Chapter Nine: Power over Hunger

James woke up to the sound of his father yelling throughout the house. "Wake up, wake up, wake up." He said over and over again. "Gonna keep yelling until you wake up." James moaned in frustration, curling his pillow around his head to try to block out the noise.

"Am I the only kid in America that can't sleep past seven in the morning on a Saturday?" He then rolled over and looked at the alarm clock on his table. It read 6:15. James just moaned again. After a few moments of his father's continuous yelling, he threw off his blanket and crawled out of his bed. "I'm up dad." He yelled in annoyance.

"You better be out here in five minutes or I'm going to keep yelling again." James just rolled his eyes and stood up. He looked down at the box his Digimon slept in. It was covered up by the blanket once again. He smiled at the box, and then proceeded to get dressed.

Several minutes passed, and then James walked out of his room. Outside, his father was sitting in his chair in nothing but a robe. James winced momentarily at the disturbing sight, but then ignored it. Sitting on the couch was his brother, wearing an upset face as usual, his long hair covering most of his eyes. James sat down on the couch as well and looked at his dad. "What did you want?" His dad got an upset look.

"For you to be up. I don't want you use to sleeping past ten like always." James just rolled his eyes. He hadn't slept past ten for two years because of his father's assumption that he always did. "Now, I'm going back to bed and getting some sleep. Don't bother us or your mother." His father then stood up and went back to his room and they watched him lie back down and cover up. James just rolled his eyes and went back to his room as well. Nathan however just sat there glaring at nothing.

James sat on his chair in his room by his computer and sighed. "I hate mornings." He then turned on his computer and began roaming the internet. For several minutes, he just checked his email, but when he was done, he went to a popular search engine. He looked around, nobody was in his room, and typed in the word 'Diaboromon.' He instantly got thousands of links and images. He went to the image section and looked at them all. At first, he smiled at the pictures. He always liked Diaboromon. It was his favorite Digimon. This search was mainly to show himself what he was looking forward to when his Digimon was powerful enough to become mega, but also because he liked how Diaboromon looked. He looked at the many images, mostly containing fan art and clips from the movies, but then he began to frown. He didn't want to, but as he continued to look at the pictures, his thoughts returned to what Alexis continued to remind him. His Digimon was evil, and as he continued, the pictures only supported her statement.

As he scrolled through the pictures, the images got darker. He saw images of Diaboromon trying to kill Omnimon, images of him that made him seem demonic, and finally, he almost cried when he clicked on a fan art image of a Diaboromon with blood dripping from his claws and blood splattered on his armor. The image gave Diaboromon demonic eyes and a wicked grin. James hit the back button returning him to the list of Diaboromon images. He was about to click of the website when he felt something breathe on his neck. He instantly turned his head, and to his displeasure, his brother was standing right behind him. James screamed and fell backward on his chair.

"Are you looking at Digimon again?" James frowned as he got back on his chair. He then clicked off the website, only to reveal his desktop background, which was a picture of a Diaboromon looking out of the screen like a window. "Oh, I see. You love him don't you?" Nathan smiled at his comment. "I bet you wish he was real so you could give him a big kiss don't ya?" James just frowned.

"Get out of my room." Nathan just shook his head.

"No thank you." James then got a look of horror as Nathan turned around and looked at the box with Tsumemon in it. "What's in the box?" James immediately jumped up and got in his way. Nathan just got a dull look. "You are going to move James. Unless you want smacked really hard." James frowned.

"Why do I have to take commands from you? I'm older, if anything I should be telling you to do stuff." James then gasped as his brother punched him in the arm. It gave him an instant charley horse. Nathan then shoved his brother out of the way and looked in the box. He smiled as he reached down and pulled the blanket off. James was about to shove him out of the way when he heard Nathan scream. He looked at him in confusion as he saw his face had black goo on it. "What?" He then noticed Tsumemon crawl out of the box and to the door of the room.

"It burns!" Yelled his brother. "I'm gonna frickin kill you!" James then became afraid and grabbed his backpack. He then ran to his computer desk and grabbed his digivice and shoved it in his pocket, and with that, he ran out of the room.

"Let's go." He said to the small Digimon. He then scooped him up and ran out of the house, leaving his brother in his room with goop in his eyes.

After a few moments of hollering, Nathan ran to the bathroom, slamming into walls on the way, and washed his face off. After the goop was out of his eyes, he growled to himself. "That little retard. I'm gonna kill him for that." He then frowned. "But what shot that shit in my eyes." He then looked in the mirror. His eyes were red from the stuff burning them. All he could see before getting that stuff in his eyes was an odd stuffed animal with a large eye and claws. "What was…" He then paused. "Did he say 'let's go' as he was leaving?" He then turned around and stormed back into his brother's room. He began to search the room, looking for something. He began pulling out drawers, searching shelves, looking in his closet. Nevertheless, whatever he was looking for was not there. Feeling defeated, Nathan sat down in James' computer chair and sighed. "Nothing, well, maybe I'm just…." He then froze. He slowly turned his head until he was looking right at James' computer screen, the picture of Diaboromon looking right back at him. He the sneered at it slightly. "James you idiot."


James ran down the sidewalk for several minutes, his backpack on and his Digimon in his arms, until eventually he slowed down and began to pant. "I don't think he is following us." The Digimon shook its head.

"I don't think so either." James continued walking, thinking about what just happened. "Where are we going?"

"I'm going to see if Allen's home and see if we can talk to him."

"That sounds ok. I liked him, his Digimon was nice too." James nodded. He then looked down at the Digimon.

"And when did you learn to squirt ink?" The Digimon moved its legs in a shrugging motion.

"I don't know. I just did it." James smiled at the little Digimon.

"Ok." He then looked back up and continued walking.


Hypnos building, Columbus, Ohio

Two men walked down a hallway in the large building. One of them was the giant named Tobias. The other was the man with pale skin, Zack. Together they walked down the hall until they made it to a room with the words 'Communications' on it. Zack opened the door and the two walked in, Tobias having to crouch to do so.

Behind the door was yet another room filled with computers, however, this one had a long table with many chars at the end as well on a raised section of floor that required several steps to get to. Most of the room was dark, except for the section with the table, which had several lights hanging above it to keep that half of the room totally lit.

The two walked down the aisle at the middle of the room. On each of their sides, people worked on the computers with headphones on. They walked until finally, they made their way up the several steps and sat down at the large table. Sitting in the rest of the seats were men in suits, most of them older gentlemen. These two were the only two not in suits. At the far end of the table, a man stood up. The man was Mr. Gorder, leader of the Hypnos HQ in Ohio. He looked at everyone through his glasses.

"I take it everyone has arrived?" They all nodded in unison. "Good. In the past several months, it appears an outbreak has occurred in the states concerning the wild ones. As of yet, we do not know why. However, what we do know is that it involves a group of people that have called themselves the Rose Cult of Lucemon. But as I already stated, we don't know what they want." Mr. Gorder looked over as one of the older gentlemen raised a hand. "Go ahead Mr. Swanson." The man stood up as well.

"If this involves the entire US, and perhaps even the world from what I have come to understand, why are we not in Washington or perhaps talking before the UN? Most of us here had to fly halfway across the country to be here. " Mr. Gorder nodded.

"An acceptable question. Normally, with this kind of outbreak that is where we would be meeting. However, a new lead has reason to believe Ohio may be a prime target for attacks, and so we feel it would be in our best interest that we stay here for now." The man nodded, and then spoke.

"What is this new lead?" That is when a man with blonde hair and a pair of sunglasses stood up at the other end of the table.

"The new lead, Mr. Swanson, is we believe we have found a small group of tamers living in the vicinity of a small suburban town in the state. Now please, take a seat." Mr. Swanson nodded and sat down. Mr. Gorder smiled.

"Thank you Mr. Yamaki." The man in the sunglasses nodded.

"Now, if you wouldn't mind, I would like to take over from here."

"Of course sir." Mr. Gorder then sat down. The man then looked at the two young men that had walked in.

"Now, there is a rumor going around that Hypnos has recruited two tamers to help take care of this cult. I suppose that those two tamers would be you two boys." The young men nodded. "If you wouldn't mind, could you please stand up?" The two nodded, and then stood. "I would like to introduce myself to you two. I am Mr. Yamaki, the leader of Hypnos. And you are?" The larger of the two spoke first.

"It's an honor to meet you sir. I am Tobias Holden." The pale boy spoke next.

"And I am Zack Bluebell."

"Now, if you wouldn't mind, would you care to explain how Mr. Gorder here got a hold of you?" Zack looked at Tobias.

"I will explain." Zack then cleared his throat. "After receiving our Digimon, Tobias and I met by accident when my Digimon found his using his ability to sense Digimon. From there, we became friends. Shortly after, we were attacked by a group of people from the cult. We were losing at first, but we were saved when agents from Hypnos came and defeated them. Seeing our abilities in battle and my Digimon's abilities in tracking, we were asked to join. We accepted immediately." Mr. Yamaki nodded and looked at the giant.

"Is this true Mr. Holden?"

"Every word sir."

"Good. Show me your Digimon." Mr. Gorder then stood up. He looked out into the forest of computers.

"Red, Blue, please come in." A door on one of the walls opened and two creatures. One of them a humanoid wolf, the other a demon-like humanoid." They walked up until they were beside their respective tamers. The wolf Digimon beside Zack spoke first.

"I am Strabimon. My tamer is Zack." Mr. Yamaki nodded. Next the demon boy spoke.

"I am Flamemon. My tamer is this big guy here." He then did a thumbs up to Tobias and smiled showing a pair of fangs where is incisors would be. Tobias smiled and nodded back at him. Mr. Yamaki smiled slightly.

"Very interesting. Show me your digivices." The two then reached by their sides and pulled their d-arcs off their belts. They held them up so Mr. Yamaki could see them. Tobias had a white d-arc with red trim around the screen and black buttons. Zack had a white digivice with blue trim and buttons. "Even more interesting. I'm not sure if you boys know, but several years ago, I had the honor of working with several tamers in Japan. They did not work for me, but after a while, we did work together. However, their digivices were different from yours. Your digivices are more advanced looking compared to theirs. Perhaps for every generation of tamers, a new digivice is needed." He then looked at Mr. Gorder. "Mr. Gorder, get me those new tamers. I want to meet them before I have to return to Japan." Mr. Gorder smiled.

"Right away sir."


Alexis slowly yawned as she woke up from her deep sleep. She slowly took the covers off herself and leaned upward on the bed. She was still half-asleep when she opened her eyes. She realized she was in Allen's room, but not much else. She slid out of the bed, stood up, and stretched, yawning the entire time. She then walked out of the room.

Outside the room, she rubbed her eyes as she made her way to the kitchen. Once there, she grabbed a glass from a rack by the sink and filled it with water. After drinking it, she sighed. "I hate mornings." She then opened her eyes wide as she heard a male voice behind her.

"Have a nice sleep." She turned around to see Allen's father sitting on a chair reading a magazine. Across from him on another chair was Allen's mother knitting as well. She then looked down and remembered she wasn't wearing pants. She then put her hands in front of her underwear and blushed.

"No need to be shy." Said Allen's mother not taking her eyes off the book. "By now you're more like family than some neighbor." Allen's father, not taking his eyes off his magazine either smiled.

"But putting on some pants would be nice." She nodded.

"I'm sorry Mr. and Mrs. Ruse." She then ran out of the room back to Allen's room. In the living room, Mrs. Ruse shook her head.

"Hard to believe I was like that with you once." Mr. Ruse laughed.

"What are you talking about?"

"What do you mean?"

"You still forget to put pants on every morning." She then frowned and threw a book at him. "Hey." The two then laughed.

Once inside, she closed the door and let out her breath. She looked at Allen in his bed. He was sprawled out with his shirt off and snoring loudly. She then looked at the closet door. From behind it, she could hear Black Agumon's even louder snores. She just ignored and walked over to her pants. She then put them on and tucked in her shirt like she always did. She then looked around. "Hmm…wonder where Lopmon is." She then turned around and opened the door. She was about to leave when she noticed her reflection in a mirror on his desk. She picked it up and looked at her reflection. Her makeup was smeared. She sighed. "Why didn't I wipe it off before bed?" She then left the room once more. Once out, she went into the bathroom.

After several minutes in the bathroom, she walked to the living room without any makeup on and looked at Allen's parents. "Um…have you two seen Lopmon?" They both nodded, but only Mrs. Ruse spoke.

"Yeah. She went in the backyard." Alexis nodded.

"Thank you." She then walked over to the glass sliding door and walked out. Once outside, she immediately noticed Lopmon on the swing, slowly rocking back and forth. However, her bandages were gone. Alexis frowned and walked over to her. She sat on the swing next to her. "I thought I told you to keep your bandages on." She then reached her hand over and began petting Lopmon, feeling the scabs on her long ears. Lopmon gently grabbed her ear and pulled it away so Alexis would not touch the scabs.

"I know. But I'm healed, I don't need them." After that, the two got quiet for a couple minutes. Lopmon then looked at Alexis from the corner of her eye. "I'm sorry."

"It's ok. You are healed."

"No, about fighting the Digimon alone. I should have got you." Alexis looked away.

"I forgive you." Lopmon then looked away as well. She then heard Alexis sniffle. Alexis then turned and looked at Lopmon with a frown. "But damn it Lopmon this isn't the first time you've done this." Even though she wasn't looking at her, Lopmon could tell she was crying. "Why do you do this? Sure, most of the time you win and you come home stronger than before, but then you get into scraps like this where you get beat badly to the point you can't do shit. Do you remember the last time you did this?" Lopmon did not say anything. "I almost lost you. You stayed in your fresh form for almost a month." Lopmon then looked at Alexis. Both of their eyes were full of tears.

"I'm sorry Alexis. I just want you to think I'm strong." Alexis just looked at her oddly.

"I know you're strong Lopmon. You don't need to keep proving it to me. But you constantly do. You don't eat because you think you'll get fat and not fight well anymore. You don't sleep most nights because you think something may happen in the night. You fight foes on your own thinking they will make you stronger since I'm not giving you boosts. What is life to you, just a long workout? I sick of it." She then grabbed Lopmon and pulled her into a hug, making sure not to hurt her the entire time. "I love you Lopmon. I don't want you to die just because you want to prove something to me I already know." Lopmon began to cry as well.

"I…I just don't want to lose you either. I...if I get weak…someone might kill you, then I would be to blame." Alexis shook her head.

"No, it would be the killer to blame, never you." She then pulled her back so she could see her face. "Promise me you won't fight without me ever again Lopmon."

"But..."

"Promise me." Lopmon looked away. She did not want to, but she had to if she wanted to make Alexis happy. She nodded slowly. "I want to hear it."

"I promise Alexis. I promise." Alexis then set Lopmon back on the swing and wiped her eyes with her hands.

"I'm sorry for yelling at you Lopmon. I just love you too much I guess." Lopmon shook her head.

"No, not too much. Never too much." Alexis smiled slightly, and so did Lopmon. Lopmon noticed Alexis' makeup was gone. "You don't have your makeup on." Alexis looked away and touched her face.

"Yeah, I know. I don't like how I look either." Lopmon shook her head again.

"No, I like it. It's you. Actually, I wish you didn't wear makeup." Alexis smiled at her, but she still thought she looked ugly without it.

"Well, let's get some breakfast." Lopmon shook her head slightly.

"No thanks, I'm not really…" She then noticed Alexis was staring at her. She was actually very hungry, but she did not like eating. She then sighed. "Ok. I'll eat." They both smiled at each other.

"That's better." She then picked up Lopmon and held her like a baby. They then walked back inside.


James walked down the street with his Digimon in his arms without a word. He had been walking for about an hour now, and his legs were getting tired. Eventually, his stomach began to growl. "Uh…I'm hungry." Tsumemon nodded.

"Me too. I'm so hungry, I could eat a walrus." James laughed.

"I think you mean horse Tsumemon."

"No, I'm pretty sure its walrus." James rolled his eyes.

"Whatever." James then smiled as he saw Allen's house. "We're here buddy."

"Yeah!" James then ran up to the door and pushed the doorbell. Several moments passed, but finally, Mrs. Ruse answered the door.

"Oh, hello James. Are you here to see Allen?" He nodded. "Ok, feel free to come in. Their eating breakfast. Feel free to join us."

"Thank you." He then walked in. He set Tsumemon on the floor and took off his backpack. Allen's mother then called into the kitchen.

"Allen, James is here to see you." James then walked in the kitchen with his mother. Everyone was at the table eating. He noticed Alexis and Lopmon there as well. Allen smiled.

"Oh, hi James. Here earlier than I thought." James sighed.

"Yeah, sorry about that." He was thinking of an excuse. "Um, I just felt I should get my training in as early as possible. That's all." Allen smiled wider.

"That's good. Dedication is a good thing. But for now, have a seat. We got waffles." James smiled back at Allen and took a seat beside him.

"Thank you." He then turned around and looked at Tsumemon, who was sitting on the floor. "Come on, you can have some of mine." The Digimon jumped once in joy, and then ran onto James lap.

The group sat at the table discussing random things, when James noticed Lopmon sitting at the table picking at her food. She had only eaten a couple bites and was now just poking it with her fork with a slightly sad look. "So," Said James. "is Lopmon feeling any better?" Alexis nodded.

"Yes, she healed up nicely." She then looked down at her partner and frowned. James watched as she leaned down and whispered into Lopmon's ear. "Come on, eat something." Lopmon sighed.

"I'm not hungry." She whispered back. She was obviously lying. Alexis just frowned.

"Come on, eat some more. Please." Lopmon sighed again and began eating a couple bites. "That's better." She then leaned back up. James shook his head and then looked down. Tsumemon was dragging bits of waffle to him using his claws. James smiled, and began eating as well.

After several minutes, everyone finished eating and was now just sitting in their chairs. Lopmon however was being stared at by Alexis for only eating a couple bites of waffle. James then looked at Allen. "Well, I think we should probably get some training in right?" Allen smiled and nodded.

"Sure thing." He then looked at Alexis. "You coming?" She nodded with her emotionless expression. "Ok then." He then jumped out of his chair and pointed dramatically at the glass door to the backyard. "To the backyard." Then, both him and Black Agumon ran to the door and outside. James watched him in confusion. Allen's parents just laughed.

"That Allen." Said Allen's father. "Always hyper." Mrs. Ruse then looked at her husband.

"That's what you get for letting him drink to energy sodas with his breakfast." He just shrugged. James then shook his head and stood up, Tsumemon in his arms. He noticed Alexis no moving.

"I'll be outside with Allen then." She nodded.

"I'll be there in a few moments." James nodded and then left to go outside. Alexis then stood up and picked up Lopmon. She once again held her like a baby and walked into the living room. In there she sat on the couch and sat Lopmon beside her. "Well, you did better today." Lopmon nodded. "But you still didn't eat much."

"I know. I'm…" She was then cut off by a growling noise. Alexis looked around, but then got a mad look when she realized it was coming from beside her. She looked at Lopmon who was blushing. "Uh…" Alexis just frowned.

"Why do you refuse to eat when you know you're still hungry? Get out there and eat something." Lopmon sighed.

"But."

"No." She then stood up and walked over to Mrs. Ruse who was washing dishes with her husband. "Um, excuse me." She said softly. Mrs. Ruse smiled.

"Yes dear?"

"Lopmon didn't exactly eat as much as she should have. She has an eating problem." Mrs. Ruse frowned and looked at Lopmon on the Couch. The Digimon was blushing deeply with her arms crossed. She then looked at Alexis.

"I'm sorry. Do you want me to do something?"

"Well, if you could. Could you make sure she eats something before she goes outside. I just heard her stomach growl, so I know she is very hungry." Mrs. Ruse nodded.

"Ok. Her plate is still on the table, so I'll make sure she eats it." Alexis smiled slightly.

"Thank you." She then walked back out to the living room and looked at Lopmon. "Your plate is still out there. I don't want you going anywhere until you eat it." Lopmon got a mad look.

"Why." Alexis just frowned and pointed at the kitchen.

"Get in there." She then turned around and went outside. Lopmon just made a 'humph' noise and frowned.

Outside, James was standing with his digivice at the ready and a card in his hand. Allen was nodding and smiling. Beside them, Black Agumon sat in a chair and Tsumemon sat on the table. "Ok James, slide the card." James then slid the card through the digivice and smiled as Tsumemon began to glow. When the glow faded, Alexis cocked an eyebrow at the odd sight. Tsumemon was now wearing on odd metal helmet with a long beak. Above the beak was a hole where his eye looked out. Allen chuckled at the sight. "Wow, he has a Kiwimon helmet." Alexis walked over with her arms crossed and looked at Tsumemon.

"What card did you use?" James showed her the card. On it was a picture of a chibi Kiwimon with two smaller ones behind it. "Pluck?" James nodded smiling.

"Yup. I figured it would do something, so I did it. However, I did not realize it would only give him the odd helmet." Alexis nodded. Allen then leaned over and looked at Tsumemon.

"How do you feel with your helmet little guy?" Tsumemon shrugged.

"Um…ok I guess. I feel strange though." Alexis cocked her eye again.

"Strange how?"

"I don't know. Like something's in me." Alexis nodded.

"Um, try using an attack." Tsumemon nodded. It then raised its front legs and showed its little mouth. "Hmm, so that's your mouth. I figured you would have a beak like a squid." The mouth then opened and he pointed at the fence.

"Pummel Peck." It said aggressively. Then out of its mouth came a line of several Chibi-Kiwimon that exploded when they hit the fence, leaving a small burn mark. It then lowered its legs once more. Allen smiled.

"COOL!" He said loudly. James smiled as well. Alexis just stood back up and nodded.

"Pretty good." She then looked at the burn mark. "I hope your parents won't mind that." Allen shook his head.

"No, its fine." He then noticed Lopmon was not outside. "Um, where's Lopmon?" She used her thumb to point behind her at the house.

"Inside. Don't worry about it." Allen nodded.

"Ok." He then looked at James. "Well, that's essentially how you use the cards." James smiled.

"Sweet." He then put the Pluck card away and Tsumemon turned back to normal. "What next?" Allen then looked at Tsumemon.

"Well, all that's left is for him to learn how to fight. However, right now he is too young to actually fight anybody. We should wait until he is old enough to become a rookie level Digimon for him to fight." James nodded, but Tsumemon sighed.

"I don't like waiting." James patted his Digimon on the head.

"It's ok. You'll be a rookie level before you know it." Tsumemon then nodded.

"Ok." They then both turned around when they heard the glass door slide open. Standing there was Lopmon with Alexis' digivice in her hand. Alexis looked at her curiously.

"What is it Lopmon?" She noticed her expression was dead serious.

"I smell a Digimon."


A dark, barren location in the Digital World

A man walked across a barren landscape. The ground was made of dirt, and large crags of rock surrounded him. The only plant life present was withered up trees and dead grass in several small patches. However, this man still walked.

The man wore a black cloak with gold markings on the sleeves. This man was the same man Mr. Ruse had talked to the previous night. As he walked, he whistled a tune that only he knew, and scanned the environment around himself. Eventually, he came to a section where a large machine resembling a dragon sat. It was massive with large cannons on its back and giant claws on its hands. When the man approached it, the creature stood up.

"Stop there human." The man stopped whistling as he came to a halt. He smiled slightly. "Where is your Digimon tamer? If I kill you, I want the pleasure of killing your partner as well." The man turned his head toward the creature and smiled wide, showing his fang like incisors.

"You think I'm a tamer?" The creature lowered its head and growled. Steam rose out of its nose.

"Yeah, why else would a human be in the Digital World. Tamers and their Digimon are pathetic. Only weak Digimon require tamers. Look at me, I made it to Mega alone without a tamer, I am powerful." The man chuckled softly.

"Surly you are. However, it would be wise for you to move aside and let me pass. My camp is just over that hill there." He pointed his hand in the direction he was walking. The machine Digimon looked over and noticed a large hill. He then laughed.

"Only death awaits you over that hill human. That hill goes up, yes, but on the other side is just a cliff with a sheer drop of several hundred feet. You would die unless you had wings." The man shrugged.

"Then what does it matter to you if you let me leave." The Digimon scratched its chin, but then shook his head.

"No, if I let you live you may come back and try to kill me or something. No, better to kill you know and get it over with." The man nodded.

"Suit yourself." He then faced the Digimon and stretched his arms out at his sides. "Give me your best shot." The Digimon looked at him oddly.

"You sure are a fool. No matter, goodbye human." The Digimon then lowered its cannons at the man, and fired. Large beams of energy came from the cannons directly at the man. After he stopped, smoke filled the area. The Digimon laughed at the man. "That fool. He thought he would get past…uh…" He then noticed the smoke clear and the man still stood there. "How, how did you survive." The man laughed loudly.

"You are the fool Machinedramon."

"What? How do you know my name?" The man laughed again.

"I know every Digimon in existence you idiot. Now, suffer at the hands of me." The man then jumped about 50 feet into the air and began to fall right towards the machine Digimon. He held out his fist and smiled.

"Paradise Lost." His hand then became engulfed in darkness and he punched the Digimon right on the head. The Digimon screamed as his body began to turn black and crack. The man then jumped off the Digimon and landed feet first on the ground, totally uninjured. The Digimon screamed in agony as his arms feel off and his canons crumbled away.

"How…how could a man you do this?" He continued to scream as his body began to turn to dust. Finally, when his body was covered in small cracks, the man smiled.

"I am no man." The Digimon then totally crumbled and collapsed to the ground with a loud crash. All that was left of him was his arms and a pile of black sand. The man then frowned. "I will pray for you Machinedramon. Perhaps in your next life, you will choose a better life, a holy life." He then bent over and picked up some of the dust. He then blew it out of his hand, and as he did, the rest of the dust blew away. In its place was a small patch of white roses. He smiled, and then continued walking towards the cliff.

Once he made it to the top, he stretched out his arms, leaned forward, and fell. As he fell, he smiled as his body became engulfed in the dark shadows of the canyon.