Still
Shadow- "Wow. Still have a lot of readers. And reviewers. Keep it up, people!" (Unless you aren't a person... in which case I want to know how you're operating a computer...)
Renamon- "...okay... Shadow does not own Digimon. Everything else in this story is his."
Shadow- "Please leave a review!"
digital world, stony village, Serenity's POV
Serenity stared up at the three dragons above them. Great idea, Mark. Piss off the only things here that might try to kill us...
One of the dragons yelled something at them, but Serenity looked at her digivice instead of listening to the macho banter. Her digivice read:
XEDRAMON
LEVEL: ULTIMATE
TYPE: VIRUS
ATTACKS: DEADLY IMPACT, DARKNESS WINGS
SPECIAL ABILITY: ATOMIZATION
She looked back up in time to hear one of the dragons yell "Deadly Impact!" and see a ball of deep violet flames hurtle at them. She felt her digivice light up.
DIGIVOLUTION
"Lacertamon digivolve to... Besermon!"
"Passimon digivolve to... Meflimon!"
"Autamon digivolve to... Rimsaeramon!"
"Sevramon digivolve to... Slanemon!"
"Overshield!" Slanemon yelled, as the familiar bubble of safety surrounded them. Slanemon relaxed once the fire dissipated, and the shield dropped.
Serenity gasped as two of the enemy digimon were revealed, right on top of them. One of them grinned. "You didn't seriously think that would work twice, did you? Atomization!"
A burst of white light sizzled from the digimon's mouth. Serenity raised her arms to cover her face.
She felt everything pause for a moment, then stumbled as the ground beneath her suddenly changed. She regained her balance, and looked around.
She and the other four digidestined had been transported about ten feet to their left. Daxemon lay at their feet, gasping for breath. The other four digimon were missing.
Daxemon looked up at Kurt. "Sorry... I could only transport you five before the time ran out..."
Serenity looked again. "No..." she whispered. Autamon lay next to the other three digimon at the end of a smoking crater, laying in the rubble of one of the houses, not moving. "Autamon!"
She ran forward to help her digimon. The third Xedramon dropped down between her and her digimon. It grinned. "Deadly Impact!"
Serenity took a half step back and tripped. She felt the heat of the flames wash over her. She also saw both her rookie digimon and Sevramon jump between her and the attack. She heard Krystal yell something as she screamed "Autamon!"
CREST DIGIVOLUTION
"Autamon crest digivolve to... Auratemon!"
"Sevramon crest digivolve to... Tisonermon!"
"Hypershield!" the heat suddenly vanished. Serenity looked up to see her little Autamon had digivolved into a giant red hawk, twice her size, with a green plate metal helmet on. Next to him sat Tisonermon, a golden fox with five tails, with turquoise slash marks tracing lines across her back.
The shield vanished along with the attack, as the Xedramon in front of them gulped. "Hey, uh... I didn't mean anything by it! You know, uh, just following orders, right?" it grinned hopefully.
"I don't think so." Auratemon growled. "Gale Force Blade!"
The dragon sighed. "Ah, well, worth a shot..." before screaming as the attack deleted him. The data started to drift up into the air, but then paused, and drifted towards the other two Xedramon. The data melded with them, and the two digimon began to glow faintly. Both dragons grinned. "Our brother's sacrifice has granted us the power necessary to defeat you!"
"Not likely." Tisonermon replied.
The four digimon stared at each other for a moment, sizing each other up. One of the dragons abruptly turned towards the other four digidestined. "Darkness Wings!"
Lacertamon and Passimon jumped in between their partners and the attack. "I don't think so!" Lacertamon yelled as both digimon were bathed in light.
CREST DIGIVOLUTION
"Lacertamon crest digivolve to... Steelbesermon!"
"Passimon crest digivolve to... Megameflimon!"
The now-metal covered Steelbesermon blocked the attack, causing his steel plates to ring like a gong. Megameflimon ruffled its tangerine feathers. "This should be fun..."
The two Xedramon found themselves outnumbered by four ultimates. "Shit..." one of them whispered. "What do we do now?"
"Simple..." the other one answered, before jumping up into the air. "Run like hell!"
Its companion stood frozen on the ground for a moment. It looked at the four digimon it now faced alone. "That son of a bitch!"
Steelbesermon grinned. "Now, to finish this... Metallic Flare!"
The other three also attacked. "Beak Crusher!" "Hyper Slash!" "Kitsune Eternia!"
The last Xedramon screamed as the attacks engulfed him, destroying him utterly... and also flattening half the village.
"Yeah!" Mark yelled. "We did it!"
Serenity took a deep breath, and exhaled. She saw Kai walk over to her. "Hey, you okay?"
"I think so-" she said as she stumbled and started falling. Kai reached out and caught her. Serenity found herself being held close to Kai, supported solely by his arms, their faces close. Serenity felt her heart skip a beat. Kai blushed. "Um..."
Before Kai could finish the sentence, a commotion over with the others caught their attention. Glad for the interruption, Serenity got to her feet and looked over. The older Gotsumon was yelling at Mark.
"You destroyed our village! We'd have been better off if we'd just let them vent their frustrations!"
Kurt tried to calm the angry rock digimon. "Woah, hey, it's okay! We'll help you rebuild!"
"Like hell you will!" the diminutive digimon threw a rock a Kurt. It smashed into his upper arm, tearing the sleeve and drawing blood. Kurt grabbed his arm, and cursed.
"I want all of out of my village. Now!" when nobody moved, the digimon started throwing rocks at everyone. "Now, damn it!"
Serenity hurried to get as far away from the little digimon as possible. Mark stayed long enough to ask "Where's the leader of the evil digimon?"
"Up the mountain..." the Gotsumon replied. "Now go!"
As they left the village, Serenity saw Krystal pull a bandana out of her pocket. She wrapped it around Kurt's wounded arm. He smiled at her, and they kissed lightly.
Serenity blushed, and pretended she hadn't seen anything. She looked over at Kai. I wish- Serenity bit her tongue. No, damn it! No weaknesses. Don't get involved.
She continued looking at Kai as they left the village, heading for the snow-capped mountain that towered on the horizon. Still... She sighed, and focused on the road ahead.