Applejack squinted slightly as she looked down at the mountains from atop Pegasusmon’s back, carefully surveying the landscape as it flew by below her. From what she’d heard, the control spire wouldn’t be hard to miss, though she was starting to have her doubts about the claim.
Still, she wasn’t about to give up just yet. In the eyes of her friends, she’d always been a remarkably stubborn pony, and she wasn’t intending on leaving without destroying the control spire first. It was the least she could do to repay T.K. for saving her life.
The silence was suddenly broken when T.K. spoke up.
“See anything yet, guys?”
“Nothing so far, I’m afraid,” replied Pegasusmon.
“Same here.” replied Applejack “Ah’m beginning to think there ain’t no control spire here at all.”
“Well, keep looking.” replied T.K. “We know there’s one out here somewhere.”
The three continued their search for some time, looking among the mountains for something. Just as Applejack was about to give up, however, she caught something in the corner of her eye.
“Hey T.K. Ah think I see something over there!”
T.K. looked back to see Applejack pointing at one of the nearby mountains, where a small black shape stuck out the mountainside.
“That does look suspicious,” T.K admitted., “let’s check it out, Pegasusmon.”
At his partner’s request, Pegasusmon turned around in midair and flew towards the mountainside, lowering his altitude to get a closer look. They hovered above the strange black object, which they could now see to be small black pyramid sticking out of the mountain. The rocky ground surrounding it looked as though it had been disturbed, with large chunks of loose soil and rock surrounding the object.
Applejack shuddered briefly as she examined the obsidian-colored pyramid.
“Ah don’t like the looks of that thing, T.K. Something about that pyramid just ain’t right.”
“You’re on to something there, Applejack.” replied T.K. “I don’t think that’s a pyramid at all. In fact, it looks kind of like the tip of a control spire.”
“So where’s the rest of it, then?” puzzled Applejack. “Ya’ll are saying it’s buried in the mountain?”
“Looks like it,” replied T.K., “that’s probably why we had such trouble finding it.”
“I’ll see if I can take it out from here,” said Pegasusmon, “Star Shower!”
With a mighty flap of his wings, Pegasusmon launched a rain of shooting stars onto the control spire below. A large chunk of the spire’s tip was knocked out by the blast, kicking up a small cloud of dust, but the structure itself remain mostly intact from all appearances. T.K. frowned as he surveyed the damage from atop Pegasusmon’s back.
Applejack stared wide-eyed at the damage caused by Pegasusmon’s attack. “Well, there’s something you don’t see everyday.”
“Something’s not right here,” said T.K. “It looks like the spire hasn’t been completely destroyed yet.”
“I don’t think I’ll be able to destroy it from here,” said Pegasusmon, “it’s embedded too deeply in the mountain. We’ll have to find a way to destroy it closer to the base.”
Applejack raised an eyebrow. “And how do you reckon we’ll do that? The whole consarned thing’s underground!”
A frown appeared across T.K.’s face as he briefly considered the thought. If they couldn’t reach the base, destroying the control spire outright would be impossible.
“Maybe there’s a cave somewhere on this mountain,” he said, “it’s a stretch, but hopefully it’ll lead us to the base.”
“Sounds like a plan,” said Applejack.
Pegasusmon gave a small nod, and in a single fluid motion, turned to search the mountainside for a path to the control spire’s base.
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“Hey, T.K., I think I see a cave down there!” Applejack called out to her friend as they circled the mountain. Sure enough, where she pointed there was a large cave entrance in the side of the mountain.
“Good eye, Applejack. Let’s check it out.” T.K. motioned to his partner, who landed on the rocky mountainside by the cave’s entrance, and trotted into the cavern’s entrance.
Upon entering, the three were immediately greeted with the unpleasant scent of cave-dwelling fungi. The cavern itself was a narrow, twisty passage, dimly lit from the presence of blue-green glowing fungi dotting the walls. The three made their way through the cave with caution, taking care not to let their guard down in case of an attack.
After continuing through the passage for some time, the narrow cavern gave way to another chamber. As they entered, Applejack’s mouth hung agape at the scene before her: rather than the cramped narrow passage from before, the cavern had opened into a truly gargantuan chamber, large enough to fit an entire sports stadium. The walls were covered with luminescent fungi, faintly glowing with of all colors of the visible spectrum. In the center there was a large body of water, with a massive black tower standing in the center, jutting straight out and continuing up through the chamber’s massively high ceiling. Built around the underground lake were small, dilapidated huts built from stone brick, crumbling from what was no doubt many years of neglect. Numerous Bakemon floating around aimlessly, with dark rings placed around their bodies.
Suddenly, the Bakemon all stopped in midair, turning to face T.K., Pegasusmon, and Applejack. Their eyes glowed blood red as they stared at the newcomers, baring their massive fangs.
Applejack swallowed a lump in her throat, “Uh, T.K., Ah don’t mean to be a bother, but Ah think we might be in trouble!”
T.K. simply smiled. “Don’t worry, we’ve got this. Better hold on tight!”
“Whoa!”
Applejack cried out in surprise as Pegasusmon quickly lifted off the ground, shooting into the air like a rocket.
“Star Shower!”
Rearing backwards in the air, Pegasusmon flapped his wings, unleashing a deluge of shooting stars, shattering the dark rings of the Bakemon hovering below. More Bakemon quickly hovered upwards to approach, but Pegasusmon reacted swiftly, taking a steep dive in midair.
“Mane Wind!”
A blast of needles shot forth from Pegasusmon’s mane as he dived, sweeping through the Bakemon and destroying the dark rings attached to their bodies. As he approached the ground, he swiftly turned upwards again, hovering high in the air. Another lone Bakemon approached him, but Pegasusmon flew out and delivered a powerful kick with his hind legs, breaking the darks spiral and sending the Bakemon flying.
Still hovering in midair, Pegasusmon took a quick glance around the cavern.
“I think that’s the last of them.”
Applejack released a breath that she wasn’t aware she was holding. “Do you think you could give me a bit more warning next time y’all do that?”
“You’ll have to get used to it, I’m afraid,” replied T.K. “Let’s see if we can take out that control spire, Pegasusmon”
“No problem,” said Pegasusmon.
Flying out towards the center of the cavern, Pegasusmon approached the control spire, keeping low above the surface of the underground lake. As he approached the base, he unleashed his attack at the massive black tower.
“Star Shower!”
The tower imploded with a loud crash as the shooting stars impacted it, sending large splashes of water spraying outwards as the pieces of the spire fell through the lake before disintegrating. T.K. and Applejack both flinched briefly as they were splashed by the sprays of water.
T.K. removed his wet hat and wrung it out, squeezing out the water that it had absorbed.
“Looks like that takes care of it. Applejack, we should probably head back and meet with the other Digi-Destined. Maybe we’ll be able to figure out what happened to your friends.”
Applejack looked up at T.K. and smiled. “Sounds good to me. Ah can’t thank you enough for helping me with this, T.K.”
“Don’t worry about it,” said T.K., “We’d be more than willing to help you look for your friends.”
Applejack’s ear suddenly swiveled to the the side, and a worried look crossed her face. “Uh... Did either of y’all just hear anything strange right now?”
“Huh?” replied T.K. confused “What do you mea—”
Before T.K. could finish his sentence, a massive body suddenly erupted from the lake, letting out a ferocious roar. Pegasusmon swerved wildly in the air to avoid it, nearly throwing off his riders as all three of them were drenched by the water thrown outwards by the emerging beast.
“What in tarnation!?” Applejack’s jaw dropped at the sight of the massive beast, an enormous sea serpent with bright red scales. On its head was a golden helmet with a jagged metal horn, with dark green hair sticking out the back. Its eyes glowed a menacing bright red, and wrapped around its body was the unmistakable coil of a dark spiral.
“I know this guy,” said T.K., “It’s a MegaSeadramon!”
I just had a thought. Perhaps when you bring the gang together again, you could have Twilight mention how she doesn't see why the Digi-Destined couldn't swap Digieggs if they knew that they'd be forced to go into a battle that their usual Digieggs wouldn't be any good for. After they have all wondered why they didn't ever think of trying that, with Izzy doing a facepalm when he realizes how that tactic should have been so obvious, you could have them start using that tactic if it looked like it might be necessary.
I support this Idea it makes more variety.
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I'm not really planning on having that, it'd be a bit convoluted.
Wonder if this is the same MegaSeadramon from 02 here...
3667869 Well it seems that sonicfan21 likes it on account of how it would give them a bit more variety.
And if you're talking about figuring out what powers each of the Digieggs has, that's what experiments are for. Have them go to an area of the Digital World, swap their Digieggs, and see what they discover.
And if you mean you just can't remember which Digiegg allows them to Digivolve into which Digimon, you can go here for a quick reference guide
One trend I've noticed is that the Digieggs usually follow a pattern, either in terms of a specific elemental power or being based on certain types of animals. For example, Courage obviously gives its user the power of fire, while Reliability is good for underwater battles. Knowledge seems to be based on insects, while Love seems to be based on flying animals. Hope seems oriented towards heavy mammals, while Light seems to be based on mythological creatures. At least, that's the pattern I've managed to see from looking at the Armor Digivolution Chart. Now if only I could figure out what pattern Friendship and Sincerity follow...
But in the end, it's your call as the author whether or not you want to use this. Just remember two things: It could be a good way to fit some humor into the story when they're testing the Digieggs and see some of the Armor Digivolutions that they get, and nothing would be able to catch Vespimon off-guard like her managing to get Ken separated from the others and thinking she has him, only for him to Armor Digivolve Wormmon.
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Well, see, I actually plan on having at least one of the alternate Armor forms appearing as a Champion-level supporting character. (I've already done it with Opossummon.)
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Nah, it's another one. T.K just seems to have bad experiences with Seadramon-species in general.
MegaSedramon? Well no dice on using Angemon's holy powers to tip the scales for this fight. They only work on creatures of darkness.
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True. Thankfully, the bad guys in the Adventure universe are almost exclusively darkness-aligned Digimon.
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1. Where a small black shape.
Also just to question but the Bakemon had dark rings around them and not dark spirals right? And yes, TK would be having trouble if he couldn't remember Megaseadramon being all well... Metal, golden and shiny. Not to mention having a pretty big exhaust port for a nose.
3668576 Okay, but consider this. Unless you plan to use the Digiegg of Kindness, Ken won't be much good to the team while the Digital World is full of Control Spires. And as long as someone is repeating the same mistakes he made, there is no way he'd sit on the sidelines.
As for preventing confusion when fighting against one of the alternate Armor Champions, you could always have the Digimon who would Armor Digivolve into that Armor Champion be using a different Digiegg.
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No, you're thinking of MetalSeadramon, one of the four Dark Masters.
3672650 I seem to have caught the TK bug then, I am doomed to forever confuse types of Seadramon!
What the heck???!!! An Ultimate Digimon???!!! Only one thing to say now:
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3672035 except they cant swap eggs, and Wormon doesnt have the ability to Armour Digivolve. the Armour Digieggs r tied up to the Digidestind that uses them, remember that each of them at one time tried to lift the various new eggs and failed before the one destined to use it realized that power existed in their own heart. also, in the first episode with Azulongmon, he told the kids that Armour Digivolving was not new, but ancient, and very few Digimon still had the power to pull it off. Veemon, Hawkmon and Armadillomon were, in a word, drafted because they had the power. Patamon and Gotomon also had the power, and so TK and Karis Digivices became D3s. ur idea was a good, but it would only work by throwing out all cannon Digimon material completely, and then only for a few laughs at best...
3724677 The Japanese Audio Drama Armor Evolution to the Unknown directly contradicts your statement.
Nice try, though.
3727137 since this story seems more based on the American version of Digimon: Digital Monsters, my statement remains cannon, should the author choose to include Japanese ideas, then that is up to them, but ur counter argument never came to American shores and so must be considered invalid as to the discussion. and before u ask, yes, i DID look at ur link and i admit that the idea is there and is a good one, but is only cannon in the Japanese version...and is therefore non applicable...