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Here is the new chapter. I will be uploading Friends Forever next. Until then, please enjoy and read and review. I need to know how this story is doing. More will be revealed about MegaEtemon later on but for now, the main important bad guys are Dark KingSilverymon who is now Silverymon but still evil for the time being, Nightmaremon and Arielmon. Silverymon will be saved later on but first Becca and Silver have to be saved as well as the Chosen Children.
Chapter Ten: Meeting the Warrior of Peace
Silverymon's Perspective
I am now back to my original appearance. I have Silver's partner to thank for this. Darkness is still clouding my mind and senses. I know this and I don't care. Let's see. As for my allies, I can honestly say Arielmon, the strong, fallen angel digimon who is lord over all the flying digimon and other digimon in the skies, is no longer under my service for his treachery. As for Nightmaremon, the dark lord digimon whose powers of darkness almost equal my own, if not more, who is lord over all the dark and evil digimon, his loyalty to me remains questionable for the time being. I have no clues or hints as to his loyalty to me. But being a powerful digimon and all, my sharp and keen senses tell me something is not right with his loyalty. He was my most powerful servant and if my senses are correct, he may prove to be more treacherous and deceitful than even Arielmon. As for MegaEtemon, the weakest but the most keen digimon lord under my service, who is lord over all the creature digimon, I have no clues, hints or senses telling me his loyalty is questionable.
Arielmon deserves nothing less than the most severe punishment possible for his treachery and I don't care how painful his past has been. He must be made an example of to teach all my servants to never double-cross me. Nightmaremon deserves even more punishment if his loyalty proves to be false. MegaEtemon, unless he proves to be a traitor as well, deserves grand rewards for his loyalty.
Now that I was my original size again, it was easier to fit through the doors of my castle. A couple servants, who were mere champions met up with me. They helped me up to my room and into bed. Both of them pounded my body, diseased from years of intense pain from that of my brother. I spewed foul, green fluid out of my lungs. Still, I remained as ill as ever.
All of a sudden, loud shouting was heard. Nightmaremon stormed into my room.
"Master, you must do something to this vile creature," he demanded, holding up Snimon.
"Nightmaremon, do not bother the master," hissed one of my servants.
I waved my servant away. Both of them left.
"What has Snimon done?"
"What hasn't he done? He let the Rainbow Ball get away."
"I'm deeply sorry, Master. I heard the voice of Lord Nightmaremon command me to bring the Rainbow Ball up to your room."
"I did nothing of the sort. The Rainbow Ball was to remain in the cage," argued Nightmaremon.
"Enough!" I demanded.
Both of them were silent.
"Snimon, once we heard the Rainbow Ball had arrived with the Chosen Children, I gave my orders to capture the Rainbow Ball and lock it in the cage. Obviously, the Rainbow Ball tricked you."
Snimon looked crestfallen.
"What if the Rainbow Ball finds Silver and his partner?" Nightmaremon asked.
"Where are they, anyway?" Snimon asked.
"Apparently, for the Rainbow Ball to come here, they must be somewhere in the castle."
"Nightmaremon, the Rainbow Ball must not meet up with Silver and his partner. All three of them must be captured and put in separate cages. Silver's cage must be such a cage so that he will not be able to melt the bars off with his light rings," I commanded.
"Yes, Sire."
Nightmaremon bowed and left, taking Snimon with him. I looked at the computer showing every room, every section of the castle. The Chosen Children hadn't met up with Silver and his partner yet. The Rainbow Ball was seen floating in one of the halls of the castle. It hadn't found Silver or his partner yet, either. Something was wrong. Very wrong.
Tai's Perspective
My friends, our digimon and I, emerged into a room that reminded me of a haunted castle. The organ was playing by itself. Cobwebs were everywhere. Spiders scurried about on the floor. The air was musty and stale, and a foul odour was in the air, causing Joe to be sick and the rest of us to feel queasy. Stained, white sheets that were worn covered the chairs and couches. A grandfather clock leaning against one wall chimed twelve and wouldn't stop, even though it was still in the morning. Several mirrors showed ghastly reflections of ourselves. Kari clung to me in fright, slightly shaking. TK did the same to Matt. The rest of us also looked pale and scared. Mimi got so panicked, she ran to the far side of the room and fell down through a hole in the floor. We heard her screaming a long way down. The rest of us went after her. We also fell down but we all fell down a large slide. It was actually quite fun and would have been more enjoyable if we weren't so scared.
I, however, wasn't as scared as the rest of my friends and maybe the digimon. Although, they might be more brave than even I am. I had to be strong for them. I admit it was hard for even me not to be scared but I didn't want to admit it to anyone but myself.
"Are you alright, Mimi?" Sora asked, when we all landed.
"I think so. But, what is going on here, anyway?"
I looked around. The room was completely empty. It was bare with only a large floor, four walls and a ceiling. There was nothing else. I wondered why.
All of a sudden, there was a clicking noise and the walls began to cave in on us. Mimi shrieked and TK and Kari screamed. I could see Sora's hands trembling. Joe looked like he would faint. The rest of us looked pretty scared, even Matt. And I bet I myself also looked scared. I sure felt that way. Sora looked all around, trying to find a way for us to escape.
"I hope Becca isn't going through something like this. She's scared enough as it is," mentioned Joe.
"I believe Becca is stronger than she looks," pointed out Biyomon.
"The slide!" I gasped. "We'll climb back up the slide!"
"Good idea, Tai," replied Izzy.
We turned around and saw that the slide was gone.
"Terrific. We're going to get squished to death, Becca and Silver won't be rescued, and the digital world won't be saved. Could things get any worse?" Joe moaned.
"Don't panic, Joe. I'll find a way out," reassured Izzy.
Izzy began typing on his laptop. Agumon was looking all around.
"What is it, Agumon?" I asked my digimon partner.
"Something is different right now."
"Different? What do you mean?"
"I can't explain it. I don't know what it means but I can sense something has changed."
Palmon nodded in agreement.
I knew the digimon had sharper senses than us digimon, so I took that as a good sign.
"Ah, guys. I think we should go single file vertically," Matt spoke up.
Gabumon looked at his partner and joined Matt. The walls were definitely getting closer and closer to us.
"The digimon! Agumon, you and the others find us a way out of here," I ordered.
"But, where to, Tai? There are no windows or anything," Agumon mentioned.
"I guess you're right. We're almost out of time. Think, Tai, think."
I couldn't come up with anything. My mind was blank. I could tell everyone was faint with fear, even Matt, who always professed to be the "cool one". Even Izzy's hands were trembling as he typed. Sora was still looking up at the ceiling.
"Look up there!" she pointed out, pointing up at the ceiling.
We all looked up, even Izzy. A black-and-white transparent image of a teenage boy floated down toward us.
"Do not be alarmed," he told us. "What you see doesn't exist."
I looked at the walls. They were still caving in.
"Face your fears and let go of them. Only then will this illusion disappear."
"Everyone, tell yourself this is just an illusion. None of it is real," I told them, heeding the boy's advice.
Once my friends and I had done so, the room turned back to normal.
"It was your fear that created this nightmarish image. Dark KingSilverymon likes to play with the minds of children but even he doesn't know what is truly going on. Come with me and I will tell you what you need to know."
We allowed the boy to fly us up and away. We entered a different dimension of the digital world and found ourselves in the boy's home.
"Who are you and how long have you been here?" I demanded.
Then I realized it. We, like the boy, were black-and-white. Mimi wailed.
"Matt!" cried TK.
Matt hugged his little brother.
"I am Alex, the legendary warrior of peace."
"You have the crest of peace?"
"No. The crests were created long after I came to this place."
"How long have you been here?"
"A very long time."
"Are you a ghost?" TK sniffled.
"No. At the same time, I am not really alive. I should be an adult by now."
"What happened to you?"
"I fought bravely with my digimon, and later made the mistake of not being satisfied with just him. I wanted many digimon partners. Thus, my greatest strength of peace was no more and I was corrupted, neither alive nor dead. No one else knows what truly happened to me and some vaguely know my digimon "remains up in the air". I am a restless wanderer, roaming about in the digital world, invisible to everyone but the Chosen Children. I recently found out about the Child of Peace. She is a marvellous child and stands for peace much better than I did. I used to know two people who are close to her."
All of them knew he was talking about Becca.
"You must go and save her and her digimon partner. As soon as they entered the dark castle by a secret entrance, both of them entered into an entirely different dimension, into a land that is complete with peace and harmony. They have forgotten about the mission of saving the digital world just from being there. If they remain there much longer, it will be too late for them and they will never be able to save the digital world. The digital world will be lost, if they are not saved. I warn you, it will be hard to convince them to leave the perfect land. You can enter into this dimension by the love you have for them and the digital world. Only your crests protect you from forgetting as none of you stand for peace like the Child of Peace and her partner does. I cannot fix things for myself, but I want you to save the Child of Peace and her partner, so that they don't end up suffering the same fate I have had to endure. Go now, quickly, and save the Child of Peace, her partner, and the digital world."
We were transported back to the iron gates of the dark castle and went into hiding until we could figure out what to do.
Arielmon's Perspective
I was a nervous wreck. Almost everyone was against me. Only those who were not against me were Becca and Silver. But they were gone. Sure I was a mega digimon and lord over all flying and other air-borne digimon, but myself and my army was no match for the Dark Master's army and Dark KingSilverymon's (the second Dark Master) army.
I paced up and down through the air and flew over the sea while trying to figure out what to do. I had been through an extreme hardship before. But that was nothing compared to what I was facing now.