Chapter 8: Evil Cometh
Izzy woke up to a heavy headache. His date with the girl from yesterday had lasted longer than he had calculated. He figured that they'd eat dinner and then walk to her place, which he had no idea where it was. He then calculated that at most it would take him ten minutes to get to a train station and get home. But instead, the girl walked him to his place at 2 in the morning and then walked home by herself. He had to sneak into his room so he didn't wake anyone up, including Tentomon. He looked at his clock and mumbled, "8 o'clock... Man, that girl can really talk for a long time."
Tentomon woke up to the sound of Izzy's voice in a startled manner, "Oh! Izzy! You're back? My gosh, I must have dozed off, because I never heard you come in!" He looked out at the blazing sun, which had already managed to raise the temperature to at least 90 degrees. "Come to think of it, I was up waiting until 1 in the morning, Izzy. Just when did you get home?"
Izzy sat up in his bed and scratched his back. It was sore from it's lack of rest and ached in pain as he stood up, "2 in the morning, I think. It could have been later than that considering I was too tired to give the clock a serious look."
Tentomon fell out of his bed at the sound of the message, "2 in the morning? Izzy! What on Earth were you doing with a girl at 2 in the morning!?" The winged digimon got to his feet and stood in wait for an answer, but got none.
Izzy was sitting at his desk, busy working on the mystery of the message. He spoke as he jotted down some notes, "No time to talk about it, Tentomon. I've got to make up for lost time." He tried to figure the message out and mumbled what he thought it said. As if in dissatisfaction, the note changed its characters into a new message. Izzy pounded on his desk and shouted, "Why do you keep changing like this!? What do you want!"
The message began to glow and the characters turned into english letters (For the sake of my language). The letters moved together into words. As the words formed into sentences, three voices spoke them in unison, "We are the Magi. You wish to see what we have seen? To hear what we have heard?"
Izzy fell back out of his chair at the realization that the cloth was talking to him. He slowly got up and looked at the note. It continued to glow as the letters changed back into the strange characters. "What are you?"
The characters formed back into letters, "We are the Magi."
Izzy rubbed his head, thinking it was all an illusion formed from the lack of sleep. "What is it that you see and hear?"
The letters formed into more sentences, "We see the real world in Chaos. We hear the cries of future lives, destroyed by the evil that threatens the present."
Izzy sat back in his chair and pondered what the cloth had said. He asked the clothe another question, "What is this evil that you speak of?"
"We speak of the Dark Empire forming on Mainframe. One of its leaders has already approached you. The winged dark knight."
Izzy thought back to the digimon that had first attacked him and Tai. "You must mean DarkAngemon. What can we do to stop these attacks?"
The message didn't answer for a few minutes. Finally, words began to appear, "You must stop them from entering the gate."
Izzy became frustrated. "That doesn't make any more sense than what Myn told us. How do we reach this gate?"
The message scrolled onto the cloth, as if planned all along. It read like a prophecy from the Bible, "The gates of Hell will release its dark cloak over the homes of who oppose it. From it, the evil from beyond the field of reality will strike without mercy. Those who do not burn will suffer as slaves. The ensuing battle will take the lives of the innocent, but not the sinful. Only in the time between life and death with a savior appear and the gate be revealed." The message began to glow brighter as it lit on fire. The voices continued, "Heed our call, 4th child. You must hurry. It has already begun."
"No! Wait!" Izzy tried to put out the fire, but at no avail. He realized it was designed to burn itself like that after completing its task. He heard rumbling from outside and suddenly felt a cold draft enter through the window. He looked outside and saw black cloud overcast the city. The sunlight was blocked by the cloud and the city was casted into a darkness that made night look like day. Lights went on throughout the city as people tried to see what was happening. Izzy did not move. He knew what had happened. "Evil cometh."
- Tai's apartment -
"Hello? Is Sora there? She still won't talk to me?" Tai struggled not to yell, "can you tell her that I'm sorry and that I only want to talk things out? Thanks, bye." He put the phone on the hook. He still couldn't understand why Sora was so angry about the events that had happened the previous night.
A cold draft swept through his room and he shivered as it suddenly became dark. He heard Kari screaming, "Tai! What's happening? Something's wrong!"
Tai ran out of his room to see what was making his sister so scared. He stopped as he looked out at the balcony. "What in the name of all that is good?"
Kari hugged her brother as roaring flooded the streets. A horde of digimon could be seen outside the city limits. Tai knew the evil figures all too well. He held his sister tight. She wiped her tears on Tai's shirt, "What are they?"
Tai tried to speak, but found his throat to be dry. He coughed and cleared his throat, "Trouble."
- Hospital -
Joe ran into a closet to get some supplies. As a trainee, he usually ran around doing small tasks for the doctors and nurses. He grabbed some boxes full of needles and locked the closet as he exited it. He dropped them off at an office and then sat down in the cafeteria to wait for his next assignment.
"excuse me, Joe?" A deep voice asked.
Joe sprang to attention, "Yes, doctor Koji?" He stood up straight and at full attention.
The doctor gave a small chuckle, "You can relax, Joe." The doctor sat down and pointed his open hand at where Joe had just been sitting, "please."
Joe sat back down and took a sip of his juice. "Do you have another job for me?"
The doctor hid his eyes from Joe, "I'm afraid so," He said as he pulled out some photos. He handed them to Joe and began talking as Joe looked through them. "Recently, just a few moments ago, some creatures appeared just outside the city. Those are some photos of them as they approached the outskirts."
Joe dropped the photo onto the table, "Devidramon..." He shook as he remembered his confrontation with the creatures. They proved to be powerful Digimon. At the champion level, their strength naturally surpassed those of most other champions. Agumon and Tentomon had to digivolve into the ultimate level before they could be defeated and even then it was not easily done.
The doctor looked up at him, "So you have tangled with them before?"
Joe nodded, "Back when I first went to Digiworld. They guarded the gate that allowed us to go to Earth and stop Myotismon." He looked at the scattered photos on the table, "So some have appeared outside the city?"
he doctor wiped some sweat from his brow, "Not some. Many. Witnesses reported at least twenty, and that more were appearing out of nowhere." He looked at Joe in the eyes, "Is Gomamon with you?"
Joe nodded. He had brought Gomamon with him to the hospital since the monster attacks began. "He's probably in the kid rooms."
The doctor smiled, "Then I want you to leave here. Go out and see what's going on. Our military's weapons don't stop them, so we need you and the others to help and stop them."
Joe shook a little as he nodded. He got up, "Yes, doctor." He exited the cafeteria and looked for Gomamon, "Gomamon? Where are you?" He entered one of the children's rooms, "There you are!"
Gomamon turned around, "oh, hey, Joe! What's up? I was just playing with these kids."
Joe saw that several of the children in the room were giggling on the ground. "We have to go, Gomamon. We've got trouble."
- Sora's apartment -
Sora tripped over some books as she tried to navigate through the dark room. "Damn that, Tai! He thinks he can just say he's sorry and things will be all better?" She got up and looked around the dark room, "Biyomon? Where are you? Mom?"
A shadow moved from behind a plant and a flashlight went on. Her mom smiled, "I'm right here." She searched a long a wall and flipped on a switch. The lights went on. "That's better."
Biyomon entered into the room and ran to Sora, "Sora, what's going on? Why is this happening?"
Sora hugged Biyomon to comfort her, "I don't know." She froze in her place as roars ran through the streets. She listened as steps shook the ground. "Do you hear that?"
Sora's mom moved towards the window, "What is it? It sounds terrible." The roars and cries became louder as the steps came closer. "Ah!" Sora's mom screamed as she saw what was making the noise.
Soar ran to her mom, "Mom? What is it!? What's wrong!?" She turned to look out the window and screamed herself.
A Devidramon stood outside and was staring into their apartment. It roared to something to its side and pulled one of its arms back as it preparing to punch the wall. Sora's mom cried, "Oh no! Sora, get out of here!" The fist began to speed forward and neared the window.
Biyomon flew in front of the two, "No, look out! Biyomon digivolve to... Birdramon!"
Birdramon crashed through the wall, carrying Sora and her mom in her feet. She swooped around and looked at the group of Devidramon. 5 of them had formed outside Sora's apartment and they didn't look happy, "Meteor wing!"
Red flames flew out of Birdramon's wings and engulfed the Devidramon. They didn't cry in pain or even studder when the flames hit. They exited the flames and began to swing wildly at the buildings around them. Sora cried out, "No! All those people! Birdramon, you have to stop them! Digivolve!"
"Birdramon digivolve to... Garudamon!" Garudamon dove into the pile of Devidramon and took one to the ground. She dug into it's right thigh with her claws and dragged it into the air. She began to spin in circles, making the Devidramon dizzy. The Devidramon tried to break free, but was unable to reach Garudamon's leg. Garudamon threw the Devidramon to the ground.
The Devidramon slammed into the hard road with a force that shook the ground. The Devidramon tried to get up, but its arms were broken. The fallen Devidramon screamed in pain as it's bones broke through its flesh. As if in a fit of rage, the other 4 Devidramon lunged onto the helpless beast and began to rip it apart. The Devidramon devoured what they tore from the body. They roared as the blood ran into the streets.
Garudamon floated high above them. Sora watched as the helpless beast was devoured by his comrads. "It's horrible..." She covered her mouth to stop the flow of her breakfast from exiting her mouth. "They're mad with rage. They don't care for anything but satisfaction."
The Devidramon had finished their feast and looked up at Garudamon overhead. They roared a warcry and launched into the air to attack her. Garudamon avoided their initial charge and retaliatted, "Wing blade!" A bird of fire formed around her and shot out at the four Devidramon. The bird struck two and they fell to the ground aflame. The other two borked through the flames and each grabbed one of Garudamon's arms. Sora shielded her head frome debris as Garudamon was smashed into a building. The Devidramon bit into Garudamon's arms. Garudamon squeeled as they bit into her flesh and blood ran out her wounds. She lost her grip and dropped Sora and her mother out of her hand. "Sora! No!"