Chapter 13: The Dark Prison, Part 1
Although there was a bit of a shock to hear Demon back again, there was no time for hesitation. It was obvious to everyone that Demon, using whatever method to take form of Ophanimon or take over the angel, had deceived them with duplicity. The plan to come to the Digital World to remove the forces here was simply to send more power back to earth and further empower the notorious Demon.
"We've been tricked..." Daisuke muttered as he realised why that weird Ophanimon had been so quick to send everyone to the Digital World.
"I know, but this is not the time to feel sorry for ourselves, Demon is going to destroy everything if we don't act quickly," Wallace continues on, knowing that the battle has already begun back on earth and Odaiba at that.
"Is it really bad back home right now?" Ken asked.
"We are don't know for now, but Mimi is currently there along with everyone else. We should hurry back for now, no telling what Demon could do while having the extra surge of power. Anyway, just follow me, I know the quickest way back" Wallace finishes while leading the quickest way out of the Digital World.
The dark sky that sleeps on top of Odaiba has its peace broken by a sudden change in power. A ripple causes the atmosphere to break into uneasiness as a certain figure emerges from the rip. Though the appearance is that of Ophanimon, Demon resides within this shell and is just about to begin the master plan for destruction or whatever wants to fill the sadistic needs of this Digimon.
"So... looks like step one of my plan is a success... Still, the remaining chosen ones that are here proved to be a problem... Well, that's no matter now, I have the extra power now, so might as well get started..." Demon muttered, thinking about the success in his deception plan. Since attacking too soon caused resistance like some of the present Chosen Children to strike back.
Demon concentrated his energy while in the sky, and emitted a dark aura that spread quickly over Odaiba. The dark clouds opened, and with Demon's powers in control of the area, many Digimon from Demon's domain began to pour out. Soon, the sky is infested with Demon's minions as well as other who desire destruction.
"From the beginning I planned this... Since Apokarimon's defeat, it was clear to everyone that there would be much planning and preparation in order to win... I remember the last time I was here few years ago... on that survey trip to see how they were and even then, it was easy to lure them out using that one child with the dark spore... and now I have figured them out completely. Everyone, begin the feast! No evolutions can take place as long as my powers are in place," Demon commanded as his forces roared in a victorious force from behind.
Not too far off from the city of Odaiba is a group of children, who are nearly back in time to stop Demon. However, the evil Digimon knew of their coming and have already something in advance for the unsuspecting children.
"As expected, they join forces in times like this to defeat their foes, not a bad strategy... but I know what to do. Even in this body, I still have enough power to stop them," Demon said underneath his Ophanimon shell.
With a simple wave of a finger, the energies around the sky seem to redirect and focus at one point, making the part of the sky vulnerable to an opening. Meanwhile, the small group returning from the Digital World continue their way through the warp, hoping to get back in time to save their hometown. Just as the chosen children were about to emerge from their warp back to their world, their destination they wanted to go to seemed to be blocked off. Although stuck, they did find an alternative way to go back, but not the way they wanted to land...
As Demon noticed the unsuspecting group of children exiting from the special passageway he created, he could only smile behind his outer shell. The children he is dealing with is too predictable. Everyone jumped out of the passage; they noticed they were in mid-air, which put them into a lot of fear. Before anyone could say anything, a sudden shock of black energies held them suspended in mid-air.
"What the!" Takeru barely managed to say, trying to break free of the hold as his friends attempted to do the same.
With some persistency the task is easily done, but only because this is intended. As soon as the shock of energies breakdown altogether, a shockwave began in the middle of everybody. This burst of energy sends the group is all different directions, separating their powers as a team. While Demon watches his plan coalesce, he gives out a big inner laugh, as his minions from behind began their invasion from the dark sky. Conquering the world is not hard; the real hard part is the planning, which Demon has done through previous visits.
"Now... with all of them separated, I can eliminate them one at a time without a big threat," Demon concluded, moving about in mid-air as he looks for his first victim from this group.
The overall condition of the whole area is one filled with horror and panic. People poured out of their homes and into the street, where they proceeded to run away from the eminent danger of the legion of Digimon attacking. Harmony is broken, and chaos seems to be everywhere without any hope. In a short time, many areas of the Odaiba region is turned into a wasteland, fires at certain places or ruined city places. In addition, the darkness above also seems to be reflected off the land now, making Odaiba a place of dread and disaster.
Daisuke slowly gets up from the horrifying shock as he notices Nat-chan do the same. Not so far away in Wallace and Terriermon, who seem to be in pain from the landing. Their location seem to be a small place with a series of roads ahead of them along with buildings in between, and of course the overhead shining darkness over the entire place.
One trick after the other... we're in serious trouble now... Daisuke thought, knowing that all the series of event is a part of a plan by Demon to destroy everyone. Though this is getting a little weird... it almost seems like the Devas has began their invasion or something... Next thing I know, it'll be Digimon Frontier on TV just like the Tamers watch all the time.
As Wallace regains his consciousness along with Terriermon, they began to think of a plan of counter against Demon.
"Say, how did you know it was him that took over Ophanimon anyway?" Daisuke asked.
"Well, it started when Jyou told Mimi that you were back into his world after your absence, and so the two of us decided to come here. Upon arriving we saw the blast of energy, where you guys were supposedly warped to the Digital World, but afterwards we saw a dark Digimon go to Ophanimon in a servant kind of fashion, and from their conversation, Demon himself explained that using some sort of evil plan he managed to infest his data into another Digimon in order to come back out from his world. If everything did go as planned, then he should have already got some of us..." Wallace explained, fearing the worst from the situation of the town.
"You mean..." Daisuke wanted to ask, afraid to know the response.
"Yeah, Taichi, Jyou, and all the others... probably already defeated or at captured by him. I've talked to some of your friends and I know that their partners can't evolve in this environment, so while you were all away Demon took that chance to get them out of the way..." Wallace continued, "But I am sure they're still around, as long as they are held hostage, Demon could just use them as hostages and lure us out, so as long as we think of something, we could get out of this one..."
"Ok, Let' try to think of something then..." Daisuke replied before the two pairs made their way out of sight.
Only a few steps out of the dark clouds over Odaiba did they notice that Demon has been over floating over them all the time and listening in on them. As Ophanimon, the outside looks the same, but the aura as well as colours flowing through the Digimon made it obvious that Demon's personality is inside.
"Oh, you again..." Daisuke groaned, already he was caught trying as he tried to resist the invasion.
"Yes, it is me again... so you know all about me now I suppose... Strange though, I'd thought you figured me the first time around..." Demon mocked.
Immediately the thought came back to Daisuke about their first meeting. Daisuke remembered. The first time they met, Daisuke did indeed call Ophanimon a guy. In truth, Ophanimon did act uneasy because it was Demon all along.
"That was just a mistake... but why are you in a girl's body anyway, are a pervert!?" Daisuke countered.
"Ummm, uh... no..." Demon replied.
"Right, that took you a long time to reply... Pervert! Demon is a pervert!" Daisuke accused.
Daisuke... you... Wallace thought as he looked over to Daisuke.
"S-SILENCE!" Demon roared. "Anyway, I suppose that doesn't matter anymore, your powers seem different from all your friends so this is why I've separated you. Now I can eliminate you first without anyone interfering."
"Not so quick, you've got four of us to deal with!" Terriermon said, stepping in front confidently.
"And what do you plan to do? You can't evolve in this environment either! You'll be no more than a mere bug, out of my way!" Demon replied, kicking the small Digimon out of the way.
"Terriermon!" Wallace called after seeing his partner fly quite a distance.
Demon turned to Daisuke then, without any other interference to continue his attack. "Now, with that out of the way, let's continue..." Demon finished, raising the Shining Spear in Ophanimon's hand and striking downwards.
Time did not seem to be present with Daisuke, no time to react or think. As the weapon came down on him, a big clashing sound echoes from his location as Daisuke pop open his eyes again to see a blue sphere around himself and his partner.
Demon looks at the sphere in surprise at how it got there and why it was there. "What! Impossible, what is this...?" Demon faded, as he realised that the weapon is stuck and the force that was intended for his
attack is now reflected back at him. Seeing the opening, Nat-chan acted immediately and leaped upwards to effectively scratch upwards at Demon, who flew backwards and into a black warp while in agony.
How did that happen? Oh, wait... Daisuke thought, as he went through his pockets to find his D-Terminal with the unknown and strange Digimental glowing. What a weird power this thing is why can't it be normal and used for evolution instead?
After escaping the close encounter, Demon slowly stands up, trying not to fall down with the pain. Though the attack did not really cause a great deal of damage, it did get Demon to wonder about the boy and his Digimon.
"I've never encountered anyone like that before... well, that's fine, I will just pick off his friends one by one and leave him for last," Demon planned as he slowly ripped through the fabric of space from his own little dimension-area and back into Odaiba.
Meanwhile, Wallace and Daisuke quickly find a place to hide away from sight while planning what to do next.
"So much for a vacation, this really something else" Wallace said, noticing the grim situation.
"Yeah, my vacation too..." Daisuke added.
"Really? I think you've been on vacation for a whole year with that adventure..." Wallace teased.
"Oh, you don't know what exactly I had to go through, it was hardly a vacation... Anyway, what should we do right now? We need to get back with the others"
"I am not sure how we should do that, Demon seems to keep a close watch over all of us when he separated us, so we should be really careful when trying to find the others..." Wallace finished as he looked towards the city that is now void of human life.
This must be a dream come true for Daisuke, Digimon are realising all over the place, now all he needs is one of those D-Arcs along with some cards... He should be happy, he has always wanted to be this 'Tamer' from that manga he reads... Nat-chan mused as she wondered about the current turn of events.
While the children thought up their plan, a figure from far off seems to catch their attention, but it was too far to know who or what it was.
Further off, in another section of the town where shadows live is a battlefield as various Digimon, most Demon's minions, rampaging through the city. Most of the populace either have run away from the area or resisted the invasion with no success.
Somewhere further off from this chaos is a small park, where Patamon urges Takeru to wake up. To their right and their left is streets going up as well as rubble everywhere, and collapsed trees in this park even.
"Takeru! Wake up!" Patamon urged another time, as the unconscious child finally began to wake up.
"Sorry, but what's going right now?" Takeru asked as he scanned the area to notice that it was very quiet.
"We've been separated from the others..." Patamon explained.
"Oh right, I remember now. After that shock we all flew in different directions... we've got to get back somehow,"
Looking around, the quietness provided some safety, but not much compared to the situation in the whole area. Takeru and Patamon quietly moved left of the park, avoiding any trees or bushes, as they too, were dark like the sky. The road in front of the two seemed to be safe, and Takeru peeked at both sides to make sure that the area is clear. The pair moved out onto the road, and the noise around them suddenly exploded.
The sky roared and what seemed like pillars rained down on Patamon and Takeru's location. Immediately, they began to jump around to avoid the attacks.
"Hey, what is that!?" Takeru asked looking up in horror as a series of dark lights came down on the area.
"Over here!" Called a voice from further away, and without any thought, the two ran towards the voice's source from an alley.
Once the two were inside, they noticed the area was sort of like a refuge area with many other children as well as their Digimon. As Takeru and Patamon looked around, hand reached out to Takeru, and turning around, he saw Hikari.
"Hikari!" Takeru said in relief.
"Looks like we got lucky, the others went far off, but I guess you're lucky I saw you just now" Hikari explained.
"Yeah, I didn't know that Demon's work could go as far as this, we were only gone for a little while..."
"Yes, but it looks like he planned this from the beginning, so we're at a disadvantage,"
"So how are we going to do this? We got ambushed as well as separated,"
"Tailmon is currently looking around the area for some way to get back to the others, but we'll just have to wait for now... And as for everyone here... they are just trying to get some sleep, so we'd just have to keep quiet for now"
Sitting down, Takeru found a comfortable spot along with Patamon and Hikari, but they all knew that the rest is nothing compared an actual night's rest. There is not going to be Special Forces from outside the world to come and liberate this small piece of land. At least not right now anyway. Even worse is that falling asleep could mean the end here, as normally everyone would be inside their homes and sleeping, but today was different. Even in the dead of the night, dread continued to dwell inside them.
At another location further away are Iori and Miyako, who both have troubles trying to get around since there were either traps or some Digimon mowing everything down in its path. In front of them is a ruined part of the city with only one building that is standing, but still in pieces.
"So how are we going to get back with everyone else? This place is too dangerous," Miyako noted, hoping that there would be nothing out to specifically hunt for them.
"We've fallen for a trap that was really well planned out... our usual strategies won't work out since we're separated..." Iori said, knowing the odds are against them.
"I just hope that maybe we could get some sleep, this is tiring..." Armadimon complained.
"That's another thing, we're exhausted as well from the previous adventure that we don't even have time for a respite before this invasion, and we are at a serious disadvantage. So we'll probably have to rely on sneaking through the enemy lines to rendezvous with our friends..." Iori explained.
"Hawkmon! Evolve right now; we need to get back to the others as quickly as possible!" Miyako demanded.
"What? I can't do that, look at the sky, we'll crash down in no time," Hawkmon said in defence.
"I don't think we can even evolve in this kind of condition, this whole field that is set up with the same dark powers that we've been dealing with," Iori noted.
"Well, so much for that idea... So what can we do?" Miyako asked.
"We wait, and look for a good opening and then we try to sneak through, we don't want to waste our strength that is limited already," Iori said, as he observed ahead of them to notice a chaotic pattern of rubble as well as traps.
Daisuke breathed a sigh of relief as he looked to see that the BlackGrowmon is defeated. "Finally! That was exhausting!"
"Hey, you're the one who wanted to confront him head on..." Wallace said, smiling to Daisuke.
"Yeah, but was I suppose to know that he is much stronger than the one I read about? Anyway, perhaps we could try to sneak around them next time, but we still need to get to where Demon might be hiding soon," Daisuke reasoned.
"Perhaps I can help with that," Offered a voice from the right.
Turning to the right direction, Daisuke and Wallace sees Ken and Wormmon peeking out from their hiding place.
"Oh wow Ken! You're still alive!" Daisuke said.
Still alive? Is that how you greet your friends, Daisuke? Wallace thought as he laughed in his mind at how Daisuke could act in such a manner towards all his friends.
"Well, yes... I am well, Daisuke... but right now we have something much more important to do, right?" Ken replied, ignoring the 'still alive' comment.
"Yes, we were just thinking that if we are able to find Demon's hiding place, we could draw him out. Once happens, his powers will obviously fly from one end of the place to another, and our friends should have no problems with finding us then..." Daisuke explained while looked at him with disbelief.
"Are you sure that would work? Demon might be able to destroy us before our friends even come near to our location..." Ken asked, then looked over to Wallace, who put up his hands and put up a face that said 'I can't change his crazy and stubborn mind'
"Well, there must be some other way that's safer..." Ken thought.
"We've always risked these kinds of things in the past, and it's not like we'll fight him alone..." Wormmon reasoned to Ken.
"And if we run into trouble, we'll feed Daisuke to Demon" Terriermon added, as Daisuke looked to the dog-bunny with a pinch of annoyance.
"Hey!" Daisuke complained.
"So moving on..." Wallace began, ignoring the comments earlier, "I guess we'll just have to use that one crazy suggestion since we don't have that much time... just don't get us killed, Daisuke"
"Don't worry, I won't!" Daisuke responded.
"I guess we'll just have to avoid fights as much as possible," Ken finished as he reluctantly agreed.
"Yeah, no more taking everything by brute force and going head-on towards them, ok?" Wallace said to Daisuke.
"Yes I know, we'll only fight to get through if we have to, I am really tired anyway..." Daisuke complained.
Afterwards, Ken explains the basic layout of the area as well as the easiest way to get to the centre, where Demon might be hiding out.
Without further delay, the group of six goes off to the sides of their current location, sneaking into a secret passage that is unseen by the invasion Digimon. Heading through the passage and into the next area where there is a few Darktyrannomon searching for prey. Seeing as how the giant monsters may be strong, but not really smart, the three decided to play an old trick as they notice a garden-type area nearby.
At once, six bushes come out into the opening, walking across the street. Of course, the plan had worked perfectly when the DarkTyranomon seem to be confused about the bushes and stepped closer and did not notice them from before. Only maybe a little too close at one point as Daisuke could see the foot right in front of his bush as a few leaves fall off.
Soon after, the six bushes continued their way into safety at the nearby passage where it is safe.
"Wow that was too close!" Daisuke said, breathing out from the tension from that scene.
"I thought he found out that we're here and was trying to eat us," Nat-chan breathed out.
"We're done with these bushes right? I think they were starting to get very itchy to move with" Wallace said.
"Yeah, and it looks like we're closer now too, take a look at that..." Daisuke pointed to the sky as a dark mist seems to fill the air in the area they are looking at.
As the six move forward a little to the next area, they discover that there is a large hole in front of them in the street. Stepping back to avoid falling, as they also noticed that where they came from is now blocked off with a wall. As if that was not enough, a few fires seem to fall from the sky.
"What is this? This doesn't make sense!" Terriermon complained as they all tried to avoid the falling fire.
Somebody is playing some sort of trick, but how? I didn't hear a wall shift in place, so where we came from shouldn't be blocked off... Daisuke thought as he missed the calls of his friends as he looked up to notice a meteor-like rock on fire fall on him and engulf him in flames.
"So what are we going to do now?" Takeru asked, looking out into the corner to see if there would be something approaching.
"Maybe once Tailmon gets back, then we can start to find out where everyone else is, since we have no idea what's around right now," Hikari explained.
"I hope everyone else is safe too, because this is really hard on all of us right now," Patamon said, as he also peeked outside from the hideout.
Quietness seems to roam the streets, but they all knew that the shadows could be hiding their enemy right at this moment, and it is best not to act until they know what is ahead. After another moment's time, which seemed like an eternity in this situation, a landing sound echoed. Looking, up Tailmon returns to bring a report on the area.
"Tailmon! How is everything?" Hikari asked.
"Everything seems to be fine; this location is safe for the time being as the rampaging Digimon are off in another direction. Also, I think we should head left from here, I sense can see a dark mist rising" Tailmon report, and taking notice of Takeru and Patamon, "You two made it here too?"
"Yes, we were wandering around when Hikari called us after seeing us in a dangerous situation, and we were waiting for you to come back" Patamon said.
"Ok, so now that we have a lead on where to go, should we head there?" Hikari asked.
"Yes, but what about everyone else in this hideout?" Takeru responded.
"Don't worry about them, they are actually a close group that can take care of themselves, and they can put up resistance, so they're safe, and Tailmon said there is no danger around here right?" Hikari replied.
"Ok, then let's quietly head to that direction, maybe we can find all our friends and end this mess..." Tailmon finished, taking lead of the way. "We still have to be cautious though, something or someone may still be around"
As the four headed out, the quietness gave a chilly feeling, but not enough to stop them as they went left. As they passed through a park that Takeru went through before, they suddenly notice a slight change of atmosphere around them, looking around they tried to find out what was happening.
After looking around a little with no success on what could happen, a large circle appeared at their feet, and at once, a cylinder-shaped dark pillar erupted from the circle, trapping the four inside. A huge fear crippled them as they felt an overwhelming dark power over, as well as a sinister laugh.
Walking into the city for a few minutes seems to be hours because of not only the situation, but also fighting off the drowsiness in their minds, as Miyako and Iori with their partners tried to look for some clue to where they may be going.
"This is beyond tiring... and we're not really making any progress with where to go, are we?" Armadimon complained, feeling weak on all fours.
"I know, if only we get a clear view of this area, then we would know where to go, but since we don't have an idea, our best option is to guess where to go" Iori explained.
"A clear view? Oh! Leave that to me! Hawkmon, we need to evolve so we can get on top of there," Miyako pointed to the tallest building in their current location.
"Shouldn't we try to save our strength for a real battle instead of this?" Hawkmon suggested.
"He's right, we can just climb this thing, it's shouldn't be that hard either, because you can see the stairs from here" Iori said, pointing to the stairway outside on the building wall.
Without hesitation, the four went their way into the build and to their surprise, there were also DarkLizamon digging through stuff in that building too. However, that did not discourage them from their objective, as they sneaked past the first floor and out into the stairway. Only then were they spotted.
"Run for it! We'll have to trick them somehow at the roof to avoid fighting as well as coming down the same way!" Iori instructed as the door below burst open with their pursuers.
After a short pursuit, the four reached the roof. In their vision to the right is a dark misty area that seemed to be distinct compared to the other areas.
"That must be the place we need to get to!" Miyako noted.
"Yes, and now we should find a way back down without being spotted... hey, weren't someone chasing us earlier?" Iori said as he noticed there was no one going up after them.
After a look around, a condensing power, seem to create a magical dome over a large portion of the roof, trapping the four inside.
"I can't move!" Armadimon said.
Being stuck in the dome, they wondered what would happen next, and it seemed like an eternity before something did happen. The dome flipped downwards into a crater type of shape and brought the four into the ground. Only that this was not the ground, this is what seemed like an inverse world with the rooftops upside down, but they were still inside the dome. However, they could move freely inside the dome now.
Demon continued to look at the situation of the chosen children from above in the skies; it was all right for the time being. Although he may have sent out some of his most skilled servants to dispose of them, he fears that they might not be enough.
"This is unbelievable... even after all that work, they still manage to find out about where I am... and I just can't pack up and leave, since I do have some prisoners in that spot. Oh well, if they actually make it out of these situations alive, then I will take care of them myself, and I'd better prepare the battlefield here too, just in case..." Demon mused as he strengthened his barrier around his hideout. Being in the centre of all the chaos, Demon has set up a sort of a throne in this area with a pentagon-shaped perimeter that has a kind of fabric wall going upwards into the sky, and the top is closed making his place like a pentagon-tower structure.
The best accomplishment however, was Demon's current prisoners along with their partners. These included Agumon, Gabumon, Piyomon, Tentomon and Gomamon. Although earlier, a Palmon with her partner has escaped with their lives just barely alive. That did not bother Demon though, he could easily get them if he wanted to, but they were of no threat to them as of now.
So this part is not as short as I had in mind, so a bit longer probably and then eventually building up to a big one. Also, the bit on Digimon Frontier inside Daisuke's Digimon Tamers manga is just to make sense as Digimon Tamers originally had Digimon Adventure and 02 in there, which does not make sense here.
And I would also like to take this time to say that there are some formatting issues because of the site, there may be some errors that are out of reach.