Me: I enjoyed writing Chap. III! I don't own Digimon.
Sora: I liked the scene between Tai and me!
Tai: I did too.
Me: That's why I wrote it in.
Digimon
The WarGame of the 21st Century
Chap. IV-The Box of Darkness
The DigiDestined were relieved that one of the 3 Digi-Eggs that had contained Diaboromon was destroyed and that he had failed to achieve the Mega Level. But now they had a new problem-this small rectangle shaped box Kari's past version had found in the Digital World only moments ago.
"What do you think it could be?" Matt asked calmly as he circled it cautiously.
"I don't know. We've been all over the Digital World and I've never seen anything like it." Izzy admitted.
"There's energy coming from it…dark energy. Maybe we should destroy it completely while we have the chance." Kari insisted worriedly as she shivered from being close to the box.
"There, there Kari. It's completely safe. If there were any booby traps in this thing, they must've been destroyed when Gatomon smashed it-AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!" Tai cried out as dark energy surged from the shattered part of the box and went through his body, which sent him flying out of Davis' room and into the hallway!
"TAI!" Sora ran to his side and felt for a pulse. It was weak, but it was there. "Joe, can you help him?"
"It's up to Tai now. We know he's alright, but he'll have to rest up for a while."
As for Ken, seeing as how he wasn't needed to handle Diaboromon in the Digital World, he'd went home and gotten himself and Wormmon some food, so he didn't find out about the box until he'd gotten back.
"What happened to Tai?"
"This box shocked him and knocked him out! I don't know how long he'll stay unconscious for, but I'm worried." Sora replied. Agumon and Biyomon comforted her as best they could. Ken gasped in shock as he and Wormmon looked at it.
"What's wrong Ken? You look like you've seen a ghost, and the ones I've seen were spookier than that." Mimi noted.
"That box…it's the Box of Darkness." Ken gasped out. Davis felt like laughing. A second later, he did.
"The Box of Darkness?! What a name! What's next-the Cabinet of Torture?" Ken's fist collided with Davis' desk, which got him to shut up.
"This is no laughing matter, Davis! The Box of Darkness was one of my first attempts to control Digimon when I was the Digimon Emperor. Fortunately for me, they didn't work out. Instead of taking control of the Digimon, it caused them to be trapped in a certain spot for hours until the Box finally ran out of power. I gathered up all the Boxes with Wormmon's help and took them back to the Real World with me. Satisfied that nothing had gone wrong, I downloaded them onto my computer and put them in the Trash and deleted them. But apparently, something went wrong."
"I think I may know what happened. Your boxes weren't all deleted, so the ones that weren't simply floated around inside the Internet. Once Diaboromon found them, he used the energy to rebuild himself and make three eggs instead of one." Izzy said.
"So, in other words, Diaboromon's somewhere in the Real World now with one of these Boxes of Darkness? He could use its power to destroy the world!" Joe yelled heatedly.
"Calm down, Joe! Why would he want to destroy the world when there are people here-so he can gain control for himself after we're all dead?" Mimi asked impatiently. A dead silence ensued after that. Matt placed an arm around her shoulder.
"I think you hit that one dead on the nail, Mimi."
"Dead being the effective term. We've got to find out where he is in the Real World and fast! The problem is that we've also got to take him on in the Internet as well, and with Tai out of commission, our options and resources are extremely limited." Suddenly, a beam of energy came out of Davis' computer, grabbed the smashed box, as well as Tai, and vanished!
"Tai! Hang on; I'm coming!" Sora grabbed her Digivice and dived in before anyone could say anything!
"Wait for us!" Agumon and Biyomon went right in after Sora!
Tai groaned as he slowly woke up to see flashing lights, moving wires and crisscrossed patterns. Looking around, he saw that he was flying!
"WHOAAA! What's going on here?" Tai suddenly heard someone calling his name.
"TAI! WHERE ARE YOU?"
"Sora! I'm over here!" Tai reached for his Digivice, and it started glowing brightly. Looking down the corridor, he saw a beam of red light heading straight for him! He screamed and ducked. The beam enveloped him and wrapped itself around him, but it didn't tie him up. Tai felt at peace with the energy beam. A moment passed, and he saw why.
"Tai, you don't have to be afraid of the Beam of Love. I sent it to you so I could find you. Now that I have, we can get home." Sora smiled mischievously at Tai, who frowned a bit.
"Sora, what are you plan-"
Before Tai could react, Sora pulled him into a kiss, forcing her tongue in his mouth and sighing quietly. He made no move to object, and they could've gone on like so for hours, if it weren't for Matt and Mimi's appearance.
"Say cheese!" Matt joked. Tai and Sora pulled apart and blushed extremely red…until Tai heard a familiar attack ring out.
"Spider Shooter!!"
"GET DOWN!" Tai tackled Sora and pushed her to the side as Infermon's main attack exploded behind them.
"Tai, who's that?" Sora screamed worriedly.
"You don't remember yet, huh? That's Infermon, an Ultimate Level Digimon. His Spider Shooter and Network Grenade attacks can shut down any and all attacks, as well as Digivolving processes!"
Davis, Yolei, T.K., Cody and Kari all appeared on separate screens behind their friends.
"Tai, do you need us there? We can make it in two to three minutes!" Davis insisted calmly.
Tai considered it. It wouldn't hurt to have some Armor Digimon back them up in case Agumon and the others couldn't Digivolve.
"Get here as soon as you can!" Tai demanded. The screens disappeared moments later, to be replaced by Izzy, Joe and Ken.
"Tai, see if you guys can find a black Box anywhere. Once you find it, destroy it with everything you've got!" Ken advised.
"Agumon Digivolve to…"
"Biyomon Digivolve to…"
"Gabumon Digivolve to…"
"Palmon Digivolve to…"
Smiling evilly, Infermon revealed the Box of Darkness from behind his back, which stopped the Digivolving process moments before it could be completed!
"Great! Now how are we going to destroy it?" Matt asked heatedly.
"Fire Rocket!!"
"Tempest Wing!!"
"Oxygen Torpedo!!"
"Rosetta Stone!!"
"Equis Beam!!"
The five attacks hit the Box and it promptly exploded seconds later!
"Let's try it old school style!" Tai yelled out as the four older kids pulled out their Digivices again.
"Agumon Digivolve to…GREYMON!!!"
"Biyomon Digivolve to…BIRDRAMON!!!"
"Gabumon Digivolve to…GARURUMON!!!"
"Palmon Digivolve to…TOGEMON!!!"
"Tai, we're getting e-mails again from kids across the world! You guys better make sure it doesn't slow down the processing speed like last time." Tai turned and glared at Izzy.
"It's kinda complicated to do that when you're being bombarded by a whole bunch of little bombs that can delete you in the time it takes for me to finish this sentence!"
Tai held out his Digivice again, knowing that the Champion Level wouldn't be enough to take on Infermon. Once Sora and the others saw what he was doing, they all followed suit. Davis, Yolei, T.K., Cody and Kari had their Digimon revert to Rookies so they could safely Digivolve. Stingmon, Ikkakumon and Kabuterimon arrived on the scene as well.
"Now that the whole gang's here, let's do it!" Davis demanded eagerly.
"Greymon Digivolve to…METALGREYMON!!!"
"Birdramon Digivolve to…GARUDAMON!!!"
"Garurumon Digivolve to…WEREGARURUMON!!!"
"Togemon Digivolve to…LILLYMON!!!"
"ExVeemon…"
"Stingmon…"
"DNA Digivolve to…PAILDRAMON!!!"
"Aquilamon…"
"Gatomon…"
"DNA Digivolve to…SYLPHYMON!!!"
Knowing that he wouldn't have much time to handle the ones who had Digivolved, Infermon focused his main attack on those who hadn't.
"Patamon Digivolve to…ANGEMON!!!"
"Armadillomon Digivolve to…ANKYLOMON!!!"
"Ankylomon…"
"Angemon…"
"DNA Digivolve to…"
"Ikkakumon Digivolve to…"
"Kabuterimon Digivolve to…"
"Spider Shooter!!"
"Guys, look out!" Tai warned heatedly. Paildramon and MetalGreymon tried to intercept the attacks, but it was too late! The blasts hit Shakkoumon, Zudomon and MegaKabuterimon before they could complete the process! T.K. and Cody managed to grab Patamon and Armadillomon before being forced to return to the Real World.
"I'll be back once I get some food in them, Kari. I promise."
This left Davis, Yolei, Kari, Tai, Sora, Matt and Mimi with their partners to face Infermon alone on the Internet with practically the entire world watching them! They had no idea of the trouble they were about to be in.
"Infermon Digivolve to…DIABOROMON!!!" Davis' mouth dropped open in shock at the sight of the Mega Digimon. Sora and Yolei clung to Tai and Davis for support. Tai's eyes narrowed as he held on to Sora tightly. Matt grimaced as he unconsciously grabbed for Mimi; he was yanked by Mimi and pulled into a tight hug seconds later. Kari shuddered as she protectively went over to Tai and Sora who accepted it with ease.
"You guys didn't say he was the size of the Empire State building in America!" Davis exclaimed.
"In defense of all New Yorkers, including Michael, the Empire State building is much taller than he is!" Mimi retorted.
"Wanna bet? There is no way-"
"Davis, not now!" Matt hissed impatiently. He turned and eyed Tai with a look, who caught it and nodded. Tai then turned to Davis and gave him the same look. Nodding, Davis saw Ken's face on a computer screen. He gave Ken the look, and he nodded. The four of them rose their Digivices upward as MetalGreymon and WereGarurumon deDigivolved back to Rookies.
"Gabumon…"
"Agumon…"
"Warp-Digivolve to…WARGREYMON!!!/METALGARURUMON!!!"
"Paildramon Mega Digivolve to…IMPERIALDRAMON!!!"
"Imperialdramon: Mode Change to…FIGHTER MODE!!!"
The team of DigiDestined smiled. Now the odds were even, but they had to figure out how they were going to beat him both on the Internet, and in the Real World without being destroyed themselves!