[Author Notes] Alright I know it's taken a while and some of you are still going to hate me. This is only half of chapter 11 and this takes place entirely in the Digital World so for those of you that are anxious to find out what Yolie and Cody's crests are and what's happening in the real world you'll have to wait a little longer. I won't say anything else except that I'll try to explain some of the things in this chapter at the end. So now, on with the Digital portion of Chapter 11 and please remember to Read & Review! Thanks.
Dark Mirror
Chapter 11
Part 1
"You have one this round Guardians, but soon I will have the power to destroy all of you." stated Diaboromon as he disappeared in a cloud of black smoke and his remaining minions fled.
As the Guardians looked around they sighed in relief as they saw the remaining forces leaving, they were then quickly overtaken by white light and separated into human and digimon.
"An impressive battle Guardians, I understand now why you are so revered." stated the human that was now approaching them from the hill.
"You did nicely yourself." said Nathan as he took his hand and shook it. "However, we appear to be at a disadvantage. You are?"
"Of course, how rude of me. Captain Jonathan Collins of the Digital World Resistance." he introduced as he gave a slight bow. "But please, call me John."
"Well John, I don't know how in-depth you information is about us but I'm Nathan Pepper, this is Michael Coffey, Davis Motomiya, Ken Ichijouji, Ken Blaze, Jen Donel, and Erin James." said Nathan as he pointed to each as he named them but noticed the last was missing. "Where'd Erin go off to."
"In here, and we've got a problem." came Erin's voice from the Streaker, which was only now about a hundred feet away.
"Excuse me just a second." said Nathan to John as he walked over to the Streaker. "What is it Erin?"
"Besides the fact that I'm the only one that remembered about our three other guests in here, I also can't link up with the Orbital Gate." said Erin
"What do you mean you can't link up with the Orbital Gate?" asked Nathan as he stepped past Tai and the others, but not before giving them a quick nod, and stepped towards the front where Erin was.
"Exactly what I said, I came to run the pre-link up sequence so that we could open the gate right away when we got to it but it won't connect." explained Erin
"That's odd, we put a signal amplifier in orbit when we came threw just incase we couldn't contact it from the ground, point the scanners up towards where the gate at and see what we get." said Nathan as Erin nodded and manipulated the controls to do so.
"Nathan, what's wrong?" asked Tai as he came up to him.
"We're having trouble contacting our gate." stated Nathan
"Does that mean we can't get back?" asked Tai
"I don't know yet." replied Nathan
"Scans complete." said Erin, causing Nathan to turn his attention back to her.
"Let's see them." ordered Nathan as he leaned against the back of Erin's chair.
"The Gate and Amplifier are still there." stated Erin, "So why can't we contact the Gate."
"Adjust the readings to display the light spectrum." suggested Nathan
"Right." replied Erin, "You've got to be kidding!"
"I was afraid of this." said Nathan with less of the emotion of Erin's response.
"What is it Nathan?" asked Tai now with concern at Erin's reaction.
"You see how most of the image is towards the white range, now look around the Gate and Amplifier." explained Nathan
"Their black." responded Tai as realization dawned on him.
"Exactly, which means something is generating a dark energy field around them making it impossible for us to open a gate even if we could contact them." said Nathan as he turned around and began to walk back out of the ship. "Come on Tai." Tai quickly joined him.
"Nathan, what are we going to do if we can't get back?" asked Tai
"One thing at a time Tai. Right now I'll introduce you to the Calvary." said Nathan
"Is there anything wrong?" asked John
"We're having trouble contacting our gate, until we get it straitened out we're stuck here." explained Nathan "John allow me to introduce you to a friend of ours, Tai Kamiya."
"Tai Kamiya, leader of the original digidestined, most respected among all other digidestined, and head digidestined of the Digi-Corps organization on Earth." responded John with a look of admiration and awe on this face.
"Um, thanks." said Tai somewhat embarrassed.
"Nathan, what do you mean your having trouble with the gate?" asked Jen
"There's a negative energy field around it, unfortunately I don't know what's causing it." said Nathan
"Undoubtedly the work of Diaboromon." observed Michael
"No doubt, but we still don't know how." said Nathan
"Since it appears that you won't be going any where just yet, I would like to invite all of you back with me to our base. I'm sure my superiors would be more than pleased to meet you." offered John as he looked eagerly towards Nathan and the others.
"In light of current circumstances," Nathan said as he looked around at the digidestined that surrounded him, both friends and strike team members, and got his answer, "I think I'll have to take you up on that invitation."
"Excellent, I would be honored if you two and your digimon would join me on my personal transport." suggested John as a sound similar to helicopters could be heard.
"Unfortunately I must decline and return to the Shrine." said Pharaohmon as he stepped away from the others. "Defenders! Assemble!" shouted Pharaohmon as he raised his fist and the Karatenmon from the battle gathered around him. "Necro Mist!" The mist quickly surrounded him and the Defenders, when it cleared they were gone.
"John, we've just received a message from the General." said a strange looking man in his early twenties as he came running up to John, the strange part about him being that his skin was white and it and his clothing looked to be covered in an unmelting frost.
"Thank you Caljemon." said John as he took the PDA that Caljemon had handed to him, as air ships that looked similar to helicopters came into view just over the horizon.
"What did he say your name was?" questioned Jen as she stared at Caljemon
"How rude of me, I am Caljemon, it is an honor to meet you." Caljemon said as he bowed to them in respect, Nathan was about to respond but was cut off by John.
"It appears that my assumptions were correct. The General has expressed his desire to speak with you Guardians, and you as well Mr. Kamiya." said John as the helicopters landed near them causing him to shout in order to be heard. "Now please follow me." shouted John as he turned around and walked towards the choppers.
"Erin, Michael, get the strike team into the Streaker and then follow after us. And see if you can do anything for Ishida." instructed Nathan before he, Tai, Hunskmon, and Agumon followed after Captain Collins.
"Please, after you." motioned John as he stood next to the helicopter door. Nathan, Tai, and their digimon entered in reluctantly and took their seats.
"Captain Collins, if you don't mind I have a few questions I'd like to asked YOU!" said Nathan, the last word sounding as if it were yelled even though it was at the same level as the rest of his sentence. John had just closed the door, before his last word, cutting out the external noise.
"Amazing." said Tunskmon
"What?" asked Agumon
"Normally the noise caused by the spinning of the copters blades is to loud for even the best sound proofing to block totally, but listen you can't even hear the blades." said Tunskmon gaining him strange looks from both Tai and Agumon.
"What?" asked Tunskmon as he noticed the looks from the digidestined and his partner.
"He does know things, he just doesn't show it very often." explained Nathan as he turned his attention to John. "As I was saying, I have a few questions to ask you."
"I will answer what I can." said John as the copters began to lift off.
"I'm curious as to how you knew of us, where as I'm fairly certain that Ishida as the Overlord did not know of us until BlackKnightmon decided to join his side." explained Nathan
"Unfortunately I do not know the exact details behind it, but I do know it was the General who discovered the tables that speak of your ancient deeds." answered John
"Who is this General that you keep speaking of?" asked Nathan
"For issues of security none but the highest ranking members of the resistance know his true identity, however, I have seen some of the edited video's of his battles and he is one of the best digimon warriors I have ever seen." stated John
"He's a Digimon? I would have thought he would have been a digidestined, the Resistance is made up mostly of digidestined isn't it?" asked Nathan
"Yes he is a Digimon, and if the rumors are true a very old one at that. As for the Resistance, practically all of the digidestined residing here in the digital world are part of the Resistance and make up most of the command structure. However, there are also a great deal of free digimon that make up the blunt of the fighting force." explained John
"I have a question John, is Caljemon your partner digimon?" asked Tai
"Actually he is, ours is of course a unique partnership in that none others of his kind have ever been partnered with a human. It actually took Gennai and the surviving members of the Order a great deal of hard work to create my digivice." explained John.
"Are you a member of the Chi Cells?" asked Nathan bluntly.
"Yes, I am. How did you know?" asked Caljemon somewhat shocked.
"Had a run in with a Holjemon on Earth yesterday, she told me of your kind." said Nathan
"I see." responded Caljemon
"In knowing that, I can understand the difficulties in creating a digivice for you two." said Nathan
"I would imagine you to have knowledge of such things." said John
"How much longer till we get to this base of yours anyway?" asked Tunskmon
"About thirty minutes, the pilot will inform us when we're almost there." explained John, the remaining time when by rather quickly with John mainly asking about how things had changed on Earth since they lost contact and Caljemon discussing what the real world was like with the other digimon.
The door to the cockpit suddenly opened as the co-pilot stuck his head in the rear area.
"Captain, we're approaching Justice Island now." said the co-pilot before he re-shut the door.
"Where did he say we're going?" asked Tunskmon as he began to shake slightly, his reaction alone was enough to startle Tai and Agumon and alarm John and Caljemon, but when they looked over they saw Nathan's hands were shaking as well.
"Justice Island is the name of a special floating island on which our base is located." explained John
"Oh." said Nathan very gravely as he turned his head to look out the window next to him.
"Nathan, he just said..." started Tunskmon, but he couldn't finish his sentence.
"I know. I know." replied Nathan, his voice hardly over a whisper.
The scene outside was different, the ten Resistance helicopters were flying in tight formation with the Streaker following closely behind. From behind the small group could be seen approaching, as John explained, a floating island that was currently over a large body of water. On one end of the Island, which was made up of a large flat plain, was a modest sized military base. On the several fields surrounding it, numerous humans and digimon alike were training, on the other side of the base the plains had been transformed into a large airfield. Numerous hangers, landing fields, and landing strips positioned for takeoffs in all directions with a large control tower in the center of the runways. It was the landing fields that the helicopters where heading towards, but it wasn't them that had captured Nathan's attention, nor the attention of the other Guardians in the Streaker, what had caught their attention was the large white castle and mid sized town that stood on the other, more hilly side of the island. The castle and the town looked to have been abandoned for centuries, many roofs were missing, several of the towns buildings nearer the castle were in rubble, and one of the castles four main guard towers on its outer wall was demolished and laying on the ground next to it. As the helicopters made their landings on the fields and powered down their engines, Nathan, Tai, John, and the digimon stepped out of their chopper. Nathan and Tunskmon were staring up at the castle, their gaze didn't waver even as Erin, Jen, Ken, and their digimon approached them from the Streaker.
"Nathan, I admit, I don't know or understand what's so important about this place to you guys, but right now we have to meet with this General." said Tai as he stepped in front of Nathan and broke his view of the castle. Nathan just looked at Tai for a few seconds before nodding in agreement.
"All right, would everyone please follow me." said John as he led Tai and the Guardians towards one of the larger buildings of the base. As they approached the entrance they were met by a small digimon that looked like a male human child. Its skin was white and he was covered with a frost just like Caljemon.
"Captain, the General has asked me to escort you and your companions to the Council Chamber." said the small digimon as he bowed before them.
"Thank-you Snowchimon, please lead the way." said John
As they continued into the compound they passed many different rooms and corridors filled with soldiers, both human and digimon. Tai and Agumon were both fascinated by everything around them and were trying to see everything as they past, for Nathan and the others however, not even the ruckuses of the base around them could break their sullen faces. They reached a set of large doors and the Snowchimon motioned for them to stay there while he went through the doors. After a few minutes he came back out and faced the others.
"You can go in now Captain." said Snowchimon as he bowed before them again.
"Thank-you, did you have any other tasks for the day?" asked John
"No sir." said the Snowchimon shaking his head.
"Then I guess you can go home. Caljemon, I don't think your presence is really needed for this, why don't you take Snowy back to our quarters and rest up. I'll cover for you two if anyone asks." John said with a slight smirk.
"Thank-you John. Come Snowy, lets go home." said Caljemon as Snowy's face cheered and he quickly followed after the Champion digimon.
"They stay with you?" asked Tai
"Yes, Snowy and his sister have stayed with Caljemon and myself since their parents died. Not many members of the Chi cells are actually part of the Resistance but of those that do the rookies work mainly as messengers and aids for the higher ranking members." explained John "Now the General is waiting."
John opened the doors and entered in quickly followed by Tai, the Guardians, and their digimon. In many ways it was similar to the council chamber on Dinosaur Island. In this case however there were numbers of humans as well as digimon lining the rows of chairs, and in the center were another group of humans and digimon discussing something around a table, as well as a large cloaked figure that gave off an air of authority.
"Captain Collins reporting Sir." said John as he came to attention and saluted.
"Ah, Captain, I'm glad to see you've come back safe. Going up against a digimon as powerful as Diaboromon could not have been an easy task." said one of the humans that were standing at the table.
"Normally yes Colonel, however, by the time of our engagement he had already sustained severe damage." explained John
"What ever the circumstances it's good to have you back, now are these the special guests we asked that you bring with you?" asked the one whom John had referred to as Colonel as he stepped away from the table to greet them. "Allow me to introduce myself. Colonel Jonnis Carter, first officer of the General himself." introduced the Colonel as he extended his hand to greet them but the Guardians remained still. "Is something wrong?"
"I'm not really sure, Nathan's been acting this way since we got here. Anyway, I'm Tai and this is Agumon." introduced the digidestined leader
"It is undoubtedly because of the great significants' of this island, and the castle, that they are in a state of shock." stated the large cloaked figure that remained standing at the table.
"General, what do you mean?" questioned Colonel Carter
So that's the General. Thought Tai.
"You see Jonnis, long ago the Guardians and many other digimon used this Island as a base in their fight against evil. However, when I found this Island and made it our own it had been abandoned for many centuries and was evident that a major battle had occurred here. The evidence of the battle is still quite clear when you observe the destruction of the castle and the town." explained the General
"How is it that you know all of this General." asked John
"I know because I was one of the digimon that fought with them in the ancient world." stated the General. This statement quite obviously caught the Guardians attention as they all stared up at the General with a look of hope in their faces. "I am sorry my friends but I am not the one that you are undoubtedly hoping to see." stated the General as he removed his cloak and revealed a figure that was in many ways reminiscent of a Knight. His armor was blue and trimmed in white, his armor covered the fronts of his arms and legs, and he wore a chest plate with a slightly altered image of a Leomon's face engraved with gold upon it. He wore no helmet and so his face was clearly visible. His body it's self was very reminiscent of Leomon's, but with out the great broadness of the shoulders, his face was no exception. Though lion like in appearance it lacked the gruffness that was characteristic of Leomon, he lacked an earring and his face appeared much younger. The most striking difference were his eyes, though still maintaining the determination of a warrior, they also showed great wisdom in them as well. To finish off the look, was a large sword strapped to his back.
"General No." exclaimed Jonnis
"The time for this secrecy is over Colonel, Diaboromon's minions are overrunning the free lands and I can no longer stand behind a cloak and watch." expressed the General with a passion as he looked at the Guardians again. "I see that you still do not recognize me. I suspected as much, you knew me more in this form." stated the General as he held out a small holo projector and the image of the General with out the armor and sword appeared. Also he had black gloves on his hands.
"Lyomon!" exclaimed the Guardians and their digimon alike.
"It is KnightLyomon now. And yes, it is I." explained KnightLyomon
"But how?" stated a shocked Jen.
"I shall explain it all in time, but now there is much to discuss about our current situation." said KnightLyomon
Several hours later
The entrance to the castle
Nathan was standing at the entrance looking up at the devastated castle, a sad look on his face.
"Nathan, what are you doing here?" asked Jen as she came up behind him.
"Same reason your here." he replied without turning around.
"Same reason we're all here." said Michael as he, Erin, and Ken came up and joined them.
"So, do we go in?" asked Erin somberly.
"We do." said Nathan as he entered into the castle. Due to the fact that it was night it was impossible to see, Nathan raised his hand and suddenly a glowing orb of energy formed to light their way. Erin preformed a similar task, from her position at the rear, only she formed a small fireball.
As they walked through the hallways they saw the signs of battle everywhere. The great banners that once hung on the walls were now torn and broken, some even rotting on the floor below where they once hung. One of the more disturbing sights were the numerous statues of what appeared to be digimon that were froze in terror.
"These poor digimon." said Ken as they walked by the statues.
"What could have caused this?" asked Michael as he bent down to examine one up close.
"I've only seen this once before. A petrifaction this precise can only be caused when a digimon has their actual life force drained from their bodies." said Nathan as he kept walking forward.
"This is it." said Jen as they came upon a large set of Oak doors, despite the damage around it, it was relatively undamaged except for two indentations at just above her shoulders.
As they pushed the doors aside and entered in they found a dark room awaiting them. Despite the fact that there were high windows that let in the light of the digital moon, it seemed as if it was darker in the room than it had been in the hallways. Nathan took the glowing orb above his hand and tossed it into the air, as it reached the top of the room it split into many smaller glowing orbs and spread around the room, giving light to a scene that shock the Guardians to their core.
"No." said Jen, her voice barley above a whisper.
"It can't be." stated both Ken and Erin in near unison.
"It is." said Nathan as his head fell.
"I prayed, I hoped and I prayed that this would not be the case. If only I had done more." stated Michael in shame, his accent coming out quite thick in his words.
"I'm glad now we didn't bring the digimon with us." said Erin
"If only they would have stayed." said a booming voice from behind.
They all turned around and there stood KnightLyomon in the doorway with their digimon at his feet, Tunskmon and Floramon looked like they were nearly ready to cry. The small digimon all ran up to their partners, even the cool headed Starmon, and were embraced in hugs as they looked at the sight of the statues before them. The statues were all scattered around the room, all were apparently digimon fighters, there were a number of what appeared to be male and female Lyomon scattered around the room, there were Wizardmon and Wizardmon like statues scattered at the different windows ready to cast their spells, others of what appeared to be predecessors of more modern digimon were scattered around the room blocking the doors or assisting the others. In the center there appeared to be a statue of BlackKnightmon only instead of cruel hatred, it's eyes were filled with truth and justice, to the knights left was a giant rabbit, it's ears were slicked back, it had a visor over its eyes and it had a rotary gun for a left hand. On the knights right was what appeared to be a werewolf only it's hair was much shaggier, it had spiked sashes that crossed over it's chest, and a large dagger strapped to it's right side.
"Lyomon, how did this happen?" asked Nathan as he turned to the lion knight who stepped in front of them towards the statues.
"I do not know," stated KnightLyomon, "when I arrived on this island and investigated the castle this was the sight that greeted me. When I left none of this had happened."
"What do you mean 'when you left'?" asked Michael
"When I left the ancient digital world. I'm not even sure how it all happened." stated KnightLyomon, after seeing the confused faces he continued. "Allow me to explain."
It was not long after the battle with Apocalymon, after the Protectors had pushed him back beyond the Wall of Fire. I had been among the many digimon that laid you to rest in Mt. Legend, it was quite a grand ceremony, Digimon from across the digital world came to pay their respects to you for everything you had done for them.
The image fades to show lines of digimon walking past the cavern on Mt. Legend paying their respects, the ceremony went on for days until the last of the digimon had gone.
When all had paid their respects we sealed the cavern and were then instructed by the Digi-Sphears to engrave the images of the eight crests above the cavern entrance. We didn't understand why but we complied knowing their wisdom was far beyond our own. After we were finished we went our separate ways intent on carrying on you memory and to finish wiping evil from the digital world.
Lyomon is seen leaving the mountain as well as several other digimon. The images change quickly as they show the years go by and the image of Lyomon continuing to walk onward.
I wandered for many years searching for a way that I might release you from you prison of unconsciousness. My search had been in vain until finally I heard talk that there existed a power that could revive someone even if they were near death. I knew that you were merely asleep but I had hope that it could awaken you from it. I followed the rumors to find this power and it eventually led me to Mt. Usb (Uo-sub) the highest mountain in the digital world.
Lyomon can be seen climbing the snowy mountain. As he attempts to climb one of the hand holds he is using breaks off and leaves him dangling by one hand. He quickly shakes off the sudden fear of nearly falling and reached up again and found a more secure hold and continued up the mountain.
It was a long and most difficult climb but eventually I reached the top. Another surprise awaited me though as I reached the top and discovered a temple sitting there.
Lyomon stands before the temple looking up, he then goes in quickly to try to escape the extreme cold of the mountain.
When I entered the Temple I was surprised to find that not only did it block the cold winds of the mountain but it was actually much warmer, but my biggest surprise was yet to come. As I traveled farther into the temple there was an ever-brightening light, I suddenly found my self in a massive chamber that was the brightest of all. When my eyes finally adjusted to the light I was shocked to find a human woman standing on a platform in front of an alter facing me. No offence to Erin or Jen but she was the most beautiful woman I had ever seen.
Lyomon was seen facing the woman at the alter, her skin was a light tan color, her hair was golden blond and reached down to her ankles, she was wearing a white flowing dress that seemed to pool around her feet, and her eyes were the color of the deep oceans.
"Welcome Lyomon, I have been expecting you." said the woman with an angelic like voice.
"How do you know who I am?" asked Lyomon
"I know much about you Lyomon, as well as your quest to revive the Digital Guardians. I am sorry to tell you that their slumber cannot be changed by you. During this era of peace they are not required and so they will remain in their slumber until they are needed once again." said the woman
"Then my quest, it was all for nothing." said Lyomon as he fell to the ground.
"Not for nothing Lyomon, for your quest has led you here." stated the woman
"And just where am I?" asked Lyomon as he looked up at her.
"You are in the Temple of Fate, the crossroad in the lives of all digimon." stated the woman
"But that's impossible, it's only a myth, but if it's true then you would be the Angel of Fate." stated Lyomon in disbelief.
"I am the one called the Angel of Fate, and this temple is no myth. It is where all digimon come before they are reconfigured, it is where they choose the path they will take in their new lives, but you have made it here with out passing on. Therefore you have a decision to make, there are two paths laid before you, on my left is the path that will lead you to reconfiguration and a new life. The path on my right will lead you to an unknown destiny, even I cannot see the path that lies beyond this portal therefore the decision is yours. On my left the loss of your memory, but a new life. On my right, hope, and a chance that you may once again see your friends and continue your fight. Choose now Lyomon, for these paths cannot remain open forever." said the Angel of Fate as two glowing portals opened at her sides.
"There is no decision, I will not lose the memory of my friends or what I believe in." said Lyomon as he stood up and began to step towards the portal on her right.
As he reached the portal she spoke one last time. "Once you go thru that portal, there can be no turning back. Your decision will be final."
"I understand and, thank-you." said Lyomon as he stepped thru the portal.
I remember little of my travel through the portal, but when I emerged I found myself weakened, barely able to crawl. My first experience was not a pleasant one as I was attacked by several young digimon, who I later learned were working for the Dark Masters. However, a cloaked figure appeared and scared the digimon away. The being brought me to a small shack in the nearby woods. When we were safe inside the figure removed its cloak and I was shocked to discover that it was a young human girl. She said very little over the weeks but it was her that helped to bring me back to health. When I was finally able to move around with out great difficulty I tried to leave the cabin to search for her but I found a barrier preventing me. When she returned I was finally able to give her my thanks.
The door to the cabin opened and in came the cloaked figure that quickly removed her hood to reveal the girl.
"Oh, your awake." said the girl as she walked over to Lyomon who was sitting on the bed. She had shoulder length blond hair, light blue eyes, and her skin was a pale peach but not overly pale.
"Yes, and thank-you for everything you've done. You did not know me and yet you showed me kindness, a trait that can be very rare in this world." said Lyomon as he looked at the girl.
"You are very welcome, none should have to suffer thru what those thugs would have done." said the girl
I explained to her that I did not understand what was happening in the world. She did not understand how that could be, so I went against my better nature and lied to her and told her that I'd lost my memory. She seemed to accept that and it was then that she explained to me that the world was now under the control of the Dark Masters. She told me that the great heroes had left for their world to fight and evil from ours, later I discovered that those great heroes were the Digidestined and the evil was Myotismon. She explained to me that the digimon that had attacked me were working for the Dark Master Puppetmon, not that their was anything I could do about it.
"I do not mean to sound ungrateful but I am confused, are you not a human? If so then how are you in the digital world, and who are you?" Lyomon asked the girl as a sad look came over her face.
"I'm afraid I do not know," she said, "I to have no memory of who I am or how I got here. I found myself one day being hunted by the servants of the Dark Masters. I ran and ran until I discovered these woods, I realize in order to protect myself I would have to hide my true identity. It was then that I took to wearing this cloak."
"So then what am I to call you?" asked Lyomon
"The peoples of this area have come to call me Sheziatuzo, it means 'The one who saves.' But please call me Zia." said the girl. "And what do I call you?"
"I am call Lyomon." he said as he bowed his head towards her.
"Hmm, I have never heard of any Lyomon." said Zia thoughtfully
"I am the last of my kind." explained Lyomon
Thou I did not know if it were true, since she had never heard of my kind before, I thought it was a safe assumption. It took several more weeks for me to recover fully and in that time we saw the Digidestined return and begin their final battle against Piedmon. As the Dark Masters were defeated we watched as the lands and the seas disappeared. As the Digidestined began their fight against Puppetmon I knew that we could no longer stay in the cabin, Zia was reluctant but I was able to convince her to leave. We escaped to the remnants of land below and watched as Puppetmon was defeated and his forest was destroyed. Along with the few other survivors we watched as the digidestined battled against Piedmon, and then to my greatest horror Apocalymon. When I saw them enter battle with that demon I thought for sure that they were doomed, and they almost were but then, and I'm glad, they proved me wrong when after their crests were destroyed they used the power within them and destroyed Apocalymon once and for all.
"How does this explain how you became KnightLyomon though?" asked Erin as she looked at the knight standing in front of them.
"My story is not yet over Erin." explained KnightLyomon as he continued.
When the world was restored digimon were no longer afraid of humans and so Zia no longer had to hide her identity thou she still wore her cloak, with the hood down of course. We traveled across the digital world, helping others and pretty much cleaning up the mess still left from the Dark Masters. Unknown to Zia our travels were not aimless I was searching, searching for you. After the reconfiguration they world had changed greatly, things were in places they shouldn't have been and some things were missing entirely. However, I was positive that you would remain and so I traveled to Mt. Legend, only it was no longer there. After that we continued to travel and I searched for any sign of you or the mountain but I came up empty. Three years went by and still nothing and then a great tragedy hit, I lost Zia. We heard rumors that there were a group of humans living in the Bu Serial Mountains of Terminal and so we went to investigate.
"How much farther do you think we'll have to go Lyomon?" asked Zia as she walked the narrow path behind Lyomon
"I am not sure, little is know about these humans other than that they live high in these mountains and this path is obviously well used so their must be some truth to the stories." explained Lyomon before coming to a sudden halt.
"What is it?" asked Zia
"The path narrows greatly, we will have to travel sideways for the time being." explained Lyomon as he shuffled along with his back towards the wall. Zia mimicked his motions and followed.
The winds were strong at such a high altitude and I warned Zia many times about them, but it would end up being the ground that would be our greatest enemy.
"Be careful, there are several spots with no path." warned Lyomon
They continued, but then one of the ledges that Zia was stepping to gave way causing her to fall, she was able to grip onto the ledge with her hands at the last second but it looked grim.
"Zia! Don't worry, I'll get you." exclaimed Lyomon as he started back.
"No don't Lyomon, you'll only endanger yourself." said Zia as her grip began to slip.
"It doesn't matter, just hang on." said Lyomon as the distance between them grew less.
"It does, you have obviously been searching for something, something that you can't find with me along. Lyomon, you must go on with out me, I'll be fine I don't know how but I know I will be alright." said Zia as Lyomon was nearly within reach.
"No, I cannot continue without you Zia, you have helped me so much that I can't lose you now." said Lyomon as he carefully began to reach down to grab her.
"I'm sorry Lyomon but you must. I will never forget you my friend. Good-bye." said Zia as she let go and fell through the mists of the mountains and away from Lyomon hand that had been inches away.
"No!" screamed Lyomon as he watched her fall.
I would later return to search for her body but all I would find would be her cloak. But for the moment I had to continue my climb, with tears in my eyes. It was near dark of that same day that I found what I had been searching for. Nestled at the top of the mountain was a city, which at first I thought was populated by Humans but discovered that they were actually a race of digimon known as the Hunechimon cell. It was within this city that I stayed when the Digimon Emperor nearly took over our world and MaloMyotismon nearly plunged both worlds in darkness. During my stay I learned much about these digimon and that there were four other cells out there and that they were based on the four elements instead of Psyonics. When the Overlord began his push for power the Chi Cells became united into the Chi Federation, but this was after I had left. I knew that the Overlord was dangerous and that in my present state I could do little to stand against him and so I left in search of a way in which I might. My search eventually led me to the reborn Destiny Stones, and Azulongmon. Apparently he had been watching me for quite some time but found that there was something that prevented his mental powers of communication from working on me. He told me that while the Federations resistance of the Overlord was necessary they were forgetting one important thing. He needed someone that would help to protect the ordinary digimon, he wanted that someone to be me.
"Lord Azulongmon, I have always protected those under me. It was a way I learned long ago fighting with other great heroes. But surely there are others more qualified than myself." pleaded Lyomon as he faced the giant Dragon in the sky.
"What you say is true." thundered Azulongmon "But you Lyomon have the heart that I seek. A heart that knows not greed and one that will not be taken in by the power required for this task. It is a trait very rare in this modern world."
"As a friend of mine said long ago. 'I do not seek the power for myself, but for those that cannot help themselves with it.' I accept Azulongmon." said Lyomon
"Very wise words Lyomon, now touch the orb in front of you and you will receive the power you need to accomplish this task." said Azulongmon as one of his Digi-Cores separated and floated down in front of Lyomon. Reaching out Lyomon touched the orb and was suddenly awash with white light.
"Lyomon, Warp Digivolve to ... " when the light faded the Lion Knight was now standing in Lyomon's place.
"From this point on you shall be known as KnightLyomon, go now and use your knew abilities to stop the Overlord." Azulongmon said as he disappeared from view and the land around KnightLyomon returned to an open field with the Destiny Stone at the center.
After I had evolved to Mega I knew that I alone could not stop the Overlord and so I founded the Resistance, together we have been fighting since, and the rest as they say is history.
"We'll all be history if we can't find a way to stop Diaboromon." said Jen as she brought then all back to the present.
"Very true Jennifer, very true." said KnightLyomon as he looked at her.
"Unfortunately he's prevented that very efficiently." said Nathan as they all looked at him.
"What do you mean?" asked Ken
"The first time he was defeated was thru a fusion of WarGreymon and MetalGarurumon into Omnimon, the second time was when Omnimon's body became a sword and Imperialdramon picked up that sword to change into Imperialdramon Paladin Mode. When Diaboromon invaded Matt, part of his dark energy began to flow threw his blood stream, and even though he's not in him any more that energy is still there and that makes and fusion to form Omnimon impossible and without Omnimon, Imperialdramon Paladin Mode cannot be formed." explained Nathan as they realized what he said.
"And without Imperialdramon Paladin Mode." said Jen in shock.
"We don't have a stage three Mega to fight him with." finished Nathan with a sour tone.
"What are we going to do now Nathan?" asked Michael
"With less than two days left till the ultimatum's deadline, Diaboromon will most likely begin pushing even harder." said Nathan but not answering Michael's question.
"You don't think that he's still going threw with it do you?" asked Erin
"More than ever, since he lost his disguise he'll be trying harder than ever. We'll be lucky if he doesn't try something sooner but we're going to need to be ready if he does." stated Nathan very seriously.
"So what's the plan then?" asked Tunskmon as he looked up at his partner.
"Lyomon, sorry .. KnightLyomon, I know you don't need to be told what to do but I hope you'll take a suggestion." said Nathan as he looked at the Mega.
"If it were anyone else no." said KnightLyomon
"You should focus the majority of your forces at the Primary Gates, that's where he most likely will make the largest push of his forces to invade Earth. Erin, Jen, I need you to try and reestablish contact with the real world, see if you can get in touch with Kari or someone, we need to find out what's happening there. Ken, Michael, I want you to go threw the castles archives to see if you can find out what happened here, unfortunately we can't do anything about everyone here right now." explained Nathan as the others nodded in agreement.
"So what do we do?" asked Tunskmon as he
looked up at his partner.
"We are doing nothing, you are going to stay here and help organize
things." said Nathan as he stepped away from everyone else.
"What are you going to do Nathan?" questioned KnightLyomon
"Hopefully get us some help." replied Nathan
"Nathan?" pushed Erin
"I'm going to see why these so called 'Sovereign' haven't done anything to stop it from getting to this point." Nathan said, a new fire could be seen in his eyes.
"Nathan, you can't just go to the Core and start demanding things, especially to them." protested Erin
"It's been done before." replied Nathan
"That was with the old Guardians thou, sure Azulongmon may be on our side but we haven't really had any interaction with the rest of them. There's no way to tell how they'll react to having a human in their realm." argued Ken as they all looked at him to try to persuade him, all but one.
"Michael, say something." said Jen as she looked to him pleadingly.
Michael looked at Nathan and then looked downward and shook his head. "There is nothing that I can say Jennifer. All of you know, as well as I do, that once he's made a decision it is impossible to change it. Good luck my friend." said Michael as he raised his head again and gave Nathan a reassuring smile.
"But Nathan, how do you plan to get to the Core?" asked KnightLyomon
"Actually, my ride will be here any second." said Nathan, sure enough, a few seconds later there was a glowing white light coming from one of the upper windows of the room. Suddenly from the light what appeared to be a flying white catfish with long arms instead of fins and an upside-down red triangle on it's forehead came floating threw the window, down through the room, and landed on Nathan's shoulder. Everyone in the room gasped in shock and spoke as one.
"A Digi-Gnome!"
"But I thought they were extinct?" asked Jen still overcome by shock.
"Apparently they've survived by living in another quadrant then our own. Now, I'll be back as soon as possible. Good luck everyone." The Digi-Gnomes light spread over Nathan and in a blink of the eye they were gone.
"Don't worry, Nathan will figure something out, but right now we've got a lot of work to do." said Tunskmon once the flash that had been burned into their eyes had worn off.
"Tunskmon is correct. If anyone can handle the Digital Gods then it is Nathan, he is also correct that we have much to do, and we must begin immediately." said KnightLyomon, everyone nodded and so the final perpetrations for the salvation of the digital world had begun.
Gates of the Sovereign, The Core
Digital World
In the land where only the most powerful digimon resided, the four most powerful were now meeting to discuss a very important issue. One that could decide the future of their world, or its destruction.
"Thank-you all for coming, I had hopped that this meeting would not be necessary but the threat Diaboromon now possesses is too great to ignore." stated the great dragon digimon Azulongmon as he started the meeting.
"I take it from yur tone that some ting bad has happened." stated the right head of the giant turtle
"Sadly it has Ebonwumon, you all remember WarGreymon?" said Azulongmon as the WarGreymon from Dinosaur Island appeared next to him. They all acknowledged they did.
"Aye, but what happened to him?" asked Ebonwumon's left head, this head spoke more deeply than the right. His question was well founded because most of WarGreymon's armor was cracked, several pieces were missing, and it had lost its silver shine.
"He should tell his own story." said Azulongmon to allow WarGreymon to speak.
"Yes, tell us." growled the great tiger Baihumon.
"My lords, as lord Azulongmon has already said my news is not good. I regret to inform you that Diaboromon has obtained the Sacred Stone of Darkness." explained WarGreymon as the other Digimon Guardians shouted in shock and horror.
"How could this have happened, he could not have known the location of the island. WarGreymon explain!" demanded the great phoenix as the fires around him flared.
"Zhuqiaomon, calm yourself! WarGreymon continue." said Azulongmon
"Thank you, Lord Zhuqiaomon you are correct in that Diaboromon could not have known the location of the island, however, it was not he that attacked but the vile creature that has aligned himself with him. The one that lead the attack was BlackKnightmon. He and a flight of Devidramon appeared out of nowhere above the city and began attacking. The cities defenders had their hands full just fighting the Devidramon and protecting the citizens, so I and a handful of others went to the council chamber to protect the stones. The roof was suddenly destroyed and BlackKnightmon floated down threw and landed in front of us. The other digimon charged him and he merely flicked them away, with his sword like they were nothing, into the walls unconscious. It was then only I, I prepared to charge him and use my claws to destroy him, but he held up his hand and released a stream of pure darkness that blasted me into the wall behind me. I was awake but unable to move, I watched as he blasted the floor open and removed the stone. Before he vanished he said one thing, 'Tell you Sovereign that darkness will soon kill the light.' after that he disappeared and I was able to move once again." finished WarGreymon
"Definitely not good news." said the left head of Ebonwumon.
"How dare he insult us like that, I say we go and show him our power in person." voiced Zhuqiaomon angrily.
"You know that is not our way Zhuqiaomon." stated Azulongmon as he faced the phoenix.
"You were always to weak to actually fight Azulongmon." challenged Zhuqiaomon
"Enough, we cannot fight amongst ourselves when we have a greater threat." roared Baihumon as he stepped between the two giants.
"Aye, Diaboromon must be our first priority." said Ebonwumon's right head.
"And how do you suggest we do that, surly not give aid to those pathetic humans." said Zhuqiaomon in disgust.
"I would watch who you call pathetic you overgrown turkey." came a voice from nowhere.
"Who said that! Show your self!" demanded Zhuqiaomon
On the ground below him and the other digimon there was a brief flash and suddenly Nathan was standing there, Digi-Gnome still on his shoulder, with his arms crossed looking strait at the great bird digimon.
"How dare you insult me human." screeched Zhuqiaomon as he pulled his wings back.
"Zhuqiaomon no!" shouted Azulongmon
"Phoenix Fire!" shouted Zhuqiaomon as he released his stream of fire at Nathan. The fire continued downward until it struck the earth and destroyed everything it contacted.
"That takes care of..." stopped Zhuqiaomon because Nathan had suddenly appeared on his beak and had his sword positioned to slice it clean off.
"Would you care to apologize for that little outburst or would you rather lose the end of your beak." asked Nathan as he made a motion to cut it off.
"I apologize." muttered Zhuqiaomon, Baihumon and Ebonwumon could be heard snickering under their breaths, Nathan jumped off the birds beak and flew over next to Azulongmon where he continued to hover. Zhuqiaomon then said something under his breath. "For missing."
"I am sure you are all familiar with Nathan and his deeds for the digital world." introduced Azulongmon
"Aye, but why's he here?" asked Ebonwumon's right head.
"I respect his deeds but he should not be here in our realm." stated Baihumon
"If it wasn't for the actions of myself and the other guardians you probably wouldn't have a realm at all. And considering I was once more than welcome here I'm quite insulted." said Nathan coolly.
"As hard as it is to believe, especially for some of us, he has a point. Our close-mindedness of allowing only other Megas here has cause many of the great heroes of our world to be forgotten, I believe we should change that policy but we will discuses that at a later time." said Azulongmon.
"Perhaps, but why is he here?" asked Ebonwumon's left head.
"He has a suggestion on how we can defeat Diaboromon." stated Azulongmon
"Explain." ordered Baihumon
"This is only part of it mind you, but I believe one of the things we will need to destroy Diaboromon will be a stage three mega." explained Nathan
"Perhaps this human isn't so bad, you see, he just said it would take one of us to destroy him." said Zhuqiaomon sounding like his case had been won.
"That is not what I said Zhuqiaomon, I said that a stage three mega would be needed, not that one of the Sovereign should go." said Nathan as he stared at the bird.
"Do you know of a Digimon that could perform this task?" asked Azulongmon
"I believe Imperialdramon will be our best shot at it." answered Nathan
"But WarGreymon and MetalGarurumon cannot DNA digivolve." stated Ebonwumon's left head.
"And without Omnimon that is impossible." said Baihumon
"I realize that, but there are other ways to reach stage three. That's where all of you come in." said Nathan as he looked at the great digital gods before him.
"And just how are we suppose to help." stated Zhuqiaomon sarcastically.
"I need to borrow a Digi-Core from each of you." said Nathan, they were not very receptive.
"Impossible." said Baihumon
"Never." shouted Zhuqiaomon
"Are you loony." said Ebonwumon's right head.
"Definitely nuts." agreed his left.
"You ask a lot of us, even with your exemplary history we cannot simply give you one of our Digi-Cores." said Azulongmon
"I realize what I'm asking but we don't have very many options." said Nathan as he looked at each of the great digimon.
"You really should trust him, if anyone can handle the responsibility of your Digi-Cores than he's one of them." came a mysterious voice from above. Everyone looked up and what appeared to be a large owl was flying down at them, however, this owl had white plates covering it's legs, it had a white helmet over its head with two ear like protrusions from the sides, its feathers were brown and over it's eyes was a pair of gray metal goggles with ruby colored eye slots.
"What is an Owlmon doing here?" asked Baihumon
"I wasn't always this way great one," said the Owlmon to Baihumon, he then turned to face Nathan, "Guardian, I realize you don't recognize me but I was the Eaglemon that fought with you in the battle against Apocalymon."
"If you were once a Eaglemon then how are you now a Owlmon?" asked Nathan
"I'm afraid that's a long story." said Owlmon
"And one we don't have much time for right now." said another mysterious voice as what looked like a human child appeared next to them, only this child was dressed in robes, had markings on his body and face, and twelve angel wings sprouting from his back.
"Lucemon?" asked Nathan in disbelief.
"The vile one!" screamed both Ebonwumon's heads in outrage.
"No Ebonwumon, this is not the same Lucemon that terrorized your Quadrant, this one was an ally of mine in the ancient world." protested Nathan
"And believe me great Ebonwumon, it sickens me and all Lucemon to know what that traitor did." said Lucemon
"Lucemon, how?" asked Nathan
"I'll explain, but I'm not alone." said Lucemon as he pointed to the horizon.
At first nothing could be seen but then two figures could be seen coming at them. As they got closer they looked to resemble Imperialdramon Dragon Mode. However, on one what should have been black armor was a rich purple and what should have been red armor was a deep blue. The other was different, instead of black armor it was white and instead of the red armor wings he had a pair of large angel wings sprouting from his back and moving up and down as they came closer. When the two dragons were nearly upon Nathan and the other digimon a third figure could be seen riding on the dragon with angel wings. He looked like a human with white form fitting armor, he had a gold belt on that was inscribed with ancient digital runes, a sword was attached to the belt resting in a golden sheath with the same runes from his belt. His face was that of a young man, his white blond hair was slightly longer and was tied back in a pony tail, and he had a gold fabric headband tied around his forehead with its tails hanging down longer than his hair.
"Royaldramon, and Skydramon and Luccamon." said Nathan as he looked at the three new digimon, the purple and blue dragon was Royaldramon, the white Skydramon, and the man Luccamon.
"As they say in your world Guardian, the gangs all here." said Luccamon as the two dragons landed next to them.
"Not just yet." said a rough voice from behind him causing Nathan to turn around again.
On the ground were standing three more digimon, two females one male. The female on the left looked like she was a Greek goddess, she wore a toga, her face was youthful and somewhat glowing and her hair was a gold red blend that stretched down to her knees. The man in the center was nearly twelve feet tall, his skin looked like it was a rough wood like substance and he was wearing armor that looked to be made out of Oak. The woman on the right appeared to be a Native American with her black hair braided and reaching the small of her back, she had feathers in her hair and she was in a dress that seemed to shimmer with every color of the Northern Lights.
"Solmon, Bermon, Auroramon your here too." stated Nathan as he said the names from left to right.
"Now we're all here." said Bermon with a slight smile.
"Where are all these weaklings coming from." stated Zhuqiaomon sounding very pestered.
"We are not weak Zhuqiaomon, even I have the ability to take on some Ultimates." said Lucemon as he faced the Phoenix.
"How did you all get here?" asked Nathan, clearly he was still quite confused by the appearance of so many digimon from his past.
"That would be my doing." stated another voice from nowhere, only this one Nathan recognized.
"Not another one." complained Zhuqiaomon
"No Zhuqiaomon, this is no ordinary digimon." said Nathan as a rip in space appeared in front of them and out of it stepped a digimon in the shape of a fox man, his fur was gold and he had white tips on his long tail and ears, the most striking feature though were the clock symbols on the backs of his hands. "I can't believe it's you Timedramon." said Nathan as he looked at the digimon before him.
"Would someone explain this outrage." growled Baihumon as he looked at all of the new digimon.
"It be no outrage Baihumon, search Tigremon's memories and you'll see Timedramon was powerful figure in the ancient world." explained Ebonwumon's right head.
"I was not referring to Timedramon, I was referring to these other intruders." clarified Baihumon
"They were among the digimon that fought against Apocalymon in ancient times and helped to ensure he would stay behind the Wall of Fire until Tai and the other Digidestined could defeat him. You did not know who they are because they never came to our realm after that battle, but I have kept them hidden in my lands these recent years." stated Azulongmon
"Timedramon, how did you find them?" asked Nathan
"After I regained my true form I began to travel through time to locate our lost colleagues, these were all that I could find and Azulongmon was gracious enough to offer them his lands to stay for the time. And now it is time we fight together once again." finished Timedramon as his face showed a mask of determination.
"Your right, Azulongmon I ask again for a Digi-Core from each of you." said Nathan as he held out his hand and an open wooden box appeared in it with four round indents within.
"I am still not..." started Azulongmon
"Great Azulongmon, when I first came to you you knew nothing of my character and yet you gave me a chance, through my actions I proved to you that I was trustworthy. Please trust my words when I tell you that you must give Nathan the Digi-Core, because I believe that he is the only one that can find a way to stop Diaboromon." Timedramon's speech was nearly a plead, but it was enough to convince Azulongmon.
"Perhaps you are right, and as he said before, we have very few options." stated Azulongmon as one of his Digi-Cores detached from him and floated down towards the box Nathan held where it immediately shrunk down to fit into one of the indents. After seeing Azulongmon's decision both Ebonwumon and Baihumon also agreed and sent one of their own cores to reside in the box.
"Ehm." said Nathan as he faced the last of the four.
"I shall never give one of my Cores to a human." said the Phoenix with his usual arrogant tone.
"Zhuqiaomon!" scolded Azulongmon
"Come on ye old crank, we've given one of our so you have to give one of yurs to." said Ebonwumon's right head
"Yep, give one of yurs." agreed the left
"Give it up already you buzzard." urged Baihumon
"All right, but I still don't trust a human to save us." said Zhuqiaomon as he gave up one of his Digi-Cores and quickly flew away to dissuade further talk. As the last Core floated into place Nathan closed the box and held it at his side.
"What now Guardian?" asked Azulongmon
"Well, we still have a lot of work to do, isn't that right Timedramon." asked Nathan as he looked at the Protector of Time.
"That we do, and we must hurry before Diaboromon makes his final move." said Timedramon
"Quite right." said Nathan as he floated over and landed next to Luccamon on Skydramon's back, both Lucemon and Owlmon flew over and hovered next to him while Bermon climbed aboard Royaldramon as Solmon and Auroramon floated beside him.
"Lord Azulongmon, may I have your permission to join them? I must make amends for my failure." asked WarGreymon, who had remained silent since he had given his account.
"There was nothing more you could have done, but you have my leave." said the great dragon.
"Thank-you, my lord." said WarGreymon as he bowed to him and flew over to join the flyers next to Royaldramon.
"Luccamon, would you do the honors?" asked Nathan
"Of course Guardian." responded Luccamon as he drew his sword.
"Heaven's Gateway!" his sword glew with holy energy as he sliced it downward in the air in front of them. A slice of energy was left and from it's ends energy streaked horizontally outward forming an "I", the inside quickly opened to reveal a portal.
"Diaboromon, you may have gotten Check, but watch out for my Check-Mate." said Nathan as threw the portal went Skydramon, Royaldramon, and everyone else sitting on or flying next to until only Azulongmon, Ebonwumon, and Baihumon were remaining.
"I hope we did the right thing." stated Baihumon concernedly.
"Aye." agreed both of Ebonwumon's heads.
"We had to, they are the only ones that can save our world." said Azulongmon as he watched the last bits of the portal close and disappear.
[Author's Notes] And now for some explanations. I'll start with the references to the other seasons, like the Digi-Gnomes, Lucemon being referred to by Ebonwumon as the "Vile one", and of course Zhuqiamon's hatred for humans. This is not suppose to mean that this is going to turn into a cross over, it's just meant to show that there is a connectivity between those different worlds. Now with the Stage Three Mega, it's a theory I've been playing around with for awhile. One way a digimon can reach stage three is threw gaining great power over many years or being given it by another, the Sovereign are one example of this. The other way is when a digimon combines with another or changes modes. An example is when WarGreymon and MetalGarurumon combine to form Omnimon they form a stage two mega, Imperialdramon Dragon Mode is a stage one mega, when he changes to Fighter Mode he becomes a stage two, and when he holds the Omni Blade and changes into Paladin Mode he becomes a stage three. Like I said this is just a theory I had so please don't yell. Now, if you have any other questions just e-mail them or leave them in a review. As Always, please R&R.