Digimon Tamers: Unity
By: Linkmaste
Disclaimer: I do not own Digimon.
Previously on Digimon Tamers: Unity...
Elecmon: So, we were chasing down Houdinimon who was pretty clever and kept running away. Our group had to figure out how to stop it from using it's portals. Good thing Mr. Wong can make these cool gadgets. Masahiko and I had this pretty serious talk about me being a secret and him trusting me to digivolve. It only took me almost being creamed to change into the super cool-super awesome Leonamon! I looked so sick! We defeated Houdinimon but learned it's just a proxy digimon for this weird hunter guy named 'M'. Talk about your typical bad guy-except he got away. Man! What a total buzz kill.
Episode Seven: Never let a Ghost be your Host!
In the deep jungle of the digital world, Gallantmon walked through another cluster of green ferns and thick bushes that made up the area. They were far off the beaten path and to anyone watching, it seemed that they were lost. The mega digimon was actually planning to get lost and to them, it worked.
Once you're lost, then you will be found by who you seek thought Takato, the one half of Gallantmon. Guilmon made up the other half. It wasn't often they would biomerge just to travel but they had no idea what crept in the dark, gloomy jungle. Many stories trickled out, whispers of a curse that those who enter, were doomed to wander forever. But, some secrets were that an old and wise digimon lived in there. That alone was the reason why the Royal Knight had went there in the first place.
Takato, are we sure about this? Guilmon thought.
You know as well as I do that we haven't seen any of the Sovereigns in years. This guy can maybe point us in the right direction and we can get their help on the whole killing Tamers problem he thought back.
After assuring Guilmon that they were not 'doomed to wander forever', a thick fog appeared, preventing them from seeing very far-even by a mega's eye sight. In the fog, a small speck of light appeared, floating a short distance away in the air. Gallantmon peered their eyes at it.
The ball of light wanted to be followed it was clear to anyone. It flickered quickly like it was trying to talk and give instruction. The mega digimon couldn't understand but the light drifted away and sure enough, the size of the light diminished. Gallantmon then understood. Following it on its heels, he kept a close eye out for ambushes or surprise attacks while staying within a few feet of the light. It would drift left or right, but keep a steady pace.
Finally, it came to an old hut clearing where the fog let up. It was a quaint one with a straw roof and yellow pannels. At the front there was a small wooden door and some chopped wood beside it. Flowers decorated the front with azelas marigolds and roses all planted along the front looking beautiful and in full bloom. A digimon awaited at the door with the ball of light covering over its head patiently.
It was a small yellow digimon on all fours with black Samurai headset donned on it. It had gold and purple trimming with a beautiful ruby encrusted to the forehead of the helm. Green eyes poked out, but they were milky and wrinkly. It appeared this digimon had left the prime of its youth and showed its true age.
"Welcome. I have heard much about you Royal Knight, Gallantmon," the digimon stepped forward and gave a deep bow. "I am Ryudamon."
"It's nice to meet you Ryudamon. Did...you know we were coming?" he asked. It surprised the mega that the digimon had just been standing there.
"I have many eyes in my forest. Come. You look like you could use some tea and scones."
Gallantmon split apart back into Takato and Guilmon, following him into the small hut. It didn't appear that Ryudamon was surprised that Gallantmon was made up of two other entities-only made him turn his head slightly back at the duo,
"Whip both of your feet before entering please. I refuse to have mud in here after I just swept. Then we can talk about the missing Sovereigns."
"Your next mission is going to be picking up an important item for me in the digital world." Henry handed Ellin a piece of paper and she peered at it.
"The Core History of the Digital World? Is that some kind of book?"
"More like an encyclopedia. I spent a long time trying to track it down and one of the Demon Lords found it after raiding a Wisemon's castle. I requested to use it and luckily he had no problem giving it to me." Henry said.
"H-Hold on. D-Demon Lords?" squeaked Masahiko. "You're not talking The Seven Great Demon Lords, are you?"
"Yep! Those guys!" Terriermon replied before taking a huge bite of a bagel.
"Blood hell I heard of 'em." Crocomon spoke to Ellin. "They're the meanest, and baddest virus digimon existing. I heard one look at 'em can kill you."
"They might be virus types but they're not completely evil." Henry assured them. "Just go to Lucemon's head quarters and pick it up."
"Well, that seems easy! Let's go!" Elecmon sprung out of her chair, but Crocomon settled her down.
"Hold on kid, we didn't even ask where our little ankle biter leader and 'love' are."
Crocomon had been calling Lopmon 'love' ever since he met her. While it was obvious the reptilian digimon fancied her, she wasn't very interested or amused by his little pet nickname for her. Still, he used it and she still wanted him to stop bugging her.
"Suzie and Lopmon should have been here." Henry said turning to Terriermon.
Then Lindy, Henry's personal assistant, knocked on the door and said she received a phone call from Suzie saying her and Lopmon were sick.
"Is she really taking a sickie on this?" Ellin shook her head. "Fine. Masahiko and I can handle it with the digimon. Just when are we going?"
"Right now," Terriermon said. "We want this ASAP so hop to it!"
Henry gave Ellin the D-Port and reminded her how important it was to not lose the device.
"It would take us awhile to fish you guys out, so don't eat it, or spray it with water."
Everyone looked at Elecmon.
"Oh, c'mon! That was one time!" she cried.
Henry had programmed the co-ordinates so all Ellin had to do was slash the air again, and they would be back in Hypnos-in Henry's office.
The quartet entered into the digital world. They landed on a long winded cobbled road lined by naked, skinny tress. They sky was bleak and grey, threatening to rain. Unlike the buttecup flower fields, this was more gloomy and stale looking. Masahiko prepared to cover his head,
"Terriermon said it doesn't rain in the digital world."
"Maybe it's just like that cause there's a dark mansion looming in the distance." Elecmon pointed out. The rookie was right. Ahead, in the far distance was a grand old mansion that was the colour of obsidian. The peaks were sharpened to fine points that looked painful to even stare at. Windows were completely blacked out, and the singles were so decrepit that it looked like it was abandoned for centuries. An iron wrought fence surrounded the property and the front gate was only slight ajar. The group walked to it, each trying to rid the notion that they were being watched from a distance.
"Maybe we should come back another time." Masahiko tried to turn around, but Ellin firmly grabbed him by the scruff of his dress shirt.
"Don't be a chicken. We got a mission and I'm going to see us through it. Move."
The group slowly pushed past the empty gate and continued forward. The lack of noise was chilling in Masahiko's bones.
"So, how many Demon Lords are here?" Ellin asked.
"Not sure, but there are seven total existing." Masahiko said and counted on his fingers. "There is Lucemon, Lillithmon, Leviamon, Barbramon, Belphemon, Daemon and Beelzemon Jeri told me one time."
"Beelzemon's a Demon Lord!?" cried Ellin. She looked sickly white along with Crocmon. That imp had more secrets than a closet full of skeletons! Just what else was that imp hiding?
"He's not really into it. I heard he does his own thing." Masahiko knew while he and Impmon were on good terms (though he couldn't quite figure out who he was helping him), Ellin and Crocomon were sour about the match they lost. "He wouldn't be here anyways."
"Cool, so there's six mega evil digimon waiting inside for us." Elecmon walked cheerfully to the large doors. Huge knockers were on the front with demon faces painted on it. Golden metal hoops hung low so a visitor could reach for it and knock.
"Ellin, you knock." Masahiko pushed the Australian Tamer up.
She rolled her eyes and was about to bang on the door with her curled fist when a 'click' sounded. The door creaked open slowly and revealed the dark interior of Lucemon's mansion.
"Uh, guess that means welcome?" Crocomon laughed weakly.
They all entered and walked into the main foyer. It hadn't looked like it had been used in years with dust covering everything. A grand staircase was in front of them splitting apart at the top in two different directions. A hall was on the left, looking like it lead down into a lounge. On the other side, there was a door that was shut and had a rusted lock on it. No natural light was let in and the only thing that worked was the old crystal chandelier hanging above. It glowed dimly.
Ellin cupped her hands,
"Hello?"
No response came.
"Let's look around. If anyone asks-the door magically opened up for us."
"Right." the group agreed.
It wasn't until the team decided to go down the left hallway, that the door slowly shut itself and a white wisp chuckled. It disappeared a second later.
"It is troubling to hear of what is going on in the human world. After joining together so many humans and 'mon could leave in peace-I would have though we were beginning a golden age." Ryudamon said. He put out a few plates of biscuits and tea to which Guilmon happily consumed. Takato sat on the chair at the kitchen table, adding some sugar to the tea.
"It's not looking good. This hunter calls himself 'M' and he's always a step ahead of us. The new Tamers are doing what they can, but it's still not enough nor are they powerful yet. I wish I could gather the old group again but we're so spread thin. Also, the Sovereigns...they're missing. We could really use their help or their advice but they haven't been seen in over a year."
"Right," Ryudamon sat across the table. He closed his eyes, looking like he was focusing on something. "Now, the last time a Sovereign talked to me personally was Azulongmon-almost a year ago. I can not say for certain, but he looked troubled about something. Though I do not know what. I have not dared asked him. He told me some information I thought was queer and he gave me a most striking key. Perhaps, the key would be more useful for you as my legs are a little too old for travelling long distances."
Ryudamon shuffled away to a cupboard in the kitchen. He pulled out a closed box and placed it on the table gently. Opening the box, he took out a crystallized key.
"I think this is a key to Azulongmon's castle. It is a difficult place to reach and has many things guarding it. Maybe, you two can find more clues there. As for those 'proxy' digimon, I would be careful. They do not sound like they are controlled or simply under the influence of a spell. They sound like..." the old 'mon trailed off his milky eyes looking dazed and out of focus.
Guilmon stopped feasting on the scones.
"What is it Ryudamon?"
"It sounds like their cores had been extracted out of their bodies."
The room went so silent, you could hear the forest trees whisper and sway outside. Takato found his words first,
"Their...cores?"
"All digimon have a core-it's their essence-their life source. It is what makes them alive and thrive. Think of it as a human soul but it still has significant differences. A human soul is technically more powerful-it is how you and Guilmon can achieve your form as Gallantmon-it powers that device in your pocket-and in desperate times of emergency, it can have mysterious power. A digimon core reacts to a human soul in a variety of ways, but it is also a very efficient power source on its own and taking one out of a digimon can make them...like lifeless husks of data. Much of what you described to me about these proxy digimon."
"When M killed those Tamers...do you think he was really after the digimon and their cores? Is that what this is really about?"
"I am not sure but I would like to think you have the right idea."
"We should get going and talk to Henry." Takato stood up. He shook Ryudamon's paw. "Thank you. You're helped us a lot."
"It's no trouble at all. Please come visit me again sometime. I look forward to seeing you again, Suzie and Lopmon."
Takato and Guilmon looked back at the old rookie with a confused expression. Suzie and Lopmon?
"Ryudamon? It's Takato and Guilmon..."
The digimon looked up in a second, embarrassed and coughed.
"Oh! Of course, of course. Takato and Guilmon-yes. Of course..."
The duo didn't want to waste anymore time, so they grabbed the key and big farewell to Ryudamon. He told them the castle laid on another level of the digital world. After meeting Henry, they would go there.
Ellin looked at Crocomon, he looked at Elecmon, she looked to Masahiko who looked back to Ellin.
"On three." Ellin said, gritting her teeth.
"One..."
"Two..."
"THREE!"
Each member held out their fist: opened, closed, or in the shape of a pair of scissors. Masahko had rock, Ellin and Crocomon had paper and Elecmon had rock as well. Paper bested rock.
"You two go check out the sound." Ellin said, putting her hands on her hips.
Not amused, Masahiko and Elecmon went towards the door that rumbled. They had discovered it and being the only sign of any 'life' inside, they were a little desperate to find out where Lucemon was. They opened the door.
Inside was a chamber with lots of blankets and pillows cast about. It was dark with a soft glow from the violet flames around the walls. In the centre seemed like a small creature with brown horns, a clock around its neck and fast asleep.
"Excuse me?" Elecmon called out. "We're kinda lost."
The digimon failed to move. Elecmon fanned out her tail, electricity sparkling.
"I wouldn't do that if I were you." a voice warned.
Masahiko and Elecmon turned around to see a white ghost behind them. He had two small glowing dots for eyes, sharp jagged teeth, and this white 'sheet' around him that was torn and shredded at the ends. His hands were covered by the cloth but was still noticeable by the way the sheets covered them. The Tamer jumped in the air, almost letting out a high pitched shriek,
"Chill out! I'm not going to hurt you!" the ghost cried. "I wouldn't wake up Belephmon-he's really cranky getting out of his naps."
"Oh! That's one of the Demon Lords?" asked Elecmon cocking her head to the side. "He looks...tiny."
"Demon Lord?" gasped Masahiko, feeling faint. God, they were inches from an actual mega digimon! Stepping back, Masahiko wasted no time escaping the room. The ghost shut the door.
"Oh, he's huge when he's awake. Trust me, that's nothing. You two look a little weird to be minions of the castle." The ghost remarked, cocking his head to the side. Masahiko took out his D-Arc to scan the digimon,
"Bakemon. Champion Virus digimon. Special attack: Nightmare Claw."
"What bring you to this old place?" Bakemon asked not even blinking an eye at the Tamer's words.
"We're looking for Lucemon-we're expecting a package from him!" Elecmon said. "I'm Elecmon-Masahiko's my Tamer and we're here with Ellin and Crocomon."
"Oh! Why don't I take you there myself?" the ghost digimon smiled. "But, I would like to ask for something in return."
"What's that?"
"Well, since it's been soooo long since we had any guests." Bakemon began. "I haven't shown anyone around the lovely mansion in ages! We've been redecorating!"
"Looks like you got a great theme going on here..." muttered Masahiko sarcastically to himself.
"Come again, Masahiko?" Bakemon asked.
"Oh, nothing!" he waved a hand, trying his best to smile at the virus.
They met up with Ellin and Crocomon who was skeptical, but reluctantly agreed to Bakemon's tour of the castle. He began by gesturing the castle dramaticaly with both of his 'covered' hands.
"Our mansion-or if you ask Lucemon, grand castle, was built ages ago by Lord Lucemon-who was pretty anal about how it was built-I mean how can the guy take two years to pick out curtains-crazy. Anyway, after it was built, it became a sort of meeting spot for the Demon Lords-"
"Do you know the Demon Lords?" Crocomon asked. "You don't really seem afraid of them."
"Oh...but I am." Bakemon gave a look. "They are the most powerful, the most wicked, the most terrifying digimon in this whole world! They are strong-especially Lord Daemon, who is pretty darn good looking if I do say so myself."
"They all sound like creeps." muttered Ellin darkly.
Bakemon lead them into the main foyer, where the dark glowing chandelier hung, softly drifting side to side. On top were a few DemiDevimon.
"Hey guys, what's shaking!" called out Bakemon.
"Lord-" the one DemiDevimon made a face, then rolled their eyes. "Nothing cracking', homie. How about you?"
"Just showing my new paussy the place!" Bakemon cheerfully extended his arms to bring in the gang. Ellin looked like she wanted to punch the ghost digimon while Masahiko wanted to get out. "Anyway, we're heading to the torture dungeons! See you later!"
"Torture dungeons?" Crocomon gulped. Even he grew worried at the mention of torture.
"Well of course! That's where the real fun begins." grinned Bakemon, and he phased through the door. The group looked at each other, unsure when the ghost digimon was going to realize what the problem was. A second later, he poked his back head out.
"Forgot you guys can't do that-hang on!"
Suddenly, black claws extended from his white 'sheet' and grabbed the group. With a violent pull, he phased the group through the door and onto the other side. Masahiko shuddered at the feeling.
"Can you warn us next time you do that?" Ellin asked, anger dripping in her voice. She did not enjoy that experience and neither did her partner. It felt like a coldness filled her body as they phased through.
"Sorry! Will do. Down here is the dungeon-we used it to torture all the digimon back in the good old days."
Down the old mouldy staircase was the sounds of the damned. They groaned, echoing into the cold dark walls of the basement. A occasional shriek could be heard making everyone jump excluding Bakemon. It seemed that the ghost digimon was leading everyone to their doom. He clicked his tongue and made an annoyed sound.
"Ugh, God I hate when he does that. Stupid tape..." Bakemon floated all the way down where in the far corner was a boom box. It seemed the shrieks and moans were coming from there. He shut the tape off and all was quiet.
"Lord Barbramon wants this playing to keep the workers on their best behaviour but half of them know I shut off the sounds. It gets so annoying."
"So-So you don't actually torture digimon down here?" Masahiko's teeth were chattering and comically, he was being held by Elecmon.
"Pft! We haven't tortured anyone since back in the dark ages. We found it just makes the digimon get numb from the pain and it makes such a mess. Seriously, have you tried to scrub blood off the walls? It's a pain in the ass-right! Let's move on to one of my favourite rooms!"
The group bypassed the dungeon and went through another set of large double doors. Inside, they were passing through a sort of 'mess hall'. Unlike the foyer, there were tons of virus digimon around. Eating, talking, playing darts, or fighting each other casually. It looked chaotic to the group as they felt themselves sweat at the sheer number of virus digimon. Over half of them were champions and ultimate's. Never had they ever been around this many digimon.
"Yo! What's up my homies!" Bakemon cheered and the whole room shouted in response. Various slurs, swear words, and greetings were said. Bakemon high-fived a Myotismon, gave a fist bump to a ShadowWereGaruarumon, and surprisingly flirted with a Witchmon who was very into the ghost digimon.
"Is this guy...a celebrity or something?" Crocomon asked, feeling more confused by the minute. Everyone knew him and seemed happy to see him despite some banter given to him at the beginning. Maybe he was some kind of higher up but Crocomon couldn't think too much. The painful itch in the back of his mind was there to remind him that tons of higher level digimon were around and he had the unknown urge to stand closer to Ellin.
"Bloody hell..." the Aussie looked around. She backed up a little seeing a few Gazimon walk by casually talking about some party they were at last night. She almost bumped into an Ogremon who was wolfing down his meal. He growled.
"Can we go? P-please?" Masahiko seemed on the verge of a breakdown, chewing on his nails and appearing like his jittery self. He looked around, noticing Elecmon was no where to be seen.
"Elecmon? Elecmon!" Masahiko cried, looking frantically around for his partner in the sea of virus digimon.
"How could she have disappeared that quick?" Ellin cursed.
The group carefully made their way across the mess hall, avoiding contact of any virus type, but also keeping their eyes peeled for the red and blue rookie digimon. Finally, she was found on a table, chugging what appears to be some kind of ale.
"Chug! Chug! Chug!" cheered the virus digimon-a group of red devil like beings with pitchforks. They were encouraging Elecmon to finish off the large pitcher of ale that was given to her. In seconds, she finished it off and gave a loud burp. Everyone cheered and hooted.
"That was some funny stuff!" she giggled and hiccuped. Masahiko looked horrified and to Ellin's surprise, marched right up, grabbed his digimon by the tails and dragged her off the table, looking upset. The digimon booed, calling Elecmon back.
The door ahead of them was their only option and by now, they completely lost sight of Bakemon. On their own, they went through and the group was in some kind of hallway with more doors and signs. It seemed like they were venturing into the deeper part of the mansion where there were various dorms.
"Great-we're completely lost." grumbled Ellin. "That Bakemon probably sent us on a this tour just so we get stuck. We're not going to get home anytime soon."
"But, we still can!" Crocomon pointed to Ellin's pocket. "Let's just use the D-Port and let Henry know that Lucemon wasn't here. Easy fix!"
"I agree, let's leave." Masahiko picked up a very tipsy Elecmon who found Masahiko's glasses very amusing. She put them on her face and laughed harder.
"You see so funny! Everything is all blurry!"
Ellin seemed to have no choice. Elecmon was drunk, they were all tired and there was no Lucemon. She reached into her pocket and to her horror-she felt nothing. She dug deeper, praying it was lost in there, but it was obvious that it was gone. She felt her other pocket just to be sure but by then Crocomon gave a look,
"Don't bloody tell me you lost it!"
"I had it right here!"
Ellin wanted to scream at the ceiling of the blasted mansion. They had done the one thing that Henry told them not to do. With the D-Port lost, it seemed like the group was never going to get out of the mansion before driven insane by the hordes of virus digimon.
Gallantmon made their way back through the forest, to head to their headquarters. It wasn't a far run (by a mega's standards) and they were doubling back through the forest when something felt...off. The forest seemed darker and it was silent. Gallantmon stood stoic, preparing themselves for battle. Their lance was charged, and their shield was out. With their head down, they focused...and listened.
Sksh, Sksh, ding!
With an easy swipe, the lance cut through the throwing knives that were sent out to Gallantmon. They caused no damage and neither did the energy blast that the attacker sent out. Shielding themselves, the mega Royal Knight looked at who they were battling.
It was M. The hunter folded his arms, having a few weapons out.
"You're him! The Tamer hunter!" Gallantmon's amber eyes narrowed at M. "You are to stop this and come with me! I know you're not a digimon."
They couldn't tell what M thought or what his expression was but by the harsh laugh, it was doubting Gallantmon's authority.
"I come to see the old Ryudamon. I require his...assistance."
"I won't let you do that!" Gallantmon charged for M but somehow, he opened up a orange portal and went through it, coming out a few feet away from another red portal. It seemed that he obtained Houdinimon's powers before it was destroyed.
"Not today!"
The kick didn't send Gallantmon flying, but the mega felt it for sure. That was a surprise. The hunter was a human but how it was able to put that much of a power into just a kick? Was it the suit?
"You can't beat us." Gallantmon said calmly, brandishing the cape behind them. "We are mega level, and a Royal Knight. Why are you doing this?"
M said nothing but charged his hand. A fine mist came out of it and unleashed itself into the forest-making it a deep, deep fog. Gallantmon was blind and whizzed around spastically trying to figure out where M had gone.
"I am doing this because I have a mission," M's voice said. "I know you. I know all of you. You will never figure out my plan. But, I will take everything that the worlds have built up-and make it crumple down!"
Just then, M had appeared right in Gallantmon's face. Holding out the robotic hand, he let out a cry and unleashed a 'Solar Ray' attack. It knocked Gallantmon back a few feet and scorch marks blemished their helm. However, they were far from injured.
"Lightening Joust!" the mega cried, charging forward. M jumped aside but was taken back by the Royal Knight's attack. He fell to the ground. Before he could get up, the lance was pointed at his black helmet-the reflection prevented Gallantmon to see who was behind it.
"Enough! Let's see who you really are..." the Royal Knight dug their fingers under the bottom of the helm to unveil who M was. It was just about to lift off when a dark force field unleashed itself within the hunter. It was so unexpected and Gallantmon cried out. The digimon flew back, and slammed into a tree.
"Oh, my back..." the sharp pain struck the mega near the middle of the back. That attack wasn't human. That was something else.
M stood up uneasily, almost unsure of what the dark powerful power was since he examined himself. Looking down, he said some final words.
"Like I said, I'm going to destroy everything. And as much as I want to defeat you two, I have better things to do. Later."
The figure left and disappeared into the forest. Gallantmon then changed back into Takato and Guilmon where both were injured from that hit.
"What was that?" Guilmon asked, growling low. He wanted to chase after the hunter but it wouldn't do any good with Takato injured.
"I have no idea. But, at least he was going towards the outskirts of the forest. I think he got spooked by us. We should head back, my back is probably bruised from that hit."
In the back of their minds, the two were wondering what M had said. He knew all of them? What did that mean? And that dark power was nothing what a human could do! Was there more to M than what they thought? When another question was answered, ten more popped up and it was starting to frustrate them. They carried on through the forest and slowly made their way back to the headquarters to send Henry an urgent message.
Back in Lucemon's mansion, the group searched and backtracked to find the D-Port. It was their only way out. Ellin angrily apologized while Crocomon harped on her to keep a tighter grip on the important things.
"Now, were stuck in a bloody virus hotspot and besides the drunk Shelia, I'm the only thing protecting you two!"
"No one's attacked us though." Masahiko said. "As odd as it sounds, they all just were playing with us. You don't think that Lucemon ordered them to not harm us, could he?"
"I don't know! What is this, thirty questions?!" Ellin was beyond her wits, searching the ground with her cell phone light-praying that the D-Port had just fallen our of her pocket. To her misfortune, it was yet to be found.
The group came to a large throne room. It was dark like the other rooms but Crocomon and Elecmon felt tense. Someone was here. Someone powerful. The hairs on their necks stood straight on end and a deep uncomfortable feeling settled in their stomachs.
"So, you finally came." a dark voice rumbled.
Flames lit up, each lining the dark hall throne one by one. Each lighting up the large black throne at the end, that had dark ruby red jewels and gold trimming. In it, sat a large cloaked demon digimon, with peering red eyes, and large claws. The dark cloak was dark red with a jewel encrusted in the center.
"Come little ones. See what I have to offer."
Was this the great Demon Lord, Lucemon? It wasn't much of a choice. The group fearfully walked forward, preparing to be eaten, beaten, or killed. This was it. His energy was pouring out of him and it seemed to have a influence on the group. When they were a few feet away, the dangerous digimon stood up and walked up to them. He peered his red eyes at them with cruelty and hate. A knot formed in everyone's guts. Elecmon seemed to sober up quickly just from sensing the digimon.
"P-Please don't hurt us Mr-Mr. Lord Lucemon." Masahiko gulped.
Then it all went quiet.
And Daemon, the Demon Lord of Wrath let out a bellow of a laugh. It boomed in the halls, followed by lots of snickers and cackles. The lights lifted up, changing the fearsome throne room into more of a open and airy area. Daemon held his gut, laughing and pointed a claw,
"HAHA-Mr. Lord Lucemon-AHAHA-that's rich! HAHAHA-should have seen-AHAHA-the looks on your faces! That was amazing!"
Various hoots and hollers could be heard. The group watched as all the virus digimon had gathered and cheered. Some held up signs with Daemon's name. He held up a head steadily and all went silent. He walked forward and knelt down.
"We havn't had a good laugh in a long time. Thanks for being our victims. I'm Lord Daemon, the Demon Lord of Wrath."
"What what's going on?!" Ellin cried, taking out her D-Arc. "Are you going to kill us?"
"Kill you?" laughed Daemon. "Why would we kill you? No offence, you're not much of a threat-and we don't kill Tamers anyways. It's against the rules. Believe it or not, I have a Tamer myself."
"You do!?" Masahiko cried in disbelief.
"Yeah, he's not here though. He's out and it was perfect cause I just caught you guys when you came to the mansion. Oh! That reminds me-"
In a dark glow, Daemon shrunk and changed into a familiar white spectre digimon. Everyone's jaw's dropped. It was the Bakemon that gave them the tour of the mansion.
"Surprise!" Bakemon let out another holler of a laugh. "Man! Not expecting that did you!?"
"Uh..." not much the group could say. They were tired of being tricked and exhausted of any more surprises. Everyone just wanted to go home.
"Well, thanks for doing all that for us. You can go now!" Bakemon waved a dark claw motioning them to leave.
"But, we need to pick up the package! And our D-Port went missing!" Ellin frowned. "Give it back!"
"Uh, sorry guys but, I don't have it." Bakemon shrugged. "I'll have one of the servants look for it-"
"There is no need for that, Lord Daemon."
Everyone gasped and turned to the doorway. There, a large digimon loomed looking almost like a man. He was built well with half of his body in black, and the other half in white. Blonde hair framed his face and Masahiko did a double take to realize he had some makeup on.
"Lucy! Glad to see you man! How's the trip?" Bakemon glowed back into Daemon and went over preparing to hug the Demon Lord of Pride. Before he could, Lucemon backhanded him violently into the wall, displeased. Daemon laughed as he was sent crumbling into the wall and uncovered himself from the debris.
"Oh! You're such a joker Lucy! These kids want something from you, I was-"
"I know what you were doing, you idiot. Now, if anyone values their life- I suggest you leave here at once. Except...for you four." Lucemon's sharp voice made all the virus digimon shriek and abandon the room. Not even Daemon's beckon could make them come back. Daemon himself lifted out of the rubble and pouted.
"You're never any fun."
"You're excused." the short reply made Daemon grumble and leave the room.
Ellin, Crocomon, Masahiko and Elecmon all shivered and held each other. While Daemon had a power aura emitting off of him-it was nothing like Lucemon. Every negative energy poured out of him and a simple whim could turn them all into dust. Lucemon walked past them, and sat on his throne. He cold steel blue eyes stared at the group.
"So, you're the Tamers that are going to stop M, huh? Not much to say-look like a batch of freshly born kittens. Henry has no idea what he's getting himself into." a dark chuckle came out of his lips.
"Sir-we-we just came for a package. That's it." Ellin bravely unpeeled herself form the group and took a step forward. "If we could just pick it up, that's swell."
"I can do you one better, pretty girl. I have your D-Port and the package." with a snap of his fingers, they appeared to Ellin. She held out her hands for it. The D-Port was unharmed and ready to use. The package was a book the size of a dictionary. It had swirls and beautiful runes etched along it-unreadable by the Tamer. "So, please take these and leave. You made all my servants get all riled up and Daemon has a lot to answer for. He might be a Demon Lord-but I am the master of all of them."
"Yes, sir." they all bowed and backed out of the room. After that terrifying experience, it only took seconds for Ellin to 'slash' the air and for them to escape that horrible place.
In the throne room, Daemon stepped out of the shadows looking serious,
"You could have at least told them they were going to do alright. They looked terrified."
"You know that's not how I am. They are going to need more than dumb luck to tackle what they're going up against." Lucemon replied, letting his face rest on his fist. Looking annoyed, he ordered Daemon to fix the mess he created and with that, the Demon of Wrath had to start his chores.
In Henry's office, he was sipping his tea when the group arrived. They looked ragged and exhausted but Ellin slammed the book on the table along with the D-Port. Henry put down his tea,
"How did it-"
"Never again." Ellin glared. "Never again will we ever go back in there."
With that, the group left the office. Terriermon called out, a smirk plastered on his face,
"What? Demon Lords not any fun?"
A middle finger from the Australian Tamer and Crocomon was the only answer. Terriermon chuckled, laughing to himself. Henry let a laugh escape.
"Henry, you're five o'clock meeting got cancelled so I was thinking we could go over-Oh!" Lindy looked at the book in Henry's hands. "You got it."
"Yeah, the new group went out and picked it up for me. I have to thank them." Henry said this calmly, but a glint was in his eyes. One that Terriermon had sometimes and if you knew Henry well enough, he would sometimes show. Lindy rolled her eyes,
"You really needed them to go get it? It was just a pick up."
"Yes but," Henry flipped it open. "I didn't feel like being the butt of Bakemon's jokes. I know he's helping run the castle with Lucemon and Belphemon."
"Whatever, we still need to go over your meeting with some of the clients we have. I wanted to start off by-"
"Actually, Lindy. I want to take the afternoon off." Henry said, looking far more interested in the odd book. Runes etched along it were unreadable by the dark haired Tamer but they had important information in it. Something so important, that it could be the key to catching M. "You should go home. Rest and stop wearing those heels I see you wearing. It's not healthy for the baby."
The assistant nodded her head, kicking off her heels and picking them up. She turned her head last minute and said some final words,
"One last thing. Takato called. He needs to talk to you about M."
"Takato?" Henry asked.
"Yes, he said it's very urgent. Same meeting spot, same time."
"Right. Thank you, Lindy." The Tamer nodded his head and with that he let her leave. Terriermon hopped over to the table.
"Do you really think this is going to help us? We can't read it!"
"We can't. But maybe someone else can. Get me a list of all magical digimon we know or heard of. One of them must know Digi-Runes well enough."
"Maybe Lucemon's right. Maybe it's garbage-"
"Or could be priceless. We are not letting another Tamer and digimon die." Henry gave a hard stare.
"We can't save everyone, Hen."
"But we can try."
The duo looked at the mysterious book, praying that somehow within its many aged pages lay the key to unlocking the solution.
Episode End
Author's Note: The Demon Lords have been used a lot and made to be such hard terrible things or mass destruction. I took a little bit of a different approach. They're mostly just jerks and slackers who look out for their own kind. I know I know, Bakemon isn't really the evolution for Daemon but it makes so much sense! Unfortunately, the Demon Lords will not return until Season 2. Did you guys like Ryudamon? You folks will see him again don't worry. I have bigger things cooking up. M is turning up the heat and Henry has his book which is pretty important, don't forget that!
Next Episode on Digimon Tamers: Unity Episode Eight: Festival Frenzy!
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