Chapter Twenty-Five
(HEY! New chapter! Sorry this one took forever I had to rewrite half of it. However I hope you guys like it. Things are about to get even worse...(cackles)
The grunt snorts his contempt, pulling his jacket tighter around him. "Freaking cold up here on this stupid mountain." He lights the cigarette and puffs, the smoke enveloping both him and his partner.
The other grunt, younger looking, coughs. "You idiot, blow that crap somewhere else."
"What am I supposed to do?" The first grunt sneers. "You know how the boss feels about smoking inside the base. Sets a bad precedent for his "utopia" or something like that. At least the security camera is broken over here, so people won't come checking
"I'm so absolutely sick of that word…" The second one mutters. He looks around the corner and groans. "Don't look now but it's another chipper Rookie again.."
The third grunt trots eagerly up, a Starly flapping beside his head. He looks nearly identical to the other two, to the strange silver outfits, to the oddly shaped green haircuts. "I've just been speaking with Liteunant Mars and…"
"Yeah? What did Red want?"
"…That's not very respectful towards one of our leaders, is it?" The third one frowns. The second one snorts. "Kid, how long have you been here?"
"…About two weeks? Why?"
"So naieve…"
"Listen, kid," The first one addresses again, "you may not realize it but our precious Generals aren't nearly as amazing as they claim they are. Those three are the reason that that kid managed to actually beat Master Cyrus."
The rookie's eyes widen. "No way…so that wasn't just a rumor? A common trainer managed to defeat all four of them? Even the Master himself?"
"Get caught bringing up that past again and you're going to get yourself fed to a Drapion…" The second one mutters. "They're all so bitter about it. And Mars is even more tense since the two subjects got away."
"Beings from another dimension, pah. I bet they were just random kids. From Kanto or something."
"Yeah…but you got to admit that despite the fact she was a little chubby…" The second one grins, and there's absolutely nothing friendly in that smile. "She had a nice body, if you get what I mean…"
The other one laughs and the rookie slowly joins in as well until there's an angry yell of, "VEE HEADBUTT!"
The second grunt screams as the blue dinosaur rams into his stomach and knocks him off the edge of the cliff, sending him plummeting towards the ground without a minute of warning.'
The other two both whirl around, jaws dropping as the other strange creatures stand there, all glaring with murder in their eyes.
One looks like some kind of bird—with sharp, piercing blue eyes, a headband with a feather attatched to it—the other, like a Sandshrew, but with a diamond pattern on his forehead and much more wicked claws. Two of them look more like dinosaurs, one muscular, orange colored, with fire in his green eyes. The other is blue and lean, a v-shape on his forehead. The last two don't look similar at all—a cat with green cloves who unleashes her claws menacingly, and what looks like an orange gueina pig with giant wings for ears.
"…No one gets away from making comments like that about my partner." The bird says dangerously, taking a step forward. "Shall I teach you imbeciles the proper manner in which to treat a lady?"
"Stunktank! Purugly! Golbat! Get those freaks!"
"You too Staraptor! Luxray!"
Gatomon's eyes narrow as she leaps above the blast of Thunder the dark haired lion sends her way.
"Let me show you how a real cat should fight…" She mutters, running along the rock edge of the cliff and then backflipping, stretching out her leg and yelling, "LIGHTNING KICK!"
The kick strikes the larger cat in the jaw, and Luxray roars with indignation and slight pain before slamming a suddenly steel like tail into her gut.
Gatomon gasps, not having expected that, and she's thrown backwards, but she manages to roll as she falls and lands on her feet, hissing angrily and ignoring the bruise on her side.
"BOOM BUBBLE!" Patamon spits out a gust of air that slams into the Golbat and knocks him backwards, striking the overgrown bat straight in the eyes.
A sudden shriek pierces the air and Patamon yelps as wicked claws grab him around his waist, lifting him into the air.
The Staravia snarls, shaking Patamon repeatedly as he wails and tries to break free.
"Don't just TOY with your food!" The older grunt yells. "Kill it now!"
"I don't think so!" The feather slices forwards like a boomerang, slicing across the Starvia's talons and creating a massive slash. With a shriek of pain the bird lets go of Patamon, who slams a Boom Bubble right into its face.
"PEPPER BREATH!" The orange flames surround the big fat cat, and it shrieks, skidding to a stop, eyes widening and fur bristeling at the sight of the flames.
Agumon growls low under his breath, showing his claws. "I don't want to have to hurt you, but if you get in my way I will."
"Get him Stinky!"
"…Huh?"
Agumon's eyes widen as the skunk like Pokemon raises his tail in its direction. "…Oh no GAHHHH!"
The toxic cloud that surrounds him smells so freaking bad it's almost indescribable. He didn't think anything could top the time he was accidentally shut inside Tai's dirty laundry for a whole six hours until Mrs. Kamiya finally found him…don't ask…but this definintely takes the cake.
Agumon howls, backing away and pressing his claws to his nose, and doesn't notice as the Golbat slams him with a Shadow Ball, sending him flying.
"AGUMON!"
Tai's Digivice starts to glow orange and the grunts laugh. "You really think your little shiny toy can possibly beat us?"
"Oh…I wouldn't underestimate him if I were you…" A voice drawls in the younger one's ear, and he whirls around for Damien to calmly punch him in the face and send him flying, landing knocked out cold.
"AGUMON DIGIVOLVE TO…GREYMON!"
Both grunts scream as the giant dinosaur forms in front of them, red eyes narrowing down to slits, the deep, thunderous growl emitting from his chest.
Tai smiles with an innocence that fools no one as he stands next to his partner, Digivice still shining. "So…we have a few questions we want to ask you…if you don't mind."
…
"That's some base." Ellen's red hair is tossled by the wind as she stares down at the base below the mountain ledge they stand on.
The base looks more like a castle, cold, unfriendly, with turrets and steel black gates surrounded the entire place.
Several Ogremon march in front of it, which only gave off more of the "my clichés, let me show you them" feeling.
Dilbert frowns. "How could anyone possibly not notice this? And how the HECK did they even make a castle so quickly anyway?"
"It's the mountains." Edan replies, walking forwards. "They manage to hide this base cleverly so unless you knew exactly what you were looking for, you'd never find it."
"And it's Digimon." D'Arcmon says dryly. "Doing the impossible is sort of our job. I once heard that Myotismon had his base in the human world in less than two days."
"…Touche."
"Well now that we're here, what do we DO?" Funbeemon buzzes, shivering a bit. It's freaking cold up here and the poor little guy really isn't having a fun time with it. Ellen pats him on the head as Dilbert says enthusiastically, "Isn't it obvious? We blow this popsicle stand sky high!"
"Blow this WHAT sky high?" Wormmon asks, deadpan.
"It's an expression…"
"It's a stupid expression…" She mutters, rolling her black eyes. "And your love of making things go boom worries me some times."
"And your love of making things bleed worries me ALL the time." He retorts, sticking a tongue out at her. It's the usual banter between them but Ellen seems something flash in Dilbert's eyes, something she can't quite place. A similar expression passes over Wormmon's face and she frowns.
"But seriously…" Edan says, deadpan. "A plan would probably be quite nice. You're not DAVIS, Dilbert."
"Hey!"
"Edan, couldn't you run a scan to see how many enemies there are down there?" D'Arcmon asks, turning to face him. He nods, his eyes meeting hers as he whips out a smaller device that looks sort of like an Ipod. "Just…give me a moment here…"
"You have a gadget for everything don't you?" Ellen chuckles.
"Well isn't it a good thing I do?" He questions before pressing down on the large circle in the middle of the remote.
It flashes red and a screen shows up.
Dilbert sticks his hands in his pockets. "…I wish the boss was here." He murmurs, his eyes closing. "…I…"
"What is it…?" Ellen rests a hand on his shoulder. "Don't worry. I promise you everything will work out all right."
"…I'm not meant for the leadership role." His eyes close. "I just hope that….."
"You have to banish those doubts Dilbert."
Edan's tone was more tense than anyone had heard for quite some. D'Arcmon's browns knit together. "Edan…?"
"In fact…you need to do that NOW." His voice cracks as he clicks on the flashing red dot.
"…"
"No…"
"Oh crap…"
"Adelina…" Dilbert whispers, his heart sinking horribly in his chest as the image of Adelian's face shows above the red dot.
…
Davis yelps as he struggles to wiggle free, his shoulders wedged in so tight he feels as though his ribs are being crushed.
"Davis, hurry up! We don't have time for your goofing around!" Yolei's voice echoes back through the ventilation shaft. "Tai, Damien, and Gatomon aren't going to be able to distract all of those grunts for good, you know…"
"I'm NOT screwing around!" He calls back, breathing heavily. "I'm REALLY STUCK!"
"I could V-Headbutt you free Davis!" Veemon calls from behind.
"…Are you serious…?" Davis yells. "You're going to CRUSH me if you do something like that, you idiot!"
"Oh for heaven's sakes…." Yolei mutters, struggling to turn back around and crawling to him. "Here—take my hand. You guys, push…"
"Got it!"
"Yes ma'am!"
Davis sucks his breath in, trying to allow the movement easier, as Yolei's hand fits perfectly around his.
"How many shakes do you eat?" Veemon moans, and Hawkmon lets out a gasp. "Perhaps a visit to yonder place of torture Lily calls a gym will do you many favors…"
"OH SHUT UP!"
Suddenly her jerks forwards like a cork out of a bottle, landing on top of Yolei. She gasps as Davis' head is pressed against her chest. For a moment the two of them just lay like that, their faces bright red, eyes wide.
"I-I…" Davis stammers as Armadillomon calls from behind them teasingly, "Looks like SOMEONE'S in love…"
"What?" Cody calls from behind Armadillomon. "What happened? Armadillomon, I can't see you're blocking me…"
"You're too young anyway." Veemon chuckles. "Though I'm not sure the airshaft is an appropriate place…"
"Since when do you know stuff like that?" Davis demands incredulously. "Or were you looking through my mom's romance books looking for advice on GATOMON again?"
Veemon's scales seemed to turn red. "…I bet I still know more stuff than you do."
"Can we please have this incredibly awkward conversation somewhere else?" Yolei begs. "And Davis…?"
"Hmm?"
"GET…OFF…"
…
Greymon growls, crouching down low as more of the team Galactic grunts charge at him, dozens of their Pokemon running forwards with snarls and blasts of energy.
He can't move much around this cliff edge much or his giant size will cause them all to go crashing down.
Tai clenches his teeth and looks over at Damien. "Maybe…this was a bad idea…"
"You figure that out now, Kamiya?" Damien asks, raising an eyebrow.
"But we can't just run away with Yolei and the others in there!" TK insists, his blue eyes flashing.
"HAND OF FATE!" Angemon's attack sends several Golbats crashing into the cliff wall and he levitates in front of TK. "They're right…we need to flee now before we are overwhelmed. If we could tap into our full power than we could easily defeat them all, but we would risk killing all of these Pokemon…"
Damien snorts. "I cannot believe that we're going to loose because you are afraid of killing a few senseless animals…"
"…"
Tai's eyes narrow down to slits. "…"
"So what do we do…retreat?" TK says grimly.
"…We don't have a choice…"
The harsh laugh echoes and Tai's head shoots around to see another man with an even stranger style hairstyle, shaped kind of like cat ears at the ends. "You honestly think we're going to let you get away? How…amusing."
Greymon growls a warning, flashing white teeth. "Who are you?"
The man ignores him, eyes drifting back towards the Digimon and their partners, a cruel smile appearing on his face. "Beings from another dimension…I knew they exist….Mars may have been stupid enough to let your little friends escape, but I am not so easily gullible…"
"YOU creeps were the sick $#&&& that flipping planned to have Yolei and Davis dissected…" Tai snarls, half-ready to lunge at this man. "Give me one good reason why I shouldn't tear you apart…"
"General Saturn—your orders?" One of the grunts standing next to him barks.
"Saturn…?" Gatomon mutters. "And MARS? What kind of names are those?"
Angemon shrugs. "At this point I'm not really surprised by much…"
Saturn smiles darkly as he lowers his head, the sight sending shivers down Tai's spine. "…Shoot them all down where they stand. We don't need them alive to collect our data. You see, in a way, I'm more merciful than Mars is…"
"Yes sir!"
"…" TK's face pales at the sound of several guns firing in unison as he yells, "Angemon, get us out of here! Now!"
Tai reaches for his Crest, cursing his hestiatiance in retreating. "GREYMON DIGIV…"
"GET DOWN!"
Damien shoves Tai hard to the ground as the sound of bullets whiz pass them, Angemon and Gatomon both pressing themselves down to the rocky floor, and Greymon roars.
His skin is so thick and tough that the bullets do absolutely nothing to him, but it won't last that way forever.
"G-GREYMON!" Tai shouts, still covering his head with both hands as his Crest begins to shine again. He suddenly lets out a yelp as he feels a boot digging into his back, and looks up into Saturn's smirking face.
'"Checkmate." Saturn sneers, the blade in his right hand glinting as he plunges down towards Tai as TK screams and Angemon lunges upwards, forgetting the danger in his desperation to save their leader.
A screech cuts through the air and suddenly a long black tail slams into Saturn's stomach, sending him flying backwards.
He slams into the cliff wall behind them, not even getting the chance to scream as he collapses, falling flat on his face. He doesn't get back up again.
"Anyone else want to try something as cowardly as that?" Ryo's eyes cut like daggers as she glowers at the rest of the grunts from a top Devidramon's back.
…
"How much farther Ken?" Stingmon calls, his wings beating rapidly as he soars across the sky, one arm stretched outwards, his partner clinging on tightly for dear life.
"About…" Ken glances down at his D-3 once more. "There! I've got their signals!"
"What?" Stingmon skids to a halt. "All I can see is mountains!"
Ken scowls, his dark hair whipping around his face. "Stella, what do you have?"
"This is definintely the place." Stella says flatly. "There's something we're not seeing."
Kari scowls next to Stella in Seraphimon's arms. "I can't believe I couldn't go after my brother…"
"What? So saving my group is less important than saving yours? I couldn't exactly leave you behind girly."
"Maybe if RYO hadn't suddenly disappeared like that…"
"Leave her alone." Ken snaps, his head whirling around to face Kari and Stella. "You have no idea what Ryo's been through. You may not trust her, but I do. I'd trust her with my life. And I know she didn't just abandon us. If she left she left for a reason."
"…Ken…"
"Wait…" Seraphimon freezes suddenly, his wings seeming to almost stop in mid air—levitating. "I sense something…"
"I am so sick of people saying they sense something and then expecting that to satisfy for an answer." Kari mutters. "It's really an…" Her voice trails off and her eyes widen as a sound reaches her ears. A sound she recognizes.
"GAHHH!" Everyone's hands clasps over their ears except for Stingmon, whose orange eyes narrow in contempt.
"What?! What…is that NOISE…" Ken says through teeth so tightly clenched his mouth hardly opens at all.
"BROWN STINGER!"
The harpoons streak towards the others like giant missiles, and Seraphimon barely manages to shake off the pain from about fifty Champion level attacks strong enough to nearly shatter his ear drums as he dives, barely dodging.
Stingmon however doesn't seem affected at all. With a shout of "HOLD ON TIGHT KEN!" He backflips over the harpoons and weaves in and out of the constant attacks.
The pink blade forms around his wrist and he growls as he slices through several of the Brown Stingers with ridiculous ease, the rest he dodges by twisting and turning.
His mobility hardly seems affected at all by the fact that there's a human on his back. Ken struggles to think with the Flymon's horrible whine echoing in his ears, but he eventually realizes why Stingmon's not affected. Of course…Stingmon is an Insect Type Digimon as well, they're not affected by sound in the same way.
Still his Digimon's unbelievable flexibility and strength as he beats away the harpoons is unbelievable.
Once again Ken can't surpress the feeling of guilt rising up in him. He never digivolved Wormmon back when he was the Emperor if he could help it. How many times had he called his amazing partner, weak, stupid, said he didn't want him…
Yggdrasil…it was a miracle Wormmon had re-bonded with him willingly. Why he didn't just leave Ken to die countless times…Ken will never know.
He's just glad that, for whatever reason, Wormmon came back for him.
"SPIKING STRIKE!" Ken yelps and has to grip on even tighter as Stingmon suddenly corkscrews in mid air again, becoming a whirling blade, the pink light flashing before Ken's eyes and the screams of the Flymon echoing as he tore right through them.
"Nicely done!" Ken yells as stingmon then straightens up again, spinning around and slicing through the last of the Flymon trying to sneak up behind him.
"…" Ken's eyes widen as the horrible sound begins again. He clamps his hands over his ears and yells, the noise seems even louder this time.
Even more Flymon swarm around them, and Stingmon curses, his eyes taking in the vermin. "…Crap. I thought we were done here!"
"Let me take it from here…"
Seraphimon stretches his wings out, a look of sheer determination on his face now that he no longer has to protect Kari and Stella. The Flymon scramble back slightly, unease in their eyes. They realize exactly how very dead they are at this moment.
Seraphimon's lips curve in a sort of grim smile, holding up one shining hand. Several orbs of light surround around it. "SEVEN HEAVENS!" He roared.
The blasts of light fill the entire sky, and Ken has to cover his eyes as the Flymon are disintegrated on the spot.
"Let us hurry." Seraphimon growls, pinning his wings back as he dives. "It appears we found our friends."
Ken's eyes widen as he spots a blast of light appearing in the middle of the mountains. His jaw tightens. "And they've got company…"
…
"Lily…we can't keep going much longer…" Renamon's voice echoes with the exhaustion I feel flowing through every part of my body.
"I…know…" I pant, lungs feeling like their on fire as Renamon and I continue to fly, cloak flying behind me, my hand trembling on the staff.
The ocean is beneath us, wide and deep, the sound of the waves ominous and sort of creepishly soothing.
As if the water is trying to lull me into sleep, lull me into just giving up, dropping, falling into its embrace so it can choke me.
…I can't…Tai and the others…they need me….but this was still a STUPID deicion. I used up so much of my energy shielding the others from ExoGrimmon's attack. Just biomerging again took up the last little bit of my strength.
Sucking my breath in, I force myself to forget the tiredness. An image of Tai floats before me, his laughing brown eyes, his smile….his hand outstretched towards mine.
"…Taichi…" I breathe, as images of my other friends fill my mind. Sora…Matt…Yolei…Davis…Joe…Kari…Izzy…Mimi…Cody…Sira…Adelina…so many others….Alexander…..
…If I live through this…Sira and Alexander are going to kill me. Suddenly the water seems a lot closer than it did before, and I feel panic rising up inside me.
"Lily! Pull up! Pull up!" Renamon's panicked screams fill my head.
"I…I can't….." I gasp and then suddenly I'm plummeting towards the water, splaying my arms and legs about in a wild, completely undignified manner. My cape flies forwards, covering my face so I can't see,
Both of our screams fill the air and I feel a familiar sensation…my eyes widen…."OH…OH ##$$%r$&!"
The gray light surrounds us and we degenerate, me plummeting towards the ground with Renamon right next to me.
Renamon's wild eyes meet mine, before her eyes slowly close and she falls headfirst ahead of me.
"NOO!" My scream echoes through the night, absolute horror filling me at the idea of my partner being lost to that dark abyss.
"Lily..!" Viximon licks my nose and I giggle as I hold her close to me, kissing the top of her head….
Renamon wraps her arm around my shoulder as I sob, the dark walls of the cell seeming to press in around us…
The laughter of the rest of the group surround us as I sit with my head on Tai's shoulder, Renamon and Agumon wrestling with each other, laughing as they play with each other.
…I can't loose my friends…I'll do anything…anything…to keep them safe….
A burning sensation fills my back and I scream as I feel like my back is being ripped open.
Something…huge tears out of my spine and uncurls…out of the corner of my eye I see what it is…black…feathery wings.
My eyes snap open and I soar down on instinct, stretching my hand out, my fingers reaching for Renamon's paw.
"HANG ON!" I scream, and her blue eyes widen in disbelief as she sees me. "…Lily?!"
My fingers reach and miss, grasping thin air. "I'm not losing you!"
Renamon's feet dangle underneath me as I struggle to hold her aloft. My lungs breathe in and out. "…Are you all right…?"
"You…you have…?!" Renamon's eyes are wide with disbelief. "You have WINGS?!"
"I can't….hold up much longer though…" I pant and Renamon nods before the grey light surronds her.
"Wait, Renamon, what are you doing?!"
"Making things easier for you…" Her voice comes out as a squeak as she shrinks. "You saved my life, I'm not going to pay you back but getting you drowned…"
"…Renamon…"
I hug her little body close to my chest as my wings continue to flap. It's such a…completely WEIRD sensation…
The feathers brush against my nose and I sneeze. "You've got to be freaking kidding me!"
And if that wasn't weird enough, the balance is difficult to keep as well. Viximon gags slightly. "Quit bouncing around and just fly!"
"I'm TRYING gosh darn it!" The wind grows stronger and I yell as I'm thrown backwards in the direction were we came from.
"LILY!"
"FOR YGGDRASIL'S…SAKE!" I scream in frustration as my wings keep slapping me in the face. "HOW DO ALEXANDER AND ANGEMON DO THIS?!"
"LILYYYYYY!"
…
"AHHHH!"
Davis' yell echoes as he and the others fall out of the air shaft, tumbling head over heels into the pile of…dirty laundry…
"Ew…" Yolei wails, as she pulls the handful of dirty underwear off her hand, an expression of complete horror on her face.
"I blame you." Cody mutters. "A laundry chute…really?"
"It's not my fault…" Davis mutters as he looks behind him and facepalms. "…"
Veemon blinks, the bra sitting firmly on his head, the strap around his nose horn. "Why? What did I do?"
"OH FOR YGGDRASIL'S SAKE TAKE IT OFF!"
"Shh…" Davis hisses and clasps a hand over Yolei's mouth, stifling her scream. "Are you trying to give us all away?"
Yolei mutters a grudging apology and Davis slowly takes his hand off. "Now come on. We have to…" His voice trails off as the sound of voices echoes towards him. "Hide!"
"What?!"
He shoves Yolei back down into the dirty laundry with one hand, Cody with the other. Armadillomon grabs Veemon and pulls him underneath. Hawkmon fusses for a bit. "Oh…I really don't thi…!" He yelps as Yolei's hand shoots upwards and grabs him by the leg, yanking him underneath all the dirty underwear just as the guards walk in.
"Man, can you believe it…"
"The scientists say by the end of the day they should be able to absorb it's magic power…" The grunt's laugh echoes so close Yolei cringes, hugging herself.
"And then we shall have the opening to the new world. Can you believe it?"
"I'm almost not sure it's just a hoax…"
"Come on. You saw those monsters fighting on the security camera? You really believe THAT is a hoax?"
"That is true…"
"You just wait. When that portal is created, we're going to have a whole freaking dimension to ourselves. Ours to rule."
Cody shudders and glances over at Davis. Davis' face is stone hard with cold fury, and Veemon keeps quetly growling under his breath.
They're both pissed, RIDICULOUSLY pissed. Suddenly the floor in front of them starts to move, and Cody has to surpress a yelp.
They landed inside a massive laundry bag and now the grunts are pushing it down the hallway.
"Once we get to the new world…" One of them mutters. "We'll never have to do menial tasks like this again."
"Yeah, I know right? The world will be our oyster. For once, we'll be calling the shots."
Yolei can tell that it's taking all of Davis' strength not to leap out and tackle these jerks, break a few of their jaws perhaps.
She knows because she feels the exact same way. How dare they speak about the Digital World as though it's just something they can waltz in and take? As if all the lives in that world don't matter to them…
Her outraged growl is thankfully muffled by the socks wrapped around her mouth, and it's a mark of how angry she is that she doesn't even care about the dirty laundry on her face.
She feels someone touch her hand and looks over to see Cody. Even though he looks just as angry as everyone else, his gesture reminds her that they must remain calm. The more worked up they got, the more worked up their Digimon would get. And all a fight here in the middle of this place would be absolute suicide.
"Hey, let's go take a peek at the thing one more time, shall we?"
"You've already seen it four times…"
"I know, I know, but I can't help it." The twisted delight in his voice makes Yolei feel sick to her stomach. "I don't care if we get in trouble, this is…this is…"
"They're all insane…" Yolei thought to herself before a thought struck her. Going to go see it…that must mean what they meant by the Digiegg. That means she and the boys were on their way right now.
She clutches her Digivice harder. Tai ordered them to get the Digiegg out of there, she supposed she was stupid to think maybe they could escape without having to fight.
But she isn't going to back down. She CAN'T back down. She cares about every Digimon and she'd rather die than see these monsters take over her world.
Her hand reaches into her pocket for her Digivice and she holds it comfortingly towards her. Glancing at Hawkmon and then the others, they all nod, which is not easy when you're being pressed in by mounds of dirty laundry. When the time is right, they'll strike.
…
"HEY LET ME GO LET ME GO LET ME GO!"
The yells are quickly muffled by another Sticky Net. Dilbert crosses his arms and smirks as the Commandromon rolls around in frustration at his feet. "Don't even bother…nice job Wormmon."
The corridor is abandoned, thank goodness. It looks like most of the guards went out to go and fight the rest of his comrades. Which means either this place has really…really poor security, or…or they're letting him and Wormmon walk around in her.
Dilbert doesn't want to think too much about that, even though it presses worriedly at the back of his mind.
He knelts down next to their prisoner. "The girl….you have a Tamer trapped here, do you not? Blink once for yes, twice for no. And keep in mind, we can tell when you lie." Dilbert lies. He presses in a code and Wormmon shines before turning into Lilithmon. "You really want to piss this…off?"
Lilithmon smiles eerily and shows off her razor sharp golden claws. The Commandromon's eyes widen and he lets out a muffled squealing noise that's almost impossible to hear.
"So…you feel like telling us?" Dilbert says with a smile. The Commandromon blinks slightly.
"Good mon. Looks like Edan's information was correct."
"You actually doubted him?" Lilithmon questions. Dilbert shrugs. "I wanted to make sure this wasn't some sick kind of trap."
"…Fair point. That's actually some logic showing through you."
"Hey, can you not act like you think I'm a total idiot?"
Lilithmon just smirks and Dilbert shot her a dirty look before muttering, "Okay, this way, hurry!"
"How about a quieter method?" She suggests dryly, scooping him up in her arms and pinning him to her chest, which would have been ridiculously awkward if it had been anyone else. But Dilbert had known her since he was too young to count to 10, and she'd known him since she'd freshly hatched out of her egg. There was absolutely no awkwardness between them now.
She teleports in a flash of light and suddenly they're inside the room where Edan downloaded what appeared to be Adelina's location.
The room is full of glass tubes, massive and stretching towards the ceiling, full with some kind of bubbling liquid.
If Dilbert had been there, he would have realized that it looked exactly like the room where the monster Kimeramon had been born.
He still feels a horrible chill running up and down his spine as he enters the room. He doesn't have to have the same abilities as Lily to sense when something pure evil is there.
Swallowing hard, he mutters, "Well this is….cheery."
"Quite." Lilithmon says, deadpan before looking over. Her eyes widen with shock. "…DILBERT!"
"Wha?"
He looks over and his own eyes widen as he sees what looks like a glass tank in the middle of the room, surrounded a hospital bed,
And strapped to that bed was….
"ADELINA!"
…
Devidramon's claws slice through the pack of Pokemon surrounding them, biting at his flanks, sending fireballs and lightning bolts at his body. He's careful not to strike any killing blows but he still growls with frustration at having to hold back like this.
The Galactic grunts are swarming like ants, fighting with the urge to punish the ones that dare struck one of their leaders down.
Tai's eyes narrow with frustration. If this kept up, they'd be forced to retreat simply because of the lack of numbers. That was not something he wanted to be forced to do—Cody, Yolei, and Davis were all still inside and BESIDES that, his pride wouldn't allow it.
It was a bloody stupid thought, but thankfully only at the back of his mind. Still, if things got much worse….he'd be forced to escape with whoever he could and get the heck out of here.
"How many ants are there?" Damien mutters, backflipping and striking an Umbreon in the face before it could sink its fangs into his calf.
Tai grits his teeth. "Too many…."
"Have Greymon digivolve." He responds icily. "Surely you realize with MetalGreymon on our hands we can't possibly loose."
"Then we could get everyone here killed! MetalGreymon's attacks aren't discriminatory." Tai's eyes flicker back over to Ryo. "What about Devidramon's Ultimate form?!"
"…" Ryo's jaw tenses. "….No. I SWORE…I'd never…"
"Ryo, what are you talking about?!"
"TAI!"
"GATOMON!"
Gatomon screams as she's pinned down by a massive Houndoom, who snarls menacingly before lunging down at her.
Tai plunges forwards just to feel his body suddenly freeze over, yelling as what he wouldn't know to be a Alakazam stood next to its trainer, moving what looked like a silver spoon.
He was thrown backwards, landing on top of Ryo, who yelled in frustration. Damien snarls as the massive shot of water hits him in the chest, the massive penguin standing loyally next to his trainer.
Greymon roars as the Nidoking slammed into him, the ground positively shaking as the ground tyrant pushed the Digimon back even closer towards the edge of the cliff.
Devidramon roars in agony as the Scyther slices across his wing, and he stumbles back, bleeding digital blood.
It looks completely hopeless for them. For all of them. Tai lifts his head, feeling the massive bruises all over him as he's suddenly lifted up once more. He feels his throat start to constrict as he looked at the Pokemon who attacked him, its spoons glowing oddly.
The trainer smirks. "Don't underestimate the power of a psychic Pokemon. Enjoy your slow death, brat…"
Tai fought desperately to regain control, gasping but not recieveing any relief. His vision starts to go spotty, his fingers going numb. Yggdrasil, was this really how he was going ti die? This was NOT how Tai Kamiya wanted to die, alone, outnumbered, and outgunned.
Suddenly there was a massive explosion, and several of the grunts scream as they are thrown backwards, rocks and rubble going flying. Tai fell face first on the ground, gasping.
"You…honestly never think anything through….Digidestined…" The disdainful, slow voice makes Tai flinch and want to beat his head against the rocks.
Repeatedly.
Oh boy.
"Oh crap…." Ryo mutters, her eyes widening as she scrambles back slightly, even Devidramon's red eyes widening in shock.
The being floating before them was like one Tai had never seen before. He was dressed in what looked like dark brown robes, with a white headdress covering up most of his face, showing only two small, yellow glowing eyes.
"…W-who is…" For once, Damien's cool composure has seemed to abandon him, as he slowly stands to his feet.
"Wisemon." Ryo mutters. "Sorcerymon's evolved form. Crap, we're so dead…."
"Or more correctly, THEY are." Gatomon says, deadpan as one of the grunts yells, "It's just another one of those monsters men! Get 'em!"
"I…wouldn't do that if I were you…" Wisemon muses. The bullets and attacks shot his way simply seem to past by him, without touching him at all.
"Yup. They're dead."
Wisemon's golden eyes narrow down to slits. "…I see. If that is how you wish to be, than fine." He clasps his hands together, and Ryo's eyes widen.
"HOLY FREAKING #%%%%%!"
The light blinds all of them, Tai hears the rest of his team yelling as he drops to the ground, wincing as he rubs against his bruised muscles again. The yells of the rest of the grunts echo, loud and terrified, and then….there's nothing but silence.
Gatomon slowly pushes herself up from the ground to see quite a few confused Pokemon standing there, all with perplexed expressions, whimpering and whining for their masters who have all inexplicably disappeared.
"Holy crap…" Tai breathes, torn between absolute boyish admiration and a feeling of sheer terror. "You…you VAPEROIZED all of them!"
Damien rolls his eyes as Wisemon says simply, :"Not so. I simply used my attack to banish the humans to another dimension."
"…"
"SAY WHAT?!"
"Not permanently…" He shrugs. "But hopefully being inside there for a bit will teach them that Digimon are not so helpless and won't simply allow them to mess with our world."
"…Well then." Gatomon mutters. Damien looks pale and for a moment Tai thinks he's just been more hurt than they thought. But no. Damien mutters something about evil, decapitated clowns and then shoves himself back to his feet. "And what exactly brings you here in the first place?" He demands coldly, eyes flashing.
"I ordered Sorcerymon to bring me here…"
If Tai had been terrified a few seconds before, the sound of THAT voice was enough to make him about to wet himself.
"S-SIRA!"
…
The cart finally stops moving and Veemon breathes a sigh of relief. He's not sure he could have STANDED another few minutes among the jerk's delicates. It's even stinkier than Davis' room, if such a thing is at all possible.
The low hum of excited voices echoes outside them, but he can't quite make out exactly what they're saying through two layers of underwear.
Something prickles at the back of his spine, growing stronger and stronger by the minute. He shivers. He doesn't know exactly what it is, but he knows he's sensing something with extreme magic, more so than any Digimon he's ever been around. It even feels stronger than GranDracmon.
Cody is pressed close to Veemon, and the younger boy manages to carefully maneuver and shift enough laundry to peer through. "…Is that the Digiegg?" He breathes out softly. The blue light from whatever it is shines through into the crate.
There's the sound of hundreds of people clicking away on their computers, and excited voices.
"Doesn't seem like any Digiegg I've ever seen…" Armadillomon murmurs doubtfully. "I ain't never seen one that large."
Cody decides to correct Armadillomon on his horrible grammar later. His partner is right…er wrong, depending on how you interpret that sentence. That stone is so large it stretches up towards the ceiling, the blue aura surrounding it.
"…What is it?"
Davis' hands clench. "…I don't know…" He lets out a yelp as his Digivice beeps. Everyone inside the basket pales, but thankfully, the grunts don't notice. That's because they're distracted by something else. "LORD CYRUS!"
The entire room is silent except for one man's footsteps, echoing ominously. Yolei whimpers slightly as Hawkmon leans into her side in an attempt to comfort her.
"…How goes progress?"
"N-Nearly there sir…" A voice trembles as it speaks. It's obvious this Cyrus guy is the boss man, and it's just as obvious that everyone here is afraid of him.
"…Nearly?"
"W-well sir the stone seems to have been shielded….by something…cracking the protection…hasn't been easy, it….protects itself…" The voice babbles, the fear growing with every syllable.
There's silence for a moment, and then a loud scream. Yolei claps her hands over her mouth, shuddering. Thankfully the yells of whatever poor sap was being punished drowned out almost everything else, so Davis was able to wriggle around more and flip open his D-3.
The message stated it was from Ellen. His eyes widen even more as he reads it.
"Davis. That object that Team Galactic have…it's a Destiny Stone. At all costs, you MUST destroy it. If anyone manages to get their hands on it, we're all doomed. It's better that it's gone for good."
His heart pounds rapidly in his rib cage. Destroy it? Destroy that monstrosity? He doesn't know if they CAN. But…
"You know how important this dream is, do you not?" Cyrus' ice cold voice cut through Davis' heart like a knife. "What this object can give us? Or do you need a reminder? Have your lost your sight of the goal?"
"No…master…please…"
This guy was whacked, there was no doubt about it. But….his jaw clenches. He didn't know why this thing was so dangerous. But he knew that this monster, this creep who wanted to threaten both his world and the Digital World wanted it, and that was more than enough to piss him off.
"Veemon?" His voice comes out as a horse whisper, and Veemon's eyes flicker up to meet Davis'. Davis grins. "How would you like to blow something up?"
…
"DARKNESS WAVE"
"ROSETTA STONE!"
It was an odd sight. It really was. A LadyDevimon and a Nerfertimon fighting side by side was virtually unprecedented. Edan and Kari stood back to back as well, assessing the battle as their partners blasted anything that dared get too close to the Digidestined and Tamer.
Kari bit her lip. "…There's so many of them!"
"I know." Edan grumbles. "Even if our Digimon are more powerful, if we keep getting overwhelmed if these numbers don't die down soon…."
Huge blasts of light rain down, heavens judgement as Serpahimon levitated above, the screams if the enemy army echoing.
Stella stood behind her partner on the ledge of the mountain, her black hair flying out around her.
"We're not backing down…" She snarls. "Not in a million years…."
Kari's eyes scan the battlefield once more, and she felt the blood drain from her face. "Wait….WHERE'S ELLEN?!"
"…"
The battlefield was covered with enemy Digimon, data covering the ground, but there was no sight of the red headed Tamer or her partner.
"…"
Nerfertimon had a much better gaze with her predator senses, and a low growl escapes from her mouth as she spots a weakened Kuwagamon being swarmed by several of the scumbuckets, tearing into him the way hyenas tore into a downed wildebeest.
"BACK OFF YOU LITTLE CREEPS!" She roars, snapping her wings forwards and streaking downwards, claws unsheathing. Right before she could get to the fallen beetle, she was slammed into by a snarling Devidramon, much bigger, and meaner than Ryo's,
The two of them were caught in a vicious aerial brawl, Nerfertimon shrieking with frustration, unable to get to her downed comrade.
"NO-YOU LITTLE….!"
"KUWAGAMON!"
"Stella, wait! You CAN'T!" Edan yells, his eyes widening as he saw the older girl leaping onto the back of her partner as Seraphimon streaks forwards.
"…"
"He can do it right…" Kari breathes, desperation creeping into her voice as she clutched Edan's arm. Her eyes widen as the lackies surrounding Kuwagamon all look up, dark grins on their faces as their bodies are covered with dark energy.
"Oh no…"
"Not again…" Edan breathes, his eyes widening. "It's just like what happened with ExoGrimmon, the monsters are….MERGING…"
Stella's eyes widen with shock and horror as the dark light slowly grows, sucking in all of the other Control Spire Digimon. It becomes bigger and bigger until what's standing before her looks like a vision from hell.
The figure itself isn't that big, but the terror of his appearance more than makes up for it.
He looks like some sort of bipedal dragon, but it's hard to tell, because he's clad in menacing black armour, with swords hanging from his side, a wicked gleam in his eyes.
"…Gaiomon…." Seraphimon mutters, his eyes narrowing beneath his mask.
Stella growls, anger filling her. "….Last time I needed to be the one saved…I didn't do ANYTHING for my team…that is not happening again…I swear it…GO SERAPHIMON! BLAST HIM TO SMITHEREENS!"
…
"Hurry UP Dilbert!" Lilithmon hisses as she swats away several more of the guards, her poisonus talons more than enough to keep the rest of them back.
"I'm…trying!" Dilbert hisses back, frantically pressing keys on the consul sitting right outside Adelina;s cell. "Crap, I wish Edan had come in instead of me, he's better at this sort of thing…"
He glances back up at Adelina's pale, pale face inside the tube, how she whimpers in her sleep, how the wires stick out…
A low growl escapes from his lips. "If we have to we'll just break this thing open and get her out of there!"
"I wouldn't do that if I were you…"
The voice is vaguely familiar and both he and Lilithmon jolt their heads around to see Arukenimon standing on the wall above them….yes standing on the wall. Yggdrasil only knew how she did that. Then again, she was a spider Digimon.
"You little…:" Lilithmon bared her fangs, looking like the Demon she truly was. "Either get the ##$$ out of my way, or I tear your core out with my claws, comprende?"
"Aw, so violent…"
Dilbert's eyes widen as Arukenimon turns a small device over in her hands a couple of times. ":I really wouldn't do that if I were you. One push of this button, and that cage enclosing our pet tamer explodes."
"WHAT?!"
"That's cowardly fighting…" Lilithmon seeths, her red eyes shining with disgust. Suddenly there's a choked noise and her head whips around to see Mummymon has Dilbert by the throat, his gun pointed right at her tamer's head.
Her eyes widen slightly and she curses herself for a fool. She took her eyes off her partner for one second…
"Oops. Guess there's not much you can do now, is there?" Arukenimon giggles and Lilithmon clenches her teeth in fury.
"I guess you're just going to have to sit back and watch the show. Watch as our greatest creation is unveiled."
"Greatest…" Lilithmon's eyes travel back over to the glass cylinders that are attached to the wires from Adelina's cage. Something….huge is starting to form inside there….something dark and massive….she feels a chill run up her spine simply from that dark energy.
But…it looked so…familiar….
"WarGreymon?"
…
My feet hit the rocky ground and I breathe a sigh of relief. Viximon rolls out of my arms and lands, shivering on the ground.
"I think I'm gonna hurl…you're the most awful ride EVER Lily."
"Well excuse me." I retort, feeling annoyance building up. "It's not exactly easy to work on my flying with you complaining all the time, you know?"
Viximon huffs, showing her disdain. "Well get some more practice in before you try that once more. I thought we were going to end up at the bottom of the ocean!"
"You WOULD have ended up at the bottom of the ocean if it wasn't for me!" I snap, my hackles raising.
"…Lily?"
"What?" I mutter as I try to shove my way into the cave enterance, only to be blocked. "Ugh, this is TINNNY!"
"Lily, for Yggdrasil's sakes, retract your wings!"
"I don't know how to do that!" I wail, struggling to get in and wincing as the big bulky black objects keep getting in my way.
Viximon groans, her ears pinning back before she's surrounded by gold light at the same time as my ring is.
"VIXIMON DIGIVOLVE TO….RENAMON!"
"You're hopeless." Renamon sighs, a smile creeping onto her muzzle as she then proceeds to bring her right paw back, it glowing blue.
"POWER PAW!"
Her fists collide rapidly with the wall of Silver Mountain, rocks and rubble falling away.
Within a few moments the area is much conviently larger. "Thanks." I mutter, still embarrassed.
"You'll get the hang of it. You just need practice."
"Shut up…" I mutter, not wanting to talk about it anymore. The minute we step inside the mountain, I sense it. An incredible magical power that makes the back of my neck tickle.
Renamon sniffs the air. "I think we sh…" Her voice trails off as I walk the other direction.
"Uh, Lils? What are you doing?"
"Shut up already." I retort, my mind focused on one thing and one thing only. I know one thing and one thing only. The egg is nearby. I can feel it. I know it in my bones and it pulls me forward like a magnet.
Renamon's ears flick forwards, confused but resigned to my weird behavior. Until she smells something else.
"LILY LOOK OUT!"
"Wha?"
My head whips around to see blue flames shooting down the tunnel towards me at full speed, and my eyes widen. "AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"
…
"What do you mean, Team Galactic have a Destiny Stone?!" Tai gasps, years of soccor training allowing him to keep up with Sira's frantic pace.
"I….should have kno…" Sira breathes, her anger and frustration obvious. "It was so FREAKING OBVIOUS!"
"How could you have known?" Ryo, for once, doesn't seem angry at Sira. "Anymore than the rest of us! $$$&&&& I should have KNOWN Milleunimon would be stupid enough to try something like this!"
"Wait, guys, we don't understand!" Gatomon pleads, running right beside Sira's ankles. "What's the Destiny Stone?!"
"…." Sira doesn't stop running, but her voice cracks slightly as she responds with, "The only things keeping all of our worlds from destruction. And it's all…my fault…"
...
"TEMPEST WING!"
"BLUE LIGHTNING!"
"GOLD RUSH!"
The three armour Digimon all stand next to each other, all of them snarling as the grunt's Pokemon are thrown back.
"All right!" Davis yells, punching the air as the smoke fills the room. "That''s how Digimon fight, you little creeps!"
Yolei grins. "If you can't take the heat, get out of the kitchen!"
"Speaking of which, can we have food soon?"
"Raidramon!"
"What? Yolei was the one who brought up kitchen…" Raidramon grumbles.
Cody's eyes narrow as the smoke slowly dissipates. "…I wouldn't celebrate just yet you guys…"
"What do you…?" Davis' voice trails off as the sound of footsteps echoes ominously and a figure's shape slowly emerges from the smoke, walking calmly forwarda as if he doesn't have a care in the world.
Cyrus slowly walks through the smoke, an eerie smile on his face. Although his clothes are blackened and his hair singed, he barely seems to notice it. Somehow, that's even more creepy than if he hadn't been damaged at all.
"So…you are the little brats I've heard about…" He muses in a soft, quiet voice, that sends chills down the spine of everyone there.
Davis is standing protectively in front of Yolei and Cody, breathing hard, glowering at Cyrus with absolute contempt. "If you've heard about us than you should know that you're about to get your butt handed to you, loser…"
"Mature…" Cyrus says dryly, a mocking smile on his face. "But I'm afraid that none of you will be leaving this place alive. There used to be a day when I would hesitate at using brutal force against children…but that day is long gone. I've come too far to turn back now."
Cody growls. "You don't care about how you hurt as long as you get what you want!"
"Reality check, little boy. I'm not a good man. Of course I don't care…"
Davis snorts. "So it's all or nothing for you? That's the way you want to play?" A wicked gleam appears in his eyes. "…Fine."
"That's the only way we do things." Yolei agrees, clenching her fists and taking a step forwards. Her eyes gleam with a determination that you'd never think could be found there. She's come so very far from the terrified girl who was determined to quit.
"But you're going to regret messing with us." Cody warns in his calm, steady, almost slightly frightening way. Right at that moment you can almost forget that he doesn't like fighting. They are three warriors, unafraid, determined, and ten times stronger than any of the cowards in this room.
Cyrus slowly smiles. "….So be it." He pulls the Pokeballs out from his waist and releases all six of them in six blinding flashes of light.
One of them—a snarling dog with horns curved backwards, red eyes gleaming with hunger.
The other, a massive sea serpent, curled around Cyrus and hissing hungrily, massive fangs dripping.
One a massive bat, four wings spread outwards and face carved in a permanent leer.
Another an oversized, fat looking crow but with a menacing, sadistic gleam in its eye.
The fifth looked like some kind of weasel, claws glinting as it clang them together and stares pointedly at Cody.
The last was just as terrible looking—a giant, scaly scorpion like creature whose eyes bulged outwards, and whose poisonus tail twitched like a snake ready to strike.
"Houndoom. Gyarados. Crobat. Honchkrow. Weaville. Drapion…..Kill."
"OVER MY DEAD BODY!" Raidramon roars, leaping forwards, electricity building around his horn. "BLUE THUNDER!"
The lightning bolt strikes towards the Gyarados right before the Houndoom lets loose a massive stream of fire from its jaws, blocking out the attack.
Raidramon's eyes narrow as the smoke from the explosion fills the room, and the black canine suddenly leaps upwards, snarling as it rams into Raidramon.
"TEMPEST WING!"
'Halsemon's attack hits the Crobat head on, sending it spiraling out of control and slamming into the opposite cliff wall.
He smirks, but then yells in pain as a rain of dark balls strike his back and flanks, actually cracking the mask around his face.
"HALSEMON!"
The Honchkrow cackles merrily above Halsemon, before yelling as he barely dodges the dozen or so drills that are sent flying his way.
Digmon growls, crossing his arms. "All right, let's see what you little creeps are made of! GOLD RUSH!"
The Weaville darts forwards, striking each drill as its claws glow white before slicing downwards.
Digmon yelps as his arms are almost completely frozen over. "Y-Yggdrasil that's COLD!"
"DIGMON!"
Cody's panicked shriek echoes and he whirls around, eyes widening with horror as he sees his partner in the grasp of the Drapion., the tail tightening ominously around his ribs as the fangs grow closer to his head.
"CODY!"
"NO!"
With a display of courage he didn't know he had , Cody manages, just barely, to stretch his fingers down and seize his Digivice just as the creature lunges, about ready to bite the young boy's head off.
The Digivice hit the creature right in the middle of the eye, and with a squeal of pain, the Drapion rears back just as Digmon slams into it.
Cyrus' eyes narrow ever so slightly, and he whirls his head around to glare at the few grunts who try to creep forwards, reaching for their Pokeballs to help aid their boss. "Don't you dare…this is my battle, understand?" He says, his voice dripping with ice. "You just concentrate on using that thing's energy."
Davis growls as he falls back. "I cannot believe we're getting beaten by things that aren't even Digimon." He mutters, his frustration obvious.
"They are…plenty strong…" Raidramon breathes, wincing at the massive bruise on his side and burn marks on his legs. "I'd never have expected….them to be able to…"
"Raidramon!"
"We don't have time for this." Yolei hisses, her fists clenching as she sees the Destiny Stone continue to glow a bright blue. "If this keeps up…what if they actually do manage to use it's power?"
'…You guys are….forgetting something…" Cody grunts quietly as he pushes himself to his feet. "We don't need to…actually beat this guy."
"Huh?"
"…If the Destiny Stone is gone…then they'll never be able to use it. That's what Ellen said, right?"
"…."
Davis slowly grins and Yolei smiles grimly as well, pushing her glasses up the bridge of her nose. "It won't be easy."
"When are things ever easy for us?"
"…True."
"What is with all the babbling?" Cyrus says in a bored voice, as his Pokemon snicker. "Are you ready to surrender yet?"
Davis grins, and the smile is so much like his mentor's arrogant smirk it's unbelievable.
"…We are not done yet. NOW GUYS!"
"ROCK CRACKING!"
The massive earthquake knocks nearly everyone off balance. Computers and other such equipment go flying as the yells of the lackies echo.
Cyrus' Houndoom howls as he's knocked off his paws and lands on the unfortunate Weaville.
Their master is even less unfortunate as he has his giant Drapion land on him. He yells, fury in his voice. "GYARADOS HYPER BEAM!"
Gyarados snarls, the orange beam forming in its mouth as it suddenly roars and lets the massive attack fly.
The explosion nearly consumes half the base, and Cyrus' mad laugh echoes wildly. "See?! I told you it was pointless to resist my power! You should have submitted when you had the chance!"
"BOSS LOOK!"
Cyrus' head whips around and his eyes widen with horror as he sees Raidramon and Halsemon streaking towards the Destiny Stone. "NO! STOP!"
"BLUE THUNDER!"
"TEMPEST WING!"
The wind and lightning combine, creating a massive attack that strikes right down towards the Destiny Stone.
"NOOOO!"
Davis' and Yolei's face light up in matching triumphant grins as the massive lightning bolt strikes down…just as another familiar voice, full of horror echoes…
"…DAVISSS!" Tai yells as he bolts into the room. "DON'T!"
...
The figure's blue eyes are full of evil glee. "….And now it begins…." He chuckles inwardly. Better than he could have hoped. Everything was now truly in motion. And soon…his revenge would be complete.