No, I don't own Digimon, Toei and Saban does, so don't sue please, it's not worth your time. I really recommend you read Acts 1-4 of "Darkness Rising" and "The hour of the wolf before this one", or you'll probably get lost. The usual OOC (Out Of Character) alert is here along with a violence alert. There's a reason why this is rated PG-13 after all. I may plan on doing a sequel to this series, but definitely after my computer goes into the shop on Friday. We'll see.
All flames will be fed to my furnace.
Darkness Rising, Act 5
Matt stared icily at Eviltarimon as he insanely pronounced their imminent deaths. The evil warlord had apparently lost it when Matt had destroyed his precious crystal obelisk and his hold on the other Digidestined children and Digimon. So he had done the unthinkable; he'd merged the Digiworld and Earth into one entity. Now he threatened to destroy everything. Anger welled up in him. Not bloody likely.
Eviltarimon began to laugh crazily as a vortex of dark energy surrounded him. Purple and black lightening cracked as the energy built, and built and exploded out in a flash. Matt and the others were picked off their feet and thrown screaming, into trees and hedges and whatever else was lying about.
"And this is only the beginning." he snarled.
Matt shakily got to his feet and untangled his dark blue cloak with the glittering silver threads from around him. He had had enough. This was it. Final showdown.
No looking back.
His aura exploded around him in a blaze of blue and silver color. All around him he saw the others reacting the same way.
Tai in an orange and gold aura, looking mightily pissed off.
Sora going into a fighting stance, red and fuchsia fire swirling around her. She narrowed her eyes and gave a savage scowl at Eviltarimon.
Izzy, sparkling in purple and blue, studying Eviltarimon with a rage burning in his eyes that Matt had never seen before. Matt knew that he must of have held himself personally responsible for the attack at Gennai's and the pain and suffering cause by it, even though really he had no control over the situation. In actuality none of them were responsible for their actions, being under Eviltarimon's control and all. That didn't provide much comfort for them, as Matt could see, even in the heat of battle, that guilt was consuming them inside.
Joe, black and silver aura raging wildly, had an expression that was a mixture of sickened grief and fiery rage. He was clearly remembering the attack on Ogremon, and his part in it.
Mimi glowed with her pink and green aura. Tears trickled down her lovely face and past a mouth twist in a bitter grimace. Gentle Mimi, who hated violence of every kind, looked like she could tear through ten feet of solid concrete with her bare hands. Those hands trembled as she waited for some signal to attack.
Kari, was looking just as pissed off as her brother, bared her teeth in a snarl. She looked remarkably like Gatomon at that moment. Her small frame was consumed in the fires of pink and white aura, and was tensed, waiting for the fight to start.
Tk's eyes were stony with rage that didn't belong on a boy his age. White and gold energy flowed off him and flicked fiercely into the night. He raised a fist, trembling slightly with barely controlled anger, growling lowly in his throat the whole time.
All at once the chests of the children's chests glowed brightly. Matt felt the tingly feeling that always came with this and then…
"Agumon Warp-Digivolve to WarGreymon!"
"Gabumon Warp-Digivolve to MetalGarurumon!"
"Biyomon Warp-Digivolve to Phoenixmon!"
"Tentomon Warp-Digivolve to HerculesKabuterimon!"
"Palmon Warp-Digivolve to Rosemon!"
"Gomamon Warp-Digivolve to MarineAngemon!"
"Patamon Warp-Digivolve to HolyAngemon!"
"Gatomon Warp-Digivolve to HolyAngewomon!"
Matt smiled as he looked at Eviltarimon, shivering slightly from terror. He should be shaking, he thought. Because when we get through with him, there will be nothing left but Digidust.
Payback time.
Eviltarimon shook slightly as he saw the Digimon take their Mega forms and take up position alongside the children, who were shining with the powers locked within them. He couldn't believe it had come down to this. Even after all the signs, all the warnings, he had been blind to the danger, and now he would pay for it. Why had he not listened to the Seeramon? Why? Even though their prophecy had sounded like a foolish human fairytale at the time, it had been slowly coming true, bit by bit. Matt and Gabumon had escaped, Matt destroyed the crystal obelisk, his servants' souls released to them, and now his death, his death, was only seconds from realization. He laughed bitterly; for all his powers, for all his talents, even the mighty Eviltarimon couldn't change fate. And death, supposedly the very thing he controlled, was about to snap its cold jaws upon him.
The irony was sickening.
He watched the Digidestined warily circle him like a pack of hungry wolves. Their faces were livid, clearly remembering the last few days. He smirked at that. The memory of what they'd done, voluntary or not, was going to stay in their accursed heads forever. A delicious bit of revenge, small as it was.
Eviltarimon clenched his hands into white fists. A wave of determination swept through him. If he was going to die, he would die like a mon, on his feet and fighting.
Bring it on, his eyes seemed to say to the tensed up Digidestined. Bring…it…ON!
Eviltarimon stood quietly in the middle of the circling Digidestined. Tai growled as he noticed the look in the Digimon's eyes. It said that this guy wasn't going to give up, no matter what they threw at him. That was fine, they weren't going to give up either. Black and purple lightening flared around Eviltarimon fists, as he silently powered up to attack. Tai noticed however, and immediately stopped prowling.
"Watch out guys! Here we go again!"
Tai began to focus his powers, and immediately a raging inferno of flame began to collect around his hands, though feeling none of the heat himself. His blood raged with fire, it was a part of him just like his hands, mind and heart. He observed the others were doing the same, prepared to attack on the count of three, trusting the others to attack just as soon as he led off.
Three.
Tai let loose an incinerating blast of white-hot flames, directed at Eviltarimon. They hit straight on, and as he predicted, the others let loose with an indescribable barrage of Ice, Plant, Water, Earth, Energy, Spirit, and Air based attacks.
"Terra Force!"
"Ice Wolf Claw!"
"Holy Light!"
"Heaven's Gate!"
"Petal Blast!"
"Star Light Explosion!"
"Giga Scissor Claw!"
"Ocean Love!"
The Digimon poured their attacks into a rising dust cloud that shielded Eviltarimon from view. The dust cloud thickened as the attacks hit home.
"Yahoo! Wahoo! Yes!" the rest of the Digidestined screamed in delight at what looked like the end of Eviltarimon. Tai was not too certain about that. The guy could bring people back from the dead; he wouldn't be that easy to kill off.
As if on cue the dust began to swirl and then shot off in all directions. There stood Eviltarimon, smoking from his singed robes, but otherwise unharmed. He began to laugh maniacally at the Digidestined, who were looking utterly shocked.
Tk softly stuttered, "Why didn't it work? I thought we had him beat." His face had gone deathly pale, sharply contrasting with his blue eyes and golden hair. He was shivering slightly from seeing the impossible happen. Though with the Digidestined, the impossible happened on a regular basis.
Tai swore under his breath. This was not good. This was not GOOD!
Eviltarimon looked them up and down. "Really. I was expecting better. I can't believe I was actually frightened of you puny Digi-brats…"He laughed again "…Too bad for you."
He snickered and raised his hands with one fluid gesture. The ground pitched and churned as the dark lightening erupted from it. The skies turned an ugly bruise red and shone with an eerie light. Tai looked at it with a sense of foreboding. He had a feeling that they were going to see Eviltarimon's true, full, horrific power.
Eviltarimon slammed down his hands with an almighty crack and screamed the words "Final Horizon!" The red sky seemed to twist and convulse, and then crashed down on top of him and the others. He dimly heard Kari scream and Sora cry out his name, and then the world faded to black. He was in an abyss with the others out of sight, but still there. And in the center, darkly glowing with electricity was Eviltarimon.
Tai felt totally at a loss. Not since his battle with Apocalymon, had he faced a situation like this. And Apocalymon hadn't controlled the blank space. It was maddening. What could he do?
He hoped he'd find the answer and soon.
Eviltarimon couldn't believe his luck. The Seeramon's prophecy had turned out to be a dud after all. He had them cornered like Micemon, and nothing they could do could prevent him from pouncing. He grinned evilly. Oh yes he was going to finish them off…but slowly. Very slowly. He would toy with the Digidestined and when he got bored…they became expendable.
But who first?
The tall one with the spiky blond hair and the cold blue eyes caught his eye. Matt…perfect. The one that had seemingly ruined everything for him by destroying the crystal obelisk, would be the first to feel his anger.
This was going to be so therapeutic.
Prepare yourself Matt Eviltarimon thought Prepare yourself, because I'm going to send you on a one way trip to Hell.
Matt waited in the darkness…alone. His breathing was ragged as he tried to find the others. He could sense them out there but he couldn't see them in the inky blackness. A chilling cackle broke the stillness, and before he could react, a ripple of lightening snaked out and slammed into him. He screamed in agony as the electricity coursed unchecked through his body and vaguely heard the others shout out his name, trying to find if he was all right. He howled in response, his face contorted into a gruesome mask, lightening sparking off his teeth and hair.
And suddenly it stopped. Matt was just content to lay there and breathe, in and out. In and out. Praying that he could stand the next round of energy and pain. Praying that at least he would forget about the others.
Then he heard a distant scream. Another. And then another. Eviltarimon was going after his friends! Matt screamed at him to stop, to come after him instead, but Eviltarimon, seeing how much his friends meant to him, went after them with a new vengeance. The screams became more frequent, higher in intensity. Matt felt the volcano like anger burn and rise in him, taking hold.
Then he heard a cry he recognized. Tk!
Matt exploded with raw seething energy. Forget waiting passively around for Eviltarimon to come and finish him off at his leisure. It was time to kick ass, even though there was only a slim chance of doing it. He locked on to Tk's presence and teleported to his little brother.
"Tk! Are you all right? Did he hurt you bad?" Matt cried anxiously.
"I'm fine…" At this time Tk latched on to Matt and buried his face into Matt's shirt sniffling "But he's really scary. I don't think we can beat him!" he sobbed. Matt wrapped an arm around his little brother, pulling him tight, and used the other hand to gently ruffle his golden hair.
"Don't be scared of him Tk. That's what he wants you to be. But you're stronger than that, we all are…right?" Tk gave a teary nod. "And that's why I know we can beat this creep, and any other that come our way!"
"You think so?"
"I know so. Together we can beat anything! All we have to do is have a little faith!"
"Then I'm ready. Bring him on!"
"That's the spirit kiddo!"
"Touching…" a crisp voice drawled "Makes me wish I had a camcorder so I could record this special moment. But I guess I'll settle for destroying you instead!"
Matt hissed. Eviltarimon!
"Forget it lamebrain. Your destroying days are over!" Tai yelled from somewhere nearby. Suddenly the black abyss wasn't so black after all, as the others' auras lit up the darkness enough to see. Matt smiled, relieved. The calvary was here.
Matt began shining, as did Tk, with their own special auras. They all encircled Eviltarimon once more, intending either to destroy him or die in the attempt.
"All together!" Yelled Matt and Tai.
A silvery web encircled the area as each and every one of them drew upon their abilities for the last strike. Eviltarimon, sensing that things weren't going his way, Matt noted, tried to make a run for it, but was trapped by the silver web. The silver web began to crackle and spark with electricity, as everyone finished gathering the energy for the final attack.
"Now!" howled everyone at once.
Matt pushed everything he had into the blast and was gratified to see a thick beam of icy blue-silver energy joined by fifteen other attacks directed straight at Eviltarimon.
"ARRRGGGGHHHH!!!!!!"
The combined blast hit Eviltarimon straight in the chest, bringing him to his knees as he tried to fight the combined forces of the Digidestined children's and Digimon's powers. He slowly trembled as the barrage continued, weakening ever so slowly. His cruel face contorted in agony but still he fought back, trying to turn the situation to his side again.
"Don't give up!" screamed Izzy, trembling from the strain of using his powers full on for a prolonged period. "He's weakening! Just don't give up! We can DO IT!"
He was right! Eviltarimon was definitely looking worse every second that this continued. But still he was defiant, refusing to admit defeat. Suddenly the silver misty web exploded in a nova of prismatic rays of light, and everything became fragmented.
Courageous Tai, his bold and wild spirit burning like the fire he was akin to, shooting a column of flames.
Mimi, scowling, ducking a burst of dark lightening, and sending out a blast of solar energy in return.
Sora firing a purplish red beam and snatching Kari away from a similar beam at the same time.
Joe, looking terrified but fighting anyway.
Eviltarimon was slowly fading away to Digidust.
"Go to Hell!"
Matt couldn't tell who said that, one of the others or even himself. He felt everything being sucked out of him, into his beam, and heard one last faint despairing scream as Eviltarimon faded completely away. Then everything seemed to freeze and slowly go to nothingness. Matt let out a shocked gasp as his consciousness went blank and the world went swirling.
"Uhh…"
Matt slowly opened his eyes after what seemed like hours later and found a pair of brown eyes staring back. Matt gave a little squeak, and then realized who this was. It was Tsunomon, Gabumon's In-Training stage. Matt blinked a few times; he hadn't seen Tsunomon in awhile, since whenever Garurumon, WereGarurumon, or MetalGarurumon dedigivolved, it was to Gabumon not Tsunomon. Poor guy; he must of used all of his energy in the fight. Matt tried to get up but the most he managed was a few inches of the ground before he flopped back. Matt groaned, Tsunomon wasn't the only one who had used up all his energy.
"Matt! Matt! Are you all right?!" Tsunomon asked concerned.
"Ugh. Just fine Tsunomon. Just tired, and bruised, and hungry." Matt said, wiping a few stands of blond hair out of his eyes. He gazed at the stars, now visible since Eviltarimon's evil influence. They were serene, unaffected by the calamity that had nearly claimed both worlds. And yet, Eviltarimon's hand could still be quite plainly seen. The two worlds were still merged; Infinity Mountain in the middle of Odiaba was not a thing one could miss.
Suddenly the thrum of pounding feet could be heard. Joe, Mimi, Tk, Izzy and everyone else raced up to him, all holding their respective Digimon. All looked utterly exhausted. Tai and Sora each grabbed one of Matt's arms and hauled him to his feet. Matt smiled gratefully and leaned on them, catching his breath. Then tiredly, he straightened up, and Tsunomon hopped into his arms. He hugged his partner close, the last few days had been hell and after all that, he never wanted to be separated from him again.
Never.
"Can we go home now?" Mimi asked, cradling Tanemon in her arms. She looked like she was about to fall asleep.
"Yes Mimi…" Matt said, "…let's go home."
And they turned and started walking towards Odiaba, framed by the fist few rays of the rising sun. Matt could help reflecting as they walked from the battleground about how much each of them had changed, how he had changed, since a few months ago, when they were still innocent kids enjoying a summer's day at camp. He saw how much they had grown, matured, become stronger people through all the trials they faced. He knew that through all the problems that they would face in the coming years, that they would remain strong and would prevail despite anything the fates threw at them. It was destiny.
The war was over. A new beginning had dawned.
As the Digidestined disappeared from sight, a black mist began rising over the battlefield. It swirled over the ruins of Eviltarimon's villa, in particular the shattered remains of the crystal obelisk. The mist congealed into a luminous black sphere.
It extended a tentacle of black energy, and sighingly caressed the pieces of crystal. Source was not pleased, Eviltarimon had failed him and now one of his most important tools was in shatters. It raised a gleaming chunk of crystal, and scrutinized it for a few seconds. Such a waste, he had lost probably the most powerful servants of darkness ever. Source tossed it aside with regret. What things he could have done if he could have only managed to convert the other two. It was truly a shame.
Source melted back into the shadows. This was not the end. Evil, like good, could never be destroyed. Only reborn.
There was always next time…
The End.
So what did you think? Please tell me, please? The romance one will be coming out as soon as my computer comes back from the shop. So until then…see ya around.
ShannonL