CHAPTER 35: Ogremon
snatches the relic from the white data and in a pulse of light the
white data shoots into it and it glows. Ogremon:
RARGH! (He throws the relic directly at Klaire who is nearest
to the golden double doors.) GRAGH! (Ogremon raises his
hands just in time as the ball and chain whips around his neck.
He gets 2 fingers of each hand in-between the chain and his throat.
Klaire catches the relic. Its glow intensifies and then as
suddenly as it started it stops. Ogremon lets out a sound of
pain as the spiked ball finally runs out of slack and stabs its way
into the side of his gut and gets stuck. ?????: HAND IT
OVER! DON'T YOU MOVE OR I WILL POP HIS HEAD OFF! Zane:
OGREMON! Devidramon flies above Zane. Zane:
Oh crap… (Devidramon targets Zane and dives down with his
claws extended.) AHHHHHHH! (Zane feels the sensation of being
weightless for a moment as he is scooped up by Kokatorimon, embraced,
and rolled on the ground.) Ugh… Thank you… Kokatorimon:
You're welcome… Get to the elevator I will… Ugh…
(Kokatorimon lowers his head in pain.) Zane suddenly notices
he is covered in Kokatorimon's blood. His entire chest is
carved up from Bastemon. Zane: Please… Don't
do it… We will find a way… Kokatorimon:
I must get you out of here alive… Zane: That is bull!
WE will get US out of here together. Do you think Klaire will
survive without you? Kokatorimon gets up and lets Zane
go. Kokatorimon: She would be proud… Just get to
the door… Zane: No… I won't leave Ogremon
behind… OGREMON! Ogremon struggles to his
feet. He then pulls 2 of his fingers out from around his neck
and reaches behind him and grabs the chain. He pulls the chain
and feels weight behind it as he swings it. The cloaked figure
is lifted off the floor and is flung past Ogremon. Ogremon then
pulls the chain back toward him and as the cloaked figure approaches
him and he grabs him with his arm around his neck facing
forward. ?????: D-DEVIDRAMON! Ogremon listens for
the sound of Devidramon and keeps his attention on the cloaked
figure. Since there is slack he takes his other arm and pulls
the spiked ball out of his side with blood pouring out over the
floor. Zane: Kokatorimon… You are brave
and you have done your job. You may rest now. I promise
you, we got this one… Kokatorimon looks at Zane for a
moment. Light covers Kokatorimon's body shrinks down and when
the light sheds off Biyomon emerges with bloody gashes in his chest
and blood pouring down from his beak. Biyomon:
Thank you… (Biyomon faints.) Zane picks up
Biyomon and hoists him onto his back and grabs his wings. Zane: Klaire! Get going! Don't worry
about Ogremon! (Zane begins to run toward Klaire and the golden
doors.) Soon enough he sees Devidramon hovering in the air
beginning his dive. Zane: ::::Just a little
more…:::: Devidramon opens his claws and dives
quickly. Zane: NOW! Ogremon hears Zane's
command and he instantly explodes into white light and as the light
falls Kunemon rushes out of the chains and toward Zane. ?????:
(Feels himself fall forward and hears Devidramon coming.) STOP! SLASH! CUT! Devidramon roars. ?????:
Ugh… Devidramon pulls his claws out of ?????'s back
tearing his cloak and forcing his hood to go back. ?????:
Oh… f*ck… (He hit's the ground.) Zane
stops. Zane: No way… (He looks at the kid on the
floor. His face is sideways so Zane can distinguish his
features. The kid opens his eyes and struggles to lift his head
to look at Zane.) The kid has short brown hair and cold gray
eyes. Across his left cheek he has a newly healed scratch.
He appears to be 14 possibly 15. Zane:
::::How…:::: Brian! What… Brian: (Blood
dripping out of his mouth.) Damn you… I am going to
kill you all… Zane freezes… Devidramon
stands behind Brian and roars at Zane. Zane: (Closes his
eyes.) Brian… I don't know what happened to you…
But I'll snap you out of it… Zane turns his back and
walks away with Biyomon on his back and Kunemon, leaking some blood
from his right side from the ball and chain injury, follows. Klaire
gets to the golden doors and looks back at the fallen
figure. Klaire: What's going on!? You look sick… Zane stops as he gets to Klaire. Zane:
N-nothing… (He hoists Biyomon up higher on his back.) Klaire: Biyomon… (She runs to Zane's side and
pets Biyomon gently.) You rest now… you were so brave.
Here Zane, I'll carry… Zane: Don't worry, I got
him… Let's just go… Klaire looks back at the
fallen figure with Devidramon behind him. Devidramon scoops him
up in his claws and examines him. Klaire, Zane with Biyomon,
and Kunemon enter the room with the golden ring in the center.
They step inside the golden ring and look out through the doors and
see Devidramon with a semi-sad expression in his eyes. The look
of worry for Brian. Klaire sees this in him and feels sorry for
Devidramon. It is as if Brian is his whole world and he really
cares for him. Even though it seems Brian has no respect for
him he stands by him. Klaire: What should we do
for him?! Zane: I-I don't know… (He looks
down.) I know that kid… Klaire: WHAT!? Zane:
He… he's my friend… Klaire looks stunned. Zane:
Let's just go… That thing will follow us and gets back down
on his own. Klaire: I feel bad for it…
(She glances at Devidramon once more as Devidramon is slowly heading
toward them through the golden doors. Zane: I
think we use the relic to get down… It glowed with the same
light like the one we got up here with… Klaire: (Takes
out the relic from her pocket.) This thing? Zane:
Yeah… Klaire: They wanted it so bad… It must
be an amazing object… (She stands in silence for a moment.)
You take it… (She holds it out to Zane.) Zane
backs up a step. He had forgotten what he came here to do.
He had forgotten all about the relic. Zane: No…
you keep it. Klaire: But… Zane:
Biyomon here fought beyond his physical limitations. He gave
his all for it. As far as I am concerned you guys won it… Klaire: … … Thank you… (She
blushes.) Zane: Wait… (He looks past Klaire at the
wall. He sees a carving that looks like the relic.) Hang
on… (He points his digivice at the wall and a red laser is
shot out. From where the red dot of the laser hit's the wall
it expands over the wall and the text. Once it covers the
majority of the wall the digivice beeps.) Those inscriptions
might tell us something about the relic. I scanned it and
hopefully we can decode the ancient texts… Klaire:
Interesting… I never knew our digivices could scan anything
but digimon… Devidramon is getting closer and closer. Zane: Let's go. Klaire raises the relic unsure
if anything would happen. The entire relic glows white and from
the floor white light shoots up to the ceiling where another golden
ring is. Klaire and Zane feel a weightless sensation and all at
once their entire bodies turn into white light and explode into
smaller light particles and vanish in the beam of light. ((((((((((MEANWHILE)))))))))) An unstable white and
blue light orb gets smaller and smaller. The white and blue
streaks of light explode and Gabumon emerges. Seth:
(Huffs.) Good job Gabumon… you nailed 'em…
(Seth and Gabumon are on the 150th stair. Erin is standing on
the ground level with Raremon unconscious. Erin's glaive
appears. The room is filled with light from a flash emanating
from the top of the pyramid. Klaire, Seth with Biyomon upon his
back, and Kunemon appear in the very spot they left in a flash of
light. Zane quickly runs to the edge and looks down. He
sees no one. He runs to the edge on his right and looks down.
Nothing again. He goes to the next edge on the right and looks
down and sees Seth and Gabumon looking up at them about halfway down
the pyramid. Zane: WE GOT IT! WE GOT IT!! (He
waves his arms in the air over his head.) Klaire walks
forward and looks down and Seth can see her too. Erin:
That f*ckin failure… Can't do anything right. Raremon
stirs. Erin: I am not getting blamed for this!
With Raremon in this condition I cannot beat all of them… Klaire,
Zane, and Kunemon begin to run down the steps hurriedly. Seth: Alright Gabumon! Mission accomplished…
I know you are tired but we just need to get out of here now. Erin stares them down. Erin: Oh f*ck it…
(She puts her left hand on Raremon and her face expresses pain.
For a moment the black mist doesn't look like it is going to
completely cover them but after a few moments of struggle on Erin's
part herself and Raremon vanish and appear at the top of the
pyramid. Erin breathes heavily. Erin: Where the
hell is he? Seth: What the? (He shouts up.)
ALL CLEAR! LETS GO! After a few moments Klaire, Zane,
and Kunemon catch up to Seth and all 5 of them (Biyomon on Zane's
back) run down the stairs together. By the time they get to
the bottom a white flash fills the room for a moment. Zane:
Devidramon must have bought… (Stops.) Seth… (He puts
his hand on his shoulder and Seth turns around.) It's
Brian… Seth: What!? Zane: The kid with
the Devidramon… It's Brian… Seth: There is
no way… he… Klaire: Come on! We can talk on
the way… (The five of them run through the large doorway that
Raremon broke down earlier and head for the labyrinth.) Klaire: Who is Brian? Seth: He is our
friend… The three of us tracked down the site of the digital
gate in the real world together... He was supposed to come with
us to the digital world…
But... ((((((((((MEANWHILE)))))))))) Erin:
Brian! Wake up! If we are going to beat them to the top
we are going to have to pool our power… I used a lot of mine
to get us to the top. Devidramon makes a concerned
sound. Erin: Don't worry you big lummox! He will
be fine… (She slaps Brian.) WAKE UP! Brian:
Ugh… Erin: COME ON! GIVE ME YOUR HANDS AND WE
WILL BEGIN! If we want to take the relic back we are going to
have to beat them to the surface. Brian painfully raises his
hands and touches palms with Erin. Black mist begins to form
over their hands… ((((((((((21 MINUTES
LATER)))))))))) Klaire and Zane breathe heavily. They
can see sunlight coming through the entrance to the labyrinth as they
are walking up an incline. After a few moments they reach the
entrance. The edges of the entrance have burn marks similar to
the holes they found had been burned through the labyrinth. They
look out and see the sky, the surrounding forest… compared to
the stale air down in the chambers the fresh air was amazing. Shink! Erin steps out from behind a tree with her
glaive out. The blade glows pink. Jangle
Jangle! Brian steps out onto a branch high above in the same
tree Erin stepped out from. Seth: Aw crap… Zane:
Dude, we can't take them… Biyomon is wiped out and Kunemon
is injured… Gabumon: I think I used most of my power
when I digivolved… But I am a warrior and will die valiantly
like a warrior to defend you to the end Seth… Seth:
Alright… Gabumon you are our only shot… Kunemon:
To the end! Zane: Are you sure?! Kunemon
nods. Zane: Be careful… Kunemon:
Careful! Erin: You are in no shape to fight…
Hand over the relic and we will let you go this time… Believe
me, this is a generous offer... Gabumon: BLUE BLAS...
Oomph! Gabumon is slammed to the ground as Devidramon dives
down from the sky and tags him with his claws. Gabumon:
AHHHH! (Devidramon begins to lift Gabumon into the
air.) Togemon: NEEDLE SPRAY!!!!!!!!!! Brian:
AHHHHH! (He drops his ball and chain and falls from the tree landing
face down with 4 inch needles sticking out of his back.) Togemon
emerges from the tree line and smacks her gloves
together. CyberTyrannomon: NOVA ROCKET!!!!!!!!!! (A
rocket whizzes past Togemon's left side from behind and hits
Devidramon in the back. A dome of fire expands on his back and
burns his skin and parts of his wings.) Devidramon roars in
pain and drops Gabumon. CyberTyrannomon drives out of
the tree line past Togemon. Standing on his shoulder is Tyke
hanging onto his neck. Upon the coverings of his treads and
crouching low as to not fall off are Nick, Rachel, and
Gazimon. Erin: Damn… Zane:
Whoa… Klaire: Tyke! Rachel! Nick!
(She waves exasperated and tired.) Rachel: Face it
Erin! You're outmatched! Nick looks into the eyes of his
sister. Cold gray eyes filled with hatred. Erin:
(Clenches her fists.) ::::Brian is too weak to fight himself…
he put up a good front, but he was barely standing… And now
Devidramon is injured… … I hate this… :::: Erin
walks over to Brian and hoists him over her shoulder. Her
glaive bursts into darkness and vanishes. She walks over to
Devidramon. Rachel: Stop right there! (She
jumps off of CyberTyrannomon and walks forward beside Togemon.)
You're not going anywhere! Erin: Raremon! Raremon
enters the clearing from the opposing tree line and makes his way
over to Erin, Brian, and Devidramon. Raremon gets in front of
them and immediately begins to expand. Rachel:
Hmph… (She watches on looking defiantly at them.) Try
it... (Togemon punches her gloves together.) Raremon
opens his mouth and black smog pours out. He sways his body as
he releases the smoke screen. Erin glares as she is obscured
from vision from the black smoke. Devidramon also soon vanishes
into the smoke as well as Raremon himself. The smoke reaches
the noses of Seth, Zane, Kunemon, Gabumon, and Klaire first.
They put their arms to their noses and cough. It smells
terrible, like rotting flesh. They can no longer see a
thing. The smoke thins out when the sound of large wings
flapping occurs. From out of the top of the smoke cloud
Devidramon bursts out and rises into the sky. Erin stands tall
on his shoulder and Brian lays on his back. Devidramon is
holding Raremon with his arms pulling him up into the air.
Raremon roars one last time as they head over the tree line and out
of sight. Rachel: For the record Togemon, we so won...
(Togemon bows and then raises an arm in triumph.) Tyke runs
over to Klaire and these two strangers with the smoke semi-obscuring
his vision. Tyke: Klaire! Are you and Biyomon
alright!? Klaire sees Tyke. She runs up to him
and hugs him… Klaire: Yeah! I think so… Rachel with Togemon behind her, Nick with Gazimon beside him,
and CyberTyrannomon approach. The smoke finally clears and
Rachel and the others stare at Seth and Zane. Klaire:
Oh… this is Seth (She points to Seth.) and his partner Gabumon
(Points.). And that is Zane and Kunemon. (Points them
out.) They saved me and Biyomon countless times… if it
weren't for them… Zane: Hey, we remember you…
(He points toward Tyke and Rachel.) Seth, it's them… Tyke:
Huh? Seth: You two were the ones opening the gate the
night when we all were meeting to arrive here… Tyke has a
flashback. Tyke, Rachel and Klaire had just entered the digital
gateway and the others were running toward the gate. The first
two to enter were two boys… A boy with golden blonde hair and
a boy with silvery spiky hair. Tyke: You came with us
that night… I remember… Rachel: Wait…
have you seen any of the other kids!? Seth looks to Zane.
Zane looks back concerned. Seth: We've seen one we
recognize… That kid with the Devidramon. Zane:
He is sorta our friend… His name is Brian, and he was
supposed to come with us that night. But he got spooked and ran
into the woods when that werewolf thing was coming… We
thought he was dead because we heard him and another kid
scream… Tyke: Then that means he didn't actually
come to the digital world with us… Seth: What do you
mean!? Rachel: You all ran past us and we stayed
behind. We saw the gate shut and WereGarurumon stop and go back
to get Erin. Klaire: So Erin and Brian got to the
digital world some other way… Tyke: Not to mention
Javel… He didn't enter the portal with us… But
somehow he got here… Seth: Hmmm… Well… we
should be going… We did what we came here to do, and that was
to stop them from getting the relic… Rachel:
Wait… Why can't we stick together… Together we are
stronger. Besides, we need to find the other kids… If
we lose you guys… Zane: Seth… I copied ancient
symbols with a carving depicting the relic… and since Klaire
has the relic… Seth: Then just give her the info and
lets go… We have things to do… Zane: No man…
I think they are right… We have been on guard non stop…
Traveling and fighting with few breaks… I think we could
sleep easier knowing we have allies with us… Seth:
But… Tyke: Any errands or agendas you need to
complete, we can help you with. If we are teaming up we must
take each others goals into consideration… We could really
use your help… Seth: (Looks to Gabumon who nods up at
him.) (Extends his hand to shake Tyke's hand.)
Seth… Tyke: (Tyke grabs Seth's hand and shakes his
hand.) Tyke…
((((((((((
2 HOURS LATER )))))))))) Zane, Tyke, and Nick sit on logs
around a roaring camp fire as the sun is beginning to set. Zane
and Tyke are sitting together across from Nick. Seth is
conversing with Rachel about 25 feet away, Rachel leaning on a tree.
Kunemon and Gabumon are speaking with Palmon and Gazimon
socializing off near the tent which is constructed of the water proof
cloth and sticks tied together with rope. It does not look like
much but it is surprisingly sturdy. Inside the tent Klaire is
petting Biyomon and watching over him. His wounds have been
cleaned and wrapped. Klaire wears the relic around her
neck. GhostAgumon floats down next to Tyke and looks at the
fire. Zane: So what grade are you guys in? Tyke:
Going into 9th. Nick: Going into 7th. Zane:
Same here Tyke, going into 9th as well. Madison High for
you guys? Well, Madison Intermediate School for you I suppose
Nick… It's way nicer than the elementary school. Lots
more freedom. You will like it. Tyke: You go to
Madison too? Zane nods. Tyke: So what did
you guys when you got to the digital world? Zane: Well…
We landed on the east side of File Island in a dense jungle.
We immediately picked up a faint signal from Seth's digimon
Gabumon so we followed it and sure enough we stumbled into a training
camp. Gabumon was a recruit for a secret File Island patrol
force of some sort. He was learning under master Ninjamon. A
tiny dude but he could really beat the crap out of most things. We
explained to Ninjamon our situation and he took us in. Seth
bonded with Gabumon and we stayed in the hidden ninja village for a
few days until I went exploring one day and found another signal. I
got Seth and showed him and we asked Ninjamon to please excuse us and
we would return. Well, we hadn't planned on needing to cross
water. It took us about 5 hours to construct a raft with
Gabumon's help and the resources of the jungle. The same raft
we eventually escaped the island from. So we set sail for a
small island out about a half mile. Long story short it was a
small island called BeetleLand. Nothing but insectoid digimon
on it. There was a giant arena where they held tournaments to
determine the hierarchy of their society. There were Kuwagamon,
Kunemon, DoKunemon, Dokugumon… tons of bug digimon. I met
Kunemon when he was registering for the intermediate tournament. Few
of the bug digimon spoke English and Kunemon wasn't the exception.
We tried to communicate with him with limited success and were
interrupted by a gigantic Kuwagamon trashing the area. It was
like 4 times bigger than any normal Kuwagamon. The Kabuterimon
and other Kuwagamon were fighting it with little success, it was just
too strong. We didn't do much but we managed to help out as
best we could and Kunemon saw that we were fighting for him and the
other bug digimon and helped us. Along with the help of the
champions on the island and a few brave rookies we managed to defeat
the Kuwagamon and some sort of black jewel came out of his head. He
turned into black data that went into the crystal and it just flew
into the sky. Tyke: We have seen digimon like that…
(Slight flashback to Gesomon and BlueMeramon.) Zane:
So we returned to the hidden ninja village and trained for a
few days. Ninjamon then warned us he felt there was an
imbalance in the flow of energy on the island and it would be best if
we left. He was worried we would get caught up in whatever was
about to happen so we said our goodbyes and heading for the beach and
the raft. We left that night and well… the island was
destroyed… We saw you guys momentarily walking on an ice
bridge that night. So we sailed for a long while and eventually
appeared here on D.O.S. Tyke: So how did you know
to come here and find the relic? Zane: (Reaches behind
him and pulls out a scroll.) Ninjamon was wise… He gave
us this scroll. He told us there were two relics on File
Island… And 6 known relics on D.O.S. He told us this
was the only document in existence proving the existence of more than
the speculated three relics on this continent. In total that
means there are 8 known relics in this hemisphere of the world. It
just so happens we ran into those cloaked kids. Brian had
Klaire with him. We have no idea what the relics are exactly.
Not even Ninjamon knew, but he told us it was important to keep
them our of the hands of evil. Apparently the relics were taken
from File Island prior to its destruction… So we know at least 2
are out there somewhere. Tyke: Wow… You guys
have been through a lot… Zane: Yeah… It's
been rough… Nick: That girl… The one you
fought… (He looks sad.) Is my sister… Zane:
Sorry to hear that… The boy with her is my friend… or
was my friend… (Looks to Tyke.) He seriously isn't
like that. He isn't himself. Tyke: Yeah… None
of them seem to be themselves… Tyke, Zane, and Nick talk
more around the campfire. Rachel continues to speak with Seth
and Palmon and Gazimon continue to socialize with Kunemon and
Gabumon. ((((((((((FAR AWAY)))))))))) Myotismon: You
have failed me!? Erin: Yes my lord… (Her and
Brian are kneeling.) Devimon: And what of you!?
(He looks to the other two cloaked beings that are not
kneeling.) The taller more masculine figure reaches into his
robes and holds up a relic. Devimon: 1 out of 2 isn't
bad brother. Erin: My lord… There are 2 more of
them… Two more kids with partners… A Gabumon and a
Kunemon. Myotismon: Just great… now there are 6
of them… and they even have a relic… Devimon: It
is alright brother. If worse comes to worse we can crush them
ourselves… Erin: As soon as Brian is healed we
will go get the relic bac… Myotismon: (Holds out his
hand and black lightning dances around it. Simultaneously
around Erin's and Brian's neck the same lightning energy appears.
Myotismon has a look of sheer pleasure in causing them pain and
keeping them subdued and in pain.) Erin:
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! (She falls to the ground.)
Ma-sterr... Brian: Ugh!!! (He passes out.) Erin: (Struggling to get up.) STOP IT!
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! DAMN YOU! (She grabs at her neck
gasping for air.) Myotismon: This is your
punishment for failing me… you will not go after the relic… you
will train and get stronger… you have gotten soft and
weak… Myotismon drops his hand and Erin falls to the ground
and passes out. The others don't flinch and just continue to
look at Myotismon. Myotismon: You two… you will go and
retrieve the lost relic… Until we locate the third relic this
shall be your assignment. Do not fail me. ?????: (Male)
We will not fail you master… ????: (Female) The
relic will soon be ours… Myotismon: You (He
points to the male.) Hang onto the relic we already
have. Myotismon turns around and exit's the main chamber of
the Arc leaving Devimon behind. Myotismon: Things have
gotten out of hand… This problem must be dealt with soon… The male and female figures exit the main chamber and
exit the automatic door. In the large corridor Cyclonemon and
Tuskmon stand waiting for them. The female raises her arm up
to Tuskmon and pets him on the nose. ????: (Female)
We should rest before we head out. The 2 figures and
their digimon walk down the corridor and see a door open on the left.
They stop at the door and enter the room. On the other
side of a sturdy glass wall is Javel and Deltamon (25 feet tall now.)
training in the Dark Ark's gym filled with training equipment like
weights and various other items. Deltamon's muscles are way
bigger than before and by far he is the largest of the 5 of them now. ?????: (Male) He is getting incredibly
strong… Perhaps we need to train… ????: (Female)
I do not trust him. (Javel is actually fighting with
Deltamon in the open center of the gym (300 by 300 ft). It
is amazing how his reflexes have exponentially improved. He is
able to jump very high and dodge all of the punches Deltamon throws
at him. Javel is training himself to fight digimon, as well as
improving Deltamon's skills.) ????: (Female)
He's nothing special, so what if he is a bit faster, he doesn't
have any powers. ?????: (Male) Yes, but he has
something we don't and have long forgotten the feeling of... (He
looks down for a moment and stares off into space.) Come on...
Lets go… TO BE CONTINUED…