//------------------------------// // Good News // Story: Shadows of Darkness, Flames of Courage // by SuperPinkBrony12 //------------------------------// With help from the recently restored armor evolutions Groups 2 and 3 managed to make quite a bit of progress in repairing and restoring the base. Izzy was quite pleased to see the work coming along so nicely when he stopped by at the end of the day. But he was shocked to learn about the restoration of the armor evolutions. "You really shouldn't look this gifthorse in the mouth Izzy." T.K. said "Without it we wouldn't be so far along." "I know. But I just can't help but feel like there's something strange about that voice. Whoever it was." Izzy said. "Well we'll keep our guard up. But for now we've gotta focus on the bigger picture." Kari said "Something tells me that this base is our best shot at solving our problems." "How so?" Agumon asked. "It seems that for some reason this old base appears to have stronger connections with other universes. Like Equestria for example. So if we can find a way to boost the signal we might be able to reestablish contact. And if we can do that we're sure to find Tai." Kari said. "Sounds like a long shot if you ask me." Izzy said. "Well that may be so, but long shot or not we should at least give it a try. We owe it to Tai to do so." Kari said. "I guess when you put it that way you're right." Izzy said "But fo the record I think this is a bad idea." "Trust me when I say we wouldn't bother with this if there was any other way." Kari said. "I know." Izzy said. "Good." Kari said "Now then, how do you suppose we should go about boosting the signal?" "I'm not sure. But it's getting late. I'll call the other groups over here so we're all together for tonight. And in the morning perhaps I'll have the answer." Izzy replied. And he did just that. The night passed uneventfully. Everyone, including Kari slept peacefully. The next morning Izzy contacted Gennai to provide an update. "Connections between the digital world and Equestria are still down." Gennai said. "That's alright." Izzy said, and filled Gennai in on what had happened over the course of the past day. Gennai took the news surprisingly well. "So it was a mysterious voice that restored the armor evolutions huh? Well last time I checked that old base was desserted. It's possible we might have missed something, but not likely. Just be careful, and keep your eyes open for anything out of the ordinary. If you suspect anything at all contact me right away! Got it?!" Gennai said. "Will do Gennai." Izzy said. "Good. I'll contact you again if anything pops up, and I trust you'll all do the same. Gennai out." Gennai said. Izzy shut his laptop and joined the others for breakfast. Everyone was amazed at how good of a cook Willis was. He could whip up eggs in any sort of style with no trouble, and he knew how to boil both tea and coffee. Clearly he knew his way around the kitchen. "I took a wilderness survival course in school once." Willis explained "One of the requirements for passing was being able to cook your own food. They showed you the basics, but the rest was all up to you. Needless to say with skills like these I got an A+ and passed with flying colors." "No kidding." Davis said in between bites "This stuff is way better then that crap my sister calls food." "It's better then Yuuko's cooking, that's for sure." Gatomon said. She could well remember what Mrs. Kamiya's cooking had done to her. She quickly shook her head, she vowed to never relive that dreadful memory. After breakfast was over everyone set to work. But before long they hit a roadblock. Noone knew how to boost the signal that the base was transmitting. They had little time to think when there suddenly came a fierce roar. "What was that?" Terriermon asked. "I don't know." Matt said. "Whatever it is it doesn't sound friendly." Joe said nervously. "Look, over there!" Sora cried out. And she pointed to some nearby shrubery which was rustling violently, almost as if something was lurking in it. And indeed there was. A gaint green, humanoid digimon with white hair, thick scales, two sharp horns, and a bone club sprang out a moment later. Mimi, Joe, Palmon, and Gomamon recognized who it was. "It's Ogremon!" they gasped. "But what's he doing here? Leomon isn't around. And besides he changed his ways." Joe said. "Then why is he attacking us?" Mimi asked. "I don't know." Joe said "He can't be doing it willingly though. Something's got to be controlling him." "Hey, tell me if I'm seeing things but it looks like there's something stuck in his right arm." Hawkmon said. And there was. It was a long dark spiral, except it looked red instead of black. "What's a dark spiral doing on Ogremon? For that matter where did he find one?" Ken asked. "Pummel Whack!" Ogremon shouted, swinging his club at the digidestined. They barely dodged it. "Spiral Twister!" Biyomon shouted, aiming a green vortex of fire at the dark spiral in the hopes of of knocking it off. It didn't work. "Attacks like that won't do a thing against him." Izzy said "We need more power." "Terriermon watch out!" Willis shouted. Terriermon didn't notice until too late that he was directly in Ogremon's path. "Say goodbye kid!" Ogremon shouted "Bone Cudgel!" He put both hands on his club, and brought it down with the intent of crushing Terriermon. Who stood there, frozen in fear. "Terriermon!" Willis shouted. Suddenly his digivice began to glow. Terriermon was surronded by a glowing orb of energy. (Digivolution) Terriermon, digivolve to, Gargomon! (Digivolution complete) "Leave this to me guys!" Willis said "Go get Gargomon!" "Right!" Gargomon said, and blocked Ogremon's attack with ease. "What?!" Ogremon said. "Gargo pellet!" Gargmon said, firing off ammunition from the machine guns mounted on his forearms. Ogremon flinched as the attack struck him, but he still remained standing. "Pummel Whack!" Ogremon shouted, swinging his club at Gargomon. Gargomon blocked it and fired off more rounds. "This isn't working!" Izzy said "You've got to go for the dark spiral on his right arm! It's the only way you can defeat him!" "No sooner said then done Izzy." Willis said "You know what you have to do Gargomon." "Roger!" Gargomon said "Bunny Pummel!" He raced forward, putting his machine gun arms out in front of his body. He charged straight at Ogremon, like a football player about to tackle a quarterback. Ogremon attempted to counterattack, but it did no good. Gargomon suddenly sprang up, before going into a dive bomb like formation. He struck the dark spiral head on, shattering it into a million pieces. "Alright!" Willis said. "Whoo, that was exhausting." Terriermon said wearily, reverting back from Gargomon. "You did great Terriermon." Willis said. "Ow, my aching head!" Ogremon said "Wait a minute! Where am I?! How did I end up here?!" The digidestined quickly explained what had happened. "Aw man, I can't believe I let that happen!" Ogremon said. "Do you have any idea as to how you got that dark spiral?" Joe asked. "This is gonna sound stupid but I haven't even the slightest idea." Ogremon said "I was just out and about for a stroll. Minding my own business. You know, the usual. When all of a sudden something jumped me. I couldn't see who or what it was. The last thing I remember was a nasty blow to the head, and after that nothing. I blacked out. And when I came to I was standing right here." "Well, it looks we've got two mysteries on our hands now." Izzy said. "Yes. The question is, are they connected?" Cody asked. "It's anyone's guess, but we can't waste time thinking about it." Yolei said "For now we need to focus on why we came here." "Hey, if you guys need any help I'd be glad to lend a hand." Ogremon said. "You, of all digimon, want to help us?" Palmon asked. "But why?" Gomamon asked. "It's the least I can do after you guys freed me from whatever it was that was controlling me." Ogremon said. "Well the more the merrier I suppose." Joe said. With Ogremon's help the digidestined managed to boost the signal, and establish a firm connection with Equestria. Princess Celestia quickly helped them to locate Tai, and even vowed to help them bring him back. It seemed like everything was going to work after all. "Excellent. Now to put the final phase of my plan into action." the mysterious voice said.