Digimon Story: Rainbow Traverse -- Chp 14

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On point, Alemana pulled back against the vortex, his fingers digging into the grooves of his digivice. It was all he could to do to hold onto the vision in his head as he fought the current at every turn. He could hear Menehunemon shouting something, but with the wind howling in Alemana's ears, the boy had no chance of making anything out. He could still see Malie. He could see the steel in her eyes, even as she her struggled to stay standing. How much longer could she hold up.

A new image appeared in Al's mind. Thoughts spanning back to an old story he had learned when he was growing up in Hilo. From it, he saw it: two chains of thread twisting together. An idea began to take root.

Panting, feeling his legs almost buckle as this breathtakingly strenuous miracle was taking shape, that story came to him.. and despite his exhaustion.. a smile crossed his face as he held tight to the digivice.

“We’re tying the ti rope,” he said… his voice louder than he expected it to be, and part of him thought that he must’ve sounded crazy when he said such a thing.. but he couldn’t help it.

[Gain +1 Inspiration]

With those words, the idea crystalized inside of Al, and with it, change took hold of the energy escaping his digivice. No longer was it threatening to tear out of his hands. Instead it became like a tether made taut between two points, unphased by the raging wind that otherwise battered Vivi and Ike's. With it came a sudden drop in the vortex' intensity. Al could hear the others over the wind!

Seeing such a reaction, he would look at the others… seeing that they were still having trouble. “Hey guys! I have an idea!  We have to be like King Kamehameha’s servants and tie the Ti leaves together to make a rope!”

"Like WHAT?!" called Ike, the blonde pulling his digivice this way and that.

“Like the story! You know! The one thing where the guys make a rope to make sure the kings canoe doesn’t float away while they look for him! You gotta do that .. but with the Ki’s energy! That should help stabilize it!”

A pulse raced through the air, causing a sudden pull between the trio.

"It's worth a shot!" said Vivi, regaining her footing. Moments later, her own digivice formed blue replica of Alemana's tether. Al could see Ike's lips moving as he glared at his digivice like a mad dog. He almost dropped it when a tether of his own solidified.

At that moment, all three tethers met in transit, wrapping around each other to form a singular chord of tricolored energy. Thusly formed the divine rope shot towards Malie's digivice, disappearing inside the vortex. A sphere of light surrounded the longhaired tamer's digivice, and suddenly she was floating inches off the floor. The vortex continued to pull, yet no longer was Malie at risk of being pulled in, her hands clasped around her digivice, eyes wide and entranced.

He would watch as both of them were able to do the same feet.. and he gasped as he watched what was happening with Malie’s digivice

“It’s working.. oh my god it’s working!” He shouted, beginning to laugh as his anxiety turned into genuine joy.

A sonorous, metallic chime echoed out from Malie's digivice. The sphere of light surrounding it expanded outward in the blink of an eye, and as if in response, each of the other tamers' digivices ceased in projecting divine power. As the last of the "Ti rope" sank into Malie's digivice, the girl returned to earth... before dropping to her knees.

"Al!" came Renamon's voice, the vulpine catching the boy as he almost went the same way as Malie.

“That.. was awesome..” he said as he collapsed..leaning against Renamon, giving her a bit of a goofy grin

“Hey there, beautiful..!”

Sighing, Renamon smiled as she pulled the boy in for a hug.

Without anyone saying as much, a moment's rest went all around for the group. Alemana could feel the dry itch of a sunburn all across his face and hands as the adrenaline began to wear off, alongside a dull ringing in his ears, and massive thirst. It wasn't lost on him that Kukuimon hadn't begun his Gentle Song, or the fact he could see neither leaf nor mask of the piglet.

"Drink," said Renamon, steeping water from Al's canteen into the boy's mouth.

He would chuckle.. and drank, before coughing

“Thank you Rena.. withered Kukuimon ?”

"He's fine," said the vulpine. "Kuku's taking care of him."

Al could feel the knot in Renamon's stomach like it was his own. Glancing out of the corner of his eyes, the tamer could see the other pairs were sitting up, though Eyesmon was bringing Malie on her back towards Vivi.

“Wait.. wait did they get hurt..?!” And  he sat up .. that pit growing as he looked at Malie

Renamon put the canteen down to spare a paw to push against Al's chest. "Slow down," she said. "We'll find out soon enough. Right now, we need to check on you. How are you feeling? Any dizziness or blurred vision?"