Digimon(2).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 NO graphic depictions of a heterosexual and homosexual
nature. 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. Digimon(2).EXE is based
on Rockman.EXE, which is copyrighted by Capcom Ltd. Constructive
criticism is very welcome.
Author's Note: I've been asked about whether I could include
some Season 4 characters later on in this fanfic. The answer to
this question is no. I don't know anything about Season 4, as it
hasn't (to the best of my knowledge) come out in the UK. As with
the previous fanfic, Digimon.EXE, Season 4 characters will only
appear in cameos as posters hanging on people's walls or will
only have passing references made to them. I cannot do better,
I'm afraid. The situation might change in Digimon.EXE 3, my
final ever Digimon fanfic, but I severely doubt it.
* * * * *
Transmission 12: Walk on the Edge
Knightmon swung his sword down at Taomon, but the fox
Digimon's forcefield protected her from harm.
"Must delete," grunted Knightmon emotionlessly, as he
swung his sword again. "Delete! DELETE!"
It was taking all of Taomon's strength to maintain the
forcefield. She was weakening by the second and Knightmon's
incessant emotionless rambling wasn't helping.
"Rapidmon, hurry up!" cried out Taomon.
"I'm doing my best!" shouted back Rapidmon, as he
fired missile after missile at the Knightmon's back. He could
clearly see the Black Gear sticking out of his armour and was
doing his best to dislodge it. However, it seemed that Knightmon
was impervious to damage and that the Black Gear was stuck good.
"Darn it!" he cursed angrily, before he flew down and
kicked at the Black Gear.
Knightmon roared out in pain.
A frown appeared on Rapidmon's face, not that it could be seen
underneath his armour.
"Oh, so you don't like that, huh?" he exclaimed.
"Well, how's about some more?" He kicked out at the
Black Gear again, but Knightmon whirled round. "Uh oh,"
was all Rapidmon could manage to say, before an armoured fist
collided with his face and sent him flying across the square and
crashing into a DMD stall.
A couple of DMDs clattered on to the floor in front of
Rapidmon.
"Hey, that would be great," he exclaimed, as he saw one
in front of him. He grabbed it. "Jenrya, activate this DMD
quick!" he called out to his Operator.
"Rapidmon, you didn't pay for that!" chided Jenrya.
"Does it really matter?" asked Rapidmon, as he
gestured towards Knightmon. "Besides, I'm only borrowing
it."
Jenrya sighed.
"Oh, okay," he agreed with his Digimon.
"DigiModify– Catcher activate!"
Taomon suddenly cried out. Something was terribly wrong and
the fact that she was flickering with static was testament to
that fact.
"Ruki! What's going on?" she cried out in fear. The
Digimon had never experienced something so weird before. It felt
as if she was being pulled one way and pulled another at the same
time. "Ruki!" she screamed, before the gravity of the
situation won out and she was pulled upwards by a mysterious
datastream.
"Taomon!" cried out Rapidmon. "What did you do
to her?" he shouted at Knightmon, but it was useless;
Knightmon wouldn't respond. Rapidmon cried out angrily and he
flung his DMD straight at Knightmon and watched as the Catcher
DMD turned it into a flying saucer.
The Catcher DMD smashed straight into Knightmon, knocking the
knight Digimon over. The Catcher curved back upwards with
something in its grasp. It was the Black Gear! The Catcher turned
back round like a boomerang and flew straight back towards
Rapidmon.
"I'll take that!" A blue streak passed the Catcher
DMD and removed the Black Gear from it.
"Hey!" cried out Rapidmon angrily. "Who do you
think you are?" He suddenly gasped. That blue trenchcoat.
That blue hat. That cane. It could only have been one Digimon.
"You!" he shouted even more angrily than before.
"Mummymon!"
A smile spread across Mummymon's grey face, as he turned round
to face Rapidmon.
"I see you remember me," he chuckled. He then made a
flourish of a bow to Rapidmon. "It is a pleasure to meet you
again. You are Jenrya Lee's Digimon, are you not?" Mummymon
laughed at the incredulous expression on Rapidmon's face.
"Come now, don't be so surprised. After all, I am a
Syndicate Digimon. We have to know our enemies, even if it means
hacking into the Officials' Databases."
"You fiend! Give that Black Gear back!" shouted
Jenrya.
Mummymon shook his head.
"I'm afraid that I cannot do that," he told Jenrya and
Rapidmon, "unless of course, you wish to fight me for
it." He chuckled again, before saying, "However, I
doubt that you'd be able to beat me if you do."
"You wish!" retorted Rapidmon. "I'm going beat
you so badly, your Operator'll feel it!"
The Syndicate Digimon flung his cane aside. Mummymon began
laughing insanely, as his entire body seemed to convulse and
tense into tetanus. The blue garments began to disintegrate into
tiny bits of digital data that flew up into the air and
disappeared to reveal the bandages that covered his body.
Mummymon metamorphosed.
"Behold my true form!" he laughed insanely. He now
looked like a bandaged Egyptian mummy with elfin shaped ears, and
everything below his hips was covered with the bottom half of an
Egyptian coffin.
The bandaged Digimon extended his arms out and two coffins
dropped down in front of him and floated above the floor in the
same fashion that he did. Mummymon then gestured for Rapidmon to
advance.
"Come get some," he taunted.
One of the coffins opened and Rapidmon saw there was a ray gun
inside it. The ray gun opened fire, letting out a large green
laser that flew at him. He flew out of the way.
"What have you done to Taomon?" he shouted at the
Mummymon, as he flew straight towards his Syndicate opponent. The
other coffin flew into the way and blocked his attack.
The coffin door opened and flung Rapidmon away from itself.
The Digimon saw a couple of grenades fly out of the coffin. He
flew sideways, avoiding them and letting them crash into the
floor behind him and explode. Rapidmon opened fire, letting rip
with a couple of missiles. The coffins got in the way once again.
"Coward!" accused Rapidmon, before he flew higher up
into the air. "Tri-Beam!" He extended his arms out and
created a triangular, green beam that flew through the air.
One of the coffins opened and a pure black cube dropped out of
the sky and crashed on to the floor in front of Mummymon. The
beam hit the cube and disintegrated it, but didn't pass through
and hit Mummymon.
"Is that the best you can do?" taunted Mummymon. He
crossed his arms. "Snake Bandage!" One of the coffins
opened up and a ream of bandages flew out and wrapped around
Rapidmon.
"DigiModify– Hyper Force activate!" announced
Jenrya.
With a new found strength, Rapidmon spread his arms out and
tore through the bandages that bound him. He then fired another
round of missiles at Mummymon, letting each one curve into a
different pathway. Due to the Hyper Force DMD, his missiles now
exploded with more power, creating large balls of fire. Each one
of his missiles crashed into the floor around Mummymon, creating
huge explosions that inevitably engulfed the bandaged Digimon.
The first coffin opened and fired a huge beam of energy that
caught Rapidmon in the chest.
Dobermon rushed straight at the Program, but missed the
mark. He watched as the white Program rose above them.
"Stay still!" he growled.
The Program laughed at them, as it raised its stubby arms into
the air again. Sparks of electricity crackled, flying between the
Program's raised hands.
"Must delete!" it called out. "Must delete all
viruses! Must delete all viruses and..." The electricity
that was building up between the Program's hands became brilliant
blue with pure intensity, as its eyes glowed an eerie green.
"Must delete all viruses and avenge OOKAMI!" It then
spread its stubby arms and let fly with a bolt of electricty that
struck Dobermon in the flank, electrocuting the Digimon.
"OOKAMI Forever!"
"Dobermon!" cried out Alice.
"DigiModify– StormCloud activate!" announced Ryo.
"Hang on!" roared out Cyberdramon, before a sphere
appeared in his hands. Using all his strength, he tossed it above
the Program.
The sphere turned into a loud, dark cloud and it began to
rain. The water drops splattered against the electrically charged
Program, short-circuiting every part of the Program. It cried out
in pain, as the rain drenched it and the Black Gear.
"No! Must delete!" cried out the Program, as it writhed
in pain. "Must delete all viruses!" The Program cried
out in pain as it crashed into the floor. The Black Gear in its
back popped out of the Program, flying up into the air.
It then fell onto one of the Ninja Viruses the Program had
created. The Black Gear spun round like a buzzsaw and dove
straight into the Ninja virus, making it cry out inhumanely. The
Ninja virus began to mutate and become taller, more pear-shaped
and lost its tail. Its became more tall and less monkey-like with
every mutation. The Black Gear was mutating the virus into
something even more virulent than the original.
Cyberdramon braced himself for the inevitable fight that would
ensue. Every muscle program was tense. His mind was set on
fighting this new agent of the Black Gears, that he had forgotten
about the wounds that Dobermon had suffered.
The new Ninja virus looked more like a human ninja with a red
scarf than the original virus ever did. Its eyes were far more
human-like than they used to be, but they were cold and soulless.
"Soon OOKAMI shall be reborn," said the virus in a
growling voice. The Ninja leapt into the air and threw out a
couple of shuriken straight at the prone, unconscious body of
Dobermon.
Ryo's Digimon rushed towards Dobermon, but there wasn't any
time to push the canine Digimon out of the way. Instead,
Cyberdramon leapt in front and took the brunt of the Ninja's
attacks. He did not cry out in pain, but anger, as he leapt into
the air and lashed out at the Ninja with his claws. His claws
slashed through thin air, as the Ninja virus ducked underneath
the blow and unsheathed a sword. The blade cut into Cyberdramon's
scaly side, as a fist smashed into his lower jaw.
The Ninja pulled back, only to lunge forward, thrusting the
tip of his sword towards Cyberdramon with quick short jabs that
made his arm blur into a thousand. All this time, the virus
laughed with a voice that sounded like two voices. The Ninja
virus then leapt at Cyberdramon and performed a superb roundhouse
kick that knocked the Ultimate Digimon backwards.
"Hold on, buddy!" cried out Ryo. "I've got a
good Combo lined up. Alice, take this Heal DMD and use it to get
Dobermon back up to his feet."
"Right," agreed Alice. "DigiModify– Giga Heal
activate!"
A white data stream emerged from the floor beneath Dobermon's
prone body and shot skywards. Bathed in the light, Dobermon felt
his every wounds heal. The DMD refreshed him and revitalised his
digital body. A smile spread across his furry muzzle.
"It's time to bite some virus arse!" he stated, before
he rushed straight towards the mutated Ninja virus. He opened his
jaw wide and slashed at the virus with his teeth.
Out of the corner of his eye, he saw the Ninja virus turn its
sword at him. Dobermon leapt back and heard Alice call out to
him. She was DigiModifying him again and the DMD she was using
wasn't a bad one. Dobermon opened his mouth and let rip with a
ball of fire that flew through the air towards the Ninja virus.
He missed...
* * * * *
Ruki tried to move, but found herself unable to. Every
time she tried, she found her arms bound against this strange
purple-grey mist that enveloped her. The strange thing about it
was that it didn't even seem like a mist.
"Taomon, can you get a reading on this?" asked Ruki.
"The D-Tector's not that good, Ruki," Taomon told
her Operator. "However, I can tell that its definitely not
poisonous." The Digimon had some questions of her own. For
example, how was it that she was in EuroSquare one moment and
then the next, she was trapped in her D-Tector? It didn't make
sense. "So, you still can't move?"
If Ruki could shake her head, she would have, but even that
was impossible. All that was possible was the movement of her
very own lips and thankfully, her lungs.
"Nope," she replied abruptly. If she could, she would
have phoned Takato or the others. As it was, she was stuck in
this mist that had suddenly and mysteriously engulfed the DEVA
Organisation's Main Headquarters. "I wonder if anybody
outside has noticed what's going on inside here?"
* * * * *
Mummymon laughed, as he floated over towards the
unconscious body of Rapidmon. He looked up, as if to expect to
see Jenrya's face.
"See, boy? You are nothing against the Blue Dragon
Syndicate!" he shouted up at Jenrya. "Your Digimon has
fallen and I am the victorious one!"
"I... don't think so."
The bandaged Digimon looked down and saw Rapidmon struggling
to get back to his feet. This surprised Mummymon. He hadn't
expected a Digimon to withstand the full blast of his cannon.
Something made the Digimon think that Rapidmon was more special
than the other Digimon he had encountered.
"So, you're still operational, huh?" he chuckled, as he
floated back. His two protective coffins floated in front of him
like shields. "Well, I'll fix that and delete you real
quick." He crossed his arms and both of his coffins opened
up.
An Anubis statue fell to the ground and began emitting a
purple, poisonous gas. The other coffin then fired a beam of pure
energy straight at Rapidmon, being careful not to hit the statue.
Rapidmon leapt up into the air and over the laser beam.
"You're not taking the Black Gear out of here!" he
cried, as he fired a couple of missiles down at the statue. One
of the coffins moved in and blocked his missile, shielding the
statue from all harm. "Darn it!" he choked, as the
purple gas started to get to him. "If this carries on,
there'll be huge bugs in my system. I might crash. Jen, how's the
DMDs coming?"
"I've already got one loaded" replied Jenrya.
"Here goes! DigiModify– Lava Line activate!" The floor
on which the Anubis statue stood suddenly became hot molten lava
and the statue sank in and melted. Without its source, the gas
dissipated. "DigiModify– Mag Line activate!"
A smile spread across Rapidmon's face, as he saw a magnetic
line of tiles appear. It drew the coffins and Mummymon on to
them.
"All right, Jen!" cried out Rapidmon. From what he saw,
he could tell what his Operator was going to do. "It's the
Multi Punch Combo, isn't it?" He received a reply that
confirmed his suspicions. "That's brilliant." He then
opened fire with some missiles.
They curved round and hit Mummymon's exposed back, making him
cry out in pain.
"I can't believe that you have such a DMD!" he cried
out angrily. "Well, no matter. I have one myself!" He
spread his arms and his coffins slammed into the floor,
shattering the magnetic tiles and breaking their magnetic hold on
him. Mummymon looked up at Rapidmon and laughed, as he lifted the
Black Gear up into the air. "You think that you can defeat
the Dragon Syndicate if you defeat me? Ha! Such a foolish Digimon
for such a foolish Operator." Mummymon tossed it into the
air and the Black Gear was caught by a data stream and whisked
away.
"What have you done?" cried Rapidmon.
"The Black Gear is now where Taomon probably is,"
laughed Mummymon. "They're all at DEVA Headquarters, where
our Syndicate Leader is using the DEVA Supercomputer to fuse the
Black Gears into a Super Digimon!" He raised his hand and in
response, one of his coffins shot into the air and straight
towards Rapidmon. "Now, I shall delete you!"
"I don't think so, pal!" cried Jenrya.
"DigiModify– Hyper Speed activate! DigiModify– Heavy Punch
activate! DigiModify– Desolation Claw activate!" The three
DMDs merged together to form one special Combo. "DigiModify-
Hyper Punch activate!"
Rapidmon whirled round. The guns on his arms disappeared to
reveal his furry hands. He then began punching the air and sent
several rocky fists flying through the air like rockets. Each one
smashed into the coffins ruthlessly with machine-gun-like
quickness and was so forceful that it sent it flying back into
Mummymon. The coffin fell on Mummymon and crushed him underneath
it and seconds later, he was deleted.
The Ninja virus split off into three clones. Two were
transparent and were obviously not the real versions. All three
versions of the virus rushed forwards and slashed their swords at
Cyberdramon and Dobermon, catching both Digimon. The swords were
all real.
"It's no use!" cried Ryo in horror. "We can't
get to the switch."
"The bus'll crash!" cried Alice in horror.
The three Ninja viruses merged back into the original copy. It
leapt into the air, bringing its sword high above its head and
then swung it vertically in an arc down at the two Digimon below
it. There was suddenly a clang of metal. The Ninja virus had a
shocked look on its face, as it saw that a lance had blocked its
attack.
"Gallantmon!"
"Takato!"
A smile spread across Gallantmon's face, hidden underneath his
helmet.
"Hey, miss me, guys?" he commented, before he swung his
lance upwards with such force that the virus lost its grip on its
sword. Gallantmon rushed towards the virus and smashed into it
with his shield, before turning his other shoulder and knocking
it over. "Lightning Joust!" He thrust the lance
straight into the virus and speared it.
It cried out and burst into bits of digital data that flew
into the air to reveal the Black Gear, which then shattered into
a million pieces and broke.
* * * * *
Takato turned round and saw the bus slowing down in
response to the now functioning traffic signals. A smile spread
across his face.
"Sorry about the delay, but I got caught up near the DEVA
Headquarters," he told them. He turned back to look down the
street and the grey-purple mist that enveloped the building that
was DEVA HQ. "Something weird's going on there and I have a
feeling that the Dragon Syndicate is behind it."
To be continued...