Pandemonium Story: A Digimon Fan Fic.
Chapter Four: Reasoning
The Digidestined had slept, waking up with a lot more energy as they continued towards the Dark Area. The trees and shrubs
started to lessen as the group got closer, the grass going away into ground and more rocks appearing. They made their way to
the gate, on the path where the Four Sovereigns had said for them to go. The gate was made of boulders, with vines of darkness
that crept around it so well disguised someone would have thought they were the real thing. The middle of the gate opened up to
greet the visitors with a black realm inside. Kari grabbed onto T.K.'s arm, making him blush and her Digimon laugh. Davis glared
at T.K, who looked away towards Izzy. Izzy looked at his computer screen before he spoke, "We had five hours in there, but it is
the closest to the fortress, so this should be enough time to get there in under an hour. However, our battle with the Demon
Lords may be a different story; they won't want to give up the girl." Everyone looked at the gate, and Davis sneaked around T.K.
poking him hard in the head before continuing, "We'll just beat 'em up then, won't we guys!" Everyone nodded and looked over
as Matt started off towards the door. Gabumon ran up to him as they walked into the gate. A sharp pain like knives drove
through them until they reached the other side, then the pain disappeared after a minute. Matt rubbed his head, looking over to
see the same feeling from his fellow Digidestined. They Digimon partners had felt a burning sensation in their minds as they got
through, but it was not as painful as their human partners' entry, possibly because this was made for evil Digimon and no
humans could enter so easily. The surroundings were similar to that of a horror story; rocks floated off the ground slowly as
there were only huge masses of earth in the sky, and red lightning touched down at random. Floating platforms filled the sky,
with many Digimon jumping across from time to time. What was below the floating earth and platforms was a dark nothingness,
deep enough that anyone who fell in wouldn't hit the ground in their lifetime. Izzy told the group that the fortress was only yards
away, suggesting the possibility of getting there faster through flight. Five Digimon were digivolved so that Nefertimon,
MegaKabuterimon, Birdramon, Pegasusmon and SaberDramon where formed to transport the entire party to the Fortress. Davis
argued when sent on MegaKabuterimon with T.K, Tai, Ken and Izzy. He watched as the girls took off with Nefertimon and
Pegasusmon. While in the air it was hard to communicate because of the thunder; Cody was on SaberDramon with Joey and the
other Digimon and sent email messages to Izzy though there were thunder storms. Tai waved to Sora, who was riding on
Birdramon. She and Matt waved back and pointed towards the nearing fortress. Looking down, T.K. saw a herd of Gulfmon; they
did not seem to notice the airborne intruders as they slept. The Demon Lord fortress was ahead of them, but Cody emailed to
Izzy that he had heard something like a shot. As they closed in, four much louder shots sounded, startling everyone. Nefertimon
sent out an attack at the garden, seemingly knowing where the noise had come from. Shots flew out, and the Digimon dodged
them. Beelzemon appeared and fired shots that became harder to dodge, and MegaKabuterimon returned his own attacks. Just
as Beelzemon was going to fire, a large blast hit between the fight, and the startled battlers looked far to the right to see all the
Royal Knights.
Omnimon had fired the shot, and the others around him followed by joining their attacks and hitting the fortress dead on. A large
explosion sounded as the top three floors collapsed. The explosion excavated many of the Viral Digimon, followed by five angry
Demon Lords. Lucemon looked around at the intruders, fixing his glare on Omnimon, "Why do you intrude on our land after
sending us here, Omnimon?" The Royal Knight pointed his sword at the Demon Lord, "We want the girl, Lucemon. She is the
key." Lucemon smiled, "And what makes you think we'd give something so important to you without a fight?" Omnimon signaled
for the battle to begin. The Digidestined were caught up in a flurry of attacks from both sides. "Tai!" Kari ran over to her brother,
who shielded himself as rock bits flew. He looked over as everyone else joined in. "These guys want the same thing as us. It's
time to fight fire with fire!" After digivolution, ImperialDramon, HerculesKabuterimon, VictoryGreymon, Gryphonmon, and
GrandisKuwagamon joined the brawl. Matt called over to T.K. and the two rushed off to find the girl in the rubble. Lightning
strikes and swords collided as all three sides fought on. VictoryGreymon held off Duftmon and Crusadermon. GrandisKuwagamon
and HerculesKabuterimon both joined their attacks together, hitting whatever was in the sky. Over the scene Gryphonmon dive-
bombed Craniumon, who was going to attack ImperialDramon as he fought Alphamon. Lilithmon saw Sleipmon shoot ten arrows
towards her as Barbamon dodged MegaDramon's missiles. Daemon looked around, noticing how no one was fighting him. "Hey! I
didn't become a Demon Lord to be ignored, you know!" He threw fire upon the entire scene. Lilithmon was burned, and turned
around to yell at the Demon Lord, "You arrogant fool! I was here!" Daemon merely laughed and continued throwing flame from
his hands. Barbamon used his spells to throw MegaDramon into the fire, moving out of the way of Sleipmon's arrows. Matt and
T.K. dug through the rubble, running over to the next spot as they searched. Alphamon dodged ImperialDramon's attacks,
watching as his opponent was hit by the flames. Looking down, Alphamon saw the two Digidestined digging out the girl. Matt
looked up, digivolving Gabumon into MetalGarurumon as Alphamon and Duftmon closed in. VictoryGreymon looked over to see
what was happening, but Crusadermon kicked him in the stomach, throwing him down into the rubble. Lucemon threw his
attacks on Omnimon, looking down to see Alphamon and Duftmon fighting MetalGarurumon. He threw his more powerful attacks
at Omnimon, stunning him as Daemon's flames caught hold of the Royal Knight. MetalGarurumon was getting beaten up by two
Royal Knights as he fended them off. A pink beam was fired and blew the two away as Magnadramon appeared. Matt looked over
had her first!" He fired attacks around the scene, creating an obscuring dust cloud. VictoryGreymon was thrown back, and
HerculesKabuterimon and GrandisKuwagamon were beaten by the flames. Daemon continued his fire until he saw Omnimon
traveling through it towards him, "What?!" Omnimon appeared before him as he stopped the fire, slashing him sideways from
the neck to the stomach, blasting him down into the castle with his cannon. Beelzemon fired shots at Omnimon, who blasted at
the Demon Lord but missed. Lilithmon was free of the Demon Lords' fire, and dodged more of Sleipmon's arrows as they came at
her. Looking up, she saw Craniumon's sword come down; it got her arm, creating a gash down it, and Sleipmon finished the job
by firing arrows of ice. Lilithmon's lower body froze, and she fell helplessly to the ground. Beelzemon fired his rounds at
Sleipmon, occupying his attention when Barbamon appeared behind the Royal Knight and froze Sleipmon solid. Craniumon swung
his sword at Beelzemon, who dodged but was not prepared for Crusadermon's attack. Thrown into the ground, Beelzemon was
unconscious from the heavy hits. Barbamon looked around, noticing he and Lucemon were the only Demon Lords left fighting. He
was surrounded by Craniumon, Crusadermon, and Omnimon; knowing the Demon Lords lost this fight, he disappeared using his
magic. Lucemon continued to fight the Digimon and the Royal Knights, his attacks throwing all but Duftmon off their feet. T.K.
looked down at the girl, suddenly noticing her wound hear the wrist of her right arm. "Matt! Look.." Matt looked to where T.K.
pointed. He gasped at her loss of blood from the wound; it was still coming out. MetalGarurumon fired ice missiles at Lucemon,
missing him easily. Lucemon turned to the Digimon. Suddenly from behind him, Lucemon was slashed up his back by Alphamon's
sword. Gasping at the pain, Lucemon was thrown into the fortresses rubble among the other Demon Lords. The battle had ended.
Crusadermon had finished defrosting Sleipmon, and Craniumon joined the other Knights. Matt and T.K. looked up to see the Royal
Knights close in; every one of them looked down on the humans. Matt tensed, ready to call on MetalGarurumon to fight the Royal
Knights. Crusadermon saw this; Alphamon held his sheathed sword threateningly, "Move aside, humans. We'll be taking the girl
now." Matt opened his mouth to argue, but T.K. looked at Matt, "No, Matt…For the sake of the others…let's do as he says…" The
Digimon came in to stop, but Matt signaled to them not to. Moving out of the way, they watched as Duftmon picked the girl up.
Omnimon looked at all the Digidestined, "It was a smart choice on your behalf…to bring a friend who does the correct thing
when he knows you have lost either way." With that they disappeared in a flash, leaving the Digimon to return to their forms.
Matt looked at T.K., who apologized slowly. The others joined the two, but noticing T.K. they all stopped smiling. Kari walked
over to him, much to the annoyance of Davis, "T.K., it wasn't your fault… You did the right thing." Davis added on, "Yeah! You
know, they can take her, but they won't keep her!!" Everyone looked at him confused, but Tai agreed, "We'll go take her back. If
we have too, we'll use full force if we have to!" Yoelei looked at Izzy, who was reading his computer screen, "I sent a message
to Azulongmon, and he has given me the coordinates to the Royal Knights' castle. But first, we need to get out of here and have
some rest." Everyone agreed with that and they came out the same way they entered. The gate had an hour left before closing
its doors to the digital world. So far, none of the Digimon in the Dark Area had noticed it ever been opened; this relieved the
Digidestined and as soon as they got onto the other side they closed it. Leaving the gate behind, Veemon started to sing a tune
that the group could walk to. Traveling by foot through the forest, they decided to stop near a fresh-water stream. Gomamon
remembered the fight scene and retold it to his fellow Digimon as the camp was set up once again.
It was later in the night that Matt woke up. Looking over to where T.K.'s bed, he saw it was empty. Sitting up, Matt tried to look
around. The fire was out and it was dark, so he decided to get up and look for himself. Walking up to the stream, Matt saw T.K.
sitting on a rock on the other side. He was looking the other way ant rubbing his head. "T.K.?" T.K. jumped and whirled around,
surprised at the sudden entry, "Wha-Oh, I... I couldn't get any sleep…" He looked down, "My… head, it's hurting pretty bad… and
I couldn't close my eyes…" Matt stared at his brother in worry, "Are you sure it's nothing? It could be a fever… or a migraine…"
T.K. shook his head. Slowly, he got off the rock, holding his head. Walking over rocks in the stream, he passed by Matt, going off
to bed but not sleeping. Matt stood there, still looking ahead. Why is T.K. acting so strangely…? Matt turned his gaze and looked
in the stream. It glowed with the silver of the moon, and small fish swam here and there, often zigzagging through the water. He
slowly turned around, not daring to think of the problem any longer.
Was it something he saw in that girl…?
Walking into camp Matt noticed the beds made of leaves looked more like flattened bushes as everyone slept on them. Going to
his bed, Matt saw T.K., who was on his side, at least trying to sleep. A few minutes after trying to forget the event
that happened only a few minutes ago Matt dozed off and fell asleep.