Disclaimer: No, I could never hope to own Digimon. This is only the result of my insanity.
Dark Child-Part VIII: Resolutions
"You're never going to win," the Dark Child growled. "Sheranamon will be here any second to end it."
As if on cue, an ominous crash reverberated through the room. When the dust cleared, a gigantic Digimon was hovering in the air. It was relatively humanoid with a head, arms and legs, but all resemblance to a person ended there. The face was an ashen gray color and the eyes were like two pits of burning fires. The hair looked as though it was made of dead intertwined vines. Each finger ended in an extremely long claw.
"Sheranamon!" the Dark Child gasped, falling to her knees in a low bow.
"Sheranamon," the new girl muttered, hatred coursing through her voice.
Sheranamon looked at the new girl and said: "What do you think you're doing here? You are you own weaker half, Alicia."
The seven Digidestined were puzzled by this remark. Wasn't the Dark Child called Alicia?
Finally, Tai steeled his nerves and asked the question that was running through everyone's minds: "There's two Alicia's?"
Sheranamon turned and noticed the Digidestined for the first time.
"So you did come after all," she nonchalantly stated. "To answer your question, young enemy, yes, there are two Alicia's."
This did little to explain anything to the frightened children.
Sheranamon muttered something under her breath and said out loud: "Split personalities. It is my specialty."
"You mean both of them are the same person?" Izzy questioned, as always the first to understand.
"Looks like we have a winner," Dark Alicia replied.
"I will deal with you soon enough," Sheranamon drawled to the Digidestined. She waved her hand and the heavy door slammed shut before she turned to both Alicia's. "Now my friend, destroy your lesser half," she commanded the Dark Alicia.
Dark Alicia smiled smugly and sent her black tornado after her other half. The other Alicia put her hands in front of her face to protect herself and the tornado hit her hands. Suddenly, the deadly tornado stopped unable to go any farther.
Dark Alicia growled in rage as her other half laboriously detoured the tornado for the roof.
"Do not fail me," Sheranamon ordered.
Dark Alicia let out an unhuman battle cry and ran to her other half. She took a leap into the air to smash into Alicia, but Alicia moved out of her evils half's way just in time.
Dark Alicia hit the wall hard and dropped the remote control she had previously been holding.
"There's only one thing I don't understand," Sora muttered. "If the evil one's so brave and strong, why isn't the other one a coward?"
"Courage and ruthlessness are two different things," Sheranamon cackled as Dark Alicia succeeded in barreling into Nice Alicia. The two were struggling against each other's power.
The Digidestined watched the two girls struggling with a mixture of fear and awe. It was a terrible sight, but they were unable to look away.
Time seemed to stay frozen like that forever before the beaker that had been around Dark Alicia's neck fell off in the struggle.
Sheranamon looked away from the battle, truly interested in the Digidestined for the first time.
"The soul of one of you own..." she muttered.
Mimi raced to the spot where the beaker now lay as Sheranamon flew to the same place. They reached the beaker at nearly the same time. In a flash, Mimi had it under her foot.
"Give it to me," Sheranamon hissed.
Mimi had had enough. She raised her foot and stomped on the beaker. A thin crack appeared in the glass.
"If you break it, I will destroy you," Sheranamon warned in her mocking tone.
Mimi just didn't care anymore. She only wanted it to be over and if it meant her dying in the process, then so be it. She smashed the beaker.
The silvery gas inside shone brightly and Sheranamon screamed, driven away by the light.
At this point, two things happened. The light shot across the room and into Matt's body and Sheranamon flew in the opposite direction, snatching the remote control that Dark Alicia had dropped with her as she did.
Sheranamon pressed one of the many buttons on the remote control and bellowed: "This place will go down with a bang in five minutes, if you catch my drift!"
Sheranamon flew across the room, snatched up the Digimon and shot out of the castle quick as lightning. The door of the room drifted open. Matt's tag and crest glowed brightly and were soon reconstructed from the powder they had once been on the floor. The tag and crest floated over to Matt.
Matt stirred and slowly opened his eyes.
"Matt! You're all right!" TK cried, racing to his big brother and giving him a bear hug.
Matt winced as TK touched his back and said: "Hey, do you think I'd let them win?"
"I hate to break up this little reunion, but we've gotta get out of here!" Joe shouted.
Matt clambered to his feet and raced out of the room along with TK, Mimi, Kari, Tai, Joe, Sora and Izzy.
Tai shot one final look behind his shoulder at the two struggling girls before racing out of the room with everyone else.
Once they were outside, Izzy panted: "we can't stop yet! If this place is going to explode, the shock wave will be tremendous!"
The eight children continued running until they heard a loud, explosive noise behind them.
They turned to see the entire castle go down in flames.
"I wonder if Alicia got out of there," Kari muttered.
"I highly doubt it. If by some miracle either of them made it out of the castle, they would have been in the immediate surroundings," Izzy replied.
"Huh?" Tai asked, confused by Izzy's elaborate way of speaking.
"In other words, they'd be killed by the shock wave," Izzy explained.
There was a moment of silence following this remark, then TK said: "I think we won. At least for now anyway."
"Wait a second, where's Gabumon?" Matt questioned.
"Looks like Sheranamon got a consolation prize," Joe darkly muttered...
~*~
Sheranamon glided through the air holding the cage with all eight Digimon in silence.
It's too bad I had to destroy my loyal servant, she thought. Yes, Dark Alicia would have been invaluable. At least I finally rid myself of her pesky other half as well.
She looked down at the cage and chuckled. They may have won the battle, but the war is just beginning...
END
(A/N) Well, that's the end of my Dark Child story. Hope everyone enjoyed it. A sequel will be coming out soon!
Dark Child-Part VIII: Resolutions
"You're never going to win," the Dark Child growled. "Sheranamon will be here any second to end it."
As if on cue, an ominous crash reverberated through the room. When the dust cleared, a gigantic Digimon was hovering in the air. It was relatively humanoid with a head, arms and legs, but all resemblance to a person ended there. The face was an ashen gray color and the eyes were like two pits of burning fires. The hair looked as though it was made of dead intertwined vines. Each finger ended in an extremely long claw.
"Sheranamon!" the Dark Child gasped, falling to her knees in a low bow.
"Sheranamon," the new girl muttered, hatred coursing through her voice.
Sheranamon looked at the new girl and said: "What do you think you're doing here? You are you own weaker half, Alicia."
The seven Digidestined were puzzled by this remark. Wasn't the Dark Child called Alicia?
Finally, Tai steeled his nerves and asked the question that was running through everyone's minds: "There's two Alicia's?"
Sheranamon turned and noticed the Digidestined for the first time.
"So you did come after all," she nonchalantly stated. "To answer your question, young enemy, yes, there are two Alicia's."
This did little to explain anything to the frightened children.
Sheranamon muttered something under her breath and said out loud: "Split personalities. It is my specialty."
"You mean both of them are the same person?" Izzy questioned, as always the first to understand.
"Looks like we have a winner," Dark Alicia replied.
"I will deal with you soon enough," Sheranamon drawled to the Digidestined. She waved her hand and the heavy door slammed shut before she turned to both Alicia's. "Now my friend, destroy your lesser half," she commanded the Dark Alicia.
Dark Alicia smiled smugly and sent her black tornado after her other half. The other Alicia put her hands in front of her face to protect herself and the tornado hit her hands. Suddenly, the deadly tornado stopped unable to go any farther.
Dark Alicia growled in rage as her other half laboriously detoured the tornado for the roof.
"Do not fail me," Sheranamon ordered.
Dark Alicia let out an unhuman battle cry and ran to her other half. She took a leap into the air to smash into Alicia, but Alicia moved out of her evils half's way just in time.
Dark Alicia hit the wall hard and dropped the remote control she had previously been holding.
"There's only one thing I don't understand," Sora muttered. "If the evil one's so brave and strong, why isn't the other one a coward?"
"Courage and ruthlessness are two different things," Sheranamon cackled as Dark Alicia succeeded in barreling into Nice Alicia. The two were struggling against each other's power.
The Digidestined watched the two girls struggling with a mixture of fear and awe. It was a terrible sight, but they were unable to look away.
Time seemed to stay frozen like that forever before the beaker that had been around Dark Alicia's neck fell off in the struggle.
Sheranamon looked away from the battle, truly interested in the Digidestined for the first time.
"The soul of one of you own..." she muttered.
Mimi raced to the spot where the beaker now lay as Sheranamon flew to the same place. They reached the beaker at nearly the same time. In a flash, Mimi had it under her foot.
"Give it to me," Sheranamon hissed.
Mimi had had enough. She raised her foot and stomped on the beaker. A thin crack appeared in the glass.
"If you break it, I will destroy you," Sheranamon warned in her mocking tone.
Mimi just didn't care anymore. She only wanted it to be over and if it meant her dying in the process, then so be it. She smashed the beaker.
The silvery gas inside shone brightly and Sheranamon screamed, driven away by the light.
At this point, two things happened. The light shot across the room and into Matt's body and Sheranamon flew in the opposite direction, snatching the remote control that Dark Alicia had dropped with her as she did.
Sheranamon pressed one of the many buttons on the remote control and bellowed: "This place will go down with a bang in five minutes, if you catch my drift!"
Sheranamon flew across the room, snatched up the Digimon and shot out of the castle quick as lightning. The door of the room drifted open. Matt's tag and crest glowed brightly and were soon reconstructed from the powder they had once been on the floor. The tag and crest floated over to Matt.
Matt stirred and slowly opened his eyes.
"Matt! You're all right!" TK cried, racing to his big brother and giving him a bear hug.
Matt winced as TK touched his back and said: "Hey, do you think I'd let them win?"
"I hate to break up this little reunion, but we've gotta get out of here!" Joe shouted.
Matt clambered to his feet and raced out of the room along with TK, Mimi, Kari, Tai, Joe, Sora and Izzy.
Tai shot one final look behind his shoulder at the two struggling girls before racing out of the room with everyone else.
Once they were outside, Izzy panted: "we can't stop yet! If this place is going to explode, the shock wave will be tremendous!"
The eight children continued running until they heard a loud, explosive noise behind them.
They turned to see the entire castle go down in flames.
"I wonder if Alicia got out of there," Kari muttered.
"I highly doubt it. If by some miracle either of them made it out of the castle, they would have been in the immediate surroundings," Izzy replied.
"Huh?" Tai asked, confused by Izzy's elaborate way of speaking.
"In other words, they'd be killed by the shock wave," Izzy explained.
There was a moment of silence following this remark, then TK said: "I think we won. At least for now anyway."
"Wait a second, where's Gabumon?" Matt questioned.
"Looks like Sheranamon got a consolation prize," Joe darkly muttered...
~*~
Sheranamon glided through the air holding the cage with all eight Digimon in silence.
It's too bad I had to destroy my loyal servant, she thought. Yes, Dark Alicia would have been invaluable. At least I finally rid myself of her pesky other half as well.
She looked down at the cage and chuckled. They may have won the battle, but the war is just beginning...
END
(A/N) Well, that's the end of my Dark Child story. Hope everyone enjoyed it. A sequel will be coming out soon!