Chapter 10: Dark Savior
The Devidramon closed in on the four children and their Digimon. Tai held Sora and his sister close to him as the beasts started to reach at them with their mouths. Tai opened his eyes as he saw a large, red object fly overhead. He quickly recognized it as MegaKabuterimon.He point up at the sky, "look, up there! We're saved!"
Everyone cheered as MegaKabuterimon landed behind the Devidramon. He stood tall and pushed his horn forward, "Horn buster!" Lightning shot out of MegaKabuterimon's horn and blasted 3 of the Devidramon. They vaporized in the onslaught of energy burning into their flesh. The missing bodies created a hole in Devidramon pack.
Izzy stood up from behind MegaKabuterimon's had, "Come on guys!" He signaled them to run to him with his arm, "We have to get out of here!"
The children ran through the opening and climbed onto MegaKabuterimon. He flapped his wings, blowing dust and debris around. Flying straight up, MegaKabuterimon tried to escape the Devidramon. "Looks like we did it! Arrgh!" MegaKabuterimon's flight came to a halt as something grabbed onto his leg.
Tai looked back to see what it was and sighed, "They never give up! We have to shake it off!"
A Devidramon dangled from MegaKabuterimon's leg. It growled as it tugged to drag MegaKabuterimon to the ground. MegaKabuterimon began to fly from side to side to try to shake it off, but its grip remained. Its claws began to dig into MegaKabuterimon's flesh and drew blood. Smelling the scent of blood, more Devidramon came and grabbed onto MegaKabuterimon. The weight was too much and MegaKabuterimon began to fall. He tumbled into walls as he fell down to the ground, crushing the Devidramon that remained underneath him.
The five children jumped off and MegaKabuterimon reverted to Tentomon. Tentomon stood up slowly, "Ow. That'll teach me to leave enemies able to pursue retreat."
Several Devidramon landed in front of the children and stared with cold, red eyes. They didn't attack, but remained staring. Finally, they turned around and flew off. Tai took out his telescope and looked in the direction they flew away. "There's something going on over there. Looks like a battle."
Izzy took a look, "We better follow. If there's trouble we'll want to make sure the Devidramon are taken care of."
"You're probably right, " Joe said. He picked up his bag of medical supplies and began to run in that direction.
"Hey! Wait up, Joe!" Sora yelled as she and the others began to run after him.
They ran after the beasts for nearly 10 minutes. They passed several fires and collapsed buildings. The destruction was far worse than when Myotismon attacked. He hadn't done much damage to the city until the end of his attack. This new evil came in punching, and the punches left behind no mercy for the innocent. Izzy remembered what the message had said, The battle will take the lives of the innocent, but not the sinful.
The beasts paused their flight and dove down behind some buildings. Angry cries came from the buildings followed by the sounds of explosions and fires starting. One of the Devidramon came flying from the building and crashed into another. The noise died down as the other fell backwards with several holes in its chest. From behind the building MetalGarurumon, Angemon, and Lillymon came out.
Tai cheered, "Alright! There are the others!" He ran to them and waved. "Guys! Is everything ok?" He asked as he made it to them.
Matt jumped off of MetalGarurumon, "So far, but there are more Devidramon out there. It's like an endless army of bloodthirsty monsters." He pointed at scratches on MetalGarurumon's body, "If it weren't for his metal body, they would have eaten him."
The rest of the children reached the group and they all stood in conversation. Izzy said, "I managed to decode the message." He scratched his head," Well, sorta at least. It said something about a great evil rising in the Digiworld. It said that when the darkness over the city is vanquished, the gates to Digiworld will be revealed."
Matt looked at Izzy, "And how do we get rid of this darkness? There's hordes of Devidramon patrolling the city and we don't know what's causing the blasted overcast!" Matt punched his fists together to display his anger.
Tai stepped forward, "Chill out, Matt. Right now we have to concentrate on regrouping. The Devidramon outnumber us right now and even in our ultimate forms they put up a fight. Most of our digimon are too weak to continue the fight." He pointed at Biyomon and Agumon, who had severe wounds on their arms and legs.
Matt looked at the wounds for a moment, then nodded, "You're right. But what can we do? We can't wait for them to heal. Even if they do heal quickly it'll be at least a few hours before they can fight."
Izzy scanned their digimon with his digivice and opened a program on his laptop. He typed up some commands and gave a sigh of defeat. He looked up at the others, "The way I see it, Biyomon won't be able to fight for at least 6 hours. Agumon needs at least an hour to recover. Gatomon and Gomamon can fight, but they need to replenish their food supply badly. The same goes for you three. Tentomon is the only one that can readily digivolve." He closed his laptop and placed it in his backpack. "The best course of action would be to go into hiding. At least until we can work up a plan."
Everyone nodded. Mimi removed a cloth scarf from her purse and handed it to Sora, "Here. You can use it to cover Biyomon's wounds."
Sora took the cloth and wrapped it around one of Biyomon's arms, "Thanks, Mimi. Are you sure? It looks like the one Joe gave you."
Mimi nodded, "It's the one he gave me on our first date. He won't mind."
Joe ran to the two girls and smiled, "Hey, you don't have to use that. I've got some medical supplies right here." He took the scarf and gave it back to Mimi. He opened his bag and pulled out some medical wrap. He spun it tightly around Biyomon's arms and legs. "There, that should stop the bleeding."
Sora smiled, "Thanks, Joe"
The sounds of explosions and roaring could be heard off in the distance. Joe stood up and looked at flashes appearing just a mile away. The bright flashes silhouetted the buildings. He squinted, "The military is under attack again."
Tai walked up to Matt and watched the flashes, "What do you mean?"
Joe looked away from the battle in the distance, "When the Devidramon were reported, the military responded with ground forces. Their weapons proved to be ineffective." He walked to his brother, who was talking with Kari, "After half of their forces were destroyed, the commander ordered a full retreat. But a large hole around the city is preventing them from escape."
TK looked up at his big brother, "So there's no way out?"
Matt nodded, "Only air vehicles can get through now. The U.S. Air Force has responded by sending in two squadrons to escort med-evac to and from the city. But the Devidramon stop all tries to get in."
Tai turned around, "What about boats?"
"Never thought about that. Maybe we can get out through, "Matt was interrupted as a building collapsed just a few feet away from him. Dust covered the area and blocked his vision. He could here the sounds of Devidramon getting closer, "They're coming!"
Everyone ducked in the dust cloud, trying to remain out of sight. Overhead they could see the black shadow of a Devidramon flying over head. The dust settled and allowed the children to see again. Tai got out his telescope and zoomed in on several dark figures in the sky, "Whoa! There must be at least 20 on their way here!" He fell as the ground shook below him. He turned onto his back to see what had happened, "And make that 5 of them here, now!"
Everyone sprang up to their feet and ran away from the Devidramon behind them. The 5 moved after tham like zombies. Much more subdued than the other rageful beasts they had seen, the Devidramon remained a safe distance behind the Digidestined. The children turned down streets as other Devidramon landed and cut them off. The suddenly came to a dead end, "Great! We're trapped!" Matt cried.
Izzy ran in front of the others to face the 5 Devidramon that were chasing them, "It's not over yet! Tentomon, digivolve!"
"Tentomon digivolve to... Kabuterimon!"
Kabuterimon flew high into the air to see his pursuers. Izzy shouted as loud as he could, "You're our only hope, Kabuterimon! Better be careful! Avoid a frontal assault!"
Kabuterimon followed his friends words and dove into one of the Devidramon from the side. The beast fell to the side, but remained on its feet. Kabuterimon came in again and rammed another on the other side. The Devidramon gave no heed to Kabuterimon's challenge, but continued their advance towards the children. Their red eyes glowed as they got closer. The look on their face was truely possessed. Kabuterimon floated behind the Devidramon, "Electroshocker!" A ball of electricity formed in Kabuterimon's arms, but he didn't fire it, "Rapid fire!" The large ball formed into several smaller balls and shot out at the ground and walls around the Devidramon. Dust clouds covered them, blinding them from seeing what was going on.
Kabuterimon drove forward with his horn and gored one of the Devidramon. The Devidramon screamed for help, but the others were unable to see where the plea came from. Kabuterimon sneaked in behind one of the other remaining Devidramon and grabbed one of its arms. He pulled down hard and snapped the bones within. The loud crack echoed through the streets.
The children stood as close to the wall as they could. The sounds of the battle scared them. Cracks from snapping bones, tearing flesh, and pain. They feared the worse when the dust began to died down. Izzy looked closely at the shadows moving around in the cloud. Finally, he made out Kabuterimon's, "There he is!"
The other children saw the shadow as it rammed its head into another's. Although the Devidramon had defeated them under every occasion with champions, Kabuterimon's strategy proved to be effective. His vision was much better than the Devidramons' and he could see inside the dust cloud. He grabbed one by the jaw and ripped its head open. He quickly dropped the body and turned to the two remaining Devidramon.
The dust had settled enough for them to see their attacker. They stood, ready for attack. Kabuterimon flew out of the cloud, and the Devidramon followed this time. They chased after him in a mad rage, slashing at him whenever they came close enough. Kabuterimon slipped through the spaces between buildings and dove under bridges, but the Devidramon kept their ground, breaking through anything in their way. Kabuterimon flew around a large building and came around the other end. He was now chasing the Devidramon, who split up to avoid his electroshocker attack.
Unable to catch Kabuterimon, the Devidramon started to fly back towards the children. Kabuterimon followed, continuing to shoot at them with his Electroshocker. Suddenly, the other Devidramon the children had seen appeared. They swarmed Kabuterimon and knocked him out of the sky. He crashed onto the roof of a building and de-digivolved to Tentomon. Unable to continue the fight he dodged past the Devidramon and returned to the children.
"Look! There's Tentomon!" TK shouted.
Tentomon flew in quickly frantically shouting, "We have to get out of here! There's too many of them!"
The children turned to run, but were halted by some Devidramon. They growled as they stood in wait for the others. Devidramon landed on roofs and prepared to dive at the children. The children heard growling from within the building next to them, but this time another sound answered it. The whistling noise that seemed all too familiar to them. The whistle of a digivice.
A Devidramon came flying out of the building. Its limp body flopped to the ground with a loud crash. The children looked into the hole the Devidramon had made and saw a half machine Devidramon jump out. Tai stared and said, "MetalDevidramon."
MetalDevidramon rammed into a Devidramon and threw it by the head. It landed into another Devidramon and they both went to the ground. On top of MetalDevidramon, Clive sat, guiding his digimon friend through the fight. "MetalDevidramon, to your right! Three of them!"
MetalDevidramon spun to his right and kicked the head Devidramon with such force that it broke its knee. The Devidramon came tumbling to the ground pressing its injury. The other two ran over their fallen conrad and charged at MetalDevidramon. MetalDevidramon spun around and sliced them with his metal blade at the end of his tail. It cut into their chests and stomachs. Blood splashed out uncontrollably and rained down on the ground.
The other Devidramon saw what had happened and grouped around him, surrounding him at all sides. They jumped into him one at a time. MetalDevidramon kicked and punched as each attacked. They began to overwhelm him and piled onto him. Enraged, he transferred all his strength to his arms and broke free. His chest plate opened to reveal a single cannon. Energy began to collect at the mouth of the cannon as well as inside his throat, "Dark Judgment!" Beams shot out of his mouth and chest cannon into the many Devidramon that surrounded him. The shots set them on fire or vaporized them entirely. Their boiling flesh and blood sent a stench through the streets and the city was painted red with blood as their bodies exploded.
The sounds of death and destruction ran through the Digidestineds' heads and they covered their ears to escape the horror. The sounds died and MetalDevidramon let Clive off his back. "Well, looks like that problem is taken care of." He gave the digidestined a cold smile, "I told you, Tai. You had your own problems coming."
"Which have only begun!" A deep voice shouted from above.
The children looked up and saw DarkAngemon's shadow come through the black clouds. His Scythe resting in his hands, he gave an evil stare as he floated down to them. He spread his wings and brought his staff above his head, "You digidestined have messed up my plans for the last time!"
The children screamed as he began to drive his scythe down at them. There was no way to escape its deadly blade. They ducked, preparing for the inevitable.