So, did you enjoy the fights last chapter? Well, you'd better have! I put a
lot of effort into those! Anyway, this is the last battle, Scales and Arik
versus Oblivion. Who will win?
Scales: We will, duh! Me: Silence! Start the chapter!
Oblivion sneered at Scales and Arik. "Well, how do I look? Am I sufficiently terror-inspiring?" Scales frowned. "As if! I've seen robots scarier than you. You don't look like much of a threat." Oblivion raised an eyebrow. "You're not scared of me?" She shook her head. "No! Why should I be?" "Scales, Sauron has absorbed the negative energy of the Chronos Rubies. He quite literally can severely influence the passage of time. We really shouldn't anger him." Arik muttered under his breath. "Relax, we can take him." She said. Oblivion snorted. "You actually believe you have a chance against me?" "Hell yeah! Right Arik?" Scales asked. "Well, if you say so." He said reluctantly. The Saurian god chuckled. "Fine. If you're so eager to fight me, then I will grant you that privilege. Let's take this to a more suitable battlefield, shall we?" Oblivion snapped his claws. In a flash, the three of them were transported to the Time Stream. He snapped his claws again, and all the crystal palaces of the gods were surrounded by red bubbles, even the home of Infinity. "There, now those meddling deities can't interfere in our fight. Are you prepared to face me?" he asked. Scales and Arik glanced at each other and nodded. "I'm really not sure how we could fight you, but Scales thinks we have a chance, so I do as well." Said Arik. Oblivion shrugged. "You really want to believe that, that's okay with me. But before we begin the fight, let me show you what kind of power you're up against." He flew far away from them and spread his arms out, collecting power. The Chronos Rubies flew away from him, scattering all over the place. Oblivion started glowing, and in a flash of light he created a vessel of horrible power. He had, in a sense, transformed, but not really. His upper body and waist now stuck out from the very top of a huge decahedron. Eight of the faces on the side of the gargantuan geometric figure had big pentagonal base protruding from the surface, with a small base on top of each one. A big pentagonal hole took up most of that base, forming a shaft going deep into the object. From each hole emerged a giant serpentine neck ending in a long head with a tooth-filled maw. From the bottom face of the decahedron, a triple base formed a sort of five-sided pinnacle facing downwards. The face Oblivion was on had a double base like the others, except there was no hole, just his upper body, which still remained the same size, tiny in comparison to the giant decahedron. (If you are having trouble picturing this, just think Apocalymon but with Elasmosaurus heads and necks instead of giant claws at the ends of DNA chains. And Oblivion's upper body instead of Apocalymon's.) "Still think you have a chance against me?" he asked, his voice echoing across the Time Stream. The heroes stared with slack jaws at the giant decahedron. "Uh, Scales?" Arik finally asked. "Yeah?" she replied. "Am I the only one seeing the giant decahedron with monster heads coming out of it?" he asked. "No." she said. "Ah, that's what I thought." He said. There was a pause. "WHAT THE HELL ARE WE GOING TO DO?" "Calm down!" Scales said. "I have an idea. Look, if Oblivion's using the negative power of the Rubies, then the positive energy must still be there for use, right?" Arik thought for a moment. "Right." "Well then, here's the plan. I'll distract Oblivion by deifying myself and engaging him in battle. In the meantime, you gather up the Rubies and try to fuse with them so you can help me out. With both of us as gods, we should be able to take this guy down." She explained. "Hey, great idea!" Arik said. "But are you sure you can handle him by yourself?" Scales grinned. "As a god I was in the middle of a nuclear explosion and survived. I think I can take whatever Oblivion can throw at me." "All right then. I'm off!" Arik flew away to find the Rubies. Scales turned her attention to Oblivion. "Well, I can see you're much stronger than I thought previously! Before you annihilate me, do you mind if I pray?" Oblivion looked a little confused. "I guess so, I don't see what good it will do you though. The other gods are imprisoned in those bubbles and can't respond, but you can go ahead if you want." "Thank you." She said. She closed her eyes and clasped her hands. "The Servers are the seven Chaos. The Controller unifies the Servers. Chaos is power enriched by the heart." Holographic images of the seven Chaos Emeralds started orbiting her, while the eight jewels in her back started glowing. "What a strange prayer." Oblivion murmured as Scales continued. "By the golden power from the darkness...the might of true Darkness will set me free...the power of Darkness, piercing those who oppose it...and through me the Darkness acts. I am its agent..." Her eyes flew open, glowing brightly. "I AM THE DARKNESS!" The Emeralds flashed, and Scales was encompassed in a cocoon of light. Oblivion shielded his eyes, astounded. "What is going on?!" The cocoon pulsed and cracked open, vanishing and revealing Scales' new form. She was enshrouded by an aura of pure white light. Her scales had turned from red-orange to jet-black. Her battle blades were out, but instead of being curved, they were now silvery straight spikes. Her talons had grown sharper and more curved. Her tail was a little longer, with a veritable mace at the end. A pair of great black dragon wings grew from her back. She was still slender, but more muscular. A pair of ridges grew out of her shoulders. Her bracelets had changed severely, becoming a pair of huge gauntlets with three nasty talons on each gauntlet in lieu of fingers. Her life support dome was now a burnished gold instead of red. Her teeth were slightly longer and sharper. Her eyes had gone from yellow to a shining white. She grinned at the astonished Oblivion. "I know the same trick as you, peanut-brain. I've become a god as well. You can call me Omniscales." Oblivion snapped out of his moment of disbelief. "Incredible! It seems that once again you have proven yourself worthy of fighting me Scales. Let's see if you can defeat me this time!" Three of the Elasmosaurus heads faced her and started spitting different types of energy projectiles. One fired energy balls, one fired jets of flame, and one fired acid. Omniscales started flying towards Oblivion, intending to eliminate the offending heads. She darted around the dozens of energy balls, flames and acid launched at her, getting closer to the heads. She went into a drill spin and shot into the mouth of the energy ball-spitting head before it could launch another blast, ripping through the roof of the mouth and erupting out of the back of its long neck. The Elasmosaurus screeched and disintegrated. The flame-spitting head lashed out at her, trying to swallow her up. Omniscales dodged the lunging head and slashed at the neck as she flew past. A second later, the head separated from the neck, and both disintegrated. She flew away from the decahedron as the acid head tried to eat her, then started firing dozens of energy balls at the monster. The balls exploded on contact with the creature's skin, hurting it. It screeched and spat another shot of acid. Omniscales flew out of the way of the shot and fired an energy ball down the monster's throat when it opened its mouth to spit another glob of acid. The Elasmosaurus snapped its mouth shut. A second later, it disintegrated. Oblivion moved quickly, flying far away from Omniscales. He rotated his decahedron so another set of faces would be pointing at her. The two Elasmosaurus heads on these faces started breathing out what seemed to be incredibly hot steam and superhot streams of water. She managed to avoid the steam, but got hit by the water. It burned her immortal flesh, causing her to scream in pain. The water cut off as the head needed to build up enough for another shot, allowing Scales to start flying towards the pair of Elasmosaurs. The first head breathed out another jet of steam. Scales began a drill spin, allowing her to fly through the steam unharmed as it was scattered away by her charge. As the Elasmosaurus kept breathing steam, she shot right into its mouth and erupted from the back of its head, killing it. As the steam Elasmosaurus disintegrated, the water head nailed her with another blast of superhot water, pushing her far away as the stream shot outward. As the water burned her, she managed to push herself out of the stream. She began another drill spin, plowing into the water and pushing the stream back to its source with the force of her spinning claws. The Elasmosaurus disintegrated as both Scales and the superhot water were pushed down its throat. Oblivion flew away again and rotated to reveal three more Elasmosaurs. The three Elasmosaurs proceeded to launch fireballs, rapid-fire energy bullets, and lightning bolts. Omniscales could easily dodge fireballs, but the energy bullets and lightning bolts were fast and quite accurate. It was difficult for her to keep from getting hit by the attacks, but she managed to get closer to Oblivion after getting grazed by a couple of bullets and shocked a few times by lightning bolts. She punched the fireball-spitting head hard as it tried to attack her. It reeled back, allowing Scales to fly down and sever its neck with a single slash, destroying the Elasmosaurus. When she got hit by blasts from both the lightning and bullet heads, Omniscales flew between the two Elasmosaurs as they charged up their attacks. When they opened their mouths, she flew out of the way, and the monsters hit each other with their own attacks and were killed. Oblivion growled angrily and flew away yet again. He rotated once more, revealing his last two Elasmosaurs. They opened their mouths wide and fired a pair of lasers. Omniscales started flying towards them, swerving and juking frantically to keep from getting hit by the dual lasers. They kept crisscrossing and intersecting, forming very narrow and tight spaces for her to try and fit through. But in the end, it was really just a lot like when she had to avoid the double lasers on the Final Destroyer. When she recalled how she had flown through the lasers then, it was fairly easy for her to get through the lasers coming from the Elasmosaurs and decapitate one of their heads. Before she could do the same for the other one, it lunged at her and nearly ate her. Acting on reflex, Scales raised her arms and tried to force the jaws of the monster open, bracing herself on the Elasmosaur's tongue. Despite her awesome strength, it was proving nearly impossible to keep the monster's jaws open. Slowly, little by little, the jaws were closing on her. And there wasn't a damned thing she could do about it.
Arik grabbed the orange Ruby. "There, that's the last one." He looked over at Oblivion and saw the single remaining Elasmosaurus, and no Omniscales. "Hmm, she could be in trouble. Let's see if I can get this right." He pulled out all of the other Rubies and arranged them in the air, leaving them floating in a ring around the Master Ruby. "Okay, what was that prayer Dad taught me again? Oh right." He coughed and began. "The Routers are the seven Chronos. Chronos is time, time enriched by the mind. The Master serves to combine the seven Routers." The Rubies began to glow again. "You are the only ones that can do this. Give me the power to stop Oblivion!" The Rubies pulled out of their formation and started spinning around Arik, moving faster and faster. They spun closer to him with each rotation, until they made contact with his body. The Rubies stopped moving. There was a blinding flash of light, and Arik was transformed into a god.
Omniscales was losing purchase. She was about to get eaten by the Elasmosaurus. How disgusting. Just as she was about to lose all grip whatsoever on the jaws and the mouth was about to close, the Elasmosaurus jerked and disintegrated. As the particles scattered, Omniscales saw her rescuer. She grinned. "Well, what have we here?" she said slyly. Arik had, of course, saved her. He was now pure white, with an aura as black as Omniscales' body. He now had a different body structure, actually looking kind of like a male version of Scales. His sickle claws had grown longer and sharper, along with his talons. His tail had sprouted a mace of spikes at the end of it. His hands were encased in powerful gauntlet talons just like Omniscales, looking just as dangerous as her own gauntlets. Two great feathery white wings grew from his back, making him look like an angel. The Master Ruby was set in his back, seven colored gems representing the other Chronos Rubies surrounding it. He had no battle blades, but that was fine, they would have marred his perfect body anyway. His eyes were pure black, just like his aura. "Hello Scales. I must say, you look exceedingly attractive right now." He said, smirking. Omniscales laughed. "Look who's talking! You look even hotter now than you did before! And by the way, I'm Omniscales at the moment." His smile broadened. "And I am Magnarik. You know, I'm still finding it a little hard to believe we're actually doing this. Actually, I'm also having trouble believing I've fused with the Chronos Rubies!" "I don't believe this!" exclaimed Oblivion. "How could you two get to this level? By all rights, neither of you should even be alive right now!" "You've underestimated us, Oblivion. A mistake you shall pay dearly for." Said Magnarik. "Shall we fight him together?" asked Omniscales. "Yes, let's." he replied. "Oh no you don't! I'm killing you both before you can pose a serious threat to me!" He flew off into the distance once more and started spinning really fast. Spherical explosives started shooting out of the holes on the decahedron's faces, sending dangerous bombs in all directions. Magnarik and Omniscales quickly blocked with their gauntlets, deflecting any explosives heading their way. "How should we handle this?" Magnarik asked as the bombs exploded all around them. "Both of us can probably do a technique I call the drill spin. It allows us to shoot forward pretty fast and smash through most obstacles without getting hurt. If we move to opposite sides of the decahedron, we can use the drill spin to smash through the explosives and go through those holes to destroy whatever's generating them!" Omniscales explained. "Sounds good to me. Let's go!" said Magnarik. Facing the spinning decahedron, they both flew off, keeping their guard up to deflect any bombs. When they were far enough away from each other, they each started their drill spins, shooting for the bomb-throwing object. Each of them flew right into one of the holes, detonating every bomb they spun through. A few seconds later, they both shot out of holes opposite to the ones they had come through, followed by four massive explosions that completely destroyed the holes and bases they had gone through and stemming the flow of explosives a bit. "Okay, let's do that again!" yelled Omniscales. "Right!" Magnarik called back. They began the drill spin again, shooting for the decahedron, which was now rotating more slowly. They aimed for the right holes, getting the timing right and plunging through the masses of explosives and into the holes. They rocketed out of the opposite ends, accompanied by another group of large explosions, leaving the decahedron faces clean except for the top and bottom. "Take that Oblivion!" yelled Omniscales. The evil god looked pissed. "That does it! No more games!" The decahedron flipped over, causing the long five-sided pyramid to point at our heroes, who had flown back to each other. The tip of the pyramid started to glow. "Why do I get the feeling we should be getting out of the way right about now?" asked Magnarik. "Move!" Omniscales shouted, pushing the male out of the way as a powerful laser shot from the pyramid, obliterating one of the planets floating about. The strands of light coming from it vanished. Magnarik gaped. "He's just wiped out the history of an entire world! It's like it never existed at all!" "What do you mean?" asked Omniscales as the pyramid turned towards them. "The worlds the dead live on are representations of actual planets, remember? The light strands represent their entire span of history. Without those strands, the planet never existed! Sauron's erased it from time itself!" Magnarik said frantically. "He'll pay for that!" said Omniscales. They quickly got out of the way as another big laser shot past, destroying another planet. "But first, how about we get rid of that laser?" "Good idea." Agreed Magnarik. They flew towards the pyramid as it charged up again. "Let's hit it with an attack before it's done charging!" Arik called to Omniscales. "Gotcha! Serpent Strike!" the huge green cobra shot from her hands. "Primal Scream!" A much larger and nastier looking raptor shot from his hands. The two energy blasts hit the tip of the pyramid and reacted with the energy for the laser, exploding and disintegrating the pyramid. Oblivion roared in anger. "I've had enough!" he shouted. "You two have proven yourselves far stronger than I ever imagined. I see now that I cannot defeat you. But if I'm going down, I'm taking you with me!" He turned towards the palace of the Goddess of Infinity. "If I take out the home of Infinity, the entire Time Stream will collapse!" "He can't actually do that, can he?" Omniscales asked nervously. "Well, actually I think he can." Said Magnarik. "Then let's stop him!" yelled Omniscales, flying towards Oblivion. "Wait up!" yelled Magnarik, going after her. Oblivion pointed his hands out. "Millennial Finale!" A humongous beam of darkness erupted, streaking for the enormous crystal. Omniscales and Magnarik had no time to think, only to act on instinct. They concentrated, knowing that if they failed, it would all be over. A ring formed of holographic representations of all sixteen magic gems appeared in the beam's path. It passed through and dispersed, its power taken away by the ring placed by the good gods. As the last of the powerful beam went through the ring and dispersed harmlessly, Oblivion gaped in shock. "No...how did you do that?" The two looked at each other. "Omniscales, exactly how did we do that?" asked Magnarik. "Search me. It was pretty cool though, wasn't it?" she said. Oblivion recovered from his shock. "Let's see if you can pull that trick again! Millennial Finale!" Nothing happened. "WHAT!?" "You're out of power, Oblivion." Said Magnarik. "That last attack of yours obviously drained your energy severely." "Hey, that means he can't fight back right?" asked Omniscales hopefully. "That's right!" Magnarik replied. She grinned. "Then how about we finish this battle with our own special attacks?" He grinned back. "Sounds good to me!" As Oblivion watched helplessly, too drained even to move his decahedron out of the way, Omniscales and Magnarik gathered power. A ball of pure darkness appeared between Omniscales' gauntlets, a ball of pure light appearing between Magnarik's. They both aimed at Sauron. "ANCIENT ROAR!" shouted Magnarik, the ball of light firing in the form of a giant white T-Rex head. "DARK APOCALYPSE!" shouted Omniscales, firing the ball of darkness in the form of a giant black dragon. The giant T-Rex and dragon converged on Oblivion. His eyes widened as they approached and impacted, causing an explosion of epic proportions! The force from the explosion rolled over Omniscales and Magnarik, not harming them or anything else. When the explosion was finally completed and the glare had faded, Oblivion had been reduced to Sauron once again. "Well, looks like he's mortal once more! What should we do with him, Magnarik?" asked Omniscales. "Can we beat him to a bloody pulp for everything he's done? Can we please?" she begged. Magnarik shook his head. "No, I have a far fitting fate for him, one that will undo all the evil he has wrought." He raised his left hand and pointed it at the severely weakened evil raptor. "Sauron, in my temporary position as God of Time, I judge you to be a truly cruel and heartless being. You have disrupted the fabric of time and space, and as such I pass judgement. To right that which you have wronged, I hereby erase thee from history. You never existed and never will! Begone!" Sauron started to fade away. "No! This can't be happening to me! I'm Sauron, Emperor of all Omnivores! Nooooooooooo-" He was cut off as he vanished from existence. In a heartbeat, the bubbles around the crystals popped and the two destroyed planets were back! "We did it!" cried Omniscales happily. "We've defeated Sauron!" She hugged Magnarik. "And now that you've fused with the Chronos Rubies, we can be together!" Magnarik hugged her back, but suddenly stopped, realizing something. "Oh no." he said. He let go of Omniscales. "Scales, we can't." "Can't what?" she asked confused. "We can't be together." He said. She blinked. "Please tell me you're joking." He swallowed. "I'm afraid not. You see, at the moment we are gods so the altered timeline formed by Sauron's erasure will not affect us. But once we become normal again, it will." "What are you saying?" asked Omniscales, not liking where this was going. "Scales, if Sauron never existed, then the Time Stream was never threatened. If it was never threatened, how could I have come to you for help?" he asked. It took a minute for all that to sink in. "You mean...the instant we become normal again...it'll be like none of this ever happened?" He nodded. She looked like she was about to cry. "We can't stay as deities, we both have our place in our own times. I guess this is goodbye, then." He started tearing up as well. "For what it's worth, I want you to know that I love you." "I love you too." She whispered. They looked into each other's eyes, then came together in a passionate embrace, with a kiss the envy of nearly all mortal lovers throughout history. It seemed to last for hours, neither of them wanting to let go. While still enmeshed in their kiss, they made themselves revert to normal at the same time and began fading away. Until the very last second, they stayed in their kiss, until they finally vanished from the Time Stream.
Scales was falling through what seemed to be an ocean of stars, alone. As she hurtled downwards, she could feel something separating from her. The memory of her first encounter with Arik appeared in the form of a seed of light, flying away from her. Other seeds appeared, each a memory of some moment in her adventure through time, and each fleeing from her. As each memory left her, Scales found she could not remember what those events the seeds embodied were. Frantically, she tried to grab the memories leaving her, not wanting to forget anything. Each seed moved too quickly for her to grasp, each disappearing. The flow of memories grew faster and Scales began forgetting Europe, Greece, Mexico, Rome, even San Francisco and her trip to Sauropolis. The final battle with oblivion slipped out of reach, and she was only left with a single seed, her last kiss with Arik. But as she reached for it, it too receded, and she was left with nothing she hadn't had before this adventure began. And so, with no memories of Arik or the Chronos Rubies, she continued falling away from everything, falling away from her one true love...
That was so sad, wasn't it? NOT! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Scales: Pi2, what are you laughing maniacally about? Me: Eh? Oh, it's just you. Scales, tell me, does the name Arik ring a bell? Scales: No, why? Me: Oh, no reason. Scales: When are you going to write that new story for me? You promised!
Me: Don't worry, you'll get a sequel to Scales Adventure soon enough. Why don't you go home, I have some business to take care of. Scales: All right. (Leaves studio.) Me: (Grins sinisterly.) Excellent. I have succeeded! Bwahahahahaha! Oh, I suppose I should clarify to you readers. First of all, let me explain something. I'm NOT Pi2. During the eighth chapter, I kidnapped him and took his place so I could change the story's ending! Why? Revenge, of course! But revenge for what, you ask? Well, let me show you my true identity! (Pulls off mask, revealing a metallic Snively!) It is I, Metal Snively! When Amy killed the real Snively back on the ARK, his personality was downloaded into me so I could take his place! I am holding the real author, Shadow, and Amy captive as hostages! Since this story is now over, I can safely kill the author and write under his name! Muhahahahahaha! (Switching to story format.)
The real Pi2, an extra-large Pikachu, rolled his eyes. "Why is that moron telling the readers this?" He was currently stuck in a large author- proof cage so he couldn't escape and no other author could rescue him. "Well, he is Snively, technically. He is a bit of a loon." Said Shadow from the next cage over. "Why didn't I hit him harder back on the colony?" Amy asked rhetorically. Metal Snively walked over, done with his monologue. "Now, it's time to kill the three of you for what you've done to me!" "And what would that be?" asked Pi2. Metal Snively scoffed and pointed at Pi2. "You, the author, killed me off!" He pointed at Shadow. "You foiled all my plans for world domination!" He pointed at Amy. "You helped foil all my plans for world domination and killed me on the space colony! But now, now you will pay! Bwahahahaha!" "Amy, why DIDN'T you hit him harder?" asked Shadow. Metal Snively sneered. "Well, any last words before I bring in Cyberstrike and have him kill you?" Amy looked confused. "I thought Cyberstrike was a computer virus." "He is!" said Metal Snively. "But if programs like Digimon and the D- Reaper can leave the net, then why not Cyberstrike? I've brought him over from the digital world to help me destroy this one!" "And you're going to unleash it on us while we're stuck in these cages? Coward." Said Shadow. "Let's just say I don't want anybody messing up my plans this time!" said Metal Snively. "Now, any last words?" "Yes." Said Pi2. "Ahem. 'Oh no! We're doomed! Nobody can save us now!'" "That's right, you are! Nothing can save you now!" said Metal Snively proudly. Shadow snickered. "You fool, you've just sealed your fate!" "Huh?" asked the robot, confused. Amy grinned. "It's one of the unwritten laws of the universe! Whenever someone says it's a hopeless situation or there's no way out, something almost always saves the day!" "Oh, you mean like saying 'It's finally over' or 'It can't get any worse?" asked Metal Snively. "Exactly!" said Pi2. "Since both of us said nobody could possibly save us, you actually ended up increasing the chances of our rescue. And according to the Law of Averages, our rescuer should show up right about...now." The door to the prison room smashed open, revealing a three-foot high dragon. It had eyelashes (signifying it was a girl), two slightly curved yellow horns, white and blue scales, and yellow wings. "I'm here, Master!" the dragon said. "Who is that?" asked Metal Snively, startled. "Oh, that's my Digimon, Dracomon." Said Pi2. "I didn't know you had a Digimon." Said Shadow. "There are a lot of things you don't know about me, Shadow." The author said smugly. "How did you find out I was holding the author captive?" asked Metal Snively angrily. "Master hasn't been coming home for a while. When I checked FF.net and saw he was writing, I wondered what was going on and came to the studio to investigate. When Metal Snively gave his traditional villainous exposition, it was easy to follow his voice and get here." Said Dracomon smartly. "Good girl, Dracomon! Remind me to reward you when you bust us out of here." Said Pi2. "Oh no, you're not getting to those cages!" said Metal Snively. Dracomon raised an eyebrow. "What, you're going to stop me? Even if you're a robot, I could still roast you easily." She said. "Ah, but I have backup! Cyberstrike, get in here!" yelled Metal Snively. A section of a nearby wall burst apart as a horrible monster smashed through. It was twenty feet tall and only vaguely humanoid. It had no legs, just a hip area that extended down in a long point. From the underside of the hip, six multi-jointed sharp metal appendages moved constantly, slashing at thin air. Its waist was a long mass of cable leading to the thick and ovular upper body. A circular bowl in the monster's skin took up the main part of the torso. It was rimmed with teeth, like a mouth but with no visible throat. Two spiked shoulders grew from either side of the body, starting in two solid metal upper arms and thick, fleshy lower arms. Each arm ended in three sharp claws. Cables stuck up all around the body, attaching the flesh parts to the metal. From the monster's back emerged four fleshy protrusions, looking kind of like slowly moving fan blades. Did I forget to mention the monster had small eyes everywhere? My bad. There were little eyeballs all over the monster's gray- brown skin, forming eerie patterns. An eyeball sat in the middle of the three claws on either arm, several rings of eyes were formed around the arms, a circle of eyes was around the weird mouth, there were eyes everywhere! In lieu of a neck, dozens of thick cables grew from the top of the torso, forming a sort of long and flexible neck supporting the head. The monster's head was a sphere with a single big eyeball on it. "Behold Cyberstrike, the most powerful virus ever created! No program or Digimon can stand against it! This thing could make the D-Reaper quiver in its proverbial boots! Impressed?" Dracomon just looked at the monstrous program and yawned. "That thing's the best you've got? This won't be much of a challenge. I was expecting something a little worse." Shadow looked at Pi2. "Uh, Pi2, you created the Cyberstrike virus, right?" "Yeah." Said the Pikachu. "And you also said it could potentially crash the entire World Wide Web, right?" asked Amy. "Yeah, I made it that strong, why?" he asked. "You're not even a little worried that your Digimon could get deleted?" asked Shadow. "Nah, she's wiped the floor with tougher foes. She'll be fine." Said Pi2 confidently. "Are you sure?" asked Shadow. "Positive." Said Pi2 with a grin. "Cyberstrike, destroy that puny dragon!" commanded Metal Snively. The horrible many-eyed monstrosity flew over to him, floating a few yards away from the nonchalant Dracomon. The virus' hundred-odd eyes started glowing. A laser beam shot out of each eye, aiming right for Dracomon. The beams struck her, causing her to glow with a blue light. She seemed unaffected by the lasers. "Master, can I destroy this ugly thing now?" asked Dracomon. "Go right ahead." Said Pi2. "Thank you. Supreme Laser!" Four large orbs, one red, one blue, one green, and one white appeared in front of Dracomon. They formed a circle in the air, glowing brightly. A powerful beam shot from each orb, going at an angle and converging at a point a few feet away with the beams from the other orbs. The beams combined and fired at Cyberstrike in the form of a huge multicolored laser, striking the monster right in the mouth-bowl. Cyberstrike made a weird screaming noise and disintegrated. Metal Snively gaped. "How did you eliminate Cyberstrike?! You're only a Rookie Digimon!!!" "Actually, she's the first Digimon to reach the Supreme level, which is even higher than Mega. That makes her roughly the most powerful Digimon alive." Said Pi2 matter-of-factly. "Dracomon, annihilate Metal Snively and let us out of here!" "As you wish, Master!" She opened her mouth. White light particles started to collect in it. Metal Snively screamed and started to run for an exit. He never made it. "Diamond Flare!" The light energy blasted from her mouth in the form of an awesome beam of blue-white power, hitting Metal Snively and causing him to explode spectacularly. "I hope he stays dead this time!" said Amy. "Hey, do you think you could let us out now?" "Sure." Said Dracomon. She smashed the cage doors down with a couple of headbutts, freeing the three prisoners. "Great work!" said Pi2. "Shadow, Amy, you two have got to get home, I'm sure the others are worried about you!" "Right, let's go Amy!" said Shadow. He and Amy quickly left. "Dracomon, we need to get to my computer so I can write a happy ending for Scales and Arik. Can you get us home quickly?" asked Pi2. "Sure, get on my back." Said Dracomon. Pi2 jumped on her back, and she ran out the door, out of the studio, and flew into the air, heading for home.
Scales: We will, duh! Me: Silence! Start the chapter!
Oblivion sneered at Scales and Arik. "Well, how do I look? Am I sufficiently terror-inspiring?" Scales frowned. "As if! I've seen robots scarier than you. You don't look like much of a threat." Oblivion raised an eyebrow. "You're not scared of me?" She shook her head. "No! Why should I be?" "Scales, Sauron has absorbed the negative energy of the Chronos Rubies. He quite literally can severely influence the passage of time. We really shouldn't anger him." Arik muttered under his breath. "Relax, we can take him." She said. Oblivion snorted. "You actually believe you have a chance against me?" "Hell yeah! Right Arik?" Scales asked. "Well, if you say so." He said reluctantly. The Saurian god chuckled. "Fine. If you're so eager to fight me, then I will grant you that privilege. Let's take this to a more suitable battlefield, shall we?" Oblivion snapped his claws. In a flash, the three of them were transported to the Time Stream. He snapped his claws again, and all the crystal palaces of the gods were surrounded by red bubbles, even the home of Infinity. "There, now those meddling deities can't interfere in our fight. Are you prepared to face me?" he asked. Scales and Arik glanced at each other and nodded. "I'm really not sure how we could fight you, but Scales thinks we have a chance, so I do as well." Said Arik. Oblivion shrugged. "You really want to believe that, that's okay with me. But before we begin the fight, let me show you what kind of power you're up against." He flew far away from them and spread his arms out, collecting power. The Chronos Rubies flew away from him, scattering all over the place. Oblivion started glowing, and in a flash of light he created a vessel of horrible power. He had, in a sense, transformed, but not really. His upper body and waist now stuck out from the very top of a huge decahedron. Eight of the faces on the side of the gargantuan geometric figure had big pentagonal base protruding from the surface, with a small base on top of each one. A big pentagonal hole took up most of that base, forming a shaft going deep into the object. From each hole emerged a giant serpentine neck ending in a long head with a tooth-filled maw. From the bottom face of the decahedron, a triple base formed a sort of five-sided pinnacle facing downwards. The face Oblivion was on had a double base like the others, except there was no hole, just his upper body, which still remained the same size, tiny in comparison to the giant decahedron. (If you are having trouble picturing this, just think Apocalymon but with Elasmosaurus heads and necks instead of giant claws at the ends of DNA chains. And Oblivion's upper body instead of Apocalymon's.) "Still think you have a chance against me?" he asked, his voice echoing across the Time Stream. The heroes stared with slack jaws at the giant decahedron. "Uh, Scales?" Arik finally asked. "Yeah?" she replied. "Am I the only one seeing the giant decahedron with monster heads coming out of it?" he asked. "No." she said. "Ah, that's what I thought." He said. There was a pause. "WHAT THE HELL ARE WE GOING TO DO?" "Calm down!" Scales said. "I have an idea. Look, if Oblivion's using the negative power of the Rubies, then the positive energy must still be there for use, right?" Arik thought for a moment. "Right." "Well then, here's the plan. I'll distract Oblivion by deifying myself and engaging him in battle. In the meantime, you gather up the Rubies and try to fuse with them so you can help me out. With both of us as gods, we should be able to take this guy down." She explained. "Hey, great idea!" Arik said. "But are you sure you can handle him by yourself?" Scales grinned. "As a god I was in the middle of a nuclear explosion and survived. I think I can take whatever Oblivion can throw at me." "All right then. I'm off!" Arik flew away to find the Rubies. Scales turned her attention to Oblivion. "Well, I can see you're much stronger than I thought previously! Before you annihilate me, do you mind if I pray?" Oblivion looked a little confused. "I guess so, I don't see what good it will do you though. The other gods are imprisoned in those bubbles and can't respond, but you can go ahead if you want." "Thank you." She said. She closed her eyes and clasped her hands. "The Servers are the seven Chaos. The Controller unifies the Servers. Chaos is power enriched by the heart." Holographic images of the seven Chaos Emeralds started orbiting her, while the eight jewels in her back started glowing. "What a strange prayer." Oblivion murmured as Scales continued. "By the golden power from the darkness...the might of true Darkness will set me free...the power of Darkness, piercing those who oppose it...and through me the Darkness acts. I am its agent..." Her eyes flew open, glowing brightly. "I AM THE DARKNESS!" The Emeralds flashed, and Scales was encompassed in a cocoon of light. Oblivion shielded his eyes, astounded. "What is going on?!" The cocoon pulsed and cracked open, vanishing and revealing Scales' new form. She was enshrouded by an aura of pure white light. Her scales had turned from red-orange to jet-black. Her battle blades were out, but instead of being curved, they were now silvery straight spikes. Her talons had grown sharper and more curved. Her tail was a little longer, with a veritable mace at the end. A pair of great black dragon wings grew from her back. She was still slender, but more muscular. A pair of ridges grew out of her shoulders. Her bracelets had changed severely, becoming a pair of huge gauntlets with three nasty talons on each gauntlet in lieu of fingers. Her life support dome was now a burnished gold instead of red. Her teeth were slightly longer and sharper. Her eyes had gone from yellow to a shining white. She grinned at the astonished Oblivion. "I know the same trick as you, peanut-brain. I've become a god as well. You can call me Omniscales." Oblivion snapped out of his moment of disbelief. "Incredible! It seems that once again you have proven yourself worthy of fighting me Scales. Let's see if you can defeat me this time!" Three of the Elasmosaurus heads faced her and started spitting different types of energy projectiles. One fired energy balls, one fired jets of flame, and one fired acid. Omniscales started flying towards Oblivion, intending to eliminate the offending heads. She darted around the dozens of energy balls, flames and acid launched at her, getting closer to the heads. She went into a drill spin and shot into the mouth of the energy ball-spitting head before it could launch another blast, ripping through the roof of the mouth and erupting out of the back of its long neck. The Elasmosaurus screeched and disintegrated. The flame-spitting head lashed out at her, trying to swallow her up. Omniscales dodged the lunging head and slashed at the neck as she flew past. A second later, the head separated from the neck, and both disintegrated. She flew away from the decahedron as the acid head tried to eat her, then started firing dozens of energy balls at the monster. The balls exploded on contact with the creature's skin, hurting it. It screeched and spat another shot of acid. Omniscales flew out of the way of the shot and fired an energy ball down the monster's throat when it opened its mouth to spit another glob of acid. The Elasmosaurus snapped its mouth shut. A second later, it disintegrated. Oblivion moved quickly, flying far away from Omniscales. He rotated his decahedron so another set of faces would be pointing at her. The two Elasmosaurus heads on these faces started breathing out what seemed to be incredibly hot steam and superhot streams of water. She managed to avoid the steam, but got hit by the water. It burned her immortal flesh, causing her to scream in pain. The water cut off as the head needed to build up enough for another shot, allowing Scales to start flying towards the pair of Elasmosaurs. The first head breathed out another jet of steam. Scales began a drill spin, allowing her to fly through the steam unharmed as it was scattered away by her charge. As the Elasmosaurus kept breathing steam, she shot right into its mouth and erupted from the back of its head, killing it. As the steam Elasmosaurus disintegrated, the water head nailed her with another blast of superhot water, pushing her far away as the stream shot outward. As the water burned her, she managed to push herself out of the stream. She began another drill spin, plowing into the water and pushing the stream back to its source with the force of her spinning claws. The Elasmosaurus disintegrated as both Scales and the superhot water were pushed down its throat. Oblivion flew away again and rotated to reveal three more Elasmosaurs. The three Elasmosaurs proceeded to launch fireballs, rapid-fire energy bullets, and lightning bolts. Omniscales could easily dodge fireballs, but the energy bullets and lightning bolts were fast and quite accurate. It was difficult for her to keep from getting hit by the attacks, but she managed to get closer to Oblivion after getting grazed by a couple of bullets and shocked a few times by lightning bolts. She punched the fireball-spitting head hard as it tried to attack her. It reeled back, allowing Scales to fly down and sever its neck with a single slash, destroying the Elasmosaurus. When she got hit by blasts from both the lightning and bullet heads, Omniscales flew between the two Elasmosaurs as they charged up their attacks. When they opened their mouths, she flew out of the way, and the monsters hit each other with their own attacks and were killed. Oblivion growled angrily and flew away yet again. He rotated once more, revealing his last two Elasmosaurs. They opened their mouths wide and fired a pair of lasers. Omniscales started flying towards them, swerving and juking frantically to keep from getting hit by the dual lasers. They kept crisscrossing and intersecting, forming very narrow and tight spaces for her to try and fit through. But in the end, it was really just a lot like when she had to avoid the double lasers on the Final Destroyer. When she recalled how she had flown through the lasers then, it was fairly easy for her to get through the lasers coming from the Elasmosaurs and decapitate one of their heads. Before she could do the same for the other one, it lunged at her and nearly ate her. Acting on reflex, Scales raised her arms and tried to force the jaws of the monster open, bracing herself on the Elasmosaur's tongue. Despite her awesome strength, it was proving nearly impossible to keep the monster's jaws open. Slowly, little by little, the jaws were closing on her. And there wasn't a damned thing she could do about it.
Arik grabbed the orange Ruby. "There, that's the last one." He looked over at Oblivion and saw the single remaining Elasmosaurus, and no Omniscales. "Hmm, she could be in trouble. Let's see if I can get this right." He pulled out all of the other Rubies and arranged them in the air, leaving them floating in a ring around the Master Ruby. "Okay, what was that prayer Dad taught me again? Oh right." He coughed and began. "The Routers are the seven Chronos. Chronos is time, time enriched by the mind. The Master serves to combine the seven Routers." The Rubies began to glow again. "You are the only ones that can do this. Give me the power to stop Oblivion!" The Rubies pulled out of their formation and started spinning around Arik, moving faster and faster. They spun closer to him with each rotation, until they made contact with his body. The Rubies stopped moving. There was a blinding flash of light, and Arik was transformed into a god.
Omniscales was losing purchase. She was about to get eaten by the Elasmosaurus. How disgusting. Just as she was about to lose all grip whatsoever on the jaws and the mouth was about to close, the Elasmosaurus jerked and disintegrated. As the particles scattered, Omniscales saw her rescuer. She grinned. "Well, what have we here?" she said slyly. Arik had, of course, saved her. He was now pure white, with an aura as black as Omniscales' body. He now had a different body structure, actually looking kind of like a male version of Scales. His sickle claws had grown longer and sharper, along with his talons. His tail had sprouted a mace of spikes at the end of it. His hands were encased in powerful gauntlet talons just like Omniscales, looking just as dangerous as her own gauntlets. Two great feathery white wings grew from his back, making him look like an angel. The Master Ruby was set in his back, seven colored gems representing the other Chronos Rubies surrounding it. He had no battle blades, but that was fine, they would have marred his perfect body anyway. His eyes were pure black, just like his aura. "Hello Scales. I must say, you look exceedingly attractive right now." He said, smirking. Omniscales laughed. "Look who's talking! You look even hotter now than you did before! And by the way, I'm Omniscales at the moment." His smile broadened. "And I am Magnarik. You know, I'm still finding it a little hard to believe we're actually doing this. Actually, I'm also having trouble believing I've fused with the Chronos Rubies!" "I don't believe this!" exclaimed Oblivion. "How could you two get to this level? By all rights, neither of you should even be alive right now!" "You've underestimated us, Oblivion. A mistake you shall pay dearly for." Said Magnarik. "Shall we fight him together?" asked Omniscales. "Yes, let's." he replied. "Oh no you don't! I'm killing you both before you can pose a serious threat to me!" He flew off into the distance once more and started spinning really fast. Spherical explosives started shooting out of the holes on the decahedron's faces, sending dangerous bombs in all directions. Magnarik and Omniscales quickly blocked with their gauntlets, deflecting any explosives heading their way. "How should we handle this?" Magnarik asked as the bombs exploded all around them. "Both of us can probably do a technique I call the drill spin. It allows us to shoot forward pretty fast and smash through most obstacles without getting hurt. If we move to opposite sides of the decahedron, we can use the drill spin to smash through the explosives and go through those holes to destroy whatever's generating them!" Omniscales explained. "Sounds good to me. Let's go!" said Magnarik. Facing the spinning decahedron, they both flew off, keeping their guard up to deflect any bombs. When they were far enough away from each other, they each started their drill spins, shooting for the bomb-throwing object. Each of them flew right into one of the holes, detonating every bomb they spun through. A few seconds later, they both shot out of holes opposite to the ones they had come through, followed by four massive explosions that completely destroyed the holes and bases they had gone through and stemming the flow of explosives a bit. "Okay, let's do that again!" yelled Omniscales. "Right!" Magnarik called back. They began the drill spin again, shooting for the decahedron, which was now rotating more slowly. They aimed for the right holes, getting the timing right and plunging through the masses of explosives and into the holes. They rocketed out of the opposite ends, accompanied by another group of large explosions, leaving the decahedron faces clean except for the top and bottom. "Take that Oblivion!" yelled Omniscales. The evil god looked pissed. "That does it! No more games!" The decahedron flipped over, causing the long five-sided pyramid to point at our heroes, who had flown back to each other. The tip of the pyramid started to glow. "Why do I get the feeling we should be getting out of the way right about now?" asked Magnarik. "Move!" Omniscales shouted, pushing the male out of the way as a powerful laser shot from the pyramid, obliterating one of the planets floating about. The strands of light coming from it vanished. Magnarik gaped. "He's just wiped out the history of an entire world! It's like it never existed at all!" "What do you mean?" asked Omniscales as the pyramid turned towards them. "The worlds the dead live on are representations of actual planets, remember? The light strands represent their entire span of history. Without those strands, the planet never existed! Sauron's erased it from time itself!" Magnarik said frantically. "He'll pay for that!" said Omniscales. They quickly got out of the way as another big laser shot past, destroying another planet. "But first, how about we get rid of that laser?" "Good idea." Agreed Magnarik. They flew towards the pyramid as it charged up again. "Let's hit it with an attack before it's done charging!" Arik called to Omniscales. "Gotcha! Serpent Strike!" the huge green cobra shot from her hands. "Primal Scream!" A much larger and nastier looking raptor shot from his hands. The two energy blasts hit the tip of the pyramid and reacted with the energy for the laser, exploding and disintegrating the pyramid. Oblivion roared in anger. "I've had enough!" he shouted. "You two have proven yourselves far stronger than I ever imagined. I see now that I cannot defeat you. But if I'm going down, I'm taking you with me!" He turned towards the palace of the Goddess of Infinity. "If I take out the home of Infinity, the entire Time Stream will collapse!" "He can't actually do that, can he?" Omniscales asked nervously. "Well, actually I think he can." Said Magnarik. "Then let's stop him!" yelled Omniscales, flying towards Oblivion. "Wait up!" yelled Magnarik, going after her. Oblivion pointed his hands out. "Millennial Finale!" A humongous beam of darkness erupted, streaking for the enormous crystal. Omniscales and Magnarik had no time to think, only to act on instinct. They concentrated, knowing that if they failed, it would all be over. A ring formed of holographic representations of all sixteen magic gems appeared in the beam's path. It passed through and dispersed, its power taken away by the ring placed by the good gods. As the last of the powerful beam went through the ring and dispersed harmlessly, Oblivion gaped in shock. "No...how did you do that?" The two looked at each other. "Omniscales, exactly how did we do that?" asked Magnarik. "Search me. It was pretty cool though, wasn't it?" she said. Oblivion recovered from his shock. "Let's see if you can pull that trick again! Millennial Finale!" Nothing happened. "WHAT!?" "You're out of power, Oblivion." Said Magnarik. "That last attack of yours obviously drained your energy severely." "Hey, that means he can't fight back right?" asked Omniscales hopefully. "That's right!" Magnarik replied. She grinned. "Then how about we finish this battle with our own special attacks?" He grinned back. "Sounds good to me!" As Oblivion watched helplessly, too drained even to move his decahedron out of the way, Omniscales and Magnarik gathered power. A ball of pure darkness appeared between Omniscales' gauntlets, a ball of pure light appearing between Magnarik's. They both aimed at Sauron. "ANCIENT ROAR!" shouted Magnarik, the ball of light firing in the form of a giant white T-Rex head. "DARK APOCALYPSE!" shouted Omniscales, firing the ball of darkness in the form of a giant black dragon. The giant T-Rex and dragon converged on Oblivion. His eyes widened as they approached and impacted, causing an explosion of epic proportions! The force from the explosion rolled over Omniscales and Magnarik, not harming them or anything else. When the explosion was finally completed and the glare had faded, Oblivion had been reduced to Sauron once again. "Well, looks like he's mortal once more! What should we do with him, Magnarik?" asked Omniscales. "Can we beat him to a bloody pulp for everything he's done? Can we please?" she begged. Magnarik shook his head. "No, I have a far fitting fate for him, one that will undo all the evil he has wrought." He raised his left hand and pointed it at the severely weakened evil raptor. "Sauron, in my temporary position as God of Time, I judge you to be a truly cruel and heartless being. You have disrupted the fabric of time and space, and as such I pass judgement. To right that which you have wronged, I hereby erase thee from history. You never existed and never will! Begone!" Sauron started to fade away. "No! This can't be happening to me! I'm Sauron, Emperor of all Omnivores! Nooooooooooo-" He was cut off as he vanished from existence. In a heartbeat, the bubbles around the crystals popped and the two destroyed planets were back! "We did it!" cried Omniscales happily. "We've defeated Sauron!" She hugged Magnarik. "And now that you've fused with the Chronos Rubies, we can be together!" Magnarik hugged her back, but suddenly stopped, realizing something. "Oh no." he said. He let go of Omniscales. "Scales, we can't." "Can't what?" she asked confused. "We can't be together." He said. She blinked. "Please tell me you're joking." He swallowed. "I'm afraid not. You see, at the moment we are gods so the altered timeline formed by Sauron's erasure will not affect us. But once we become normal again, it will." "What are you saying?" asked Omniscales, not liking where this was going. "Scales, if Sauron never existed, then the Time Stream was never threatened. If it was never threatened, how could I have come to you for help?" he asked. It took a minute for all that to sink in. "You mean...the instant we become normal again...it'll be like none of this ever happened?" He nodded. She looked like she was about to cry. "We can't stay as deities, we both have our place in our own times. I guess this is goodbye, then." He started tearing up as well. "For what it's worth, I want you to know that I love you." "I love you too." She whispered. They looked into each other's eyes, then came together in a passionate embrace, with a kiss the envy of nearly all mortal lovers throughout history. It seemed to last for hours, neither of them wanting to let go. While still enmeshed in their kiss, they made themselves revert to normal at the same time and began fading away. Until the very last second, they stayed in their kiss, until they finally vanished from the Time Stream.
Scales was falling through what seemed to be an ocean of stars, alone. As she hurtled downwards, she could feel something separating from her. The memory of her first encounter with Arik appeared in the form of a seed of light, flying away from her. Other seeds appeared, each a memory of some moment in her adventure through time, and each fleeing from her. As each memory left her, Scales found she could not remember what those events the seeds embodied were. Frantically, she tried to grab the memories leaving her, not wanting to forget anything. Each seed moved too quickly for her to grasp, each disappearing. The flow of memories grew faster and Scales began forgetting Europe, Greece, Mexico, Rome, even San Francisco and her trip to Sauropolis. The final battle with oblivion slipped out of reach, and she was only left with a single seed, her last kiss with Arik. But as she reached for it, it too receded, and she was left with nothing she hadn't had before this adventure began. And so, with no memories of Arik or the Chronos Rubies, she continued falling away from everything, falling away from her one true love...
That was so sad, wasn't it? NOT! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Scales: Pi2, what are you laughing maniacally about? Me: Eh? Oh, it's just you. Scales, tell me, does the name Arik ring a bell? Scales: No, why? Me: Oh, no reason. Scales: When are you going to write that new story for me? You promised!
Me: Don't worry, you'll get a sequel to Scales Adventure soon enough. Why don't you go home, I have some business to take care of. Scales: All right. (Leaves studio.) Me: (Grins sinisterly.) Excellent. I have succeeded! Bwahahahahaha! Oh, I suppose I should clarify to you readers. First of all, let me explain something. I'm NOT Pi2. During the eighth chapter, I kidnapped him and took his place so I could change the story's ending! Why? Revenge, of course! But revenge for what, you ask? Well, let me show you my true identity! (Pulls off mask, revealing a metallic Snively!) It is I, Metal Snively! When Amy killed the real Snively back on the ARK, his personality was downloaded into me so I could take his place! I am holding the real author, Shadow, and Amy captive as hostages! Since this story is now over, I can safely kill the author and write under his name! Muhahahahahaha! (Switching to story format.)
The real Pi2, an extra-large Pikachu, rolled his eyes. "Why is that moron telling the readers this?" He was currently stuck in a large author- proof cage so he couldn't escape and no other author could rescue him. "Well, he is Snively, technically. He is a bit of a loon." Said Shadow from the next cage over. "Why didn't I hit him harder back on the colony?" Amy asked rhetorically. Metal Snively walked over, done with his monologue. "Now, it's time to kill the three of you for what you've done to me!" "And what would that be?" asked Pi2. Metal Snively scoffed and pointed at Pi2. "You, the author, killed me off!" He pointed at Shadow. "You foiled all my plans for world domination!" He pointed at Amy. "You helped foil all my plans for world domination and killed me on the space colony! But now, now you will pay! Bwahahahaha!" "Amy, why DIDN'T you hit him harder?" asked Shadow. Metal Snively sneered. "Well, any last words before I bring in Cyberstrike and have him kill you?" Amy looked confused. "I thought Cyberstrike was a computer virus." "He is!" said Metal Snively. "But if programs like Digimon and the D- Reaper can leave the net, then why not Cyberstrike? I've brought him over from the digital world to help me destroy this one!" "And you're going to unleash it on us while we're stuck in these cages? Coward." Said Shadow. "Let's just say I don't want anybody messing up my plans this time!" said Metal Snively. "Now, any last words?" "Yes." Said Pi2. "Ahem. 'Oh no! We're doomed! Nobody can save us now!'" "That's right, you are! Nothing can save you now!" said Metal Snively proudly. Shadow snickered. "You fool, you've just sealed your fate!" "Huh?" asked the robot, confused. Amy grinned. "It's one of the unwritten laws of the universe! Whenever someone says it's a hopeless situation or there's no way out, something almost always saves the day!" "Oh, you mean like saying 'It's finally over' or 'It can't get any worse?" asked Metal Snively. "Exactly!" said Pi2. "Since both of us said nobody could possibly save us, you actually ended up increasing the chances of our rescue. And according to the Law of Averages, our rescuer should show up right about...now." The door to the prison room smashed open, revealing a three-foot high dragon. It had eyelashes (signifying it was a girl), two slightly curved yellow horns, white and blue scales, and yellow wings. "I'm here, Master!" the dragon said. "Who is that?" asked Metal Snively, startled. "Oh, that's my Digimon, Dracomon." Said Pi2. "I didn't know you had a Digimon." Said Shadow. "There are a lot of things you don't know about me, Shadow." The author said smugly. "How did you find out I was holding the author captive?" asked Metal Snively angrily. "Master hasn't been coming home for a while. When I checked FF.net and saw he was writing, I wondered what was going on and came to the studio to investigate. When Metal Snively gave his traditional villainous exposition, it was easy to follow his voice and get here." Said Dracomon smartly. "Good girl, Dracomon! Remind me to reward you when you bust us out of here." Said Pi2. "Oh no, you're not getting to those cages!" said Metal Snively. Dracomon raised an eyebrow. "What, you're going to stop me? Even if you're a robot, I could still roast you easily." She said. "Ah, but I have backup! Cyberstrike, get in here!" yelled Metal Snively. A section of a nearby wall burst apart as a horrible monster smashed through. It was twenty feet tall and only vaguely humanoid. It had no legs, just a hip area that extended down in a long point. From the underside of the hip, six multi-jointed sharp metal appendages moved constantly, slashing at thin air. Its waist was a long mass of cable leading to the thick and ovular upper body. A circular bowl in the monster's skin took up the main part of the torso. It was rimmed with teeth, like a mouth but with no visible throat. Two spiked shoulders grew from either side of the body, starting in two solid metal upper arms and thick, fleshy lower arms. Each arm ended in three sharp claws. Cables stuck up all around the body, attaching the flesh parts to the metal. From the monster's back emerged four fleshy protrusions, looking kind of like slowly moving fan blades. Did I forget to mention the monster had small eyes everywhere? My bad. There were little eyeballs all over the monster's gray- brown skin, forming eerie patterns. An eyeball sat in the middle of the three claws on either arm, several rings of eyes were formed around the arms, a circle of eyes was around the weird mouth, there were eyes everywhere! In lieu of a neck, dozens of thick cables grew from the top of the torso, forming a sort of long and flexible neck supporting the head. The monster's head was a sphere with a single big eyeball on it. "Behold Cyberstrike, the most powerful virus ever created! No program or Digimon can stand against it! This thing could make the D-Reaper quiver in its proverbial boots! Impressed?" Dracomon just looked at the monstrous program and yawned. "That thing's the best you've got? This won't be much of a challenge. I was expecting something a little worse." Shadow looked at Pi2. "Uh, Pi2, you created the Cyberstrike virus, right?" "Yeah." Said the Pikachu. "And you also said it could potentially crash the entire World Wide Web, right?" asked Amy. "Yeah, I made it that strong, why?" he asked. "You're not even a little worried that your Digimon could get deleted?" asked Shadow. "Nah, she's wiped the floor with tougher foes. She'll be fine." Said Pi2 confidently. "Are you sure?" asked Shadow. "Positive." Said Pi2 with a grin. "Cyberstrike, destroy that puny dragon!" commanded Metal Snively. The horrible many-eyed monstrosity flew over to him, floating a few yards away from the nonchalant Dracomon. The virus' hundred-odd eyes started glowing. A laser beam shot out of each eye, aiming right for Dracomon. The beams struck her, causing her to glow with a blue light. She seemed unaffected by the lasers. "Master, can I destroy this ugly thing now?" asked Dracomon. "Go right ahead." Said Pi2. "Thank you. Supreme Laser!" Four large orbs, one red, one blue, one green, and one white appeared in front of Dracomon. They formed a circle in the air, glowing brightly. A powerful beam shot from each orb, going at an angle and converging at a point a few feet away with the beams from the other orbs. The beams combined and fired at Cyberstrike in the form of a huge multicolored laser, striking the monster right in the mouth-bowl. Cyberstrike made a weird screaming noise and disintegrated. Metal Snively gaped. "How did you eliminate Cyberstrike?! You're only a Rookie Digimon!!!" "Actually, she's the first Digimon to reach the Supreme level, which is even higher than Mega. That makes her roughly the most powerful Digimon alive." Said Pi2 matter-of-factly. "Dracomon, annihilate Metal Snively and let us out of here!" "As you wish, Master!" She opened her mouth. White light particles started to collect in it. Metal Snively screamed and started to run for an exit. He never made it. "Diamond Flare!" The light energy blasted from her mouth in the form of an awesome beam of blue-white power, hitting Metal Snively and causing him to explode spectacularly. "I hope he stays dead this time!" said Amy. "Hey, do you think you could let us out now?" "Sure." Said Dracomon. She smashed the cage doors down with a couple of headbutts, freeing the three prisoners. "Great work!" said Pi2. "Shadow, Amy, you two have got to get home, I'm sure the others are worried about you!" "Right, let's go Amy!" said Shadow. He and Amy quickly left. "Dracomon, we need to get to my computer so I can write a happy ending for Scales and Arik. Can you get us home quickly?" asked Pi2. "Sure, get on my back." Said Dracomon. Pi2 jumped on her back, and she ran out the door, out of the studio, and flew into the air, heading for home.