Eventually my writers block has gone *woo hoo* so to celebrate I've started my latest series of fics. Anyhow please review it and enjoy.
From the Darkness…Chapter 1
The Digidestined had finally defeated BelialVamdemon…or so they thought…in reality Vamdemon's spirit had escaped Imperialdramon's Giga Crusher and had been blown with the current of the wave from the blast to the Dark Ocean…BelialVamdemon was back to normal Vamdemon and without some of his power that he had held for such a long time.
"All my best plans lay in ruin all because of those infidels the Digidestined," thought Vamdemon
"Ah Vamdemon so you've been sent here," came a dark deep voice.
"You have a knack of stating the obvious Demon," replied the Dark Vampire Lord.
He turned around and grinned.
"You were a fool Vamdemon to possess a Human body and then take what I wanted from Ken Ichijouji," he snarled.
"Ah but who make Ken be the way he was with the Dark Spores in the first place? I believe that was me…so therefore he was rightfully mine to take back," grinned Vamdemon.
Demon had no reply for this.
"Gatomon got your tongue?" taunted Vamdemon.
"It isn't wise to mouth off to someone higher rank than you or with more power," replied Demon with a threatening tone to his voice.
"I out smarted you and now your angry," answered Vamdemon coolly. "Now if you don't mind I need to find a place to stay in this Digigod forsaken place"
"I'll give you a place to stay here…in my dungeons…seize him," ordered Demon.
From out of the Darkness came Devimon, IceDevimon and NeoDevimon. They encircled him.
"Ok which one of you wants to be deleted first?" he questioned not knowing that half of his power wasn't there anymore.
IceDevimon moved forward and tried to grasp his cold fingers around the vampires arm.
"Crimson Lightning," called Vamdemon.
To his surprise only a small beam of red light came from his hand.
"What the…?"
IceDevimon latched on to his arm while NeoDevimon got the other arm forcing them behind his back.
"Let go of me," he spat trying to get free.
"It appears that your power isn't what it used to be… it's amusing really," taunted Demon. "Take him to the castle and let him have a cell for his room…we'll make him more at home tomorrow"
Vamdemon got a shiver down his spine at those words. They reminded him of some of his words what he had said a few years ago and what happened after those words.
It was the time when Gatomon had been in his service she had successfully caught a bunch of Gazimon who had rebelled against him. "Take them to the cells…we'll make them more at home tomorrow" Tomorrow came and his version of making them more at home was to make them run a gauntlet of Digimon. 2 resident Digimon of the gauntlet were SkullMeramon the fiery Ultimate Digimon in the fire pit and Gesomon the Water Champion Digimon in his Water pit. Any other Mons were got on the day and thrown in to fight. That gauntlet run cost all the Gazimon their lives.
Vamdemon blinked and then he narrowed his eyes at Demon and growled "I'll have my power back soon and when it is I'll take you and your cronies out"
Demon was taken back but replied with little emotion in his voice "Oh you will, will you? We'll see about that…once we've broken your spirit, we'll break everything that makes you, you and we'll turn you into our slave…and one more thing Vamdemon…your eyes never look at me with those eyes again."
He rose his hand a hit Vamdemon across the face. Vamdemon gasped more shocked than in pain. His face tingled no one had ever done that to him well not in a long time at any rate and it brought back another scene with Salamon. "Everytime you look at me with those eyes I'll have to hurt you" Salamon's eyes were much like his own when he was a rookie…he thought of his own childhood as PicoDevimon. His eyes when he looked at another Digimon a female…his mistress…he could remember her face, but what he did remember was that she was summoned to the Dark Ocean where she never returned…her name…what was her name? He remembered everytime he looked at her with his eyes she punished him that's why he hated Salamon's eyes.
"That is your first lesson Vamdemon don't ever forget it"
He never would forget it…his memory was perfect when it came to revenge.
"Get him out of my sight"
The devil trio took him into Demon Castle. They went below ground level to a dark dungeon. This normally wouldn't bother Vamdemon but the hair on the back of his neck stood up. The thought of the female Digimon came to him again. His mistress if she hadn't been summoned would he be Vamdemon today? She'd have deleted me like I did to many of my own.
"So we have the Vampire in our midst. That wasn't a smart thing to do getting under Demon's skin," snickered Devimon leading the quad.
Vamdemon didn't answer he was too deep in thought.
"You listening bat boy?"
Oh shut up he thought in reply can't you see I don't want to talk to you?
"I bet he's now keeping his mouth shut since he's a little bit scared," taunted IceDevimon making his grip tighter.
Vamdemon winced at the cold grasp of IceDevimon.
Idiots I'll have my revenge on you when my powers have grown again.
Taking him further down the dungeon it got pitch black Vamdemon couldn't even see Devimon in front of him.
"Demon should get some torches down here so we can see where we are going!" exclaimed NeoDevimon.
"Not too many to melt me," replied the Ice Devil.
"Now would we do that?" answered the other 2.
"Yes you would just to get rid of me since Lord Demon favours me to do all the important work," snapped IceDevimon.
"Touchy today aren't we?" grinned Devimon.
They're arguing, IceDevimon is Demon's favourite mon …I could use this to my advantage later.
They continued to walk down the corridors until they came to a room at the very end.
"This is your cell Vamdemon, you'll be sharing with a female Devil," said NeoDevimon.
"Oh lucky me can't even get any peace alone," he replied.
"Oh I'd say lucky you…it's the only cell that has 2 mon to be occupying it all the others have 3 or 4 mon in them…and she's pretty hot even though she did fail Lord Demon," answered IceDevimon
"Fail Lord Demon," muttered Devimon imitating his brother.
NeoDevimon bit his lip trying not to laugh.
Devimon unlocked the door and spoke to the Digimon inside.
"You have a room mate," he told her.
Vamdemon was thrown into the room. The 3 Devil Digimon locked the door and left.
"Oh the things I'm going to do to them when I have my power back!" he muttered.
He looked around and saw a small window at the far side of the room.
"A Vamdemon…" came a voice.
Vamdemon got up brushing his suit from the dust of the floor.
"Yes I am a Vamdemon…where are you?"
"One moment"
She lit 3 candles on a table and stood in their light.
"YOU!" he exclaimed. "I know you"
"Well I don't know you except that you're a Vamdemon," she replied.
"Then let me remind you….about 10 years ago we met,"
"10 years ago I was leader of Server," she answered.
"Yes you were Lilithmon, but when you disappeared I started to take over,"
"I still don't remember you,"
"Well I have digivolved since then…does the name PicoDevimon mean anything to you?"
"PicoDevimon…I had a slave Digimon with that name,"
"And everytime he looked at you with his eyes…"
"How do you know all of this?"
"Look at my eyes,"
She did and gasped. "It's you…but how did you digivolved?"
"With a lot of hard grit and determination," he replied bitterly. "No thanks to you either but at least I have the consolation of knowing that I am at the same level as you now and that you aint going to push me around as you did when I was Pico"
"You always were rebellious," she replied "Why are you here anyhow?"
"ImperialDramon's fault," he answered. "He tried to destroy be and only succeeded sending my shadow to here…when I mouthed off to Demon he wasn't amused"
"Head strong and a fool is what you are," she told him. "I could have deleted you in an instant 10 years ago"
"Yeah you COULD have but you DIDN'T and that was your mistake," he laughed.
"Mistake I never make mistakes," she said huffily.
"Oh we all make mistakes your pride stops you admitting yours," he grinned.
"I suppose your all perfect then?" she snapped.
"In everyway, shape and form," he answered.
Vamdemon knew how perfect he was, even 3 strands of hair that would never go back no matter how hard he tried to make them. His blue suit gave him the looks of power and the mask an air of mystery. The cape enlarged his lanky figure. Everything about him spelt perfection.
Lilithmon sighed at the vampires attitude.
"You know if a few days you won't be laughing…not if I know Demon," she sighed.
"Huh? What you mean?"
"For someone so well educated and sophisticated you are dim, Demon will break your spirit and try to break you literally…he is stronger than any mon I've ever encountered," she answered.
"I'll beat him," replied Vamdemon.
She shook her head "You're pretty powerless at the moment aren't you?"
"How do you???"
"I can tell you look very white rather than the blue that a vampire Digimon normally has," she replied. "I'd say you're only at ¼ of you full power"
"I hate to admit it but you are right," her told her. "I used a lot of energy the last few days, Why were you brought here anyway 10 years ago?"
"Because of my Demon heritage and of my power," she said. "First he stripped me of my powers for himself and then made me into one of his slaves"
"Just like what I did to Wizardmon," he answered with a hint of remorse in his voice.
"Wizardmon?" she questioned.
"He was one of my servants when I took over as Vamdemon…it took me 2 years to get to Ultimate after you were summoned away, Wizardmon was one of my first servants as well as a Salamon, a PicoDevimon and a Phantomon, I had everything at my beck and call but Wizardmon and Salamon were too close they were plotting everyday," he told her. "So like mine did to you, her eyes pierced me I hated them and I was horrid to her beyond belief, Wizardmon was her best friend if not more I called him to my chambers one night and took his power so he wouldn't be a threat. He was a slave to me but still continued to see Salamon even where she had digivolved to Gatomon. No matter what I did to him he defied my at every chance."
"Sounds like someone else who I know," she replied.
"Hmm I'm wondering if that is why I hated him, because he reminded me of myself too much," answered the Vampire. "Maybe my life could have been different and I wouldn't have ended up here"
"Your past cannot be changed but the future can," said Lilithmon.
"Not until I am back at full strength, and then I have to beat Demon to get out of this place," he replied. "You've been here longer than me any ideas?"
She hesitated and then said "No I don't think of stuff like that it isn't my forte,"
"Then I guess I'm stuck here until I can see how this place works and figure flaws in it," he relied.
"Skating on thin ice with that especially since Demon is running the joint, This isn't like you working out how to escape from my domain it's a whole bigger ball game," she told him.
"You think I don't know that?" he questioned. "Besides I managed to escape your castle how many times? 6 was it? It's similar but without knowing any secret passages and such,"
"So you used secrets of my castle?" he asked.
He grinned in reply "I'd be telling my trade secrets if I told you how I did it"
"Well don't be noisy I'm going to sleep, oh and in case you are wondering the sun never comes out here,"
He watched her go over to a bed.
"Blow the candles out will you?"
He blew them out and walked to the left to his own bed. He removed his boots and cape and lay on the cold mattress. He used the cape as a cover and thought again.
"She seems to know a lot but I don't trust her she seems too much interested in what I had to say about my plans…she is probably working with Demon to find out more about me…I bet she did recognise me immediately as the Dark Ocean can look in on the Digital World but not the other way around."
He focused in on Lilithmon's mind.
"I wonder if he trusts me? I bet he doesn't know that I am working with Demon but why I have to use this cell instead of my normal comfy room, this had better be worth it at the end when I receive my reward" she thought.
"Lilithmon," he said.
"Hmm what?" she asked.
"The answer to that question is no I don't and I never will now that I know for sure you are working for him," he replied.
Lilithmon sighed. "Damn I forgot you can read thoughts,"
"Well you better tell your boss that I know of that plan to trick me into coughing up more plans and by the way I escaped your castle with help from the guards of the time there were no secret passages," he answered.
Lilithmon took a communicator from her pocket.
"He's figured it out already Lord Demon," she said.
"You failed me yet again Lilithmon…I'll send IceDevimon down to you and he'll bring you to me," he answered.
Lilithmon lit the candles back up and sat on the edge of her mattress.
"You mind some of us are trying to sleep?" asked Vamdemon.
"No I don't mind at all…" she answered. There was a long pause before she spoke again "Look I know what is to happen to me now and I want to say something to you."
"Nothing you've got to tell me will interest me," he replied.
"There is a secret passage behind the 3rd column on the way back up from here…Demon is going to execute me for my failing this time," she told him.
"Good for the passage," he answered.
"And I'm sorry for everything Vamdemon please just say you forgive me before I go to my death!" she begged
Vamdemon rolled over and looked at her. She had her head in her hands and was crying.
"Forgiveness isn't normally in me…"
"As I thought it doesn't matter then," she answered. " Oh If you want to make sure I don't tell Demon about that passage you can mind link until I am executed," she told him.
"I may take you up on that offer," he replied.
The footsteps of IceDevimon were heard coming down the corridor.
Vamdemon laid there as IceDevimon unlocked and then opened the door.
"I assume that Demon has ordered my execution?"
"He has Lilithmon I am to take you outside now to the courtyard so that everyone can see how too many failures are dealt with," he replied. "By the way bat boy you can see from the window."
"Like I really care some of us are trying to sleep," he answered.
He took Lilithmon from the room and locked the door behind her. When he had gone Vamdemon linked to Lilithmon's mind and heard everything that was said.
"Did you get anything out of him?" asked IceDevimon.
"No he is way too smart for the trick that was tried," she replied.
"Well it was another failure too many for Lord Demon's liking and it caused your execution order to be signed," he told her.
He led her to the court outside.
"Lilithmon," he thought. "I forgive you"
She gave a small smile "Thank you"
He broke off the link and looked out of the window. She turned her head to the window and saw him look out. Demon and his crew also saw him look out.
"My dear Lilithmon how charmed we are to see you die today," sneered Devimon
"Shut the heck up!" she replied.
"Is that anyway to speak to your superiors?" asked IceDevimon.
"Not my superiors," she answered "And you Demon I hope you get hammered to hell!"
"Not a chance sister," came a voice.
"I wondered when you'd show your ugly mug LadyDevimon," replied Lilithmon.
"I wouldn't miss this for all the power in the Digital World," she answered.
"I have decided how you will die Lilithmon," Demon told her. "You will be deleted piece by piece with a spell of mine…nice and painful too" He nodded to IceDevimon who took her to a pole in the middle and secured her to it.
"Incantem Deletion"
A green light was emitted from Demon's eye pendent and went to the base of the pole. It slowly went up Lilithmon who showed no pain.
"This is supposed to be a painful death!" exclaimed Demon.
He looked over to the cell of Vamdemon and saw him concentrating on Lilithmon.
"He is blocking the pain with his mind," he snapped.
Lilithmon turned her head to Vamdemon.
"Disconnect it before you end up like this…there will be nobody to block for you," she told him. "It's my last order!"
"Sure?"
"Do it"
He broke off the link and immediately her face screwed up in pain. The beam continued up to her neck, to her mouth, eyes, then she was no more.
"That's her dealt with," said Demon. "Tomorrow we shall deal with him"
He pointed Vamdemon who looked very weary. He came away from the window collapsed onto the mattress and again pulled the cloak around himself. Another thought came to him of a similar way he put his slaves to death.
He was in his castle in a old room with a pit in the middle of it. In the middle of this pit were 5 poles which Digimon were tied to. Into the room 5 Digimon were brought in. A Lillymon, Woodmon, Palmon, Gazimon and Gizamon. All of them had terrified expressions on their faces.
"You will be put to death in the pit"
He signalled for them to be taken down into the pit and secured onto the poles. When the Bakemon had come back out he went to the edge of the pit and sat at the top. He took a can of liquid and emptied its contents into the pit. He did this with 10 cans then got up and took a flame torch from the waiting Bakemon. He juggled it between both hands. All 5 faces looking up all now very pale. With a casual grin he dropped the torch into the pit. It ignited the liquid rapidly. The screams of terror arose as the fire lapped around the pit. Woodmon was the first to go followed by Palmon and Lillymon. Gizamon tried to get free but with no effect. Gazimon was the last to go. When they were gone Vamdemon waved his hand over the pit and the flames blew out.
"Why do I remember these scenes now?"
He got back up and went to the table and snuffed the candles out.
"Was it because it was so easy to do snuffing out their insignificant lives like the candle?"
There was no one to answer him. He was alone. He had never feared being alone or felt so empty but he felt it now. He lay on the mattress again and got comfy as possible before falling asleep.
Vamdemon wasn't the one to normally have dreams, he considered them foolish, but tonight he did dream close to the end of his sleep. He saw the corridor outside of his cell. He saw himself move the 3rd column to the side but he noticed he wasn't alone. Lilithmon was there in front of him. They came to a fork in the passage and they went left. They came to a dead end.
"Incantem Open," Lilithmon whispered
The end opened at the kitchen.
"You'll be shown what lies beyond the 2nd tonight Vamdemon…remember the words Incantem Open," she told him.
Vamdemon woke and sat up on the bed and looked up towards the window. It was going light. As Lilithmon told him last night there was no sun. The light was faint so it didn't bother Vamdemon too much. He blinked and shook his head.
"No way that can't have been her she died last night and I saw it myself," he thought. "Probably just a silly dream"
A voice from deep inside of him said "But you hardly ever dream…could it have been more"
"Ack trust myself to argue with myself I must be going mad already being here…but what if my inner is right…what if it is more than a dream…she said that I will see another place tonight"
He laid back down and fell back asleep for another couple of hours. He was wakened by voices coming down the corridor.
"What Lord Demon has planned for him today is excellent!" exclaimed IceDevimon. "He is going to make him suffer"
"You're obsessed IceDevimon you know that," replied Devimon. "Now shut up otherwise you'll wake everyone up and we won't be able to punish anyone who isn't awake."
Vamdemon knew he had to get up. He sat up slid his boots back on. He heard the crack of a whip a few cells away followed by a whimper.
"Get up now"
Vamdemon went to the window and looked out on the grey empty courtyard. He mind running wild again.
"I shall be accompanying you to wake the slaves today Bakemon,"
Himself and 2 Bakemon went down to the cells it was 6am the sun not risen yet. They were quiet as mice. The doors were unlocked quietly so the Digimon didn't awake.
"Crimson Lightning"
The whip was struck across the Digimon. It called out in pain.
"Time to get to work now"
He struck the Digimon a second time. The mon got up quickly and slid past Vamdemon very fast.
Crimson Lightning was more potent than a whip a Bakemon carried. It left a painful mark which turned into a scar a few week later. Everymon in the castle had feared him. Very few were stupid enough to anger him. Wizardmon and Gatomon always tried his patience and even they were beginning to know how far they could go. All his plans were working smoothly. The Legend of the Digidestined hasn't yet come true. He ruled Server but let Etemon have the outer regions with a cocky PicoDevimon. How that Pico was so much like him but that Pico knew when to stop as he never did.
His thoughts were interrupted by the door being unlocked.
"Ah damn he's awake," said NeoDevimon disappointedly
Vamdemon was about to put his cape on when he was interrupted.
"I wouldn't bother if I were you putting that on," IceDevimon grinned.
"And why not?" asked Vamdemon.
"What Demon has planned for you is nothing short of brilliant," replied the Ice Devil.
Vamdemon put the cloak down on his bed.
"Follow us"
Vamdemon left the cell and walked down the corridor. On his way past the 3rd column he looked at it quickly before looking where he was going. Digimon were lined up at each side of the corridor watching the 4 figures go up. Vamdemon shot a quick look behind him to see the mon were filing behind walking up the corridor.
"They are so organised…like my mon were"
They went out into the courtyard the Digimon behind Vamdemon spread around the outside. There were 3 walls of Digimon in each direction blocking all the ways out. The 3 Devil Mon took him to the middle of the yard where there was a circle painted on the ground. Demon appeared on the level above on a balcony.
"Good morning slaves," he called.
In perfect unison they replied "Lord Demon Master of Darkness"
"As you can see we have a new recruit in out midst, a vampire Digimon Vamdemon"
Vamdemon could feel hundreds of pairs of eyes on him and he shuddered.
"Since he is an Ultimate we must give him a warm welcome"
Vamdemon sensed a double meaning to that sentence too just like he had yesterday.
"SkullMeramon," called Demon.
The Firey Ultimate Digimon came from the crowds and into the centre.
"Yes Lord Demon," he said.
"You shall fight our new recruit and teach him the way things work here," he replied.
IceDevimon, Devimon and NeoDevimon grinned evilly.
"I hope this will be good," whispered NeoDevimon.
SkullMeramon wrapped his chain around his arm and ignited it.
"Just what I don't need a fight with this hot head,"
"Metal Fire Ball"
A streak of fire headed straight at Vamdemon. He dived out of the way quickly just moving in time.
"See how the rat runs" mused Demon.
"Crimson Lightning"
Vamdemon's Lightning came and wrapped around SkullMeramon's legs.
"My power seems to be returning to me, my Lighting is stronger than yesterday but do I have enough to stop being on the barbeque?"
SkullMeramon growled in frustration at not being able to remove the Lightning.
"Grisly Wing"
A few bats left Vamdemon to attack SkullMeramon.
"Not enough power to have a full wave of bats yet"
Demon watched intently scanning every move.
"Metal Fire Chain"
SkullMeramon whipped his fire chain around and caught Vamdemon across the chest making him go flying backwards.
"Damn that hurt"
He got back up slowly and grasped his side.
"That hurt Vamdemon?" called Demon.
"No just a mild irritation"
"Crimson Lighting"
He sent a bolt directly at the still leg bound SkullMeramon. It hit him directly in the heart and deleted him. Vamde looked in shock…
"I never wanted to delete him…"
Lord Demon jumped down from the balcony and walked over to Vamdemon.
"Seize him"
The Devil trio surrounded him and held him tight.
"Deleting one of my hench mon wasn't a clever move Vampire"
"You'd have had him delete me in an instant"
"True I could have…but I want you to stay alive and have life as a living nightmare…take him to the gauntlet and get this lot to work"
NeoDevimon and Devimon took Vamdemon down to a long room with different obstacles in the way.
"This is our gauntlet you have to get through this without being deleted"
Vamde remembered the scene of the Gazimon again and shuddered. This gauntlet looked easier than his but still looked difficult.
IceDevimon and Demon came to the room after setting all the other mon to work.
"In front of you is my work…I have seen your gauntlet and I thought I'd spice mine up with sharp objects and obstacles…this is a recent update and you get to have the first run on it"
Vamdemon looked straight ahead and focused on the end. Running forward he jumped over the first obstacle. Seeing an arrow coming straight at him he ducked and went under a steel frame. He had to breath in while doing this because of spikes coming up from the floor below. He got up and jumped another bar he glanced quickly behind him and saw a fireball coming. He didn't have time to move out of its way and it hit him in the back. He grimaced and stared at Demon who had his finger pointing forward which had a whisp of smoke coming from it. "Damn him all the way to DigiHell" He carried on determined to show Demon what he could do and that he could get through anything sent at him. Vamdemon came to a pit of water. He took a deep breath and dived in struggling to swim as he had never really needed to before. He felt something wrap around his back leg.
"You aren't going any further mate"
"MarineDevimon," gasped Vamdemon before being dragged under the water. "Can't breathe"
He started to black out but continued to struggle for his life. He broke free and kicked to the surface. Air rushed into his lungs as he surfaced. Not having the time to think he continued and got out of the water at the far end.
"I must say I'm impressed," Demon told the Demon trio. "I never expected him to get as far as he has"
Vamdemon was soaked and his clothes sticking to his skin. He sluggishly climbed over a wall and collapsed on the other side as he finished.
Demon walked around the outside to Vamdemon.
"Impressive," he smirked as he surveyed the exhausted Mon. "Take him to dry off and then take him to the dining room where he shall eat and drink his fill."
Vamdemon was dragged to his feet and took to a room with an open fire.
"Get yourself dry and there is a change of clothes," ordered IceDevimon.
The Demon trio left him alone in the room and locked the door. Vamdemon looked around at the room. It looked stunning much like Lilithmon's room was back when he was younger.
"Why have they given me new clothes and letting me get dry…I wonder if Demon is wanting me on his team and that everything I do is a test to see what my potential is"
Vamdemon went and dried and changed into his new suit. It was less glamorous than his old blue one. It was black with blue edging. He put his gloves near the fire to dry out. He put on the new pair of boots. These were black with silver fastenings like his old pair. When his gloves were dry he put them back on and sat down in a chair near the fire. He again started to think about his past.
He was sat in a luxurious room in front of a fire he had a glass of wine in his hand and was talking to a Bakemon.
"Bakemon you know the last few days have been very unproductive in new enrolment of recruits…I want you to go out and find some potential recruits and then to report back to their locations I shall encourage them to join me"
"As you wish sir…oh and sir a Bakemon digivolved today…the one who had the markings of a warrior"
"Hmm…and what did he digivolved to?"
"Phantomon sir"
"Have him come down here when you are leaving"
"Sir"
The Bakemon left the room leaving him alone. Taking a sip of his wine he got up and went to the mirror hung up on the side wall. He put the glass on the side of the table and looked into the mirror.
"Everything is going so well for me now…2 years ago I was a PicoDevimon…a worthless rookie and a slave and now I am an Ultimate…all powerful ruler of Server"
There was a knock on the door. Turing back from the mirror picking the wine up and sitting back down in the chair.
"Enter"
The door opened and into the room floated Phantomon.
"My Lord Vamdemon you sent for me sir"
"Yes I did…you digivolved today"
"Yes sir"
Getting up from the chair he turned towards Phantomon.
"Then I congratulate you…I know you've done a lot of work to become an Ultimate Digimon in the last few months…I offer you a drink to celebrate…you shall benefit from your digivolution as shall I"
"Thank you sir"
Taking a glass of wine.
"To your health Master"
"And to yours Phantomon"
They both drank the wine.
"Now for your new orders Phantomon, I wish you to lead the Bakemon it saves me having to do it I trust you have the competence to do so"
"Yes sir, thank you sir"
"You may go"
Saluting Phantomon left the room to go about his new duties.
Vamdemon came back from his thoughts.
"Remembering so many things that seem so insignificant but now they make me realise how fortunate I was to have supporters like him he stuck by me through thick and thin"
He heard the door unlock and open again.
"You are to come with me," said IceDevimon.
Vamdemon went with IceDevimon.
"Why had Demon changed his mind about me?" he asked.
"Don't know I've worked for him for many years and I still don't know how he works" replied IceDevimon. "Why you want to know?"
"Well the fact that he was being a complete retard to me and now he's giving me new clothes to replace the wet ones and if I heard correctly earlier I am to go to the dining room to have my fill," answered Vamdemon.
"You did here right and I can only give you my theory, when I came here after being banished from the Digital World and I was made to run a gauntlet and I passed like you did and I became a good servant to Lord Demon and I now lead the servants."
"Could that be his plan for me to make me into one…he must be crazy if he thinks I'll accept that!"
"It could be his will to make you into a servant you have plenty of potential and being an Ultimate you could grow through the ranks very quickly but as long as you don't get my job I don't really care but that is only a theory as I said"
"Tell me one more thing IceDevimon…how come you and the others don't get on?"
"Because they're jealous that I am the favourite of Lord Demon…and that I am of a higher rank than them," he replied.
"I see"
IceDevimon took him to the dining room. The table was laid out with a variety of dishes each looking delicious. Sat at the end of the table was Demon.
"So glad you could make it Vamdemon I take it you are refreshed after you workout?"
"Did I have a choice?"
"No but many have been known to avoid an audience with me by taking their own lives and I appreciate you not choosing that option, please take a seat"
Vamdemon took a seat near the centre of the table.
"Will you be joining us IceDevimon?" asked Demon "The others are working"
"If I may"
"You may I trust you have no objections Vamdemon?"
"Not up to me is it?" he replied
"True you are learning already I see"
"I take it what I've been doing is a test of character and to see what I can do?"
"Yes it is I am about to make you a most generous proposition"
"And that would be"
"Please eat first and we will discuss later"
Cautiously Vamde went to pick a piece of Mexican chicken up. He slowly took a bite out of it chewed and swallowed.
"Good?"
"Yes it is but there is a small problem"
"And that would be?"
"I need blood to fully sustain myself"
"I see…DEVIMON," he called.
The mon entered the room.
"Fetch some blood"
Devimon left the room and soon came back with a jug of blood. Vamdemon drank some of it and felt a lot better than he had been. Devimon left the room and went back to his duties muttering something about how he was going to kill Vamdemon and IceDevimon. Vamdemon was able to latch on to this and grinned.
"Now Vamdemon for that proposition…I take it you enjoyed your meal and the room you were in?"
"Yes I did"
"Now would you like to keep that room and eat and drink like this each day?"
"I would…"
"Good well my proposition is that if you agree to work for me here in the Dark Ocean then I shall make sure that you get what you require"
"What would I be doing and why the sudden change since you threatened to make my left a living hell?"
"Well you would be doing different tasks it will just depend on what each day brings and for my change of mind I saw that during your fight and gauntlet run that you'd be a valuable agent to me," replied Demon. "Well what is your answer?"
"I need to think it over before making any decisions," replied Vamdemon.
"Very well…you can spend the rest of your day in the room you were in earlier…did you leave anything in the other cell?"
"Yes my cape"
"It will be sent to you…I must go now as I have other things to attend to when you are done here IceDevimon will escort you back to your room"
Demon got up and left the room.
"I'm done here"
IceDevimon took Vamdemon back down to the room as he was about to close the door and lock it Vamdemon spoke to him.
"By the way watch your back from Devimon…I was able to latch onto one of his thoughts"
"I believe I got it wrong about you…you're half decent"
"Say that again and I'll kill you myself to save Devimon the job!"
IceDevimon closed and locked the door and went off down the hallway. He soon returned with the cloak and gave Vamdemon it back.
"I suppose I could use the proposition to my own advantage…find out other secrets as well as how I can get out of this world and back to the Digital World"
Time passed and he heard the other servants being brought back inside. He looked outside of his cell and saw some of the mon looking very exhausted.
"What do they do all day?" he thought… "And what can I do to help them?"
He shook his head.
"Wake up why should you help them…watch out for yourself first!"
"But I can't they need my help…I've been evil enough in my lifetime and it's time I need to change…as Lilithmon said to me the past cannot be changed by my future can…I'll pretend to be loyal to Demon but start to work my way around his systems so I can and all these mon can escape back to the Digital World, my mind is set on this now"
He saw Devimon and NeoDevimon come down the corridors with a pot of something. They stopped at each cell and he saw them put the contents into small bowls that the mon held out. The passed Vamdemon's room and went further down. Vamdemon went and sat down and relaxed a while. His relaxation didn't last long before his door was opened and into the room came the Devil 4 and Demon.
"Have you made your decision yet Vamdemon?" asked Demon
"Indeed I have," he replied.
"And?"
"The answer to your question is yes Lord Demon," answered Vamdemon.
With a big grin and a nod of his head he answered "Good I'm glad you decided to see the benefits…now if you wish to eat you know where the dining room is…you will be starting work tomorrow morning with IceDevimon he will show you the ropes"
Demon turned around and left LadyDevimon, Devimon and NeoDevimon followed him. IceDevimon turned before he went and threw a key to Vamdemon.
"That is the key to your door so no-one walks in on you when you are sleeping…oh and thanks again…I've heard NeoDevimon and Devimon talking myself not long ago"
"Hmm thanks for the key…I don't feel hungry yet I can wait for more food I have other stuff to do"
"Ok I'll leave you to it"
Vamdemon closed the door and sat back in the chair again.
"So much I have to learn and do here...but I know I can do it…I have to do it for all the evil things I've done in the past…I have to atone for what I did"
TO BE CONTINUED