(I DON'T OWN DIGIMON OR LOU FROM PHANTASY STAR UNIVERSE)

Chapter 7

In Chimera's Grasp

Alphamon began woke up with no sense of how much time had passed. Finally flinging away the last of the rubble, he stepped away from the debris. His head was ringing from the attack and he wondered where was Destiny. He heard the sound of laughter coming from behind him. Alphamon turned and saw a woman with taloned feet. Rainbow-feathered wings adorned her back and on her face was an eagle-like beak where her nose and mouth would be. Alphamon removed his curved swords and stepped towards her.

"Poor, poor tin man." She said with pseudo-pity. "Getting hurt and your pretty armor dented by a little birdie like me."

"Why don't you come over here and play?" Alphamon asked her.

"Mommy always taught me never to play with my food." She said coyly.

"What Mommy doesn't know won't hurt her." Alphamon stated to her.

"I'm Harpy by the way." She said as she landed on the ground flexing her wings.

"Well then, little birdie, let's play." Alphamon said leaping into the air. Bringing his swords to bear, his attack was blocked by two smaller daggers.

Deflecting his attack, Harpy shifted the blades and plunged them into his chest. Pulling out another dagger, she raised the blade. If she could have smiled, Alphamon believed that she would have. A loud roar erupted from above them and a massive tail impacted against Harpy's chest hurling away from him. Demondramon landed next to the fallen warrior and Alphamon could have sworn on a stack of bibles that the dramon had to have been smiling.

"And you call yourself an equivalent?" Demondramon sarcastically asked him.

Pulling out the blades, he replied. "That turkey has lost a few claws. I think Thanksgiving has come early."

As Harpy got back up, Demondramon looked at Alphamon. "Find Destiny. We do not have time to waste on such a pathetic individual. I will roast her myself. Go."

Heeding the dramon's orders, Alphamon soared away from the current battlefield and Harpy tried to follow him. She was stopped as Demondramon clenched his massive jaws on her right talon and flung her into the ground. The sheer force applied made it feel as though her back was broken. She watched as the demonic dragon flew up into the air and she closed her eyes and waited for the end.

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"Of course, you wouldn't know who I am, my young empress." The woman said. "My timeline was erased by the survival of your parents but fortunately for me, I wasn't. Anubismon came to me and drew me back as they went back. Over the past decade, he has increased my strength and my power. Now, even SovereignPaladinmon won't be able to stop me now."

The woman removed her hood and what was immediately apparent was that the woman was beautiful. Though she had a frost princess look to her, Destiny could think of several women who would kill to have her appearance. The woman had a crooked smile as she unsheathed her katana.

"My name is Chimera and I shall bring about a new future starting now." She said.

DIGIVOLUTION

"Dortdramon digivolve to...Drakemon!"

"Cheetahmon digivolve to...ExCheetahmon!"

April drew out the card that William had given her earlier. It was strange that he said that she'd be able to use it. Normally, a digimon had to digivolve naturally before someone received this card. She had never been able to get Bunnymon to digivolve before so how could the card do her any good. Still, she had to try.

"Digi-Modify! Digivolution Activate!" She exclaimed.

DIGIVOLUTION

"Bunnymon digivolve to...Haremon!"

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NAME: Haremon

TYPE: Kung Fu Bunny

LEVEL: Champion

ATTACKS: Judo Kick and Bunny Chop

INFO: A master of the martial arts, this bunny excels in unarmed combat.

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A look of surprise could be plainly seen on April's face as she saw that her partner was larger and was wearing a gi. April noticed that Chimera seemed to be smiling.

"What a pathetic defense that you have shown me." Chimera said to them. "I would have expected more out of—."

She was cut off as a trio of energy beams impacted against her. Six SwatAndromon leapt from behind Destiny and blocked the way. Chimera was blasted back by the attack and she heard one of the SwatAndromon order them to withdraw which they did. She couldn't let this happen. Not when she was this close. She felt as though it was time for her true form to come to life. As she ordered her body's data to reconfigure itself. The dramon data that Dr. Chekov had given to her what seemed like years ago from her perspective but from the current situation, it never happened. Temporal mechanics always gave her a headache but now was not the time to begin a discussion on the fundamental laws of the universe. Now was a time that for her to bring about the future's end.

"I am reborn!" She yelled out as in her seven arms were formed seven katanas. She focused her attention on the six SwatAndromon. With a roar, she yelled. "Seven Katana Attack!"

The power of the attack deleted the six attacking digimon in an instant. She began to check her senses, in particular awareness. The awareness allowed her to analyze the ambient data strands that constantly flowed throughout the digital world like a river. Each time a human or a digimon moved, these strands were disrupted like air particles. With sufficient training, one could "see" these strands. She was only capable of perceiving these strands but she had always suspected that Brian and Tinymon could affect them. Chimera knew that she would never obtain that level of "ascension" but she would try none the less. "Ascension" was a difficult subject even from the time that she was from. It was believed that "ascension" would bring one closer to the living fabric of the digital world. The Imperial army was trained in a few basics in a flawed attempt to increase survival rates on the battlefield. It was the "Storytellers" who delved headfirst into it. She had never put much stock into it until the day her half-sister had awoken Brian and Tinymon. That was a day she'd never forget. Back then, she was still human.

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She held her rifle pointed at Soran's head as the Digital Knight, Sir Phoenix, held onto Ben and his sister, Lily. Despite the fact her half-breed sister had breached the chamber that held the energy crystal, she knew that there was no way that she could do it when even the Imperial Army's greatest scientists were unable to unlock the crystal. She was about to pull the trigger when the view ports into the crystal chamber began to glow brightly. The scientists in the room began to yell something out but she wasn't listening. She was focusing her attention on the center of the chamber. Seeing what happened before the scientists reported what had occurred sent shivers down her spine. The crystal was in shards and instead of an all-powerful digimon that the Storytellers had told about in their legends, a human male and a small digimon, obviously rookie level, stood in front of her half-sister. Someone flicked on a speaker.

"Who are you?" The man asked.

"Delilah, who are you?" She asked him.

"My name's Brian. This is my partner, Tinymon." He replied. "How long have I been cooped up in that oversized gem?"

"The legends say almost ten-thousand years." Delilah replied.

"Why have we been woken up?" Tinymon asked.

"I'll be honest with you." Delilah said to both of them. "I am a member of a rebellion against an empire that has been systematically enslaving digimon and slaughtering them for an insane project. There is a man out there who's human DNA has been blended forcibly with a digimon's data. During this process, the digimon is permanently deleted never to be reborn. All in the name of control."

"Reminds me of a dictator more than ten millennia ago. Did something surprisingly similar." He said. "Your friends out there now?"

"Yah, but the Imperials rushed us and sealed the chamber after me and my cousin, Palmon, got in." Delilah told him.

A look of surprise seemed apparent on Brian's face but a shrug seemed to dismiss it. He pulled out his D-Ark.

"Tell them to duck." He said.

BIO-MERGE DIGIVOLUTION

"Bio-merge Activate!" He exclaimed.

The scientists began to activate scanning equipment to get any data on this bio-merging process. It scared her that no one had any idea what was going on.

"Tinymon bio-merge to...Paladinmon!"

A massive white knight digimon occupied the space where Brian and the digimon, Tinymon, had been. He was armed with a massive broadsword as well as an equally impressive shield. She turned her gaze to the Storyteller priest who had been babbling.

"The fulfillment of prophecy. The return of the union of human and digimon. You fools think you can stop him but you are wrong! The return of the Digimon Sovereign heralds the end of the empire. You are finish—!" The priest ranted until he was cold-cocked in the back of the head by another soldier's rifle.

"What data have you received on that digimon?" Phoenix asked the scientists.

"We aren't getting any." One of the scientists said.

"How is that possible?" Phoenix asked them.

"I don't know. This is the best equipment for scanning digimon anywhere in the digital world. There's nothing better." The head scientist said.

Phoenix threw the two humans he was holding onto the floor hard. He grabbed the scientist and it was clear that the avian digital knight was enraged.

"THEN WHY ISN'T IT WORKING?!" He yelled out.

This gave her an idea and she grabbed Soran's D-Ark. The technology repulsed her as she thought it was sickening that any human could find it worthwhile to form any kind of bond with a digimon but she knew it would work.

"Tell your digimon pet to show me that digimon's data." She ordered Soran who nodded to Serphmon.

"Paladinmon. Temporal Crusader Of Time Virus Type Digimon. Mega Level. Attacks are Temporal Slash, Temporal Cannon, and Shield Of The Ages." She said to everyone.

"That isn't possible." Phoenix said. "None of these Tamers have ever been capable of bringing their digimon pets to the mega level."

"GUYS!" Delilah yelled. "YOU'D BETTER GET DOWN NOW!"

She watched as Soran, Ben, and Lily as well as their digimon pets got as flat as they could onto the floor.

"SHIELD OF THE AGES!" Paladinmon attacked.

Energy flew out of Paladinmon's shield and tore through the walls and continued on. She smelt molten metal and the air reeked of ozone. Fear gripped her as Paladinmon and her half-sister stepped out. She swore that she saw Paladinmon was smiling.

"Now, who wants to be really stupid?" He asked.