Digimon: Digital Monsters
Mirror, Mirror—Part VI(B)
By 7 of 11
Masayoshi hammered on the steel door which Kana and Aphroditemon had disappeared through, but the cold metal refused to yield. "No!" He shouted. They were being separated, and he could guess that another challenge awaited Kana on the other side of the barrier. And for all he knew, Scarabmon might have destroyed Jun and Sikamon already.
"Mud Slinger!" Marshmon whirled around, lobbing a glob of dirt at the hovering BlackRosemon. It hit her in the face, splattering over her body. The dark brown was almost invisible against the dark color of her petals.
An expression of disgust on her face, BlackRosemon wiped the mud off. "Oh, you'll pay for that one, little Digimon. Blossomarang!" She tossed a spinning flower at the smaller Digimon. He jumped into the air, and barely missed getting sliced in two by the weapon. But when Marshmon thought he was safe, the disc switched directions, shooting straight at Marshmon's retreating back. It slammed into him, exploding and pitching him forward. He hit the floor, bounced off his head, and then skidded to a stop, unmoving.
"No! Marshmon!" Masa rushed to his friend. As he stroked his partner's bruised head caringly, he didn't notice Alt-Mimi's cold eyes affixed onto his back. She pointed lazily, and BlackRosemon moved to attack.
"Petal Blast!" The attack hit the unsuspecting Masayoshi directly, picking him up and slamming him into the wall.
Marshmon, still a bit dizzy, yet protected from the blow, stood up. "How can you do that?" He shouted. "Masayoshi is your son!"
Alt-Mimi chuckled coldly. "My son? MY son? He is no more my son than a random child in your world is is. His mother is the pathetic weakling that we have captured, not me."
Marshmon felt a strange tingling in his paws. "Oh, you'll pay for everything, Mimi. You will pay!" He started to glow. "Marshmon digivolve to…KELPMON!" Marshmon's new form looked somewhat like a little sea otter. However, his fur, instead of the normal brown, was a dark green. Also, he had big leaves of kelp where his flippers should be.
Kelpmon looked angrily at BlackRosemon. "Both of you are sickening…and for that you must be stopped. TSUNAMI!" He leapt into the air, and started rotating around and around. A large column of water appeared where he was spinning. Without warning, he paused and flipped, giving the waterspout a good 'THWACK' with his broad tail. A gigantic jet spewed at the duo, drenching them solidly.
"Heh heh heh heh…" BlackRosemon appeared through the mist and drove her foot into Kelpmon's chest, sending him backwards. "You idiot, don't you know that giving a plant water makes it more healthy? Petal Blast!" She attacked, and Kelpmon cried out in a shout of pure agony.
"You know, you should just give up! It's obvious you can't win, and giving yourself up would ensure you a quick and painless…well, mostly painless execution." Alt-Mimi's dark eyes flashed red in the dim light.
Masa picked himself off the floor. "Never!" he yelled forcefully, and both Alt-Mimi and
BlackRosemon turned to him in surprise.
BlackRosemon flew to him. "What did you say?" she snarled.
"I said, we will never surrender! Not to the likes of you! Because if we give up, you will hurt more innocent people! And we won't ever let that happen, we WILL beat you!" He began to raise his fist for emphasis, but he stopped as a brilliant crimson glow came from his chest. His Crest, the Crest of Spirit, was shining brightly.
"Kelpmon Digivolve to…VINMON!" The fully evolved form of Marshmon was a human shape Digimon. Sharing the same greenish color of his earlier Digivolutions, he sprouted long, prehensile vines where his hands should be. An orange streak ran down his entire back, and a small dorsal fin projected from his spine. Vinmon prepared for battle. "Now the odds are even!" he yelled.
Using his vines as a springboard, Vinmon leapt into the air, rebounding off a wall and coming to rest right behind his opponents, who were confused for a brief second as to where he had gone. But that second was enough. "Chloro Blast!" A bomb of verdant energy erupted in-between the two, throwing them in opposite directions.
BlackRosemon spun in midair. "Nice try, but not good enough! Blossomarang!"
"Vine Lash!" Vinmon met her attack, and the resulting blast knocked them both back.
The battle would have been a fair match, if it weren't for one thing. Alt-Mimi reached into her purse and pulled out a little gadget with a large red button on it. "Take this!" She pressed it, and suddenly, a section of the wall paneling slid open, revealing a hidden turret, which rotated to track Vinmon, and spat energy, the red laser hitting the Ultimate-Stage Digimon. He fell to the ground, unmoving.
"Time's Scepter!" A beam of blue light smashed into the laser turret. Gouts of fire spewed from it and it exploded. Alt-Mimi turned to see Jun and Oraclemon.
"What?" she hissed. "No, this isn't possible!"
Vinmon got up. He smiled at Oraclemon, recognizing Sikamon. "What do you think? Should we defeat them together?"
The newcomer nodded. "I think that would be a good idea." He raised his hand, and a rod of glowing azure power appeared.
Vinmon summoned his bomb from nothingness, and then threw it. "Chloro Blast!"
"Time's Scepter!" Oraclemon's attack joined Vinmon's, and they both slammed into BlackRosemon. Uttering a last squeal of pain, she disintegrated into Digi-dust.
Alt-Mimi looked worried. "Get away from me! Don't come any nearer!" She held up her hands in protest.
"Vine Lash!" Vinmon whipped his hand around, and the vine caught Alt-Mimi around the neck, constricting. He lifted her up into the air. She tried to get free, but it was of no use. Eventually, she fell silent and went limp. Vinmon discarded her body, tossing it against a wall.
Tears trickled down Masayoshi's face. "She was my mommy…you killed my mommy!" he sobbed, turning away from Vinmon.
He went over to his crying partner. "Believe me, Masayoshi…I didn't want to. But whatever she was, just know that she was NOT your mom. Your mother is a better person than she was…"
The sounds of battle coming from beyond the steel door cut him off. "What is that?" Jun yelped.
"It's Kana and Aphroditemon…" Vinmon said grimly.
To be continued…