Digimon: Dark Storm (Part One: Fighting Together Again)
I blinked twice before opening my eyes. The morning sunlight shown into my eyes brightly. I tried to move, but, I found my arms and legs tied to the post that I was on.
"Let me down!" I shouted to no one. "Now! I command any Digimon out there to untie me!" It was no use, no one heard me or if they did they ignored me. I stayed there for what seemed like hours -and probably was!- with out saying anything. I had even forgot how I got there. "Chamelamon!? Kunemon or Wormon!? BlackWarGr..." I stopped and remembered. "BlackWarGreymon, I will get you for this. This will not go on unpunished!!!!!" I screamed angrily. Nothing happened. No one heard or did anything. I looked around. I was in a forest. Sunlight streamed through the holes in the canopy. I waited and waited and then realized that I was thirsty. Hungry, too. I was extremely hot. To take my mind off of the pain, I started to think of how to strike back at BlackWarGreymon. But, soon I fell asleep from exhaustion. It seemed like I was only up there for a little more than a day, but I now figured out that when I first woke up, that was the third day. Then, I suddenly fell to the ground and woke up. I jolted up and looked around and saw the ones I last expected to see: the Digidestined. They stood around me in a circle looking at me.
"Don't say we never did anything for you, Cody." Ryan said. Tara tossed a bag to me and I stared down at it.
"Well? Go on, you've been up there for days, you need something to eat." She said, worryingly.
"Why should I trust you?" My words didn't come out as sharp as I wanted them to come out.
"Why shouldn't you? We're your friends, Cody." Natalie said, softly. She was looking down at me sadly. I shrugged everything they said off and opened the bag and began to eat. They all watched me silently. I held some out to them.
"Do any of you want some?" I couldn't believe what I was doing and saying I was acting like nothing had ever happened. So were they. They all shook their heads. "You sure?"
"Yeah. You've been up there for a long time, nearly four days. You need every crumb." Christy said. All the Digimon were off standing guard.
"I suppose this is the point where you guys say something like, "See? We're still friends, come back." Well," I crumpled the bag and tossed it back to Tara. "... forget about it. I have no regrets for what I've done."
They all stared at me the way they had the entire meal, faces full of sadness and regret. Sorrow.
"Cody..." Liana started.
"No! I'm thankful that you saved me, I really am. So, now I will give you two things. I offer you a temporary truce till BlackWarGreymon is defeated."
"Why should we trust you? You've betrayed us before!" Davy said, accusingly.
"Because, this is a trap." They all gasped and stood on guard. "No, not mine. BlackWarGreymon's he captured me and put me up there. He'll be here any minute to destroy you. He knew that you'd come for me. He probably thought sooner."
"We were a little busy the past three days. Okay, really busy." Kason said with a cocky smile on his face.
"What did you do?" I asked, looking at his cocky face.
"Oh, we only took advantage of your absence! We destroyed all the control transmitters! You're out of business, man!" Kason's smile grew larger and larger with each word he spoke.
"You're lucky you just saved my life or, I'd take yours... man." I said in a huff. "All my work... destroyed because of you and BlackWarGreymon... I can't believe it. All of it gone." I looked over at all of them, each of them wore a sullen smile, except for Kason. I looked at Valerie. She didn't even have the sullen smile the others wore. She looked at me like I had killed one of her friends... and I did. I killed the good me and Pengomon. "I suppose you expect me to surrender now?"
"That's one thing you could do." Liana said. "It'd be a smart thing to do."
"I don't surrender. All of you should know that. But, I will help you defeat BlackWarGreymon."
"Why would you help us?" Ryan asked.
"Because of him, I've lost that I've worked for. I am not offering a permanent truce, but, one that will help us both. I know that you all meant well for everyone you care for when you started to destroy the control transmitters, but, you've done more harm to both of our causes than good." I said solemnly.
"Why? We destroyed the transmitters so you couldn't control Digimon anymore! We did a lot of good." Tara said.
"Yeah, but you did more bad than good. Without the control transmitters, I only have a limited control of the Digimon, a very limited control. In fact, I'd be surprised if I have any control over the Digimon at all. Now, without the other Digimon to help me, BlackWarGreymon is at a serious advantage. He wait! Where's Wormon and Kunemon?" I asked suddenly. I don't know why I suddenly cared about Wormon. I mean, he was an okay Digimon, but Kunemon could do more damage.
"I'm here, Master." Wormon said as he came from behind Valerie's legs. He was still half hidden behind her legs.
"Don't call me that. I'm sorry for what I've done to you Wormon. I'm really sorry about the dark ring."
"It's okay. I'm just glad you're back!" He said as he scuttled over to me and hugged me.
"Don't hug me... it... sickens me." I said while gently pushing him away.
"Sorry..."
"Don't be, I'm just not the person you thought I was. Now, I think that I can come up with a plan to defeat BlackWarGreymon."
"I don't know, I'm not sure I trust you." Davy said. He held a grudge. Oh well, I couldn't blame him, I didn't trust them either. Plus, he was right, I would betray them after BlackWarGreymon was gone for good. Not right after, after all, they'll have helped me and they did just save my life. "How can we trust you? We should get rid of you right now."
"Davy!" Everyone shouted at him.
"He's a good person inside, Davy. I know." Valerie said.
"Please, if we don't work together, you can write all of us off right now. Where's Kunemon?" I said.
"He went back to your headquarters to find something." Ryan said.
"Oh, crap! BlackWarGreymon will kill him! BlackWarGreymon knows how loyal Kunemon is to me, no matter what Kunemon says, BlackWarGreymon will know it's a lie." I stood, I got really dizzy and started to sway from side to side. Ryan and Tara came forward and helped me keep my balance.
"How can you guys do this?" I asked.
"Do what?" They both replied at the same time.
"Why are you helping me after all I've done? If you guys hadn't have saved me and I got down on my own, we'd all probably be fighting right now."
"Uh... thanks I think." Tara said, unsure whether it was a complement or a threat. I stood under my own weight and looked over them.
"Okay, because of Kunemon, our plan is pushed ahead to..." I stopped when they turned and ran. I turned around and saw BlackWarGreymon charging towards us, his black armor still shimmering. I ran after my unlikely allies with Wormon inches in front of me. We all grouped a few minutes later around a huge tree. I held my D3.
"Digevolve, now Wormon!" I said, with Imperialdramon helping us we hand a good chance of winning.
"Wormon warp-digevolve to... Imperialdramon!" We all felt the pounding of BlackWarGreymon drawing closer and closer. All the other's Digimon began to digevolve.
"Agumon warp-digevolve to... WarGreymon!"
"Betamon digevolve to... Seadramon!"
"Tapirmon..."
"Gotsumon..."
"Salamon..."
"Patamon..."
"Veemon..."
The five Digimon shouted at the same time, "...digevolve to..."
"Wizardmon!"
"Monochromon!"
"Gatomon!"
"Angemon!"
"ExVeemon!"
I looked over at Valerie without a Digimon. After this, I would do one last good deed, I would get her a Digimon. Our Digimon and BlackWarGreymon charged at each other, each one of them -and the nine of us!- knowing that this would be someone's last fight. I grimaced as the first cloud of dust exploded.
I blinked twice before opening my eyes. The morning sunlight shown into my eyes brightly. I tried to move, but, I found my arms and legs tied to the post that I was on.
"Let me down!" I shouted to no one. "Now! I command any Digimon out there to untie me!" It was no use, no one heard me or if they did they ignored me. I stayed there for what seemed like hours -and probably was!- with out saying anything. I had even forgot how I got there. "Chamelamon!? Kunemon or Wormon!? BlackWarGr..." I stopped and remembered. "BlackWarGreymon, I will get you for this. This will not go on unpunished!!!!!" I screamed angrily. Nothing happened. No one heard or did anything. I looked around. I was in a forest. Sunlight streamed through the holes in the canopy. I waited and waited and then realized that I was thirsty. Hungry, too. I was extremely hot. To take my mind off of the pain, I started to think of how to strike back at BlackWarGreymon. But, soon I fell asleep from exhaustion. It seemed like I was only up there for a little more than a day, but I now figured out that when I first woke up, that was the third day. Then, I suddenly fell to the ground and woke up. I jolted up and looked around and saw the ones I last expected to see: the Digidestined. They stood around me in a circle looking at me.
"Don't say we never did anything for you, Cody." Ryan said. Tara tossed a bag to me and I stared down at it.
"Well? Go on, you've been up there for days, you need something to eat." She said, worryingly.
"Why should I trust you?" My words didn't come out as sharp as I wanted them to come out.
"Why shouldn't you? We're your friends, Cody." Natalie said, softly. She was looking down at me sadly. I shrugged everything they said off and opened the bag and began to eat. They all watched me silently. I held some out to them.
"Do any of you want some?" I couldn't believe what I was doing and saying I was acting like nothing had ever happened. So were they. They all shook their heads. "You sure?"
"Yeah. You've been up there for a long time, nearly four days. You need every crumb." Christy said. All the Digimon were off standing guard.
"I suppose this is the point where you guys say something like, "See? We're still friends, come back." Well," I crumpled the bag and tossed it back to Tara. "... forget about it. I have no regrets for what I've done."
They all stared at me the way they had the entire meal, faces full of sadness and regret. Sorrow.
"Cody..." Liana started.
"No! I'm thankful that you saved me, I really am. So, now I will give you two things. I offer you a temporary truce till BlackWarGreymon is defeated."
"Why should we trust you? You've betrayed us before!" Davy said, accusingly.
"Because, this is a trap." They all gasped and stood on guard. "No, not mine. BlackWarGreymon's he captured me and put me up there. He'll be here any minute to destroy you. He knew that you'd come for me. He probably thought sooner."
"We were a little busy the past three days. Okay, really busy." Kason said with a cocky smile on his face.
"What did you do?" I asked, looking at his cocky face.
"Oh, we only took advantage of your absence! We destroyed all the control transmitters! You're out of business, man!" Kason's smile grew larger and larger with each word he spoke.
"You're lucky you just saved my life or, I'd take yours... man." I said in a huff. "All my work... destroyed because of you and BlackWarGreymon... I can't believe it. All of it gone." I looked over at all of them, each of them wore a sullen smile, except for Kason. I looked at Valerie. She didn't even have the sullen smile the others wore. She looked at me like I had killed one of her friends... and I did. I killed the good me and Pengomon. "I suppose you expect me to surrender now?"
"That's one thing you could do." Liana said. "It'd be a smart thing to do."
"I don't surrender. All of you should know that. But, I will help you defeat BlackWarGreymon."
"Why would you help us?" Ryan asked.
"Because of him, I've lost that I've worked for. I am not offering a permanent truce, but, one that will help us both. I know that you all meant well for everyone you care for when you started to destroy the control transmitters, but, you've done more harm to both of our causes than good." I said solemnly.
"Why? We destroyed the transmitters so you couldn't control Digimon anymore! We did a lot of good." Tara said.
"Yeah, but you did more bad than good. Without the control transmitters, I only have a limited control of the Digimon, a very limited control. In fact, I'd be surprised if I have any control over the Digimon at all. Now, without the other Digimon to help me, BlackWarGreymon is at a serious advantage. He wait! Where's Wormon and Kunemon?" I asked suddenly. I don't know why I suddenly cared about Wormon. I mean, he was an okay Digimon, but Kunemon could do more damage.
"I'm here, Master." Wormon said as he came from behind Valerie's legs. He was still half hidden behind her legs.
"Don't call me that. I'm sorry for what I've done to you Wormon. I'm really sorry about the dark ring."
"It's okay. I'm just glad you're back!" He said as he scuttled over to me and hugged me.
"Don't hug me... it... sickens me." I said while gently pushing him away.
"Sorry..."
"Don't be, I'm just not the person you thought I was. Now, I think that I can come up with a plan to defeat BlackWarGreymon."
"I don't know, I'm not sure I trust you." Davy said. He held a grudge. Oh well, I couldn't blame him, I didn't trust them either. Plus, he was right, I would betray them after BlackWarGreymon was gone for good. Not right after, after all, they'll have helped me and they did just save my life. "How can we trust you? We should get rid of you right now."
"Davy!" Everyone shouted at him.
"He's a good person inside, Davy. I know." Valerie said.
"Please, if we don't work together, you can write all of us off right now. Where's Kunemon?" I said.
"He went back to your headquarters to find something." Ryan said.
"Oh, crap! BlackWarGreymon will kill him! BlackWarGreymon knows how loyal Kunemon is to me, no matter what Kunemon says, BlackWarGreymon will know it's a lie." I stood, I got really dizzy and started to sway from side to side. Ryan and Tara came forward and helped me keep my balance.
"How can you guys do this?" I asked.
"Do what?" They both replied at the same time.
"Why are you helping me after all I've done? If you guys hadn't have saved me and I got down on my own, we'd all probably be fighting right now."
"Uh... thanks I think." Tara said, unsure whether it was a complement or a threat. I stood under my own weight and looked over them.
"Okay, because of Kunemon, our plan is pushed ahead to..." I stopped when they turned and ran. I turned around and saw BlackWarGreymon charging towards us, his black armor still shimmering. I ran after my unlikely allies with Wormon inches in front of me. We all grouped a few minutes later around a huge tree. I held my D3.
"Digevolve, now Wormon!" I said, with Imperialdramon helping us we hand a good chance of winning.
"Wormon warp-digevolve to... Imperialdramon!" We all felt the pounding of BlackWarGreymon drawing closer and closer. All the other's Digimon began to digevolve.
"Agumon warp-digevolve to... WarGreymon!"
"Betamon digevolve to... Seadramon!"
"Tapirmon..."
"Gotsumon..."
"Salamon..."
"Patamon..."
"Veemon..."
The five Digimon shouted at the same time, "...digevolve to..."
"Wizardmon!"
"Monochromon!"
"Gatomon!"
"Angemon!"
"ExVeemon!"
I looked over at Valerie without a Digimon. After this, I would do one last good deed, I would get her a Digimon. Our Digimon and BlackWarGreymon charged at each other, each one of them -and the nine of us!- knowing that this would be someone's last fight. I grimaced as the first cloud of dust exploded.