Chapter 2
Take Him Out
Digital World
The sky was red. The trees were all dead. The digital world was no more the beautiful place we all once knew. The earth seemed like a blackened desert, like it had been burned down to crisp. The digimon scurried across the land to find shelter. A giant bolt of lightning struck the ground, reducing it to a pile of debris, and was followed by a loud thunder.
There were loud steps that made the whole place shake. Three gigantic beings – they walked, side by side, destroying everything down their path.
The one on the right's body was clad with silver armor and red plates with gold linings. It had what looked like giant circular shield on its left hand, and a red cape on its back that went all the way to the ground. But what caught the most attention was probably the large silver lance it had for a right arm. The digimon stopped progressing forward to raise it high in the air.
"ROYAL JOUST!"
The lance started glowing brightly to release several beams of light high into the atmosphere. The streaks of energy came down crashing into what remained of the forests, causing massive explosions. Hundreds of innocent digimon got digitized and you could watch their pixels fade away.
The digimon on the left stepped forward. This one was just as big. But it had on blue and red armor. It had a huge golden ring stuck to its back, and it extended all the way above its head.
An enormous sword was in its hand, and its design had a theme that was synonymous to that of it's wielder's.
It swung the sword around with great momentum.
"CELESTIAL BLADE!"
A sharp wave sliced everything and everyone that stood before them, sending them to oblivion. A huge devastation had fallen upon the digital world… And no one was there to stop it. No one was powerful enough.
An Elecmon was unfornute enough to trip and fall before the three. He was tired and wounded. He looked up to the godly figures with repenting eyes.
"…Why?"
That was the only question… and, it was the only thing he could make out.
The third one, who was just as colossal, looked the most menacing. Its armor was pitch black, with exquisite golden streaks. This one had no weapon with it. All it wore was a dark, ragged cape, which flew about with the dead wind.
"Everything…"
Its voice was deep, and it echoed like it did not belong to this world.
"…They've built… WILL FALL!"
It pointed its palm at the helpless Elecmon. The green gem on it started to glow radiantly.
"Please no! Have mercy!"
Those were his last words, before he was blasted off to extinction by a massive, verdant wave of pure energy.
The two powerful digimon on its sides went forward on their own accords, cleaning up what was left of the place.
The tyrant closed its eyes, like it was deep in thought.
"…And from the ashes of their world… we will rise… to build a better one…"
It opened them, now to reveal deadly, ruby, red poles.
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"My name is Alphamon… And this is my beginning…"
-Digimon Adventure 3: Search for Power-
Human World
Tokyo
The city was crowded. The buildings were huge and it was absolutely a sight to behold. Digital billboards were playing advertisements back to back. All the teenagers were riding in hovering skateboards, and people were busy texting and browsing on their hologram projecting smartphones as they walked down the street. There were small white drones flying around in the sky, each having a camera installed in it, so that the citizens would be provided with top notch security.
A lot of changes had taken place here in the last couple of years. And the sheer speed of technological advancements was to thank. The roads buzzed with traffic, and it wasn't even rush hour.
Digital World
A projection appeared on the top of the green gem on his palm. It showed the soccer match that was going on in Odaiba. And it was zoomed towards two brunette boys who were working together to strike the game-winning goal.
"Tai Kamiya… & Davis Motomiya…"
The three mega leveled digimon stood by a range of mountains, that were dwarfed by their enormous sizes. The area had been cleared and they were contemplating on their next conquest.
"Don't tell me, Alphamon… that you wish to go there and fight them, right now…" The blue and red armored digimon spoke up.
"There is no need… Omnimon and Imperialdramon cannot appear with the presence of just those two…"
"What a shame..."
"Indeed…"
The silver and red armored digimon, with the lance and the shield, had its eyes closed and was leaning back against the mountain wall.
"I think… I have an idea…" He spoke up.
Alphamon and the blue and red armored digimon looked at him, quizzically.
Tokyo
A familiar blond haired woman took down every single dress she found in the women's section into her shopping bag. Then she handed the bag to her son, who was holding her ten other bags. There was a seventy percent off sale in Tokyo's most popular store and she was not going to lose this opportunity.
"Mom… I still don't understand why I had to come down here with you…" The blond haired boy whined, but quietly so as to not aggravate his mother.
"Oh be quiet. I don't get to shop like this everyday. And your Mom needs a hand sometimes, you know?"
"Alright…" The boy whispered, with genuine sadness.
With his father and his elder brother out of the picture, it was his responsibility to be the man of the house. T.K. Takaishi, one of the younger digidestined, but not one of the newer ones. He had probably grown the largest amount compared to others, given that he is now almost as tall as Tai and Matt. Although, his age left him with a slender body.
"And besides, you need some new clothes! You've been wearing that same old green sweatshirt and baseball hat for a whole year now…"
"But… I kind of like what I'm wearing now…"
"T.K. Takaishi…" She spoke up sternly. "Please don't make me tell you twice."
T.K. nodded, in defeat.
Outside
A bunch of pixels began appearing in the clear, blue sky… And slowly, but steadily it began to take the form of a rip in the dimension.
Everyone looked up at it, clearly bewildered by its sudden appearance.
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"Wow, what is that?"
"What's going on?"
"Are they doing those crazy special effects again?"
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All kinds of questions and outbursts were coming out from the people in the streets. The traffic stopped and everyone had brought there phones out to take pictures and record what was going on.
A pair of giant silver and gold armored boots began to come down from the tear.
Inside the Mall
Something vibrated in the pockets of T.K.'s black basketball shorts. He dropped some of the bags on the floor to check his phone.
No text messages. No missed calls.
Huh?
There it was again… The vibration.
T.K.'s eyes widened.
He took his green D-3 out this time. And to his surprise, the screen was glowing.
No way!
"T.K., sweetie! I found this trendy fedora and this cute little purple scarf for you! You should try them out."
T.K. laughed nervously and sweat dropped. There is absolutely no way he would be caught dead in those things. He looked around the store. There were several people gathered by the window. His body tensed up.
Oh no… Could it be?...
He dropped the bags. Took his D-3 and ran towards the window.
"T.K. what are…"
"I'll be back in a sec, Mom!" He cut her off, even though he had no belief in what he just said.
He looked outside… and there it was. A large armored digimon with a red cape, a lance and a shield. It was hovering in the air, looking down at all the citizens from the sky. Its arms were spread wide open and its cape flew with the wind. It was probably seven stories tall.
"No!"
He turned around to see that his mother had seen it too. Her hands were over her mouth; she was clearly in shock. All the horrible memories from all those years ago were coming back.
"Mom… please…" He pleaded.
"T…k…K…" she began to sob. "Don't tell me you're going out there… all alone…" Her voice was very shaky.
"Mom… there's no other choice… Look at all those people!" He pointed outside, desperately.
She broke down and T.K. hugged her.
"I'm sorry, Mom…. But I have to at least try!"
She nodded, slowly, in his chest.
Outside
He looked at all the people gathered in the streets with his bright, yellow eyes. A low laugh could be heard from inside his helmet.
"Fools… They don't even know what they're standing before…"
They're were flashes in the crowd from cameras.
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"What is that thing?"
"Is that another one of them transforming robots?"
"Maybe it's a digimon?
"But how is it so big, though?
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It buffed its chest up.
"Greetings… humans!... I am the great Gallantmon! And I am here looking for a worthy opponent!... I am very powerful!"
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"Oh my god, is he for real?"
"Wow, is this a joke?"
"I don't get it…"
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Gallantmon squinted his eyes.
"…Allow me to give you a demonstration…" He spoke in a low voice.
He pointed his lance at the crowd.
T.K. finally managed to get out of the huge shopping mall. He saw it.
"NOOO!"
"TAKE THIS! SABER SHOT!"
Gallantmon's lance began to glow…
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"Wow, pretty!"
"I have a bad feeling about this…"
"Nah, man! It's all special effects!"
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A beam of light came out of the lance and hit the street right at the center, causing a massive explosion. Some people were thrown back, causing severe injury. But most of them were, unfortunately, not coming back. There was fire in the streets now.
Gallantmon, slowly ascended down to the ground, its eyes closed, giving off an ominous presence.
"Weaklings… To think that it was a human that created the digital world…"
People were running down the street with mass hysteria. The flying drones were all glowing with red lights, signaling an emergency.
T.K. took his arm off of his face and looked around at the street to see all the chaos. He grunted.
"I need to do something! I can't let this go on! People are getting hurt…" His shoulders slumped.
"…And once again, I can't do anything about it…"
He looked at his D-3. The screen was coming on and off randomly.
…Patamon… I wish you were here…
Gallantmon looked around the place. He turned around to look at the shopping mall for a few seconds. Then he pointed his lance at it. But a large force hit him in the gut and took him by surprise. The giant mega-leveled digimon fell back on his knees. There was smoke everywhere.
T.K.'s eyes widened. He looked back to see a line of large olive military tanks coming through to the scene. All of the people had already evacuated their cars, thus, the tanks were allowed to run over them.
T.K. trembled.
What are they doing?... They're all gonna die!
Gallantmon got up to his feet, quickly recovering from the surprise attack. There wasn't even the slightest scratch on his armor.
"How. Dare. You..." He was clearly pissed.
The tanks lined up around the digimon in a circle.
"Hey, kid!"
"Huh?"
One of the officers called out to T.K. He looked around, and realized that the place, which was probably crowded with millions of people ten minutes ago, was now completely evacuated.
He ran towards the lorry in which the officer was.
"Officer, sir! You have to tell your men to back down! This is a very strong digimon! They'll all gonna get killed!"
"Why don't you go home and play your video games, kid. And let us grown ups handle this!" The officer took out a rifle and loaded it.
T.K. was out of words.
Gallantmon walked and positioned himself in the center of all the tanks. He laughed, loudly.
"So, even humans can fight back, huh? Even though you are hiding behind your ugly little toys, I have to admire your courage to stand up against Gallantmon…"
T.K.'s jaw dropped open. There's no way the people here are gonna leave unscathed.
What do I do? WHAT DO I DO?!
He got an idea. He took his phone out.
That's right! Tai and Davis would know what to do!
He called Tai first…
No response.
Then Davis…
No improvement.
T.K. dropped his phone on the ground, looking at the ordeal before him with HOPEless eyes.
No…
The officer took a megaphone out.
"On your marks, soldiers!"
The tanks pointed their canons at the digimon.
Gallantmon braced itself simply by putting his shield forward. T.K. balled himself in a corner and covered his ears.
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"FIRE!"
All the (what looked like fifteen) tanks fired their ammunition at the target. There was a large bang and an explosion. There was a lot more smoke this time.
"I think that did it!" The officer examined with his binoculars. "Excellent job, men!"
The area slowly cleared. But it was definitely far from over.
A bright red force field appeared out of the smoke. Gallantmon was, once again, untouched.
The officer dropped his binoculars.
"I… don't… believe it…" He stammered.
Gallantmon brought down his shield and turned his back to see the rest of the tanks, his red cape flew majestically.
"My, my… How utterly embarrassing…" His deep voice was filled with disappointment. "And here I was expecting an actual challenge…"
Some of the soldiers were escaping out of their tanks, trying to flee to safety. While others, remained, either out of honor, or out of the simple realization that there actually was no escape.
Gallantmon closed his eyes and pointed his lance out to his right.
"Well, you did at least manage to keep me entertained… So I guess I'll grant you mortals an honorable death... A death by my hand!"
The lance began to glow.
"Not so fast!"
"HALLOWED KNUCKLE!"
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A bright orb of light flew into the air, and exploded, blinding everyone.
Gallantmon covered his eyes with his shield and turned to the new voice.
"What!?"
A large foot clad with silver and blue armor stepped forward. The rest of its body armor had the same color scheme along with several inscriptions. It had ten large golden wings, two smaller ones on its blue helmet, and a golden breechcloth between its legs. It was just as big as Gallantmon.
It had its right arm out, signaling the former digimon to stop.
T.K. climbed up the lorry's hood and snatched the officer's megaphone.
"STAND DOWN, GALLANTMON! WE DON'T WANT TO FIGHT YOU!"
The drones roamed around the air.
T.K. and Seraphimon appeared on the digital billboards.
Disclaimer: I don't own these characters.