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Chapter Six: Don't be Fooled by Deceit
Dark KingSilverymon's Perspective
I was in a rage but also felt hurt. Many dishes lay broken on the floor from my fit of outrage. They weren't more broken than my heart. I had watched what happened. Silver was self-sacrificing when he almost lost his partner. He saved her in time, even though he knew he might not be able to handle using any more powers when he was already weak enough. I know it was the love between him and his partner and his concern for her safety that caused Silver to not lose all of his strength. Why couldn't he love me just as much? Silverymon was self-sacrificing even with the weakest digimon who he wasn't close to before when we were together as brothers. Why would he love everyone more than me? Why couldn't he have sacrificed himself for me? Instead of letting me be turned into a hideous creature? The more I thought about it, the more angry I became. He betrayed me! I wanted more and more to destroy him. If I destroyed the girl, then I would rule the world completely. However, as much as I hated Silver for what he did to me and not loving me as much as his partner, I couldn't bring myself to destroy him. He was my twin brother after all. I knew a part of me would die with him. Plus, he was an imperial digimon, as I was. Destroying him would be no easy task. Especially when Silver was a stronger imperial digimon than I was.
That was when I noticed a change happening. My hideous and deformed body started to look a little more the way it was supposed to, the way it always was before I went in the machine.
"Nooo," I wailed.
This can't be happening. It was all their fault. How could they do this to me?
Tai's Perspective
Sora and Mimi met up with Matt and I before school started, with urgent looks on their faces. In a rush, they told us all that had happened.
"Silver's twin is...the dark master?" I asked. I was deep in thought. "This changes everything."
"Yes, it does," spoke a voice behind us.
We turned around. Becca was standing next to a boy our age. Mimi looked excited.
"Mack! It's so good to see you again!"
Matt began to look uncomfortable when he saw how excited Mimi was to see this boy. He coughed to try to steer the attention away from Mack.
"Who are you? There's something familiar about you," said Matt.
"Don't you remember? We all met up with each other a couple days ago."
"Silver?"
"Yes. I have used my Change Link power to turn into a 12-year old boy, temporarily. This is my second form and doesn't use as much of my power as other forms do. After school, we're all going back to the digiworld."
All day, I thought about going back to the digiworld and battling again, so that I had trouble focusing in class. Even my thoughts were not focused on Sora for once. Above all else, my life was not complete without Sora.
"Tai Kamiya, would you like to explain to the class what is more interesting than math?" my math teacher asked, interrupting my thoughts.
I looked around. Everyone was looking at me. I looked down at my math book.
"Nothing, sir."
"Fine. But keep your attention on your work. You can think about friends after school."
I glanced over to my right side and saw Sora watching me. She saw me watching her and shifted her gaze back at the teacher.
At lunch, my friends and I sat together at our usual table. Becca came over with Mack. Both looked very happy.
"Excuse me. Do you mind if we join you?" Becca asked.
"No. You're one of us now. Please sit," I told her.
Becca looked relieved. She clasped her hands together and sat down next to Izzy. Mack sat down at her other side.
I didn't pay much attention until I saw Becca open her lunch bag. She had a double helping of fried chicken, Caesar salad, chocolate milk shake drink boxes, an apple, and tapioca pudding.
"Here you go, Mack," Becca told him, giving a share of her lunch to him.
"Thanks."
I noticed my friends as well as myself were gaping at what Becca had brought.
"That's not what other students usually bring for lunch," Izzy mentioned.
A look of horror flashed across Becca's face.
"Is that bad?"
"No. We're just not used to it," Sora told her, gently.
I knew Sora was trying hard to help Becca fit in with us and be comfortable.
"Haven't you guys heard? Becca is rich," cheered Mimi.
Sora put her hand on Mimi's arm.
"Mimi, pipe down. I'm sure Becca doesn't want many people knowing about how wealthy her family is," Sora scolded.
"Uh, never mind," Mimi called out.
A few of us groaned. I knew it was right up Mimi's league to be excited about wealth. Mimi acted more like a rich person than Becca did. I wondered why.
Mack began to eat. He obviously didn't know how to eat as a human with two hands, as he ate more like an animal, which was understandable, considering he was a digimon in disguise. Becca gently showed him how to eat.
While we were in the middle of our meal, some snobby girls came up to our table. They sneered at Becca being beside Mack and the rest of us, and began to flirt with Mack. I noticed how uneasy he and Becca looked.
"Hey there, handsome! What's your name?"
I stood up. This was enough!
"All three of you weren't invited here, so now it's time to leave. Good-bye!" I ordered, waving them good-bye.
They glared before leaving and muttered under their breath. I sat down.
"Mack, they aren't worth it. So, don't waste your time on them," I instructed.
"Are you okay, Mack?" Becca asked, softly.
"Interesting how people will go after anyone they think looks attractive without getting to know that person first," Mack observed.
"Agreed," Matt said sharply, glancing at Mimi.
I stared at Matt. I had a pretty good idea what was going on between them. Mimi, however, was clueless as to what was going on. She had a dreamy look in her eyes every time she looked at Mack.
For the rest of the lunch hour, as we finished eating, we discussed our plans for saving the digital world. And protected Mack from getting bombarded by girls who had crushes on him.
Once we were back in the digital world and had met up with our partners, we went to the beach. Becca got ecstatic and laughed and squealed with glee, running down to the water.
"Becca, you still have your clothes on," I called out to her.
"Leave her alone, Tai. Don't ruin her fun," Matt said sharply.
Something is going on with Matt and I was pretty sure it had all to do with Mimi falling in love with Mack instead of him. It wasn't a surprise Mimi had fallen for Mack. Anyone could tell he was extremely good-looking.
Silver (he was back in his regular form) ran after her. Soon, Becca was in the water. Silver dog-paddled in the water beside Becca.
"Alright, everyone. Let's get down to business. We're here to stop Silver's twin and his minions."
"Don't forget, Tai. Silver's twin is an imperial digimon," Izzy mentioned.
"I know. Any suggestions?"
"How about if I speed things up a bit," growled a low-menacing voice.
Over to one side, stood a digimon, who was obviously Silver's twin and the dark master. Mimi gasped when she saw him and looked like she would be sick. So did Joe. The rest of us had a hard time handling the sight of him as well. Silver's twin, the dark master, had a large body (much larger than Silver) that was completely dark, deformed and bent. Even his four tails were deformed and bent. His flesh was also rotting. A foul odour came from him. His teeth were black and rotting. Some parts of his body were pulsing and heaving, maybe from disease. His clothes were ragged and torn. His black fur was stringy.
Our digimon digivolved to their highest forms. I glanced at Becca and Silver. They weren't in the water. Silver was flying through the air and Becca was riding him.
Silver glided to the ground and Becca got off. Our digimon fought as hard as they could to defeat Silver's twin. Not even WarGreymon and MetalGarurumon could make a scratch. This is going to be harder than I thought, unless Silver teamed up with us. I was astonished when Silver didn't join in the fight.
"Becca! Tell your digimon to join in the fight," I ordered.
"Silver, stay where you are," Becca told her digimon.
Everyone else gasped, including our digimon. Not many stood up to me, the leader. Even I was surprised.
"Why aren't you listening to me?" I asked, more curious than upset.
Silver defended her.
"Because what you see isn't real."
"Impossible. He's right here," I told them.
I looked again. The dark master was gone.
"What...just happened?" cried Joe.
"Joe, my twin was using an illusion of himself to make it look like he was real. He can pull off some nasty tricks which make it easier to be deceived. My twin who is now called Dark KingSilverymon will use such tactics to try to catch us off guard and defeat us. Don't be fooled by any of his tricks or this mission could fail. I will help you along the way to guide you against his tricks. Also, another key to remember is that the dark master, like myself, can turn into almost anyone or anything. He can even be disguised as a rock or tree or something listening to our conversation," Silver explained.
Mimi shrieked and leaped into Matt's arms. She blushed and let go. Matt was blushing even more.
"Silver, please don't scare us like that," Joe pleaded.
"You must be on your guard at all times. I want all of you, including you, Becca, to realize how dangerous, deceitful and tricky the dark master and his servants are. Or Dark KingSilverymon could easily defeat you. You digimon must also be on your guard. This is war."
The digimon looked down, feeling guilty.
"I shall inform all of you who we will be dealing with. The master is Dark KingSilverymon. The leaders under him are Nightmaremon who is his strongest, Arielmon, and MegaEtemon."
"WHA-!" a bunch of us cried or shouted.
"What's the matter?" Becca asked.
"Don't tell us we have to fight that monkey all over again," I yelled out of frustration.
Mimi wailed. Joe looked worried.
"Joe, Mimi, you fought with MetalEtemon, not MegaEtemon," exclaimed Silver.
"There's two of them?" I asked in a loud voice.
"MegaEtemon is MetalEtemon's twin. MegaEtemon isn't as strong as MetalEtemon, but more intelligent. He is crafty, cunning and deceitful, more so than MetalEtemon. Be very careful of him. Be even more careful of the other leaders and especially my brother as they are way more powerful."
"Silver, do any of these other digimon have the transforming power like you and your twin?" I asked.
"No. Not really."
We sighed with relief. Becca looked sad and deep in thought.
"I feel sorry for the dark master."
"WHAT!" we all asked.
"He almost made me lose my lunch," cried Joe.
"I'm going to have nightmares after seeing him," wailed Mimi.
"He didn't look well. Silverymon needs to be healed," sympathized Becca.
Kari agreed with Becca. I looked down and was deep in thought. That is just like my sister to say that and I'm finding now, just like Becca to say that. Silver knows more about these dark leaders than the rest of us and probably has informed Becca quite a bit about them. Silver looked pleased when he heard what Becca said. He sniffed the air.
"They're here. For real this time. Be careful everyone," Silver warned.
All of us looked around. There wasn't an evil digimon in sight. Everything was calm and peaceful. A gust of wind blew through the air from the water. All of us were thrown and separated from this sudden gust of wind. Everything went black.
Becca's Perspective
When I woke up, it was dark at first and my head throbbed. I looked around and things became clearer. The room was beautiful. An apple pie rested on the window sill to cool off. A kettle was boiling over the fireplace. A couple bookshelves rested against the walls. A small wooden table with two, small wooden chairs with carved hearts near the top of them were around the table in the middle of the room. A wooden ladder was at the other end of the room leading upstairs. And me? I was lying in a small, antique bed with a sheet and blanket covering my body. A window was beside the bed I was in. It was slightly open and the curtains were slightly blowing. A bunch of trees were just outside the window. A little light came in from the sun's rays that tried to shine through the trees. This was how I loved it. Being calm and peaceful. The aroma of salt water from the water filled my nose through the open window. It was a sweet smell to my senses. I lay there soaking it all in and knew how alone I was, but was loving it. No fights or monstrous dark digimon posing any threats. New energy surged through my body from excitement. I scrambled out of bed and saw sandals on the welcome mat by the front door and put them on. I swung open the front door and almost knocked over the bottle of milk resting on the front step. It wobbled. I steadied it and carried it inside, before racing to the ocean, my arms waving and leaping in the air. I reached the white sand and saw seashells and starfish washed up on the shores. The marks of footprints were embedded in the white sand. How I loved it! I was about to head into the water when something stopped me. I saw mist rise above the water and turned to find myself face to face with an angel.
