Chapter 2 : Messenger
The expanding darkness consumed the entire block as it creeped towards Tai and Izzy. Their backs against a wall, they had nowhere to run. Tai could feel the coldness of death surround him as the void began to fill his vision. He held tight to Izzy, Agumon, and Tentomon as it towered over them. "Looks like this is it!" Tai cried as it began to fall on them. "The end... Sora, I'll miss you."
The Edge of the black void hovered over their heads. Izzy could feel his body begin to float and saw his body leave the ground. So... This is what it's like to die. But, why is my body rising with my spirit? Izzy suddenly noticed he didn't feel the cold void eating at his body, but could feel the pain in his bones from the previous battle. We're not leaving the physical plain. Wait, what's that?! "Tai! Look!" Izzy yelled as he pointed at something beyond the void.
Tai looked up, their heads had exited the void, and they were unharmed. A shining, human figure was floating above them, summoning them to him. The figure had light blue eyes, which matched the color of his hair. His garments were not of Earth, and they knew then that he was from the Digiworld. The figure placed the four behind him and shot an immense ball of light at the void. The ball expanded as it crushed the void into itself and Tokyo once again could be seen.
DarkAngemon turned his head to look at the figure and stared with cold eyes. He scowled under his breath, "Myn! How dare you interfere?!" He pointed at the man with his staff and red flames shot out to him.
Myn didn't move. The flames surrounded him and the digidestined pair and their digimon. But the flames didn't burn, nor did they set their cloths a-blaze. Myn stretched his arms and the flames vanished. "DarkAngemon! Your attack on the Digidestined declares war on all of Digiworld! Prepare for life after death!"
Myn flew at blinding speed and rammed his shoulder into DarkAngemon's chest. The winged beast crashed into a building and groaned as one of his wings caught onto some fencing. Myn floated over to DarkAngemon and pulled a sword from the sheath on his back. Darkangemon blow the fencing off of his wing and swung his staff at Myn. The weapons clashed, their powers sending shockwaves with each parry. The wall of the surrounding buildings shook as the two digimon continued their battle high in the air. Their weapons locked together as they pushed with all their stregnth to push the other into a wall.
"Why do you interfere?" DarkAngemon released his staff from Myn's sword and shot him with a fireball. "You don't stand a chance against me! You didn't before! And you don't now!"
Myn slammed against the wall behind him and shook free. "I don't need to stop you. I only have to make sure the Digidestined live so they stop you! Dragon Fist!" Flames formed around Myn's arm and chaped into a dragon. The plasma beast grew larger as it lunged at DarkAngemon.
DarkAngemon retreated a few feet, then used his own attack, "Hand of hate!" Red flames flew from his hands and crashed against the dragon. The two energies fused and exploded. Fire rained down on Tokyo colapsing walls and knocking over power lines. Disasters began to rise as gas mains exploded and fires neared gas stations. DarkAngemon laughed, "You see? Your puny efforts are mearly helping me achieve my goals!"
Tai and Izzy floated to the ground and tended to their digimon friends. "Agumon, you still have two arms." Tai pat Agumon on left shoulder where he lost his arm as MetalGreymon.
"It was only part of my metal body, Tai. I'll be repaired when I digivolve again." Agumon moaned as he got to his feet. He stared at the destruction around him and then at the battle ragin above. Myn had begun to use only his sword in combat since his attacks were causing the city to be destroyed. The two digimon flew circles in the air as the dodged and attacked each other. But DarkAngemon managed to overtake Myn and hit him with his hand of hate. "Oh no!"
"Gabumon, Warp Digivolve to... MetalGarurumon! Ice wolf claw!" Blue flames shot out of MetalGarurumon's mouth and froze DarkAngemon. The block of ice fell to the ground and shattered, leaving the digimon within frozen in a thin layer of ice. MetalGarurumon ran in front of Tai and Izzy, watching over the frozen figure.
"Alright! Matt! You got here just in time!" Tai yelled over to Matt, who was running over to them. "MetalGarurumon, you better be careful. This one's tough."
MetalGarurumon grinned and spoke in a low tone, "Don't worry. I'm a mega! There's no way an Ultimate can beat me!"
The ice around DarkAngemon shattered from his body as he roared. "Foolish Digidestined! Levels mean nothing! Only skill! Viral grip!" A shadow grabbed MetalGarurumon and began to crush his body. It sucked out his energy and he reverted to Tsunomon.
"No! Tsunomon!" Matt cried as his friend fell into his hands. "This can't be happening! How could a mega lose to an Ultimate?" He crouched next to Izzy, "Izzy, who is this guy!"
Izzy didn't look at Matt, "He calls himself DarkAngemon, but I don't get any info on him when I scan him into my laptop."
Tai looked at Matt, "Matt, where are the others?"
"Sora and Mimi should be on their way. TK and Kari should be at the summer camp by now, and Joe is at the hospitol, training for med school."
"Great, then there's only 5 of us that can fight this guy?" Tai looked up as DarkAngemon continued to blast the city with flames. "He's already destroyed 3 blocks of the city, and he's obviously not getting tired any time soon!"
"Don't worry, Digidestined." Myn landed in front of them. His body was covered with burns and cuts, but he seemed to be in good shape. "I'll get rid of him." Myn put his sword back in its sheath and summoned energy to him. The Earth answered his call and he began to glow blue as the enrgy entered his body. The Digidestineds' digivices began to glow as well and their power readings climaxed. "Now! Back to the Digiworld with you, DarkAngemon!"
"No! You con't do that to me!" DarkAngemon cried as he covered his face from the light eminating from Myn's body.
"Gate hole!" The energy collected in Myn's hands and he released it as one single blast. The light radiated the city with white light and the fires went out. All of the flames were sucked into the light as it neared its target.
"Nooooo!" DarkAngemon cried as he was sucked in himself. The energy consumed him and then separated into small dots. The dots floated into the sky and siappeared.
"Alright! Way to go!" Tai cheered as Myn turned around. "You showed him who's boss!"
"He's not gone yet." Myn said. "I only sent him back to the Digiworld. This is only a minor setback for him."
Matt looked up at the sky where DarkAngemon once stood. "Who was he? How did he get here? And why was he after us?"
Myn gazed at Matt, "He is DarkAngemon. He was destined to be one of the chosen digimon to figth alongside you digidestined. But he was never granted that life and now hungers for revenge." Myn pulled some cloth from his belt. "This message is from the Magi."
Izzy took the cloth and looked at it. It was covered with the symbols that stood for coding in the Digiworld. "Magi, who are they?"
"The Magi are 3 beings on the Mainframe continent. They watch over everything that happens on Digiworld. About a month ago they found a disturbance in the flow of data. Etemon's drk network was back online on Server, and a gate had been opened to the Real world." Myn placed his hand on his chest. "I am Myn, I was sent by the Magi to deliver this message to you and protect you from any digimon that may have come from the gate."
Tai looked at the cloth in Izzy's hands. The symbols puzzled him, so he let Izzy figure it out. "Say, your name isn't like any of the other digimon names. Why doesn't it end with mon?"
"That does not matter. The only thing that matters is that you seal the gate and defeat any digimon that may have come through it." Myn began to fly away. "I must return to the Magi. Digidestined, good luck!"
Tai ran after him, "Wait! We still have questions!" But Myn had already dissapeared. "Damn it! We don't even know where that gate is!"
Matt put his hand on Tai's shoulder, "Cool it Tai. Izzy, any luck figuring out what that cloth says."
Izzy was typing on his laptop when he looked up at the two, "Nope, this codis a bit different thatn what I've seen before."
Tai pointed down the street, "Hey look! There's Sora and Mimi!" Tai ran and hugged Sora. "Are you two alright? That maniac caused quite a ruckus around here."
Sora let got of Tai, "Yeah, we're ok. But this place is a mess. The police can't evacuate the place because of the gaps in the streets. The only way to get in is by air, or on foot."
Tai moaned, "So much for driving home. Look, guys, it's quite obvious that something's gone wrong in Digiworld, and we have to stop it. Myn says that a gate has opened and digimon are on the loose. I think we should all go home and prepare for what may come."
"Ok," Mimi said. "What about Joe?"
Matt looked at Mimi. At age 15, she a lot more mature and attractive, but he wasn't going to try to take her from Joe. "Why don't you go talk to him. He's your boyfriend. I'm worried about TK and Kari. They're alone at summercamp, where we can't reach them quickly."
"Maybe we can bring them home," Sora said.
Tai whipped his head around to face Sora, "Whoa! We can't do that! My parents payed a lot of money to send Kari to camp. And she really wanted to go, besides, Gatomon and Patamon are with them."
Matt got up and turned to the group, "Tai's right. They can take care of themselves. I think we should all go home and rest."
The children all agreed and began to walk home.
They didn't know where to look for the gate, or if any digimon had already
gotten to TK and Kari. The only thing they were sure of was that trouble
was on its way. And this time, it was coming in like Nuclear winter and all
were doomed.