Disclaimer: Non of the characters from Digimon or Legacy of Kain:
Soul Reaver are mine and I do not claim that they are I am merely borrowing
them for the sake of the story and will return them if they want them.
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The party moved quickly and silently as they walked toward the Citadel,
they had been transported to File Island by a pod of Dolphmon who wished
for peace in the land. The champions weren't strong enough to take on the
Digidestined alone but they were glad to offer assistance to those who
could. Tai's fortress was carved out of Infinity Mountain and was both the
physical and symbolically center of his empire. The group hadn't stopped to
rest since landing on the island because they were cautious of the area.
When they did stop for rest they spoke quietly and kept their eyes on the
surrounding area.
" Should we be doing this so soon?" Ken asked of the others, his voice showing concern rather than fear. " We've only managed to beat one of the other chosen and Tai is the strongest, shouldn't we try to get stronger before rushing into this?"
" We don't need to kill Wargreymon we simply need to distract him, TK and I can deal with my brother." Kari said her voice full of loathing. " Even if we cannot beat him we must confront him, I will make sure he knows the extent of his crimes before he dies for them." The girl closed her eyes for a moment before continuing. " The power of Ken and Mimi's crests should allow us entry into the fortress, I doubt there are any truly strong digimon inside, Tai is far too confident for that."
" You're right," Davis interjected, " the strongest guard would be a Tyranomon or two nothing major. But there is still the issue of Wargreymon and his Dramon Destroyers he'll go through Paildramon in second with those. Plus there are the other enforcers to worry about, without Gatomon's full strength we are at a real disadvantage. " Kari shook her head at this statement.
" The longer we wait the more we risk Tai discovering our presence, we must act now. " Grudgingly Davis agreed, he just hoped that he wasn't agreeing to his own demise.
" Tai holds the key to entering the other fortresses, we have to face him first anyway, I just wish we were a little bit stronger." The redhead stood up and continued toward Tai's citadel without another word, as the group followed him they all felt doubts creep up their spines. Tai was very strong and kept a close watch on his world, he would know they were coming.
They met with no real opposition on the way, Tai had no real need of guards, and they made good progress reaching the palace before the day had ended. At the gate Ken Kari placed their hands onto identical panels on either side of the gate, the panels glowed with the symbols of Kindness and Sincerity and the gate slowly swung open it's hinges groaning with the effort. Most of the digidestined who still came to the center had digimon that could fly or swim so the ground entrance was rarely used.
As they walked inside they were confronted by a pair of Vilemon which were quickly dispatched by Angemon, and they moved at a fast pace through the halls and stairways of the mighty fortress quickly reaching the throne room. The halls were decorated with murals of the former heroes' exploits; tapestries and rugs added color to the marble walls. The stone door to Tai's chamber was forced open by Angemon Stingmon and XV-mon as the group walked into their former leader's presence.
Tai was much different, he now wore a gilded breastplate and a brilliant red sash adorned with the crest of courage. He had skintight black pants and golden greaves (armor for the feet and calves) there were golden gauntlets on his arms and his body was much more muscled than it had once been. He sat on a massive stone throne wrapped around a massive pillar engraved with the crest of courage, six other pillars surrounded that one in a semicircle one for every crest except Hope and Light. Agumon sat beside the throne looking reserved and sad at the same time, Tai stood as the group entered.
" Tai you bastard!" Kari shouted as she strode ahead if the group. " You will pay for the atrocities you have committed, I swear I shall rip your soul from its fragile moors and cast it into oblivion." Her eyes burned as she approached her elder sibling who didn't seem upset by the turn of events.
" Well death certainly hasn't improved your manners Kari, limbo hasn't been very kind to you has it?" Tai's voice bordered on lazy as he appraised the younger child.
" Whatever changes I have undergone are your doing Tai," she said his name like a curse. " And now you shall pay for all your mistakes, all your failings." Her eyes narrowed, " all the good we did in this world and you undid it all for the sake of power." Tai rolled his eyes.
" Silly girl, you never did understand what our place was; we were pawns in a game we didn't deserve to be a part of. Beings we never met played with our very lives and treated us as expendable tools, I decided we deserved better than that. You just couldn't see it."
Tai snapped his fingers and two people entered the room. One was a girl in a tight red jumpsuit she had an open lavender vest and lavender boots that matched her hair. Her brown eyes appraised the group with a cold tenacity. The other figure was dressed similarly except in black and brown his bright green eyes harbored a hsharp calculating mind. A red and white hawk accompanied the girl with a belt around its head; a small yellow creature partnered the boy with a shiny yellow shell and a scaly body.
" Well Davis you never did know when to stay dead," The girl said coldly as she saw Kari and TK she smirked a bit. " I don't think we've met, I am Yolie, and this is my partner Hawkmon, that boy over there, " she pointed to the small brunette, " is Cody and his partner Armadillomon, we are what's left of the enforcers." She then proceeded to pull out her D-3; " I was quite upset when I wasn't allowed to kill you myself Davis, I'll be glad to do so now." Her smirk became a furious glower as Davis laughed at her.
" You? As if you could beat me even on your best day, if I wasn't the strongest I wouldn't have been chosen as the leader." Davis laughed as XV- mon stepped forward, " we've played this game before Yolie and I won already. Are you sure you want to play again?" As his digimon stepped forward Davis and Ken both froze as the saw Tai hold something up. " No not that." Davis took a step back as he stared at the golden box shaped Digi- egg, the Digi-egg of Miracles.
" What the hell is that thing?" TK asked as he saw his comrades shy away from it, it was Ken who answered his question.
" That is the golden digi-egg of Miracles, Tai found it soon after we were called, it's older than the other eggs and far more powerful. It grants the user a golden armor form that has the strength of an ultimate, it's one of the main reasons that the enforcers are so feared; if Tai calls it's power in anger, you're as good as dead." TK and Kari looked worried as Tai raised the egg into the air.
" Now let's make sure you all stay dead this time. GOLDEN ARMOR ENERGIZE!"
"Armadillomon golden armor digivolve to.Elephantmon!"
" Hawkmon golden armor digivolve to.Peacockmon!" Both digimon had undergone a drastic change. Armadillomon had become a white elephant with blue armor and large turbines for ears. Hawkmon had become a large blue metal-plated bird with transparent wings that shone with the colors of the rainbow. The two armor evolutions were capable of flight and were hovering just in front of their children.
" Well what do you think?" Davis asked the rest of the group, " Should we make this four on two or three on two?" If he and Ken DNA digivolved it would leave Angemon on his own due to Gatomon's weakened state, but if they were all champions and the cat had her ring back they still might not be strong enough. Davis' choice was made for him as Yolie went on the offensive, XV-mon struggled to block as Kari gave Gatomon her tail ring and sent the champion into battle. Ken decided to help TK against the miniature elephant digimon.
Gatomon was attempting to shred the blue bird wings as EV-mon used his V- laser to keep the armor digimon near to the ground. Peacockmon was evading Gatomon's attempts and shrugging off XV-mon's attacks as if they merely annoyances.
Elephantmon took a direct hit from Angemon's angel rod attack and was knocked directly into Stingmon's spiking finish. The massive digimon steadied himself and charged into Angemon sending him crashing into a wall, Stingmon got a hit in while the Armor was distracted allowing Angemon time to recover. The two started circling their opponent darting in at different times to gain hits on the slower digimon.
Peacockmon was beginning to tire as Gatomon got a hit in. An XV-punch to the back pushed him into Gatomon's lightning claw, which brought him angrily to his knees.
" Not bad," Yolie said clapping softly, " but still not nearly good enough. Thank you for wearing yourselves out it will make this much easier. All right you two, end it. " Both of the armor digimon responded by powering up their attacks.
" Tusk Missile!" Elephantmon's tusks flew from his face and struck both of the unprepared champions he had been fighting detonating on contact.
"Rainbow Flapping!" Streams of multicolored flight flew from Peacockmon's wings and knocked Gatomon into XV-mon before throwing both of them into a wall with a large explosion of dust and debris.
As the dust settled four digimon were revealed Tokomon, Minomon, Salamon, and Chibimon. The fight was over and the enforcers had won, the other children ran to their digimon and cradled them as they faced their enemies.
" Oh how far we have fallen Davis," Yolie said with a sneer, " To think you were once thought to be the strongest of us all." She gestured to the digimon and the large armors prepared to finish the fight charging up their attacks once more.
" Tusk Missile!"
"Rainbow Flapping!"
Davis took a place in front of the others as the attacked surged forward, planning to die bravely and quickly as he took one last attempt at saving his still living companions. The attacks converged on the boy and a blinding flash occurred, the light shut out all other senses and it was more than a half a minute before the children could hear the screams.
As Kari opened her eyes she gasped, Davis was unharmed, both of the other digimon were gone, and their partners lay burnt and scarred on the ground. Near Tai there seemed to be shards something made of gold, 'the egg of miracles?' Kari thought as she and the others wet to check on Davis.
" Are you okay?" Kari asked Davis simply nodded. His body was trembling slightly and he seemed to be in shock.
" So, the 'Golden Armor' has fallen and the plot thickens. Not bad children but you'll have to do much better than that to take me on." Without another word Tai and Agumon vanished leaving the group alone in the throne room. TK checked the bodies of the last two enforcers and saw they were dead. Both had been wearing D-Terminals as well and these devices now ejected the Digi-eggs they once held. The four items flew to the children of Hope and Light, Yolie's went to Kari and Cody's went to TK. The two children glowed red and tan for a moment before the light faded, and as the faced the others they saw that Davis had been glowing gold.
" Okay what the hell was all of that about?" Davis asked as he checked to make sure his body parts were still intact. The glow faded but he felt little difference in his body.
'The golden armor could not destroy you, so it has joined you' Dagomon's voice filled the chamber without a visible source
" Who is that?" TK shouted to the room.
'A friend, that is all you need to know child of hope. You should be glad, your absorption of the armors has restored you ability to digivolve somewhat'
" What does 'somewhat' mean?" Kari asked warily, she didn't trust this voice at all and she didn't like the idea of it 'helping' them.
' Both you and TK can combine the powers of your champions with those of the former enforcers to create an ultimate level digimon, in other words you can DNA digivolve alone'
" Well what do we do now?" Ken asked, he turned to the children of Hope and Light, " Do you two know where the next member of the old Digidestined team is?"
' Izzy's fortress lies in the city that once belonged to Andromon, his network there holds the locations of the other members. The powers of the Digi-eggs should allow you entry. Go there and seek him out.' Dagomon answered Ken's question before his presence disappeared completely. The groups discussed the issue for a little while longer before leaving the fortress to seek out the Digidestined of Knowledge.
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Dagomon watched as the group made their way toward the next enemy; his face went through a transformation that might have been called a smile on another creature. On the aquatic lord of the Dark Ocean the attempt at a smile only made him more frightening to behold as it twisted his face into a more compact mass of tentacles and flesh. He was staring at a large disk that was inscribed with several glowing symbols; the crests of the original Digidestined were on it along with several others. He watched with glee as the two more of the crests dimmed and four others grew brighter. The giant beast chuckled to himself as his plans unfolded.
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A/N: Sorry it took so long to update but I've been busy with school and such. If anyone cares to review I'll keep on adding to this story. I think I might have figured out how to control the formatting on FF.net. R&R so I can know what you think. Also I have no idea how many of the digidestined will make it through this alive, maybe some maybe all maybe none we'll all be surprised together.
" Should we be doing this so soon?" Ken asked of the others, his voice showing concern rather than fear. " We've only managed to beat one of the other chosen and Tai is the strongest, shouldn't we try to get stronger before rushing into this?"
" We don't need to kill Wargreymon we simply need to distract him, TK and I can deal with my brother." Kari said her voice full of loathing. " Even if we cannot beat him we must confront him, I will make sure he knows the extent of his crimes before he dies for them." The girl closed her eyes for a moment before continuing. " The power of Ken and Mimi's crests should allow us entry into the fortress, I doubt there are any truly strong digimon inside, Tai is far too confident for that."
" You're right," Davis interjected, " the strongest guard would be a Tyranomon or two nothing major. But there is still the issue of Wargreymon and his Dramon Destroyers he'll go through Paildramon in second with those. Plus there are the other enforcers to worry about, without Gatomon's full strength we are at a real disadvantage. " Kari shook her head at this statement.
" The longer we wait the more we risk Tai discovering our presence, we must act now. " Grudgingly Davis agreed, he just hoped that he wasn't agreeing to his own demise.
" Tai holds the key to entering the other fortresses, we have to face him first anyway, I just wish we were a little bit stronger." The redhead stood up and continued toward Tai's citadel without another word, as the group followed him they all felt doubts creep up their spines. Tai was very strong and kept a close watch on his world, he would know they were coming.
They met with no real opposition on the way, Tai had no real need of guards, and they made good progress reaching the palace before the day had ended. At the gate Ken Kari placed their hands onto identical panels on either side of the gate, the panels glowed with the symbols of Kindness and Sincerity and the gate slowly swung open it's hinges groaning with the effort. Most of the digidestined who still came to the center had digimon that could fly or swim so the ground entrance was rarely used.
As they walked inside they were confronted by a pair of Vilemon which were quickly dispatched by Angemon, and they moved at a fast pace through the halls and stairways of the mighty fortress quickly reaching the throne room. The halls were decorated with murals of the former heroes' exploits; tapestries and rugs added color to the marble walls. The stone door to Tai's chamber was forced open by Angemon Stingmon and XV-mon as the group walked into their former leader's presence.
Tai was much different, he now wore a gilded breastplate and a brilliant red sash adorned with the crest of courage. He had skintight black pants and golden greaves (armor for the feet and calves) there were golden gauntlets on his arms and his body was much more muscled than it had once been. He sat on a massive stone throne wrapped around a massive pillar engraved with the crest of courage, six other pillars surrounded that one in a semicircle one for every crest except Hope and Light. Agumon sat beside the throne looking reserved and sad at the same time, Tai stood as the group entered.
" Tai you bastard!" Kari shouted as she strode ahead if the group. " You will pay for the atrocities you have committed, I swear I shall rip your soul from its fragile moors and cast it into oblivion." Her eyes burned as she approached her elder sibling who didn't seem upset by the turn of events.
" Well death certainly hasn't improved your manners Kari, limbo hasn't been very kind to you has it?" Tai's voice bordered on lazy as he appraised the younger child.
" Whatever changes I have undergone are your doing Tai," she said his name like a curse. " And now you shall pay for all your mistakes, all your failings." Her eyes narrowed, " all the good we did in this world and you undid it all for the sake of power." Tai rolled his eyes.
" Silly girl, you never did understand what our place was; we were pawns in a game we didn't deserve to be a part of. Beings we never met played with our very lives and treated us as expendable tools, I decided we deserved better than that. You just couldn't see it."
Tai snapped his fingers and two people entered the room. One was a girl in a tight red jumpsuit she had an open lavender vest and lavender boots that matched her hair. Her brown eyes appraised the group with a cold tenacity. The other figure was dressed similarly except in black and brown his bright green eyes harbored a hsharp calculating mind. A red and white hawk accompanied the girl with a belt around its head; a small yellow creature partnered the boy with a shiny yellow shell and a scaly body.
" Well Davis you never did know when to stay dead," The girl said coldly as she saw Kari and TK she smirked a bit. " I don't think we've met, I am Yolie, and this is my partner Hawkmon, that boy over there, " she pointed to the small brunette, " is Cody and his partner Armadillomon, we are what's left of the enforcers." She then proceeded to pull out her D-3; " I was quite upset when I wasn't allowed to kill you myself Davis, I'll be glad to do so now." Her smirk became a furious glower as Davis laughed at her.
" You? As if you could beat me even on your best day, if I wasn't the strongest I wouldn't have been chosen as the leader." Davis laughed as XV- mon stepped forward, " we've played this game before Yolie and I won already. Are you sure you want to play again?" As his digimon stepped forward Davis and Ken both froze as the saw Tai hold something up. " No not that." Davis took a step back as he stared at the golden box shaped Digi- egg, the Digi-egg of Miracles.
" What the hell is that thing?" TK asked as he saw his comrades shy away from it, it was Ken who answered his question.
" That is the golden digi-egg of Miracles, Tai found it soon after we were called, it's older than the other eggs and far more powerful. It grants the user a golden armor form that has the strength of an ultimate, it's one of the main reasons that the enforcers are so feared; if Tai calls it's power in anger, you're as good as dead." TK and Kari looked worried as Tai raised the egg into the air.
" Now let's make sure you all stay dead this time. GOLDEN ARMOR ENERGIZE!"
"Armadillomon golden armor digivolve to.Elephantmon!"
" Hawkmon golden armor digivolve to.Peacockmon!" Both digimon had undergone a drastic change. Armadillomon had become a white elephant with blue armor and large turbines for ears. Hawkmon had become a large blue metal-plated bird with transparent wings that shone with the colors of the rainbow. The two armor evolutions were capable of flight and were hovering just in front of their children.
" Well what do you think?" Davis asked the rest of the group, " Should we make this four on two or three on two?" If he and Ken DNA digivolved it would leave Angemon on his own due to Gatomon's weakened state, but if they were all champions and the cat had her ring back they still might not be strong enough. Davis' choice was made for him as Yolie went on the offensive, XV-mon struggled to block as Kari gave Gatomon her tail ring and sent the champion into battle. Ken decided to help TK against the miniature elephant digimon.
Gatomon was attempting to shred the blue bird wings as EV-mon used his V- laser to keep the armor digimon near to the ground. Peacockmon was evading Gatomon's attempts and shrugging off XV-mon's attacks as if they merely annoyances.
Elephantmon took a direct hit from Angemon's angel rod attack and was knocked directly into Stingmon's spiking finish. The massive digimon steadied himself and charged into Angemon sending him crashing into a wall, Stingmon got a hit in while the Armor was distracted allowing Angemon time to recover. The two started circling their opponent darting in at different times to gain hits on the slower digimon.
Peacockmon was beginning to tire as Gatomon got a hit in. An XV-punch to the back pushed him into Gatomon's lightning claw, which brought him angrily to his knees.
" Not bad," Yolie said clapping softly, " but still not nearly good enough. Thank you for wearing yourselves out it will make this much easier. All right you two, end it. " Both of the armor digimon responded by powering up their attacks.
" Tusk Missile!" Elephantmon's tusks flew from his face and struck both of the unprepared champions he had been fighting detonating on contact.
"Rainbow Flapping!" Streams of multicolored flight flew from Peacockmon's wings and knocked Gatomon into XV-mon before throwing both of them into a wall with a large explosion of dust and debris.
As the dust settled four digimon were revealed Tokomon, Minomon, Salamon, and Chibimon. The fight was over and the enforcers had won, the other children ran to their digimon and cradled them as they faced their enemies.
" Oh how far we have fallen Davis," Yolie said with a sneer, " To think you were once thought to be the strongest of us all." She gestured to the digimon and the large armors prepared to finish the fight charging up their attacks once more.
" Tusk Missile!"
"Rainbow Flapping!"
Davis took a place in front of the others as the attacked surged forward, planning to die bravely and quickly as he took one last attempt at saving his still living companions. The attacks converged on the boy and a blinding flash occurred, the light shut out all other senses and it was more than a half a minute before the children could hear the screams.
As Kari opened her eyes she gasped, Davis was unharmed, both of the other digimon were gone, and their partners lay burnt and scarred on the ground. Near Tai there seemed to be shards something made of gold, 'the egg of miracles?' Kari thought as she and the others wet to check on Davis.
" Are you okay?" Kari asked Davis simply nodded. His body was trembling slightly and he seemed to be in shock.
" So, the 'Golden Armor' has fallen and the plot thickens. Not bad children but you'll have to do much better than that to take me on." Without another word Tai and Agumon vanished leaving the group alone in the throne room. TK checked the bodies of the last two enforcers and saw they were dead. Both had been wearing D-Terminals as well and these devices now ejected the Digi-eggs they once held. The four items flew to the children of Hope and Light, Yolie's went to Kari and Cody's went to TK. The two children glowed red and tan for a moment before the light faded, and as the faced the others they saw that Davis had been glowing gold.
" Okay what the hell was all of that about?" Davis asked as he checked to make sure his body parts were still intact. The glow faded but he felt little difference in his body.
'The golden armor could not destroy you, so it has joined you' Dagomon's voice filled the chamber without a visible source
" Who is that?" TK shouted to the room.
'A friend, that is all you need to know child of hope. You should be glad, your absorption of the armors has restored you ability to digivolve somewhat'
" What does 'somewhat' mean?" Kari asked warily, she didn't trust this voice at all and she didn't like the idea of it 'helping' them.
' Both you and TK can combine the powers of your champions with those of the former enforcers to create an ultimate level digimon, in other words you can DNA digivolve alone'
" Well what do we do now?" Ken asked, he turned to the children of Hope and Light, " Do you two know where the next member of the old Digidestined team is?"
' Izzy's fortress lies in the city that once belonged to Andromon, his network there holds the locations of the other members. The powers of the Digi-eggs should allow you entry. Go there and seek him out.' Dagomon answered Ken's question before his presence disappeared completely. The groups discussed the issue for a little while longer before leaving the fortress to seek out the Digidestined of Knowledge.
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Dagomon watched as the group made their way toward the next enemy; his face went through a transformation that might have been called a smile on another creature. On the aquatic lord of the Dark Ocean the attempt at a smile only made him more frightening to behold as it twisted his face into a more compact mass of tentacles and flesh. He was staring at a large disk that was inscribed with several glowing symbols; the crests of the original Digidestined were on it along with several others. He watched with glee as the two more of the crests dimmed and four others grew brighter. The giant beast chuckled to himself as his plans unfolded.
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A/N: Sorry it took so long to update but I've been busy with school and such. If anyone cares to review I'll keep on adding to this story. I think I might have figured out how to control the formatting on FF.net. R&R so I can know what you think. Also I have no idea how many of the digidestined will make it through this alive, maybe some maybe all maybe none we'll all be surprised together.