Black Gear Panic attack!

[terminalmegas]

The day stated simply enough.  Peaceful and sunny.  Until a quake happened, one that originated on Infinity Mountain.  And with the quake a serious of explosions were heard, by those closest to the buildings on that Mountain.

However no one was prepared for what happened next.  A swarm of blackness flew from the temple and covered the sky of the Digital Island before raining down on it. 

Many that called this place home knew what this meant.  Someone or something has reawaken the Black Gears, long thought to be destroyed, and the inhabitants of the island were to soon find themselves under it influence again.

File Island was under attack.

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Frigimon

[mylittlenpcmon]

"Snowballs!"

It falls like rain from the sky, snowballs as thick around as base balls and some even bigger then water melons. Exploding all around as Chosen and Digimon alike are pelted and pummeled by a rampaging Frigimon with a black gear sticking out of it's back.

Her beady black eyes are scanning the horizon looking for any foolish enough to challenge her, or slow enough to be caught. Charging one such victim she draws back her fist for another attack.

"Sub Zero Ice Punch!"

The victim in question vanishes in a swirl of snow and when the snow is gone they have been frozen solid. They didn't even have a chance to scream.

Frigimon

[brokenground]

It had been good advice, the warning that digimon all over the place were going insane and attacking, and thus traveling alone was a bad idea, but Terra hadn't bothered to wait to see if anyone would come with him beyond his own Digimon.

And then it snowballed. Literally.

Luck or fate means that he and his two partners find refuge under a tree before being noticed, which allows them at least some time to observe what's going on with the Stay Puf't Marshmallow Bear and her frosty wrath. Not long, but long enough to make Terra wish he still had access to what little fire magic he'd had before. But they'll make do with what they have ... two rookie digimon and a trained warrior who's useless against the enemies of this world.

Fan. Tastic.

Well, they can try. Carefully, as low to the ground as he can get amidst the piles of snow and snowballs and frozen victims, Dorumon creeps forward, attempting to shake snow onto himself enough to make it hard to tell he's even there. Terra stays put - for now. Dracmon heads the other way, as quietly and as inconspicuously as she can; with luck they can get Frigimon between them.

Would you like to keep going one on one or invite others to help?

[mylittlenpcmon]

Unfortunately it's more difficult to sneak in the snow and ice then some terrain. As the Frigimon pants to catch her breath she hears the crunching of snow under claw and whirls to face Dracmon. When she spins the black gear in her back is clear as day against her white fluff.

"Snowballs!" Another machine gun barrage of snowballs swarms for Dracmon as she attacks without further provocation.

[brokenground]

(OOC: I am okay with solo, or if someone wants to jump in! I don't know OOCly if anyone's around or not though.)

It's especially hard to sneak in the snow when your primary colors are black. Dracmon is just not good sneaking materials but she's trying! As soon as she's spotted, as opposed to Terra or Dorumon, it seems she's going to work very hard on keeping that attention! There's a brief wail of what sure seems to be genuine terror as she scrambles madly away, dodging snowballs to the best of her ability.

This isn't exactly something she's good at, by the way one of the rapidfire snowballs knocks her cartwheeling through the air to skid to a stop a short distance away... and resume screaming and fleeing. The fear's not false, Frigimon is way bigger and stronger, but the distraction, even if it meant getting hit by painfully, bitterly cold snowballs and risking being frozen solid, is that her partners aren't being watched.

And both of them are working on getting closer. There's one of those gears. Terra is remarkably strong for a human.. but he's not sure he and Dorumon will be able to pry it out. At least for the moment they're not being watched..

[mylittlenpcmon]

The distraction is working like a charm! Frigimon is getting even more irritated and lets out a roar as she tries to race after Dracmon. A big girl like her takes some time to build up speed though and each thundering step kicks up snow and frost in her wake.

"Sub Zero Ice Punch!" She roars hurling herself after Dracmon and swinging her freezing fist at the ground. If she misses Dracmon it will just create another layer of slippery ice on top of the already frozen ground.

If she connects though...well the other Digimon she's frozen still haven't recovered.

Jumping in!

[lovespinkbirdies]

"Blast Rings!"

Aquilamon dove down from the sky as he noticed the fight going on between the two rookies and Frigimon, firing off those rings from his mouth towards the snow bear's back. Chika was clutching onto his feathers to make sure that she didn't fall or anything as he did so. It was probably silly to be on her partner's back during a fight but it wasn't like he had time to drop her off.

But when they get closer, Chika realizes something and her eyes widen. "Aquilamon, is that Terra?"

"It looks like it," the digimon responds, circling around and getting ready to dodge whatever it is that Frigimon throws at them.

Monzaemon

[mylittlenpcmon]

Of all the Digimon to get attacked by, Monzaemon is not the worst.

He's strong of course, throwing an oversized toy car to try and block your escape, but if you should fail to defeat him or escape his signature attack won't kill you...
...it'll just brainwash you into a nearly brainless state of euphoria. You may or may not be trapped in a heart shaped bubble. But as far as rampaging Digimon go you could be threatened by worse?

Unless you're really not in favor of brainwashing anyway. Oh look, here he comes now crossing his arms and throwing them out to his sides.

"Hearts Attack!"

Pink bubbles explode from his belly flying at the chosen and digimon before him! Fight or flight? It's your call.

[needsteaplz]

Vacuum Slice!

Guren, now digivolved into a Leppamon, sent a razor wind at the bubbles. Saori and Kiyomi in the meantime were trying to find a way around the toy car. No luck. Then again, ever since they arrived on File Island, luck wasn't on the side of a goddess who's often worshipped to give others that very same thing. They had stumbled into Toy Town and received the not so warm welcome courtesy of that Monzaemon.

"Tch, great." She signaled to both Kiyomi and Guren. "Tactical retreat. NOW!" Saori began to climb up the rubble they created. Guren let out a huff and sent another round of attacks to stall before turning tail. Saori took out the grapple hook Laguna gave her as they aim for a rooftop to escape from.

[mylittlenpcmon]

Monzaemon let out a frustrated growl.

"Now now, that's not playing nice! Don't make me put you in time out!" He stumbled back blocking the attacks with his thick arms before lowering his head and rushing the building they were trying to grapple onto. He was aiming to crash into it and knock them loose before they found escape via the roof.

[needsteaplz]

"Sweetie, I'm gonna be the one to put you on time out!" If there was one thing Saori hated about the Digital World, it's being stripped of her powers when she needed them the most. The feeling of being a liability on the battlefield wasn't something she enjoyed. She let go of Kiyomi, who ran over to Guren. The rookie Digimon rode on top the champion as they charged towards Monzaemon. Saori, in the mean time, took cover inside the building but kept an eye out for her partners.

"Don't think we'll let you do whatever you want!" Just when the Leppamon was close enough to swipe, the Gaomon jumped high into the air and dived down.

Gao Rush!

Kiyomi unleashed a relentless barrage of fast punches at Monzaemon. Guren swung his blade-tail at his legs.

[mylittlenpcmon]

The co-operation between the two was a beautiful thing, stunning Monzaemon in the face long enough to get their legs swept out from under them. They crashed to the ground hard enough to rattle the plastic blocks Saori's house was made from.

Still on his back he wasn't willing to give up. More pink bubbles poured from his belly as he thrust it to the sky and they threatened to drift back down onto the Digimon that had knocked him over if they weren't mindful.

[needsteaplz]

"Look out you two!" Saori shouted from a window before she staggered back as house rattled. She better start taking her own advice.

"Saori! Hang on!" Guren tried to reach her, but didn't see the bubble that landed on his back. The bubble sucked him in and grew to accommodate for size. Poor Guren had no chance as he burst into a fit of giggles.

"Guren!" She and Kiyomi called out but it failed to snap him out of it. There's no rest for the weary though. Kiyomi had to scuttle away from the descending bubbles.

Unimon

[eternamon]

On a good day, Unimon is a very wise and calm Digimon. He may be old and closed up, but he isn;t one to attack any innocents...

...except for when he's got a Black Gear embedded in him. In that case, your most likely a dead man... Digimon... whatever you are. The worst part of it? It isn't him attacking you on the ground that you necessarily have to worry about...

"Aerial Attack!"

Yep, you'll suddenly see a bright blast come right from above. Will you dudge it? Will you get hit? Will you notice the giant winged-unicorn above you? It's all up to you Chosen.

Unimon

[perrytheperson]

How had it come to this? Perry couldn't help but wonder.

It probably all started with Arcee's disappearance. Perry had agreed to go out looking for her, even though he had a feeling she would be like Fluttershy and return eventually. Then again maybe she wouldn't, but Perry didn't mind the excuse to get back out there and explore this world. He'd headed back to File Island on a whim, never having spend that much time there. On the way, he'd heard news of the Gears and his mission had shifted a bit to coming to investigate.

Cue his arrival on the island, scoping out the place with Bartholomew and Gertrude, and then being attacked later that afternoon by a not so little pony.

Which is what leads to the answer that started this whole thing. He hears the cry of the pony and looks up. He thought he'd gotten out of his line of fire but apparently not. Perry's eyes widen, but there's nothing to fear as his wizarding digimon duo is there.

"Magic Game!"
"Ice Illusion!"

The two spells wove together to form a reflective ice-based barrier that would hopefully withstand the attack.

[eternamon]

[When the barrier was formed, Unimon growled a monstrous growl. His eyes, covered by the mask and glass visor, were glowing a dark color. His growling only got more angry when the shield reflected the attack back. He easily dodged the blow however, flying tot he side. There was no way that he was going to let some pathetic wizard Digimon defeat him, even if he didn't know why he wanted to destroy them so bad. Who cared? He would destroy them. He therefore flew head first right to the barrier.] 'corn Thrust! [He jammed his sharp horn right into the barrier, trying to hit it hard enough to break it into tiny little pieces, and then do the same to the Digimon and their Chosen.]

[perrytheperson]

"He is not happy," Bartholomew the Wizardmon grunted, holding his staff tightly.

Perry shot his partner a look as if to say 'No kidding.'

Gertrude hissed. This was only her second time as Sorcermon and already she was feeling the strain of such a battle. Her eyes flick up to the flying digimon, "It does not matter. We still need a better plan. Bartholomew. Take Perry."

Just as she said this the barrier flickered. Gertrude stepped forward, ready with a freezing spray of water, "Drowning Aquarius!" The water would hopefully buy Bartholomew enough time to get Perry to a safe location and out of the immediate range of Unimon's attack.

[eternamon]

[Unimon ducked from the blast by flying back up, but his attention turned away from the fleeing silent human and the Wizardmon and turned to the Sorcermon. His anger grew, hso eyues seeming to glow even brighter and more viciously now.]

"Pathetic Digimon! You shall pay for attacking me! "Aerial Attack!"

[He sent a blast at Gertrude from his mouth, but it mas merely meant to distract while he flew straight at her with his sharp horn ready to strike her whereve rit could hit.]

[perrytheperson]

Bartholomew and Perry were now safely hidden on a different path, but could still see the battle quite well. Perry didn't like leaving this all to his partners, but they were at a major disadvantage with the whole 'flying' thing. Bartholomew tips his fedora hat back, "Stay here, Per. Gertrude and I can handle this guy." Perry nods but looks past Bartholomew. There was supposed to be some kind of black gear, right? He points at the Unimon and then to his eyes.

Wizardmon nods, "I know. Sorcermon can buy me some time to try and see where this gear is. Unfortunately, it's hard to get a good look at him since he's flying like that."

Perry nods again and points up the mountain. Wizardmon follows and smiles, "Right...higher vantage point. Keep an eye on Gertrude then." With that Wizardmon vanishes, going around to get a higher vantage point on the battle and leaving Perry on the ground as a witness to the events.

Meanwhile, the fight continues. Sorcermon doesn't have time to wonder where Wizardmon has wandered off to with their partner, she's busy keeping the pony distracted. Her eyes widen when the blast comes straight at her. She dodges and shouts, "If you're so powerful why don't you come down here and---WOAH!" She hadn't realized that the Aerial Attack was actually a decoy and finds herself with a horn inches from her side. It rips through her body suit and it is merely timing that allows her not to be impaled. Gertrude reaches out and grabs the horn before flipping herself over the pony.

"Crystal Cloud!" she shouts as she falls on the other side of the pony and uses more of her ice-based magic to hopefully blind him. As she falls she hisses, "Bartholomew where are you?"

Meramon

[pseudomon]

You may look at Mihirashi Mountain and think it looks like a peaceful and scenic spot. Of course, that would be before you notice that it is also on fire and that one of those giant flames seems to be coming right towards you. That, my friend, would be the guardian of the mountain known as Meramon

You are not the only one in its path though. Nestled right below the mountain is a sweet little Yokomon village. Their houses look quite flammable and the tiny pink digimon are no match for such a strong fire-starter. To top this horrific scene off, Meramon seems to be screaming loudly, although whether it's from rage or pain is hard to distinguish since, well, he IS on fire.

And now he's shooting fire towards you, "Magma Blast!"

[loyalflier]

[ there in lies the problem... there is a village down there and with everything going on, of course Starscream's main concern is all of those little innocent Digimon. if there is going to be a battle, then there needs to be some sort of evacuation. this is what he has set his mind to, trying to round up the Yokomon and herd them into a safe place - likely a cave or something along the mountain.

Starscream is paying too much mind to his task to notice the oncoming attack. Airblitz, however, is ready. perhaps the Patamon cannot fight Meramon directly, but he fires an Air Shot at the attack. ]

Move!

[ Airblitz knows he cannot snuff out the attack, but redirecting its course and giving Starscream enough time to get out of the way suits him just fine. ]

[pseudomon]

[Meramon barely bats an eye at the puff of air. The flaming ball blows up a tree near Airblitz so while his plan to divert the attack succeeds, it was otherwise very ineffective.

The tall, flaming humanoid gathers more fire in his hands. He's not stopping just yet and with someone attacking back he now has a new target acquired. Be ready for multiple fire balls now.]

[one_shallstand]

"STARSCREAM!"

The voice comes from above, as Skydive - in DORUgamon form - hurtles downward, with Optimus and Hot Shot upon his back. The furry dragon opens his maw, firing a barrage of cannonballs from his mouth at Meramon.

But that's not all, because once they're low enough, Optimus leaps from his partner's back, falling towards Meramon as he brandishes his tonfas, aiming to smack into Meramon and club him across the face with them, hoping Skydive's barrage was a capable distraction.

Hot Shot, meanwhile, jumps from Optimus's back, fire welling on the jewel on his head.

"PETIT PROMINENCE!" he shouts, trying to send out enough fireballs of his own to intercept, and hopefully detonate, Meramon's fireballs.

[terminalcresting]

[A yellow let emerges from where Optimus's spark and Matrix of Leadership should be, forming a crest.

YOU GOT THE TOUCH CREST! YOU GOT THE POOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOWER!]

[loyalflier]

[ it's still jarring, knowing that Optimus Prime is fighting with and not against him - despite the fact that it's a different Prime altogether. Starscream's arms are presently full of the Yokomon he's aiding. shielding them, if anything and wondering what that light is all about.

the Patamon, of course, isn't going to let any stray fireballs passed him. already he realizes that his Chosen is going to be one of those types - putting others before himself. determined to defend his own Chosen, light encases Airblitz's form. ]

Patamon evolve to -

[ and the light fades, the new Champion stretching out his wings and shaking his head. ]

Pegasusmon! Star Shower!

[ the barrage of stars from his wings should take out any remaining fireballs. ]

Seadramon

[pseudomon]

A small, insignificant lake awaits you, possibly providing the weary Chosen with a break from all the Black Gears. It's strangely beautiful with the electric poles sticking out of the lake and the forest surrounding it on all sides.

Of course, below the calm surface lurks a deadly and fierce enemy. Seadramon is not a digimon to piss off and now that it has a black gear wedged behind its head fins it is NOT happy. The serpent roars and thrashes in the water as soon as anyone gets close to its shores. It's hard to tell which is worse: the ice breath or the sharp teeth. Oh, and don't let him catch you...his squeeze is not a friendly hug by any means.