Author: "Gomamon2000"
Email: rangerrick98@juno.com (please be kind when writing)

Digimon: DigiMaster
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Episode Seven: The Fire Key
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LAST TIME: Agumon: "We started heading for New York to get the fire key when Kevin decided to stop in a deserted town to get some supplies. Tai wanted us to go with him, but Joe pointed out that the whole group would be easy to recognize all together, so Kevin went in alone. After a while, Tai got impatient so he and I went into town, too. It's a good thing we did, because Kevin was being crushed by Tinymon. I digivolved to Greymon and knocked Tinymon out long enough to get away."
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The group of humans and digimon had traveled a long way in the past couple days, and had reached the shoreline. Across the water stood the Statue of Liberty, and inside that was the fire key. Since it was pretty late, they decided to get a good night's sleep and then go for the fire key in the morning. Since it wasn't very late yet, everyone sat around talking about different things.

"So, Kevin, where are all the other humans on Earth?" asked Izzy, always curious. "We haven't seen anyone besides you since we got here."

"Well Izzy," answered Kevin, "everyone who could get away when the invasion started ran to one of the few places that hasn't been totally taken over yet. The ones that couldn't have all disappeared. I don't know what happened to them."

"How come you know so much about us?" asked TK.

"Yeah," agreed Matt. "You knew our names before we even said anything."

"Well, that's a bit harder to explain." Kevin paused for a moment, trying to figure out how he was going to put it. Finally, he continued, "Before these evil digimon showed up, a lot of people on Earth had never even heard of a digimon. Some people had heard of them, but no one thought they were real. I mean, NO ONE." Kevin took a deep breath. *Here's the doozy,* he thought. "See, in this universe, Digimon...is the name of a television cartoon show describing the adventures of eight DigiDestined kids and their digimon--that is, you guys--as they fight to restore peace to the DigiWorld and the real world."

Kevin paused to let that sink in. "So you see, everything you did from that first day in the DigiWorld up to your last day in the DigiWorld has been seen here, in this universe, as episodes of a TV show. That's how I know everything I know about you."

"That," said Joe, "is just too weird for me to think about."

"Wow, we're TV stars!" said TK. "That's pretty cool."

"You said it, TK," replied Matt.

"Well," said Tai, his head still spinning from all this, "I think we should probably go to sleep. Who knows what we'll have to face tomorrow when we go after that key?" With that, the group went to sleep.

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"Sir, sir!" cried Compumon as he entered DigiMaster's throne room.

Turning around menacingly, the DigiMaster said, "Haven't you ever heard of knocking first?"

"Oh, sorry sir. But I found some information that you may find useful."

"Very well, let's hear it."

"There was nothing left to get out of Kevin's computers, because he erased them all before we got there. But I've identified the eight humans with Kevin. They're the DigiDestined, sir!"

"The what?"

"According to the Digimon TV show they used to show in the real world, the DigiDestined were human children who had digivices that linked them to their digimon, and allowed them to digivolve on command."

"I see. Thank you, Compumon. You are dismissed." As Compumon left, the DigiMaster thought to himself, *DigiDestined, huh? Well, we'll see how well they do against my army!*

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"Gomamon digivolve to....IKKAKUMON!"

It was the next morning, and the DigiDestined were ready to cross the water to the Statue of Liberty and get the fire key. They all climbed on Ikkakumon and started across. They were almost there, and nothing had attacked them or anything.

"I don't know, guys," said Izzy. "This seems TOO easy."

"Yeah," agreed Palmon. "I mean, I thought we'd be attacked or something." Just then, a huge fireball landed in the water, just in front of them.

"Way to go, Palmon," said Mimi. "Now you've gone and jinxed us!"

"Ooops! Sorry, Mimi!"

Everyone looked around for the source of the attack. After a few seconds, Kari said, pointing upwards, "There!" Everyone looked where she was pointing.

There was a huge fiery dragon hovering high in the sky, between them and the Statue of Liberty. "That's Pyredramon," said Izzy, checking his computer. "A dragon digimon made completely out of flames, like Meramon was. His Burning Claw attack burns anything in its path."

"Harpoon Torpedo!" The torpedo struck Pyredramon right in the chest, but had no effect!

"Looks like this guy's not going down easy," commented Sora.

"You're right. He's an Ultimate digimon, so we're going to need more power to defeat him."

"Biyomon digivolve to...BIRDRAMON!" "Tentomon digivolve to...KABUTERIMON!" "Patamon digivolve to...ANGEMON!" "Gatomon digivolve to...ANGEWOMON!"

"Meteor Wing!" "Electro Shocker!" "Hand of Fate!" "Celestial Arrow!" All these attacks hit Pyredramon head on, but were absorbed. Growing larger, Pyredramon said, "Burning Claw!" Swinging his claw around, he unleashed a massive fireball that hit Angemon and Angewomon, knocking them out of range.

"Inconceivable!" exclaimed Izzy. "We're going to need more power if we're going to defeat this one."

"You're right, Izzy!" said Sora.

"Birdramon digivolve to...GARUDAMON!" "Kabuterimon digivolve to...MEGAKABUTERIMON!"

"Wing Blade!" "Horn Buster!" Again, these attacks just got absorbed, making Pyredramon bigger and stronger. "Burning Claw!" shouted the evil digimon, knocking Garudamon and MegaKabuterimon in the direction of Angemon and Angewomon.

"All of our attacks are being absorbed and making him stronger. What attacks wouldn't be absorbed by a fiery digimon?" Izzy asked himself.

"The opposite of fire is ice, so something icy would do it," replied Kevin. "Too bad Frigimon's not around."

"Wait!" yelled Matt. "What about MetalGarurumon's Ice Wolf Claw?"

"That should do it!" said Izzy excitedly.

"You heard them, Gabumon, do your thing!"

"Gabumon warp-digivolve to...METALGARURUMON!"

"Ice Wolf Claw!" This attack hit Pyredramon and had just the effect they were looking for. The evil digimon's size and strength decreased.

"Hit him again, MetalGarurumon!" yelled Matt. At this point, the other digimon had made it back from where they were thrown to earlier.

"Ice Wolf Claw!" Again hitting the evil digimon, this time it actually froze the fire digimon in midair!

"Now's our chance! Everyone attack at once!" yelled Tai.

"Harpoon Torpedo!" "Wing Blade!" "Horn Buster!" "Hand of Fate!" "Celestial Arrow!" All these attacks hit Pyredramon and deleted him at last. Ikkakumon swam to shore and let everyone off, then de-digivolved to Gomamon. The others came back to the group and de-digivolved, as well.

"All right, let's get the fire key!" said Kevin, and everyone ran inside the Statue of Liberty. They found the fire key in the torch of the Statue. It was a round disc with a flame pictured on it, and that flame continued through the bottom of the disk to form a small rod shaped like the flame. As soon as they got the fire key, a message appeared where it had been, saying "The water key is located at the top of the Eiffel Tower, in Paris, France."

"Ooo, Paris!" said Mimi. "I should be able to get a killer wardrobe there."

"Mimi!" chorused the others.

*So, now that we have the fire key, we're off to Paris to get the water key.* thought Kevin. *With my friends helping me out, I'm sure we'll succeed!*
---End of episode seven---
What new threats await them across the Atlantic Ocean? Will our heroes be able to get the water key? Find out next time on "Digimon: DigiMaster"!