Chapter 14
The only signal that the digidestined were back in their own minds was the slight twitch in their closed eyes before they shoot up into a sitting position. Davis blinked twice before realizing what had happened. Then, it dawned him that Ken was still being choked, so Davis whipped his head around to see Yolei with her hands on Ken's neck. She was kneeling right next to him with her thumbs pressed over his windpipe and a smile on her face. Ken, from lack of oxygen, could not pull free from the death grip.
"Nice to see you awake for your final moments. Time to die, Kaiser." Yolei said, just above a whisper. She increased pressure on his neck. Fortunately, Davis body slammed Yolei and was wrenched away from her victim.
"No, you're awake. This was not suppose to happen." Yolei cried in anger.
"Sorry to disappoint you." Matt said. Yolei got ready to charge at them, but Vexilmon materialized like before.
Just because you've gotten out of the mind trap doesn't mean I still can't kill you. Vexilmon said.
"How dare you do that to me." Ken yelled, still gasping a bit for air. "I will make you pay for bringing up those old memories. Wormmon, digivolve!"
"Wormmon digivolve to... Stingmon."
Finally! I shall show you the true extent of my power. Vexilmon said joyously. As Stingmon leapt up, ready to attack, Yolei stood up from her position on the ground.
"You're a dead man, courage and friendship." Yolei growled. With that she swung at Davis, but he was ready and ducked. Then Ken stood up.
"Oh great, not again." Ken said, exasperated. He too started to attack the digidestined.
"Joe, Izzy, TK. You take Yolei. Me, Matt and Davis will take Ken. The rest of you are to get your digimon to protect us." Tai quickly shot out orders, then started taking down Ken.
"If you don't mind, I could use some help up here." Stingmon said as he tried to get a shot at Vexilmon, but Vexilmon easily dodged it and laughed. The digidestined looked at their partners and soon all the digimon were digivolved or armor digivolved, depending on how strong a laser attack the digivolution had.
"Eat laser, Demon. Cat's eye beam!" Nefertimon said. Obviously she was mad by the whole experience of being trapped in a mind. However, Vexilmon put out a hand and the pink beams hit it. He laughed as the lasers simply disappeared as they shot into his hand. The digidestined gasped.
Fools! Have you forgotten that my powers are increased here. Your puny energy beams do nothing to me. Vexilmon cried in everybody's head. Yolei and Ken took this distraction as an opportunity and kicked their attackers in unison.
"That's it. Nobody hurts Tai." Greymon said as Tai went down. Greymon rapidly fired Nova Blasts at Vexilmon, but they did nothing to hurt him.
"Everybody, shoot at Vexilmon with your best attack. That should do it." Kabuterimon said.
"Nova Blast"
"Howling Blaster"
"Needle spray"
"Electro Shocker"
"Meteor Wing"
"Harpoon Torpedo"
"Aqueous beam"
"Cat's eye beam"
"V-Laser"
"Spiking Strike"
All ten attacks hit dead on. The digidestined, even Ken, who was now being pinned down by Matt's knees, held their breath, hoping and waiting for the defeat of their enemy. Unfortunately, all they heard was the sadistic laughter of Vexilmon in their heads as the smoke cleared and they saw him floating above them without a scratch on him.
"No." Kari said quietly and sadly
Obviously, comprehending a simple fact is too hard for you. So let me put it for you so you can understand. You cant hurt me. Simple enough? Vexilmon said sarcastically. But lucky for me, I can hurt you. Venom EXPLOSION!
Acid shot at the digidestined's digimon. With Vexilmon's increased powers from the night realm, the champion digimon didn't stand a chance. Faster than the blink of an eye, the digimon dedigivolved, except this time, they were so weak that they couldn't even stand. The digidestined ran to gather their digimon (Kari picked up Wormmon), forgetting about Yolei and Ken. Big mistake. The two controlled members of the team stood up, dusted themselves off and ran after their teammates. They then started to strategically place punches and kicks on the oppressors, hurting the digidestined more than they had before.
Look at you pathetic digimon's faces, digidestined. This will be the last time you will ever see them. Or anything for that matter Vexilmon said loudly in the digidestined's heads as Ken and Yolei beat on them. Say bye bye. Venom-
"Armadillomon digivolve to... Ankylomon" A voice from above said and the large golden digimon fell, on it's back, right on top of Vexilmon. This caused Vexilmon to slightly lose control of his two digidestined and Ken's fist stopped an inch from slamming straight into Davis's nose.
"Get away from my friends, you traitor!" Cody said as he fell. In his hand was a thick wooden rod. Instead of body-slamming the floor like the others before him, Cody landed on his feet and knocked Ken's hand away from Davis's face with the rod. Yolei went back to attacking, but Cody kept Ken from also doing so.
"Cody! What are you doing here? We told you to stay in the digital world" Sora said.
"No, you said I couldn't come with you. Never said I couldn't follow you." Cody said wisely.
Sora sighed in annoyance. Ankylomon rolled off of Vexilmon, unharmed and stood over the digidestined, blocking Vexilmon from attacking with his acid and completely shielding the digidestined from him. This did not go unnoticed.
"His shell. I willing to bet that Ankylomon's hard shell can resist most attacks, even if they're from a mega." Izzy said, still cradling a weakened Tentomon.
"OW!" Ken yelled as Cody whacked him on his side. Cody then used the rod to whack Ken in the chest and knock him to the ground.
"Traitor!" Cody yelled at Ken as he held the rod to Ken's neck to hold him down.
"Don't go after me! Get Yolei! We're both being controlled by Vexilmon, but I can still feel pain. My body will still react to pain, hers won't because of being completely controlled. Go after her!" Ken screamed at the smaller boy who had just taken him down and was now practically standing on him. Cody hesitated as he looked at Yolei, who was still punching Joe.
"But... you..." Cody stammered, confused about what was going on.
"JUST DO IT!" Ken bellowed at Cody.
Cody jumped off of Ken and ran to Yolei with his substitute Kendo stick and went to Joe's side. Ken instantly sat up, but two hands roughly pushed him back on the ground, slamming his head into the floor.
"Hey, I still want to have some brain cells left when I get out of here." Ken commented angrily at Tai, who had been the one to push him down. Tai just gave him a smile.
"Yolei, I don't want to hurt you. But I will if I have to." Cody said nervously, getting into the common fighting position that his grandfather had taught him.
"You are nothing more than a boy with a stick." Yolei said in a menacing voice. And with that, she started to attack.
"How can we stop Vexilmon? We've never faced an enemy this strong with such little power of our own." TK said, hugging Patamon.
"Well, technically, you've never actually battled me face to face." Ken said, sounding offended at the thought that Vexilmon was stronger than his army. "I'm more of an opponent than this blob."
"What's that phrase I'm looking for? Oh yeah. Shove it, Ken." Sora snapped at the Kaiser. "This is no time to act arrogant. We have to think of a way to defeat him."
"How can we? It's not like our digimon can digivolve to ultimate and Vexilmon doesn't seem to have a weak spot." Kari said.
"He was never this strong in the digital world." Mimi said, watching as Cody uppercut Yolei with his stick.
"Cody, Vexilmon is starting to wear my shell thin. Ya all better think of a plan soon or this version of Chinese water torture will erode me away." Ankylomon said, indicating to the constant attack that Vexilmon putting on his shell.
"He's much stronger here than in the digital world because a different dimension." TK said.
"Wait a second." Izzy said. The digidestined could practically see a bulb switching on in his head. "This is another dimension! Which means things are different here!" Izzy looked at Tai. "Tai, this may be a long shot, but if I'm right, we could beat him."
"What are you talking about, Izzy!" Tai said, completely confused. Ken figured it out though and raised his eyebrows from his place on the floor.
"If you're thinking of doing what I think you're going to do, then you really are going on a long shot." Ken said skeptically.
"What do you mean?" Sora said.
"I theorize that since we're in another dimension, that some of the rules of the digital world don't apply. I think we can access our crests!" Izzy said rapidly.
"What!?" They all said. Izzy got a determined look on his face.
"Tentomon? Do you think you could digivolve one last time?" Izzy asked Tentomon in a gentle voice.
"I'll give it my best." Tentomon said weakly.
"Then I'm going in. If any of you are unsure about my theory, I won't blame you for not coming." Izzy said.
"Izzy, this is not the time for stupid heroics!" Mimi cried.
"Unfortunately, stupid heroics is in the digidestined job description." Izzy said, and with that, he slid under Ankylomon with Tentomon in his arms.
"Oh for the love of... Davis! Take over for now. I've a computer whiz to save." Tai said. He too slid under Ankylomon with Agumon. The older digidestined decided to follow Tai, just in case Izzy was right, though Kari and TK, who were still classified as the older generation, stayed with Davis and Cody. Cody, seeing Yolei distracted by the sudden change in events, took the opportunity to leap on her and knock her down. TK also helped by holding Yolei's legs while Cody held her arms. Kari was helping Davis by also holding Ken's legs while Davis kneeled on top of Ken.
"Well, look at who's looking down at who. How the roles have changed." Davis said too happily for the situation.
"Oh shut up." Ken snapped at him.
"So Cody, how long did it take you to come up with that plausible excuse for Sora." TK said as he tried to hold a struggling Yolei.
"After I picked out my Kendo stick? About a hour." Cody answered while he put pressure on Yolei's hands to keep her from punching him. Everyone else stared at Cody in amusement.
"Well, it's just good that you're here." Kari smiled even though Ken was trying to kick her.
"Yeah. But I can't believe it took you that long to come up with an excuse. Especially when you have the Emperor of excuses here in you're group." Davis said, indicating himself. Everyone just shook their head.
*Out of the protection of Ankylomon*
As soon as Izzy came into the open, Vexilmon ceased attacks.
Surrendering already? He asked in fake surprise.
"Not likely. You think just because you're in this synthetic dimension that you can win. Well think again. Tentomon, you can do it." Izzy said in defiance.
"Tentomon digivolve to... Kabuterimon."
Kabuterimon hovered above his partner, ready to fight. Vexilmon simply crossed his arms and if he eyebrows, he would have raised them.
Haven't we already gone through this before? You must have a very bad short term memory. Vexilmon said. It stupefies me to why you bother to fight. It's not like you'll ever win.
"Yeah that's right. We can't beat you in the forms our digimon have now. But I've figured out you little secret about this dimension. And it seems you never factored in that maybe our powers are increased in this dimension too. 'Cause, you see, now that we're not in the digital world, thing's are different. Here's an example." Izzy said calmly. All of the sudden Izzy's digivice glowed and Kabuterimon digivolved to the form he hadn't used in four years.
"Kabuterimon digivolve to... Megakabuterimon"
WHAT! That's an ultimate! You can't digivolve to ultimate! Vexilmon said, very shocked at seeing an ultimate digimon in front of him.
"Interesting that you say that, since I'm standing here, real and ready to fight." Megakabuterimon said in his rough voice. "And here's what I think of that attack you threw at me. Electro Shocker."
Electricity crackled through the huge bug's horn and shot at the acid digimon. Even though electricity wasn't as strong of attack as energy beams, the force of the Ultimate beam drove Vexilmon back from Ankylomon.
One ultimate. Oh boy! Don't let it go to you head. I'm still at mega level Vexilmon said sarcastically, getting over his former shock.
"How 'bout we even the odds a little then? Go Biyomon!" Sora yelled at Vexilmon.
"Biyomon digivolve to... Birdramon."
Sora raised her Digivice in the air.
"Show 'em what you've got." Sora said and her digivice glowed.
Birdramon digivolve to... Garudramon"
With that, Garudramon took her place by Megakabuterimon.
"Nice to see you again, Megakabuterimon." Garudramon said as she hovered next to him.
"Ditto, Garudramon. Is it payback time?"
"There's never been a better time. Wing blade!" Garudramon said, and she shot an arrow of fire at Vexilmon. He embraced the attack and it slammed into him. But it did not hurt him much. Mimi and Joe looked at their digimon.
"Go!" They both said at the same time.
"Palmon digivolve to... Togemon. Togemon digivolve to... Lilymon"
"Gomamon digivolve to... Ikkakumon. Ikkakumon digivolve to... Zudomon."
"Alright!" Joe said.
"Vulcan's Hammer!"
"Flower cannon."
The two attacks were related to beam attacks, so they made Vexilmon back up a bit as they hit.
"Now let's show him the power of a couple of megas." Tai said and Matt nodded in agreement. "Digivolve."
Matt and Tai's digivices glowed for a second, but there wasn't enough power for Agumon or Gabumon to warp digivolve.
"What?! NO, this can't be." Tai said in despair.
"Oh no! Even though they can open the crests, the power boost Tai and Matt got from Angemon and Angewomon is gone. The digimon can't digivolve to mega." Izzy said, realizing what was happening.
"Hey! We can still fight. We just won't have a mega on our side." Joe said. "This digimon is nothing compared to some of the other things we've face. Let's get him!"
I don't think so. Venom Explosion! Vexilmon said and acid shot at the digimon. Kabuterimon, who was probably the biggest digimon there, stopped the acid from coming to his partner.
"You just made another mistake, Vexilmon. For the most part, we can resist your acid attacks since your main power is your mind control." He said
Touché. However, you will never be able to destroy me. For you are just ultimate's. Vexilmon said.
"Then you won't mind us trying. Flower cannon!" Lilymon said.
"Vulcans Hammer"
"Wing blade."
"Electro shocker."
All four shots hit and drove Vexilmon back a little, but he simply laughed in their heads.
"Alright. I'm getting very sick of that laugh." A female voice said.
The digidestined looked and saw that Gatomon must have digivolved unnoticed, because Angewomon was floating above Ankylomon.
"Here's a little something I call Heavens Charm." Angewomon said to Vexilmon and she created a vertical pink beam in front of her. Then her hands, which had been pressed together, flew open and created a sort of pink cross. The cross shot out a large pink beam at Vexilmon, making him yelp in pain.
Ahh! So you must be the glorious Angewomon. The one who destroyed the despised Myotismon. But remember that you are still an ultimate. Vexilmon said. Then, to prove that, he flicked a small amount of potent acid into Angewomon's hair and burned her blond hair. That made her very mad.
"You think just because you're mega that you can do what ever you want? Let me show you the power of our Mega's" Angewomon said. With that she shot her celestial arrow at Tai before he could protest.
"Agumon warp-digivolve to... Wargreymon."
Tai still had a shocked expression on his face as Wargreymon leapt into the air and started to do hand to hand combat with Vexilmon.
You are a fire digimon. Even if you are a mega, only certain attacks can truly hurt me. Vexilmon said as he blocked Wargreymon's punches.
"That's true. Only energy attacks can work. However you're forgetting one thing. Terra Force!" Wargreymon said
He shot a huge ball of fire at Vexilmon before Vexilmon could shoot with his acid. It slammed him back a good thirty yards. Wargreymon then lost all his power from only having a temporary energy boost from Angewomon.
"Heat is a form of energy." Agumon said, finishing his own sentence. "Now guys!"
"Right." They said and with that they attacked Vexilmon.
Venom explosion. Vexilmon said desperately, but the attack was in vain and the ultimate's attack whacked into him, sending him flying.
"Take that, you blob of mucus!" Tai yelled.
That's IT! I've had enough playing around. I will show you that I am not as easily defeated as the dark masters. Vexilmon yelled in a horrendous rage. He balled his large hand into a tight fist. Let me prove of MY power in this dimension!
With that, Vexilmon lifted both his hands up and cried Venom Explosion. Two huge streams of acid flew from his hands as Vexilmon threw them down. The acid was so acidic that it was sizzling as it went straight for the digidestined
"NO! Gate of Destiny."
A golden portal was created in midair and opened. The acid went into the portal and the digidestined looked up to see MagnaAngemon scowling at Vexilmon.
"You won't win, Vexilmon. I will destroy you like I did Piedmon. Do not underestimate my power." MagnaAngemon said calmly.
I won't, but thanks for the warning. Now if you'll excuse me... Venom Explosion. Vexilmon said and shot at MagnaAngemon. MagnaAngemon tried to block the acid with his sword, but the sword just went through the liquid and the acid hit MagnaAngemon in the face. This made him fall down, stunned and disabled.
"You want to play dirty? Fine! Heavens Cha-AHH!" Angewomon cried. Vexilmon completely covered Angewomon's body with potent acid, also disabling her.
Who's next? Vexilmon said.
"Us." Two voices said from behind Vexilmon. He turned around to face two champion digimon, Ex-Veemon and Stingmon.
You!? You are nothing but a couple of Champions. Vexilmon laughed.
"That's right. We are." Ex-Veemon said in his raspy voice. "But there's one thing that makes us stronger than you."
"You're outnumbered six to one, Vexilmon. An even though we aren't at the same level as you, there's one thing we have that you don't." Stingmon said angrily
Oh really? What's that.
"A team." They both said. "NOW!!!!"
"Flower cannon."
"Vee-laser"
"Electro shocker"
"Vulcan's hammer"
"Wing blade"
"Spiking strike"
The attacks hit, and this time, Vexilmon fell down. Ankylomon got out of the way as Vexilmon crashed down onto the floor. All the older digidestined just stared at the liquefied digimon as Kari and Cody came out from underneath Ankylomon. Davis and TK were right behind them, half dragging , half carrying Ken and Yolei.
So... You've defeated... me. Vexilmon wheezed. He started to disintegrate like the way the digidestined had during the battle with Apocalamon. It does... not matter. For another... will take my... place. Darkness... will prevail.
"No. No one can be as evil as you." Ken said, still being controlled by the dying digimon. "And there is no other. You are the last of the dark master's. You should know that."
Vexilmon let out a gasping laugh in the digidestined's heads.
And you think... that that thing in your brain... was place there... by accident? When he comes... there will be... no victory for you.
"Who's that?" TK demanded.
He is... even stronger... than I. You... will not... win.
"What's his name? Who's been controlling me this whole time?" Ken exclaimed.
The one who... thrives off of... misery and darkness. His... name... is-
Vexilmon exploded into dust and disappeared.
Author's notes: What a hard chapter to write! Sorry this took so long. This isn't the last chapter, so bear with me. Please review.
