Chapter 30 – Omnimon
There was a pretty strong wind blowing, so that Omnimon's cape blew almost horizontally with the force of nature. His steps were long and hardly a digimon in the area dared to even approach him. They all felt the power of the fused Digimon. A force far more powerful than they could have imagined. A force of immense power.
Omnimon's sapphire-blue eyes always looked forward. He had indirectly promised Tai that he would find Hackmon... But he had disappeared without a trace. How should he find him in these circumstances?
The fused Digimon did not notice how he got to a village he was familiar with. Primary Village, where Digimon were reborn. Suddenly someone rushed past him, turned and landed right in front of him. The red-scaled dragon briefly whipped his long tail on the ground before he began to growl quietly and flare his teeth. Nevertheless, he did not act, which is why both Digimon looked at each other tacitly, before the dragon slowly asked with his deep voice:
"Omnimon? Is that you?"
He sounded astonished, while the Digimon mentioned did not fully understand the situation. Why did the foreign Digimon threaten him before he recognized him?
"Yes?" Omnimon replied suspiciously, eyeing the dragon.
The dragon was a little bit familiar…
"You really are!" the stranger Digimon exclaimed with delight: "Do you remember?"
"Who are you?" asked Omnimon, still suspicious.
"It's me... Examon, the Dragon Emperor, former Royal Knight."
"Ah!" he said: "Sorry I didn't recognize you right away."
"It's okay. Duftmon didn't recognize me either when I once flew over the village looking for old comrades," Examon explained.
"Duftmon... You mean Elecmon."
"Exactly.", the dragon nodded: "Duftmon himself then attacked me."
"Doesn't sound that pleasant."
"It wasn't... and since I had not recognized him, we had a pretty fierce fight."
Examon had to laugh slightly at the memory before he flapped his wings and said:
"We fly elsewhere. Otherwise the babies will be scared."
"Agreed," Omnimon nodded to him and followed the dragon into the air.
Both flew to a cliff. Examon flapped his wings a few times before landing, while the fused Digimon put his feet on the stone without much effort. When he turned around, he saw Primary Village a little distant.
"The sight is stunning, isn't it?" the red-scaled dragon said.
"Yes.", Omnimon sat down and looked at the village: "How did you solve the little dispute?"
"I fled because I didn't necessarily want to fight. But Duftmon followed me furiously, so we continued to fight."
"For how long?" asked the fused Digimon.
He was glad that he had found more Royal Knights and he secretly tried to win both, Examon and Duftmon, for the Homeostasis. If he were to do this, seven Royal Knights, the majority, would work for the god, which would offer a great advantage against King Drasil.
Again, a Royal Knight was still not awakened, and Omnimon did not know who exactly that knight was.
"Hm... How long did the fight last?" the red-scaled dragon pondered aloud: "Sorry, I don't know anymore."
"Okay," the fused Digimon waved off slightly.
Examon suddenly began to growl. He saw in the distance three unknown Digimon approaching Primary Village. The red-scaled dragon straightened up and flapped with its four wings.
"What's going on?" asked Omnimon.
"Foreigners. Three perfect-level Digimon. An AeroVeedramon and a Mephistomon. I don't know the last Digimon."
The white knight looked into the distance and saw the three perfect-level Digimon. One of them could not possibly recognize Examon. It was a MegaSeadramon. As far as Omnimon could remember, the red-scaled dragon had never seen a MegaSeadramon. This species mostly digivolved from a normal Seadramon.
"This is a MegaSeadramon," the fused Digimon calmly declared as he pulled out the Grey Sword from his armguard.
"Good.", Examon nodded: "I take care of the Mephistomon and the MegaSeadramon... You'll go for the AeroVeedramon."
"Agreed."
Both Digimon flew to the invaders. Omnimon immediately attacked the AeroVeedramon, which growled furiously. When it wanted to shoot a load of energy at him, the fused Digimon split the energy accumulation with his sword and almost at the same moment kicked the attacker in the stomach. He was thrown several metres away before he got up again.
"Get lost!" Omnimon raved to him: "Otherwise I will show no mercy! You can rely on my word as a Royal Knight!"
The AeroVeedramon ran towards him, but the white knight brought him down with his Garuru gauntlet. Then he rammed his sword into him, so that he dissolved into data. Omnimon looked at Examon, who had just grabbed the MegaSeadramon by the tail and hurled it against the Mephistomon.
The fused Digimon rushed to the red-scaled dragon to help him fight. Examon let his long tail dropped down on the sea snake. But he was able to dodge the attack and fired a lightning bolt at his opponent. Examon's wings moved to protect him, as the outside was protected with Chrome Digizoid scales. As the lightning bounced off the shed, MegaSeadramon snaked towards the red-scaled dragon. However, in the next moment it was grabbed by a wave of energy and hurled against a tree. Examon looked over his shoulder and recognized Duftmon.
He wore brown armour, with the chest area covered by a white plate that was firmly integrated into the brown armour. The white plate ended with a white hip guard. A red band separated the hip protection and the plate on the abdomen and was knotted on the back, so that the band ended in two pieces of fabric. White plates also protect the thighs, while the knees were protected from injury by silver schooners decorated with engravings. The feet of the Digimon had a resounding edge, although it was very dull.
Shortly after the shoulder plates there was a ring of silver metal with several blue spines, which served no purpose. The elbows were also protected with silver plates, while the Digimon held a long sword in his right hand.
This was a rapier, fast in handling, but relatively weak and not powerful. On the shoulders of the digimon were a few white-feathered wings, which he used for flying. A brown lion-like mask covered the Digimon's head. This mask had red eyes. Underneath, the Digimon wore another blue mask that revealed his actual green eyes.
The Digimon looked relatively sublime. However, the long, blonde mane and narrow tail, which ended in a blond, fluffy-looking ball, made its figure look ridiculous.
Duftmon's eyes looked angrily at the sea snake, which made a faint noise before it also smashed into data. The last intruder looked at the three Digimon and growled.
"You dared to attack this village!" the leopard-knight growled angrily: "That's why you're going to pay for your life!"
He placed his silver rapier vertically in front of his body, while his left hand rested on the wide side.
"Stop!" Examon stepped in and stood in front of the leopard knight.
"You know very well that we have to destroy all intruders," Duftmon raved.
"I know," he closed his eyes briefly, breathing deeply: "I want to ask him why he did it."
"Why?"
"Maybe he works under King Drasil's command or even among our comrades."
"Good. I understand.", the leopard knight approached the Mephistomon: "Do you work for King Drasil?"
"No," Digimon replied.
"Why did you attack Primary Village together with the MegaSeadramon and the AeroVeedramon?" asked Omnimon.
The Mephistomon remained silent, while amusement was reflected in his eyes.
"Answer him!" Duftmon growled angrily.
The said Digimon laughed darkly:
"Do you really think I work for King Drasil?!"
"What?" said Examon, somewhat astonished.
"My Lord is more powerful than King Drasil or anyone else! He will envelop the digital world... no he envelop the two worlds in eternal darkness. King Drasil himself is just a pawn for him!" he laughed, before creating a ball of dark energy in his right hand.
Then Mephistomon rammed this sphere into his chest, causing him to die like his two comrades.
The leopard knight remained silent and suppressed an emerging curse that he wanted to say.
"What exactly did he mean by that?" the red-scaled dragon asked uncertainly.
In him grew an uneasy feeling as he looked nervously at Omnimon.
"Who knows," he replied.
"He was just plain crazy," Duftmon said: "King Drasil a pawn! Tch. King Drasil is powerful. No one could treat him as his pawn."
"The Homeostasis is also powerful... I'm just worried about the words..." said the fused Digimon.
"That both worlds are shrouded in eternal darkness?" was Examon's question.
"Everything the Mephistomon had said," Omnimon said.
"Don't worry about that," the leopard knight played down the situation: "The Mephistomon was just plain crazy."
"I hope you're right, Duftmon," the white knight sighed, closing his eyes.
There was a long pause for silence until Examon spoke again:
"What are you doing here, Omnimon?"
"I'm looking for Hackmon," the fused Digimon said.
"Hackmon? Wasn't he the student of Gankoomon?" said the red-scaled dragon.
"Yes... He's gone."
"I'm sorry for his partner," Duftmon said.
"Well. Did you see him?" was Omnimon's question.
"No.", the leopard knight shook his head: "Have you seen him?"
"Unfortunately, no," Examon replied.
"I see…" Digimon sighed heavily: "Then I'll keep looking for him."
The white knight wanted to go with it, but he found the claw of the great dragon on his shoulder.
"Wait. Is the Homeostasis looking for us?" Examon asked.
"Yes," Omnimon said.
"Tell it that we will not accept its offer," said the leopard knight: "King Drasil... the Homeostasis... No matter which god rules the digital world. We don't care."
"We just want to protect Primary Village" added the red-scaled dragon.
"Why?" was the question of the white knight: "Especially you both would help one party. You, Examon, have a great fighting power... and you, Duftmon, are the best strategist among us Royal Knights."
"That's why we remain neutral," Duftmon said.
"We have a job here, Omnimon. Even if we chose a party, we couldn't leave the village alone," Examon replied calmly.
Nevertheless, Omnimon heard some regret from his voice.
"It's your decision. I was just hoping that you could support the Homeostasis. But if you have a task here, it's okay," the fused Digimon flew into the air and disappeared between the clouds while the other two Royal Knights looked at each other tacitly.
It took a while for Omnimon to land again. This time he was on a parched landscape. No tree or shrub stood. It was just a wide level. A little further away was a bare mountain. The fused Digimon recognized the area. Here he fought against Alphamon and Raguelmon. After the black knight had drawn his OwRyuken had, all the partners except him were defeated. Together with Jesmon, he had continued the fight, although the two had fought each other first, as the sword digimon wanted to kill Meiko's partner. For this he had grabbed her in the real world and dragged her into the digital world.
But Jesmon did not expect the white knight to cause a distortion, so that he, the DigiDestined and their partners could follow them. Then a fight broke out until Alphamon intervened.
After the Sword-Digimon unleashed a powerful attack, the ground became brittle and Tai and Daigo were swallowed by the earth masses. Luckily, Omnimon himself was able to protect Matt and Meiko, but the supposed death of her brother infected Kari with a virus, which then spread to her partner, Nyaromon, while Omnimon had just split into Tsunomon and Koromon. Nyaromon herself digivolved straight to Ophanimon Falldown Mode and fused with Raguelmon to Ordinemon. Then the white angel with eerie size disappeared into the real world.
The white knight shook his head. He didn't like to remember this fight. Omnimon looked into the air and sighed.
"I wonder what Alphamon is doing right now," he pondered aloud.
Although the fused Digimon knew that Alphamon could not be saved, he wondered about the well-being of him. Maybe it was because of his memories. He remembered how he had fought side by side with the black knight. How they had supported each other and how they sometimes settled together on a cliff in the evening just to chat about any topics. He missed those times a little bit.
Again, he sighed and closed his eyes. With a shake of his head, he dispelled these thoughts and looked over his shoulder. He should continue his search for Hackmon. Meiko relied on him.
Omnimon continued with slow steps. It wasn't long before the white knight saw something red and white. It was Hackmon. He himself looked into the sky and was deeply immersed in his thoughts. He probably thought of the events he had experienced here.
"Hackmon," said the fused Digimon, and stepped to him.
The four-footed dragon turned around before looking forward and sighing.
"I want to be alone," Meiko's partner said.
"Why? Do you know how much Meiko is worried about you?"
"I know… But... do I have the right to be her partner?
"What?"
"I was, after all, the one who almost killed her... and now look at me. I am her partner... Do I have any right to be her partner?" asked Hackmon.
"I don't know if you have a right to be her partner, but..." Omnimon paused briefly: "Do you want to be her partner?
"I... don't know. I was supposed to be her partner, but... Meicoomon appeared."
"I see... If Meicoomon hadn't been-"
"Then I would be far happier than I am now," he dug his front, dark blue claws into the ground: "I hated Meicoomon! There was no one I hated more than her! She had taken my partner away from me! That's what I thought when I first saw Meicoomon. But Meiko was so happy with her. That's why I never said anything and hid my feelings. The former, honest Hackmon no longer exists. The Hackmon, who had talked about his problems in a moment, he does not exist. I'm just a shadow of my former self."
"Hackmon..."
"Don't be compelled. Just laugh."
'I'm never going to laugh at someone who doesn't deserve it. You are still very good-natured."
"..."
"So stop reproaching yourself and come back to-"
"OMNIMON, WATCH OUT!," Hackmon suddenly shouted.
The white knight jumped to the side as a blade slammed onto the ground, causing an explosion. The four-footed dragon was thrown several metres through the air and landed the ground. Omnimon himself fired an energy beam at the attacker, who dodged.
"Alphamon!" growled the fused Digimon.
The black knight looked at him before rushing to him. Just like that Omnimon was able to pull out his Grey Sword and block off OwRyuken. Hackmon himself hurried away. He couldn't do anything. Even if he could digivolve to his perfect-level, he wouldn't stand a chance against Alphamon. So he had no choice but to observe the battle of the two Royal Knights.
The fused Digimon turned to the side so his opponent could not hit him with a green laser. Just as Alphamon was about to attack Omnimon with his weapon, he opened his two heads on his arms and covered the black knight's wrists.
"Alphamon..." the white knight said, looking at him: "Stop. I don't want to fight you."
Alphamon just growled furiously and tried to free himself.
"Fight against Piedmon's ball." Omnimon continued: "You never gave up so easily. I don't want to hurt you, let alone kill you. Fight it, I know you can do it!"
"What do you know about me?!" the black knight exclaimed angrily: "Do you have any idea what it meant to lose everything?! You have died and now you stand in front of me and try to persuade me to turn my back on King Drasil?! That's funny! Since when do you take care of others, Omnimon?!"
The fused Digimon remained silent. In his eyes was an expression of regret and sadness. But he quickly regrouped and replied:
"Alphamon. You know me. I would never let anyone down."
"Well. I doubt that. Where were you when I needed you the most?!"
"What?!" his eyes widened.
"Where were you when the Royal Knights were almost completely destroyed?! You were dead. I would have needed your support, but you weren't there!"
"Alphamon... I..." he turned his gaze away.
Alphamon laughed briefly before freeing his right arm from Omnimon's grip and firing a green laser at the fused Digimon's chest. The white knight's eyes widened as his body threatened to hit the ground. But he managed to make a somersault. Then he flew into the air and fired a blue energy laser at the black knight. He split the laser with his OwRyuken before Alphamon followed him into the air. Again their blades crossed and both tried to direct the pressure of the blows and the accumulated energy on the opponent.
"Alphamon, hear me out..." Omnimon quipped between breaths: "I would... never ... betray... you..."
"Empty words," he replied.
"It... is not true..."
"Where were you... then... I needed you... the most?! You were... dead. And now... you have... allied... with the... DigiDestined… in order to… overthrow…King Drasil..."
"King Drasil... manipulates... you..."
"What do you know?!" Alphamon yelled at him and hit him with his knee in the stomach.
The white knight lost his footing before seeing his former friend's blade. It hurled him towards the ground. With a loud bang, Omnimon hit the ground and was left lying. The black knight raced after him and placed his left foot on the chest of the fused Digimon.
He quickly dropped off, knelt down and placed his right hand on Omnimon's chest. Green energy accumulated in Alphamon's palm. The white knight was preparing for a painful laser, but nothing else happened.
"So," said the black knight, grabbing Omnimon by the collar, putting him on his feet: "You're coming with me now."
"What?!" he roared as he felt his consciousness lose.
"Don't worry. I'm not going to kill you. Not yet."
The fused Digimon eventually lost consciousness. Alphamon laughed briefly before noticing Hackmon. He let go of Omnimon's collar and stepped to the four-footed dragon, who looked at him with angry yet with courageous eyes.
"How are you, Hackmon?" the black knight asked.
"What did you do with Omnimon, Alphamon?!" Hackmon growled angrily.
"I implemented a virus that prevents that he defused."
"What?!" his eyes widened and he looked at him stunned.
"He will lose his strength more and more and die at some point if he does not join King Drasil. I could implement a similar virus to you, Hackie."
"Don't you dare!"
"But..." he stretched out his left hand and pointed the inside surface on the four-footed dragon: "I will kill you now."
A green laser raced toward Hackmon. He snarled before disappearing through a distortion. Alphamon looked at where the four-footed dragon was before turning back to the unconscious Omnimon.
Meiko didn't know where she was at first. There was thick fog all around her. She couldn't even see her hand in front of her eyes. Suddenly a digimon appeared in front of her.
"Meicoomon!" shouted the black-haired woman.
Meicoomon had an orange coat with several black stripes and a bright belly. The tail and the two sashes that hung down from his neck also had this colour stroke. Meicoomon had a kind of mane around his neck, so you couldn't see the approach of the two sashes. Her eyes were green and showed an X as an iris, while her two ears listened pointedly to the surroundings. On the forehead of the creature was a black M, while her mouth area was also bright. Meicoomon's paws were white, but at the front of the pair she had a blue hexagon on both sides.
The cat digimon turned around and ran away. Meiko followed her, but the faster she ran, the further away Meicoomon was from her.
" Meicoomon! Please, stay! Meicoomon!" she screamed uninterruptedly.
At one point, the black-haired woman stopped when she saw that there was no point in following her former partner.
Meicoomon ran further away from her and soon disappeared in the fog. Meiko remained silent before breaking down in tears. In the distance, another digimon fed. It was Meicoomon again, but she was digivolved to her perfect-level.
Her coat colour was now a light reddish brown with several purple lines crossed. They sat on her torso as well as on her arms, legs and face. The eyes were now red with a white, x-shaped iris, while the mouth had a bright hue. On her head sat wild-looking hair and pointed ears. The mane of Meicrackmon Vicious Mode looked very wild, but you couldn't see the approach of the two sashes hanging down from the neck.
The chest had a light coat. Her legs were now strong, so she had an upright gait. The back of the lower legs was almost white, while the front was equipped with lines and three reddish-brown claws by a dark purple protector. She also had these plates on her thighs up to the waist, as well as on her shoulders and forearms. The protectors on the forearms, however, looked a little different. They also featured yellow lines and a blue hexagon, as well as three red-brown claws that Meicrackmon Vicious Mode could move independently. Beneath this plate hid a hand with five fingers and black claws. This hand was preserved in a light hue. Her tail was now more pronounced than at her champion level and had a black tip at the end with which she could stand.
"Dan-dan!" screamed Meicrackmon, pulling out.
Meiko closed her eyes. Then she called:
"Meicoomon!"
"Meicoomon!" Meiko screamed as her eyes shot open.
Astonished, she saw something bright yellow near her.
"Meiko," said a voice right next to her.
She knew the voice all too well. Her hand searched for her glasses. She got hold of them and put on the visual aid. Next to her stood Hackmon, who looked at her with guilt-laden eyes.
"Hackmon!" she cried, hugging him happily: "Where were you? I've been so worried about you.'
"I'm sorry... I had to be alone," he looked to the side as his partner broke free from the hug.
"Why?" asked Meiko uncertainly.
"I..." the four-footed dragon took a deep breath: "I have received all my memories from my previous lives."
"What?" her eyes widened with horror.
Did he remember that he once oversaw Meicoomon?
"I should have killed Meicoomon much earlier," he began, "then she and you would have been spared a lot of suffering."
"What do you mean?"
"I have watched you every day. One day Meicoomon got lost in the forest and I followed her. I could have killed her there. Then it would never have happened that she became Ordinemon. Then I might have been able to take my place with joy."
"Your place?" the black-haired woman repeated uncertainly.
What exactly did he mean by that?
"Meiko, I was supposed to be your partner. But when Meicoomon was created, the Homeostasis sent her to you. It was hopeful that you could suppress Apocalymon's data."
"W-wait a minute! I was originally supposed to be your partner?!"
"Yes. Back then, when I was working even more closely for the Homeostasis than I do now, I fell into a deep depression. I was alone with this task. At the time I didn't know that Gennai was Alphamon, so I was always alone. The Homeostasis saw my sadness and loneliness and decided that I should go to a human who would encourage me."
"And that human was me?" the black-haired woman asked.
She still couldn't believe Hackmon should have become her partner.
"Exactly. The fact that I watched Meicoomon was only related to the fact that I was to become your partner. Nothing more. I didn't want to do that job. But when I saw how happy you were with Meicoomon and although I was very jealous of her, I fulfilled this task to the bitter end."
"Hackmon..."
"If you don't want to be my partner anymore, I can understand. I... would be ready to leave you alone again, so that you will not be drawn further into the struggles between the Homeostasis and King Drasil."
"What are you talking about, Hackmon?" she hugged him again: "I'm your partner. It was only because of you that I could cope with Meicoomon's death. I've told you before. Don't blame yourself too much, Hackmon."
"I know," he closed his eyes.
"I'm glad you're my partner. Never think I'm not happy about it."
"Thank you, Meiko... I'm sorry that I've been leaving without telling you anything."
"It's okay. But please let me know next time."
"Understood."