SUKI'S SAGA CH

SUKI'S SAGA CH.6:

THE SPIRIT OF

RELIABILITY

DISCLAIMER: I don't own Digimon, I own everything else.

The YOUNGER Joe felt something crawl up on his chest. It kept rocking on him. Joe opened his eyes. Something was staring at him. He jumped in surprise. It was Gomamon.

"I thought you'd never get up!"

"You don't need to give me a heart attack to do it, though!"

"Well Sor-ry!"

Joe looked around. They were in foot-deep snow with no plants in sight. It was snowing pretty hard. There was a small mountain not too far away, but Joe and Gomamon were also close to a frozen shore.

"Gomamon, do you know where we are?"

"Not exactly. We're on an uncharted island."

"I wonder if any body else landed here."

"Nah. This place is so small we would have seen them!"

"Let's look anyway. We should go look over by that mountain."

"Fine by me." By the time they got to the mountain, it wasn't just snowing, it was a blizzard! They couldn't see more than a few feet in front of themselves. Somehow they had lost each other in the storm. Joe walked through the storm, blinded by the wind and snow.

"Gomamon! Gomamon, where are you?" Joe called Gomamon's name over and over again. Soon he stopped. He was getting really cold and tired. Joe leaned against the frozen mountain. Suddenly, the snow gave way and he landed in a cave. It was still chilly, but warmer than it was outside. Joe decided to build a fire and wait a while before going out to search for Gomamon again.

*At the Digimon Emperor's domain…*

"MUAHAHAHAHA! That brat has fallen in to my trap. Even better, he doesn't have his little Gomamon there to protect him!" The Digimon Emperor snapped his fingers. " I know! I'll send out my best minion to lure Gomamon and set up my trap as I planned before! That way, I can have more fun while they get destroyed! MUAHAHAHAHA!"

*Back on the frozen island…*

"Joe! Joe, where are you? Joe!" Gomamon search around the mountain. He couldn't believe he lost Joe. First he was right behind him, and then he disappears! Gomamon stopped and looked around. He spotted something that looked like a track, in a spot where the wind and snow couldn't cover it up. It was Joe's footprint! Gomamon looked around and called Joe's name again. After about five more minutes of that, Gomamon sat down, looking defeated.

This is useless. He thought. I'll never find Joe in this weather. I might as well find a place to wait it out, though I don't know if I'll find him after that, either. Gomamon leaned back against the mountain. He tumbled through.

"Gomamon!" Joe was in the cave, siting by the fire he built when Gomamon tumbled through the snow. The Digimon sat up and smiled at Joe.

"Tada! So, this is where you've been all this time!"

"Yeah. I was going to look for you some more after I warmed up a bit." Said Joe, gesturing towards the fire.

"Well, it's a good thing you were still warming up, or I'd have never found you!" Gomamon looked to the dark tunnel leading to the rest of the cave. "Do you want to explore the rest of the cave? See if anything lives back there?"

"I don't know, Gomamon. It sounds kind of dangerous. We don't know what's back there."

"That's the point. We go in, see if there are any other Digimon, and determine if it's safe or not."

"What if they're way stronger than us and attack?"

Gomamon sighed. "If it'll make you feel better, we'll turn back at the first Digimon we see. Okay?"

"Okay." Joe took a torch and followed Gomamon into the darkness.

*Deep in the cave…*

"Listen up, you sorry excuses for Digimon. You failed before; now we have another powerful Digimon. You fail again, and you know the consequences." The Agumon gingerly felt the scar on his face, wincing. "For now, all you have to do is hide and wait for the kid and the Digimon. But once they come near," The speaker punched the wall and several large chunks of rock fell off. "Get the picture?" Agumon and Garurumon nodded. The cloaked figure grabbed his cape and swiftly turned, walking out of sight. "You'd better."

*Back with Gomamon and Joe…*

"This cave is longer than I thought. We've been walking for a long time now, and there's no sign of being any closer to the end!" Said Joe.

"Keep walking. I said we could go back at the first Digimon we see, and we haven't seen any." Said Gomamon. Joe sighed and kept walking. Suddenly, a cold wind swept through the cave, putting the fire out and plunging Joe and Gomamon into darkness. They froze, not moving for fear of an evil Digimon nearby. Holding their breath as a stone was kicked, they heard it roll as heavy footsteps came nearer.

"Light the torch."

PEPPER BREATH! An Agumon's flame re-light the torch that Joe had dropped. To their terror, Joe and Gomamon realized they were outnumbered. A Garurumon held the burning stick in its mouth. The Agumon was poised for battle.

"Okay, we saw some Digimon. We can go now!" Gomamon and Joe started to run, turning around, but the Garurumon blocked them off.

"Leaving so soon? Tsk, tsk, tsk. We can't have that."

"Garurumon, why don't we get our guests something to eat? Like some flame-broiled Gomamon?!" PEPPER BREATH!

"Would you like to try something else?" HOWLING BLASTER!

GOMAMON, DIGIVOLVE TO: IKKAKUMON!

HORN TORPEDO! AGUMON, DARKWARPDIGIVOLVE TO: BLACKWARGREYMON! GARURUMON, DARKDIGIVOLVE TO: BLACKWEREGARURUMON!

Ikkakumon was outnumbered and overpowered. No way could one Champion fight a Mega and an Ultimate! One hit and Ikkakumon De-Digivolved back to Gomamon. Past that, it wasn't even a battle. It was all Gomamon could do to dodge the in coming attacks.

"This has got to be the one of the worst things that could happen to us!" Said Joe, after dodging some attacks himself. He wasn't looking where he was going and tripped, knocking into something hard and… Scaly? Joe gulped and looked up too see the Dragon's head that loomed over him.

Gomamon stopped and yelled. "Joe, watch out! It's FlameScarmon!" The FlameScarmon roared and Joe ran away, aiming for the Exit. Unfortunately, the passage was being blocked by a giant lion with gold armor.

"Not Metapomon!" Gomamon yelled. "Joe, Stay by the wall, away from the Digimon!" Soon Gomamon was cornered, not too far from where Joe was. Gomamon was facing the other three Digimon and didn't see the lion sneaking up behind him. Just before Metapomon attacked, Joe yelled.

"Gomamon, Look out behind you!" Gomamon got out of the way just as the lion yelled, "LION SPIKE!", Temporarily distracting the evil powers.

"Thanks, Joe. I can always depend on you."

Joe grinned. "That's what friends are for!" Suddenly, His Digivice started glowing and shaking, along with his crest. *Okay, so you've heard it before. If you're reeaally tired of this part, you can skip it. You're gonna hear it again, so it doesn't matter. Don't miss it after the Spirit Digivolving part, though! * A gray Spirit appeared in front of him.

"Quick, Joe, say 'Digi-spirit Power up!'" Joe had no idea why he was supposed to say it, but he figured Gomamon knew what he was talking about and said it anyway.

"DIGI-SPIRIT POWER UP!"

GOMAMON, RELIABILITY SPIRIT DIGIVOLVE TO: ALTIVUMON!

Altivumon looks like a giant sea serpent, except for the fact that it wears a metal helmet emblazoned with the Crest of Reliability, armor protects its chest, fins, stomach and back, spikes go down all the way from its neck to it's tail, and it has a collar with a Digivice etched into it. Altivumon peered down to look at Joe.

"Do I look great or what?"

"Great!"

Altivumon turned towards the four Digimon. "Now for you guys."

RELIABILITY BEAM! The crest shape on the helmet glowed, then Altivumon lifted his head and shot a white-hot beam of light at them. It broke the Dark Spiral on the FlameScarmon and the Dark Ring on the Metapomon, and for some reason, deleted them. The remainders tried to run away, only to get hit with another attack.

ICY WAVE! A wave of ice froze the enemy's feet to the cave's floor. Unfortunately, the water filled up the cave and started to rise at amazing speed.

"Hold your breath and hang on!" Altivumon yelled to Joe as they were plunged underwater. Pushed by the force of the gushing water, Altivumon and Joe exploded out of the top of the mountain and into the snow. Altivumon had De-Digivolved to Gomamon.

"Hey, Joe, what's this?" Gomamon was fiddling with the gold collar that had appeared on his neck.

"I don't know. It has a nice Digivice shape on it, though." Said Joe, looking at the keychain that had appeared in his pocket. His Digivice started beeping. "Looks like somebody's over in that direction." He pointed toward the faint outline of a shore.

"Then what are we waiting for? Let's go!"

GOMAMON, DIGIVOLVE TO: IKKAKUMON! Joe climbed up on Ikkakumon's back and they sailed away to the shore.

*At the Digimon Emperor's domain…*

"Not another one!" The Digimon Emperor had seen everything on screen. He soon sighed and calmed down. "Three have Digivolved, but five remain too be seen to. I shall still rule the Digital World. As soon as my plan is completed, this miserable planet and everything on it shall be mine, in both times. They cannot resist my Power. MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"