DISCLAIMER - I don't own Digimon, but Nexusmon is my creation.
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Author's Notes - Wow! I'm sorry I left you all hanging on so long! I just got really precoccuiped with other stuff in the run-up to Christmas. Well, here we are, Chapter Nine - the penultimate chapter! Just one more to go after this! There's nothing more to say, so I'll just give a quick recap for anyone who's memory is failing them. ^_^
After suffering from a series of hallucinations and such like, the DigiDestined made contact with their Digimon again, and were almost immediately and inadvertantly teleported to America by some kind of power source - to the Nevada desert, to be precise, where the Digimon quickly tracked down the source of the energy that had brought them there - inside the mysterious Area 51! The group discovered that the US military was attempting to breach the dimensional barrier between Earth and the DigiWorld, and it was the energy being released from the weakening barier that had caused the Digimon to come to our world again. Somehow, the military had made the world forget about Digimon and the DigiWorld, and conducted experiments on some members of Myotismon's army that had been left over from his assault on Odaiba, in an effort to learn more about Digimon and their home dimension. After a battle, the kids discovered that the military's intentions were benevolent - but the disgruntled General Alexander Reitman had his own plans for the energy which would be released upon breach of the barrier. Deactivating the Digital Inhibitor - the device the army had created to absorb the digital energy which would be unleashed - Reitman absorbed the energy into himself, transforming himself into the ultimate Digital/Organic hybrid - NEXUSMON! Reitman battled WarGreymon and MetalGarurumon, and quickly proved himself to be a formidable foe, capable of regenerating his body almost instantaneously, thanks to his link with the DigiWorld, supplied by the portal he had opened, which is now growing outward, threatening to engulf the world! The Rookie Digimon tried to attack, alongside Omnimon, but discovered that digital energy coming through the portal was being absorbed into their own bodies, pushing them past their normal energy tolerance limits. The kids used their DigiVices to drain off the excess energy, saving the Digimon's lives, but then, re-channeled it back into them, allowing them all to warp-digivolve to their awesome Mega stages! And now, the continuation!
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Ascension
Chapter Nine - "Power Struggle"
By Chris McFeely
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HYPER ELECTRO SHOCKER!
A crackling stream of roiling green electricity hurtled through the air, directly towards Nexusmon, who, had he a mouth, would have smirked.
He side-stepped.
Gotta watch that aim, son, he commented. BINARY WAVE! The translucent energy ripple oscillated through the room, striking HerculesKabuterimon directly in the face, causing him to stagger, but not fall.
DRAGON FIRE! Magnadramon hissed, opening her fanged maw, and belching flames at Nexusmon. He cried out as his body was enveloped in the inferno, while Magnadramon reared back, and thrust her head forward, forcing the flames down on him. None of the kids could see anything through the rampage of orange and red, as the room wavered in front of their eyes due to the heat, but then, a thin cylinder of metal rocketed out of the midst of the fire.
VIRAL CLAW!
Magnadramon's face was raked by the attack, and she collapsed backwards, screaming, as Nexusmon hauled himself free of the fire, his body glowing white hot. Gonna make ya pay... he hissed.
WATER TAIL BLASTER! Plesiomon rasped, whirling his long, prehensile tail outward, and losing off a powerful, high-pressure jet of freezing cold water from it's tip. The roaring water crashed into Nexusmon, super-cooling his white-hot armour, shattering it instantly.
Nexusmon was hurled to the ground as his chest exploded, blowing one of his arms clean off and fracturing his helmet. The limb and the piece of armour clattered to the ground around his body, and then, each severed chunk vanished, turning into a spark of light, which flitted into the portal. As before, Nexusmon's body shimmered, and the damaged areas began to contort and heal.
Don't stop! Tai cried. Keep going! Don't give him time to repair!
Nexusmon snarled, ...is up!
Heaving himself up unsteadily, he hurled himself at Tai, slamming into the boy and knocking him from his feet.
Sora shrieked.
Nexusmon splayed the three stubby fingers on his left arm - the one arm that remained attached to his body, as the other regenerated - and clamped them around Tai's head.
One wrong move, and we get to see what this fella's brain looks like up close and personal-like, Nexusmon threatened. The Mega Digimon all tensed, as Nexusmon tightened his grip around Tai's head. For long seconds, no-one dared moved, as Nexusmon's limb regenerated, and the cracks in his armour sealed themselves. Good doggies, Nexusmon sneered at the Digimon.
Tai emitted a choked noise, as Nexusmon lifted his entire body off of the ground, holding him up by his head. He shook him fiercely, and hurled him aside, allowing him to sail freely through the air, and to smash into a metal-panelled wall, which crumpled under the force of the impact.
Oh, my God! Sora exclaimed, and literally threw herself to the floor beside Tai. Tai, honey, can you hear me? Are you okay?
Tai groaned, and spat blood. Just... fine... he managed to say. Are we... winning?
SEVEN HEAVENS!
Seraphymon whirled his arms through the air, conjuring seven flaming balls of golden energy, which hung in the air around him, like a fiery halo. He spread his arms wide, and the spheres rocketed outward, searing a path through the air towards Nexusmon.
THORN WHIP! Rosemon cried, lashing the spiked weapon outward, entwining Nexusmon's limbs with its length. Immobilised, Nexusmon struggled against his bonds, but could only watch as the septet of golden orbs tore the air asunder as they streaked towards him. Each of the energy balls in turn smashed into him, fracturing his chest plate in three places, blowing his right lower leg clean off, tearing a hole through his left thigh and upper arm, and shattering his helmet visor.
This was proving to be a challenge.
Izzy nervously nudged Sam's dead body aside, and began frantically tapping keys on the computer console. Joe, still clutching his shoulder, and Mimi, supporting him on her shoulder, looked over his shoulder, as Sora saw to Tai, and Matt, Takeru and Kari directed the Digimon in battle.
What are you doing? Joe asked, shifting his weight.
Trying to... access the command relays for the Inhibitor... Izzy muttered, his eyes never moving from the small screen in front of him.
But it's destroyed! Mimi squeaked.
Yes... but if I can find it's schematics... or program files... Izzy typed furiously, I may... be able to work something...
The console beeped loudly, and everyone tensed, turning to look at Nexusmon, but he seemed to preoccupied with re-growing his leg to take notice. Izzy exhaled, and looked back at the screen.
he mused.
Joe asked. What is it?
It's not the Inhibitor... it's some kind of energy projection device... Izzy tapped a few more keys. Doesn't seem to have a name... but... he hit a few more buttons, ...it broadcasts a psionic dampening field on any scale up to global.
Sy - on - ick? Mimi rolled the word on her tongue.
It has to do with the mind, Joe explained.
Izzy replied. This explains a lot.
Mind sharing with us? Matt called over, having been listening to the conversation.
These are the designs of the machine that was used to make the world forget! Izzy explained. To forget about Digimon! To forget about the DigiWorld! To forget about us!
Kari said, with a twinge of sarcasm. And what good does that do us right at this very second, braniac?
I'll... get back to you on that! Izzy replied.
SUPREME CANNON!
CRIMSON FLAME!
Thunderous purple bolts of plasma ripped through the room, surrounded by an aura of reddish-orange flame, exploding around Nexusmon, scorching his armour, but not doing much damage. He still had not repaired all the damage done to him, as he was expending energy in fending off his opponents and was unable to focus on regeneration. None of the damn kids were close enough for him to grab this time, either, and he could jump for one with only one leg.
Digital Thunder! Nexusmon screamed, retracting what remained of his visor and smashing Omnimon in the chest with a direct hit. Phoenixmon swooped aside, and the beam missed her. The muscular Digimon staggered backwards, but remained standing. Nexusmon cursed under his breath... his energy levels were being spread too thin. He was going to have to do someth... eh? What was that little computer nerd kid doing over there?
Nexusmon snarled. Get away from that!
Izzy's head jerked up, as he saw Nexusmon gesture at him.
GIGA SCISSOR CLAW! HerculesKabuterimon rasped, and promptly hacked off Nexusmon's outstretched arm with his scaly mandibles. Nexusmon screeched, and began to regrow his limb again. His leg was complete, but his armour fractures were still not healed fully.
The portal.
He had no choice.
Almost got it... Izzy mumbled, his fingers flicking back and forth across the keyboard at a pace neither Mimi nor Joe could keep up with. Almost gottt iiiiiitt....
Takeru exclaimed. What's he doing?
Izzy looked up from the screen, but his hands continued to dance on the keys, almost automatically. Nexusmon was holding his arms - what remained of them - in the air. He was surrendering.
I... I give up, Nexusmon said. I... give up.
Don't try anything funny! Tai said, standing up, out of Sora's arms, which had been holding him since he had fallen. He groaned and held his head as throbbing pain exploded inside.
Get up! Matt snapped.
Nexusmon complied.
Is he for real? Mimi queried, putting her hands on her hips.
Doubt it, Izzy said. He continued to type like a mad thing, until there was another beep, and he stopped. A grin came across his face. Got
The Inhibitor schematics? Joe asked. Izzy nodded, and then, everyone turned their attention back to Nexusmon.
As everyone stared at the metallic Digimon-human creature, he took a step backwards. The portal, continuing to grow behind him - albeit at a slower rate now, as he was expending so much energy on himself - pulsed with green light, and began to hum louder.
What are you doing? Matt wanted to know. Stop there!
Nexusmon stepped back again.
Stop him! Izzy cried. He's going into the portal!
Supreme Cannon!
Water Tail Blaster!
Starlight Explosion!
Seven Heavens!
Dragon Fire!
Hyper Electro Shocker!
Thorn Whip!
As the attacks tore through the air towards him, Nexusmon simply kicked himself backwards, and sailed into the centre of the crackling green circle that was the digital portal. The energy blasts dissolved, and Rosemon's whip was knocked aside, as they drew close to the portal. Nexusmon hovered directly in the middle of the circle, his body glowing green with the digital energy of the dimensional gateway. Within seconds, his damaged body was healed completely, and he turned his attention back to the DigiDestined and Digimon.
A risky procedure, he commented. Don't know just how long I can hang around like this... but at least I can take out a few annoyances... Nexusmon stretched his left arm out, and twitched his three stubby fingers once, just the slightest bit.
With a massive flash, the seven Mega Digimon were gone, and Koromon, Tsunomon, Yokomon, Tanemon, Bukamon, Motimon, Tokomon and Salamon were sitting in their places.
He's gotten control of the flow of digital energy! Izzy cried out.
Indeed I have, Nexusmon said. And now, you're all going to die.
As the world went white around him, Koushiro Izumi slammed his fist down on the keyboard in front of him, hoping against hope that it would be enough.
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TO BE CONCLUDED!!
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I'm begging over here! I'm down on my hands and knees on this dirty, dirty floor - wont you please R&R? Wont you?
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