Author's Note: The Tamers find and confront the last two Devas, but as they attack, Beelzemon and his Tamer are overcome with an awakened power that may be out of their control...

Chapter 14: Unleash the Rage

The group decided to travel southward to get to the Southern Gate. From what Calumon told them, the Sovereigns would probably listen to the Sovereign Zhuqiaomon, the one closest to their current location. Cheyenne thought of the idea of talking to Zhuqiaomon…but then wondered if he also knew Lucemon and had the Devas do the Demon Lord of Pride's bidding. Then again, the Devas could have been disobeying the Sovereigns and working for the Demon Lords out of their own free will.

"Hey, are ya spacin' out again?" Beelzemon shouted as he flicked Cheyenne in the head.

Cheyenne rubbed her sore scalp and glared at Beelzemon. "Don't bother me when I'm thinking! Sheesh… I was just thinking…maybe I could go talk to the Sovereign Zhuqiaomon."

"Cheyenne, are you sure you want to deal with a Digimon that powerful? Even with Beelzemon and the others, we could still have trouble." Anna worried.

"Just hear me out. I think the Sovereigns don't tolerate what's been going on, but they've not been able to do anything about it for some reason. I think the Devas turned against the Sovereigns… So maybe if I ask, Zhuqiaomon could help us!"

"You know…that's not a bad idea." Dakota agreed. "But if you go by yourself, just be careful. Make sure this guy actually likes company."

"I know. If I get in a bind, then come help me."

Cheyenne strolled ahead with Beelzemon walking beside her. She glanced at the demon and let out a soft sigh. Ever since coming to the Digital World…Beelzemon's behavior was different. Actually, it was much different ever since the fight with Indramon. The demon seemed more easily agitated and he seemed to be less empathetic and less worried about the other Tamers and fellow Digimon. She suddenly remembered the dying words of Vajramon and started to worry.

Was this the Deva's plan all along? Were they not harming humans and Digimon just for fun? Were they bringing harm just to provoke Beelzemon's lust for power? The lust he had until he met her? She didn't want to believe it…but it was the only possibility that made sense, especially since every time they fought a Deva, the Deva solely focused on Beelzemon and tried to goad him into doing something reckless.

"Ya sure this is a good idea? That overgrown bird could just charge at us like we were rabid dogs."

"It has to work. If we show Zhuqiaomon that we mean no harm, then maybe he could command the last of the Devas to stop."

"Even if he was never the one givin' orders?"

"Right."

The two reached the Southern Gate's bridge and found it to be unnaturally lengthy; just looking at how long it was made them exhausted. Cheyenne pulled out one of her cards and examined it.

"If I give you some wings, we could get there faster."

"You two are not going anywhere!" A voice declared.

Beelzemon and Cheyenne turned around to see a short-statured monkey-like Deva opposing them. Cheyenne's D-Power determined him to be Makuramon, the Monkey Deva. Beelzemon pulled out one of his Berenjenas and aimed right in the center of Makuramon's eyes.

"What's a puny monkey like ya gonna do if we don't listen ta ya?" Beelzemon taunted.

"Then I will MAKE you stay!" Makuramon shouted as he extended his hands. "PRIMAL ORB!"

Two beams of light shot out from Makuramon's hands and at Beelzemon and Cheyenne. The two found themselves incased in giant bubbles that they couldn't break out of no matter how hard they pounded them.

"Beelzemon, I can't get out!" Cheyenne panicked.

"Keep tryin'! These things can't hold us forever!" Beelzemon assured.

"FENRIR SWORD!"

"KAHUNA WAVES!"

A freezing slash and multiple heart-shaped bubbles made impact with the Primal Orbs and shattered them, effectively freeing Beelzemon and Cheyenne. Anna and Kaitlyn came riding with Dakota and Erika when they sensed their friends were in trouble. Once they were dropped off, Cerberusmon and Angewomon took over.

"EMERALD BLAZE!"

"CELESTIAL ARROW!"

Makuramon panicked as he dodged the green fire and arrow of light. He felt cornered and completely outmatched until a voice shouted out, "HOWL OF THE HEAVENS!"

A shockwave came out and knocked back the Tamers and their Digimon. Cheyenne looked for the source and found a large dog-like Digimon that had to be the last Deva. She slowly got up and shouted, "You're Caturamon, aren't you!?"

"You humans are smarter than you look. Yes, I am Caturamon, one of the mighty Devas!" He paused and narrowed his eyes. "Humans like you make me sick; you've reduced us to the last two Devas! I can't believe you were able to have control over the Demon Lord Beelzemon!"

"I ain't bein' controlled! I got my own free will…and I chose to be with Chey!"

Caturamon smirked and chuckled. "Is that it? Are you sure you weren't enslaved to her the moment she received that accursed D-Power? You can't get away from her as long as it is in her possession. You are her pet…her slave forevermore."

"Shut up! What do ya know about me!?" Beelzemon shouted.

"There's a lot to be known about you, Beelzemon. I know that you were abused as a Rookie by the ones you knew as your parents, and that you were a complete outcast. You felt a glimmer of hope for your pathetic existence when you met that human girl…but she soon left and never came back, didn't she? She never cared about you; she lied to you! She used you just like this one is using you now!"

"I…I said SHUT UP!" Beelzemon screamed as he fired a Double Impact that was off target.

"You don't want to face the fact that you can never be loved! You don't want to face your destiny because it will cost you a chance to have someone care for you! Well, it's just pitiful to ignore your destiny! YOU MUST EMBRACE IT!" Caturamon paused and saw his sights on the other humans. "HOWL OF THE HEAVENS!"

As her friends were tossed around by the shockwave, Cheyenne felt her own rage build up, especially when Makuramon added insult to injury by laughing at their pain. She tightly gripped her D-Power enough that a plastic creak came from it. She cast her eyes down and muttered, "Now you've done it…"

Anna looked up and saw a dark aura surrounding Cheyenne that was channeling itself into Beelzemon. She knew very well that a Tamer's emotions directly affected their Digimon when they were at their heightened state. Anna knew that Cheyenne's rage would go straight to Beelzemon…and there was a huge possibility something horrible would happen. She got up off the ground and shouted, "Cheyenne, control yourself!"

But it was too late. Cheyenne held out her D-Power and shouted, "Beelzemon, I COMMAND YOU TO KILL THEM! KILL THE DEVAS!"

Beelzemon had his eyes cast down and then he looked up at Caturamon and Makuramon. The look in his eyes radiated a complete lust for blood. A devilish grin appeared on his face and he answered, "…With pleasure."

Beelzemon charged for Makuramon first and landed a hard punch into the monkey Deva's jaw. He proceeded to grab his arms and extend them behind his back as he smashed his boot into his back. Makuramon turned his head to face him in panic and demand, "What do you think you're doing!?"

The demon smirked dangerously as venom burned in his crimson eyes. "I'm gonna enjoy making ya scream!"

Makuramon started screaming as Beelzemon's boot pressed on his back and his arms were slowly being pulled out of their sockets. Cheyenne stared at this and she immediately calmed down as the realization of what she was making Beelzemon do hit her. She called out in a shaky voice, "…Okay, Beelzemon, you can stop…"

Beelzemon glanced over and shouted, "I don't take orders from you anymore!"

The girl could only watch in horror as Beelzemon yanked out Makuramon's arms, causing the monkey Deva to crumble into data that the demon loaded with a cackle. He soon turned his attention to Caturamon. "Yer turn, you stupid mutt."

Caturamon slowly backed away in horror. "L-Lucemon didn't mention this… You must be destroyed!"

As the dog Deva readied an attack, Beelzemon came up with blinding speed and knocked him down. He proceeded to press his boot on Caturamon's temple and grin in an evil manner. He lifted his boot up slightly and muttered, "Goodbye, mutt."

With one stomp, Beelzemon crushed Caturamon's head and reduced him to loaded data. The other humans and Digimon watched this in horror and found themselves paralyzed by fear. Erika held onto Dakota and shouted, "Cheyenne, make him stop!"

Cheyenne didn't answer; she just knelt to the ground and stared at the carnage. She stared at her D-Power and saw it had a huge crack in the screen and casing. It dropped out of her hand along with her cards and the device was barely an impact away from crumbling. She stared at Beelzemon cackling as he felt himself get stronger and stronger.

"…What have I done…?"