Chapter Ten: The Legend of The Digidestined
Late in the day, with the sun setting, Lucy, TK, Skymomon and Patamon were doing their best to keep the babies entertained and fed. Currently TK was leading them around the outskirts of the village, just enjoying the peaceful time, while Lucy went to go find more food.
"You know what we should do?" TK said, turning to face the large group of baby digimon, "We should play a game!" He grinned widely, Patamon right there next to him.
Above them, unseen by TK but well within the view of the babies, was Leomon standing on the ledge overlooking the village, "I am pledged to obey your command, Devimon," the growl in his voice told of a suppressed anger. He drew his sword in the reverse grip and held it at the ready as he crouched down to jump.
The babies began to panic, doing their level best to warn TK and Patamon about the coming disaster. Barely being able to talk didn't help much.
"Okay," TK said quickly, trying to avoid a mass crying fit, "so you don't want to play any games." Patamon however noticed that the babies were not getting upset with them, but something that was behind them. Turning around, the little guy saw exactly what had the baby digimon so scared and couldn't help but agree.
"Leomon's come back!" the tan digimon exclaimed.
"Huh?" TK turned to look, and indeed, there stood the supposedly kind leader of the digimon on File Island. He leapt forward, landing a quarter of the way down the slope then began to run, his sword held before him.
Patamon didn't waste a second. He sucked in the necessary amount of air, inflating his body like a balloon, then released it, "Boom Bubble!" The ball of condensed air flew right and true. Just before it could hit Leomon's chest, the beast king casually blocked it with his blade.
"We can't fight here," TK said, "The babies might be hurt!"
"We'll have to run for it, TK," Patamon agreed.
"Right!" The two of them turned and fled, ducking into the dense jungle off to the side of Primary Village. Leomon followed, not even paying attention to the baby digimon that parted before him to avoid being stepped on.
"I hope Lucy comes back soon!" TK said, running as fast as his little legs would carry him. Leomon was not running to catch up, instead relying on his sense of smell to track the boy. Better to let him run out of energy trying futilely to escape than to waste his own trying to catch him.
It wasn't too long before the boy and his partner realized that running was only tiring them out, "Over here, Patamon," TK whispered, crouching down behind a large tree.
Leomon could be heard stalking through the brush somewhere behind them. Perhaps if they were really quiet, he'd just go by, leaving them alone.
"He's scary," TK whispered, frightened.
"Leomon was always a good digimon," Patamon said with frown on his face, "I just wish there was some way we could get rid of the black gear causing him to be so mean."
"That's easier said than done," the boy replied, "He's just way too big!"
"Hello," another voice rang through the forest, "You've got company."
"Oh, no," TK gasped. Standing at the entrance to Primary Village was Ogremon, he held his bone cudgel in one hand and one of the babies in another, between his thumb and fore finger. The little guy was trying for all he was worth to escape, but the green meanie had too good a hold on him. The pitiful noises he was making were causing TK's and Patamon's hearts to break.
"You're a nice little kid, aren't ya?" Ogremon said, "Get your hide out here so I can get a good look at ya!" he moved his cudgel to hold it at the head of the baby digimon he had captured, "If you don't, your little friend here is gonna squeak his last squeak."
"Patamon, we gotta save him!" TK exclaimed.
Patamon was just glaring at the green thug ineffectively, 'Poor Leomon. I know he wouldn't attack us if that stupid black gear didn't have him under an evil spell. He'd come over to our side, if only we could figure out a way to help him! I've gotta protect TK from Ogremon, but he's so big and I'm... not...'
A roar cut through the tan digimon's thought process. Leomon had sneaked up from behind and swung his sword. The tree they were hiding behind was cut down with only one swipe of the razor sharp metal.
"I've been commanded by my master to take the Digidestined!" Leomon roared, lifting his blade high into the air to stab it down.
TK and Patamon could do little more than cry out in fear.
Leomon stared down at TK with unseeing eyes, an internal struggle going on inside his body. The true Leomon was fighting with everything he had, trying to fight past the black gear that had infected him. But it was too powerful, even for him. He could only make himself hesitate before landing the final blow and dooming his world.
"Howling Blaster!" A blue blast of fire came from the side, forcing Leomon to jump away or be roasted. Not but a few seconds behind the blast of blue flame, Matt came out of the jungle, riding on Garurumon's back.
"TK!" he yelled, happy to see his brother, if not in how he found him.
"You came just in time!" TK said, a smile spreading across his face, happy to see his older brother, especially now.
Garurumon stopped right before the little guy and his partner, Matt jumping down, "That was close!" He bent down to inspect his brother while Garurumon leapt off to continue the fight with the Lion digimon.
He fired another Howling Blaster, but Leomon cut through it with his sword. A few seconds later the two of them came sprinting out of the forest, right in view of Ogremon, starting a stand off between the two.
The green digimon had switched from holding the baby in his hand to keeping him pressed up against his side with his forearm. He grinned maliciously at the forest, hoping the little brat could see this.
"Now you've done it!" He called out, not noticing a pair of gloved hands removing the baby from his grasp, "This little guy's gonna get squished!" he looked to the little white jelly fish, but found only air, "Hey, where'd he go?"
"He's staying with us!" a voice off to the side said bravely.
Ogremon turned to see who he'd have to pummel now and came face to face with Tai, "Over my stinky arm pits he will," he raised his cudgel threateningly.
"Oh, I'm so scared," Tai said, keeping a protective hold on the baby, "Get him, Greymon!" A deep growling filled the air and Ogremon looked to his left. He wasn't sure how he missed it, but there, standing around like he'd been there all day, was the forty foot monster dinosaur that was Greymon.
"Nova Blast!" The brightly glowing fireball streaked towards the green thug.
"Didn't anyone ever tell you not to play with fire?" Ogremon demanded after he'd jumped out of the path of the attack, "Someone could get hurt! Namely, me!"
"That's the idea, bub. Tornado Hammer!" A green whirlwind slammed into the spot Ogremon had just rapidly evacuated, and Lucy and SkyYetimon raced over to stand with Tai and Greymon.
"Hey, Skymomon Digivolved!" Tai said, "That's great, Lucy!"
"Hey! I'm not done yet! You still have to take me on and the two of you haven't got a chance!" Ogremon yelled, lifting his weapon up and diving at the two digimon who were both bigger than him, "Pummel Wha-agh!" The green digimon was knocked away by Greymon's tail, and SkyYetimon chased after him with a punch aimed right for his head. He knocked her back with a swing of his cudgel in mid flight than twisted to land on his feet, "Hah! Is that the best you've got!"
Across the way, Leomon and Garurumon were taking turns diving at one another. Leomon had better reflexes, able to dodge out of the way of the wolf's attacks, but on the flip side, Garurumon's steel hard fur stopped the lion's blade from cutting him. It was still a stand off.
Well, it was. Until half a dozen black gears slammed into Leomon's back. He roared in pain and the pure energy from the gears embedding themselves into his body caused his blonde main to writhe wildly as if alive.
"The black gears!" Matt exclaimed, having no clue what that many would do to one digimon. Just one had been enough to turn Mojyamon nearly three times his size though, so this would definitely be worse.
"Raaagh!" Leomon roared into the sky as the energy from the gears raced through his body. Black and red electricity arched off of his form and suddenly he began to grow. His fur darkened and his mane turned black. His body grew and grew until he stood on even footing with Greymon. After his transformation was done, he calmly sheathed his blade, his back to Matt.
Garurumon stood at the ready, growling threateningly.
"No!" Matt yelled, "Turn back! Or he'll beat you to a pulp!" He didn't know how powerful that swarm of black gears had made Leomon, but one was certainly enough to have nearly defeated them several times.
Garurumon didn't listen, standing his ground.
The giant Leomon pulled his right fist back, then punched forward, "Fist of the Beast King!" The orange blast launched forward, slamming into Garurumon before he could even think of dodging. It knocked him through the air and into the side of the ridge nearby.
"Are you okay?" Matt called out to his wolf shaped friend. Garurumon could only groan in pain. Unable to move just quite yet.
Leomon turned away from his fallen foe to gaze upon the two that had fought against Ogremon. The green digimon was not doing as well as Leomon had. Greymon was slow, but much stronger than Ogremon, while SkyYetimon was not quite as strong, but certainly faster. She would fly around and kick him into position for one of Greymon's Nova Blasts, and if it weren't for his superb battle instincts he would long ago be well done Ogremon steak.
"Fist of the Beast King!" Another orange, lion head blast of energy hit SkyYetimon, knocking her into Greymon, and sending the both of them crashing into the block towers on the outskirts of Primary Village.
"SkyYetimon!" Lucy cried.
"Greymon, no! We need you!" Tai yelled, running forward to see what could be done.
"I told the guy not to play with fire," Ogremon said with a grin on his face.
'I command you to bring me the Digidestined!' Devimon's voice echoed in Leomon's head, and he turned to face TK and Patamon who, through accident of timing, was left on his own in this battle field, 'Starting with the smallest child!'
"I am your humble servant and will obey you, Devimon," Leomon said aloud. He approached TK with a slow, determined walk, ready to take the boy out of the picture.
"TK! Watch out!" the older blonde yelled from beside Garurumon.
"What now, Matt?" the little boy yelled back, to scared to even run.
"Hurry, move away!" Matt yelled back.
Patamon took to the air, and decided to try his luck again, "Boom Bubble!" Another blast of condensed air shot at Leomon, two more following it. The giant sized digimon didn't even bother to block, just letting the attacks hit his chest, not even flinching in the slightest, feeling no pain whatsoever.
"Oh, no! It's not working!" Patamon bemoaned. Before he could move away, Leomon took the little digimon in hand and held him firmly.
"Patamon!" TK quailed. His partner struggled vainly to get out of the monster's grip, but it was hopeless.
Then, falling from the sky, it was Togemon to the rescue.
"Wanna fight? How 'bout a prickly, big zoo!" Togemon slammed into Leomon's back, knocking Patamon out of his grip and bouncing the big guy off the ground.
"Whoa! Togemon!" Matt exclaimed, realizing that Mimi must be nearby as well.
"Patamon!" TK yelled as he ran over to where the tan digimon landed, "You gotta take it easy, buddy," he told the wing eared little guy as he took him into his hands.
"I'm sorry," Patamon said pitifully.
"What for?" TK asked.
"I was just trying to protect you," Patamon explained, depression clearly seen in his eyes.
"And you were doin' great!" TK assured him, "Don't feel bad, little guy."
Descending from the sky, Kabuterimon had Izzy and Mimi riding on his shoulders.
"Tai!" the tech genius yelled, "You're never going to believe this!"
"What's happenin', Izzy?" The wild haired leader of the group called up to him.
The giant blue insectoid landed in front of Tai, Lucy and their digimon, bending down to let the two human children off his shoulders.
"We have a consummate solution to all our problems," He said, holding his Digivice up in his gloved hand.
"That's cool, but what are you talking about?" Tai asked.
"Check 'em out," Mimi said with a smile, holding hers up as well.
"They call them Digivices," Izzy informed him, "They have the ability to completely obliterate the black gears!"
Lucy pulled hers off her belt, giving it another once over, "They can really do that? I know they help out digimon Digivolve."
"Then let's give 'em a try!" Tai decided, pulling his off the side of his shorts, "We have no other choice right now! We have to take a chance and stop him!" The boy moved bravely off towards Leomon, not a doubt in his mind that, even if Leomon crushed him, he at least tried to do the right thing.
Leomon was, by this point, back on his feet and approaching the cap wearing eight year old. Matt was standing protectively in front of his little brother, not willing to move an inch.
"Don't worry," he told the little blonde boy, "I've got you covered TK."
"Ready for a real fight?"
"Huh?" Matt looked over to the side. Tai was approaching with a determined walk, just like the lion.
"What are you waiting for, bugger breath!" Tai insulted the corrupted leader of the digimon on File Island, "Come and get us, if you dare!"
"What up, dude? Have you totally flipped out?" Matt asked, a little concerned for the other boy's mental state. What neither Leomon or Matt could see was the Digivice clenched tightly in Tai's right fist.
"I must do as I am commanded," Leomon growled, turning to face Tai and making a grab for him, "Come here!"
"Now!" Tai shouted, thrusting his Digivice forward. Immediately it began emitting a super bright light, and Leomon began yelling in pain, bending backwards, away from the source of the light. The black gears began to shift out of his body, but the light from one Digivice was not enough.
Matt saw all this happening and looked to his own strange device, "You know, these things pack quite a punch," He then ran forward to stand next to Tai, holding his Digivice out as well, the combined power of the two of them working even harder to purify the black gears.
Even Ogremon had stopped upon hearing the pained cries of his partner in this battle. He watched as the light forced the black gears from Leomon's back, awed, "How'd they do that? Rotten kids!"
"Ogremon, over here!" Izzy yelled, to keep the green digimon from attacking while the boys' backs were turned.
"Huh?" he turned to look, only to find Kabuterimon standing just behind the computer expert.
"You've just begun to see our power!" The insectoid said as he lifted into the air, his wings buzzing, "Electro Shocker!" The ball of electricity zipped towards the green menace. Ogremon was only barely able to dodge, but with so many of the kids and their digimon now here, he decided that running away was the better part of not being beaten to a pulp. Especially with the way they were taking Leomon back onto the right side of the board.
"Grr! Just you wait!" He threatened as he ran, "Devimon will destroy all of you!"
The gears having been driven from him, Leomon began to shrink back to his normal size. His fur lightened up to it's normal, tan coloration, and his mane turned back to it's golden blonde color.
The pain over with, Leomon fell to his knees, breathing heavily.
"It worked!" Izzy shouted happily, "We destroyed the black gears!"
"Alright! Party at Izzy's house!" Lucy said with a grin. Mimi stood nearby, a wide smile on her face at their victory.
"We're safe now," TK said, "Leomon's back to his normal self!"
"I apologize," Leomon groaned, slowly getting to his feet, "I could not control myself. I nearly destroyed you, and I could do nothing to stop it from happening." The growl in his voice was far less pronounced now that he was under his own power.
"Hey, no problem, big guy," Tai said with a smile, "Let's just make sure it doesn't happen again."
"Still, I must repay you. I have always intended to stop the black gears, so I will fight beside you against Devimon, but first, you need to know who and what you all are." He moved towards a tree, gesturing for the kids to follow. They just shrugged to each other and followed. Their digimon returned to their smaller forms and followed along as well.
Leomon stopped and sat down with his legs crossed under the tree, a solemn look on his face as he thought about his deeds while under the control of the black gears. The children sat around him, forming a half circle, each of their digimon sitting right beside them.
"According to ancient legend," Leomon began, "our world will be taken over by a strange, dark force that will change good digimon into bad ones. Our ancestors have predicted that a group of children, called the Digidestined, will appear from another world. When they arrive, they will come to possess super powers that will eventually save our world from destruction," the kids began making the correlations between the legend and themselves, "I believe their prediction has come true. File Island has been seized by an evil power. We're in danger of destruction and now, you've appeared."
"Whoa, that amazing!" Tai said, "But tell me, how can you be sure we're the kids you're talking about?" The others waited eagerly for this answer.
"Yeah, do you have some proof that we're the same ones?" Matt asked next.
"It has been foretold that the Digidestined have the ability to make digimon Digivolve," Leomon explained, "You've done that, on numerous occasions, and it's all the proof I need."
Izzy pondered over the information and placed a hand on his chin as he spoke, "I, for one, hope that's true. My theory is that we'll be released after we save the island," the other children were listening avidly to the ten year old now, "Once our purpose is served, there is no other reason for us to remain."
Lucy's heart clenched in her chest. She hoped that part wasn't true. She didn't want to leave the digital world yet. She still had questions that needed answered. Like why did she think of this place as home? Why was she the only one to think so?
"And I'll finally be able to change these clothes!" Mimi said excited at the prospect of going home.
"That's right!" Izzy said, looking to the girl, "If Leomon's information is correct, we'll be heading straight for home."
"I can't wait!"
Matt decided to bring them back to reality before they got into what they'd missed back home again, "How can we make it happen? We're not even sure who's causing it. What if it's a force that's too big for us to handle?" He turned to look at Infinity Mountain in the distance.
"You see, Devimon is the main cause of all this evil," Leomon told them, looking at the mountain himself and prompting the others to do the same, "To save the island, you're going to have to defeat him."
"Something tells me this wont be a simple thing to do," Lucy said.
"Let's go for it!" Tai said, "It may be tough, but if we work together we can do it!"
The group did not look quite as convinced as Tai at the prospect of this fight, "Well..." Lucy began.
"Why not?" Tai said, standing up, "Unless we defeat him, it will never be over!"
Izzy stood up next to him, "Fine with me! Besides, It's impossible for us to lose with the Digivices!"
Mimi stood up next, "First thing on my list, when I get home, is to do some killer shopping!" She had stars in her eyes and her hands clasped before her.
"To do that, we actually have to get you home first," Palmon said from beside her partner.
"If we all work together, we're sure to win, just like Tai said!" Tentomon decided.
"Come on, Lucy," Skymomon said, standing up as well, and urging the girl to do the same, "Maybe by beating Devimon you'll find out why you feel like you belong here."
"I can think of worse things to do with my time than saving an island full of innocent digimon," the girl said, standing up as well, "Let's do this!"
"I'm ready anytime you are, buddy," Agumon told Tai. The boy smiled at his digimon, clenching his fist with his determination to end the threat that was digimon.
"How about it, Matt?" Gabumon asked, "Are we up to the challenge, my friend?"
Matt looked at the ground, "It's gonna be tough," he warned, "When you get down to it, we've got no other choice." TK was watching his brother for his cues on how to handle this. He'd never done anything this important in his life. He didn't want to mess up.
Leomon looked at the group of six and nodded to himself, "Alright, troops! Let's get to it!"
"Far out!" Tai said, "It's a done deal!" The kids cheered.
"I have a boat," Leomon said, "It is how I arrived on this piece of the island. We can use it to get back to the mountain." He pointed off in the distance to where he kept the boat.
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A short time later, the kids and digimon had gathered into the boat, Leomon rowing the boat at the back.
"Devimon is powerful," he warned them, "he's brought nothing but trouble to File Island, and we must be careful."
The kids remained quiet as they approached the island, the solemn air of the fight to come too powerful for light hearted banter. Landing at the base of the mountain, the mood didn't change any.
"He will be waiting for us at the top of the mountain," Leomon said as they started up the path, "Whatever you do, do not underestimate him. He will use every advantage at his disposal to destroy us."
Lucy, who was walking along with Skymomon in her arms, hugged the little blue monkey closer to herself, "We can do this. We just have to stay on our toes."
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Devimon grinned evilly as he looked into the viewing window before him, "That traitorous fool, Leomon, is leading them directly into my trap. Perfect!" his fangs glinted in the low light of his castle, "He's been very valuable to me."
Ogremon stood before the evil, horned digimon, "I guess so," he shrugged, "but I'm loyal and better looking."
"Listen to me!" Devimon snapped, "You will pay them one final visit. Ready!" Ogremon's eyes widened fearfully as the evil digimon used his freakishly long arm to grab him by the throat. He was lifted easily into the air and Devimon focused his dark powers, turning the green digimon into a swarm of more black gears.
The gears swirled around in the air about Devimon, the evil digimon laughing maliciously, "Here this, Digidestined! My power is infinite! Your hopes and dreams are useless! I am the supreme ruler of this island!" The gears began to move toward him, "If you dare to defy me, I will unleash the powers of the universe and conquer you!" More gears flew towards the mountain from around the pieces of the island, "You can't escape!"
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Out at sea, Sora and Joe were riding their digimon back to Infinity Mountain. Black gears zoomed by over head, dozens of them.
"Oh no," Sora pointed out, "What's that?" She was sitting on Birdramon's talon, one of the only parts o the large digimon that wasn't ablaze.
"Big trouble is brewing," the firebird intoned, "We better be ready for a fight."
"Black gears!" Joe cried from Ikkakumon's back.
"This is going to be the big one, Joe, it's time to show your colors," the sea mammal said.
"Are you feeling okay down there, Joe?" Sora asked the boy.
"Just a little seasick," he called back, his face pale from the thought of the fight to come... and the seasickness.
They didn't halt their travel though, Ikkakumon able to keep up with Birdramon's flight speed in the water.
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The gears all congregated on Devimon's castle. After a few seconds the mountain began to shake wildly. Lucy couldn't bite back her scream of fear, but was able to stay upright. She knew this was caused by Devimon. But to her subconscious it still felt like an earthquake, and that was enough to do some shaking of her own.
Out of the top of the mountain, Devimon emerged. After absorbing the dozens, perhaps hundreds, of gears he had become a monstrosity nearly as big as the mountain itself. He lifted himself from the remains of his lair and flared his wings out with flourish.
"What in the world is that?" Mimi cried out, fear obvious in her voice.
"It must be Devimon," Tai said.
"I didn't expect him to be such a big guy," Palmon said, staring in horrified awe at the huge digimon.
"Bad guys always seem to think bigger is better," Izzy complained.
"Fraid not," Leomon growled, drawing his sword, "The power that Devimon possesses is immense. You must be wary!"
The giant evil digimon crouched down on the top of the mountain then jumped upwards, beating his tattered wings to keep himself afloat. He landed at the base of Infinity Mountain with a great boom, causing the earth to shift some more. Lucy yelped then grew angry.
"Cut that out, you big bully!" She waved her fist at him.
"A-agumon," Tai stuttered, "You better Digivolve!"
"Right!" the little yellow dinosaur said.
Before he could even make the attempt, they were knocked back by a red and black beam of energy. It spread out to smash all the children into the rock face. Leomon tried to leap forward with attack, but Devimon held up his other huge hand and exerted more energy to knock the lion man back as well.
"You are fools!" he hissed at them, "Do not expect me to play silly games with you! I'm far too wise for that!" It would appear that the fight was over before it even began.
"Harpoon Torpedo!" Or not! Several harpoons shot through the air, aimed for Devimon's face.
"Gah!" the big creature cried out, flinching away from the attack, even if it was more from surprise than pain.
"That's a bull's eye, Ikkakumon!" Joe said, grinning at the power of his partner.
In the sky, Birdramon attacked next, "Meteor Wing!" A dozen streaks of purifying fire slammed into Devimon, causing him actual pain, but very little damage over all.
"Quick everybody!" Sora shouted, running up the path to her friends, "There's no time to waste, we've got to strike right away!"
"Digivolve," Tai ordered Agumon.
"You've got it!" the dino then turned to the other digimon, "Ready, gang?" The rest of the digimon nodded. The Digivices, all but TK's, activated, that familiar high pitched keening filling the air as the digimon all began to glow with the light of Digivolution.
"Agumon, Digivolve to Greymon!"
"Yeah! Go, Greymon!" Tai cheered.
"Gabumon, Digivolve to Garurumon!"
"Let's turn this guy into pudding!" Matt ordered.
"Tentomon, Digivolve to Kabuterimon!"
"My biology teacher would love this," Izzy commented.
"Palmon, Digivolve to Togemon!"
Mimi was next, "I do like the way our colors match."
"Skymomon, Digivolve to SkyYetimon!"
"Show this jerk who's boss!" Lucy shouted.
Greymon attacked first, gathering up the fire for his attack, "Nova Blast!" The fireball flew through the air with the singular target of Devimon. He ducked it, but Garurumon jumped up to bat next.
"Howling Blaster!" the wolf digimon jumped forward as he breathed the blue fire. Devimon blocked the attack with his arm, but that just gave Garurumon something to latch onto with his teeth.
"I think he's got him!" Tai said, surprised. Devimon growled back at the little wolf. At least, as he was, the wold was little, he could hold pitiful beast in the palm of his hand. He whipped his arm forward, sending the wolf flying into Greymon and knocking them both to the ground.
"Greymon!" Tai cried out.
"Oh no!" Matt yelled.
"Your attacks are pitiful! I'm afraid you'll have to try harder than that!" Devimon gloated.
Kabuterimon stepped up next, gathering the energy for his attack, SkyYetimon right behind him.
"Electro Shocker!"
"Tornado Hammer!"
And Togemon joined in from the ground, "So you want a Needle Spray, do ya? Hah!" Thousands and thousands of tiny needles shot out at the monster.
But none of the attacks had any effect. The Electro Shocker fizzled out, Tornado hammer didn't even ruffle his wings, and the needles bounced harmlessly off of Devimon's chest and arms.
"Give up you fools! It's useless!" Devimon slammed his hand towards Togemon, knocking her off the ledge, then swiped both SkyYetimon and Kabuterimon out of the air.
"Oh, poor Togemon!" Mimi gasped.
"Kabuterimon!" Izzy yelled in distress.
"Please be okay, SkyYetimon," Lucy breathed.
Leomon leaped forward from beside the children, a roar on his lips and his sword at the ready, "You're mine now!" he was aiming for Devimon's blind spot, at his back.
But it was not to be. Ogremon emerged from Devimon's back, a grin on his ugly face.
"You!" Leomon growled, his eyes narrowing.
"You've got no chance against the likes of us, kitty cat!" Ogremon said as he knocked Leomon away with another red and black blast. He was sent deep into the forest, presumable knocked out of the fight. Ogremon laughed.
Above, Devimon had Birdramon in hand, ignoring the flames she seemed to be made of, "You're not worth my time," he growled.
"Birdramon!" Sora cried desperately.
"Get out of my sight!" he roared, throwing the bird into Greymon who was just standing back up. The two of them were sent tumbling down the side of the building again, "You're next!" Devimon began reaching for Ikkakumon, Joe quivering in fear.
"Harpoon Torpedo!" the large white digimon blasted his exploding horns at Devimon's hand, but they just bounced off uselessly. The evil digimon grabbed him and lifted him into the air.
"Ikkakumon, no!" Joe shouted.
"Electro Sho-agh!" Kabuterimon came up behind the super giant menace to File Island, but he whipped around and hit him with Ikkakumon, sending them both to the ground.
"Tornado Hammer!" SkyYetimon smashed her attack into the monster's face. Devimon hardly even squinted into the winds of it before he clutched the smaller digimon and slammed her into the ground.
"Oh boy," TK gulped, "There's nobody left! What do we do, Patamon?"
Devimon heard the plea and turned to the youngest of the group, "Now I shall deal with you! Then I'll have nothing to fear!" He reached his right hand out for the boy, "They say the smallest will destroy me, but I'm not going to let that happen! Don't move, make it easy on both of us." Time seemed to slow down as he reached forward.
Matt ran forward, Garurumon passing him by. They would protect TK no matter what. Garurumon leapt through the air, latching his jaws on Devimon's arm again.
"TK, run!" the older blonde ordered.
Devimon growled in annoyance at the useless attack from the wolf digimon. Before he could toss him away the other digimon moved in as well. Greymon latched onto his left leg, sinking his teeth into his calf muscle. Birdramon went for his face, Kabuterimon sank his claws and teeth into his shoulder. SkyYetimon jumped on the back of his head, holding onto his horns and wrapping her tail around his throat. Togemon jumped up onto his right thigh, trying to stick him with her needles while Ikkakumon clutched his left foot.
"You seem to forget!" Devimon shouted, "I am Devimon! Supreme master of this island! I have power over all digimon, no one can conquer me!" more of that black and red energy shot out of his whole body in a dome, shunting the entire team off of his body with great force. The kids were even slammed into the rock face with the blast, putting them down as well.
"Whoa," Greymon breathed, "That guy really knows how to take it out of ya."
"I can't move," Togemon said with a wheeze, "Even my needles feel numb."
"Now is probably not a good time to take a nap," Kabuterimon reasoned, but made no move to get back up. Ikkakumon, right beside the bug digimon, just groaned in pain.
"This is bad," Tai said, struggling to move at all.
"Matt!" TK cried in fear as the situation got even worse. With the digimon taken care of, all except for Patamon, he was free to move on the children, specifically the youngest of the group.
"You will be mine," Devimon said as he reached for the boy again.
"Hey," Matt wheezed, "Get ready to run!"
TK was barely able to lift his head, but it was enough to see the hand reaching for him and he and Patamon screamed in fear. Patamon, however, was able to force himself into action. Unfortunately, the Boom Bubble he hit Devimon with was less that useless.
'What do I do? TK's in danger, I've got to protect him!' Tears were beginning to gather in Patamon's eyes, 'I don't understand it! It isn't working! Oh, why can't I Digivolve!'
Devimon's hand grew ever closer with each second till he was nearly able to grab the young boy.
"Patamon, help!" he cried, holding up his arms to try to futilely block out the coming destruction.
"Don't worry, TK!" The brave little digimon yelled, jumping in the way of the grasping hand.
Feeling something in his palm, Devimon clenched his hand into a fist and began to squeeze.
"Hang on, pal!" Matt said, struggling to push himself up to even his knees.
Suddenly, a familiar high pitched keening came from TK's Digivice, and a light shined out from Devimon's hand.
"What!?" He demanded, the light growing too bright for him to tolerate. It burned his palm and he had to let it go, "Gah!"
"What's that?" Mimi asked, all of the children looking at the orb of light with awe.
"It's, uh..." Izzy was at a loss of words as to how to explain this.
"It's Patamon," Sora told them, "He must be about to Digivolve!"
The orb of light rose ever higher into the air, growing brighter still.
"Patamon, Digivolve to Angemon!" Angemon was the size of a normal human with a few differences that let people know he wasn't normal. For one, he had six, beautiful white feathered wings coming from his back. He wore a white body suit that covered him head to toe, white boots with little golden wings painted on them and a metal helm the covered his head. He had long blonde hair, a blue cloth that spiraled around his left arm and his right leg, another blue cloth that hung out of the front of his belt that went all the way down to his feet, a golden piece of armor on his left shoulder and four metal protrusions across his torso. In his right hand he held a long golden staff.
"Hey," Joe called, standing next to Ikkakumon, "Patamon finally digivolved!"
"That's super cool!" Sora said, looking up at the angel.
"Not bad," Matt commented, "That little guy really had it in him."
"You can say that again," Lucy replied.
"Nice hair, good color," Mimi breathed while Tai and Izzy just sat there slack jawed.
"I wanna take him home with me," TK said.
"What's this?" Devimon growled, "Another foolish attempt?"
"The forces of good are more powerful," Angemon said to the giant evil digimon, "Even you can't stop us," he held his staff above him, "I'll destroy you and bring peace to the Island." Light suddenly shot out of all the Digivices, the keening they made filling the air as it all streaked through the air and was absorbed into Angemon's weapon.
"That light is so bright!" Devimon grunted, "What are you doing to me!?"
One by one, the digimon reverted to their smaller forms. Angemon was absorbing all the energy it took to keep them in their other forms to make an attack against the giant Devimon.
"Stop it!" Devimon had brought an arm across his face to shield his eyes from the light, "I'm not going to allow you to take my power away, you'll have to fight me!"
Angemon looked down on the evil digimon as the energy gathered in his staff, "I'm afraid I have no other choice," he twirled his staff around above his head till he held it like a sword ready to strike, "If I can save others, my fate is unimportant!"
TK looked up at Angemon, not liking the sound of that, "Angemon!"
"Your powers of gotten far out of control and must be extinguished!" the angel said forcefully, swinging his staff forward, "I am ready to fight for peace!"
Ogremon shot out of Devimon's chest, laughing maniacally. The golden staff began to glow with the great amount of energy that Angemon was channeling and the green digimon was blasted back, through Devimon's chest with such force as to leave a hole, and eventually out into the jungle.
"Now you've done it!" the giant digimon growled.
The staff began to shrink, but the energy surrounding it did not fade, instead it shrank back until it covered Angemon's right hand. He pulled his fist back, ready to strike.
"Be careful!" TK yelled, not wanting to lose his friend just as he'd finally digivolved.
"I'll get him," Angemon said turning to look at TK, "Relax."
"Come here, pretty boy!" Devimon roared, bringing up his hands to enclose the angel in them.
"I'll stop you!" Angemon shouted, "Haya!" He punched forward and a humongous beam of orange and white light tore through Devimon effortlessly. The beam turned into a dome, and the dome expanded rapidly until it covered everything. It purified the entire island until not a single black gear was causing any digimon to act against their will.
In a white expanse in the air, Devimon had shrank back to his normal size. He was dissolving into purple particles from his feet up. As he stared across at Angemon who was also dissolving, but into white motes of light instead, he spoke, "You have used up all your power. That wasn't very smart, Angemon. Now you are no use to anyone!" He grinned maliciously, "You can't get away from the dark forces. Evil is everywhere. So don't savor your victory. There are other digimon just as powerful as I am. Some are even stronger. I wonder what you'll do when you run into them. You haven't won at all. What a waste of time!" He began to laugh maniacally as he finally finished dissolving, the purple motes flying up into the sky.
Angemon just watched him the entire time, not truly caring what the evil digimon said. No matter what, he had protected the children, and he would do so again in the future.
"Angemon!"
The angel turned to look, and found TK with tears in his eyes.
"TK, I'll come back again," he told the boy with a small smile on his face, "If you want me to." The angel finished disappearing.
"Angemon!" TK cried, his tears falling freely from his eyes as he fell to the ground. He barely even noticed as seven feathers from the digimon's wings landed in a neat little pile on the ground. He certainly noticed when they began to glow though, looking up from the ground, wondering what was going on. The glow faded and left behind was a white digi-egg with orange stripes.
"What do you know, it's a digi-egg," Tentomon said after all of the children had gathered around TK and the egg.
"Do you think it could be Angemon?" TK asked, his voice full of hope.
"I know it is," Gabumon said with a firm nod, "He's just resting for a while to regain his strength."
"But don't worry," Palmon said next, "You'll see him again when he Digivolves."
"I will make sure to take really good care of him," TK said as he gathered the large egg into his arms, "You saved my life Angemon."
"Huh?" Sora intoned, looking out to sea, "Look! The island is coming back together again!"
"Exactly!" Izzy exclaimed, "Devimon was defeated. When evil is eliminated, the island returns to its natural state.
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Out in the forest, Ogremon had pulled himself to his feet. He looked around and grinned evilly.
"With Devimon out of the way, I can take over now!" He laughed maliciously as he turned to make his way back to the kids and destroy them. He wasn't expecting to find Leomon in his path.
"Hello," the lion greeted, "You forgetting about me?"
Not feeling up to the battle, Ogremon turned on his heel and ran away, "Leomon! Get me out of here! Why can't the bad guys ever win?" He actually whined out that last part.
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Back up on the slope the children were noticing that they were decidedly not being sent home. Lucy was the only one to breathe a sigh of relief at that.
Matt figured it out pretty quickly, "What's up with those evil digimon across the sea?"
"Yeah," Joe nodded, "I thought we were going home."
"I don't want to have to fight again," Mimi said, then gasped as she looked at her hands, "I think I broke a nail!"
"Well, according to Leomon's legend, we gotta do it," Tai told them, "Remember, he said we're the Digidestined!"
"Yeah," Lucy said, "And if you think about it, the legend said we were supposed to save their world. This is just one little island, and if this world is anywhere as big as ours, then this lonely little island is almost inconsequential to the greater whole."
"I suppose that is logical," Izzy gave up.
Before any more could be said, a few stones began to move behind Tai, and a round device on the ground began to emit light.
"Something's happening," Joe pointed out.
In a flash of rainbow light an old man appeared. He was squat from old age, had white hair on his mostly bald head that he kept in a ponytail and a white mustache. He wore black clothing with red borders and held his arms behind his back.
"Hello!" he greeted in a grizzled voice, "I've heard of you kids. I must say, I'm pleased with what you've done."
"Excuse me, sire, tell us," Tai said, fighting past his slack jaw, "Who are you, and what do you want?"
Chapter Ten: End.
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