Dark Anquintasmon arched his back and listened to the crackling. The armor covering his body was leaking dark steam, like somebody fried his clothes and then threw them in ice water. The helmet around his head beheld more spikes, his white eyes glaring underneath. Twisting strips of cloth rained down off his waist like snakes in a secret wind. His gauntlets creaked with every movement. Smoke began to clear. Kyubimon snarled and dashed forward for his throat. His hand moved faster than any mortal being should have, gripping her throat and hoisting her up. The dark Digimon didn't really seem interested in Kyubimon, even though he had the fox by neck.
"I wonder… Did the flames or the energy spurt this Digivolution, or did I actually level up on my own? Or was this manifestation a product of another party? How perplexing…"
"Argh… Put… me… down…" Kyubimon growled. Dark Anquintasmon seemed to just notice her.
"As you wish…" His hand raised and slammed down, bashing the Champion into the dirt. He rose up and slammed a fist into the Digimon. He leaned back and stepped away from the crater, where the battered Digimon was barely holding herself up. This enemy wasn't trying to fight. He was merely inflicting as much pain as possible. Guilmon, who stood off to the side, bared teeth and opened his maw.
"Pyro Sphere!"
It flickered off Anquintasmon like a dying candle.
"Time to have some fun… DOPPELGANGER…!"
Kyubimon aimed at him quickly. "FOX TAIL INFERNO!"
"…SPECIAL!" The amount of energy put out by her tails andthe Doppelganger attack made a huge explosion. A cloud of dust swirled around the battle grounds. Dark Anquintasmon looked around.
"Where are my clones?"
"Look behind you, bastard…" A familiar voice said. The Dark Guardian turned to look and met a gauntlet bound fist.
"Soul Punisher!" The arena exploded again, leaving a messed up enemy on the dirt. Kyubimon lifted her head and looked up at a regular Anquintasmon kneeling before her.
"Are you alright?"
"Is that the real you…?" She asked nervously. Anquintasmon laughed and tilted his head.
"There is only one me…" He said as he de-digivolved into Chevron. Dark Anquintasmon got up, wiping his arms off.
"You… You've overshadowed a clone body?"
"No. I escaped and manifested. That's one of the fringe benefits of being a Vaccine Digimon. Viruses repel you. Why don't you just tell me your real purpose? You killed my secondary system and took over my original body. I guess you're a section of that killer program."
"How could he have damaged your systems...?" Kyubimon asked, starting to get up again.
"The breach between worlds did it. When I rip a Digimon out of the Digital plane and set them down here, I have to rewrite the coding of each one so that the firewall doesn't fry you. When I opened my code up to be altered, he deleted my backup drive and implanted himself in it. My question is… how long were you in here?" Chevron said, tapping his head. Dark Anquintasmon tilted his head.
"All along… in pieces… That one behind you… she saw me before anyone else noticed a change." He said, pointing at Kyubimon. "But you may have been better off as part of me… Because you no longer have a back up system, if you're terminally wounded, self repair is impossible. Caught between a rock and a hard place, eh?" Chevron narrowed his eyes.
"I am aware of the repercussions… but are you?"
"Hrm?"
"I was at a disadvantage due to the lack of knowledge. I had been made but without a full understanding of my abilities. And what is a Digimon without a purpose and without knowledge… a useless one. But you… you knew what drove me, what secrets I held, so that you could manifest through me. You revealed the fine tuning dials I needed to capture my true essence…"
"While I was in your head, you were in mine!"
Chevron sneered. "Got it." Chevron turned to Kyubimon and clenched his fist. A spark began to circle his palm, making rings of light. He lifted his hand and swiped it at Kyubimon, who then de-digivolved. Renamon looked around and then at Chevron.
"Take Rika and the other Digimon and get as far away as possible from here."
Renamon was taken aback.
"No! I'll stay here and fight with you…"
"No, you won't. If what I'm about to do works, this area within thirty meters will be a firestorm. Trust me. Lesser Digimon within this radius will be incinerated instantly, and I'm sorry to say, your Rookie form will be too. So do me a favor and get them out of here!" Chevron turned and stared down his darker half.
"Will you be alright…?" Renamon asked, nervous. Chevron turned his head a little.
"I honestly don't know and it's too late to turn back now." Renamon turned and ran towards the others. Chevron reached in his cloak and pulled out the watch. "You know… I originally thought that I couldn't Digivolve… Boy was I surprised when I became Anquintasmon. Afterwards, I thought that my Digivolutions were fueled by emotion… which they were… but I found a new way…" He wound the watch, not really looking at the dials. "The Tamers use D-Powers and cards to make Digivolutions. I have found a similar way, but without the need of a human…"
Chevron looked for the allies' code signatures. They were forty meters away on a hill, but not moving. They weren't going to miss this fight. The watch hands began to spin rapidly, beeping issuing from the gears and numerals. Chevron raised the device. He waved his hand and snatched a black card from the air.
"We saw what my champion level was… Let's see the Ultimate!" He yelled, slamming the card into the face of the watch. A pentagram of roman numerals appeared around him, steam venting from the ground. The sky grew a black shade as neon green light came from the pentagram. Lines of code rose from the ground, as did a wind that made Chevron's hair stand up and his cloak wave. A pair of watch hands formed in front of him and began to spin, making a tornado of light and color.
"CHEVRON TIME BREAK DIGIVOLVE TO…!"
A moon rose above the battle field, casting pale light down. Anquintasmon rose from the display of light and looked up at the moon. His pupils shrunk and he screamed aloud. Hands became claws, his mane of white hair becoming static and longer. The helmet gave way to a snout and teeth, pointed ears and glistening eyes. The metal moved down throughout the body, forming limbs and a tail. The new wolf Digimon gained size and howled to the heavens.
"Metal Zakerousmon…"
The new wolf was about the size of Kyubimon. One of the front legs was plated in metal and sparking wires, same with the back leg. His fur seemed to be made of lightning, sparking and whipping. His eyes were visible, piercing red dots. His teeth were silver and long, mirroring his claws. Some metal plates were screwed into his chest and ribcage. The back leg mad of metal had pistons that exploded with steam. The tail was a stub of metal with a long, flowing streak of lightning forming the appendage from the before mentioned stub. His pointed ears sparked light from time to time.
"This Digivolution will never work…" Dark Anquintasmon said. "You do not know how to use your powers correctly."
"I may not have the insight needed to master this form… but I have the will power to make it work! LIGHTNING ROTATION!" Metal Zakerousmon leapt up into the air and spun, very much like Kyubimon and her Dragon Wheel attack. Except, rather than rotating like a wheel, he rotated like a tornado, making a pillar of lightning. Whips of light ripped out and lashed at Dark Anquintasmon, chopping through the armor and digital flesh. Blood welled up from the wounded one and sprayed in the air.
"You are a fool to think I'm not able to protect my friends…" The wolf Digimon said, slowing down. Although the Digimon halted, the pillar did not. The attack tore through trees and headed for the highway. Dark Anquintasmon laughed weakly as his form began to deteriorate.
"Now you see… with such power… will power alone isn't worth a damn…"
Metal Zakerousmon winced as the attack lashed down some power lines and grew bigger.
"Damn it! I can't win for losing!"