-1Amara and Tammy entered the main room of the scientists' lair to find no one was around. Irvine, Lunn and Desiree weren't there at all. Just Ali, standing in the corner and staring into space like a zombie. Amara looked Lee's girlfriend over and sighed. Her hair was hanging down past her shoulders, but it wasn't groomed well... very unlike Ali.
"Tammy... do you think any of the real Ali is left in there?"
"That is an illogical question, Amara," responded Tammy, almost as zombie like as Alison. she walked over and stood next to Ali like a statue. Brown and blonde hair, they both belonged to Desiree, body and mind now.
"I'm guessing that's a no... but I don't even see any of the old Tammy either..." sighed Amara. "Why doesn't Desiree just possess me and spare me this god damn pain and loneliness! I want to talk to someone who doesn't speak like a robot!!!"
Amara kicked a chair and it flew across the room, smashing into the central computer that Irvine usually worked on. It jump-started on and booted up. Amara knew she wasn't supposed to touch it... but no one was around.
"You guys don't tell on me," she said to Tammy and Ali, more of a joke than anything. She walked over and hunched in front of the machine, the glow of the computer screen lighting up her exhausted face.
"What's on this thing anyway? Files on each Hikari chosen... and Yami chosen... where's me?"
Amara scrolled past the names Lee Trainer, Nathan Klentz and Jeska Nekona before she came to her own name. She clicked on it and a huge file on her was brought up. A picture of her, Crystalmon with all evolutions... some evolutions she hadn't even seen yet! Plus measurements, living arrangements, looks, family, history... even a list of her friends and where she shopped!
"How the hell do they get this...? They even got my bra size..."
Amara squinted and narrowed her eyes on the bold red text that said 'history'. She thought perhaps it contained the answers she seeked. She moved her finger down the touch screen and pressed on the word, but a flashing 'enter password' sign appeared.
"What?! Enter password? Wait a second..."
Amara went back and clicked on Jeska's file. She clicked history for Jeska and there was no password involved whatsoever.
"Hmm, why is my history so secret but Jeska's isn't? Something is fishy here. Haha, she weighs more than me. Uh, yeah, keep on track..."
Amara looked back at Tammy and Ali, still unmoving. She sweat-dropped.
"If anyone asks, I'm talking to you two. Not myself."
Amara clicked Nathan's file and confirmed her suspicions that she was the only one locked. She went back into her file to attempt to crack the code. She stretched her hands out and prepared to type.
"If they're old men, their password can't be too complex. I bet I know what it is..."
She typed in 'Trinity' and was correct. she was then bombarded with a 32 page essay on her life! Her jaw dropped as she glanced at it.
"I can't read all this! Someone will catch me! I'll just take a peek... 'Subject named Amara by her adoptive parents that found her when she was just assumed to be four months old on a rainy street in Tamur--' ... what?! I'm adopted?!"
Amara narrowed her eyes and checked family. It had written on it: 'Foster mother and father. Notes: Divorced and father is abusive to Amara. Real parents: inapplicable.'
"Inapplicable!?" she exclaimed a little loudly. "What in the flying blue hell--"
The computer screen shut off suddenly and she looked up to see Lunn holding the cord which plugged it into the wall. The former Karate teacher shook his head at her.
"Amara, what are you doing?"
"Leaving," grumbled Amara, standing upright and turning for the door.
"Amara, you can't leave without permission!" shouted Lunn. "Don't you want to learn more about your past? Only Desiree can tell you."
"I'm not leaving for GOOD, Lunn. Just going to get some air."
"Amara, you're still my pupil and I still care about you... so... I'll tell the others you're resting in your chambers. Be back before midnight."
Amara looked at Lunn, who smiled... a very rare sight. She nodded in a silent 'thank you' and exited through the metal doors, heading for the elevator.
i More like going to see what the hell my good-for-nothing father knows about me... /i
b u Heroes & Villains, Chapter Twenty: The Path of Hated; Destromon Appears! /u /b
"Here's all the money, James. Now please leave me alone!" shouted Father Flannigan, handing James a briefcase full of money from a lawsuit. James looked at the robed priest and then back at Hieshi and his father, both of whom were standing silent.
Black hair seemed to run in their family, in the males anyway. James, Hieshi and their dad all had black hair. They were all snappy dressers too, and had the arrogant attitude most rich people had.
"Thank you Father Flannigan. Hopefully our paths never cross again," said James, politely. "Merry Christmas."
"Oh I'll see you in hell you little..." muttered Father Flannigan, turning to walk back into the church. "Wait, I won't be going to hell! Just you."
"No, you will, you sick fuck," commented Hieshi from the sidewalk. "Get the hell out of my sight before I beat the crap outta you."
"Hieshi, watch your language!" scolded their dad. "I have a reputation to obtain in public, son. Beat the crap out of him later."
"He's not worth it..."
Hieshi got into the back of their limo, along with James. Their father went to drive it, since he liked driving himself more than having a chauffeur. They took off down the streets, where people were finishing putting their Christmas decorations up. It was Christmas Eve, and the Willington family would be making a flight to England to visit their family on Christmas Day.
Both Hieshi and James were dreading it. They hated England, and their family. As far as they were concerned, Christmas could fade away and the world would be a better place.
"Hey Hieshi... thanks for standing up for me back there..."
"I wasn't standing up for you, worm. I hate that sick freak because he's gay. And gay people should die."
"Don't you think that's a little extreme?"
"You should die too."
"Merry Christmas to you too."
"... quit saying that."
- - -
"Ohhh, Jingle Bells! Robin smells! Batman laid an egg! Joker lost a wheel and the Batmobile got away! Hey!" sang Ace while decorating the Christmas tree at their house. Nathan and Arik looked at him skeptically while passing him decorations.
"I don't think that's how it goes, Ace..." began Arik. Ace threw a bauble at him and hit him in the head.
"I'll sing how I want to sing," said Ace, snootily. "Nathan, give me the star."
Nathan passed him the star to put on top of the Christmas tree and Ace leaned over to put it on the tree. And fell off the ladder, into the tree, knocking the tree over and into a heap. Arik and Nathan sighed.
"Why must you do this every year...?" asked Nathan, massaging his brow. "It's... vexing."
Suddenly the doorbell rang, gathering all their attention.
"I'll get it!" shouted Ace. He tried to leap up, but he was firmly pinned under the Christmas tree.
"Uh... I'll get it," said Nathan, heading for the door while Arik helped Ace escape from the evil clutches of the Christmas tree. Nathan opened the door to see James standing there, holding some presents.
"Hey guys! I can't stay long, my brother and dad are waiting in the car," James told them, dumping the presents into Nathan's arms.
"Holy hell! These are heavy!" groaned Nathan, falling backwards. Arik and a pine-needle covered Ace walked into the main hall area.
"You mean you didn't invite Hieshi in for eggnog?" asked Ace sarcastically. "What a shame."
"Hey yeah, did you hear? He and the other Yami Chosen have Hikari D-Volvers now."
"So they have their partners back," said Arik. James nodded.
"Hieshi isn't too happy about it though. I think he liked being evil instead. I just hope he doesn't go nuts and try to kill us all."
"I wouldn't be surprised..." commented Ace. "Well, have a fun time in England, what-what."
"Yeah I wi-- hey, where are my presents?"
"Uhh..." began Ace. He picked up Arik and gestured him in James's direction. "... Arik's your present."
"You didn't get me anything, did you?"
"Bye!" shouted Ace, slamming the door in James's face and locking it. He sighed and leaned his back against the door. "Phew, that was almost... awkward."
Arik and Nathan stared at Ace in complete horror of his heartlessness. They had given him money to buy James a present with.
"We'll get him something on Boxing Day, when it's cheap! Now help me rebuild the Christmas Tree!"
"It's not a fake tree, though..." began Nathan.
"That's why god invented tape."
- - -
Amara walked down the slums of Tamur, keeping to herself as she navigated her way through the crowds on the sidewalks. Even in the less prosperous areas of Tamur, people were still scrambling to do their various Christmas errands.
The dark brunette didn't care about any of it though, as she wrapped her arms around her pink sweater in a vein attempt to keep herself warm. She watched her breath in the air as she came up to a familiar house. The garbage was laying in the front yard, and the house itself looked pretty scummy too.
i God, dad's a slob. No wonder mom left him... if that is what they really are to me. It doesn't look like he's home either, I don't see a car... /i
Amara walked up to the door and opened it. It was unlocked, as she knew it would be. She glanced around at the small house, seeing her dad truly was not home. She walked up the stairs into her old room and saw that it was untouched. Just the way she left it before she went to RTC. She glanced at a few dolls she used to collect and smiled.
"Hmmm, at least I can change my clothes..."
Amara disrobed and began to dig through her drawers for something to wear. She found a bra she particularly liked that was diamond studded. She got a pink shirt and found a black leather jacket as well.
"Black and pink go together well on me, I'm not sure why. Makes me look tough," she said to herself, throwing the clothes on and keeping her current jeans. She looked up at a picture she had on her shelf of her and Lee in the karate championships last year and sighed.
"I guess I don't really need him... I have... uh... myself..." she sighed, unable to find a way to cheer herself up. She picked up her Yami D-Volver, one of the few left, and looked it over. "Wait, I'm not alone... I have Crystalmon with me. She's sitting back at the base right now. Maybe I'll summon her to take a walk with me..."
"Hey! Amara, you up there?!" yelled a rough voice. It was her father.
"... or maybe later," she said to herself, pocketing the D-Volver. She directed her voice at the doorway to her room. "Yes dad! I'm here!"
She heard a rush of footsteps that led up to her room. Her father poked his worried and unshaven face in the door. He sighed in relief when he laid his eyes upon his beautiful daughter.
"Oh my god, you're alive! The police have been looking for you for days!"
"That's funny, you haven't before made it clear that you cared."
"I do... you're my daughter! Sometimes I just... sometimes I can't control my anger... but I'm so sorry Amara... never disappear again..."
He moved forward to embrace her, but she backed away from him.
"Stop! I need to know something first. ... am I adopted...?"
"What?! No!"
Amara sighed and decided it would be easier just to read his mind. Instantly she got the answer she wanted.
"I am," she sighed, looking at her feet. "Then... who are my real parents...?"
"Amara... it's... it was a strange thing... your mother and I couldn't believe our eyes..."
"About what?" asked Amara, deciding it would be better just to hear him say what he was going to say instead of reading his mind.
"We had been trying to conceive a child for almost a year, but it wasn't working. We were considering adopting, but... suddenly... a baby appeared."
"I appeared?"
"From the computer. We had no idea how it happened. You just... appeared."
Amara sensed he wasn't lying... and now she was more confused than she was in the first place! How the hell does someone appear from a computer?!
- - -
"Hieshi, James, pack up and be ready to leave by tonight," their father told them, getting out of the limo and heading into the house. Both boys exited it and stared at him as he went inside.
"I really don't want to go to England."
"Neither do I," replied Hieshi. He knew this would interfere with his plans to get rid of James. Oh how he hated his brother. Hieshi knew he had to do it now. Today. Finish this once and for all before he started attempting to eliminate Desiree.
"James. As you know, I'm a Hikari Chosen now."
"Yeah... glad to have you onboard!" said James, happily.
"Don't talk like that!" snarled Hieshi, angrily pulling him upwards by the front of his tux and slamming his back into the limo. Hieshi leaned forward so his face was parallel to James, hoping his message would come clear for once. "I'll NEVER be one of you!"
"Ugh, okay. You know Hieshi, I used to be a bully like you. Lee and I got into fights all the time. I changed... so should you!"
"I'm no bully," said Hieshi, throwing James onto the neatly-cut grass of their lawn. "I only hate one person: you."
"Just me?"
"I have no contempt for the others. Except for Lee, because of his power; and Jeska, because of her attitude."
"Oh you've just got some sick thing for her."
"Shut up, worm."
"Alright, I will shut up. If you tell me... why the hell do to make you hate me so much?! What have I ever done to you?" asked James, pulling himself off the grass. Hieshi stammered for minute, so as to think about his answer. "... well?"
"You don't even remember do you? You're stupid and you suffer from memory loss. Let me remind you of our childhood..."
FLASHBACK
James and Hieshi; no more than thirteen years old, were standing in front of their father as he sat at his desk, looking at some papers. Both black-haired boys were wearing miniature tuxes and staring at their father, as if they were expecting something.
"Well now James," their father began, staring at a piece of paper with his reading glasses on. "Almost straight A's. Your report card is excellent! Keep it up my boy, and you'll be doing great things with your life!"
"Thanks dad!"
"And Hieshi. Well, let's see... huh? What's this? You're not even passing any of your classes!!!"
"I tried!" protested the young Hieshi.
"Trying isn't good enough! I pay for the best private tutors, and THIS is what I get?!" snapped their father angrily, slamming Hieshi's report card down on his desk. "You have to quit daydreaming and get with the program, son!"
"I'm just not interesting in learning all this stuff! I want to--"
"I don't care what you want to do! Why can't you be more like James?!"
i Hieshi, that wasn't my fault! /i
i Yes it was! If you weren't around, I would've been the favorite!!! You may not remember this, but it happened after you left... /i
"Now that James is gone, I have to talk to you about something, Hieshi," said their dad, calming down a bit and wiping his glasses off on his shirt. "Your grades and your attitude need some serious improvement. You were born into a sophisticated family and we do things differently than you may want."
"I don't care!" shouted Hieshi. "I want to do what I want!"
"That's enough! Your constant rebelliousness is not something I can put up with any longer! I'm sending you to boarding school until your grades improve to James's level!"
"What!? Boarding school?!" exclaimed Hieshi, shocked. "I don't want to go there!"
"You'll be there until you shape up!!!"
END FLASHBACK
"Dad always compared me to you! I'm my own person, I don't have to be like you! Even today, he still does!!!"
"But..."
"Shut up! You have no idea what it's like in my head!" growled Hieshi. He pulled out his Hikari D-Volver and Levelermon from his pocket. "We'll decide who's the better son right now!"
"Hieshi, I don't want to fight you!"
"Then you'll die instantly! Levelermon, let's teach my brother how far being nice is going to get him in this world!"
"Levelermon Shinka... DYACTORALMON!!!"
The metal dragon stood next to Hieshi, snarling and preparing for battle. James gasped and noticed that even without the Shadow data, his brother was the same person. He was not a good person. James figured that possibly defeating his brother would cause him to change.
"Fine, but I'll have you know, violence is the last bastion of the unintelligent," said James, summoning Keramon to area from his dorm room.
"Oh, you're calling me stupid now?!"
"I was not! Geez, you've got some serious issues, don't you?"
"Keramon Shinka... KURISARIMON!!! Kurisarimon Shinka... INFERMON!!!"
The spider Digimon bounded off all eight of his legs, leaping directly at Dyactoralmon's face! A cannon emerged from his mouth, and he aimed it at the metallic dragon.
"SPIDER SHOOTER!!!"
Dyactoralmon was blasted in the face and sent crashing backwards into the manor! He leaned against it and pulled himself up back onto his feet. Their father glanced out of a window on the top floor in horror.
"Not this again..."
Dyactoralmon took to the air, soaring over the courtyard! Infermon leapt up onto the roof of the manor, and became stationary, aiming his cannon at the metal dragon.
"SPIDER SHOOTER!!!" he yelled, firing multiple shots in Dyactoralmon's direction. Dyactoralmon turned as he flew, avoiding all the blasts from the virus spider. He turned and came flying back in Infermon's direction!
"Now! Go to Perfect!!!" ordered Hieshi.
"Dyactoralmon Shinka... RIEVERMON!!!"
The demon Digimon was still soaring right at Infermon, who was unprepared for the assault. He bounced upwards again, leaping over Rievermon as he attempted to attack!
"What the--?!" exclaimed Rievermon, noticing he was fighting in broad daylight. He stopped in mid-flight and turned to see Infermon land back on the roof. "I'm not at full power now..."
"I am!" retorted Infermon. "VIRUS GRENADE!!!"
Infermon launched a huge bomb from his mouth and it exploded in the air! The ensuing force from it sent Rievermon crashing backwards and landing on the roof! The demon Digimon growled and spread his wings, soaring up into the sky just in time to avoid another attack from Infermon!
Down below, Hieshi and James were listening to the fight in silence while staring at the roof, unable to see what was going on. Their father and everyone else in the house evacuated the building and headed into the limo.
"James! Hieshi! Come on!" shouted their father with concern.
"Go without us," James told him. "We're part of this."
Their father nodded silently, knowing this was something he obviously wouldn't understand. The limo pulled away, leaving James, Hieshi and their partners all alone in the huge mansion area.
"DARK REAPER!!!" yelled Rievermon, slashing Infermon and sending him flying backwards off the roof! He plummeted into the ground below and retracted his legs into his shell, signaling that he was unconscious.
"Oh crap," gasped James.
"Now Rievermon! Finish my pathetic brother off!!!" ordered Hieshi.
Rievermon stood at the top of the roof and looked down at Infermon. His shell was hard, but he figured if he dove from the top of the roof right into Infermon... it would kill him. The demon leapt into the air and began to soar down at Infermon!
"You're finished now!!!" yelled Rievermon.
"Not quite!" shouted James, thrusting out his D-Volver. "Infermon! Do... uh... something! Hurry!"
"Infermon Shinka... DIABOROMON!!!"
The newly evolved Ultimate appeared in Infermon's place and took only a split second to get used to his new form. He glanced up at Rievermon, who was still coming at him!
"CABLE CRUSHER!!!"
He smashed Rievermon with one of his stretchy arms, knocking him off-track and sending him smashing into the ground next to him! Diaboromon leapt away from the crater made by Rievermon, ready to attack him when he re-emerged.
"That'll do nicely," commented James, impressed by Infermon's quick evolution. Diaboromon was definitely a powerful Digimon and would be able to take Rievermon out with ease.
"What?!" exclaimed Hieshi, enraged by this new form. i I won't let this worm surpass me!!! /i
Rievermon recovered quickly and leapt at Diaboromon, slashing him again!!! Diaboromon crashed through a clutter of neatly-trimmed trees and crashed into a huge swimming pool, sending water flying everywhere! Rievermon took to the air again, hovered over the pool.
Suddenly a huge red blast of energy emerged from the pool, blasting Rievermon! The demon was knocked backwards into the air, and temporarily phased! Diaboromon shot upwards at him again!
"CABLE CRUSHER!!!"
The time he smashed Rievermon across the head! Rievermon was sent spiraling onto the grass, landing right on his shoulder! He tried to get up, but his shoulder was obviously cracked and he found it too hard to move! He quit trying and just lay in the dirt, accepting his defeat.
Hieshi ran over to see Rievermon's condition while Diaboromon landed next to James. They both looked on as Hieshi attempted to get his partner up to fight again.
"Hieshi, face it! You've lost," James shouted to him. "Now let's stop this... I don't want to fight you."
"You won't win!!!"
"Why are we even fighting?! It won't change the past!"
"I can't stand to have anyone be stronger than me! I don't care if it's you, Tammy or Lee! I won't let you surpass me! It's my and Levelermon's destiny to be the strongest Chosen there are!"
"How do you know that?! It's impossible to tell what your destiny is!" shouted James, becoming frustrated with his brother's simple mindedness. "Don't you understand? Diaboromon came to existence because I was in danger and he wanted to protect me! Your relationship with your partner is only for power! That means you'll never have it!"
Diaboromon nodded in agreement and Hieshi turned his gaze away from them and looked back at his fallen partner. Rievermon appeared to be in real pain right now... even Hieshi was concerned about that.
"Rievermon... please get up... I don't want you to be taken from me again..." sighed Hieshi, putting his hand on Rievermon. "I won't be able to take that again!"
"I know Hieshi... James is wrong about us..." groaned Rievermon. "We have a silent relationship. Not all feelings have to be expressed out in the open... sometimes you just know."
"Right..." agreed Hieshi. He looked at his D-Volver, which was glowing. "Now let's show him how we can and will surpass him."
"I'm ready."
Hieshi turned back to James and Diaboromon, holding his D-Volver into the air. They both gasped in amazement when they realized he was still ready to fight.
"Family feud isn't over yet," Hieshi said. "Rievermon and I will now use the new powers of our Hikari D-Volver to vanquish you!"
"No way! You only draw on dark power! That's why I beat you!" protested James, not believing his dark-hearted brother could harness Hikari power. "You have a Hikari D-Volver but that doesn't mean you use it properly!"
"Then maybe you need a demonstration. Rievermon... show him ultimate power!!!"
Light burst from Hieshi's D-Volver and was absorbed into Rievermon. The demon Digimon began to grow and evolve... and REALLY grow! He became larger than even the mansion itself, assuming a huge robotic form!!!
"Rievermon Shinka..."
"Oh no... he's going to Ultimate as well..." gasped James, as he and Diaboromon looked on in terror. "And he is big..."
- - -
Amara walked down the streets of Tamur, wearing her new 'biker girl' ensemble. She had her hands in her jeans' pockets and was staring at the ground in deep thought, not really caring where she was going.
i This is quite disturbing... I'm... not... me. Or who I think I am... I'm something else. I remember Lee talking about different servers that held other humans, not Trinity Server. Perhaps I came from one of them... I must be human. I look the part. /i
Amara sighed and gazed up at the sky.
i Irvine and Desiree must know. I'll have to follow them until I get the answers I seek... /i
Her thoughts droned off as she saw a huge Digimon emerge into the sky from the country area. Her and practically everyone else in the city gazed up at it in amazement and fright. Amara's jaw dropped.
"What the hell?!" she exclaimed out loud. She did a quick mind scan and found out what the source of the disturbance was. "Hieshi."
- - -
"... DESTROMON!!!" screamed out Rievermon's new form, completing his evolution. He reveled in the power of his new Ultimate form. "Yes! Yes Hieshi! This is the power we've been looking for!!!"
"Remarkable..." gasped Hieshi, awed by the new evolution. "Now do you doubt my skills, brother?"
James just gulped and felt like he was going to wet himself. He and Diaboromon were going to have a field day with this thing. The red and gold armored mechanical menace glared down at James and his newly evolved Ultimate. He stretched out his thick arms, each with long golden claws jutting out menacingly towards them.
"Diaboromon, prepare to--"
"PREPARE TO DIE!!!" screamed Destromon. He spread his palm and slammed his enormous hand into the terra firma in front of James and Diaboromon! They were sent flying backwards as Destromon ripped his hand out of the ground, creating a fissure that speared throughout the courtyard of Willington Manor! Rocks and debris went flying everywhere as dozens of small chasms were created!
James crashed back onto a small patch of grass that was untouched by Destromon. Diaboromon leapt into the air, determined to protect his partner.
"INFERNO MISSILE!!!" he yelled, firing a missile out of his chest! It flew up and hit Destromon, knocking him back a bit and causing him to snarl in pain.
"Aha, he may be big... but he's no stronger than Diaboromon!" shouted James, coming quickly to a conclusion.
"You're sadly mistaken," Hieshi corrected his brother. "Destromon is far more powerful!!!"
"NUCLEAR BLAST!!!" screamed Destromon, unleashing a huge ray of plasma that hit Diaboromon dead-on! Diaboromon was thrown back into the ground and nearly fell into one of the chasms! Destromon hovered above him as he attempted to regain his footing.
"DIMENSION SLASH!!!"
Her brought one of his claws down on Diaboromon, and Diaboromon extended his arms to hold it off! He managed to stop the force of the claw, but Destromon applied all his force to crush the net virus! Diaboromon was able to hold the claw off, but was unable to escape! It was too big!!!
"Destromon! Crush him!" yelled Hieshi, thrusting his D-Volver to give Destromon power.
"Diaboromon! Don't let him win!" yelled James, doing the same to power up his partner.
The two brothers were locked in a standoff, neither one able to get ahead in the fight! Diaboromon looked like he was going to be crushed if something didn't happen soon! James bit his lip and sucked up his pride.
"Hieshi! Please stop this! I surrender!" shouted James, pleading to his brother for Diaboromon's safety.
"No! I want you gone! Destromon, annihilate James!!!" screamed Hieshi.
Destromon leveled his other arm at where James was standing. James's eyes widened as he stared into the face of death.
"Hieshi... don't do this...!" gasped James, stepping backwards and tripping over some torn-up terrain.
"FINAL ARMAGEDDON!!!" screamed Destromon.
"Wait a second..." gasped Hieshi, suddenly coming to a revelation and shaking his head repeatedly. "I'm being controlled! I-- DESTROMON! STOP!!!"
"What?!" exclaimed Destromon, already having launched dozens of missiles at James. James stepped backwards and screamed in agony as one missile hit him directly!!! Diaboromon broke up and deleted under Destromon's pressure.
"If Diaboromon deleted, then that means James's D-Volver was destroyed!" exclaimed Hieshi. "Desiree! Where are you?!"
Dark energy shot out like a geyser from the ground next to Hieshi, and Desiree floated upwards from it, grinning widely.
"What's wrong Hieshi? I thought you always wanted to get rid of your brother. So I gave you a little Shadow motivation."
"So you mean... I didn't really use the powers of light to make Rievermon evolve... it was your Shadow data..." he gasped in realization.
"Look over there..." she said, pointing to where Destromon's missile hit earlier. James was laying on his black, sprawled out and charred. Hieshi gasped.
"I did want to get rid of him... but not like this... not like this! I never imagined... you... bitch!!!" screamed Hieshi. He threw a punch at her, but she simply reflected him and sent him crashing against the manor.
"NUCLEAR BLAST!!!" yelled Destromon, firing at Desiree. She simply help up her Shadow-coated arm, sending the blast flying back at him. A huge explosion occurred, and Destromon collapsed backwards onto the ground. He reverted to Levelermon.
"So much for the 'mighty' Destromon," said Desiree. "That's what you get for betraying us, Hieshi. I hope you stew over this for a long time until you die..."
Desiree disappeared, right as police, ambulances, and pretty much the whole freaking army showed up at the manor. Hieshi's dad came running up with more than a dozen police officers and screamed in horror when he saw James.
"Hieshi! What the hell happened here?!"
Hieshi simply looked down sadly. His father clenched his fists and glared at him angrily.
"You and your monster did this, didn't you?! I'm sick of your inability to be responsible and be... human! And now look at your brother! I want you out of my house! Now!"
"Fine," growled Hieshi. "I wouldn't stay on a bet."
Hieshi walked over to grab Levelermon, and left the manor grounds in a hurry. James was rushed off to the hospital by one of the ambulances. Hieshi sighed as he walked down the country road heading to the city. He'd never felt an emotion like this before. He'd never felt... regret. If it wasn't for his hatred for James, Desiree wouldn't have been able to manipulate him so easily.
"I will avenge you my brother... Desiree will pay for what she did to both of us..." he sighed, talking to himself. "I know one person who will help me, and we'll get into Trinity Server... and find your partner... if it's the last thing I do."
- - -
Amara walked back into the base, and saw Desiree typing frantically on the computer. She didn't even notice Amara come in until Amara slammed the door. Tammy and Ali were still standing in the corner, and Amara took a second to wonder how the heck they went to the bathroom. She then shook the thought out of her mind and looked at Desiree.
"What's so exciting?" asked Amara, glad Desiree didn't care that Lunn let her go out.
"With the destruction of James... Trinity Server is now open! Prepare to be warped to a world unlike you've never seen, Amara!" Desiree told her. i And once you're there, a great chain of events will be set into motion. None of you, not even Irvine, have any idea what's in store... /i