Chapter 4: The Metal Dragon

Hey guys. Thanks for the reviews of the last chapter. I really appreciate them. Just so you know, I'm aiming to update this story every month and so far I've managed to stick to that. Hopefully that isn't too long between updates for you all.

And now the usual disclaimer. I don't own Digimon, Lovecraft or any other copyrighted stuff I mention in this story. Apparently it was Digimon's birthday on the 1st of August ... if I owned Digimon I would have made more of a fuss about its birthday.

Now it is time to pick up where the last chapter finished …


TK and Kari pulled back from their kiss. It was a brief yet passionate kiss that informed the other of their joy and relief that they were safe and together again. The teenage couple opened their eyes as they stepped back out of their embrace. TK's right hand glided from Kari's cheek, down her left arm to her hand. The couple entwined their fingers as they turned to observe the reactions of the Deep Ones.

The shadow creatures were cowering from the bright light still being given off by both TK's and Kari's bodies. The energy from the Crest of Hope and the Crest of Light made the creatures groan and wail as the light hurt them. Both teens quickly turned to their Digimon partners, who were now standing by their sides and ready for action.

"Digivolve!" TK and Kari ordered in unison. The light surrounding their bodies flared up further as it was channelled into their digivices. Suddenly the energy erupted out of the screens of the gadgets and a bright beam of light travelled straight for their Digimon. Patamon and Gatomon were completely engulfed by the divine power and their digivolutions began.

"Patamon digivolve to Angemon. Angemon digivolve to …" Patamon's body grew rapidly and took on a human male form. Eight white angelic wings protruded out of his back as a purple beam shield formed over his left arm. His white robes formed around his body before his grey boots took shape. A purple helmet covered his eyes as a purple wrist mounted energy sword, named Excalibur, powered up from his right wrist and completed his digivolution to the ultimate level. "… Magnaangemon!"

"Gatomon digivolve to …" Gatomon's body also rapidly grew as she took on the form of a human female. A grey helmet covered her eyes and tight white clothes covered part of her figure. Her white boots and gloves formed on her feet and hands as eight white wings protruded from her back and spread out. "… Angewomon!"

The Digidestined and Digimon of Hope and Light stood there on the beach in the Dark World with their light shining brightly. Some of the Deep Ones screamed out in agony as their eyes and extra sense couldn't tolerate the brilliant divine energy. However, despite their obvious pain, they still refused to return to the Dark Ocean. They stood their ground.

"I've told you creeps before," TK started in a stern, commanding tone. "Leave Kari alone! Stop hurting her and stop trying to capture her."

"And leave TK alone too," Kari demanded in an angry voice as she squeezed TK's hand. She wanted the creatures to stop troubling him as well. "I don't know what you think he's done but you had better stop trying to kill him."

"If you don't stop then we will be forced to retaliate and we can easily beat you," TK continued with his measured words. "You don't stand a chance. This is your only warning."

Several moments passed where the Deep Ones continued to groan as they tried to adjust to the unfamiliar light in their world. Eventually a few of them turned to face TK, Kari and the angel Digimon. They still had to use their long gangly arms to shield their eyes. After all, these creatures usually lived at depth in the darkest of oceans and rarely saw any light.

"The Queen of Light must become the bride of Lord Dragomon," a Deep One finally answered. The creature's voice showed the obvious pain that the light was still causing it.

"He must taint her light and turn her to darkness," another shadow creature took over. "The Queen is needed so we can win the war against the demon traitor."

A third one of the ghost-like beings joined in. "And the One of Hope must die. He must die so Dragomon can taint the Queen of Light. He must die for causing the war."

"He must die!" All the Deep Ones roared together. "We must punish him for his crimes!"

TK and Kari gulped and squeezed each other's hand tightly. They exchanged nervous glances as they came to the decision that they were going to have to fight to end this. The two teens gazed up at their Digimon partners and realised they had come to the same conclusion. Angewomon took to the air and hovered over the two Digidestined in a defensive position. Magnaangemon stood over TK and Kari with his purple beam sword at full power and ready to slice any enemy that came to close.

TK gritted his teeth as he returned his attention to the Deep Ones standing on the edge of the Dark Ocean. His eyes narrowed and he clenched his left hand into a fist. He responded to the creatures in a venomous tone. "What have I done? How did I cause a war? But most importantly, why can't you just leave Kari alone?"

"The Ones of Hope killed Neodevimon," replied one of the many shadow creatures. "He was sent to kill you by Daemon. His other order was to capture The Queen of Light for Lord Dragomon. When Neodevimon failed, Lord Dragomon rightfully punished Daemon because his subordinate was the one who made the error. Daemon retaliated and attempted treason. The resulting battle split our forces in two and plunged this world into war. So it is entirely your fault, One of Hope."

Kari growled in anger as she balled her spare hand into a fist. The memories of the final battle against Neodevimon came flooding back. TK and Kari were the only Digidestined present because they were the only two that he wanted alive. The devil would have killed any of the other Digidestined or Digimon on the spot if they were there. It wasn't worth the risk of having the whole group joining the battle when Magnaangemon and Angewomon could win the war by themselves.

The brunette teen glanced over at TK before her gaze returned back to the Deep Ones. She couldn't see the scar from that battle which ran down the left side his face because his right side was to her, but she knew it was there. The image of a cut up and bloodied TK laying unconscious on the Peak of Infinity Mountain filled her mind, making her narrow her eyes in anger. He had saved her from Neodevimon at the last possible second but at a price. His left arm was partially severed, there was a deep gash in his chest and a cut down his face. TK had nearly bled to death and Kari knew that if Dragomon was in any way connected to the horrors of that day then she was going to make him pay for it.

"I was in that battle too," Kari spat, daring them to change their opinion of her. "I'm just as responsible for it all as TK, or should I say the King of Hope, is. So what are you going to do about that? Do you still want me as your queen when I'm responsible for the war that you are fighting?"

She moved as close as possible to TK. They briefly exchanged a few expressions, sharing their views on what Kari had just said. The teen girl got the impression that her boyfriend was slightly amused with the idea of being a king. He probably would have laughed it off if the circumstances were better.

"Lord Dragomon needs you as his bride and your punishment for your involvement will be to watch the One of Hope die," answered the creature that appeared to be the leader of this group of Deep Ones. "That will help turn your power to darkness. You will then serve him and help us win the war here before turning other worlds to darkness. You have no choice, you must do it."

Kari snorted and venomously spat her reply. "I do have a choice. I choose TK as my love, which means if I am the queen then he is the king. I choose light over darkness and I will never attack anyone or any world for you or Dragomon. If you want me as your queen then accept TK as your king and turn on Dragomon. Defeat him and then defeat Daemon so you can live freely in this world."

"Never!" The Deep Ones roared together. A dark mist began to emit from their bodies and it appeared as if they were preparing to attack. "Those are treasonous words. Now you must come with us and be our Lord's bride."

Dark tendrils suddenly shot out of the beach and created a thick barrier that encircled TK, Kari and their Digimon. These tendrils were composed of a black mist-like energy of pure darkness and were exactly the same as the ones that had tried to snare Kari and TK in their nightmare. There were more dark vines than any of them could count. They swayed in the air as if they were just waiting for an order to attack.

Suddenly the tendrils sprung, diving for TK and Kari. Magnaangemon jumped into the air and quickly spun a complete 360 degrees. He had his sword fully outstretched, using it to slice through all of the vines that were charging at the two humans. The dark tendrils were no match for the angel Digimon as Excalibur easily cut through them. They turned into a black vapour before dissipating into nothing as if they had never been there in the first place.

There were several growls and roars of annoyance from the Deep Ones as they watched the darkness being defeated so easily. Their anger was steadily increasing, something that was physically shown by the ever increasing amount of dark energy surrounding them. They suddenly threw their arms forward in a motion that released the energy, sending it towards Angewomon.

Angewomon reacted quickly by placing the palms of her hands together. She channelled the pink tinted energy surrounding her body to her hands before she pulled them apart, creating a large pink cross. "Heaven's charm!"

The pink cross cut straight through the darkness and cascaded towards the attacking Deep Ones. The shadow creatures screamed in horror and agony as the light energy hit them. Their bodies were dissolved by the attack, leaving nothing behind.

Another wave of Deep Ones suddenly stormed out of the Dark Ocean towards the two Digidestined and Digimon. Angewomon repeated her attack, wiping out the second wave. A third wave just as quickly took its place, charging towards TK and Kari. Angewomon wiped them out too, this time with the help of Magnaangemon.

Magnaangemon had formed a rainbow coloured energy around his sword. The angel Digimon then channelled the power from The Crest of Hope into his weapon before pointing it towards the Dark Ocean. He released his attack as an energy beam that dissolved the Deep Ones in the same way Angewomon's attack had.

Kari wrapped her arms around TK and held him tightly. He responded by slipping his right arm around her back and placing his left arm across his love in a protective manner. The blonde teen could see the fear in Kari's eyes and she tightened her grip further as another wave of Deep Ones left the Dark Ocean.

TK forced his fear to the back of his mind as he continued to glare at the monsters trying to charge towards him and his love. He watched as another wave was wiped out by Magnaangemon and Angewomon and realised that the numbers of Deep Ones were quickly dropping. His sixth sense could tell that the amount of the shadow creatures had already been halved and that they were no match for the angel Digimon.

The remaining Deep Ones all charged at once. Hundreds of them stormed out of the Dark Ocean towards the Digidestined and Digimon of Light and Hope, but they were still no match. Angewomon and Magnaangemon continued to repel their aggressors using their attacks until there were none left.

The two angel Digimon finished the last of the creatures off before taking a breather. They hovered there in the air, surveying the scenery just in case anything else attacked. TK and Kari sighed in relief and relaxed a little too. However, they tensed up again when they realised the closer of the two extremely powerful focus points of evil was now coming towards them.

The evil creature suddenly stopped where it was and paused for a moment. A blanket of apprehension covered the battlefield as TK, Kari and the Digimon waited for this monster to make its move. Finally a large metal blade-like fin broke through the surface of the Dark Ocean. The blade part was silver and the body of the fin was gold with two circular holes and one triangular hole through it. The teens and Digimon gasped in horror when they realised who the creature was. Kari and TK tightened their grip of one another as they readied themselves to run.

The sea monster's head slowly surfaced, revealing its golden metal skin. Its nose was a grooved hexagonal gun barrel, which this creature fired its main attack from. It had a large mouth full of huge serrated teeth and its jaws looked like they could crush anything. Dripping wet long grey hair grew out from the back of the metallic monster's head.

The creature's red eyes glared at the two humans and Digimon in front of it as its body slowly rose from the water. The top half of its long dragon-like body consisted of silver metallic skin with several golden metal dorsal fins protruding from its back. The monster's underbelly was covered by gold armoured skin that was similar to the plating on its head. It had two fin-like claws coming out of its side and several pairs of jets running along its back. Finally the metal sea creature's forked tail lifted out of the Dark Ocean, revealing the spear tips on the end of each prong.

The evil metal dragon let out a twisted laugh as it coiled its body and took to the air. It towered over Magnaangemon and Angewomon. The sea monster was gigantic and it was still several hundred metres away from them.

"Metalseadramon!" Kari gasped as she stared at the sea dragon towering over them.

"We meet again Digidestined," Metalseadramon spoke in a low, twisted tone. "It is good to know that you remember me. I must have made quite an impression during our battles eight years ago. Of course I haven't forgotten you either and I'm going to take my revenge. What better way to have my revenge on the Chosen of Courage than to give his sister to the Lord of the Dark Ocean."

TK and Kari gulped as Metalseadramon pointed his gun barrel-like nose in their direction. They both remembered the sea dragon from their first adventure in the Digital World. He was one of the Dark Masters that had taken over while the Digidestined were on Earth fighting Myotismon. Metalseadramon had tried to kill them several times, which had resulted in the death of their friends Piximon and Whamon. It was Tai and Wargreymon who finally defeated the metal monster after Whamon had sacrificed himself to save them all.

"Dragomon doesn't want me to kill you, Chosen of Light, but that doesn't mean I can't weaken you or kill The Chosen of Hope and your Digimon," Metalseadramon continued. "I believe it is called ruffling a few feathers."

A blue light powered up in the metal monster's hexagonal nose. Looks of pure horror formed on TK's and Kari's faces as they realised what was happening. They gripped each other tightly and TK tried to position himself between Metalseadramon and his girlfriend.

Kari stopped him straightaway because she didn't want TK to get hurt while he tried to protect her. She held on to him as tightly as she could, knowing that if she did then nothing in the Dark World would be able to kill TK without killing her too. That meant her boyfriend would be safe because they wanted her alive.

"River of Power!" A blue energy beam erupted from Metalseadramon's nose and smashed into the beach, exploding as it made contact with the ground. The explosion sent out shockwaves that threw sand everywhere. The blast knocked Magnaangemon to the ground and a shockwave collected Kari and TK, launching them into the air. The two teens screamed as they were thrown several metres across the beach. They crashed into the dry sand and skidded to a halt.

Kari and TK groaned in pain as they pulled themselves to their knees. They were covered in grazes from a combination of sliding across the sand when they landed and the sand blasting caused by the initial explosion. The couple also knew they were going to have some bruises in the morning from the way their bodies ached.

"Celestial arrow!" Angewomon shouted the name of her most powerful attack. A white bow formed from her left glove while a glowing white arrow of light took shape in her right hand. She channelled the energy from the Crest of Light into the arrow before placing it on the bow and firing her weapon at Metalseadramon.

Magnaangemon took this as his opportunity to try and get TK and Kari to safety. He shook off the sand that he had been covered in and took to the air. The male angel flew directly over Kari and TK, scooping them up into his arms before flying up into the sky and taking up a position next to Angewomon.

Metalseadramon winced as the arrow of light struck his metal armour. It hadn't done any noticeable damage to him but it was obvious that light attacks hurt the giant sea monster. He growled and narrowed his eyes in anger as he glared at the Digidestined and Digimon of Hope and Light.

"You'll pay for that," Metalseadramon snarled as he pointed his nose mounted cannon in their direction once more. "River of Power!"

Another blue energy beam erupted from the dragon's gun barrel nose and cascaded towards the two angels. Both of them quickly veered off in opposite directions as the attack just missed them. The blue energy smashed into the cliff at the top of the beach and exploded, causing some of the forest to fall to the beach in a huge landslide.

"Let's get out of here," Angewomon yelled as she corkscrewed around and headed back towards Magnaangemon.

"Right," the male angel replied as they both started to ascend at maximum speed towards the grey clouds that covered the Dark World.

"Oh no you don't!" Metalseadramon roared as he began his pursuit of the angel Digimon. The blue energy started to form in his nose once more.

The light emitting from both the teens' and angels' bodies suddenly burst out into the Dark World. Metalseadramon roared in pain as the light blinded his eyes and sixth sense, forcing him to break off from the chase. The light energy continued to grow as the angel Digimon entered the clouds that blanketed that realm. The power from the Crests of Light and Hope combined once again to tear apart the boundaries between two worlds.

Magnaangemon and Angewomon flew straight into the porthole between the realm of darkness and the world of light, which they knew was the Digital World. They continued at full pace, knowing Metalseadramon could recover and follow them through at any moment. Multicoloured light streamed by them and the light at the end of the gateway became brighter and brighter as it came ever closer.

Suddenly the two Digimon burst into the Digital World and quickly closed the porthole behind them. The groups' eyes had to readjust to the beautiful morning sunlight coming from the great ball of fire starting to rise over the hills on the far horizon of the Digital World. The fresh air and warm light send waves of relief through the bodies of the two Digidestined and two Digimon because they all knew they were finally safe and out of the Dark World.

Angewomon and Magnaangemon landed in the meadow that they now found themselves in. The grass was long and filled with flowers of every colour. The scent of said flowers travelled in the gentle breeze that rolled across the meadow, making the grass sway and irritating the already awake and busy insects that were trying to get nectar from of the flowers.

Magnaangemon placed TK and Kari down in the grass before he and Angewomon reverted back to Patamon and Gatomon. The Digimon jumped into each other's arms in a celebratory hug before giving one another a quick kiss.

"Thanks for saving me, guys," Kari's voice was filled with her gratitude. She reached down to the two Digimon and stroked their heads. "I really appreciate it."

"Well done," TK added, patting them too after Kari finished praising them. He then turned to face his girlfriend. His sapphire blue eyes locked onto her mahogany brown pair and a smile spread across his face.

"Thanks TK," Kari smiled in appreciation as she closed the distance between them. "Thanks for coming to save me."

"It's no problem, Kari," TK replied as he slid his left arm around her back and placed his right hand on the back of her head. "I know you would come and save me if the roles were reverse."

"I love you, my hero," Kari grinned slightly deviously and she bit her bottom lip as she wrapped her arms around the back of her love's neck.

"I love you too," TK's mischievous smirk grew as he slowly lay down in the tall grass of the meadow, pulling Kari down with him.

TK lay with his back on the ground and Kari on top of him on all fours. They continued to gaze lovingly into each other's eyes as they closed the distance between their lips. Kari giggled as she placed both her hands on TK's cheeks and pressed her body against his. The two teens tilted their heads slightly to the right before they closed their eyes and opened their waiting mouths.

Kari's lips crashed against TK's as her desperation to show her gratitude to her love took over her actions. Her mouth pressed up against his before slowly pulling back. She then pushed forwards once more, deepening the kiss. The couple continued to passionately slide their lips back and forth over one another's as they lay there in the long grass. They were finally safe from the Dark World ... for the moment.


"NO!" Metalseadramon roared in pure rage. He slammed his forked tail into the Dark Ocean, spraying water everywhere and creating a huge wave. The wave rolled up the beach, slamming into the cliff before rolling over it and entering the forest. The metal dragon growled before turning and flying out over the ocean. He continued at high speed for several minutes before coming to a stop. He curled up into a helix when another creature broke through the surface of the water.

Two red wings slowly rose out of the Dark Ocean followed by the top of a bald humanoid skull. The rubbery skin of the head was blue with various red markings. The being continued to rise, revealing its red demonic eyes and several tentacles that surround its head and formed its top jaw. The sea monster's huge lower jaw was filled with sharp teeth that looked as if they could rip through anything.

The sea monster's humanoid torso was next to leave the ocean. It had a muscular upper body with the two red wings protruding from its back. A chain of black pearls hung from the creature's thick blue neck. The left arm, left leg and right leg of the monster were made up of an uncountable number of blue tentacles. Its right arm was one massive, powerful tentacle. The creature's limbs were bound together by solid steel chains except for its right leg, which was bound by two gold rings. Water cascaded over the monster's blue slimy skin as it gazed at Metalseadramon. The metal dragon bowed respectfully towards the fellow sea dweller that even towered over him.

"My apologies Dragomon," Metalseadramon's tone was cautious. "The Chosen of Light escaped and the Chosen of Hope is still alive. Their Digimon survived too."

"Don't worry, Metalseadramon," Dragomon replied in a deep bellowing voice. "We shall capture them soon enough."


So who was expecting Metalseadramon? I decided to add him to the story to bring some of the other Digidestined, especially Tai and Matt, into the fic. He also adds more firepower to Dragomon's army. So what do you think? Please let me know by leaving a review =D