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Session 38

End of an Era

They stood there, taking all of it in.

Gone was the simple apartment of old, with a large open area already taken the place of it. Darkness seemed to echo from every corner of it, echoing the words of our heroes.

"Okay then." Adarnamon whispered and flew closer towards the skeleton. The body had been there for quite a while, judging from the twisted and broken appearance of everything around them. "One hell of a party he must of had."

"I doubt it." Joey answered and keeled beside the body. He then pulled his notes out, giving them a quick examination. "Maybe this is what that catgirl was talking about."

"Catgirl?" Polly inquired and gazed towards Elena. "Care to explain?"

Elena took a deep breath.

The gale corsair had thought she had explained what had happened up to their trip to Drogaciji Academy on the way back from said adventure. But, that seemed to not be the case. At the very least, they could read their own story.

"It gave Joey the information on how to infusion digivolve and some other stuff." Elena explained as Aaron scribbled it down in his notebook. The group then returned their attention back to Joey, who had just opened the mouth of the body. At first glance, there appeared to be nothing of any importance within the cavity. But as the shadow scientist bent down and looked closer at the area, he managed to grab hold of something and pulled the object out.

It was a key, the kind you would normally find in most office buildings for securing documents and/or secrets. At the very least, they could use it as a stepping stone within this mystery.

"But what does it go too?" Aaron remarked as everyone went off to find the elusive lock for it's marriage with this magical key. Or would have, if they hadn't tripped over a large handle sticking out of the ground. "And this makes sense, because?"

He glanced over at the rest of the group, finding a similar confusion reaction stamped on their faces.

"This is the digitalverse." Aegiochusmon answered and grabbed hold of the handle. "If any of this really made any actual sense, it would be that fun."

The harem mage then pulled back on the object, accidentally launching the safe up into the air for a couple seconds. Once it had finally landed, the members of Delta gathered around and cautiously inserted the key. At the very least, they could have taken a step back after opening it. Just in case the safe had been booby-trapped and all.

Inside, all that remained was an ebony pocketwatch and a small pile of documents.

"That's it?" Alice remarked, only for Joey to snatch the timepiece and leave the papers. Which, would leave Aaron as the only one left in the non-pocketwatch carrying club. "I was kind of expecting more."

Darkness then flooded into the room, seeming to bleed out any light to be found.

"So, you thought you could just waltz into here like you own the place, huh?" a voice announced as a single spotlight shined down upon the middle of the room. Within the light, stood a teenage girl on the verge of adulthood. She was dressed casually, just a white t-shirt with a matching pair of pants and sandals. Her white hair was cut short, seeming to not go well with her yellowish orange eyes. "Figures. You people never cared."

"Shut up." Joey announced and slammed his staff against the ground, possibly getting ready to cast something.
Everything was coming clear in his mind. The visit from that catgirl, Despair and now this. It was all connected and yet, he couldn't figure out why. But if he didn't take this chance now, who knows when the next chance would come about for them.

Dark Pact!

Pain surged through his body, only for dark energy to take it's place. It had been a while since he had used this move, but the scientist never forgot the feeling it emanated off of him. He held the pocketwatch closely to his chest and whispered something under his breath.

Tsukaimon infusion digivolve too... Issacmon!

Gentleman infusion digivolve too... Gentlemon!

Scanning...

Issacmon

Champion, Despair

Special Moves: Holy Fog, Blessed Bubbles

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Joey: Well. This just got interesting.

Yami: Whatever.

Gentleman: To be expected from you.

Scan complete.

Scanning...

Gentlemon

Mega, Despair

Special Moves: Restoration, Cleansing Flurry

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Jestery: Cora, get Jestery's throwing forks!

Cora: We don't have any.

Jestery: Then Jestery will make some!

Cora: You had to make that joke. You realize you just ruined this analyzer entry?

Jestery: Jestery don't care!

Scan Complete.

"Okay then?" Lily announced as the group focused on the two new digimon. The first, Issacmon, looked like a young winged child dressed in a simple white toga. It's short blonde hair was all ruffled up which was complimented by a pair of chocolate brown eyes.

The other, Gentlemon, appeared to be tall pale humanoid with four longswords floating around him. The creature was dressed in a nice-looking tuxedo with a matching pair of dress shoes. A tophat was firmly planted within his red hair, with a monocle hanging over the left of a pair of emeralds.

"Do you really think those two can stop me?" the voice continued and pulled a crossbow out.

"We have no clue who you even are!" Polly shouted as Issacmon and Gentleman charged forth. She cautiously follows right behind, with the rest of Delta bringing up the rear. But just as they were about attack...

Success!

Their opponent fired a crossbow bolt off, missing them and hitting a wall. They all stopped, giving it a quick look. Had they known, they would have ran. Not that it would have mattered then.

A tear within space and time had formed, leaving this their final destination.

"Bring it." Elena announced, only to turn around and headed towards the rift. "Change is always good."

Lily followed obediently behind, possibly making sure she didn't get left by her love.

"Shut up." the succubus announced as she and Elena were sucked in.

"You heard her." Aaron added as their opponent watched on. If their opponent wanted too, they could have killed them. And yet, here they stood. By doing that, they were denying her victory at a mysterious cost. "There is no time like the present."

He, Aegiochusmon and Gentleman followed suit, getting taken away to parts unknown.

"Great." Polly remarked as she and her gyroid partner followed right behind. "Can't let everyone else have all the fun."

In all confusion, Cutemon somehow got swept up into Polly's group as they jumped in. Not that the rabbit really cared, having needed some time to clear his thoughts. As that happened, Alice and her digimon partners decide to leave also.

"Let us take this gamble." she had announced as the trio headed through, only for the portal close after the departure.

All that remained were Joey, Issacmon, Officer EMT and Adarnamon. For surprising as it may have been to them, there had to have been a reason. But for now, there was not time to think. It was time to act.

"So, you decided to stay." their opponent announced, cocking her crossbow back. "I guess I need to fix that right now!"

A flurry of crossbow bolts shot out and locked onto our remaining heroes. There was nothing they could really do, with the four just standing there and getting knocked back through the building.

"Too easy." was the last thing they heard from their opponents as gravity's hand took a hold of them. Their opponent then teleported away, assured of her victory. But she had forgotten the one greatest thing about this multiverse. You should never count an underdog out.

Notes:

And with that, another arc of DAO is now in the books. I'm going to take a temporary hiatus from DAO, mostly to work on other fics.

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Next Time: The more things change...