Light Within Darkness Part 2
"What do you think is bothering Gennai so much?" Kari asked. She was still scratching Gatomon behind her ears and soon moved her hand to scratch under her chin. "I don't know Kari." TK said, "But whoever Myotismon has working for him sounds scary to me!" "I think we should stay on guard shifts tonight." Tai said, "We don't know when they're going to attack." "I'll go first." Matt said. "I'm next." Tai said. "I'll finish up the night." Joe said. The other kids fell asleep contently near the warming fire. But nothing happened during the night.
Gennai was following Shinji. She was flying swiftly through the night air towards something and away from Myotismon's castle. He was running under her as not for her to draw attention to himself. She landed in front of a cave and walked inside. Gennai couldn't follow Shinji for fear that she would spot him or she would hear her. But Gennai's hearing was amazing and he could hear what was going on inside the cave. "Is everything at Myotismon's castle working?" a deep dark voice asked. "N-not exactly sire." Shinji's voice came back. "What?" the dark voice asked, easily heard that he was angry. "W-well I- MMPH!" Shinji's voice came again. It sounded to Gennai like Shinji was being grabbed by the head. He growled under his breath and reached back to hold the hilt of the sword strapped to his back in a sheath. "If you don't complete your mission, your death will come around quicker than you expected." the dark voice hissed. There was a loud 'thud' that sounded suspiciously like Shinji was being thrown hard against a wall. "Y-yes sire." Shinji said. A sharp 'snap' sounded out that meant the person who Shinji had been speaking with disappeared by magic. Gennai slid into the shadows and waited for Shinji to get out of the cave. She stumbled out and fell to her knees, coughing. She stood shakily back up and flew back towards the castle. Gennai walked out of the shadows and looked at the spot Shinji had coughed on. The grass was covered with blood. "Shinji…" he whispered.
The sun rose. The Digi-destined, except for Joe, woke up with a start at once. The reason being an explosion shook them awake. Agumon and Gabumon instantly warp-digivolved to Wargreymon and Metalgarurumon. They looked around to see what had caused the explosion. Myotismon was hovering above them. Patamon and Gatomon digivolved right along with them into Angemon and Angewomon. "CELESTIAL ARROW!" Angewomon cried. Myotismon dodged the arrow, barely. He grinned slyly. "NOW!" he called out. It was absolute silence for a few seconds. Then, a strange sound came to the children and digimon's ears. It was like a jet, coming out of nowhere and getting louder. Suddenly, Angewomon was slammed into the ground by a white flame. It bounced off Angewomon and stopped by Myotismon's side. The flame abated and the kids saw a… Human? Angewomon slowly raised herself out of the large crater her body had made. "Who…?" she asked. A very cold laugh rang out and Angewomon whirled about. A tall human looking girl was hovering next to Myotismon. "Who are you?!" Tai shouted. "My name is Shinji kid." Shinji said, "And you're gonna die. DARK BEAM!" A beam of black energy shot at Tai. "HAND OF FATE!" Angemon cried, counteracting Shinji's attack. Shinji glanced over at Angemon with a small grin. The white flame reappeared in a blinding flash and Angemon found himself with a foot in his stomach. Shinji grinned. Angemon floated back a few feet, holding his stomach. "TERRA FORCE!" Wargreymon shouted, trying to help the angel. The ball of energy shot at Shinji. She looked at it and disappeared. The ball shot straight for the other digimon. They jumped out of the way. All of them immediately digivolved to their Ultimate levels and headed towards Shinji.
Myotismon moved in front of them. "CRIMSON LIGHTNING!" he shouted. He smacked Lillymon into a spiral spin. "VULCAN'S HAMMER!" Zudomon shouted, enraged. The beam shot straight at Myotismon, rather unexpected. He dodged and the energy shot at Metalgarurumon. It smacked into his face, knocking the metal wolf over. He jumped back up and Shinji appeared standing on his back. Metalgarurumon howled and tried to knock Shinji off his back. She stood there with amazing ease. Angewomon, rather ticked off, tackled Shinji to the ground with amazing speed. Shinji and Angewomon rolled around on the ground until Angewomon pinned Shinji. Shinji slammed her feet, very hard, into Angewomon's chest and she flew back, slamming into a tree. Angemon swung his staff at Shinji but she grabbed it and held it in one hand. She grabbed it with both hands and began spinning him around by his staff. She let go and Angemon flew through quite a few trees. Metalgarurumon lunged at Shinji, teeth first of course, and bit into nothing but a tree. Shinji jumped into the air and landed on Metalgarurumon's head. He jumped around trying desperately to knock Shinji off. Wargreymon flew at Shinji and slammed into Metalgarurumon's head instead. Metalgarurumon fell to the ground. Wargreymon whirled about looking for Shinji. Shinji reappeared before him, just a few inches away from his face. She smirked. "T-TERRA FORCE!" Wargreymon cried, a little bit afraid. The energy smashed into Shinji but had almost no effect. A drop of blood dripped out of Shinji's mouth. "M-MEGA CLAW!" Wargreymon shouted. He slashed again and again but every time; Shinji dodged easily, except for once. His claws slashed her forehead, leaving only one gash, deep but short. It sent blood down Shinji's face, passing through her left eye to do so. She blinked and snarled at Wargreymon.
Wargreymon threw another Terra Force at Shinji but she dodged it and it headed straight for Myotismon. "NNNNOOOOOOOO!!!!" Myotismon cried. The energy slammed into him and he fell to the ground, defeated and soon to be deleted. He turned into digi-dust. Shinji smirked. "Now for you to do the same." she said to the digimon. The tired digimon looked at the slightly injured girl and seemed rather frightened. "CELESTIAL ARROW!" Angewomon cried. "TERRA FORCE!" Wargreymon shouted. "METAL WOLF CALL!" Metalgarurumon called. "HAND OF FATE!" Angemon called. The other digimon used their attacks. They slammed into Shinji, who wasn't even phased. Shinji took them all down to their In-Training forms except for Angemon. She walked towards the injured angel with a small grin on her face. Angemon was holding onto his staff for support as blood flowed from fresh wounds all over his body. Shinji chuckled darkly. "DARK-" she began, raising her hand. "BLAZING SWORD!" a voice called. As it was called, a blazing sword made of energy flew out of the forest and headed towards Shinji's attack. It slashed through it and flew back to the hand of a young man who had leapt out of the forest. It changed back into a normal double-edged sword. Shinji whirled about to see who had stopped her and her gaze turned slightly softer.
"Brother…?" she asked, "Gennai…?" "THAT'S GENNAI?!" Tai shouted. The kids didn't know Gennai was actually a young man. Or that he had a sister. Namely Shinji. Gennai sighed. "Yes it's me." he said, "And Shinji is my sister." Everyone's jaws dropped. "Shinji!" he called to his sister, "Stop this senselessness and come back to the side of good! Remember that you are a Vaccine, dedicated against the ways you have acted in! You are not a Virus!" Shinji shook her head almost violently, as if trying to make something get out of her mind. "NO!" she shouted, "NONONONONONO!!!! MAKE IT STOP!!! MAKEITSTOPMAKEITSTOPMAKEITSTOP!!!!!!!!!!" She stumbled about, still shaking her head violently. "Shinji!" Gennai called again, "You are stronger than this! EXPEL THE DEMON IN YOUR MIND!" "GAAAAAAAAAH!" Shinji shouted in pain. The white flame, more intense than before, returned and Shinji flew off at extremely high speeds. "No Shinji wait!" Gennai called, extending his hand. He brought it back, tightening it into a fist. He glanced back at the Digi-destined, who were holding their very injured digimon. He slid the sword back into its sheath upon his back and walked over to help the children to tend to their digimon's wounds.
Shinji flew back to the cave she had gone to the night before. She stumbled into the darkness. A blazing red glow shone from the darkness and lit up the part of the tunnel. "Sire please no!" Shinji begged, "It wasn't my fault! My brother! He interfered! Sire please don't! Master Hiermon I beg you please don't!" "Silence slave!" Hiermon shouted, "You have failed me! And I don't except failure…" A demonly red gemstone was imbedded in Hiermon's forehead, lighting up part of the tunnel. Shinji was on her knees begging for forgiveness. "Master I promise- MMPH!" Shinji said. Hiermon grabbed Shinji's head again. "Your promises have meant nothing to me!" Hiermon said. He slowly began to clench his hand. "Master I swear that Gennai won't interfere with your plans again!" Shinji said in a muffled voice, struggling to get out of Hiermon's grasp. Hiermon hurled Shinji against the wall, hard. Shinji coughed once and the loose dirt before her mouth became covered in blood. "Master I beg of you…" Shinji said through coughs and clenched teeth, "Please stop…" She began to raise herself up on her elbows but Hiermon put his foot down, literately, on her back, slamming her into the ground again. "If your failures are not learned from, then I will have to beat the lesson into you!" he shouted, stamping on Shinji's back again. Shinji's breath was forced out of her lungs, causing her to gasp for air. But Hiermon pushed his foot harder into Shinji's back, not allowing air into her lungs. "Master please stop!" Shinji begged, "I can't breathe!" "That is the POINT of this lesson!" Hiermon shouted, "Now scream for mercy." But Shinji wasn't able to scream. She needed air to scream. Or do anything else for that matter. Hiermon stamped harder onto Shinji's back, causing what very little air she had left in her lungs to be forcibly removed. "NOW SCREAM!" Hiermon shouted. Shinji opened one eye with quite a bit of effort. "Master I can't…" she said, the edges of her vision beginning to dim. "You WILL or you will DIE!" Hiermon shouted. He stamped his foot harder onto Shinji's back. Using her last ounce of strength, Shinji screamed. Hiermon smiled wickedly as Shinji passed out.
The Digi-destined were resting at Gennai's house. The eight digimon were sleeping in their partners arms, completely worn out from the day's battle. "Why didn't you tell us?" Tai asked the pacing Gennai, "Why didn't you tell us Shinji's your sister?" "Because I had to keep a low profile." Gennai explained, "That's the reason I don't show my true form when I speak to you." "But why didn't you come to help us when Shinji first arrived to fight us?" Izzy asked, "We could have used your help instead of our digimon getting so severely injured!" "I don't want Shinji getting hurt any more than you want your digimon becoming injured!" Gennai shouted, "She's my sister and because of that, I have to protect and love her as a brother should! I don't even know who is controlling her!" "But who could be?" Kari asked, "If Shinji is a Mega digimon, who could be powerful enough to control her?" Gennai sighed in anger and exasperation. "Shinji is still young." he said, "Just because she's a Mega doesn't mean she can withstand any attack or power she comes across." "But when would she let her guard down?" Joe asked. "I…" Gennai said, "I've been letting Shinji go around the Digiworld on her own. She's part of the Digimon Council, but not every digimon respects her position. The only real digimon I know who truly despises Shinji is either Piedmon or…" "Or who?" Matt asked. "Or Jiomon." Gennai finished, "He's also a Mega digimon. And he was the only one who stood against Shinji's being part of the Council. But he would never do that."
"Shinji is a traitor to the Council!" Jiomon called. "What are you talking about Jiomon?" Leomon asked. "She has attacked the Digi-destined, grievously injuring the digimon and did not explain her actions to her own brother!" Jiomon said, "She can no longer be trusted!" The gemstone on Jiomon's forehead was beating in a rhythmic pattern that seemed soothing to the other digimon. "She can't be trusted." Jiomon said one last time, a grin on his face. The other digimon murmured in agreement and slumped over, asleep. Jiomon chuckled darkly as a bird like digimon landed next to him. "Good work Hypnosmon." he said to the bird, "How long will they be out for?" "Quite a few days Master." Hypnosmon said. "Wonderful." Jiomon said, "When they wake up, they'll think Shinji is a complete traitor!" Jiomon laughed again. "Yes Master Hiermon." Hypnosmon said, "Or is it Jiomon now?" "Shut up you blasted Ultimate." Hiermon said.
Shinji opened her eyes weakly. She coughed a few times to get dirt, dust, and a little blood out of her throat. She slowly raised herself up on her elbows and looked around. There were two things that were beaten out of Shinji the night before. Number one, her sense. And number two, Hiermon's mind control over her. But Shinji hadn't been beaten so badly before. She shakily stood up and walked out of the cave. Shinji looked around and started off towards the one place she knew or thought she'd be safe. Her brother Gennai's house in a lake.
Gennai paced about. The Digi-destined were sleeping, as they were royally tired from the battle with his sister. Gennai wanted to know where Shinji was and if she was still alive. A sound reached his ears. His forest green eyes snapped to the doorway. He jumped over the snoozing kids and digimon and jogged out the door. He walked up the steps leading to the shore and saw something that shocked him. Shinji was slumped over, unconscious of course, at the beginning of the stairway. The sound that Gennai had heard was Shinji collapsing against the water with a sharp 'thwack'. He stood at the bottom of the stairs for a few seconds, stunned, then ran up to his little sister. "Looks like you met up with a few bad digimon on the way here kiddo." he said, examining Shinji's injuries that weren't given to her by Hiermon. Which were mainly cuts and one large electrical scorch covering her right hand, burning straight through the glove that used to be there. "That burn is going to be a nasty scar." Gennai muttered, picking Shinji up with ease and walking down the steps.
Kari was the first of the kids to wake up. She woke up Nyaromon and waited for the other kids and digimon to wake up. They soon did and Gennai walked into the room, followed closely by… "Shinji!" all the digimon cried. Shinji immediately found herself being attacked with seven Bubble Blow attacks and one large pink thing flying at her with a bunch of teeth. Very sharp teeth. She fell back to the floor, knocked over by the Bubble Blows and the pink thing ready to chew her face off. "Tokomon wait!" Gennai said, grabbing the pink thing and lifting it off Shinji. "Let me go!" Tokomon shouted, "Letmegoletmegoletmego!" "Tokomon calm down and let me explain!" Gennai said. Tokomon calmed down enough for Gennai to let him go into TK's arms. The kids set uneasy glares on Shinji and the digimon were ready to blow more bubbles at Shinji or, in Tokomon's case, chew her face off. "So why is she here?" Tai asked, looking at Shinji. She wasn't wearing her tight black long-sleeved shirt anymore but was wearing a silver sweater instead and only wore a glove on her right hand, covering the burn. "Shinji is here because she isn't under anyone's control anymore." Gennai said. "Huh?" all the kids asked. "I'm not under anyone's control any longer." Shinji repeated, "I came back here to see if I could ask for my brother's help and one other thing." "What's that?" TK asked. "To apologize for what I did to your digimon." Shinji finished. Koromon bounced over to Shinji and landed in her arms. "We forgive you!" he said smiling. "Thanks." Shinji said, a smile on her face as well. "But who was controlling you?" Izzy asked.
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