Piedmon's Last Jest
Previously on "When Destinies Collide"… Piper, Rini and T.K went off in search of Matt and the others while Tai and Mina fended off Piedmon for as long as they could. Joe and Amy set off in search of Matt as well. While this was happening, Matt and Gabumon were walking down a long dark cave. Matt wallowed in his self pity, believing he was always meant to be alone. Gabumon snapped him out of it and they reunited with Joe and Amy. Piper began to doubt herself and her Sailor Harmony powers. She fell into the cave of darkness, but with Matt's help, she was freed. The group headed back to Spiral Mountain and the Mega digimon held a line, ready to fight Piedmon. Serena and Ebonwumon showed up and all six Megas stood their ground. Will this be the end of Piedmon? Find out in this chapter of, "When Destinies Collide"…
The six Mega digimon held there ground.
"Now that all six of them are together, Piedmon is history." Rini giggled.
"It's six against one, we have the up side here." Serena said.
"Let's show this clown what we can really do." Piper voted.
Piedmon grew tired of fighting and decided to have a little fun with the Mega digimon. He threw a flaming hoop towards MetalGarurumon and Baihumon, who became trapped. A giant ball came up from the ground and WarGreymon and Anubismon had to balance themselves on it.
"We have to help them." Ebonwumon said.
Zhuqiaomon nodded. "Let's do it."
The two Mega digimon charged ahead but Piedmon diverted their attacks right back at them.
"He's playing with us." Lita clenched her hands into fists.
"He thinks it's just a game." Izzy added.
Piedmon threw his swords at the Mega digimon, but he made copies that weren't the real thing. MetalGarurumon found the real swords and WarGreymon destroyed them.
"Hey let us have a little fun WarGreymon." Anubismon chuckled. She held out her hand and a black sphere appeared. "Ebony Sphere!"
"Arctic Rush!" cried Baihumon. A white flame combined with the black sphere.
"Double Dragon Wave! Phoenix Fire!" came the attacks of the other two Sovereign digimon.
All four attacks combined and knocked Piedmon off his perch.
"Yeah!" cheered the four Princess girls.
"Izzy. Have everyone else digivolve and attack." Tai ordered.
But before they could, Piedmon held out a white handkerchief.
"A white flag?" Joe questioned. "Maybe he's trying to surrender to us."
"I wouldn't be so sure Joe." Amy warned.
Piedmon threw the white handkerchief over WarGreymon and MetalGarurumon as they charged towards him. The Mega digimon tried to escape but soon, no movement was seen. Tai and Matt ran to their partners aid, but Piedmon threw and second handkerchief over them as well.
Piedmon gathered up the handkerchiefs and revealed that Matt, Tai, and their digimon had vanished.
"Ta da!" he exclaimed. "Thanks for coming, next show's at seven thirty, you've been a great crowd! Good night!"
"He made them all disappear!" exclaimed Catherine.
"Well, at least he didn't saw them in half." Nalamon said.
"What have you done to them Piedmon?" Mina yelled.
"I hold the keys to your friends' existences." Piedmon chuckled. "And I needed somewhere to put them. So I made a couple of key chains." the clown looking Dark Master held two small key chains that looked exactly like Matt and Tai. He held out his other hand, "I think I'll hang these two on my backpack." in his other hand were key chains of MetalGarurumon and WarGreymon.
"What kind of sicko turns people into key chains?" Piper exclaimed.
"I am not a sicko." Piedmon corrected. "I am a collector and these have such sentimental value to me."
"What are we going to do now?" Rini whimpered.
"We need to keep our offense safe." Serena said. She gave a whistle and called the remaining four Megas back over to them.
"So what's the plan?" Izzy asked.
"Right now: Get somewhere safe." Mina answered.
"Let's get in that cave." Andromon pointed to a cave not far ahead of them.
"Works for me." Piper said.
Everyone else nodded in agreement. They all then bolted for the cave, each Sovereign Mega around them. But Piedmon was catching up to them, fast.
"I'll hold him off, you get to safety." Andromon told the DigiDestined.
The group nodded and headed into the cave while the android digimon faced against the final Dark Master.
They came to a canyon and the path continued on the other side.
"How do we get across this?" Lita asked.
"The only way is to use these swings like a trapeze artist." Tentomon answered, flying over to the other side. "But don't look down, there's no net."
"Kari hold on tight and don't let go." Gatomon said.
"Same with you Catherine." Nalamon added.
The two little girls held onto their feline digimon, who used the swings like gymnasts. They landed safely on the other side.
Piper knelt down in front of T.K, her back facing him. "Get on." she said.
"Why?" T.K asked.
"These swings are just like uneven bars in gymnastics." Piper informed. "Those are my specialty. Hang on tight to me and I'll get you across."
"You promise?" T.K said.
"I promise." Piper repeated.
T.K wrapped his arms around Piper's neck. The black haired teen gave a nod to her Mega digimon, who jumped across the canyon and landed perfectly on the other side. Piper inhaled deeply and ran and jumped. She grabbed hold of one swing and swung. As she came to the other she spiraled off the first swing and grabbed hold of the second one.
"Hang on T.K." she said. Piper flipped off the second swing and landed gracefully onto the second ledge.
"Amazing." Mina sighed.
Piper smiled and jumped back on the second swing and hung on by her legs. "You guys, just swing on the first one then grab onto my hands and I'll swing you across." she called.
Everyone could hear Piedmon coming for them.
"I'll hold him off." Ebonwumon said.
"Same with me." followed Zhuqiaomon.
Both Megas ran down the path. Rini whimpered.
"Heads up Piper!" Serena called, swinging Rini towards her.
Rini grabbed Piper's hands and the black haired teen quickly swung Rini to safety. The pink haired little girl landed safely on Baihumon. Joe quickly threw Gomamon to Piper, who caught him tightly. Lita swung across no sweat. Amy swung to Piper and landed safely with the others. Just before Joe could throw Sealmon across, a familiar voice stopped them.
"Don't you want to take you're friends along?" Piedmon asked, walking up behind the remaining DigiDestined. He held up key chains of Andromon, Ebonwumon, and Zhuqiaomon.
"Go!" Joe called. Swinging Serena towards Piper, who quickly caught her.
Izzy went next, but before Piper could grab hold of him, one of Piedmon's white handkerchiefs flew over him.
"No Izzy!" Piper exclaimed.
"Piper!" called T.K.
The black haired teen sighed and jumped back down with her other friends. Zapdomon flew towards Piedmon, but ended up being turned into a keychain as well.
"We have to go, now." Mina ordered.
"You don't have to tell me twice." Piper said.
The group continued down the pathway. Piper turned and sighed. She held her staff in hand and pointed at the Dark Master on the other side of the canyon. With one bright flash, she destroyed the swings before Piedmon could use them.
"Come on you guys, we need to climb a little bit faster." Super Mars called. She was on the back of her Ultimate digimon.
Mars had gathered up more Gekomon and Otamamon. Now she had half a digimon army.
"I think the battle must have already started." Vulturemon said.
"Great everyone else is having all fun and I'm stuck on dig-boot camp duty." Mars sighed.
"We're trying the best we can Princess Reye!" called one of the Gekomon.
Super Mars sighed. "You can quit with the 'Princess' thing, just Reye or Mars is fine." she called back.
"This isn't all bad. At least we're not in any real danger." Vulturemon said.
"Yeah I know, but the others are and they need this backup." Mars replied. "Piedmon has to be stopped by all means necessary."
Vulturemon nodded in agreement. She continued to hover over the chasm as the digi-army climbed.
The group was still running down the cave path. They found a room to hide in for the time being. The found a secret passage and hid under the hard wood floor.
"Now everyone keep quiet." Mina whispered.
"This really stinks." Lita muttered.
"Yeah, we're fine, but we can't fight whatsoever." Amy added.
"Since that good for nothing clown turned Joe and them into key chains." Gomamon reminded.
"Which means we can't digivolve." Tentomon concluded.
"And he also turned Ebonwumon and Zhuqiaomon into key chains as well. So that leaves me out." Rini said.
"No." Piper contradicted. "So we're down two Megas and Amy and Lita are with the wrong Rookies, that doesn't mean we're out of this game yet."
"But we are pretty well close." Serena muttered.
"Way to stay positive sis." Piper sighed. "Listen, we can still beat Piedmon. We still have three very strong digimon." she motioned to Nalamon, Gatomon, and Patamon. "All we have to do is get the key chains from Piedmon, restore them, then we're back to full power. And Reye should be here soon with the reinforcements."
"But how do you suggest we restore the key chains back to normal Piper?" Lita asked.
Piper held her staff, "Just like I restored the energy to WarGreymon and Anubismon." she answered. "I'll just need you guys to hold off Piedmon for a few minutes."
"Easier said than done though." Rini said.
Amy mimed the 'no talking' sign by placing her finger over her lips. Everyone was silent and they heard Piedmon walk into room. They heard his footsteps over them and they stayed as quiet as possible.
"I think we're in the clear." Catherine whispered, when all seemed quiet.
Then suddenly one of Piedmon's swords came through the floor. He then began poking three holes so he could find the remaining DigiDestined faster.
"Move!" Lita shouted.
They all ran as fast as they could and looked for a secret way out. Nalamon and Gatomon gave a nod to each other and their human partners.
"Gatomon digivolve to…Angewomon."
"Nalamon digivolve to…Lionessmon." Catherine's crest began to glow. "Lionessmon digivolve to…Ziramon."
The two Ultimates charged upward and began attacking Piedmon. Serena stayed behind with the two Ultimate digimon. She motioned for the others to go on ahead.
"If you want them you'll have to get through us first." Ziramon growled.
"And we won't let you get far." Angewomon added.
The group found a secret passage and hid in another hallway.
"Piper." Mina said. "I need you to take T.K and the little ones and get out of here. We'll hold off Piedmon."
"There is no way I'm leaving you sis. Forget it." Piper replied.
"No you have to!" Mina yelled. "If Piedmon gets all of us, we're doomed. And so is the Digital World and our own world."
"Mina has a point." Baihumon inputted.
"Anubismon and I, as well as the others, we can handle ourselves. You need to take care of them." she motioned to T.K and the younger girls.
"Alright." Piper sighed. "Guys, get on Baihumon." the younger DigiDestined did as told. "You guys be careful."
"Same to you." Amy said.
The four girls joined in a small group hug. They heard an explosion not far away. Piper jumped on Baihumon and the arctic tiger ran down the dark pathway.
"Ready?" Lita asked.
"As ready as I'll ever be." Amy replied.
Piedmon showed his face with a smirk. "Just so few more left and I'll have the entire set of DigiDestined." he chuckled, holding up key chains of Ziramon, Angewomon, and Serena.
"Not if we can help it, you circus reject." Lita growled.
She and Amy exchanged glances and held out their Crystal rods.
"Jupiter Crystal Power! Mercury Crystal Power!"
"You're finished Piedmon!" Anubismon barked.
"I second that." Mina added.
"How can you even hope to fight me, when I have your digimon?" Piedmon asked, holding Zapdomon's and Sealmon's key chains.
"We'll just have to wing it." Super Mercury replied. She held out her hand and her medium sized harp materialized. "Mercury…Aqua…Rhapsody!"
"Jupiter…Oak…Evolution!
The two attacks, combined with the attacks from Joe and Izzy's Rookie digimon didn't do much damage to Piedmon.
Mina and Anubismon combined their power but it still didn't even faze the Dark Master.
Baihumon continued to run down the dark hallway as fast as she could.
"Over there." Piper pointed. "Let's turn into that dark crevice and rest a few minutes."
Baihumon turned into the crevice in the wall and the remaining DigiDestined jumped off.
"Can we really save them?" Kari asked.
"Of course we can, Kari." Piper answered. She looked at the smaller DigiDestined, who all seemed a little scared.
"Piper can you really turn them back?" Rini asked. "Zhuqiaomon and all the others/"
"Of course. I just need to get all the key chains away from Piedmon." Piper replied.
"But how are you going to?" Catherine asked.
"That I have no idea." Piper admitted. "But I will do everything I can to make sure you guys stay safe. By all means."
The younger DigiDestined sighed.
"But…" Piper added. "If anything does happen to me. T.K, I want you to protect the girls. Can you do that? For me?"
"Of course, but nothing will happen to you. Right?" T.K replied.
Piper knelt down eye level to him. "We have to plan for every scenario. I'm trusting you, just like Matt trusted me with looking after you." she smiled.
"I promise, if anything does happen to you, I'll protect Kari, Rini, and Catherine by all means." he said.
Piper smiled. Then another small explosion caused her and the little ones to get quiet real fast.
"Come out, come out, wherever you are." Piedmon said, sing-song like. "Little DigiDestined. Where are you?"
Piper shot quick glances to each of the smaller DigiDestined and finally to her digimon, the final Mega standing. "Go, now." she whispered sharply.
The smaller DigiDestined gave her a quick hug and ran down the hallway. T.K was the last.
"No matter what happens to me and Baihumon, just keep running." Piper ordered.
T.K nodded and gave her one last hug. But Piedmon lit the wall torches and found them.
"Found you at last, now prepare to end up just like your friends." Piedmon chuckled, holding up key chains of Super Jupiter, Mercury, Anubismon, and Mina.
"In your dreams Piedmon." Piper growled.
She grabbed two barrettes from her hair and they changed into duel swords. "Go T.K!" she ordered. "Now! You two Baihumon!"
"Piper…" questioned the arctic tiger Mega.
"This is not open for discussion!" Piper yelled. "You are their last line of defense. Go!"
Piedmon and Piper then began a swordfight. The sounds of metal crashing against metal was all that was heard.
"You're pretty good." Piedmon complemented. "For a human anyway."
"I had a great teacher growing up." Piper informed. "You'd be surprised what an older brother will do to make sure that his little sister stays safe."
"I see." Piedmon said.
"And you would also love how sneaky and cunning us human girls are." Piper smirked and cut loose one of the key chains. "Too slow clown face."
Piper bolted down the hallway and gave a whistle. Baihumon came running to her and she jumped on. Piper fired and blast from her silver rod, distracting Piedmon for a short while.
"T.K!" she called. "Here catch!" she tossed the key chain, Matt's key chain, to him.
Piedmon showed up and threw a white handkerchief over Piper and Baihumon. Piper had with her also, the four cats that belonged to her, Mina, Serena, and Rini, they were also turned into small keychains.
"Now all I need are few more and all the DigiDestined are mine." Piedmon chuckled.
T.K and the girls found themselves at a dead end. They saw a basket and some rope and began to climb it. Suddenly Piedmon blasted through the door, scaring the younger DigiDestined.
"Keep climbing." Patamon said. "I'll distract him. Patamon digivolve to…Angemon."
The angel champion digimon landed gracefully on the ground and held off Piedmon. But the Mega digimon overpowered him and sent Angemon over the edge of the balcony.
"Angemon!" Rini cried.
"Keep climbing." T.K called to the girls.
But before they could climb another inch, Piedmon cut the rope so they couldn't go anywhere else. Piedmon cut the rope and left the children to fall fast towards the ground.
"I'm sorry I let you down Matt." T.K thought.
The little boy grabbed the key chain of his brother and tried to imagine what he would say at a time like this. He imagined he would say not to give up the fight and fight till the very end.
"I promise, I will never give up the fight." T.K said aloud. His Crest began to glow a pale gold color.
"T.K" Angemon breathed.
TK's digivice and Crest both then began to glow a pale gold color.
"Angemon digivolve to…MagnaAngemon."
The new Ultimate digimon grabbed the four young DigiDestined, saving them mid-fall. He flew them down to safety.
"I am MagnaAngemon. I have eight shining wings and a beam shield. I wield the mighty sword Excalibur, and my devastating attack is the Gate of Destiny." he introduced.
"I knew he would digivolve. And they saved the best for last." Rini giggled.
"He looks amazing." Kari marveled.
"I say he's beautiful." Catherine said.
MagnaAngemon smiled and flew up to finish off Piedmon. The Dark Master threw a white handkerchief but the sword, Excalibur, cut right through it. The angel Ultimate grabbed the rest of the key chains and sent Piedmon flying off the cliffside, far from the DigiDestined.
MagnaAngemon placed all the key chains on a small rock table and used his 'Magna Antidote' attack. The four top wing began to glow like a spectrum and in a few short seconds, all the others were back to normal. The four felines reunited with thier owners, and all the DigiDestined reunited with thier digimon.
Everyone was marveled at the sight of Angemon's Ultimate form. But the reunion was short lived when Piedmon showed up with his own reinforcements.
The digimon he showed up with were small digimon that resembled flying goblins. "DigiDestined, meet the Vilemon." he introduced. "Their Nightmare Shock will give you a rude awakening."
The Vilemon surrounded the DigiDestined.
"Okay how are we going to get out of this mess?" Mina asked aloud.
"The only way is for all of our strength, but we're still missing some people." Tai informed.
The Vilemon began to attack, and the DigiDestined braced themselves.
"Flaming Buzzard Strike!" called two familiar voices.
Everyone turned and saw Vulturemon flying towards them. A digimon army right behind her lead. Super Mars waved to her friends.
"Well it's about time you showed up!" Serena called.
"Well do you know how long this took me?" Super Mars called back.
"Are we too late for the party?" Vulturemon asked.
"No, you're just in time." Zhuqiaomon answered.
The digimon that Mars gathered began to attack the Vilemon army, with the help of the Chosen digimon. Super Sailor Mars joined her fellow Soldiers.
"Who's the new guy?" she asked.
"That's MagnaAngemon." Rini answered. "Angemon's Ultimate level."
Super Mars smiled. The four Rookie digimon exchanged glances with their human partners and eachother and nodded.
"Gomamon digivolve to…Ikkakumon. Ikkakumon digivolve to…Zudomon."
"Sealmon digivolve to…Walrainmon. Walrainmon digivolve to…Sirenmon."
"Tentomon digivolve to…Kabuterimon. Kabuterimon digivolve to…MegaKabuterimon."
"Zapdomon digivolve to…Thundramon. Thundramon digivolve to…Stormdramon."
The Ultimate digimon took care of the Vilemon army, while the Megas took care of Piedmon. They cornered him and the four Princess took it from there.
Mina held out her mirror, and blew a kiss to her reflection, and winked. She turned the glass to face Piedmon and smiled. "Purifying Reflection!" a beam of shimmering light emerged from the mirror and once it struck Piedmon, he was frozen in place.
Rini and Serena held out their sharp weapons and smiled at each other. "Super Gorgeous Meditation!" they shouted. Shimmering white and pink beams struck Piedmon and sent him flying.
"And last but not least…" Piper began. The rose gem on her rod began to pulsate. "Super Celestial Rose Javelin!" the last attack sent Piedmon into the air.
MagnaAngemon opened his 'Gate of Destiny' which swallowed up the remaining Vilemon and Piedmon. Once the gate shut, an aurora appeared over Spiral Mountain and began to rain down over the Digital World. The last remnants of Spiral Mountain disappeared. Symbolizing the defeate of the Dark Masters.
The digimon army waved goodbye to the DigiDestined.
"You know, I'm starting to think we have a strange looking group of friends." Tai sighed.
"They may be different," Mina began. "But they are some of the best friends we've ever had."
"You got that right." Anubismon agreed.
"Hey we have mail from Gennai." Izzy announced.
"What does it say Izzy?" Lita asked.
"Is he congratulating us?" Tai asked, a little annoyed. "The email is coming in now." Izzy said. "Gennai says here that the Dark Masters aren't the real enemies."
"What?" exclaimed everyone else.
"It says here that the real enemy is an evil force who's very presence warps the DigiWorld and created the Dark Masters." Izzy read. "So, according to this, I don't think we're out of the woods quite yet!"
"Wait a sec! If it's not the Dark Masters," Mina began.
"Then who do we fight next?" Tai finished.
Suddenly the ground began to shake and the DigiWorld fell into darkness again.
What could the evil force Gennai warned them about be? Will the DigiDestined be able to defeate it? Find out in the next chapter of, "When Destinies Collide"…
To Be Continued…
