Fan:Rumble in the Coral Jungle (Digimon Mystery Episode 10)

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Opening Narration
Narrator: Ever since he first started taking care of Vi-Elecmon, Norman has been carefully watching him. Vi-Elecmon keeps making these strange drawings of monsters. What could possibly be on his mind, anyway? Also, Norman better not have Homeostasis take control of him again. He was this close to being written out of the show…

Part One
(The scene is Norman’s bedroom, where he is having a nightmare)

Norman: No… (Norman is having an intense nightmare. A shadowy monster with pencil thin sharp teeth cackling with a Darth Vader-like voice was chasing after Norman and his friends. A large, ambiguously reptilian claw snatches Norman’s friends up. Just as the monster is about to grab Norman, he awakens to the TV in his room)

TV: Up next is another episode of Frankensteinfeld at 5:00, followed by Texas Chainsaw Manicure at 5:30. Now back to Thursday the 12th, only on Scream TV! (Norman turns off the TV. Just when he is about to go back to sleep, Vi-Elecmon busts into the room, alerting Norman)

Norman: AH! Vi, what are you doing?!

Vi-Elecmon: I drew something new today!

Norman: Did you have to disturb me this early in the morning? Fine, I’ll see what you drew. (Norman gets out of bed and stumbles toward Vi-Elecmon’s room, revealing a room full of poorly drawn characters and places) Where is it?

Vi-Elecmon: Here it is! (Vi-Elecmon gives Norman the new drawing. Norman freezes up when he sees that the shape of the face, while poorly drawn, resembles the creature from his nightmare)

Norman: I just had a nightmare with this face in it! I recognize the teeth!

Vi-Elecmon: It’s the metal man. He’s the guy who kidnapped us. (Norman slowly turns his head toward Vi-Elecmon in shock. The scene cuts to morning, where Norman is telling his friends about what Vi-Elecmon said to him)

Norman: Okay, so I had a nightmare last night.

Coraline: About what?

Norman: There was this world where everything was a mix of flesh and robotics. We were all looking around and checking for danger when this shadowy monster attacked us.

Raz: Why does the whole “shadowy monster” thing seem familiar to me?

Lili: Probably because you had a nightmare just like this before.

Norman: Well, the monster attacked us. The only things I could clearly see were his cat-like eyes, his thin, spike-like teeth and the light glowing in his mouth.

Dipper: If we hadn’t been fighting all these strange digimon, the idea of this thing would be bone chilling.

Norman: It was. He had this deep, insidious cackle, too.

Mabel: We should’ve waited for tonight. That way, Norman can talk about it like it was a ghost story.

Norman: This is too important, Mabel. The creature grabbed you all, but I woke up when he was about to grab me.

Wybie: Not to sound too skeptical, but I don’t see how a nightmare is so significant, Norman.

Norman: It gets worse. When I awoke, I tried going back to sleep, but Vi-Elecmon made me look at his drawings. Guess who he drew?

Neil: The monster?

Norman: Yup, that’s exactly right. The problem is that the drawing isn’t very detailed, so I can’t make out anything else except certain traits of its face. (Norman shows the others the drawing)

Vi-Elecmon: Does everyone like it?

Coraline: Vi-Elecmon, we need to have a chat with you in the lab for a moment. (Everyone goes Ford’s lab. The kids overhear WarGreymon and MetalGarurumon arguing about something while Magnamon is trying to defuse the situation)

MetalGarurumon: I’m sorry that Milla’s Digi-Phone went missing, but you need to calm down!

WarGreymon: What if someone stole it?! It could be anywhere! What if somebody tampers with it?! You should’ve been more careful! It was your job to watch over the Digi-Phones!

MetalGarurumon: It was most likely misplaced, WarGreymon! Maybe you should’ve watched them, too! If memory serves, we agreed to take turns!

Magnamon: Both of you, calm down! Would Milla and Sasha want you two to fight like this? Look, once Agumon checks the footage, we’ll know if anyone stole it. (Magnamon turns toward the Mystery Tamers) Oh, hello, kids. These two were arguing over who lost Milla’s Digi-Phone.

Raz: You guys lost Milla’s Digi-Phone?! (Agumon turns around and gets off of the chair he was sitting on)

Agumon: Actually, it was stolen. Watch the camera footage. It took forever for me to notice, but if we zoom in near the totem pole… (Agumon zoom in the camera footage and notices a small, big-eyed shadow holding Milla’s Digi-Phone) Eyesmon stole it. The footage proves it. (WarGreymon growls in anger)

WarGreymon: Why didn’t we sense anything?!

MetalGarurumon: Our time in those tubes must’ve weakened our senses. I would’ve obliterated Eyesmon by now if they weren’t. (Agumon approaches the Mystery Tamers)

Agumon: Of course, Milla’s Digi-Phone getting stolen isn’t the only thing I noticed. You know aquarium you guys mentioned? Well, Ford and the others were too busy trying to help Agatha to notice the energy reading coming from that place. It’s as if it were housing something incredibly important and powerful.

Vi-Elecmon: This could tie into the thing!

Agumon: Uh, what thing?

Norman: Vi-Elecmon seemingly remembers who kidnapped everyone. (Everyone in the room is shocked)

WarGreymon: You know who captured us!? Who is it?! (Vi-Elecmon’s ears droop down with disappointment)

Vi-Elecmon: All I remember is that his body was metal, so I call him “The Metal Man”.

Magnamon: The Metal Man, huh? That’s not very specific, Vi-Elecmon. Many digimon are metal.

MetalGarurumon: Case in point, most of me. Right now, we need to investigate the aquarium Agumon was talking about.

WarGreymon: This makes want to listen to The Beach Boys.

MetalGarurumon: That comment makes me wish I had no ears. (Gabumon, Monodramon and Wizardmon enter the lab)

Gabumon: Hey, everyone! Wybie, we have some stuff for everybody. Monodramon told us that you were building something to help power up the Digi-Phones. You wrote instructions on how to build them, so here they are. (Gabumon and Wizardmon hand the amplifiers to the Mystery Tamers) It turns out Wizardmon is quite the mechanic.

Wybie: Cool!

Norman: What are these slots for?

Wybie: Well, they’re supposed to house batteries, but I made it too small for any to fit inside. I forgot to update my instructions, so Wizardmon and the others must’ve repeated my mistakes. Besides, Ford was supposed to make a type of battery that would actually fit inside the slots, but, well, you know what happened.

Coraline: Norman, I— (Norman starts glowing and he sees a vision of himself and Vi-Elecmon finding something in the aquarium. Norman stops glowing) What was that?!

Norman: I don’t know. Maybe Homeostasis was showing me something. It wants me to go to the aquarium with Vi.

Coraline: Well, Homeostasis was helpful before, but you’ll need backup. Vi-Elecmon can’t digivolve yet, so Bearmon and I will come with you.

Neil: Ludomon would want to investigate that place, but I should warn you. Aquariums make me feel queasy, but because Norman is my best friend, Ludomon and I are going anyway.

Coraline: You better not puke, Neil.

Norman: I just hope nothing too dangerous is waiting for us in there. (The scene transitions to Eyesmon and a strange, silhouetted fish digimon floating toward the aquarium)

Eyesmon: There it is, Manbomon. What I need is inside of that aquarium. Gideon will send Gorillamon and Witchmon to join you later. Remember, I told Gideon that the Mystery Tamers were planning to build something in the aquarium and that you were to be sent to destroy it. Give me the special item in secret, got it? (The fish nods) Good! Now get in there! I must have my body back to normal! (Manbomon enters the aquarium as Eyesmon cackles to himself)

Part Two
(The scene is outside of the aquarium, where Norman and his friends are ready to venture inside)

Norman: Well, here we are. You ready to go inside, Vi?

Coraline: Wait a second. Remember that barrier? (Bearmon finds a small rock and tries throwing it at the aquarium, but the barrier blocked it) Now try to walk toward it, Bearmon.

Bearmon: Okay, but the barrier might keep me out. (Bearmon creeps up to the aquarium entrance. Bearmon manages to reach the door) I made it, everyone!

Ludomon: Fascinating. So the barrier only appear if something hazardous is approaching, like Bullmon or that rock? Something truly special must be in this building. There may be security measures once we step inside.

Norman: Got it.

Neil: Did everyone eat before we left? (All of the digimon raised their arms) Good, because I don’t want to—

Vi-Elecmon: Please don’t make Coraline repeat herself. (Everyone hears someone yelling “Wait for me!” and it is revealed to be Tapirmon) Oh, hey there, new friend.

Tapirmon: Wait! I want to go in, too! (Tapirmon catches up with everyone)

Coraline: Well, here goes nothing… (Coraline and the others enter the aquarium, only to find that inside of the building looks like an giant coral reef. Everyone stares with a sense of wonder. Agatha appears on Norman’s Digi-Phone)

Agatha: Hi, Norman. I wanted to check up on everyone. Did you get to the aquarium?

Norman: You know we thought the whole pocket dimension thing stopped? The update must not have fixed the simulation enough, because the inside of the aquarium looks like we just stepped in a fish tank.

Agatha: Hmm… Looks that way to me. Whatever you do, be careful. Whoever Gideon sent is obviously in the building with you.

Norman: Got it. (Coraline notices Bearmon being mesmerized by the holographic fish swimming around them) He’s kind of like a kid, huh?

Coraline: I guess so. (Coraline smiles. Vi-Elecmon, Ludomon and Tapirmon begin looking at the fish as well. Coraline remembers why they went to the aquarium) Oh drat, I forgot! We have to get moving! We have something special to get from here. Come on, Bearmon! (Bearmon ran to Coraline and the others follow Bearmon. Everyone begins walking through an “underwater” tunnel)

Vi-Elecmon: Norman, what do you think I’m going to digivolve into?

Norman: I don’t know, Vi. You look like so many different animals that I can’t tell what direction it’ll go in. However, I suppose if I had to guess, you’d probably turn into some kind of chinchilla.

Vi-Elecmon: What’s a chinchilla?

Norman: I think it’s a kind of rodent.

Vi-Elecmon: What kind of name is chinchilla, anyway? It sounds like something you put on your chin if it’s too warm.

Norman: Hahahaha. That was actually pretty good. (The group comes to a branching path) I was afraid this was going to happen.

Coraline: I guess that means we split up. Bearmon, Tapirmon and I will take the left path, and you, Vi-Elecmon, Neil and Ludomon will take the right one.

Norman: Sure, I guess. (Coraline, Bearmon and Tapirmon head down the left path and Norman, Vi-Elecmon, Neil and Ludomon head down the right path. Norman notices Neil holding his stomach) Neil, are you okay?

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