Part 9
Matt's Decision
The two digimon raced toward the edge of the woods where in a small clearing Matt could easily see his fellow digidestinys and friends. Tai as always was out in front. His blonde hair blew in the wind as his yellow eyes stared menacingly at him. To the right of him was Sora, her once beautiful brown eyes were now clouded in a jaded green. Her hair looked like it had been badly dyed with the same color. Then to the left of Tai was his sister, the one Matt had failed, her hair and eyes were an ashy gray, and look to him as if that color might reflected the future of both worlds. A world without light or hope, and inside this fact made Matt shiver. Behind them as always were Mimi, Joe, and Izzy. Three of the most honest and trustworthy people he knew, now simply hollow shells as the dark colors stained their eyes and hair. It was then as he looked at the group of once friends and comrades in battle that he realized that he was going to have to make the biggest decision of his life. But could he really say that he was ready to do that. Time would only tell!
The trio reached the area of battle as Tai with Black Wargraymon at his side came toward them.
"Matt, there is nolonger a need for you to resist your crest," Tai spoke clearly. "You're out numbered and there is no way for you to escape, so in other words, give in or die!" "As Jed-I has probably already told you it matter very little to us which one you choose, because sooner or later another will take your place."
"Humph, who said we're out number," Matt retorted back as he realized that he might have to stall for time. "Do you honestly think that I would simply fall for such a stupid trap?"
"No, I don't, but if your plan was to get help from the other digimon that was here before us," Kari sneered as Dark Angewomon dropped an unconscious MarineAngemon to the ground," don't get your hopes up." Then Dark Angewomon fired her darkness arrows destroy the helpless digimon right in front of them.
"Errrrrr," Gryphomon growled as he watched this," It would seem that we have arrival too late to be of any assistance to them."
"What do you mean by assistance?" Matt questioned the digimon.
"Well, it's just this simply," Gryphomon stated," Jed-I never really sent us reinforcement, but instead these digimon were suppose to buy us time to escape." "You threw a digiwrench into that play when you chose to fight, so now it would seem that it is up to me alone to be that distraction." "Matt you can see as well as me that you have no other choice now but to escape, so I want you and Garurumon to leave now."
"Thank you," Garurumon said as he prepared to go back the way they had come.
"No, Garurumon you can leave if you want, but I'm going to stay and fight." Matt yelled to his digimon as he slid off his back.
"But Matt, if you are converted then that will be the end of everything." "Matt, you have to escape." Garurumon pleaded with the boy.
"I'm sorry, Garurumon, but I'm not going to run any more." "I'm going to face my destiny," and with these words the boy headed back toward the other digidestinys."
"As you wish, Matt," Garurumon exhaled as he dedigivolved back into his rookie form and then warp digivolved into his Mega form. "If you're going to stay and fight then I will as well."
Matt looks up at his best and truest friend," Thank you!"
"You're welcome," Metal Garurumon smiled as he turned toward his enemies, and the battle began as Gyphomon was triple team by Wiltomon (the dark ultimate form of Lilymon), Night Zudomon, and Scykabuterimon.
Wiltomon struck at Gyphomon first with her death cannon followed quickly by Night Zudomon's Raiden strike. Each was very easy for the huge Mega digimon to avoid, and he found himself laughing inward. Three Ultimate are definitely no match for a one Mega he thought as he attacked with his Legendary Blade attack hitting Wiltomon in the chest. The whole time Syckabuterimon had stayed out of the fight and was slowly inching his way behind Gyphomon, who was totally focus on the other two digimon.
Meanwhile, Metal Garurumon was also being triple teamed as Black Wargreymon and Garudamon attacked together, and Kari attack alone from behind.
"Terra Destroyer," Black Wargraymon yelled as a huge ball of fire materialized in his claws, and in one swift motion was hurled at the metallic wolf.
Metal Garurumon knew of the destructive power of the move and quickly sidestep it, completely avoiding it, but put himself in the direct path of Garudamon's Wing Cutter and Dark Angewomon's darkness arrows. Both struck the poor digimon at the same time, knocking him to the ground where Black Wargraymon quickly pin him. But Metal Garurumon wasn't beaten yet as he fired his Metal Wolf Claw. The huge missile hit Black Wargraymon in the chest knocking him off of him, and Metal Garurumon scrambled to his feet and prepared himself for their next attack. While Matt, just a few feet away began to realize how futile this battle was. Eventually, the other digimon would either defeat Metal Garurumon and Gyphomon or destroy them. That was his choice. He realized that he should had ran when he had the chance, and now his two friends were in a life and death struggle that they had no chance of winning.
Suddenly this thought was interrupted as a fist connected swiftly with Matt's face. Matt soon found himself with Tai on top of him, and both of his hands pinned to the ground by Kari and Izzy. While Joe had his full weight on his legs, and Sora stood above him smiling as she slowly bent down and stuffed a foul tasting cloth in his mouth before he had a chance to yell. Then she stood back up with Mimi at her side and sneered down at him.
How could I be so stupid? Matt thought to himself as he tried to wiggle out of their grasps, but it was to no avail.
"Don't worry, Matt," Mimi spoke wickedly," this wouldn't hurt for long." She then bent down beside Matt with the crest and held it only a few inches from his heart, and at first the crest did nothing, but as Matt began to slowly sink into self-pity and hate for being so stupid the crest began to glow. Softly at first, but then it quickly became an intense glow as Matt's struggles grew weaker and weaker. Metal Garurumon, who was still in the middle of a battle all of a sudden dedigivolved back into his rookie state and collapsed on the field leaving Gyphomon in a six on one fight. One he never got the chance to encounter as Scykabuterimon hit him with his ScyShock from behind.
It seem that the end had come as the crest lifted itself from Mimi's hand and drifted to a place over Matt's heart, and slowly sunk through his shirt cause Matt a lot of pain as it travel to his heart. Then the changes began as Matt's hair color changed to a reddish brown along with his eyes. He had lost, and now the last hope of two worlds had fallen. Or has it? As two gleaming lights race across the digital world just out of reach of the huge sea of light that consume the last remaining specks of land that had once been the digital Island known as File Island. Leave behind in its wake a single piece of land. The last oasis in this digital world, and it was here that the last remaining digimon hid and cowered as the light washed away all other life in the digital world.