Disclaimer: My story, but the Digidestined characters obviously do not belong to me.
Chapter Fourteen
"Kill them," ordered a furious Daficus.
The demon guards circled around the Digidestined, forcing them to form a smaller circle with their back facing inwards and their eyes facing the demons. They could see a dark fiery red light forming on their fingertips as their pitch black eyes seemed to be glow red.
"I suggest you attack now," coached a voice inside their heads. Although they had no idea whose voice that was, they could tell it was familiar and could be trusted. And at that moment, menacing spears of fire and electricity were beginning to shoot out at each human.
As Mimi's hands glowed green as her rings summoned vines from the ground. They shot out in front of her and charged head on with the attacking sphere that had almost taken off her head.
Tk and Kari stood by each other as they let their arrows of hope and light stopped the attacks that barreled towards them. Tk pulled Kari out of the way, just as three of those fiery spheres crashed onto the ground they were standing on a moment ago. "Thanks," blushed Kari as they both got up.
"Duck!" yelled Cody as he shot his boomerang out, saving the two from excruciating pain. Kari and Tk were soon up again shooting their arrows as Cody caught the boomerang as it came flying back to him.
Davis felt trapped and gulped as he saw a smirking demon in front of him and one in the back of him. Use both sides, advised a voice. Davis then stepped back, plunging the spear into his attacker and lunged forth, dodging a sphere sent at his head. Soon, both his attackers were lying on the ground writhing in pain as blood streamed over them. Thanks, Davis thought.
Joe jumped to the side, avoiding getting hit and lunged with his stick, hitting the attacker with all his force. Sweat began to develop on his forehead as he took a deep breath. Joe's eyes widened as he ran over to Ken, who was trying to do battle with three demons, who held spears in their hands.
Ken winced as he felt a part of his arm being cut. Damn, there's no way I'm going to keep these three off. He then swung his stick, hit one of them in the head, and ended up clashing his stick with a spear from the other one. "Take that!" he heard Joe yell as he hit the other in the back of the head.
Yolei screamed as she jumped to her left, avoiding the attack and dropping her whip. She fumbled to get her whip as another sphere was sent flying towards her. Tai jumped over Yolei, deflecting the spheres back at the demons by sending out an orange stream of energy. "Be careful!" Tai reprimanded. Yolei could feel her cheeks redden from embarrassment as she grabbed her whip. She jumped up and swung her weapon, which made contact with another ball of fiery energy. She then glanced to her left and saw Tai charging towards one of the demons as she shook her head at him. He shouldn't do that, he might get hurt, and then Mimi…she'd be devastated.
Izzy shot out an electric bolt, stopping the attack in midair. He glanced to his right and saw that Matt and Yamato were sneaking away from the battle. Well hopefully they can help Sora, he thought. Me too, agreed a voice. Izzy's eyes widened as he realized the voice was Sora's. Stop looking at me and take a look at the dead demons coming to life, she warned him. He gasped as he saw their ghastly wounds heal and their demonic bodies rising off of the bloodstained ground.
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Daficus used this opportunity to finish what he started and as he walked over to Sora, he saw her eyes flutter open. "I see your back from helping your friends."
"So what if I did?" she retorted softly yet firmly.
"Ready for the next part?"
Sora saw how his eyes gleamed and managed to choke out, "You won't get away with this." By now, the light had faded away into her body and she wanted nothing more than to get out of this ivory dress, and go back to her life, but she knew that was not about to happen.
Daficus could see the reflection of the knife in her pleading crimson eyes as he brought the weapon up to his lips. He placed a kiss upon it as he slashed her right side, cutting through the thin fabric. Droplets of scarlet red blood rolled down her as she let out a cry of pain. "Sorry my love," he said as he slashed the other side, causing her to let lose another helpless scream of pain. The blood splattered onto the ground as he stepped back to watch the black portal form under the stone that she was on.
"Noooooo!" she screamed in horror as her wrists and ankles became free, allowing her to sit up on the stone that was now floating above a swirling black and purple mass. It was at that moment that Matt and Yamato managed to get to Sora. "Sora!" they yelled.
Sora stared at them with despair and fear, causing a sharp pain in their hearts. This infuriated the young blue-eyed beauty, making him lunge with his sword at Daficus, who sidestepped the attack and drew his own sword. Matt gasped as he saw Daficus' skin turn to a bubbly pale gray color as two pointed horns surfaced from his head and a tail of gray sprouted out. "Still want to fight me?"
"You bet," Matt replied with venom, trying not to let Daficus scare or intimidate him.
"Well, you asked for it," he growled as he swung his sword at Matt's head.
Matt brought his sword up and blocked the demon prince's sword. His eyes shifted to the side, where he saw something coming out of the portal.
"No time to save her now Matt," he gloated as he swung his sword at the pathetic little human in front of him.
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"How do we kill these bastards?" Davis yelled out in frustration.
"I don't know!" answered Tai.
"They just won't die!" cried out an exhausted Kari.
"How long can we possibly hold them off for?" Yolei asked.
"For as long as it takes!" shouted Tk.
"This is beginning to tire me out," Mimi complained.
"I know, but what else can we do but fight?" asked Ken as he eyed the demon guards bloody wounds heal.
"It is our only solution right now," reasoned Cody.
"I just wish I could figure out a way to kill them once and for all," Izzy added.
"Uh, guys, I'm afraid we no longer have anytime for chit chat," Joe said uneasily pointing to the risen dead walking towards them once again with chillingly brutal expressions on their faces.
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"Yamato!"
"Hang on Sora! I'm going to get you off of there!"
"But how?" asked a doubtful Sora.
"Can't you jump off of there?"
"No, I'd fall in," she replied sadly.
Yamato's eyes widened as he saw something big, scaly, and red begin to slowly emerge from the portal. "Shit!"
Sora looked down and let lose a bloodcurdling scream of pure terror as she saw the giant hand extending towards her.
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The Digidestined gasped as they heard the scream. It brought chills to their spines and smiles to the demons.
"You're too late," said one of them laughing.
"It has already begun," gloated another.
"He is about to take the girl and impregnate her," teased yet another one.
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Matt's eyes widened as he slashed Daficus' right shoulder. "Sora!" he yelled. That scream seemed to reverberate inside of his soul as he glanced her way. He was about to turn and run to the portal when Daficus lunged at him. Unfortunately for Matt, he wasn't quick enough and cried out in pain as the sword slashed at the flesh on his arm. His hand flew to the cut and turned to the demon prince with menace in his eyes. With his sword raised high above his head, he charged at Daficus.
And while Matt and Daficus were busy with each other, Yamato looked at Sora and then at the terrifying giant hand. There is only one thing I can do, he thought sadly.
"Matt!" she cried out as her ears caught his scream of pain.
Upon hearing the name, Matt felt a burst of energy surging through his hands. He lifted the sword and pointed it in front of him. A dark green energy shot out from the tip, knocking Daficus back a few feet. His eyes found Yamato's, and instantly he knew what his older self was thinking. "Love and friendship are the keys but only one can close that eternal door of damnation," he told Sora.
Sora's fiery eyes met his icy blue ones as those words echoed in her head. She gasped as she realized what they meant. Her eyes closed as she pictured Lavender telling her and Matt. She had meant either love or friendship can close the portal! The eternal door of damnation! Oh dear Lord… "No!" she whispered as her eyes began tearing up.
"I'm afraid it's the only way Sora," Yamato replied. It hurt him more than a thousand knives being driven through his heart as he saw a tear slowly weaving a delicate path down her cheek.
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Sorry it took so long to get this written but I had a hard time finding time to write this. I'm sorry that this one isn't as good or as long as the other chapters. Just let me know what you think.