I apologise this chapter has taken my a while to upload but between a lot of real life stuff, I haven't had much free time. Anyway, I should have another chapter uploaded by next monday.
The details for the female Oc main character in the previous chapter, I look forward to all and any submissions.
I hope you all read, enjoy and review.
They were all in posistion. The targets were directly in the centre of a valley. It had taken them constant travelling for a day and half to reach the dark, damp rusting brown valley. It had been a simple process to track down their chosen targets. Track down stragglers from a camp and some guards, beat information out of them and follow the lead. It was a brutally efficient process that had left a sour taste in their mouths. Tai had said it wasn't honourable, Trace had simply turned his head. Will took it in his stride, almost used to it. Now , here they were. Tai was hidden behind a small outcrop of rocks, Wargreymon close by. They were over looking the rusting valley, targets slowly approaching them. Trace was hidden down on the ground floor, Black Wargreymon completely hidden from view. Hidden away from view all together at the opposite end of the valley, forming a triangle, Will and Lightmon waited. The plan involved them staying out of the fight. Will and Lightmon had grudgingly agreed, despite wanting to back up their friends.
The information had been clear. The two main generals were meeting at the Red Valley floor, to use what was left of a Digital gate. No one had been quite sure where the gate lead, but the word with the soliders was the Sovereign would alter it. The trio had decided, this is where they would stop them. In the middle of the valley floor, stood a large dark grey ash archway with black tinted dusty glass. Plan A involved in beating the generals and capturing the gate, Plan B was to retreat through the gate. How plan B was going to work was anyones guess. One small flicker and instantly, standing next to the gate stood the now dark silver Warrior Strikemon.
Nothing needed to be said. Everyone's heart lurched forward. The possibility of only one general showing up had been discussed and they know the plan of action. Silence descended as Black Warygreymon tore through the air at blistering speed, Warrior Strikemon could do nothing to avoid the full force of the attack. The two figures crashed into the valley wall before both rebounding off into seperate stances.
"The infamous Black Wargreymon. Never expected to fight you. You're supposed to be dead." Warrior Strikemon shifted slightly, raising his arms into a defensive stance.
"I was reassembled, so I could deal with trash like you. I've been looking forward to this fight for a while." Black Wargreymon raced forward ready to dummy to the right. Warrior Strikemon stepped up to him, spun and landed a hard crunching kick to Black Wargreymon's knee. Before he could react, Warrior Strikemon smashed the back of his fist into the back of Black Wargreymon's head, knocking him to the floor. Before Warrior Strikemon could do anymore, Black Wargreymon swung his leg out, in a low sweeping kick before pushing forward and twisting to his feet.
"You're supposed to be something to be feared. I'm surprised they even bothered reviving you. No, I'm surprised they made you into a real Digimon. Not a control spire rip off." Warrior Strikemon chose his words carefully and dressed in a sneer tone. Black Wargreymon growled dangerously. Black Wargreymon charged again, his strikes were deadly, precise and lightning fast. Warrior Strikemon struggled to keep track , several times Black Wargreymon's dramon killers scratched the silver polished armour. Warrior Strikemon siezed the tinest of openings and dashed in, his elbow slamming hard into Black Wargreymon's mid section before pulling back his fist and delievering a skull shattering uppercut to Black Wargreymon's chin. As Black Wargreymon stumbled back, Warrior Strikemon clenched his fist, a torrent of dull grey air formed at the end of the fist before he rushed in, delivering a shattering blow to Black Wargreymon's midsection. Black Wargreymon rocketed back, almost slamming into the other valley wall.
Trace swore. He had to sit there and watch his partner get beaten half way to hell. It was brutal. They hadn't come across someone this strong in a while. His thumb traced his crest on the D-core. What good was having it when it didn't activate? Even when his partner was in danger? Trace willed with everything he could, but it wouldn't activate. Not even his crest would glow. Trace clenched the D-core in a fist before shoving it into a pocket. He had no other option, he didn't want to use this here but there wasn't any other way out. Trace pulled out his Digivice and ran towards Black Wargreymon. The familiar beeping echoed all around, earning a confussed stare from Tai.
"Black Wargreymon! We have to do it, he's too strong otherwise!" As Black Wargreymon pulled himself up, he didn't protest as both he and Trace were englufed in a golden light. As the two golden lights collided , they began to take on one new whole form.
"Black Wargreymon X!" Everyone except Will and Lightmon stared in complete shock as the new form emerged from the golden light. Sharper, crueler armour. One being instead of two. An air of eerie terror rolled off in waves. Tai took a sharp intake of breath, War Greymon watched on, glad that Black Wargreymon was now on their side. Warrior Strikemon rasied both his arms in defence.
"What the hell are you!" Pure terror. No one could blame him. A chill went down everyone's spine. The Digimon before them was terrifying.
"I'm an "X" Digimon. I'm stronger and more advanced than most Digimon will ever be. I am a combination of Trace and Black Wargreymon. In other words, you're in trouble." Even the dual voice of Trace and Black Wargreymon sounded sinister, almost mutated. In the blink of an eye, Black Wargreymon X was upon Warrior Strikemon, launching attack after attack. A trail of destruction tore across the ground and one of the valley walls in a hail of a dust and showering rock.
"What the hell is that?" Tai cringed, that amount of power wasn't natural, Digidestined or not. Will merely smirked from where he sat. He had only seen Black Wargreymon X in action once. He had never heard of X digimon before or since. There was no information on them, all he knew was they were more advanced, stronger, quicker and deadly. At least the supposedly only one in existance was on their side. Will had gone over the sceanrio in his head, without being able to activate the D-cores, Trace had done the right thing.
Warrior Strikemon backed away, rebounding across the area. He couldn't see, red rotten dust had been kicked up everywhere. One of Black Wargreymon X's mutated dramon killers tore through the dust, knocking Warrior Strikemon out of the dust cloud. His armour now torn and buckled. One lucky kick knocked Black Wargreymon X back from another attack but in the blink of an eye, the black armoured Digimon knocked Warrior Strikemon to the floor with a whim. Silence rang out as rocks and debris showered the valley floor. Nothing moved except for the heavy breathing of certain individuals. Crack. Black Wargreymon X crashed into the ground, metal buckling and twisting under the force.
"Wargreymon! Go!" Tai urged his partner on, he had witness who the attacker was. Omega Strikemon. Wargreymon tore into the air , hiding in the dust cloud waiting to see how his opponent would move. Omega Strikemon pulled his sword back, his eyes pinned to where Black Wargreymon X had crashed. An eerie green glow from his weapon of choice illuminated his armour, not a scartch. Wargreymon burst out from the red dust cloud, body slamming Omega Strikemon causing him to drop his sword. Omega Strikemon kicked against Wargreymon , causing him to let go and the two to stop in mid air.
"I hope you enjoyed being buried under that moutain." Wargreymon growled playfully. He was honestly shocked that Omega Strikemon had survived.
"I'll make sure to return the favour." Omega Strikemon vanished from sight, only to appear behind Wargreymon knocking him forward. In the blink of an eye, Omega Strikemon struck Wargreymon from another direction. Omega Strikemon moved faster than anything before, stirking Wargreymon in every direction.
"Grand strike!" Omega Strikemon's fist turned into a ball of dark violent green flame , before using it to send Wargreymon flying down to the valley floor. Tai watched on, helpless.
"Why won't this thing work!" Tai's eyes darted from the D-core to Will. Why wasn't it activating? Tai stared intensly at his crest of courage. Nothing. Not even a glimmer. Had they missed something? A tiny piece of information? A trial? Debris showered around him as he covered his head with his arms to defend himself. Tai looked up, Wargreymon had just thrown a tiny terra force into an attack from Omega Strikemon. The resulting explosion had impacted on the wall of the valley, clearing the red dust cloud away. Tai and Will's eyes darted to the scene on the valley floor. Black Wargeymon X and Warrior Strikemon locked in combat, deflecting attacks at high speed. Warrior Strikemon leapt away, creating a large distance between the two.
"Omega Strikemon! Cover me!" All eyes turned to the green winged knight as he dodged a close ranged attack from Wargreymon turned and shot to Black Wargreymon X. Wargreymon chased after him, as Omega Strikemon began to launch a fury of attacks on the two metal dragons. Warrior Strikemon hunched over, his cape detacthed and fliterreed away in the wind. He dug his hands into the ground, and the sounds of metal crashing against metal echoed all around.
"What's he doing?" Black Wargreymon X asked, dodging another attack. Wargreymon lunged in, just scratching one of the metal wings of Omega Strikemon.
"Doesn't matter, we just need to stop him!" Wargreymon shouted back as he stumbled past Omega Strikemon. He took his chance and tried to kick off so he could rocket towards Warrior Strikemon. Omega Strikemon vanished and sent Wargreymon flying back.
"Quantum formation!" Pillars of fleshy grey substance shot out from the ground and began to pool and form together into two seperate large lumbering forms. It grew in size, causing all Digimon to back away from the area. The grey lumbering forms grew to impossible sizes, black rings spreading around the flesh. In moments, two huge lumbering malformed human figures towered over the Digimon.
"Just the opening I needed." Warrior Strikemon pulled his arms from the ground and clenched his fists. Torrents of wind formed at the end of each fist, travelling dangerously around his arms.
Will had been watching. Nothing had gone as they had thought it would. He was still meant to stay out of it for a while yet. He fidgeted nervously, his fingers tracing the pattern of his crest on the D-core. They should be active by now. Will and Lightmon watched on , as their friends dodged attacked from four fronts at the same time.
"Do you think you could Digivolve and take those two out from long range?" Will asked quietly.
"Probably. They could probably take a few long range attacks, but if I cut them, they'll fall." Lightmon then shrugged. Will cocked an eyebrow. Was Lightmon itching for a battle that badly?
"So, hit and run out of the dust cloud?" Will smirked, deviating from a plan, going against orders, striking down several enemies. Sounds like any other day. In a flash of golden light, the blue Warrior Strikemon disappeared into the dust cloud. As Wargreymon was about to be crushed by one of the massive, lumbering limbs, several discs of lightning seered through the limb making the figure stumble back. Hundreds of needle thin rods of lightning piereced the flesh of the grey creature, tearing it apart completely. Wargreymon understood instantly what was happening and pushed forward in an effort to burst through the middle of the creature. Wargreymon collided with Omega Strikemon, before the two engaged in their own duel once more. Wolf Warrior Strikemon moved around inside the small dust cloud that was left, careful to avoid Black Wargreymon X using it as cover as well. A figure shot past in the cloud, Black Wargreymon X closesly followed by the silver Warrior Strikemon. There, the opening. With a flick of his wrist, a hug thunder bolt crashed down and destroyed the second lumbering monster in seconds.
"Oh yeah, real subtle!" Will said harshly from where he was hidden. He could practically hear Tai's eyes bulging out of his head. Everything stopped, the dust cloud had vanished instantly. No one made a move as the Wolf Warrior Strikemon stood there, his blue armour revealed for all to see.
"lovely red valley isn't it? Digimon say this is where two of the original Digidestined died." Will's heart froze. His entire body couldn't move. This couldn't be happening. He couldn't be here. Out of the corner of his eye, Will could see him. He was directly behind him. Alpha Strikemon.
"Will!" Warrior Strikemon moved incredibly fast. He couldn't let his best friend get hurt. Will felt a slight draft behind him. His eyes darted to his partner.
"Watch out!" Too late. Alpha Strikemon knocked Warrior Strikemon out of the sky.
"I'll handle them. You two get back." Alpha Strikemon's voice was calm and collected. Almost gentle. The silver Warrior Strikemon and Omega Strikemon looked at each other and quickly darted away. Both Wargreymon looked at each other before nodding and rocketed towards their new target. Their hearts stopped. They were going against a god, for each of them a second time. Black Wargreymon X stopped and let Wargreymon take charge. Black Wargreymon X formed a large spehere of green energy and held it. Wargreymon zipped in and launched a close ranged attack, Alpha Strikemon simply side stepped it and knocked him back. A huge sphere shot towards Alpha Strikemon.
"Dark gaia force!" Black Wargreymon X had effectively used his friend as a living decoy and he hated himself for it. Alpha Strikemon used the back of his hand to send the sphere shooting off in another direction. Warrior Strikemon appeared from behind, his sword raised. His sword crashed through thing air as Alpha Strikemon vanished and reappeared behind him. One swift motion and Warrior Strikemon was sent crashing to the ground again. As Warrior Strikemon picked himself up, he looked at Black Wargreymon X.
" Destroy the gate, I'll hold him back." Black Wargreymon X took off, closely followed by Wargreymon. Warrior Strikemon charged his quickest attack, and let fly a small ball of lightning, easily destroying the gate. He turned to see his friends fighting the god. They were now stranded, out powered and could be outnumbered easily. With a flick of his wrist, lightning crashed down time after time, just missing Alpha Strikemon. He didn't have time to Digivolve now.
"Come on! Work you stupid thing!" Will examined the D-core in every possible way. He turned it, checked it, looked for any hidden symbols or lids. Nothing. He even searched his Digivice, tried to link them. Nothing. He couldn't even tap into his crest. He looked at where Tai and Trace were hidden to see they were doing the same thing. They had no back up weapon.
The three mega level Digimon zipped in and out , they had set up a routine. One would fly in , distract, another would attack and one would act as back up or cover. Warrior Strikemon flew in , Alpha Strikemon reacted too quickly.
"Advanced push." A single movement, and Warrior Strikemon's armour was blackened, cracked and dented as he plumetted towards the earth. He couldn't move. He couldn't feel anything. He watched on as his two friends were left to fight on their own. Wargreymon growled in pure anger , he never saw the attack coming. One of Alpha Strikemon's hands tore through Wargreymon's armour, letting him fall casually to the floor as his eyes went blank.
"Wargreymon!" Tai cried out in horror. Black Wargreymon X blocked as many attacks as possible, each one chipping away his armour. There was nothing he could do. He couldn't take much more. A few more hits an-crack. His eyes went wide. Alpha Strikemon had pierced his armour. Black Wargreymon X stumbled back. One more attack and in a burst of golden light, Black Wargreymon and Trace plumetted to the ground.
"Trace!" Both Will and Tai called out from beisde their partners. They watched as Black Wargreymon and Trace fell unconciously towards them. Alpha Strikemon extended his hand and clicked. A large green tear opened in the sky above them.
"Omega Strikemon. Warrior Strikemon. Go to Earth now. Create an army on your way. I have sent away our other forces on another assignment." The two nodded and rocketed off, through the tear in the sky. This was the end of their battle. Alpha Strikemon created a small white sphere in his hand and sent it rocketing down to the earth below.
"Shit." Will cursed quietly. He knew what it was. This was it. They had lost. Tai's eyes went wide, no it couldn't be happening. The leader of the worlds Digidestined couldn't be beaten here. Trace crashed into the ground ontop of Black Wargreymon. Black Wargreymon had adjusted himself to help Trace before passing out. His final thoughts were that of lost honour. A chance of never truly redeeming himself. The sphere impacted on the ground, silently and instantly it expanded, tearing away the entire red valley. When the light died down and the dust cleared. There was nothing left. Everything had been pushed away, torn apart and broken down into nothing but dust. Now, only a dark brown earthy crater was left. Alpha Strikemon looked back before entering the small green tear above him.
"You were never meant to do any of this." With a final look over his shoulder, he entered the tear as it closed.
"Gennai! Gennai!" A short boy with dark crusted brown hair tore into Gennai's office. No one moved, or was looking at each other. Izzy was staring at a wall, clenching his fists. His crisp white shirt had small wet marks. Alex Stone had put headphones in and was now blasting music directly to his brain. Gennai looked up slowly.
"What is it?" He asked slowly. There was nothing left, it was as if he had been broken in two.
"Their signals! Trace, Will and Tai! Gone!" The boy almost seemed shocked as no one made any movement on the shocking news.
"We are aware. We picked it up on Izzy's laptop just now." Gennai looked away, turning to his desk.
"What does that mean?" The young boy asked. In his mind, they had simply got lost.
"It means they failed."