Me: Once again, I don't own Digimon. Nor do I own "Duck & Run" by 3 Doors Down.
Kari: Allow me to read the summary for Chapter V.
Davis: But-
Kari: PLEEEEEEEEASSSSSE? (makes puppy-dog face)
Davis: (speaks in high voice) OK, you can read the summary.
Me: Wow, you are good!
Kari: Very true. (reads) "Piedmon takes on Omnimon in a final showdown but unlocks the power of the Digi-Egg of Light and slowly converts its power to Darkness. Despite his severe wounds, Davis manages to go to the Digital World once Kari and Joe leave for a breather. Someone on the team will lose their life to save one of their dearest friends …unless they figure out how to heal him or her immediately." (gasps) It's not Davis, is it?
Me: (smiles) If I told you, it'd ruin the storyline, won't it?
Kari: PLEEEEEEEEEEEAASSSSSSSE? (gives puppy-dog look)
Davis: Don't give in. She may be sweet, charming, talented, beautiful, and sexy…
(Kari blushes a deep red at Davis' comments)
Davis: …but that's no excuse. Resist her power of light!
Me: Uh…this is a Taiora, Daikari, and Mimato! On to the fic! (runs off)
Kari: (slightly irritated) COME BACK! DOES DAVIS DIE OR NOT? (runs off)
Davis: (sighs) Women…can't live with 'em, can't kill 'em.
Digimon
Trip back to America
Chapter V-The battle for Davis' life
Piedmon smiled evilly as he eyed the powerful Mega Digimon before him. Omnimon may have had the power of two Megas as one…but he had one trump card to play…the Digi-Egg of Light. Once he unlocked its power and harnessed it for evil, not even the most powerful of all Digimon could oppose him.
Tai barely held his anger back as he jumped on Omnimon's back, Matt right beside him a heartbeat later.
"Guess this means that Matt and I are DNA Digivolving partners…or we would be, if we were still DigiDestined. Actually, we have been, but we didn't know what DNA Digivolution meant when we were DigiDestined. To be young again…" Tai kept his smile plastered on as he looked downward at Sora, who looked up at him with a worried glance.
"Be careful, Tai." She pleaded quietly.
"Aren't I always?"
Before Mimi could warn Matt to be careful, Omnimon took the battle to the clown…or at least, that's how Davis would word it, if he were here.
To this world I'm unimportant
Just because I have nothing to give
So you call this your free country
Tell me why it cost so much to live
Tell me why
"You never loved me…hung around T.S. all the time…thought I was a jerk…"
Davis tossed back and forth, trying to fight against the second sedative Joe had administered.
"Why is he saying these things? I never thought he was a jerk!" Kari shuddered in fear, not because of Davis, but because of his words. His personal, private thoughts had been unlocked due to the many wounds Piedmon's sword had given him.
"It's the sedative! Or maybe it's the wounds Piedmon gave him. They're so deep and so close to his heart that it unlocked the most painful and most personal thoughts buried deep in his mind. I've got to go find a painkiller at the hospital. I'll be back. Don't leave him alone for a second!" That said, Joe ran out, hoping beyond hope that Kari would listen.
"What now, Kari?"
"I can't see Davis die in front of me. I've got to calm down for a while. I know! I'll jog around the hotel for 5 minutes and come back. Davis will still be here and Joe will never know."
"I don't know, Kari. He said to not let Davis outta sight for a second." DemiVeemon warned.
"Please, DemiVeemon. You can look after him for us. I promise, it'll only be for 5 minutes." Insisted Kari.
"OK, but only 5 minutes! No more."
Before leaving, Kari kissed Davis with the most passion she could muster up.
"I'll be back. And I never thought you were a jerk. Not once."
Kari and Gatomon turned and ran out the door.
Davis woke up, feeling like he'd won the lottery!
"Davis! You're alright!" DemiVeemon hopped around the room like a hyena on a sugar rush.
"Right. Come on! We're goin' to the Digital World!" Davis instantly started stripping himself of the tubes and other items on his body. DemiVeemon stopped hopping and looked at Davis like a deer caught in headlights.
"Davis, what are you doing? You need those things to get well!"
"I'm better! I don't understand it, but unlocking the Digi-Eggs of Courage and Friendship…restoring Agumon and Gabumon's ability to Digivolve beyond the Champion level…it just powered me up. Hey! I bet if the others unlocked their Digi-Eggs, it could restore Biyomon, Palmon, Gomamon and Tentomon's abilities too! And if T.K. unlocked his Digi-Egg of Hope, MagnaAngemon could come back. We'll have to get Kari's Digi-Egg of Light back for her to unlock the power first, before Piedmon does."
"Does that mean we're going?"
"You bet! There they are. Digiport, open!" Davis and DemiVeemon disappeared inside the Digiport, DemiVeemon Digivolving to Veemon as they entered in. Three minutes later, Kari and Gatomon reentered. Joe came back in a minute later. Everyone was gone…except for a sleeping Gomamon.
"Oh, crap."
Chorus: This world can turn me down
But I won't turn away, oh no
I won't turn around
Once getting to the Digital World, Davis had Veemon Armor-Digivolve to Raidramon in order to get to the others. They'd gone steadily towards Spiral Mountain but hadn't bothered to cover their tracks. Kari and Gatomon were right behind them. Minutes later, Joe and Ikkakumon caught up to them and gave them a ride. Now the four of them were going as fast as possible to catch up to Davis and Raidramon.
"Can't let Kari down…or the others! They're counting on me to save the day! And I'm not gonna let them down. I may have looked like a jerk to Kari and the others before, but not after this battle."
The second they got there, Davis and Raidramon saw the impossible…Piedmon had unlocked the Digi-Egg's power and was slowly harnessing its power for Darkness.
All my work and endless measures
Never seem to get me very far
Walk a mile just to move an inch now
Even though I'm trying so damn hard
I'm trying so hard!
Omnimon was doing his best, but with Piedmon's stolen Invisibility attack, he couldn't even see him. All he could do was feel the pain of his Trump Sword attack.
"Come on, guys! We can't give up now."
"We can't even see him, Tai. Maybe we should go back and see how Davis is doing."
"Are you kidding? If we go back now, the next time we see Piedmon, he'll have taken over the Digital World! We have to stop him now!"
Tai and Matt's argument was cut short by a familiar voice.
"HEY, GUYS! I'M HERE! YOLEI, CODY, T.A.! UNLOCK YOUR DIGI-EGGS TO RESTORE THE ABILITY TO DIGIVOLVE!!!"
Everyone turned in surprise and amazement. "Davis?"
Davis and Raidramon came to a halt. "I'm not duckin' and runnin' when the goin' gets tough! And no sword stabs can keep THIS DigiDestined down."
Chorus: This world can turn me down
But I won't turn away
And I won't duck and run,
'Cause I'm not built that way
When everything is gone, there is nothing there to fear
This world cannot bring me down
No 'cause I'm already here, oh no!
I'm already here, down on my knees
I'm already here, oh no, I'm already here
I must have told you a thousand times I'm not running away
Yolei, Cody and T.K. were confused, but they did as Davis told them to. They held their Digi-Eggs up high. The Crests glowed brightly on the Digi-Eggs before disappearing and reappearing on their predecessors' chests. T.K.'s Crest appeared on his own chest. The Champion Digimon had their energies restored to full strength and felt charged!
"Birdramon Digivolve to…GARUDAMON!!!"
"Togemon Digivolve to…LILLYMON!!!"
"Kabuterimon Digivolve to…MEGAKABUTERIMON!!!"
"Angemon Digivolve to…MAGNAANGEMON!!!"
As for Joe, he, Kari, Gatomon and Ikkakumon were going as fast as they could when the Crest of Reliability appeared on his chest.
"What the…?"
"It's Davis! He told Cody about the Digi-Eggs' power!"
"Ikkakumon Digivolve to…ZUDOMON!!!"
Joe smiled. "Nice work, Davis…Cody. Let's go, Zudomon!"
Davis smiled. His friends had their Crests restored. Now it was time for Kari to get hers.
He scanned the skies for anything out of place.
"Raidramon, hit the sky right…THERE!" He pointed to one spot.
"Are you sure, Davis?"
"Positive."
"OK. Blue Thunder!!"
WHAM! Piedmon appeared, very angry and shocked that Davis had figured out the one weak spot in the Barrier's power.
"Thanks, Davis! Everyone, use your Crests the same way you used them against VenomMyotismon. Davis, Yolei, Cody, do what the rest of us do." Instructed Tai. Everyone held up his or her Crest high. Davis, Yolei and Cody held up their Digi-Eggs high. Beams of light appeared and shackled Piedmon within seconds.
"NO! I will not be denied my chance for revenge!"
"Transient Sword!" Omnimon saw his chance to attack, and he took it.
"AHHHHHHHHH!!!! If I'm going, then one of you is going with me! TRUMP SWORD!" Before deleting into bits of digital data, Piedmon aimed his last sword towards a DigiDestined. Davis tracked its target as the dying Piedmon disappeared and the Digi-Egg of Light dropped to the ground at his feet.
"TAI! LOOK OUT!"
Davis picked up the Digi-Egg and raced as fast as he could toward his mentor.
"I can at least spare Kari the pain of losing a brother. Jun could care less about me, and Sora won't be alone in life. She'll have Tai by her side forever…"
As the sword pierced Davis' heart, he heard very faint voices as he dropped to the rocky terrain…
"Davis, hold on!"
"Is there any chance that he'd survive that wound?"
"Davis…NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!"
I won't duck and run
I won't duck and run
I won't duck and run
No I pass away!
Chorus: This world can turn me down
But I won't turn away
And I won't duck and run,
'Cause I'm not built that way
When everything is gone
There is nothing there to fear
This world cannot bring me down
No 'cause I'm already here! (repeat)
Talk about a cliffhanger! Davis took a sword straight to the heart! Can he pull off one more miracle, or will it be up to the other DigiDestined to pull it for him? Find out in Chapter VI-The Special Miracle!