Part 8
THE TRUTH
It continues as Matt was dragged though a gap in the white light into a world of multi-color swirl. Here the colors and sounds slowly rocked the sadden boy to sleep as Matt dreamt about his many failures in this mission.
"Uh," Matt moaned as he slowly began to awaken from his deep sleep. He found himself in a world covered by darkness with only a drop of light, which surrounds him. "Wh--Where am I?"
Another drop of light appears in the darkness, "You're safe, Matt," a small voice squeaked as his brother and Patamon appeared before him. "Matt, things are going to get a lot worst before they get better." The little boy spoke quickly," you're are the last hope of the two worlds, and you can't give up, no matter what happens."
"I--I can't T.K.!" Matt started to cry. "I'm not strong enough to do this alone." "I--I need your help, T.K." "I need you to come back."
"I'm sorry, Matt, you have to be strong," T.K. replied to his brother as he slowly started to disappear. "You can not give in to the dark powers of your crest, or all we have done here will be in vain." "Matt, promise me!" T.K. screeched as Patamon evaporated into the darkness.
"I promise!"
T.K. then disappeared and Matt screamed into the darkness in agony as his realized that his brother was gone, again.
"Matt, " a soft voice yelled as Matt slowly open his eyes to find himself in a room neatly decorated in pink. "Matt, are you Ok!"'
"Gabumon?" "How?" "I can move again!"
"Elecmon, dragged you here, and Jed-I rescued me from Gatomon and Kari and the reason you can move is because we're no longer in the light." We're in a hole in the light where the digital world still exists." "You've been asleep for three days," Gabumon spoke solemnly," and I was beginning to get really worried."
"I'm fine Gabumon," Matt comforted his digimon. Then he turned his head toward the entrance and wondered to himself was it all just a dream, or was T.K. trying to help me
"Matt," Gabumon yelled, breaking Matt's chain of thought. "Do you want me to go and get Jed-I, now?" "He has something really important to tell us."
"Unh-Huh!"
"Then I'll be back in a minute!" Gabumon smiled
"Gabumon, wait!" "I'm sorry for worrying you." Matt spoke softly.
"Don't worry about it, Matt!" "I'm your digimon, and it's my job to worry about you." Then the digimon disappeared through the entrance, and reappeared a short while later with Jed-I and Elecmon.
"Hello, Matt!" Jed-I replied once they had entered the room.
"Jed-I skip the welcomes, and just tell us what is so important," Matt snapped. He had been annoyed enough without Jed-I adding to it with his calm tone and slow start.
"How Rude?" Jed-I said in shock. "If that is the case, then I will simply get to the point." "Matt, as you know, this world is full of digital monsters or digimon, but at one time this world had no digimon and like your world was filled with people." "During this time, a young scientist named Doctor Shady discovered a void to a parallel world, and with the help of her eight assistants a device was made that could open a path to this world. The devices were eight separate machines called the Dark Crests. When the eight assistants stood together they were able to open a path to this parallel world and so doing so released a terrible creature upon the world." " The creature attack the digital world and soon only a handful of people remain alive, and as for Docter Shady and her assistances." They had received the punishment of being transformed into evil digimon. Eight of which you have already met as Shadidomon (Docter Shady), Myotismon, Devimon, the Four Dark Masters, and the evil digimon who was behind them. The creature destroyed everyone and everything, until only a small group of humans remain, and that is when his evil reign was crushed. A small boy with the power of hope stood up to the dark creature and with this power was able to banish the creature back inside of its parallel world, but the damage had been done to the digital world. The digital world was barren land, so with the last of his strength the boy gathers up the rest of the powers within himself. Courage, Love, Knowledge, Sincerity, Light, Reliability, Friendship, and with the last bit of Hope he had. He formed them into the crest you and the others wear and then healed the world. Next he then restored the lives lost by the creature's wrath, and formed them into digieggs. For you see, the boy was in reality the digigods that now watch over this world. So after this, he split into four and he descended into the heavens leaving the crests behind as a way to protect this world.
Matt sat numbly by as Jed-I finished his story.
"And that is why, Matt," Jed-I paused," that digimon came to be, and its also the reason why there are so few people in the digital world." "Now, the dark crests seek to finished what was started, but recruiting eight new assistances, and resurrecting the creature of darkness." "For you see, the true powers of the crests comes from the users' heart." "In other words, where you find light you'll always find darkness, which is why the dark crests choose to convert the digidestinies and their crests."
"So that means that if I am converted." Matt started.
"Then that will be the end of the digital world," Gabumon replied.
"And there is a good chance that the dark creature will not stop there," Elecmon jumped in," that creature will no doubt try to enter your world as well."
"So both worlds depends on my success," Matt replied still numbly. "I'm the worlds last hope!"
"No, the crests need eight digidestinies to complete their prophets, but since T.K. is gone." "The dark crests can't achieve their ultimate propose." No, Matt," Jed-I spoke slowly. "You're not the last hope for the worlds." "If you're converted then the crests will become unstoppable, and someday a new digidestiny of hope will arrive in the digital world, and then all will crumble." "Matt, you're our last hope for stopping this from happening, so in other words you're the last true chance to stop the crest in their tracks, so if you fail….
"..So, in other words," Matt quickly snapped out of his trance," I'm still the last hope of the two worlds."
"I guess if you want to think of it that way." "Then you are," Jed-I spoke in a defeated manner."
Suddenly, a huge data type digimon, named Gyphomon rushed through the door on his talons and paws.
"Lord Jed-I, The dark digidestinies has been spotted only a few yards from here." "It's time to evacuate this place, and retreat to the mountain hideaway." Gyphomon spoke as he gracefully bowed in front of him.
"Well, it looks like I will have to continue my explanation in a different location." Jed-I started as he got on Gyphomon's back with the help of Elecmon. "Gabumon, you need to digivolve and follow us," he finished as Elecmon hopped on behind him.
"No, Jed-I," Matt replied," No more running." "Me and Gabumon are going to end this once and for all."
Jed-I stop and look at the boy," You've grown so much here." "But you know that you can't do this alone."
"I know, but I have to try," Matt stated as Gabumon began to digivolve into Garurumon," but we have to try," and then the now champion digimon with Matt on his back rushed out the door and toward his destiny.
"Matt," Gryphomon yelled as it fluttered beside the now charging duo. "I have decided to help you, and Jed-I has call the other digimon who are willing to help you, and they shall meet you at the place where the dark digidestinies are, so follow me!"
Then the strange digimon flew out in front, and as he lead him through the house and out the door and into the lush forest. Matt thought about how much the house reminded him of the one Puppetmon had lived in, but this thought didn't last long as they headed into their final battle. For now, Matt's only concern was how was he going to take on his own friends, and if it came down to it would he be willing to destroy them.