({A/C}((author's comment)) I forgot to say something in the first Clones and I'm too lazy to go and edit it and say it in that part, so I'm going to write it here. This story takes place like after Apoclaymon or however you spell his name. It's like an alternate history. Quick apology for not getting this posted a long time ago.)
Clones, Part 4
By Lab Creation
"Those were certainly delicious," Izzy commented.
"I agree whole-heartedly," Tentomon replied, "We'd best get going, if we're going to find everyone else."
"Alright," Izzy said, getting up, "Which way do we go?"
"I might be mistaken, but I think I saw Biyomon land somewhere in that direction," Tentomon said, pointing toward the mountains.
"O.K. Then le—"
"ELECTRO SHOCKER!!"
The attack slammed into a couple of nearby trees. Izzy gave a yelp when it impacted.
"DarkKabuterimon! He found us!" Izzy cried.
"ELECTRO SHOCKER!!"
This time the attack shot straight toward Izzy. His eyes widened in fear.
"Tentomon digivolve to… Kabuterimon!"
Kabuterimon took wing and snatched Izzy out of harms way.
"That was a close one," Izzy said.
"Yep," Kabuterimon replied, placing Izzy on his back.
Kabuterimon flew upward and burst out of the layer of trees. A black spot suddenly shot out from the canopy.
"ELECTRO SHOCKER!!"
"Look out, Kabuterimon!" Izzy cried, but it was too late. The blue ball of electricity slammed into them. For a moment, all that Izzy saw around him was blue light. The next thing he saw was the trees rushing at him. He then realized he'd fallen off Kabuterimon and was scheduled for a crash landing. He shot through the canopy and a lone branch came into view. He landed on it and it acted like a trampoline, propelling him back towards the sky. He was flung back through the canopy and landed on Kabuterimon's back.
"Felt like coming back, huh?" Kabuterimon teased.
"I-I guess so," Izzy answered, still shaken by the experience.
"Hold on tight, Izzy!" Kabuterimon called back.
Izzy held on as tight as he could as Kabuterimon made a sharp U-turn. After he turned around he hovered in the air. DarkKabuterimon streaked toward him. A ball of electricity appeared in Kabuterimon's hand.
"ELECTRO SHOCKER!!"
The attack rammed into DarkKabuterimon, stopping him in his tracks.
"Let's get out of here!" Izzy shouted, "Maybe we can lose them in that tunnel in the mountains!"
Kabuterimon turned around and shot for the opening that Izzy and indicated. Soon, Izzy could only see the inky blackness around them.
"Good thing you have night vision, Kabuterimon," Izzy said.
"Don't feel so relaxed," Kabuterimon advised, "We're not out of danger yet."
Then, as if adding to Kabuterimon's comment, DarkKabuterimon, who was close behind, shot out his attack.
"ELECTRO SHOCKER!!"
Lucky for Izzy and Kabuterimon, there was a sharp right turn just ahead and the attack missed by inches. This continued for some time. Suddenly the tunnel came to a dead stop. They were trapped.
"Fire your attack at that wall, Kabuterimon!" Izzy shouted.
"Right!" Kabuterimon replied.
"ELECTRO SHOCKER!!"
~*~
Birdramon shot toward DarkBirdramon, hoping to ram her. They were head to head when DarkBirdramon flew upward and kicked down with her feet. She struck Birdramon and she plummeted to the ground.
"Birdramon!" Sora cried.
"DarkBirdramon waited. Suddenly, Birdramon shot out from the trees and slammed into DarkBirdramon. DarkBirdramon gave a shriek of surprise.
"Good one, Birdramon!" Sora called out.
BOOM!!!!
Several boulders were suddenly dislodged from the mountainside and a blue-black insect shot out.
"Izzy! Kabuterimon!" Sora cried happily.
Just then, another insect shot out of the hole in the mountainside. DarkKabuterimon fired his attack so fast, Izzy wondered how Kabuterimon ever dodged it. DarkKabuterimon began a rapid fire of 'Electro Shocker', kinda' like an energy machine gun.
Meanwhile, Birdramon took advantage of the distraction and attacked.
"METEOR WING!!"
The attack hit its mark, but DarkBirdramon merely shook her head as if trying to dislodge a piece of fluff that had landed on her head. She flew over and rammed Birdramon and Birdramon rammed her back. A stray attack by the two insects zipped past the two massive birds, but the two continued the tussle. Then the two insects joined them in the fray. Kabuterimon landed momentarily, dropped off Izzy, and flew back up.
For several nail-biting minutes, cries of 'Meteor Wing' and 'Electro Shocker' were heard. The air was filled with blue and red flashes. Sora and Izzy watched on nervously.
"Do you think we should digivolve to ultimate?" Sora asked, watching the fighting digimon closely.
"That would probably be a good idea, but then the clones might digivolve as well and we not stand a chance," Izzy replied.
"That's a risk I'm willing to take," Sora answered, determination written all over her face.
Izzy nodded. They both turned to their digimon.
"Birdramon!" Sora cried.
"Kabuterimon!" Izzy called.
"Digivolve!" they cried together. Their crests and digivices began glowing.
"Birdramon digivolve to… Garudamon!"
"Kabuterimon digivolve to… MegaKabuterimon!"
DarkBirdramon and DarkKabuterimon were suddenly dwarfed by the two ultimates massive size. Despite the size difference, the two didn't even flinch and attacked.
"METEOR WING!!"
"ELECTRO SHOCKER!!"
The two ultimates were shoved backwards several feet.
"Now it's our turn," MegaKabuterimon said.
"HORN BLASTER!!"
"WING BLADE!!"
The attacks hit the two champions and they were thrown backwards into the trees.
"Direct hit," Garudamon said, even though he was still alert.
"I just hoped it koncked 'em out," MegaKabuterimon replied, scanning the trees intently.
"DarkKabuterimon!" DarkIzzy called out.
"DarkBirdramon!" DarkSora cried.
"Digivolve!" the two clones cried together.
In a flash of light, the two champions digivolved to ultimates. The four enormous digimon took battle poses and got ready…
~*~
Matt struggled under the Gabumon's weight. Many times, Gabumon told Matt to put him down and let him walk on his own, but each time Matt refused. The twosome came to a pool of cool water and Matt put Gabumon down. He walked to the edge of the pool, knelt down, and reached over and splashed the cold water on his face.
"Matt?"
"Yea, Gabumon?" Matt asked, wiping the water off his face.
"Thanks."
"For what?"
"For carrying me—"
"I couldn't let you walk around, as injured as—"
"I wasn't finished," Gabumon interrupted. Matt got quiet and listened to Gabumon.
"As I was saying, thanks for carrying me and ignoring your own pain to do so."
"Pain?" Matt said, acting like there was no pain, "Who said anything about pain?"
"Quit it with the 'I'm Not Hurt' act, Matt," Gabumon said, "I know you, and you were in pain. It was written all over your face."
Matt said nothing and drew in the dirt— or at least tried to. Pain shot up his arm the moment he touched the ground. He winced.
"See?" Gabumon said, noticing the wince, "You're hurt."
Matt still said nothing and rubbed his arm, trying to rub the pain away. Only then did he realize the extent of his injuries. He had who knows how many bumps and bruises. There were several cuts up and down his arms, some only flesh deep, others deep enough that they had been bleeding. A large cut ran down his right cheek. Clothes wise, there were several rips in both his shirt and pants. He gave a small laugh.
"So when were you going to tell me I was bleeding all over the place?" he asked Gabumon.
"When you could find some time to take care of yourself, not me," Gabumon replied.
Matt gave a small smile and started washing off the dried blood and dirt.
"I wonder if T.K.'s alright," Matt thought aloud.
"He's a strong kid, Matt," Gabumon replied, "He can take care of himself."
That last comment felt like a blow to Matt. Gabumon didn't notice and probably didn't realize he'd hurt Matt's feelings. 'He can take care of himself.' Matt sighed. Maybe Gabumon was right. Maybe Matt was a little too protective of T.K. He certainly had plenty of time to think about that…
~*~
As Matt worried about his little brother, T.K. was up against a wall of rock, trembling away. Patamon was getting
ready to digivolve to protect him. DarkAngemon zipped around the corner and Patamon digivolved.
"Patamon digivolve to… Angemon!"
Angemon stood protectively in front of T.K. and attacked.
"HAND OF FATE!!"
The attack hit DarkAngemon and he stopped. Angemon shot toward DarkAngemon and the two were locked in combat. ({A/C} Arm Wrestling!) DarkT.K. ran around the corner and watched the two angels fight, an evil smile on his face. T.K.'s eyes were filled with fear. Then, DarkAngemon delivered a hard blow to Angemon. Angemon was slammed into the wall.
"Angemon!!" T.K. cried. His crest and digivice began to glow.
"Angemon digivolve to… MagnaAngemon!"
MagnaAngemon pushed himself out of the wall and attacked.
"GATE OF DESTINY!!"
A large bronze colored circle appeared in front of MagnaAngemon. It opened and a blinding light shot forward. The attack hit DarkAngemon and he was shoved backwards several meters. The gate closed and disappeared.
"If you're going to digivolve, I think it's only fair if I digivolve too," DarkAngemon said.
DarkAngemon suddenly glowed with an eerie light and once it died down, DarkMagnaAngemon ({A/C} *pants for air* That was a long word.) stood in the place DarkAngemon once stood. T.K.'s hands trembled. The two angels jumped at each other and attacked. The odds of winning shifted back and forth. T.K. watched nervously. MagnaAngemon was weakening.
"~I can't do anything,~" T.K. thought, "~I'm losing him again and there's nothing I can do.~"
Suddenly, MagnaAngemon was hit, hard. He was thrown to the ground. He struggled up and put his hand on the rock wall to support his wavering body.
"MagnaAngemon!!!" T.K. cried.
DarkMagnaAngemon took advantage of the distraction and began to attack. Then, MagnaAngemon jumped up and shot out his attack.
"GATE OF DESTINY!!"
DarkMagnaAngemon was caught off guard. He came to and abrupt halt as the blinding light shot toward him. He had no time to move. The attack slammed into him at point-blank range. He was thrown backwards, nearly skidding into DarkT.K. He struggled to support himself, but ended up de-digivolving back to DarkAngemon.
"This can't be happening…" DarkT.K. muttered, a scowl on his face.
"GATE OF DESTINY!!"
MagnaAngemon delivered his attack once more. It engulfed DarkAngemon and DarkT.K. The blinding light cleared and the twosome were no more.
"Yeah!!! You did MagnaAngemon!!" T.K. cried happily.
MagnaAngemon turned around to face T.K. and de-digivolved to Tokomon. T.K. ran and scooped him up.
"Tokomon! Are you alright?" T.K. asked.
"I'm alright, if you're alright," Tokomon squeaked.
"In that case, I'm alright," T.K. answered, grinning, "C'mon. Let's go see if we can find the others."
"O.K.!" Tokomon squealed.
The duo walked out of the creepy ravine, a ravine they'd never forget, and set to find the others.
~*~
"Joe!!"
"What is it, Gomamon?" Joe asked.
"I've gotta' use the little mon's room again," Gomamon replied.
"Gomamon! This is the fifth time!" Joe answered.
"Sorry! But I drank a lot of water!" Gomamon stated.
Joe sighed and waited as Gomamon ran into the bushes. Gomamon emerged a couple minutes later.
"Much better," Gomamon sighed, contentedly.
"Good. Cuz I'm NOT stopping again. So next time, I'm going to leave you and keep walking," Joe replied in a cheesed-off tone of voice.
"Wha?! You'd leave me here?!" Gomamon asked.
"Well… It's just that we've stopped so many times that DarkIkkakumon is probably right behind us," Joe complained. He looked down at Gomamon, but he stared right past him, wide-eyed.
"Gomamon, what's you're problem?"
Gomamon said nothing and pointed behind him. Joe turned around, but he saw nothing but white fur. His eyes widened.
"AHH!!! It's DarkIkkakumon!!"
Yes, Joe's statement was correct, both of them. It was DarkIkkakumon and he was right behind them.
"HARPOON TORPEDO!!"
Joe ran like crazy, Gomamon at his heels. DarkIkkakumon scrambled after them, going as fast as his short legs could carry him. The attack hit the ground behind them, throwing them forward. Gomamon whirled around, determination written all over his face.
"Gomamon digivolve to… Ikkakumon!!"
"HARPOON TORPEDO!!"
The attack hit DarkIkkakumon, but he merely shook his head. The two giant walruses charged and were locked in combat, using their horns to ram the other. Occasionally, one would step back a shoot a Harpoon Torpedo, but the attacks rarely hit their targets.
"Ikkakumon digivolve to… Zudomon!"
Ikkakumon digivolved without warning. Now, DarkIkkakumon was dwarfed by the size of the massive ultimate digimon.
"VULCAN'S HAMMER!!"
Zudomon brought his hammer down to the ground. Yellow energy shot out from the hammer, hitting DarkIkkakumon and causing roll several meters away. DarkIkkakumon got up and glared.
"DarkIkkakumon digivolve to… DarkZudomon!"
~*~
Tai and Mimi ran from the deserted digimon village. Greymon was doing a pretty good job at keeping
DarkTogemon from pursuing them.
"Mimi?"
Mimi looked down to see Palmon speaking to her.
"Mimi, put me down. I have to help Greymon."
Mimi looked surprised at this sudden burst of courage from her weak digimon.
"No, you can't!" Mimi said sternly, "You're to weak."
"Mimi, Greymon can't defeat DarkTogemon on his own."
Then the entire central structure exploded and Greymon rolled out, DarkTogemon close behind.
"Greymon!" Tai cried as his crest and digivice glowed.
"Greymon digivolve to… MetalGreymon!!"
"GIGA BLASTER!!"
The two chest plates on MetalGreymon opened and out shot two
missiles. The slammed into DarkTogemon and she rolled backwards.
"DarkTogemon digivolve to… DarkLillymon!!"
"FLOWER CANNON!!"
DarkLillymon's attack slammed into MetalGreymon's unprotected shoulder. He roared in pain.
"Mimi! Put me down! I must help MetalGreymon!" Palmon pleaded, struggling to get free of Mimi's grip.
"No! You can't!" Mimi cried, struggling to hold Palmon back.
"I MUST!!" Palmon shouted, suddenly wriggling free of Mimi's grasp.
"Palmon!!" Mimi cried, falling over from the initial force of the escaping Palmon.
"Palmon, wait! Come back!" Tai shouted to Palmon, "Palmon! It's too dangerous!"
Palmon ran toward the fighting ultimates.
"PALMON!!" Mimi screamed. Suddenly, her digivice began to glow.
"Palmon digivolve to… Togemon!"
"NEEDLE SPRAY!!"
The attack hit the unsuspecting DarkLillymon. Being caught off guard, she crashed into a nearby hut.
"Togemon," MetalGreymon growled, "What are you doing? You're too weak."
"I have to help," Togemon replied, "You can't do it alone."
DarkLillymon shot back out of the now demolished hut.
"FLOWER CANNON!!"
Togemon jumped out of the way of the attack.
"NEEDLE SPRAY!!"
"GIGA BLASTER!!"
DarkLillymon acrobatically avoided the two attacks.
"FLOWER CANNON!!"
This time it hit Togemon. She went flying backwards.
"Togemon!!" Mimi shrieked from the sidelines.
"Togemon digivolve to… Lillymon!"
DarkLillymon's eyes widened. She wasn't expecting Togemon to digivolve. Heck, she wasn't expecting Palmon to digivolve. She narrowed her eyes.
Meanwhile, Tai and Mimi found themselves in a situation of their own. DarkMimi.
"Well, well. This is perfect. I'll save DarkTai the work of destroying his original," DarkMimi sneered.
"Stay away, or else," Tai threatened, even though the threat didn't carry much weight.
DarkMimi laughed. "Or else what? You are powerless against me!"
Tai curled his hands into fists and stood protectively in front of Mimi.
"Mimi," Tai whispered, "Run."
"But Tai—"
"Run," Tai said more sternly.
Mimi gulped and ran off. DarkMimi took advantage of this small distraction a threw a good punch at Tai. Tai fell backwards and rubbed his bruised cheek.
"~Man, I'm being beaten by girl?! Wait, a clone, not a girl. Well, a girl clone actually.~" Tai thought.
He rolled to the side and avoided DarkMimi's booted foot. He pushed himself to his feet.
DarkMimi eventually cornered Tai inside one of the undamaged huts. She was about to give Tai a thorough beating when a bag, seemingly coming out of no where, hit her in the head.
"Take that you meanie!" Mimi snapped to her clone, slipping her bag back over her shoulder.
Mimi's clone sat up and rubbed her head.
"Come on, Tai!" Mimi shouted, grabbing Tai by the arm and dragging him out.
"What did you put in that thing?" Tai queried.
Mimi grinned and dumped out several good-sized rocks and debris. Tai smiled.
"Get back here, you inferior creatures!" DarkMimi shouted to Tai and Mimi. Being the clone she is, she wasn't knocked out.
"Run," Mimi squeaked, grabbing Tai by the arm again and running.
Meanwhile, the battle between MetalGreymon and Lillymon and DarkLillymon raged on.
"MEGA CLAW!!"
"FLOWER CANNON!!"
Each time, DarkLillymon avoided the attacks that the twosome sent at her. She sliced through the air like a knife, twisting and turning.
"FLOWER CANNON!!" ({A/N} From now on, whenever the clones attack, their attack will be in italics and in bold.)
Lillymon jerked sideways to avoid DarkLillymon's attack. MetalGreymon opened the two missile sheaths on his chest.
"GIGA BLASTER!!" ({A/C} I wonder if he ever runs out of those…)
"FLOWER CANNON!!"
MetalGreymon's attack collided with DarkLillymon's, causing the missiles to explode on the spot. DarkLillymon looked down to see Tai and Mimi running away from DarkMimi. She smiled evilly.
"FLOWER CANNON!!"
"Tai! Mimi! Look out!" MetalGreymon called to them. But it was too late. MetalGreymon rushed forward, cupped his hands around the two and took the attack in the back.
"MetalGreymon!!" Tai cried.
"I've got this shrinking feeling…" MetalGreymon gasped out. He glowed and de-digivolved back to Agumon.
"I'm… sorry, Tai," Agumon apologized weakly.
"It's alright buddy," Tai answered even though he knew Lillymon now only had a slight chance of winning.
"Lillymon!" Mimi cried, "You have to defeat them on your own!"
"Right!" Lillymon replied, determined.
"FLOWER CANNNON!!"
She shot her attack at DarkLillymon, who had landed next to DarkMimi. DarkLillymon grabbed her dark-partner ({A/N} See? Dark-partner instead of Digi-partner.) and shielded her from Lillymon's attack.
"You have to do better than that, original!" DarkLillymon called out.
She wasn't hurt, or even fazed. Lillymon curled her hands in anger. She pulled all her energy together and attacked.
"FLOWER CANNON!!"
DarkLillymon and DarkMimi widened their eyes as the green bolt of energy shot toward them.
"You haven't seen the last of us…" DarkMimi's voice trailed off.
The attack hit them and they disintegrated into bytes of data, never to be reconfigured.
"You did it, Lillymon!!" Mimi cried.
Lillymon turned to face her digi-partner. She glowed and de-digivolved to Tanemon.
"Whoa!!! Help!! I'm falling!!" Tanemon cried. She was still in the sky after she de-digivolved.
"Tanemon!"
Mimi ran and caught Tanemon in her arms.
"Great job, Tanemon," Mimi whispered.
~*~
"Blast!"
A angry voice rang out. A cloaked figure sat in the darkness.
"Two clones destroyed. They were weak anyway."
A Bakemon flew up behind the cloaked figure.
"Is there anything you want me to do, O Mistress of Evil?"
"Nothing now, Bakemon. You're dismissed."
The Bakemon nodded and flew away. The cloaked figure rose from her dais and strode over to what seem to be a humongus test tube. She stroked the glass and spoke to small creature inside.
"You tried to stop me," she said, "But you failed. I will not. The others will soon destroy those digi-destined and I will rule. And there's nothing you can do about it."
The small rat-like digimon inside lifted his head slightly and looked into the cloaked figures eyes. He lowered his head again and sighed sadly. The cloaked figure reached up and touched something on her chest.
"As long as I have the Crest of Darkness, they won't win," she whispered.
The rat-like digimon, Soromon, turned away from her and refused to look up.
"You still refuse to acknowledge my authority over you don't you?" she asked angrily.
A little voice squeaked, "I did once. But then you became a monster."
Her fist curled in anger.
"Monster?! Does not Digimon mean Digital MONSTERS?! Now who is the monster?" she growled. Soromon said nothing.
"You are useless," she snapped and slapped the glass. She walked back to her dais.
"I'll show that creature… He'll regret he ever talked back," she muttered. A twisted smile formed on her.
"He'll regret it."
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Hehe. I had fun writing that last part. *gryns* I love being an author. It's so fun. Except when you get Writer's Block. I hate that. *smiles* I FINISHED IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It took me forever.