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The Power of Three
Part 12: A Ray of Hope
Takato felt the heat of the blade's dancing flames. He became afraid to swallow because a sudden movement anywhere near his neck could mean a stab in the throat.
"Say goodbye, Tamer." Venomhydramon said icily.
"T... Takato..." Wargrowlmon grunted softly. He tried to move but his body was too sore. "I'm sorry, Takato..."
Takato could feel the blade was beginning to press against his flesh. The warm blood began to drip onto his shirt. His vision became blurred as it focused in and out, watching the image of one of his best friends, trying to kill him...
"NO!!!" Rika suddenly screamed. She jumped at Venomhydramon and, catching him off guard, tackled him to the ground. On the ground, the virus digimon pulled the blade of his sword up and slashed Rika in the stomach. She fell in front of Takato.
Regaining his vision slowly, he saw Rika on the ground holding her stomach. Blood was beginning to drip uncontrollably. "Rika! No!" Takato shouted, using every bit of strength he could muster and getting up to be beside her. "Why are you so stupid!? You could have just let him kill me!"
"Probably for the same reason you let yourself get hit by Venomon's attack to save me." Rika said, smiling. "I love you, Takato..."
Takato couldn't fight back his tears any longer. He let them slide down his cheek but he quickly rubbed them away. "What's the matter?" Rika said with a smile. "You going soft on me, goggle head? You're tougher than that." Takato continued to rub off his tears as quick as possible.
"I won't let them hurt you again Rika..." He muttered. "I love you too much to let that happen." Rika smiled again.
"Hey, this isn't too serious, Takato. I'll be fine."
"How touching." Venomhydramon said dully. "I suppose this is what you humans call... love. I felt that in this boy. Ha! All love did was break his heart. Betrayal. Disloyalty. Hate. That was what trailed the shatter pieces."
"I won't let you take away anyone else I care for!" Takato shouted. "My best friends, my family... I've had enough! If you want to kill Rika, you'll have to go through me first!"
"Charming." The dark digimon said. "That won't be too hard..."
Meanwhile, Impmon was racing through the streets with Susie still running with him, his hand gripping tightly around hers. Susie dared not question who he was and where they were going. All Impmon knew was that she was Henry's sister.
Maybe she'll get through to him. Impmon thought. It may be the only way.
"And where do you think YOU'RE going?" A voice said. It came from a digimon, not far down the street. A tall, female digimon. "Protecting a little girl? Perhaps your tamer?"
"Out of my way, Ladydevimon." Impmon muttered.
"Aw, Impmon, that would be no fun!" Ladydevimon said teasingly. "And that's what I came here to have. Darkness wave!" A hoard of bats went flying towards Impmon and Susie.
"Get down!" Impmon cried, pushing Susie to the ground. The bat struck Impmon in the chest and he flew backwards. Ladydevimon floated over to him and put her foot on top of his back. "That was fun. Would you like to try again?" Impmon struggled but with no luck.
"Run!" Impmon shouted at Susie. She looked scared and shaken but she got up. "Get out of here while you still can! Don't look back, just keep running down the street!" She nodded and rushed off as quickly as her little legs can carry.
"Oooh... a chase! What fun!" Ladydevimon said. "Come on you." She snapped her fingers and Impmon floated up. She grabbed him by the scuffs. "Let's give her a sec to run. Ah! Second's up! Let's follow." The fallen angel digimon flew after her quickly.
"I can kill you two all at once if I wanted." Venomhydramon said. "But of course, where'd be the fun in that? Anything you would like to know before I kill you?"
"Yes." Takato said, yet he really didn't have a question. He was just trying to buy time. Thinking quickly, he asked, "How did you get Henry to agree to you?"
"Please, don't bother answering his silly questions and just kill him already. This is getting boring." Daemon said.
"Daemon, perhaps he SHOULD know how idiotic his friend was." Venomhydramon said.
"Alright, but make it quick." Daemon said. "I hope to find a screaming audience soon..."
"No problem in that, Daemon, the earth is full of cowardly people." The Virus digimon said, then began his reply. "You friend Henry was easily the weakest tamer out of the three of you. So it would have been best to trigger his vulnerability. A simple scare kept him from saying anything and keeping his feelings to himself, and he never said a word, not even when he would out the most heart-breaking things." The dark mega smiled.
"You... you scum!" Takato yelled.
"Ah, so with all the darkness in his heart, he would easily have been a good candidate to host me. With a simple bit of trickery and a gullible fool, he accepted my offer to make him stronger and change his life. So in a way, I'm just granting his wish."
"How dare you!" Rika shouted. "He'll find a way to over come you!"
"Oh, what is the chance of that?" Venomhydramon said, laughing. "Zero. Zilch. He doesn't have the slightest chance of over coming me... someone more powerful than him. Now that that answer's out of the way, time to get down to business." He pointed his sword toward Rika and Takato. He was about to strike when...
"Henwy!"
Susie had found her way to the scene and was overjoyed to see her brother alive and well (or so she thought) "I missed you so much! I can't believe it's you!" She unknowingly ran towards him.
"No! Susie! Get away!!!! He's not who you think he is!" Takato yelled. But it was too late.
In a swift blow, Venomhydramon struck Susie with a kick. Susie fell backwards, but tried to stay strong and not cry.
"You!" Takato screamed. "How could you pick on an innocent child!?"
"She's... she's your sister!" Rika added.
"My...my sister?" The mega digimon muttered, then staggered a bit. He whirled around and saw Susie, obviously scared to death, with tears still streaming down her eyes. Then, he faced Takato and Rika, bleeding and bruised.
Takato and Rika gasped to see the iciness in Henry's eyes to disappear and the blankness to vanish. They watched as he thrust his sword aside and fall down to his knees, tears dripping onto the ground. He slammed his fist onto the ground and for the first time since he returned, spoke in a more caring voice.
"What... what have I done?"
To be continued in Part 13
I'm almost done! I'm always ending off in weird ways... please R/R! ^_^
The Power of Three
Part 12: A Ray of Hope
Takato felt the heat of the blade's dancing flames. He became afraid to swallow because a sudden movement anywhere near his neck could mean a stab in the throat.
"Say goodbye, Tamer." Venomhydramon said icily.
"T... Takato..." Wargrowlmon grunted softly. He tried to move but his body was too sore. "I'm sorry, Takato..."
Takato could feel the blade was beginning to press against his flesh. The warm blood began to drip onto his shirt. His vision became blurred as it focused in and out, watching the image of one of his best friends, trying to kill him...
"NO!!!" Rika suddenly screamed. She jumped at Venomhydramon and, catching him off guard, tackled him to the ground. On the ground, the virus digimon pulled the blade of his sword up and slashed Rika in the stomach. She fell in front of Takato.
Regaining his vision slowly, he saw Rika on the ground holding her stomach. Blood was beginning to drip uncontrollably. "Rika! No!" Takato shouted, using every bit of strength he could muster and getting up to be beside her. "Why are you so stupid!? You could have just let him kill me!"
"Probably for the same reason you let yourself get hit by Venomon's attack to save me." Rika said, smiling. "I love you, Takato..."
Takato couldn't fight back his tears any longer. He let them slide down his cheek but he quickly rubbed them away. "What's the matter?" Rika said with a smile. "You going soft on me, goggle head? You're tougher than that." Takato continued to rub off his tears as quick as possible.
"I won't let them hurt you again Rika..." He muttered. "I love you too much to let that happen." Rika smiled again.
"Hey, this isn't too serious, Takato. I'll be fine."
"How touching." Venomhydramon said dully. "I suppose this is what you humans call... love. I felt that in this boy. Ha! All love did was break his heart. Betrayal. Disloyalty. Hate. That was what trailed the shatter pieces."
"I won't let you take away anyone else I care for!" Takato shouted. "My best friends, my family... I've had enough! If you want to kill Rika, you'll have to go through me first!"
"Charming." The dark digimon said. "That won't be too hard..."
Meanwhile, Impmon was racing through the streets with Susie still running with him, his hand gripping tightly around hers. Susie dared not question who he was and where they were going. All Impmon knew was that she was Henry's sister.
Maybe she'll get through to him. Impmon thought. It may be the only way.
"And where do you think YOU'RE going?" A voice said. It came from a digimon, not far down the street. A tall, female digimon. "Protecting a little girl? Perhaps your tamer?"
"Out of my way, Ladydevimon." Impmon muttered.
"Aw, Impmon, that would be no fun!" Ladydevimon said teasingly. "And that's what I came here to have. Darkness wave!" A hoard of bats went flying towards Impmon and Susie.
"Get down!" Impmon cried, pushing Susie to the ground. The bat struck Impmon in the chest and he flew backwards. Ladydevimon floated over to him and put her foot on top of his back. "That was fun. Would you like to try again?" Impmon struggled but with no luck.
"Run!" Impmon shouted at Susie. She looked scared and shaken but she got up. "Get out of here while you still can! Don't look back, just keep running down the street!" She nodded and rushed off as quickly as her little legs can carry.
"Oooh... a chase! What fun!" Ladydevimon said. "Come on you." She snapped her fingers and Impmon floated up. She grabbed him by the scuffs. "Let's give her a sec to run. Ah! Second's up! Let's follow." The fallen angel digimon flew after her quickly.
"I can kill you two all at once if I wanted." Venomhydramon said. "But of course, where'd be the fun in that? Anything you would like to know before I kill you?"
"Yes." Takato said, yet he really didn't have a question. He was just trying to buy time. Thinking quickly, he asked, "How did you get Henry to agree to you?"
"Please, don't bother answering his silly questions and just kill him already. This is getting boring." Daemon said.
"Daemon, perhaps he SHOULD know how idiotic his friend was." Venomhydramon said.
"Alright, but make it quick." Daemon said. "I hope to find a screaming audience soon..."
"No problem in that, Daemon, the earth is full of cowardly people." The Virus digimon said, then began his reply. "You friend Henry was easily the weakest tamer out of the three of you. So it would have been best to trigger his vulnerability. A simple scare kept him from saying anything and keeping his feelings to himself, and he never said a word, not even when he would out the most heart-breaking things." The dark mega smiled.
"You... you scum!" Takato yelled.
"Ah, so with all the darkness in his heart, he would easily have been a good candidate to host me. With a simple bit of trickery and a gullible fool, he accepted my offer to make him stronger and change his life. So in a way, I'm just granting his wish."
"How dare you!" Rika shouted. "He'll find a way to over come you!"
"Oh, what is the chance of that?" Venomhydramon said, laughing. "Zero. Zilch. He doesn't have the slightest chance of over coming me... someone more powerful than him. Now that that answer's out of the way, time to get down to business." He pointed his sword toward Rika and Takato. He was about to strike when...
"Henwy!"
Susie had found her way to the scene and was overjoyed to see her brother alive and well (or so she thought) "I missed you so much! I can't believe it's you!" She unknowingly ran towards him.
"No! Susie! Get away!!!! He's not who you think he is!" Takato yelled. But it was too late.
In a swift blow, Venomhydramon struck Susie with a kick. Susie fell backwards, but tried to stay strong and not cry.
"You!" Takato screamed. "How could you pick on an innocent child!?"
"She's... she's your sister!" Rika added.
"My...my sister?" The mega digimon muttered, then staggered a bit. He whirled around and saw Susie, obviously scared to death, with tears still streaming down her eyes. Then, he faced Takato and Rika, bleeding and bruised.
Takato and Rika gasped to see the iciness in Henry's eyes to disappear and the blankness to vanish. They watched as he thrust his sword aside and fall down to his knees, tears dripping onto the ground. He slammed his fist onto the ground and for the first time since he returned, spoke in a more caring voice.
"What... what have I done?"
To be continued in Part 13
I'm almost done! I'm always ending off in weird ways... please R/R! ^_^