[b]Author's Note:[/b]
This chapter takes place one day after the events of the last one. Also,
there is some swearing in the battle scene, though it may be bleeped out by
the board sensor.
[b]Previously:[/b] Ace and Allison rushed Lee to the hospital in Tamur where Lee met Alex, a new chosen with an attitude. When Lee agreed to allow her to fight with them, she gave him a thank-you kiss, which Allison saw. She got a little overly jealous and dumped Lee, telling them all that she wouldn't be fighting with them anymore. Before anything else could happen, Izzy and Davis of DTE attacked! A fierce battle ensued, that is, until Alex revealed her partner, Mikemon, and saved the day! But Izzy and Davis escaped...
[b]Heroes No More, Chapter Fifteen: Clash of the Titanmon[/b]
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A hidden area:
Kabuterimon flew down, landing in the area enshrouded in darkness. Izzy, Davis and Veemon hopped off him and he de-digivolved into Tentomon.
"We almost had them Izzy. We just have to coordinate our next attack better.", said Tentomon.
"Yeah. But they took my laptop...", muttered Izzy. Another boy stepped out of the darkness. He had short brown hair, but unlike Davis's, it was neatly combed. He was wearing a green jumpsuit, that had the letters 'DTE' emblazoned on the left side of the jacket. His arms were folded, disapprovingly.
"Chris! You were supposed to help us attack them!", shouted Izzy at the boy. Chris shrugged.
"How did it go?", asked Chris.
"We barely escaped.", said Davis.
"Yeah, and it was your fault!", said Izzy.
"My fault?! What did I do?", asked Davis.
"You were... just... you!", shouted Izzy.
"Calm down boys...", said Chris. "We still hold the ultimate trump card."
"Yes... the ultimate trump card. Titanmon.", agreed Izzy.
"Actually, Titanmon is a Digimon. Not a card.", corrected Davis. Izzy and Chris looked at each other.
"Should you punch him? Or should I?", asked Chris. "Aw, who cares. Look, Izzy. I'll go in and distract them while you get your little computer back. Then you meet up with me. Ok?"
"Prodigious.", said Izzy.
"And Davis... uhm... follow Izzy.", added Chris, grinning.
"Okay!", shouted Davis and Veemon and they ran over and stood behind Izzy. He sighed.
"It's gonna be a long day..."
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Lee's House:
Lee, sprawled out on the couch, was channel surfing. He had a pillow on his wound and a sucker in his mouth. [i]Man... it takes Kevin forever to get to my house. I might as well have invited a snail. Ah, well a snail can't hack into computer databases...[/i]
"Leeeeee! Door for you!", screeched a little female voice.
"Jenna! Do you have to yell!? Just let Kevin in!", shouted Lee back.
"It's not Kevin! It's some brown haired girl with big boobies!", screeched Jenna once more. Lee almost fell off the couch at that comment. Alex walked in and leaned over the couch.
"Your little sister is modest, isn't she?", asked Alex.
"Oh yeah.", replied Lee, sarcastically. "She's just dumb. She speaks before she thinks. So what are you up to?"
"I was bored. So I tracked you down. And now I'm here.", said Alex.
"Ah. Did you bring Mikemon?", asked Lee. Alex nodded.
"She's in your room playing with Kokuwamon.", said Alex. "How's your stomach?", she asked, sitting down.
"It hurts, but I can stand and walk now. As long as I'm not crashing into anything, I'll be fine.", explained Lee. Then he turned more serious. "Did you find my D-Volver?"
"I had no idea where to look. It wasn't in the hospital or anything.", said Alex.
[i]Hmmm... where is it!? I need my D-Volver to, well... D-Volve![/i]
Suddenly, there was another knock on the door. Jenna opened it again.
"Lee! Your friend with all the zits is here!", shouted Jenna.
"See? Speaks her mind.", said Lee to Alex, who laughed. Kevin walked into the room. He was wearing a light grey T-Shirt and black pants. He had a laptop of his own with him.
"Hey Lee! I finally made it. Uhm, who's your friend?", asked Kevin.
"This is Alex. She's a new Chosen I met.", said Lee, pointing at Alex, who waved. Kevin smiled.
"Allison dumped you, didn't she?"
"Oh yeah."
Kevin shrugged and sat down on the couch next to Lee. He put his laptop down and began connecting it to Izzy's laptop.
"So... is Kevin a Chosen too?", asked Alex.
"I have a D-volver. But my partner is gone...", sighed Kevin.
"Gone?", asked Alex.
"He was lost in the Desolate Server...", said Kevin.
"Aww... that's so sad... don't you think you'll be able to find him again?", asked Alex.
"I doubt it. It was hard enough for us to get into the Desolate Server in the first place.", said Kevin, sadly. Alex looked at Lee, who nodded in agreement.
"Well... that's just stupid.", she finished.
Kevin fiddled around with a few more wires, before sitting back on the couch. "And it's done. Now let's hack this puppy..."
The three of them crowded around the laptop and watched as Kevin began to break layers of Izzy's barriers.
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Nuclear Reactor, West of the city:
Chris and his partner Cybermon approached the protective fence around the nuclear reactor that powers the city. It was a huge facility, with many rooms and sub-reactors. Plus guards. Lots of guards.
"Well, Cybermon. It's our job to create a diversion that will lure all the Chosen here. I assume Davis and ExVeemon have already handed out our invitations to each of the Chosen's homes.", said Chris.
"That is... if he's capable.", joked Cybermon. Cybermon was a rather humanoid Digimon made out of pure electronic components. He had a cannon on one of his arms and a long tail.
"He'd better be. We have to bring him Lee's head. Or Desiree will have ours.", said Chris. He walked out from his cover of the trees. "Cybermon... if you please..."
"Cyber Cannon!", shouted Cybermon, blasting the fence down. Alarms sounded as Chris and Cybermon ran through into the yard.
"Perfect.", said Chris. Suddenly, he got an e-mail on his D-Terminal as Cybermon began to mow down the guards with his Cyber Cannon.
"Hmmm... Davis said he alerted Earnest, Ace and Arik, who are already heading here to stop me. He said he couldn't find Lee's house yet, so he's going to get Izzy to alert them and head here to back me up.", read Chris. "This is perfect. We'll take care of those three losers first... then go for Lee."
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Lee's House:
"Lee! I'm going over to Alana's for the rest of the day!", shouted Jenna. Lee looked at her.
"Am I supposed to care? Just go.", said Lee. Jenna put her shoes on and left out the door... but no one noticed she didn't fully shut the door.
"Hmmm...", said Kevin. "This is interesting. We can access Izzy's records on here..."
"Go for it.", said Alex. Kevin clicked into it and broke the password. There were a few sub-headers.
"Biographies. Original Adventure. Second Adventure. DTE Adventure. Recent.", read Kevin out loud. "Which one?"
"Recent."
Kevin opened it up. "Who wants to read this out loud?", asked Kevin.
"I will.", said Alex. She pulled the laptop over to her.
"November 30:
Lately.... things had been quiet. Ever since we defeated Phalanxmon, things were good. But it was odd... people have been disappearing lately. No... not just people... areas of the world too. It starts with people, then graduates in actual earth disappearing. A strange phenomenon. I'll have to study it further...
December 3:
Odd. Very odd. Tentomon and I fought an odd creature called a 'shadow'. It was a very prodigious experience. I analyzed the Shadow and discovered that it is part of a mass-multiplying entity also called the Shadow. It and it's brethren have apparently been eating it's way into our Server's core. It doesn't take a genius to know that if they manage to eat the core, our entire Server will be deleted. Thank god we have now been alerted to it and can fight them...
December 10:
The fight against the Shadow goes badly. They are not easily defeated, and there are many different forms of Shadow. We were doing fine, but for some reason... Kayla, Kazu, Amy and Carrie all just disappeared. I don't believe the Shadow engulfed them, because I watched them just flash away into data and through the sky. It was almost as if they were being downloaded to something..."
"Ah! That's Desiree's doing!", shouted Lee, as realization dawned upon him. We fought Chosen named Carrie, Amy, Kayla and Kazu... I have their data on my D-Volver, wherever it is."
"Let Alex keep reading...", said Kevin, though he did acknowledge Lee's comment. Lee nodded.
"December 12:
Davis, Sarah, Chris and I cannot handle all these Shadow by ourselves. We are being defeated brutally. Even Titanmon cannot stand up to them. Our world will be destroyed if we don't do something quickly! We tried to contact the Tamers in Amaterasu Server to see if we could escape to there, but only the Apocalypse could inter-server travel. And our response was that their world was under siege as well. Are all servers being affected by the Shadow?
December 15:
I'm not sure what quite happened, but Davis, Chris and I disappeared. Where we reappeared, it was in a bedroom, in a Server that is not our own. Oh... our world is doomed now without us to defend it. A girl named Desiree approached us and put her dark necklaces on us. Now I feel some strange new allegiance to her... as if I must obey her. And I know one thing... she will draw the Shadow here... I'm sure of it.
End log."
"Whoa... did you guys manage to put that together too?", asked Alex.
"Yeah... Desiree is unintentionally condemning all the other Servers to destruction by stealing their Chosen to fight us. But why? Why is she so bent on destroying us?", asked Lee. He didn't receive an answer.
"The only way to find out is from Desiree herself...", said Kevin. "I--"
Kevin was cut off as the door to Lee's apartment was flung open. Izzy and Tentomon were there, looking pissed.
"Izzy?! How did you...?", stammered Lee, amazed that Izzy found his home.
"Give me my laptop.", demanded Izzy.
"Or we'll get rough.", added Tentomon. Kokuwamon and Mikemon ran out of Lee's bedroom and jumped in front of Izzy. They glared at him menacingly. Mikemon extended her claws.
"Mikemon, there's no need for rough stuff. We're done with the laptop.", said Lee. Kevin walked over and cautiously handed the laptop to Izzy. He looked it over.
"What did you do to it?", asked Izzy.
"We read your log.", said Alex. "We have alot more information now. Thanks!"
Izzy glared at her. "Well, that won't help you. I suggest you get to the Nuclear Reactor... or there's going to be big bang!"
With that, Izzy and Tentomon ran away. Lee looked out the window to see Izzy riding on Kabuterimon in the direction of the reactor. Lee jumped up off the couch and almost winced at the pain.
"We got to follow him! Kevin, lend me your D-Volver.", said Lee. Kevin handed it to him and he pointed it at Kokuwamon.
TecKuwagamon hovered outside the window. Lee, Kevin, Alex and Mikemon hopped on and they headed in the direction that Izzy went.
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Nuclear Yard:
"Dragon Wheel!!!", shouted Leila, in her Kyubimon form. She spun against Megamon, but it was no use. She simply bounced off him and crashed into the dirt. Megamon evolved from Cybermon and looked like a big blue dinosaur, except with four muscular arms. The yard was now littered with the dead bodies of guards who had tried to protect the reactor, but none of them stood a chance against Megamon.
Chris and Davis stood on top of a storage house, observing the battle. On the other side of the yard, near the fence, stood Earnest, Ace and Arik.
"We're getting our butt kicked. Royally.", whined Arik. Megamon threw Racermon into Dragonmon. Then ExVeemon swooped up and shot them both with a Vee-Lazer!
"Megamon is very powerful... if only Leila could Digivolve again...", groaned Earnest. Dragonmon leapt at Megamon again, only to be backhanded by two of his arms across the yard. Dragonmon twitched, and then fell silent.
"Blast! We're so screwed!", shouted Ace. ExVeemon landed in front of the three of them.
"Sorry little guys, but orders is orders...", said ExVeemon, folding his arms over the logo on his chest. It began to glow. Arik and Ace crunched down in fear. Earnest dropped his D-Volver on the ground.
"Earnest! No!!", screamed Leila, leaping at ExVeemon. She bit him in the wing.
"Ah! Treacherous bitch!", cursed ExVeemon before slugging Leila onto the ground. "It's over for you now."
Earnest glanced up at Davis and Chris, who stood, apparently not even shocked. He leapt and grabbed his D-Volver and pointed it at Leila, who began glowing.
{{{DIGIVOLUTION}}}
"Leila The Kyubimon, Digivolve to..."
Leila became completely covered in a metal substance. Emerging from it, she was metallic shades of her normal colors as Kyubimon. Two metal wings sprouted from her back with reactors on the tip of each of them. She made a metallic screech and spread out her tails.
"Leila The METALKYUBIMON!!!"
{{{END DIGIVOLUTION}}}
She roared out and cooled off from her Digivolution. ExVeemon turned to face her.
"What the hell is up with you? Fall into some liquid metal? Aw well, say goodbye, foxy. VEE-LAZER!", shouted ExVeemon, blasting the lazer at MetalKyubimon. It simply deflected off her body. ExVeemon's mouth hung open in surprise.
"What the? But that was my most powerful blast!"
"Here's mine.", said Leila. "Dual Blasters!!!"
Two cannons popped out of hidden compartments on her shoulders and fired at ExVeemon. He attempted to block the attack, but it was too powerful and sent him crashing into the electric fence! He fell over, completely stunned.
"Yeah! Go Leila!", cheered Ace and Arik.
"I don't believe how powerful she is...", gasped Earnest. "I knew she was capable of protecting me..."
"One down... one to go...", said Leila.
"Make that two!!!", shouted a voice. Leila looked up to get slashed in the face by Kabuterimon, who swooped by. Megamon then reared back and charged at her.
"Oh no...", muttered Leila. Megamon his her a full force and she flew into the air! She glanced down at him. "Cyberdragon Wheel!"
She flew at Megamon in a ball of fury and smashed his upper body, he roared out in pain and kicked her, sending her headfirst into the ground!
"Look out, Leila!", shouted Arik. She looked up to see Kabuterimon, who dropped Izzy off over by Chris and Davis, swooping down on her fast!
"Electro Shocker!!!", he shouted, firing electricity all over her. Megamon then fired a magma blast from his mouth. "Mega Flame!!!"
The fire hit Leila directly in the face and sent her flying backwards. She got traction from her feet and managed to stay standing under her own power. She was badly damaged though. Kabuterimon and Megamon stood over her.
"What now?", asked Kabuterimon.
"Don't kill them yet. I see their friends coming.", said Chris. He, Izzy and Davis glanced up at the sky, where TecKuwagamon was flying in. Ace, Arik and Earnest also looked up there.
"Lee! Down here!", shouted Ace. TecKuwagamon landed and Kevin, Lee and Alex got off him. TecKuwagamon and Mikemon ran over to support Leila.
[i]Whoa... that guy is big... and who's the evil looking guy?[/i] Thought Lee, noticing Megamon and then Chris. "Alex, put your D-Volver on that guy."
Alex did as told, and scanned Chris.
{PROFILE: Reno, Chris}
Known Relatives: None
Server: Kiriban Server
Device type: D-3
D-3 Functions: Digivolve to Champion, Ultimate, Mega, Junction Digivolve
Partner: Cybermon-Megamon-ArmoredMegamon-MetalMegamon-Titanmon
Bio: Chris was one of the original DTE members. Much like the brute force of the group, he fought bravely through all the challenges placed upon them. He is much in love with Kayla Tennant of DTE, though he isn't sure if she returns his affections.
{END PROFILE}
[i]Man...look how beat up Dragonmon and Racermon are... this could be trouble...[/i]
"Now that they are all together, shall we unveil our power?", asked Izzy.
"Yeah!", shouted Davis, jumping up and down. His shorts fell off and he blushed and scrambled to pull them back up. Izzy and Chris sighed. They all pulled out their D-3's.
"Junction Digivolve now!!!", the three of them shouted in unison. Like homing signals, the light from their D-3's shot out and hit their three partners. The three of them were instantly drawn to each other... and began to fuse...
"What the hell!?", shouted Arik.
"They're... combining!?", asked Alex, "I've never heard of anything like that before!"
"Me either.", added Earnest. "Be on your guard everyone."
The group nodded and began to back away slowly. Leila, TecKuwagamon and Mikemon ran at the light they emitted, but were all sent flying back by the energy! They looked up to see a brand new Digimon standing there. He was large. He cape flowed out behind him in the wind. His warrior body stoof up, and four huge wings sprouted from his back. The gift to fly, from Kabuterimon. His muscles all rippled and he smashed a huge hole in the ground. The gift of strength, from Megamon. And his skin hardened, becoming as tough as scales. The gift of endurance, from ExVeemon. He grinned and looked at the group of Digimon.
"Let's get him!", shouted Leila. The three of them charged at Titanmon.
"Fools.", muttered Titanmon. He smashed the three of them away with a single swipe. Mikemon landed near Dragonmon, completely devastated.
"This is bad... real bad...", said Kevin, shaking.
"TecKuwagamon! Digivolve to Gigadramon!!!", shouted Lee. He held out Kevin's D-Volver... but nothing happened.
"W-what?! Why won't it work?", asked Lee.
"You can't use someone else's D-Volver to channel huge amounts of energy... you need your own...", explained Alex, shamefully.
"So, we can't do anything!?", asked Ace.
"I didn't say that! Let me come up with a plan...", mused Alex.
"Well, I sure hope it's not to attack, because that's not working very well!", shouted Ace.
"Dual Blasters!", shouted Leila. She fired the missiles again and they exploded on Titanmon at point-blank range. But...it didn't even phase him!
"Titan Cannon!", he bellowed, blasting Leila. She screamed in pain and fell over, unconscious.
"Is that it?", asked Izzy.
"I think so.", said Davis. "Pity. We wasted all that energy on that."
"Not yet!", shouted TecKuwagamon. He swung his claw at Titanmon, who deflected it easily. Titanmon then smashed TecKuwagamon across the face, and then booted him in the chest! TecKuwagamon collapsed at Titanmon's feet. Chris, Izzy and Davis laughed.
"You sorry group are Chosen?", sneered Chris. "You aren't fit to protect this world from the Shadow!"
"Only Desiree is!", shouted Izzy. "She will be your savior!"
"Well... not your savior. She will be your doom!", yelled Chris, pointing at Lee, Kevin, Ace, Arik, Earnest and Alex. Titanmon began to walk towards the six of them. He drew a huge sword from a holster attached to his waist.
"I'll play the executioner.", said Titanmon. "I think I'll start with the girl..."
"Please, no! Don't kill us!", shouted Arik.
"Begging won't help. You have no options left.", said Titanmon, approaching them.
[i]Damn! Is there no hope!? Hey, what's up with Davis? He's being unnaturally quiet.[/i] Lee sighed. [i]It doesn't matter what I do now... there's no hope...[/i]
"Izzy... Chris...", said Davis. They looked at him. "This isn't what we're supposed to be doing. We're supposed to be protecting our world from the Shadow, not helping destroy this one. Desiree won't be the savior... they will! And I'm going to help them!"
"Davis! Don't be a fool!", shouted Izzy.
"Isn't that what I always do?", he asked. Then he ripped the dark necklace off, sending himself and ExVeemon to the Desolate Server. And that means...
"Waaargh!", screamed Titanmon. He literally exploded, and Tentomon and Cybermon lay unconscious on the ground. Izzy and Chris screamed.
"Damn him! Damn him to hell! We failed... because of him!", shouted Chris. Suddenly, Devidramon came swooping in with Desiree riding him. She leapt off on top of the warehouse they were standing on. They both bowed to her.
"Desiree, forgive our impudence!", begged Izzy.
"Forgiveness, denied.", said Desiree. "Terminate them."
{YES... DESIREE.}
Izzy and Chris disappeared in a flash of light. Tentomon and Cybermon were gone too. Desiree looked at the field, littered with dead soldiers and unconscious Digimon. She looked at the six children by the fence, who were staring at her as well.
"Looks like I'll get my most loyal servants to deal with them... soon..."
--------------------------------------- TO BE CONTINUED
Next: The beginning of the two-parter finale to this Story Arc. Don't miss it!
[b]Previously:[/b] Ace and Allison rushed Lee to the hospital in Tamur where Lee met Alex, a new chosen with an attitude. When Lee agreed to allow her to fight with them, she gave him a thank-you kiss, which Allison saw. She got a little overly jealous and dumped Lee, telling them all that she wouldn't be fighting with them anymore. Before anything else could happen, Izzy and Davis of DTE attacked! A fierce battle ensued, that is, until Alex revealed her partner, Mikemon, and saved the day! But Izzy and Davis escaped...
[b]Heroes No More, Chapter Fifteen: Clash of the Titanmon[/b]
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A hidden area:
Kabuterimon flew down, landing in the area enshrouded in darkness. Izzy, Davis and Veemon hopped off him and he de-digivolved into Tentomon.
"We almost had them Izzy. We just have to coordinate our next attack better.", said Tentomon.
"Yeah. But they took my laptop...", muttered Izzy. Another boy stepped out of the darkness. He had short brown hair, but unlike Davis's, it was neatly combed. He was wearing a green jumpsuit, that had the letters 'DTE' emblazoned on the left side of the jacket. His arms were folded, disapprovingly.
"Chris! You were supposed to help us attack them!", shouted Izzy at the boy. Chris shrugged.
"How did it go?", asked Chris.
"We barely escaped.", said Davis.
"Yeah, and it was your fault!", said Izzy.
"My fault?! What did I do?", asked Davis.
"You were... just... you!", shouted Izzy.
"Calm down boys...", said Chris. "We still hold the ultimate trump card."
"Yes... the ultimate trump card. Titanmon.", agreed Izzy.
"Actually, Titanmon is a Digimon. Not a card.", corrected Davis. Izzy and Chris looked at each other.
"Should you punch him? Or should I?", asked Chris. "Aw, who cares. Look, Izzy. I'll go in and distract them while you get your little computer back. Then you meet up with me. Ok?"
"Prodigious.", said Izzy.
"And Davis... uhm... follow Izzy.", added Chris, grinning.
"Okay!", shouted Davis and Veemon and they ran over and stood behind Izzy. He sighed.
"It's gonna be a long day..."
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Lee's House:
Lee, sprawled out on the couch, was channel surfing. He had a pillow on his wound and a sucker in his mouth. [i]Man... it takes Kevin forever to get to my house. I might as well have invited a snail. Ah, well a snail can't hack into computer databases...[/i]
"Leeeeee! Door for you!", screeched a little female voice.
"Jenna! Do you have to yell!? Just let Kevin in!", shouted Lee back.
"It's not Kevin! It's some brown haired girl with big boobies!", screeched Jenna once more. Lee almost fell off the couch at that comment. Alex walked in and leaned over the couch.
"Your little sister is modest, isn't she?", asked Alex.
"Oh yeah.", replied Lee, sarcastically. "She's just dumb. She speaks before she thinks. So what are you up to?"
"I was bored. So I tracked you down. And now I'm here.", said Alex.
"Ah. Did you bring Mikemon?", asked Lee. Alex nodded.
"She's in your room playing with Kokuwamon.", said Alex. "How's your stomach?", she asked, sitting down.
"It hurts, but I can stand and walk now. As long as I'm not crashing into anything, I'll be fine.", explained Lee. Then he turned more serious. "Did you find my D-Volver?"
"I had no idea where to look. It wasn't in the hospital or anything.", said Alex.
[i]Hmmm... where is it!? I need my D-Volver to, well... D-Volve![/i]
Suddenly, there was another knock on the door. Jenna opened it again.
"Lee! Your friend with all the zits is here!", shouted Jenna.
"See? Speaks her mind.", said Lee to Alex, who laughed. Kevin walked into the room. He was wearing a light grey T-Shirt and black pants. He had a laptop of his own with him.
"Hey Lee! I finally made it. Uhm, who's your friend?", asked Kevin.
"This is Alex. She's a new Chosen I met.", said Lee, pointing at Alex, who waved. Kevin smiled.
"Allison dumped you, didn't she?"
"Oh yeah."
Kevin shrugged and sat down on the couch next to Lee. He put his laptop down and began connecting it to Izzy's laptop.
"So... is Kevin a Chosen too?", asked Alex.
"I have a D-volver. But my partner is gone...", sighed Kevin.
"Gone?", asked Alex.
"He was lost in the Desolate Server...", said Kevin.
"Aww... that's so sad... don't you think you'll be able to find him again?", asked Alex.
"I doubt it. It was hard enough for us to get into the Desolate Server in the first place.", said Kevin, sadly. Alex looked at Lee, who nodded in agreement.
"Well... that's just stupid.", she finished.
Kevin fiddled around with a few more wires, before sitting back on the couch. "And it's done. Now let's hack this puppy..."
The three of them crowded around the laptop and watched as Kevin began to break layers of Izzy's barriers.
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Nuclear Reactor, West of the city:
Chris and his partner Cybermon approached the protective fence around the nuclear reactor that powers the city. It was a huge facility, with many rooms and sub-reactors. Plus guards. Lots of guards.
"Well, Cybermon. It's our job to create a diversion that will lure all the Chosen here. I assume Davis and ExVeemon have already handed out our invitations to each of the Chosen's homes.", said Chris.
"That is... if he's capable.", joked Cybermon. Cybermon was a rather humanoid Digimon made out of pure electronic components. He had a cannon on one of his arms and a long tail.
"He'd better be. We have to bring him Lee's head. Or Desiree will have ours.", said Chris. He walked out from his cover of the trees. "Cybermon... if you please..."
"Cyber Cannon!", shouted Cybermon, blasting the fence down. Alarms sounded as Chris and Cybermon ran through into the yard.
"Perfect.", said Chris. Suddenly, he got an e-mail on his D-Terminal as Cybermon began to mow down the guards with his Cyber Cannon.
"Hmmm... Davis said he alerted Earnest, Ace and Arik, who are already heading here to stop me. He said he couldn't find Lee's house yet, so he's going to get Izzy to alert them and head here to back me up.", read Chris. "This is perfect. We'll take care of those three losers first... then go for Lee."
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Lee's House:
"Lee! I'm going over to Alana's for the rest of the day!", shouted Jenna. Lee looked at her.
"Am I supposed to care? Just go.", said Lee. Jenna put her shoes on and left out the door... but no one noticed she didn't fully shut the door.
"Hmmm...", said Kevin. "This is interesting. We can access Izzy's records on here..."
"Go for it.", said Alex. Kevin clicked into it and broke the password. There were a few sub-headers.
"Biographies. Original Adventure. Second Adventure. DTE Adventure. Recent.", read Kevin out loud. "Which one?"
"Recent."
Kevin opened it up. "Who wants to read this out loud?", asked Kevin.
"I will.", said Alex. She pulled the laptop over to her.
"November 30:
Lately.... things had been quiet. Ever since we defeated Phalanxmon, things were good. But it was odd... people have been disappearing lately. No... not just people... areas of the world too. It starts with people, then graduates in actual earth disappearing. A strange phenomenon. I'll have to study it further...
December 3:
Odd. Very odd. Tentomon and I fought an odd creature called a 'shadow'. It was a very prodigious experience. I analyzed the Shadow and discovered that it is part of a mass-multiplying entity also called the Shadow. It and it's brethren have apparently been eating it's way into our Server's core. It doesn't take a genius to know that if they manage to eat the core, our entire Server will be deleted. Thank god we have now been alerted to it and can fight them...
December 10:
The fight against the Shadow goes badly. They are not easily defeated, and there are many different forms of Shadow. We were doing fine, but for some reason... Kayla, Kazu, Amy and Carrie all just disappeared. I don't believe the Shadow engulfed them, because I watched them just flash away into data and through the sky. It was almost as if they were being downloaded to something..."
"Ah! That's Desiree's doing!", shouted Lee, as realization dawned upon him. We fought Chosen named Carrie, Amy, Kayla and Kazu... I have their data on my D-Volver, wherever it is."
"Let Alex keep reading...", said Kevin, though he did acknowledge Lee's comment. Lee nodded.
"December 12:
Davis, Sarah, Chris and I cannot handle all these Shadow by ourselves. We are being defeated brutally. Even Titanmon cannot stand up to them. Our world will be destroyed if we don't do something quickly! We tried to contact the Tamers in Amaterasu Server to see if we could escape to there, but only the Apocalypse could inter-server travel. And our response was that their world was under siege as well. Are all servers being affected by the Shadow?
December 15:
I'm not sure what quite happened, but Davis, Chris and I disappeared. Where we reappeared, it was in a bedroom, in a Server that is not our own. Oh... our world is doomed now without us to defend it. A girl named Desiree approached us and put her dark necklaces on us. Now I feel some strange new allegiance to her... as if I must obey her. And I know one thing... she will draw the Shadow here... I'm sure of it.
End log."
"Whoa... did you guys manage to put that together too?", asked Alex.
"Yeah... Desiree is unintentionally condemning all the other Servers to destruction by stealing their Chosen to fight us. But why? Why is she so bent on destroying us?", asked Lee. He didn't receive an answer.
"The only way to find out is from Desiree herself...", said Kevin. "I--"
Kevin was cut off as the door to Lee's apartment was flung open. Izzy and Tentomon were there, looking pissed.
"Izzy?! How did you...?", stammered Lee, amazed that Izzy found his home.
"Give me my laptop.", demanded Izzy.
"Or we'll get rough.", added Tentomon. Kokuwamon and Mikemon ran out of Lee's bedroom and jumped in front of Izzy. They glared at him menacingly. Mikemon extended her claws.
"Mikemon, there's no need for rough stuff. We're done with the laptop.", said Lee. Kevin walked over and cautiously handed the laptop to Izzy. He looked it over.
"What did you do to it?", asked Izzy.
"We read your log.", said Alex. "We have alot more information now. Thanks!"
Izzy glared at her. "Well, that won't help you. I suggest you get to the Nuclear Reactor... or there's going to be big bang!"
With that, Izzy and Tentomon ran away. Lee looked out the window to see Izzy riding on Kabuterimon in the direction of the reactor. Lee jumped up off the couch and almost winced at the pain.
"We got to follow him! Kevin, lend me your D-Volver.", said Lee. Kevin handed it to him and he pointed it at Kokuwamon.
TecKuwagamon hovered outside the window. Lee, Kevin, Alex and Mikemon hopped on and they headed in the direction that Izzy went.
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Nuclear Yard:
"Dragon Wheel!!!", shouted Leila, in her Kyubimon form. She spun against Megamon, but it was no use. She simply bounced off him and crashed into the dirt. Megamon evolved from Cybermon and looked like a big blue dinosaur, except with four muscular arms. The yard was now littered with the dead bodies of guards who had tried to protect the reactor, but none of them stood a chance against Megamon.
Chris and Davis stood on top of a storage house, observing the battle. On the other side of the yard, near the fence, stood Earnest, Ace and Arik.
"We're getting our butt kicked. Royally.", whined Arik. Megamon threw Racermon into Dragonmon. Then ExVeemon swooped up and shot them both with a Vee-Lazer!
"Megamon is very powerful... if only Leila could Digivolve again...", groaned Earnest. Dragonmon leapt at Megamon again, only to be backhanded by two of his arms across the yard. Dragonmon twitched, and then fell silent.
"Blast! We're so screwed!", shouted Ace. ExVeemon landed in front of the three of them.
"Sorry little guys, but orders is orders...", said ExVeemon, folding his arms over the logo on his chest. It began to glow. Arik and Ace crunched down in fear. Earnest dropped his D-Volver on the ground.
"Earnest! No!!", screamed Leila, leaping at ExVeemon. She bit him in the wing.
"Ah! Treacherous bitch!", cursed ExVeemon before slugging Leila onto the ground. "It's over for you now."
Earnest glanced up at Davis and Chris, who stood, apparently not even shocked. He leapt and grabbed his D-Volver and pointed it at Leila, who began glowing.
{{{DIGIVOLUTION}}}
"Leila The Kyubimon, Digivolve to..."
Leila became completely covered in a metal substance. Emerging from it, she was metallic shades of her normal colors as Kyubimon. Two metal wings sprouted from her back with reactors on the tip of each of them. She made a metallic screech and spread out her tails.
"Leila The METALKYUBIMON!!!"
{{{END DIGIVOLUTION}}}
She roared out and cooled off from her Digivolution. ExVeemon turned to face her.
"What the hell is up with you? Fall into some liquid metal? Aw well, say goodbye, foxy. VEE-LAZER!", shouted ExVeemon, blasting the lazer at MetalKyubimon. It simply deflected off her body. ExVeemon's mouth hung open in surprise.
"What the? But that was my most powerful blast!"
"Here's mine.", said Leila. "Dual Blasters!!!"
Two cannons popped out of hidden compartments on her shoulders and fired at ExVeemon. He attempted to block the attack, but it was too powerful and sent him crashing into the electric fence! He fell over, completely stunned.
"Yeah! Go Leila!", cheered Ace and Arik.
"I don't believe how powerful she is...", gasped Earnest. "I knew she was capable of protecting me..."
"One down... one to go...", said Leila.
"Make that two!!!", shouted a voice. Leila looked up to get slashed in the face by Kabuterimon, who swooped by. Megamon then reared back and charged at her.
"Oh no...", muttered Leila. Megamon his her a full force and she flew into the air! She glanced down at him. "Cyberdragon Wheel!"
She flew at Megamon in a ball of fury and smashed his upper body, he roared out in pain and kicked her, sending her headfirst into the ground!
"Look out, Leila!", shouted Arik. She looked up to see Kabuterimon, who dropped Izzy off over by Chris and Davis, swooping down on her fast!
"Electro Shocker!!!", he shouted, firing electricity all over her. Megamon then fired a magma blast from his mouth. "Mega Flame!!!"
The fire hit Leila directly in the face and sent her flying backwards. She got traction from her feet and managed to stay standing under her own power. She was badly damaged though. Kabuterimon and Megamon stood over her.
"What now?", asked Kabuterimon.
"Don't kill them yet. I see their friends coming.", said Chris. He, Izzy and Davis glanced up at the sky, where TecKuwagamon was flying in. Ace, Arik and Earnest also looked up there.
"Lee! Down here!", shouted Ace. TecKuwagamon landed and Kevin, Lee and Alex got off him. TecKuwagamon and Mikemon ran over to support Leila.
[i]Whoa... that guy is big... and who's the evil looking guy?[/i] Thought Lee, noticing Megamon and then Chris. "Alex, put your D-Volver on that guy."
Alex did as told, and scanned Chris.
{PROFILE: Reno, Chris}
Known Relatives: None
Server: Kiriban Server
Device type: D-3
D-3 Functions: Digivolve to Champion, Ultimate, Mega, Junction Digivolve
Partner: Cybermon-Megamon-ArmoredMegamon-MetalMegamon-Titanmon
Bio: Chris was one of the original DTE members. Much like the brute force of the group, he fought bravely through all the challenges placed upon them. He is much in love with Kayla Tennant of DTE, though he isn't sure if she returns his affections.
{END PROFILE}
[i]Man...look how beat up Dragonmon and Racermon are... this could be trouble...[/i]
"Now that they are all together, shall we unveil our power?", asked Izzy.
"Yeah!", shouted Davis, jumping up and down. His shorts fell off and he blushed and scrambled to pull them back up. Izzy and Chris sighed. They all pulled out their D-3's.
"Junction Digivolve now!!!", the three of them shouted in unison. Like homing signals, the light from their D-3's shot out and hit their three partners. The three of them were instantly drawn to each other... and began to fuse...
"What the hell!?", shouted Arik.
"They're... combining!?", asked Alex, "I've never heard of anything like that before!"
"Me either.", added Earnest. "Be on your guard everyone."
The group nodded and began to back away slowly. Leila, TecKuwagamon and Mikemon ran at the light they emitted, but were all sent flying back by the energy! They looked up to see a brand new Digimon standing there. He was large. He cape flowed out behind him in the wind. His warrior body stoof up, and four huge wings sprouted from his back. The gift to fly, from Kabuterimon. His muscles all rippled and he smashed a huge hole in the ground. The gift of strength, from Megamon. And his skin hardened, becoming as tough as scales. The gift of endurance, from ExVeemon. He grinned and looked at the group of Digimon.
"Let's get him!", shouted Leila. The three of them charged at Titanmon.
"Fools.", muttered Titanmon. He smashed the three of them away with a single swipe. Mikemon landed near Dragonmon, completely devastated.
"This is bad... real bad...", said Kevin, shaking.
"TecKuwagamon! Digivolve to Gigadramon!!!", shouted Lee. He held out Kevin's D-Volver... but nothing happened.
"W-what?! Why won't it work?", asked Lee.
"You can't use someone else's D-Volver to channel huge amounts of energy... you need your own...", explained Alex, shamefully.
"So, we can't do anything!?", asked Ace.
"I didn't say that! Let me come up with a plan...", mused Alex.
"Well, I sure hope it's not to attack, because that's not working very well!", shouted Ace.
"Dual Blasters!", shouted Leila. She fired the missiles again and they exploded on Titanmon at point-blank range. But...it didn't even phase him!
"Titan Cannon!", he bellowed, blasting Leila. She screamed in pain and fell over, unconscious.
"Is that it?", asked Izzy.
"I think so.", said Davis. "Pity. We wasted all that energy on that."
"Not yet!", shouted TecKuwagamon. He swung his claw at Titanmon, who deflected it easily. Titanmon then smashed TecKuwagamon across the face, and then booted him in the chest! TecKuwagamon collapsed at Titanmon's feet. Chris, Izzy and Davis laughed.
"You sorry group are Chosen?", sneered Chris. "You aren't fit to protect this world from the Shadow!"
"Only Desiree is!", shouted Izzy. "She will be your savior!"
"Well... not your savior. She will be your doom!", yelled Chris, pointing at Lee, Kevin, Ace, Arik, Earnest and Alex. Titanmon began to walk towards the six of them. He drew a huge sword from a holster attached to his waist.
"I'll play the executioner.", said Titanmon. "I think I'll start with the girl..."
"Please, no! Don't kill us!", shouted Arik.
"Begging won't help. You have no options left.", said Titanmon, approaching them.
[i]Damn! Is there no hope!? Hey, what's up with Davis? He's being unnaturally quiet.[/i] Lee sighed. [i]It doesn't matter what I do now... there's no hope...[/i]
"Izzy... Chris...", said Davis. They looked at him. "This isn't what we're supposed to be doing. We're supposed to be protecting our world from the Shadow, not helping destroy this one. Desiree won't be the savior... they will! And I'm going to help them!"
"Davis! Don't be a fool!", shouted Izzy.
"Isn't that what I always do?", he asked. Then he ripped the dark necklace off, sending himself and ExVeemon to the Desolate Server. And that means...
"Waaargh!", screamed Titanmon. He literally exploded, and Tentomon and Cybermon lay unconscious on the ground. Izzy and Chris screamed.
"Damn him! Damn him to hell! We failed... because of him!", shouted Chris. Suddenly, Devidramon came swooping in with Desiree riding him. She leapt off on top of the warehouse they were standing on. They both bowed to her.
"Desiree, forgive our impudence!", begged Izzy.
"Forgiveness, denied.", said Desiree. "Terminate them."
{YES... DESIREE.}
Izzy and Chris disappeared in a flash of light. Tentomon and Cybermon were gone too. Desiree looked at the field, littered with dead soldiers and unconscious Digimon. She looked at the six children by the fence, who were staring at her as well.
"Looks like I'll get my most loyal servants to deal with them... soon..."
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