General Moriyama is dead. General Mazzola is dead. The Digital Aftermath home base has been destroyed. Sora and Izzy are missing. Biyomon isn't with Sora. Everything has changed, but no one knows if it is for the better or the worse. No one will be left unaffected by this war.
One World Isn't Enough
VincereNoctem@aol.com
Swords clashed upon each other, producing sparks that flew through the air. Joe slashed at Izzy with the sword in his right hand, the other didn't move, didn't act. Izzy was struggling enough using both of his swords, the odds were against him. He saw one of Joe's swords approaching his face, Izzy brought both swords of up to block it. Joe's sword cracked in every place, finally shattering after the last crack formed. The sharp pieces of the destroyed sword fell to the ground, wedging themselves in the dirt. Before Izzy could react, the other sword was jabbed into his left leg, drawing blood quickly. Izzy backed away, the sword slid out, I guess there really isn't any hope for you! Were did we go wrong? he was emotionally hurt by the way Joe acted. Izzy charged forward, his injury aching. Joe did a back flip away from Izzy, he landed several feet back.
You were always wrong, Izzy! You never cared to notice the way I acted when we went back to the Digital World to see what Matt and Tai were doing! Because of that, I became corrupt. It's all your fault! Joe laughed at his comment, Izzy was angered beyond what he thought was possible. Fight me! Izzy ran to Joe, swords pointed at his head. Joe simply knocked the incoming swords with his lone sword. Time to kill you with my secret weapon! with those words, Gomamon came running out.
Gomamon warp-digivolve to... a pillar black light hit the aquatic animal, forcing him into his Champion form, Ikkakumon. A second pillar hit, changing the furry mammal Digimon into the Ultimate-level Zudomon. The last pillar of light changed the Digimon into an unknown Mega. It had a long neck, ending with a sharp-toothed head. A long tail grew out, red markings going the entire length. Four flippers formed on its body, two on each side of the body. Two flipper-like appendages came out of the back, ending near the base of the tail. The skin was black with red brands, fiery spikes appeared on the back. ... Pleciomon.
So TK was right, you have achieved alternate digivolutions! Izzy yelled, to Joe. I should have expected you to do such things to your Digimon! he started to run towards Joe, swords once again pointed at him.
And don't ever expect anything less! Joe also charged forward, a sly smile on his face. Pleciomon walked slowly across the land, heading to the fight.
Shaking Pulse, Pleciomon's body shook violently, a massive fissure formed in front of it. The fissure raced forward towards Izzy, rocks flew everywhere.
Giga Scissor Claw, two giant claws crashed onto Pleciomon, clutching it within. HerculesKabuterimon lifted Pleciomon off the ground, then threw it across the courtyard. Izzy, I'll deal with this monster! You deal with your's! Izzy's Digimon flew off after Pleciomon, ready to destroy the new Mega.
So you did bring your Digimon! You planned more than I thought! Joe lunged his remaining sword at Izzy, cutting his jacket. I grow so tired of you! You were always liked more by the other kids, I was always alone. Forced to be the reliable one! Well, no more! Izzy moved back, knowing Joe was ready to attack. Joe slashed at Izzy, cutting a gash in his chest. Izzy cried in pain, but retaliated by doing the same to Joe's arm. Where did you learn to use a sword? Joe mocked.
Across the courtyard, HerculesKabuterimon and Pleciomon fought. Izzy's Digimon brought two of its four arms down onto Pleciomon's neck, choking the marine Digimon. Pleciomon threw its tail around, attempting to cut off one of the arms, but instead demolished a wall. Why do you do this, Pleciomon? HerculesKabuterimon questioned.
I have no choice in the matter! Sub-Master Kido demands it! Pleciomon replied, bringing its tail around again in the attempt of braking the arm.
HerculesKabuterimon knocked the tail away with his other arm, You've been pulled into this false belief, as well? I always thought you were better than that! Giga Scissor Claw.
Tell me, Joe, Izzy blocked another attack from Joe, are you under Noctem's control? Joe was infuriated by that comment, he started putting more force into the attacks. Tell me!
I'm not controlled by anyone! No one ever will! Joe thrust the sword towards Izzy, but was diverted away by one of Izzy's swords. Izzy lunged his free sword into Joe's side, a loud cracking sound was heard. He withdrew the sword, much to Izzy's surprise, little blood was upon it. Joe cast his coat aside, revealing a smashed D-3, accompanied by a small cut on his waist. He removed the D-3 from his belt, it fell apart when he tried to examine it. Each piece broke into data as it hit the ground, the sound was like a scream to Joe. He fell to the ground, shaking wildly. What's happening to me? Joe yelled. A strange darkness came out of his body, then flew into the air.
Two red eyes appeared in the darkness, You having seen the last of me! A darkport opened up in the sky, the darkness disappeared within it.
Joe stopped shaking, but his skin was pale and ghostlike, What was that? Izzy was speechless, he didn't have a clue as to what just happened. Both of them heard a screeching sound from another direction, it was Pleciomon, in extreme pain. What's happening to my Digimon? A bright golden light exploded from its body, reducing it to Zudomon. Another light manifested itself, bringing the Ultimate down to Ikkakumon. Mores light came from his body, reducing him down to Gomamon, then Bukamon, and finally Pitchmon. The little baby Digimon squirmed across the ground, trying to get to Joe, but was stopped when it was reduced to an egg. It rolled around for a minute, then that too was short lived. Data was being ripped from the egg, then exploded into particles of information.
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TK carried as much weaponry as he possibly could, he thought they might need in case of unexpected confrontations. He dropped onto a table, it trembled as it resisted the weight. Okay, Cody, Ken, and Mimi, you go with group b to Izzy's presumes location! You should have enough guns to blow away any obstacle that gets in your way. Yolei, you're coming with Kari and me! We're going to Sora's presumed location, but my hopes aren't very high for this one. Kari, do you have anything to add?
Kari stepped forward, Return here in two hours, we probably won't need that much time to save our comrades. We don't even know if they're hurt, just stranded somewhere! Okay? Good. Let's get out of here! everyone went to their respective groups, taking off quickly. No knew if they would find survivors or dead friends. But this was war, this like that happened.
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Tai's eyes clouded over, the pupils visible once again. Sora! What are you doing here? he tried to remain series, though he did want to tell her so many things. How did you get in? Why aren't you trying to kill me? Tai threw his comm pad off to the side, but his PPR still remained attached to his belt, hidden behind his back. Talk to me, Sora, she took a step towards him, Tai moved in the opposite direction.
I want to talk to you, Tai, about the way you act, Sora stepped even closer. I miss the days we all worked together. A nice, healthy team! she opened her hands to show she held nothing. Now it's my turn to ask a question. Why haven't you called security?
We're running thin on people because of the war on the front lines! We can't spare anymore people, he tried his best to hide his smile.
You're lying, Tai! You were never a good liar! Sora didn't attempt to hide her emotions. Tai, can we go somewhere to talk? And don't pull a fast one on me, I could shoot you dead in a moments notice! He cautiously started to walk in a direction away from the place he came out. The halls were dark, it could be considered dangerous, especially it you weren't used to things like this. Sora noticed a sign on their trek down the hall, it said reactor core.' She was nervous about this, but the location for the talk could just as easily be in the same direction. Get a hold on yourself, Sora, he won't try to kill you! Would he?' Sora thought to herself, making her more nervous by the second. They came to a stop at a door marked RC,' Tai turned around to face Sora. What now?
Tai lifted his hands, all the weapons Sora concealed floated away from her, including her D-3. Her D-3 suddenly activated, a bright pink light flooded the halls. Tai hunched over in pain, something she never expected from him. What's happening? Tai yelled out. A black entity was ripped from Tai's body, but some of it made its way back into his body. The Shadow Medallion blew up into a million pieces, shards of it embedded into Tai's chest.
Sora approached him, she made sure not to move too fast. What's wrong? All the items that floated away from Sora dropped to the ground, but Sora caught her D-3 before it got that far. She could hear Tai crying, Sora didn't have a clue why. Tai, tell me! she went out to touch him, but his hand was slapped the offering away.
What have I done? Sora, your D-3 forced most of the darkness off my body! Noctem has less control over me! he started to cry again. But now I can feel all the pain I've caused! What have I done? Tai got up and ran for the door with RC on. It opened up, revealing a massive reactor core, just like the sign had said. Sora ran in after him, she was amazed by the size of the fires in the reactor below. There wasn't anything holding the possible radiation from the reactor from killing them. Massive flames erupted from the main body of the fire, the walls of the stadium-sized room was scorched black. Catwalks went around the parameter of the core, and a single catwalk moving out to the center. Sora noticed Tai was on that center catwalk, so she ran after him. Sora, don't follow me! I'm an evil monster, I can feel the suffering I've caused! he held the side of his head, like there was some huge migraine plagued his existence. Sora took another step out, but the leftovers from a pillar of flames burned Sora's cheek.
She clutched the injury tightly, Tai, you're not evil! You were under the influence of Noctem! Sora took another step out on the catwalk.
Please, Sora, stop! I am evil, I've killed hundreds! Helped release a plague upon the world! he reached the end of the catwalk, no guard rails stopped him from falling into the reactor below.
But I love you, Taichi! tears ran down Sora's slightly burned skin.
I'm sorry... Tai ripped out his D-3. the doors behind Sora slid open, the orange reptile came running out. Tai's black D-3 flashed a brilliant orange light, forcing the darkness off of it. Where once a corrupted D-3 sat triumphant for evil, now was a glorious purple D-3. All remnants of evil were gone, this D-3 now belonged to the Light.
Agumon warp-digivolve to... the first pillar of light forced the reptile into the Champion-level Dinosaur Greymon. A second pillar of light changed it into the Ultimate-level Cyborg Digimon, MetalGreymon. The third, and final, pillar of light slammed into the Cyborg Digimon, causing it to go to Mega. Silver and red armor materialized on the legs of the dragon Digimon, while golden armor covered the arms and hands. Two solid, gold wings' formed upon the back, emblazoned with the Crest of Courage. Remaining additions were either red or silver, making the Digimon appear more powerful. ... Wargreymon.
Black armor no longer was worn by this Dragon Digimon, evil didn't have the slightest grip upon him. Tai threw his purple D-3 to Sora before Wargreymon grabbed him. The D-3 landed safely into her hands, not giving a single reaction to her presence. Wargreymon and Tai fell to the reactor below, time seemed to slow as the horrific moment occurred. Tears flooded out of Sora's eyes, it would surely be the end of Tai. He managed to call out one final thing as approached death. Sora, I have always loved you, but Noctem always stopped it! Tai fell further away to impending doom, his partner Digimon remained by his side.
Cliffhanger! Cliffhanger! You can't stop me from doing that! This was a very short chapter, but the next chapter will be even shorter. *gasp* The reason why Tai did what he just did will be explained in the next chapter, so don't go crying about that! I've had this chapter planned out since chapter 10, I've been waiting a long time for this. The little character gathering has ended, so no more submissions. I surprisingly got twenty e-mails for this thing, picking people for my story might take awhile, but I hope to have the information in the end notes for the next chapter. This story is almost done!
Preview:
I'm not going to give you one, it will reveal way too much for the next chapter!
Quote:
Softly sweet, in Lydian measures,
Soon he soothed his soul to pleasures.
War, he sung, is toil and trouble;
Honor but empty bubble;
Never ending, still beginning,
Fighting still, and still destroying.
If all the world be worth thy winning.
Think, oh think it worth enjoying:
Lovely Thaïs sits beside thee,
Take the good the gods provide thee.
-John Dryden, Ib. I. 97