Powers Released #6
Eight Become Four
Once they were in the castle, Tai contacted Izzy and gave him an update. "So we're in and we all have out powers now."
"Prodigious! Now I have Apoclymon located in the main audience hall. I also want to emphasize the next part of the prophecy. It says 'eight will become four'. I don't know what that means, but keep it in mind. All I can say is good luck!"
Tai smiled. "Thanks Izzy. We'll talk to you after. Keep in touch." Tai put the digivice back on his pocket and turned to the rest of the gang. "Let's go people. We have a digimon to take down."
Everyone followed Tai towards where Izzy said was thier enemy. Alexis hung towards the back. Something didn't seem right. When they got to the audience chamber it was empty.
Tai looked all around, as did everyone else. "It's empty" Stated Mimi.
"This is the place Izzy said." Tai said.
"So where is he?" Matt said.
"Oh now, I wouldn't run away from the chance to beat my arch enemies to digipulp." Someone said from the darkness.
Alexis looked behind her and saw two red glowing eyes. "Behind us." She said running away towards the others.
Apoclymon came into view. "So you're back Guardian of Compassion." He said. "And you brought back friends for me to destroy, thank you."
Alexis shook her head. "I didn't bring you anything! We're here to destroy you!" She yelled back. They all gathered up thier energy, getting ready for an attack.
"I think you might be surprised by what you see." Apoclymon said. Alexis' energy built inside her. She was ready.
But Tai jumped the gun. "May the power of fire be released!" He shouted. Nothing happened.
Apoclymon laughed and threw an energy blast at Tai. Tai jumped out of the way just in time.
That's when everyone else attacked.
"May the power of ice be released!"
"May the power of earth be released!"
"May the power of wind be released!"
"May the power of water be realeasd!"
"May the power of flora be released!"
"May the power of spirit be released!"
"May the power of energy be released!"
None of the attacks work. The rome was still as quiet as ever. Apoclymon laughed and started throwing more energy balls at the digidestined. Sora ran for cover. Joe pulled Mimi behind a rock. T.K. and Kari ducked while running for portection.
Alexis was caught right in the middle. She saw one coming her way, but froze. She held her hands up and felt something push her out of the way. She landed to the side and looked up. Matt had saved her, but now he was down and not moving. "Matt!" She yelled. She went to him and dragged his body behind a nearby boulder.
Apoclymon threw his head back in laughter and began a barrage of energy balls against the surrounding walls. Stones fell, but none of the digidestined were hurt.
Alexis cried as she saw blood coming from Matt's chest. She ripped open his shirt and used it to apply pressure. "Matt I tried to warn you. Please don't leave me!" She cried.
Matt stirred and opened his eyes. He looked up at her and smiled. He raised a hand and wiped a tear from her cheek. "Don't worry about me. Together you are strong. You can fight him." He whispered. "No! I don't care about him! I care about you!" She said. "You can't leave me!"
"You don't need me. You are more powerful than you appear to be. I know because we are like the same. Without you I can't live."
She smiled. "Without you, I can't live...because.......I...love....you."
He smiled. "I love you too." She leaned down and kissed him.
When she came up, they were both glowing. They seemed to reach an understanding. To be a friend, you have to have comapassion, and vise-versa.
Then together they said with an angelic voice. "Friendship and compassion are as one. Without one there is none." They glowed brighter until together they formed a ball of light. It went up into the sky and stopped right behind Apoclymon.
The other digidestined saw this and stood in awe. "Eight become four." Sora said. "We can't fight him individually. We have to combine our powers." She told everyone else.
Tai nodded and turned towards Sora. "Sora I love you. I never had the courage to say it before, but now I do."
She smiled. "Oh, Tai." She leaned in and kissed him. They started to glow and when they broke away, they seamed to see reality. A person can't fall in love unless they have the courage to say it. And love without courage isn't true love at all.
They said together: "Courage and love are as one. Without one, there is none." They became a ball of light and joined Matt and Alexis in the sky. They stopped to Apoclymon's left.
Mimi turned to Joe and smiled. "Ya know I've been meaning to tell you. Thank you for saving me, before."
Joe blushed. "Anything for you Mimi. I love..." Joe was cute off by Mimi lips. They kissed and soon broke away. They saw in each other the true meaning of Reliability and Sincerity. When Joe thought of Mimi, he was being sincere and Mimi was relying on him. They said in one voice: "Sincerity and reliability are as one. Without one there is none." They too turned into a ball of light and joined the others. They went up and stopped on the right side of the digimon.
T.K. looked at Kari who was staring at the whole scene with wonder. He smiled. He loved the way she looked, the way she talked, he loved everything about her.
She noticed him staring at her and smiled. He leaned in and kissed her. They pulled away glowing and looked into each others eyes. T.K. had hope that she like him and Kari knew they were meant to be together. With this they reached the truth. They glowed into a ball of light and finished the formation around Apoclymon by going to his front.
They all knew they were stronger together. They said in unison. "May the power within us be released!" Power flowed out of each ball of light and hit Apoclymon from all sides. The energy became electricity and shocked him over and over again. He screamed in agony, "This can't be! Noooo!!!" His body began to dissolve and he dissapeared.
With thier tasks done, the children came to the ground and returned to normal. Alexis looked beside her and saw Matt was back to normal. "Your Ok!" She ran up to him and he caught her in his arms.
"Thanks to you I am." He replied. They kissed and everyone joined them! Kari kissed T.K., Sora kissed Tai, and Mimi kissed Joe. Everything seemed to be Ok, until they heard a rumbling.
Rocks started to fall from the ceiling and land all around the digidestined.
"Without Apoclymon, this cave is collapsing!" T.K. yelled.
"We have to get out of here!" Sora said.
Kari looked behind her. There was a huge boulder blocking the entrance. "We're trapped!"
Alexis thought about the last part of the prophecy. 'Knowledge would bring nine home' "Tai, call Izzy! He has to bring us back!"
Tai nodded, "Right!" He picked up his digivice and contacted Izzy. "Izzy we won but the cave is collapsing! You have got to get us out of here!"
Izzy heard Tai's cry for help, but didn't know what to do. "I don't know how!" He yelled in to his digivice.
"You have enough knowledge Izzy! As much as you need!" Alexis voice came back.
Izzy thought for a moment. I do have enough. I have more than I need. He looked up in the sky and smiled. "Tai get everyone and gather around real close!"
"Got it!" Tai replied.
Izzy closed his eyes and concentrated with his heart and with his mind.
"Knowledge is as abundant
As the sky over the land
May the power of lightning be released!"
A huge lightning storm began to form over his head. Lightning bolts came down, but didn't hit him.
In the cave, lightning bolts were coming through as well. Everyone clenched each other tight as the wind grew. The lightning bolts seemed to land in a circle formation around them. When one large lightning came down right on top of them, it split into four and went around them instead.
When the lightning stopped, everyone looked around. They were back in the realworld. Back in the park to be presice. Evryone cheered and hugged each other.
"Izzy! You did it. You did it!" Tai yelled.
Izzy came out from behind a tree and smiled. "I'm right here, you don't have to yell.
Tai asked. "Hey! Anyone for some celebrating?" Evryone cheered. "Ok let's go get some pizza!" He started to leave and everyone followed them. Everyone, but Alexis.
Matt turned and saw she wasn't coming. He went back for her. "Don't you want to come?"
Alexis shook her head and smiled. "This is the digidestined's party. I can't be included."
Matt said nothing, but yelled. "Hey Izzy! Come here for a sec!"
Izzy came over, "What is it, Matt?"
Matt turned to Izzy, "Do you think Alexis could be the ninth digidestined?" He asked.
Izzy thought for a moment. "I don't know. But let's find out." He opened his computer and started typing. Soon Gennai's face came on. "I'm glad that you were able to defeat Apoclymon. I knew you could with Alexis's help. Seeing as she is the ninth digidesetined. I want to give her my personal thanks for saving the digiworld."
Alexis was shocked, to say the least. Matt smiled and looked her right in the eye. "Now will you come?"
She smiled. "Sure." They all laughed and went to catch up with the others. Alexis thought to herself as they walked to the pizza place. I guess Izzy really did bring nine home. Home in the heart, which now includes me. With that Alexis knew that the next time the digiworld was in danger, she would be there to save it.
Eight Become Four
Once they were in the castle, Tai contacted Izzy and gave him an update. "So we're in and we all have out powers now."
"Prodigious! Now I have Apoclymon located in the main audience hall. I also want to emphasize the next part of the prophecy. It says 'eight will become four'. I don't know what that means, but keep it in mind. All I can say is good luck!"
Tai smiled. "Thanks Izzy. We'll talk to you after. Keep in touch." Tai put the digivice back on his pocket and turned to the rest of the gang. "Let's go people. We have a digimon to take down."
Everyone followed Tai towards where Izzy said was thier enemy. Alexis hung towards the back. Something didn't seem right. When they got to the audience chamber it was empty.
Tai looked all around, as did everyone else. "It's empty" Stated Mimi.
"This is the place Izzy said." Tai said.
"So where is he?" Matt said.
"Oh now, I wouldn't run away from the chance to beat my arch enemies to digipulp." Someone said from the darkness.
Alexis looked behind her and saw two red glowing eyes. "Behind us." She said running away towards the others.
Apoclymon came into view. "So you're back Guardian of Compassion." He said. "And you brought back friends for me to destroy, thank you."
Alexis shook her head. "I didn't bring you anything! We're here to destroy you!" She yelled back. They all gathered up thier energy, getting ready for an attack.
"I think you might be surprised by what you see." Apoclymon said. Alexis' energy built inside her. She was ready.
But Tai jumped the gun. "May the power of fire be released!" He shouted. Nothing happened.
Apoclymon laughed and threw an energy blast at Tai. Tai jumped out of the way just in time.
That's when everyone else attacked.
"May the power of ice be released!"
"May the power of earth be released!"
"May the power of wind be released!"
"May the power of water be realeasd!"
"May the power of flora be released!"
"May the power of spirit be released!"
"May the power of energy be released!"
None of the attacks work. The rome was still as quiet as ever. Apoclymon laughed and started throwing more energy balls at the digidestined. Sora ran for cover. Joe pulled Mimi behind a rock. T.K. and Kari ducked while running for portection.
Alexis was caught right in the middle. She saw one coming her way, but froze. She held her hands up and felt something push her out of the way. She landed to the side and looked up. Matt had saved her, but now he was down and not moving. "Matt!" She yelled. She went to him and dragged his body behind a nearby boulder.
Apoclymon threw his head back in laughter and began a barrage of energy balls against the surrounding walls. Stones fell, but none of the digidestined were hurt.
Alexis cried as she saw blood coming from Matt's chest. She ripped open his shirt and used it to apply pressure. "Matt I tried to warn you. Please don't leave me!" She cried.
Matt stirred and opened his eyes. He looked up at her and smiled. He raised a hand and wiped a tear from her cheek. "Don't worry about me. Together you are strong. You can fight him." He whispered. "No! I don't care about him! I care about you!" She said. "You can't leave me!"
"You don't need me. You are more powerful than you appear to be. I know because we are like the same. Without you I can't live."
She smiled. "Without you, I can't live...because.......I...love....you."
He smiled. "I love you too." She leaned down and kissed him.
When she came up, they were both glowing. They seemed to reach an understanding. To be a friend, you have to have comapassion, and vise-versa.
Then together they said with an angelic voice. "Friendship and compassion are as one. Without one there is none." They glowed brighter until together they formed a ball of light. It went up into the sky and stopped right behind Apoclymon.
The other digidestined saw this and stood in awe. "Eight become four." Sora said. "We can't fight him individually. We have to combine our powers." She told everyone else.
Tai nodded and turned towards Sora. "Sora I love you. I never had the courage to say it before, but now I do."
She smiled. "Oh, Tai." She leaned in and kissed him. They started to glow and when they broke away, they seamed to see reality. A person can't fall in love unless they have the courage to say it. And love without courage isn't true love at all.
They said together: "Courage and love are as one. Without one, there is none." They became a ball of light and joined Matt and Alexis in the sky. They stopped to Apoclymon's left.
Mimi turned to Joe and smiled. "Ya know I've been meaning to tell you. Thank you for saving me, before."
Joe blushed. "Anything for you Mimi. I love..." Joe was cute off by Mimi lips. They kissed and soon broke away. They saw in each other the true meaning of Reliability and Sincerity. When Joe thought of Mimi, he was being sincere and Mimi was relying on him. They said in one voice: "Sincerity and reliability are as one. Without one there is none." They too turned into a ball of light and joined the others. They went up and stopped on the right side of the digimon.
T.K. looked at Kari who was staring at the whole scene with wonder. He smiled. He loved the way she looked, the way she talked, he loved everything about her.
She noticed him staring at her and smiled. He leaned in and kissed her. They pulled away glowing and looked into each others eyes. T.K. had hope that she like him and Kari knew they were meant to be together. With this they reached the truth. They glowed into a ball of light and finished the formation around Apoclymon by going to his front.
They all knew they were stronger together. They said in unison. "May the power within us be released!" Power flowed out of each ball of light and hit Apoclymon from all sides. The energy became electricity and shocked him over and over again. He screamed in agony, "This can't be! Noooo!!!" His body began to dissolve and he dissapeared.
With thier tasks done, the children came to the ground and returned to normal. Alexis looked beside her and saw Matt was back to normal. "Your Ok!" She ran up to him and he caught her in his arms.
"Thanks to you I am." He replied. They kissed and everyone joined them! Kari kissed T.K., Sora kissed Tai, and Mimi kissed Joe. Everything seemed to be Ok, until they heard a rumbling.
Rocks started to fall from the ceiling and land all around the digidestined.
"Without Apoclymon, this cave is collapsing!" T.K. yelled.
"We have to get out of here!" Sora said.
Kari looked behind her. There was a huge boulder blocking the entrance. "We're trapped!"
Alexis thought about the last part of the prophecy. 'Knowledge would bring nine home' "Tai, call Izzy! He has to bring us back!"
Tai nodded, "Right!" He picked up his digivice and contacted Izzy. "Izzy we won but the cave is collapsing! You have got to get us out of here!"
Izzy heard Tai's cry for help, but didn't know what to do. "I don't know how!" He yelled in to his digivice.
"You have enough knowledge Izzy! As much as you need!" Alexis voice came back.
Izzy thought for a moment. I do have enough. I have more than I need. He looked up in the sky and smiled. "Tai get everyone and gather around real close!"
"Got it!" Tai replied.
Izzy closed his eyes and concentrated with his heart and with his mind.
"Knowledge is as abundant
As the sky over the land
May the power of lightning be released!"
A huge lightning storm began to form over his head. Lightning bolts came down, but didn't hit him.
In the cave, lightning bolts were coming through as well. Everyone clenched each other tight as the wind grew. The lightning bolts seemed to land in a circle formation around them. When one large lightning came down right on top of them, it split into four and went around them instead.
When the lightning stopped, everyone looked around. They were back in the realworld. Back in the park to be presice. Evryone cheered and hugged each other.
"Izzy! You did it. You did it!" Tai yelled.
Izzy came out from behind a tree and smiled. "I'm right here, you don't have to yell.
Tai asked. "Hey! Anyone for some celebrating?" Evryone cheered. "Ok let's go get some pizza!" He started to leave and everyone followed them. Everyone, but Alexis.
Matt turned and saw she wasn't coming. He went back for her. "Don't you want to come?"
Alexis shook her head and smiled. "This is the digidestined's party. I can't be included."
Matt said nothing, but yelled. "Hey Izzy! Come here for a sec!"
Izzy came over, "What is it, Matt?"
Matt turned to Izzy, "Do you think Alexis could be the ninth digidestined?" He asked.
Izzy thought for a moment. "I don't know. But let's find out." He opened his computer and started typing. Soon Gennai's face came on. "I'm glad that you were able to defeat Apoclymon. I knew you could with Alexis's help. Seeing as she is the ninth digidesetined. I want to give her my personal thanks for saving the digiworld."
Alexis was shocked, to say the least. Matt smiled and looked her right in the eye. "Now will you come?"
She smiled. "Sure." They all laughed and went to catch up with the others. Alexis thought to herself as they walked to the pizza place. I guess Izzy really did bring nine home. Home in the heart, which now includes me. With that Alexis knew that the next time the digiworld was in danger, she would be there to save it.