Disclaimer: I do not own Digimon. I own a lot of the characters mentioned in this story though. Jesse, Brian, Daniel, Samantha, James, Heromon (and his digivolved forms), Magimon (and his digivolved forms except for Wizardmon), Eggmon (and his digivolved forms except for Digitamamon), the specific Crests, the Crest Weapons, the concept of the Crest Weapons, and the basic idea of the Beast of Darkness are mine. That covers everything, I think.
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After joining up with Jesse and Heromon once again, the DigiDestined make good time to the Dark Castle. What appeared to take them two more weeks ended up taking them only a few more days.
"Hey Pixiemon, whats that in the distance?" Daniel asks, pointing to a dark and foreboding shape that was shrouded in darkness.
"That is the Dark Castle," Pixiemon replies, "a vile and evil place it is."
"I can feel a powerful evil forming there," Heromon says through grit teeth, "I 've never felt anything this powerful except when Jesse was in that depression."
"That depression was intensified by the Beast of darkness," Jesse growls, "I'd bet anything that what you're feeling is the Beast of Darkness."
"I can feel that evil as well," Magimon says, "its horrible. Absolutely horrible."
In fact, Magimon was trembling in terror at what he was feeling. All of the Digimon could feel to some extent the evil that was emanating from the Dark Castle. And only Heromon and Pixiemon were not trembling in terror. This was because they had already faced much evil and were somewhat used to it.
"I don't feel anything," Samantha says.
"That's because the Digimon are more in tune with this stuff than we are," Jesse says, his eyes darting around as if expecting an ambush, "I learned this in the Dark Ocean. Heromon's instinct saved both me and him several times before I started to pick up on some of it. Right now, I can only sense a sense of oppression lingering in the air. Its dreadful, but not overwhelming. But if I'm picking up this strong a sense of oppression from here, you'll all be feeling it by the time we reach the Dark Castle. I'm just hoping that the Digimon don't pass out in front before we get there."
"Agreed," Brian says, "we should get closer, then set up camp. We should spend a while getting the others used to this feeling or they won't be of any use."
"Good idea," James says approvingly.
The Digimon and humans quickly set up camp for the night.
The next day, all of the Digimon except for Pixiemon and Heromon were looking ragged and tired.
"Get any sleep?" Heromon chuckles as Biyomon and Tapirmon begin eating.
"You're lucky you're not a worm," Biyomon grumbles sharply, "or I would eat you here and now."
"What's gotten into them?" Samantha asks as the humans begin to eat their breakfast.
"They probably didn't get much sleep last night because they were so afraid," Jesse answers as he takes a bite into an apple, "I had trouble sleeping last night. This sense of oppression brought back memories of the Dark Ocean."
"So that's why you were tossing and turning for most of the night," says James, who had had guard duty that night.
"That's right," Jesse answers, "it was a tough night for a lot of us. And it'll be as bad for the rest of you when we get closer to the Dark Castle. We're camping out right at their doorstep so we can have the full next day searching for the Beast of Darkness."
"You're kidding?" Heromon demands, "sleeping right at his front door? Are you crazy or just plain stupid?"
"A little of Column A and a little of Column B, but I know what I'm talking about here," Jesse replies nonchalantly.
"I was afraid you'd say that," Heromon grumbles.
"How is it that our most powerful warriors do not get along?" Samantha asks Brian.
"Oh, I think they get along great," Brian says, "I just think this is their bizarre way of communicating."
"They're both loony," Samantha grunts before getting up to go and get another piece of fruit.
"I never said they weren't," Brian says as he dodges a piece of fruit that was thrown in the beginning food fight between Jesse and Heromon.
"Hey, watch it!" Daniel yelps as an orange slice hits him on the back of the head.
"Will we ever understand humans?" Tapirmon asks the dozing Magimon.
"Maybe," Magimon says without opening his eyes, "they are odd creatures. Almost completely unlike Digimon."
"I don't think I'll ever understand humans," Eggmon says as he dozes, "they constantly argue about everything, yet when one of them is in danger they do everything possible to help one another."
"They are friends," Pixiemon says, "they look out for one another. Digimon and humans can learn a lot from each other."
"Humans can definitely learn how to eat from Digimon," Samantha quips, "you guys are like bottomless pits. Ack!"
Samantha is barely able to dodge as an apple soars right where her head had just been.
"WHO THREW THAT?" Samantha demands. Both Jesse and Heromon stop and shrink back in something akin to fear.
"It was him!" both Jesse and Heromon say, pointing at one another, "what, me? No it was you!"
The two begin to bicker back and forth. Meanwhile, Samantha begins to fume more and more. Finally, she puts a stop to the bickering. "I DON'T CARE WHO THRE IT, YOU'RE BOTH GONNA DIE!"
With that, she tries to grab hold of both Jesse and Heromon, but the duo is too fast for her. They are already making tracks for the Dark Castle.
"Are they nuts?" Brian asks Daniel.
"Well, my sister is mad at them and wants to hurt them," Daniel replies, taking a bite out of a pear, "I think even a Mega level Digimon would run from her when she's mad."
"What if they run into the Beast of Darkness?" James asks.
"They'll be safer facing him than they would facing my sister when she's mad!" Daniel says adamantly.
"Er, you got a point kiddo," Brian says as he watches the trio vanish in the distance, "come on, we got to go and catch them. If they get too far ahead, we'll be at a disadvantage."
With that, he grabs one of Magimon's arms and runs off after Jesse, Heromon, and Samantha, dragging a protesting Magimon behind him. Pixiemon trails behind, shaking his head. These five were supposed to save the Digital World?
A few hours later, they are at the halfway to the Dark Castle. No dark Digimon had appeared, nor any wild Digimon either. In fact, it was totally quiet.
"Is there such a thing as too quiet?" Daniel asks.
"Depends on what you mean by quiet," Jesse replies, his eyes darting around everywhere, "but it is much too silent. I know things are different in the Digital World, but shouldn't there be the sounds of bugs and the like in the background?"
"Indeed there should be," Pixiemon says, "something's wrong."
No sooner had those words left his mouth than a bunch of large, heavily armored Digimon appear. There was about six or seven of them. They looked like English suits of armor, and they held tremendous broadswords in their right hand. And they had a black and red color scheme.
"Those are DarkKnightmon," Pixiemon says, "Ultimate level Warrior Digimon with a bad attitude. Their Berserk Broadsword can cut through Chrome Digizoid. We'd best be careful dealing with them."
Behind the DarkKnightmon another Digimon arrives. He was larger than the DarkKnightmon, but looked similar. His helmet had demonic horns and his sword looked vicious.
"Uh oh," Heromon mutters, "that's WaruKnightmon. He's an Ultimate level as well, but his strength is far superior to that of the DarkKnightmon. His Screaming Sword can shatter rocks with the slightest cut. And what do you wanna bet that all of these Digimon have been enhanced by the Beast of Darkness?"
"No bet," Magimon growls, "I can feel the unnatural power emanating from them."
"Are you the DigiDestined?" WaruKnightmon asks.
"We are," Brian says boldly after a nudge from Jesse.
"My master, the almighty Beast of Darkness, has decreed that you all die," WaruKnightmon says, "if you surrender, your deaths will be quick and painless."
"And if we refuse?" Samantha snorts.
"Then your deaths will be long and excruciatingly painful," WaruKnightmon says gravely.
"Hey Heromon," Brian calls out over his shoulder, "think that oversized table knife can double as a can opener?"
"Of course it can," Heromon snorts, "after all, it is made of pure Chrome Digizoid. Those tin cans they call armor is nothing more than paper to me."
"There you have it," Daniel says nonchalantly, "it looks like we'll be taking care of you rust buckets and then you're boss."
"Insolent fools!" WaruKnightmon roars, "DarkKnightmon, destroy them!"
The DarkKnightmon charge, swords at the ready, only to be met by the DigiDestined's Digimon. The Digivices light up. Brian's Crest and Crest Weapon also flare to life.
"Magimon Warp Digivolve to MagnaWizardmon!"
MagnaWizardmon immediately takes on three of the DarkKnightmon.
"Biyomon digivolve to Birdramon!"
The Crest Weapon of Compassion lights up.
"Birdramon digivolve to Garudamon!"
Garudamon grabs ahold of one of the DarkKnightmon and begins to smash it against the ground.
"Tapirmon digivolve to Apemon!"
Apemon clashes bone to sword with one of the DarkKnightmon. They fence back and forth, neither giving the other any quarter.
"Eggmon digivolve to Tamamon!"
The Crest Weapon of Perseverance lights up.
"Tamamon digivolve to Digitamamon!"
"Nightmare Syndromer!"
Digitamamon clashes with one of the remaining DarkKnightmon, using his almost-impenetrable shell to block the Berserk Broadsword.
"Heromon digivolve to Warriormon!"
The Crest Weapon of Honor flares to life.
"Warriormon digivolve to MagnaWarriormon!"
MagnaWarriormon immediately clashes blades with WaruKnightmon. The two mighty Warrior-type Digimon engage in a furious battle for supremacy.
Garudamon continues to bash the DarkKnightmon she was fighting against the ground with her giant claw, doing severe damage to it.
Apemon was in a losing battle with his DarkKnightmon. He may have had superior agility, but the DarkKnightmon was just plain stronger than he was. With a savage blow, his bone club is knocked out of his hand and smashes into a tree. The following backhand knocks Apemon out, reverting him to Tapirmon.
"Tapirmon!" Daniel cries out.
The DarkKnightmon that had just defeated Tapirmon hits Garudamon from behind, freeing its fellow. The two quickly knock out Garudamon, reverting her to her Rookie form.
"Biyomon!" Samantha cries out.
The two DarkKnightmon join their fellow in taking on Digitamamon. The egg Digimon was extremely durable, but even he was beginning to be chipped away by their powerful slashes.
"Hang in there Digitamamon!" James calls out as the Crest of Wisdom flares to life.
"Digitamamon Mega Digivolve to MegaDigitamamon!"
MegaDigitamamon plants one of his fists into one of the surprised DarkKnightmon's faces, then back kicks another in the gut and follows it up with his Deadly Syndromer. The energy wave rips through the unsuspecting DarkKnightmon and disintegrates.
The other DarkKnightmon immediately press the attack on MegaDigitamamon, causing him to fold up into and egg shape, putting him on the defensive.
Meanwhile, MagnaWizardmon is taking the fight to the DarkKnightmon that were fighting him. He knocks one out with a Holy Light attack to the face one of the DarkKnightmon and binds the other two with its Threads of Fate.
Seeing MegaDigitamamon's plight, he focuses his entire attack into one hand and aims his left palm at the DarkKnightmon that were attacking MegaDigitamamon. An orb of pure light focuses in his hand.
"Holy Light!"
The attack rips into one of the DarkKnightmon, disintegrating it and taking the other DarkKnightmon by surprise. MegaDigitamamon takes this opportunity to unfold and strike down the DarkKnightmon with a single punch. He then move son to help MagnaWizardmon, who really didn't need any help at all.
Meanwhile, WaruKnightmon and MagnaWarriormon were really tearing it up. They matched thrust for thrust, parry for parry, slash for slash, cut for cut, and step for step. Neither one was gaining a clear advantage over the other.
WaruKnightmon bellows out "Berserk Broadsword!" and charges at MagnaWarriormon. MagnaWarriormon smirks and flips over WaruKnightmon. He spins on the balls of his feet and dashes at WaruKnightmon's unprotected back.
"Magna Sword!" MagnaWarriormon's plunges his sword deep into WaruKnightmon's back, the end of the blade jutting out of WaruKnightmon's chest. WaruKnightmon slowly disintegrates.
"You think you've won," WaruKnightmon sneers as he disappears, "but the Beast of Darkness will win! You can never defeat him!"
With that, WaruKnightmon lets out one last war cry and disintegrates.
"That was tougher than I thought it would be," MagnaWarriormon says as he reverts to Heromon.
"Same here," MagnaWizardmon says as he reverts to Magimon, "these guys were tough."
"And they'll probably be nothing compared to the guards at the Dark Castle itself," Pixiemon says, "so we must be ready."
"Too bad none of our Digimon have the strength to just blow the Dark Castle to kingdom come on their own," Samantha says as she picks up Biyomon.
"Or even when working together," Daniel adds as he picks up Tapirmon.
"But we can still win," MegaDigitamamon says adamantly as he reverts to Eggmon, "all we gotta do is try."
"We will not try," Jesse says, his face a mask of emotionlessness, "we WILL beat the Beast of Darkness and all of his minions. No ifs, ands, or buts about it."
"I agree with Jesse on this one," Brian says, "we cannot afford to lose. We must win at all costs, even if it means dying to stop the Beast."
"I don't think we'll have to go that far," James says.
"But we very well may have to," Pixiemon says, "the Beast of Darkness is unlike anything any of us have ever faced before. I fought a small portion of his power once and lost miserably. It was only the timely interference of a Gryphonmon that saved my life."
"A Gryphonmon?" Jesse asks, "was it in this area that you fought the Beast? How long ago was this?"
"About a week before you arrived in the Digital World," Pixiemon says, "I do not know if the Gryphonmon survived or not."
"I think it did," Jesse says darkly, "Heromon and I met up with a Gryphonmon after we split up from the rest of you. It was badly injured. It was destroyed by ShadowLeomon before you arrived."
"If it was the same Gryphonmon, then it was there for nearly two months," Pixiemon says.
"It could have recovered before then," Jesse says, "I don't think its fight with the Beast shattered one of its wings. And it didn't say it was hurt by the Beast of Darkness."
"Then it truly could have been the same Gryphonmon," Pixiemon says, "Gryphonmon are Mega level Digimon and are extremely rare, even for Mega's."
"Let's rest before we continue to the Dark Castle," Jesse says, "we'll need to be at our best if we're simply gonna camp out at his doorstep and then attack tomorrow."
After resting and then continuing to the Dark Castle, the DigiDestined finally arrive at the Beast's doorstep at dusk. The Dark Castle was huge and foreboding, not at all a friendly looking place. Little did the DigiDestined know that thousands of years later in the Digital World, though only four years later in the Real World, another group of seven DigiDestined would arrive at this very same castle to fight Myotismon or at least stop him from entering the Real World.
"This place is scary," Daniel whimpers.
"Trust me kiddo when I say I've seen scarier stuff," Jesse says, though he was trembling.
"Still forcing up the bravado?" Samantha asks snidely.
"Yep," Jesse replies evenly, "but it does good to show a brave face in a dangerous situation."
"Let's set camp for the night over in that thicket of trees," Brian suggests, pointing to a group of trees that would be easily defendable.
"Good idea," James says, "who's the unlucky schmuck who gets first watch?"
"I will," Jesse says, "the rest of you find something to eat. If the Beast or his agents are gonna attack, they'll do it while I'm on watch. Heromon's digivolved forms are very dangerous to them. If they can take him out in an all-out assault, then the rest of you will be no problem for them, except for maybe MagnaWizardmon."
"So you're setting yourself up as bait?" Brian asks.
"That, and if they attack while the rest of you are still awake, then they'll have to deal with all of us, not just me and Heromon," Jesse replies, "better odds that way. And Brian, you have the final watch. MagnaWizardmon is the best we have for fighting dark Digimon next to Paladinmon, so they'll go for him next."
"You sure you don't wanna be the leader?" Brian asks.
"A good leader makes use of those in his command," Jesse replies, "I can be a darn good advisor and a decent second-in-command, but I can't handle the burden of leading a group of people in anything."
"Let's get to work setting up our dinner," James says, "I think I saw an apple tree a little ways back. Eggmon and I will gather some apples."
"Biyomon and I can try to catch some fish in that stream a little ways back," Samantha offers.
"But who's gonna cook it?" Daniel asks, "Jesse said he'd take first watch, so he won't be able to cook."
"I'll cook it," Eggmon says, "I'm thinking of someday opening up a restaurant and serving all sorts of food."
The group disbands to gather their supper with Jesse standing watch.
~That night, Jesse's dream~
Carnage was everywhere. James was nothing more than a mess of gore, as was Daniel and Samantha was lying motionless on the ground from where she fell from the parapet.
He was holding a severely injured Brian in his arms.
"Why?" Jesse could hear himself says, "why did you leap in front of the attack? You could have gotten away and lived to fight another day."
"You need to go on and fight," Brian says weakly, "don't worry. I'm off to join the others. We'll watch over you and help you to the best of our ability. Don't worry. We'll beat the Beast of Darkness one day."
And with that, Brian's eyes close and tears fall from Jesse's eyes.
"No," he could hear himself whisper, "they didn't deserve to die. NOOOO!"
With a yell, light flares from the Crest of Life and the Crest Weapon of Honor. The light seeks the battered and weakened Heromon and gives him renewed strength.
"Heromon Warp Digivolve to…."
~And there the dream ends~
Jesse wakes up in a cold sweat, breathing hard and scared to death. Was the dream a premonition? Or was it just a nightmare. One way or another, Jesse knew that there was a possibility that it could come true. Well, he would try to make sure that it didn't happen. Taking a few moments to calm himself and clear his mind, Jesse goes back to sleep.
The next day, the DigiDestined are ready and willing to take on the Beast of darkness. They were also no longer affected by the dark aura that the Dark Castle was giving off. Neither were the Digimon. Except for Jesse and Heromon.
"Even the Dark Ocean didn't feel this corrupt," Jesse murmurs to his partner.
"It's like the Dark Ocean, only it doesn't seem to want to possess you," Heromon murmurs back, "it just wants to your fear."
"It was feeding off of the fear that the others had for it," Jesse says, "but now, for some reason, they are no longer afraid."
"Could they have had dreams as well last night?" Heromon asks. Jesse had taken Heromon aside and told him of the dream he had had. Heromon had said that it was preposterous, but there was something about it that Jesse just could not shake.
"If they did, then they had better dreams than I did," Jesse mutters, "Heromon, do Digimon dream?"
"Well, some Digimon have visions in their sleep, but I've never heard of a Digimon having a dream," Heromon says after thinking for a moment, "then again, that's a question you should ask Pixiemon. The others and I had hatched just before you guys showed up."
"What are you two talking about?" Daniel interrupts.
"Nothing important," Jesse says, "just discussing what could happen after we beat the Beast of Darkness."
"Anything could happen after we beat him," James says, "anything at all. But there's no guarantee that we will beat him."
"Of course we'll beat him," Samantha snorts, "after all, we have five Mega level Digimon to take him on with and the strongest he can become is a Mega level as well, so we'll outnumber him five to one."
"Numbers do not always matter," Brian says, "all you need is skill and numbers mean nothing."
"Or overwhelming power," Jesse adds, "and if you have both, then there's little chance that you'll ever lose."
"Well, let's knock on the Beast's door," Pixiemon says, "Pit Bomb!"
Pixiemon unleashes one of his bombs at the gate of the Dark Castle.
"I see you knocked softly," Jesse observes.
"Let's go find the Beast of Darkness," Brian says, "let's go and save the world!"
The five humans and six Digimon run inside the Dark Castle only to be met by a small army of Kiwimon led by a Snimon.
"Those are Kiwimon, Champion level Ancient Bird Digimon," Pixiemon explains, "their Pummel Peck is strong. And that large bug is a Snimon, a Champion level Insectoid Digimon whose attack is Twin Sickle. Stand back DigiDestined. I'll take care of all of these enemy Digimon."
With that, Pixiemon raises his staff and launches several Pit Bombs at the Kiwimon, destroying most of them and incapacitating the rest.
"Twin Sickle!" The Snimon slashes once with each of his claws, sending out a cutting edge of reddish-purple energy at Pixiemon, who merely knocks them away with a single swipe of his staff.
"We were prepared for you, Pixiemon," Snimon growls, "Sulsamon, get him!" (A/N: A sulsa is the Korean equivalent of a ninja, I think. Read it somewhere.)
A small Digimon not much bigger than Pixiemon appears out of the shadows. (A/N: Fore appearance, just think Ninjamon but its garments are black and it is a little larger.) The small Digimon draws a katana and leaps at Pixiemon, who blocks the blade with his staff. The two small Digimon engage in a furious brawl of sword and staff.
"Twin Sickle!" Snimon attacks while the DigiDestined's attention is on the battle between Sulsamon and Pixiemon. Samantha is quick to block with her Crest Weapon of Compassion while everyone else scatters.
Five Digivices flare to life and five Digimon begin to glow with the light of Digivolution.
"Magimon digivolve to Wizardmon!"
"Biyomon digivolve to Birdramon!"
"Tapirmon digivolve to Apemon!"
"Heromon digivolve to Warriormon!"
"Eggmon digivolve to Tamamon!"
The five Champion level Digimon converge on Snimon and attack.
"Blazing Syndrome!"
"Meteor Wing!"
"Magical Game!"
Snimon dodges the first three attacks, but both Apemon and Warriormon rush in, bone club ready and sword drawn.
"Mega Bone Stick!"
"Warrior Sword!"
The two attacks collide with Snimon, smashing right through him and destroying him.
"Very good, DigiDestined," a dark and sinister voice says from behind them. The DigiDestined and their Digimon turn around to see floating Digimon with a scythe.
"That's Phantomon," Warriormon growls, "an Ultimate level Ghost Digimon. His Shadow Scythe is as ruthless as he is."
"So nice to be recognized," Phantomon chuckles evilly, "now, prepare to die. Shadow Scythe."
Phantomon lunges at the DigiDestined, swinging his wickedly curved scythe. Jesse leaps in front of Phantomon and blocks the attack with his sword, but is knocked into the door to the castle in the process due to Phantomon's superior strength.
"Jesse!" Warriormon cries out. Jesse's Crest Weapon begins to glow.
"Warriormon digivolve to MagnaWarriormon!"
The other Crest Weapons begin to glow.
"Birdramon digivolve to Garudamon!"
"Wizardmon digivolve to MetalWizardmon!"
"Apemon digivolve to Mammothmon!"
"Tamamon digivolve to Digitamamon!"
The five Ultimates converge on Phantomon with destroying him in their minds.
"Nightmare Syndromer!"
"Wing Blade!"
"Tusk Crusher!"
"Thunder Flash!"
"Warrior Sword!"
Phantomon expertly dodges the first four attacks and tries to block Warriormon's attack with his scythe, but the Warrior Sword shatters his scythe and cuts through him like he was made of paper. With a pop, Phantomon disintegrates.
At the same time, Pixiemon was finishing off Sulsamon.
"Pit Bomb!" With a twirl of his staff, Pixiemon unleashes a gigantic blast of energy at Sulsamon that obliterates him.
"Quickly, we must hurry into the castle," Pixiemon says as soon as they check to see that Jesse was okay.
"Then let's go," Brian says. The five humans and six Ultimate level Digimon hurry into the castle to search for the Beast of Darkness. They pass by a stairway that went down.
"Hold it!" MagnaWarriormon says, "I sense a tremendously powerful evil coming from down these stairs."
"Then lets go down and check it out," Brian says. The various Digimon who were too big to fit down in their Ultimate forms revert to their Rookie forms.
"Let's go," James says. MagnaWarriormon ledthe way with Pixiemon bringing up the rear.
When they reach the bottom of the stairs, the see a humongous wall that appeared to be made of fire.
"The Wall of Fire," Pixiemon whispers.
A pair of evil-looking eyes open up within the Wall of Fire. Evil laughter begins to float through the chamber. "It is time for me to unleash my true power!"
Out from the Wall of Fire comes a being wrapped in dark garments.
He looked handsome and evil at the same time. (A/N: Think Myotismon, but with bluish-white skin, the mask being blood-red instead of its usual plain red color, the hair being solid black with absolutely no luster to it at all, and the fangs are more pronounced. His voice is the same.) His power was terrible to behold, and everyone present could feel the evil that just seemed to radiate from him.
"On his own he's more evil than the entire Dark Ocean!" Jesse gasps as he struggles to keep standing. Because of the powers of his Crest and Crest weapon, not to mention his deep connection with his Digimon, he could feel the evil coming from the Beast of Darkness more than any of the others.
"Ah, so you've been to the Dark Ocean, have you?" the Beast of Darkness asks, "yes, that was the last world I conquered. But I soon grew tired of it. Soon, the Digital World and your own world will look like the Dark Ocean forever!"
"I'll die first," Jesse says. The Crest of Life flares up in brilliant silver glory.
"Ah, the light!" the Beast of Darkness screams, shielding his eyes from the light of the Crests as the other Crests and Crest Weapons begin to glow.
"Magimon Warp Digivolve to MagnaWizardmon!"
"Biyomon digivolve to Birdramon!"
"Birdramon digivolve to Garudamon!"
"Garudamon Mega Digivolve to Phoenixmon!"
"Tapirmon digivolve to Apemon!"
"Apemon digivolve to Mammothmon!"
"Mammothmon Mega Digivolve to SkullMammothmon!"
"Eggmon digivolve to Tamamon!"
"Tamamon digivolve to Digitamamon!"
"Digitamamon Mega Digivolve to MegaDigitamamon!"
"MagnaWarriormon Mega Digivolve to Paladinmon!"
The five Mega level Digimon face off against the Beast of Darkness.
"This place is so small," the Beast of Darkness chuckles evilly, "lets take this somewhere more spacious."
With a wave of his hand, the rips through time and space to take them to the battlements of the Dark Castle. It is a place that Jesse recognizes from his dream.
"No," he whispers.
"Let the battle be joined!" the Beast of darkness yells as he attacks. He focuses red lightning in his right hand and unleashes it at SkullMammothmon like a whip. "Crimson Lightning!"
"Paladin Sword!" Paladinmon blocks the attack while SkullMammothmon counters. "Spiral Bone Crusher!"
The Beast of Darkness swats away SkullMammothmon's attack like it was nothing.
"Star-Light Explosion!" Phoexnimon unleashes her attack, but the Beast swats it away like it was nothing as well and counters with a fine red mist from his mouth. "Crimson Mist!"
"Threads of Fate!" MagnaWizardmon encircles the Crimson Mist with his Threads of Fate attack and neutralizes it.
"Pit Bomb!" Pixiemon focuses all of his energy into one mighty blast and hits the Beast of Darkness from behind with it. It tears through his cape and hurts him, but not much.
The Beast turns around and slams Pixiemon into a parapet with a single red energy beam. "Crimson Laser!"
"Deadly Syndrome!"
"Paladin Beam!"
"Holy Light!"
"Spiral Bone Crusher!"
"Star-Light Explosion!"
The five Mega Digimon attack the Beast of Darkness at the same time. The Beast frantically swats away the attacks, but the attacks of Paladinmon and MagnaWizardmon seared his hands and slammed him into the ground.
The Beast of Darkness stands up and floats back up into the air, black light radiating from around him with blood-red lightning bolts sparking from his eyes.
"Now you die!" The Beast's voice has changed, and now seems like it is the voice of countless demons.
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So, how was the beginning of the battle with the Beast of Darkness? In case you didn't figure it out from reading, Myotismon is the Beast of Darkness. I got the idea from watching the episode with VenomMyotismon where his belly is ripped open and he says that they have awakened the beast within.
So, did you lie it? Hate it? Already hiring the hit squad to take me out before I write any more? Tell me in a review, please!
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After joining up with Jesse and Heromon once again, the DigiDestined make good time to the Dark Castle. What appeared to take them two more weeks ended up taking them only a few more days.
"Hey Pixiemon, whats that in the distance?" Daniel asks, pointing to a dark and foreboding shape that was shrouded in darkness.
"That is the Dark Castle," Pixiemon replies, "a vile and evil place it is."
"I can feel a powerful evil forming there," Heromon says through grit teeth, "I 've never felt anything this powerful except when Jesse was in that depression."
"That depression was intensified by the Beast of darkness," Jesse growls, "I'd bet anything that what you're feeling is the Beast of Darkness."
"I can feel that evil as well," Magimon says, "its horrible. Absolutely horrible."
In fact, Magimon was trembling in terror at what he was feeling. All of the Digimon could feel to some extent the evil that was emanating from the Dark Castle. And only Heromon and Pixiemon were not trembling in terror. This was because they had already faced much evil and were somewhat used to it.
"I don't feel anything," Samantha says.
"That's because the Digimon are more in tune with this stuff than we are," Jesse says, his eyes darting around as if expecting an ambush, "I learned this in the Dark Ocean. Heromon's instinct saved both me and him several times before I started to pick up on some of it. Right now, I can only sense a sense of oppression lingering in the air. Its dreadful, but not overwhelming. But if I'm picking up this strong a sense of oppression from here, you'll all be feeling it by the time we reach the Dark Castle. I'm just hoping that the Digimon don't pass out in front before we get there."
"Agreed," Brian says, "we should get closer, then set up camp. We should spend a while getting the others used to this feeling or they won't be of any use."
"Good idea," James says approvingly.
The Digimon and humans quickly set up camp for the night.
The next day, all of the Digimon except for Pixiemon and Heromon were looking ragged and tired.
"Get any sleep?" Heromon chuckles as Biyomon and Tapirmon begin eating.
"You're lucky you're not a worm," Biyomon grumbles sharply, "or I would eat you here and now."
"What's gotten into them?" Samantha asks as the humans begin to eat their breakfast.
"They probably didn't get much sleep last night because they were so afraid," Jesse answers as he takes a bite into an apple, "I had trouble sleeping last night. This sense of oppression brought back memories of the Dark Ocean."
"So that's why you were tossing and turning for most of the night," says James, who had had guard duty that night.
"That's right," Jesse answers, "it was a tough night for a lot of us. And it'll be as bad for the rest of you when we get closer to the Dark Castle. We're camping out right at their doorstep so we can have the full next day searching for the Beast of Darkness."
"You're kidding?" Heromon demands, "sleeping right at his front door? Are you crazy or just plain stupid?"
"A little of Column A and a little of Column B, but I know what I'm talking about here," Jesse replies nonchalantly.
"I was afraid you'd say that," Heromon grumbles.
"How is it that our most powerful warriors do not get along?" Samantha asks Brian.
"Oh, I think they get along great," Brian says, "I just think this is their bizarre way of communicating."
"They're both loony," Samantha grunts before getting up to go and get another piece of fruit.
"I never said they weren't," Brian says as he dodges a piece of fruit that was thrown in the beginning food fight between Jesse and Heromon.
"Hey, watch it!" Daniel yelps as an orange slice hits him on the back of the head.
"Will we ever understand humans?" Tapirmon asks the dozing Magimon.
"Maybe," Magimon says without opening his eyes, "they are odd creatures. Almost completely unlike Digimon."
"I don't think I'll ever understand humans," Eggmon says as he dozes, "they constantly argue about everything, yet when one of them is in danger they do everything possible to help one another."
"They are friends," Pixiemon says, "they look out for one another. Digimon and humans can learn a lot from each other."
"Humans can definitely learn how to eat from Digimon," Samantha quips, "you guys are like bottomless pits. Ack!"
Samantha is barely able to dodge as an apple soars right where her head had just been.
"WHO THREW THAT?" Samantha demands. Both Jesse and Heromon stop and shrink back in something akin to fear.
"It was him!" both Jesse and Heromon say, pointing at one another, "what, me? No it was you!"
The two begin to bicker back and forth. Meanwhile, Samantha begins to fume more and more. Finally, she puts a stop to the bickering. "I DON'T CARE WHO THRE IT, YOU'RE BOTH GONNA DIE!"
With that, she tries to grab hold of both Jesse and Heromon, but the duo is too fast for her. They are already making tracks for the Dark Castle.
"Are they nuts?" Brian asks Daniel.
"Well, my sister is mad at them and wants to hurt them," Daniel replies, taking a bite out of a pear, "I think even a Mega level Digimon would run from her when she's mad."
"What if they run into the Beast of Darkness?" James asks.
"They'll be safer facing him than they would facing my sister when she's mad!" Daniel says adamantly.
"Er, you got a point kiddo," Brian says as he watches the trio vanish in the distance, "come on, we got to go and catch them. If they get too far ahead, we'll be at a disadvantage."
With that, he grabs one of Magimon's arms and runs off after Jesse, Heromon, and Samantha, dragging a protesting Magimon behind him. Pixiemon trails behind, shaking his head. These five were supposed to save the Digital World?
A few hours later, they are at the halfway to the Dark Castle. No dark Digimon had appeared, nor any wild Digimon either. In fact, it was totally quiet.
"Is there such a thing as too quiet?" Daniel asks.
"Depends on what you mean by quiet," Jesse replies, his eyes darting around everywhere, "but it is much too silent. I know things are different in the Digital World, but shouldn't there be the sounds of bugs and the like in the background?"
"Indeed there should be," Pixiemon says, "something's wrong."
No sooner had those words left his mouth than a bunch of large, heavily armored Digimon appear. There was about six or seven of them. They looked like English suits of armor, and they held tremendous broadswords in their right hand. And they had a black and red color scheme.
"Those are DarkKnightmon," Pixiemon says, "Ultimate level Warrior Digimon with a bad attitude. Their Berserk Broadsword can cut through Chrome Digizoid. We'd best be careful dealing with them."
Behind the DarkKnightmon another Digimon arrives. He was larger than the DarkKnightmon, but looked similar. His helmet had demonic horns and his sword looked vicious.
"Uh oh," Heromon mutters, "that's WaruKnightmon. He's an Ultimate level as well, but his strength is far superior to that of the DarkKnightmon. His Screaming Sword can shatter rocks with the slightest cut. And what do you wanna bet that all of these Digimon have been enhanced by the Beast of Darkness?"
"No bet," Magimon growls, "I can feel the unnatural power emanating from them."
"Are you the DigiDestined?" WaruKnightmon asks.
"We are," Brian says boldly after a nudge from Jesse.
"My master, the almighty Beast of Darkness, has decreed that you all die," WaruKnightmon says, "if you surrender, your deaths will be quick and painless."
"And if we refuse?" Samantha snorts.
"Then your deaths will be long and excruciatingly painful," WaruKnightmon says gravely.
"Hey Heromon," Brian calls out over his shoulder, "think that oversized table knife can double as a can opener?"
"Of course it can," Heromon snorts, "after all, it is made of pure Chrome Digizoid. Those tin cans they call armor is nothing more than paper to me."
"There you have it," Daniel says nonchalantly, "it looks like we'll be taking care of you rust buckets and then you're boss."
"Insolent fools!" WaruKnightmon roars, "DarkKnightmon, destroy them!"
The DarkKnightmon charge, swords at the ready, only to be met by the DigiDestined's Digimon. The Digivices light up. Brian's Crest and Crest Weapon also flare to life.
"Magimon Warp Digivolve to MagnaWizardmon!"
MagnaWizardmon immediately takes on three of the DarkKnightmon.
"Biyomon digivolve to Birdramon!"
The Crest Weapon of Compassion lights up.
"Birdramon digivolve to Garudamon!"
Garudamon grabs ahold of one of the DarkKnightmon and begins to smash it against the ground.
"Tapirmon digivolve to Apemon!"
Apemon clashes bone to sword with one of the DarkKnightmon. They fence back and forth, neither giving the other any quarter.
"Eggmon digivolve to Tamamon!"
The Crest Weapon of Perseverance lights up.
"Tamamon digivolve to Digitamamon!"
"Nightmare Syndromer!"
Digitamamon clashes with one of the remaining DarkKnightmon, using his almost-impenetrable shell to block the Berserk Broadsword.
"Heromon digivolve to Warriormon!"
The Crest Weapon of Honor flares to life.
"Warriormon digivolve to MagnaWarriormon!"
MagnaWarriormon immediately clashes blades with WaruKnightmon. The two mighty Warrior-type Digimon engage in a furious battle for supremacy.
Garudamon continues to bash the DarkKnightmon she was fighting against the ground with her giant claw, doing severe damage to it.
Apemon was in a losing battle with his DarkKnightmon. He may have had superior agility, but the DarkKnightmon was just plain stronger than he was. With a savage blow, his bone club is knocked out of his hand and smashes into a tree. The following backhand knocks Apemon out, reverting him to Tapirmon.
"Tapirmon!" Daniel cries out.
The DarkKnightmon that had just defeated Tapirmon hits Garudamon from behind, freeing its fellow. The two quickly knock out Garudamon, reverting her to her Rookie form.
"Biyomon!" Samantha cries out.
The two DarkKnightmon join their fellow in taking on Digitamamon. The egg Digimon was extremely durable, but even he was beginning to be chipped away by their powerful slashes.
"Hang in there Digitamamon!" James calls out as the Crest of Wisdom flares to life.
"Digitamamon Mega Digivolve to MegaDigitamamon!"
MegaDigitamamon plants one of his fists into one of the surprised DarkKnightmon's faces, then back kicks another in the gut and follows it up with his Deadly Syndromer. The energy wave rips through the unsuspecting DarkKnightmon and disintegrates.
The other DarkKnightmon immediately press the attack on MegaDigitamamon, causing him to fold up into and egg shape, putting him on the defensive.
Meanwhile, MagnaWizardmon is taking the fight to the DarkKnightmon that were fighting him. He knocks one out with a Holy Light attack to the face one of the DarkKnightmon and binds the other two with its Threads of Fate.
Seeing MegaDigitamamon's plight, he focuses his entire attack into one hand and aims his left palm at the DarkKnightmon that were attacking MegaDigitamamon. An orb of pure light focuses in his hand.
"Holy Light!"
The attack rips into one of the DarkKnightmon, disintegrating it and taking the other DarkKnightmon by surprise. MegaDigitamamon takes this opportunity to unfold and strike down the DarkKnightmon with a single punch. He then move son to help MagnaWizardmon, who really didn't need any help at all.
Meanwhile, WaruKnightmon and MagnaWarriormon were really tearing it up. They matched thrust for thrust, parry for parry, slash for slash, cut for cut, and step for step. Neither one was gaining a clear advantage over the other.
WaruKnightmon bellows out "Berserk Broadsword!" and charges at MagnaWarriormon. MagnaWarriormon smirks and flips over WaruKnightmon. He spins on the balls of his feet and dashes at WaruKnightmon's unprotected back.
"Magna Sword!" MagnaWarriormon's plunges his sword deep into WaruKnightmon's back, the end of the blade jutting out of WaruKnightmon's chest. WaruKnightmon slowly disintegrates.
"You think you've won," WaruKnightmon sneers as he disappears, "but the Beast of Darkness will win! You can never defeat him!"
With that, WaruKnightmon lets out one last war cry and disintegrates.
"That was tougher than I thought it would be," MagnaWarriormon says as he reverts to Heromon.
"Same here," MagnaWizardmon says as he reverts to Magimon, "these guys were tough."
"And they'll probably be nothing compared to the guards at the Dark Castle itself," Pixiemon says, "so we must be ready."
"Too bad none of our Digimon have the strength to just blow the Dark Castle to kingdom come on their own," Samantha says as she picks up Biyomon.
"Or even when working together," Daniel adds as he picks up Tapirmon.
"But we can still win," MegaDigitamamon says adamantly as he reverts to Eggmon, "all we gotta do is try."
"We will not try," Jesse says, his face a mask of emotionlessness, "we WILL beat the Beast of Darkness and all of his minions. No ifs, ands, or buts about it."
"I agree with Jesse on this one," Brian says, "we cannot afford to lose. We must win at all costs, even if it means dying to stop the Beast."
"I don't think we'll have to go that far," James says.
"But we very well may have to," Pixiemon says, "the Beast of Darkness is unlike anything any of us have ever faced before. I fought a small portion of his power once and lost miserably. It was only the timely interference of a Gryphonmon that saved my life."
"A Gryphonmon?" Jesse asks, "was it in this area that you fought the Beast? How long ago was this?"
"About a week before you arrived in the Digital World," Pixiemon says, "I do not know if the Gryphonmon survived or not."
"I think it did," Jesse says darkly, "Heromon and I met up with a Gryphonmon after we split up from the rest of you. It was badly injured. It was destroyed by ShadowLeomon before you arrived."
"If it was the same Gryphonmon, then it was there for nearly two months," Pixiemon says.
"It could have recovered before then," Jesse says, "I don't think its fight with the Beast shattered one of its wings. And it didn't say it was hurt by the Beast of Darkness."
"Then it truly could have been the same Gryphonmon," Pixiemon says, "Gryphonmon are Mega level Digimon and are extremely rare, even for Mega's."
"Let's rest before we continue to the Dark Castle," Jesse says, "we'll need to be at our best if we're simply gonna camp out at his doorstep and then attack tomorrow."
After resting and then continuing to the Dark Castle, the DigiDestined finally arrive at the Beast's doorstep at dusk. The Dark Castle was huge and foreboding, not at all a friendly looking place. Little did the DigiDestined know that thousands of years later in the Digital World, though only four years later in the Real World, another group of seven DigiDestined would arrive at this very same castle to fight Myotismon or at least stop him from entering the Real World.
"This place is scary," Daniel whimpers.
"Trust me kiddo when I say I've seen scarier stuff," Jesse says, though he was trembling.
"Still forcing up the bravado?" Samantha asks snidely.
"Yep," Jesse replies evenly, "but it does good to show a brave face in a dangerous situation."
"Let's set camp for the night over in that thicket of trees," Brian suggests, pointing to a group of trees that would be easily defendable.
"Good idea," James says, "who's the unlucky schmuck who gets first watch?"
"I will," Jesse says, "the rest of you find something to eat. If the Beast or his agents are gonna attack, they'll do it while I'm on watch. Heromon's digivolved forms are very dangerous to them. If they can take him out in an all-out assault, then the rest of you will be no problem for them, except for maybe MagnaWizardmon."
"So you're setting yourself up as bait?" Brian asks.
"That, and if they attack while the rest of you are still awake, then they'll have to deal with all of us, not just me and Heromon," Jesse replies, "better odds that way. And Brian, you have the final watch. MagnaWizardmon is the best we have for fighting dark Digimon next to Paladinmon, so they'll go for him next."
"You sure you don't wanna be the leader?" Brian asks.
"A good leader makes use of those in his command," Jesse replies, "I can be a darn good advisor and a decent second-in-command, but I can't handle the burden of leading a group of people in anything."
"Let's get to work setting up our dinner," James says, "I think I saw an apple tree a little ways back. Eggmon and I will gather some apples."
"Biyomon and I can try to catch some fish in that stream a little ways back," Samantha offers.
"But who's gonna cook it?" Daniel asks, "Jesse said he'd take first watch, so he won't be able to cook."
"I'll cook it," Eggmon says, "I'm thinking of someday opening up a restaurant and serving all sorts of food."
The group disbands to gather their supper with Jesse standing watch.
~That night, Jesse's dream~
Carnage was everywhere. James was nothing more than a mess of gore, as was Daniel and Samantha was lying motionless on the ground from where she fell from the parapet.
He was holding a severely injured Brian in his arms.
"Why?" Jesse could hear himself says, "why did you leap in front of the attack? You could have gotten away and lived to fight another day."
"You need to go on and fight," Brian says weakly, "don't worry. I'm off to join the others. We'll watch over you and help you to the best of our ability. Don't worry. We'll beat the Beast of Darkness one day."
And with that, Brian's eyes close and tears fall from Jesse's eyes.
"No," he could hear himself whisper, "they didn't deserve to die. NOOOO!"
With a yell, light flares from the Crest of Life and the Crest Weapon of Honor. The light seeks the battered and weakened Heromon and gives him renewed strength.
"Heromon Warp Digivolve to…."
~And there the dream ends~
Jesse wakes up in a cold sweat, breathing hard and scared to death. Was the dream a premonition? Or was it just a nightmare. One way or another, Jesse knew that there was a possibility that it could come true. Well, he would try to make sure that it didn't happen. Taking a few moments to calm himself and clear his mind, Jesse goes back to sleep.
The next day, the DigiDestined are ready and willing to take on the Beast of darkness. They were also no longer affected by the dark aura that the Dark Castle was giving off. Neither were the Digimon. Except for Jesse and Heromon.
"Even the Dark Ocean didn't feel this corrupt," Jesse murmurs to his partner.
"It's like the Dark Ocean, only it doesn't seem to want to possess you," Heromon murmurs back, "it just wants to your fear."
"It was feeding off of the fear that the others had for it," Jesse says, "but now, for some reason, they are no longer afraid."
"Could they have had dreams as well last night?" Heromon asks. Jesse had taken Heromon aside and told him of the dream he had had. Heromon had said that it was preposterous, but there was something about it that Jesse just could not shake.
"If they did, then they had better dreams than I did," Jesse mutters, "Heromon, do Digimon dream?"
"Well, some Digimon have visions in their sleep, but I've never heard of a Digimon having a dream," Heromon says after thinking for a moment, "then again, that's a question you should ask Pixiemon. The others and I had hatched just before you guys showed up."
"What are you two talking about?" Daniel interrupts.
"Nothing important," Jesse says, "just discussing what could happen after we beat the Beast of Darkness."
"Anything could happen after we beat him," James says, "anything at all. But there's no guarantee that we will beat him."
"Of course we'll beat him," Samantha snorts, "after all, we have five Mega level Digimon to take him on with and the strongest he can become is a Mega level as well, so we'll outnumber him five to one."
"Numbers do not always matter," Brian says, "all you need is skill and numbers mean nothing."
"Or overwhelming power," Jesse adds, "and if you have both, then there's little chance that you'll ever lose."
"Well, let's knock on the Beast's door," Pixiemon says, "Pit Bomb!"
Pixiemon unleashes one of his bombs at the gate of the Dark Castle.
"I see you knocked softly," Jesse observes.
"Let's go find the Beast of Darkness," Brian says, "let's go and save the world!"
The five humans and six Digimon run inside the Dark Castle only to be met by a small army of Kiwimon led by a Snimon.
"Those are Kiwimon, Champion level Ancient Bird Digimon," Pixiemon explains, "their Pummel Peck is strong. And that large bug is a Snimon, a Champion level Insectoid Digimon whose attack is Twin Sickle. Stand back DigiDestined. I'll take care of all of these enemy Digimon."
With that, Pixiemon raises his staff and launches several Pit Bombs at the Kiwimon, destroying most of them and incapacitating the rest.
"Twin Sickle!" The Snimon slashes once with each of his claws, sending out a cutting edge of reddish-purple energy at Pixiemon, who merely knocks them away with a single swipe of his staff.
"We were prepared for you, Pixiemon," Snimon growls, "Sulsamon, get him!" (A/N: A sulsa is the Korean equivalent of a ninja, I think. Read it somewhere.)
A small Digimon not much bigger than Pixiemon appears out of the shadows. (A/N: Fore appearance, just think Ninjamon but its garments are black and it is a little larger.) The small Digimon draws a katana and leaps at Pixiemon, who blocks the blade with his staff. The two small Digimon engage in a furious brawl of sword and staff.
"Twin Sickle!" Snimon attacks while the DigiDestined's attention is on the battle between Sulsamon and Pixiemon. Samantha is quick to block with her Crest Weapon of Compassion while everyone else scatters.
Five Digivices flare to life and five Digimon begin to glow with the light of Digivolution.
"Magimon digivolve to Wizardmon!"
"Biyomon digivolve to Birdramon!"
"Tapirmon digivolve to Apemon!"
"Heromon digivolve to Warriormon!"
"Eggmon digivolve to Tamamon!"
The five Champion level Digimon converge on Snimon and attack.
"Blazing Syndrome!"
"Meteor Wing!"
"Magical Game!"
Snimon dodges the first three attacks, but both Apemon and Warriormon rush in, bone club ready and sword drawn.
"Mega Bone Stick!"
"Warrior Sword!"
The two attacks collide with Snimon, smashing right through him and destroying him.
"Very good, DigiDestined," a dark and sinister voice says from behind them. The DigiDestined and their Digimon turn around to see floating Digimon with a scythe.
"That's Phantomon," Warriormon growls, "an Ultimate level Ghost Digimon. His Shadow Scythe is as ruthless as he is."
"So nice to be recognized," Phantomon chuckles evilly, "now, prepare to die. Shadow Scythe."
Phantomon lunges at the DigiDestined, swinging his wickedly curved scythe. Jesse leaps in front of Phantomon and blocks the attack with his sword, but is knocked into the door to the castle in the process due to Phantomon's superior strength.
"Jesse!" Warriormon cries out. Jesse's Crest Weapon begins to glow.
"Warriormon digivolve to MagnaWarriormon!"
The other Crest Weapons begin to glow.
"Birdramon digivolve to Garudamon!"
"Wizardmon digivolve to MetalWizardmon!"
"Apemon digivolve to Mammothmon!"
"Tamamon digivolve to Digitamamon!"
The five Ultimates converge on Phantomon with destroying him in their minds.
"Nightmare Syndromer!"
"Wing Blade!"
"Tusk Crusher!"
"Thunder Flash!"
"Warrior Sword!"
Phantomon expertly dodges the first four attacks and tries to block Warriormon's attack with his scythe, but the Warrior Sword shatters his scythe and cuts through him like he was made of paper. With a pop, Phantomon disintegrates.
At the same time, Pixiemon was finishing off Sulsamon.
"Pit Bomb!" With a twirl of his staff, Pixiemon unleashes a gigantic blast of energy at Sulsamon that obliterates him.
"Quickly, we must hurry into the castle," Pixiemon says as soon as they check to see that Jesse was okay.
"Then let's go," Brian says. The five humans and six Ultimate level Digimon hurry into the castle to search for the Beast of Darkness. They pass by a stairway that went down.
"Hold it!" MagnaWarriormon says, "I sense a tremendously powerful evil coming from down these stairs."
"Then lets go down and check it out," Brian says. The various Digimon who were too big to fit down in their Ultimate forms revert to their Rookie forms.
"Let's go," James says. MagnaWarriormon ledthe way with Pixiemon bringing up the rear.
When they reach the bottom of the stairs, the see a humongous wall that appeared to be made of fire.
"The Wall of Fire," Pixiemon whispers.
A pair of evil-looking eyes open up within the Wall of Fire. Evil laughter begins to float through the chamber. "It is time for me to unleash my true power!"
Out from the Wall of Fire comes a being wrapped in dark garments.
He looked handsome and evil at the same time. (A/N: Think Myotismon, but with bluish-white skin, the mask being blood-red instead of its usual plain red color, the hair being solid black with absolutely no luster to it at all, and the fangs are more pronounced. His voice is the same.) His power was terrible to behold, and everyone present could feel the evil that just seemed to radiate from him.
"On his own he's more evil than the entire Dark Ocean!" Jesse gasps as he struggles to keep standing. Because of the powers of his Crest and Crest weapon, not to mention his deep connection with his Digimon, he could feel the evil coming from the Beast of Darkness more than any of the others.
"Ah, so you've been to the Dark Ocean, have you?" the Beast of Darkness asks, "yes, that was the last world I conquered. But I soon grew tired of it. Soon, the Digital World and your own world will look like the Dark Ocean forever!"
"I'll die first," Jesse says. The Crest of Life flares up in brilliant silver glory.
"Ah, the light!" the Beast of Darkness screams, shielding his eyes from the light of the Crests as the other Crests and Crest Weapons begin to glow.
"Magimon Warp Digivolve to MagnaWizardmon!"
"Biyomon digivolve to Birdramon!"
"Birdramon digivolve to Garudamon!"
"Garudamon Mega Digivolve to Phoenixmon!"
"Tapirmon digivolve to Apemon!"
"Apemon digivolve to Mammothmon!"
"Mammothmon Mega Digivolve to SkullMammothmon!"
"Eggmon digivolve to Tamamon!"
"Tamamon digivolve to Digitamamon!"
"Digitamamon Mega Digivolve to MegaDigitamamon!"
"MagnaWarriormon Mega Digivolve to Paladinmon!"
The five Mega level Digimon face off against the Beast of Darkness.
"This place is so small," the Beast of Darkness chuckles evilly, "lets take this somewhere more spacious."
With a wave of his hand, the rips through time and space to take them to the battlements of the Dark Castle. It is a place that Jesse recognizes from his dream.
"No," he whispers.
"Let the battle be joined!" the Beast of darkness yells as he attacks. He focuses red lightning in his right hand and unleashes it at SkullMammothmon like a whip. "Crimson Lightning!"
"Paladin Sword!" Paladinmon blocks the attack while SkullMammothmon counters. "Spiral Bone Crusher!"
The Beast of Darkness swats away SkullMammothmon's attack like it was nothing.
"Star-Light Explosion!" Phoexnimon unleashes her attack, but the Beast swats it away like it was nothing as well and counters with a fine red mist from his mouth. "Crimson Mist!"
"Threads of Fate!" MagnaWizardmon encircles the Crimson Mist with his Threads of Fate attack and neutralizes it.
"Pit Bomb!" Pixiemon focuses all of his energy into one mighty blast and hits the Beast of Darkness from behind with it. It tears through his cape and hurts him, but not much.
The Beast turns around and slams Pixiemon into a parapet with a single red energy beam. "Crimson Laser!"
"Deadly Syndrome!"
"Paladin Beam!"
"Holy Light!"
"Spiral Bone Crusher!"
"Star-Light Explosion!"
The five Mega Digimon attack the Beast of Darkness at the same time. The Beast frantically swats away the attacks, but the attacks of Paladinmon and MagnaWizardmon seared his hands and slammed him into the ground.
The Beast of Darkness stands up and floats back up into the air, black light radiating from around him with blood-red lightning bolts sparking from his eyes.
"Now you die!" The Beast's voice has changed, and now seems like it is the voice of countless demons.
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So, how was the beginning of the battle with the Beast of Darkness? In case you didn't figure it out from reading, Myotismon is the Beast of Darkness. I got the idea from watching the episode with VenomMyotismon where his belly is ripped open and he says that they have awakened the beast within.
So, did you lie it? Hate it? Already hiring the hit squad to take me out before I write any more? Tell me in a review, please!