"Digimon World: Transformation" RP Thread

[Hawkflight]

((OOC: This is the RP thread for Digimon World: Transformation. If you wish to RP in this thread, please post your profile in the sign-up thread (http://www.furrytofurry.com/furry/showthread.php?t=54441). But hurry, we will not be accepting new members once we move the story along.))

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The digital world was always a peaceful place. Digimon lived in peace and harmony, just as ignorant of the human world as the humans were of them. But in the real world, trouble was brewing, trouble which would forever change the face of the digital world.

Tensions had risen between the US, Iraq, and Iran. In the highest levels of government, Homeland Security developed DOS, a computer whose sole purpose was to analyze worst-case scenario situations.

Unfortunately, unbeknown to the humans, the data created from this program spawned a new digimon. As this digimon wreaked havoc on the digital world, many called it the ultimate evil, killing without discrimination, and for no apparent reason.

The four Sovereigns, each the protector of a different part of the digital world, appealed to AncientWisemon, who brought several humans to the digital world. Each one was given a digivice, partnered with their own digimon, and called "digidestined" from that point on.

After a long and trying adventure, the digidestined defeated DOS and its henchmen, and restored peace to the digital world. The humans returned to the human world, leaving their partners behind to protect the digital world.

But now, the peace of the digital world is once again threatened, and it's up to the digidestined to once again restore peace....

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James stretched as he go out of bed, glad as heck that it was the weekend. He glanced at his alarm clock. 10:00 AM. Mumbling, he got out of bed, tossed his plushie aside, and headed downstairs to get some breakfast.

As he finished cooking his breakfast, he sat down to eat. He drizzled some maple syrup over his eggs, stabbed a sausage, and took a bite. He paused as he thought he heard an alarm beeping upstairs.

Still munching his impaled sausage, he headed upstairs and began searching for the source of the noise. It was definitely coming from his room, but it was such a mess he couldn't find anything. Following his ears, he began rummaging through his belongings. After a while, he was about to give up when he spotted a flashing light coming from an old pile of stuff.

Rummaging through the pile, he found the source of the ruckus. It was his old digivice. Surprised but happy, he scrolled through the option on its screen, and found he had new mail. Bracing himself, he opened the message and read it.

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Thirty minutes, one breakfast, and a backpack full of supplies later, James found himself on an isolated part of the New Jersey coastline called Jersey Cove. The boardwalk wasn't too far away, but the spot was hidden from view by an indentation in the coastline and a cove of trees. As he waited for the others, he re-read the message. It was, in essence, a distress call.

Digidestined,

I know you've been wanted to come back to the Digital world, if nothing else than to see your friends. Well, now's your chance. I only wish it was under better circumstances.

DOS has survived. Using the data he acquired from his minions, he was able to scatter himself across the digital world as a swarm of what could only be called nanobots, which has begun to swarm across the digital world, deleting everything in its path. Your partners tried to stand against them but lost. I was able to save most of their data, but I need your digivices to reconstruct them.

Fortunately, the chaos caused by DOS's rampage has enabled me to open a digital gate to our world, but only briefly. Convene at Jersey Cove. Once you are all together, i will open a digital gate. Please hurry. I hate to dramatize the situation, but your partners' lives depend on it.

---XXX

[Idesin]

(Changing my age to 19, cause it's been that long >.<)

Michael, known as 'Mick' to his friends, woke up groaning. His alarm wasn't supposed to go off this early. He didn't have classes today. What was going on? Trying to de-tangle himself from the mountain of pillows and sheets that was his double-single bed, he rolled out, hitting the linoleum. "Ack, cold!" Jumping up, he wrapped one of the sheets around himself. "Sleeping naked with the window open is fine and all, but this floor is too much!" Going over to the window, he pushed it shut. Looking over at the clock, he spotted the time. "9:30? Dang, I really woke up early!" Turning his attention back to the beeping, his mouth opened as he realized it was coming from his 'study' desk. Almost tripping over himself in trying to open it he pulled out the digigdivce. Not even daring to breath, he opened it up. The letter shocked him to say the least. "The jersey shore? ... FUCK! It's gonna take me four hours to get down there! Five if I don't hit traffic! ... I got go ... I gotta pack!" His stomach grumbled at him. "I gotta eat and make sure I’m not hung over!"

Pulling on a pair of boxers, he pulled one of the suitcases he had brought up to school with him. "not going to go unprepared this time!" Throwing in his bathing suit, goggles, extra contact lenses, a warm jacket, gloves, hat, an extra pair of pants and three extra shirts, he compressed it all, and then began throwing more important things in. The boxes of snacks he had purchased to snack on in his room, three water bottles, his origami plate and camping utensils. paper, pencils, band aids, Advil, hand wash, needle and thread. Ipod, ipod charger, batteries for the charger, oooh! and his new hat! Zipping up the bag, he put his laptop and other electronics in his laptop bag. wheeling the bag behind him, he tried to be as inconspicuous as possible walking back to his car in the back parking lot.

"FUCK FUCK FUCK!" Even packing had taken him half an hour, and he STILL hadden't grabbed breakfast. He would have to get some gas station sandwich when he stopped for gas. Pulling out his cell phone he sent a text to the others. "Driveling down from Vermont. I'll be there as soon as I can!" Getting onto highway seven he put his foot down on the gas. Watching for cops he got up to 100MPH in his sabb going down the deserted highway.

[Drak Razerclaw]

Alex lay over the fender of his Trans Am tuneing it up for the races that night. He was the only one up and he liked it that way, just him, a hot pocket, classic rock on the radio, and a beeping from his tool box.... "What the hell?" He said to himself just as he finished. He walked over to the box and picked up his digivise, eagerly reading the mesage untill he got to the end. He dropped the wrinch he was holding, almost not beleiveing what he read.

"Shit it can't be.....Guilmon." Alex said as he ran inside to change and pack some things in his old backpack. Running into the kichen he grabbed some energy drinks and snacks then ran out the door. He opens the car door tossing the backpack on the passenger seat as he got in the car. In no time he was flying down the highway to the cove. Keeping an eye on the radar detector and the cars he was flying by he managed to send a text to Mick and James.

"I'm on my way. What's going on?"

[Remy]

Shane was having a simple breakfast. Toast, an egg, sunny side up, and a sausage. He was half way through the 'dog when he heard a beeping noise coming from his room. Rubbing the sleep from his eyes, he slipped on his slippers and walked sleepily over to his room. It was a cold morning. The hard wood floor of his small house was cold. He hated days like this. The cold seemed to emanate from everywhere. The floor, ceiling, walls, even the furniture and utensils seemed to be freshly frosted over.

The beeping came from his backpack, which was currently lying near his desk, the stuff in it strewn all over his desk. He rubbed the tattoo on the back of his neck, silently appreciating that it was still there despite his many showers each week. His tags hung on the chair near his desk, as well as his hoodie and the plain white sleeveless undershirt that he liked to wear under it. Rummaging around in his backpack, he came up with something he never thought would work : his old Digivice. He had two new messages, one from an unknown sender and one more from Mick, one of the other Digidestined.

He read the first message silently. Then he put on his clothes, donning an extra jacket due to the cold weather. He stuffed what he would be needing into his backpack. iPod and its accompanying charger, a pack of cards for boring journeys, two bottles of water and a few packs of biscuits. He slipped on the pair of black leather biker gloves he'd been given as a birthday present by one of his coeds. Then, grabbing his Digivice and stuffing it into his pocket and donning a pair of mirrored sunglasses and a black bandanna, he got out of the house, snagging his toast to eat along the way and the keys to his 2003 Harley Screamin' Eagle.

The engine roared to life, smashing the silence of the morning. Apologising to no one in particular, perhaps nature, perhaps unknown neighbours, he revved the engine, then gunned it and sped off into the distance.

On the straight roads that led out of his area, he texted a brief message ('Guys, what's the deal? Hope ya'll heading over to Jersey Cove. Hate to see people losing out on the fun. -Li') to the only Digidestined that he still knew : James Boggs, Michael Flanagan and Alex Radison. Hoping that they were on the way, he squinted his eyes against the rushing wind and gunned the engine, sending him on his way to another adventure in the Digiworld.

[Roshiyu Rinomaru]

Beep, beep, beep!

He knew his alarm had been going off, but to tell the truth, he didn't care. His body was sore, aching, and in need of sleep. As such, while still in the grasp of half-sleep, a hand flew towards his bedside table. Silence. No more beeping could be heard, although the sound of a water glass slamming onto his carpeted floor went unnoticed. 'Sleep... Good...' Mild snoring could be heard once more after that.

Half an hour later, Rick was still asleep. He would have slept to noon, or even one o'clock given the chance. However, once more, his sleep was interrupted. This time it would be his cell phone, the docile tones of Linkin Park, 'I won't be ignored! I can't feel...' Unlike his alarm clock, the phone was on his dresser, across the room. He couldn't hit this, and he would surely wake up before the phone shut up.

With a growl, Rick progressed from his half-sleep, to drowsy and awake. If it were one of his friends, he would kill them, simple as that. Whether it be in a game, a battle, or real life, he couldn't quite decide yet. But he would kill them. He unhooked the cell from it's charger, then looked over the text. Driveling down from Vermont. I'll be there as soon as I can!

'Oooookay' It didn't make any sense. He didn't know anyone in Vermont, and even if he did, there was no reason to come down to Jersey. Shrugging, he checked out the sender's name. Mick. He knew the name, but from where? None of his friends had that name, or nickname. No-one online either, that he knew of... And then it hit him. Digi-Mick! But then, why would he be coming to Jersey? Perhaps they were having a get-together. To bad he couldn't go, he had to work.

Shrugging, he threw on some more clothes. A pair of faded black jeans, and a relatively new royal jersey. He wasn't into biking by a long shot, but he liked the overall look. To finish off his choice attire for the day, he chose a Gears of War hat. His cell-phone was clipped to his belt soon after.

He was going to leave the room, and head down for some breakfast, but at that moment something beeped. His digivice! He almost forgot the gadget, again. Thankfully for him, the blasted thing never let him leave the room without beeping. Taking the short rout, he took a dive onto his bed, and grabbed the digivice from it's spot on his table. 'Eh, breakfast can wait.' He was more interested in seeing the details for this party.

He never expected to see a message from an unknown sender.

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The next hour had been a blur. Rick had tried to cover his distress when he entered the kitchen. However, his father had seen through the facade, and confronted him. Now his father knew of the distress message. Rick couldn't help but think this time, his dad had a choice. Allow Rick to go, or keep him from going. After the worry, and stress he went through the first time, Rick was sure it would be the latter choice.

As such, it was quite a shock when his father handed him the keys to the car. He had nodded, saying he could walk to work for a few days, before leaving the room.

The next half-hour was a blur, while Rick filled his hunting pack. At first his bed was heaped with random items, and odd baubles he felt he would need in the digital world. Needless to say, he would have needed three, maybe four packs instead of just the one. This forced him to sift through the junk, and the necessities. The main pocket was devoted to food, water, a first-aid kit, and clothing. Once that was packed, the other small pockets along the outside were filled with different oddities. Cellphone charger, Ipod charger, books, wallet, a few hunting knives, ect.

With everything packed, and in the car, he left. He didn't know what was going to happen, but in an hour, it was going to begin.

OOC: What version of digivice do we have? XP

[Idesin]

Roaring down the highway, Michale checked his watch. "Hold on Dandmon. I'm not going to let anything happen to, after you helped me become the man I am today." The car had now made it down though half of massachusests. Now he would have to be more carefull about speeding. Pulling into a gas staiton he pulled his coat tighter around himself. It was an old green swayed thing, one that went down to his knees, but it was special to him. It was what he had with him all through his first adventure. Keeping his brimed hat on, he got out of the car, walking inside. As he grabed a breakfast sandtiwch, he also asked the attended for the quickest way to jersy, since he had only ever gone from Vermont to cCnnecticut. Writting down the highways, he found it woulden't take him much longer then getting home. Grabbing some jerky and red bull, rembering how hungery he had gotten when they coulden't find food last time, he paid for it all and began filling up the car. As soon as he was done he pulled out his cell phone. "Guys, i'm getting down there as soon as posible. anybody have any clue whats up?"

[kcoar]

KC sat at her desk in her dorm, typing up a research paper on the potential existence of Digital Life forms. She laighed because her professor would probably accept it as an interesting theory, but he wouldn't come to guess what she was typing about was real and tangible. She tapped furiously at her laptop's keyboard and sighed, disappointedly.

"I kinda miss Dorumon. Mmmyep." she said absentmindedly as she took a pause to drink some water, enjoying the cool crisp almost flavorless water slide down her throat.

Almost ominously, her Digivice began to glow purple. "Doru?" KC said in awe as she lifted it up. She flipped through to find a new message. "Dorumon!" she shouted happily, though as she read the message her expression sunk.

She frowned and reread it again. "I don't like this. Not one bit, but if it's for Dorumon...." KC ran to her laptop, shut it off and placed it in her bag. She glanced at her Digivice again, the message had been replaced with some coordinates,

"Are the other DigiDestined there too? Holy hell."

KC scribbled the coordinates down on a piece of paper and snatched her car keys bear with me guys, I have 0 car knowledge) and hitched the vehicle into drive and muttered a quick 'I hope this sin't too critical..."

[Drak Razerclaw]

Alex looked up at the road sign passing by and smiled, the exit was just ahead. It was only about ten miles more to the cove and he made it in under an hour. "Shaved of half an hour not bad." He said to himself as he hit the breaks and got off the highway. A short time later he pulled up to Jersey Cove and parked the car out of the way, the deep eratic rumble of the cammed V8 comeing to a stop leaveing only the sound of the waves.

After getting his few bags out he locked the doors and made his way down the walk to the spot the message said to meet at. As it came into view he saw James standing there waiting. He yelled hi to him as he waved, picking up his pace a little. "James what's going on, have you heard from any of the others?" Alex asked as he walked up to him, pulling his phone out and checking his messages.

[Roshiyu Rinomaru]

Okay, perhaps it was a brash prediction that he would be there in an hour. His father would have been able to do it in less time, but the man was far to comfortable with driving. Rick on the other hand, was on the brink of a nervous breakdown. The worry for his digimon, plus his distress with driving, forced him to be a little conservative towards his speed. Not so much to be an obstacle to other drivers, but he was going below the speed limit.

Fifteen minutes past the estimated hour, Rick spotted the turn-off for Jersey Cove, and took it. Only a matter of minutes later, he pulled up beside another car, and turned off the engine. He sat there for a moment, to give thanks. Not only to his old, beat up, yet reliable '88 Corsica, but to chance as well. He considered it a small bit of luck that he didn't crash. With that all said and done, he grabbed his pack in the passenger seat, and got out of the car. He locked the car manually from the outside.

Judging by the other vehicles, people were already here. Not all of the group, unless they carpooled, but some. This brought on another bout of nervousness, entirely different from before. He hadn't seen these people in years, even though he should have. The only good thing was he could handle this. After securing the pack to his back, he followed the path to the chosen destination. "Yo!"

[Remy]

Rolling to a stop at Jersey Cove, Shane marvelled at the speed at which he'd traveled. Empty roads due to it being early morning and the proximity of the stop only served to quicken his journey, reaching Jersey Cove in the span of 45 minutes.

Pulling up into a parking space, Shane shut off the engine of his Harley, grabbed his pack and walked over to the meeting point. Alex, James, and another Digidestined, Rick Roshan, were already there. He walked briskly up to them while waving and yelling a greeting.

'Hey! Where's the rest?'

[Idesin]

"Ah man, I'm going to hold everybody up, again!" Hitting himself in the leg as he drove, Michael cursed himself. "I can never be in the right place at the right time. God damn it ... what if my lateness causes something bad to happen in the digiworld? Shit, I can't stand it!" As if to calm himself down he grabbed a pretzle stick from a bag he bought and began chewing on it. As he passed from massachusets into new yourk, he followed the highway tht would let him skirt NYC, and avoid the traffic. "Two hours down, two more to go. Crap ... hold on, maybe some of them are already there." Takeing out his cell, he diled James number. He was the one who lived closest to the cost. Putting it on speaker phone in his lap, he waited till somebody picked up. "hey, whats going on down there? I'm still about two hours away."

[Roshiyu Rinomaru]

Rick, while waiting, had been trying to relax. Laying upon the ground, while using his pack as a pillow. It would do no good to dwell on the fate of their digimon. Yet that was what he was doing, creating possible scenarios in his mind. Each one worse then the previous. As such, he was thankful when he heard the voice of another. He sat up, and turned towards the path, only to see Shane. Older, and different, but Shane none the less.

"Not here yet. Should be getting here soon though."

[Glacierwulf]

Walking back home from her early morning shift at work,Seth muttered to herself. "Man I almost have enough money for my new console, just a little more and I'll be blowing mutants to bits in no time, heh." Upon entering her dorm room she heard a frantic beep of her digivice. The first thoughts racing through her mind was "It this about Sokumon! Did something happen to him and the others? " After reading the urgent message, she jumped out her uniform and put on a pair of jeans and her favorite shirt. "At least this time I can pack a few things," she panted as she stuffed some supplies and her digivice in her backpack. "Hmm, I wonder if the gang will be there waiting" the wondered as the hopped on her bike and peddled out the door racing to Jersey Shore. "I hope the fun hasn't started without me. I'm coming Sokumon, hold on! "

Her mind raced as she peddled furiously, " I should stop by the store, I won't be any good to anyone if I collapse from hunger," she muttered to herself as she walked inside the very store she left from a few hours earlier. "I should probably pick up some of his favorites," she smiled reminising about her goofy partner. "I hope he's alright," she sighed as she picked up some chips and a candy bar Sokumon adored.

As she reached the register, her boss chimed "Back already? Go home and get some rest!" She shrugged her shoulder "Rest will have to wait, I have a family emergency I need to attend to. I'll probably out of state for a couple of days." He nodded "Ok, take care of yourself and don't think you'll be getting paid on your little vacation!," he said teasingly. She smiled and waved her goodbyes and proceeded on her way.

"Finally!" She groan as she reaches Jersey Shore. "I wonder where the meet up spot is," she says as she scans the area. She turns quickly upon hearing a loud greeting from a familiar voice. "That sound like..." she turned to the direction she heard the voice from. "Now you guys were going to let me wonder around by myself?" she teased as she walked over to the group, "I'm assuming the others got the message as well."

[Night Firepaw]

Finshing up on my medical study's for the day in the hospital sleeping room it was the only place I could study with out being disturbed or my mother finding out what I was up to while finshing off my egg' bacon ' sasuage sandwhich finding out what I was doing, making my way to my locker I put in the combonation lock code number.

" Opening my locker up on hearing the beeping I look dor my digivice amongest my papers and spead sheets I look at it and read the message it read (Shiriner it is howlmon please help there is trouble in the digital world please come quickly make you way to New Jersey coastline)

Shit I was meant to be studying for my medical grads today look like that will have to wait grabbing what stuff I could I lock my locker and make my way towards Dr. Kamazaki's office knocking on the door I wait to hear the enter tone from him' upon hearing it I enter his neat tidy office hearing his firm but friendly voice asking what he can do for me.

I look at him I am sorry to say this Dr. Kamazaki I am sorry to say this but I got an emergency page from my one of my friends who is very sick (I lie) I need to go and see her waiting for his reply.

Hearing his reply I am sorry please go to you friend I trust you have studied hard thoe

Hai , wakarimasu I reply (Yes I Understand)

Good because I will be testing you when you get back was his last reply now go to your friends aid.

Bowing towards Dr Kamazaki I leave his office making my way towards my car driveing home getting there within a few mintues of leaving the staff car park.

Parking up behind the building just in case my mother comes in I park facing the road, I run in thinking that my mother might be home' I write her a message explining the same thing that I told Dr. Kamazaki.

Running into my room I pack a few clothes and some food and medical supplies know that they will be well needed.

When suddenly my mum comes back rather then face her rants I head out the back window and run for my car with what I could get in I put it in the passenger side and hop in the driver seat racing down the high way as fast as I could some times doing speeds of 100mph per hour thinking shit I am going to be late hang on Holwmon I am on my way please be stronge.

[Meclio]

"You bet they did. At least this one did." Clive said as he walked up alongside Seth and clasped her by the shoulder. "Hell, I was probably first to get the message." He added, pulling out the Digivice on a silver colored chain that he had kept around his neck since back when he had first truly bonded with his Digimon. "How are you all doing?" he said with a grin. He was sure they'd be taken aback, he certainly had to look different with his hair no longer brown, but dyed white, and his fairly expensive looking clothes, as opposed to his somewhat eclectic matching of witty t-shirts and blue jeans with cruddy tennis shoes.

It had been a fairly simple journey, though a fairly long one as well. He had gotten the message very early this morning, before he had even gone to bed from the night before. Of course, he couldn't fly out that very second; at such a time there were obviously no flights. He quickly logged onto the net and booked the earliest flight from Nevada to Newark he could. Then, after packing prudently, he set his alarm and tried to catch a few hours of sleep, unsuccessfully, thoughts running through his mind. He found himself on the plane just after 6:40 AM and managed to fall asleep a few hours in and remained that way until his 2:30 PM arrival. He came directly here, stomach now growling persistently at 3:15.

[Idesin]

With nobody picking up, Michael hung up the phone. Before he knew it nother hour had passed. It was amazing! All the highways were clear, and ther were NO cops in site. He wan't shure if it was luck, or if he was takeing on a MASSIVE Karma debt, but he was glad. It almsot cut his travel time in half. Without even realising it, he had worrieldy muched though a whole bag of pretzel, and had swallowed down both water bottles. With only one pit stop for a very important bathroom break, he was soon at the beach.

Parking, he ran out onto the sand, his bags hanging awquardly off of him. "HEY!" he shouted, running over to give everybody big hugs.

[Night Firepaw]

Driving along the high way often doing speeds of 100mph + as I see the clouds of dust through the mirrors after I hit the highway at 10:30 only stopping for a brife period at a service station to fill up and also a bathroom break',... looking at my digital device thinking about Howlmon.

I get startled a little when I hearing the missed tone alert on my mobile seeing that I missed a call off of Michael,

Pushing the call back button hoping that I am not going to be later as I still have another 4 hours plus driving ahead of me while waiting for him to pick up, 'cruiseing between speed of 80mph - 100mph in my audi

[Meclio]

Driving along the high way often doing speeds of 100mph + as I see the clouds of dust through the mirrors after I hit the highway at 10:30 only stopping for a brife period at a service station to fill up and also a bathroom break',... looking at my digital device thinking about Howlmon.

I get startled a little when I hearing the missed tone alert on my mobile seeing that I missed a call off of Michael,

Pushing the call back button hoping that I am not going to be later as I still have another 4 hours plus driving ahead of me while waiting for him to pick up, 'cruiseing between speed of 80mph - 100mph in my audi

(Did you miss when Hawk said 'no, you can't join' in the signup thread or something? Because he told you no.)

[Glacierwulf]

"It's been a while since we got the gang back togther," Seth grined as she hugged Clive and Michael. "Though the circumstance of our reunion, worries me. I hope our partners are ok," she sighed as she gazed at a group of clouds. "So what's our plan?"

[Drak Razerclaw]

Driving along the high way often doing speeds of 100mph + as I see the clouds of dust through the mirrors after I hit the highway at 10:30 only stopping for a brife period at a service station to fill up and also a bathroom break',... looking at my digital device thinking about Howlmon.


Stop...It hurts my brain....Who did what to your brothers goldfish??? I can't even make sense of this crap!

[Drak Razerclaw]

Alex walked over to Seth as she hugged Michael and Clive. "You know they won't be much help if you hug the life out of them." He said with a chuckle, then continued. "As far as I know...I still don't know. I havent gotten any more messages and I don't think anyone else has either." He said with a slightly worried look.

[Idesin]

Michael Smiles at all of them. "Well, it said we would learn more. I really hope dandymon is allright. What do you think it might be?" Looking around, he smirked. "I see everybody remerd to bring suplies this time. It wasn't run running out of food last time."


(Sorry it's so short)

[Hawkflight]

James was so worried about Pupmon, that he didn't even notice when the others arrived. A few moments after the last guy arrived, he looked up, with a surprised expression on his face.

"Oh, hi! Good to see you guys again," he said. He shook his head. "Sorry, I kinda spaced there, I'm just worried about Pupmon...." He pulled a small tiger plushie out of his pocket and stared at it. Pupmon had just loved that thing, it was the only thing he had left ... and hopefully not the last. "We're just waiting on KC now," he added, looking towards the end of the beach.

[kcoar]

(sorry for not replying)

KC had gotten sidetracked...her sense of direction was pretty bad. It didn't help that Dorumon's potential danger worried her even more. "Shit, is this the place?" she saw a bunch of cars lined up and some boys around her age. "Guess so!"

KC gathered her belongings and exited the car, putting on a pair of sunglasses to shield her face. Gripping her messenger bag tightly in one had, she waved to the others. "Guys?!"

[Remy]

As Shane turned around to more voices, he saw that the whole gang was back. KC, Michael, Rick, Alex, Seth, James, the whole original crew was here.

'Damn. Everybody's back.' Shane grinned as Seth hugged him. 'I guess the only thing now is for James to tell everyone what the freakin' hell is goin' on here.'

He set his bags down on the ground, the weight of it already made his shoulder quite tired. He took out a bottle of water, popped the cap, and took a swig from it. He did remember Kudamon. He had a pack of cards that he had brought with him on their first excursion into the Digital world. Kudamon had loved playing with the ace of spades, which is why he had the tattoo of the card on the back of his neck. He absently rubbed the tattoo, remembering all the times he had with Kudamon.

'So James, when are we gonna go digital, eh?'

[Meclio]

Clive squirmed away from Michael and Seth's hugs and listened to everyone excitedly chatter quietly. He saw KC flailing an arm in the distance, obviously excited to see everyone. He waved her over with a smirk, if anyone was going to be the last to arive it would of course be her.

His attention turned back to the others as he heard Shane finish speaking. "How the hell would he know any better than us? It's not like he sent the message. I'm sure once KC gets over here something 'mysterious' will happen soon after. You all should know that's how it works by now." he said with a shrug and a smile, shaking his head at the way everyone seemed to be acting like goofy turkeys in their search for the who, when, and why.

[Hawkflight]

James shook his head as he saw all the stuff everyone was carrying with them.

"And you're sure you want to take all that stuff with you?" he asked, raising an eyebrow. "You do remember how much walking we had to do last time." In fact, it was hard to forget, he knew his feet hadn't.

There was no more time to discuss the situation, however, because as soon as KC arrived, everyones digivices started to glow. This was to be expected, however, as they always glowed when something weird (to use the technical term) was about to happen.

About ten meters away, there was a small flash of light. A single pixel of light appeared, which quickly multiplied and grew, forming a shape that resembled a blood cell on its side, much like a donut of energy, with the center a whirling vortex. Mere seconds after the first flash of light appeared, the portal was fully formed. James walked towards the portal.

"I hate to say something so corny, and by now overused," he said, as he walked towards the portal, "but let's get digital."

[Meclio]

"What'd I tell ya? Boom, straight away." Clive said, tilting the fedora down over his eyes in a cool way, waiting for the others to get through first, not wanting KC to feel ignored by having everyone go right through as she got there.

[kcoar]

KC picked up her digivice, looking between the portal and her Digivice. She looked at Clive, who seemd to be the only one to greet her and nodded. Her bag didn't feel so heavy. It was just a first aid kit, a bottle of water and a container to store food.

"Any of you dudes say Ladies First and you're getting a beating, ha ha ha" KC said nervously.

[Idesin]

"Hehe, thats why it's got wheels. Besides, I'd rather be prepared. And now that we know how to get around, it should be easier." He smiled, rembering riding on Were-earlmons back during that final battle. He had never been so psyched in his life, getting in that close to use his digivice agianst thier enemy. "And hi KZ, glad I'm not the last one. YOu make a cool late enterence ... i'm just late." Ajusting his bag, he prodly began to walk forward towards the digi-gate. However, right before he reached it, he triped on a rock, and pitched headforward in, his rolling bag falling to the side as he gripped on tightly to what was sometimes derogitly called his 'man-purse' as he fell into the portal.

(hehe, never actualy planed for him to have ALL that stuff, would make it kinda un-fun to always be perfectly prepared, right? he just has what he needs now.)

[Drak Razerclaw]

Alex chuckled at Michael's "trip" and said. "Well he hasn't changed." He picked up his backpack and started for the portal. "Damn it KC, every time you show up something happens. Well....LADYS FIRST!" He busted out as he took off running, not waiting for her to react. He jumped through thinking "Hold on Guilmon, I'm comeing."

[Meclio]

(I'd like to make a special request of spell checking. Please spell check people. Especially for what should be a well written and fairly epic RP.)

"Tch." Clive uttered, watching Michael make his way through in a klutzy manner and leave his bag behind. He bent down and grabbed ahold of the roller bag's handle after Alex jumped through, then looked to the remaining members. "All through the vortex that are going through the vortex, eh?" He said, jesturing with his free hand toward the portal. "And you know I'd never refer to you as a lady squirt." he added, nodding in KC's direction.

[Roshiyu Rinomaru]

"So," Rick began while getting up, "If it's ladies first, and our dear Alex went first, does that mean he's had a sex change recently?" Judging by the grin on his face, Rick also knew it was a bad joke, but he had said it anyway. He couldn't really change himself, and the opportunity for a remark was there. In a matter of seconds, he had his pack secured, and he was ready to go.

While he was the farthest from the portal to begin with, that didn't mean much in. In no time, he was standing in front of the swirling vortex, beside Clive. "So, one at a time, or all three of us together?"

OOC: I'm up for either option truthfully. Each has their pros and cons.

[Meclio]

Clive couldn't help but be Clive either, and so pushed Rick into the portal because of his lame attempt at humor. Then he proceeded to take off his fedora and tuck it away in his backpack with his other belongings. He had a bit of a case of hat hair, but didn't pay it any mind, he just didn't want to lose the hat in the portal.

(Hawk answered my question in the signup thread. I guess, after this, we should do all OOC in that.)

[Remy]

Shane walked past Clive and looked back at the crew. He remembered all the times that he did have with them on their previous trip into the Digital World. Rubbing the back of his neck, he had the feeling inside that he wanted to be reunited with Kudamon, yet again.

He walked to the portal and, in an attempt to at least look that little bit stylish, turned round and gave the others a salute.

'See you guys on the other side.'

He then took a step back, then fell backwards through the portal.

[Hawkflight]

James stepped aside as he watched the others step through the portal. Looking around to make sure no-one had left anything behind, he put the tiger plushie back in his pocket, took a deep breath, and stepped through the portal.

***

James glanced about as he fell through the portal. The first time he had fallen through, he hadn't been expecting it. But this time, he knew what to expect, so he could really take in what was happening. For better or for worse.

First, came the sensation of falling through a world of white. White below him, white above him, white all around. He could imagine seeing a large box with a giant red X in it, and chuckled at the thought.

Then, slowly, from the bottom up, his body began to pixelize, then disappear as his body was transformed into data. Seeing his companions not too far below him, he tapped his chest and gave them the peace sign, before blacking out.

***

In one of the higher realms of the digital world, AncientWisemon stood gazing at a wall of digital displays. Slowly turning around, he continued to gaze as the wall circled around, forming one large circular wall of screens. His eyes locked onto a bank of screens, showing what appeared to be various data about the digidestineds' digimon.

Suddenly, one of the screens began to flash red. AncientWisemon consulted the screen, summoned what looked like a holographic keyboard, only a thousand times more complex, and began inputting commands.

Azulongmon, one of the four digimon sovereigns, was inputting data on his own keyboard. He paused to speak to AncientWisemon.

"AncientWisemon, there is no time," he said. Baihumon, another of the four sovereigns, glanced over.

"I'm forced to agree," he said. "There is no way the digidestined will get here in time to save their partners. Even if we had their digivices right here, there's no time to reprogram them to accept their data."

AncientWisemon glanced at the four sovereigns. "There may be another way," he said calmly. "I'm uploading a program to the system for authorization."

The four sovereigns examined the program. "Are you crazy?!" demanded Zhuqiaomon. "It'll never work! And even if it does---"

"Enough, Zhuqiaomon!" snapped Azulongmon. "Do you want DOS to overrun the digital world again? This could be our only chance to stop him! I'm inputting my authorization." Azulongmon inputted his command codes into the system, and Zhuqiaomon sullenly followed suit, followed by the other two sovereigns.

"Barkin' mad, that 'un," muttered Ebonwumon.

***

James slowly opened his eyes, woozy from the trip through the portal. He had been expecting it, but that didn't make it any more pleasant. But this time it was even worse. This time, something about his very body just seemed ... wrong, somehow. But he couldn't quite figure out how.

Standing up on all fours, he shook his fur out. Perhaps a drink of water would clear his head enough so that he could think more clearly. Padding over to a nearby lake, he lapped up some water, then took a good look at his reflection. Something was off, somehow. Something wasn't right. Something ... he blinked his eyes. Then he screamed, as he realized what was wrong. He was Pupmon.

He had transformed into Pupmon!

[Idesin]

Michael felt himself falling and falling, tumbiling head over heels as he contiued the mommentum of his trip though the portal. Feeling, rather than seeing the barriara to the digital world, he had one last moment to give his friends a plafull sallute beofre he began to break into digital data, headfirst.

Michale felt himself thrown headfirst into the soft digi-grass, getting a facefull of flowers. Coughing a bit, he stood up, braceing himself against a tree. Looking around, he trie to figure out where his bag had gone, when it hit him in the back of the head. He stood back up rubbing at the back of his head. "OUCH! Glad that I left my other lugage back there I guess ... ... ... waita second ... has everything gotten bigger around here? I don't rember the trees being this tall, or the flowers growing up to my shin" Brusshing off his pants, he had a sudden gasp. There, looking out of the water at him was his digimon partern. "Danddymon!" Thursting his arms into the watter, trying to drag his friend out before he drowned. But he felt nothing more than watter.

Stuned, he slowly sat back on his haunches. He looked down at his arms. How many times had he joked with Dandymon about the frills that obscured his hand ... and ... wow, so thats howhe saw out of the newsboy cap ... but ... if ... if he was Dandymon ... He stood up quickly, looking around. He coulden't belive it. He WAS Dandymon! From the frills to the cap to the watch to the cane, there was the cane!" Running over he grabed it, hugging it to himself. Slowly though, he got a strange feling out of the cane. Lookingdownat it, he could almost hear the cane speaking to him. It was telling him everything would be allright. That Dandymon wasn't gone forever. He let out one of Dandymons quasi-creepy smiles of joy. "Well ... I guess the upside of this is tat i'm no longer fat .." Sunddely, he turned arond as he heard the other digi-destin start to land behindhim. Stikeing the cane to the ground, he struck a fine stance with the cane, lifting n it as he consulted his watch. "About time you commoners arived." He said, channeling Dandymons haughty attiude.

He still had no idea how or even if he would carry around what was now in his bag, being more than a foot and a half shorter.

[Remy]

As Shane fell through the blankness that was the transition between reality and the Digital world, he decided to show off a little to the other Digidestined that were still in the transitional phase. He did one forward flip, but that's as far as he went before -

Flumph

Ow.

He'd landed face first in the grass. Propping himself up on a paw, he rubbed his snout where he'd hit it when he fell. As he got up, he forgot about the bag he took through. It clonked him on the head, sending him back into the grass. He got back up, rubbing his furry head where the bag had struck hi-

Wait a moment. Snout? Fur? Paws? Something isn't right.

He padded to a nearby lake, where Pupmon was standing, somewhat confused as to what was going on. He peered at the lake's surface and at his reflection. Kudamon peered up back at him. Then he realised :

I'm.... Kudamon?! What the hell did James get us into now...

[Idesin]

"Still haven't figured it out yet gents" Dandymon said walking over, swinging the large watch on the chain. "Rember what it said about needing us here to save our digimon. Something tells me that our friends were damaged beyond ordinary repair, andthey needed a host life force to sustain them, until a more perment way can be found." He paused for a second, and shook his head. "Sorry, what I mean is, don't worry guys, I'm shure they are allright ... after all, you can hear a bit of Dandymon talking though me, can't you?" He smirked. "He always was a bit of a pompus ass, wasn't he." (Hey, who you calling pompus!) (*sighs*)

[jakaidaprince]

(ignore this)

[Drak Razerclaw]

I'm finally back...it's been so long...and yet...it seems like just yesterday. Alex thought to himself as he fell through nothing, all the memories of their last trip going through his mind. "Guilmon." He said to himself looking at his hand as he made a fist, just then his body disolved into digital information.

A second later his vision came back...just in time to see his snout slam into the ground. "Ouch...that hurt hehehe..." He said as he slapped his paw over his mouth...wait...he knew that voice...in a crowd of a million shouting voices he would still know. It was Guilmon's...but...it came from him. He ran to the lake and looked down, he was Guilmon...but how? His ears twitched as Kudamon and Dandymon talked, it all made sense now.

The digimon sovereigns had sent the mesage, and somehow they combined them with their digimon. "How close did we come to loseing them?" He asked as he looked at the others, all of them in some state of confusion. "And you were a popass Michmon, hehe." He said with a giggle as he lightly tapped Dandymon on the back of the head.

[Idesin]

Dandymon smirked at him. Suddenly a voice spoke into his head. 'Come on, you gonna take that? Give him a good wack back!' 'Dandymon?' 'your not getting rid of me that easily ... and don't speak out loud, ya only got me in your head ... that, or your crazy'

Dandymon smiled, and then he gave Guilmon a sharp tap on his back with his cane. "Is everybody here?"

[Roshiyu Rinomaru]

While Rick wasn't expecting to be forced into the portal, he didn't mind all that much. He enjoyed the digitization process the first time, and he'd enjoy it all the more now that he knew what to expect. The only part he worried about, was the landing. Last time it didn't hurt at all, although it should have. All in all, he wished for the same type of landing, as he drifted through the white zone. It didn't last long though, before he was dismantled into millions of pixels. During the process, Rick blacked out.

~~

When he awoke, Rick found himself sprawled out on a tree limb. Odd, but not entirely unreasonable. He wasn't in pain, and that's all that mattered at the moment. He dug both of his hands between himself, and the tree branch without much difficulty, then pushed himself up into a sitting position. 'That's odd,' He thought, 'Something feels off...' In truth, he felt he was far to light, and heavy at the same time. Hard to explain, but maybe it was due to his pack? He reached over his shoulder, and found that his pack was still there, if a little loose.

By doing that, he noticed one thing that stood out like a sore thumb. His arm was yellow, and covered in fur. His feelings about that were mixed. Part of him felt that it was normal, another felt it was completely wrong. He withdrew the arm, so he could see it entirely. A gauntlet covered his wrist, purple, and with a tao symbol. It wasn't black, he had never worn purple, the only conclusion left him shocked, and confused. He wasn't himself, and had somehow changed into a digimon. There were very few digimon he knew of, that wore gauntlets. One was his partner, Renamon. The yellow fur only confirmed that.

That was when his second revelation hit him. Renamon were only female. He was male... Well, that explained the added weight he felt on his chest. He couldn't help but chuckle. With all that fur he never expected she had much of a chest. But, what the hell was he going to do?

Once he asked that, he, or at least a part of himself felt irritated. Of course she knew what she was going to do! Phase in to where the others were. They weren't that far, only fifty feet or so to the right. He gave a mental shrug, and did just that. In but a moment the Renamon disappeared from her perch.

Only to reappear about about ten feet beyond her original mark, and at the height she was at originally, sixteen feet or so? Needless to say, the Renamon splashed down into the shallows with a mix of a belly flop, and a cannon ball. Rick surfaced soon after, gasping and sputtering "That's harder then it looks." The voice he spoke in was that of his partner.

[Meclio]

-----

[Glacierwulf]

Seth sighed and leapt into the portal, " Always last" she chucked as she ran after everyone. She watched in amazement as her body began to break down into pixels " I'll never get used to this as she watched nervously. But something about this feels off..." She closed her eyes and braced herself as she began falling twords the digital plane.

She awoke half an hour later. "Well at least I'm not hurt," She thought still laying on the ground. "I wonder were everyone else landed, they can't be too far away. I do have to say that I do feel a little weird." She moved to push herself to only to fall back down in a cloud of dust. "What the hell!" She thought as she realized her arms weren't there. She panicked for a minute before calming herself taking deep breaths. "Ok, there has to be some kind of exclaimation for this." She thought, not a second later she felt her nostrils tingling "Crap I must have inhal-ah...Achoo!!" As she sneezed a blast of purple matter spewed from her mouth, the force of it pushing her into an upright position. "Wait, that looked just like Sokumon Venom Blast...attack," she spoke in Sokumon's voice as she gazed at her cobra shaped shadow. "Di-did I become Sokumon?," she yelled as she wiggled her tail. "I'm sure if it, no other digimon has this scale pattern. Of course, the whole having no arms or legs thing will take some getting used to." She muttered as she slowly attempted to slither, before falling over exposing her crimson red belly. "I thought Sokumon were male only, does that mean I'm a guy now?," she chuckled as she turned over shaking the dirt of her grey and brown scales. "Well, I'd better look for the others," she said slowly slithering. "At least I'm getting the hang of this."

[Meclio]

Clive looked to KC, waiting. She seemed frozen in place; like something was weighing on her mind or that she was afraid. "What's on your mind?" he asked her somewhat awkwardly. "I... can't. I can't go..." she stammered. Clive had thought that she had seemed pretty nervous since her arrival but couldn't put his finger on why. "Well why not? This isn't like the KC I remember." he prodded. "I just... I can't. Okay?" she said, folding her arms and looking down and away, some sort of inward regret or self cursing evident in the fragile, rather than stern, body language. Clive felt conflicted and a bit squirmy about the situation, he couldn't just leave her like this... but it wasn't like the portal was something that could wait very long. "I can't leave it at that KC. I need to know why you can't go with us if you can't... maybe see if I can't convince you..." He said, taking a step towards her. "No." she said firmly, looking back at him and uncrossing her arms. "You need to go. Don't worry about me." she stated. "But-" he began in response. "Go!" she interrupted, an odd look on her face. "You have to go Clive. You have to. Alright? Every second counts." she said, clutching her Digivice tightly. Clive bit his cheek as he mentally grasped for what to do, discord in his feelings. "Gah! Alright!" He said, turning away quickly with an arm outstretched in her direction as if trying to dismiss the situation, his frustration and indecisiveness evident in his jerky motions. He turned back toward the portal and slowly stepped up to it, fiddling with his wrist as he did so. He flung one of his wristbands at KC, who caught it with a blank look. "Take care of that for me KC. I'll want it back the next time I see you." he said comfortingly, then proceeded to pick up Michael's bag and clutch it to his side with one arm. "Goodbye for now kid." he added in a calm tone, glancing at her for a moment before stepping into the dimensional doorway and disappearing.

As Clive Liuqnart Redips drifted in the sea of white toward his destination his mind was blank. There was no way to change his decision now and worrying about what to do next wouldn't help anything for the moment. He pulled out his Digivice from around his neck and stared at it. He ran his fingers over the face of the device fondly... accidentally pushing a button. This seemed to cause havoc in the form of many different beeps to let loose from the Digivice, which had apparently been quite busy, and Clive felt electricity flow through him, it was a quick and powerful shock that stung badly. Badly enough for him to cry out a bit as his transitional trip came to an end...

When he awoke it was with quite a start, a bit of thrashing, and in the middle of a field of tall grass under a bright sun. 'How... how did I fall asleep?' he thought, sitting up and staring forward at nothing. 'Or... did I black out from that shock...?' he pondered, scratching the back of his head. He stopped dead. That wasn't his hand, nor was that the back of his head. He looked at his new hands quickly, his heart pounding in alarm. These were Pianissimon's hands, he realized, as he flexed her three digited appendages. His mind raced with questions, but his pulse relaxed to a state of being only somewhat faster than normal. He stood up and looked around the happy suroundings, a light breeze blowing through his warm, sun drenched, fur. He was indeed in the middle of a field, pretty much literally, there was nothing else other than a single large tree in the open area either. Off in the distance... quite far, farther he knew than he could ever have detected a sound before, he heard the laughter of other Digimon, likely at play. Feeling that rushing wasn't the best thing to do at the moment he took the time to look down at his new body. His obviously female body. He felt his face blush deeply. He was a she now and this hit him deeply, much more than being a Digimon did. He was going to have to get used to thinking of himself that way, at least for now, he mused. She looked at, and then timidly touched, herself in several mostly innocent places. It was all so familiar and yet all so new at the same time.

(Bwa ha ha. I'm in yer RP, dwarfing yer posts.)

[Idesin]

(well KZ, this is why we shoulden't post. I just asked Hawk, and apparnely we CAN"T didigvoove at this point ,and were not suposed to get attacked till he has the bad guys attack us, so if any of that had been crossed ...)

Dandymon looked around. "So ... if were like this ... then everybody should ... where did they go?" He looked around. Hooking his cane into the crook of his arm he held his ruffels up to his ... mouth and yelled. "HEY! Where is everybody!?"

[Hawkflight]

((Right, so I've got a few minutes just to tell you: mingle a bit, get used to being a digimon, and I'll try to advance the plot soon.))

James --- Pupmon --- shook his fur, stil trying to get used to this. He vaguely heard the others talking around him, but he wasn't really listening to them. After a moment, he bent down to lap up some water, and spotted a fish in the stream. Without even thinking about it, he pounced the fish playfully, then let it go. He bounded after the fish, then stopped.

Wait a second, he thought. What am I doing? I shouldn't be focusing on fish, I should be focusing on a way to get us out of this mess. He padded back over to the others, his legs and belly fur soaking wet. He shook his fur to get himself dry.

[Drak Razerclaw]

Alex had wondered into the woods looking for a sent that he found straingly familiar. Just as he was passing a tree on one side of a large patch of brush he heared At least I'm getting the hang of this. He quietly made his way around the foliage and peeked out. It was Sokumon, he grinned and with a giggle he jumped out and grabbed him yelling. "Sokumon, where have you been?!" As they rolled to a stop, just then the gender question popped into his head. "Wait...Seth?...if your a chick...and Sokumon...how in the hell dose that work?" He asked with a puzzled look as he got back to his feet. "Oh and sorry, you know how Guilmon is." He said with a light smile.

[Glacierwulf]

Sokumon yelped as pounced him "Guilmon? Guilmon have you seen Alex?! When I fell to the ground I woke up as Sokumon, and I'm not sure where everyone else is" he hissed quietly. "As for your question, I'm not sure about the mechanics myself, but I think I'm male now?" He sighed as he attempted to make sense of the gender shifting process. He rolled over attempting to get up " Things are so much complicated without arms..."

[Roshiyu Rinomaru]

Rick slowly dragged himself out of the river. He wasn't injured, which was good. However, such a landing was rather disgraceful. If anyone had seen it, he would be hearing about that for a long time... Good thing it was only Dandy on the shoreline, he was never the most observant of the group. "Right behind you," Rick said, as the Renamon strolled onto land, "At least I'm here. Can't speak for the others, though."

[Hawkflight]

As James padded back over to the others, he saw Rick, as Renamon, try to teleport and fall right into the river. Snickering, he walked up to her ... him, he corrected himself, and sat down.

"Nice landing," he snickered. Then he grew serious, overriding Pupmon's playful attitude for a moment. "Have either of you seen the others? We need to find them, it's best if we stick together."

[Idesin]

Mick, now Dandymon chuckled, offering Rick, now Renamon one of his large ruffels so he/she could dry her face. "I think they ended up in that field over there ... hey, since were our digimon, you think we have thier powers? DANDY HANDS!" (this is only if you take the offerd ruffle, hope you do) With a sudden >POOF< hundreds of flowers - roses, tulips, crystantimums, tiger lillies, all kinds - rushed out of where his hands were, givin Ranamon a good facefull of th attack. Or almost, thankfully it glanced off of him/her not hurting her, but giveing her a good dusting of flowers.

"EEEP! Sorry about that! Sorry!" He said, trying to brush the flowers off of her, posibly getting a little to close to seeing if he/she was a boy/girl now.

[Drak Razerclaw]

Guilmon looked at Sokumon and giggled. "I am Alex, or at least I think I am. I'm still a little confused myself." He sniffed the air looking in the direstion he came from and cocked his head to the side a little. "I think the others are all together now, we should get back. Maybe we can figure out whats going on." He said as he started walking, his tail lightly slapping Sokumon on the side. "Oops, sorry...I'm not use to haveing a tail following me around." He said looking back and seeing him stareing at him.

[Glacierwulf]

Guilmon looked at Sokumon and giggled. "I am Alex, or at least I think I am. I'm still a little confused myself." He sniffed the air looking in the direstion he came from and cocked his head to the side a little. "I think the others are all together now, we should get back. Maybe we can figure out whats going on." He said as he started walking, his tail lightly slapping Sokumon on the side. "Oops, sorry...I'm not use to haveing a tail following me around." He said looking back and seeing him stareing at him.

"Huh, so you too? I wonder if everyone's been affected by this." He said concerned, watching Guilmon. He hissed with surprise as Guilmon's tail knocked him over. "Hey, I just got up from some falls, having to arms or legs is hard you know!," he chided playfully belly down on the dusty ground before remembering their current situation. "We should look for the others " He said pushing himself up and sniffing the air in the same direction as Guilmon. "I guess you have the sent following covered" Sokumon said as he laid on the ground belly down "Sokumon once did this to sense the vibrations of enemies near by, maybe it'll work for finding out friends," he thought focusing in on the rumbling sensations. "It does seem like there's a lot of movement over there, let's go." He said as he pushed himself up, and faced the direction Guilmon scented beginning to slither. "Well, at least I'm getting used to this body...kinda. I guess I'm really a digimon for the moment."

[Drak Razerclaw]

"Right." Guilmon said nodding as he started walking nest to Sokumon, being a little more careful this time. "It feels like he's part of me, like we share the same mind." He said, thinking aloud as they made their way. "I can't explain it...I just hope we can set this right."

[Remy]

'I think we're all gonna be stuck like this, until we can find out what's going on, of course.'

Shane, as Kudamon, padded over to the rest of the group, the bell on the tip of his tail tinkling softly as it swung from side to side. He'd left his bag where it dropped, in case the others decided not to drag along any extra baggage. He stopped near Renamon where she climbed out of the river, sopping wet.

'So, I guess you guys shared the same plight as I did?'

He stood there with his arms folded, like Kudamon would normally stand while contemplating about their next course of action when they were on their first adventure here. He didn't see what was so funny about the entire situation. Clearly James had screwed up something during the transition, or else they wouldn't inhabit the bodies of their partners when they came in the other side.

[Idesin]

Dandymon nodded. "Well, lets see who's here ... hold on ... several are missing. I say our first order of business is to find the others. We've got to stick together, and make sure we're not caught unaware ... Somebody grab what we might need from the bag, I'm thinking transportation might be a problem, and being Digimon food won't be the problem it was last time for us. Neither will shelter or clothing, but a blanket or two won't be a bad idea. Now, I'll set off a few Dandy Hands to try to attract the others to us, and then we'll slowly start moving towards any noise we here, K?" HE didn't know WHERE all this leadership was coming from, but somebody had to do something, and he'd be damend if he was just going to stand and fr ease like he did last time.

"DANDY HANDS!" He shouted, his arms thrown up in the air, releasing fireworks of digi-flowers up into the air.

[Glacierwulf]

Sokumon stopped as flash ahead caught his eye "Did you see that Guilmon..err Alex? It might be them trying to signal us!" He turn to the red lizard. "It could also be some enemy digimon trying to lure us in..." He paused, with a frown on his scaley lips, flaring his nostrils. "What do you think?"

[Idesin]

Dandymon cupped his hands around his mouth. "HEY! ANYBODY OUT THERE! COME ON GOVANERS, WHERE ARE YOU!?"

[Remy]

'Here, Dandymon -- eh, Michael. Let me try.'

He padded over to where Michael stood, and looked up into the sky. He closed his eyes, gathering his energy. The markings on his back began to glow, and he yelled out : 'Holy Shot!' before he opened his mouth and fired a blast of holy energy in a straight line into the sky.

As the markings faded, he closed his mouth as he commented to Michael : 'That should do it. Let's hope that the rest will be able to notice that.'

[Hawkflight]

Pupmon watched as his compatriots sent up some fireworks, then plopped over onto his side to wait. He began to get an itch behind his ear, so he scratched it with a hindpaw, then shook his fur out.

"Ugh, digi-fleas," he muttered. Just then, a cold wind began to blow across the grassy clearing. Cold in temperature, yes, but also cold in the same way that hot sauce is spicy, cold with dread. Pupmon's fur began to stand on end.

At that moment, a large, grotesque digimon flew into the clearing. It had metallic black skin, tattered black wings, crimson claws, and four red eyes. Stats flooded James's mind, courtesy of Pupmon. Devidramon, champion level, virus type. Attacks: Crimson Claw, Red Eyes, and Dark Gale. James instinctively took a step back in fear.

"Oh. Crap."

[Idesin]

Dandymon looked up as he heard Pupmon. "What ho? Thats quite the site chaps. You, uh, don't suppose it's friendly, do you govena?" He asked more to himself than to others. He got his answer in what felt like a mental kick in the ass from the Dandymon side of him. Dandymon had always been on him about his habit of not judging on first impressions and how somebody looked. He had had the last laugh last time, but as he 'downloaded' some more info about who this digimon was he only had one thing to say.

"Ballocks"

[Glacierwulf]

"I'm going to go on ahead Guilmon. If I run into trouble or find the others I'll shoot off my Neblem Blaster into the air. It's fairly early in the day so there should be no mistaking it" Sokumon said as he began to slither off towards the lights in the sky. "Those attacks look familliar so I'm sure it's them" He said flicking his tongue, trying to pick up familliar scents as he continued slithering. "Hey Shane, Mick, James!" He called as loud as he could. He sighed hearing no response. "They have to be clo...'" a sudden ominous chill interrupted his sentence. He quickly slithered into some underbrush "That...feels different. Something's here." He scanned his surroundings and continued moving in the shadows. "I should be fine as long as I stay out of sight, but something tells me the others might be in trouble." He thought as he picked up his pace. It wan't long before he found some familliar faces and the source of the sudden chill in the clearing. His mouth dropped "It's Devimon... This is the last thing I need, I haven't even gotten used to using my attacks yet and I might have to fight." He paniced before turning to the group "That looks like Pupmon, Dandymon and Kudamon, maybe the same thing happed to Mick, Shane, and James, if that's the case we might ne in trouble..." He thought as moved towards them. "Maybe they can keep his attention until I can get over to them. We'll have a stronger front together."

[Remy]

Shane turned back at his compatriots comments, the cold sending a shiver down his back. The bell on his tail tinkled a lot louder in the wind. As he looked up, data flowed into his head, informing him of the digimon that he, Michael and James were facing.

A Champion?! This is taking things a little too quickly now! Kudamon, still stuck in his head, noted. Kudamon, although having a down-to-business character about him, was still very surprised that they were going to have to face down this monster.

'So, uh. What we do now?' The Devidramon was getting closer and closer, its intent clear in its eyes. Shane backed up a step, careful not to attract too much attention. The bell on his tail continued to tinkle in the wind created by the Devidramon's wings. He hoped that the rapid-fire tinkling wouldn't attract it, or worse, infuriate it.

[Drak Razerclaw]

Guilmon was trying to figure out a strange smell he had picked up just after they had stopped when Sokumon slithered off. Just then he saw it pass by a clearing in the tree tops, Devidramon. "Oh-no." He growled as he started rushing to catch back up to Sokumon by the edge of the woods. He emerged in-between Devidramon and the others, his eyes fixed on the champion digimon. "To what do we owe the honor of this visit?" Guilmon asked with a growl, ready to strike if Devidramon were to go on the attack.

[Glacierwulf]

Sokumon blinked as Guilmon rushed past him "Hey! We should have at least made a plan." he called as he chased after Guimon. "There's just no helping it. Pupmon!" He called out, panting as he emerged along side of Guimon. "We'd better come up with a plan or we'll be blasted to bits." He said with a hiss, as he turned back to the others.

[Hawkflight]

Devidramon didn't even seem to hear the digidestined speak, whirling up a windstorm with its wings. Pupmon squinted, straining to see as grass, sand and water was flung in his eyes. "This is harder than it looks," he muttered, inaudible over the wind. But even as he complained, he remembered last time he was in the digital world, as a human, and how guilty he felt that he couldn't fight. Now he could.

"Everybody!" he shouted over the storm, his voice regaining some of its old confidence. "We have to digivolve!"

Even as he spoke, he was already focusing on digivolving himself, with a little help from Pupmon. But something was wrong. He felt the power flowing through him, but it was building up, as though the energy of digivolution couldn't quite do its work. And as a result, the energy was building to a peak, and Pupmon felt a pain in his stomach. Suddenly, there was a blinding flash of light, and pupmon lay on the ground, whimpering in pain.

[Idesin]

(you woulden't happen to have a link to a pic of our enemy, would you?)

"I'd say that digivolving is a going to be a bit sticky, what? I vote we beat a hasty retreat gentlemen and fair ladies, tally ho!" Running forward he picked up pupmon. "Ugh, your heavy ... I mean, what what, you are rather large." Struggling back, Dandymon tried to make for the cover of the tree line.

[Drak Razerclaw]

Guilmon growled as everything started flying, he didn't hear Pupmon untill he yelped in pain. He turned his head, still shielding his eyes and saw him laying on the ground. "Dandymon, this is no time for jokes! Just get him out of here, I'll try to keep Devidramon distracted!" He yelled at Dandymon then turned back to face their opponent. "Pyro Sphere!" He growled as a fireball erupted from his mouth and shot straight at Devidramon.

[Idesin]

Dandymon continued on pulling his friend into the trees. Throwing him behind a bush he got behind it as well. "Well ... Your safe ... Now, time to Digivolve ... problem being I've never done it before." He face-palmed himself ... or rather, he ruffle-hat-ed himself. "Do you flex a mussel or something ... Come on, Dandymon could always Digivovle when somebody was in trouble, and I really think now qualify!"

[Hawkflight]

Pupmon stirred as Mick started trying to figure out how to digivolve. Still whimpering in pain, he managed stand up.

"Don't try," he managed. "Trust me on this one."

(OOC: Come on, guys, where are you?!)

[Drak Razerclaw]

Devidramon simply batted Guilmon's attack back at him, only now it was twice as fast. Guilmon only had time to growl, "Shi..." before he was hit. He roared as he was sent flying back, he hit the grownd and slid to a stop just a few feet from Pupmon and Dandymon. "Well that didn't work out too well." He whimpered a little as he slowly forced himself to his feet. "Well we're too weak to fight him...and...we can't digivolve. What the hell do the Sovereigns expect us to do here if we can't even do that?" He said panting hard as he tried to shake off the hit, Devidramon just glareing at him...waiting.

[Idesin]

(what are we waiting for?)

[Hawkflight]

((*sigh* Sorry guys, I ... kinda neglected this. People haven't been posting, so I kinda ... whatever. Posting now, and I hope everyone else follows my example. Or I'll have you for lunch. *glares*))

James watched helplessly as his friends fought Devidramon, and were subsequently defeated. He tried to charge back into the battle, but he was still weak from the failed digivolution. Something was pricking him in the back of the mind, but what? He got the feeling it was important somehow, but it would have to wait until Devidramon was taken care of.

"I ... think you're right," he said to Mick, aka Dandymon. "We need to get out of here." He tried to raise his voice, but before he could work up the energy, a blinding beam of light swept through the air, striking Devidramon in the chest. There was an explosion of light, and when it cleared, Devidramon was gone.

"Who ... what....?" Pupmon looked around, trying to find out who had saved the group, and found his answer as what appeared to be an angel with a helmet over its head touched down on the ground.

"Angemon!" James exclaimed, rushing up to meet him. Angemon was an old friend of the group, he'd helped them out when they'd first come to the digital world with their digimon.

"So what the Soverigns said is true," he said to himself, nodding thoughtfully. "Are you alright?" he asked the group.

[Idesin]

"We are now that you've saved our sorry hides old chap, what what!" Dandymon said enthusiastically, spinning his cane around. "Your timely arrival is most fortuitous for us it would seem. You wouldn't't happen to know what happen to ours and our digimon, would you?" He looked up, the cap looking at the helmet.

[Hawkflight]

Angemon and Pupmon glanced at each other. Pupmon just shrugged his shoulders and shook his head.

"Don't look at me," he said. "He's been talking like this since we got here."

Andgemon just chuckled and turned to Dandymon. "I am not sure," he said. "That is why we need to revisit the Sovereigns, so they can figure out what happened to you and fix it."

[Idesin]

"Well then, we better jolly well hurry up, shouldn't we ol chap? What what!"

Dandymon leaned on his cane, smiling at anglemon.

'Have you gone crazy Mick?'
"Hey, I thought we were getting closer like this."
'yeah, but am I really even here?'
"Hey, don't call me the crazy one ... Don't look at me like that you two, i'm not crazy!"

[Remy]

As Angemon drove off their pursuer, Kudamon stopped running. As Dandymon ranted in his usual way about their predicament, Kudamon went to Pupmon and Angemon and listened in to their conversation.

'I agree. We should head to the Sovreigns. Find out why the hell are we bonded with our partners...Like this.'

Hey, I heard that. Was that an insult?
'No, no. I kinda like it like this. But we still need to find out why we're like this in the first place.'