Digimon: Dark Worlds

Crest of Darkness | Chapter 26

(First chapter of 2021, Happy New Years everyone! Sorry this took so long to upload lol)
A day later...
The group had now split up from MasterTyrannomon, who held Gummymon under his care until they fulfilled their promise to stop Belphemon and the Dark King. The group made sure they were all well rested and ready to fight, until they finally found the entrance to the sewers, which was a small, metallic room with a downward ladder that led to the tunnels.
"Alright guys, we all ready to do this?" Taeka asks, full of determination.
"Heck yeah, I'm ready to fight whatever comes at us!" Dracomon says, pounding his fists together.
"I don't know, I'm starting to feel a bit worried now..." Cora says. "What if MasterTyrannomon was tricking us, and secretly leading us into a trap?"
"Maybe, but I doubt he would've told us all the information that he did if we couldn't trust him." Ryudamon says.
"He seemed pretty nice, so I trust him!" Lily says cheerfully.
"I hope so, we did leave Gummymon in his hands..." Lopmon says. Everyone looks down the ladder into the tunnels, exchanging glances before they carefully climbed down. The tunnel was pretty dark, but they could still see just fine, walking alongside the sewer waters.
"So, what were those Digimon that MasterTyrannomon was talking about called that live down here?" Taeka asked. "Numemon, right?"
"Yeah, they're these super gross champion level Digimon that live only in sewers!" Dracomon says. "They throw this nasty pink, uh...Sludge at people to attack. It's pretty gross, but mostly harmless."
"Ohhh, alright. We'll take em down just fine if we come across them!" Taeka says confidently.
'...Don't tell them what that stuff actually is...' One of the Digimon whispers to the other Digimon behind everyone.
"Huh? What are you guys talking about?" Taeka asks. Before anyone responds, everyone hears footsteps coming towards them from behind. Everyone turns around...

...And see a group of Numemon charging towards them, all looking pretty angry.
"JUNK ATTACK!!" All at once, the Numemon throw piles of pink sludge at the group, who all swiftly dodge it.
"Oh, I am not gonna stand here and take this." Blaine grumbles, looking down at the sewer waters and gaining an idea.
"Me neither, let's go Gabumon!" Cora adds.
"DIGI-ARMOR ENERGIZE!!"
"RYUDAMON DIGIVOLVE TO...TYLOMON!!"
"BLACKGABUMON DIGIVOLVE TO...SANGLOUPMON!!"
"TORPEDO ATTACK!!" Tylomon fires a torpedo from his mouth, immediately sending a few Numemon flying.
"STICKER BLADE!!"
...And both attacks already poof a few Numemon into dust, the other few left cowering in fear.
"Hey! W-we can still beat you, wi-will come back with the others, t-then we'll defeat you!" One Numemon whimpers a weak threat, the rest of them scurrying away to the other direction.
"...Ok, that was kinda pathetic." Blaine mumbles, seriously unimpressed.
"Yeah, but we should get going in case they bring back a Digimon that's actually threatening." Sangloupmon adds.
"Follow me, I think I can find the way." Tylomon dives underwater, but only enough for his top fin to stick out. He swims in the other direction fast, everyone following behind before they reach a dead end. Then, suddenly Tylomon dives completely underwater, unseen from the others.
"...Tylomon? What are you doing?" Blaine calls for him, but receives no response. Everyone exchanges glances, before hearing a soft clicking noise...And see the sewer water start to drain, completely dry.
"Tylomon? Are you alright?" Worry starts to rise more in Blaine and the others as his partner stays silent for even longer...
...And longer...
...Until he finally comes up, everyone breathing a sign of relief, despite him now dedigivolving back to Ryudamon.
"It's a good thing I pressed that lever, there's no way we could've gotten in without it." Ryudamon says, everyone looking a bit confused. "Follow me, I found the way into the castle." Everyone obliged, following Ryudamon into a long, downward tunnel, before finally spotting a dark colored door. Everyone carefully opens it, revealing what appeared to be a small boiler room. They carefully opened up the next door in the room, revealing a massive, wide hallway, with a ceiling that stretched tons of feet high. The building material looked nearly the exact same as Vademon's castle.
"...Looks like we finally made it." Erik says. Everyone carefully looks down the hallway, which appeared to split into three different directions.
"Alright, guys..." Taeka faces everyone. "We don't know exactly how big this place is, or where Belphemon and the Dark King are, so, let's vote on something...You guys think we should split up or stay together?" Everyone's silent for a moment, thinking.
"Might be a good idea if we split up." Blaine says. "We can easily find much more if we do so."
"Yeah, but what if one of us runs into Belphemon, and we're completely alone?"
Erik says. "I seriously wouldn't wanna think about what could happen..." Both sides go back and forth, each bringing up good points for their opinions. They all keep talking until everyone suddenly goes silent but Taeka, eyes growing wide."
Hey, you guys see a ghost or something?" Taeka chuckles.
"Taeka...Look behind you..." Lily whimpers. Taeka obliges...