Years of Preparation: Part 3
At eight o'clock sharp, Tai, Davis, Ken, Matt, Sora(much to Matt's protests), T.K., Cody, and Michael and their Digimon were assembled in the computer room of the building. Noriko was briefing them on the information they already knew about the Dark Ocean. "Now, she said,"we are unsure of the being who rules the Dark Ocean, but he has legions of Scubamon and Divermon as his servants, probably more that we are unaware of. There are only two Digital Gates in the Dark Ocean. One to enter, and one to exit. Once you find Yolei, Kari, and Miriya, you will have to find the exit portal to get back to earth."
Tai nodded. "Right," he said, never taking his gaze off of the computer monitors,"Ken, open us a gate."
"Right," Ken said, raising his Digivice, towards the screen,"Dark Gate open!"
The Digidestined held their eyes closed as the light from the Digital Gate faded. They discovered that staring at the light from the gate was much like staring at the sun, looking directly at the light too much resulted in weaker eye sight. When the light faded, they opened their eyes to a much darker reality.
They were standing on a beach, a very dark beach, with a black mountains cape behind them. The sky was black, and a lighthouse much further down the shore was emitted a stream of black light. The ocean was so black, that it appeared to be a sea of oil.
Ken took a deep breath. "I'm back here again," he said, looking at the ocean,"Hmm. it really hasn't changed much."
"I don't care if it became a land of sun and flowers," Tai growled,"If those Scubamon touched even a hair on Kari or Miriya's head, they're going to be sleeping with the fishes tonight!"
"Ouw..." Sora said slightly, rubbing her head, almost falling over.
"What's wrong?" Tai asked, running to her side. He grabbed her before she fell over. "Are you okay?"
"Y-yeah," she said, regaining her balance,"I-I just got a little dizzy."
Matt growled when he saw Tai in Sora's arms. He was about to say something, when Ken shouted to look out. Everyone turned to the ocean, and saw a squadron of Divermon jumped out of the water. The threw their harpoons back and shot them towards the shoreline.
"Great!" Davis yelled,"Not here a minute, and we're already under attack."
"I don't think they're after us!" Cody shouted, turning around,"Look!"
The Digidestined turned around and saw a black patch zooming towards them from the sky. "What are they?" Agumon asked.
The two flyers of the group hovered into the air and stared at the blackness. They strained their eyes until they discovered the identity of the assailants. "I know what they are," Patamon said.
"What?" T.K. asked, dodging the harpoons.
"Devidramons!" Biyomon exclaimed, flying down to stand by Sora's side.
"Okay, Tai," Matt said,"We're standing between a rock, and a hard place. What do we do?"
"I say, get on the good side, and fight for it!" Davis said, ducking to avoid a harpoon, then jumping to miss a blast.
Cody and Armadillomon ducked, dodging a piece of exploding beach,"In a situation like this, I don't think either side is the right side, Davis."
"We need to do something," Sora said,"We're going to get killed!"
"Okay," Tai said,"We're going to defend ourselves, but, don't get involved. We don't know what's going on here."
The Divermon and the Devidramons didn't seem to even notice the Digidestined. They continued to blast at each other, with the Digidestined in the middle. The humans were starting to run from the field, when one of the Digimon noticed them. "Its the Digidestined!" it said in a scratchy voice. Suddenly, both sides started attacking them. A stray blast hit the beach, splitting the team in half, sending Tai, T.K., Cody, Sora, and their Digimon to the right, and Matt, Davis, Ken, Michael, and their Digimon to the left. They slammed into the ground as the battle continued around them.
Matt slowly brought himself to his knees. "Sora!" he shouted,"Sora, where are you?"
As Michael, Ken, and Davis slowly got their feet, Matt could see Sora across the battlefield. She was lying down next to Tai. They were slowly getting up, when a Devidramon energy attack blasted the beach right behind them. Tai quickly grabbed Sora and threw her to the ground, with him on top of her. Sure, Matt knew that Tai was just shielding her, but, she was his fiance, not Tai's! He shouldn't have even touched her!
He was about to run over to her, to push Tai out of the way, when, suddenly, a beam of energy blasted into the the sandy ground in front of him, throwing him hard onto his back. He could hardly move as the Devidramon crashed into the ground, surrounding the Digidestined.
Matt raised his head just in time to see that a giant white tentacle splash out of the ocean and slammed into the beach. It quickly wrapped around the other Digidestined and pulled them into the ocean, followed by the Divermon.
"Sora," Matt moaned, trying to move after her,"Sora..."
"Matt," Davis said, helping him to his feet,"There's nothing we can do now. She's in safe hands, Tai's with her.."
Matt threw Davis's arm away from him. "Shut up!" he yelled,"Shut up! All I ever here is Tai, Tai Tai!" He raised his voice higher, in an attempt to mimic a girl's voice,"Tai's so great! Tai's the strongest Digidestined! Tai and Sora should have been together! I'm sick of it!"
He fell to his knees and slammed his fist into the ground. "I'm a hundred times better than Tai, and I could prove it, given the chance."
"Yeah," Ken said, joining his side,"I hate the way that everyone thinks that Cody is the greatest person alive! I'm better than he is!"
"Hey," Davis said, "We're a team, remember?"
"I don't care!" Ken said,"Aren't you sick of the way that T.K. is always hanging around Kari, and that he is probably the father of her child?"
Suddenly, Davis felt something creep over over. Something that chilled him to his very soul, something that he wanted to fight, but, couldn't. "Yeah," he said, his eyes starting to turn dark,"That bastered T.K.! He really hurt Kari, he probably raped her! I'll kill him!"
Michael and Betamon just stared at the others. "What's going on with them?" Betamon asked.
Michael just shook his head. "I don't know...."
The Devidramons suddenly closed in on them as a familiar Digimon flew over to them. "Greetings, Digidestined."
"Demidevimon!" they all cried out.
"In the flesh," he said, bowing,"Or in the fur. In any case, my master wishes an audience with you. If you would kindly board the Devidramons, we will be on our way."
Tai had both hands tightly around Sora just as the white tentacle was wrapped around him and the rest of the Digidestined as they shot through the water. Tai clutch her tightly. "Just hold on," he said,"Keep you holding your breath. Don't pass out."
He wished that he could open his eyes and see where they were going, and how long away they were from it, but, they were going too fast, he couldn't open his eyelids. He was just thinking that he couldn't hold his breath any longer, when, he felt the water break around him, and he slammed into the ground.
He opened his eyes to look at Sora. She was lying so still he was afraid that she had fainted. He quickly placed his lips on hers, about to perform CPR, when she pushed him off. "Hey!" she screamed,"What do you think you're-oh, Tai..I..I.."
Tai rubbed his hurt jaw. "What did you do that for?! It looked like you were unconsious, I was just trying to give you CPR!"
"I'm sorry," she said, moving over towards him,"I...I didn't mean to..."
They pulled apart when they heard T.K. start to moan. They turned and helped him and Cody to their feet. "Where are we?" T.K. asked.
"I don't know," Tai said, looking around,"It looks like some kind of dock."
The others looked around. They were standing on a hard, marble floor, with water from the Dark Ocean rippling behind them. In front of them was a wall with a single door, that was now opening. A group of Scubamon walked out, each carrying a small trident. They surrounded the Digidestined, pointing the sharp edges at them. "Come with us please," one of the Scubamon said.
"Why should we?" Tai asked, crossing his arms.
"The Masters of the Dark Ocean demands your presence, and..."
"'He won't take no for an answer,' yes, we've heard it before," Agumon said.
One of the Scubamon stuck his trident into T.K.'s backside. "Okay, okay," he said,"We're going, we're going."
They walked through the doors, and down a long, white marble hallway. Sora was standing very close to Tai, but, they weren't saying anything, they were, however, staring at each other. T.K. and Cody were staring at them. They knew that both of them wanted to talk to each other, but both were afraid to. T.K. finally cleared his throat, and Tai and Sora quickly turned away from each other. "I...ah...I......" Tai started.
"So," Sora said,"How are things between you and Miriya? I..I understand that you have a child with her."
"Um...yeah," Tai said,"She's due any time now. That's why I want to rescue her so badly."
"She's going to give birth soon?" Sora asked,"Hmm, just like me. Are you two....um, happy, together?"
"Um, yeah, I..I guess," Tai said, quickly pulling a glove over his hand,"But, um...w-we're probably not going to last."
"Really?" Sora asked, raising her eyebrow.
"So, how are things with you and Matt?" Tai asked, hopefully.
"A little unstable right now," Sora said, sadly,"I...I think he might even break up with me."
Tai was going to ask her something else, when the Scubamon pushed the Digidestined through a door at the end of the hall. When they walked inside, they gasped. On the other side of the door was a giant, dome shaped building, with a long red carpet running from the door up the floor. There were fountains around the edge of the building, shooting up geysers of dark water. That wasn't what they were gasping at though, it was the giant clam and the giant throne in the center of the room. That wasn't what they were gasping at either, it was the creature seated on the throne.
The creature was huge, with a blue body that resembled a mess of tentacles bounced together. He had a large, oval shaped head, with a massive jaw full of sharp fangs. On his back were two large flippers that resembled bat wings. His left hand ended with a mess of tentacles, while his right hand was a single, long tentacle, that was wrapped around a large, yellow trident, with a glowing white orb in the center of the three spears. The creature looked at them. "Greetings," he said, in a gurgling voice,"Welcome to the Dark Ocean. I am Dragomon, the Master of the Oceans."
"You're the Master of the Oceans?" T.K. exclaimed,"But, you're only an Ultimate, how can you be the Masters of the Oceans?"
Dragomon growled loudly, rattling the building. "I don't think you should have insulted him!" Cody said.
Dragomon got control of himself. He mentioned to the clam, and the Scubamon quickly ran over to it. With great effort, they lifted the clam open. The Digidestined had to shield their eyes as a brilliant blast of light shined forth from the inside of the clam. When their eyes became adjusted, they could see that something was calling that light forth. "Is that a pearl?" Sora asked.
"Yes," Dragomon said, as the clam was closed,"That is the Aquatreft, the the pearl that is the center of all the waters in the Digital World. One who holds that, controls the waters of the Digital World, and all its sub-plains. It has incredible power, and I have grafted a piece of it onto my trident. That is why I am the Master of the Oceans!"
"Okay," Sora said,"Sorry we doubted you."
"Why have you brought us here?" T.K. asked.
"And where are Miriya and Kari?" Tai demanded.
"I do not know where your family is," Dragomon said,"But, I do have the one called Yolei."
The Scubamon nodded, and walked over to another door. The opened it, and Yolei walked in, surrounded by a group of Scubamon. "Tai! T.K.! Cody! Sora!" she cried out, running over to them,"You guys came to save me, but..where's Ken?"
"He was on the surface with Matt, Davis and Michael when we were pulled under," Tai said, glancing at Dragomon.
"Why were you here?" Cody asked.
"That, I can answer," Dragomon said,"She was taken, because her child will become my Dark Bride."
"What?" Tai asked, almost shouting.
"The legends speak that she will become the Ruler of the Oceans, alongside me as my Dark Bride. She will become a Child of Darkness, one who's only place will be with me here!"
"Child of Darkness?" Tai thought to himself,"But, that's what...I thought that Kari...."
"What are you talking about?" Yolei shouted,"My child won't have anything to do with Darkness! I don't care about her family's history!"
Dragomon just laughed. "Destiny cannot be changed! Hahahaha!"
Tai cleched his fist, and Agumon jumped in front of him. "We're taking Yolei out of here now, then we're going after Kari and Miriya. I don't care if you're the Master of the Universe, I have a Mega Digimon, and you don't stand a chance against him!"
Dragomon chuckled to himself. "If you think you can defeat me and make it through all of my soldiers, then rescue you sister and your friends, be my guest. You may even do it. However, how were you planning on leaving the Dark Ocean? There is only one way out, do you know where it is?"
Tai hesitated. He dropped his fists. "What do you want from us?"
"I want you to defeat someone who has been trying to take over this sub-plain of the Digital World. Defeat him and his armies, and, you will be free to go."
"What?" Tai asked,"There's got to be more to it than that. When dealing with demons, there is always a catch."
Dragomon just laughed slightly. "My 'catch' as you call it, will be taken soon. All you need to worry about is defeating my enemy, and I will show you the location of the exit gate."
Tai sighed. "Who is your enemy?"
"Deamon."
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Matt and the others could only gasp at the sight before them. The Devidramon had taken them to the black lighthouse along the shore line. There wasn't much inside, but, on the top floor was a sight that shocked them to their very souls. On a large, throne type seat in the center of the lighthouse's top floor, was a Digimon they thought long dead.
"Daemon!" Davis said, clutching his fist,"Its you, but...you're different. And how is it that you're still alive?"
Daemon laughed. He was definitely different. Where his once red robes and black wings were, was now robes and wings in a purely metallic color and his body almost looked like a mess of organic circuits and wires meshed together in a body form. "Ever since I fought you on Earth and was imprisoned here, I have been in a constant battle with Dragomon. He is the only one who knows where the exit gate for this world is, however, he will not tell me. I was able, however, to send out a 'hard' psychic projection of myself onto File Island. I attempted to massacre the entire island as a sacrifice to my coming master. However, Tai and Wargreymon defeated me, and my psychic projection was infected with the Cyberdyne Virus, and the backlash infected me as well."
"I don't care about any of that!" Davis shouted,"Where is Kari?"
Daemon chuckled to himself. He snap his fingers, and a cage descended from the ceiling. Inside was Kari, her son wrapped tightly in her arms, and Miriya, laying on the floor of the cage. Davis ran over to the cage. "Kari," he said,"Are you okay?"
"Davis," she said, tears starting to form in her eyes,"Help me, please."
"Davis," Miriya said, moaning,"w-where's Tai?"
"What's wrong with her?" Michael pointed at Miriya.
"She's about to go into labor," Kari said,"We've got to get her to a hospital, and quick."
"The only way she's going to leave her, is if we get the location of the exit gate," Daemon said,"And to do that, means defeating Dragomon."
"Then let's do that!" Matt said, his eyes starting to become even darker,"Let's annihilate him!"
"I have to warn you," Daemon said, as a screen appeared behind him and an image of the shore of the Dark Ocean appeared,"It appears that your friends have joined Dragomon in his attempt to destroy me. Can I trust you?"
Matt stepped in front of Davis and Ken. "I will lead the attack on Dragomon, I only ask one thing in return."
"What is that?" Daemon asked.
"I want to be the one that kills Tai Kamiya!"
"What?" Michael asked.
Matt clenched his fist. "He's always had everything, while I always got nothing! Now, even Sora is turning towards him! I want his head!"
"You traitor!" Kari shouted from the cage, shaking on the bars,"I can't believe you! You traitor!"
Daemon laughed,"I must say, I do approve. What of the rest of you?"
"We will help," Davis said.
"It will be our pleasure to destroy T.K. and Cody," Ken said.
They all turned to Michael and Betamon. "I don't know what's gotten into you," he said,"But, I want no part of it!"
"As you wish," Daemon said,"You will remain here with Kari and Miriya, while the others destroy Dragomon, and bring this dimension under my control!"
Tai, T.K, Cody, and their Digimon slowly made their way out of the rolling waves of the Dark Ocean. "So," Armadillomon,"Does any one know where Daemon's hideout is suppose to be?"
"I'm not sure," Patamon said,"But, maybe it could be that lighthouse."
"Which one?" T.K. asked.
"The one that has all those Devidramon coming from it."
The three Digidestined nodded to each other. "Look," Cody said,"Matt, Davis, and Ken are being chased by them. They're escaping!"
Tai strained his eyes and saw that their three friends were ridding on top of the Devidramons. "I don't think that they're escaping!"
Matt grinned sinisterly to himself as he pulled his hand back, then shot it forward, pointing at the Digidestined. "Attack!"
to be continued...
NEXT: DIGIDESTINED VS. DIGIDESTINED!
At eight o'clock sharp, Tai, Davis, Ken, Matt, Sora(much to Matt's protests), T.K., Cody, and Michael and their Digimon were assembled in the computer room of the building. Noriko was briefing them on the information they already knew about the Dark Ocean. "Now, she said,"we are unsure of the being who rules the Dark Ocean, but he has legions of Scubamon and Divermon as his servants, probably more that we are unaware of. There are only two Digital Gates in the Dark Ocean. One to enter, and one to exit. Once you find Yolei, Kari, and Miriya, you will have to find the exit portal to get back to earth."
Tai nodded. "Right," he said, never taking his gaze off of the computer monitors,"Ken, open us a gate."
"Right," Ken said, raising his Digivice, towards the screen,"Dark Gate open!"
The Digidestined held their eyes closed as the light from the Digital Gate faded. They discovered that staring at the light from the gate was much like staring at the sun, looking directly at the light too much resulted in weaker eye sight. When the light faded, they opened their eyes to a much darker reality.
They were standing on a beach, a very dark beach, with a black mountains cape behind them. The sky was black, and a lighthouse much further down the shore was emitted a stream of black light. The ocean was so black, that it appeared to be a sea of oil.
Ken took a deep breath. "I'm back here again," he said, looking at the ocean,"Hmm. it really hasn't changed much."
"I don't care if it became a land of sun and flowers," Tai growled,"If those Scubamon touched even a hair on Kari or Miriya's head, they're going to be sleeping with the fishes tonight!"
"Ouw..." Sora said slightly, rubbing her head, almost falling over.
"What's wrong?" Tai asked, running to her side. He grabbed her before she fell over. "Are you okay?"
"Y-yeah," she said, regaining her balance,"I-I just got a little dizzy."
Matt growled when he saw Tai in Sora's arms. He was about to say something, when Ken shouted to look out. Everyone turned to the ocean, and saw a squadron of Divermon jumped out of the water. The threw their harpoons back and shot them towards the shoreline.
"Great!" Davis yelled,"Not here a minute, and we're already under attack."
"I don't think they're after us!" Cody shouted, turning around,"Look!"
The Digidestined turned around and saw a black patch zooming towards them from the sky. "What are they?" Agumon asked.
The two flyers of the group hovered into the air and stared at the blackness. They strained their eyes until they discovered the identity of the assailants. "I know what they are," Patamon said.
"What?" T.K. asked, dodging the harpoons.
"Devidramons!" Biyomon exclaimed, flying down to stand by Sora's side.
"Okay, Tai," Matt said,"We're standing between a rock, and a hard place. What do we do?"
"I say, get on the good side, and fight for it!" Davis said, ducking to avoid a harpoon, then jumping to miss a blast.
Cody and Armadillomon ducked, dodging a piece of exploding beach,"In a situation like this, I don't think either side is the right side, Davis."
"We need to do something," Sora said,"We're going to get killed!"
"Okay," Tai said,"We're going to defend ourselves, but, don't get involved. We don't know what's going on here."
The Divermon and the Devidramons didn't seem to even notice the Digidestined. They continued to blast at each other, with the Digidestined in the middle. The humans were starting to run from the field, when one of the Digimon noticed them. "Its the Digidestined!" it said in a scratchy voice. Suddenly, both sides started attacking them. A stray blast hit the beach, splitting the team in half, sending Tai, T.K., Cody, Sora, and their Digimon to the right, and Matt, Davis, Ken, Michael, and their Digimon to the left. They slammed into the ground as the battle continued around them.
Matt slowly brought himself to his knees. "Sora!" he shouted,"Sora, where are you?"
As Michael, Ken, and Davis slowly got their feet, Matt could see Sora across the battlefield. She was lying down next to Tai. They were slowly getting up, when a Devidramon energy attack blasted the beach right behind them. Tai quickly grabbed Sora and threw her to the ground, with him on top of her. Sure, Matt knew that Tai was just shielding her, but, she was his fiance, not Tai's! He shouldn't have even touched her!
He was about to run over to her, to push Tai out of the way, when, suddenly, a beam of energy blasted into the the sandy ground in front of him, throwing him hard onto his back. He could hardly move as the Devidramon crashed into the ground, surrounding the Digidestined.
Matt raised his head just in time to see that a giant white tentacle splash out of the ocean and slammed into the beach. It quickly wrapped around the other Digidestined and pulled them into the ocean, followed by the Divermon.
"Sora," Matt moaned, trying to move after her,"Sora..."
"Matt," Davis said, helping him to his feet,"There's nothing we can do now. She's in safe hands, Tai's with her.."
Matt threw Davis's arm away from him. "Shut up!" he yelled,"Shut up! All I ever here is Tai, Tai Tai!" He raised his voice higher, in an attempt to mimic a girl's voice,"Tai's so great! Tai's the strongest Digidestined! Tai and Sora should have been together! I'm sick of it!"
He fell to his knees and slammed his fist into the ground. "I'm a hundred times better than Tai, and I could prove it, given the chance."
"Yeah," Ken said, joining his side,"I hate the way that everyone thinks that Cody is the greatest person alive! I'm better than he is!"
"Hey," Davis said, "We're a team, remember?"
"I don't care!" Ken said,"Aren't you sick of the way that T.K. is always hanging around Kari, and that he is probably the father of her child?"
Suddenly, Davis felt something creep over over. Something that chilled him to his very soul, something that he wanted to fight, but, couldn't. "Yeah," he said, his eyes starting to turn dark,"That bastered T.K.! He really hurt Kari, he probably raped her! I'll kill him!"
Michael and Betamon just stared at the others. "What's going on with them?" Betamon asked.
Michael just shook his head. "I don't know...."
The Devidramons suddenly closed in on them as a familiar Digimon flew over to them. "Greetings, Digidestined."
"Demidevimon!" they all cried out.
"In the flesh," he said, bowing,"Or in the fur. In any case, my master wishes an audience with you. If you would kindly board the Devidramons, we will be on our way."
Tai had both hands tightly around Sora just as the white tentacle was wrapped around him and the rest of the Digidestined as they shot through the water. Tai clutch her tightly. "Just hold on," he said,"Keep you holding your breath. Don't pass out."
He wished that he could open his eyes and see where they were going, and how long away they were from it, but, they were going too fast, he couldn't open his eyelids. He was just thinking that he couldn't hold his breath any longer, when, he felt the water break around him, and he slammed into the ground.
He opened his eyes to look at Sora. She was lying so still he was afraid that she had fainted. He quickly placed his lips on hers, about to perform CPR, when she pushed him off. "Hey!" she screamed,"What do you think you're-oh, Tai..I..I.."
Tai rubbed his hurt jaw. "What did you do that for?! It looked like you were unconsious, I was just trying to give you CPR!"
"I'm sorry," she said, moving over towards him,"I...I didn't mean to..."
They pulled apart when they heard T.K. start to moan. They turned and helped him and Cody to their feet. "Where are we?" T.K. asked.
"I don't know," Tai said, looking around,"It looks like some kind of dock."
The others looked around. They were standing on a hard, marble floor, with water from the Dark Ocean rippling behind them. In front of them was a wall with a single door, that was now opening. A group of Scubamon walked out, each carrying a small trident. They surrounded the Digidestined, pointing the sharp edges at them. "Come with us please," one of the Scubamon said.
"Why should we?" Tai asked, crossing his arms.
"The Masters of the Dark Ocean demands your presence, and..."
"'He won't take no for an answer,' yes, we've heard it before," Agumon said.
One of the Scubamon stuck his trident into T.K.'s backside. "Okay, okay," he said,"We're going, we're going."
They walked through the doors, and down a long, white marble hallway. Sora was standing very close to Tai, but, they weren't saying anything, they were, however, staring at each other. T.K. and Cody were staring at them. They knew that both of them wanted to talk to each other, but both were afraid to. T.K. finally cleared his throat, and Tai and Sora quickly turned away from each other. "I...ah...I......" Tai started.
"So," Sora said,"How are things between you and Miriya? I..I understand that you have a child with her."
"Um...yeah," Tai said,"She's due any time now. That's why I want to rescue her so badly."
"She's going to give birth soon?" Sora asked,"Hmm, just like me. Are you two....um, happy, together?"
"Um, yeah, I..I guess," Tai said, quickly pulling a glove over his hand,"But, um...w-we're probably not going to last."
"Really?" Sora asked, raising her eyebrow.
"So, how are things with you and Matt?" Tai asked, hopefully.
"A little unstable right now," Sora said, sadly,"I...I think he might even break up with me."
Tai was going to ask her something else, when the Scubamon pushed the Digidestined through a door at the end of the hall. When they walked inside, they gasped. On the other side of the door was a giant, dome shaped building, with a long red carpet running from the door up the floor. There were fountains around the edge of the building, shooting up geysers of dark water. That wasn't what they were gasping at though, it was the giant clam and the giant throne in the center of the room. That wasn't what they were gasping at either, it was the creature seated on the throne.
The creature was huge, with a blue body that resembled a mess of tentacles bounced together. He had a large, oval shaped head, with a massive jaw full of sharp fangs. On his back were two large flippers that resembled bat wings. His left hand ended with a mess of tentacles, while his right hand was a single, long tentacle, that was wrapped around a large, yellow trident, with a glowing white orb in the center of the three spears. The creature looked at them. "Greetings," he said, in a gurgling voice,"Welcome to the Dark Ocean. I am Dragomon, the Master of the Oceans."
"You're the Master of the Oceans?" T.K. exclaimed,"But, you're only an Ultimate, how can you be the Masters of the Oceans?"
Dragomon growled loudly, rattling the building. "I don't think you should have insulted him!" Cody said.
Dragomon got control of himself. He mentioned to the clam, and the Scubamon quickly ran over to it. With great effort, they lifted the clam open. The Digidestined had to shield their eyes as a brilliant blast of light shined forth from the inside of the clam. When their eyes became adjusted, they could see that something was calling that light forth. "Is that a pearl?" Sora asked.
"Yes," Dragomon said, as the clam was closed,"That is the Aquatreft, the the pearl that is the center of all the waters in the Digital World. One who holds that, controls the waters of the Digital World, and all its sub-plains. It has incredible power, and I have grafted a piece of it onto my trident. That is why I am the Master of the Oceans!"
"Okay," Sora said,"Sorry we doubted you."
"Why have you brought us here?" T.K. asked.
"And where are Miriya and Kari?" Tai demanded.
"I do not know where your family is," Dragomon said,"But, I do have the one called Yolei."
The Scubamon nodded, and walked over to another door. The opened it, and Yolei walked in, surrounded by a group of Scubamon. "Tai! T.K.! Cody! Sora!" she cried out, running over to them,"You guys came to save me, but..where's Ken?"
"He was on the surface with Matt, Davis and Michael when we were pulled under," Tai said, glancing at Dragomon.
"Why were you here?" Cody asked.
"That, I can answer," Dragomon said,"She was taken, because her child will become my Dark Bride."
"What?" Tai asked, almost shouting.
"The legends speak that she will become the Ruler of the Oceans, alongside me as my Dark Bride. She will become a Child of Darkness, one who's only place will be with me here!"
"Child of Darkness?" Tai thought to himself,"But, that's what...I thought that Kari...."
"What are you talking about?" Yolei shouted,"My child won't have anything to do with Darkness! I don't care about her family's history!"
Dragomon just laughed. "Destiny cannot be changed! Hahahaha!"
Tai cleched his fist, and Agumon jumped in front of him. "We're taking Yolei out of here now, then we're going after Kari and Miriya. I don't care if you're the Master of the Universe, I have a Mega Digimon, and you don't stand a chance against him!"
Dragomon chuckled to himself. "If you think you can defeat me and make it through all of my soldiers, then rescue you sister and your friends, be my guest. You may even do it. However, how were you planning on leaving the Dark Ocean? There is only one way out, do you know where it is?"
Tai hesitated. He dropped his fists. "What do you want from us?"
"I want you to defeat someone who has been trying to take over this sub-plain of the Digital World. Defeat him and his armies, and, you will be free to go."
"What?" Tai asked,"There's got to be more to it than that. When dealing with demons, there is always a catch."
Dragomon just laughed slightly. "My 'catch' as you call it, will be taken soon. All you need to worry about is defeating my enemy, and I will show you the location of the exit gate."
Tai sighed. "Who is your enemy?"
"Deamon."
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Matt and the others could only gasp at the sight before them. The Devidramon had taken them to the black lighthouse along the shore line. There wasn't much inside, but, on the top floor was a sight that shocked them to their very souls. On a large, throne type seat in the center of the lighthouse's top floor, was a Digimon they thought long dead.
"Daemon!" Davis said, clutching his fist,"Its you, but...you're different. And how is it that you're still alive?"
Daemon laughed. He was definitely different. Where his once red robes and black wings were, was now robes and wings in a purely metallic color and his body almost looked like a mess of organic circuits and wires meshed together in a body form. "Ever since I fought you on Earth and was imprisoned here, I have been in a constant battle with Dragomon. He is the only one who knows where the exit gate for this world is, however, he will not tell me. I was able, however, to send out a 'hard' psychic projection of myself onto File Island. I attempted to massacre the entire island as a sacrifice to my coming master. However, Tai and Wargreymon defeated me, and my psychic projection was infected with the Cyberdyne Virus, and the backlash infected me as well."
"I don't care about any of that!" Davis shouted,"Where is Kari?"
Daemon chuckled to himself. He snap his fingers, and a cage descended from the ceiling. Inside was Kari, her son wrapped tightly in her arms, and Miriya, laying on the floor of the cage. Davis ran over to the cage. "Kari," he said,"Are you okay?"
"Davis," she said, tears starting to form in her eyes,"Help me, please."
"Davis," Miriya said, moaning,"w-where's Tai?"
"What's wrong with her?" Michael pointed at Miriya.
"She's about to go into labor," Kari said,"We've got to get her to a hospital, and quick."
"The only way she's going to leave her, is if we get the location of the exit gate," Daemon said,"And to do that, means defeating Dragomon."
"Then let's do that!" Matt said, his eyes starting to become even darker,"Let's annihilate him!"
"I have to warn you," Daemon said, as a screen appeared behind him and an image of the shore of the Dark Ocean appeared,"It appears that your friends have joined Dragomon in his attempt to destroy me. Can I trust you?"
Matt stepped in front of Davis and Ken. "I will lead the attack on Dragomon, I only ask one thing in return."
"What is that?" Daemon asked.
"I want to be the one that kills Tai Kamiya!"
"What?" Michael asked.
Matt clenched his fist. "He's always had everything, while I always got nothing! Now, even Sora is turning towards him! I want his head!"
"You traitor!" Kari shouted from the cage, shaking on the bars,"I can't believe you! You traitor!"
Daemon laughed,"I must say, I do approve. What of the rest of you?"
"We will help," Davis said.
"It will be our pleasure to destroy T.K. and Cody," Ken said.
They all turned to Michael and Betamon. "I don't know what's gotten into you," he said,"But, I want no part of it!"
"As you wish," Daemon said,"You will remain here with Kari and Miriya, while the others destroy Dragomon, and bring this dimension under my control!"
Tai, T.K, Cody, and their Digimon slowly made their way out of the rolling waves of the Dark Ocean. "So," Armadillomon,"Does any one know where Daemon's hideout is suppose to be?"
"I'm not sure," Patamon said,"But, maybe it could be that lighthouse."
"Which one?" T.K. asked.
"The one that has all those Devidramon coming from it."
The three Digidestined nodded to each other. "Look," Cody said,"Matt, Davis, and Ken are being chased by them. They're escaping!"
Tai strained his eyes and saw that their three friends were ridding on top of the Devidramons. "I don't think that they're escaping!"
Matt grinned sinisterly to himself as he pulled his hand back, then shot it forward, pointing at the Digidestined. "Attack!"
to be continued...
NEXT: DIGIDESTINED VS. DIGIDESTINED!