Digimon: The Darkness of Pride (Book 1)

Chapter 4- "Biyomon Gets Firepower"

Episode 4-"Biyomon Gets Firepower"
The next day everyone was walking off in the forest when a loud booming sound made everyone look up.
"Wha-Hey!" Sora gasped at the sound.
"Whoa, did you hear that?" Tai asked.
"It seems to be some sort of aircraft." Matt said as the large black object shot off over them and above the tree tops.
"It looks like a big flying gear." Serena said.
"Admit it; my alien theory is becoming more plausible." Izzy said.
"Yeah, they hit us with an antigravity ray to make us all crooked or maybe that sign's just crooked." Joe mused as he looked over at one of the many road signs that was in the forest.
TK then stepped on a branch and tripped over it making everyone turn to him as he nearly fell over, but Tai grabbed him and lifted the boy up.
"TK." Sora exclaimed.
"Oh, that was scary." TK sighed.
"Watch it." Matt said.
"That could've been a snake or worse." Tai said.
"Oh, boy, I'm sorry. Hey, Biyomon, are there really snakes here?" TK asked as he was set down next to Kol and Leormon.
"No, just giant flying killer bugs and other unpleasant digimon." Biyomon stated.
"Don't you worry TK; I'll take care of them." Patamon flapped over to his partner and allowed the boy to hug him and chuckled.
"OK, now that that's settled, let's get going." Sora placed her hands on her hips.
"Nothing's settled and where would we go? We don't even know where we are." Kol reminded.
"This is silly. I say we keep moving and see if we can find any signs of intelligent life here." Tai grinned.
"Why do I suddenly feel offended?" Impmon frowned as the group started walking off.
"Hey, wait a minute! Is he saying digimon are not intelligent? Is that what he's saying?" Biyomon asked, rubbing her head against Sora's leg.
"Not at all. But I think Tai's right. We need to keep moving in hopes to finding out where we are. We need to stay calm and stick together. Let's remember, we're in this together." Sora smiled.
"Together sounds good." the pink bird said.
"We can do it. This'll take teamwork and I'm sure we'll figure out exactly where we are and how to get back. There's no point in splitting up because then once someone did figure it out, we-"
"Hey, Sora, open your eyes." Biyomon nudged her making the girl look over to see the group was walking off.
"Well, thanks a lot for waiting." Sora called after them sarcastically while Biyomon giggled as they followed the group.
"Moving right along folks, keep it moving. Our next stop on the tour would be the Forest of Irrelevant Road Signs. No pictures please." Matt imitated a tour guide.
"Hey, wait up. My shoe lace is broken." Joe called.
"You need new shoes. Ooh, new shoes." Mimi mused.
"Look." Serena gasped.
There was an opening in the dense forest to view a desert area that had telephone poles with broken power lines that didn't connect to each other.
"Telephone poles. I say we follow them and see where they lead." Matt suggested.
"It'll just lead to trouble." Joe complained.
Suddenly, the large black gear from before came whistling through the air above them.
"Look, it's the alien saucer again." Izzy pointed.
"And its heading for a close encounter." Kol said as the gear crash landed on top of a mountain covered in plantation.
Everyone then started walking, sweating quickly from the sudden heat that came from the humid air and hot sun.
"Boy, it's so hot I can feel the heat coming up from my socks." TK whined.
"Well TK, maybe you should put your shoes back on." Matt said.
"Oh, this hot desert air is destroying my complexion. How much further is it?" Mimi asked.
"Is that all you're worried about, Mimi? We'll be lucky if we even survive this hike." Serena said.
"Hey, does anybody besides me see that these telephone poles have no connecting wires?" Sora asked.
"She's right. I wonder if these actually are telephone poles. Maybe they are some odd alien equivalence." Izzy theorized.
"Hey, remember those phone booths and that street car?" Mimi asked.
"Yeah, what about 'em?" Izzy asked.
"Oh, nothing. I was just wondering if anybody else remembered." Mimi grinned.
"That's it. Doomed. The heat has baked our brains and we're all gonna wind up as roasted piglets!" Joe cried out.
"Just remain calm, Joe. We've only been walking for two minutes." Serena said.
"Psst. Izzy, come here Izzy. I think we better find some shade for Joe and quick." Tentomon whispered to his partner.
Mimi then hummed cheerfully as she walked to the venter of the group.
"You won't believe what happened to my favourite watch. The sun melted the numbers right off." She laughed as she held up a compass and everyone bent down to see it.
"Mimi, for somebody who hates hiking, you sure have a lot of compasses." Kol observed.
The needle of the compass then started spinning quickly which made everyone gasp in confusion.
"Of course none of them actually work." Tai said as Izzy picked up a handful of sand and looked it over.
"This dirt contains small traces of metal which can affect the compass needle." Izzy explained.
"Oh well, I'm always late anyway." Mimi shrugged.
"This is one weird world and I don't like it one little bit." Sora stood.
"I think we should start looking for water, guys. Otherwise we could dehydrate in all this heat." Izzy said.
"Yeah. But we're doing OK for now, aren't we?" Kol asked.
"HELP! SOMEBODY PELASE FIND US!" Mimi yelled.
After her small freak out, the group continued on their walk to find water or at least some shade to rest in.
"I've taken a soil sample, measured the barometric center and analyzed the humidity." Izzy explained.
"And what did you find out?" Sora asked
"...It's really, really hot." He simply said.
"Hang on just a little longer. Don't give up now." Tai encouraged.
"We're gonna be OK. Just keep moving along." Mimi tried to assure herself.
"My head is baking. If this goes on too much longer, I'm going to look like a wilted salad." Palmon panted.
Mimi then pulled off her hat and set it down on Palmon's head.
"Here, you wear my hat for a while. You need it more than I do." She said.
"Thank you, Mimi." Palmon smiled.
"Pee whoo. What's that yucky smell?" TK asked as Matt sniffed the air and exclaimed in disgust.
"Here's a thought, now you know why they call them sweat socks." Matt said.
"This beach would be a lot more popular if it just had a couple more things like a, ocean, a gentle breeze, snack bar, hunky life guard." Mimi listed off.
"Hold it. I have to stop. I just don't think I can go any faster." Biyomon panted as everyone stopped.
"You have to stay positive. Let's all pretend that it's raining." Sora suggested making Biyomon perk up and run over to Sora, rubbing her head against her leg.
"Yeah, that's a great idea. I simply adore the rain." Biyomon laughed.
"Me too, but it's time for a reality check. This isn't getting any better. It might a good idea to turn around and get out of this desert right now." Matt said as Joe nodded.
"You mean before we all have a power outage? I'll vote for that." Tentomon said as Tai walked over to Matt.
"Wait; hold on for just a second everybody." Tai spoke as he held his telescope up to see what was out in the desert.
"If I'm seeing what I think I'm seeing." He began.
"What is it, Tai?" Serena asked.
"It's not a mirage. It's real water." Tai announced.
"Water?" Biyomon perked up.
"This is fantastic. Now all we need is some lemons, sugar and some big fat ice cubes." Kol cheered.
"It looks like a village maybe we'll find people." Izzy said. "And shade." Palmon said.
"Maybe they'll have some hats for sale." Mimi said.
"Water and food. I'm hungry enough to eat broccoli." TK joked.
"What's broccoli? Is that some kind of joke?" Patamon asked.
"Great, let's get out of this desert." Tai said.
Everyone then cheered as they started running towards the village, but were stunned when they found huts that were about the same height as the three younger kids, there was a well, a large abandoned boat near the river and Yokomon all over that were greeting the humans and digimon.
"From so far away, everything looked so big." Tai walked around.
"But they're so cute and tiny." Serena cooed.
"OK, question, who here knows where we can get a drink?" Leormon asked the Yokomon.
"And just what do giant digimon drink?" a Yokomon asked.
"Me? I'm no digimon." Kol pointed to herself.
"My friend Kol is what's called a human being. Yes, I know they look funny. In spite of this, they're all actually very nice." Leormon explained.
"What's a human being?" two Yokomon bounced.
"If you're not digimon, then what're you doing here in Digi World?" a Yokomon asked.
The rest of the villagers all were talking at once as they wondered over this fact.
"This is great. There is no way we are all going to fit into this place." Joe whined.
"Relax Joe. At least the natives here are friendly." Tai said.
"Oh my, I would just love to take one home and put it on my bed with all my other stuffed animals." Mimi gushed with her clasped hands to her cheek.
"Humph. There she goes again. Do you think Mimi hears the same things we hear? I'm not sure any more." Matt shoved his hands in his jeans pockets and looked to the side.
"Maybe she's an alien spy." Izzy suggested.
"TK's tired and hungry." Patamon said.
"He's not the only one." Serena's head bent down.
"Biyomon, just when did you digivolve?" a Yokomon asked.
"When I met Sora. We share a special bond which is magical." Biyomon said as Sora sat down near the group.
"You don't talk like us anymore. Is that how all Biyomon talk?" Yokomon asked.
"No, it's how the big ones talk. I suppose I just picked it up from Sora. She is a wonderful and kind human being and I've already learned a lot from here." Biyomon praised making Sora smile.
"I still don't understand how you digivolved. What is it about being around human beings that makes it happen?" Yokomon asked.
"Sora needed me. I had to protect her." Biyomon stated.
"She had to protect me?" Sora asked as Biyomon went on talking to the Yokomon clan.
"Wait a sec, now I get it. that's why she's always following me around." Sora mused.
Sora then thought back to the times that all of the digimon digivolved once before on their first day, then it was Agumon that became Greymon and Gabumon that became Garurumon.
"We're lucky kids." Sora chuckled.
"Sora?" Biyomon called as she walked over to her partner.
"We're invited to have dinner with the Yokos. They said they'd be willing to share they food with all of us." She smiled.
"Nice, huh?" Impmon asked.
"Oh, wow." Sora smiled.
The other humans all cheered happily at this.
"Let's see hands if you want lemonade." Joe said.
"I wonder what Yokomons eat." TK mused.
"I'll take a burger, fries and a shake." Tai said.
"Water! Water!" TK cheered making everyone look at him.
"Water?" Izzy asked.
"Look everybody, a fresh water fountain. Hurray!" TK laughed as he linked arms with Serena and dragged her over to the fountain.
"Oh, the water here is piped in from a spring at Mihirashi mountain. It's the best water in the world." A Yokomon said as she jumped onto the side of the fountain.
"Forget the world. Mount Mihirashi water is the best in all the galaxy." Tentomon stepped up beside the two 8year olds.
"Where's Mount Mihirashi?" TK asked.
"Up there." The Yokos said making the humans all look up to where a mountain was located.
"Hey, that's a live volcano." TK said.
"Yes, but the heat boils away all the germs." Yokomon said.
There was then a loud gurgling noise as everyone gathered around the fountain.
"If I'm not mistaken, that world proceeds an eruption." Izzy said.
A large pillar of fire then shot out of the fountain making everyone stand back before they could get burned by it.
"That's cool, but I still didn't get a drink." TK pouted as Serena looked over to him in disbelief while the older kids were startled.
"What is happening?" Kol asked.
"The water evaporated." Yokomon1 cried.
"That's OK because the lake is always full of water." Yokomon2 said.
"I'll check it out." Tai stood from the ground.
"Let's all go." Matt said.
The group all then ran off to the lake but were stunned to see that the water was all gone and was dry.
"The water's all gone." Izzy gasped since it was a deep lake.
"Goodness. Where did it go?" Mimi asked.
"Somebody pulled the plug." TK said.
"All right, let's not panic." Serena said.
She then ran off to the well as the others followed, dropping a wooden bucket down into the well.
It then hit the bottom, but there wasn't a splash, just a crash.
"Dry as a bone." Matt noted.
"I won't give up." Serena said.
She then pulled the rope back up, only to discover that the bucket was gone and the end of the rope had a scorch mark.
Flames then shot up out of the well making Serena stumble up and flail about.
"Look, Serena's doing a little dance for us. Is that supposed to stop the fire or bring down the rain?" Mimi giggled.
"Hey, do you remember that flying gear we saw earlier?" Matt then asked.
"It crashed right into a hillside." Izzy said.
"Great, of all the hillsides out there, the gear crashes into Mihirashi Mountain." Sora sighed.
"That's the place where the water comes from." Joe pointed out.
"That's right. The water comes from a lake on top of Mount Mihirahi, so the gear crashing into the mountain could upset our water supply. We don't dare go up there. The mountain is guarded by a fiery digimon called Meramon. He's hideously dangerous." Yokomon2 said.
Tai then bounced his telescope in his hand before he brought it to his eye and looked out over to the volcano.
"I want a closer look at that mountain. You say thus character Meramon is a fiery digimon? What does he look like? Never mind, there he is! He's coming, he's coming our way!" Tai cried.
"He burns everything he touches!" Yokomon1 cried out.
The Yokos all started yelling in fear as they bounced around.
"He never comes down off the mountain though. This is very strange behaviour for him." Yokomon3 said.
"I'm burning! Too hot!" Meramon cried.
He was sliding down the side of the mountain as everyone watched him, the top of the mountain burning.
"Meramon is a fiery digimon. There's no reason he should be in pain from his own flames. That's his nature." Leormon said confused.
Meramon sounded like he was sobbing from pain as he skidded down the mountain.
"This is weird. He's crying." Impmon said.
"Burning!" Meramon yelled.
"Sounds like he's out of his mind with pain." Sora said.
"What do we do?" Tai asked.
"Look, he's coming straight toward the village." Sora said.
"Everybody, we better figure out what we're going to do. I've never seen him move so fast. He's already at the foot of the mountain." Biyomon said as the Yokos cried out as the forest caught on fire.
"Everybody freeze. Stay very still." Sora said.
Everyone was frozen in their spots.
"You're going to need more than sunscreen to stop me." Meramon laughed psychotically.
"Don't move a muscle." Sora ordered.
"Burn, burn, burn!" Meramon yelled as they saw him entering the desert and running towards the village.
"Ah! Unfreeze and RUN!" Tai yelled.
Everyone then cried out in fear as the humans led the Yokos off to the ship, the large swarm seeming almost endless as Matt, Joe, Izzy, TK, Mimi, Serena and Kol boarded the ship first with their digimon.
"Come on, keep it moving." Tai called as he and Sora watched the opening to the ship.
"All the way to the rear." Sora cried over the yelling.
"OK, calm down, there's room for all of you. Would you stop squirming?" Matt asked as he and the others got pushed around by the swarm of pink and blue.
"Here's the next batch, Matt." Joe said carrying Gomamon in his arms while a pile of Yokos were on his back.
"Easy now. You'll be OK." Serena said.
"Who's not here?" Sora asked, then gasped as she saw her pink bird was missing.
"This is bad." She turned to the top of the crater.
Biyomon was looking after the Yokos, making sure everyone was safely down into the ship before she joined them.
"Run, come on." Sora whispered.
"Everyone keep moving now. Just follow the one in front of you." Biyomon said.
"Biyomon, save yourself. Come down while there's still time!" Sora yelled up to her.
"I can't leave here until all my friends are safe, Sora." Biyomon stated.
"All right, I suppose I'll just have to come up there after you." Sora frowned as she started running.
"Oh, this won't end well." Kol groaned as he had two Yokos on his head while one was one each of her shoulders.
"What do we do?" Impmon asked as he held an armful of Yokos.
"Hurry. Sora, you'll never make it!" Tai called after the orangette.
"Where's Sora going?" Joe asked.
"Sora, come back!" Matt called.
Sora ignored them and just kept on running towards Biyomon as the last of the Yokos finally made it down to the ship.
"Aw, good, they're all safe now." Biyomon sighed.
"Watch out! Biyomon, he's right behind ya!" Sora yelled as the flame covered giant walked u behind Biyomon making the bird fly up into the air.
"Go away, Meramon. Leave us alone. We're not bothering you." Biyomon said.
She was then backhanded by Meramon and was sent falling down making Sora pick up speed to catch her.
"Biyo! Biyo, I'm coming, Biyo!" Sora cried as the bird rolled down the side of the crater.
Sora then jumped and caught Biyomon in her arms.
"Are you OK?" Sora asked.
"Sure, I hope I never do that again. It wasn't very fun." Biyomon smiled making Sora laugh, though she had tears in her eyes from her worry.
"Thank you for coming to rescue me." Biyomon said as Sora stood and hugged her.
"Don't mention it. that's what a friend is for." Sora smiled.
"You can say that again. My friend." Biyomon smiled back.
Meramon then growled as a fireball appeared in his hand.
"Uh oh. We're still in great danger, Sora. You stay here. It's my turn to rescue you now." Biyomon glared as she slipped out of Sora's arms and flew off to fight.
Sora looked over in worry.
"You think you're really hot stuff, well you're in big trouble now." Biyomon warned as she used her Spiral Twister at Meramon making him groan in pain.
"OK big red; take that and that and that." Biyomon said as she constantly hit him with her green flames.
"Is that the best you have to offer weakling?" Meramon taunted.
"We gotta help her out. He's too big to handle." Tai said as Izzy stood beside him as Agumon, Tentomon and Patamon went off to help.
"Right." Izzy nodded.
"Yeah." Tai said as the two boys ran off.
"Catch." Meramon laughed as he created a huge fireball and threw it at Biyomon, hitting her and sending the bird down.
"Oh no! She's hit." Sora cried as Patamon, Tentomon, Gabumon and Agumon were around her.
"Biyomon." Sora fell to her knees.
"Come on everyone, we can beat that monster." Tai encouraged as he and Izzy ran over and stood beside Sora.
"What we need is teamwork." Izzy said.
"Give me your best shot." Meramon taunted.
The four Rookies sent out their attacks, but it only made Meramon grow in size.
"We need a fire extinguisher." Joe said.
"That made him bigger." Matt clenched his fists.
"Why do I suffer so?" Meramon sobbed.
"If we knew why he was crying, it might help to stop him." Tai said.
"Fire's not affecting him; I guess it's not heartburn." Izzy said.
"Ooh, this ain't good." Veemon's ears went flat as Meramon kept on growing until he was the size of the mountain.
"Maybe this monster just has growing pains." Matt suggested.
"Growing pains?" Serena turned to him in disbelief.
"Matt, this is not the time to joke." Kol yelled.
"Hope you're ready, here I come." Meramon said as he then started sliding down the side of the crater.
Whining in pain, Biyomon pushed herself up and looked over to where Sora was kneeling down looking defeated.
"Sora?" the bird asked.
"We're all in trouble now. Meramon cannot be allowed to win. My friends need my help now." Biyomon stood confidently and spread her wings as Sora's device glowed.
"Biyomon digivolve to...BIRDRAMON!"
Birdramon then flew at Meramon and lifted him up away from the others and then threw him down onto the ground.
"We'll be safe now. Biyomon digivolved to rescue us." Sora said in relief.
Birdramon cried out as she charged at Meramon.
"What's wrong Birdramon? Are you afraid of me? Let's fight!" he yelled as the large bird flew around him.
"Here, have a ball." He threw a fireball and hit her wing making her cry out.
"Don't turn your back." Sora called out.
Shaking off the attack, Birdramon flew at Meramon and got hit by the fireballs.
"Birdramon, move away." Sora yelled.
Flying back, Birdramon's wings started to sparkle as she then fired off her Meteor Wings that hit Meramon and made him shrink as he curled up in pain and then a black gear flew out of his chest before it then shattered into dust.
"It was the gear." Izzy exclaimed.
"What is it?" Patamon flew up.
"It made him crazy." Kol said.
"Right." Tai nodded.
"I suppose if you had a big black gear stuck inside of you, you'd be a little crazy too." Matt said.
"Yay! Biyomon did it!" TK cheered making everyone smile.
Birdramon then reverted back to Biyomon and swooped down over to Sora.
"Wow, every time I'm in danger, Biyomon comes to my rescue. That's what I call a friend." Sora smiled.
"Are you all right? Oh, Sora." Biyomon cried as she and the girl hugged.
"Oh, Bi. I was so worried about you. You're great. I can't begin to tell you how proud I am of you." Sora smiled.
"I wasn't the least big afraid. All I could think about was saving you because, well, you know." Biyomon said.
The fire all died down as everyone walked over to Meramon to check on him.
"Meramon, why did you attack our village?" Yokomon1 asked.
"I couldn't stop myself." He held his head.
"That must've been awful for you. if you couldn't control yourself, who was controlling you?" Yokomon2 asked.
"The last thing I remember is being hit by that gear." Meramon said.
"Well, we're just happy to see that you're back to normal. I hope nothing like this ever happens again. You're needed to protect Mount Mihirashi. Goodbye Meramon. May you always stay well. Try not to burn down our village anymore, OK?" Yokomon1 asked.
Meramon waved to everyone as they watched him walk off back to the mountain, the sun setting behind them.
"Hey, I just remembered you never got that dinenr we promised you. You must be starving." Biyomon said as she was held by Sora.
"My tummy's ready for some action." TK frowned.
(Later...)
"What is this stuff?" Tai asked.
The Yokos had given them bowls of some type of grain that the digimon were eating happily.
"Be polite and just eat it. A gracious guest never insults his host's cooking." Mimi reprimanded.
"I can't tell if it's even been cooked." Tai looked up from the bowl.
"Eat as much as you want. We have more than enough for seconds." Biyomon said.
"Well, there's probably a good reason for that." Joe said.
"You know, I was afraid that's what you were going to say." Sora stared at her food.
"It smells better than broccoli. Who knows, it might taste better." TK spoke positively.
"Had anybody noticed, we a lot about food." Matt stated as everyone ate.
"Nah, I'm not hungry." Sora said.
"I'm skipping this one too. I just don't like to eat on an empty stomach. Besides, I don't even know what that stuff is, but I'm sure I'm allergic to it." Joe said.
Everyone then laughed at the typical answer from the bluentte while Sora smiled over at Biyomon.
To be continued...