Brought Together In The Aftermath
By ArtikGato
Disclaimer: *gathers the Dragonballs and summons Shenlong* Eternal Dragon! I wish for Digimon to belong to ME!!!
Shenlong: That wish is beyond my power.
Me: Aww, dangit!! Well, I wish to go to Namek then!
Shenlong: Your wish has been granted! *zap!*
Author's Note: Hello again! It is I, ArtikGato, back to bring you Part Four of Brought Together In The Aftermath. Read the Author's Note for Part One if you didn't, to save me having to retype the same thing here. Same as before, flames are NOT welcome. If you must point out your disagreement with any aspect of this story, please do it nicely, and not in 75 point red fonts. Oh, and by the way, to add a little bit of culture to this fic, I'm naming the different parts by their French numbers. Quatre (pronounced 'Katrah') is four. And, even though they didn't do this in the show, I decided to add that the original Digidestined will glow with their respective color whenever their Digimon Digivolve to Ultimate or Mega, in the place of their crest's powers. Well, don't worry, I won't tweak the Digiworld around too very much more. Hopefully. Ok, on to part four!
Part Quatre:
Once everyone realized that Davis and Mimi hadn't made it through the gate, they frantically searched for them, but couldn't locate their Digivice readings. To make matters worse, they couldn't seem to find an open portal anywhere near the area they'd been in. Finally, they went into the Digiworld and decided to look for them from there.
There, they met up with a bruised and battered Gennai, who told them that he'd been attacked by this 'Dark Lord'. He had a sneaking suspicion that he knew who he was, but wasn't absolutely sure. Meanwhile, in Dark Lord's floating castle, Tokomon and Upamon were imprisoned by the mysterious Dark Lord.
Davis' eyes slowly opened. At first, he couldn't see anything but a blur, but then his vision slowly returned to him, along with his memory. He was lying face down on a cold, metallic surface. He sat up, rubbing his aching head. Just where was he? He looked around. There were several tubes that looked to be made of glass in a sort of semicircle around him. Then, he noticed that five of those tubes were occupied.
"Veemon!" he yelled, and stood up. He suddenly grabbed his leg, as pain flared from it. He sat back down, trying to figure out what was wrong.
"Agumon! Palmon! Tokomon! Upamon!" he continued. The sleeping Digimon awoke, slowly, and looked at him.
"Ugh..Davis, is that you?" Palmon asked.
"Davis! Man, am I glad to see you!" Veemon exclaimed, jumping up. Davis nodded.
"Same here," he said, trying to ignore the intense pain in his leg. He looked around, and spotted someone else on the floor, just a few feet away. It was Mimi!
"Mimi!" he exclaimed.
"Mimi! Wake up!" Palmon exclaimed, frantically. Ignoring the pain in his leg, he stood up and wobbled over to her. He shook her awake.
"Mimi! Mimi, wake up!" he said, gently. She woke up, groggily, and sat up, yawning.
"Wh-what happened?" she asked, and looked around.
"I don't know, but--"
"MIMI!! You're all right!" an overjoyed Palmon cut him off. She turned, and her face lit up. to see her old friend, safe and sound.
"Palmon!!" she exclaimed, and stood up. Instantly, she fell back down, clutching her leg.
"Oww...what happened? Did I fall on it or something?" she asked.
"I don't know, but the same thing happened to me," Davis answered.
"That's weird. Why would that happen?" Mimi asked.
"I dunno, maybe it's a side effect to that weird powder that guy shot at us," Davis replied.
"Powder?" Agumon asked.
"Yeah, he transformed his hands into a flower or something and..wait a minute! The flower looked like your's, Palmon!" Davis exclaimed. Palmon looked shocked.
"But I'm the only one of my kind! How'd he do that?" Palmon demanded. Davis shrugged.
"Actually, it was blue, instead of purple," Mimi said.
"Blue?" Veemon asked. Mimi nodded.
"Then it must have belonged to one of my cousins...maybe Alraoumon," Palmon said, trying to recall what their attack was.
"Alraomon? Aren't they the ones with the powder that can cause sleep and temporary paralysis?" Tokomon asked.
"Yeah! That's right!" Palmon answered.
"Perfect, we're half paralyzed and stuck...say, where ARE we?" Mimi asked, first noticing where they were.
"I don't know, but I do know that Dark Lord comes in here an awful lot," Veemon replied, slumping down to a sitting position inside his tube.
"I think we might be in Dark Lord's secret hideaway, but I'm not positive," Agumon offered. Davis sighed.
"Well, we certainly can't go check it out, because we're still partially paralyzed. That powder junk DOES wear off, right Palmon?" Davis asked.
"Yup! It's effects should wear off..sooner or later," Palmon replied, confidently.
"Terrific," Davis said, sarcastically.
"Hawkmon Digivolve to.."
"Tentomon Digivolve to.."
"Biyomon Digivolve to.."
"Gabumon Digivolve to.."
"Wormon Digivolve to.."
"Aquilamon!"
"Kabuterimon!"
"Birdramon!"
"Garurumon!"
"Stingmon!"
"Gatomon Armor Digivolve to... Nefertimon, the Angel of Light!"
"All right, everybody, do you know the plan?" Matt asked, as he jumped up onto Garurumon's back. Everyone nodded, in agreement.
"Ok, then! We'll all meet back here if we haven't found Davis and Mimi or this Dark Lord guy five hours, got it?" Yolei asked, from Aquilamon's head. Everyone nodded again.
"Ok, then good luck. Use your Digivices to keep in touch. TK, Cody and I will be in the Real World, no sense staying here and being a nuisance, right?" Tai asked, trying to sound enthusiastic. Another nod, and all the Digimon split up, Matt, Garurumon, Sora, and Birdramon going off in one direction, Yolei, Aquilamon, Izzy, and Kabuterimon flying off in another, and finally Kari, Nefertimon, Ken, and Stingmon going off in the opposite direction. Tai, Cody, and TK waved to them, and then turned around, and with a zap were sucked back into the Real World, to wait and watch over them from the computer.
"Ah, so you're splitting up to search for me, are you? Big mistake!" Dark Lord said, watching them all depart, on a video screen. He cackled. "I'll just have to pay you a little visit! Bwuahaha!" he continued, laughing. He then switched the screen of them departing to three separate screens, each showing them flying in different directions. The screen in front of him switched to surveillance of the room Davis, Mimi, and the captive Digimon were in. He frowned.
"What? Awake all ready? Well, we'll just have to do something about that," he said, and then his frown turned into a sinister grin. He quickly left the room, transforming his human hands into claws in the process.
"Hey, I'm beginning to get the feeling back in my leg!" Davis said. The dull throb of pain in his leg had suddenly ceased. He stood up, and, surprisingly, felt no pain.
"Me too!" Mimi said, and stood up.
"See, I told you that the paralysis would wear off eventually!" Palmon exclaimed.
"Now we can get you out of those weirdo tubes," Davis said, and took a couple of steps in Veemon's direction.
"Ah, ah, ah, not so fast!" said a dark voice from behind him. He spun around, and was facing Dark Lord. Mimi screamed, surprised at how quickly he'd gotten into the room.
"You! You're the one that did this!" Davis exclaimed, and, suddenly, rage filled him. Dark Lord laughed. "That's it, you're dead!" Davis yelled, and threw his fist in the direction of Dark Lord's face. Dark Lord, quicker than Davis could even see, grabbed him by the wrist. Davis struggled to pull his hand free.
"Davis!" Mimi exclaimed.
"Oh no!" Veemon said. The five Digimon were standing up, watching in anticipation and fear. Davis glared at Dark Lord, and sent his other fist at Dark Lord's face, and Dark Lord caught him by the wrist again.
"My, my, you're an angry little one! Didn't anyone ever tell you that punching someone in the face isn't nice?" Dark Lord asked, and released Davis' hands.
"Didn't anyone ever tell you that kidnapping innocent Digimon isn't nice?" Davis demanded, and sent his fist at Dark Lord again. Dark Lord stood there and let it hit, with no effect. Enraged, Davis punched him again, and kicked him in the stomach. Dark Lord laughed.
"Ooooh, keep it up, that tickles!" he said. Davis stood back, both enraged and alarmed. No human or Digimon could take all those punches without even flinching! And he had kicked him in the stomach harder than he'd ever kicked anything, even a soccer ball!
"How--how in the world?" Davis asked, shocked. Dark Lord just laughed.
"Never mind. I'll find your weak spot. And when I'm done with you, you'll be a big pile of-"
"Now, now, boy, don't say promise anything that you can't do!" Dark Lord cut him off. Davis growled. He hated when people interrupted him while he was trying to threaten them!
"Just who ARE you, anyway??" Mimi suddenly demanded. He looked hurt.
"Again with this? Why don't you recognize me?" he asked. Davis and Mimi looked baffled.
"Are we supposed to know who you are?" Davis asked. Dark Lord shrugged.
"No, I suppose not. Not with this disguise on, anyway," he said. That confused them even more.
"What?" Mimi asked.
"Never mind! I'm not going to tell you, but I'll give you a little clue. Every Digidestined has two sides: a good side and a dark side. I'm what happens when the Digidestined let's their dark side take over," he said, and then his whole body began to morph.
"What?? Are you a Digidestined?" Davis demanded.
"Correction: was!" Dark Lord yelled, as a black aura surrounded him. The aura began to dissolve away, revealing...
"WHAT??" Davis and Mimi exclaimed, shocked. The Digimon backed away, in fear and shock.
"No! You can't be!" Mimi yelled.
"I thought we destroyed you!" Davis said. Dark Lord laughed.
"Of course not! You could never destroy me!!" he said, in a very different voice than what he was using before.
"Now it all makes sense! The reason the Dark Spirals worked, him always asking why we didn't recognize him..it's because he's actually--"
"Ah, it feels so good to be back!" Dark Lord said, stretching.
"Birdramon, is something wrong?" Sora asked her Digimon, who looked around, warily.
"Dark Lord's base is around here, I can sense it!" Birdramon said.
"I feel it too! I'd better Digivolve into Metalgarurumon so we can attack the base from the air," Garurumon said. Matt nodded.
"All right, but that's twice in one day, are you sure you're up to the challenge?" Matt asked.
"Matt, I know I haven't been fighting much lately, but you've got to give me a little credit! Besides, saving our friends comes first!" Garurumon replied. Matt nodded again, and they stopped.
"Birdramon, I think you'd better Digivolve too," Sora said.
"Right," Birdramon replied.
"If you really are who you say you are...then how is it possible for you to even exist?" Agumon asked Dark Lord. Dark Lord smirked.
"It's quite simple really," he said, in his new voice, sending chills up the spines of the two Digidestined and the five Digimon, "But, for you simple minded fools, I will explain. You see, every Digidestined has two sides: the light and the dark. When the dark side takes over...I'm what happens," Dark Lord said.
"But, I don't get it, did you somehow split into two different bodies when we destroyed you?" Davis asked.
"No, my essence was completely removed when I was destroyed. I was sent to the World of Data, the place where all deleted Digital information is sent to be processed and then destroyed. Fortunately, for me anyway, I wasn't about to give up. I found another way to survive. You see, without a host, a body, I could not survive. I was simply an essence, a dark force, back then. However, I found a way to survive, by using a deleted Digimon as my host. By combining with that Digimon, I was able to stabilize both of us, and we were sent back here, to the Digiworld. Unfortunately, the Digimon's body was weak under my control, and I knew that I would soon have to take another host. But then, it happened," Dark Lord said.
"What?" Palmon asked. Dark Lord smirked.
"I somehow figured out a way to absorb other Digimon into the one I was acting as a parasite to, to stabilize it's data, and strengthen myself as well. I soon began to absorb other Digimon, using their most powerful parts to my advantage. That is how I became the powerful creature you see before you now," Dark Lord said, and laughed.
"The most powerful parts, huh? Just like Kimeramon," Davis mumbled, but Dark Lord heard him.
"Yes, just like Kimeramon, except my power has been increased exponentially! Bwuahahaha!" Dark Lord said, laughing. Then, his face turned grim, and he looked to the Digidestined.
"You, Digidestined of Courage and Friendship, you could have this power as well. Your Dark Side is almost as powerful as me," Dark Lord said. Davis and Mimi looked shocked.
"What?" Mimi asked.
"Yes, Davis, you could have this kind of power as well! I can sense that you are deeply troubled by something, that you want to have revenge on someone. You can have the power to do that, if you join me and give in to your dark side! There is a lot of dark energy within you, I can feel it. You would make an excellent Dark Digidestined!" Dark Lord said.
"Join the..dark side?" Davis asked.
"DARK Digidestined?" Mimi asked, bewildered.
"Think of what I am offering you, Davis! You could have infinite power! The Digital World would kneel trembling before you! And those pathetic Digidestined who betrayed you would have no power against you! I can sense that you are troubled. Your friends have turned against you, disabling your power of Friendship. And, without your friends, your Courage is also slowly becoming disabled. You are getting weaker and weaker by the moment, and all because your so called 'friends' betrayed you! If I were you, I wouldn't put up with that kind of betrayal!" Dark Lord continued. Davis looked unsure now, as if he was actually considering what Dark Lord had said.
"Davis?" Mimi asked.
"Join me, and become a Dark Digidestined, Davis! Your troubles will disappear and be replaced by a great satisfaction! You can have revenge, Davis! Revenge and power!" Dark Lord egged him on. Davis looked at him.
"Dark..darkness.." Davis repeated. He looked as if he was gradually giving in. Mimi looked frantic. She had to do something to snap Davis out of it!
"Your friends have betrayed you, Davis! What good are your Courage and Friendship, your qualities of Light, now? You have been betrayed by Light itself, Davis. Face it, your only option now is to succumb to Darkness. It's not painful, I promise you. In fact, it has a rather..good feeling to it," Dark Lord coaxed.
"Betrayed by Light?" Davis pondered, and suddenly his face twisted into fury, as he spat out the name of his betrayer, "Kari!" Mimi stepped back, shocked. Somehow, Davis' eyes had just turned...red! A dark red aura appeared around him, unlike something Mimi had ever seen. Even Dark Lord and Veemon were taken aback. Bright red energy flared around Davis, as he raised his glowing red eyes to look at Dark Lord.
"I'm ready. I'm ready to become a Dark Digidestined," he said, burning hatred showing through in his voice.
"Davis!" Mimi yelled.
"Davis no! Don't do it!" Veemon yelled, frantically, pounding on the sides of the tube-shaped cage he was imprisoned in. Dark Lord smirked, and looked at his latest ally.
"Stop this, Davis!" Mimi yelled, startling everyone, except Davis, who didn't even flinch. She walked up to him, and, reaching through the bright aura of energy around him, grabbed his arm and shook him violently.
"WAKE UP, YOU IMBICILE!!" she screamed, as loud as she could. He blinked once, and his eyes returned to their normal color. The aura around him vanished.
"What?" Dark Lord asked, annoyed and surprised at the same time.
"Stop this! All that Dark Lord is saying are lies! You don't actually believe him, do you?" she asked, letting go of his arm. He blinked.
"Mimi.." he started.
"HA!! Don't listen to her, Davis! She just doesn't want you to become a Dark Digidestined so that she won't have to worry about you! She's afraid of your power, Davis!" Dark Lord said. Davis looked from Dark Lord to Mimi. Who should he believe?
"Davis, he's just using you! He doesn't care about you! He only wants you on his side so you can do his dirty work for him! Do you really want to be some evil creature's errand boy?" Mimi demanded.
"Well..ah.."
"Don't listen to her! Davis! Light has betrayed you! She is one of the good Digidestined, with properties of Light! She has betrayed you just as much as Light has!" Dark Lord countered her.
"I never betrayed you! And neither did Kari!" Mimi exclaimed. Davis hung his head.
"Yes, she did," he said.
"No she didn't! Wake up! She is in love with Ken, Davis, and you can't do anything to change that. She's a human being, and you don't have any control over her. It's your own fault for falling in love with her in the first place! The only one to blame here is you! And you are the only one that can get over it! You have to forgive her, and revenge is not the way to do that! Trust me, Davis, I don't have the Crest of Sincerity for nothing" Mimi continued. There was a long silence. Dark Lord opened his mouth to speak, but Davis got to before he did.
"You're right. Revenge is not the answer. I've been a fool..all this time, I've been hating and loathing Kari and Ken, when it really was my fault," Davis said. Dark Lord growled, in rage.
"FOOL!! It's THEIR fault, not yours! YOU are not the cause of all your suffering!" Dark Lord said.
"No, Mimi's right, it is my fault. I just wish..I just wish I'd realized that sooner," Davis said. Dark Lord balled up his hands into fists, and transformed back into his borrowed form, the hooded man with claws for hands. He pointed at Mimi.
"YOU!! YOU RUINED EVERYTHING! DIE!" he yelled, and, as he finished saying that, his extended claw glowed yellow. Davis and Mimi stood still, shocked.
"BINDING ENERGY COILS!" Dark Lord exclaimed, and shot a long stream of light at Mimi, which wrapped around her body, and tightened, causing her to scream in pain. She fell to the floor, the coils of light wrapped tightly around her. In her cage, Palmon also slumped to the bottom of her tube, screaming in pain.
"Mimi!" Davis yelled, shocked.
"Palmon!" Agumon, Veemon, Tokomon, and Upamon exclaimed. Dark Lord laughed, as Mimi and Palmon screamed in unison. Davis turned to Dark Lord.
"You monster! She's defenseless!" Davis yelled. Dark Lord shrugged.
"I'm evil, I'm not supposed to care," he said, and then held up his hands.
"Now, join me or die!" he yelled. Davis glared at him.
"Never!" Davis yelled back.
"Have it your way, then! Die with your friend! ENERGY RAY!!!" Dark Lord exclaimed, his claws glowing with a bright white light. Just as he was about to fire his attack at Davis, who was paralyzed with fear, the base shook, causing him to loose his balance and sent his beam into the wall. It zapped straight through it, melting a way through five feet of thick metal and concrete and to the outside. Dark Lord growled. He turned around.
"I don't have time for this! I'll destroy you later!" he exclaimed, and snapped his fingers. Two tube like cages dropped onto the unsuspecting Davis and the still bound Mimi. With that, Dark Lord quickly walked out of the room, and down the hall, into the main control room. Instantly, the screens, which were displaying static before, showed the outside of his base. Metalgarurumon and Garudamon were attacking!
"Perfect, more Digimon to add to my collection!" Dark Lord said, smiling wickedly. He walked over to a staircase leading down, and formed his huge demon-bat wings on his back. He swooped down to the lower deck of the ship, and flew outside to intercept Metalgarurumon and Garudamon, smirking.
"They'll never know what hit them," he said, and grinned an evil grin.
"Keep it up guys! You're doing great!" Matt yelled up to the two Digimon, who were blasting away at a crimson colored cloud, above. They were hiding on the ground below. Beside him, Sora stood, frantically entering messages.
"Izzy and Yolei are on their way right now," Sora announced, and then began trying to contact Kari and Ken.
"Full power guys! Blow that stupid cloud up!" Matt cheered.
"No! Don't blow it up, we have to get Davis and Mimi and the Digimon out first!" Sora contradicted him.
"Oh, uh, right. Never mind!" Matt yelled up to the Digimon. Suddenly, a dark shape flew out of the cloud, and Garudamon and Metalgarurumon stopped firing on the base.
"Digidestined! Back for more?" Dark Lord asked. The Digimon snarled.
"Wing Blade!"
"Metal Wolf Claw!" they both blasted their attacks at Dark Lord. The sinister, black cloaked creature countered them both, making them dissipate in the air. He laughed.
"That ticked! Could you do that again?" he mocked, and then began to glow. His whole body transformed into a small, pixilated looking Digimon. The Digidestined looked stunned.
"What in the world?" Sora asked.
"Careful, he's transformed into Imitamon, a Digimon that can transform into any other Digimon he wants!" Garudamon informed them.
"Oh no! As if he wasn't bad enough before?" Sora asked.
"Great, now we're in for it," Matt said.
"Magical Metamorphosis!" Dark Lord exclaimed, and glowed. His small, pixilated body transformed into that of...
"Is that Metalgarurumon?" Matt asked.
"Close, that's Blackgarurumon! He's the Dark version of Metalgarurumon! Beware of his Black Wolf Claw attack!" Garudamon informed them, once again. Dark Lord, as Blackgarurumon, smirked.
"Black Wolf Claw!" Dark Lord exclaimed, flaring with dark energy.
Palmon and Mimi screamed in agony, as the coils continued to let out energy. Palmon suddenly gasped, and stopped moving, as if she had been paralyzed. The coils turned to a deep purple, suddenly. Mimi screamed, in even more agony.
"Palmon? Palmon!" Veemon exclaimed. Davis looked over.
"Oh no! We have to do something!" he exclaimed.
"We can't, not stuck in these cages!" Agumon informed them of the obvious. Palmon suddenly began to choke out words.
"The coils....do something...quickly...they're going to..." she started.
"What? They're going to what?" Davis demanded.
"Kill...her.." Palmon finally choked out, in her paralyzed state. Everyone gasped, and looked at Mimi.
"What do we do?" Tokomon asked.
"I don't know! Somehow, we have to try and get out of these cages, but how?" Agumon asked, in reply.
"Oh no! Mimi is going to die! I have to do something!" he thought, closing his eyes, tightly. Suddenly, he opened them, realization. "Oh no! This is my fault! If I'd just followed Dark Lord's orders, she wouldn't have ended up like this! It's my fault!" he closed his eyes again, not wanting to look at Mimi. He tried to block the sound by covering his ears, but the screaming was far too loud. it was deafening, and all he could hear, now. It was going to drive him crazy! "It's all my fault! And Mimi is going to die because of me! I can't...I can't let that happen!" the thought of Mimi dieing sent a sharp pain through his heart unlike he'd ever felt before. Suddenly, the deafening screaming and the pain all compounded into one solid emotion, and he began to feel energy coursing through him, like he'd felt earlier. This time, however, blue energy flared up around him, turning his brown eyes a deep, ocean blue.
"I can't, I can't!" "I've got to stop this!" he said, out loud. Veemon felt the energy from Davis start to gather inside him, and a bright blue glow suddenly exploded away from him as he shouted
Veemon Digivolve to...Exveemon!
The blue energy exploded away from him, and filled the whole room, turning it blue instead of crimson red. The tube Veemon was in exploded into a million pieces as he Digivolved. Exveemon leapt into the center of the room, his blue body barely visible in the bright blue light. Agumon, Tokomon, and Upamon covered their eyes, the light was far too bright!
"Vee punch!" Exveemon exclaimed, and slammed his fist into the tube Davis was in. It shattered into a million pieces as well, freeing the still glowing Digidestined. He turned to Mimi's cage, and shattered it as well. Then, he turned to the other cages.
"Everybody, hit the deck! V-Laser!" he exclaimed, blasting the cages open with his laser attack. Palmon, Agumon, Tokomon, and Upamon rolled out of the destruction and debris, Palmon still in pain from Mimi's bind by the energy coils.
"Hurry! Break the coils, or Mimi will die!" Palmon shouted. Davis turned to Mimi.
"How?" the thought, but felt energy flaring up again. Wordlessly, he held up his hands, and pointed them at Mimi. A blast of blue energy shot from his hands and hit the coils. After a few seconds, the coils turned blue, almost as if they had been frozen, and shattered, freeing Mimi and Palmon, who immediately stopped screaming, and fell to the floor, unconscious. Davis and Exveemon's blue glows dissipated, returning the room to it's crimson red color.
"Izzy! Izzy! Look, down there! It's Sora and Matt!" Yolei, atop Aquilamon, exclaimed. Izzy looked down, and nodded.
"Right. Kabuterimon, let's land down there!" Izzy ordered.
"Whatever you say," Kabuterimon replied, and he and Aquilamon swooped down for a landing.
"Izzy! Yolei! Good to see that you made it!" Sora exclaimed, waving to them, as they approached. Yolei looked up, and noticed that there seemed to be two Metalgarurumons fighting.
"What in the world is THAT?" she asked, bewildered.
"That's Dark Lord," Matt replied.
"Huh?" Yolei and Izzy asked.
"Yeah, he somehow transformed himself into Imitamon, a Digimon that can transform himself into an other Digimon. Right now, he's in the form of Blackgarurumon," Sora informed them. Izzy took his laptop off of his back, and instantly began typing.
"Let's see..Imitamon, a Copy Digimon that can take the shape of any other Digimon. Dark Lord must have somehow learned how to use Imitamon's Magical Metamorphosis attack," Izzy said, analyzing.
"No, he completely transformed his whole body into Imitamon, and THEN turned into Blackgarurumon!" Sora replied.
"What? But..how?" Izzy asked.
"Our guess is as good as yours," Matt replied. Izzy went back to his computer.
"Let's see...Blackgarurumon, a Mega Virus Digimon. It says here that Blackgarurumon is the Dark version of Metalgarurumon. His attacks are Black Wolf Claw and Dark Slash," Izzy said.
"Wow, we're dealing with a Mega level Digimon here!" Sora exclaimed, half asking. Izzy nodded.
"Is that Dark Lord's base, up there?" Yolei asked, pointing to the large, crimson colored cloud above them. They nodded. Izzy looked up.
"Ok, I'll try to tap into it's mainframe from here. Kabuterimon, you know the drill, right?" Izzy asked.
"Right!" Kabuterimon replied, and rose up into the air, flying toward the battle, with Aquilamon behind him. Izzy was surrounded with purple energy for a moment, as was Kabuterimon.
Kabuterimon Digivolve to.. Megakabuterimon!
Davis and Exveemon ran down a dark hallway.
"The main control room ought to be around here somewhere!" Davis exclaimed, looking around. Exveemon nodded, in agreement. They had left Mimi, Palmon, and the Digimon in the storage room, in search of the control room. They suddenly passed a large door, skidded to a stop, and then ran back up to the door. Davis tried the handle, but it was locked.
"Exveemon, would you be so kind?" Davis asked. Exveemon nodded, and punched in the door.
"This way, please!" Exveemon exclaimed, stepping through the hole in the door. Davis followed. They found themselves inside a huge room with black walls, covered with televisions screens. They all pictured the battle going on below the fortress.
"Man, this guy sure likes TV, huh?" Exveemon asked.
"But where is he now? I don't see him fighting with them, all I see is...HUH? TWO Metalgarurumons??" Davis demanded, looking at one of the screens featuring the fight. Exveemon looked at the screen.
"That black one has to be Dark Lord. I guess he transformed into that form, or something, but I can definitely sense Dark Lord's energy coming from that Digimon," Exveemon said. Davis nodded, and looked around. He spotted a computer.
"Perfect! I can email Izzy!" he exclaimed, and ran over to the computer, looking for somewhere to connect to his Digivice. Exveemon de-digivolved into Veemon, in a flash of blue light.
"Good thinking, Davis!" Veemon exclaimed, and hopped up onto the control panel beside where Davis was now pushing keys, entering information. After a few more minutes, he was done.
"All right, now all we have to do is get the others, and find out how to get out of here!" Davis exclaimed, disconnecting his Digivice from the computer.
"What did you tell Izzy?" Veemon asked, as they headed out of the room.
"I told him that we were safe, except Mimi and Palmon were pretty hurt, and that the Digimon were all safe and sound, so he can call Tai, TK and Cody to come to the battle, since they're not here yet. And, I told him...what we found out about Dark Lord," Davis informed his dinosaur-like partner Digimon. Veemon nodded.
"Good. Now, then, how are we going to get out of here?" Veemon asked, as they ran back to the storage room. They arrived inside, and found that Mimi and Palmon were still unconscious. Davis looked around, and then noticed the huge hole in the wall, leading to the outside, that Dark Lord had caused with his energy ray.
"There's always the long way," Davis said, looking at Veemon.
"I got an email! It's from..." Izzy exclaimed, and then gasped. The others crowded around him.
"From?" Matt demanded.
"It's from Davis! From inside the base!" he exclaimed.
"Well, what does it say?" Yolei asked.
"It says that they are doing fine, except that Mimi and Palmon got hurt pretty badly by Dark Lord. It also says that they are going to try and find a way out of the base and meet us down here. They have Agumon, Tokomon and Upamon with them!" he exclaimed.
"Good, so that means we can call Tai, TK and Cody from the Real World!" Matt exclaimed. Izzy nodded, and then looked back at the screen.
"It also says.." he started, and then looked at it more closely.
"What? What does it say?" Sora asked. He read it, and then gasped.
"Having fun?" Blackgarurumon asked, as he rammed into Metalgarurumon again. He was hit by a Blast Rings and a Wing Blade from behind, but didn't even flinch.
"Do that again, it ticked!" he taunted.
"Horn Buster!" Megakabuterimon exclaimed. Blackgarurumon flew out of the way, and Megakabuterimon flew off in the other direction. Suddenly, Blackgarurumon was hit by a speeding, blue comet.
"Ice Wolf Claw!" the blue comet exclaimed.
"Do you think that's too far to jump for Raidramon?" Davis asked, as he and Veemon looked down. They were standing on the edge of the huge hole created by Dark Lord earlier, looking down.
"I could make that. It's not too far! Though, if you want, I could just carry everybody down as Exveemon! It would just take longer," Veemon suggested.
"We don't have any time to waste! I guess it's Raidramon," Davis said, as he and Veemon walked back into the room.
"The Raidramon Express is ready for action!" Veemon exclaimed, excitedly.
Digi Armor Energize!
Veemon Armor Digivolve to... Raidramon, the Storm of Friendship!
"Ok, now first we have to get Mimi up on Raidramon's back, ready?" Davis asked. Raidramon had crouched down with his belly on the floor, while Davis and Agumon got Mimi up onto Raidramon's back. Davis climbed up, behind her, to hold her steady. Agumon got Palmon onto his back next, and climbed up as well. Tokomon and Upamon also climbed up. Raidramon rose to his full height, and Davis had to hold Mimi still to keep her from falling. He blushed, as he had to hold her around the waist with one arm, while holding onto one of Raidramon's spikes at the same time.
"Passengers ready?" Raidramon asked.
"Just try to have a smooth landing, ok?" Davis requested.
"I'll try!" Raidramon exclaimed, as he walked over to the huge hole in the wall, took one look at the distance he had to fall, gulped, and then leapt fearlessly into the air...
"The Dark Lord...it's...his true identity is..." Izzy stuttered, looking at the computer screen in complete shock.
"Who? Who?" Yolei demanded.
"Hang ON!!!" Raidramon yelled, as they fell toward the ground. It was a LOT farther than it had seemed...
"Wing Blade!" Garudamon exclaimed, and her attack collided with Blackgarurumon.
"Blast Rings!" his attack hit as well.
"Metal Wolf Claw!" Metalgarurumon's was dead on target, leaving Blackgarurumon, slightly singed, flying through the air.
"Horn Buster!" Megakabuterimon suddenly collided with him, and sent him careening into the air. Out of the corner of Garudamon's eyes, she spotted a small, dark shape fly past her, and toward the ground. She looked, and had enough time to spot what it was, and realize that it was Raidramon!
"Who??" Sora and Matt demanded. Izzy opened his mouth, but had to read that last sentence one last time, to be sure he'd read it right...
"We're all gonna DIE!!!" Davis yelled, in agony.
"Dark Lord's true identity is..."
BWUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.....I'm SO EVIL!!! That's right, the chapter is OVER!! Talk about cliffhanger, no? And isn't it just so ANNOYING how I always seem to leave out who Dark Lord is?? Well, you'll find out next chapter. But, can you guess who it is? Can you? (Gosh knows I've left enough clues!) If you have ABSOLUTELY NO IDEA who Dark Lord is, you get a cookie, for your stupidity. I know what some of you are thinking...but it's all (mostly) explained in part five! Well, review! Reviews make me feel like...I dunno, continuing....*hint hint* What? No! This isn't a bribe!! Anyway, Daimi forever! I support Daimi because Mimi's the only girl Digidestined I can see Davis actually getting together with, and Daimi is the only Mimi coupling I really support. Well, on to Part Five! Wahahahahahaha!!