Power

Power

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!

An unknown level Digimon? What is this? The dragon took five Mega level attacks, and took it like it was nothing, just a mere annoyance.

This Digimon was big...bigger then a Mega...or something...maybe it is just much more powerful then our combined might...maybe it's a sign...we need to get stronger.

Maybe Gennai was right...if we did go in without any training...we'd be dead...

~Diary of Marc 'Toe' Durron, fourth generation Digi-Destined

* * * * * *

Tiberius groaned, slowly awakening from his blacked out state.

"Finally up," Marc spoke from beside the fallen boy. The Toronto Digi-Destined sat on top of a rock, Xemon in his arms, also unconscious. "Anything broken?" Tiberius slowly got up, not feeling much pain from his joints.

"Just sore...nothing busted," Tiberius spoke after moving his limbs a bit more.

"That's good, I was worried," Marc commented, sighing. "That was a pretty damn long fall..." he added, looking towards the sky. Tiberius followed his gaze, seeing the mountain they were just on. A massive crater at the side of the mountain indicated the starting point of their fall.

"Yeah...that is pretty long..." Tiberius agreed. He turned to face Marc again. "Where are the others?"

"Lepumon is with K.H. and Kinoumon scouting the area out," Marc informed the boy. "As for Tao and Shas...well...we just have to hope they survived the fall as well..."

"...I see..." Tiberius whispered, looking towards the horizon now. "The sun is setting...wow...it was just rising when we got here...I must have been out for a long time..."

"Yep..." Marc agreed, sighing once more. Tiberius blinked in confusion.

"What's on your mind?" he inquired. Marc looked up from his position on top of the boulder, shook his head lightly, then lowered it again. "Marc...?"

"If we haven't been trained into what we are right now...Wvyarmon...he would've crushed us without a worry...we were lucky to survive as it is..." Marc spoke softly.

"Marc..." Tiberius whispered, seeing the pain in his voice.

"I...I was wrong...we did need that war before...even if I disapprove, we needed it..." he spoke, looking up. "We would have been dead now...if..." He trailed off, unable to continue to lowering his head again.

"Marc...we all make mistakes...and you can't be blamed...we all were...used at that moment...but...it was for the better..." Tiberius tried to reason.

"Many Digimon died...so we can live for at this moment..." Marc spoke softly. "Digimon died for us...the ones we were suppose to protect...deleted...so...we can survive this encounter..."

"Survive..." Tiberius repeated, sighing now. He looked back up. "How did we survive that fall? Even if we slid down the mountain side all the way, we would be hurting..." Marc also glanced up, destroying his previous mindset.

"I think I might have been one of the two only conscious during the fall," Marc spoke softly. Tiberius turned to face Marc once more, intrigued to hear the story. "Harriermon Digivolved during the middle of the fall, the other on still conscious during this fall. He caught all of us, somehow...and use his body to protect us from the falling boulders of the resulting blast."

"What happened?" Tiberius asked, looking back up.

"Near the end of the fall, a larger boulder hit his head," Marc concluded, lowering his gaze once more. "He dropped everyone, but thankfully for us three and our Digimon, we landed sort of softly on the ground."

"The others?" Tiberius inquired, concern in his tone.

"Haeromon must've leaned towards them before he lost his own conscious to it. He reverted back to his Rookie a few seconds afterwards, then we hit the ground zero," Marc informed, sighing once more. "To his training, Harriermon got enough strength to Warp Digivolve and then Digivolve once more even after getting beaten up by something, that...somehow is stronger then all our Mega Digimon combined..."

"Stronger...much stronger..." Marc whispered. "So...we need to get stronger...somehow...we must..." Tiberius placed a hand on Marc's shoulder, surprising the teen as he looked up.

"Listen...I know you don't approve of Gennai's methods...but...we have to admit...if it weren't for it...we would be splatters on the ground right now..." Tiberius reasoned. Marc knew that was a fact, despite how badly it hurt him.

"Man...if he keeps that up..." Tiberius thought, watching the boy. Marc had his eyes down towards the ground. "It's eating away at him...slowly...."

Both their Digivices went off simultaneously, revealing the location of a third Digi-Destined within the vicinity. The tracked Digi-Destined was heading towards their location.

"That must be K.H.," Tiberius spoke aloud. Xemon groaned out, aroused by the sudden noise.

"Turn off the alarm clock please..." he spoke softly. "I still want to sleep..." Marc smiled lightly, running a hand across Xemon's back. The Digimon giggled upon the caress, opening his eyes and looking up.

"Time to wake up ya sleeping dragon," Marc spoke playfully. "You've already been asleep for the last ten hours."

"It's already ten hours?" Xemon groaned, slowly sitting up and rubbing the grogginess from his eyes. "Didn't feel that long...didn't feel that comfortable either..."

"Well, considering what knocked you out was a massive blast of fire energy, I wouldn't be surprised," Marc informed. Xemon blinked in confusion.

"What do you-" Xemon started, but cut himself off. "Oh yeah, Wvyarmon...and his blast that knocked out that ledge up there..." The dragon Digimon looked back up towards the mountain, seeing the crater in the side. "Just how did we survive that fall?"

"Eh, it's a long story..." Marc spoke, getting tired of explaining the situation. He had to explain it once to K.H., Kinoumon, and Lepumon, then to Tiberius, and now to his own Digimon. Marc checked his Digivice again to see how far away K.H. was and what speed they were travelling in. "I got the time," Marc commented, beginning the tale for the third time.

* * * * * *

Wvyarmon soared around the mountaintop, surveying the land below. Sure, he had faith he destroyed the Digi-Destined with that last blast, but he saw Harriermon Digivolve and catch all of them, though he was whacked quite harshly with one of the larger falling boulders, dropping the kids once again. Despite that, Wvyarmon didn't truly believe they were dead, at least, not yet...

"Come out, come out, wherever you are..." he chanted softly, swooping down for a closer look.

* * * * * *

K.H. brushed some bushes aside, stepping into the small clearing that Marc used as his campsite while waiting for their friends to recover. The boy and the two Digimon following him were pleasantly surprised to see their awakened companions.

"Tibbs!" Lepumon exclaimed, bouncing forward in delight and hoping into his partner's arms.

"How ya doing, friend?" Tiberius asked, petting the head of his Digimon.

"I was worried sick!" the Digimon answered. "But I know you would pull through. You always did before!"

"It's good to know the Digimon have such faith," Tiberius spoke, smiling lightly.

"Very good they have such faith," a voice range out. Eyes fell onto the source of the voice, a hologram of Gennai showing up between the six.

"Gennai!" the three Humans and three Digimon exclaimed, surprised to see their 'mentor' here.

"No time for small talk, this transmission may break at any moment," Gennai informed them. The crowd grew silent, allowing the Digital being to continue. "First of all, I regret to inform leaving the island will all be but impossible now. An extremely powerful shield was erected in hopes to sealing these new Digimon for a little while longer. It is already a large risk sending this transmission, as it weakens the shield temporarily for the Digimon to escape."

"What's with these new Digimon?" Tiberius inquired. "I'm sure they are stronger then anything ever faced before by any Digi-Destined, period."

"You are correct in that assumption," Gennai replied. "How to begin this...."

"A long time ago, much before there was ever the words known as Digi-Destined, all Digimon were equal. Of course, as time passed, some Digimon grew stronger, others grew weaker, and a chain was established."

"During those years, the chain was refined into what we know today: Egg, Baby, In-Training, Rookie, Champion, Ultimate, and Mega. There was a balance of power as those who were strong fought against each other to protect the world or to rule the world. With these small wars that broke out from time to time, a balance of power was maintained, neither gaining an upper hand."

"However, as time progressed, a select few Mega level Digimon found a way to surpass their current limitations, Digivolving to the next stage in the chain, the rank of Infinity."

"Wars began to rage out, Infinity Digimon crushing all resistance that stood in their way. To protect the weak and helpless, another band of Digimon were chosen to attain this supreme rank in hopes to re-balance the chain of power."

"The effect was catastrophic, the raging war nearly wiping out the Digital World with the amount of power used. Continents were destroyed in mere hours, species annihilated in seconds...The Digital World has fallen into a state of despair and destruction."

"The Infinity Digimon that choose to defend the World saw this destruction, and knew if it continued anymore, there would not be any Digital World to protect anymore. In a last ditch effort, they lured their foes onto a small island. With their combined might, the sealed the Infinity Digimon away, but not without price. The energy they exerted in such a seal deleted all the Infinity Digimon that vowed to protect the Digital World."

"Despite the victory, much blood has been lose. Even to this day, the Digital World is still recovering from the destruction. With the continuing need to battle evil Digimon, restoration is going slowly, but surely. We have what we see now."

"But now..." K.H. interrupted, looking up. "This peace we have, it may be shattered because the seal is eroding...We have already witnessed the might of one Infinity level Digimon, who knows what may happen if the rest of this bunch is released."

"Guess that's why they called it Infinity Mountain," Tiberius spoke, looking up. "It's holding all the Infinity level Digimon in check...or...well...used to...."

"We knew the seal would eventually dissipate," Gennai told them. "However, finding a method of either destroying these Infinity Digimon or permanently sealing them has eluded us all this time. Now...our only hope rests in you Digi-Destined."

"Great..." Marc spoke sarcastically. "We have to fight these Infinity level Digimon with two members short and with lower level Digimon. Anything else you would like to say?"

"Yes, three things," Gennai answered, ignoring the sarcasm in Marc's tone. "One, Tiberius, please raise your Digivice."

"Er...okay..." Tiberius spoke, a bit confused, but following instructions. Gennai raised his left arm, a beam of energy shooting from the palm into the Digivice's screen. After a brief moment, the data transfer stopped.

"This is new data for your Digimon analyser," Gennai informed the teen. "It will hold the information you will need to succeed in this battle." Tiberius nodded, pocketing the Digivice again.

"Number two?" Marc asked bitterly, looking away.

"Number two: to return to the Real World will be impossible," Gennai spoke, saddened.

"Why is that?!" K.H. exclaimed, surprised with the sudden fact.

"The Digital World has gone into a large time acceleration again. Again, one day in the Digital World only means one second in the Real World. We suspect that this has something to do with the eroding seal over the Infinity Digimon, though we have yet to pin point the exact source of such a drastic change."

"That sucks...." Kinoumon commented, saddened.

"And number three?" Xemon asked for his partner.

"Number three: your foe," Gennai spoke. Attention was quickly drawn to this explanation. Even Marc, with his current sarcastic and bitter mood was intrigued by this information. "Have you heard on the one known as Devimon?" Heads shook their negative towards the answer, though Tiberius provided an answer.

"Devimon...the first true opponent of the second generation Digi-Destined...defeated with a powerful Hand of Fate attack from Angemon," Tiberius informed them. "His power grew with the amount of Black Gears he absorbed, as per told from Tao, who heard it from T.K. during his short and deadly trip to Japan..."

"Well informed," Gennai congratulated. "Yes, all he speaks is true...Devimon was defeated here, on File Island against a battle with Angemon. Thus, he was reconfigured, or so that what would normally happen."

"What do you mean?" K.H. asked, stepping forward a bit.

"The Black Gears..." Tiberius answered, closing his eyes. Eyes fell onto the boy, Gennai particular wondered what kind of answer the boy can come up with. "The Black Gears were made either to control a Digimon or to increase the power of the Digimon by a certain exponential. However, by doing so, part of the Digital structure of the Digimon must be reconfigured to handle such a strain, thus one of the first starting operations a Black Gear has upon infecting their target."

"Devimon was defeated after being infused with as many Black Gears as he could, therefore altering his structure far beyond the normal limits. Upon reconfiguration, the system didn't know how to reconfigure him. The data would therefore remain in limbo. This is all theory though....so I do not know how much of this is true. How this certain Devimon can return, I would never know."

"Your knowledge is quite astounding," Gennai commented, nodding. "It is all true, though I am predicting this is from facts you have read in your old analyser." Tiberius nodded slowly, taking his Digivice once more. He would have to study a lot more now...

"To continue, the data should have remained in limbo," Gennai continued. "However, due to the close proximity of the seal towards the battle location, instead of being reconfigured to some place like Primary Village, Devimon was reconfigured in with the seal. In all essence, his data bypassed the seal and fused with another Infinity level Digimon. We suspect, because of this merge, the seal has become eroded. Just the fact alone that his data was able to bypass the seal meant there was a weak point in the shield means this new Devimon would know where to strike in order to shatter the shield."

"Great...we have our work really cut out for us..." Marc muttered, sighing. The image of Gennai fuzzed out for a second before becoming whole again.

"I am sorry, but this transmission may not hold anymore," Gennai informed them quickly. "If you have any questions, please ask now or forever hold your peace."

"Have you seen Tao, Shastina, Harriermon, or Tigramon?" Lepumon asked, waiting for such an opportunity to come.

"I am sorry, but no," Gennai answered sadly. "I will continue to look for them, though I may not be able to inform you of their presence. If I do talk with them, I will tell them all that I have just told you, and to seek you three out." With that answered, the next question came.

"How do you want us to handle these Infinity level Digimon?" K.H. asked, hoping for a simple solution.

"We suspect the easiest way is to just destroy each and every one of these Infinity Digimon," Gennai spoke. "We believe many of them deleted each other since their containment from such a long time ago. Boredom leads to killing, especially with a group like this."

"And how do you propose we destroy these Infinity level Digimon?" Marc inquired, still bitter.

"All I can say is to fight fire with fire," Gennai responded, fading once more. "I'm sorry, but this transmission will have to be cut now. Good luck! I will keep searching!" With those final words, the image of Gennai faded from existence for the three Digi-Destined and their Digimon.

"Fire with fire? How do you propose that?" Marc asked rhetorically and sarcastically.

"I don't know, but something we found might have the answer," Kinoumon informed them. K.H. nodded in agreement, as did Lepumon. The Digi-Destined led the way through the forest

* * * * * *

"What is this?" Marc asked, watching the rock face in front of them. They hiked towards the base of the Infinity Mountain, only to see an interesting design on the wall. Two swords were imprinted into the wall, both blades crossed over. It was a symbol, though the three Digi-Destined couldn't tell of what.

"I don't know, but it could hold some value of significance," K.H. assessed, stating his own theory.

"I would have to agree," Tiberius remarked. "Though it could also be in all possibility a symbol that some ancient Digimon tribe chiselled here."

"Knock on it," Lepumon suggested. Tiberius blinked once, surprised with the request, but did so. An echoing sound from behind the rock was the response. "It's hollow? What does it mean..."

"It means it will be your grave!!" a cry from above screamed out. Eyes went up as Wvyarmon dived down, unleashing Nova Flare attack.

"Get down!" all the Digimon exclaimed at once, knocking their respective partners down. A crater blasted in front of the wall drawing, tossing dust and dirt everywhere. When it cleared, the Digimon and the Digi-Destined were thankful to still be alive. The three Digimon got up, exchanged glances, then nodded at once. The Digi-Destined knew what the Digimon wanted, even if they were horribly outmatched.

"Lepumon..." "Xemon..." "Kinoumon...."

"Warp Digivolve to...."

"Avengemon!" "Hydramon!" "Matalefmon!"

The three Mega level Digimon took battle stances, ready to protect their companions now more then ever.

"NOVA FLARE!"

Another blast of firepower rocked the surrounding area, Wvyarmon intentionally hitting the mountain overhead. Massive boulders began to fall down from the resulting explosion, knocking Digi-Destined off their feet from the resulting explosion.

"Tibbs!" Avengemon exclaimed, running over the fallen boy and using his armoured body as a shield against the rocks.

"Move, move, move!" Matalefmon recited, picking up K.H. with his reptilian/insect like legs and flying to safety.

"Stay close..." Hydramon told his partner, beginning to blast fall debris with the multiple heads he possessed. Elemental energy beams flared about as rocks were either frozen, knocked away, or destroyed from the Mega level Digimon. Eventually, the hail of falling rock was over.

"You alright, Tibbs?" Avengemon asked, slowly standing up. Tiberius nodded slowly.

"You won't!!" Wvyarmon exclaimed, ramming full speed into the armoured Digimon. There was a cry of surprise that was cut short when the armoured Digimon was slammed into the mountainside. To add more injury, Wvyarmon blasted Avengemon with a point blank Nova Flare.

"Avengemon!!!" Tiberius exclaimed, eyes wide with fear from the blast. Wvyarmon took off from the crater, leaving Lepumon lying there once the smoke cleared.

"That wasn't nice!" Matalefmon shouted out, flying over to the battlefield.

"CRYSTAL PLAGUE!"

The flying Mega level Digimon spewed out mist that continued his deadly attack. Wvyarmon wasn't really concerned, charging another attack.

"NOVA FLARE!"

The blast evaporated the mist coming towards him, surprising Matalefmon the split second before the attack hit him. Like the Digimon before him, Matalefmon flew into the mountainside. He reverted back to Kinoumon before falling to the ground.

"No..." K.H. whispered, clutching his fist tightly.

"I shall make this very painful for you...my dragon friend..." Wvyarmon told Hydramon, smirking. Each pair of eyes of the Digimon's multiple heads narrowed, beginning to spray the area with elemental attacks. Wvyarmon, despite the amount of attacks fired towards him, easily evaded the beams of energy. For ten minutes straight, the two dragon Digimon exchanged attacks, though Wvyarmon was the only one doing damage, slashing at Hydramon with his fly by attacks.

"This...isn't...working..." Marc stammered, clutching his Digivice tightly. He could feel the pain Hydramon was suffering, and he didn't like it at all. Wvyarmon wasn't taking his dragon brethren seriously, deliberating directing his attacks for maximum pain and minimal damage.

"This...isn't...going...to...work...." Marc spoke softly. "We...need...more... The...pain...it's...too much... Hydramon..." Marc looked up to his partner, seeing the pain his Digimon endured all this time. It was infinitely more then anything that Digimon has ever experienced before. "The suffering...must not continue!" Marc shouted out, his Digivice shining with power. The design on the mountainside reacted with his pain and suffering.

When the body is threatened with infinite pain and suffering, Power will be granted.

"Hydramon...one MORE LEVEL!" Marc exclaimed. A beam of energy from the wall design struck Marc's Digivice, reflected off the screen, then onto Hydramon.

"Hydramon...Infinity Digivolve to..."

The Dragon Digimon let loose a cry of dominance. His wings grew larger, his body grew smaller, his heads and necks shortened. The legs grew longer, as did the arms. Jade eyes blinked once, emerald scale armour forming over his now humanoid body. The energy ensnaring the wings dissipated, revealing emerald like wings with crimson transparent flaps. A pair of jade scale greeves and gauntlets materialised over his legs and arms respectively. Black hair flowed back, a green headband tied across his forehead. A long spear appeared in his left hand.

"Knightdramon!"

"YOU!" Wvyarmon exclaimed, flying back. The Crest inscribed on the wall now became one with Marc's Digivice, granting more power for his Digimon then ever known before. Tiberius used his upgraded Digivice on the new Digimon before them.

Knightdramon: A dragon knight Digimon. The Digimon is said to be the one responsible for sealing Wvyarmon during the war. Main attack: Serpent Lance. An Infinity Level Digimon.

"Well, that explains why Wvyarmon is so pissed off at seeing this guy..." Tiberius joked softly, cradling his Digimon in his arms. K.H. did the same with his own Digimon, watching the battle unfold.

"Not this time!" Wvyarmon exclaimed, fear now truly head in his voice. Knightdramon soared towards the hovering Dragon Digimon, lance ready.

"NOVA FLARE!"

"No, definitely not this time," Knightdramon agreed, twirling his spear.

"SERPENT LANCE!"

Stopping his twirl and still going forward, Knightdramon pointed his spear forward. From the tip of the blade, a massive sapphire energy serpent was summoned forth, roaring out in defiance. Flying forward, the dragon like energy Digimon swallowed the Nova Flare that stood in its path.

"What!?" Wvyarmon exclaimed, getting hit full force with the energy serpent. The attack dissipated on impact, but it didn't stop the dragon knight Digimon from continuing.

"Sealing is all to good for you!" Knightdramon exclaimed, ramming his spear right through the throat of the dragon Digimon. Wvyarmon gasped in surprise with the attack, blinking once before becoming bits of data. Knightdramon huffed out, slowly descending back towards the ground.

"And power has been granted..." Marc remembered, closing his eyes. "One down..."

Fin

Completed: 04/23/01