Corrupted Miracles
The Fall of a Hero and the Rise of a Foe
Chapter 12
By: S.Stryker

Later that night in Odiaba park

"I just can't believe he's gone." Gatomon said.

"He gave his life for us." Patamon said quietly.

"I can't help but feel as though if we hadn't interfered then Veemon would still be alive." Izzy said.

Matt sighed, "Yeah and Davis wouldn't be in a coma, right now either."

After Davis lost consciousness the Digidestined called Odiaba hospital and Davis's parents. When it arrived, Tai and Matt rode with the ambulance, while the others followed. When they got there they told Mr. and Mrs. Motomiya who had gotten there before them everything that had happened. They were especially sad to hear that Veemon had been deleted. They had always considered the little guy a member of the family. Then the doctor came out and sadly said that due to the shock, Davis had fallen into a coma. This caused Mrs. Motomiya to break down into tears. The worst part of the whole thing was that despite what the digidestined had told them, neither Mr. nor Mrs. Motomiya felt that the Digidestined were to blame. "You were doing your job, you never meant for this to happen." They said.

"I wish they had at least yelled at us." Yolie said recalling the memory.

"Yeah, then I wouldn't feel so lousy." Sora continued.

"My worst fear is that if Davis stays in that state, then the hospital will pull the plug." T.K confessed.

"Don't say that! I know Davis's parents they'd never let them do that!" Ken growled.

"I don't want him to die, but I don't want him to suffer either!" T.K shot back.

"Enough! Both of you." Tai jumped in. "The last thing we need is our group divided against each other, especially with all the odds that are against us."

"Your right."

"I'm sorry."

"We need Veemon back, that's the only way this mess will go away." Cody said

"Easier said than done." Agumon said.

"Yeah even though we couldn't go Ultimate, Kimeramon was ruthlessly strong." Gabumon said

"Plus now that he's a Mega, with Cyberdramon's data just imagine how strong he is now." Gomamon continued.

"I'd rather not." Joe muttered.

"Besides Veemon's data was absorbed, which means he can't come can't come back unless Milenniumon is destroyed." Biyomon concluded.

"That is assuming that Veemon's data won't be destroyed along with Milenniumon." Tentomon said.

"We have to try, for Davis's sake." Wormon said.

Everyone nodded.

Kari was looking up at the sky worried about what T.K had said.

"If Davis dies I don't know what I'll do, and poor Veemon didn't deserve what happened to him either. Davis, Veemon please come back!"

Somewhere in Davis's mind.

Davis Motomiya was walking through a dark abyss. There was mist coming out of the floor, and he was all alone. Everywhere he looked was an infinite void.

"W-Where am I?... What am I doing here? ... How can I get out?" he thought to himself.

"You can't get out, not without my help anyway." A voice behind him said.

Davis spun around and found himself looking at a large black dragon. "Who are you?"

B. Azulongmon frowned, "You don't remember me? That hurts, it really does...oh wait that's right your memories. Hold on, this won't hurt a bit."

The exiled guardian eyes began to glow; all of a sudden the events of yesterday came back to Davis. Holding his head from the brain rush he'd just experienced Davis looked up at the Dragon of Darkness and Miracles.

" You again." he growled.

Choosing to ignore the anger in his voice, B. Azulongmon continued.

" I heard what happened to Veemon ...

" Shut up" Davis said quietly

it was most...unpleasant

" Shut up." Davis said a little louder

though keep in mind I did warn you...

" I SAID SHUT UP!" Davis screamed he rushed at B. Azulongmon determined to beat his lights out and ignoring the fact that the Dragon was 100x his size.

B.Azulongmon grinned as his eyes began to glow; Davis levitated 6 feet off the ground, and was then thrown 5 feet away.

"Settle down boy, instead of attacking me you should be channeling your anger towards those traitors you call friends."

" My friends have done nothing wrong." Davis said getting up. " They had nothing to do with what happened to Cyberdramon."

B.Azulongmon shook his head, " Davis, Davis, Davis, how can you be so foolish as to believe that? You and I both know that Cyberdramon's armor was more than strong enough to stand up to Kimeramon's attack. In fact the reason he was destroyed was because those so called allies of yours weakened him."

" No y..your wrong." Davis said but with uncertainty in his voice.

B.Azulongmon shook his head. "Stop lying to yourself Davis, your only making things more difficult."

"They're my friends." he whispered.

" Remember what I told you the first time we met? There is no such thing as friendship."

"Come to think of it Cyberdramon believed in friendship so much that even after they attacked him he sacrificed his life to save them. Poor fool, he died thinking friendship existed and look where it got him!"

"Face reality Daisuke, Your allies played you. You're supposed to be their leader not the other way around. When you make a decision they should follow you without question, but instead they turned on you and helped annihilate your Digimon."

Davis didn't answer, his spirit had been broken. All of his happy memories of him and his friends were fading before his eyes one after another.

"Could B. Azulongmon be right? Is friendship a mere illusion used to blind me from my true purpose in life?"

"Still don't believe me?" B. Azulongmon asked. "Well lets have your friends explain it to you shall we?"

B.Azulongmon's eyes began to glow again this time false images of the digidestined appeared around Davis. Seeing them just appear out of thin air made him stumble backwards and fall.

"You're such a loser." T.K said

" I can't believe Tai passed leadership on to you." Sora said.

" Me neither, all you ever did was annoy the living hell out of everybody." Matt said.

"I can back you up on that one." Cody said.

" What was I thinking?" Tai said.

" Hey Davis, Ken and I are going back to his place to have a little fun." Kari said wrapping her arms around Ken's neck.

" Don't get upset just because you weren't good enough for her, don't worry I'll fill you in on all the details." Ken grinned.

" I don't even care, as long as she doesn't get with a moron like Davis." Yolie said.

" Punk." Joe said.

" Stop" Davis said quietly.

" Wimp." Izzy said

" Stop it" he said again.

" Loser"

" Please..." he begged.

" DAVIS!"

Davis's head lifted up and looked in the direction of where the familiar voice was coming from.

" Veemon?"

The poor digimon looked so badly hurt that Davis wanted to run over to him, but he couldn't move. He was either afraid or paralyzed.

"Help...me..." Veemon said. He then exploded into data.

" VEEMON!" Davis yelled. " NOOO!"

The fake digidestined just laughed at Davis's despair. Davis just sat there shocked staring in the spot where Veemon was, listening to the laughter of the others. Soon his sadness became anger; he could feel himself being corrupted. Darkness was empowering him and this time he didn't resist. He got up and faced the others.

"Shut up!" he yelled in a voice that sounded like his own and another more evil voice mixed together.

The others stopped and glared at him. T.K walked over to him and threw a punch at his face. Davis caught it in his left hand and punched T.K in the gut with his right, this caused him to sink to his knees and look up at Davis in pain. Davis squeezed T.K's hand so hard he felt his bones crack under the pressure. T.K howled in pain. Still holding T.K's hand Davis held up his right hand which sparked with dark purple-like electricity. T.K looked at Davis in horror. Davis grinned and brought his hand done into T.K's face; causing him to explode into data. The digidestined first looked at the spot where T.K had been, and then at Davis who was generating a dark aura around his body

Out of either fear, anger or plain stupidity the fake Tai and Matt rushed at Davis. Davis looked at his two predecessors. All of a sudden his right hand became engulfed with flames. Davis looked at his hand in wonder because the flames didn't hurt him. He then had an idea. He punched the air in Tai and Matt's direction. A wave of dark energy erupted from Davis's fists and his two attackers were blown away.

The Digidestined looked at Davis in fear. He had just deleted three of their comrades without breaking a sweat. They all began to back away slowly from him. Smiling evilly Davis disappeared and reappeared behind Ken.

Ken fell down deleted as Davis struck him in the back.

Davis then resumed his killing spree on the others; taking each of them out with one attack one after another.

Finally only one digidestined remained his enemy, the child of light. Kari began to run but it was no use, Davis appeared in front of her.

"Davis please…" She began but was cut off when Davis plunged his hand through her chest.

Kari looked at Davis with hopeless eyes as she was deleted.

Davis's eyes widened. It was as If he had woken up from a bad dream.

"Oh my god…what…what have I done? WHAT HAVE I DONE!" he screamed as he fell to his knees and grabbed his head.

"You did what you believed was necessary." B.Azulongmon said. "You had a goal and you didn't let anyone stop you from obtaining it.

"YEAH? AND WHAT GOAL IS THAT HUH?" Davis screamed. "THEY MAY NOT HAVE BEEN REAL, BUT I JUST KILLED LOOK ALIKES OF MY FRIENDS! WHAT GOAL COULD I POSSIBILY HAVE TO GET ME TO DO…DO THIS!"

"You tell me." B.Azulongmon said quietly looking at the human.

Davis held his head for awhile until he came to a realization 10 seconds later.

"I…I'm…a Digidestined…it's my sworn duty to protect and maintain the balance of Light and Darkness in that realm. I have to do it…by any means necessary…and eliminate any obstructions that get in my way."

"That's right." B.Azulongmon said smiling to himself.

"The others...they got in my way of my goal…so they had to be eradicated…for the sake of my goal…I'm willing to sacrifice anything for that goal. Even if I must let the Darkness take control of my body."

Davis looked at the Dragon with new understanding. "Friends are for the weak, and I am not weak. From now on I follow the path of Darkness."

" I knew you'd come to see it my way." B. Azulongmon said. "Come my apprentice we have much to discuss.

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In The Hospital Davis's Room

Jun was watching her little brother praying he would wakeup. Their parents had left her with him about two hours ago to get some things from home. Suddenly her cell phone rang.

"Hello?...Hi mom...no signs of improvement...you and Dad are outside? Can't I stay longer?...I know I have a school tomorrow…but ...okay bye."

She hung up her phone and picked up her purse, and walked over to Davis. "Mom and Dad are outside Davis, Dad's going to drop me off at home and mom's going to stay here with you." She knew he couldn't hear her but that didn't stop her from hoping. She bent over and kissed him on the cheek.

"I'll be back tomorrow squirt." She said doing her best to hold back tears.

Jun then walked out of the room, however if she had stayed 5 seconds longer she would have seen Davis's D-terminal glow, and the Digiegg of Darkness appear on the screen next to his other Digieggs.

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B.Azulongmon's Preview: Step one is finally complete, now I can proceed to faze two. These foolish humans think their so smart, they're just pawns in my little game. And like all games I always win.

Next time on Corrupted Miracles: 'Something evil this way comes.'