Dive into Trouble - Explosive City Splash! [CLOSED]

Once Zack and Levi were on the ground again, the little shark stumbling slightly as they landed. Zack explained the plan and what they were going to do. As Marigold took the attention of the final BlackTyrannomon that was roaring in the distance and continuing to bellow flames up into the air and onto the sides of walls, melting away the windows with the immense heat.

It was trying to hit the much faster than it, Marigold, who was buzzing around it. The dinosaur enraged by the lack of ability to hit its target, continued to spray flames at greater and greater volumes. In one second, or so it appeared to Levi. Marigold landed, jumped and delivered a hard punch to the throat of the beast, causing it to choke and all the flames stopped. It fell backwards collapsing into another building. Sending bricks and mortar down over the street once again as it remained sprawled. Now only to breath bellows of smoke and moan pitifully.

Levi led the way; pushing her way through tight gaps left in the rubble of stone and glass. Waiting as Zack followed her, not wanting to leave him behind. Wondering if he would have a tougher time than she struggling through the debris. Soon, they reached the spot where the hand had waved. Now buried in dirt. "Dis way, dis way," Levi said, her tail wagging slightly from side to side. 

A familiar voice, however, muffled spoke from within. “GET ME OUT, WHOEVER YOU ARE.”

The little shark looked up at Zack and then stepped forward. Using her trident as a shovel, she began to move the top layers of dirt and debris. The voice growing clearer as she did so. “IT’S ABOUT TIME. This has happened twi--”

As the final earth was moved, the face of the little robot was revealed. From its cracked dome case to its long hands encased in tubes. “Oh, it’s you. The Selachimorpha and the Hero.” The final word was thick with sarcasm. The whatever it had called Levi caused her to look up at Zack in hopes of him translating. Datamon stood up slowly and cautiously, wiping away any excess dirt stuck to his body.

Understanding the assignment, Levi swung her Trident around so it pointed directly at the Datamon. Not wanting it to be able to escape once again, as Zack asked a question about the motive of the Ogremon party and what they stole. All of its bravado and annoying… “charm” seemed to have vanished as a result of its capture.

“I-I-I don’t know. Some piece of junk?” Datamon muttered. His eyes were focused on the tip of Levi’s Trident which was an inch away from his body. “I have absolutely no idea while it was so important to them, or even if it was. They likely just want to sell it.”

“Now, uh, if you’ll excuse me. I’ll be--”

Levi let out a low growl and moved her Trident even closer. “No, no, no. Please. I don’t know anything else. I promise. I am but, a poor, innocent, kind-hearted and upstanding individual of his town. Nothing more. I promise.”

“What is they take?” Levi asked, with an another growl.

“Uh, it was… like a golden egg with a water pattern?” He said, slowly. “Nothing important at all. I don’t know the reason…”

Datamon began to mutter in a lower but faster voice.
“If I had known...it was valuable. I would have sold it myself to the highest bidder, then, I’d be able to get out of this backwater town and live out my dreams with as much wealth as I could possibly want and then… they wouldn’t be able to say no to me ever again.”

The little shark tilted her head a little, confused by all of this. Looking up at Zack in hopes that he might tell her what it means. “Now, I, uh, I wish to apologise to you both. Please can you find it in your hearts to forgive a foolish robot like myself. I am deeply sorry that any of this happened and wish only for the true culprits to be caught.” Once again, the little shark tilted her head.

“Uh, Levi okay with you, I guess”

“You’re so kind and wonderful. Dearest Selachimorpha, I bestow upon you a gift.” A compartment opened up in the Datamon’s chest. A long hand reached down into it and pulled a small rectangular device from it, dropping it in Levi’s outstretched fins. “A D-Terminal. A perfect device for a adventurer such as yourself. It’ll be very useful for your journey. How about you…” Datamon said, looking to Zack.

The little shark blinked twice, slightly lost by the conversation between Zack and Marigold which seemed to be mutual understanding. Mentioning something about a ‘DigiMental’, whatever that was. Wondering they meant the egg that Datamon had mentioned, and if so, what was inside it. Her head continued to tilt to one side as she considered this, deeply.

Looking down at the strange silver device in her flipper-like arms, she again, tilted her head. Meaning to ask the little robot to tell her what it was, but, even without her any explanation the screen lit up, and then before anyone could act, a blue beam shot out from it hitting Levi in the forehead. She flinched, but it didn’t hurt at all, merely tickled as it slowly moved down over her entire body.

Two words appeared across the screen, “Scan Complete…”

Levi tilted her head again, holding out the machine and looking up to Zack for guidance. “Don’t worry, that is just the D-Terminal set-up process. You are now the primary user. You can use the D-Terminal for transport, for information and even as a disguise. It’s a very impressive piece of software,” Datamon said, in an oddly kind voice, considering that he was being intimated by the impressive figure of Marigold at that moment. Datamon ignored Zack’s words completely, turning his head away and continued to merely sit still.

Zack then called on Levi. “Levi want to help! Levi do Levi best!” The little shark jumped up and began to follow Zack away. She gripped his leg again and said in a low, soft voice. “Levi want to be hero. Levi like help people…but...”

Levi looked to the left and saw the downed form of a DarkTyrannomon, still unconscious. Surrounded by the rubble and destruction. The buildings and shops which had collapsed and the loss of homes of the people who lived there. A deep sadness welled up in her little shark stomach, and then looked to Zack once again. “Can Levi and Zack be friend-heroes and help all ‘dese people? Okay?”

The bright-eyed little shark nodded her head as she followed Zack’s words closely, taking each one to heart. In her eyes; Zack was a true hero and someone that she should admire and learn from as best she can. In a way, she reminded him a little of her Gramps. Tough, but fair and always going out of their way to help people in need, even if that doesn’t end with combat and it doesn’t necessarily have too.

Levi smiled widely, revealing rows of sharp teeth. “Okay doke! Levi do Levi best!” She nodded rapidly. Her eyes appearing to sparkle with a mixture of pure admiration and excitement to do her very best.

With a little hop and skip, she moved down into the still smoking devastation. Crumbling rubble broken glass and cracked cement, ripped up cobblestones and downed trees filled the streets. Crackling flames still roared from the smashed structures. As soon as her happiness had emerged, her smile fell once again. All the devastation was terrible. Many homes had been lost by the attack and it was partly their own fault.

“Levi do best! Levi helps!” she muttered to herself, moving closer to the flames. “A...Surging Shark!”

Once again, a large water droplet appeared between her fins which as she threw it turned into the shape of a giant swirling shark. With a sizzling noise, the water collided with the flames and began to quell them, until they were just smoking ashes. “Phew, das one down.”

As she was about to move on, Levi’s snout began to quiver as an unusual, oddly foul smell came past it. She tilted her head, sniffing the air. Slowly taking steps and then sniffing again. Whatever it was seemed to be buried under the crumbling building that Levi had just helped to douse. Wondering if it was that strange little robot Digimon, once again, Levi took another step forward. A hand emerged from the rubble and clutched around Levi’s leg. The little shark jumped up into the air and then fell backwards onto her back.

The hand which was clawed, and feathered was shaking still wrapped around her leg. Returning to sitting position, Levi gently pulled on whatever it was. Slowly and surely, an arm emerged, followed by a body. A feathered head after it and piercing yellow eyes. As she tilted her head, the little bird stood up slowly and rather shakily. The feathers which were like liquid flames, were stuck flat to the body of the bird as it appeared to be soaked through.

Levi tilted her head and then opened her mouth again. But the bird creature cut across her. “Didn’t you see me! Before, you used that shark!” Her cheeks were puffed up in annoyance. “I mean...”

The bird jumped up and took a step back, throwing her arm out and tipping her head up. “I am Fenixmon!! A World Famous Arch Wizard…” Then she cut herself off as she caught sight of Levi who once again looked bright-eyed with amazement and wonder.

"Woooooow~"

Annoyed, and soaked to the feather, Fenixmon clambered back to her feet to get a better look at her… savour or rather soaker. Her eyes squinted as she focused on the little blue shark more closely.

“Kinda strange lil’ thing aren’t you. Quite puny, maybe even the smallest thing I have ever seen!” Levi merely tilted her head again. “Do you even have a brain in that bonehead of yours,” she muttered as someone else wandered over. This one was a human, she was pretty sure. Although, she had never actually met one. Either that or the weirdest Digimon she had ever met. He was gibbering on about her not being hurt by the water.

But that wasn’t the POINT. Her pride was the point. Her pride!

“Hmmf!” She grunted, crossing her arms in a furious sort of way. But, Fenixmon did take a few steps away from Levi; taking Zack’s words to heart. Then, another Digimon appeared. A big bad bug thing which referred to her as a STRAY. “Wait, I’ll tell you exactly who I am. One second, please!” She scooped up something from the rubble which looked like a large stick and ran over to the tall rubble pile.

After several grunts of struggle, the strange little phoenix climbed to the top of the rubble mountain, which had a short time ago been a shop front. With her head held high, so she could look down over Levi, Zack and Marigold, albeit only just. She pressed her wooden staff down atop it, the round blood-red jewel in the center glittered down over them.

“My name is Fenixmon! I am an Arch Wizard! The highest rank of wizard who utilizes the greatest type of magic. You may clap now!”

The little shark’s eyes seem to sparkle with amazement as she stared up at the phoenix standing so proudly. But, for SOME ridiculous reason, no-one was clapping for her. What kind of back-end hick town was this, she thought. Fluffing her feathers in aggravation so she looked quite round all of a sudden. “I’ll have you know! I am the highest ranked graduate in the entire history of K.A.O.S!”

"A? Levi confuse..." The little shark muttered while looking up at Zack with her large yellow eyes filled with wonder and a expression of confusion but excitement at the phoenix's theatrics. 

Bringing her height into it? HOW RUDE. It’s not her fault that she is slightly smaller than the average of her species. Maybe its just HIS fault for being so tall and imposing. The little phoenix seemed to be inflating with annoyance and anger. Her feathers bursting out as she puffed up; her face turning more and more scarlet. Clearly this guy doesn’t understand pure and real talent when he sees it.

“Hmmf! Well…” Fenixmon muttered as she took a deep breath out and her body shrank once more. She turned her head away, clearly frustrated by the pair’s arrogance and more so by their superiority over her when she is an Arch Wizard! A Graduate of KAOS Academy. Master of Explosion Magic. "How very...r u d e..."

She wasn’t even listening to the part about helping the people who had their houses and businesses destroyed in the blast and resulting battle with the DarkTyrannomon. “Well, now that’s all settled and that we are all clear on where we stand here.” The phoenix said, clearing her throat and slamming her staff down. “I shalt be taking my leave! So long, and until next we meet!”

She reached down into a bag, hanging from a strap on her side. Pulled from it some kind of odd object and then lit the end of a long string. It burst into flame at once, fizzed for a second and then the string began to vanish as the fire overcame it. The little phoenix threw it down at her feet, followed by a few small circular pods and then turned.

A billow of acrid black smoke and brilliant red and gold fireworks erupted as one. Momentarily blocking vision of the bright orange bird and then she had vanished into the rubble and dust. Became visible once again in the distance before ducking back down once again.

The little shark tilted her head, confused by the bright sparking flames and fireworks. She put out a flipper to touch it, her eyes sparking as she was overcome by the brightness and wonder of it all. Just like a young child at their first bonfire.

Levi looked up at Zack. A concerned look on her face as she pulled her fin back from the flickering and bursting flames and lights. Wondering for a second if she has done something terribly wrong. But soon after, he began to explain how fireworks worked to which the little shark listened with wrapped attention. Her large yellow eyes focused onto Zack, his words washing over her.

Suddenly, Levi was reminded of her Gramps and how he used to teach her how life worked, literally, ever since she could remember. Her mouth became thinner as she feel deeper and deeper into the pit of memories and how Gramps… actually, everyone she had known had seemingly vanished from existence. No mattered how deep she dove into the Sunken Elysium and how far and wide she searched; it had entirely vanished without a trace.

It was a few minutes until Levi shook her head, breaking free of her thoughts and coming back to the world around her. Slowly she turned her head from left to right, taking in once more her surroundings. The damaged and crushed buildings, flames licking the edges of them. Flickering through the smashed windows. The fallen DarkTyrannomon who had caused the destruction and those mysterious creatures who had run past her. The true origin of all this horror.

“Levi… promise to be…. a hero,” she said slowly. “Levi promise to help as many people as Levi can.” Nodding her head, rapidly and looking up deep into Zack’s eyes. Concentrated determination all over her face. “Levi will do Levi’s best!”

She jumped up and took several steps towards the next burning building and readying her water shark attack, once more. "Let's do help!"

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Meanwhile, far away on the outskirts of town. Hidden by the craggy cliffs and tall rock formations on the edge of the beach. Eroded by the waves that struck them and creating a natural barrier to hide behind.

The little phoenix crouched in the sand, back against the stone wall—breathing heavily. Physical exertion had never exactly been her strongest suit. There was only one thing she was good at, in-fact. But THEY didn’t let her do it. So, rude. They had entrusted such an important job to your garden-brand explosives. A job that she could have done a thousand times better…

“It’s so unfair...”

Fenixmon grabbed her legs and pulled them closer to her body. Her feathers puffing up once more as she looked out to the glimmering clear ocean.

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