Surviving the Digital World

Kabuterimon Skyways

 The next morning, everyone was up and ready to leave. Conner was chatting with Via and Will, Noah and Black were talking with their Digimon, and Jay was sitting by me. Tentomon and Palmon were still asleep. So were Agumon, Gabumon, and Gomamon. Biyomon and Agumon were especially tired, and I heard Biyomon whisper to Black that she wasn't sure she could carry more people.

"Are you feeling anxious, Ace?" Jay asked me.

I nodded. "I'm not sure what'll happen." I admitted. "I'm usually able to... I'm usually smart, but I have no clue what I'm doing right now."

Jay nodded thoughtfully. "Well, nobody quite knows what's to come." she observed. "Nobody knows what we'll face or what we'll have to do."

I glanced at her. She seemed to know what she was talking about, but she wasn't being specific. "I guess we'll just have to go with the flow." I stated.

"Mhm." Jay agreed. She turned around and started trying to wake Palmon up.

I looked over at Tentomon, who was also fast asleep. I sighed. He's so peaceful when he's asleep. I thought. Oh well. We need to go soon.

I tapped his head. "Yo, we gotta go soon." I whispered. "You gotta get up."

Tentomon murmured something that I couldn't understand. "Hey! Wake up!" I shook him.

"WhAT HAPPENED?!" He jumped up, ready to attack. He noticed me, and stopped. "Ace, why'd you wake me up? I was having an amazing dream!"

I laughed. "Well, we're going to leave soon. You need to shake off this sleepiness."

Tentomon groaned. "Urrgg.. I don't wanna do anything active today." he stood up, and shook himself. "Hooboy, alright. When are we going to leave?"

I glanced at Conner, and he made eye contact with me. Are we leaving soon? I mouthed. He nodded, and went over to talk to Black. "You should evolve now, so we can leave as soon as possible."

Tentomon nodded, and I glanced at my digivice. "I wonder if-" I started, but was interrupted by my digivice glowing brightly.

Tentomon started glowing, and then his silhouette grew to the size that Kabuterimon was. The light dispersed, and Kabuterimon was left in place of Tentomon.

Now that I got a good look at Kabuterimon, I saw that he had three sets of limbs, two sets of arms, and one set of legs. On his head, there was a helmet with two sharp horns, one long and one short. His jaw had multiple sharp teeth. Four massive wings unfurled, and Kabuterimon stretched out each pair of arms. I could hear cracking from his joints. 

"Phew!" he groaned. "I never thought I could be this sore!"

I giggled. "You did beat up Kuwagamon." I pointed out. "Kuwagamon must've left some pretty gnarly marks on you."

Everyone else was sitting around Kabuterimon's feet. "Well, we should probably start getting outta here." Conner murmured. He glanced at Black, who nodded and turned to Biyomon.

"Biyomon, could you evolve now?" Black asked. Biyomon jumped up, and nodded enthusiastically.

Just like Kabuterimon, Biyomon glowed brightly, and her silhouette grew and grew, then the light exploded away and left Birdramon in her place. "Black, I'm ready whenever you are." she said. Her voice was significantly deeper than Biyomon's voice.

I stared up at Kabuterimon. He was a lot bigger than I remembered. "Alright, everyone on Birdramon." Black said. "The sooner we can get flying, the sooner we can get to the mountain."

Noah, Will, Via, and all their Digimon managed to fit on Birdramon. Black was sitting on Birdramon's head, and nodded at Ace. "We'll meet you at the base of the mountain." she called down to me.