Epilogue- The Enemy of My Enemy...


Ken stormed into a small chamber in the deepest bowels of his fortress, his cape flying behind him, and went straight to the seated figure within, grabbing her chair and spinning it around.

"What were you doing?!" he screamed, little flecks of spit flying to hit the startled girl's face. "I told you to close that portal!"

"Say it, don't spray it," she muttered under her breath, rubbing the moisture away. Ken's pupils contracted as he stared at her, bordering on apoplexy.

"What did you say?"

"Nothing," she shot back. "I ran into unforeseen difficulties, that's all. I told you that!"

Ken shouted for her to shove her 'difficulties' somewhere unlikely.

*Oh, that would help a lot,* she thought, with a mental sigh. *He doesn't think when he gets this way. Sometimes it seems like he hasn't thought since he found Sam's Digivice...*

*slap!*

Brought suddenly and painfully back to reality, the girl reeled, her hand going up to touch her smarting cheek.

"Listen to me!!" Ken yelled. He paused, getting himself back under control. The sound of the girl's labored breathing as she tried not to cry helped his mood a lot. When he spoke again, his voice was dangerously calm. "I. Will. Not. Be. Disobeyed. If you will not do as I wish, I will *make* you obey me!"

"What are you talking about?" the girl snapped. Ken smiled.

"I had hoped I wouldn't have to use your own inventions against you. Family ties are hard to go against. But you leave me no choice." He snapped his fingers, and a pair of Gazimon appeared from the shadows of the door, bearing something dark between them. The girl's eyes went wide.

"Oh, no...Ken, no! Not me! Please!" She leapt to her feet, trying to flee, but Ken was faster, grabbing her arms and twisting her back into her seat.

"What's wrong?" he hissed. "Not pleased to be your own test subject? I had to try them on someone before I went after my next quarry, you know. Did you think you would get off scot-free for helping the Digibrats? Nice try, little cousin."

As the Gazimon advanced, the girl struggled and cried, but in her heart she knew her fate already. Gritting her teeth, she waited for the clasp of iron around the arm Ken forced out toward the waiting Digimon.

*Now I know I've lost you...oh, Ken, I should have gone with them! You're nothing but evil anymore...*


**owari**


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Creepy ending, ne? The epilogue title, of course, comes from the old saying, 'The enemy of my enemy is my friend'. I couldn't resist using it, since it explains so well why Ken's mysterious assistant did what she did for Tai and Sora. And yes, there is a sequel coming for this, sooner or later. It was originally going to be a trilogy, but I spent thirteen months trying to finish this first story (believe it or not, it started last November!) and the plot of the second story wasn't very good or very relevant, so I might just squish it away and go straight to number three instead. Well? What did you think? Send me some comments, ne? O_-