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"LIGHTNING BLAST!" Raidramon cried slamming a beam of lightning into a black lighthouse at full strength, only managing to crack it.
"ROSETTA STONE!" Nefertimon floated above a lighthouse, a pink energy illuminating from her armor, shooting out golden stone tablets from a wave of energy. Sadly, the tablets collided with the lighthouse and only crumbled; managing no damage to the dark edifice.
Halsemon advanced on the lighthouse Flamedramon attacked, his helmet wing-tips glowing. "TEMPEST WING!" He called out and on command, his wingtips shot forth an arc of energy that hit a lighthouse, denting the side.
"ICE WINDER!"
"BLAZE BUSTER!"
Seadramon and Flarerizamon launched beams of ice and fire that only seemed to faded away on contact with the lighthouses. Stingmon buzzed pass the two champion, buzzing a battle cry and kicking one of the towers from behind. In a rage, Stingmon launched a barrage of kicks and punches hoping to bring down the lighthouse with everything he had.
"I won't allow them to pass!" The insect screeched in an ear-shattering buzzing.
"Gah, this isn't working!" Davis yelled in frustration. Holding out his D-3 to Raidramon, the armor Digimon glowed a bright blue and shoot out a beam of the same color to the Digivice. When the energy faded, the Beast Digimon was once again Veemon. "We're getting nowhere fast and those portals are opening wider!"
"The champion and armor Digimon aren't strong enough." Ken nodded to Davis raising his D-3.
"We need more power!" Michael clenched his fist.
"I'm with them, Kari!" Yolei nodded to Hikari, raising her D-3.
Nefertimon and Halsemon glowed the energy color of their DigiEggs symbols, shooting the same color to their partner's D-3; reverting back to their default forms.
"Guess you're right." Kari sighed raising his white and pink Digivice. It was a terrifying experience to be near the dark lighthouses or any part of the Dark Ocean. She never wanted to think about to see that place ever again.
"They may try all they want." A small figure laughed to himself from atop a nearby building. "But they will not stop Lord Dragomon's ascend into this world. Nothing will."
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Digimon: Digital Monsters
In The Demon's Hand
A Fan-Fic written by: Thomas Conner (TommyPR5@aol.com)
Chapter Five: "Captured Light"
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A white and blue D-3 shot beams of energy forward, which collected into a sphere of energy which shot out blue sparks until they formed into a winged human-like dragon. This formation only lasted an instant before separating into its component pixels and changing into a data stream that flowed into the spinning blue dragon.
"Veemon digivolve to..." He spun faster, until he was only a blur. Then there was a flash of light, and when he came to a stop the silver symbol of his chest slashed behind the Phantom Dragon,
"EXVEEMON!"
A white and red D-3 shot beams of energy forward, which collected into a sphere of energy which shot out red sparks until they formed into an eagle with horns. This formation only lasted an instant before separating into its component pixels and changing into a data stream that flowed into the spinning bird.
"Hawkmon digivolve to..." He spun faster, until he was only a blur. Then there was a flash of light, and when he came to a stop he was the giant bird,
"AQUILAMON!"
Gatomon and Stingmon stood with the other champion Digimon as they lined up in front of their respected partners.
"Time to digivolve." Ken nodded.
"DNA style!" Davis held out his fists.
A black and gray D-3 faced opposite from a white and blue D-3. Both Digivices turning green and blue fired beams of energy, of the same color, that gathered into a ring of DigiCode. The ring spun around as the two champion Digimon took to the air.
"ExVeemon!" The Phantom Dragon yelled flying toward the ring.
"Stingmon!" The insect humanoid yelled flying toward the ring.
"DNA DIGIVOLVE TO..." Both called out in unison, their bodies glowing respectively blue and green. DigiCores flew around them as they spiraled around one another into the energy ring, fusing as one. On the other side of the ring, a set of white wings and a set of blue wings spread, as light reflected off the growing armor. The new being pushed his heavily armored gantlets from his chest while spikes began to glow from his shoulder blades. White light flashed from his red mask as he opened his newly formed eyes. Spiked claws with sword like daggers protruded from his heavy gloved hands as cannons appeared to his sides. Taking aim with the cannons, the Dragon Man opened fire at the ground around him. The two are now one as,
"PAILDRAMON!"
A white and red D-3 faced opposite from a white and pink D-3. Both Digivices turning red and white fired beams of red and pink energy that gathered into a ring of DigiCode. The ring spun as the two champion Digimon took to the air, flying toward the ring.
"Aquilamon!" The giant bird yelled as his body was encased in a red aura.
"Gatomon!" The holy beast laughed as her body was encased in pink energy.
"DNA DIGIVOLVE TO..." Both called out in unison, their bodies glowing respectively red and pink. They spiraled around one another, into the energy ring fusing as one. On the other side of the ring, A thin colorless figure now stood. Suddenly, their visor flashed blue and became silver. Now their face had become clear, it was humanoid with red hair and huge Gatomon-esque ears on the side of its head. Wing-tips on the side of their arm glowed, becoming white and red. The belt around their waist flashed blue and became silver with a spinning red circle at the center. The upper body was white with silver chest armoring and the lower parts were raptor birdlike feet reminiscent of Aquilamon. The two had now become the Beast Man,
"SILPHYMON!"
"Let's get cracking!" Paildramon yelled, in two voices, as the cannons on his side began to glow in ominous white.
"I'm with you!" Silphymon took to the air, its belt buckle illuminating crimson.
"DESPERADO BLASTER!"
"ASTRAL LASER!"
Paildramon let loose his cannon fire and Silphymon launched a glowing aura in its shape. Both attacks hitting two separate lighthouses and causing them to explode in pixels.
"All right!" Davis jumped in the air. "Two down,"
"A billion to go..." Phil wiped at the brim of his cap.
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"NOVA BLAST!" Greymon roared outward, a sphere of flames igniting midair slammed into a lighthouse causing an explosion of color and pixels.
"LIGHTSPEED JABBING!" Togemon bull rushed a lighthouse, punching at her lightning fast speeds, managing to tip it over.
"ELECTRO SHOCKER!" Kabuterimon finished up Togemon's job by taking out the lighthouse that blocked their partner's path.
"They're appearing all over the city!" Izzy typed frantically at his laptop as he balanced and ran along with the champion Digimon.
"What? No way!" Mimi looked back to him.
"This is no joke, who ever it is, he's going to get it." Tai clenched a fist, trying to keep a leveled head.
"I can't reach the team in the Digital World." Izzy slammed his fist onto the keyboard. "I hate to point out the obvious, but this seems to be some sort of setup!"
"Don't worry about that." Tai ordered. "We have to get to the others, in a hurry!"
"Right!" Greymon roared pushing onward.
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"The seal has been successfully broken, Lord Daemon. Thank you for the power boost." A Baronmon kneeled before the Demon Lord at his throne.
"Indirectly it was me, but you should be thanking the Chaos Masters." Daemon's eyes curled revealing he was actually smiling under his hood.
"What do you mean my lord?" The Baronmon rose, titling his head to the side.
"The Chaos Gems are a channeler of power. I gave them to Piedmon and in return, it boosted his D-Power and the power whatever other Digimon he chose as his teammates. The gems are directly connected with the orb I gave you."
"I don't understand, my liege..." Baronmon scratched the side of his head.
"I did not except you to understand. Allow me to finish. Whatever power the chaos gem wielder puts out, the orb absorbs and stores the power. However, the gems have a half-life. Whatever boost of power Piedmon is experiencing will be short-lived." Daemon's eyes flared.
"But..." Baronmon paused, then spoke what he was wrestling with. "Piedmon will surely be destroyed by the DigiDestined."
"He outlived his usefulness." Daemon's eyes now took a fiery effect. "Be sure you do no fall under that category."
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WereGarurumon howled in pain as ChaosWarGreymon successfully won their hand-to-hand grapple and lifted him over his head.
"You're becoming a nucessain, wolf!" The Greymon snarled, throwing the ultimate through several windows.
Ankylomon rushed forward to the Mega, as he neared he turned around swinging with full force his, "TAIL HAMMER!"
The Dragon Man snarled, raising one of his shielded arms to block. The dinosaur hammered into the shield with force, each one of the spikes at the end of his tail snapping off.
"You would dare interfere!" The ChaosWarGreymon growled the champion by the neck and tossed him outward. As Ankylomon's tail sailed pass, the Dragon Man caught hold of it and started to spin. He spun faster and faster until both of the bodies merged into a single spiraling tornado. In a hated battle cry, the Greymon slammed the champion into the side of a metal building leaving a huge dent in the side.
"...That all you can take...or you want some more..." Ankylomon managed to choke as he slid off the side of the building. The champion Digimon fight a WarGreymon once, the legendary BlackWarGreymon. Then he deiced he never wanted to fight one again. This was just a kinder remainder why he made that vow.
"Where is he getting it from?" Matt eyed the mega carefully as he two out the two Destined Digimon easily. Tai's WarGreymon displayed the levels of sheer fighting prowess this one has, Matt did not understand why this WarGreymon was so powerful.
"Come on Andromon." Cody helped the android stand as he carried him over to Matt. "We're almost there..."
"Thank...tha--thank you...you...you." Andromon said in a blurred, broken record like way. "For...for...fo-fo-for retrieving ... retrieving ... SYSTEM ERROR...me..."
"Don't worry," Cody said sympathetically. "We'll repair you soon..."
"We have the advantage, Zudomon." Garudamon hovered in the air looking down to ChaosSeadramon. "He's a fish out of water and should be an easy target."
"Don't take me so lightly." The mega hissed in a strange mechanical voice. "I will not be taken down as easily as you would suspect, pathetic ultimate."
"That's enough of your jaw!" Zudomon raised his hammer into the air. "VULCAN'S HAMMER!" Slamming the chorm digizoid sculpted hammer into the ground, Zudomon shot forth an electric beam in the shape of an arrow.
ChaosSeadramon's fins flipped forward as the beam hit full force. It washed over and when it had cleared, the mega smiled, his armor crackling with electrical current. Before Zudomon could drop his jaw, ChaosSeadramon gave forth a call of "RIVER OF POWER!" And the same beam shot back at Zudomon, bringing the large muscular Digimon to his knees.
"WING BLADE!" Garudamon summoned all the internal fire she held and launched forth a bird of fire.
The bird screeched as it spread its wings and took flight. ChaosSeadramon waited until the bird was lined perfectly, and put it out with a swing of his tail. Hovering directly under the guardian bird, ChaosSeadramon revealed racks of missiles and torpedoes inside his back. "Locked on target." Was the only indication that the serpent gave before the missiles ripped into the air, each one slamming with deadly force into Garudamon's chest and wings. The force of the explosions was enough to knock the giant bird out of the sky and sending her crashing down through a building, crashing it under her weight.
"Garudamon! NO!" Sora yelled. She went to rush to her partner but a firm arm caught her.
"No..." Joe said trembling. "We have to let them hold up until MagnaAngemon defeats Piedmon." He wanted to check on Zudomon, but he knew he could not endanger himself and distract the ultimate from the fight.
"Foul demon, return from the underworld from which you came!" MagnaAngemon grunted as another advance was blocked by ChaosPiedmon playfully leaping out of the way.
"What's wrong Wings? Finding out you're not as strong as you thought you were? ARE YOU BEING OUTSTAGED BY SOMETHING YOU SEE BELOW YOU!" Piedmon roared. "TRUMP SWORD!" With a wave of his hands he shot eight swords forward, each one ripping through one of MagnaAngemon's eight wings.
The angel cried in pain as the Clown Prince rushed forward nailing him in the visor. As he fell to the ground MagnaAngemon gripped his cracked visor in pain and anger.
"Now you know how I felt when you humiliated me. When I'm done with you...I'm going find MetalGarurumon and WarGreymon and between the three of you, there won't be enough left for a thumbnail." Piedmon removed a handkerchief from his pocket.
T.K. stood at the sidelines looking to the clown in terror. Remembering the trauma the mega put him through when he was a child. Turning everyone into keychains and hunting Kari and him down like dogs. "Stop him..." He said as a whisper. "Stop him here and forever, MagnaAngemon!" He called to his partner.
MagnaAngemon held his side and spat out blood onto Piedmon's white boot. "I'll send you to hell before I let harm befall my friends."
Piedmon's lips twisted into a wicked smile. "I've already been; and I have some space there waiting for you."
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Daemon stood the edge of the Dark Ocean, looking out to the black waves. "The time has come, your forces are about to breech the barrier between worlds."
"I am aware of that." Dragomon rose from beneath the waves slowly with platoons of Divermon. "At last, the girl will be mine! Her powers shall be my own to manipulate!"
"An associate will provide the needed distraction to keep the DNA mutants at bay until you can take the girl." Daemon crossed his arms behind as back.
"My forces and I will pave the way for you, and together..." Dragomon rose his head to look upon the portal his dark magic had assisted Daemon in opening.
"We shall forge a new age of darkness upon the world of man." Daemon chuckled. "My forces and I will be behind you as soon as you have laid waste to the DigiDestined left in the human world. My Chaos Masters will see to the ones that dared to enter the DigiWorld."
"Come my army!" Dragomon held out an arm, a burst of energy forming a silver trident. "We have a world to conqueror!"
The Divermon let out battle-cries as a tower of black light began to lift them from the water and towards the portal into the sky. They move forward and forward getting closer to the portal and closer to the real world.
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Paildramon dug his giant claws into the base of a lighthouse, ripping it from the ground, and tossing it out to see effortlessly. "Were in the world are they coming from?"
"FIRE TOWER!" Flarerizamon encased a lighthouse in a wall of flames. "Do I look like I know?" Letting the flames die, he ducked as Seadramon sailed towards the smothering lighthouse.
"ICE WINDER!" The serpent opened his mouth and in a gust of the breath, icy winds sailed toward the lighthouse. The wind simply breeze by the lighthouse and in reacting with the heat from the flames, shattered like glass.
"It's looking good guys!" Michael yelled to the Digimon. "Keep it up!"
"Guys," Phil pointed out to the ocean. "Not good!"
The remaining lighthouses all over the city began to glow an eerie green before each shot out a focused beam that gathered over the ocean. The beams merged forming a giant, spiraling portal the now violent turning waters.
"Not good at all." Ken choked as the from a portal an immense castle dropped from the portal like a rock causing a loud splash and rain to shot up everywhere. The beams shot backward over the city creating a ring that stretched to the very ends of the city. The rings began to glow as the smaller portals finally gave and a virtually endless army of small, blue fishmen poured from them.
"Oh no! Those are Divermon!" Silphymon said as it sailed pass overhead. "They're ultimate level Digimon that attack using their 'Striking Fish' technique!"
"If it is a fight they want." Seadramon hissed as he coiled downward.
"Then it's one they're a-gettin'." Paildramon slammed his fist into his hand.
"Come my brethren!" A lead Divermon held his spear into the air. "For the glory of our master!"
"For the glory!" The mindless cogs cried as their onslaught began.
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"What is happening to me..." ChaosWarGreymon began sweating as he dodged each of the WereGarurumon's snap kicks. He dodged and block and dodged until finally one caught him square in the face. Then another struck. And another and another.
"Slowing down?" WereGarurumon grunted. "Too bad!" He leapt into the air above the mega Digimon. "GARURU KICK!" The wolf howled kicking outward, creating an arc of energy.
The Greymon roared loudly as he used the shield on his back to block, the force of the energy sending him crashing into the ground.
"Let's see if you can take your own medicine!" Ankylomon bull ran toward the fall mega, grabbing him by his shoulders. "MEGATON PRESS!" The dinosaur lifted the Dramon Destroyer over his head and began to twirl him around. Grunting with force, the champion threw the mega into several buildings.
ChaosSeadramon panted as he glance around for Garudamon. "Here birdie..." He grimaced in internal pain. "birdie...birdie..." He locked his guidance systems scanning the clouds until he found the massive guardian bird. "GOT YOU!" His back opened and again he let loose a barrage of missiles.
"Correction!" Garudamon sailed pass the slow moving missile with relative ease. "GOT YOU! PHOENIX CLAW!" Her talon coated in fire, the ultimate slams it into the eyes of the cyborg Digimon. The serpent hissed loudly as the glass from his optic shattered in his eye. Violently, Garudamon ripped the talon back out, the huge claw covered in a strange mixture of blood and oil.
Zudomon roared leaping on to the snakes back. Grabbing the Seadramon in a head lock, the ultimate raised his hammer above his head. "Time to say goodnight. VULCAN'S HAMMER!" Zudomon slammed the hammer down onto ChaosSeadramon's head crushing his helmet under the pressure. The loss of the main computer sent the rest of his body shaking in a violent explosions as section by section until he was just an inert, smothering mass.
"ChaosSeadramon, the fool!" Piedmon caught the tail-end of the explosion from the corner of his eye as MagnaAngemon sailed pass his defenses impaling his side with Excalibur. The clown's eyes widen as he saw the angel forcing the arm sword deeper and deeper. "I really hope you hit bone..." ChaosPiedmon gripped the ultimate's arm. "Because that's the only way you're going to stop me!" The mega ripped the arm from his body and tossed the angel back.
MagnaAngemon caught himself midair and hung. "The invincible Chaos Masters not up to your set standards."
"It's impossible...the gems...where supposed to give me power..." Piedmon balanced a hand to the huge blood spot at his side. "I don't understand..."
"GATE..." MagnaAngemon's sword ignited in a flare.
"No..." Piedmon's eyes widen as he remembered the look in Daemon's eyes. "He...he..."
"OF..." The angel made a circle motion in front of him creating the outline of a ring.
"He did something to me..." Piedmon looked to his hand as he noticed it began blink back and forth between his current form and his pervious one.
"DESTINY!" The ultimate summoned forth a golden doorway from the nonexistent ring. It spun silently as the gate opened to reveal a white void.
"NO!" Piedmon stumbled backward, freezing in fear. "I won't go back there! You will not send me back there!" He rose his hand to attack, but it was stopped by a strong arm.
"I don't think so." WereGarurumon growled. Sending a sharp kick to his midsection and another to the bloody spot on his uniform, the wolf managed to weaken Piedmon and toss him into the gate. "And this time, don't come back!"
"If I'm going back, I'd be damned if I'm going alone!" Piedmon laughed maniacally as he spun out a ribbon from his hand wrapping it around Sora.
Sora, stunned, fell to the ground and was dragged toward the portal. "Let me go!"
"SORA!" Matt yelled as they grabbed her and acted as an anchor. "Let go of her you creep!"
MagnaAngemon scowled under his visor as he moved to stand beside the gate. "You are going and alone at that." MagnaAngemon slashed Piedmon against his throat and in the same movements, cut the ribbon.
Choking on his blood, Piedmon reached for the angel as he fell backward into the void and the gate closed, vanishing in a spin of pixels.
ChaosWarGreymon moaned in pain as the black and white on his body literary ripped upward in pixels, returning him to his true orange coloring. "What...happened..." The WarGreymon stood, rubbing his head.
"You mean you don't remember?" Ankylomon eased toward the Dragon Man.
"I remember fighting a Piedmon and it all went black..." The mega stood, placing a hand to his helmet.
ChaosSeadramon cried in pain as the effect happened to him, returning him to a MetalSeadramon. "Ow...what hit me...Scan memory." He commanded and what was left of his systems gave him the visual read out on the fights and what he had did as Piedmon possessed him. "Oh my...I can't...I don't...believe what I have done..."
"They don't remember?" Joe pushed his glasses back on his nose. "Does that mean it was some kind of spell?" He looked to Matt.
"Could've been..." Matt shruged.
The ultimate and champion Digimon all shrunk down to their rookie forms, except for MagnaAngemon, and gathered with their respected partners.
"How'd I do?" Biyomon asked Sora as she snuggled in her arms.
"You did good." Sora smiled cheerfully.
"Andromon, hold." MagnaAngemon kneeled before him. "MAGNA ANTIDOTE!" From the ultimate's wings, holy water sprayed forward healing Andromon's wounds and system.
"Thank you, DigiDestined." The Android stood slowly. "Again, I owe you my life."
"Don't mention it. Just call it a debt card." Biyomon smiled. "You save us, we save you."
Andromon smiled, but it faded when he glanced to the battlefield that was once his home. "It will take time to repair..."
"And repair it shall." WarGreymon said as he and MetalSeadramon approached.
"Yes, we shall help you and serve as the city's protectors for our crimes." MetalSeadramon lowered his head.
"Thank you." Andromon looked to them. "You're help will be appreciated."
"You guys," Joe called the other DigiDestined to his side. "There's trouble. I just got a fragmented e-mail from Izzy."
"What did it say?" Sora's face went from one of joy to one of concern.
"It's a...city wide attack." Joe sighed.
MagnaAngemon frowned looking to the sky. "Then we must go."
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Paildramon gripped two Divermon by the forehead, crushing their foreheads in. As their bodies exploded in his hands, he reeled back opening a full out barrage of laser fire on an oncoming group.
Silphymon spun around quickly delivering a kick to the forehead of a Divermon, a punch to the jaw of another, and an elbow strike to another; each blow sending the poor ultimate flying into the air.
Somber clapping caught Silphymon's ears. Perking them, the ultimate moved his ears then his body in the direction of the clapping. "You!"
"That it is." The being step forth. "And I am impressed!" He placed a hand to the holster on his back.
Yolei blinked. "Isn't that..."
"Ninjamon, the Mutant Digimon. He moves from shadow to shadow, both body and soul well trained, as a master spy!" Seadramon hissed.
"You?!" Silphymon panted, promptly talking as Aquilamon.
"That is right, Samurai." Ninjamon removed his blade addressing the Aquilamon in Silphymon.
"You work for these forces now?" Silphymon took a pose.
"I work for the highest bidder, Samurai." Ninjamon chuckled. "And if I am not mistaken, we have a dance to finish."
The DNA digivolved Digimon became encased in pink light, separating in a burst into Hawkmon and Gatomon.
"Hawkmon!" The holy beast looked to the rookie. "What are you doing!?"
"Old score, I have to settle this." He said with grim determination.
Yolei closed her eyes and sighed. "Let him do what he has too..." She opened them looking to the raging skies. "Go get 'em Hawkmon."
The rookie nodded to his partner.
"DIGIARMOR ENERGIZE!" called out Yolei. Her D-Terminal shot a green beam forward from it's antennae as a grid-like egg appeared on it's screen. The beam intercepted her D-3, and the DigiEgg of Sincerity materialized from the Digivice.
"Hawkmon armor digivolve to..." Hawkmon and the DigiEgg of Sincerity spun amid a spiraling pattern of DigiCode and English. Behind both, the Crest of Sincerity spun silently. Hawkmon and his armor egg slowly came together, and rings of leaves surrounded both. There came of flashes Palmon, Togemon, and Lillymon before the change occurred. His limbs sprang out, holding deadly shurikens. His body sprang about before coming together in a slinky motion.
"SHURIMON! The Samurai of Sincerity!"
"Aw yes, Samurai..." Ninjamon smiled.
"Bring it, short-stuff." Shurimon coiled his arms close to his body.
In a blur of movement, Shurimon met Ninjamon shuriken to sword. Each fighter then vanished beyond the other's line of vision, only to reappear at only given point to connect blades again, and vanish in the wind again.
"Gatomon!" Kari held up her D-3. "We're not out of this fight yet!"
"I'm afraid you are!" A Divermon tossed his spear toward Kari, knocking the Digivice from her hand. "Get her!" He commanded and several Divermon tossed there spear, trapping the girl in a net.
"Let go of her!" Gatomon hissed, rushing forward on all fours.
As she neared a Divermon swung his spear quickly, knocking the feline out cold.
"Gatomon!" Paildramon roared in anger rushing forward.
"Not so fast, freak!" A crowd of Divermon gathered in front of the combined ultimate.
"And which one of you is going to stop me!"
"I am." A voice calmly said as a force of energy sent Paildramon reeling, crashing through several buildings. When his propelled body came to a stop he separated into ExVeemon and Stingmon, who glowed and became Veemon and Wormmon respectively.
"Veemon!" Davis cried. "Who did that..."
"It's...you..." Ken trembled as the towering beast stood before them. "Dragomon..."
"Former emperor..." The man-dragon hissed. "It is a pleasure to see you again. A shame this...reunion cannot be met under better circumstances."
"Let's drop 'em!" Seadramon cried from behind the dragon, leaping toward him.
Dragomon extended a fist, using it again the dragon's own speed against him, as Seadramon slammed face first into it.
"Okay..." Flarerizamon looked around him. "Guess it's on me!"
Dragomon growled as he revealed a silver trident on his person. "Now, prepare to taste the FORBIDDEN TRIDENT!"
With his command, the street began to crack and powerful winds pushed Flarerizamon back, slamming him into the side of a store, leaving a crater on the side of the wall. Dragomon let loose a maniacally laugh as he spun his trident above his head, using it to open his stronghold on the waters of the Tokyo Bay.
"Come my dear." Dragomon latched a tentacle on to Kari. "We have catching up to do."
"NOVA BLAST!"
Before Dragomon could bring Kari near, a burst of fire struck his back bring him to his knees. "Who dares defy..."
"Get your slimy paws off my sister!" Tai yelled, fists clenched, with Mimi and Izzy standing behind him.
"Digimon Attack!" Greymon roared as Kabuterimon and Togemon rushed with the toward the ultimate.
Dragomon grunted and grabbed Kabuterimon's leg as he passed overhead. Then he proceeded to use the beetle as a bat, knocking Togemon and Greymon away.
"Togemon!" Mimi gasped.
"Kabuterimon!" Izzy called out.
"I have no time for this!" Dragomon snarled. "Come..."
"NO! Let go of me!" Kari cried struggling to be free of the net.
"No use, my dear." The dragon's lips parted into the smile and he took flight heading toward Tokyo Bay.
"Get back here!" Tai and Davis yelled as he ran behind Dragomon.
"Damned humans!" Dragomon pointed his trident toward the remaining DigiDestined. "Be gone!"
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Andromon rubbed his temple as he typed at Factorial Town's main computers. "What's...wrong with me..."
Inside Andromon's chest, a gem glowed ominously. Festering inside him, the remaining Chaos Gem waited, finishing a download.
"I told you, you would be used as my tool..." A dark voice chuckled.
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"What happened here?" Matt looked to the streets in horror. The scene was out of a movie with buildings crumpling and the streets literally been ripped from the ground.
"Oh no..." Sora cupped a hand over her mouth, pointing the group of bodies that laid on scattered across the ground. "The others!"
"No..." T. K. rushed forward and stood looking out to the bodies that laid spread out. "...Where is she?"
"No...no..." A voice choked from beneath T.K. "Give...Kari...back..." It moaned, struggling over each word.
T.K. frantically looked around trying to pinpoint where the voice came from, finally kneeling down to the awaking Davis. "Davis, where's Kari?!" T.K. shook Davis, who only blinked and tried his best to keep his eyes open.
"He...has her..." Davis coughed as he began to give way.
"Who?!" T.K. demanded.
"Dragomon..." Were Davis final words as he lost conscientiousness and fell limp.
T.K., eyes trembling in a mixture of fear and anger, slowly rested Davis' head to the ground. Water gathering at the bottom of his eyes, he stood sharply and looked out to the twisted castle that now stood at the center of Tokyo Bay. "Dragomon! I'll hunt you to the ends of the earth!!" T.K. held out his D-3, with thoughts it could be used to broadcast his message louder. "I'll hunt you until you return her! DO YOU HEAR ME!?"
The only response T.K. was given was a clash of thunder and a glow given at the top of the castle.
To Be Continued...
Can the DigiDestined free Kari from Dragomon? Will they be able to face the power of the undersea master? Find out on the next, Digimon: Digital Monsters!
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"LIGHTNING BLAST!" Raidramon cried slamming a beam of lightning into a black lighthouse at full strength, only managing to crack it.
"ROSETTA STONE!" Nefertimon floated above a lighthouse, a pink energy illuminating from her armor, shooting out golden stone tablets from a wave of energy. Sadly, the tablets collided with the lighthouse and only crumbled; managing no damage to the dark edifice.
Halsemon advanced on the lighthouse Flamedramon attacked, his helmet wing-tips glowing. "TEMPEST WING!" He called out and on command, his wingtips shot forth an arc of energy that hit a lighthouse, denting the side.
"ICE WINDER!"
"BLAZE BUSTER!"
Seadramon and Flarerizamon launched beams of ice and fire that only seemed to faded away on contact with the lighthouses. Stingmon buzzed pass the two champion, buzzing a battle cry and kicking one of the towers from behind. In a rage, Stingmon launched a barrage of kicks and punches hoping to bring down the lighthouse with everything he had.
"I won't allow them to pass!" The insect screeched in an ear-shattering buzzing.
"Gah, this isn't working!" Davis yelled in frustration. Holding out his D-3 to Raidramon, the armor Digimon glowed a bright blue and shoot out a beam of the same color to the Digivice. When the energy faded, the Beast Digimon was once again Veemon. "We're getting nowhere fast and those portals are opening wider!"
"The champion and armor Digimon aren't strong enough." Ken nodded to Davis raising his D-3.
"We need more power!" Michael clenched his fist.
"I'm with them, Kari!" Yolei nodded to Hikari, raising her D-3.
Nefertimon and Halsemon glowed the energy color of their DigiEggs symbols, shooting the same color to their partner's D-3; reverting back to their default forms.
"Guess you're right." Kari sighed raising his white and pink Digivice. It was a terrifying experience to be near the dark lighthouses or any part of the Dark Ocean. She never wanted to think about to see that place ever again.
"They may try all they want." A small figure laughed to himself from atop a nearby building. "But they will not stop Lord Dragomon's ascend into this world. Nothing will."
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Digimon: Digital Monsters
In The Demon's Hand
A Fan-Fic written by: Thomas Conner (TommyPR5@aol.com)
Chapter Five: "Captured Light"
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A white and blue D-3 shot beams of energy forward, which collected into a sphere of energy which shot out blue sparks until they formed into a winged human-like dragon. This formation only lasted an instant before separating into its component pixels and changing into a data stream that flowed into the spinning blue dragon.
"Veemon digivolve to..." He spun faster, until he was only a blur. Then there was a flash of light, and when he came to a stop the silver symbol of his chest slashed behind the Phantom Dragon,
"EXVEEMON!"
A white and red D-3 shot beams of energy forward, which collected into a sphere of energy which shot out red sparks until they formed into an eagle with horns. This formation only lasted an instant before separating into its component pixels and changing into a data stream that flowed into the spinning bird.
"Hawkmon digivolve to..." He spun faster, until he was only a blur. Then there was a flash of light, and when he came to a stop he was the giant bird,
"AQUILAMON!"
Gatomon and Stingmon stood with the other champion Digimon as they lined up in front of their respected partners.
"Time to digivolve." Ken nodded.
"DNA style!" Davis held out his fists.
A black and gray D-3 faced opposite from a white and blue D-3. Both Digivices turning green and blue fired beams of energy, of the same color, that gathered into a ring of DigiCode. The ring spun around as the two champion Digimon took to the air.
"ExVeemon!" The Phantom Dragon yelled flying toward the ring.
"Stingmon!" The insect humanoid yelled flying toward the ring.
"DNA DIGIVOLVE TO..." Both called out in unison, their bodies glowing respectively blue and green. DigiCores flew around them as they spiraled around one another into the energy ring, fusing as one. On the other side of the ring, a set of white wings and a set of blue wings spread, as light reflected off the growing armor. The new being pushed his heavily armored gantlets from his chest while spikes began to glow from his shoulder blades. White light flashed from his red mask as he opened his newly formed eyes. Spiked claws with sword like daggers protruded from his heavy gloved hands as cannons appeared to his sides. Taking aim with the cannons, the Dragon Man opened fire at the ground around him. The two are now one as,
"PAILDRAMON!"
A white and red D-3 faced opposite from a white and pink D-3. Both Digivices turning red and white fired beams of red and pink energy that gathered into a ring of DigiCode. The ring spun as the two champion Digimon took to the air, flying toward the ring.
"Aquilamon!" The giant bird yelled as his body was encased in a red aura.
"Gatomon!" The holy beast laughed as her body was encased in pink energy.
"DNA DIGIVOLVE TO..." Both called out in unison, their bodies glowing respectively red and pink. They spiraled around one another, into the energy ring fusing as one. On the other side of the ring, A thin colorless figure now stood. Suddenly, their visor flashed blue and became silver. Now their face had become clear, it was humanoid with red hair and huge Gatomon-esque ears on the side of its head. Wing-tips on the side of their arm glowed, becoming white and red. The belt around their waist flashed blue and became silver with a spinning red circle at the center. The upper body was white with silver chest armoring and the lower parts were raptor birdlike feet reminiscent of Aquilamon. The two had now become the Beast Man,
"SILPHYMON!"
"Let's get cracking!" Paildramon yelled, in two voices, as the cannons on his side began to glow in ominous white.
"I'm with you!" Silphymon took to the air, its belt buckle illuminating crimson.
"DESPERADO BLASTER!"
"ASTRAL LASER!"
Paildramon let loose his cannon fire and Silphymon launched a glowing aura in its shape. Both attacks hitting two separate lighthouses and causing them to explode in pixels.
"All right!" Davis jumped in the air. "Two down,"
"A billion to go..." Phil wiped at the brim of his cap.
*** *** ***
"NOVA BLAST!" Greymon roared outward, a sphere of flames igniting midair slammed into a lighthouse causing an explosion of color and pixels.
"LIGHTSPEED JABBING!" Togemon bull rushed a lighthouse, punching at her lightning fast speeds, managing to tip it over.
"ELECTRO SHOCKER!" Kabuterimon finished up Togemon's job by taking out the lighthouse that blocked their partner's path.
"They're appearing all over the city!" Izzy typed frantically at his laptop as he balanced and ran along with the champion Digimon.
"What? No way!" Mimi looked back to him.
"This is no joke, who ever it is, he's going to get it." Tai clenched a fist, trying to keep a leveled head.
"I can't reach the team in the Digital World." Izzy slammed his fist onto the keyboard. "I hate to point out the obvious, but this seems to be some sort of setup!"
"Don't worry about that." Tai ordered. "We have to get to the others, in a hurry!"
"Right!" Greymon roared pushing onward.
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"The seal has been successfully broken, Lord Daemon. Thank you for the power boost." A Baronmon kneeled before the Demon Lord at his throne.
"Indirectly it was me, but you should be thanking the Chaos Masters." Daemon's eyes curled revealing he was actually smiling under his hood.
"What do you mean my lord?" The Baronmon rose, titling his head to the side.
"The Chaos Gems are a channeler of power. I gave them to Piedmon and in return, it boosted his D-Power and the power whatever other Digimon he chose as his teammates. The gems are directly connected with the orb I gave you."
"I don't understand, my liege..." Baronmon scratched the side of his head.
"I did not except you to understand. Allow me to finish. Whatever power the chaos gem wielder puts out, the orb absorbs and stores the power. However, the gems have a half-life. Whatever boost of power Piedmon is experiencing will be short-lived." Daemon's eyes flared.
"But..." Baronmon paused, then spoke what he was wrestling with. "Piedmon will surely be destroyed by the DigiDestined."
"He outlived his usefulness." Daemon's eyes now took a fiery effect. "Be sure you do no fall under that category."
*** *** ***
WereGarurumon howled in pain as ChaosWarGreymon successfully won their hand-to-hand grapple and lifted him over his head.
"You're becoming a nucessain, wolf!" The Greymon snarled, throwing the ultimate through several windows.
Ankylomon rushed forward to the Mega, as he neared he turned around swinging with full force his, "TAIL HAMMER!"
The Dragon Man snarled, raising one of his shielded arms to block. The dinosaur hammered into the shield with force, each one of the spikes at the end of his tail snapping off.
"You would dare interfere!" The ChaosWarGreymon growled the champion by the neck and tossed him outward. As Ankylomon's tail sailed pass, the Dragon Man caught hold of it and started to spin. He spun faster and faster until both of the bodies merged into a single spiraling tornado. In a hated battle cry, the Greymon slammed the champion into the side of a metal building leaving a huge dent in the side.
"...That all you can take...or you want some more..." Ankylomon managed to choke as he slid off the side of the building. The champion Digimon fight a WarGreymon once, the legendary BlackWarGreymon. Then he deiced he never wanted to fight one again. This was just a kinder remainder why he made that vow.
"Where is he getting it from?" Matt eyed the mega carefully as he two out the two Destined Digimon easily. Tai's WarGreymon displayed the levels of sheer fighting prowess this one has, Matt did not understand why this WarGreymon was so powerful.
"Come on Andromon." Cody helped the android stand as he carried him over to Matt. "We're almost there..."
"Thank...tha--thank you...you...you." Andromon said in a blurred, broken record like way. "For...for...fo-fo-for retrieving ... retrieving ... SYSTEM ERROR...me..."
"Don't worry," Cody said sympathetically. "We'll repair you soon..."
"We have the advantage, Zudomon." Garudamon hovered in the air looking down to ChaosSeadramon. "He's a fish out of water and should be an easy target."
"Don't take me so lightly." The mega hissed in a strange mechanical voice. "I will not be taken down as easily as you would suspect, pathetic ultimate."
"That's enough of your jaw!" Zudomon raised his hammer into the air. "VULCAN'S HAMMER!" Slamming the chorm digizoid sculpted hammer into the ground, Zudomon shot forth an electric beam in the shape of an arrow.
ChaosSeadramon's fins flipped forward as the beam hit full force. It washed over and when it had cleared, the mega smiled, his armor crackling with electrical current. Before Zudomon could drop his jaw, ChaosSeadramon gave forth a call of "RIVER OF POWER!" And the same beam shot back at Zudomon, bringing the large muscular Digimon to his knees.
"WING BLADE!" Garudamon summoned all the internal fire she held and launched forth a bird of fire.
The bird screeched as it spread its wings and took flight. ChaosSeadramon waited until the bird was lined perfectly, and put it out with a swing of his tail. Hovering directly under the guardian bird, ChaosSeadramon revealed racks of missiles and torpedoes inside his back. "Locked on target." Was the only indication that the serpent gave before the missiles ripped into the air, each one slamming with deadly force into Garudamon's chest and wings. The force of the explosions was enough to knock the giant bird out of the sky and sending her crashing down through a building, crashing it under her weight.
"Garudamon! NO!" Sora yelled. She went to rush to her partner but a firm arm caught her.
"No..." Joe said trembling. "We have to let them hold up until MagnaAngemon defeats Piedmon." He wanted to check on Zudomon, but he knew he could not endanger himself and distract the ultimate from the fight.
"Foul demon, return from the underworld from which you came!" MagnaAngemon grunted as another advance was blocked by ChaosPiedmon playfully leaping out of the way.
"What's wrong Wings? Finding out you're not as strong as you thought you were? ARE YOU BEING OUTSTAGED BY SOMETHING YOU SEE BELOW YOU!" Piedmon roared. "TRUMP SWORD!" With a wave of his hands he shot eight swords forward, each one ripping through one of MagnaAngemon's eight wings.
The angel cried in pain as the Clown Prince rushed forward nailing him in the visor. As he fell to the ground MagnaAngemon gripped his cracked visor in pain and anger.
"Now you know how I felt when you humiliated me. When I'm done with you...I'm going find MetalGarurumon and WarGreymon and between the three of you, there won't be enough left for a thumbnail." Piedmon removed a handkerchief from his pocket.
T.K. stood at the sidelines looking to the clown in terror. Remembering the trauma the mega put him through when he was a child. Turning everyone into keychains and hunting Kari and him down like dogs. "Stop him..." He said as a whisper. "Stop him here and forever, MagnaAngemon!" He called to his partner.
MagnaAngemon held his side and spat out blood onto Piedmon's white boot. "I'll send you to hell before I let harm befall my friends."
Piedmon's lips twisted into a wicked smile. "I've already been; and I have some space there waiting for you."
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Daemon stood the edge of the Dark Ocean, looking out to the black waves. "The time has come, your forces are about to breech the barrier between worlds."
"I am aware of that." Dragomon rose from beneath the waves slowly with platoons of Divermon. "At last, the girl will be mine! Her powers shall be my own to manipulate!"
"An associate will provide the needed distraction to keep the DNA mutants at bay until you can take the girl." Daemon crossed his arms behind as back.
"My forces and I will pave the way for you, and together..." Dragomon rose his head to look upon the portal his dark magic had assisted Daemon in opening.
"We shall forge a new age of darkness upon the world of man." Daemon chuckled. "My forces and I will be behind you as soon as you have laid waste to the DigiDestined left in the human world. My Chaos Masters will see to the ones that dared to enter the DigiWorld."
"Come my army!" Dragomon held out an arm, a burst of energy forming a silver trident. "We have a world to conqueror!"
The Divermon let out battle-cries as a tower of black light began to lift them from the water and towards the portal into the sky. They move forward and forward getting closer to the portal and closer to the real world.
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Paildramon dug his giant claws into the base of a lighthouse, ripping it from the ground, and tossing it out to see effortlessly. "Were in the world are they coming from?"
"FIRE TOWER!" Flarerizamon encased a lighthouse in a wall of flames. "Do I look like I know?" Letting the flames die, he ducked as Seadramon sailed towards the smothering lighthouse.
"ICE WINDER!" The serpent opened his mouth and in a gust of the breath, icy winds sailed toward the lighthouse. The wind simply breeze by the lighthouse and in reacting with the heat from the flames, shattered like glass.
"It's looking good guys!" Michael yelled to the Digimon. "Keep it up!"
"Guys," Phil pointed out to the ocean. "Not good!"
The remaining lighthouses all over the city began to glow an eerie green before each shot out a focused beam that gathered over the ocean. The beams merged forming a giant, spiraling portal the now violent turning waters.
"Not good at all." Ken choked as the from a portal an immense castle dropped from the portal like a rock causing a loud splash and rain to shot up everywhere. The beams shot backward over the city creating a ring that stretched to the very ends of the city. The rings began to glow as the smaller portals finally gave and a virtually endless army of small, blue fishmen poured from them.
"Oh no! Those are Divermon!" Silphymon said as it sailed pass overhead. "They're ultimate level Digimon that attack using their 'Striking Fish' technique!"
"If it is a fight they want." Seadramon hissed as he coiled downward.
"Then it's one they're a-gettin'." Paildramon slammed his fist into his hand.
"Come my brethren!" A lead Divermon held his spear into the air. "For the glory of our master!"
"For the glory!" The mindless cogs cried as their onslaught began.
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"What is happening to me..." ChaosWarGreymon began sweating as he dodged each of the WereGarurumon's snap kicks. He dodged and block and dodged until finally one caught him square in the face. Then another struck. And another and another.
"Slowing down?" WereGarurumon grunted. "Too bad!" He leapt into the air above the mega Digimon. "GARURU KICK!" The wolf howled kicking outward, creating an arc of energy.
The Greymon roared loudly as he used the shield on his back to block, the force of the energy sending him crashing into the ground.
"Let's see if you can take your own medicine!" Ankylomon bull ran toward the fall mega, grabbing him by his shoulders. "MEGATON PRESS!" The dinosaur lifted the Dramon Destroyer over his head and began to twirl him around. Grunting with force, the champion threw the mega into several buildings.
ChaosSeadramon panted as he glance around for Garudamon. "Here birdie..." He grimaced in internal pain. "birdie...birdie..." He locked his guidance systems scanning the clouds until he found the massive guardian bird. "GOT YOU!" His back opened and again he let loose a barrage of missiles.
"Correction!" Garudamon sailed pass the slow moving missile with relative ease. "GOT YOU! PHOENIX CLAW!" Her talon coated in fire, the ultimate slams it into the eyes of the cyborg Digimon. The serpent hissed loudly as the glass from his optic shattered in his eye. Violently, Garudamon ripped the talon back out, the huge claw covered in a strange mixture of blood and oil.
Zudomon roared leaping on to the snakes back. Grabbing the Seadramon in a head lock, the ultimate raised his hammer above his head. "Time to say goodnight. VULCAN'S HAMMER!" Zudomon slammed the hammer down onto ChaosSeadramon's head crushing his helmet under the pressure. The loss of the main computer sent the rest of his body shaking in a violent explosions as section by section until he was just an inert, smothering mass.
"ChaosSeadramon, the fool!" Piedmon caught the tail-end of the explosion from the corner of his eye as MagnaAngemon sailed pass his defenses impaling his side with Excalibur. The clown's eyes widen as he saw the angel forcing the arm sword deeper and deeper. "I really hope you hit bone..." ChaosPiedmon gripped the ultimate's arm. "Because that's the only way you're going to stop me!" The mega ripped the arm from his body and tossed the angel back.
MagnaAngemon caught himself midair and hung. "The invincible Chaos Masters not up to your set standards."
"It's impossible...the gems...where supposed to give me power..." Piedmon balanced a hand to the huge blood spot at his side. "I don't understand..."
"GATE..." MagnaAngemon's sword ignited in a flare.
"No..." Piedmon's eyes widen as he remembered the look in Daemon's eyes. "He...he..."
"OF..." The angel made a circle motion in front of him creating the outline of a ring.
"He did something to me..." Piedmon looked to his hand as he noticed it began blink back and forth between his current form and his pervious one.
"DESTINY!" The ultimate summoned forth a golden doorway from the nonexistent ring. It spun silently as the gate opened to reveal a white void.
"NO!" Piedmon stumbled backward, freezing in fear. "I won't go back there! You will not send me back there!" He rose his hand to attack, but it was stopped by a strong arm.
"I don't think so." WereGarurumon growled. Sending a sharp kick to his midsection and another to the bloody spot on his uniform, the wolf managed to weaken Piedmon and toss him into the gate. "And this time, don't come back!"
"If I'm going back, I'd be damned if I'm going alone!" Piedmon laughed maniacally as he spun out a ribbon from his hand wrapping it around Sora.
Sora, stunned, fell to the ground and was dragged toward the portal. "Let me go!"
"SORA!" Matt yelled as they grabbed her and acted as an anchor. "Let go of her you creep!"
MagnaAngemon scowled under his visor as he moved to stand beside the gate. "You are going and alone at that." MagnaAngemon slashed Piedmon against his throat and in the same movements, cut the ribbon.
Choking on his blood, Piedmon reached for the angel as he fell backward into the void and the gate closed, vanishing in a spin of pixels.
ChaosWarGreymon moaned in pain as the black and white on his body literary ripped upward in pixels, returning him to his true orange coloring. "What...happened..." The WarGreymon stood, rubbing his head.
"You mean you don't remember?" Ankylomon eased toward the Dragon Man.
"I remember fighting a Piedmon and it all went black..." The mega stood, placing a hand to his helmet.
ChaosSeadramon cried in pain as the effect happened to him, returning him to a MetalSeadramon. "Ow...what hit me...Scan memory." He commanded and what was left of his systems gave him the visual read out on the fights and what he had did as Piedmon possessed him. "Oh my...I can't...I don't...believe what I have done..."
"They don't remember?" Joe pushed his glasses back on his nose. "Does that mean it was some kind of spell?" He looked to Matt.
"Could've been..." Matt shruged.
The ultimate and champion Digimon all shrunk down to their rookie forms, except for MagnaAngemon, and gathered with their respected partners.
"How'd I do?" Biyomon asked Sora as she snuggled in her arms.
"You did good." Sora smiled cheerfully.
"Andromon, hold." MagnaAngemon kneeled before him. "MAGNA ANTIDOTE!" From the ultimate's wings, holy water sprayed forward healing Andromon's wounds and system.
"Thank you, DigiDestined." The Android stood slowly. "Again, I owe you my life."
"Don't mention it. Just call it a debt card." Biyomon smiled. "You save us, we save you."
Andromon smiled, but it faded when he glanced to the battlefield that was once his home. "It will take time to repair..."
"And repair it shall." WarGreymon said as he and MetalSeadramon approached.
"Yes, we shall help you and serve as the city's protectors for our crimes." MetalSeadramon lowered his head.
"Thank you." Andromon looked to them. "You're help will be appreciated."
"You guys," Joe called the other DigiDestined to his side. "There's trouble. I just got a fragmented e-mail from Izzy."
"What did it say?" Sora's face went from one of joy to one of concern.
"It's a...city wide attack." Joe sighed.
MagnaAngemon frowned looking to the sky. "Then we must go."
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Paildramon gripped two Divermon by the forehead, crushing their foreheads in. As their bodies exploded in his hands, he reeled back opening a full out barrage of laser fire on an oncoming group.
Silphymon spun around quickly delivering a kick to the forehead of a Divermon, a punch to the jaw of another, and an elbow strike to another; each blow sending the poor ultimate flying into the air.
Somber clapping caught Silphymon's ears. Perking them, the ultimate moved his ears then his body in the direction of the clapping. "You!"
"That it is." The being step forth. "And I am impressed!" He placed a hand to the holster on his back.
Yolei blinked. "Isn't that..."
"Ninjamon, the Mutant Digimon. He moves from shadow to shadow, both body and soul well trained, as a master spy!" Seadramon hissed.
"You?!" Silphymon panted, promptly talking as Aquilamon.
"That is right, Samurai." Ninjamon removed his blade addressing the Aquilamon in Silphymon.
"You work for these forces now?" Silphymon took a pose.
"I work for the highest bidder, Samurai." Ninjamon chuckled. "And if I am not mistaken, we have a dance to finish."
The DNA digivolved Digimon became encased in pink light, separating in a burst into Hawkmon and Gatomon.
"Hawkmon!" The holy beast looked to the rookie. "What are you doing!?"
"Old score, I have to settle this." He said with grim determination.
Yolei closed her eyes and sighed. "Let him do what he has too..." She opened them looking to the raging skies. "Go get 'em Hawkmon."
The rookie nodded to his partner.
"DIGIARMOR ENERGIZE!" called out Yolei. Her D-Terminal shot a green beam forward from it's antennae as a grid-like egg appeared on it's screen. The beam intercepted her D-3, and the DigiEgg of Sincerity materialized from the Digivice.
"Hawkmon armor digivolve to..." Hawkmon and the DigiEgg of Sincerity spun amid a spiraling pattern of DigiCode and English. Behind both, the Crest of Sincerity spun silently. Hawkmon and his armor egg slowly came together, and rings of leaves surrounded both. There came of flashes Palmon, Togemon, and Lillymon before the change occurred. His limbs sprang out, holding deadly shurikens. His body sprang about before coming together in a slinky motion.
"SHURIMON! The Samurai of Sincerity!"
"Aw yes, Samurai..." Ninjamon smiled.
"Bring it, short-stuff." Shurimon coiled his arms close to his body.
In a blur of movement, Shurimon met Ninjamon shuriken to sword. Each fighter then vanished beyond the other's line of vision, only to reappear at only given point to connect blades again, and vanish in the wind again.
"Gatomon!" Kari held up her D-3. "We're not out of this fight yet!"
"I'm afraid you are!" A Divermon tossed his spear toward Kari, knocking the Digivice from her hand. "Get her!" He commanded and several Divermon tossed there spear, trapping the girl in a net.
"Let go of her!" Gatomon hissed, rushing forward on all fours.
As she neared a Divermon swung his spear quickly, knocking the feline out cold.
"Gatomon!" Paildramon roared in anger rushing forward.
"Not so fast, freak!" A crowd of Divermon gathered in front of the combined ultimate.
"And which one of you is going to stop me!"
"I am." A voice calmly said as a force of energy sent Paildramon reeling, crashing through several buildings. When his propelled body came to a stop he separated into ExVeemon and Stingmon, who glowed and became Veemon and Wormmon respectively.
"Veemon!" Davis cried. "Who did that..."
"It's...you..." Ken trembled as the towering beast stood before them. "Dragomon..."
"Former emperor..." The man-dragon hissed. "It is a pleasure to see you again. A shame this...reunion cannot be met under better circumstances."
"Let's drop 'em!" Seadramon cried from behind the dragon, leaping toward him.
Dragomon extended a fist, using it again the dragon's own speed against him, as Seadramon slammed face first into it.
"Okay..." Flarerizamon looked around him. "Guess it's on me!"
Dragomon growled as he revealed a silver trident on his person. "Now, prepare to taste the FORBIDDEN TRIDENT!"
With his command, the street began to crack and powerful winds pushed Flarerizamon back, slamming him into the side of a store, leaving a crater on the side of the wall. Dragomon let loose a maniacally laugh as he spun his trident above his head, using it to open his stronghold on the waters of the Tokyo Bay.
"Come my dear." Dragomon latched a tentacle on to Kari. "We have catching up to do."
"NOVA BLAST!"
Before Dragomon could bring Kari near, a burst of fire struck his back bring him to his knees. "Who dares defy..."
"Get your slimy paws off my sister!" Tai yelled, fists clenched, with Mimi and Izzy standing behind him.
"Digimon Attack!" Greymon roared as Kabuterimon and Togemon rushed with the toward the ultimate.
Dragomon grunted and grabbed Kabuterimon's leg as he passed overhead. Then he proceeded to use the beetle as a bat, knocking Togemon and Greymon away.
"Togemon!" Mimi gasped.
"Kabuterimon!" Izzy called out.
"I have no time for this!" Dragomon snarled. "Come..."
"NO! Let go of me!" Kari cried struggling to be free of the net.
"No use, my dear." The dragon's lips parted into the smile and he took flight heading toward Tokyo Bay.
"Get back here!" Tai and Davis yelled as he ran behind Dragomon.
"Damned humans!" Dragomon pointed his trident toward the remaining DigiDestined. "Be gone!"
*** *** ***
Andromon rubbed his temple as he typed at Factorial Town's main computers. "What's...wrong with me..."
Inside Andromon's chest, a gem glowed ominously. Festering inside him, the remaining Chaos Gem waited, finishing a download.
"I told you, you would be used as my tool..." A dark voice chuckled.
*** *** ***
"What happened here?" Matt looked to the streets in horror. The scene was out of a movie with buildings crumpling and the streets literally been ripped from the ground.
"Oh no..." Sora cupped a hand over her mouth, pointing the group of bodies that laid on scattered across the ground. "The others!"
"No..." T. K. rushed forward and stood looking out to the bodies that laid spread out. "...Where is she?"
"No...no..." A voice choked from beneath T.K. "Give...Kari...back..." It moaned, struggling over each word.
T.K. frantically looked around trying to pinpoint where the voice came from, finally kneeling down to the awaking Davis. "Davis, where's Kari?!" T.K. shook Davis, who only blinked and tried his best to keep his eyes open.
"He...has her..." Davis coughed as he began to give way.
"Who?!" T.K. demanded.
"Dragomon..." Were Davis final words as he lost conscientiousness and fell limp.
T.K., eyes trembling in a mixture of fear and anger, slowly rested Davis' head to the ground. Water gathering at the bottom of his eyes, he stood sharply and looked out to the twisted castle that now stood at the center of Tokyo Bay. "Dragomon! I'll hunt you to the ends of the earth!!" T.K. held out his D-3, with thoughts it could be used to broadcast his message louder. "I'll hunt you until you return her! DO YOU HEAR ME!?"
The only response T.K. was given was a clash of thunder and a glow given at the top of the castle.
To Be Continued...
Can the DigiDestined free Kari from Dragomon? Will they be able to face the power of the undersea master? Find out on the next, Digimon: Digital Monsters!