Digimon Treasure Quest
Prologue
It had been many years since the Digital World was in danger and the inhabitants were able to live their lives peacefully. The Digital World changed greatly as new data entered in creating towns and cities for the Digimon to take up residence in. There were even rumors of temples, valleys, and other grand structures that were said to have appeared, but few believed they existed. In order to determine the real places from the fakes, the Treasure Guild was established. There independent groups of Digimon could trade and gather information about such places and venture forth to find them. They dream of obtaining the vast amounts of valuables that are said to reside in those places and above all locate the crown jewel of it all, “The Infinity Zone.”
Chapter 1
“Now, let’s see here,” said Digitamamon looking over the three sheets of paper on his clipboard. “Name, Flint, Digimon Breed, Agumon, Attribute, Vaccine. This is your first time joining the Treasure Guild and you are going to be the leader?”
“Yeah,” replied Flint lifting himself up so he could see over the counter.
“I see,” commented Digitamamon. “We don’t normally get many rookie level Digimon take the lead role or any groups that are solely rookie level Digimon. Well it’s your funeral.” He stamped the approval stamp across Flint’s paper then moved on to the next one. “Name, Rex, Digimon Breed, Veemon, Attribute-“
“Oh, hurry, up,” groaned Rex jumping up and down to see over the counter. “We’ve been waiting in this line all day, you’re so slow. Come on, we have to get some treasure before everyone else finds it.”
Digitamamon didn’t react at all to Rex. He just grabbed a black pen and wrote on his form. “Attribute, Annoying.” Rex crossed his arms and turned away. He turned his head real quick to stick his tongue out at Digitamamon real quick.
“Can’t go a day without a loose cannon,” thought Digitamamon. He approved Rex’s form and turned to the last of the group’s forms.
“Okay,” he began. “Name, Dan, Digimon Breed, Guilmon, Attribute, Virus. It also says here that you were already registered with a group a while back that reached Rank 3. You do realize that by joining into a new group you will be returned to Rank 1. After hearing this, are you sure you want to continue?
Dan closed his eyes and remained still for a moment before nodding.
“Alright, I just need the 500 RAM and your team name.”
“No, problem,” answered Flint. “Rex, give him the RAM.”
“Uh, what RAM?” Rex asked nervously. He was clutching a large rainbow colored lollipop that he didn’t have a moment ago.
Flint grew a little pale. “Don’t tell me you spent our registration money?”
“Uh, sorry,” Rex told Flint with the most apologetic smile he could manage.
“Here you go,” said Dan as he handed Digitamamon 500 RAM.
“Alright, your group name?” asked Digitamamon.
Flint took a deep breath as he steadied himself. He then pulled his arm back and shot a victory sign in the air. “We are “Team Matrix!” he shouted out for everyone to hear. Rex jumped up in excitement, but everyone else remained quiet and a bit weirded out.
“That was a very ‘interesting’ display,” Digitamamon replied. “Alright. I will run your information through and you will get your Guild Licenses tomorrow.”
“Tomorrow?” questioned Rex. “You mean we have to wait in another line?”
“We have to do a background check to make sure you are someone we want representing the Guild. I’m sure you can understand that much.”
“He’s not listening,” replied Flint.
Rex was on the ground in a huddled position on the floor in tears. “I hate lines.”
“Don’t worry, bud,” Flint stated. “Tomorrow we can get out licenses and then go right out and find ‘The Infinity Zone.”
Everybody in the room burst out laughing upon hearing this, save for the members of Team Matrix. Flint had no idea why what he said was so funny.
“Dude,” stated an Elecmon with a funky afro hairstyle. “I get you are new, but you should at least know that quests can get difficult and dangerous which is why the ranking system is in place. You won’t be able to go into locations that are beyond Rank 1 and the Infinity Zone is about as tough as it can get. I can count the number of teams that are high enough ranked to search for it with one paw. You hear me?”
Flint wasn’t listening. He had joined Rex in sobbing.
Dan had to carry them out. They calmed down on their way back to Dan’s campsite.
“I guess we owe you again,” stated Flint. “First, we were short the minimum number of members needed to join and then we wouldn’t have been able to join the Guild without that RAM, which reminds me, Rex you’re fired as team treasurer and Dan you’re in.”
“That’s fine with me,” replied Rex. “I don’t need all that cash slowing me down in the field. But, I didn’t know you were already a part of a team before.”
“That was another life,” explained Dan. “I didn’t think I was ever going to come back to this life, but then I saw you guys and you were… short…”
“You mean short on members,” replied Rex, standing on top of a log so that he could be on even level with Dan while he was sitting.” He then slipped and fell on his tailbone. He rubbed his sore rear while the others laughed up a storm. The laughter stopped quickly when a rumble in their stomachs alerted them it was time to eat.
Dan went to a rope by a leafy tree and lowered down a large basket full of food and the other set the table? “Can someone go to the lake and pull in the line. Flint nodded and rushed toward the lake. Rex grabbed a fold up table and chairs and began setting a place for each of them before placing plates and cups on the table. Flint managed to get the line pulled in and found a cooler at the other end. It was filled with drinks being cooled by the lake water.
Dan brought the basket of food by the table then started the campfire, placing a pot of stew over it to heat it up. He then placed a few bags of chips and dip on the table to hold them over while it cooked. Flint gave each of them a drink of their choice. Rex and Flint got a bottle of apple juice each while Dan took lemonade. While the food was being prepared they chatted away, since while Flint and Rex had known each other all their lives, Dan was someone they just met a few hours ago.
Flint and Rex were from Zip Town. It was a fairly large place to live, but it had been on the decline in recent years causing a lot of buildings to become old and abandoned. They spent most of their time there looking over every inch of the town for clues on the location of “The Infinity Zone,” but to no avail. They then decided to head out on their own and join the Treasure Guild in hopes of claiming it for their own. The two fought a bit about who was better suited to be the leader and fought against each other every day on the way to the area’s Treasure Guild Facility. After a crushing victory of 6 wins and 1 loss, Flint got the role, but they both knew it was better this way. Rex was a bit more impulsive than Flint, and was hardly a patient Digimon, especially when it came to lines. Not to say Flint was without his own faults. He tended to be a little more confident in his abilities than he should have. Even when his opponent was at a higher level than he was or he was vastly outnumbered he wouldn’t back down. Having guts was one thing, but not when you’re spilling them.
Dan was much more reserved than Flint and Rex, allowing them to take up most of the conversation. He did however tell them a little about himself. First off, while they were around the average build of their Digimon Breed he had quite the gut on him. Unlike them, he had quite a bit of money to hold him over; they were flat broke (in no small part to Rex). Dan admitted he (like a lot of Digimon) had a big weakness for binging on lots and lots of food. Flint and Rex agreed that sounded nice, but they had never experienced that feeling themselves. He started listing all the delicacies he had eaten, but they stopped him; it was making their already rumbling stomachs even worse as they awaited their dinner.
When they tried to press him for more information about where he was from and his experiences in the Guild he didn’t tell them much. Only that he didn’t really have a place to call his own and while he was a part of a team he hardly went out into the field. He was in charge of supporting the group, but due to personal reasons he couldn’t stay.
The stew pot bubbled and the scent filled the air. They knew it was ready and Dan served it out to them. The meat, noodles, and vegetables were terrific despite it being warmed up again. The chewed up spoonful after spoonful the pot was scraped clean and they rested on their backs, their stomachs stuffed to the brim.
“Oh, if that’s what it’s like to binge,” stated Rex. “Then I’d like to do it every day from now on.”
“Oh, that was nothing,” sighed Dan. “If you can be a successful team then you’ll see what it’s really like.”
“I know you didn’t want to tell us too much about your time in your old team,” said Flint. “But what is treasure like? How will we know when we’ve found it?”
“Treasure is more of a relative term,” explained Dan. “In some cases it is gold and jewels. Things like that, which you can exchange for RAM, but there are all kinds of treasure that you can find. Food, candy, chocolate, are a few of the things on my treasure list, but gold and jewels are nice too since we could spend it on more food, candy, and chocolate.”
“I agree with you there,” Rex said letting out a burp. “No matter what we find I say we use it to eat, drink, and be merry.”
“Well don’t go overboard on the small fries,” commented Flint. “We want the crown jewel of treasure in ‘The Infinity Zone.’ We’ll have to get better equipment, rise in the rankings and find more members if we’re going to find it.”
“I know, but even after all this time do you really think it exists?” asked Rex. “I mean it is said to contain anything and everything, but even with all the amazing places already discovered that place is in a league of its own.”
Flint gave off a yawn as he felt tired. “If we don’t think it exists we will never find it.”
Rex soon gave a yawn himself. “Okay then. I’m in this for the long haul anyway.”
It wasn’t long before the two of them were fast asleep and snoring away. Dan smiled as he doused the fire. He could see they were going to need a lot more help than he thought since they had fallen asleep while it was still ablaze and the food hadn’t been stored away, but that was okay since he these two were quite lively. He felt like he could give this another shot. Once he was sure the fire was out, the food basket was returned to the tree and the cooler was submerged he found a soft spot on the ground and shut his eyes to go to sleep.
