Chapter 53, everyone!
Tonight, I've really got nothing much to say so shoutout to MadDogLucario96.
Let's get on with the story, things are about to take a switch.
Chapter 53: The Holy Swordsman! HolyAngemon!
Digital World. R-Day+11. Afternoon.
P.O.V. – Ross McGlathery
Our Digimon continued their stare-off against Piemon as neither side was making a move. After a minute of inaction, Yamato decided to break the lull in the fighting.
"Get him, MetalGarurumon!"
"WarGreymon! All of this will be over once we beat Piemon!" Taichi said what was at stake. Hard to believe those words… just one more foe and we'll save both worlds.
"But can you beat me?" Piemon taunted, though he was right, even two Ultimates on one still doesn't mean he'll be a pushover now. The jester laughed and a ring of fire formed in his hands. It flew out while MetalGarurumon charged forward.
"We will!" He answered to Piemon's taunt. The ring flew past MetalGarurumon like a dog through a hoop except this hoop quickly shrank and squeezed around his waist. The wolf cried out in pain as he fell out of the sky on to the rocky ground below.
"MetalGarurumon!" WarGreymon ran up to his fellow Ultimate.
"This one is for you." Piemon informed. The ground opened up and WarGreymon found himself balancing on a ball like he was Russian circus bear. He lost his balance and fell on MetalGarurumon all the while that clown was just laughing hysterically.
"God, I wish he'd just shut up." I growled.
"He's toying with us." observed Koushiro. "Taichi-san!" Koushiro was waiting for the word to provide help.
"Put a hold on backup until I say the word."
"Yeah." Yamato agreed with Taichi. "Let's gauge the situation first."
"I think it's time to put an end to this. Trump Sword!" Piemon pulled out his swords and threw them but they suddenly vanished in thin air before our Digimon. They quickly reappeared elsewhere before vanishing again.
"Careful!" Taichi advised. "We don't know where they might turn up next!"
"My sensors have caught them!" alerted MetalGarurumon. "WarGreymon, 45 degrees to your left!"
"Okay!" He ran forward and blocked one with his arm guard.
"The next one's to your right!" More blocks. "I'll take care of the rest!" The wolf fire four lasers from his nose that destroyed the remaining swords and Piemon was not happy about that. "Your attacks won't work on us anymore!"
"Gaia Force!" WarGreymon threw his attack and Piemon took the blast head on, blasting him back to the wall of his base.
"All right, we've gotten ahead of him! No need to wait anymore, Koushiro! Everyone evolve and attack as one!" Taichi ordered.
"All right, everyone! Use super evolution!" Koushiro said.
"Okay!" "Count me in!" "About time!" Tentomon, Gomamon and Guilmon hopped over the rock cover that we were behind.
"Wait!" Andromon got in their way. Piemon suddenly pulled out a white handkerchief.
"What's that? Does that white flag mean he's surrendering?" Jou questioned.
"Well, we won't take it. As long as he lives, both worlds will still be in danger." I reminded while Piemon was showing both sides of the cloth.
"Is he making that pose to show us that there are no tricks involved" Sora was also just as confused as the rest of us.
"What's he gonna do next, pull out a pigeon?" Taichi joked.
If only we knew what was gonna come next. WarGreymon and MetalGarurumon charged forward at the jester.
"Playtime is over!" WarGreymon shouted as they got closer to him.
"Is that so?" He said as he let the small cloth go. It suddenly grew much bigger and engulfed both Digimon. The whole cloth became covered in a strange purple lightning while the two Digimon struggled underneath before the cloth dropped to the ground and neither Digimon were under it!
"WarGreymon!" "MetalGarurumon!" Both Taichi and Yamato jumped from cover and ran over to where the Digimon once were. Piemon pulled out another cloth and it landed on Taichi and Yamato. Both boys shouted in pain before they suddenly went silent and vanished as well!
"Onii-chan!" Hikari cried. I would've said something too but I could only look on in horror.
"What happened?" Takeru asked.
"Allow me…" Piemon pulled up the cloths to reveal nothing underneath them. "…to show you!"
"T-They're gone!" Jou exclaimed.
"What's going on?!" Tentomon panicked.
"What did you do to Taichi-san and the others?!" demanded Koushiro. The answer we got was truly shocking.
"Why, they're right here. Look." He lifted up both his hands and opened his palms to reveal four small keychains… and the dolls connected looked exactly like Taichi, Yamato, WarGreymon and MetalGarurumon!
"H-He's turned them into dolls!" Sora shouted in horror.
"{You bastard!}" I screamed in English.
"That's right. As a reward for putting up a good fight, I've made them a part of my collection." He laughed. "Now, who's next?"
P.O.V. – Third Person
Somewhere in the Digital World, there resided a cave that was shooting mass walls of fire that were protecting a small hole in the ground. Kentarumon had wandered to this place and now stood by and watched the flames continue to shoot.
"Kentarumon." A voice from behind him called. "Is this it?" The voice came from a Mechanorimon that walked up next to him.
"You've arrived, sir." Kentarumon looked at the Digimon before turning his attention back to the fire. "Yes. This is the Wall of Fire that was described in the prophecy inscribed in File Island's ancient ruins." The dome on top of Mechanorimon opened up to reveal that it was being piloted by Gennai. This was the same Mechanorimon that he stole all those years ago. When the Dark Masters took over, Gennai fled his home and wandered the Digital World trying to stay one step ahead of the Dark Masters, all the while trying to help the Chosen Children when they were fighting Vamdemon back in Japan. He had avoided them for so long, they actually thought he was dead.
"But do you suppose it really did come from the other side of these flames?" The old man questioned.
"That's what the prophecy said."
"Oh, I don't believe this."
P.O.V. – Sora Takenouchi
Piemon continued to laugh as he put the keychain dolls of Taichi, Yamato, and their Digimon around his waist. In just a few seconds, the tide had turned back into Piemon's favor as our strongest Digimon were now just toys thanks to that sick clown.
"Hide in that cave!" Andromon ordered as he pointed to a cave at the base of Piemon's castle. All of us got up and ran towards it while I turned around to see Piemon charging towards Andromon..
"Andromon!" I called out.
"I will stop him! Spiral Sword!" Piemon deflected the attack and swung at him with his swords. The two Digimon clashed and Andromon was actually able to hold his own as his armor was strong enough to deflect the sword strikes but there was no way he'd be able to beat him.
"I'm not running away! I'll help you!" Ross almost ran by me but I quickly grabbed him.
"No, stop! You can't fight him!"
"Let me go! I'll kill him! I swear I'll kill him!" It was taking everything that I had to keep him back.
"Jou-senpai! Help me!" Jou came back and grabbed him as well and we dragged him to the caves, all the while he was kicking and screaming.
"Come on, Ross-kun! Don't let Andromon's fight come to nothing!" Jou tried to convince him. I didn't feel great leaving him behind as well, but what Ross was planning to do ranged on suicidal.
"Gatling Missile!" That was the last thing I heard before we were out of ear range of the fight.
We ran our way through the caves until we came across a thick chasm that was pitch black at the bottom. It probably was bottomless, or led us down the entire way of the inside of Spiral Mountain which was hollow so it would lead to our deaths anyway. The chasm itself had a cave on the other side with large curtains near it and multiple trapeze ropes that extended across the chasm.
"Wh-What is this place?" Tentomon questioned.
"It's like we've run into a circus ring." I observed.
"It appears the path continues on up ahead." Koushiro added.
"But how do we get there?" Jou asked.
"You'll have to swing yourselves through the air using these!" Tentomon referred to the trapeze ropes before he landed on the rock platform on the other side of the chasm.
"Hikari, hold on tight!" Tailmon motioned Hikari to hold her as she got ready to jump.
"Okay!" Tailmon jumped up and grabbed onto the first rope before she let go and grabbed the second one. She used the momentum to land on the other side safely. Takeru went up next and jumped on the rope while Tailmon hung from the second one to catch him when he let go. The same result happened with Takeru safely making it while Patamon flew over to him.
"Sora, you go before me." Ross motioned for me and Piyomon to make the leap. Piyomon held on to me as we jumped to the rope and then being caught by Tailmon.
"I don't know about this…" Guilmon was expressing some doubts before Ross threw him up to the rope. Guilmon quickly recovered and managed to get across.
"Okay, time to channel my inner Dick Grayson!" Ross said before he ran ahead and grabbed the rope and swing forward to Tailmon.
"Go, Gomamon!" Jou shouted as he and Koushiro threw the seal Digimon onto the rope similar to how Ross dealt with Guilmon. After he was on the other side, Jou and Koushiro were the only ones left as Koushiro climbed on. However, we were out of time as Piemon walked into the cavern.
"You won't be going far." The clown said as he dangled his new Andromon doll.
"Andromon! Go, Koushiro!" Jou pushed him before Piemon threw his twisted handkerchief on him.
"Jou-san!" Koushiro called out but Piemon was quick to prevent him from escaping and he shared the same fate.
"How dare you do that to Koushiro-han!" Tentomon flew back towards Piemon in anger but he was also engulfed in the sick trick.
"Caught one, two, and three! It's useless to run." Piemon taunted us once more.
"Guilmon, the ropes!" Ross pointed to the trapeze.
"Right! Fireball!" Looks like Ross's plan was to burn the trapeze to try to slow down Piemon. The ropes were engulfed in flames and snapped and we made our escape further into the caves.
P.O.V. – Mimi Tachikawa
Jou really should've stuck around for another hour because I just had the most amazing luck. As we walked down the river, we soon came into an area that had been used as a sort of refugee camp for the displaced Gekomon and Otamamon and even Unimon! Suddenly, I found myself commanding a full-fledged army, though I was quick to tell them to not call me Princess. I decided that with all the friends I now had with me, it was time to rejoin Taichi and the others. Hopefully, Jou found Yamato and they're on their way as well.
The only problem about rejoining the others was that we had to scale up the side of Spiral Mountain's peak. Palmon evolved to Lilimon and flew up to attach some ropes at the top with Unimon and now all of us were scaling up the side, though Lilimon was having to give me a boost.
"You're so heavy… I can't push you up…" She told me.
"No way! I can't be that fat!" I climbed another meter and looked over to see the others almost at the top. How Meramon doesn't burn his rope or Ogremon climb with one arm, I'll never know.
"Mimi! It looks like the fight has already started, ribbit!" A Gekomon at the top shouted.
"There are so many of us that need to get up there… Don't we have anyone here who can fly?!" I shouted as Unimon flew over us.
P.O.V. – Hikari Yagami
The caves actually just led us deeper into the castle so at this moment were now just hiding under the floor boards in a very large and empty chamber. I still can't believe how everything changed so fast. We all got even quieter as we soon heard footsteps on the floor boards above us.
"Oh, what's this? You can't stop crying even after you've become a doll? You must be lonely without the rest of your friends. Just wait. You'll all be together again soon." Piemon was probably talking to the doll versions of our friends. He walked even closer to where we were. "I've told you, it's useless to run. Why don't you give in to your fate and come out quietly?" We kept quiet and held our breath. "That's odd, maybe they aren't in here." He said as the footsteps moved away before they stopped.
"It sounds like he went into the next room." Sora whispered. Suddenly, a sword went right though the boards and nearly stabbed us!
"Look, I've found you!" We all got up and ran away from more of the swords that he was stabbing into the ground. "Come on out!"
"We're done for!" I admitted as I held onto Ross.
"No we're not!" Sora tried to assure me.
"But you may be soon enough!" taunted the Dark Master.
"Holy Arrow!" Piemon sounded like he had been hit by Angewomon's attack and dropped his sword.
"Run, Hikari!" "Hurry, Sora!" "Get out of here, Ross!" Angewomon, Garudamon and MegaloGrowmon told us.
"Angewomon!" "Garudamon!" "MegaloGrowmon!" The three of us cried out for our Digimon.
"Shadow Wing!" "Atomic Blaster!" Our Digimon were trying to give us time to escape and we found another crawl space that we could use to get out of the room. Good thing too, as Garudamon's talon crashed through the floor behind us. We heard behind us the sounds all three Digimon roaring in pain before they all quickly went silent. Now it was just Patamon who could fight Piemon now…
"Takeru-kun!" Sora got his attention.
"Wh-What?"
"Take Hikari-chan and get out of here!"
"But what about you? And Ross-san?"
"We'll stay behind. Try to buy you two time to escape." Ross admitted. Both our eyes widened upon hearing that plan.
"But Ross-chan…!" I tried to argue but Sora interrupted me.
"Listen carefully. There's no doubt that Garudamon, MegaloGrowmon and Angewomon have been turned into dolls. You're the only one here who can protect Hikari-chan." She said. "Understand?"
"But Sora-san, Ross-san, you're…!"
"Takeru! Now's not the time to argue or worry about us." Ross put his hands on Takeru's shoulders. "You need to protect Hikari and flee this place, now can you do that?" Takeru said nothing before he finally nodded.
"Yeah."
"Do whatever it takes to get away from here." Sora told him.
"Okay. I'll protect Hikari-chan at all costs!" Takeru promised.
"Good kid! Now, move! Both of you!" Ross shouted.
"Let's go, Hikari-chan!" Takeru motioned me to follow him.
"Okay." Patamon, Gomamon and myself followed him as we ran for what we hoped for an exit.
P.O.V. – Sora Takenouchi
"Ross, Sora, I'll fight with you!" Gomamon turned around to us.
"Don't be stupid!" I scolded him. "You can't even evolve, what makes you think you can do anything useful?"
"Sora!"
"If you get turned into a doll, you won't be able to face Jou-senpai later, after he's risked his life to protect yours! Now go!"
"Look, Gomamon, what Sora is trying to say is you'll be more useful with Takeru-kun and Hikari then with us." Ross explained but Gomamon was still hesitating. Ross dug into his pocket and pulled out a Swiss Army Knife.
"Is that Mimi-chan's?" I asked.
"No, mine. I remembered to bring it this time." He pulled out the knife part of it.
"You're not actually planning on using that on Piemon, are you?"
"Hey, I ain't going down without a fight. If this is my end, then I'll damn well go down swinging." He pointed at me.
As soon as he said that, the floor behind us exploded to reveal Piemon who was laughing at us.
"Didn't use your time wisely to run, I see. It's only a matter of time before you become dolls yourselves." He held up doll versions Angewomon, MegaloGrowmon and Garudamon.
"That won't happen!" Gomamon jumped forward and snagged the Yamato doll off Piemon's belt. "Sora, catch!" He threw the doll to me as he was stomped on by Piemon.
"Semper Fi!" Ross shouted as he charged forward with the knife which actually distracted Piemon who simply sidestepped out of the way before he threw a sheet on him as well. The distraction lasted long enough for me to do what I needed to do.
"Takeru-kun!" I gathered all of my strength and threw Yamato's doll underhanded towards Takeru in the hopes he caught it.
P.O.V. – Takeru Takaishi
Sora called out my name and threw something to me before she was turned into a doll just like Ross. I managed to catch what she threw and saw that it was the doll of my brother. Hikari and I ran towards the large metal door at the end of the hall and got it open.
"Oh? Where do you think you're going?" Piemon said with Gomamon still under his boot as we closed the door behind us. We looked out to see that we were on a balcony, high above the rocky ground below.
"Oh no!" Patamon cried.
"It's a dead end!" I told Hikari.
"What do we do?" She asked as we all looked down towards the ground below. Behind us, we could hear Piemon's wicked laugh on the other side of the door. "Wh-What shout we do?" Hikari asked again.
"We've got no other choice but to climb down."
"It's too high! I-I can't, I'll slip and fall!" Hikari was clearly terrified right now. I was too but I had to be brave and keep her safe. Going down wasn't an option as she said. I looked up to the dome.
"But we can't exactly climb up…" I observed.
"Hey, Takeru, what's this?" Patamon noticed a small wicker basket that stood alone on the balcony.
"I don't know, what?" I walked over to it and opened it up to reveal rope! "It's a rope! We can use this to climb down the mountain!" However, the rope started to move on its own and shot straight up towards the sky!
"What is this? How far is it going?" Hikari wondered.
"It keeps going up." I walked up to it to check on it. I tugged on it but it looked fine somehow. "The rope is okay. It's keeping steady. Climb up, Hikari-chan."
"But…"
"Don't be afraid, climb up! I'll be right behind you."
"O-Okay." Hikari grabbed on and started to climb upward. I grabbed on next and followed close behind.
We were pretty high up when the door exploded down on the balcony. Hikari screamed as the rope suddenly became wobbly.
"I'll stop Piemon!" Patamon flew back down to try to fight Piemon. "Patamon, evolve! ANGEMON!" Angemon jumped down and used his rod to swing at Piemon who blocked it with both of his swords. Piemon launched a counter-attack and did three swings that Angemon blocked the first two before getting grazed by the third strike. Piemon tried to stab him by throwing one of his swords but Angemon dodged it and it left him open to getting struck in the face with the rod. Piemon jumped back but Angemon swung again and hit him in the chest, knocking him to the ground.
"Get him, Angemon!" I cheered as we kept climbing.
"Heaven's Knuckle!" Angemon launched his attack but Piemon threw out his hands and the attack receded to strike Angemon!
"Angemon!" called out Hikari. Angemon got back to the ground but Piemon threw a yellow ball of energy that stuck him in the chest sending him falling over the side of the balcony to the ground below, and for good measure, Piemon also threw multiple swords that sliced him.
"Angemon!" I cried as Angemon crashed to the ground. "Angemon!" I yelled again with tears in my eyes.
"Takeru-kun!" Hikari got my attention.
"Hikari-chan!" I looked up at her while trying to clear the tears from my eyes. I can't let Hikari-chan see me like this, or else she'll get even more scared! "Angemon will be okay!" I tried to assure her. "So keep climbing!"
"Okay!" She nodded. She didn't climb much more as a sword nearly took her hand off and cut the rope!
"Hikari!" The rope was still staying upward but we couldn't go much higher.
"I thought I told you that there's nowhere left to run." Piemon informed.
"Takeru…" I heard Angemon mutter from below. I tried to climb a few more centimeters but I felt my foot get grabbed and dragged down.
"See, I've caught you."
"Takeru-kun!" Hikari grabbed my hand.
"Let go of my hand! He'll get you, too, Hikari-chan!"
"No, I'll never let go!" I greatly appreciated the fact that she was willing to do that for me. She was really a nice girl.
"Then fall together!" Piemon shouted as he cut the rope below us, sending us falling to our demise!
"Takeru! Hikari!" Angemon yelled as Piemon laughed at our fate. Hikari held unto my hand tight as we kept falling before she lost her grip. We're not going to make it. I decided to at least look at my brother one last time before the end and I took the doll off my backpack and held it in my hands. Onii-chan…
"Takeru. Don't give up." Wait, did I just hear his voice?
"Onii-chan?"
"As my younger brother, I know you'll never give up no matter what happens. You've got to hang in there and summon all of your strength." I don't know if he really was communicating to me or if that was my own mind, but those words were right.
"I won't give up. I'll never give up! If we die, this world… and our world will both be destroyed! That's why we can't give up! Angemon!" I called out as my Crest glowed.
"T-Takeru!" My Digivice turned yellow while the buttons glowed green and it shot a beam of energy out that hit my Crest before reflecting towards Angemon. He was finally evolving into his Perfect-Level. "Angemon, super-evolve! HOLYANGEMON!"
HolyAngemon was a pure being with eight shining wings, a large purple arm guard, and gold gauntlet around his other arm that shot out a purple sword of pure energy and a large purple helmet. He quickly flew up and caught Hikari before he caught me as well.
"Angemon super-evolve!" I praised. He flew us toward the ground and put us down safely before he turned his attention back towards Piemon.
"What?" Piemon was surprised by this sudden turn of events and threw out of his handkerchiefs to try and turn him into a doll, but the sword activated on HolyAngemon's gauntlet and he sliced it in two!
"Receive my sword of judgment!" He cut Piemon in the chest and knocked away all the keychains of our friends, which he hurriedly caught. Piemon fell backwards in pain before he tripped over the side of the balcony and fell to the ground below. HolyAngemon flew back towards us and place all of the dolls on the ground. I put Yamato's along with them. "Holy Disinfection!" HolyAngemon's wings glowed like a rainbow and light shown from them and covered the dolls before they glowed and soon began to grow in height and be restored.
"You guys… We're all back to normal!" Taichi cried.
"Onii-chan!" Hikari and I said as we ran to our brothers. Hikari grabbed Taichi's hand and dragged him to Ross where they all gathered in a group hug.
"Takeru!" Yamato hugged me. "Thank you! You did great!"
"You helped by encouraging me!"
"Huh?" He gave me a confused look. I guess those words of wisdom were of my own imagination. Didn't know I had it in me.
"Whoa, when did you evolve? You look really cool!" Tentomon was taken aback by HolyAngemon.
"Do you honestly think so?" Piemon's voice echoed as we all turned to see him walking towards our area. "I intended to be merciful and keep you as dolls instead of killing you, but you must really want to die! Very well! I'll give you what you wish for!" He lifted his hands and out of the ground arose a whole army of small black imp-like creatures!
"They're crawling all over the place! What are these guys?!" Tentomon questioned.
"Evilmon. Evil Digimon who love to fight. Their special attack is Nightmare Shock." Koushiro informed.
"We're surrounded!" Jou shouted.
"There is no opening where we can escape." Koushiro looked around.
"But we won't lose!" I declared.
"Yeah, we'll show them!" Yamato said.
"That's right! With the Chosen Children and their Digimon working together, these freaks are nothing!" Taichi told us.
"Wait! Don't forget about me!" A female voice cried out from the distance. We turned to see Mimi riding a pegasus Digimon towards our direction, and Jou wasn't kidding when he said she was gathering friends as she brought with her a whole army!
"Mimi-chan!" Sora yelled.
"Welcome to the party, Mimi!" Ross called out in a strange accent.
"Thank goodness! We made it just in time!" Lilimon sighed in relief as they approached. A few Evilmon that were near Ogremon got smacked by his bone club as the other Digimon got closer to the Evilmon horde.
"The enemy's in swarms, but we can take 'em on!" He cried. "I'm itching for a fight!"
"All right, guys! This is our last battle! Attack!" Taichi ordered.
All the Digimon charged forward and a savage fight begun. MetalGarurumon jumped forward and crushed a few Evilmon, Elecmon and the pegasus blasted a few others while Mimi and Sora ran up to each other and gave two high-fives.
"All right!" They cheered.
"Haouken." Ogremon's attack cut down a few more imps while several of them chased those frogs and tadpoles… only to be chased by Yukidarumon, Meramon, Andromon and an armored dinosaur.
"Gomamon, evolve! IKKAUKUMON! Ikkakumon, super-evolve! Zudomon!" "Tentomon, evolve! KABUTERIMON! Kabuterimon, super-evolve! ATLURKABUTERIMON!" The two remaining Digimon evolved to their highest levels.
"Hammer Spark!" Zudomon's attack vaporized multiple Evilmon that were stuck by the attack.
"Trump Sword!" Piemon threw out his swords to the two Digimon.
"Horn Buster!" AtlurKabuterimon's attack destroyed the swords before they could harm anyone.
"Flower Cannon!" Piemon held up his hand to quickly deflect the attack before he went back to his old doll making trick.
"Holy Arrow!" The sheet that was reserved for Lilimon was cut down by Angewomon's arrow.
"Shadow Wing!" The attack hit the ground near Piemon that blasted him into the air and right towards MegaloGrowmon.
"Double Edge!" The blades on his arms glowed and slashed Piemon in the sides as he fell to the ground. Piemon slowly got back up but his hips had wide gashes and he was clutching them as hard as he could.
"Heaven's Gate!" HolyAngemon activated his sword and made a circular motion that created a large golden door.
"What's that?" Taichi asked.
"It's opening!" Hikari pointed.
"All evil beings are sucked into the dimension beyond the gate and buried there." explained HolyAngemon as a large vortex was sucking dozens of Evilmon into the gate.
"What?" Piemon cried out in terror before he turned to see WarGreymon and MetalGarurumon staring him down.
"Let's end this!" WarGreymon said.
"Yeah!" MetalGarurumon agreed.
"Gaia Force!" "Double Tomahawk!" Both attacks struck the ground right in front of Piemon and he was once again sent flying, this time to the gate which he fell into before it closed and disintegrated, killing him and all of his follower that were sucked inside. A rainbow of energy suddenly appeared above us and bathed the entire mountain as the last part of Spiral Mountain probably receded upon the death of the final Dark Master! We did it! We actually did!
P.O.V. – Ross McGlathery
We won. I can't believe I can say that. We defeated the Dark Masters and saved both worlds. Of course, I could've done without being turned into a doll. That was hell. I could see and hear everything but I couldn't do anything. It was like being trapped in your own body. But at least we weren't stuck to that fate.
"It's over." Taichi sighed.
"Yeah." Yamato nodded. We all turned to see Mimi's army waving goodbye as they were going back to their homes now that it was all over.
"Huh? Even Ogremon is here!" Taichi was surprised. Did he not hear what Jou said?
"Oh, yeah, you don't know what happened." Mimi told him. "The thing is…"
"Huh?" Koushiro interrupted her as something had happened on his computer. "I have a message from Gennai-san."
"Maybe he wants to congratulate us." Sora thought.
"Great time to pick now, after all we've done for the geezer." Taichi rolled his eyes as I put my arm over his shoulder.
"Yeah, what is it? His thanks for us bailing him out of the fire?"
"That can't be!" Koushiro shouted.
"What did he say?" Taichi asked.
"Apparently our real enemy isn't the Dark Masters." All of us gasped in surprised. What does he mean by that? "The existence of our real enemy itself is what caused the distortion in this world, and the Dark Masters only gained their power from those distortions."
"Then… who's our real enemy?" Taichi demanded. The whole ground soon began to rumble underneath us.
"What's that?" Lilimon questioned as a large crack opened up near her and Angewomon. A bright red light exploded from Piemon's fortress and the bright sky suddenly darkened once again.
Oh, what now…?
And that was Chapter 53. Just went the kids think they're home free, things switch on them once more.
Two quick things. One, that 'Welcome to the party, Mimi!' Ross says, he's doing Bruce Willis's famous line from Die Hard, Detective Jake Peralta's favorite film of all time.
Secondly, this maybe because I just watched a playthrough of it the other day, but the ending of this reminds me of the penultimate level The Mace from Call of Duty 3 when the Polish Armored Division holds off the Germans long enough for the Canadians to arrive and tighten the noose to the Falaise Gap.
Pte. Marek 'Beksa' Ulan: That's it. They're running. We did it. We did it!
*Few minutes later*
Lt. Jean-Guy Robiechauld: I'm sorry we got here a little late.
Maj. Stan 'Papa Jack' Jackowicz: I want time to gather my men.
Jean: I thought I saw your squad up at the manor house.
Stan: The dead ones. I don't want to see them buried here. I want to take them home.
Jean: Well, they've certainly earned that, at least. Commander Jackowicz, are you all right?
Stan: I'll be home soon. And they will surrender soon.
Jean: The Bosch? No, that's not likely, not while they still have a way out.
Stan: That being?
Jean: Chambois.
*American defences at Chambois*
Sgt. Mike Dixon: Get a thirty on that position there. Huxley! Find some more sandbags.
Pfc. Salvadore Guzzo: *Hands Dixon a note* From Major Holden.
Dixon: The Poles and the Canucks have taken Hill 262. Jerry's falling back. Hard.
Guzzo: Towards us?
Dixon: Every last godforsaken one of 'em.
Guzzo: We're gonna need more ammo.
Anyways, I've rambled long enough. See you guys soon.
"Push the button, Frank."
