Chapter Three

Descent Into Insanity, Chapter Three

Weeks after the Emperor's fall, Diablo and Jack are wandering near a massive field of control spires. Though no new digicores were found for Diablo, they had found two yellow digicores, belonging to Baal, Lord of Destruction, and one blue digicore, belonging to Mephisto, lord of Hatred. For those of you who have been following the series, you obviously know that Arukenimon is close to creating Blackwargreymon from 100 of these control spires, this takes place a few hours later. The fight between the digidestined and the newly created mega digimon takes place about a few hours away from where the demon and Jack are wandering, they don't notice the initial fight but they do see the highly explosive finish brought on by Blackwargreymon. This finish comes sooner than if Davis had been there, since there would have been Paildramon. Hoping this is one of his brothers, Diablo takes Jack on his shoulder and runs toward the battleground at top speed. Still, it takes about an hour and a half to get there, they don't notice Blackwargreymon flying off in a different direction. By the time they get there, the digidestined minus Davis come to and leave the area, Arukenimon and Mummymon also left. They come to a desolate and nearly barren waste, after spending a few minutes there they return from the direction they came and continue traveling in the same direction they were before they got there.

After a few more days of tracking down digicores, Jack's extra sensory ability leads him and Diablo to a large open temple area. Jack feels that another digicore is here, he begins to look in the rooms that are too small for Diablo to enter, and Diablo peers in the windows of the temple. But Diablo's attention is split, by the presence of a massive golden stone, with another gold band around it, Diablo had never seen anything like it. The holy energy coming off the stone did not allow him to come any closer than ten feet, without causing him to burst into flames. Diablo also felt that something was trapped and in pain within some sort of protective barrier supported by the stone, he could not tell what it was, but he knew that it was something more powerful that himself. Jack could feel this too, though he was not as close to the stone s Diablo was so he could not feel what was in there with no real detail. Jack later found the digicore in an abandoned closet in an old bedroom, he went into the restroom nearby to wash up and . After he was done, he looked at himself in the mirror, he removed his sunglasses and saw bags under his eyes, he had not slept in days, his black hair was also turning white, the fear, loneliness and trauma of being without home for so long had done this to him. A tear went down his eye, and then he put his sunglasses back on and went to the window and called out to Diablo that he had found another digicore.

Very well done boy, now let us leave this place, this holy stone is beginning to cause me pain. Diablo said and started towards the window, he was halted by the voice of another being. He turned around and saw a digimon clad in black armor, a horned helmet and shoulder plates, his armor looked as if it was bound by thick yellow cables. He also possess dramon destroyers just like his own, only black. He was well muscled, and as tall as Diablo, to the person who can make out this vague description, this is Blackwargreymon.

Who are you, why are you here? The black digimon asked.

The same to you, my name is Diablo, Lord of Terror, and I am here to collect pieces of my brothers for their resurrection. Diablo said collecting the digicore from Jack.

My name is Blackwargreymon, and I am here to seek out a worthy opponent so that my pain may end. The other digimon introduced himself.

Say you find this, and defeat him, what then? Is that the only purpose you have in life? Will you then find a place and die? Is that all you seek? Then you really have no life at all. Diablo said with heavy criticism.

I was created to be the greatest fighter of all, if you are correct, then I really have nothing to live for, but I somehow know there is more and I know my answer lies within the destiny stones. Blackwargreymon said.

Destiny stones? Diablo asked. Would that be this stone standing behind me? How would you go about finding these secrets in these Destiny Stones?

Simple, by destroying them. Blackwargreymon said.

Destroying them? What would that accomplish, do you think that by destroying these stones might give you more of a purpose in life? Diablo said with the same criticism. Perhaps we should test your theory, and fight. Maybe this will prove your .

Blackwargreymon said. Defend yourself!

The words Jack heard next was TERRA DESTROYER!! He then watched as the large black digimon summoned a huge orange orb of energy and hurled it at Diablo. he manage to dodge the blast, but not without being thrown a sizable distance away towards the destiny stone. Diablo charged and leapt up at Blackwargreymon, he swung his hammer reputably, but to no avail, Blackwargreymon lunges at Diablo with his dramon destroyers, Diablo blocks and the two land and are engaged in a struggle. Diablo manages to break free and use his flame circle attack, BWG did not get to dodge it in time and was swept away from the temple area in a wave of red hot fire. He rushed back and performed his black tornado attack, he got Diablo in the breast plate and pushed him into the destiny stone, breaking the gold band and casing Diablo great pain. Diablo played dead, tricking BWG into thinking he had won. Just as he turned to walk away, he said one thing, he was correct, that he found no fulfillment in victory, and he was still hollow inside. Diablo silently got up and slammed his hammer on BWG's head knocking him down to the ground. Just before BWG went unconscious, Diablo stood over him and said something.

You say you wish to destroy these destiny stones I will do this for you. I also suggest you continue, you may find your destiny in them after all. Until then I will take pleasure in your torment.

Blackwargreymon fell unconscious, Diablo then ran up to the destiny stone and smashed it with his hammer. Arukenimon and Mummymon had just gotten there and thought that the destruction of the destiny stone was because of Blackwargreymon. Diablo saw the immense digimon that appeared after the stone's demolition.

What trickery is this? Who is this creature that appears before me? Is is perhaps the defender of these stones? Or a tortured soul, finding a way home? I will hope that the last thing I said is true, so that I may continue this soul's eternal damnation. Diablo said with a slight grin, the creature then vanished and Diablo turned to Jack and said. Come now boy, we must leave.

Jack got back onto Diablo's shoulder and they both ran off, Arukenimon and Mummymon, thinking this was BWG, following them. However they soon found that this was not their creation, considering that Diablo did not show up on the scanner, instead Blackwargreymon appeared back where the temple was. and they promptly turned around and returned. They found their or so they called him, lying motionless on the ground. they were shocked to find that another digimon could have bested Blackwargreymon. He came to, about an hour later and took off, but not without being insulted by his creator's comments. Arukenimon beleived that his so-called kept him from being as good as he should be. But of course after hearing this, BWG was further debating with himself whether or not having a heart was really doing this.

Jack, himself was having internal problems, he was starting to see Diablo for what he really is, and was thinking of a way to escape this potentially deadly situation. He knew that he might die at the end of this journey and this, plus the increasing desire for home was motivating him further. Though he could implemennt his plans at any time, it was fear of failure that was keeping him from doing this. He still had no clue where he was, what was actually going on outside of what he was doing and what was going on in the world. He wondered if he could find help, if help actually existed, and if he could obtain it. He was always thinking of home, and if he would get there, hope was waning. Will he meet others that could help him, or meet the digidestined, what will they think of him? Will they be under the presumption that he's a digidestined? Or perhaps he will die? We are getting close to the freedom of Azulongmon, and the start of the world tour. Will Diablo accomplish his goal of ressurecting his brothers and conquering mankind? What will become of Jack at the end of this?