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26: Nick shakes with tears running down his face. Nick:
Erin... It's me... (He puts his arms out toward her.) Erin
glares at Nick and the others. The platform slowly begins to
rise into the Dark Ark. Nick: Nooooooooooo! (Runs towards the
Dark Ark.) ERIN DON'T GO WITH THEM! PLEASE! Tyke: Nick,
stop! (Tyke just misses snatching Nick's shoulder.) The Dark
Ark slowly begins to rise into the air. Intense force shoots downward
blowing jets of hot air on the Digi-Destined. Nick:
ERIN!!!!!!!!!! AHHHH! (Covers his eyes from the light of the flares
coming from the Ark.) (The platform with Erin and the other three
figures, as well as their digimon rises into the ship and the bottom
hatch closes.) Andromon: Digi-destined! (Andromon stands on
the under plank of the Archive Ship) (Andromon throws down a long
rope.) Please hurry! (The Archive Ship is pulling away.) Tyke:
Got ya! (Grabs Nick by the shirt and drags him.) COME ON NICK! STOP
FIGHTING ME! WE CAN'T HELP YOUR SISTER IF WE'RE ALL DEAD! Gazimon:
He's right Nick... The main thrusters of the Archive Ship
begin to fire. Rachel: Come on! All of them break
into a run for the rope. 100 ft... 70 ft... 40 ft... CRACK!
RUMBLE! The floor under them begins to crack apart. Klaire:
AHHHHHHHHH! (Falls onto her knees.) (The others wobble with their
hearts in their throats thinking they are falling for a moment.)
Biyomon: Klaire we can't... Rachel helps pulls Klaire
up. Rachel: Come on! We have to try! (They keep running
jumping over large cracks.) LadyDevimon:
Myotismon… It has grown too quickly… Change of plans! (She stands
atop the ship.) I will take it from here… LadyDevimon:
(Looks back at the Digi-destined and grins.) It is too late now! None
of you will get out of here alive!... (She puts her hands together
and pulls them apart outstretching them to each side and a black and
purple portal appears in front of the ship. Andromon's
Archive Ship gets higher and higher and further away. Andromon:
Digi-destined! (The bottom bridge he is standing on begins to rise
back into the ship.) Tyke stops running. Tyke: There
is no point... (Tyke looks back as the back of the Dark Ark enters
the Shadow Gate and the purple and black portal closes as fast as it
was summoned.) Klaire: What do we do? (Klaire looks worried
and on the verge of tears.) Rachel: Dammit! The roof
beneath them in one instant collapses in and they all begin to fall.
All of them scream as piercing wind surrounds them from the
experience of falling. While falling Rachel clings to Palmon.
800 ft from the ground... 700 ft... 600 ft... 500 ft...
Klaire's Digivice shines... Biyomon: (Closes his eyes
and white lights and a fire aura appears around Biyomon. As he falls
it looks as if Biyomon has become a falling star.) BIYOMON DIGIVOLVE
TO... (The light and flame aura expands and explodes and Kokatorimon
emerges.) Kokatorimon: KOKATORIMON!!!!!!!!!! (Klaire lands on
top of Kokatorimon's back.) Kokatorimon extends his wings.
Kokatorimon: Klaire... I can feel it... Klaire:
(Klaire looks at him as she is freefalling with her tears streaming
up into the air in amazement… where had this fire come from…) Tyke
clutching GhostAgumon, and Rachel clutching Palmon are falling
slightly below Kokatorimon. Palmon: (Looks up.) Rachel! Look!
Rachel looks up... 300 ft... Rachel grabs
Tyke by the back of his shirt with great difficulty. Palmon:
POISON IVY!!!!!!!!!! (Palmon extends her vines to wrap around
Kokatorimon's left leg.) Klaire looks up and Frigimon, Nick,
and Gazimon are falling. The amazing thing is Kokatorimon tilts one
wing and he aligns perfectly with where Nick is falling and begins to
slow his descent. Klaire grabs Gazimon who is holding Nick's hand.
Klaire: HANG ON! Palmon: AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! (The
weight of Rachel, Tyke, and GhostAgumon is taking its toll on her.)
Frigimon falls past them all. Kokatorimon: (Opens his
wings wider and begins to spiral downward) Too much weight! Klaire:
For what? Kokatorimon: To fly... Klaire: (Klaire
stares in amazement at the fiery aura that is surrounding
Kokatorimon.) Fly? … But how? Kokatorimon glides in circles
down towards the ground. Frigimon: Ugh... (Looks at the
ground coming at him.) Not good... Frigimon rotates his body
so he is going down horizontally head first and outstretches his
remaining arm. Frigimon: SUBZERO ICE PUNCH!!!!!!!!!! (The water where he
hits turns to ice and spreads over the entire surface. The pocket of
air created by his attack sends him hurtling across the ice until he
smacks into a tree on the side of the moat.) Kokatorimon
flaps his wings quickly as they get lower and lower. Palmon:
AHHHHHHHHH!!!! (Her vines lose their grip.) Palmon, Rachel,
Tyke (Holding GhostAgumon.) fall about 5 feet onto the hard ice.
Rachel: OW! Tyke: AHHHHHHHHHHHHH! (Rachel and Palmon
landed on him.) Xo Kokatorimon touches down on the ice
flapping his wings exhaustedly. Klaire: Kokatorimon... I
didn't know you could fly... Kokatorimon: I couldn't... but
when I was falling... and saw you were in danger… I felt it... I
felt Garudamon's energy... Her data that she gave to me... somehow
makes me feel as light as a feather. I have never felt such power...
(The Flame Aura vanishes from around Kokatorimon.) Klaire:
... (Takes out Garudamon's feather that she picked up after Garudamon
died.) (Tears run down Klaire's face.) Thank you... In Klaire
mind, when she looks at the feather she can faintly see the face of
Garudamon nodding back at her. Kokatorimon de-digivolves into
Biyomon and Klaire, Nick, and Gazimon fall onto the ice. Biyomon:
Ugh... that took a lot of strength... (Lays out on the ice.)
Klaire: You did good... (She picks up Biyomon and lets him
rest in her arms.) Nick: FRIGIMON! (Nick and Gazimon
run over to Frigimon.) Frigimon: Ow... (Rubs head.) (Slowly
comes to.) What hit me? Tyke: (Looks at the sky as Mt.
Infinity is almost gone.) No... Rachel: (Holds Palmon
despairingly) What now? How do we dodge that? Tyke: I don't
know... Klaire presses a button on her Digivice. Klaire:
You guys... we are about 1 mile from the shore... If we follow the
river there is a branching river bypass that leads directly to the
sea... Ikkakumon told me about it when we were freeing them from the
dungeon... Rachel: Ikkakumon was there!? Klaire: The
rest of his clan… the elders… Yes... I think we can make it...
but we have to move now! Frigimon gets up slowly...
Frigimon: Come on! (Looks at Tyke and Rachel dazed by the
warp in the sky.) MOVE! (Frigimon seems more serious than he has ever
been before.) All of them run to the shore and run upon the
land next to the river. Mt. Infinity is gone and now the
surrounding forests are being sucked up. The good thing is if this
process is circular, it will take it longer to consume the south side
of the island. Klaire: We have to cros... Frigimon:
SUB-ZERO ICE PUNCH!!!!!!!!!! (He punches the surface of the water and
it becomes solid ice for about 10 feet each way of the river. Water
that builds up immediately begins to run over the ice making it
slick.) (Frigimon breathes heavily.) Nick: (Looks at Frigimon
worried about him.) All of them cross after slipping and
sliding and struggling with the small current of water running over
the ice. Finally everyone gets across and they run down along the
bypass river. The forests around Mt. Infinity are completely
gone... The process is speeding up... The group continues on.
After a few minutes of running Klaire's right foot steps into
the soft sand of the beach. Frigimon slouches over and breathes heavily.
Nick: Awe, Frigimon! Are you going to be able to swim?!
Frigimon: No Nick... Nick: (Nick's face opens up
into fear.) What? Tyke: (Looks down and shuts his eyes.)
Frigimon: I'm not going... Rachel, Palmon, Klaire,
Nick, and Gazimon freeze with shock. Rachel: No! We are not
leaving anyone behind. Frigimon: I cannot go on in this
condition. I have served my purpose, I have guided you to safety...
Tyke turns around to face Frigimon. Tyke: Frigimon
please! You are the only reason we are alive right now! Frigimon:
(Walks past Tyke and the others.) Klaire: H-hey! Nick
tries to run after Frigimon but Rachel grabs his shoulder and stops
him and shakes her head sadly at him. Nick looks back up at
Rachel and then out at Frigimon. Nick: Wait… what is he
doing?!! (Tears run down his face.) What is be doing!?! (He
struggles.) Frigimon: With the last of my strength... I will
ensure you survive the destruction of File Island... (Looks up at the
stars in the sky.) All of my friends are being destroyed right now...
my FreezeLand is warping... Everything I have ever known is here...
this is my home… and I will go with it... The Digi-Destined
look at Frigimon as he turns around. Frigimon: Stay strong...
Nick: (Crying.) Frigimon! Stop it! Frigimon: Goodbye
Nick... Frigimon turns around and walks into the water until
a few inches are covering his feet. Frigimon: SUPER SUBZERO
ICE PUNCH!!!!!!!!!! (Frigimon slams his fist down upon the water and
at that moment he explodes into red data.) From the point
where Frigimon hit the ice a thick 10 foot wide pathway of ice forms
that shoots out and extends out to sea and out of sight. Rachel: FRIGIMON DIDN'T SACRIFICE HIMSELF SO YOU COULD
SIT HERE AND DIE! GET RUNNING OR HE WILL HAVE DIED FOR NOTHING.
Nick gets up and stumbles forward. The Digi-Destined climb
onto the giant ice path and begin running. The top of the ice is
actually covered in a layer of snow so as they do not slip as they
run. About 25 feet from shore a snowflake lands on Tyke's nose and he
looks up. All over the File Island it begins to snow slowly. The
Digi-Destined get about 500 feet from shore and look back. The
entire island is almost gone and the warp above where Mt. Infinity
was is getting wider as it sucks up the rest of the island into the
sky. Although it was destruction in front of them... It was very
beautiful. Things slowly rose into the sky... all except the light
snowfall that now sparkled in the light of the full moon. Rachel:
... Come on... (Rachel walks forward with Palmon and the others
follow except Nick and Gazimon who keep looking on for a moment
longer.) Gazimon: Don't worry Nick, you still have me...
Nick: (Wipes away his tears and smiles at Gazimon.) Yeah. I
just miss him... Gazimon: I do too... Nick and
Gazimon turn around and walk forward after the others. Tyke::::Man... I never thought we would lose Frigimon. He sacrificed
everything for us... (Has a flashback to when Frigimon fought on for
Tyke in the Fortress even though he was injured.) He was like a guide
for us for a while... where will we even go? (Looks at Klaire and
Rachel who are holding back tears.) I have to stay strong for them...
(Looks down at GhostAgumon who is still unconscious in his arms) So I
can make sure none of our friends ever dies again... Frigimon was a
great ally, and a true friend... (Tyke puts on a serious face and
walks on.):::: The island behind them is now calm looking with
the snow fall… but now the Digi-Destined are walking into a thick
fog. Tyke stops and looks to his right. Tyke: Hey… The
others stop and look where he is… In the distance in the
fog is a blue light. After a few seconds of adjusting their eyes they
see four figures on a raft. To the back is was looks like a dog on
two legs spitting out what looks like blue flames propelling the raft
forward. Atop this creature's head was a large golden horn. Next to
him, a boy with short dark blonde hair. He wears an orange shirt and
black jeans. He looks to be about 15. Next to him was another boy of
similar age with striking silvery hair spiked upward. He wears a dark
shirt with dark blue jeans. And beside the silver haired kid sits a
yellow bug with a red underbelly and a blue mouth and tail. The boy
with the messy dirty blonde hair turns his head and stares in Tyke
and the other's general direction as thicker fog rolls in and
obscured the raft and it's passengers from view. In the sky
above them out of the corner of their eyes they can see something
block the moon and look up to see some sort of digimon flying
overhead in their direction and past them… The
Digi-Destined continue to walk in dead silence with the water being
eerily silent. TO BE CONTINUED...
The Archive Ship fires up and rises
high into the sky and far out of reach. All of the digi-destined look
up as their last hope of escape moves further and further away from
them.
Meanwhile the Dark Ark is in the air also. A single slender
figure falls out of the sky and lands on the ship.
LadyDevimon has the
ability to Shadow Teleport... she has amplified her ability and is
making a Shadow Gate large enough for the ship to pass through.) Ha
ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! Ta Ta! (She glares back grinning as the
front of the ship and she goes into the Shadow Gate.)
About 10 feet from the ground a pocket of frozen
wind fires from his fist into the water of the moat below him.
All of them run for about 10 minutes and come to
the bypass river.
The digi-destined and their digimon
stand on the shore of the beach looking out over the long and
seemingly endless ocean.
Rachel: (Puts on her goggles.) We gotta
swim for it...
Frigimon raises his only arm
high into the air and his fist glows with white light with swirls of
ice in it. This seems more intense than any attack they have seen him
use. The light gets brighter and brighter like a white flame until it
is illuminating the area around them.
Frigimon's
red data sparkles and begins to get thinner and thinner. The little
white ball of essence floats slowly into the air and into the sky
until it is unable to be spotted anymore.
Nick collapses onto his
knees only for Rachel to pull him back up and kneel down to his
level.