A stormtrooper lost in the Digiworld Chapter 4: The first encounter or Darkness stands strong.
As usual, I would like to thank all the readers for reading this crap, and also I would like to say thank everyone (well, mostly whatisee) for the reviews. I will try to make this story more interesting, and I hope you will like it. Also I have a message for my annoying little brother and sister: I AM GOING TO TARE YOU APART IF I'LL GET MY HANDS ON YOU! THAT'S WHAT YOU DESERVE FOR ALMOST BREAKING MY PRECIOUS COMPUTER!
…They were marching through the mountain pass, but now there were more of them. The group was marching in a standard tamer – digimon pairs, one pair by another. In the first pair were Henry and Terriermon, while NZ and Ulairimon were marching last. Just about everyone was curious about how the newcomer will get along with the others. So far he was just followed his new appointed master like a shade, and remained silent all the time… Rika was curious about what powers had this new digimon in their team, so she approached NZ and asked:
"So, what attacks your digimon uses? I'm just curious, and I really want to know."
"If that is what you wish, let's see now…" he said and pushed some buttons on his digivice. "Here we are. Ulairimon, his attacks are: death shriek, dark vortex, reaper slash, soul drain and various other nasty surprises." he read.
"Wow, that's a lot. Hopefully soon we will see them all in action." she replied, and went to Renamon, who was also curious, yet she didn't wanted to admit it. Meanwhile Guilmon was staring at Ulairimon. In fact, he was staring at him all day. But no matter how hard he tried to get a look on what was hiding in the depths of the hood, he failed all the time. Because of that, he went to Renamon to ask something.
"Hey Renamon! Hold up!" he shouted.
"Yes Guilmon, what is it?" she replied calmly.
"You know, I want to ask you about something. I have spent all day trying to see what's that "tall, dark and scary" was hiding in the shadow of his hood, but it was of no use. I want to ask you, do you know what is in that hood of his?" he asked impatiently.
"Actually, this thing puzzled me too. I was even staring right in his hood when I was telling him about our decision yesterday. I see quite well in the dark, but no matter how hard I tried, all I managed to see was … darkness. I suggest you stay away from him for a while, after all, he is quite a … dark character." she replied. She never replied harshly to Guilmon, because he never made her feel uneasy. He acted as a child, and to him Renamon was always "all-knowing and all-powerful", and she always helped him with a good advise.
"I think you are right. Thanks. I will do as you say." he replied and ran back to Takato.
Renamon forgot to say "you're welcome". Anyway, it was of no importance. She was in the middle of discussing with Rika.
"Do you think it's a good idea, Rika? Because I think it may be dangerous…" she said to Rika.
"Sure, it is a great idea. After all, NZ and his digimon need some real practice. And what could be better practice than a fight against the best digimon and the best tamer around? Anyway, why are you trying so much to back out of this? Are you scared?" Rika asked with irony in her voice.
"No… of course I'm not!" she replied.
"Then why do you worry? I already know what attacks he uses: death shriek, dark vortex, reaper slash, soul drain and various other nasty surprises. I don't know for sure what those "nasty surprises" are, but I'm sure it's nothing we can't handle. Relax, it will be fine!" she tried to cheer Renamon up.
"Easy for you to say… Wait, I can feel someone coming in our direction." Renamon said. After that, the thing that she sensed was coming has appeared. It was an Ogremon. Attribute: Virus
Level: Champion. Attacks: Pummel Whack, Bone Cudgel. It looked like and overgrown goblin with a bone club. Actually, the fact that this creature appeared in their way made Renamon feel a lot better.
"Hey Rika, maybe we should let that Ulairimon to deal with him, and we will watch the effect from his attacks."
"Hm, I see your point. That not such a bad idea." Rika replied to Renamon, and then shouted to NZ:
"Hey, NZ! Order your digimon to attack that Ogremon! Let's see what he knows."
"Of course." he replied and said to Ulairimon:
"Attack that digimon. Destroy him!"
"It will be my pleasure, master." he hissed. In a moment Ulairimon was in the front of the group, who gathered to watch the battle. He was slowly approaching his nemesis – the Ogremon, and his sword just appeared out of nowhere. It was a long blade of ghastly-white color. Suddenly, it began to burn with fire, black fire. Ogremon said to him:
"Ha ha ha. What could a pathetic rookie do against me? I will smash you to shards of data!"
Then a powerful strike of icy wind stroked him and almost made him to lose his balance. Everyone felt the chill. It was no ordinary chill… "That kind of cold comes from the graveyard" Renamon thought while watching the battle.
"I will enjoy your torture." Ulairimon hissed, and raised his hand. The strange streams of energy waved from the enemy right into his hand. Every one noticed that Ogremon began to fade.
"What's happening to me? Aaaaaaaaghrhhhhhhh!" he began to scream. And he continued screaming, like he was burned alive, and boiled oil was poured in his ears, and while he was thorn apart and eaten alive by human-eating ants in the same time. Everyone, who was watching, turned away, because Ogremon's face was torn by agony, as his image became pale, and he became thinner. Soon, there was nothing left of him, but a skeleton, and that one just fell apart into shards of data. The horrible screams of pain finally disappeared. The spectators were frozen still. They have never seen any digimon die in such agony. In fact, they have never seen a digimon die. They have seen them disappear into shards of data, but this was not a harmless destruction. It was death and a horrible one too. When Ulairimon came back to the rest of the team, everyone just backed away from his path. Only NZ went to him and asked:
"What was that attack you used?" he asked emotionlessly.
"Soul drain." Ulairimon hissed.
"What is the normal duration of the attack, and since when the enemy is paralyzed?"
"Duration – 9 seconds, the enemy gets paralyzed from the beginning."
"Then why the whole thing took you 2 minutes and 37 seconds?"
"I wanted him to suffer."
"Never waist time in combat, because time means life. And besides, that long agony scared the children."
"I have noticed that. I won't make it so long next time."
While they were talking, Renamon walked with Rika few steps away from the crowd, and asked her quietly:
"You still think it's a good idea to give this guy some practice fights involving me?"
"Nn… No. You use melee attacks, while he is using some sort of… dark magic… Which causes… extreme pain. All the time… I feel he might be stronger than you… and I don't want you to get hurt. Dark forces are strong, and they are not… to be tangled with… I'm sorry I even had that idea. It is a good thing he is on our side." Rika managed to say. She was really stressed
"Don't worry. Calm down, everything's fine, we are safe, and he is on our side and won't harm us. There is nothing to fear…" Renamon tried to calm down Rika. But nothing was over. Suddenly, 30 more Ogremon came around. They were smaller, than the one Ulairimon just killed. The biggest Ogremon of the horde screamed with anger:
"They have killed our chieftain! Slaughter them a…" he didn't manage to end his call, because a red blaster bolt, shot by NZ, made his head explode. Before ogre hoard could react, the rest of the digimon attacked. Renamon dispatched one enemy after another, but was surrounded, and the others fought as bravely as they could, but Ogremon hoard have received reinforcements: 30 more Ogremon. Their number was overwhelming, and NZ, who already has used his 3 thermal detonators, shouted:
"We have to retreat!"
And after that there was "The shriek". The same one that was heard when the group first met their new … ally, and that scared them so much, but only this time it was much stronger. It made the battle stop, and also made Ogremon panic. The thing they saw next could be only describe as "Death rages…" Ulairimon with his sword of dark flame in one hand and while using his spell known as the "Dark Vortex" cut through enemy line, bringing mass destruction and despair to the enemy force. Any one who touched the dark vortex got evaporated, and his sword gave anyone it touched horrible and lethal wounds. Or it just was cutting away hands, fists, legs, heads etc. The smell of burned meat was in the air…The panic caused by his fearsome attack helped the others to finish up the rest of the Ogremon. Every enemy was dead. No one survived.
The carnage was finally over. Thankfully, the bodies disappeared. Because if it wasn't for that, the whole battlefield would be filled with gruesomely slaughtered bodies. Children were shocked. When they have seen two digimon battling one another, it seemed to them it was a game, but this carnage, screams and death…this was not a digibattle, this was war… Digimon were resting after a hard battle, and Ulairimon also took a seat. This battle tired him also. Terriermon and Guilmon were almost fine, they had just some bruises, mostly because they were fighting on one flank with Ulairimon. Renamon was lying on the ground and tried to relax. She never had such a battle before. Her battles usually were one-on-one fights, where the tactics and skill of her master gave her victory. This was just… different. She just stood there and fought. No maneuvers, no tricks, no nothing. Just fighting. This is what she was thinking about, but when she tried to stand up, twisted pain in the back made her moan:
"Arhhhhh! My back hurts!"… In few seconds Rika was sitting next to her, asking:
"Renamon, are you alright? Were you hurt?" It was obvious she was worried.
"Yeah, I'm fine, just uhhrrr! That hurt." Renamon managed to reply, when she saw that stormtrooper came to her with a small white box with a red cross on it.
"Medical assistance here. Renamon, turn around please." he said calmly. In his white armor and his medical kit he almost looked like a surgeon.
"I said I'm fine." Renamon replied, while truing not to show she was suffering.
"Can you just do something I say without arguing for a change?" he replied and forced her to turn around and show him her back.
"Hey, what are you going to do?" he asked when she saw that he took down his armored gloves and pulled on medical ones on his hands.
"I'm going to treat your wound, silly." he replied and started to touch her spine around her spine.
"Stop that! That tickles!" she shouted.
"Keep quiet for a while will you!" he nodded, and, after finishing the check, said:
"You are lucky that your backbone is not fractured. You have received a couple of hits in the spine during the fight. You will probably end up with a big and painful bruise all over your back if we don't do something quickly. And I have just the thing to help you out." he said and drawn a strange bottle with blue liquid in it from his kit.
"What is that? I think that is not a good idea…" she asked while she stared at it with her blue eyes. He noticed that.
"Rule 39 – never say "No" to bacta. It can heal almost any wound in a brief period of time." he replied calmly while rubbing this liquid into her back.
"You know, this stuff really works! The pain now is much weaker." she said happily, but her strength was also worn out, and she was really tired. This was also noticed by her "surgeon".
"You are tired. You must have some sleep at once." he said and took some bottle from his kit, and said:
"Sniff this. It will help you." he asked her.
"What is this? Another cu…aoouaoe…" she managed to say before falling asleep.
"What have you done?" Rika shouted very loud.
"Don't worry. She is asleep. She will wake up in an hour. Let her rest for a while." NZ replied softly.
"You know, you have just acted, well, I don't know, kindly? I mean, I have never seen you act like this before." Rika said.
"I can say I have two sides." he replied, while making final adjustments to the bandage on Renamon's back.
"Really? All I have seen was the "executive merciless robot" side."
"I think that side might not prove useful when you try to take care of someone wounded." he said, and walked away, leaving Rika alone with her doubts. Actually, Rika hated to recognize that she misjudged people sometimes. And this was just the case. She was sure that they were assisted by a perfect living and breathing mechanism, but what she saw a few moments ago changed her point a view. She saw that this mechanism took care for her most devoted friend, and she finally felt that there was someone behind that helmet. But this thought was quickly taken away by her. "Nonsense, he probably acted like so because he has the orders to protect us and to assist us." And a voice inside her mind replied: "You are just afraid to admit that you were wrong."
Meanwhile Guilmon went to see, what Ulairimon was up to. He found him when he was fixing the right side of his armor with his hammer.
"Hey there! What are you doing?"
"Can't you see what I am doing?" Ulairimon hissed, he hated to be disturbed.
"Wow, that's a huge dent on your armor. Are you not hurt?" Guilmon asked with concern in his voice.
"I'm an undead being, it is hard to wound me with such primitive weapons." Ulairimon hissed back. He was annoyed.
"Uh, what is "undead"?"
"That means: not living, nor dead."
"Oh. So you are not alive?" Guilmon asked while taking few steps back.
"Yes I am. Scared yet?" asked the ghost.
"You must be joking. You are not dead. Anyway, I want to ask you, what you are hiding behind that hood. Let me see your face!"
"Very well, if that is what you wish." said Ulairi with a bit of sorrow in his voice. He didn't wanted to scare this one, but he had no illusions, and knew that this must be done, or he will annoy him with this question for a long time. He removed the hood… Guilmon ran away faster then a bullet. Because there was nothing under it… Guilmon ran to Takato, screaming.
"Hold on Guilmon! Stop screaming! What happened?" Takato shouted. That scream also got the attention of Renamon, who was feeling great after a nap and the treatment.
"Yes, Guilmon, are you going to tell us what happened?" she asked softly.
"Offf course. I asked Ulairimon to show his face." Guilmon replied, shivering.
"And he scared you, right?" Renamon guessed.
"Well, actually he did the thing that I asked him for. He removed his hood…"
"And?" Takato and Renamon asked in the same time.
"There was nothing. No face, no head, no nothing. It was so scary, I almost had a heart attack. He also told me that he was "undead". And I don't even know what does that mean!" Guilmon cried.
"I'll try to explain. Do you remember we were watching a movie about zombies? Well, zombies are undead." Takato explained.
"So, hhe iss a zzombie?" Guilmon asked with fear.
"Well, not exactly. He is like the main evil in the film, the dark sorcerer that controlled the zombies."
"Great. I think I'm going to faint…" said Guilmon… and fainted.
"It figures…" said Renamon and walked away. "Like master, like digimon. Ulairimon's master doesn't have a face too, technically." she thought. She went to find NZ to thank him for such a fine treatment of her wound. She found him sitting on a stone, polishing his rifle.
"Good morning, how are you?" he greeted her.
"Just fine. I wanted to thank you for treating my spine. It really helped me." Renamon replied.
"I am happy to be of service."
"Can I ask you about that blue liquid you used?"
"Of course. It is called bacta serum. It was created as a perfect medicine for treating wounds. It saved many lives and it has the ability to regenerate itself, because in it's created with some sort of healing bacteria. It was a breakthrough in nanotechnology and microbiology."
"Wow. That is amazing. Anyway, let's get going. It is time for us to go."
"Yes. I'm ready." he replied.
They were all set and ready to go. Once again, the trip continued…
Another chapter is at an end. I'm sorry if I did something wrong, and if you don't like something in the story, feel free to express your self in the review. It would be much appreciated.