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Part 15
The ground grumbled and trembled as another earthquake shook everything up.
"I hate how you can't see the sun. It's so gloomy here. Even the flowers are wilting," Kari said sadly.
"I know. Did you see the destruction back in the forests?" Tk asked.
"Yeah, there were a lot of villages that were massacred."
Tk noticed her shivering, and snaked his arm around her waist. "What's the matter?"
Kari sighed, as she leaned against Tk. "What if they're too strong? What if we can't beat them?"
"We will beat them. Don't lose hope."
"You really think so?"
"I know so."
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Two days had passed and it was surprisingly quiet. The only bad thing was that the sky was a dark and gloomy gray. Out in the distance, a loud fiery explosion rattled the ground.
Tai shot his head up from eating. "Trouble!"
Within minutes they all said good-bye to Gennai, Piximon, and Mercuria.
The Digimon digivolved quickly. Garurumon reached the site of the explosion. He stopped and stared at the scene before him. It turned the insides of his stomach upside down as he thought of Darkenmon.
The others stopped horified at what they saw. Ogremon, Leomon, a few Gekomon, and other Digimon injured. They were shocked at how their body parts were ripped off of them.
Leomon groaned, causing everyone to crowd around him. "Digidestined, you must defeat him. Darkenmon is ten times worse than Piedmon. He ambushed us on our way to Gennai. He said that…that he…was…going to-to take someone…"
"Who?" asked Matt.
"He wants-to-to-make her his Dark Queen. He wants to take-" He stopped suddenly as his breath stopped short.
"No!" Kari cried as she flung herself into Tk's arms.
Tears started streaming down Delia's face as Matt comforted her.
"No, not again. Too much death," whispered Mimi. She took one more look before she fainted in Joe's arms from the sight of blood and massacred body parts.
"Who? No! Leomon! You can't die!" yelled a frustrated Joe.
Although tears threatened her eyes, Sora refused to cry.
Tears left a path down Asia's cheeks as she cried, "This is worse than some war! All the destruction, pain, and suffering..." She flung herself into the nearest person's arms, which happened to be Izzy's arms.
"They will come back to us…the Primary Village…they have to…" Joe's voice trailed off.
Suddenly a noise from the bush startled everyone. Soon they saw a ragged Elecmon stumble over to them. "The Primary Village…the babies…gone! All gone!" he said right before he collapsed.
Sora, Delia, and Asia ran towards Elecmon. They began tearing pieces of their clothing off, as Joe suddenly snapped into motion, laying Mimi gently on the ground. He then searched through Mimi's purse to find a container of some sort. He found an empty water bottle.
The others soon followed their example. After their cuts were cleaned, Sora's hands started to glow. She placed it over Elecmon's body, leaving his bruises and wounds completely gone. She then went over to the other Digimon that were injured. In no time, they were up and walking. Surprisingly no blood was on her.
Ogremon, Leomon, two Gekomon were the only ones that could not be saved, since their body parts were tossed all over the place and burnt.
Everyone helped all of the Digimon that were injured travel to Gennai's, where they would be safe. When they arrived, Gennia, Mercuria, and Piximon saw how lifeless the Digidestined's eyes were.
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Darkenmon and Spiritmon laughed at the Digidestined.
"Did you see their faces when they saw all those Digimon? It was absolutely priceless," Dakenmon said gleefully.
"They seem so lifeless now. It was delicious killing all of these Digimon. Especially, Leomon and Ogremon," replied Spiritmon.
"Yes, it was rich killing them off and destroying all those helpless baby Digimon in the Primary Village. You know, I suddenly have a need for more bloodshed," Darkenmon said darkly.
"I know of a Yokomon village that's still standing," Spiritmon said evilly.
"Excellant. We can leave a trail of Yokomon blood to a pile of more dead Digimon. We've gotta do something to break Sora's spirit," Darkenmon boomed.
"Master, perhaps we should try a different approach…" trailed Spiritmon.
"No. I will somehow turn her to our side and then wham! We win. Of course, it'll have to be after she's most vulnerable."
Spiritmon suddenly looked confused. "And when is that?"
"After the deaths of the Yokomon, and her Digimon."
"Oh I see."
"Then she will be mine. My Dark Queen."
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The next day, everyone left to head towards the Dark Tyrant's castle. On their way, they would check for injured Digimon.
Matt and Tai tried to lighten the mood with their antics. It worked for awhile and then they too started to feel lifeless.
Sora was now the only one tried to keep everyone's hope alive. Even Tk began to lose hope. "Oh come on everyone. You can't lose hope. We will beat him," Sora said.
"Hope? At what cost will we defeat him? Huh Sora? Ever think of all those that are suffering?" Matt snapped.
Even Mimi began to get annoyed with Sora's hope and attitude. *She's too lively! How can anyone have so much hope after what we saw? Is she blind or something?*
"Yeah Sora. Why are you so insensitive?" asked Izzy.
"Don't you have feelings? Don't you feel anything for those that are suffering. Geez Sora, where'd you leave your heart?" Tai asked.
*And she's supposed to be my sister? I can't believe how she can be lively. And I thought she was supposed to have a lot of love for everyone* Delia frowned.
*Yeah* Kari agreed. *Where exactly is your heart?*
"Sora, how come you don't look so sad? Where are your tears. You know I use to be a Yokomon too," Biyomon said angrily.
"I do care Bi. I-"
"Save it," Asia said.
Sora felt like she was being stung. Everyone had snapped at her, including her own sister and Biyomon. Sora began to lag behind. She sighed sadly. Maybe they are right…I must be foolish to have such high hopes…but still…Hey! Isn't Tk supposed to be the hopeful one? What's happening to everyone? Am I the only one that isn't changing? Everyone is so tense…it's like they're a time bomb. I can't even say one word without setting someone off. A solitary tear found its way out of her eye.
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"Is everything set?"
"Yes Master. They should be headed towards the spot at anytime soon.
"Good."
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A scream startled Sora out of her train of thoughts. She quickly ran up ahead of everyone and found what made Mimi scream. It was a horrible statue made up of dead Yokomon.
"Sick. Just plain sick," commented Izzy.
Biyomon was horrified. All of her friends and family…gone. She suddenly felt a dark presence. "Biyomon digivolve to Birdramon!"
Suddenly an Earthquake started to rattle everyone's bones. The ground between Sora and the others suddenly broke apart. Birdramon cawed as Sora was suddenly thrown back. By now everyone had transformed and digivolved, but they couldn't make it over the large gap, due to an invisible force field, created by Spiritmon.
Sora got up. Before she could turn around, a hand grabbed her, pinning her arms to her side. She screamed as his cold hand covered her mouth.
The others stared back in horror and helplessness. They could see the terror in her eyes.
"Meteor Wings!"
Darkenmon screamed, losing his grip on Sora. "Why you!" he screamed. "Grisly Lightning!"
Birdramon dodged it and digivolved to Garudamon.
"No! Garudamon! Be careful!"
"Don't worry Sora, I'll protect you!"
"How sweet! You're giving me cavities. Grisly Lightning!" This time his attack hit Garudamon before she could attack, causing her to de-digivolve back to Biyomon.
"Golden Illusion!"
"Ahhh! Spiritmon! Come over here. Who cares about that forcefield now?"
"Royal Nemesis!" Darkenmon easily sidestepped it as Spiritmon advanced towards the fallen Digimon. Spiritmon yelled, "Spirit's Revenge!" as Biyomon suddenly disappeared, leaving the spirit.
"No! Biyomon!"
"Sora, don't worry. I'll always be with you. But before I go, here's something for you," Biyomon said softly.
The others finally reached over just in time to see Spiritmon suck Biyomon's spirit into her sphere. In one blinding light, Biyomon's life-force entered Sora's body, causing her eyes to become a brilliant shade of blue, which looked like you could see the wind itself. After the light died down, everyone gasped at the two graceful white wings. Her tiara was now silver.
"Power Spheres!" yelled Darkenmon and before anyone could stop the attack, it hit Sora, causing her to scream and collapse. Before she hit the ground, her wings disappeared. Darkenmon laughed evilly as he said, "Now I've got her. She's mine!" And with that he left with Spiritmon, taking Sora with them.
It all had happened so fast! "Sora!" they screamed. Fear, shock, regret, and guilt now plagued their hearts and souls. If only they didn't snap at Sora like that. Delia and Tai felt the worse. "We should make camp here. It's getting late," Izzy said.
"I guess I should try and catch some fish for dinner," Joe said dully.
"Arg!" Tai punched a nearby tree. "It's all my fault!"
"Tai don't take the blame," Mimi said softly.
"It wasn't your fault that she was taken and Biyomon was killed," Agumon said sadly.
"No I mean how I acted before that stuff happened. Now I might never see her again! Who knows what Darkenmon might do to her!" Tai said, hitting his head against the tree.
"Tai, we all said and treated her badly," Matt told him.
"And hitting your head isn't going to get her back," Asia added.
"How would you know if we can get her back…she's probably…" Tai's voice trailed off.
"Don't talk like that!" Kari spoke up.
"And why not?" Tai challenged.
"Because she would've been killed on the spot," Izzy said logically.
"Yeah but maybe she's being tortured or…worse," Tai said softly.
"Tai, we can't lose hope. Sora didn't," Tk said.
"You're right. First thing tomorrow, we'll go get Sora back," Tai said enthusiastically.
"Now let's go get some fish and eat. We can tell funny and embarrassing stories, so we won't lose hope," Joe said.
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Sora could feel something wet on her forehead. She got up to see a wet towel. The warm rays of sunshine found it's way to Sora. She put her hand down to get up. She was surprised to feel something silky. Bed sheets? What? Where am I?
"You're at my castle, my dear."
Sora jumped out of the bed to find Darkenmon in the doorway. "What are you going to do to me?" Sora's brave voice began to crack a little.
"Nothing that will hurt. You see my dear, after I saw how the others were treating you, I decided to capture you and show you a better life where you are respected and feared."
"But you killed all of those Yokomon and-and Biyomon."
"No. It was Spiritmon who did this. I just wanted to knock Biyomon unconscious so I could bring her with you."
"Why?"
"Because I saw how uncaring the others were. They don't love you. What kind of friends would say such nasty things to you? What kind of friends would just stand there, not attempting to help you in any way? Some friends! Cold and uncaring. At least here you won't feel so vulnerable. So what do you say? Will you join me as my Dark Queen?"
"Your Queen?"
"If you aren't sure, let me show you something." He opened up a portal to see everyone laughing, smiling, and talking as they ate. "See. What did I tell you? They don't care about you. Look at the good time they're having without you."
"No! I can't believe it. Tai loves me…I know it…"
"Is that so?" He then turned the portal to see Mimi putting her arm around Tai while he's smiling and saying something to Mimi.
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"Oh cheer up Tai," Mimi said encouragingly as she put her arm around his shoulder. "You can't lose hope for Sora's sake.'
Tai grinned. "You're right."
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"So what do you say? Will you join me and be my Queen?"
Sora hesitated a moment before taking his outstretched hand.
"I'll take that as a yes." A dark light shot through Sora's body, transforming her. Her dress was now crimson and her eyes were colder. A long slit ran up her dress revealing a large portion of her leg. Her wings appeared white but quickly turned into a black color. Her tiara was now made of deep blue sapphires matching her cold eye color.
Sora could feel a rush of energy. She suddenly had a lust for destruction and revenge. Hate and anger graciously seized her once peaceful nature and turned her into a vicious opponent.
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Sora an evil Queen of Darkenmon? What is the Digiworld coming to? How will the others react to this? Find out in part 16. Coming soon to a website near you!