All Dogs go to Heaven: The Charlie Chronicles
The Return of Valmarmon
By: Darkraptor
San Francisco
A week has passed since the attack in Golden Gate park. There had to be some improvements now that there were going to be six new friends. Angel Annabelle decided to go with her counterpart in Heaven. Ninetales' friends from another world decided to stay with him and Charlie and Itchy. Angel Charlie, Angel Sasha, and Flo (note: there's only one of her, so she doesn't need the 'Angel' name in front of it) decided to stay with Charlie and Itchy while Angel Bess and Angel Itchy decided to stay with Ninetales. In just a day, Angel Charlie fixed up the place, although had some trouble convincing Charlie to agree with him. Not only that, Charlie was seeking his other self's advice on how to make Sasha fall in love with him. Well, these events weren't the only things that were happening, because in another world, where the ocean and beach were black, a ritual was taking place.
Dark Ocean
"Is that the last one?" said ShadowMaster to an exhausted Mummymon.
"Yes", said Mummymon, holding up a sphere where inside it was a heart shaped figure, "The Heart of Valmarmon".
"Excellent", said ShadowMaster, "Now, with all your help, I will be able to revive the evilest digimon".
Arukenimon, Mummymon, and Daemon, still under ShadowMaster's control, watched as ShadowMaster organized the seven spheres.
"The Claws of Valmarmon", said ShadowMaster, putting the spheres in a formation, "The Body of Valmarmon, the Tongue of Valmarmon, the Wings of Valmarmon, the Horns of Valmarmon, the Eye of Valmarmon, and the Heart of Valmarmon… hmm".
"What's wrong… master?" said Arukenimon obediently. She didn't want to upset this creature, especially if its strong enough to take over Daemon.
"I think I'll keep this piece", said ShadowMaster, picking up the Heart of Valmarmon.
"Do you think that's wise?" said Mummymon.
"Why?" said ShadowMaster, slowly turning his head, which made Mummymon shake.
"Because", continued Mummymon, still shaking, "You need the heart to revive him".
"There's more than one way for a revival", said ShadowMaster, using his other hand to form an orb similar to the one he's holding, except instead of a heart, it was filled with electrical mist.
"This is my own life force. I will give this in place of his real heart".
"Why do that?" said Arukenimon.
"Insurance", said ShadowMaster, "If what you have told me about BlackWargreymon was true, then Valmarmon would also do the same: disobey and go on his own. But, if he were to be weaker than me, then he won't have a choice but to obey. That was your problem Arukenimon. Creating a creature more powerful than you that it overpowered you".
Arukenimon growled low so ShadowMaster wouldn't hear.
"Now", said ShadowMaster, "For the final part of the ritual: three sacrifices".
"Where are you going to get that", said Arukenimon, "We happen to be in a place where there is hardly anything to sacrifice".
ShadowMaster turned to face them, then said, "Who said anything about searching for others, when I have the sacrifices here"
"WAIT!" shouted Arukenimon, "YOU MEAN US!?!"
"Yes", said ShadowMaster, slowly walking towards them.
"NO", shouted Arukenimon, "YOUR NOT GOING TO USE US FOR THAT! SPIDER-THREAD!" Arukenimon shot red webbing towards ShadowMaster as Mummymon shot his own bandages. ShadowMaster was tied up, which allowed both Digimon to attack.
"POISON MIST!" shouted Arukenimon as she spit out a green mist.
"SNAKE BANDAGE!" shouted Mummymon, firing his rifle.
Both attacks hit the tied up ShadowMaster as a cloud of dust formed around him. Both exhausted, they waited as the dust cleared and there was nothing left.
"Did we get him?" said Mummymon, holding his rifle at the ready position.
"I don't see him, Mummymon", said Arukenimon.
"Why don't you look behind you", said ShadowMaster's voice.
Both Digimon looked back, sweating with fear to see ShadowMaster, unharmed.
"DARKNESS CONTROL!" shouted ShadowMaster, hitting both Digimon. The Digimon gave screams of pain before calming down.
"Now", said ShadowMaster to all three Digimon, "Enter in the middle of that formation".
"Yes, master", said all three Digimon as they walked slowly into it. ShadowMaster stood at the edge and stretched his arms out.
"SHADOWS OF DARKNESS, HEAR MY CRY
GIVE ME THE POWER TO REVITALIZE
REVIVE A CREATURE DESTROYED BY LIGHT
LET IT ONCE AGAIN LIVE WITH ALL ITS MIGHT
AWAKEN ITS POWERS SLEEPING WITHIN
SO IT CAN BE USED ONCE AGAIN
AWAKE, VALMARMON!"
ShadowMaster Copperhead shot a strong bolt of lightning to the three Digimon, making them into data. The particles swirled around the spheres as a storm formed overhead; the ocean became restless. The particles covered the spheres and started to come together as smoke began to emerge from the spheres themselves. ShadowMaster watched as the formation began, forming a devil like Digimon: Valmarmon has risen.
"I LIVE!" shouted Valmarmon as the smoke cleared, then he spotted ShadowMaster in front of him, "So, you're the one who has revived me, huh?"
"Yes", said ShadowMaster, "And, it is Master to you".
Valmarmon laughed so hard that it made the beach and ocean shake.
"You amuse me", laughed Valmarmon, "For I am no ordinary Digimon, I am a Digimon God. Now that I
have returned, I shall seek my revenge against Granasmon and his messenger, Gallantmon Shining Mode".
"You are going nowhere", said ShadowMaster, charging an electrical orb.
"YOU DARE TRY TO CHALLENGE ME!" roared Valmarmon, "GO AHEAD! LET'S SEE
WHAT YOU GOT!"
ShadowMaster fired his attack to Valmarmon and, to Valmarmon's amazement, hit him painfully.
"How?" said Valmarmon, recovering from the attack, "How is it possible for you to be stronger than me?"
"Perhaps this", said ShadowMaster, showing Valmarmon the sphere, "answer's your question".
"MY HEART?" responded Valmarmon, surprised, "How is it possible for me to live without my heart?"
"Because I AM YOUR HEART", said ShadowMaster, putting the sphere away, "When I revived you, I planted my own life force into you, just enough to make up your own heart. Call it 'insurance' that you will obey my every command, for if you don't, I'll take that life force away, making you dissolve to nothing".
Valmarmon couldn't believe what he was hearing: this creature controlling him, like a puppet, but he knew that ShadowMaster had a point. Valmarmon gave up.
"Very well", said Valmarmon, "What is your desire,...master"
"Good slave", said ShadowMaster, "You chose well, I am pleased".
Fool, thought Valmarmon, when I retrieve my real heart, you will no longer control me. Then, you'll experience my full wrath for doing this to me.
Unknown Location
Nox was standing at the door of an abandoned warehouse, where he was looking for his brother Equi to return. During the week, Sultrie was in a room with only saying 'experimenting' before shutting the door. Soon, she sent Equi to search for something, while Nox was to remain on guard while the others were doing something. Nox was still angry for loosing to that pokemon, although, he wondered how that pokemon got so strong all of a sudden. Just then, he felt something drop on his head: snow.
"Merry Christmas", said Equi as he entered the warehouse through a window.
"I HATE CHRISTMAS!" shouted Nox as he retaliated with a fireball.
"KNOCK IT OFF!" shouted Sultrie, "If I was our Master, I would have you two eliminated, so I…" Sultrie paused.
"What's up?" said Equi, approaching Sultrie, who seemed to be lost in thought.
Just then, Sultrie jumped and pointed to Equi.
"YOU!", said Sultrie, "Find me a laptop computer immediately".
"Why the hurry?" said Equi.
"Because", said Sultrie, "We're going to open a gate to the Dark Ocean".
Flea Bite Café
"I attack with Gamma the Magnet Warrior", said Jolteon as he played a card on the table. He was dueling with Eevee while Charleon watched.
"Not so fast", said Eevee, "I activate my face down card: a trap card called Call of the Haunted. This will allow me to bring back one monster from my graveyard. I chose to bring back Command Knight (Atk: 1200, Def: 1900) in attack mode".
"Ha", said Jolteon, "My Gamma has 1500 attack, so he can easily take down your monster. Continue attack!".
"Poor, naïve Jolteon", said Eevee, "Did you forget that Command Knight has a special ability? She raises the attack points of all Warriors on my field by 400 attack points".
"Wait, then that means?"
"Yep, her attack is now 1600!"
"NO!"
"Command Knight, counter attack. That sends Gamma to the grave and makes you loose 100 life points, making you history".
"NO! Man, that's the 25th win so far Eevee, and yet, you never lost once".
"I'm just that good"
"Really", said Flareon as he entered the café with Vaporeon, "I couldn't help but overhear that. How about this: a tag team duel, this Friday, one o' clock, you and Vaporeon vs. me and Jolteon?"
"Deal", said Eevee, "I'll see you then".
While they were discussing the terms for Friday's match, Charlie was still talking with Angel Charlie while Angel Sasha helped out Sasha and Gerta on orders.
"I still can't believe you two were together since the time of Gabriel's Horn", said Charlie.
"Yeah", said Angel Charlie, "But tell me, why didn't it happen to you two?"
"Well", said Charlie, "It all begins with…"
While the two Charlies were talking, just outside the café were Ninetalesuk and Shaina, walking towards the park. Along their way, Shaina noticed that Ninetales seemed worried.
"Ninetales", said Shaina, "What's on your mind?"
"It's nothing, really", responded Ninetales.
"Don't give me that", said Shaina, "Last time you told me 'nothing', Belladonna almost made you loose faith in yourself (from: My Immortal). Please tell me this time what's wrong".
Ninetales stopped by a quiet spot in an alley and took a deep breath.
"It's about what happened a week ago", said Ninetales.
"Oh", said Shaina, still having that day fresh in her mind, which reminded her what she wanted to tell Ninetales, "Ninetales, can you tell me what happened to you after you got tied up by Nox?"
Ninetales was thinking hard: he couldn't remember what happened to him.
"I don't know", said Ninetales, "All I remember was you being attacked by Sultrie, then… nothing".
"Concentrate Ninetales", said Shaina, "Please tell me what you felt when you saw me getting hurt".
Ninetales closed his eyes, concentrating on what he felt, then, "Anger, for seeing that witch harming you and fear of loosing you. Then, something overwhelmed me, a surge of power. I felt this surge during the time of when all I remember was blank, then, the surge disappeared and I saw myself being imprisoned in Sultrie's crystals".
"Ninetales", said Shaina, "I think you need to know what we all saw you doing".
Shaina told Ninetales of what she saw of him that day: the red glow, the angry stare, the powerful moves. Ninetales was in shock to know that he knew those techniques, especially Substitute.
"What's wrong with me?" said Ninetales, lowering his head, "Why don't I remember controlling this power?"
"No one knows", said Shaina, lifting Ninetales' head up, "All there is to it is that it saved us from those two brothers. Everyone is fine thanks to you and Charlence".
Ninetales remembered when Angel Charlie fused with Flo and became Charlence. He wondered what if he was able to fuse with him. With Angel Charlie's power adding his own, plus the hidden, they could be the strongest being alive.
"Come on", said Ninetales, "Let's get to the park before night falls".
Ninetales and Shaina continued their walk to the park.
Golden Gate Park
Sultrie was preparing a concoction of powder and electricity while Equi was busy on the laptop.
"Is it ready yet?" said Sultrie to Equi while Nox was creating a symbol on the ground with his fire.
"Give me time", said Equi, "But even if we do find the Digi-port, we don't have any way of opening it to the Dark Ocean. You need a Digivice to open it and, in case you haven't noticed, we aren't Digidestined".
"No need for those worthless devices", said Sultrie, "Since it is time to combine science with sorcery and shadow".
"DONE!" shouted both Equi and Nox together.
"The symbol's complete", said Nox, admiring his work of creating a circle with a peculiar insignia in the middle and writing on the perimiter.
"I found it", said Equi, holding the laptop to Sultrie. She was happy to see it.
"NOW! For my part", said Sultrie, taking the laptop and putting it in the middle of the flaming symbol.
Ninetales and Shaina barely got to the park entrance when they noticed smoke coming from over the hill. When they reached the top, Ninetales had to put a paw on Shaina's mouth to keep her from gasping out loud. There, they saw Equi, Nox, and Sultrie doing some sort of ritual.
"Ninetales", whispered Shaina to him, "What are we going to do?"
"We need to contact the others and Annabelle at once, but how", said Ninetales, thinking, then it struck him, "Shaina, I need you to run back to the café and tell everyone there what's happening. I'll stay here to see what they are up to".
"NO", said Shaina, "I don't want to leave you here alone with all of them".
"There's no time to argue", said Ninetales to Shaina, who at the moment began to sob, "Just get going".
Having no choice, Shaina nodded and ran as fast as she could back to the café. Ninetales stayed behind and continued to watch the progress of the ritual.
"Now", said Sultrie, "Digi-port open!"
The laptop glowed as Sultrie spread the powder around the flaming insignia. The flames turned green as the laptop now became engulfed by it. The flames lifted from the ground as it replaced itself on the air. The circle then glowed for only a second before it showed the Dark Ocean. Soon, a tall figure stepped out of the circle. Ninetales saw clearly that the figure was huge, with a cloak covering his head and a mask made of copper covering his mouth.
"Welcome back, Master", said Sultrie as all three bowed before him.
So this is ShadowMaster Copperhead, thought Ninetales as he saw him, I'm getting chills just by looking at him.
"I am pleased to see that your shadow powers are developing well, Apprentice", said ShadowMaster to Sultrie.
"Thank you", said Sultrie, "And Master, if you wish for me to continue my progress, may I go seek a test subject for my new technique?"
ShadowMaster looked at his apprentice, "What new technique?"
"Something you'll know you'll be pleased with", said Sultrie.
"Very well", said ShadowMaster, "You may do as you wish".
"Thank you", said Sultrie, "Equi, have you found a suitable guinea pig?"
"Well", said Equi, "As a matter of fact, I did. If you head North until you come to a small village, there you'll find a reindeer with a red nose whose heart is pure as can be".
"Excellent", said Sultrie, "Then I guess I'm off to see Santa Claus". In an instant she vanished.
Santa Claus?, thought Ninetales, No, she said she's going after a reindeer with a red… it can't be that they exist, does it?
To be continued