow! What was that for?" Gomamon yelped when Veemon whacked his over the head.
"For scaring the girls." Veemon stuck his nose in the air.
After the bath, the group put on their underwear and bathrobes as they gathered up their clothing and then started looking for some bedrooms.
They opened a door to a room and were pleasantly surprised to find eight large beds ready to be slept in.
"Wow." Tai said.
"Only thing better is bunk beds." TK giggled with Patamon as they jumped on a bed.
"This feels great. The last time I had a bed this soft, I was dreaming." Izzy said.
"How I've missed sleeping on soft, silky sheets." Mimi smiled.
"Hmm." Sora agreed.
"I'll tell you what I don't miss. I don't miss hiking through the blazing hot desert and another thing I really don't miss is starving in the jungle." Joe fixed his glasses.
He then noticed that his words made everyone depressed as they sat in their beds, staring at the sheets sadly.
"We are a long way away from home. Sorry." He looked down sadly, feeling guilty.
"That's okay, Joe. We all miss being home and I'm sure that we're all wondering if we'll ever get back there." Tai said.
"I'll bet our disappearance caused a big fuss at school and all over town, but we've been gone so long, they must have given up looking for us by now." Matt leaned back with his arms behind his head.
"Mom and Dad wouldn't stop." TK insisted as held Patamon.
"I'm homesick, aren't you?" Mimi asked with tears in her eyes.
"We'll find our way back. Don't worry Mimi." Sora said.
"Let's just go to sleep and try and have nice dreams." Mimi said.
"Good night guys." Sora called.
"Good night girls." The boys repeated.
"Good night everyone." Izzy said.
The light was then turned off as the group all lay down in bed and allowed themselves to fall asleep.
A few minutes went by and TK stood up from bed making Patamon look at him curiously.
Walking over to Daisuke's bed, the little boy placed a hand on the girl's shoulder making her chocolate eyes flutter open to look into his azure eyes.
"TK? What's wrong?" she asked sitting up as she rubbed at her eyes.
"Can I sleep with you?" he asked giving her the puppy dog look.
Smiling at him, Daisuke lifted him into the bed and set him down beside her while Patamon settled down at the foot of the bed beside Veemon.
Matt glanced over as he saw TK lay his head on the pillow with a smile while Daisuke lay beside him, an arm placed over his body protectively to shield him from the cold.
This made Matt smile as he leaned back in his bed, allowing himself to fall asleep.
It was about midnight when the house seemed to change, the roof disappearing and the cold night air woke Matt up.
When he was awake, he shop up in shock as he took in the sigth of the house and saw that the walls were missing as well, showing off Tai with Agumon being chased by Ogremon, Leomon and another digimon.
The digimon had blue skin, but wore a black body suit that covered half his face, had two long horns, torn bat wings and glowing red eyes.
"Wake up everybody, something's wrong!" Matt yelled waking everyone up.
"Oh no, Devimon." Daisuke gasped as she held TK to her side as the boy looked scared.
"What happened?" Sora asked as Mimi yelled.
"Because together you are strong, I will use my Touch of Evil to scatter your throughout the Digital World." Devimon declared as he made the beds levitate.
"I hope this is a bad dream." Tai said.
"Tai, I'm too weak to walk even after all that food I've eaten." Agumon groaned.
"The food, the bath, the building. None of it was real. I created all of it from your imagination." Devimon explained.
"Listen, if you don't bring back my friends, you're gonna be in really big trouble." Tai warned.
"That's amusing. My concerns are much more important than your friends." Devimon said.
"That's my only concern. You bring 'em back now." Tai ordered.
"Bring them back? You impudent brat. You dare to order me? Allow me to show you who is really in control here." Devimon said as the island began to quake.
"You see, I have discovered the secret of the black gears from long ago. I call them forth to do my bidding." Devimon said.
The mountain opened up to reveal the gears turning in them as the island broke apart, floating off.
"You and your friends happened upon this tiny island which is just one of the fragments of the old world, scattered across an enormous ocean. You pretend you are strangers who know nothing of this world, but I am aware that you are the Digidestinds who are sent to rescue this world from my domination." Devimon revealed.
As he spoke, the humans and their digimon all grabbed onto their beds as they looked around, trying to hold on tightly so they didn't fall off.
"You got it all wrong. We were just some kids at summer camp who somehow got sucked into your world." Tai corrected.
"Your little act no longer amuses me. It's time to bring an end to the Digidestinds." Devimon declared.
"I will destroy them." Leomon said making Tai look at him.
"What?" the boy gasped softly.
"Everyone." Leomon growled.
Agumon tried to use his attack on the lion, but it sputtered out and he was blasted back.
"Now for the boy." Leomon growled.
The lion grabbed Tai by the throat while Agumon gasped, standing up and held his hands out as if to stop him.
"Yes and then the others one by one. Once those irritating children are out of the way, nothing will be able to stop me. Now, do it Leomon." Devimon commanded.
"As you command." Leomon pulled out his knife.
"NO! HELP!" Tai yelled as his eyes went wide in horror.
"Don't waste your breath." Leomon told him.
A bed then hit the ground and a digivice, the one that belonged to Tai, hit the ground and rolled over to the boy and Champion.
"What are you waiting for, Leomon? Do it!" Devimon demanded.
The digivice released a bright light that shone on Leomon making him cry out in pain as a black light was forced from his body.
"The black gear. The light drove it out. Devimon no longer has control over Leomon." Agumon said.
"I think you're right. How do you feel, Leomon?" Tai asked.
"I am free of Devimon's powers." Leomon said his once white eyes now a sapphire blue.
"Leomon, do you know what this thing is?" Tai asked about the device that he picked up.
"I can tell you that for me it has proved that you are the Digidestinds. The digivices are powerless in the hands of anyone else." Leomon explained.
"You are no match for me." Devimon said as he started to make the beds fall out of the sky, everyone screaming.
"Do not harm them!" Leomon roared as he sent out his Fist of the Beast King at Devimon, making him fly off as the beds then continued to float around.
"Leomon is helping us. We're going to be fine." Tentomon said.
"For now maybe." Veemon said as Patamon sat on his head and clung to his ears.
"This isn't over Leomon or have your forgotten your old friend?" Devimon called as he hovered in the air.
"Ogremon!" Leomon yelled holding.
"Here, Leomon!" Ogremon called.
Ogremon appeared and tried to hit Leomon with his club, but the lion raised his blade and blocked it, pushing him back.
"Your soft heart is your weakness. We will never join as allies and you will never know true power." Ogremon said.
"You may defeat me, but the Digidestinds will be out of your reach." Leomon declared.
"No." Tai exclaimed.
"Yes, go now!" Leomon yelled as he stabbed his blade into the ground, making the ground that was hanging over the ocean break.
Tai and Agumon cried out as they fell and landed on the passing ice berg.
"Why?" Tai asked.
"You're our last hope. Without you my world doesn't stand a chance of survival. My life is insignificant." Leomon called as Ogremon attacked him, but Leomon used his Fist of the Beats King on the ogre, knocking him back.
"You can escape too." Tai called.
"I must prevent Devimon from pursuing you." Leomon yelled as Devimon flew behind him.
"Be careful!" Tai called.
Daisuke pulled TK into her chest, hiding his eyes from view as Devimon stabbed his claws into Leomon's back making him cry out in pain.
"Feel the Touch of Evil." Devimon smirked.
The beds then continued to float off to different directions around the continent as Daisuke held TK, running her fingers through his hair as she looked around.
Their team was now separated and she didn't know what they were going to face or how they would find each other.
To be continued…