The Greatest Power
Outtakes
(Author's Notes: I felt a need to be funny, so I decided to do this special 6th chapter to The Greatest Power just for that reason. I don't know why I do such things, but at least it's funny... At least I hope this is funny...)
Chapter 1 -- Before the Return
Scene 1
"Hey, Tai, what's taking so long?!" Kari shouted, pounding on the bathroom door. Tai had been in there for at least an hour getting ready for a date with Sora that wouldn't start for another 2 hours. "You aren't the only one who needs to get ready, you know!" Kari added.
"Hang on, Kari!" Tai shouted through the door. "I'm almost done, just gotta get my hair to stay put!" Kari knew that meant at least another half an hour, her brother's hair couldn't stay if you dropped a bomb on it. Kari decided to try and get ready as best she could in her room and started to walk down the hall to it. She was suppose to meet up with TK for one last trip to the local arcade before their big return to the Digiworld. The entire group had been away for almost two years now, ever since the oldest of them started entering high school hey haven't been able to go back. It used to be a monthly thing till the schoolwork got harder and everyone was in need of summer jobs.
Kari was about to enter her room when Tai burst out of the bathroom, falling to the floor in the same condition he went in with.
"Your..." Tai started. Before he could finish a bell went off, the scene lights lit up and the director, CyberDracomon, jumped off of his chair.
"Cut!" He yelled. "Tai, that's the third time your cue has been off!" CyberDracomon said, getting frustrated. "This is the first scene on this story, you aren't exactly proving your acting skills." Tai stood up and brushed himself off.
"Sorry, CDM." Tai said, using only his initials to save breath. CyberDracomon shook his head before returning to his chair.
"At least you were closer to your cue than last time." Cyber said. "You nearly knocked out Kari the first two times." Tai smiled nervously, forgetting about that part. Kari laughed slightly from behind him.
"I'm getting used to it." Kari added. "Besides, if Tai can't get it right, we can throw a wig and dress on TK to play a stunt double." Somewhere in the back was the sound of TK grumbling at Kari's idea, obviously not very big on the idea. CDM smiled at his young starlet, then glared back at Tai.
"From the top, again..." He said, sitting back in his chair. "And this time, try not to kill your sister, ok?" Tai nodded, returning to the bathroom as Kari took her spot in front of the door.
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Scene 4
*I have to protect Kari!* He thought to himself, grabbing some change from his pocket. He pulled it out and dropped four quarters into the egg shaped game beside him. The door on the side slid open, which was facing Kari and the high schooler. Without even thinking about it, TK moved to a spot that put the high schooler between the pod and himself, then rushed forward, knocking the guy into the pod game. The door immediatly shut, locking him in until the ride was over, then the egg started shaking and turning, tossing and pitching the guy around in the machine. TK was about to grab Kari to make their getaway when the pod machine started shaking on it's hinges and broke off of the main system, tumbleing back and bulldozing the wooden background to the ground, revealing the backstage area and props, before slamming into the stone wall of the studio.
"Cut!!" CyberDracomon shouted. "What was that?? We were one second from getting the scene perfect! Who's the prop guy that built that thing??" Cyber looked to his side at his Digimon set crew, all of them silent. Eventually a Vademon wandered in from behind the group with his head hung low. "Last time I hire illegal alien Digimon to do work around here..." Cyber slumped in his chair, half embarassed of his crew.
"Um, CDM?" TK asked. "What about the guy in the pod? He might be hurt." Cyber shook his head, then stood from his chair. He marched to the back of the sound stage to the white pod and pulled the door open. After a minute a dazed Bakemon floated out, still hurt from the impact.
"Just a shapeshifting Bakemon stunt double." Cyber explained. "They work cheap and they supply their own makeup." Cyber was about to return to the chair when the Bakemon regained it's focus, floating around, confused. "Back to your spot, Casper, and try to look meaner this time..." The Bakemon quickly returned to it's place and morphed back into the bully character. Cyber walked back to his chair and pointed to a group of Gazimon. "Get the set cleaned up, we need this scene done before we can go to the next one." The three Gazimon nodded and ran off to reset and repair the background as TK, Kari, and the rest of the actors returned to their places.
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Chapter 2: Digital Discovery
Scene 2
"Then you all know the drill!" Izzy said, walking into the center of the circle. He grabbed his Digivice from his pocket and held it out with it facing towards the sky.
"I've still got a bad feeling about this..." Joe said, joining Izzy in the center, holding out his Digivice. One by one, the rest walked up and held their Digivices out with all of them pointed up at the sky.
"Don't worry about it, Joe." Tai said, trying to bring some confidence to his friend. "There's nothing to worry about, we've done this plenty of times." Tai was right, this used to be a weekly visit till high school hit them.
"Well sorry, Tai." Joe said, sounding half sarcastic. "I guess it's just... just..." Joe stood dazed with Tai watching on.
"My fear!" CyberDracomon whispered from his seat, hoping to save the scene. Joe shook his head, unable to hear. "Never mind, cut!" Cyber called. "Joe, this is the fifth time, do we have to get Gekomon out here with the cue cards?" Joe shook his head, a newvous look on his face.
"Sorry, I'll get it right this time, I'm sure of it." Joe said confidentally. Cyber sat back in his seat, that being the fifth time Joe had said that.
"Someone order lunch, we're going to be here for a while..." Cyber said. "Okay, take it from "I've still got a bad feeling about this."" Joe got back in place as the others awaited the cue. "And... action!" Cyber shouted, restarting the scene.
"I've still got a bad feeling about this..." Joe said, joining Izzy in the center, holding out his Digivice. One by one, the rest walked up and held their Digivices out with all of them pointed up at the sky.
"Don't worry about it, Joe." Tai said, trying to bring some confidence to his friend. "There's nothing to worry about, we've done this plenty of times." Tai was right, this used to be a weekly visit till high school hit them.
"Well sorry, Tai." Joe said, sounding half sarcastic. "I guess it's just my fear of being tossed through dipent... aw, man..." Joe dropped his head, not believeing he stumbled on that line. CyberDracomon slapped his forhead, frustraited.
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Scene 3
"Tai, what are you doing here?!" Agumon said eagerly. Tai was trying his best to get up before Agumon's excitement got out of hand."We thought we'd stop by!" Tai said, rolling Agumon off and standing up. "Besides, it's the first time we've all been available in a long time."
"Um... we?" Agumon said, kind of confused. He looked around and saw what he meant. All the Digidestined were with their Digimon. Sora was sitting on the ground, hugging Biyomon. Izzy was already trading stories with Tentomon about the past two years. Joe was sitting by the river, trying to avoid being splashed by Gomamon. TK looked the most excited, chasing Patamon around the area and having some trouble catching the flying Digimon. Mimi was... the camera operator, Centarumon, panned the camera around, trying to find Mimi, but to no avail.
"Oh, come on..." Cyber said from his director's chair. "Where's Mimi and Palmon?? All they had to do was stand their hugging!" The cybernetic dragon stood up and looked around, but neither were anywhere to be seen.
"I think she said they left to get some bottled water." Sora said. Cyber shook his head in distress.
"Alright then, we'll have to go with the stand-ins, we can't wait for those two to get back to finish the scene." Cyber waived to someone offstage, signaling them on the stage. After a minute Yolei walked onto the scene, dressed in a duplicate of Mimi's out fit without her glasses and her hair dyed brown. Behind her came an Auroramon with her petals painted pink, thankfully Palmon had a duplicate Digimon.
"All set, CDM!" Yolei announced, taking Mimi's spot on the stage. Auroramon stood in front of her, just as eager to fill her role.
"Always good to have back-up Digidestined..." Cyber said, retaking his seat. "Alright, people, from the top!" Everyone returned to their spots, with Yolei and Aroramon ready to steal the scene.
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Chapter 3: The Fallen Angel
Scene 1
"I understand, you're worried about your little sister." Izzy said. "I won't lie to you, Tai, it is possible that the link goes both ways, but it's just as possible TK and Kari are too young to have that link, or TK and Kari might already be in love for the past 2 years and really did pass it to their Digimon... or, yes, the link may be two way and they'll be in love at some point... could be minutes from now or even decades." All these different things were starting to mix Tai up. "It's just too mysterious of a thing to guess about. I'll get to work on it, though, Gennai might know something about it. I'll look into it as soon as I get these letters translated." Izzy returned to his work on his laptop, typing away at a program Tai never saw before. He knew Izzy had been trying to traanslate the ancient script, but it seemed to be working a lot faster in the Digiworld and decided to leave it at that and started to walk back towards Sora. Tai stopped in mid walk, waiting for his next cue, Izzy's computer signalling. He waited a few minutes, as did Izzy, but no sound.
"Someone fire Vademon..." Cyber said, annoyed with the alien Digimon. He was about to continue when a small ring came from a sports bag. Cyber reached inside and pulled out a cel phone, slicking it open and putting it to his ear. "Hello, CyberDracomon here." He said. After a second a small smile came across his face.
"Who's on the phone, CDM?" Izzy asked, who was trying to get the prop labtop to work. Cyber cupped his hand over the phone and looked at Izzy.
"It's Lacey." Cyber said quietly. "Everyone take 5, I have to take this call..." With that Cyber returned the phone to his ear, still smiling gently. After a minute the smile diminished. "Sure thing, love..." With that he closed up the cel phone and returned it to his bag. "Someone remind me to pick up milk on the way home..." Cyber smiled nervously to his cast and crew, a few of which were giggling quietly.
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Scene 1 (later)
"Guess someone up there doesn't like visitors..." Matt said, holding onto Mimi. Everyone looked up now, wondering what was up there. They didn't have to wonder long, though, seeing a new figure falling from above. The three Ultimates took to the air again, ready for whatever it was that was coming down. To everyone's surprise, what was coming down looked more human than Digimon. It sort of looked like Angemon, but with six dark wings and vicious looking armor. The human areas of him were a dark shade of skin and any part of him that would be white on Angemon was dark grey or black. Instead of a short staff, he was carrying a sickle with a black blade. His helmet featured small spikes instead of the small bumps on Angemon's helmet.
"Impressive..." The black angel said. "But my lackies were nothing compaired to what you now face. I am..." Before he could continue a small snap was heard above him. Pacnicked, he looked up to see his support strings snapping. Before he could do anything the strings broke, dropping him all the way to the stange floor with a loud thud. "OW!!!" He screamed, laying on his back.
"Cut!!" CyberDracomon shouted, looking upwards above the stage. A very nervous looking Puppetmon stood on a platform above the stage, the broken cords dangling from his fingertips. "I hired you because you're a pro at this, so why do I get ameture work?" Puppetmon shrugged, winging his strings back up into his fingers.
"Sorry, I wasn't carved to take orders." Puppetmon said defiantly. CyberDracomon glared at the Mega, half tempted to fry him personally.
"Well do the job right before I carve you into something that can take orders!" Cyber threatened. The puppet Digimon seemed to take the threat seriously, sending the strings back down to hook DarkAngemon back up. "You're lucky he's still okay, you know how hard it is to find a virus angel that can act?" Annoyed, Cyber leaned back in his seat, watching the scene get reset to run again.
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Chapter 4: Escape!
The Digidestined and their Digimon were nearing the top of Infinity Mountain, still being lead by their captors, DarkAngemon's MetalMonochromon. The two in back were pushing anyone that fell too far behind while the two up front lead the way, one of them still holding Tai, wrapped in his chain. He was on his feet and could walk, but the metalic guard gave a tug every now and then to speed Tai up. They had surrendered out of fear for Tai's safety. Somehow DarkAngemon knew just how to get at their emotions and turn them against themselves.
TK and Kari were almost in the back of the pack, being a little slower than the others. TK was holding Patamon in his arms, still really hurt from the fight and unable to walk of fly on his own. Gatomon was being carried by Kari, though she wasn't hurt as badly thanks to Patamon.
"Hold it!!" Someone said from the front of the sound stage. CyberDracomon looked over his shoulder to see Davis, who had just barged through the main doors of the studio. "Why aren't I in this story??" Cyber stood from his seat, holding back an urge to barbeque Davis.
"Read the Author's Note, Davis." Cyber said. "I started writing this story before you had a US name so I didn't use you." Davis still looked angry, not accepting the responce.
"Neither did Yolei but she got a scene in the story!" Davis replied. Cyber glared down at the boy, who seemed to just now realize how big CyberDracomon was.
"And if Tai needs a replacement, I'll send out for you." Cyber answered. "But until then, I don't need you." With that Cyber returned to his director's chair. "Now please leave before I cut you out of the sequel." Still angery, Davis stomped back outside, slamming the stage doors behind him.
"Uh, CDM." Centarumon said from the camera. "You're not really going to put him in the sequel, are you?" Cyber looked toward Centarumon and shook his head.
"Are you kidding?" He said. "After a stunt like that I'm tempted to write a second story about his death." Cyber turned toward the stage, focusing on the unfinished scene. "Okay, people, let's see if we can't salvage this scene." Everyone took a few steps back, getting in their original spots.
"Hey, CDM!" A MetalMonochromon on stage shouted. He pulled off the helmet and mask to reveal a Tyrannomon underneath. "I'm having a hard time getting into character." Cyber shook his head to the actor.
"You're doing fine, just keep the costume on." Cyber instructed. Tyrannomon returned the hood and helmet to their places and took his place as MetalMonochromon. "Okay, now let's try this again."
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Scene 4
"Well TK..." Kari said, a slight smile on her face. "You know how much I hate you..." TK had the same smile on his face, slightly more mischevous though.
"Yeah... Just as much as I hate you." Nobody from the main group could believe what they were hearing, it didn't sound like TK and Kari. Then what came next nearly killed them. Kari put her arms around TK's neck, with TK putting his arms around her waist. The two looked at each other quickly before pressing their lips together. The kiss had as much passion and love as two 12 year olds could manage for their first kiss. Patamon and Gatomon were looking on, glad thier human partners knew what they had. Sora and Mimi thought it was kind of cute, until they looked at their own boyfriends, who were flat on the ground from fainting at the sight.
"Well..." Joe said, dazed. "If this is how they show their hate, I don't want to know how they show their love..." Everyone that heard the comment couldn't help but laugh a little.
"Just think." Mimi said to Sora. "If TK and Kari keep this up for long, these two might be brothers!" Sora looked down at the two, still unconcious, then cracked up.
"Okay, print it!" Cyber called from his seat. "Excellent people, just how we needed it! Human actors, take a break, get Triceramon and DarkAngemon in for the final scene." Most of the human actors moved off stage as the Gazimon stage hands quickly moved onto the set, getting ready to switch settings. Cyber smiled at how well that last scene went, then noticed something. TK and Kari were still on stage, still kissing wildly.
"Hey, TK! Kari!" Cyber shouted to the two. "Scene's over, move off camera!" The two couldn't hear him, they were two deep into their scene. "Someone get a crowbar!!!" Cyber shouted as loud as he could. The two Digidestined finally broke apart, definatly hearing that warning.
"Sorry, CDM!" Kari said, blushing. "Guess we kind of got too into character there..." TK was blushing just as badly as Kari, making Cyber laugh a little.
"Relax, it helps the story that you two are really in love." Cyber explained. "I'm just glad you stopped before I had to change the story's rating." TK and Kari both smiled nervously, then started to go off stage when CyberDracomon extended a wing in front of them, keeping them there. "Actually I have an idea for one last part to the scene, care to get some extra camera time?" The two humans looked at each other, then nodded, eager to hog the spotlight.
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Chapter 5: Power Unleashed
Scene 3
Back at the base of the mountain, most of the Digidestined and their Digimon were awake. Only TK, Kari, Patamon and Gatomon were missing from the group, but they guessed they were still asleep. The humans of the group were trying to decide how to stop DarkAngemon and guessed on what that greatest power was supposed to be while their Digimon listened in for whatever the final plan was going to be.
"I still think we've got the greatest power." Tai said, looking around at the group. "We just don't know what exactly it is." Matt resisted the urge to start a shouting match with Tai.
"Tai, we threw everything we had at him and he didn't even get scratched!" Matt said. "Whatever power that prophecy's talking about, we don't have it." Tai wanted to yell back so bad, but knew it wouldn't help much.
"Wait, hold it!" Someone backstage shouted. From the back area, Cody ran out onto the scene, looking at CyberDracomon. "Mimi just found out about being switched with Yolei, she's ready to kill her!" CyberDracomon slapped his forhead in frustration.
"Why do actresses always have to be so competative." Cyber comaplined to himself. He looked behind him at an Ogremon loungeing around by the refreshment tables. "Go pull the two apart before I need two replacement actresses." Ogremon dropped a doughnut in surprise, then picked up his bone club.
"Aw, do I have to break it up right away?" Ogremon asked. Cyber glared at him fiercely, scaring the brute Digimon a bit. "Alright, alright, I'm going!" With that Ogremon ran off to the dressing room area. Cyber looked back toward the set to see Cody still standing there looking at him. "Something else, Cody?" He asked the young boy.
"Well I heard you mentioning a sequel to Davis..." Cody said shyly. "Think there's any room for me in there?" Cyber smiled, impressed the youngest Digidestined would have the guts to ask.
"I'll see what I can do." The dragon replied. With that Cody walked off stage again, leaving the set cleared to continue the scene.
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Scene 8
"Kari, please!" TK said, almost crying. "Don't do this, this isn't like you! You can't do this!" Kari hesitated, then grinned.
"Alright then." Kari said, but she didn't let go or drop her fist. "Give me one good reason why I shouldn't!" TK couldn't think right now, his mind was spinning from all this. He took a deep breath to try his best though.
"Kari, I never lied to you, I meant everything I said..." TK started. "I really do love you more than anything and nothing can change that... not even this... and I meant it when I said I'd always be with you..." Kari's eyes seemed to flash and fade from gold to the familiar crimson brown, but the spell was too strong and her eyes eventually became solid gold again.
"Nice try..." Kari said, clenching her fist tighter. "You should have tried harder!" With that Kari brought her fist down fast. Unfortunatly it was too fast, nailing TK in the nose.
"Ow!!" Tk yelled, reaching up to cover his face. Kari stood up, a shocked look on her face.
"Oh, TK, I'm sorry!" Kari said. "I didn't mean to punch so fast, you're supposed to roll out of the way!" CyberDracomon rolled his eyes from his director's chair.
"Relax, Kari, I don't think you killed him." Cyber said. "We needed to stop there, anyway, and remove those amber contacts, you don't have them after this scene." Kari nodded, then put her hands to her eyes carefully. Eventually she looked back up at Cyber, her regular brown eyes showing, with two tinted contact lenses in her hand. A Bakemon floated by, taking the contacts and floating off to return them to the makeup area.
"Let me guess, we have to try that again?" TK said, still dazed on the ground. Cyber shook his head at the young boy.
"Relax, a few camera tricks and all we have to retake is Kari throwing that punch, just a little slower this time, though..." Kari smiled nervously, taking her place again. TK didn't seem as eager to attempt the stunt again, though.
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Scene 8 (later)
"You underestimated them because they were the youngest, but you never saw they are also the strongest." Enraged, DarkAngemon drew his sickle and swung at Angewomon, only to have her rainbow arrow pierce through it, destroying it.
"Blast!" DarkAngemon screamed. "This is my game! You can't win!" DarkAngemon flew at MagnaAngemon and fired his Hand of Destruction close up, but it had little effect as MagnaAngemon flew through it and slashed DarkAngemon hard with his beam sword, throwing him back through the air.
"Game over!" MagnaAngemon yelled, raising his sword into the air. He circled it around like he was performing Gate of Destiny, but the white ring of energy stayed there, with MagnaAngemon still holding his sword where the ring connected. Angewomon flew up behind him and crossed her arms, then threw them to her sides, firing a white version of her Heaven's Charm at MagnaAngemon and the energy ring. Somehow the attacks fused, creating a silver Gate. MagnaAngemon stabbed through it with his sword, opening the gate.
"Heaven's Light!" MagnaAngemon and Angewomon shouted at the same time. Unfortunatly as the gate lit up, only a small, dim beam of light came out, stopping on DarkAngemon's chest.
"Wait a second..." Cyber said, standing from his chair. He walked on stage and looked into the gate to see a Gazimon inside pointing a flashlight at DarkAngemon. "What happened to my special effects guy?? I was paying that Monochromon good Digidollars!" Gazimon looked nervously at the cyber dragon, turning off the flashlight.
"Sorry, he quit yesterday." Gazimon announced. "Something about a better gig on one of Kale's productions." Cyber grumbled as he walked back to his chair, sitting back down low in it.
"These people are supposed to be professionals, instead I get ametuers..." He complained to himself. "Alright, someone find a new special effects guy or a bigger flashlight..."
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Scene 9
"TK, promise me something..." Kari said, opening her eyes again. "Promise that we'll be together forever, no matter what..." TK smiled at the idea.
"I promise..." TK said, this time completely sure of his words. "But just in case, can I make it longer if I want?" Kari couldn't help but laugh a little.
"Sure..." Kari answered, closing her eyes and leaning back on TK. "I couldn't imagine being any happier than I am now..."
"Neither can I..." TK answered, closing his eyes and leaning back on the tree. The two fell asleep there, under the light of the Digiworld's moon. Neither one had any doubts their lives couldn't get any better than they were now. For the first time in a while, everything was perfect.
The End
"Alright people, that's a wrap!" Cyber announced, grinning. "Great job everyone! ...um, everyone?" Cyber looked toward the stage to see the cast of Digidestined and Digimon had really fallen asleep. He looked behind him only to see the same from his Digimon crew. The cybernetic dragon rolled his eyes at the sight. "Guess my endings need to be a bit more attention-grabbing... "Fine, I'm going to start on the sequel, anyone who doesn't want to be in it, just keep sleeping." With that CyberDracomon left the sound stage, shutting off the lights as he left, leaving them all to their slumber.
End of out takes reel
Yeah, I just did this to be silly. I wanted to do something funny for a change and this is also a way of giving attention to my oldest story. As hinted from this special chapter, a sequel to The Greatest Power is on it's way soon. I didn't even plan on it, it just kind of hit me as a flash of inspiration. That's how things go in fanfics, though, right? It's called Dawn Of Destiny, so keep an eye out for it! Until then! ^_^
CyberDracomon
Outtakes
(Author's Notes: I felt a need to be funny, so I decided to do this special 6th chapter to The Greatest Power just for that reason. I don't know why I do such things, but at least it's funny... At least I hope this is funny...)
Chapter 1 -- Before the Return
Scene 1
"Hey, Tai, what's taking so long?!" Kari shouted, pounding on the bathroom door. Tai had been in there for at least an hour getting ready for a date with Sora that wouldn't start for another 2 hours. "You aren't the only one who needs to get ready, you know!" Kari added.
"Hang on, Kari!" Tai shouted through the door. "I'm almost done, just gotta get my hair to stay put!" Kari knew that meant at least another half an hour, her brother's hair couldn't stay if you dropped a bomb on it. Kari decided to try and get ready as best she could in her room and started to walk down the hall to it. She was suppose to meet up with TK for one last trip to the local arcade before their big return to the Digiworld. The entire group had been away for almost two years now, ever since the oldest of them started entering high school hey haven't been able to go back. It used to be a monthly thing till the schoolwork got harder and everyone was in need of summer jobs.
Kari was about to enter her room when Tai burst out of the bathroom, falling to the floor in the same condition he went in with.
"Your..." Tai started. Before he could finish a bell went off, the scene lights lit up and the director, CyberDracomon, jumped off of his chair.
"Cut!" He yelled. "Tai, that's the third time your cue has been off!" CyberDracomon said, getting frustrated. "This is the first scene on this story, you aren't exactly proving your acting skills." Tai stood up and brushed himself off.
"Sorry, CDM." Tai said, using only his initials to save breath. CyberDracomon shook his head before returning to his chair.
"At least you were closer to your cue than last time." Cyber said. "You nearly knocked out Kari the first two times." Tai smiled nervously, forgetting about that part. Kari laughed slightly from behind him.
"I'm getting used to it." Kari added. "Besides, if Tai can't get it right, we can throw a wig and dress on TK to play a stunt double." Somewhere in the back was the sound of TK grumbling at Kari's idea, obviously not very big on the idea. CDM smiled at his young starlet, then glared back at Tai.
"From the top, again..." He said, sitting back in his chair. "And this time, try not to kill your sister, ok?" Tai nodded, returning to the bathroom as Kari took her spot in front of the door.
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Scene 4
*I have to protect Kari!* He thought to himself, grabbing some change from his pocket. He pulled it out and dropped four quarters into the egg shaped game beside him. The door on the side slid open, which was facing Kari and the high schooler. Without even thinking about it, TK moved to a spot that put the high schooler between the pod and himself, then rushed forward, knocking the guy into the pod game. The door immediatly shut, locking him in until the ride was over, then the egg started shaking and turning, tossing and pitching the guy around in the machine. TK was about to grab Kari to make their getaway when the pod machine started shaking on it's hinges and broke off of the main system, tumbleing back and bulldozing the wooden background to the ground, revealing the backstage area and props, before slamming into the stone wall of the studio.
"Cut!!" CyberDracomon shouted. "What was that?? We were one second from getting the scene perfect! Who's the prop guy that built that thing??" Cyber looked to his side at his Digimon set crew, all of them silent. Eventually a Vademon wandered in from behind the group with his head hung low. "Last time I hire illegal alien Digimon to do work around here..." Cyber slumped in his chair, half embarassed of his crew.
"Um, CDM?" TK asked. "What about the guy in the pod? He might be hurt." Cyber shook his head, then stood from his chair. He marched to the back of the sound stage to the white pod and pulled the door open. After a minute a dazed Bakemon floated out, still hurt from the impact.
"Just a shapeshifting Bakemon stunt double." Cyber explained. "They work cheap and they supply their own makeup." Cyber was about to return to the chair when the Bakemon regained it's focus, floating around, confused. "Back to your spot, Casper, and try to look meaner this time..." The Bakemon quickly returned to it's place and morphed back into the bully character. Cyber walked back to his chair and pointed to a group of Gazimon. "Get the set cleaned up, we need this scene done before we can go to the next one." The three Gazimon nodded and ran off to reset and repair the background as TK, Kari, and the rest of the actors returned to their places.
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Chapter 2: Digital Discovery
Scene 2
"Then you all know the drill!" Izzy said, walking into the center of the circle. He grabbed his Digivice from his pocket and held it out with it facing towards the sky.
"I've still got a bad feeling about this..." Joe said, joining Izzy in the center, holding out his Digivice. One by one, the rest walked up and held their Digivices out with all of them pointed up at the sky.
"Don't worry about it, Joe." Tai said, trying to bring some confidence to his friend. "There's nothing to worry about, we've done this plenty of times." Tai was right, this used to be a weekly visit till high school hit them.
"Well sorry, Tai." Joe said, sounding half sarcastic. "I guess it's just... just..." Joe stood dazed with Tai watching on.
"My fear!" CyberDracomon whispered from his seat, hoping to save the scene. Joe shook his head, unable to hear. "Never mind, cut!" Cyber called. "Joe, this is the fifth time, do we have to get Gekomon out here with the cue cards?" Joe shook his head, a newvous look on his face.
"Sorry, I'll get it right this time, I'm sure of it." Joe said confidentally. Cyber sat back in his seat, that being the fifth time Joe had said that.
"Someone order lunch, we're going to be here for a while..." Cyber said. "Okay, take it from "I've still got a bad feeling about this."" Joe got back in place as the others awaited the cue. "And... action!" Cyber shouted, restarting the scene.
"I've still got a bad feeling about this..." Joe said, joining Izzy in the center, holding out his Digivice. One by one, the rest walked up and held their Digivices out with all of them pointed up at the sky.
"Don't worry about it, Joe." Tai said, trying to bring some confidence to his friend. "There's nothing to worry about, we've done this plenty of times." Tai was right, this used to be a weekly visit till high school hit them.
"Well sorry, Tai." Joe said, sounding half sarcastic. "I guess it's just my fear of being tossed through dipent... aw, man..." Joe dropped his head, not believeing he stumbled on that line. CyberDracomon slapped his forhead, frustraited.
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Scene 3
"Tai, what are you doing here?!" Agumon said eagerly. Tai was trying his best to get up before Agumon's excitement got out of hand."We thought we'd stop by!" Tai said, rolling Agumon off and standing up. "Besides, it's the first time we've all been available in a long time."
"Um... we?" Agumon said, kind of confused. He looked around and saw what he meant. All the Digidestined were with their Digimon. Sora was sitting on the ground, hugging Biyomon. Izzy was already trading stories with Tentomon about the past two years. Joe was sitting by the river, trying to avoid being splashed by Gomamon. TK looked the most excited, chasing Patamon around the area and having some trouble catching the flying Digimon. Mimi was... the camera operator, Centarumon, panned the camera around, trying to find Mimi, but to no avail.
"Oh, come on..." Cyber said from his director's chair. "Where's Mimi and Palmon?? All they had to do was stand their hugging!" The cybernetic dragon stood up and looked around, but neither were anywhere to be seen.
"I think she said they left to get some bottled water." Sora said. Cyber shook his head in distress.
"Alright then, we'll have to go with the stand-ins, we can't wait for those two to get back to finish the scene." Cyber waived to someone offstage, signaling them on the stage. After a minute Yolei walked onto the scene, dressed in a duplicate of Mimi's out fit without her glasses and her hair dyed brown. Behind her came an Auroramon with her petals painted pink, thankfully Palmon had a duplicate Digimon.
"All set, CDM!" Yolei announced, taking Mimi's spot on the stage. Auroramon stood in front of her, just as eager to fill her role.
"Always good to have back-up Digidestined..." Cyber said, retaking his seat. "Alright, people, from the top!" Everyone returned to their spots, with Yolei and Aroramon ready to steal the scene.
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Chapter 3: The Fallen Angel
Scene 1
"I understand, you're worried about your little sister." Izzy said. "I won't lie to you, Tai, it is possible that the link goes both ways, but it's just as possible TK and Kari are too young to have that link, or TK and Kari might already be in love for the past 2 years and really did pass it to their Digimon... or, yes, the link may be two way and they'll be in love at some point... could be minutes from now or even decades." All these different things were starting to mix Tai up. "It's just too mysterious of a thing to guess about. I'll get to work on it, though, Gennai might know something about it. I'll look into it as soon as I get these letters translated." Izzy returned to his work on his laptop, typing away at a program Tai never saw before. He knew Izzy had been trying to traanslate the ancient script, but it seemed to be working a lot faster in the Digiworld and decided to leave it at that and started to walk back towards Sora. Tai stopped in mid walk, waiting for his next cue, Izzy's computer signalling. He waited a few minutes, as did Izzy, but no sound.
"Someone fire Vademon..." Cyber said, annoyed with the alien Digimon. He was about to continue when a small ring came from a sports bag. Cyber reached inside and pulled out a cel phone, slicking it open and putting it to his ear. "Hello, CyberDracomon here." He said. After a second a small smile came across his face.
"Who's on the phone, CDM?" Izzy asked, who was trying to get the prop labtop to work. Cyber cupped his hand over the phone and looked at Izzy.
"It's Lacey." Cyber said quietly. "Everyone take 5, I have to take this call..." With that Cyber returned the phone to his ear, still smiling gently. After a minute the smile diminished. "Sure thing, love..." With that he closed up the cel phone and returned it to his bag. "Someone remind me to pick up milk on the way home..." Cyber smiled nervously to his cast and crew, a few of which were giggling quietly.
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Scene 1 (later)
"Guess someone up there doesn't like visitors..." Matt said, holding onto Mimi. Everyone looked up now, wondering what was up there. They didn't have to wonder long, though, seeing a new figure falling from above. The three Ultimates took to the air again, ready for whatever it was that was coming down. To everyone's surprise, what was coming down looked more human than Digimon. It sort of looked like Angemon, but with six dark wings and vicious looking armor. The human areas of him were a dark shade of skin and any part of him that would be white on Angemon was dark grey or black. Instead of a short staff, he was carrying a sickle with a black blade. His helmet featured small spikes instead of the small bumps on Angemon's helmet.
"Impressive..." The black angel said. "But my lackies were nothing compaired to what you now face. I am..." Before he could continue a small snap was heard above him. Pacnicked, he looked up to see his support strings snapping. Before he could do anything the strings broke, dropping him all the way to the stange floor with a loud thud. "OW!!!" He screamed, laying on his back.
"Cut!!" CyberDracomon shouted, looking upwards above the stage. A very nervous looking Puppetmon stood on a platform above the stage, the broken cords dangling from his fingertips. "I hired you because you're a pro at this, so why do I get ameture work?" Puppetmon shrugged, winging his strings back up into his fingers.
"Sorry, I wasn't carved to take orders." Puppetmon said defiantly. CyberDracomon glared at the Mega, half tempted to fry him personally.
"Well do the job right before I carve you into something that can take orders!" Cyber threatened. The puppet Digimon seemed to take the threat seriously, sending the strings back down to hook DarkAngemon back up. "You're lucky he's still okay, you know how hard it is to find a virus angel that can act?" Annoyed, Cyber leaned back in his seat, watching the scene get reset to run again.
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Chapter 4: Escape!
The Digidestined and their Digimon were nearing the top of Infinity Mountain, still being lead by their captors, DarkAngemon's MetalMonochromon. The two in back were pushing anyone that fell too far behind while the two up front lead the way, one of them still holding Tai, wrapped in his chain. He was on his feet and could walk, but the metalic guard gave a tug every now and then to speed Tai up. They had surrendered out of fear for Tai's safety. Somehow DarkAngemon knew just how to get at their emotions and turn them against themselves.
TK and Kari were almost in the back of the pack, being a little slower than the others. TK was holding Patamon in his arms, still really hurt from the fight and unable to walk of fly on his own. Gatomon was being carried by Kari, though she wasn't hurt as badly thanks to Patamon.
"Hold it!!" Someone said from the front of the sound stage. CyberDracomon looked over his shoulder to see Davis, who had just barged through the main doors of the studio. "Why aren't I in this story??" Cyber stood from his seat, holding back an urge to barbeque Davis.
"Read the Author's Note, Davis." Cyber said. "I started writing this story before you had a US name so I didn't use you." Davis still looked angry, not accepting the responce.
"Neither did Yolei but she got a scene in the story!" Davis replied. Cyber glared down at the boy, who seemed to just now realize how big CyberDracomon was.
"And if Tai needs a replacement, I'll send out for you." Cyber answered. "But until then, I don't need you." With that Cyber returned to his director's chair. "Now please leave before I cut you out of the sequel." Still angery, Davis stomped back outside, slamming the stage doors behind him.
"Uh, CDM." Centarumon said from the camera. "You're not really going to put him in the sequel, are you?" Cyber looked toward Centarumon and shook his head.
"Are you kidding?" He said. "After a stunt like that I'm tempted to write a second story about his death." Cyber turned toward the stage, focusing on the unfinished scene. "Okay, people, let's see if we can't salvage this scene." Everyone took a few steps back, getting in their original spots.
"Hey, CDM!" A MetalMonochromon on stage shouted. He pulled off the helmet and mask to reveal a Tyrannomon underneath. "I'm having a hard time getting into character." Cyber shook his head to the actor.
"You're doing fine, just keep the costume on." Cyber instructed. Tyrannomon returned the hood and helmet to their places and took his place as MetalMonochromon. "Okay, now let's try this again."
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Scene 4
"Well TK..." Kari said, a slight smile on her face. "You know how much I hate you..." TK had the same smile on his face, slightly more mischevous though.
"Yeah... Just as much as I hate you." Nobody from the main group could believe what they were hearing, it didn't sound like TK and Kari. Then what came next nearly killed them. Kari put her arms around TK's neck, with TK putting his arms around her waist. The two looked at each other quickly before pressing their lips together. The kiss had as much passion and love as two 12 year olds could manage for their first kiss. Patamon and Gatomon were looking on, glad thier human partners knew what they had. Sora and Mimi thought it was kind of cute, until they looked at their own boyfriends, who were flat on the ground from fainting at the sight.
"Well..." Joe said, dazed. "If this is how they show their hate, I don't want to know how they show their love..." Everyone that heard the comment couldn't help but laugh a little.
"Just think." Mimi said to Sora. "If TK and Kari keep this up for long, these two might be brothers!" Sora looked down at the two, still unconcious, then cracked up.
"Okay, print it!" Cyber called from his seat. "Excellent people, just how we needed it! Human actors, take a break, get Triceramon and DarkAngemon in for the final scene." Most of the human actors moved off stage as the Gazimon stage hands quickly moved onto the set, getting ready to switch settings. Cyber smiled at how well that last scene went, then noticed something. TK and Kari were still on stage, still kissing wildly.
"Hey, TK! Kari!" Cyber shouted to the two. "Scene's over, move off camera!" The two couldn't hear him, they were two deep into their scene. "Someone get a crowbar!!!" Cyber shouted as loud as he could. The two Digidestined finally broke apart, definatly hearing that warning.
"Sorry, CDM!" Kari said, blushing. "Guess we kind of got too into character there..." TK was blushing just as badly as Kari, making Cyber laugh a little.
"Relax, it helps the story that you two are really in love." Cyber explained. "I'm just glad you stopped before I had to change the story's rating." TK and Kari both smiled nervously, then started to go off stage when CyberDracomon extended a wing in front of them, keeping them there. "Actually I have an idea for one last part to the scene, care to get some extra camera time?" The two humans looked at each other, then nodded, eager to hog the spotlight.
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Chapter 5: Power Unleashed
Scene 3
Back at the base of the mountain, most of the Digidestined and their Digimon were awake. Only TK, Kari, Patamon and Gatomon were missing from the group, but they guessed they were still asleep. The humans of the group were trying to decide how to stop DarkAngemon and guessed on what that greatest power was supposed to be while their Digimon listened in for whatever the final plan was going to be.
"I still think we've got the greatest power." Tai said, looking around at the group. "We just don't know what exactly it is." Matt resisted the urge to start a shouting match with Tai.
"Tai, we threw everything we had at him and he didn't even get scratched!" Matt said. "Whatever power that prophecy's talking about, we don't have it." Tai wanted to yell back so bad, but knew it wouldn't help much.
"Wait, hold it!" Someone backstage shouted. From the back area, Cody ran out onto the scene, looking at CyberDracomon. "Mimi just found out about being switched with Yolei, she's ready to kill her!" CyberDracomon slapped his forhead in frustration.
"Why do actresses always have to be so competative." Cyber comaplined to himself. He looked behind him at an Ogremon loungeing around by the refreshment tables. "Go pull the two apart before I need two replacement actresses." Ogremon dropped a doughnut in surprise, then picked up his bone club.
"Aw, do I have to break it up right away?" Ogremon asked. Cyber glared at him fiercely, scaring the brute Digimon a bit. "Alright, alright, I'm going!" With that Ogremon ran off to the dressing room area. Cyber looked back toward the set to see Cody still standing there looking at him. "Something else, Cody?" He asked the young boy.
"Well I heard you mentioning a sequel to Davis..." Cody said shyly. "Think there's any room for me in there?" Cyber smiled, impressed the youngest Digidestined would have the guts to ask.
"I'll see what I can do." The dragon replied. With that Cody walked off stage again, leaving the set cleared to continue the scene.
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Scene 8
"Kari, please!" TK said, almost crying. "Don't do this, this isn't like you! You can't do this!" Kari hesitated, then grinned.
"Alright then." Kari said, but she didn't let go or drop her fist. "Give me one good reason why I shouldn't!" TK couldn't think right now, his mind was spinning from all this. He took a deep breath to try his best though.
"Kari, I never lied to you, I meant everything I said..." TK started. "I really do love you more than anything and nothing can change that... not even this... and I meant it when I said I'd always be with you..." Kari's eyes seemed to flash and fade from gold to the familiar crimson brown, but the spell was too strong and her eyes eventually became solid gold again.
"Nice try..." Kari said, clenching her fist tighter. "You should have tried harder!" With that Kari brought her fist down fast. Unfortunatly it was too fast, nailing TK in the nose.
"Ow!!" Tk yelled, reaching up to cover his face. Kari stood up, a shocked look on her face.
"Oh, TK, I'm sorry!" Kari said. "I didn't mean to punch so fast, you're supposed to roll out of the way!" CyberDracomon rolled his eyes from his director's chair.
"Relax, Kari, I don't think you killed him." Cyber said. "We needed to stop there, anyway, and remove those amber contacts, you don't have them after this scene." Kari nodded, then put her hands to her eyes carefully. Eventually she looked back up at Cyber, her regular brown eyes showing, with two tinted contact lenses in her hand. A Bakemon floated by, taking the contacts and floating off to return them to the makeup area.
"Let me guess, we have to try that again?" TK said, still dazed on the ground. Cyber shook his head at the young boy.
"Relax, a few camera tricks and all we have to retake is Kari throwing that punch, just a little slower this time, though..." Kari smiled nervously, taking her place again. TK didn't seem as eager to attempt the stunt again, though.
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Scene 8 (later)
"You underestimated them because they were the youngest, but you never saw they are also the strongest." Enraged, DarkAngemon drew his sickle and swung at Angewomon, only to have her rainbow arrow pierce through it, destroying it.
"Blast!" DarkAngemon screamed. "This is my game! You can't win!" DarkAngemon flew at MagnaAngemon and fired his Hand of Destruction close up, but it had little effect as MagnaAngemon flew through it and slashed DarkAngemon hard with his beam sword, throwing him back through the air.
"Game over!" MagnaAngemon yelled, raising his sword into the air. He circled it around like he was performing Gate of Destiny, but the white ring of energy stayed there, with MagnaAngemon still holding his sword where the ring connected. Angewomon flew up behind him and crossed her arms, then threw them to her sides, firing a white version of her Heaven's Charm at MagnaAngemon and the energy ring. Somehow the attacks fused, creating a silver Gate. MagnaAngemon stabbed through it with his sword, opening the gate.
"Heaven's Light!" MagnaAngemon and Angewomon shouted at the same time. Unfortunatly as the gate lit up, only a small, dim beam of light came out, stopping on DarkAngemon's chest.
"Wait a second..." Cyber said, standing from his chair. He walked on stage and looked into the gate to see a Gazimon inside pointing a flashlight at DarkAngemon. "What happened to my special effects guy?? I was paying that Monochromon good Digidollars!" Gazimon looked nervously at the cyber dragon, turning off the flashlight.
"Sorry, he quit yesterday." Gazimon announced. "Something about a better gig on one of Kale's productions." Cyber grumbled as he walked back to his chair, sitting back down low in it.
"These people are supposed to be professionals, instead I get ametuers..." He complained to himself. "Alright, someone find a new special effects guy or a bigger flashlight..."
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Scene 9
"TK, promise me something..." Kari said, opening her eyes again. "Promise that we'll be together forever, no matter what..." TK smiled at the idea.
"I promise..." TK said, this time completely sure of his words. "But just in case, can I make it longer if I want?" Kari couldn't help but laugh a little.
"Sure..." Kari answered, closing her eyes and leaning back on TK. "I couldn't imagine being any happier than I am now..."
"Neither can I..." TK answered, closing his eyes and leaning back on the tree. The two fell asleep there, under the light of the Digiworld's moon. Neither one had any doubts their lives couldn't get any better than they were now. For the first time in a while, everything was perfect.
The End
"Alright people, that's a wrap!" Cyber announced, grinning. "Great job everyone! ...um, everyone?" Cyber looked toward the stage to see the cast of Digidestined and Digimon had really fallen asleep. He looked behind him only to see the same from his Digimon crew. The cybernetic dragon rolled his eyes at the sight. "Guess my endings need to be a bit more attention-grabbing... "Fine, I'm going to start on the sequel, anyone who doesn't want to be in it, just keep sleeping." With that CyberDracomon left the sound stage, shutting off the lights as he left, leaving them all to their slumber.
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Yeah, I just did this to be silly. I wanted to do something funny for a change and this is also a way of giving attention to my oldest story. As hinted from this special chapter, a sequel to The Greatest Power is on it's way soon. I didn't even plan on it, it just kind of hit me as a flash of inspiration. That's how things go in fanfics, though, right? It's called Dawn Of Destiny, so keep an eye out for it! Until then! ^_^
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