Shellmon's Lair/Gaining Tamatoa's Help and Getting Excalibur Back

*(Back at the Living Trees area the next morning, Drake’s group and their army were finally freed from their underground prison by the Living Trees, thanks to Gygas, Krang, Pigma, Shredder, and Wolf aiding them. After Vanitas magically cleaned the dirt off of them with with his Keyblade, Banzai and Demidevimon started to rant and rave)*

Demidevimon: I just can’t believe it!

Banzai: We almost got our hostages and their allies, only to be literally buried alive by these stupid Living Trees because of their stupid song that deters us! So much for finding Excalibur because of them!

Demidevimon: And so much for recapturing the hostages!

*(Then Ed started to giggle a bit)*

Banzai: It's not funny, Ed.

*(Ed bursts out laughing)*

Banzai: Hey, shut up!

*(Ed continued laughing, only for Banzai to lunge at him and they get into a fight)*

Shenzi: Would you knock it off?!

*(They stopped fighting and Ed, at first, began gnawing on his leg, but then stopped with a confused look)*

Banzai: (To Shenzi, pointing at Ed accusingly) Well, he started it!

*(During the ranting and raving and then fighting, Drake’s group noticed another footprint different from Shellmon's and calmly smirked evilly)*

Shenzi: But that gives no excuse to fight!

*(Suddenly, they see Drake’s group laughing evilly in a crazy way, much to their confusion)*

Nuka: And I thought *I* was crazy.

*(Then Demidevimon flew up to Vanitas, trying to get his and Drake’s group’s attention)*

Demidevimon: Masters? Vanitas?

*(He knocks on Vanitas’ forehead as Drake’s group and Vanitas’ maniacal evil laughter calmed down)*

Demidevimon: Hello?!

*(He grabs Vanitas by his cheeks)*

Demidevimon: Get a grip!

*(Vanitas savagely grabs Demidevimon)*

Demidevimon: (Straining) Good grip.

Vanitas: Take a look at why we’re laughing like that.

*(He points at the new footprint, making the army finally notice. Realizing slowly as they slowly smirked evilly, Vanitas released Demidevimon and they understood)*

Gygas: From what we see, Team Excalibur is leading us to Excalibur’s location. But they're taking a little detour first.

Wart: In Tamatoa’s lair.

Leon: Oh, I get it….

Panther: With Tamatoa's help, we’ll have to sneak in and grab Excalibur secretly before those meddlers beat us to it.

Nuka: Yeah….

Fat Cat: It’s not gonna be easy without Tamatoa.

Negaduck: For the Shellmon will eat anything in his path if this anything is spotted.

*(A short pause, then Pigma spoke up in confusion)*

Pigma: But how do we know that Team Excalibur knows of Excalibur’s whereabouts in the Shellmon’s lair if they're getting Tamatoa?

Hunter J: If they did, then we’ll outwit them!

Zira: Exactly!

Ratigan: And we will definitely give them our revenge they deserve, best served cold.

*(Then he turned to us readers)*

Ratigan: I always wanted to say that.

*(He chuckles evilly a bit. Then we crossfade to a foggy area and Team Excalibur emerged, following the Shellmon’s trail cautiously. Suddenly, they spot the same new footprints Drake's group and their army saw before)*

Launchpad: Whose footprints are those?

*(Gizmoduck, Silver, and Omega sensed one of the footprints and realized)*

Gizmoduck, Silver, and Omega: Tamatoa.

*(Team Excalibur got surprised)*

Tails: The famous coconut crab that greedily collects treasure?

Silver: Yep.

Gizmoduck: Without a doubt, those footprints are his.

*(Suddenly, the kids noticed two shadowy figures approaching them slowly)*

Honker: (Terrified) S-Something's coming towards us.

*(Team Excalibur noticed upon hearing him and got prepared. But then, to their relief, the figures revealed themselves to be....)*

Team Excalibur: Dynablade and Dynachick!

*(Dynablade and Dynachick chirped at them)*

Morgana: What are you doing here?

*(Answering Morgana's question, Dynablade and Dynachick first drew with Dynablade's wing a picture of Tamatoa on the dirt and then ushered Team Excalibur to climb on Dynablade's back. They slowly realized)*

Team Excalibur: Thanks!

*(They then climbed onto Dynblade's back and then the two birds flew Team Excalibur towards the direction of Tamatoa's lair)*

*(Suddenly, they, Dynablade, Dynachick, and Tamatoa stopped as more fog formed around)*

Stupid: Too much fog on the trail.

*(The magic assistants then magically lifted the fog off the ground, revealing the trail again)*

Stupid: There it is.

*(Suddenly, they heard loud stomping from afar)*

Christopher: My guess; The Shellmon.

Tamatoa: Obviously.

*(Suddenly, a giant rib cage crashed near them, startling Team Excalibur)*

Huey, Dewey, and Louie: Quackerooney!

Gene: Shabooey!

Honker: Look at the size of that rib cage! It’s probably about 50 feet tall.

Webby: Then that means the Shellmon must be a hungry monster that loves to eat anything 50 feet tall.

Gizmoduck: And we better not get ourselves on his menu.

Leatherhead: *That* we guarantee.

*(Suddenly, they see a silhouette approach them. Suddenly, it walked by them without noticing them, making them duck in the nick of time. After the coast was clear, the fog cleared up, revealing a cavern entrance)*

Team Excalibur: The Shellmon’s lair.

Tamatoa: Stay close.

*(They nod and then slowly and cautiously entered, looking around for any Shellmon activity. But then they find a giant heavy rock-like door blocking the way)*

Figment: How can we open it?

*(Silver tried to lift the rock up with his powers, but it was way too heavy)*

Silver: Not even my powers can lift it.

(Stegmutt tried to lift the rock alone)

Stegmutt: Even my strength alone can't lift it.

Megavolt: And we can’t destroy it, for the Shellmon will hear us and then eat us.

*(Determination slowly kicking in, Leatherhead’s group then walked up to the door and with their powerful strength, slowly lifted the door open together. Getting it, Silver and Stegmutt then used his powers and his strength again, this time making the door slowly open some more. Even Dynablade helped out. Then the rest of Team Excalibur ran through the gap)*

Batty: Come on!

*(After Leatherhead’s group, Dynablade, Stegmutt, and Silver entered last, they gently placed the door down onto the ground and then Silver dispersed his powers on the door once it’s on the ground. After they panted in exhaustion a bit, they and Team Excalibur sighed in relief quietly. Then Luna groaned, letting Kayla translate)*

Kayla: She says “What incredible strength you have, guys.”

*(Leatherhead’s group smiled bashfully a bit. Then they noticed them becoming calmly glum)*

Escargoon: But after our adventure over, we might return to being normal and human.

Psycho: He’s right.

Greasy: And we just came to like our new forms.

Dedede: specially with our strength.

Smart Guy: And if there’s one thing we’re glad of from Drake’s group and their army, they gave me and my mugs cool forms.

Leatherhead: And gave me a cool name.

*(Leatherhead's group nod in agreement. Team Excalibur, feeling bad for them, reassured them)*

Tails: It’ll be worth the memories after this.

Team Excalibur: Yeah.

Leatherhead’s group: You really think so, guys?

*(Team Excalibur nods)*

Shadow: Just believe you’re still strong and cool in your real forms when that time comes.

Elise: Yeah. We all just want what’s best for us.

*(Luna then groaned a bit, with Kayla translating)*

Kayla: She said “And to not hurt you.”

*(Luna calmly got surprised at what she and Elise just said)*

Escargoon: And you understand and listen?

*(Hearing him ask that, Elise and Luna realized immediately and had a brief flashback)*

Luna: I just want what’s best for you.

Elise: Well, you could if you let me follow my dream.

Luna: Elise, that's not....

Elise: Fighting evil, rescuing other damsels in distress....

Luna: Elise….

Elise: Heck, even make everyone proud...!

Luna: (Starting to get angry) Elise…!

Elise: And maybe even make you....

Luna: ENOUGH!! YOU ARE NOT BECOMING A KNIGHT PRINCESS, EVER!!

Elise: (Sighs) It's not fair! Why can't you listen to me and understand?

*(After that flashback ended, Elise and Luna realized slowly as Luna groaned in realization)*

Elise: My god….

*(She turned to Luna in calm amazement)*

Elise: I just started to sound just like you before.

*(Luna then groaned a bit, letting Blaze translate)*

Blaze: She said “I was too sounding like you, but with you, that was when I was wrong to forbid your dream before.”

*(Understanding each other and listening to each other, Elise spoke up while Luna nods in agreement)*

Elise: I guess we can understand and listen now.

Dedede: So, we’re good?

*(Team Excalibur nods, much to Dynablade, Dynachick, and Tamatoa's confusion, and then the three shrugged. Perked up calmly, Leatherhead’s group nods in agreement. Then they resume their cautious trek. They stop cautiously at another entrance and to their calm surprise, they find a Champion-leveled sea shelled monster-type Digimon stretching a bit in a tired way)*

Darkwing: (Whispering) Is that…?

Amy: (Whispering) Yes.

Tamatoa: (Whispering) The Shellmon.

*(Then the Digimon, now revealed to be the Shellmon, finished stretching, he reached below for something)*

Christopher: (Whispering) What is he doing, Elise?

*(Elise takes a closer look cautiously and then to her and Team Excalibur’s realization, the Shellmon pulled Excalibur out and began picking his teeth with it like a toothpick, much to their calm disgust)*

Gosalyn: (Whispering) He really *is* using Excalibur as a toothpick.

Webby: (Whispering) Gross!

*(After he finished, the Shellmon laid Excalibur next to him and started to fall asleep)*

Ness: (Whispering) He’s falling asleep.

*(Then with that the Shellmon slept. Team Excalibur then pondered)*

Quackerjack: (Whispering) How do we sneak in and get Excalibur?

*(They think it over, and then Silver brightened up)*

Silver: (Whispering) I know!

*(He looks at Tamatoa and Elise along with Team Excalibur)*

Elise and Tamatoa: (Whispering) What?

*(Getting Silver’s idea, they and even Elise and Tamatoa, who realized slowly, smiled smugly)*

Tamatoa: (Realizing and whispering) Oh, I get it.

Elise: (Realizing and whispering) Yeah....

*(Later, Tamatoa is sitting above a cliffside near the Shellmon and is slowly and carefully lowering Elise towards Excalibur with his claws while Dynablade, Dynachick, and the rest of Team Excalibur hid)*

Elise: (Whispering) Careful.

*(Huey, Dewey, and Louie leaned carefully, hoping Elise will make it when they slipped and fell onto the ground, sending dust flying into their faces. Realizing they’re gonna sneeze, Scrooge, Webby, and Gene stopped them)*

Scrooge, Webby, and Gene: (Whispering) Don’t!

*(But after Scrooge, Webby, and Gene released them, thinking they stopped the sneezes, Huey, Dewey, and Louie sneezed loudly, shocking Team Excalibur. Then the Shellmon groggily started to wake up)*

Elise: (Whispering) Tamatoa, swing me back and forth!

*(Getting her plan, Tamatoa did what she said. Then Elise sang her heart out, putting the Shellmon back to sleep)*

Elise: **In my favorite dream**

**Everyone is so delightful**

**No one’s mean or spiteful**

**In my favorite dream**

**Yes, and in my favorite dream**

**There, my heart can go romancing**

**Dancing to a heavenly theme**

**But there’s something else I look forward to**

**It’s a secret**

**But here’s a clue**

**He’s my favorite**

**You-know-who**

**You’re the hero of**

**My most favorite dream**

*(Once the Shellmon was asleep again after Elise finished her song, Elise quickly grabbed Excalibur)*

Elise: (Whispering) Got it!

*(Then Tamatoa quickly lifted Elise back to him and quietly met up with Dynablade, Dynachick, and Team Excalibur. They smiled softly in relief, glad to have Excalibur back. After Elise puts Excalibur back in its scabbard, they quietly climbed on Dynablade and Tamatoa's backs and they ran and/or flew towards the other tunnel leading outside when they heard an explosion destroy the door, surprising them and waking the Shellmon up. Then Drake’s group and their army appeared, having used dynamite to blow up the door, and prepared to ambush them when the Shellmon, angered for being awakened, roared and swung his arm across the room, sending Drake’s group and their army out of the cavern, destroying the wall in the process. Relieved, Team Excalibur quickly escaped and made it out. Suddenly, Shellmon spotted them and chased after them, when Tamatoa intervened and shoved him back. Then they resumed running again. Once far away from the lair, Team Excalibur, Tamatoa, Dynablade, and Dynachick stopped running and after panting a bit, they then broke into merry laughter. Then after that’s done, they smiled in victory)*

Bushroot: We did it!

Elise: I know, I can’t believe it, we did it!

Huey, Dewey, and Louie: Huzzah!

*(They then turned to Elise)*

Christopher: Well, as leader of Team Excalibur, you, Elise, is to carry Excalibur until we reach Camelot.

Elise: Me?

Christopher: Yeah. You grabbed it, you carry it.

*(Luna nods in agreement. Elise smiled softly slowly in agreement)*

Elise: Well, okay. I guess I can play the role of delivery girl.

Darkwing: Yep, yep, yep.

*(Tamatoa then changed the subject)*

Tamatoa: Now….

Neptunia: We know.

Stegmutt: The gold.

Tamatoa: Actually, about that….

Liquidator: My guess; You don’t want it now?

Tamatoa: I would, but…. Having spent my time with you and learning the importance of love and friendship….

*(He sighs softly with a gentle smile)*

Tamatoa: I understand now that no treasure matters *and*greed would be the death of us.

*(Team Excalibur smiled softly in return, glad to hear Tamatoa has become less selfish and greedy. Then Scrooge spoke up cheerfully)*

Scrooge: But regardless, we made a deal.

Webby: And these kind of deals should never be broken.

Gizmoduck: Yeah. So, you can have the gold.

*(The others agreed. Even Dynablade and Dynachick nodded in agreement. Tamatoa shrugged softly and spoke up)*

Tamatoa: Well…. Very well. A deal’s a deal.

*(He accepted the gold from Leatherhead's group. Suddenly, Shellmon appeared, really livid, much to Tamatoa, Dynablade, Dynachick, and Team Excalibur’s surprise)*

Tamatoa: Oh, come on! That was King Hubie's sword and you know it!

*(He shows off his gold)*

Tamatoa: And besides, I got gold! And you don’t have anything to gloat about!

*(Shellmon growled angrily)*

Shellmon: Oh, yeah?! I can make a better Hydro Pump than you!

*(Team Excalibur got surprised while Tamatoa began arguing with Shellmon, much to Dynablade's annoyance and Dynachick's confusion)*

Tank: I had no idea Shellmon can talk.

Elise: Well, yeah. Forgot to mention that I read about it.

Shellmon: (Points at Elise accusingly) And she is nothing but a toothpick thief!

Tamatoa: Hold up! She had every right to take back what belongs to the King of Camelot!

Golemon: What?! That’s baloney!

Tamatoa: Shut up!

Golemon: You shut up!

*(Then they began beating each other up in a fight cloud, continuing to scream “You shut up” to each other. Then Dynablade and Dynachick nods at Team Excalibur to continue on without them, and Team Excalibur shrugged in agreement)*

Morgana: Well, shall we head for Camelot now?

Team Excalibur: Yeah!

*(Then they left, leaving Tamatoa and Shellmon to continue their fight and Dynablade and Dynachick trying to break them up. As they walked through some more of the Forbidden Forest, a song begins playing in the background)*

Woman: (Voice-over) **Whatever you imagine**

**Is where your heart can go**

**There are worlds filled with treasure**

**Time without measure**

**To learn whatever you may need to know**

*(Then they come upon a blue glowing tree)*

Woman: (Voice-over) **Imagine**

***(*Imagine)**

**That you and I**

**Can fly past the sun**

**And leave all**

**Our doubts and fears behind us**

*(Realizing this tree is the Wisps' home, Team Excalibur are soon greeted by the Wisps)*

Woman: (Voice-over) **You see, that's just what can happen**

**When you look inside your mind**

**There's no limit to**

**The wonders you can find**

*(Then spotting Excalibur being carried by Elise, the Wisps happily circled around her and ushered her and Team Excalibur to follow them to the direction of Camelot. Getting it, Team Excalibur nods)*

Woman: (Voice-over) **Whatever you imagine**

**Can make your life brand-new**

*(Then the Wisps playfully took Honker's glasses and began leading Team Excalibur and Honker towards Camelot's direction)*

Woman: (Voice-over) **There are miracles waiting**

**So keep concentrating**

**And I promise you**

**That if you do**

**Whatever you imagine can come true**

*(As the song ended, the Wisps playfully floats around the air with Honker's glasses above Honker)*

Honker: (Chuckles a bit) Silly Wisps. You can give me my glasses now.

*(Noticing Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, Shadow, Silver, and Max holding hands with Amy, Cosmo, Tikal, Rouge, Blaze, and Kayla tenderly, the Fearsome Four began to playfully tease them)*

Liquidator: What's the matter? You in love with each other?

Bushroot: Seems like it.

*(Hearing the two, the six couples blushed with smiles and released their hands, clearing their throats)*

Megavolt: (Laughs a bit) It's okay to tell us that you like each other.

Six couples: (Casually with smiles) Nah, not yet.

Megavolt: You sure?

Six couples: Yep.

Quackerjack: They got your number right there, Sparky.

Megavolt: (Angrily to Quackerjack) Don't call me "Sparky!"

*(Honker then accepts his glasses back from the Wisps. Then before they resumed their walk, Tank tripped on something on the road. Noticing that, Team Excalibur and even Tank, who recovered, realized that it’s a destroyed tree trunk, covered in giant snake fang bite marks)*

Meta Knight: Those snake bite marks….

*(Team Excalibur slowly and calmly realized)*

Team Excalibur: The Dark Cobra….

*(Nearby, Drake’s group and their army, having survived the incident with Shellmon earlier, slowly recovered and noticed Team Excalibur looking at the damage path. They hid themselves, wondering what they’re planning this time)*

Amy: But why was the Dark Cobra here I wonder?

Chip: Probably on his destruction path as usual.

Batty: (Imitating Steve Irwin) Even I wouldn't mess around with him like a crocodile.

*(Suddenly, they heard soft whispering noises. They turned and saw some Wisps calmly ushering them to follow down a path. Team Excalibur immediately realized what that path is)*

Honker: That’s the path to the Scarablands ruins.

Team Excalibur: Yeah.

*(Nodding to each other, Team Excalibur decided to follow the Wisps and see what’s up with the Dark Cobra)*

Elise: Okay, Wisps. Show us the way.

*(Then with that, they followed the Wisps. With Drake’s group and their army, they slowly smirked evilly, as if having a plan)*

Drake’s group and army: The Dark Cobra….

*(Then they started to follow as well secretly)*

***Coming up: Team Excalibur will make a shocking discovery on the Dark Cobra’s origin involving Jafar’s disappearance and the spell Luna’s under upon arrival at the Scarablands ruins. Then Drake’s group and their army and even the Dark Cobra himself ambush them. But thankfully, Team Excalibur escape after fighting them off.***