Digimon: The Year of Reckoning
Chapter 8
"A Deal With The Devil Part 1"
Narrated by Mya
We have been on this beach forever. The forest surrounding it is too dense to get off of it. We've been searching forever and ever for an opening in the foliage.
I never thought I would be in the digital world to begin with. And when I entered it I was excited to put it mildly. This is a once in a lifetime opportunity.
But after a few days of being lost in a jungle of illusions, walking my legs off on a sweltering beach, and being attacked by evil digimon, I wasn't as thrilled.
"Mya, is something wrong?" my digimon asked.
"No, it's nothing. I'm just tired."
It wasn't a complete lie. I was tired. But that wasn't the main reason I was upset.
Brandon walked over to me.
"How ya holding up?" he asked.
"Fine."
"I just wanted to say…I'm glad you're here."
I smiled. "Really."
"Yeah, I mean, as soon as I saw you I wanted to get to know you. I'll admit that at first I just wanted to fuck you…but when I got to know you I realized that you were so much more than just a pretty face. And body. And I'm just glad you let me see the real you."
"That's really sweet Brandon." He started to walk away. "Wait…I wanted to thank you."
"For what?"
"For saving my life. When we were in the lake, you risked your life in the whirlpool to help me. I could've drowned. So thanks."
"Your welcome." He smiled his killer smile.
I calmly closed the gap between us. Then he tentatively grabbed my hand. And we walked hand in hand down the beach. It was really romantic.
"This is so boring," JT whined. "I want to—"
I wondered why he hadn't finished his sentence. I turned around and he was gone.
"Where'd he go?" I asked.
Before I could get an answer I felt a tight squeeze before I was lifted off my feet. My hand was ripped from Brandon's grasp. I tried to scream but the wind had been knocked out of me. My lungs were burning for air.
"Mya!" I faintly heard Brandon scream.
And then…*SPLASH*! I hit the water hard. My mind was blank for a few seconds, but when I recovered I was reintroduced to the lack of air in my lungs. I tried to kick, but my legs were constricted.
That's when my mind went black…
"Mya! Mya!
I heard the far away voice. It was calling for someone. It was trying to get someone's attention…. It was trying to get my attention! I had to wake up. But something was wrong. I couldn't open my eyes! Was I dead? Was I having an out of body experience?
'Hello! Somebody help me!' I yelled in my mind.
"Mya, come on, wake up."
I knew that voice. It was…Nick…no, it sounded like Nick. A relative maybe. Did Nick have a brother? Of course he did! JT, it was JT's voice. Why is my mind so empty?
"Mya, please open your eyes."
A new voice. Who was it this time? A girl. It sounded so familiar.
"It's no use Catermon. I think she's dead," JT wept.
Catermon! My digimon! No, I'm not dead! I'm alive, help me!
Wait! I felt something. I felt my hands fill with warm blood. I moved a finger. I could move. My head was like a light switch, turned on. My mind came back to me. I opened my eyes to see JT, Catermon, and Betamon crowded over me.
"MYA!" they all yelled.
I sat up, got a little head rush, but recovered quickly. They helped me stand. I looked around at the surrounding area. Where were we? And where were the others? Wait a minute, I remember. The thing that wrapped around me, and took me from Brandon's grasp. It took me into the ocean. Was I still in the ocean?
"Where are we?" I asked.
"I think we're in an underwater cave," JT answered. "The opening is that way. There's a small ledge that you can walk on but below it is all water. And it's all water outside."
"What was that thing that grabbed us?"
"That was Tentaclemon," Catermon informed. "I think he's the next guardian of the orbs. But he's a lot more powerful then the last two."
"Well maybe he has both orbs. That's the only reason both of us would be here, right?" I offered. "Have you seen him anywhere?"
"Not yet," Betamon said. "But I bet he's watching us right now. I can almost feel his eyes burning into me."
"I could have that arranged."
I knew it was Tentaclemon without even having to turn around. But I did anyway to get a look at what we were up against. I wish I hadn't. He was basically a huge octopus, with eight long tentacles. But on the front two tentacles were poisonous barbs. And on the other six were huge suction cups that did not look friendly. To top it all off his mouth was overflowing with eight drooling tongues caged in by eight fangs the size of two-liter soda bottles.
"If you kids want your orbs, you'll have to get through me first."
He raised one of the spiked tentacles and slammed it down fast.
"Get out of the way!"
We barely dodged it as it smashed into the cave wall.
"Get back here!" he yelled.
We had a slight advantage. We were small and quick. He was huge and had a hard time getting around in the cramped cavern. But it didn't stop him. Every step we took, we narrowly escaped getting smashed by one of the tentacles.
"We have to stop running!" JT yelled as he came to a halt. "We have to fight!"
One of the tentacles was coming straight for him. He didn't have time to move out of the way.
"Betamon digivolve to…Seadramon!
The sea serpent wrapped itself around the tentacle saving his partners life.
"Thanks Seadr…"
Another tentacle wrapped around him and pulled him off the ground.
"It's your turn, Catermon!"
"Catermon digivolve to…Buttramon!"
My digimon expertly flitted around dodging Tentaclemon's attacks.
"Suffocating Spore!"
The blanket of poison dust fell towards the evil digimon.
"Ink Jet!"
Each of it's eight tongues turned into a pistol of sorts, and fired a thick shot of ink that absorbed the powder and then went on to splatter Buttramon. Her wings, covered in the goo, failed her and she plummeted to the ground.
"Buttramon, no!"
Seadramon had wrestled away from Tentaclemon and rose into the air to strike.
"Ice Blast!"
The beast's tongues, that were still sputtering ink, were frozen solid.
"Gno rild tap!" Tentaclemon threatened, but his words were slurred.
"Haha, that's threatening," I laughed.
He glared at me.
"Uh-oh!"
I ran over to my fallen digimon.
"Are you okay?"
"I'll be fine. Could you just go get some water to clean off this goo?"
"Sure, anything."
I ran over towards the ledge JT had talked about.
"AHHHHHH!!"
It was Buttramon! I turned around to see her raised in the air by a tentacle. It was one of the front two. And she was impaled through the stomach.
"NO!" I yelled.
I tried to run towards her, but Seadramon beckoned me back. Then he too was caught by a tentacle. The suction cups started to drain away his power.
"Tog gno rild cyt!" Tentaclemon's tongues were still frozen. But I had a feeling whatever he was saying wasn't good.
I broke down, as I watched Tentaclemon squeezing and sucking the life out of my friends. Tears streamed down my face, as my mouth dried. I couldn't speak, my vision was clouded. I couldn't watch them die. This couldn't be happening.
"Why-y-y! I don't want th-this! I w-wanna go h-home!"
Suddenly time stopped. Tentaclemon stopped yelling slurred threats, my friends quit thrashing around and screaming. Everything stopped. Except for me.
"I can help you."
My head jerked around. Standing there was a small little digimon. He was a small red digimon. With two horns and a pointed tail. About the size of muskrat. How could he be of any help?
"How c-can you help?"
"I can save your friends. I can save them with a snap of my fingers. I may be small, but my powers are that of a digimon ten times my size. I'm the one who stopped time just now."
"Who are you? Why do you want to help me?
"My name is Devilmon," he said. "And I love helping people despite my name. And I'm positive you need my help."
"Okay. Then help my friends. Save them. Please."
"Oh, I will. But not for free."
"What?"
"I don't just go around wasting my powers without getting something in return. Oh sure, the feeling of saving someone's life, it's great, but it's not enough to keep you going. I need some type of pay."
"Well, I'm sorry, b-but I don't have any money. But I'll do anything if you'll just save my friends."
"Anything, huh?"
"Yes! Anything."
"Well there is something you can give me. In fact it's the only thing I want. If you give me this one thing, I'll save your friends, and you can continue on your way."
"What, what do you want?"
"All I want is…"
"What?!"
"…your soul."
What is kind of game is Devilmon playing? Will Mya except his offer? Will he keep his word if she does? Or are her and her friends destined to die?