Digimon: The Year of Reckoning
Chapter 16
"Gotta Have Faith"
At Darkmon's Castle…
"I can't believe those damn kids defeated me. ME! I am the strongest digimon out there and they fried me like an omelet. They must pay. And as for you."
Darkmon pointed at Phantomon.
"How many times am I gonna have to bring you back to life? It's a waste of my time."
"I'm sorry boss. I promise, I'll try to stay alive from now on."
"That's better. But I'm gonna need more than you to defeat those kids. Even the two of us along with Devilmon couldn't kill them. I'm afraid that if they get another medallion it could be the end of me, which in turn means the end of you."
"Gulp."
"Let's spy on the bloody thorns in my bloody side, shall we?"
Narrated by Faith and Brandon
Faith
It's about time I gave my point of view in this story. Just because I don't have a digimon doesn't mean I'm not important. I mean, it's because of me, that Brandon's digimon has digivolved a few times. I bet he wouldn't have done it at all without me.
Who am I kidding? I'm worthless. I'm no help in fights. I just get in the way. And Brandon's always so busy looking after me, that he can't look after himself.
"What are you thinking about sis?"
"Me…oh nothing. Just wishing I had a digimon."
"Faith I told you I don't know how many times. You have one. It's just lost. We'll find it soon. I promise."
He was always saying stuff like this. I didn't believe it. I knew he didn't believe it. It was all just a sham to get me to feel better. And I just pretended it worked to make him feel better.
"Thanks. You're probably right."
He left and went over to talk to Mya. Those two are so meant for each other. If he would stop worrying about me so much, he might actually get the chance to hook up with her. I've seen them hold hands, but as far as I know, it's nothing exclusive yet. Probably just sexual tension that needs relieved.
But Mya's been acting funny lately. She seems distant. Ever since her and JT were captured by Tentaclemon. JT acts the same, but she's different. And she's always so cold. If you just stand beside her you'll get a chill. And she showed almost no emotion when Catermon died and then came back to life. No sorrow. No joy.
"Does anybody have any idea where this key is?" Nick asked.
"I forgot all about that," I said.
"Me too. We've been so busy getting medallions it slipped my mind," Brandon agreed.
"Well, why don't you read the prophecy again," Mya told him.
Brandon pulled the torn sheet of parchment from his pocket and looked it over before reading it out loud.
"The one that is pure and holds the light is the key. That person will unlock the holy gate separating two worlds. The key will bring the beginning..."
"So we're looking for a person," JT concluded. "We haven't seen any humans since we got here."
"Well, this is from the digital world, so maybe when they say person, they mean someone of their race. A digimon," Brandon wondered.
"I've never heard of anything like this," Hornmon said.
"Guys!" I said. "I think I know! The key is a person right. Well there is another person here."
"Who?" they all asked.
"ME!"
"You?" Betamon asked.
"Faith, I thought we decided that you had a digimon, we just hadn't found it yet," Brandon said.
"That's what we said. But did you ever really believe it."
He didn't say anything.
"Look at the facts," I continued. "I don't have a digimon, but somehow I was brought to this world. And they only way we could have gotten into the digital world was if we had the key in the lake. And we were the only ones there. It makes since."
"Well, then it could be any of us," Nick said.
"But I'm the only one without a digimon, without a purpose here."
"The prophecy doesn't say anything about the key not having a digimon," Nick went on.
"But then why am I here?!"
"Everybody shut up!"
We were all surprised by Brandon's sudden anger.
"Let's stop pointing fingers, until we find out more about this prophecy. I think the first thing we need to do, is find the last part of it. You with me?"
We all nodded.
"Good. Now let's start moving."
At Darkmon's Castle…
"Did you hear that?!"
"Hear what?"
"That girl! She said that she's the key! Oh, screw the medallions. If we can get a hold of the key, then nothing, not even the medallions, can stop us from destroying the real world and taking over the digital world!"
"Are you suggesting that we go and kidnap the raven-haired girl?"
"Yes! But not you. I'm not in the mood to see you die again. I can handle this. You just stay here and keep an eye on things. If it looks like I need backup, then come. I'm off."
Brandon
Faith couldn't be the key. Not my little sister. She just couldn't be.
"Brandon, it is possible," Nick said.
"No! It's not. You guys are exaggerating. Just get over it and let's move on."
I was getting pissed. If one more person starting talking about Faith being the key I might have to take my sword to their neck.
"Where's the girl? Where's the key?"
It was Darkmon. It seemed like we had just kicked his ass, and he was already back.
"What are you talking about? We don't have the key."
"Don't lie to me boy! I heard you talking. It's the raven-haired girl. There she is!"
He started moving towards her. She screamed my name.
"Sword!"
I ran at him with fire in my eyes. He looked back at me.
"Dark Wave!"
I stopped. Once again all these negative feelings infiltrated my mind.
"Hornmon digivolve to…Spikemon!"
"Sandmon digivolve to…Crustmon!"
"Podmon digivolve to…Catermon!"
"Thunder Horn!"
"Aqua Jet!"
"Absorbing Thread!"
"Beta Slugger!"
"Shadow Beam!"
His attack blocked all of theirs. He continued advancing on Faith.
"DigiMedallion energize!" Mya yelled.
"Catermon medallion digivolve to…Fireflymon! Flames of love!"
Fireflymon flew at Darkmon, picking him up with her clawed feet and lifting him off the ground. He reached up with his clawed hand and dug his nails into her foot.
"Ahh!"
She dropped him and he landed in a heap on the ground. By this time the other digimon had digivolve to champions and I was out of my stupor.
"Spike Missile!"
"Tidal Twister!"
"Ice Blast!"
"Flaming Hurricane!"
Darkmon was impaled, drenched, frozen, and burned, but he seemed to just shake it off.
"Dark Spear!"
Out of his chest shot four spears. Each of our digimon got stabbed and collapsed on the ground.
"Now I'll get the key."
Mya tried her best to throw him off course, but he was to strong for her to move his whole body. Nick flung many ninja stars at him, even threw in a few karate kicks, but Darkmon just flicked him away. Arrows flew, and I slashed with my sword, but nothing could stop him from what he wanted.
He finally got to Faith.
"Come here my pretty."
"NO!" she yelled kicking him in his digiballs.
Me and Nick were grabbing ourselves just imagining the pain. He didn't flinch. Ew! He didn't have any balls.
"It's called a cup sweetie."
Then he reached down and grabbed Faith around the waist.
"Thank you all for letting me have the key. I'll put it to good use."
And he disappeared. All of us were in shock. Our digimon were near death, until we made them dedigivolve.
"He has her…," I still couldn't believe it.
"We'll find her Brandon. Don't wo…"
"Stop trying to cheer me up Mya! You don't know what it's like to lose something that you love."
'Shows what he knows,' Mya thought.
"I have to go find her."
I grabbed Spikemon and started walking through the trees.
"Brandon wait!" they all called.
"I'm going after him," Nick said.
"NO!" I yelled. "I am the leader and I say you aren't coming. This is just something I have to do. Stay!"
And I left. They all just stood in awe not knowing whether to come or stay. I looked back to see them walking in the other direction. I desperately wanted to yell 'No! Come back, I need you!', but I couldn't. I had to do this alone.
Did Brandon make the right decision? Will he be able to find Faith on his own? Or will he die trying?