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Epilogue

In a remote part of the Digital World, Daemon entered the large cave that he and his fellow lords were using as their lair. Right away, Daemon could hear a familiar female voice screaming and tearing up the place. The Demon Lord knew that those sounds could only mean that Lilithmon's plan had failed. In the outer part of the cave he saw Beelzemon sitting on an old wooden chair with his feet propped up on a nearby table. Daemon went over to ask his fellow lord what exactly happened.

"I take it that Lilithmon's plan has failed?" Daemon asked.

"Failed big time." Beelzemon answered. "Not only did that punk reject her, he pissed her off real bad!"

"Did he insult her looks?" Daemon asked, though he already knew what the answer was.

"Big time!" Beelzemon said with a slight laugh. "Get this, the punk called her an old hag! That kid is lucky to be alive!"

Daemon sighed heavily and decided to enter the inner part of the lair to try and clam his female comrade. Inside Lilithmon was throwing around furniture and slashing things with her claw, causing them to corrode and fall apart.

"I heard about what happened." Daemon said, getting Lilithmon's attention.

"Not only did that ungrateful little worm reject me, he called me an old hag!" Lilithmon shouted. "Me, the most beautiful and dazzling creature in existence! I offered him pleasure that would've set his soul ablaze and he rejected me for his pathetic friends and insults me in the worst way! I swear that before this is over I will KILL HIM!"

"I'm afraid your revenge will have to wait." A voice suddenly interrupted.

Daemon and Lilithmon turned to another entryway further inside the lair and saw a figure that looked like an old man with a long grey beard that went past his knees. The skin on the old man's face was yellow, and he had a large nose, pointed ears, and blood-red eyes. On his back were three pairs of red bat-like wings, and he wore robes of red, purple and black. His hands were blue and abnormally large, and his fingernails had grown into long dark-blue claws. He wore several rings on his fingers, and in his right claw he carried a long staff with a red orb on top held by an animal skull.

"What do you want Barbamon?" Daemon asked his fellow Demon Lord in a tone that indicated that he was not pleased to see him.

"I only wish to inform you that I have found a way to break down the barrier of The Dark Ocean and release The Master." Barbamon replied.

"What way is that?" Lilithmon asked as she suddenly calmed down a bit.

"Come here and I'll show you." Barbamon replied as he beckoned his two comrades to follow him.

Daemon and Lilithmon followed Barbamon into one of the inner most chambers of the lair. There they found on a stone alter a young man with short brown hair wearing a blue jacket, grey shirt, and black jeans and shoes. The young man of course was unconscious. On another stone alter next to the young man was a humanoid dragon that was slightly taller than Barbamon's other captive. The creature was obviously a Digimon. It was covered head to toe in dark grey armor and had two pairs of red wings on its back.

"So you captured another Digidestined and his pet." Lilithmon said sounding unimpressed. "How is this going to help free The Master?"

"This is not a mere Digidestined my dear." Barbamon replied. "This is in fact the legendary tamer, the one who eons ago fought the evil god of time and space that existed long before even The Master. You wouldn't believe where I finally found him."

"Wait, you mean THIS is the tamer of Digimon from eons ago?" Lilithmon said sounding amazed. "How is that possible? He would've turned to dust long before we came to power!"

"The tamer's war with the dark god was fought throughout time, my dear." Barbamon explained. "When the war was over, the tamer went off to another time and place, another world in fact. That was the world where I found him."

"Say this is the legendary tamer." Daemon cut in. "How does that help to free The Master?"

"It is the tamer's partner that will help us do that." Barbamon replied. "When the tamer defeated the dark god, his Digimon somehow managed to combine with the dark god and the two merged into an egg. The power of the dark god is buried within the tamer's partner, all that's needed is to bring it out."

"So you plan to try and use the power of the legendary dark god of chaos to free The Master?" Daemon asked.

"It's exactly what you tried to do when you went after the dark spore embedded within the child of kindness." Barbamon replied. "Your hope was to use that spore to replicate the god's power, as it was actually a fragment of the god himself. My plan is not that different."

"Wow, I have to admit that you really might be onto something." Lilithmon said sounding impressed. "So how are you going to bring out this power?"

"All I need to do is trigger a dark evolution in the tamer's partner, then the power will be released." Barbamon explained.

"Well, it seems like a good plan to me." Lilithmon said as she turned to leave. "Let me know if you need any help Barbamon. In the meantime I'm going to unwind and get drunk."

As Lilithmon left, Daemon narrowed his blue demonic eyes at Barbamon.

"What's wrong?" Barbamon asked. "Are you not convinced of my plan?"

"What are you really up to Barbamon?" Daemon asked.

"I don't know what you mean?" Barbamon said with a fanged grin that was anything but innocent.

"I'm warning you Barbamon, do anything that might betray The Master and I shall not hesitate to destroy you!" Daemon warned.

"I wouldn't dream of it." Barbamon replied innocently.

With that, Daemon left and Barbamon returned his attention to his captives and ginned sinisterly.


Author's Note: Well, there you have it. This officially concludes Demon Crisis Book 1: Lust. Unfortunately, T.K. and Kari will not be back in the next book. But they will be back in the final book, so I beg your indulgence a bit longer. This next book will focus more on Ken, and of course Yolei and Davis will be along for the ride. There will also be four very special "guest stars" in the next book, two of which have already appeared in this epilogue. Think you can guess who they are?

Stay tuned for Demon Crisis Book 2: Dark Tamer

In the meantime, review and let me know what you think.