Digimon: The Year of Reckoning
Chapter 9
"A Deal With The Devil Part 2"
Narrated by Brandon and Mya
Brandon
"Where are they? Why haven't they resurfaced? They can't breathe under there for this long!" Nick yelled.
He was taking JT's abduction very hard. His own brother was presumably dead. I would feel the same way if it were Faith. In fact, I did feel the same way. About Mya. We had just had a wonderful bonding moment and now she had literally been ripped from my grasp.
"I'm sure they're alright," Sandmon said consolingly.
Nick forced a half-smile. But he looked like he was about to cry.
"Sandmon's right man. They've got to be alright."
He didn't buy it. Neither did I. But I had to try to make him feel better.
Suddenly I didn't feel too good. My mind was filled with negative thoughts. I saw Mya gasping for air, thrashing around in the depths of the ocean. I could actually hear her crying my name. Begging for help. And then she stopped moving. I knew she was dead. I held back a tear.
I looked at Nick Faith and they had the same troubled look on their faces.
"Look out!" Spikemon yelled.
Instinctively I jumped to the side. It was a good thing too. A beam of black and purple light shot through the air I was just standing in.
"It's Darkmon!" Faith screamed hiding behind a large rock.
"Nick get out of the way!" I yelled.
"Shadow Beam!" Darkmon growled.
It was heading straight for Nick.
"Sandmon digivolve to…Crustmon!"
"Aqua Jet!"
It blasted through the beam of darkness and knocked it off course. The rock in front of Faith exploded and she flew back onto the sand. Darkmon advanced on her.
"Stay away from her!" I warned.
Just then my digivice shot the yellow orb out and it landed in my hand. Then it turned into my sword.
"Alright. Now to get down to business."
I charged for Darkmon and shoved my sword through his side. He doubled over in pain. I pulled out my sword and it was covered in lime green goo.
"Ew."
Darkmon stood up again and backhanded me. I fell to the ground and my sword was flung into the tide.
"Spikemon digivolve to…Rhinomon!"
"Crustmon digivolve to…Lobstremon!"
Lobstremon mounted Rhinomon and together they charged at the dark digimon.
"Fatal Freeze!"
They stopped dead in their tracks, unable to move any further.
"Nick help em out," I ordered.
He held out his digivice and the blue orb landed on his waist giving him his ninja belt.
"Dark Claw!"
Darkmon extended his claw towards Nick. Nick pulled out his nunchuks had constricted Darkmon's hand. But Darkmon used his other clawed hand to bat Nick away. He was down. It was all hopeless now.
Mya
"All I want is…"
"What?!"
"…your soul."
I couldn't believe my ears. My soul? Was this for real?
"My soul? You want my soul? How is that even possible?"
"Oh, it's very possible. As a Devilmon, I have all sorts of useful powers. I can freeze time, move things with my mind, see the future, destroy enemies with a snap of the fingers, and…I can extract souls."
"But why do you want my soul? And what exactly will happen to me without a soul? Won't I die?"
"I want your soul, because I…how do you say…collect them. And no you won't die. You just won't have a soul. Everything will continue as normal. You'll just be missing something. It's like giving up a kidney or your liver. You can live without it."
"I don't know. I shouldn't do it. I mean it's like making a deal with the devil. It's against my religion. I would go to Hell."
"Oh rubbish. I'm not the devil. I'm just little old Devilmon. You'll be fine, you won't even miss it. Come on, don't you wanna save your friends?"
"I do wanna save them. But I'm not sure about giving up my soul. It just sounds like a bad idea."
"I promise, you'll be okay. If you do discover that something is different and wrong, then I'll give it back. And you can find some way to repay me. Scout's honor. Fair enough?"
I pondered this offer. I still wasn't sure about this. Something was off. But my friends…and what's the worse that could happen. He promised to give it back. But giving up my soul would be wrong. And I have to make the right decision.
"I've made my decision."
He leaned forward in anticipation.
"I can't let my friends die. But I can't give you my soul. I don't wanna be the reason my friends die. But I can't do something like this. It's a ticket to Hell. All of this in mind, I've decided that…"
Brandon
Nick had slipped into unconsciousness, Faith was cowering behind some large plants, Rhinomon and Lobstremon were frozen in time, Mya, JT, and their digimon were lost somewhere in the ocean, and I was alone with no sword and no protection. This was just dandy.
"Shadow Beam!"
Darkmon's attack woke me from my stupor. I dived away from the beam and landed on something hard in the sand. I sat up and brushed away some sand to find a burgundy, circular disk. I picked it up and saw that it had a chain attached like it was a necklace. It was some sort of medallion. When I turned it over I saw a picture carved into it. It was a bird, definitely a digimon.
"What is this?" I asked no one.
"NO!" Darkmon yelled. "Give that to me!"
Whatever it was it must have been important if Darkmon wanted it.
"Why should I give it to you?"
"Um…because…if you do…I'll spare your friends. And unfreeze your digimon."
"What a turn of events. You, the big, bad, dark wannabe king of the digital world is begging me to help you out, by giving you this…medallion."
"Yes, yes, how ironic, blah, blah, blah, just hand it over!"
"Patience is a virtue."
"Not when I hold your friends lives in my hands, now hand over the medallion damn it!"
"Just what is this medallion anyway? Why do you want it so badly?"
"That's not your concern. Just give it."
"I don't think so," I said confidently.
I looked down to see the medallion glowing a brilliant burgundy. I thrust my hand out and it erupted with light. A large bird, the one that was carved into the medallion, shot out and headed towards Darkmon.
"NO!" he screamed. "You've unlocked its power!"
What kind of power was he talking about? I watched as the bird shot right into his face. He howled in pain. The bird returned to the medallion and it stopped glowing. Then the medallion floated out of my hands and the chain wrapped around my neck.
"You meddlesome kid! You will pay for taking my medallion!" and with that he vanished.
Rhinomon and Lobstremon unfroze and continued charging forward and slammed into a tree. Faith screamed and ran out from behind a fern near the tree. Nick slowly woke up as the digimon returned to their rookie forms and the blue and yellow orbs returned to our digivices.
"What's that thing around your neck?" Faith asked.
"It's some sort of medallion. It defeated Darkmon. And he was really pissed that I found it. I think it holds special powers."
"It'd have to to beat that fucked up shadow," Nick laughed.
"Okay, so we have a weapon that can actually do some damage to the guy. But we still need to find the others."
Mya
"All of this in mind, I've decided that…"
"Go on!"
"I've decided that I will…accept your offer."
He cackled with delight.
"I'm so happy you decided to go along with it. Now I promise, this won't hurt a bit," he smirked.
He held out his hand and a small vial appeared. Then he extended his other hand and held it in front of my chest. I had the right mind to smack him, but I'm sure taking advantage of me was the last thing from his mind.
I didn't expect it. He said there wouldn't be any pain. But there sure was. A shit load of it. I tried to grab my chest in hopes of stopping the mind numbing pain, but my arms were frozen to my sides. I looked down to see a bluish-purple ball of light emerging from my chest. Once it was gone the pain was gone. And replaced by coldness. I was freezing. More so then before. It was an empty, cold feeling. I was cold on the inside.
My soul floated to the vial and entered it. Devilmon giggled as he made the vial disappear.
"Thank you kindly miss."
"Wait, what about my friends?"
"Oh yeah."
He snapped his fingers and Tentaclemon exploded and my friends floated gently to the ground.
Up from the ground near JT popped two altars. One with a green orb the other with a pink one.
"Thank you Devilmon. I'm so grateful."
"Oh no dear, thank you," he grinned.
"I do have a question. You said there wouldn't be any pain. But there was. It was horrible. And now I'm all cold inside. I feel empty."
"Really?" he said, trying his best to sound shocked. "Why no one's mentioned pain before. As for the empty thing, it's probably just your body getting used to not having a soul around. It'll adjust. Everything will be like normal."
"I don't know. Maybe I should take it back. I'll pay you some other way. I just really want my soul back."
"I'm sorry missy, but I can't give you your soul back."
"What, why?!"
"Well, once you remove a soul, it's impossible to get back in. As far as I know."
"But you said…you promised," I started to cry.
"You should never trust the devil. Nor the Devilmon. Hehe."
"I trusted you. You gave me your word."
"My word isn't worth a hoot. Don't you get it? I deceived you. I tricked you. I am Devilmon hear me roar!"
"B-but…I can't…"
"Your friends are waking up. You better go tell them what happened. Maybe they'll show you some sympathy."
"What do you mean sympathy?"
"Well do you honestly think they'll accept you as a friend when they find out your making deals with evil beings. They'll cast you out all alone. And then you will shrivel up without your soul, and DIE!"
"No. No, please don't do this to me-e-e!"
"Mya!"
Oh no. It was JT. I couldn't let him see me with Devilmon.
"You have to go. They can't see you. They can't know about this," I pleaded.
"Fine, I have what I want. I'll go."
I ran away towards JT. I didn't hear Devilmon say, "But you'll never get out of here alive."
"Mya what happened?" JT asked.
"Um…Tentaclemon…was crushing you guys and then…Buttramon must have used her spores to…destroy him. Anyway we have to get the orbs. They're over there."
We walked towards them but I stopped.
"What's wrong?"
"I hear something. It sounds like…like running water."
I looked over to the opening of the cave. Water was pouring in! I knew Devilmon was behind this. He was going to kill us here and now.
"Hurry grab the orbs!" I yelled.
We jumped forward. JT got his orb, but a small wave knocked me away from my altar. The green orb began to shine brightly. I stood up with the water up around my knees. The green light flew at Seadramon and hit him in the side.
"Seadramon digivolve to…MegaSeadramon!"
"MegaSeadramon, help Mya!" JT ordered.
The red sea-dragon dove into the water and swam towards me. The water was already up to my chest and it made me feel colder then before. I felt something wrap around my legs just as the water covered my face. It was MegaSeadramon. He lifted me out of the water, flying upwards on his wings. Then he dove down towards my altar. The orb was underwater, but MegaSeadramon broke the surface enough for me to reach it.
The pink light filled the cave.
"Help!"
JT! He was still in the water.
"I'll get Buttramon," I said. "You go save JT."
I jumped off the digimon and swam towards Buttramon who was floating belly down in the water.
I held up the orb and the light hit her.
"Buttramon digivolve to…MetalButtramon!"
She had the same womanly body, but her wings were metal now. And she had various metal plates over her body, with a metal helmet.
She grabbed me out the water and zoomed up to the ceiling. MegaSeadramon joined her with JT on his back.
"Come on MegaSeadramon, this place is filling up fast," MetalButtramon said.
"You kids better hold your breath," he said.
JT and me looked at each other and then swallowed a mouthful of air as our digimon nose-dived into the water. Down we went further and further. I hadn't realized how much water had filled the cave.
Then we straightened out and streaked through the cave's entrance. Now we went up and up. I was running out of air. I could see the barrier between sky and sea, but it seemed so far away. My head was pounding. I needed air. And just when I though I would pass out…
…Into the air we went. The warm sunlight felt so good against my skin. But I was still freezing on the inside.
MegaSeadramon and MetalButtramon headed to the coast. I spotted Brandon, Nick, and Faith.
"Brandon!" I couldn't help but scream. I had thought I'd never see him again. This was the happiest moment in my life. And yet, I felt no happiness. I was indifferent. I knew that I should be ecstatic, but I wasn't. I could care less. What was wrong with me?
We landed in front of them and dismounted our digimon. Nick ran up and grabbed JT and swung him around. They both began to cry.
Brandon ran at me and we hugged, but I didn't feel anything.
"Mya, I'm so glad your back."
"Yeah…me too, I guess."
"What do you mean you guess? Gosh, you're so cold."
I gasped. He couldn't know. He couldn't find out.
"It…it's just the water."
He accepted that and hugged me again. Then he pulled away.
"So you guys got your orbs. Now we all have one. And I found something else."
He showed us the medallion.
"That's Aquillamon!" MetalButtramon said.
"Who?" we all asked.
"Aquillamon, one of the legendary digimon. His partner was Yolei, the digidestined."
"So what's it for?" I asked.
He didn't know. None of us did. But it must have been important if Darkmon wanted it so badly.
But he couldn't possibly want it as much as I wanted my soul.
Will Mya ever get her soul back? What'll happen to her if she doesn't? What is this medallion for? And does it have some kind of hidden power?