"Huh?" Cody swung around, his
body suddenly tense as a girl's scream echoed through the trees.Present: The Digital World
"AAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!"
The forest reverberated with the cry of utter fear.
"Huh?" Cody swung around, his
body suddenly tense as a girl's scream echoed through the trees.
Armadillomon and Rakunamon stood straight up at their perch on top of the rock beside the lake. They had just passed Tsuriai's uniform to her when they heard the shout for help. "Kari! the yellow digimon gasped.
The raccoon's beady eyes suddenly shot wide open. "Oh, no!" he breathed heavily. He knew that voice anywhere. "Ms. Takaishi!"
All of a sudden, a figure leapt out from behind the mammoth boulder, speeding from the shore of the lake toward the forest. "Mom!" Tsuriai cried. She was getting dressed when she heard Kari scream, and now, as she hover-skated back to the camp where she and Cody left her parents, she finished zipping up her body suit and adjusting her elbow and knee pads. The girl didn't even have time to braid her hair again, so her wet tresses danced in the wind as she glided through the air.
Cody immediately took off after her. "Wait for me!" Their digimon were right behind them.
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"Kari!" TK screamed her name. "No!"
From the claws of a Viral Agent, a girl reached her arms out as far as she could toward the man she loved. "TK!" Tears streamed down her face as the monster took to the air. Two others assumed flanking positions beside him, prepared to protect the comrade who carried their bounty.
In the cool morning hours, an entire platoon of Viral Agents crept upon the unsuspecting humans at their campsite. The rising smoke from their fire had given them away. And now, with increased numbers and the element of surprise on their side, the vile creatures held a serious advantage over the humans that managed to elude them the day before. And, this time, failure was NOT an option. The Master would have his new host at any cost.
The Agents had one more thing up their sleeve, and TK and the two digimon with him were about to find out what it was.
Gatomon broke into a fierce run. "Kari!"
Then, at that very same moment, three more Viral Agents lunged for the blonde boy who tried desperately to escape and chase after his female companion. "TK!" Patamon gasped.
Anger and fear burned inside the
hearts of the two digimon. Now the two of them summoned the energy they
needed.
Gatomon digivolve to...
Patamon digivolve to...
Their levels of power surged as new data infused itself into their digital make-up. Their bodies were consumed in a warm, invigorating light while they transformed.
TK gripped his digivice in his hand. But, suddenly, a black, slimy claw swung down upon him. "Ugh!" the blonde boy grunted, receiving the blow dead center in his stomach. For a second, he flew through the air, and then skidded to a hard landing on his back. He lost hold of his digivice.
A Viral Agent stepped up to TK, towering over the young man who lay on the grassy ground, moaning in pain as he grabbed his stomach. As the monster collected the human in his bony arms, a second Viral Agent appeared, his eyes settled on something near the boy. Slowly, the creature lifted its heavy leg, and then sent it back down with a massive force.
"Oh!" TK winced once he realized what the Agents had just done. "No!"
His digivice was crushed.
Suddenly, Patamon's and Gatomon's digivolutions were interrupted. It felt more like their link to the power given to them by their human partners was severed. They couldn't have been more right. "Ooooh," Patamon grabbed his head. His eyes rolled around and he looked sick to his stomach. "I don't feel so good."
"Look!" Gatomon pointed a claw up in the air. She spied the Viral Agent that held Kari in its clutches. With her keen sight, she could see that one of his buddies gripped something in its hand. "Kari's digivice!" There, in shards of metal and glass, was the pink and white device. "No!"
Patamon hovered in the air, his
little wings flapping furiously. "They must have figured out where we
get our power!" he realized. A sudden sense of dread fell over him.
"I don't care!" Gatomon narrowed her bright blue eyes, hissing with extreme rage. "I won't let them take Kari!" In a flash, the Champion-level cat took off at a galloping run.
And then came another scream. "Patamon!" TK cried. It was all the boy could do considering he'd had the wind knocked out of him.
"TK!" the little orange and white creature breathed in with utter fear. Now three more Viral Agents had taken their leave, flying toward the tops of the trees. One held Patamon's human partner while the other two Agents flanked him for protection. "No!" Instinctively, the little creature zoomed through the air, chasing after the hideously evil creatures who kidnapped TK.
Boom Bu...!
Out of nowhere, a Viral Agent snuck up behind the little Rookie-level digimon, swiping at him and stopping the digital monster in mid-attack. Patamon flew through the air, slamming against a nearby tree. "Ugh!"
Suddenly, as Gatomon chased after Kari's kidnappers, the cat-like digimon found herself being chased as well. She was giving them a run for their money, but it wasn't long before they caught up with her. "AAAHHH!!!!" she wailed at a massive impact. One of the Agents had thrown itself at her, tackling her to the ground. And then, when the monstrous creature picked itself up, there, lying flat on the ground was an unconscious Gatomon.
The mission was proving to be an
immense success, and the Viral Agents couldn't have been more ecstatic.
Two of the humans they sought were now in their possession. And their
digimon companions and the devices that channeled the powers of the humans to
them were now taken out of the equation. The powerless digital monsters
would be taken, along with their human partners, to the Master. Now, all
that remained was the collection of one more human and the termination of
another...
