The Powers Within: Purity of Sunlight
by Creedogmon
edited by Godeerc VanDrey
Category: Digimon
Genre: Fantasy, General
Rating: PG
Language: English
Summery: The final DigiDestined gets a power.
A/N: I hope you're enjoying the story so far, because it's almost ending. There are two more stories in the series, but this book is closing.
Chapter 11: Purity of Sunlight
I remove my hand from Jessica's. We re all quiet for a while, taking in the story. Finally, Phillip breaks the silence, "Wow, Chris, how were you able to use Jessica's power?"
"To tell you the truth, I'm not completely sure. I have gone around and tried to do it with other people's power, but with no avail. Jessica has to. But, uh…"
Jessica finishes for me; "Christopher and I seem to have a special connection here. Nicormon spoke of whose Sister I was, giving me this strange riddle. With hair that mock the color black and eyes of darkened gold. With the power of airy sea who protects those in need."
Matt comments, "Sounds like Chris."
I smile, "For now, we're calling it Siblings of Destiny."
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I sit on a log, watching the three girls play with Virginia. Somewhat, I am jealous that I have to share her. On the other hand, I'm relieved that the burden has been taken off me, even if it is my duty as her babysitter and the Caretaker to take care of her. I've been babysitting for well over a hundred hours straight.
"Baby," she comments about her doll, which is clothed in yellow. She has always been fascinated by babies. Anna smiles, "Well, you're a mother in the works if I ever saw one."
"Sheep," she points out on her doll.
"Is that a lamb on your baby's dress, Esperanza?" I ask her.
"Lamb." she replies.
The girls laugh. Katmondu then walks out of the woods, rather contentedly. He meows loudly at me.
"Kid-tee!" This is, of course, from Virginia. She gets herself up and wobbles toward my cat. She gets another "Kid-tee" in before trying to pet him, but lacking sufficient manual dexterity to do so. She decides rather, to grabs his tail. He slides it out before she gets a good grip, gives her a rather indignant meow, and moseys off, Virginia still in tow.
I feel the raindrops before I see them.
"Rain," I comment.
Jessica looks at Virginia, "Esperanza's not going to like being wet."
I add, "Neither is Katmondu. He'll be covered in ice."
Anna looks around, "Justine and I'll find the guys. You guys find a cave or something."
So, we split up. A quarter mile back into the woods, we find a shallow cave. Deeming it worthy of an umbrella, we enter. I drop Katmondu, who shakes the ices crystals off his back and start to wander deeper into the cave. Jessica puts down Virginia, who waddles back outside. A raindrop hits her hand and she looks at it curiously. She holds her hand out for us to see. Jessica wipes off her hand. Virginia looks down, frowning. She looks up at me and step toward me. I sit down and put her in my lap. She reaches under my shirt and triumphantly shows off her newly wet hand.
The two of us can hardly help laughing. Jessica wobbles and sits down. "Vision," is all she can mutter before blacking out. I grab her hand, and am suddenly part of the vision.
It's rather blurry and the sound is warped, but I immediately recognize my surroundings. I am at my church. I walk towards the front, Jessica beside me, and a minister is baptizing a young baby by the baptismal font. I can't make out the words, but I recognize the tone.
"In the name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit, Amen." I whisper.
A woman grabs a microphone and begins to talk. I don't understand her garbled words, but at the sound of her voice, a tear comes to my eye. Everything disappears.
Jessica, awoken, breathing heavily, asks, "What was that?"
I answer, "That was Virginia's baptism." I wipe the tear.
"What's wrong?"
"That lady beside the minister. It was my mom."
She pauses, "It was, wasn't it?"
I nod and look toward Virginia. She is looking at the roof of the cave.
"Dah-dee?" she mumbles.
Jessica and I look to each other.
I grab her. "Virginia, Daddy's not here right now."
Jessica gets her attention, "Honey, Daddy will be back real soon, but for right now, you've only got us. And the other big people, too."
She begins to cry. I try to soothe her, but it doesn't work. I hand her to Jessica, who tries too, without luck. She just keeps looking up at the roof, her head looking back and forth. I get an epiphany, "Jessica, she's hearing voices."
Jessica looks at me, eyes wide, "She's getting a power?"
"She's got a D-3."
'So, the Angel is falling. What a tragedy.'
"Jessica, did you hear that?"
"Yeah, I did. But it sounds like those voices that only the DigiDestined is supposed to hear."
"Jessica, it sounds like Virginia's dad."
A great crash comes from the ground. Jessica's and my auras alight instantly, forming a shield for Virginia at the intersection. Katmondu's aura forms as well, because of the loud crash. He is already transformed. A black form emerges from the ground. "Devimon…" I breathe.
The Defender pounces on the black devil digimon, who hits him with his arm, launching the tiger into the forest with a black explosion. It is Devimon, the devil digimon, with black horns, clawed hands, and glowing red eyes.
"Angemon killed you."
"Well, that's the funny thing about digimon. Even when you destroy them, they're not really dead. Sometimes, even when you do kill them, they're still not dead. Black Force!"
He extends his clawed hand and emits a glowing blast. Our auras take the blast, sending us back. My aura splatters away and Jessica's fades. We transform and run back, robed and ready.
We're not quick enough. Devimon is set to take another shot at Virginia.
"Might of Forest!"
"Victory of Stone!"
Vines and rock surround Devimon, who casually breaks them with his arms.
"Protection of Mist!"
"Reality of Illusion!"
The others join in, but fail. "Foolish DigiDestined, your measly natural powers are useless against me." Finally, with all of us on the ground, and Virginia sitting gleefully on the ground, Devimon emits another black blast. It doesn't hit her. A yellow sphere takes the impact, but the blackness now seeps through, covering her with a dark aura.
"Foolish DigiDestineds. The young one, the Angel, is now being corrupted. I present to you the Advocate of Guile."
I feebly look at Virginia, disbelieving that Devimon has taken over her. I sense something. I close my eyes to focus. Her forehead. I feel… water on it.
Devimon laughs evilly, "I have corrupted her very soul without words, but the very essence of evil. You all would die from such exposure, but she has taken it. She is unstoppable."
"You're not wrong." I tell him.
Devimon laughs, "Advocate, tell them what I have told you. Kill them with the evil I have given to you."
"Cree," she giggles. "Dah-dee, Mah-mee, Cree, Yay-yay."
His voice deep, Devimon howls, "What is this?"
Virginia starts to cry.
A scream rings out. It is Devimon's scream. We look up and see a stream of dark red liquid flowing from below his horns.
I hear a motherly voice, "Devimon. That's what happens when you try to corrupt what is blessed and pure."
We look over to Virginia. She is floating in her spherical aura, which shines like the sun. It becomes so bright, I must shield my eyes, but it withdraws, leaving only the Angel. Virginia is now clad in a simple dress, which is pastel yellow. She has two, white feathery wings, which flap ever so slowly. Her eyes glow with sunlight.
The voice returns, coming from the Angel, but not her lips. "Devimon, you cannot corrupt a blessed soul. You can, however, bless a cursed soul. Purity of Sunlight!"
I am immediately blinded by the great glow that the Angel radiates. I can only imagine what the glow must look like from up above, an ever-widening ball of light. Then there is the ear-piercing shriek of Devimon. I can almost imagine him being impaled by each ray of sunlight. "I will return" is the last sound I hear from him.
The light subsides and Virginia floats to the ground, peacefully asleep.
We regroup and go on our way. The sun is setting.
The wind blows, and I can barely make out the voice saying, "I am the Angel."
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A/N: Well, there's one more chapter left. Are you excited? Anyway, you won't want to miss it. Or the other two stories when they're up.
(Sonriso) - I am so in awe, I can only offer a pathetic joke: Does anyone else like his or her eggs sunny-side up?
