Digimon: The Year of Reckoning
Chapter 24
"The End"
Narrated by Mya and Brandon
Mya
My life had just been turned upside down. It wasn't enough that I had been brought to the digital world. That I had sold my soul to Devilmon. That the one person I loved most was grieving because his sister was destined to die. No, no, that just wasn't bad enough. Now I find out that I'm actually the one that will die. I'm the key. Isn't that just peachy.
Not one minute after I had found out that I was the prophesized key, Darkmon had slit my arm. Blood slowly ran down my arm, dripping to the ground. But nothing happened. The world didn't end. Everything was great except of course for the fact that I was bleeding.
"This is really starting to piss me off," Darkmon cringed.
"Nothing happened," Brandon said shocked. "But, you're the key. The original digidestined told me."
"What?"
"They came to me and told me that you had been sent to me, so that I could protect you. You aren't a real human. You're just energy compiled together. You are the key."
"But, I know I'm real. I mean, I remember every part of my life vividly."
"When they created you, they filled your mind with false memories, so that you and everyone else would never know that you are the key."
I wasn't real? I was a made-up person? How…Wait a minute! If I weren't real then I couldn't have a soul, could I? That means Devilmon didn't take anything.
"I didn't lose my soul!" I accidentally said out loud.
"What?" everyone asked.
"I…well…you see…"
"On the contrary."
From the sky fell the little red digimon.
"Devilmon," everyone spat.
"It's good to see you too. So, you finally figured out that Mya is the key?"
"You knew!"
"Of course I knew. I know all. And Mya, to answer your little question, you do have a soul. Or at least, you did."
Brandon stared at me, eyes wondering.
"What is he talking about?" Brandon asked.
"Brandon, everyone, I have something to confess. You see, when JT and I were taken to that underwater cave, I sorta…"
"She gave me her soul!" Devilmon cackled.
"You sold you soul?" Brandon said unbelievingly.
"I had no choice."
"Oh she had a choice. She practically thrust her soul upon me. And all for what? The love of Brandon?"
"You liar!" I yelled.
"Mya, is he telling the truth?" Brandon asked hurt.
"Of course not! Why would I do that to you, to myself?"
"Now who's lying," Devilmon scoffed.
"Mya, I want to believe you, trust me. But I remember, as soon as you escaped the cave, I saw you in a new light. I was falling in love with you. Was it because of Devilmon?"
"Brandon," I cried. "He's lying, I swear. I only sold my soul, because JT and our digimon were in danger. I did it so he would save their lives. I would never try to win your love by selling my soul."
Devilmon smirked. He was sure that Brandon wouldn't buy it. Hell, I wouldn't if the tables were turned. But Brandon looked deep into my eyes and saw that I was telling the truth.
"I believe you," he said.
As soon as the words had left his lips, we crept towards each other and our lips met. It was the most romantic first kiss ever. But it was short-lived.
"Shadow Beam!"
The ground beneath us exploded sending us flying.
"I don't give a damn about the days of your lives, I want to know who the key is!" Darkmon growled.
"Mya's the key," Devilmon answered.
"Then why didn't her blood cause the Apocalypse?!"
"Because, Mya's soul holds the key. Without it, she cannot open the gate. That's why I took it. Because I knew she was the key, and I wanted to be the ruler of the digital world," Devilmon informed swinging the vial back and forth. "And now, I will open the gate and it will be my hand that destroyed the worlds. I will be almi…"
Devilmon exploded. Darkmon had shot his Shadow Beam straight through him. I was very much relieved that that bastard was gone.
"NO!" Nick screamed.
I looked to where he was pointing. The vial! It was falling. CRASH! The glass exploded into a million shards. The shiny blue-purple light escaped from its imprisonment and floated in the air. Then it came towards me and implanted itself in my chest.
"Ah."
I had my soul back! A wave of heat flooded my body. I felt so good! I was beaming glancing around at my friends. But they didn't have the same expression. In fact, they were horrified.
I looked upwards, following their gaze. My smile faded. I felt like I was going to throw up. The sky had literally ripped apart. We could see the real world. Our neighborhood. Suddenly the house next door to Brandon and Faith floated off the ground and entered the digital world. Then it hit the mountain we were on, exploding. We could hear the blood curdling screams from inside.
Trees and rocks, even digimon floating through the sky and then entered the real world. All of Darkmon's henchmen flew through the rip, before falling through the real world and landing in the Pacific Ocean, drowning. Humans came through the rip, then fell to their deaths. It was horrible.
"Perfect," Darkmon laughed. "Because your blood was already running, as soon as your soul entered you, the end began. This is better then I could have imagined."
I looked at my arm. Blood continued to drip. I was starting to feel light-headed. The more the blood dripped, the bigger the rip became. The entire mountain shook as the Statue of Liberty shot from the hole and crashed at the foot of the mountain.
"This is all my fault. I have to end this," I told my friends. "You have to kill me. Hurry, before any more damage is done."
"We can't kill you," JT whined.
"You're our friend," Nick argued.
"I won't do it," Brandon said. "I don't care if the world ends, I won't lose you. We'll die together."
"NO! Brandon, I can't see you die. I don't want you to. I'm the key, I have to end this. Think about the rest of the world. People have already died. By ending one life, we save millions of others."
"You can't die. I can't live without you!" Brandon cried.
"Mya, please, you're my friend, you can't die," Catermon said.
"I'm sorry girl, but I have to. JT, I'm glad I got to know you. Thanks for saving my life in that underground cave."
"You saved mine too."
"Then we're even. Nick, you're a great friend. It means so much to me that you didn't take advantage of me when I was all lusty. And thank you for protecting Catermon, and bringing her back to life."
"I'll miss you Mya."
"I'll miss you too. Faith, you're like the sister I never had. I'm sorry you had to go through all of this. But I'm glad that I'm the key rather then you."
She couldn't speak, she was too overcome with tears.
"Brandon…oh, this is so hard. Um, I guess there's only one thing for me to say. I love you. You've saved my life countless times, and you have been so sweet to me, and I love you for that. I will always be in your heart."
"Mya…I love you too…please, don't die."
"I must. And I want you to kill me."
"What?"
"Please, just do it."
"Mya, I can't and I won't."
"Your damn right you won't," Darkmon threatened. "The longer her blood runs, the longer the world is ripped apart."
A pyramid crashed into the side of the mountain.
"I'll miss you all. Thank you for everything," I spoke my final words.
WOOSH!
"AH!"
I fell to the ground, with the dagger in my heart. Thank God for my powers, I might not have been able to do it manually. The pain was unbearable. I felt like…well, like someone was stabbing a knife in my heart. My last thoughts were that of the digital world. My friends and our digimon. The good and bad times. I thought about…my blood ran dry.
Brandon
"NOOOOO!!!!!" Darkmon and I yelled together. But for different reasons I'm sure.
I collapsed, waterfalls of tears falling to the ground. Mya was dead. She was gone forever. I noticed the rip in the sky close up. The gate was closed. Both worlds had been saved, but Mya was still dead. And now we were stuck in the digital world.
"I am sick of you damn kids always ruining my plans!" Darkmon shouted. "Game's over."
I wiped my tears from my eyes. As far as I was concerned, Darkmon was responsible for Mya's death. I was going to avenge her death.
"X-Spikemon!"
"X-Beam!"
Darkmon was hit. He wasn't hurt.
"Shadow Beam!"
"X-Beam!"
The two beams smashed into each other. Neither one was giving out.
"Guys! I know this isn't the best time, but we need more power. Try out your new medallions!"
Nick and JT held out the medallions.
"DigiMedallions energize!"
"Crustmon medallion digivolve to…Arachnimon! Venom of kindness!"
"Betamon medallion digivolve to…Dragomon! Fangs of courage!"
Arachnimon was large spider that stood on two legs, with the other six fully movable arms. His pincers were practically dripping with venom, and on his back were four large wings.
Dragomon was like Seadramon only fiery red in color, with fire for hair, large claws, and huge fangs.
"What about me?" Catermon asked.
To answer her question, Mya's body began to glow with a bright pink light. The medallion around her neck was glowing with the same light.
"Catermon medallion digivolve to…Soulmon! Angel of Light!"
Soulmon was an angel in a pink outfit. She had a long bullwhip tail and pointy cat ears. Her hands were clawed, and she had six mighty wings.
Arachnimon charged Darkmon, throwing him off balance. But X-Spikemon's beam hit Arachnimon, sending him flying.
"Dark Claw!"
The claw flew at Soulmon, but her tail wrapped around it and yanked Darkmon into the air.
"X-Beam!"
Darkmon was hit and fell to the ground. Dragomon wrapped his body around him, squeezing the life out of him.
"Fatal Freeze!" Darkmon coughed.
Dragomon froze and Darkmon shimmied out of his grasp. Arachnimon was back on his feet and faced off against him.
"Viral Venom!"
A mist of venom sprayed from Arachnimon's mouth. Darkmon was coated in it and began to cough, become short of breath, and eventually his skin began to burn.
"Shadow Beam!"
Arachnimon jumped up, but his legs were still hit and he fell crumpled on the ground. Dragomon, unfrozen, swirled in the sky above Darkmon.
"Fire Storm!"
Flaming rocks pelted down on Darkmon singeing him.
"Arggh!"
"X-Beam!"
Darkmon was blasted into one of the castle's towers. Soulmon flew above him.
"You will pay for what you've done to my friend Mya. Cat's Curse!"
"NOOO!!" Darkmon screamed.
Four bony arms erupted from the ground around Darkmon. They grabbed at him and slowly pulled him into the ground.
"This isn't over! You will all fry in Hell for what you have done to me!"
"Save us a seat," Soulmon laughed.
And with that, Darkmon sank under the ground. He was now trapped in Hell for all eternity. We hoped.
"We did it," I gasped. "We defeated Darkmon."
I should have been happy, thrilled even. But of course I wasn't. How could I be when the one person I truly loved was lying dead only a few feet away.
We all gathered around our lost friend. She must have felt so much pain. I knelt down and placed a kiss on her cold lips. Nick and JT held her hands.
"We have a problem," JT said. "How are we going to get back to the real world without the key?"
"I don't know," I said. "We might be trapped here forever."
"We can help."
It was our digimon.
"We can feed our power to Mya," Soulmon said.
"Don't get your hopes up," Arachnimon said. "She won't come back to life."
"But it will give her soul enough power to open the gate, allowing you to get through," X-Spikemon said.
"But the gate won't stay open for long. Once we give her our power, you must leave," Dragomon said.
"Will Mya's body come with us?" Nick asked. "I mean, she deserves a proper funeral, after all she's been through."
"Yes, her body must go."
"Then let's do it," I said. "We're going to miss all of you. Goodbye X-Spikemon. You're a great friend."
"We'll meet again Arachnimon," Nick assured. "Keep it real. And Soulmon, I'll miss you a lot too. I'll never forget our time together."
"I'll miss you Dragomon," JT cried. "I love you."
"Um…guys. Are you forgetting something, or someone. HELP ME!"
It was Faith. I had forgotten all about her. One of her arms was still chained up.
"I'll help her," Soulmon offered.
With a swipe of her claws, Faith was free.
"We better go now," I said.
"Goodbye," our digimon said. "We'll always remember you and how you saved the digital world."
Their bodies began to glow. The light shot out at Mya. Her body floated upwards, and then ours followed. We were flying up into the sky. I could see the whole digital world. I then realized how much we had saved. Mya was right. We sacrificed one life to save millions. She had such a big heart. And I loved her even more now.
Our digimon became in-training again and bounced up and down yelling goodbye. I looked up and saw the sky open up and we were sucked through it, right before it closed again.
So that was it. Our adventure in the digital world was over. As I looked back at it, all the danger and such, I realized it wasn't that bad. And the result was good. Both worlds were safe now. But Mya was still dead and that was enough to make me want to die. But I would go on living, we all would, for her.
This marks the end of Brandon, Nick, JT, Mya, and Faith's adventures in the digital world. They saw good and bad times, but in the end came out on top. But the story isn't quite over. To give Mya civilized respect, stay tuned for the epilogue, which will document her funeral and the short, but fulfilling life she lived.