Mirror

Mirror

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!

If what Tiberius says is true, we're going to need a lot of help to bust into Serangmon's fortress. Even if the remaining four of us had a Mega level Digimon, and Tao decided to join us, AND if Harriermon could also Warp Digivolve to a Mega, we'd still have plenty of trouble getting in.

Then again, we don't know what Yasmine is planning either. She's still in the Digital World with Botanimon.

I sure hope those two know what they're doing...whatever it is ...

~Diary of K.H. 'Nobie' Lai, fourth generation Digi-Destined

* * * * * *

Serangmon watched the recording of the last battle the Digi-Destined fought. The grim reaper Digimon was quickly struck down by Avengemon. In the ensuing light, both Mega level Digimon disappeared. Only one Digimon remained after the fight.

"It seems they are getting stronger by themselves," Serangmon commented, shutting down the recording.

"We have to be thankful he is as arrogant as he was before," was the reply from the shadows.

"That, I am inclined to agree," the Angel Digimon responded. "Sending only one Digimon at a time will prove to be a fatal mistake for him."

"You will have to intervene if things get out of hand, however," the figure told the Angel.

"I know," Serangmon responded, standing still.

"Something on your mind, old friend?" the figure in the shadows asked, 'tilting' his head to the side.

"He's got the power to rally forces...which means he's got enough power to communicate outside his prison..." Serangmon spoke softly. "It won't be lo-"

"No, something else is on your mind," the figure interrupted, realigning his head to be straight. Serangmon sighed, knowing he couldn't get anything past his compatriot.

"Not dying really isn't an option, is it?" the Angel asked, glancing back at the figure. There was a strange and ominous silence in the room, neither making a move, neither saying a word.

* * * * * *

Tiberius lowered his binoculars, watching the home of Serangmon from a far distance away.

"Two sentries guarding the front," the Digi-Destined told his companion. K.H. jotted down the notes on a pad. "They just did a shift change," Tiberius commented.

"Four hour interval," Lepumon spoke out, looking up from the watch he held in his hand.

"And countless patrols around the perimeter," Kinoumon added. K.H. jotted the notes down, pulling the map of the scanned area Tiberius printed out for them to analyse.

"Which concludes to...!" K.H. spoke in a game show like voice. "We got no chance of getting in."

"Yeah, then you add those auto guns and traps to the calculations," Kinoumon spoke, also in the same sarcastic tone as his partner. "And we have less then no chance of getting in."

"We have such great optimism in our little planning," Lepumon responded bitterly.

"Enough with the sarcasm already," Tiberius groaned, donning his binoculars again. "Windows guarded by bars...roof cameras...Serangmon doesn't want anyone getting in, that's for sure."

"If he wanted someone to get in, he'd have some big red sign saying 'Enter Here' on his front lawn," K.H. spoke. Tiberius lowered his binoculars and gaze K.H. a look that could freeze the walking dead. K.H. placed a hand on his chin and simulated keeping his mouth closed.

Tiberius sighed, turning his attention back towards the house of Serangmon. It would be better suited to be described as the fortress mansion of the Angel Digimon. The building must be big enough to house various sizes of various levels of Digimon, hence the amount of patrols of different sized Digimon around.

"Where do they come in and out?" Tiberius muttered under his breath, scanning the area for any such possible passageways. "They're well hidden, I'll give it that much..."

"What are you looking for, Tibbs?" Lepumon inquired, standing beside his partner.

"I don't know..." the Digi-Destined answered, still scanning the area with his binoculars. His view went up into one the larger windowed doors facing the balcony of the house. Tiberius refocused the lens, making sure he saw what he thought he saw.

"I don't suppose we have some Anti-Matter Digital Long Distance Molecular Disrupter Rifle like weapon on us, do we?" Tiberius asked, not expecting a serious answer at all.

"Pardon?" his other three friends asked, all confused with the request for such a strange contraption.

"Anyone got a sniper rifle?" Tiberius rephrased, smiling, thankfully his back turned to the others. "I see Serangmon in the distance, talking with someone else in his room."

"Sure, everyone carries a sniper rifle with them wherever they go," K.H. responded sarcastically. "Besides, I'm sure that glass is bullet proof."

"Probably," Tiberius replied, continuing to scan the area for any such entrances they can use aside from the front door, back door, and barred windows.

* * * * * *

"They're outside," the figure spoke, breaking the silence that once tied the room.

"Even with five Mega level Digimon, they won't get in," Serangmon commented, stepping towards the windowed door and placing a hand on the glass.

"Of course not," was the reply from the shadows. "If they get help though..."

"I'm sure they'll get it," Serangmon replied reassuringly. "We had many friends...in our time...they will know what they have to do..."

* * * * * *

"Are you the one they call Blitz?" the female voice asked from behind the teenager. Tao stepped around, wondering who would call him by his nickname.

There, standing before him was a girl the same age as he. Her long dark hair was tied back in a ponytail, her dark eyes clear with vengeance. She wore a black T-shirt with white trim and silver coloured like jeans. She held a sword in her right hand. On her left wrist was an unusual watch, pitch black like some of her other features.

"That is I," Tao answered, his blade lower, yet ready. Celeaglemon stood by his partner's side, the two training before they were rudely interrupted. "And who is this that asks for me?"

"My name is Zera," she answered.

"Well, what ya know, that's the same nick as one of my FanFiction characters..." Tao thought, shaking it from his mind.

Standing beside Zera was a Digimon, humanoid like Celeaglemon. From there, the similarities end. Where as with Celeaglemon's wings you can see faint traces of the white shimmer it had before, the other Digimon's wings were pitch black.

"And the pleasure of your name?" Celeaglemon asked the other Digimon, scanning the Digimon some more.

"Varharommon," the vampire Digimon answered, bearing his fangs. His hair was black, much like his eyes. The Digimon donned a piece of chain mail armour for his protection. In his hand was sword very similar to that Zera carried.

"And what do you wish?" Tao asked, breaking, the silence. Zera slowly gripped her blade, tightening it.

"I come to take your head!" she screamed, rushing forward, sword raised. Celeaglemon was about to step into the way if Varharommon didn't smash into him a full speed. Both aerial Digimon ascended into the air, both agreeing to not disturb their partners.

Tao reeled back when his blade smashed against Zera's blade. The force was harder then expected, though the boy knew how to compensate for the next attacks now. The two continued to battle, blades colliding, returning, then colliding again at a different angle.

Zera suddenly lunged forward, blade pointed forward. Tao nearly had a sword go through him, the blade missing his skin by inches as Zera sailed past. Quickly, she planted her feet into the ground, Tao behind her, but he was still recovering from the dodge. With all her force, Zera swung her blade in a 180-degree arc, hoping to get Tao off guard.

The teenager saw that, raised his blade to block, then stepped backwards so he wouldn't fall over. It was a sloppy block on his part, but he was grateful to still be standing. Zera quickly realigned herself to face Tao.

"I don't even know what I did to her...and now she wants me dead..." Tao thought, blocking another strong slash.

* * * * * *

Both aerial Digimon collided again, quickly reeling back a safe distance away from each other. Neither Celeaglemon nor Varharommon had an advantage, the two Ultimate level Digimon equally matched.

Celeaglemon drew his sword back, charging holy energy into the blade. Varharommon saw this action, and reacted appropriately.

"SHATTER WAVE!"

A blast of Darkness erupted from his weapon and towards Celeaglemon. The Angel Digimon's eyes went wide. Celeaglemon nullified the holy energy in his blade, raising his unarmed hand.

"CELESTIAL PROTECTION!"

A barrier of energy was erected before the Digimon, stopping the blast of Darkness. The shield shattered on impact.

During that time, Varharommon followed up behind the pulsating wave of Darkness, catching Celeaglemon by surprise when his opponent was suddenly right in front of him.

"What?!" Celeaglemon exclaimed, diving down quickly and narrowly avoiding a slash directed right towards his head and between the eyes.

"CELESTIAL CHARGE!"

"SHATTER WAVE!"

Both Holy and Unholy energy collided, causing a massive shock wave of null

energy. Both Digimon returned to a safe distance from each other, watching their opponent.

"This guy knows everything I'm going to do...but how?!" Celeaglemon thought, surprised at how well his moves were anticipated. "Is he psychic?"

* * * * * *

Avengemon took a step forward, watching the shapeless globe of goo in front of him. Whatever it was for a Digimon, it disabled Epralmon pretty quickly.

It didn't just disable it, it imitated the Digimon, then used its own attack back. The bloody thing actually took the form of Epralmon, using an Absolute Crossfire attack right back at the Ultimate level Digimon with Courage. If anything else, the blob had endurance, taking more hits then the original copy.

Chenjamon was the Digimon's name, and that's about the only way to describe it. The blob quickly changed once more, forming the splitting image of Avengemon, though the duplicate had shinning black skin, as did the blob form, and as did it when it duplicated Epralmon.

K.H. held the defeated Kinoumon in his arms, the Digimon still conscious after the ordeal.

"His level is undetermined," Tiberius told the others after scanning the Digimon at least three more times. "And when I scanned him after he changed, he registered as Avengemon..."

"This ain't cool at all then..." K.H. muttered, pulling his Digimon a bit closer to himself. "I wonder if it's psychic...so it knows exactly what it can change to."

"Or maybe it's a genetics thing," Tiberius replied, stepping back to allow more room for Avengemon to fight the once blob like Digimon. "Either way, it's not good..."

The two Digi-Destined and their Digimon were attacked on their way out from exiting the sector of Serangmon's mansion. The Angel Digimon apparently had some jamming field that prevented Digital Portals from opening to go in and out of that sector.

"ANKOKU BLADE!"

Both Digimon threw their attacks at the same time, dark energy shaped as a spear crashing into each other. The attacks nullified each other upon contact.

"Does that mean this blob known as Chenjamon is just as powerful as Avengemon, or more powerful?" K.H. asked, getting worried about the situation.

* * * * * *

Tao blocked another blow brought to him by Zera. His concentration was on the battle, however his focus was on the blade the female wielded. The boy remained on the defensive upon noticing the design of the blade Zera used. If anything, Tao saw that his own weapon and that weapon Zera used were nearly identical, aside from a small symbol on the hilt which Tao couldn't see clearly with the blade moving and all.

"How can she hold a blade like mine when there is only one like it?" Tao thought, blocking another blow.

"Fight me!" Zera shouted, knowing that Tao has been holding back all that time. She slashed again, only to be blocked, making her even more frustrated with her foe. She was about to strike once more, until a harsh voice halted her.

"Zera, stop!" he yelled out, ending all combat in the sector right then and there. Eyes fell onto the new comer and his Digimon.

"Imperial..." Zera muttered under her breath, cursing at her luck. She glanced up at Varharommon, nodded once, then dashed off. Her Digimon flew right beside her, the two disappearing in a ripple of air.

"Curse this!" Imperial Wrath exclaimed, finally right beside Tao. He looked up, at Tao, then down at his Digimon. He was short, stubby, and had a pig like nose. The Digimon was also white, with a little antenna sticking out of his forehead. Imperial Wrath then turned his attention back towards Tao.

"Nice to see you again Tao," the boy spoke. "Come on Espermon, we got a person to chase!" he told his Digimon before running off again. He pressed some buttons on his dark blue wristwatch, similar in design to the one Zera wore. Just as Zera, he and his Digimon disappeared in a ripple through the air.

"Err...and what was that about?" Celeaglemon asked, landing beside Tao. He reverted back to his Rookie form, stretching his wing once changed. His body ached from the fight against Varharommon.

"I don't know...but...if that's part of the threat to the Digital World, we know what to do," Tao spoke softly, lowering his weapon finally. His thoughts remained on that girl and the sword she wielded that so resembled his own.

* * * * * *

Avengemon fell flat onto his back with a loud metallic clank. The shimmering skinned Chenjamon shaped in the form of Avengemon stepped towards the fallen Digimon, biological sword ready to finish the job.

With one strong thrust, the black blade entered Avengemon. The Digimon cried out in pain, before reverting back to his Rookie form of Lepumon. Tiberius quickly collected his fallen, unconscious Digimon as Chenjamon morphed back into its goo like form.

"Err...is it going to eat us now?" Tiberius asked, stepping away from the blob.

"Be strong..." K.H. muttered under his breath. "Do not let fear overcome your instincts...it will only lead to more mistakes...more ways to be defeated..." In K.H.'s pocket, his Digivice glowed with a faint orange aura.

"Tiberius, here," K.H. spoke aloud, handing Kinoumon to his partner. Tiberius' eyes went wide, getting an idea of what K.H. wanted to do.

"You aren't going to stall for time, are you?" Tiberius asked. K.H. exhaled, glanced back at the approaching blob, and then pressed Kinoumon towards Tiberius again.

"Trust me on this..." K.H. replied softly. The glow of faint crimson was suddenly dabbed with the dullness of gray.

"K.H...I won't let...you..." Kinoumon answered, still weak, but his determination flared. "We're...partners...I won't let you go...alone...."

"You're hurt already..." K.H. reasoned, pulling Kinoumon close to his chest while stepping away from Chenjamon. "I don't want you hurt anymore...you're too much of a friend to go like this..." The Digivice in his pocket was flooded with a crimson aura, his third Crest blossoming with power.

"Listen, K.H. we ain't leaving, no matter how hard you try," Tiberius replied strongly. Kinoumon nodded in agreement, albeit weakly. Lepumon would have agreed to if he were conscious. K.H. was about to protest, but upon seeing the looks on his companions faces, decided otherwise.

"Alright, then propose how we can beat this thing," K.H. answered, watching the blob approach. Thankfully for the Digi-Destined, the Digimon moved incredibly slow in its 'basic' form.

"Err...beat it with a stick?" Tiberius suggested, in a half serious, half joking tone. It hardly lightened the situation.

"What level is it in its basic form?" K.H. inquired.

"The analyser says it's undetermined," Tiberius answered, scanning one more time to make sure. "But I'm guessing somewhere between Ultimate and Mega..."

"Makes sense," K.H. agreed. "So far, it's only replicated Ultimate and Mega Digimon. It hasn't even attempted to make a copy of our Rookies; even the Champion level of Legionarimon was ignored. I'm guessing lower classed Ultimate."

"It still doesn't solve our problem of defeating this thing," Tiberius spoke aloud.

"Our problem is that we have to hit the Digimon before it has a chance to change..." K.H. assessed. "Unfortunately, with two disabled Digimon...and without any sort of weapons...that seems very unlikely..." The Digivice in his pocket now splashed in a brown glow with the other three colours. The combination was complete.

Chenjamon, with sudden outburst of speed, leaped upon K.H. The boy fell over to shock, though Kinoumon didn't allow the blob to hit his partner.

"Kinoumon..."

The four Crests K.H. possessed dashed under Kinoumon, forming a trapezoid when laser energy connected the four. The area was filled, then the polygon raised, converting Kinoumon to data as the area of the trapezoid touched him. Soon, there was nothing of the Digimon.

"Warp Digivolve to..."

The polygon spun around, expanding out then lowering again, converting the data structure of the Digimon into something new.

To be revealed first was an antenna, then a long head with jaws and mandibles. The body was next, showing a Digimon clad in chitinous crimson armour. Following it was six legs on the underside. Scaly and reptilian, though with the distinction of being insect like as well. The trapezoid slowly faded, only showing the four Crests now.

Large translucent wings grew out of the Digimon's back, scaly and reptilian just like the legs. The four Crest circled around the Digimon, before imprinting onto the armoured carapace of the Digimon.

"Matalefmon!"

Matalefmon: An insect/reptile hybrid. The legs have the ulterior purpose of claws during flight. Attacks: Crystal Plague, Chaos Implosion. A Mega level Digimon.

Matalefmon tackled Chenjamon, knocking the blob away. If anything, the blob looked 'shocked'.

"Matalefmon, quick, beat Chenjamon before it can change!" both K.H. and Tiberius shouted at once. The Digimon needed no encouragement, unleashing his first attack as the blob was beginning to transform once more.

"CRYSTAL PLAGUE!"

Matalefmon spewed mist from his mouth, surrounding the blob as it changed. There was a cry of pain from inside the mist, the white substance slowly dissipating. Crystal shards blasted out of the blobs 'skin', halting his transformation. The insect like Digimon flew up to the blob, slashing away with his claw like legs.

After about thirty slices, Matalefmon lifted the blob off the ground. Chenjamon was still stunned by the attacks against him. With one strong throw, the blob was back against the ground, his form barely stabled as the blob widened then shrunk and widened again like an elastic band.

"CHAOS IMPLOSION!"

Matalefmon curled his legs together, energy beginning to change between his six appendages. Just as Chenjamon was tossed, the flying Digimon tossed the ball of energy at the blob. Upon impact, the energy blast imploded, causing smoke and gas to appear. As gas floated into the sky, the Digi-Destined and the hovering Digimon could see the bits of data floating into the sky.

Matalefmon landed on the ground, changing back to the Rookie known as Kinoumon. He fell onto the ground, tired after two straight battles. K.H. collected his Digimon once more, telling his Digimon on the fine job he did.

"Think that was one of Serangmon's goons?" Tiberius asked, the two continuing on their path out of the sector and jamming devices.

"Wouldn't be surprised," K.H. answered, patting his Digimon. "We are trespassing..."

"It doesn't seem like his style though..." Tiberius commented, entering a deep state of thought again. The two remained silent for the remainder of the way out of the sector.

Fin

Completed: 04/11/01