Digimon.EXE

By Wolf O'Donnell

WARNING! May contain Alternative Universe situations and out-of-character experiences. Upon reading this, you hereby agree that you forfeit all your rights to sue me and that I cannot be held liable for any psychological or physical damage caused by the fact that I use British English spelling and that this fanfic contains graphic acts of a heterosexual and homosexual nature (not applicable to FanFiction.net version), extreme violence and use of swear words. Digimon is copyrighted by Bandai and Toei Animation Ltd. Wolf O'Donnell is copyrighted by Nintendo Ltd, although that might have nothing to do with the fanfic. Constructive criticism is very welcome.

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Session 16: Itsumo Aeru Kara

"Who are you? How'd you find me here?" asked the Datamon with a curious expression on his face. If this Digimon was anything to go by, she seemed pretty dangerous to him. It wasn't everyday that he bumped into tall, blonde, armoured Digimon. "Say, aren't you the Digimon that's been causing trouble all over the DarkNet?" asked Datamon curiously.
A smile spread across Rena's face.
"So, you've heard about me, have you?" she stated. The smile on her face could have sent shivers down an cold, ice-subtype Digimon. "What have you heard?"
The smile on Datamon's face was just as unnerving. It was a smug smile that suggested that the Digimon had something under his sleeve.
"I've heard you've been asking around about Hypnos quite a lot," replied the Datamon, as he twiddled his metallic fingers. "So, what did you want to find me for? I suppose you want my help? Do you want information?"
"I want a cure," replied Rena sternly. "You know that the Digital World's been frozen lately? I want you to create a program that can get rid of the ice."
Datamon laughed at Rena's request.
"You want me to create a program in order to help you Devas?" asked Datamon. "What's the matter? Can't you handle this problem?"
Rena's patience was wearing thin. She grabbed Datamon by his domed head and lifted him off the floor and up into the air.
"Look here, I'm not asking you to do this, scumbag," she told the DarkNet Digimon. "I am ordering you to create a cure for the ice. If you don't, you won't have an Operator." She looked the Datamon square in the eye. "If Hypnos gets their way, you'll be deleted as well, but if I don't get my way, you'll be deleted long before they get their chance."
"I'll do my best!" cried Datamon, as he wriggled about in her grasp like a worm. "Just, please, put me down!"

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"Have you made any progress on the Digital World?" asked Dr. Lee, as he walked up to Ruki's desk.
The auburn-haired girl shook her head solemnly in response. She wished she had made some progress, but the entire situation seemed almost hopeless.
"I'm afraid not, Dr. Lee," she told Jenrya's father. "It seems hopeless. We've located Datamon, but whether he can create a cure or not..."
"We've got a more pressing situation on our hands," stated Dr. Lee, as he pressed a button on his own D-Scanner. A holographic screen appeared above it and he lowered it down so that Ruki could get a look. "See this?" he asked her.
Ruki's eyes widened. It was a news article on Phyle. Apparently, strange high levels of electromagnetic radiation was being emitted from the Central Phyle Area. Communications were down because of the electromagnetic radiation and citizens were being forced to flee because of the health risks.
"What is going on there?" she wondered out loud.
"I have no idea myself, but I'm sure that Hypnos has something to do with it," replied Dr. Lee. It seemed to him that Hypnos was launching an all out attack on the entire Earth Sphere.
"Hypnos's attacks have been getting more vicious lately," agreed Ruki. "It's as if they want some kind of all out war against the nations of the Earth Sphere."
Dr. Lee agreed with her. The situation was getting more desperate. Hypnos was raising the stakes and if they carried on the way they were going, all the nations would suffer.
"I think they're hoping that the individuals nations of the Earth Sphere would fold under their onslaught," he suggested to Ruki. "Transfer the entire project of unfreezing the Digital World to Jenrya and then go to Central Phyle."
"But sir, the EM radiation!" protested Ruki.
"That's why I've designed a special suit to protect you against the magnetic radiation," Dr. Lee told her. "I want you to go in and find out what's going on. Don't worry, you will be accompanied by a couple of Officials and Devas."
Ruki looked at her computer screen and began to wonder. Would they all be all right? Was there any way they could survive Hypnos's powerful offensive?
"When do I leave?" she asked Dr. Lee.
"As soon as possible," he replied.

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Rena heard footsteps. She turned round and braced herself, ready for any ambush whether it be from Digimon or from virus. Every digital muscle within her digital body was tensed, ready to leap in and attack. All that tension was for nothing, however, as she saw her friends run through the doorway and on to the terminal. She relaxed.
"It's about time you got here," she told them, as she crossed her arms.
"We're sorry we're late," apologised MegaGargomon, "but we had to deal with a real troublesome Digimon that was dealing without a licence."
Ruki's Digimon sighed. As usual, they were going for the small fry when there were much bigger fish out there.
"I've got to get going," she informed them. "Ruki needs me with her to investigate some strange goings on at Phyle." She knew what they were going to ask, so she told them about the electromagnetic radiation before they could even ask.
"Who's that?" asked WarGrowlmon, as he pointed towards the Digimon next to her.
Datamon turned round with an insulted look on his face. He had gotten the impression from the Sakuyamon that the Devas were looking for him.
"I'm Datamon, you blithering idiot," replied Datamon angrily.
"Hey, watch who you're calling an idiot, pal," warned Jenrya's Digimon threateningly.
Rena quickly floated in between the Digimon, knowing that if someone didn't intervene, one of the Digimon would be black and blue all over. Of course, if Rena had her way, it would have been both Datamon and MegaGargomon.
"Stop it now," she told MegaGargomon. "Datamon's currently working on a cure. Once he's done, I'm jacking out."
"Do you have to?" asked WarGrowlmon.
"Yes, I do," replied Sakuyamon with a nod of her head. She then turned to glare coldly at Datamon, which made him turn round quickly and get back to work. "That's better," she told Datamon, before turning back round to face her friends. "If he gives you a hard time after he leaves, just knock him about." A smile spread across Rena's face upon saying those words.
"There all done!" exclaimed Datamon with a sigh of relief. He looked in front of him and saw the data packet that floated in front of him. "If you use this where the ice all originated from, you'll be able to unfreeze the entire Digital World," he announced, as he gestured towards the glowing data packet.
"Easier said than done," sighed MegaGargomon, when he realised that they didn't know where the ice had all originated from.

The Hypnos Digimon floated back with a startled look on its face. The alarm had gone off. He looked around him and saw that he was suddenly surrounded by Digimon. It was safe to say that they were all Devas or at least Officials.
"Help!" he called out.
"You idiot!" shouted a voice angrily. "Next time be more careful!"
"Sorry!"
"Don't you worry," sighed the voice. "I've got an Advance that'll wipe them out for sure. You just carry on."

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Jenrya's D-Scanner began beeping. It wasn't a phone call. It was an e-mail. The blue-haired Deva reached out and pressed a button, creating a holographic screen above his D-Scanner. On it was a selection of e-mails and the ones with a glowing, orange symbol next to them were all new. One of them, however, gained his attention more than the others. The e-mail's title was red, stating that it was an urgent one.
"Jen, is something wrong?" asked Takato, as he rose from his seat and left his computer terminal.
For a while, the blue-haired youth didn't reply. His eyes were focused mainly on the main body of text that made up the e-mail.
"It's from Dad," muttered Jenrya under his breath. "MegaGargomon, jack out!" he ordered. "We've got to go."
"Jenrya, what's going on?" asked Takato more insistently.
"I'm sorry, Takato, Alice, but I've got things to attend to," replied Jenrya, as he unplugged his D-Scanner. "I'll see you around, though, okay?"
The speed at which Jenrya left suggested all sorts of things to Takato. Some of those things were bad. He felt his stomach sink at the prospect of what his best friend could have been called out for.
"Yeah, I'll see you," he said quietly.
"Alice, Datamon's found out where the ice has come from!" announced Dobermon from the computer in which Alice's D-Scanner was plugged into. "We've got to get to Phyle DigiSquare!"

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Dark. It was pitch black. Icicles pointed upwards from the floor. They outlined a pathway that led towards a throne made out of ice. In this throne sat a white Digimon with large, white and tattered wings. The Digimon had white horns and blood red eyes that seemed to glow demonically. With the exception of the black belts he wore around his arms and legs like arm and leg bands, he was completely white, especially his pointed fangs.
"IceDevimon, I've just received word from an informant in the DarkSquare," announced a voice. "Some Devas are coming this way. Do you think you can handle them?"
A toothy smile spread across IceDevimon's face.
"Those Devas are no match for me," replied IceDevimon with a clap of his hands. Light shone into the area, to reveal the iced terminal he stood on and the Hypnos symbol floating in the background. "After all, I managed to freeze their friends, didn't I?" he laughed, as he gestured towarsd the icicles in which resided frozen Digimon.

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"There, the firewall's down," sighed Alice. "Wait a minute!" She typed in a few commands. Alice had discovered that if you type in a certain few commands, you could override the D-Scanner's default view of the Digital World and zoom in and out. "Phyle DigiSquare is shaped like a skull," she stated.
Takato had always wondered why there were two holes within the floor of the DigiSquare. Now he knew. It was not obvious at first, since the skull was presented sideways. Now he noticed the small projections on the east end of the DigiSquare and the platform to the east of the DigiSquare made the shape of the skull's teeth and lower jaw. The only reason no one had noticed it before, was because the firewall blocked all entrance to the eastern part of the DigiSquare, where one could have clearly seen the jaw-shape of the skull.
So, this confirmed it. Hypnos's Headquarters were located in Phyle and the shops at Phyle DigiSquare, which sold rare Advances and rare programs, funded the terrorist organisation. Takato felt like a fool.
"Well, I guess this really is the end," he stated. "The end of Hypnos! Go, WarGrowlmon! I know you can show those Hypnos scumbags what you can really do!"

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WarGrowlmon nodded in acknowledgement.
"Roger," he replied, before he turned to face the house-shaped door at the end of the terminal in front of him. It undoubtedly led towards Hypnos's Server. "Let's go!" he roared, as he charged along the path and through the doorway.
The Hypnos Server wasn't quite what WarGrowlmon expected. The path in front of him wound snaked out in front of him and it was completely covered in ice. The Hypnos symbol, three circles connected to each other by three lines (imagine the Yuggoth symbol), floated in the background, which was completely white. At the far end, was a wide and long terminal with icicles lining its side.
"A Digimon," growled WarGrowlmon, as he saw the white Digimon at the throne at the farend of the terminal. Did that Digimon belong to Hypnos's Leader? Well, there was one way to find out.
"Wait up!" called Dobermon, but WarGrowlmon didn't listen.
WarGrowlmon was too busy running across the slippery ice. He had completely forgotten that the IceDevimon at the end of the terminal was classified as a water-type, ice-subtype Digimon. Those types of Digimon could defeat him quickly, what with him being a fire-type and all.
"So, you're the Deva Digimon, are you?" hissed a voice that seemed to echo all around WarGrowlmon. "You're not quite what I expected." There was a pause, as WarGrowlmon slid across a turn in the path and slammed against the invisible wall that prevented him from straying from the path. "It should be easy to eliminate you two," chuckled the voice, which definitely came from the IceDevimon.
"Are you the one that's been causing all this?" shouted WarGrowlmon. "Are you the Hypnos Leader?"
IceDevimon laughed, as he stood up from his throne, spreading his wings out in a menacing fashion.
"Don't make me laugh, little Digimon," he chuckled. "Yes, I am the one that created all this ice, but I am not the Hypnos Leader. You're not even at the main Hypnos website." He then began to flap his wings, beating them and sending a gust of wind blowing down the path.
WarGrowlmon found himself slipping. He couldn't get a grip on the ice-laden floor and began slipping backwards.
"WarGrowlmon, use your Atomic Blaster," suggested Takato.
"That's no use, Takato, his attack won't reach the end of the path," pointed out Alice.
The fire-type Digimon, although he really wanted to believe in Takato, realised that Alice was right. The path was snake-like for a reason, to prevent people from firing an attack down from the entrance towards IceDevimon. There was no way he could possibly fight against IceDevimon. The Digimon was preventing him from even reaching him.
Something furry suddenly rushed past. It was Dobermon. He ran along the icy path, apparently unhindered by the powerful winds that tried to blow him back.
"Down with Hypnos!" he roared, as he ran along the terminal and then lunged at IceDevimon.
The ice-subtype devil Digimon screamed out in pain, as Dobermon's teeth bit into his skinny arm. He cursed angrily, lashing about with his arm in an attempt to throw the canine Digimon off of him. IceDevimon flung out with his arm and Dobermon let go.
"You wretched Deva!" screamed IceDevimon, before he lunged at Dobermon and slashed out with his claws. He missed. "Tundra Freeze!" He whirled round and exhaled, a cold gust of air hitting the canine Digimon.
That was when WarGrowlmon rushed into the rescue. He slashed at IceDevimon with his powerful axe-laden arms, elicitating a scream of pain from the water-type, ice-subtype Digimon and causing the IceDevimon to fall to his hands and knees. WarGrowlmon, wasn't interested in the Hypnos Digimon, however. He was far more concerned about Dobermon.
"Are you okay?" he asked, as he rushed over to Dobermon.
"I'm fine," replied Dobermon, as he weakly tried to get up, but found that he couldn't. "Please, take care of IceDevimon for me. We have to unfreeze the Digital World and save the Real World."

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"Are you okay?" asked MegaGargromon.
"I'm fine," replied Jenrya, as he got back up to his feet. He glared at the green-haired youth that stood behind the Hypnos henchmen. He recognised those glasses, that dark green hair and that white jacket. "Kitagawa Kenta," he growled angrily. "I should have known I'd find you here." `Especially,` Jenrya added as an afterthought, `when you take into consideration that Kenta is Juri's boyfriend and she worked for Hypnos too.`
There was a smug smile on Kenta's face.
"Looks like I'm going to get some revenge against the person that put Juri in prison," laughed Kenta. "Boys, get him!" he ordered and his henchmen advanced on Jenrya.

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An angry snarl spread across IceDevimon's face.
"You think you can beat me, scaly boy?" asked IceDevimon, as he raised his claws into the air. "Avalanche!" he called out and in response, several icicles fell from the sky.
One hit Dobermon and knocked the canine Digimon out. Another fell on to WarGrowlmon, making him stagger back in pain. The ice attack was like any other water attack. He was weak against it and suffered double the damage the water attack normally caused.
IceDevimon smiled.
"How'd you like that then?" he asked WarGrowlmon. He chuckled. "You're a fool to think that you can fight against me. I will freeze you and crush you into tiny little ice cubes."

To be continued...