Chapter 3: "My Shadow's The Only One That Walks Beside Me"
The room was pitch black except for the ominous glow of the LCD screen television. Nobody had been into or out of the room for hours and that was the way Oikawa intended to be. He wanted to enjoy the digidestined's downfall by himself in his own room as he fingered popcorn from the giant bin in front of him. He had always loved drama in his television and the fact that this live drama was unfolding right in front of him was to good to let up. The destined were at each other's throats and it was all thanks to him. He had even caused hatred between blood as the blond child of hope duked it out with the blond child of friendship. Grinning he chewed the pieces of popcorn in his teeth enjoying the extreme taste of fake butter in his mouth. Shouting echoed across the room as their emotions began to run higher.
"You talk of our home and the innocent civilians like they are pawns for your greater good! We are the only ones that can protect these people! How dare you leave them out to dry!" said the younger of the blond kids. Oikawa was impressed with his determination of course. The spiky haired one with goggles was gone, yet he had retained that hope that drove him. He stood up to his older brother, something that Oikawa admired for he himself was the younger child. His brother had picked on him when he was a kid, and Oikawa had been to weak to defend himself. Yet this blond one had a steel inside him that he had not seen before. His eyes shifted to the other half of the screen that was currently playing the battle scene between Kimeramon and the champion level digimon that he faced.
Kimeramon currently had Greymon in his grasp and was busy having his way with the digimon. Slowly Greymon's life was being sucked out of him by the giant Devimon hand that held him. He fought to the last breath it seemed even using what was probably the last bit of energy to shoot off one last futile blast of fire. Oikawa smirk grew waiting for destruction to finally be reality and for Greymon to turn into thousands of bits of data. Though from no where feathers flew in front of the camera blocking out his view.
"Grand Horn!!!" echoed throughout the room as the bird yelled right next to the hidden microphone. Oikawa flinched as the noise rang through his head, brining his hands to ears, causing the popcorn to spill slightly onto the floor before he grasped it again. He watched in disgust as Kimeramon's attention dropped for a second which allowed the bird like digimon who had just arrived on the scene to get in an attack. His horns smashed into the hand holding Greymon causing him to be dropped and then caught by his ally. Victory again snatched from the jaws of defeat, he thought throwing the remainder of the popcorn and the bowl that held it at the television cursing loudly. They always find a way not to lose.
Of course this was the very reason Oikawa had brought out his latest secret weapon to take care of the destined.
Using data from the recycle bin in the digital world as well as the control spires that Ken had so nicely set up, he had been able to reassemble many of the evil digimon that had existed in the past. The control spires stole power from the digiworld it self and with their large power reserves he had been able to use the data that he had found in the trash to rebuild the digimon from scratch. It was a simple matter really, put the pieces back together on the computer like a giant jigsaw puzzle. Then he put the finished product in through his conversion program which required all of that power. With that he simply copied and pasted the digimon in the digital world. Of course he already possessed the data for Kimeramon so instead of rebuilding him all he had to do was feed the data into the conversion program and viola one bad beasty…
Kimeramon was more than beyond a match for them, he was a raw hulk of power and hatred something truly incredible without a soul. BlackWarGreymon had been ruthless yet he had a heart and even though Kimeramon could not match him in raw power, Kimeramon was twice as deadly. He struck true fear in the hearts of the destined an advantage that Oikawa desperately needed. The destined had beat him at every turn before and after the goggle hair kid had left them. Every digimon he sent at them they had defeated miraculously. He still had not gotten over the latest upset when he had sent a trio of Megadramon to finish them. And just as they were about to finish them off that pest Greymon had flattened the three of them with a building and the destined ended up victorious again. He needed to instill fear and turmoil in their ranks and currently he was proud of his accomplishment. He had them shaking in the palm of his hand, and even if somehow miraculously they lived through this fight it would not be something they would soon forget.
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Matt's sentiment that he had given up on Davis had affected them all deeply. No matter what their feelings for Davis were it still struck a nerve. It was this distant hope that everyone had, but never spoke of. When Davis returned everything would be better, it was something that was just commonly known. Davis was some sort of god from above that would cure all of their afflictions. They had all wondered if Davis was dead or not, he had gone into battle and he was never seen again. It was certainly a possibility, though a possibility that nobody wanted to think about. Though Matt had just spoken the most taboo of thoughts. Of course Matt was the most prone to give up on Davis. He had given up on himself once back in the day.
"Dead or alive I will never give up, I will fight evil until my last breath." Snarled Ken glaring at all who met his fierce gaze. "Never give up you hear me? Never give up!"
Everyone was inspired by the words, they moved them more than anything else. Ken was never one to speak outward so openly not unlike Cody, he was quiet until of course he actually meant something. The passion was there he just chose not to show it sometimes. They stood there in the circle, some stone faced and depressed, others crying absorbing the situation unfolding. The sun twinkled down on them and the wind blew gathering cherry blossoms with it and delicately throwing the pink blossoms at them. Still they did not act to scared to act, to depressed to try anymore Then all of the sudden Tai put his hand in the middle of the circle meeting everyone's gaze as they looked at him. He grinned broadly and nodded his head as everyone looked at him strangely.
"Let's do this!" he shouted
"Never give up!" TK bellowed and the others followed suit placing their hands on top of his. Even Matt though reluctant put his hand on top of the pile of hand. Cheering ensued as TK and Tai chanted "Never give up!" over and over again. As they reached the climax they through their hands up in the air yelling loudly.
The digimon meanwhile were exhausted absolutely dead from the constant fighting. Having just lost Greymon in the fight morale was getting lower. Of course they had saved him from certain doom, but he was now Koromon on Tai's shoulder fast asleep. That meant one less ally when they needed all they could get. Though moments later they felt the surge of energy coming from the destined. Angemon and Birdramon stopped their long range assault on Kimeramon's left leg and made their way over to Ikkakumon and Garurumon. Digmon joined them second later tunneling up from below and the trio of Stingmon, Aquilamon and Kabuterimon flew in from behind. Angemon looked at the digimon in front of him flexing his bicep feeling the power coursing through his veins. He looked at the others realizing they could feel it too.
"It seems they haven't given up on us, I guess we should not give up on them ehh?" he chuckled. Gripping his angel staff he spun it in his hands kicking up dirt from the ground below in an astounding display of proficiency. Finally with one last flick of his wrist he slammed the staff into the ground. Dust flew from the point of impact and a small crater was formed as the staff was driven deep into the ground. Angemon smiled at his lack of fatigue, he was fully focused now, his body was still sluggish though his mind was sharper than it had been previously.
"Let's do this" he bellowed. Roars of agreement met his ears and with that another surge of energy rushed through his body. All of them began to run forward charging bellowing. Angemon along with the other ones that could fly began to take off as the others gathered up momentum and reached a peak speed. Angemon watched Kimeramon closely wondering what he would do at an all out assault. Everyone of them was charging at him head and Kimeramon did nothing, he did not move he did not react. At first Angemon was surprised though then he remembered that Kimeramon was all brawn no brains.
We probably overloaded that brain of his with all of us coming at him at once. Stupid moron of a Digimon, I can't wait for him to perish from my blow.
Though at the last second as Angemon turned his head something caught his eye. It seemed from where he was that Kimeramon bore a smile on his face. He blinked once…twice and it seemed to disappear. He could not seriously be smiling at our joined assault. My eyes must be playing tricks on me.
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Oikawa had left the room only briefly to refill his batch of popcorn, though he could not help but to laugh at the digimon. They charged into battle valiantly and he again admired their bravery, but he found immense enjoyment in the futility of their actions. It was like ten swordsman charging at some guy with a shotgun. It did not matter how brave the swordsman were they still were going to get blasted right off the ground. Yet they pressed on charging, screaming. This would be the end for them presumably, maybe not this second of course, but to many would die from this kamikaze attack for them to have any real chance in the future.
Lambs to the slaughter he thought laughing to himself. He fingered another piece of popcorn into his mouth and waited for the massacre to begin.
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At the sight of all of the digimon joining together in one giant assault the destined cheered jubilantly. All of them now fought in unison, together, united something that their human counterparts were currently not. The sight of them flying with such valor and bravery actually gave them hope, they began to think they could win this fight with the joined effort of the eight champions versus the single Ultimate/Mega digimon.
"Izzy run a simulation on our chances…." Started Tai but Izzy cut him off.
"Already started Tai. Now I only have an approximation of Kimeramon's power from what you guys told me as well as some of Ken's specs on his creation." Izzy glanced over to Ken who cringed turning bright red.
"Ken we've gone over this what's done is done, you don't need to be ashamed for your actions any more. As long as you work for the good guys from now on, you have no reason to be upset or embarrassed." Said Kari playfully punching Ken's arm. Ken solemnly nodded his head.
"I know… your right." He responded.
"Now judging from his estimated power levels, and if we plug our digimon's energy levels up to 100%..." said Izzy furiously tapping on the keys as screen after screen flew by on his laptop. "We would not kill him, though we'd hurt him pretty bad is my guess. Though that is best case scenario, our digimon are certainly not 100% no matter how valiant they feel right now."
The digimon began to get in range for their combined assault and with out decreasing their momentum they all began to shoot attacks one after the other straight towards the belly of the beast. On Angemon's signal the target practice began.
Hand of Fate!!!
A giant blast of white light flew from Angemon's hand hitting Kimeramon squarely beneath the jaw. His neck went upwards from the sheer force of the blow, and he screamed as the intense white light blinded him.
Meteor Wing!!!
An inferno of immense proportions erupted from Birdramon only moments behind Angemon's attack. The hailstorm of fire squarely hit Kimeramon's torso knocking him back a few feet as smoke billowed from the blaze.
Gold Rush!!!
An array of drills flew off Digmon and turned into a missile onslaught from nowhere and every at the same time. Some twenty missiles found their way to every section of Kimeramon's body erupting with a giant boom, followed swiftly by a scream of pain.
Harpoon Torpedo!!!
A single massive torpedo erupted from the horn on Ikkakumon's head and struck Kimeramon's head exploding louder than all of Digmon's attacks combined. The explosion swallowed Kimeramon's head whole with a thick cloud of smoke.
Insect Lord!!!
Insects swarmed from Stingmon's very essence and encompassed the insect lord. Then at his command they flew into the smoke that had been created by Ikkakumon's attack. More screams of anguish were drowned out by the buzzing sound that now echoed across the sky.
Blast Rings!!!
A trio of pink rings emitted from the beak of Aquilomon sliced into Kimeramon burning into his skin with an extraordinary proficiency.
Howling Blaster!!!
Blue flames coursed from Garurumon's mouth onto the feet of Kimeramon as the grass caught on fire. Caught in a ring of fire he stood their kicking it out with his feet as his feet billowed with smoke.
Electro Shocker!!!
With out anytime to react Kimeramon was hit again in the face with a ball of static as he was electrocuted. Smoke now encompassed his being and it was impossible to see hide nor hair of the massive digimon that could topple buildings.
"Did we just win?" asked Cody to stunned to move. Smoke covered to much of Kimeramon or what could be Kimeramon's corpse for that matter for them to see anything. Yet as the second ticked by and nothing happened more and more of them began to believe that they had won.
"I think we did Cody…" stammered TK almost as stunned as Cody was. Was it possible with that giant surge they had seriously been able to topple the beast. They could barely scratch him earlier it seemed almost to good to be true. Yet still Kimeramon could not be seen through the thick blanket of smoke. Nothing was happening so TK had to assume they had won. Then to his left Tai pumped his fist in the air.
"HELL YA!!!! WHOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!" he yelled hand held high in the air fist clenched in an appropriate sign of victory. Koromon awoke and recognized what had happened and he too began yelling in victory. Sora jumped on Tai's back and the two of them began running in circles, Tai cheering, Sora laughing. Izzy began jumping up and down ecstatic and he and Joe picked Cody up on each shoulder and began following Tai and Sora. Ken and Yolie passionately embraced hugging each other as hard as they possibly could removing all of their built up tension. TK swooped Kari off her feet and spun her round and round as she laughed and laughed. He put Kari down who then ran into Tai's arms still laughing. Even Matt was pumped and came over and offered TK a handshake. TK refused it and forced Matt into a hug, he groaned but still he appreciated the gesture.
The digimon could be heard from where they stood as they whooped and hollered at their victory.
"Take that you stupid bastard! You don't mess with the destined with out getting messed up!" Tai half laughed half yelled.
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That has to be the funniest thing I have ever seen thought Oikawa laughing to himself they actually think they won. They actually think they beat Kimeramon with that series of attacks. I doubt he has much more than a few scratches, but look at them they seriously think they won. As they all whoop and holler Kimeramon is charging up all of his energy for a counter attack. I mean come on "Take that you stupid bastard! You don't mess with the destined with out getting messed up!" by that spiky one is just plain ignorance. That's it time to finish this up Kimeramon finish them off. Show them why you are all powerful!
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"I still don't get how we won I mean according to my simulation he should be hurt that's about it…" though as Izzy glanced up from his computer something caught his eye. A single arm emanating from the smoke it wasn't very large though it looked striking against the plumes of grey. Then a second arm appeared as the billowing grey began to fade into nothing. Oh No… NO! OH SH…
HEAT VIPER!!!
A ball of green light cut through the remainder of the smoke which spiraled around the sheer power of the attack. The energy from the attack had created an imbalance in the magnetic field for a brief second and all metal objects in the area were sucked into the orb of energy. Now the destined could see what Izzy had just realized. This is only the beginning. The laser shot down from the sky down upon the digimon below. Many had reacted at the sound of the attack, but others were to jubilant in their false victory to notice. All of the sudden the heat in the area increased as the temperature jumped some 20 degrees from the attack. It was sweltering and it became hotter and hotter as the attack bore down on them. The team spun around hearing the attack. Their eyes went from the incredible beast to their digimon helpless on the ground. They were grouped together, like shooting fish in a barrel for Kimeramon.
"Move!!!" Tai yelled waving his hands, but it was to late. They all dispersed like rabbits from the point of impact. None of them were hit by the initial blast which engulfed the concrete and turned it into soup. Chunks of earth as hot as lava spued from the point of impact as heat radiated from the center and the air itself began to steam. Then as the attack's initial blast ended the shockwave came into affect. A earth shattering blast of sound echoed throughout the city and windows from nearby buildings were blown out. Glass shattered twinkling in the battle's haze catching the glimpses of sunlight that had made it through the smoke. The windows were not the only things affected. Digimon and destined alike were thrown in the air. Some were lucky others not so much. Garurumon and Angemon had been the first two to react and their agility was rewarded for they had not only gotten away quickly they had run in a direction that benefited them. For when they were flung into the air by the shockwave they landed in a pond rather than being flung against a building. Aquilomon and Stingmon were unfortunate in this regard and just like Angemon had been earlier, flung into and through a building near where the destined stood. Yolie and Ken who had been thrown on their backs from the blast watched in horror as their partners flew just by where they lay and with a sickening thud and crash entered and exited the apartment complex. As digimon and humans alike made contact with the ground Yolie and Ken made their way over to where they thought their digimon laid. Though Kimeramon was to quick for them.
"GUYS!!!" yelled Cody who stood not twenty feet from them he two slowly getting up from the impact. "LOOK OUT!!!" Ken's head jolted from where it was looking back towards Kimeramon. Something echoed through the sky though the only thing that he could think about was the bolt of green heat coming right for him and Yolie. Without thinking he took off into a run grasping Yolie by her waist and in one fluid motion flung himself and her as far away from the attack as possible. Though it was not enough, the attack landed some distance away, though again the shockwave was the problem. Ken with Yolie in his arms watched as the two of them as they flew in the air smashing through one of the few unbroken windows and another section of plywood before landing roughly on concrete below. He bounced once and then slid with Yolie on top of him a fair distance. Everything hurt horribly, he tried to move his fingers though he felt nothing but agony. He grunted in pain which, hurt as well, though he noticed they lay right next to their digimon who were right next to them and seemed to be unconscious in their rookie forms. He smiled, or at least attempted to knowing they were alright feeling the warmth surround him. He enjoyed the warm tingly feeling coursed through his system allowing him to slowly fade off. Finally it seemed that Yolie had woken she stirred on his chest ignoring the pain he felt at her every movement he enjoyed taking her in as his vision began to fade. If it was to be the last thing he was content with it, her face was all he needed. Yolie took one look at him and screamed or at least he thought she did. She made the face that she did whenever she screamed though he could not hear anything because the blast was still echoing in his ears. She sat up slowly getting up from and Ken looked in horror at the blood she was covered in. Was that hers? He thought. Though he quickly made the connection from the way she looked at him that he was hurt a lot worse than he thought. That was the warmth he was feeling.
Maybe this is the end, wow… he thought surprised, taking it all in. It hurt of course it seemed like every inch of his body had gone through the blender though the shock of it all took over. With his last bit of strength he looked at Yolie and choked out;
"Never…give *cough* up…" some how he managed to get that out with all of the blood in his throat, though with that his vision faded to black.
Never give up…
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Oikawa could not believe what he was seeing, his dreams turning into reality before his very eyes. His victory seemed so unreal, he had defeated the undefeatable, he had won. Every digimon except for Angemon and Garurumon laid unconscious on some part of the battle field in their rookie forms or below. Their human partners were on the ground as well, some better off than others. Most importantly Ken looked like he may be dead. He had been thrown through a building with one of the girls (who Oikawa presumed was Yolie but was not sure) in his arms. He now lay in a puddle of his own blood as pieces of glass from the window he had shattered stuck out of him. The girl though was mostly unscathed and she looked on mortified screaming for help for him. Their two unconscious digimon on either side the former Kaiser's body. Then stood Kimeramon still as strong as ever looking down at the destruction he had created admiring it as he got ready to finish the job. They were finished. He got out of his chair and began to fling popcorn in the air cheering his own victory. Then he remembered something and hurriedly ran to his computer. He looked through the numerous camera's he had until he saw what he was looking for. A single figure made his way through the rubble climbing making his way from destroyed building to torn up concrete. He walked on through the hazy sunshine as Oikawa looked onward.
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Exhausted and battered he made his way through the destruction that surrounded him. The sun played with him casting shadows and reflecting off the glass into his eyes. He made his way on top of a building that was no longer standing upright. Gazing off into the distance at the ruined city beneath his feet he sighed.
When will the madness ever come to an end? he thought. When will this game of cat and mouse finally reach its climax?
Suddenly a song popped into his head that he felt suited the mood perfectly and as he air guitared the opening solo the lyrics began to echo inside his head.
I
walk a lonely road I
walk this empty street I
walk alone I walk alone My
shadow's the only one that walks beside me Ah-ah, Ah-ah, Ah-ah,
Aaah-ah, I'm walking down the line Read between the lines I walk alone I
walk alone My shadow's the only one that walks
beside me Ah-ah, Ah-ah, Ah-ah, Aaah-ah I walk alone I walk this empty
street My shadow's the
only one that walks beside me
The only one that I have ever known
Don't
know where it goes
But it's home to me and I walk alone
On the Boulevard of Broken Dreams
Where
the city sleeps
and I'm the only one and I walk alone
I walk alone
I walk a...
My shallow heart's the
only thing that's beating
Sometimes I wish someone out there will
find me
'Til then I walk alone
Ah-ah, Ah-ah, Ah-ah
That
divides me somewhere in my mind
On the border line
Of the edge
and where I walk alone
What's fucked
up and everything's alright
Check my vital signs
To know I'm
still alive and I walk alone
I walk alone
I walk a...
My shallow heart's the only thing that's
beating
Sometimes I wish someone out there will find me
'Til
then I walk alone
Ah-ah,
Ah-ah
I walk a...
On the Boulevard of Broken Dreams
Where the city
sleeps
And I'm the only one and I walk a...
My shallow heart's the only thing
that's beating
Sometimes I wish someone out there will find
me
'Til then I walk alone...
Grinning to himself he pressed on goggles glinting in the light….
Never give up… he thought. Never ever give up…
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I was not really planning on Davis making and an appearance though people were getting cranky so I thought id show that he had at least lived. Anyway you know as well as I do that this chapter is amazing (its like 4500 words long my longest ever) and so deserves multiple reviews. They mean a lot to me and really press this story along. The more reviews I get the better I can do this story. It brightens my mood and keeps my focus, I mean who doesn't like being told "keep up the good work" and even if its constructive criticism that helps just as much if not more. Anyway the battle was just amazing and yes the next chapter is all about Davis promise…
