Beast of Burden
By: Aubrie1234
Dear Readers, another story of mine. I'm also going to write it in a way I haven't really done before. The first chapter is going to be near the end of the story, and the other chapters are going to tell what happened to lead up to that. I did something like that once in one of my other stories, but this time I'm going all the way into it. Wish me luck!
Everyone that had come with me was knocked out. Even Marcus was out cold. I was the only one left awake, and what I saw wasn't what I ever wished to see. Trees were down all around me, fires were burning out of control, and no one was coming to help. I knew that because of one simple thing.
All of this was my fault.
A large foot hit me in the side, forcing the breath out of me, but I glared back up at my attacker. It was a grinning, red-eyed, blonde werewolf, also known as the legendary criminal, Weremon.
And he used to be Thomas.
"I thought that the famous Gaomon was supposed to put up a big fight. But this? This is pathetic!" Weremon laughed.
"I'm not giving up!" I growled. Everyone had been fighting him before, but he easily knocked them out, and I was the only one left awake, even with my injuries. He was going to kill everyone one once I was defeated, and then I would never see Thomas again.
"You have nothing to fight for!" Weremon said, pointing at me, "All of your friends are knocked out and that pup of a partner you had is gone! Just give it up."
"No!" I roared, feeling tears in my eyes, "I will keep fighting! For my friends, for Thomas, and for this world! There is always something to fight for!" A shocking pain hit my cheek and when I looked back at him, Weremon was glaring at me with one paw in the air. He had slapped me.
"You don't get it, do you?" he growled, "Your partner is gone. I wore him down until he couldn't fight me anymore. And none of you would dare to fight me because you all uselessly believed he was still here. He is gone for good. Accept that." I shook my head.
"No. I will never accept that. I know Thomas is still in there, is still fighting you. Just wearing him down wouldn't defeat him. He would never give up, and neither will I!" I punched Weremon in the gut, knocking the breath out of him, and scrambled to my feet. Never giving up is a lesson both Thomas and I learned from Marcus after fighting so long with him. And I was going to put that determination to good use by believing that there was a way to get Thomas back, and to fight Weremon down to my last breath.
That's something I know Thomas would be proud of me for. He would also be proud of me for being the only one to willingly fight him. The others, when they fought him, held back, afraid to hurt him, even Marcus and Agumon. But, Thomas knew that if push came to shove and someone had to fight him, I would fight him as hard as I could, even if he was my friend. That was something special about our friendship. We would do whatever we could to help the other, even hurting them if needed.
"Virus Claw!" I dodged Weremon's glowing black claws and used one of the fallen trees as a springboard to attack him.
"Rolling Upper!" I hit Weremon square in the jaw, sending him back. However, he grinned.
"Is that the best you can do?" I growled at his comment and raised my gloved fists, ready to attack again. He then made a side kick at me, and I jumped back, but I was caught by the swinging tail and thrown to the ground. I struggled to get up, but he yanked me into the air by the fur on the back of my neck.
"Remember what your partner said before I got rid of him? Only that Golden MirageGaogamon Burst Mode beat me. You can digivolve to that form, but not without your partner. You're weak, like a newborn puppy." He threw my away and my back hit a still-standing tree, stunning me. As I tried to get my bearings, Weremon came over and grabbed my throat.
"Say goodbye, weakling." he then started to crush my throat in his paw. I struggled to breathe, but darkness clouded the edges of my vision. I had one last thought before I blacked out, and it was that I had failed everyone, especially Thomas.