Armoured Mega

Armoured Mega

By: Theodore 'Blitz' Leung

Theoleung@sprint.ca

Disclaimer: All Digimon and their characters (except for those introduced in this fic/series) do NOT belong to me. I do not have permission to use their characters, but it's a FanFic, so, who cares? =) This story line belongs to me and me alone. Please ask for permission if you wish to use it. Thanks. Now let's get onto reading!

The fact remains that Mega level Digimon are a result of each of the Crests we possess. The Warp Digivolve uses all the Crests we have to achieve the level of Mega. Theoretically, our Mega should have the power of at least four Ultimates, assuming each Crest power is an Ultimate level.

'Assuming' being the keyword here. Our Mega level Digimon so far has yet to have a field test against another four Ultimates, so we don't know for sure what our Mega level Digimon are capable of. We just know they are good at pounding other Megas.

Hopefully, we have enough power already to defeat Serangmon...hopefully...

~Diary of Tiberius 'GTK' Hartz, fourth generation Digi-Destined

* * * * * *

Tao dashed forward, twirling the weapon in his right hand once before his blade collided with the blade of the black winged Celeaglemon. Tao grunted, a bit shocked by the recoil of the collide, though he grew accustomed with the weapon now.

Breaking away, Tao swung his blade around the other side, using his whole body as momentum for the weapon. Once more, steel clashed, Celeaglemon stepping back to compensate his balance with the sudden attack.

Tao quickly pulled back, then stepped forward once more, thrusting his blade towards Celeaglemon's midsection. The Angel Digimon quickly swatted the blade away, not wanting anything to puncture his skin.

"Tao, wake up!" Celeaglemon shouted, holding back. The simple training exercise the committed to was becoming a real battle. "His blows are with hatred," Celeaglemon thought, glancing at his dark wings. "Has the Darkness consumed him again? Oh please...don't say that..."

The Digi-Destined grinned menacingly, stepping forward and raising his weapon. Before he could swing, the boy paused, dropping the blade onto the ground.

He screamed out in pain, holding his head and falling to his knees, nearly in tears. He continued to cry in agony, his Digivice falling out of his pocket and onto the ground. The screams slowly subsided, the boy falling into a heap on the ground, unconscious. Celeaglemon made no move, only watched in shock.

During that time, the Digivice grew brightly, both pitch dark light and flooding luminescence blasting from the item. The light subsided when Tao fell over, revealing the Crest of Hope on one side of the screen. The former Crest of Light was on the other side, now blacked beyond recognition. The name of 'Light' would well be revoked, both the Digi-Destined and the Digimon agreeing it would be better for the Crest to be known as the Crest of Darkness.

"The Darkness smothered the Light," Celeaglemon spoke softly. "And now, it wants Tao to embrace it..."

"I just pray the Crest of Hope can keep the Darkness away from my partner..." the Angel Digimon thought, sitting down and watching over the unconscious Digi-Destined.

* * * * * *

"Hmm...Hope is stronger then I thought..." the Darkness mused, watching the Angel Digimon who's wings were black and the unconscious boy by the Digimon's side.

"Turning Light into Darkness was already consuming enough for me, but now I must destroy Hope..." the Darkness thoughts, sighing. "This infernal prison is limiting my powers greatly. Oh, when I absorb enough energy from the Digital World...they will suffer...all of them..."

The Darkness glanced back at the two companions on the ground.

"At least I know this Digi-Destined will never go back to his companions as long as he is under my influence...A nice thought until I can finally destroy everything..."

* * * * * *

Tiberius typed rapidly on the keyboard, uploading a map of the Digital World onto his computer. He was working on Yasmine's computer, as guests his parents had over occupied his residence.

"What's that?" Yasmine asked, pointing towards the one and only flashing sector on the map.

"That's Serangmon's abode," Tiberius informed, enlarging that sector. There was an exterior view of the sector, as though a satellite were staring down at that specific area.

"Are you planning to storm it?" Botanimon asked, clambering on top of Yasmine to get a view of the screen.

"We wish," Lepumon muttered, seeing the screen well enough from his position on the ground.

"What do you mean?" the older Digi-Destined asked.

"He means this," Tiberius responded, pressing a few more buttons. All around the abode were red dots, many of them. They flooded the screen, almost turning the screen into bright crimson.

"What are those?" Yasmine asked, still a bit confused.

"Digimon, traps, sentries, the works," Lepumon spoke half sarcastically.

"That's pretty much what we need to go through to hit Serangmon himself," Tiberius reinforced. "We're going to be hard pressed if we want to make it in there with near full energy."

"I see..." Yasmine mused, watching the red dots flash on and off. Botanimon whispered something in her partner's ears. The Digi-Destined nodded in agreement.

"When's the next time you plan to go back to the Digital World?" Yasmine inquired.

"When ever we're needed, I guess," Tiberius responded, staring questionably at the older Digi-Destined.

"I need you to take us there," Yasmine ordered, not requested. Tiberius nodded slowly, unsure what his older companion wanted, but didn't protest either. "Don't ask why, it'll all be explained in due time." Tiberius nodded once more, understanding the instructions.

"Sometimes, it's best not to tread on other people's business," Tiberius thought, noticing the seriousness on Yasmine's face.

* * * * * *

Marc sat beside Shastina, the two watching the sunrise in the Digital World. Both Digi-Destined decided they needed to get their mind off things and decided to head into the Digital World at the same time, meeting up coincidentally. It was dark when they exited the Digital Portal.

Their Digimon slept peacefully under one of the trees nearby, tired from lack of sleep the night before.

"It's so beautiful," Shastina spoke softly.

"Yes, it is," Marc agreed, watching the sun too.

"If only it wasn't so bright, it'd be easier to watch," Shastina commented, squinting her eyes as well as placing a hand over them to see better. Marc had an easier time, his shades blocking out some of the rays.

He glanced over at Shastina, seeing her difficulty at watching. Marc lowered his head, then removed his shades and offered them to Shastina.

"Wha?" Shastina spoke, surprised. She scanned the shades, then shook her head. "No, it's alright, you can wear them."

"I insist," Marc spoke. Shastina shook her head again. The other Digi-Destined sighed, then purposely placed the shades over Shastina's eyes.

"Eep!" Shastina exclaimed, surprised. She was about to remove the shades, but then decided against it. The sun was a nice thing to watch after all. "Thank you, Marc."

"No problem," Marc answered, smiling. The two continued to watch, Marc making no protested to the glaring rays.

Unconditionally, Shastina pulled a bit closer to Marc, shivering to the cold wind. Well, that's what Shastina thought, though it wasn't so cold at that time of day.

The female Digi-Destined yawned, slowly placing her head against Marc's shoulder. The male teenager was surprised with the sudden weight on his shoulder, and when he checked to see what happened, Shastina was already peacefully asleep.

"Err..." Marc muttered, unsure what to do. "Great, now it looks like I'm hitting on my best friend's girlfriend..." the boy whispered, not wanting to wake Shastina. He continued to watch the sunrise, making sure not to move much as he didn't want to wake the sleeping teen.

* * * * * *

The Darkness now turned his attention on the two Digi-Destined admiring the sunrise. Those two were pretty much on the other side of the Digital World from Tao was, hence the fact that there was already light for Tao and just starting to get light over there.

"Hmm...the two are getting close," the Darkness thought, seeing how this could help him in his plans. "Very close...close to make a certain someone else jealous..."

"It's nice to see how this all works out in the end," the Darkness told himself, preparing for his next move. This opportunity provided the perfect catalyst to spark Tao's Darkness.

* * * * * *

"Tiberius, can I ask you something?" Yasmine asked her companion, the two walking side by side. Their Digimon trailed behind, admiring the sights.

"Sure. What's on your mind?" Tiberius replied, still looking ahead. The party pressed on through the Digital World, though Tiberius knew Yasmine wanted to go her separate way. She was planning something, as far as Tiberius could tell.

"Have you...ever been afraid...?" Yasmine asked, trying to find the right words.

"Of course," the answer came without stagger. "Everyone has been afraid one time in their life."

"I guess I should ask...afraid in the Digital World?" Yasmine rephrased, not turning to face the other Digi-Destined.

"I...don't understand what you're asking," was the response.

"You have the Crest of Courage...is there anything you fear in the Digital World?"

"Everything," Tiberius answered, still walking. "Anything can happen here, but just as anything bad can happen, anything good can happen as well."

"Aren't you worried about death?" Yasmine inquired, still staggering to get the words out. Tiberius didn't answer, nor did he have the intention of answering. All he knew was, in his mind, he didn't have any idea if he was afraid or not.

"Courage works in warped ways," Tiberius finally answered, avoiding answering the question served to him directly.

"You didn't answer my question," Yasmine remarked.

"I didn't want to answer it," Tiberius admitted, a bit disappointed in his own approach to it.

"I figure you didn't want to answer it," Yasmine countered, smiling a light. Tiberius smiled back, still walking down the path they were taking before.

"So, what are your plans in the Digital World?" Tiberius asked, wanting to change the subject.

"You'll see," Yasmine answered, smirking. She checked her watch, calculated the new time, then nodded. "You'll see when the time comes, and it will be coming soon, don't worry." She was no extremely serious, beckoning Botanimon to catch up.

"You leaving?" Tiberius asked, halting. Yasmine nodded.

"Don't try to find us when you need to go back to the Real World, we'll be very busy for the next few days," Yasmine told Tiberius.

"With what?" the boy asked, now curious about the older Digi-Destined's motives.

"Like I said, you'll see!" Yasmine exclaimed, running off, Botanimon following close behind her. Soon, the two were out of sight.

"And ideas?" Lepumon asked, approaching Tiberius.

"None," was the response given to the Digimon.

* * * * * *

Tao slowly awakened from his unconscious state, groaning in pain. Harriermon quickly helped to boy to his feet, making sure there were no murderous intentions in the boy's eyes.

"Did I...did I do it again?" Tao groaned, taking the fallen blade from the ground once he got to his feet. Harriermon nodded slowly, causing his partner to sigh. "I hate this Darkness...whatever it may be..." Tao spoke softly, looking down at his Digimon. "I'm sorry-"

"Don't be," Harriermon quickly interrupted. "You can't control it. We just need to find a way to purge this Darkness from you."

"Purge, heh," Tao muttered, jamming the blade into the ground. "Good luck...to purge this Darkness is to purge my soul."

"There's another way to do it instead of you dying," Harriermon fought, or tired to fight with.

"Heh, we wish...we really wish..." Tao muttered, taking his weapon again.

"If that's the case, then why don't you just kill yourself?" Harriermon choked out, almost unable to say the words. Tao remained silent, wondering that about himself as well.

"There's nothing worth living for," Tao thought. "So...why do I wish to stay alive...?"

* * * * * *

Tiberius still wasn't sure what he was looking for in the Digital World, all he knew was that his Digivice summoned him here.

"Maybe we have to defeat Serangmon now!" Lepumon spoke, enthusiastically and half jokingly.

"Probably not," Tiberius responded, continuing down the unknown path. "Even with a full team of Mega level Digimon, we'll still have difficulty punching through that kind of defence."

"I wasn't being completely serious," Lepumon retorted, sighing.

"You sure sounded serious," Tiberius answered, continuing to walk ahead. His mind was still rattled by Yasmine's last question before she departed.

"Aren't you worried about death?"

"I dunno," Tiberius thought, the question recurring in his mind. "We've seen so much near death before. Shastina nearly died on those three days. Tao 'died', then came back to us."

"We've had so many close scrapes," Tiberius mind said, the boy closing his eyes. "It'll only be a matter of time before one of us will...never come back..."

"Tibbs?" Lepumon asked, breaking Tiberius train of thought. The teenager opened his eyes, stopped in his tracks, glanced down at his Digimon, and then forced a smile from his features.

"Something the matter?" the boy asked his Digimon, trying to sound as cheerful and calm as possible.

"Yeah," the Digimon answered. "I'm worried about you," the Digimon admitted after a long period of silence.

"About me?" Tiberius asked, surprised. "What for?"

"You had this strange look on your face..." Lepumon answered softly after a half a minute of staring at his partner. "Maybe I'm just hallucinating...don't mind me..." the Digimon continued afterwards, continuing to walk down the trail. Tiberius stood still, surprised at his partner's insight.

"You aren't hallucinating," Tiberius thought, lowering his head. "I was deep in thought, and if you remembered what Yasmine asked...you should know what is bothering," he concluded, sighing, then catching up with his partner.

Tiberius' Digivice began to go off, indicating the presence of another Digi-Destined nearby.

* * * * * *

Tao stepped back, as did Celeaglemon, backing away from the Digimon that now faced them in what was obviously a fight to the death.

Karitemon, a Mega level Digimon faced off with them. The Digimon had very little to saw about his appearance. If any Digimon looked like the grim reaper, this Digimon fit the description nicely. He even had a bloodied scythe for the occasion.

"Give me your souls..." Karitemon spoke, his voice hollow and ghostly. He raised his arm, though the arm was unseen under the large black robes he wore.

"You're going to have to take it!" Tao spat, reading his weapon. Celeaglemon agreed heartily, also raising his weapon.

"You have to admit," Celeaglemon whispered, just loud enough for Tao to hear. "For an Angel Digimon, he sure knows how to send many devil Digimon against us..."

"I don't think Serangmon is sending these Digimon," Tao replied equally as soft.

"What do you mean?" Celeaglemon asked, watching the grim reaper Digimon get closer. "If it isn't him, then who?"

"Dunno, I just know it's not Serangmon," Tao answered, leaping out of the way when Karitemon slashed at the two with his scythe. Celeaglemon took to the sky, the blade narrowly missing his legs. The blade of Celeaglemon charged with Holy energy.

"CELESTIAL CHARGE!"

A blast of Holy energy erupted from the weapon, obviously directed towards the Digimon holding the scythe.

"DEATH STRIKE!"

Black aura surrounded the scythe. With one strong slash, Celeaglemon's attack disintegrated on impact against the curved blade. At the exact same time, a arc of black energy blasted from the blade towards Celeaglemon.

The dark winged angel reeled back to block the blow, though Tao did the work for him. An emerald energy attack collided with the Death Strike attack, knocking the unholy energy off course. The Sonic Sword was dissipated, the Death Strike flying into the horizon.

* * * * * *

"Get down!" Lepumon shouted, knocking Tiberius out of the way. The instant the two were on the ground, a black energy blast smashed through the ground where Tiberius used to stand. Both Digimon and Digi-Destined got back up, watching the battle unfold between the grim reaper Digimon and the other two fighters.

"Come on, let's get in there!" Lepumon urged. "We can't leave them like that!" Tiberius didn't answer, he remained stunned on the spot, the question of death appearing in his mind. Before him was the apparition of death.

"It's still a Mega level Digimon..." Tiberius finally spoke, out of his trance. His Crest of Knowledge was on his screen, the boy contemplating whether to let the Digimon enter the fray.

"Mega?! Who cares?! They need us!" Lepumon exclaimed.

"I...I don't want to see you hurt..." Tiberius spoke to the Digimon, lowering his Digivice. "I don't want to see you die..." he meant to say, but didn't want to say it. The emerald colour of the Crest of Sincerity glowed on his Digivice.

"We always get hurt!" Lepumon shouted, frustrated now. "But unless we help our friends, we may never see them again!"

"A general can't lead his army without soldiers," Tiberius thought, closing his eyes. "We can't afford to lose anymore, or else we'll never break into that fort..." The Crest of Leadership grew brighter in its dark splendour on the Digivice.

"Tiberius, don't tell me you're afraid," Lepumon spoke softly, calming down.

"I am afraid..." Tiberius thought. "I don't want to see death, I don't want to see anyone of my friends come to death..."

"I don't want death to be upon me..." Tiberius admitted. Lepumon walked closer to his partner.

"Unless you have the courage to help, we will keep seeing Death until either we win, or they win," Lepumon argued softly, placing a hand on Tiberius' leg. "And if you don't want your friends to die, you must have the courage to step into the battlefield," Lepumon spoke, pointing towards the battle. Tiberius stood still, frightened, yet he knew what he had to do.

"Alright, let's go," the Digi-Destined spoke, stepping forward. His Crest of Courage glowed brightly, intensifying. Four streaks of energy erupted from his Digivice, each energy streak carrying a colour similar to his Crests. The four energy streaks spiralled around Lepumon.

"Lepumon...Warp Digivolve to..."

Lepumon's became energy. The energy slowly stretched upwards into something eight feet tall. Slowly, energy became matter. The legs of the new Digimon were clearly rabbit like. Travelling up, the matter formed became silver amour. Upon reaching the head, a silver helmet was made with a black visor. Bunny ears were tied back outside the helmet. The four streaks of energy continued to circle around. The purple streak of Knowledge smashed against the breastplate of the Digimon's armour, embedding the Crest of Knowledge. Both the emerald streak of Sincerity and the black streak of Leadership circled around the shoulders, embedding into the shoulder pads and making their Crests. Finally, the crimson streak of Courage circled all around the Digimon and stopped by his hand, flashing in energy. The light died down, revealing a long broad sword in the Digimon's hand. On the hilt of the weapon was the symbol for Courage.

"Avengemon!"

Avengemon: A rabbit Digimon. The armour clad Digimon is extremely resilient to attacks. Attacks: Akari Blade, Ankoku Blade. A Mega level Digimon.

Tiberius lowered his Digivice upon reading the description of this eight-foot monster of rabbit with armour. Avengemon nodded, then dashed off into the battle.

* * * * * *

"Well, it looks like we got help," Celeaglemon spoke, landing beside Tao, weapon still ready. The Digimon and his Digi-Destined partner watched Avengemon dash in, Tiberius watching the new Mega level Digimon closely.

"ANKOKU BLADE!"

Dark energy charged up in Avengemon's blade before being released at Karitemon.

"DEATH STRIKE!"

The dark energy collided with the unholy energy in the grim reaper's scythe. Both energy types were nullified on impact. Avengemon didn't stop there though, continuing to rush forward.

"He's got it in the bag," Tao spoke, turning away. "Let's go."

"AKARI BLADE!"

Avengemon's weapon charged with light energy this time, the weapon glowing brightly.

"DEATH STRIKE!"

Karitemon raised his weapon, the blade taking that unholy glow once more. He was about to drive it into Avengemon's back if it where for the fact the shaft was cut off by Avengemon's weapon. Swinging the sword around, Avengemon then jammed the blade into the body of the grim reaper. The Digimon cried in pain.

"Death awaits you," Avengemon spoke softly, releasing the energy stored in his weapon. Blinding light emerged from the body, the robes slowly disintegrating. Everyone had to cover their eyes.

Bits of data that was left of Karitemon fell to the ground. Beside the bits of data sat Lepumon, exhausted, but glad of his accomplishment.

Tao and Celeaglemon were no where to be seen.

Fin

Completed: 04/07/01