"Holy Shot!" shouts Kudamon as he fires a beam of light at a Vilemon that was flying over the bridge they were on, hitting it, and destroying it.
"And that takes care of another one of them there Vilemon." said Liam.
After leaving the fortress in Guts Waste, the group are currently on a bridge leading to the Palace of Thorns where the next artifact awaits them.
"Are we there yet?" Rusty moaned. Lincoln looks at the map that Taomon made for them.
"It should be on the other side of this bridge." said Lincoln.
"Good, my feet are killing me." said Rusty.
"If you don't stop moaning, then they won't be the only ones doing that." said Stella, making Rusty flinch.
A few minutes later, they reach the end of the bridge and arrive at a very large castle.
"This must be the place." said Clyde. Stella's Digivice started to glow brightly.
"Hey, my Digivice is glowing like Clyde's did." said Stella.
"Must mean that it's your artifact that's in there." said Liam.
"Dang it." said Rusty.
"Maybe the next one will be yours, Rusty." said Lincoln.
"I hope so." said Rusty.
They all enter the castle walls and look at all the walls covered in thorny vines with red flowers on them.
"Now I see how this place got its name." said Clyde.
"Where could Stella's artifact be?" asked Liam. They all look around and see a fountain in the main courtyard; above it was a glowing green orb.
"There it is!" said Stella as she and the others walk over to her artifact; all of a sudden, a lot of vines shoot out of the ground and wrap around the orb.
"What's going on?!" asked Lincoln.
"Hold it right there, humans!" something shouted out. The group turned to see what appeared to be a green RedVegiemon.
"Is that a RedVegiemon?" asked Stella as she pulls out her Digivice and points it at the Digimon. "No, that's Weedmon; Champion Level, Vegetation Type, Virus Attribute. Special attack, Squeeze Vine."
"On Titamon's behalf, I will not let you have that artifact!" said the Weedmon.
"You're one of Titamon's goons?" asked Rusty.
"Yes, and I'm here to destroy you all." said Weedmon.
"In case you haven't noticed, you're outnumbered." said Lincoln.
"And one of us can Digivolve to Ultimate." said Zach.
"I wouldn't say I'm outnumbered." said the Weedmon as it whips the ground, making a lot of yellow Weedmon shoot out from it.
"What are those?" asked Lincoln. Clyde holds out his artifact and points it towards the new Digimon.
"Those are regular Vegiemon." said Clyde. "Champion Level, Plant Type, Virus Attribute; special attack is Compost Bomber."
"Lincoln!" said Agumon, getting Lincoln's attention and making him nod; he and the others pull out their Digivices/artifact and use them to Digivolve their Digimon to their Champion Levels.
"Let's get them!" said Golemon.
"Sunflowmon, you take on Weedmon, we'll handle the others." said Leomon.
"Okay." said Sunflowmon as she moves towards Stella's artifact.
"Compost Bomber!" shouts the Vegiemon as they start throwing pink piles of... you know what at the group.
"Are those guys throwing..." Clyde started to ask with disgust.
"Lana and Lisa would like these guys!" said Lincoln as he dodges a pile of what the Vegiemon were throwing.
"If they're trying to beat us by making us sick, then it might work!" said Stella.
"That better not get in my perfect hair." said Rusty.
"Mine, too." said Leomon.
"Let's hurry and take them down before any of that happens!" said Gaogamon as he and the other Digimon charge at the Vegiemon.
"Mega Flame!" shouts GeoGreymon as he releases a powerful blast of fire at one of the Vegiemon.
"AUUUGGGGHHH!" shouts the Vegiemon as its burned to a crisp.
"Spiral Blow!" shouts Gaogamon as he releases a vortex of wind from his mouth that hits another Vegiemon, knocking it to the ground. "These guys aren't even worth Digivolving to Ultimate for."
"Lion Claw!" shouts Reppamon as he lunges at another Vegiemon and repeatedly claws it with his front claws, knocking it to the ground.
"Lion Sword!" shouts Leomon as he unsheathes his sword and slashes a Vegiemon with it, knocking it to the ground.
"Yeah, teach that Vegiemon a lesson about throwing... that stuff at others." said Rusty before he cringes.
"Sulfur Plume!" shouts Golemon as he releases a blast of hot gases from his mouth that washes over a bunch of Vegiemon.
While the boys' Digimon were fighting the Vegiemon, Sunflowmon was facing off against Weedmon.
"Are you ready to be mulched?" asked Weedmon.
"You're welcome to try as long as you don't throw what those other guys are throwing." said Sunflowmon.
"You got that right." said Stella.
"Not my style; I'd rather use this." said Weedmon before it reaches into its mouth and pulls out a scythe.
"Better than what the Vegiemon were using." said Sunflowmon.
"Head Harvest!" shouts Weedmon as it swings its scythe at Sunflowmon with her narrowly avoiding it.
"I don't need to be pruned right now." said Sunflowmon.
"Squeeze Vine!" shouts Weedmon as it wraps one of its arms around Sunflowmon and squeezes her tightly.
"Sunflowmon!" shouts Stella. Weedmon draws his scythe back with a sinister grin on its face.
"Just a little off the top." said Weedmon.
"Cactus Tail!" shouts Sunflowmon as she whips her free tail towards Weedmon, launching thorns into its face.
"AUUGGHH!" shouts the Weedmon as the thorns pierce its body, making it release its hold on Sunflowmon.
"Good one, Sunflowmon!" said Stella.
"Smiley Slap!" shouts Sunflowmon as she smiles and slaps the scythe out of Weedmon's grasp.
"Dead Weed!" shouts Weedmon as it swings one of its arms at Sunflowmon, hitting her, and knocking her to the ground.
"Sunflowmon, be careful!" said Stella. Weedmon hops over to its scythe and picks it up off the ground; after that, he heads over to Sunflowmon.
"This battle is over!" said Weedmon as it raises its scythe above its head.
"You bet it is!" said Sunflowmon. "Sunshine Beam!" A massive beam of light fires out from her face and overwhelms Weedmon.
"AAUUUUUUGGGGGHHHHH!" shouts Weedmon as its body was obliterated.
"Yes! Way to go, Sunflowmon!" said Stella. The vines surrounding the artifact start to wither and fall apart. With the boys, their Digimon just finished defeating the Vegiemon.
"That takes care of this place's weed problem." said Rusty. The Digimon all return to their Rookie Forms and head over to the fountain. The orb dissipates, revealing a white and red wrist band that floats over to Stella and wraps itself around her arm; her Digivice glows and gets absorbed into it.
"Congratulations, Stella." said Lincoln.
"Way to go!" said Clyde.
"Thanks, guys." said Stella.
Just then, a pair of giant doors opens up, getting their attention.
"What's going on?" asked Liam. They all watch as a woman with pink skin, long blonde hair done in a ponytail with roses in it, wearing a mask that looked like a rose, a red body suit with gloves that almost reach her shoulders, a green cape, black high-heeled boots that reach above her knees, and a yellow thorny vine whip wrapped around her arms and chest, walks out of the gateway and over to the group.
"Who is that?" asked Rusty with a blush on his face. Stella points her artifact at the woman.
"That's a Digimon." said Stella. "Rosemon, Mega Level, Plant Type, Data Attribute; her special attack is Thorn Whip."
"That's a Digimon?" asked Lincoln.
"She looks human." said Clyde.
"What are you all doing in my home?" asked the being now known as Rosemon.
"There was something here that belonged to me." said Stella.
"Now I have a question for you." said Rusty.
"What is it, human child?" asked Rosemon.
"Are you married?" asked Rusty, making the rest of his group faceplant.
"Rusty, now is not the time to flirt." said Stella.
"You're all trespassing!" said Rosemon before she whips a stone walkway with her thorn whip, breaking part of it to pieces as if made of styrofoam, making everyone flinch.
"Sorry, we'll leave." said Lincoln as he and most of the others start to exit the palace while Rusty just continues to gawk at Rosemon before Clyde and Liam grab him and start dragging him away.
"Can't I stay a bit longer to get to know her?!" whined Rusty.
"If you stay, she'll probably use that whip on you!" said Clyde.
"She can do whatever she wants to me." said Rusty as he continues to look at Rosemon with a goofy smile on his face. Soon, they were all out of the palace grounds and back in the Guts Wastes.
"Well, at least we got Stella's artifact." said Clyde.
"Yeah, but I know that Rosemon wanted me." said Rusty as he smooths his hair back.
"You wish." said Stella.
"Let's just get back to Floatia." said Lincoln. Rusty turns and starts running back to the Palace of Thorns before the others tackle him to the ground.
A few hours later, the group makes it back to Floatia where they are greeted by Jijimon.
"Hello, children." said Jijimon.
"Hey, Jijimon." Clyde replies. Jijimon noticed that Rusty was tied up as he struggles to get loose.
"What's wrong with him?" asked Jijimon.
"A lot of things." said Stella.
"But we were at the Palace of Thorns and..." Lincoln started to say.
"Let me guess, he saw Rosemon?" asked Jijimon.
"Yep." said Liam.
"Well, she is considered to be one of the most beautiful Digimon in our world." said Jijimon.
"And other Digimon that look like hot human women?" asked Rusty.
"There are some." said Jijimon. "You might meet some of them on your journey."
"I hope so." said Rusty. He then realizes he was still tied up. "Can you all untie me now?"
That night, after everyone eats dinner and Lincoln makes a journal entry, with Rusty bugging him to make a full-page picture of Rosemon; Lincoln drew the line at Rusty's request to draw a picture of her in a two-piece swimsuit; everyone goes to bed to rest up for their next journey.
Stella has obtained her artifact, and Rusty has a Digi-crush. What other things will happen as their adventures in the Digital World continue?