SKULL SATANMON: DIGITAL WORLD'S DESTRUCTION
Yolei here. Last time Skull Satanmon was going around the Digital World, regressing Digimon to their Digi-eggs and stealing their energy. In order to fight him, Kari, T.K., Cody, and I went to Jijimon's tower in order to train and DNA Digivolve. T.K. and Cody went in Jijimon's gym first, while Kari and I had to wait. Meanwhile, back at Genai's, the Dark Masters arrived. We found out that Willace was really the reborn spirit of Matt's younger brother. Wargreymon began to fight Piedmon, but Skull Satanmon arrived. Wargreymon tried to fight him, but Skull Satanmon sliced off his left arm. He then regressed Metalseadramon to a Digi-egg and took off. What does he want the Dark Masters for, anyway?
"Don't worry, Agumon," Alruamon said, adjusting the bandage on his left socket,"You'll be fine...."
Agumon didn't say anything. He just stared blankly into the sky. His partner was standing with his left fist clenched. "What do we do now?" Willace asked.
"Skull Satanmon has to be stopped!" Taichi said, clenching his fist even tighter.
"But we need to wait for Matt, Izzy, Sora, and Kari," Jun said.
"No," Taichi said,"We're out of time! We can't keep this up any longer, we need to go after him, now!"
"Hey," Terriermon said, looking around,"Where are the Dark Masters?"
"Forget about them now," Taichi said,"Skull Satanmon is the main threat now! You saw how he flicked Piedmon away with his staff."
He turned around and faced Agumon. "We need to go."
"But, we don't even know where he's going!" Jun protested.
"I know," Taichi simply said,"To the Neo-Digiworld Capital. Agumon, I know it took a lot of energy to Digivolve from Koromon, but, do you think you can make it to Metalgreymon?"
"I'll try," his Digimon said. He stood up, weakly. "Agumon digivolve to........ARG!"
Agumon fell down into Alruamon's arms. "I'm sorry, Tai, I'm still too weak..."
Taichi nodded. He looked at Alruamon, then at Terriermon. "Arg!" he said, punching a tree,"Damn it! I can't stand this! We don't have a ride! Skull Satanmon is going to get too far ahead of us!"
"Look!" Terriermon said, pointing into the forest,"Its Paildramon and Megaseadramon!"
The Digidestined turned around and saw the two dragon Digimon stop in front of them. Michael and Ken jumped down. "Agumon!" Paildramon said, looking at his missing arm,"What happened?"
"Skull Satanmon was here," Jun said, sadly.
"He was here?" Ken shouted,"And you let him get away?"
"Shut up!" Taichi shouted,"You have no idea what happened here, Myotismon! Agumon could have been killed! Skull Satanmon flicked Piedmon aside like he was nothing! He's stronger than Wargreymon and Piedmon!"
"Calm down," Michael said, stepping between them,"Shouting is not going to help."
Ken sighed, "Sorry."
Taichi sighed, letting his anger out. "We need to go after him, and," he said with a sly smile," now we have a way."
"Skull Satanmon has to be heading back towards the Neo-Digiworld Capital," Taichi said, turning to the two Ultimate Digimon and their partners,"Myotismon, Agumon is too weak to Digivolve to Metal Greymon, so I need Paildramon to give us a ride there."
Ken nodded. "What about me?" Michael asked.
"You stay here," Taichi said,"We don't know where the Dark Masters went, but they know that our base is here, so they might be back."
"I don't know how much help I'll be," Megaseadramon said,"But I'll try."
Taichi and Agumon walked over to Paildramon. He picked them and Ken up and put them on his back. "Mimi, E-mail Kari and tell her what's happening," Taichi said.
"I'm on it," Jun said.
"Okay," Taichi said,"We're off."
On top of Jijimon's tower, Jijimon, Yolei, Kari, and their Digimon were all waiting in front of Jijimon's training room. Yolei and Hawkmon were pacing the floor, while Kari and Gatomon were seated on the floor, with their backs against the wall. Even though it looked like Kari and Gatomon didn't care, they were even more nervous and worried than Yolei and Hawkon.
BEEP BEEP
"Kari!" Yolei stopped, creating a grove in the floor and ran towards her,"That's the D-terminal."
"I know," Kari said, quickly taking it out,"Its from Jun....Taichi, you idiot!"
"What?" Yolei asked, very worried,"What happened to Tai?"
"He went after Skull Satanmon! He's going to get killed."
"No!" Yolei said, running towards the door to the temple,"I've got to help him."
"Yolei, no!" Kari said, chasing her through the temple halls. She caught up with her on the massive balcony. Yolei and Hawkmon were about to jump over the decorative railing, when Kari grabbed Yolei's hand. "Yolei, no!"
"Let me go!" Yolei said,"I've got to help Tai!"
"You're going to be killed!" Kari said, holding tight onto Yolei's wrist,"That won't make Tai happy!"
That worked. Yolei calmed down and Kari gently let go of her wrist. Kari sighed and walked over to the railing. "Wow," she said,"That's a long way down."
"I'm sorry," Yolei said,"You're right. I would just be killed, I can't help him."
Kari sighed and turned around. "Yolei, I don't want Taichi to be killed either, but....we won't stand a chance if we go."
Yolei's heart started to beat with hope. Kari had said 'we'.
"You can't go alone, but, maybe if I went too, we might stand a chance," Kari said.
"What about the DNA Digivolving?" Hawkmon asked.
"Ultimates would help," Gatomon said.
"Darn it!" Kari said, punching her palm,"We wouldn't be having this trouble if I still had the Crest of Courage, but Davis stole it!"
"What are we going to do?" Yolei asked.
"Kari! Yolei! " Jijimon shouted, running through the hall towards them.
"What is it?" Kari asked.
"T.K. and Cody are coming out!"
"Yes," Kari said running back inisde,"Now we have help!"
The four of them followed Jijimon's back through the halls of his temple to the cul-de-sac where the door to the gym was located. They stood in front and waited a few seconds. "Well?" Yolei asked, impatiently.
The handle to the door swung and the door slowly opened. There was a burst of bright light, then they could make out a figure stepping out. It was Cody. He slowly put his left foot through the door way, then the other. Armadillomon was right behind him. They made their way to where Kari and the others were waiting. When Cody was a standing directly in front of them, T.K. came out. He came out faster and stopped in front of the door, his arms crossed and Patamon resting on top of his hat. "What's up?" T.K. asked.
"I assume it work," Hawkmon said.
"You'd better believe it!" Armadillomon said,"Patamon and I DNA Digivolved to..."
"We don't have time for that now," Cody said, looking at Kari,"I assume the look on your face means there is trouble."
Kari nodded. "Yes, things have gotten worse. Taichi engaged the Dark Masters, but Skull Satanmon appeared. He stole Metalseadramon, and now Taichi and Ken are going after him. I need you to go to the Neo-Digiworld Capital and help him out before that reckless attitude of him gets them killed!"
T.K. nodded. "Right, but how should we get there? Angemon can barely carry me, much less Cody and Armadillomon."
"Hmm," Kari said.
"I'll go," Yolei said.
"Yolei, you can't..."
"I need to Kari, T.K. and Cody are going, so I'll be okay, and Holsemon can carry all of us!"
Kari hesitated for a moment, then turned to Jijimon. "Can Gatomon digivolve to Ultimate without Hawkmon?"
"Of course," Jijimon said,"But it will take considerably longer to do it..."
"Please?" Yolei asked.
Kari was going to object, but, then the part of her that was Tai made her see Yolei as she really was, as Sora. "Okay," Kari said,"Go."
"Yes!" Yolei said.
"Okay," Kari said, turning to Gatomon,"Its our turn now." The two of them walked past T.K. and entered the gym. Before Jijimon closed the door, Kari turned to them and said,"Be careful, and don't get killed."
Jijimon closed the door. "Good luck," Patamon said.
"Okay guys," Yolei said, walking to the balcolny,"Let's go."
They reached the railing and Hawkmon jumped over. "Hawkmon armor digivolve to Holsemon! The Wings of Love!"
Yolei jumped on, then Cody, then Armadillomon, then T.K., with Patamon on his hat. "This is a tight squeeze!" Cody said.
"Sorry," Yolei said, as Holsemon started flying, "But I had to convince Kari to let me go. I need to see Tai again."
"Well, you're going to get your chance," T.K. said,"But, I hope that it isn't the last time."
Piedmon stood on the top of the Dark Masters's floating castle. There was a small circular balcony surrounded by a railing. The strongest Dark Master sighed in frustration. He walked over to a small console full of buttons and switches. He pressed one, and the platform descended into the castle itself.
Once he was on the floor of the throne room, the hole above his head close up. Piedmon walked off of the platform and walked over to where Machinedramon and Davis were sitting on their thrones.
"Well?" Piedmon asked, as he too, sat on the couch,"Have you found their location yet?"
"Yes," Davis said, in Puppetmon's high voice,"We believe that Skull Satanmon is heading towards the farthest western portion of the Digital World."
"But why?" Machinedramon asked,"There is nothing out there but desert!"
"Actually, there is something out there."
"Datamon," Piedmon said as the Dark Masters's chief scientist floated into the throne room,"What do you have to tell us?"
"Only this," Datamon said,"Metalseadramon's Digital signal is coming from an area where a Digimon with great power appeared suddenly, many years ago. This Digimon terrorized the Digital World before final being stopped."
"Extremely interesting," Piedmon said,"Inform me when we are within viewing distance, I would like to see this..."
"I never thought I would come back here," Taichi said, as Paildramon gently landed in the street in front of the Neo-Digiworld Castle.
"Where is everyone?" Agumon asked,"Its the middle of the day, why are the streets deserted?"
"I don't know," Ken said,"But I feel a chill in the air."
"So do I," Taichi said, "stay sharp."
They started walking towards the castle, when they heard the wind pick up behind them, like something was landing. They quickly spun around to see Holsemon landing.
"Tai!" Yolei shouted, running over to him.
"Sora," Taichi said, very surprised to see her. He accepted her embrace, as well as her kiss. "What are you doing here? I thought you were going to train with Kari."
Yolei mentioned to T.K. and Cody. "They needed a ride. Kari sent us to help you."
Taichi looked at the two of them climbing off of Holsemon. "So, Matt, did it work?"
T.K. nodded, a smile across his face. "Yup, you'll see our Ultimate Digimon soon enough."
"Planing on running into trouble?" Ken asked.
"We always do," T.K. said.
"Okay guys," Taichi said,"We need answers right now! We need to know what Skull Satanmon is doing, as well as the identity of the Neo-Digiworld Emperor."
Paildramon regressed to Chibimon and Leafmon and Holsemon returned to Hawkmon. Then the Digidestined walked into the castle.
The inside was much like the outside, dark and black. The halls were made of black stone, and were totally bare. Yolei shivered up to Taichi. "I liked Jijimon's halls better."
"So do I," Cody said, grimly.
The rest of the journey was in silence, each one was afraid to break the silence, as if doing so would destroy the atmosphere of the castle.
Outside, Piedmon stopped in front of the castle. "Someone is trying to copy our theme," he said.
"We should go inside and tell them," Davis said, grinning.
The three Dark Masters nodded at each other and walked inside.
The Digidestined had made their way to a massive room in what they assumed to be the center of the castle. There were huge circular stone pillars holding up the ceiling with black clothes draping from each one. There was a dark gray carpet leading from the door to a blacked seat. "I'm assuming this is the throne room," Cody said, looking to Taichi,"Is it?"
"I told you, I don't remember," Taichi said.
"Well, allow me to help you...." a voice from the throne said.
"Shoot, the Emperor's home!" Ken said, getting ready for a fight.
"Please," the emperor said,"I do not wish to fight you, as I am not able to...."
Ken, T.K., and Cody were about to order their Digimon to attack, when Taichi told them to stop. "What do you mean?" Taichi asked,"Who are you?"
"I am as intrigued as they are!"
"The Dark Masters," the Emperor said,"I see you have traced your fallen member here."
"Why did your man, Skull Satanmon, take Metalseadramon?" Piedmon asked.
"Very well," the voice said,"First of all, let me introduce myself. I am...APOCALYMON!"
"What?" Taichi asked,"You can't be! You're dead!"
"The same can be said of you," Apcoalymon said, laughing.
"Let's end this now!" Taichi shouted.
"I will not be able to," Apocalymon said, as Skull Satanmon walked out of the shadows towards Apocalymon,"As Skull Satanmon will now show you."
Skull Satanmon pointed his staff upward and blasted the part of the ceiling away. The Digidestined and Dark Masters gasped at the sight. They were prepared for a severed head, a disfigured being, anything but the black skinned Tokomon seated on the throne.
"Wh....Apocalymon," Agumon said,"My, how you've changed since I last saw you."
"Yes," the Tokomon said,"I certainly have. After I detonated myself in an attempt to destroy you, the Digital World reformed itself. I survived, just my consciousness, but I still survived! I could not continue my destruction of the Digital World as an intangible being. I knew that my body had been reconfigured as a Digi-egg, I had to find it. I first arrived at Primary Village, where I found that maggot Genai had placed a program that would stop any evil Digimon from being reborn. That meant that my body had not been reconfigured. I had to destroy the program, but first I needed a body. I invaded one of the Digi-eggs, and was hatched as a Poyomon. I quickly Digivolved into this Tokomon, where I gathered followers, such as Skull Satanmon. With the help of Anteirmon, we destroyed the program, and the evil Digimon were able to be reborn again. We were about to began to search for my true body, when I became aware that Taichi had survived. I subdued him to my side, and I had a perfect, powerful pawn."
Taichi clenched his fists,"So, you have no idea why I survived?"
"No," Apocalymon said,"I only knew you were a tool to be used. I sent you to search for my body. When you returned with the black Digi-egg that you found on the shores of File Island, Anteirmon informed me that if I captured the Dark Masters, my body would reach its Mega level faster than with normal Digivolving, and I could return to it sooner than I originally thought."
"But why do you need us?" Piedmon asked.
"Do you know the Evolution Requirements for an Apocalymon?" he asked,"Two of the four Dark Masters. Piedmon and Machinedramon, or Puppetmon and..."
"Metalseadramon!" Taichi said, clenching his fist,"That's why. You want to return to your body!"
"What about those Digimon you were destroying?" Ken asked, staring at Skull Satanmon,"What about them?"
"When I first appeared in the Digital World," Apocalymon said,"I wished to destroy it so I could remake it in my own image! The energy from the Digimon will power the device to destroy the Digital World! The resulting Annihilation Wave, will slowly destroy the Digital World, and only I, in my supreme body, will survive! And the Holy Areas of the Digital World with be annihilated by my Destroyers! I will then remake this world to suit my vision!"
"Destroyers?" Machinedramon asked.
"Incredibly strong Digimon that are waiting below the surface to carry out my biding," Apocalymon said,"Now, Anteirmon, if you would be so kind..."
All of a sudden, the lights in the throne room went on. The Dark Masters and Digidestined could see that behind Apocalymon's throne was a massive machine. It looked like a giant drill, with a diamond shaped laser at the end, pointed towards the ground. The Priest of Darkness, Anteirmon was standing in front of the machine.
"And now, Anteirmon," Apocalymon said,"If you would be so kind as to start.."
"At once my lord," Anteirmon said. He turned to face the machine. He raised his hand and chanted a few words. The diamond at the end of the drill started to shine, and a thin beam of red energy shot into the ground. Almost instantly, before anyone could react, the ground began to shake, uncontrollably. "Ha ha ha!" Apocalymon laughed,"Die, Digiworld Die!"
"What's going on?" Yolei asked.
"The ground beneath us is becoming unstable!" Cody said.
"Now, if you'll excuse us,"Apocalymon said,"We must be going."
"You're not going anywhere!" Agumon said, rushing towards him. "He's in the body of an In-training Digimon," he thought,"He won't stand a chance against my Pepper Breath."
Agumon opened his mouth, ready to end Apocalymon's existence, but, before he could, Anteirmon chanted again, and he, Apocalymon, and Skull Satanmon disappeared.
"Where did they go?" Agumon asked.
"They teleported!" Armadillomon asked.
"I didn't know they could do that," Hawkmon said.
They ground began to shake even more and one of the massive pillars fell over and crashed into the ground splitting in two.
"We need to get out of here," Piedmon said,"All of us."
"I'm not going anywhere with you!" Taichi said.
"Either come with me and live," Piedmon said,"or stay here and die."
Taichi looked back at the massive pillar lying on the ground. "Fine."
After they were gone, the ground began to collapse in on itself. The small hole made by the machine grew, pulling the stone floor into a growing black hole. Soon, the entire floor was gone and a beam of intense with light shot up, through the roof of the castle.
Outside, on the Dark Master's floating castle, the Digidestined were looking over a balcony and the beam of light destroy Apocalymon's castle. Taichi ran and placed his hands on the railing and looked over when he heard a giant roar. "What was that?"
"It came from that hole," Yolei said, standing next to him,"Something's alive under there!"
The Digidestined watch in earnest at the growing black hole. They saw two figures shoot up out of the hole. "Who were they?" Cody asked.
"The Destroyers, I presume," Taichi said.
"Look, there's one more!"
They looked down and saw a massive red claw reach up out of the hole and grab the side of the ground. The rest of the creature soon followed. The creature stretched its wings and soared upward. "Venom Myotismon?" Taichi asked.
The creature zoomed past the Dark Master's castle creating a massive gust of wind that shook the Dark Masters castle in its wake. Everyone was able to stay standing, but Yolei lost her grip on the railing and fell backwards, slamming her head onto the stone floor of the balcony.
"Sora!" Taichi cried, running to her side, before her eyes were consumed back darkness.
to be continued.....
Yolei here. Last time Skull Satanmon was going around the Digital World, regressing Digimon to their Digi-eggs and stealing their energy. In order to fight him, Kari, T.K., Cody, and I went to Jijimon's tower in order to train and DNA Digivolve. T.K. and Cody went in Jijimon's gym first, while Kari and I had to wait. Meanwhile, back at Genai's, the Dark Masters arrived. We found out that Willace was really the reborn spirit of Matt's younger brother. Wargreymon began to fight Piedmon, but Skull Satanmon arrived. Wargreymon tried to fight him, but Skull Satanmon sliced off his left arm. He then regressed Metalseadramon to a Digi-egg and took off. What does he want the Dark Masters for, anyway?
"Don't worry, Agumon," Alruamon said, adjusting the bandage on his left socket,"You'll be fine...."
Agumon didn't say anything. He just stared blankly into the sky. His partner was standing with his left fist clenched. "What do we do now?" Willace asked.
"Skull Satanmon has to be stopped!" Taichi said, clenching his fist even tighter.
"But we need to wait for Matt, Izzy, Sora, and Kari," Jun said.
"No," Taichi said,"We're out of time! We can't keep this up any longer, we need to go after him, now!"
"Hey," Terriermon said, looking around,"Where are the Dark Masters?"
"Forget about them now," Taichi said,"Skull Satanmon is the main threat now! You saw how he flicked Piedmon away with his staff."
He turned around and faced Agumon. "We need to go."
"But, we don't even know where he's going!" Jun protested.
"I know," Taichi simply said,"To the Neo-Digiworld Capital. Agumon, I know it took a lot of energy to Digivolve from Koromon, but, do you think you can make it to Metalgreymon?"
"I'll try," his Digimon said. He stood up, weakly. "Agumon digivolve to........ARG!"
Agumon fell down into Alruamon's arms. "I'm sorry, Tai, I'm still too weak..."
Taichi nodded. He looked at Alruamon, then at Terriermon. "Arg!" he said, punching a tree,"Damn it! I can't stand this! We don't have a ride! Skull Satanmon is going to get too far ahead of us!"
"Look!" Terriermon said, pointing into the forest,"Its Paildramon and Megaseadramon!"
The Digidestined turned around and saw the two dragon Digimon stop in front of them. Michael and Ken jumped down. "Agumon!" Paildramon said, looking at his missing arm,"What happened?"
"Skull Satanmon was here," Jun said, sadly.
"He was here?" Ken shouted,"And you let him get away?"
"Shut up!" Taichi shouted,"You have no idea what happened here, Myotismon! Agumon could have been killed! Skull Satanmon flicked Piedmon aside like he was nothing! He's stronger than Wargreymon and Piedmon!"
"Calm down," Michael said, stepping between them,"Shouting is not going to help."
Ken sighed, "Sorry."
Taichi sighed, letting his anger out. "We need to go after him, and," he said with a sly smile," now we have a way."
"Skull Satanmon has to be heading back towards the Neo-Digiworld Capital," Taichi said, turning to the two Ultimate Digimon and their partners,"Myotismon, Agumon is too weak to Digivolve to Metal Greymon, so I need Paildramon to give us a ride there."
Ken nodded. "What about me?" Michael asked.
"You stay here," Taichi said,"We don't know where the Dark Masters went, but they know that our base is here, so they might be back."
"I don't know how much help I'll be," Megaseadramon said,"But I'll try."
Taichi and Agumon walked over to Paildramon. He picked them and Ken up and put them on his back. "Mimi, E-mail Kari and tell her what's happening," Taichi said.
"I'm on it," Jun said.
"Okay," Taichi said,"We're off."
On top of Jijimon's tower, Jijimon, Yolei, Kari, and their Digimon were all waiting in front of Jijimon's training room. Yolei and Hawkmon were pacing the floor, while Kari and Gatomon were seated on the floor, with their backs against the wall. Even though it looked like Kari and Gatomon didn't care, they were even more nervous and worried than Yolei and Hawkon.
BEEP BEEP
"Kari!" Yolei stopped, creating a grove in the floor and ran towards her,"That's the D-terminal."
"I know," Kari said, quickly taking it out,"Its from Jun....Taichi, you idiot!"
"What?" Yolei asked, very worried,"What happened to Tai?"
"He went after Skull Satanmon! He's going to get killed."
"No!" Yolei said, running towards the door to the temple,"I've got to help him."
"Yolei, no!" Kari said, chasing her through the temple halls. She caught up with her on the massive balcony. Yolei and Hawkmon were about to jump over the decorative railing, when Kari grabbed Yolei's hand. "Yolei, no!"
"Let me go!" Yolei said,"I've got to help Tai!"
"You're going to be killed!" Kari said, holding tight onto Yolei's wrist,"That won't make Tai happy!"
That worked. Yolei calmed down and Kari gently let go of her wrist. Kari sighed and walked over to the railing. "Wow," she said,"That's a long way down."
"I'm sorry," Yolei said,"You're right. I would just be killed, I can't help him."
Kari sighed and turned around. "Yolei, I don't want Taichi to be killed either, but....we won't stand a chance if we go."
Yolei's heart started to beat with hope. Kari had said 'we'.
"You can't go alone, but, maybe if I went too, we might stand a chance," Kari said.
"What about the DNA Digivolving?" Hawkmon asked.
"Ultimates would help," Gatomon said.
"Darn it!" Kari said, punching her palm,"We wouldn't be having this trouble if I still had the Crest of Courage, but Davis stole it!"
"What are we going to do?" Yolei asked.
"Kari! Yolei! " Jijimon shouted, running through the hall towards them.
"What is it?" Kari asked.
"T.K. and Cody are coming out!"
"Yes," Kari said running back inisde,"Now we have help!"
The four of them followed Jijimon's back through the halls of his temple to the cul-de-sac where the door to the gym was located. They stood in front and waited a few seconds. "Well?" Yolei asked, impatiently.
The handle to the door swung and the door slowly opened. There was a burst of bright light, then they could make out a figure stepping out. It was Cody. He slowly put his left foot through the door way, then the other. Armadillomon was right behind him. They made their way to where Kari and the others were waiting. When Cody was a standing directly in front of them, T.K. came out. He came out faster and stopped in front of the door, his arms crossed and Patamon resting on top of his hat. "What's up?" T.K. asked.
"I assume it work," Hawkmon said.
"You'd better believe it!" Armadillomon said,"Patamon and I DNA Digivolved to..."
"We don't have time for that now," Cody said, looking at Kari,"I assume the look on your face means there is trouble."
Kari nodded. "Yes, things have gotten worse. Taichi engaged the Dark Masters, but Skull Satanmon appeared. He stole Metalseadramon, and now Taichi and Ken are going after him. I need you to go to the Neo-Digiworld Capital and help him out before that reckless attitude of him gets them killed!"
T.K. nodded. "Right, but how should we get there? Angemon can barely carry me, much less Cody and Armadillomon."
"Hmm," Kari said.
"I'll go," Yolei said.
"Yolei, you can't..."
"I need to Kari, T.K. and Cody are going, so I'll be okay, and Holsemon can carry all of us!"
Kari hesitated for a moment, then turned to Jijimon. "Can Gatomon digivolve to Ultimate without Hawkmon?"
"Of course," Jijimon said,"But it will take considerably longer to do it..."
"Please?" Yolei asked.
Kari was going to object, but, then the part of her that was Tai made her see Yolei as she really was, as Sora. "Okay," Kari said,"Go."
"Yes!" Yolei said.
"Okay," Kari said, turning to Gatomon,"Its our turn now." The two of them walked past T.K. and entered the gym. Before Jijimon closed the door, Kari turned to them and said,"Be careful, and don't get killed."
Jijimon closed the door. "Good luck," Patamon said.
"Okay guys," Yolei said, walking to the balcolny,"Let's go."
They reached the railing and Hawkmon jumped over. "Hawkmon armor digivolve to Holsemon! The Wings of Love!"
Yolei jumped on, then Cody, then Armadillomon, then T.K., with Patamon on his hat. "This is a tight squeeze!" Cody said.
"Sorry," Yolei said, as Holsemon started flying, "But I had to convince Kari to let me go. I need to see Tai again."
"Well, you're going to get your chance," T.K. said,"But, I hope that it isn't the last time."
Piedmon stood on the top of the Dark Masters's floating castle. There was a small circular balcony surrounded by a railing. The strongest Dark Master sighed in frustration. He walked over to a small console full of buttons and switches. He pressed one, and the platform descended into the castle itself.
Once he was on the floor of the throne room, the hole above his head close up. Piedmon walked off of the platform and walked over to where Machinedramon and Davis were sitting on their thrones.
"Well?" Piedmon asked, as he too, sat on the couch,"Have you found their location yet?"
"Yes," Davis said, in Puppetmon's high voice,"We believe that Skull Satanmon is heading towards the farthest western portion of the Digital World."
"But why?" Machinedramon asked,"There is nothing out there but desert!"
"Actually, there is something out there."
"Datamon," Piedmon said as the Dark Masters's chief scientist floated into the throne room,"What do you have to tell us?"
"Only this," Datamon said,"Metalseadramon's Digital signal is coming from an area where a Digimon with great power appeared suddenly, many years ago. This Digimon terrorized the Digital World before final being stopped."
"Extremely interesting," Piedmon said,"Inform me when we are within viewing distance, I would like to see this..."
"I never thought I would come back here," Taichi said, as Paildramon gently landed in the street in front of the Neo-Digiworld Castle.
"Where is everyone?" Agumon asked,"Its the middle of the day, why are the streets deserted?"
"I don't know," Ken said,"But I feel a chill in the air."
"So do I," Taichi said, "stay sharp."
They started walking towards the castle, when they heard the wind pick up behind them, like something was landing. They quickly spun around to see Holsemon landing.
"Tai!" Yolei shouted, running over to him.
"Sora," Taichi said, very surprised to see her. He accepted her embrace, as well as her kiss. "What are you doing here? I thought you were going to train with Kari."
Yolei mentioned to T.K. and Cody. "They needed a ride. Kari sent us to help you."
Taichi looked at the two of them climbing off of Holsemon. "So, Matt, did it work?"
T.K. nodded, a smile across his face. "Yup, you'll see our Ultimate Digimon soon enough."
"Planing on running into trouble?" Ken asked.
"We always do," T.K. said.
"Okay guys," Taichi said,"We need answers right now! We need to know what Skull Satanmon is doing, as well as the identity of the Neo-Digiworld Emperor."
Paildramon regressed to Chibimon and Leafmon and Holsemon returned to Hawkmon. Then the Digidestined walked into the castle.
The inside was much like the outside, dark and black. The halls were made of black stone, and were totally bare. Yolei shivered up to Taichi. "I liked Jijimon's halls better."
"So do I," Cody said, grimly.
The rest of the journey was in silence, each one was afraid to break the silence, as if doing so would destroy the atmosphere of the castle.
Outside, Piedmon stopped in front of the castle. "Someone is trying to copy our theme," he said.
"We should go inside and tell them," Davis said, grinning.
The three Dark Masters nodded at each other and walked inside.
The Digidestined had made their way to a massive room in what they assumed to be the center of the castle. There were huge circular stone pillars holding up the ceiling with black clothes draping from each one. There was a dark gray carpet leading from the door to a blacked seat. "I'm assuming this is the throne room," Cody said, looking to Taichi,"Is it?"
"I told you, I don't remember," Taichi said.
"Well, allow me to help you...." a voice from the throne said.
"Shoot, the Emperor's home!" Ken said, getting ready for a fight.
"Please," the emperor said,"I do not wish to fight you, as I am not able to...."
Ken, T.K., and Cody were about to order their Digimon to attack, when Taichi told them to stop. "What do you mean?" Taichi asked,"Who are you?"
"I am as intrigued as they are!"
"The Dark Masters," the Emperor said,"I see you have traced your fallen member here."
"Why did your man, Skull Satanmon, take Metalseadramon?" Piedmon asked.
"Very well," the voice said,"First of all, let me introduce myself. I am...APOCALYMON!"
"What?" Taichi asked,"You can't be! You're dead!"
"The same can be said of you," Apcoalymon said, laughing.
"Let's end this now!" Taichi shouted.
"I will not be able to," Apocalymon said, as Skull Satanmon walked out of the shadows towards Apocalymon,"As Skull Satanmon will now show you."
Skull Satanmon pointed his staff upward and blasted the part of the ceiling away. The Digidestined and Dark Masters gasped at the sight. They were prepared for a severed head, a disfigured being, anything but the black skinned Tokomon seated on the throne.
"Wh....Apocalymon," Agumon said,"My, how you've changed since I last saw you."
"Yes," the Tokomon said,"I certainly have. After I detonated myself in an attempt to destroy you, the Digital World reformed itself. I survived, just my consciousness, but I still survived! I could not continue my destruction of the Digital World as an intangible being. I knew that my body had been reconfigured as a Digi-egg, I had to find it. I first arrived at Primary Village, where I found that maggot Genai had placed a program that would stop any evil Digimon from being reborn. That meant that my body had not been reconfigured. I had to destroy the program, but first I needed a body. I invaded one of the Digi-eggs, and was hatched as a Poyomon. I quickly Digivolved into this Tokomon, where I gathered followers, such as Skull Satanmon. With the help of Anteirmon, we destroyed the program, and the evil Digimon were able to be reborn again. We were about to began to search for my true body, when I became aware that Taichi had survived. I subdued him to my side, and I had a perfect, powerful pawn."
Taichi clenched his fists,"So, you have no idea why I survived?"
"No," Apocalymon said,"I only knew you were a tool to be used. I sent you to search for my body. When you returned with the black Digi-egg that you found on the shores of File Island, Anteirmon informed me that if I captured the Dark Masters, my body would reach its Mega level faster than with normal Digivolving, and I could return to it sooner than I originally thought."
"But why do you need us?" Piedmon asked.
"Do you know the Evolution Requirements for an Apocalymon?" he asked,"Two of the four Dark Masters. Piedmon and Machinedramon, or Puppetmon and..."
"Metalseadramon!" Taichi said, clenching his fist,"That's why. You want to return to your body!"
"What about those Digimon you were destroying?" Ken asked, staring at Skull Satanmon,"What about them?"
"When I first appeared in the Digital World," Apocalymon said,"I wished to destroy it so I could remake it in my own image! The energy from the Digimon will power the device to destroy the Digital World! The resulting Annihilation Wave, will slowly destroy the Digital World, and only I, in my supreme body, will survive! And the Holy Areas of the Digital World with be annihilated by my Destroyers! I will then remake this world to suit my vision!"
"Destroyers?" Machinedramon asked.
"Incredibly strong Digimon that are waiting below the surface to carry out my biding," Apocalymon said,"Now, Anteirmon, if you would be so kind..."
All of a sudden, the lights in the throne room went on. The Dark Masters and Digidestined could see that behind Apocalymon's throne was a massive machine. It looked like a giant drill, with a diamond shaped laser at the end, pointed towards the ground. The Priest of Darkness, Anteirmon was standing in front of the machine.
"And now, Anteirmon," Apocalymon said,"If you would be so kind as to start.."
"At once my lord," Anteirmon said. He turned to face the machine. He raised his hand and chanted a few words. The diamond at the end of the drill started to shine, and a thin beam of red energy shot into the ground. Almost instantly, before anyone could react, the ground began to shake, uncontrollably. "Ha ha ha!" Apocalymon laughed,"Die, Digiworld Die!"
"What's going on?" Yolei asked.
"The ground beneath us is becoming unstable!" Cody said.
"Now, if you'll excuse us,"Apocalymon said,"We must be going."
"You're not going anywhere!" Agumon said, rushing towards him. "He's in the body of an In-training Digimon," he thought,"He won't stand a chance against my Pepper Breath."
Agumon opened his mouth, ready to end Apocalymon's existence, but, before he could, Anteirmon chanted again, and he, Apocalymon, and Skull Satanmon disappeared.
"Where did they go?" Agumon asked.
"They teleported!" Armadillomon asked.
"I didn't know they could do that," Hawkmon said.
They ground began to shake even more and one of the massive pillars fell over and crashed into the ground splitting in two.
"We need to get out of here," Piedmon said,"All of us."
"I'm not going anywhere with you!" Taichi said.
"Either come with me and live," Piedmon said,"or stay here and die."
Taichi looked back at the massive pillar lying on the ground. "Fine."
After they were gone, the ground began to collapse in on itself. The small hole made by the machine grew, pulling the stone floor into a growing black hole. Soon, the entire floor was gone and a beam of intense with light shot up, through the roof of the castle.
Outside, on the Dark Master's floating castle, the Digidestined were looking over a balcony and the beam of light destroy Apocalymon's castle. Taichi ran and placed his hands on the railing and looked over when he heard a giant roar. "What was that?"
"It came from that hole," Yolei said, standing next to him,"Something's alive under there!"
The Digidestined watch in earnest at the growing black hole. They saw two figures shoot up out of the hole. "Who were they?" Cody asked.
"The Destroyers, I presume," Taichi said.
"Look, there's one more!"
They looked down and saw a massive red claw reach up out of the hole and grab the side of the ground. The rest of the creature soon followed. The creature stretched its wings and soared upward. "Venom Myotismon?" Taichi asked.
The creature zoomed past the Dark Master's castle creating a massive gust of wind that shook the Dark Masters castle in its wake. Everyone was able to stay standing, but Yolei lost her grip on the railing and fell backwards, slamming her head onto the stone floor of the balcony.
"Sora!" Taichi cried, running to her side, before her eyes were consumed back darkness.
to be continued.....