The Struggle: Chapter 13

A/N: This is my second-to-last chapter in my series. I'm definantly not going into the next season. There will be some stories about the series, but not as long.

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Disclaimer: Thank goodness that this is almost over. Digimon ain't mine. Neither is Shere Khan, from "The Jungle Book."

Ken: You really think that you can cover all this in two chapters?

heath 999: I've done it before.

Wormmon: True.

Ken: You won't need us anymore.

heath 999: Not true, I'll need you in other stories.

Wormmon: Wonderful, more torture. Please read and review.

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Same place: Same time

~Ken's POV~

"Is it just me, or did she just call Malomyotismon dad?" Davis asks, caught off guard.

"She did, the dark spore must be reactivated in her." I reply, looking on in horror as she goes to Malomyotismon's side.

"Ah, my child, it is so good to see again after so long," Malomyotismon says, looking down at her.

"Yes it is, dad." She says warmly, and then turns coldly towards us.

"This can't be good." I say, looking at the way she's glaring at us.

"MetalPanthermon, attack!" She yells, still glaring at us.

"Panther's Scream!" The attack rings out, as he aims his attack.

Right at Imperialdramon.

Imperialdramon stops dead in his tracks, unable to move.

"We have to retreat! There's no way we can beat that thing!" T.K. yells, dragging Kari to safety as Malomyotismon attacks.

"We're not leaving until the fat lady sings, T.S.!" Davis retorts, not willing to give up.

Meghan sneers at us, eyes glinting coldly, "She's stepping on the stage right now." She tells us coldly.

"What deactivated the spore and changed her mind last time?" Kari asks, desperate to find a way out of the situation.

"Wizardmon, and the knowledge of her parents being alive," I reply, watching the losing battle against Malomyotismon.

"We can't tell her that now, Oikawa said that if she fought against the brainwashing herself, it would kill her." Cody points out.

"What else can we do?! We can't just let them destroy us and the both worlds!" Davis retorts.

"We can't be responsible for killing someone, Davis!" Yolei counters.

"Davis is right, Meghan would see anything necessary to protect both worlds, even if it kills her." T.K. says.

"Yolei's right, we can't bear the responsibility of killing her." Kari says.

Everyone turns to me, the unasked question in his or her eyes.

I glance at the girl standing next Malomyotismon, willing to kill us at any cost, the girl who I considered my sister, and made my decision.

"Lets get her back to her old self."

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Same place: Same time

~Meghan's POV~

I watch triumphantly as MetalPanthermon attacks Imperialdramon and the other blasted digidestined's digimon.

"Meghan!" I whip my head around to see the blasted digidestined talking to me.

"What do you want?!" I demand coldly.

"Your parents are still alive! Malomyotismon brainwashed you, he's not your real father!" One of them says.

"You're lying!" I spit as I glare at them.

Time after time they try to convince me, and I ignore them.

Then.

"Meghan?"

I look to see my parents standing with the digidestined.

"How did you end up here?" I hear one of the digidestined ask, surprised.

Stunned, I just stare at them.

"NO!!! You died in a car accident! You can't be alive!" I yell, stunned.

"We are, now come back with us."

Pain wracked my brain as I feel like it has exploded; I collapse onto the ground, holding my head in my hands. Memories collide with each other each showing different sides. Me living with my parents, me living with Myotismon, the car crash, me being kidnapped by Demidevimon instead, and both my parents being alive. The pain, the truth, the lies, all colliding and swirling around as memories, true and false go whizzing by.

Soon, I don't know what is true and what is lies.

"Help me," I whisper hoarsely to myself.

"Meghan!" My parents yell as they rush over to me, hugging me, "we're here, and we'll always be here."

I feel the brainwashing effects struggling, trying to keep its hold on me.

Slowly, I manage to get to my feet, pain still wracking my brain as I say: "MetalPanthermon! Attack Malomyotismon!"

Then everything goes black.

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Same place: Same time (A/N: Getting repetitious, isn't it?)

~Ken's POV~

I watch helplessly as Meghan falls into a boneless heap in front of my eyes.

"MEGHAN!!!" I scream.

Right that moment, two silver beams of light come from Meghan's digivice.

One hits Malomyotismon.

The other MetalPantermon.

"MetalPanthermon digivolve to Sherekhanmon!"

Malomyotismon roars, in pain from the other beam.

Digimon Analyzer: "I am Sherekhanmon, the Guardian form, only seen when the guardian is in danger."

I stare at Sherekhanmon, he's on all four legs, not a inch of armor on his body. Standing as tall as Wargreymon, muscles rippling like rope under his black and orange fur. His teeth about as long as I am, and his tail going around like a whip back and forth.

"Holy cow! The last time I saw him was at the Internet battle." T.K. says, in shock.

He attacks Malomyotismon with: "Tiger's Bite!" His teeth literally breaking through all the armor and protection he has, and giving him a deep wound.

Soon, the combined effort of all the digidestined around the world, and the attacks from our digimon, Malomyotismon is destroyed.

Hopefully, for good.

We rush over to Meghan, hoping that she's okay.

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A mere fabric of time: About the same time

~General POV~

"We should interfere." Azulongmon says, watching all that unfolds.

"NO! We have already broken all our rules with sending the fifth guardians parents, no more interference." Ebuwonmon protests.

"She'll die without our interference." Baihumon points out.

The decision is rested on the shoulders of the last guardian:

Zhuqiaomon.

"I think that we should do the best thing for both worlds and humanity."

"And that is?" Azulongmon prompts.

He looks at them all.

His decision made.

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Back into the battlefield: A minute later

~Ken's POV~

"Is she?" I ask breathlessly as I reach her unmoving body.

Meghan's parents look up, their faces unreadable.

"She's"

TBC.

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A/N: Yes, you'll now hate me forever for doing that to you, but I promise that the last chapter will be up tomorrow, I promise. About the Sherekhamon thing, one of my favorite books is "The Jungle Book," that's where I got that. Please read and review.