[b]Author's Note:[/b]
This is the second-last chapter in the first story arc of my fic,
"Otherworldly Assaults".
[b]Previously:[/b] Kevin and Lee hacked into Izzy's computer and read his log about the Shadow, showing them to be creatures who infect Servers and eat the core, destroying it. Izzy, Davis and Chris attacked a nuclear reactor, hoping to draw out the Chosen, and they did. Their three Digimon Junction Digivolved into the fearsome Mega: Titanmon. Titanmon's reign was short-lived though, as Davis had a sudden burst of conscience and sent himself to the Desolate Server. Now Desiree swears she'll finish the Chosen off soon...
[b]Heroes No More, Chapter Sixteen: Primal Rage[/b]
------------------------------- Earnest's Cabin:
After the battle at the nuclear reactor, Earnest, Lee, Kevin, Alex, Ace and Arik fled to Earnest's quiet mountain cabin. Where they knew they wouldn't be detected by any police cars or helicopters. They made sure the Digimon all stayed inside, and began to formulate a plan to fight Desiree in Earnest's living room.
"Man, we so lucked out that time.", said Arik, relaxing in Earnest's armchair. Lee and Alex sat on one side of his couch, while Kevin sat on the other. Ace sat on a pull-up chair, with his legs relaxed on the table, no doubt. And Earnest himself stood, being a very gracious host.
"Yeah, we did.", said Lee. "We can't expect every time that we get in trouble, someone like Davis is going to turn good and condemn himself for the greater cause. We have to get stronger."
"Lemme think. The only ones of us here who can go Ultimate are Lee and Earnest.", observed Arik. He put his hand to his chin, "I don't believe that's enough power."
"Allison can too.", added Earnest.
"Yeah, but after what 'she' did...", muttered Ace, looking at Alex, "...I don't think Allison is going to be too friendly with us."
"Hey, I didn't know he had a girlfriend! So why don't you back off?", shouted Alex.
"Why don't you fricken make me?!", shouted Ace back. Earnest jumped in the middle.
"Okay, okay. We don't need any pointless fighting here.", said Earnest, "What we need is a plan."
"Those will be hard to come by, with this lot...", said Arik.
"Kevin, you've been awfully quiet. Any ideas?", asked Lee. Kevin looked up for the first time.
"Hmmm... I'm working on it.", he said. "What we need is some sort of way to get her laptop away from her. I had a chance to study it while Lee, Nathan and I were in her room. It's a very interesting piece of work. It's also got the spirits of one of the seven Digi-world guardians in it, that being why it's sentient."
"Hmmm...", thought Earnest.
"You see. It doesn't actually like serving her. It's much like a prisoner. How Desiree managed to get the Guardian in there in the first place remains a mystery to me...", said Kevin.
"Ya know. One Chosen I fought mentioned the Guardians.", said Lee. Everyone looked at him.
"Her name was Amy. She was one of those DTE nuts. Anyway, right before I sent her to the Desolate Server, she said something about that the Guardians had taken new forms, therefore all Servers were dead. Do any of you know anything about that?", asked Lee.
"I don't think so...", replied Earnest. He glanced over at Leila, who was resting silently from the battle up against the wall. He gave her a stubborn look and then turned back to the rest of them.
"Then I vote we go for a direct attack!", shouted Ace, leaping out of his chair.
"I'll second that.", said Arik, standing up as well.
"I'm in.", said Alex.
"Me too.", agreed Lee.
"Yup. But we'll all have to watch each other this time. Who knows what kind of Chosen she'll have with her.", said Earnest. Everyone agreed.
"I want to come along too.", said Kevin. "I'm getting a few more ideas."
"Okay. Now how to find Desiree?", asked Lee.
"Leave that to the channel 5 news.", said Earnest, flipping on the TV set. A screen of the earlier massacre at the Nuclear Yard was shown.
"...and these paranormal creatures called 'Digimon' have been ripping up our city with each attack. They fight each other, and end up demolishing our town in the process. Some researchers say that there are good Digimon, but we don't have time to take that risk to trust any of them. Here is t he mayor with an urgent message..."
"The mayor?!", asked Lee.
"Your dad? Uh-oh.", added Ace. Alex looked at Lee.
"Your dad is the mayor?", asked Alex.
"Yup.", replied Lee. "Now shhh."
"This is Mayor Trainer at the scene of the Nuclear Yard incident. These Digimon attacks are becoming more frequent and vital to damaging our precious city's economy. If a Digimon is ever spotted, you have full order to shoot, stab or do whatever it takes to kill the abomination. Don't let your children run freely around the city, and one more thing... a group of unidentified kids have been running around with the Digimon. I want their names and addresses found, and for them to be turned in for questioning. That's all."
Earnest shut the TV set off. Everyone was silent.
"I take it that wasn't a good broadcast.", said DemiTyrannomon, interrupting the silence.
"No duh. Did you just fall off the dense tree or what?", asked Mikemon.
"It's definitely not good. We need to find some way to hide ourselves on top of everything...", said Arik. Kevin put a finger to his chin.
"Earnest... do you have any winter clothing?", asked Kevin.
"Uh, yeah. Lots. Why?", asked Earnest back. Kevin grinned.
---------------------------- "I'm NOT wearing that!", protested Ace.
"It's the last damn facemask left. Now take it!", shouted Alex.
"No! Go fight without me.", said Ace. Alex twitched.
*SMACK!*
"You wear it and you like it!", shouted Alex.
"Uh, yes ma'am.", squeaked Ace. He put the pink facemask on and grumbled. Alex looked at Lee, who was wearing a green one. Arik and Earnest were wearing Red, while Alex and Kevin wore Blue.
"Holy crap, Lee.", whispered Arik.
"What?", asked Lee.
"Your new girlfriend is so hot.", said Arik.
"Uh, uhm, no. She's not my girlfriend...", said Lee. [i]Thank god he can't see me blushing under this mask...[/i]
"Heh. Well, if you don't ask her out... I think Ace is gonna...", advised Arik.
"Oh really?", asked Lee, rather intrigued. "Alright. Thanks, Arik."
The lot of them followed Earnest out the door and hopped on TecKuwagamon and Dragonmon, then flew into the city, scanning for Desiree.
"You know, we'll be spotted by citizens like this.", said Arik to Lee. Lee, Alex and Arik were riding on TecKuwagamon, while Earnest, Ace and Kevin were on Dragonmon.
"Let them spot us.", replied Lee. "This won't take long."
"Hey! My D-Volver is reacting to something!", exclaimed Arik, pointing his D-Volver down at the park. Lee and Alex looked over the edge of TecKuwagamon.
"Maybe it's food!", said Bouncemon.
"No... it's gotta be MY D-Volver!", shouted Lee. "Of course, I'm so stupid! I must have dropped it in the park when James stabbed me!"
"Well, then let's pick it up.", said TecKuwagamon, dropping altitude.
"We'll meet up with you!", shouted Lee to Ace. Ace gave him the thumbs up as they carried on. TecKuwagamon landed in the park and the kids hopped off him.
"Start looking, everyone.", said Alex. She left off to look in a thicket of trees, Lee shrugged and followed her. Mikemon and Bouncemon went bounding and jumping around, looking for it, while Arik and TecKuwagamon took an aerial view.
----------------------------- Desiree's Room:
Desiree almost gagged as she looked at her surveillance screen on her laptop.
"Are those fools heading towards my apartment!?", she asked, looking at the screen of Dragonmon flying.
"It looks like it...", gasped Impmon, peeking over her shoulder.
"Hmmm...", she thought. "Tai!"
A boy, fairly tall, and with wild brown hair stepped out of the shadows. He was wearing a dress suit, as if he was a student in a formal high-school. He had a little orange dinosaur Digimon standing by his leg.
"Yes, mistress?", asked Tai, bowing.
"Eradicate the incoming intruders. I grow weary of their meddling...", she groaned. Tai nodded and walked out of the room. His Digimon followed him, stumbling over his own feet.
"Hopefully those power increases on the necklaces work.", said Impmon.
"Of course they'll work, Impy. Double the drug dose means double the slavery.", replied Desiree, extremely confident in herself. She called up two more screens on the laptop.
"James! Matt! Deal with the ones in the park.", she commanded. "This is going better than I thought..."
"Me too. I thought we were gonna be defeated by now...", muttered Impmon. Desiree looked at him, oddly.
[i]What's got him so upset...?[/i] She wondered. [i]Oh well. With the Chosen divided, I can easily destroy them.[/i]
----------------------- Central Park:
Alex scrambled through a few bushes, scanning the ground of Lee's D-Volver. She sighed and found nothing, but kept looking.
[i]Come on Lee... it's now or never...[/i] Lee walked up to Alex, she turned around and faced him.
"You have any luck?", asked Alex.
"Willyougooutwithme?", blurted Lee. Alex cocked an eyebrow.
"Huh?"
"Well, these last few days have been pretty fun and stuff, and I was thinking that maybe, well, if you wanted to that is... we could maybe, ya know...", stammered Lee, completely lost in his own words. Alex smiled and then grabbed him, pulled up his face-mask and kissed him.
[i]I think I'm gonna take this as a yes.[/i]
"Hey! I found it!", shouted a voice. It was Mikemon's. Alex released Lee and looked up.
"Better go claim your prize.", she said.
"I already got it.", he replied, grabbing her hand and walking out. Mikemon and Bouncemon leapt out of the bushes. Bouncemon was covered in scratch marks.
"What'd ya do to him?", asked Alex, taking the D-Volver and handing it to Lee, who did a little victory dance.
"Well, he was bouncing around like an idiot, and he found the D-Volver and threw it at me. So I clawed him.", said Mikemon, grinning. Bouncemon whimpered.
"Toughen up, buddy.", said Mikemon, kicking Bouncemon. Alex sighed.
[i]Wow! What a great day! First I get a new girlfriend and then Bouncemon finds my D-Volver! It's almost like nothing could go wrong![/i] Thought Lee. When suddenly...
"We're under attack!!!", shouted Arik. TecKuwagamon flew down low, as if he was dodging enemy firepower, and he was. Garurumon leapt over a few trees and landed in the park, adjacent to TecKuwagamon. Arik jumped off him and rolled out of the way.
"Garurumon?!", asked Lee. [i]That means Matt is back! I was wondering what happened to him...[/i]
"Yeah!", snarled Garurumon. "And I'm not alone."
Another Digimon, almost like a little spider-type thing, crawled out and stood on his hind legs, hissing at the group.
"Ah! It's ugly!", screeched Alex.
"What is it?", asked Arik.
"That's my partner. Keramon. And he's going to have you all for dinner.", said an all-too-familiar snooty voice. Lee glared at James as he and Matt walked out of the bushed and faced them. Matt had his hand on his hip, rather relaxed, as James did most of the talking.
"He hatched this morning, and Desiree wanted me to give him a battle test.", explained James. He still had that evil dark glare in his eyes from the Dark flower. Matt smirked and stepped forward.
"And I'm here to slaughter you all! So get ready!", he shouted. Garurumon leapt at TecKuwagamon, who took the hit, and they rolled along the ground, attacking each other. Arik pulled out his D-Volver.
"Bouncemon! Help him out!", shouted Arik.
"Not so fast!", yelled James. Keramon sped at Bouncemon, wrapping all his tentacles around the ball Digimon. He began to electrify Bouncemon, doing intense damage to the both of them!
"He's a little kamikaze soldier!", shouted Lee, in surprise.
"Hey! He's not hurting himself! He's draining energy?!", gasped Arik. "Let Bouncemon go!"
Keramon hurled Bouncemon at Arik, knocking Arik over. He breathed heavily and then began to glow.
{{{DIGIVOLUTION}}}
"Keramon! Digivolve to..."
Keramon exploded and became encased in a shell. Tentacles burst out of the shell, whirling around, and he formed two glowing eyes peeking out.
"...KURISARIMON!"
{{{END DIGIVOLUTION}}}
Kurisarimon hovered in the air, glaring at Lee and Alex.
"Oh dear...", gasped Lee.
"HAH!", shouted Kurisarimon, leaping at them.
"Oh no ya don't!", yelled Mikemon. She leapt into the air and swatted Kurisarimon onto the ground! "You'll have to go through me first!"
"FINE!", screamed Kurisarimon. "Tendriller!!!"
He launched dozens of tentacles, formed like drills at Mikemon, who gracefully dodged them all, then she bounced on him again.
"He fights well...", gasped James, astounded.
"I wish I could say the same for Garurumon!", shouted Matt. Garurumon was repeatedly attacking TecKuwagamon, but to no avail. "No matter. I'll just Digivolve him!"
Matt whipped out his Digivice and thrust it at Garurumon. He began glowing.
"What is this? The Digivolve-a-thon!?", asked Lee.
"Garurumon, Digivolve to... WereGarurumon!!!", shouted Garurumon, turning into the two-legged warrior that is WereGarurumon. He howled and leapt at TecKuwagamon, slashing him across the face. TecKuwagamon flew through the air like a golf ball and smashed through a tree!
"Strike! Er, I mean, hole in one!", shouted Matt.
[i]This is bad... really bad...[/i] Thought Lee.
---------------------------- Above the Town:
Dragonmon flew along calmly, stirring up attention below him.
"Hey, uhm, those people can see Dragonmon...", said Ace.
"Doesn't matter. We've got masks on, they won't know who we are.", replied Earnest.
"Mine's pink.", grumbled Ace.
"Would you shut up about that already?", asked Kevin.
"Well, why would you even have a pink facemask in the first place, Earnest?!", shouted Ace.
"Uhm... well, now... that is a good question...", said Earnest.
"Because he's a fruit.", said Leila, jokingly. Earnest was about to retort, but Kevin screamed.
"What's wrong, Kevin?", asked Ace.
"Big energy ball! Heading right for us!", screamed Kevin. Everyone looked to see a huge orange ball of energy flying at Dragonmon. He turned to maneuver, but wasn't fast enough and got his dead-on by the blast! The three boys and Leila fell right off him. Ace grabbed onto his tail at the last moment and clung for dear life.
"Leila! Do something!", shouted Earnest.
"Like what!? It's not like I can fly!", protested Leila.
"You can!", he screamed back.
"Oh yeah..."
{{{DIGIVOLUTION}}}
"Leila the Renamon, Digivolve to..."
Leila threw hers guns aside and her clothes ripped off as she fell onto all four legs. She grew a huge mane, and a dozen tails sprouted from her backside.
"...Leila the KYUBIMON!!!"
"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}}}
MetalKyubimon instantly shot out her wings and flew over to Earnest, having him land on her back. She wasted no time and dove down to snag Kevin. She grabbed him by the back of his shirt with her mouth and went over to the nearest rooftop to set them down.
Ace climbed up on top of Dragonmon and looked around, scanning the area for the enemy.
"Augh. What hit us?", asked Ace.
"I don't know... but it was powerful...", groaned Dragonmon.
"Oh, Dragonmon! Are you hurt?", asked Ace.
"A scratch, Ace. A scratch.", replied Dragonmon. Leila flew up there and grabbed Ace, flying him down to the building.
"Hey, where are you taking me?", asked Ace.
"To be safe.", said Leila. "I have a feeling we're in for a big battle..."
She dropped him off by Earnest and Kevin, then flew up back near Dragonmon, ready for battle.
"I don't like the looks of this. We get blasted and then can't even find what blasted us...", said Kevin. "What if the enemy can cloak?"
"That's impossible.", said Ace.
"You never know...", replied Kevin.
"Up here!", shouted a voice. Everyone looked up to see a golden warrior come crashing down on Dragonmon, sending him crashing into the busy streets below, causing possibly countless deaths! He looked at them through his silver helmet and growled.
"Hmmm... he's WarGreymon. A mega.", said Ace, reading off his D-Volver. "Cloaking my ass."
"Hmph.", muttered Kevin.
WarGreymon did a flip kick at Leila, who leapt backwards and then charged at WarGreymon, tackling him! They stumbled around of a moment until WarGreymon bashed Leila aside with one of his huge forearms. Leila shook her head and then opened up the cannons on her shoulders.
"Dual Blasters!!!", she shouted, firing missiles at WarGreymon. They exploded all of him and he roared in pain! He smashed a missile away and flew at Leila!
"Mega Claw!", he shouted, slashing Leila. The force of the hit was awesome and she flew into a building, shattering glass everywhere.
"See how useless it is to fight Desiree?!", shouted WarGreymon. "She will triumph!"
On the streets, Dragonmon stirred and moaned then rose to his feet, woozily. He was now surrounded by police cars and armed troops.
"Huh...?", he asked.
"On my command, fire!", shouted the police captain through a megaphone. All the troops aimed their guns at Dragonmon. He roared out in anger.
"Dragonmon! Calm down!", shouted Ace. Suddenly, his D-Volver began to react to Dragonmon's anger. "What the he--"
{{{DIGIVOLUTION}}}
"Dragonmon!!! Digivolve to..."
Dragonmon turned completely metallic, with huge metal wings and a silver helmet. He gained a chest plate that secretes missiles, much like MetalGreymon. He roared out to the sky, launching fire into the heavens.
"...METALDRAGONMON!!!"
{{{END DIGIVOLUTION}}}
"What the--? He evolved!?", stammered Ace.
"This isn't good... he doesn't appear to be able to control himself!", shouted Earnest. "Much like Gigadramon when he first evolved!"
MetalDragonmon reared back and slashed the cops and their cars away, causing mass destruction and panic on the streets! WarGreymon looked at him and began to slowly hover down to his level.
"You look like a worthy opponent.", said WarGreymon, calmly.
"DIE!!", screamed MetalDragonmon, "DRAGON MISSILE!!!"
He fired two huge missiles from his chest plate at WarGreymon, who smacked them away and they imploded buildings around them! Ace and Earnest fell over.
"What's happening now!?", asked Ace, stumbling as he tried to stand up.
"Don't tell me...", said Kevin, peering over the edge. "...this building is collapsing!!!"
"What?!", shouted Earnest. Leila, slightly dazed, walked out of the building she flew into and saw the three boys stranded on the collapsing building. She flipped out her wings and flew down towards it.
"Get on, quick!", she commanded. The three boys wasted no time and leapt onto Leila, she back up into the sky as the building went plummeting to the ground.
"Mega Claw!", shouted WarGreymon, upper cutting MetalDragonmon. MetalDragonmon grinned and looked down at him. He grabbed WarGreymon with both hands and began crushing the life out of him!
"That's not Dragonmon! It's a monster!", shouted Ace. WarGreymon screamed out in agony. He managed to kick MetalDragonmon in the chest, winding him so that he released WarGreymon from his grip. WarGreymon flew up to a safe distance to catch his breath. MetalDragonmon roared out and flew upwards at him.
"You have to be kidding me...", gasped WarGreymon.
---------------------------- Central Park:
TecKuwagamon threw WereGarurumon aside. Heavily damaged, he stumbled forward until laying down on the ground, resting.
Mikemon and Kurisarimon continued to bat away at each other, tentacle to claw. James and Matt watched the fight, pleased, until...
"Hm?", asked James. "New orders from Desiree."
"What is it?", asked Matt.
"You're to go assist Tai in the central city. And I'm to report back to her.", explained James.
"The word of Desiree will be followed.", said Matt. He made a whistle and WereGarurumon jumped up, running over to him. He leapt on WereGarurumon and they bounded towards center city. As the Chosen watched him flee, James quickly scooped up Kurisarimon and they backed away into the shadows while no one was looking.
"Huh? Why'd he--", started Lee, who was cut off by Arik.
"Hey! Where'd James go?!, asked Arik, confused.
"It doesn't matter. We aren't letting Matt get away again. Tecky, think you can fly?", asked Lee. TecKuwagamon stood up from his rest.
"I think we both know the answer to that question."
"Good. Then let's go!", commanded Lee.
---------------------------- Downtown:
Leila flew around the battle between WarGreymon and MetalDragonmon, which was getting ever more violent. The three boys were still on top of her, getting aerial surveillance of the entire scene.
"Hey, who's that boy down there?", asked Ace, pointing at Tai, who was standing on a building-top, looking rather ticked, watching the battle.
"Probably WarGreymon's partner... let's see...", said Earnest, pulling out his D-Volver.
{PROFILE: Kamiya, Tai}
Known Relatives: Father, Mother, Sister (Kari)
Server: Yamato Server
Device type: Digivice
Digivice Functions: Digivolve to Champion, Ultimate, Warp Digivolve
Partner: Botamon-Koromon-Agumon-Greymon-MetalGreymon-WarGreymon-Omnimon
Bio: Tai Kamiya was the leader of the original team of Digidestened from Yamato Server. He is bold and fearless. He is also very headstrong, rushing into situations without thinking. He and WarGreymon almost single-handedly defeated a group of powerful enemy Digimon called the Dark Masters.
{END PROFILE}
"Yeah, that's him. I say we hit him. IF we can get rid of his Dark Necklace, we can--", started Ace. But TecKuwagamon flew up next to Leila, interrupting him.
"No! We have to subdue your psycho partner before he kills any more people!", shouted Lee. "Like you did to Gigadramon!"
"Yeah, but--", protested Ace.
"No buts!", ordered Lee. "Now where the hell did Matt go?!"
"Matt?", asked Earnest.
"...uh-oh.", muttered Lee. [i]Man, every time I get a girlfriend, something like THIS happens![/i]
Before anyone could react, Matt and his partner landed on the building next to Tai. Except his partner wasn't WereGarurumon anymore.
"That's MetalGarurumon! An android wolf Digimon. His special attack is Metal Wolf Claw.", read Arik, of his D-Volver. Tai and Matt talked for a minute, then MetalGarurumon leapt down next to the damaged WarGreymon. MetalDragonmon roared out and flew at them, ready for more.
"I don't think so!", shouted Matt. "DNA Digivolve!!!"
"What!?", gasped Lee as MetalGarurumon and WarGreymon began to glow.
"MetalGarurumon!!!"
"WarGreymon!!!"
"DNA Digivolve to..."
The two of them melded into one being! It got a human-shape and stood not much taller than WarGreymon. One arm, a MetalGarurumon head appeared in place of the hand. On the other, a WarGreymon head. A cape flew out behind him as he struck a heroic pose.
"...OMNIMON!!!"
"Om-Omnimon?!", shouted Ace.
Omnimon smiled and looked at MetalDragonmon. He extended a cannon from his MetalGarurumon hand and aimed it at MetalDragonmon.
"SUPREME CANNON!!!", he bellowed. The blast of light energy collided into MetalDragonmon, sending him crashing into the street, completely unconscious.
Omnimon then looked up at the kids.
"That's real power!", shouted Alex.
"Guys... get ready to Digivolve... everyone! This is not going to be pretty...", said Lee, pulling out his D-Volver. Bouncemon and Mikemon leapt into battle positions. TecKuwagamon and Leila prepared to go drop the kids off somewhere...
------------------------------ Desiree's Room:
"Hehehe!", she giggled. "This is perfect! They're all going to die!"
"Are you sure? They are a very resourceful bunch...", said Impy. She glared at him.
"I gave Matt and Tai twice the drug dose! They'll die for me! There won't be any defections like Davis again.", said Desiree.
"I sure hope not...", replied Impmon. "But why don't we go there too, just in case?"
"I-- hmmm, sure! Come on James! We're going to turn murder into slaughter!"
"Yes, mistress.", replied James.
------------------------------- TO BE CONTINUED
Next: The final chapter of the first story arc.
[b]Previously:[/b] Kevin and Lee hacked into Izzy's computer and read his log about the Shadow, showing them to be creatures who infect Servers and eat the core, destroying it. Izzy, Davis and Chris attacked a nuclear reactor, hoping to draw out the Chosen, and they did. Their three Digimon Junction Digivolved into the fearsome Mega: Titanmon. Titanmon's reign was short-lived though, as Davis had a sudden burst of conscience and sent himself to the Desolate Server. Now Desiree swears she'll finish the Chosen off soon...
[b]Heroes No More, Chapter Sixteen: Primal Rage[/b]
------------------------------- Earnest's Cabin:
After the battle at the nuclear reactor, Earnest, Lee, Kevin, Alex, Ace and Arik fled to Earnest's quiet mountain cabin. Where they knew they wouldn't be detected by any police cars or helicopters. They made sure the Digimon all stayed inside, and began to formulate a plan to fight Desiree in Earnest's living room.
"Man, we so lucked out that time.", said Arik, relaxing in Earnest's armchair. Lee and Alex sat on one side of his couch, while Kevin sat on the other. Ace sat on a pull-up chair, with his legs relaxed on the table, no doubt. And Earnest himself stood, being a very gracious host.
"Yeah, we did.", said Lee. "We can't expect every time that we get in trouble, someone like Davis is going to turn good and condemn himself for the greater cause. We have to get stronger."
"Lemme think. The only ones of us here who can go Ultimate are Lee and Earnest.", observed Arik. He put his hand to his chin, "I don't believe that's enough power."
"Allison can too.", added Earnest.
"Yeah, but after what 'she' did...", muttered Ace, looking at Alex, "...I don't think Allison is going to be too friendly with us."
"Hey, I didn't know he had a girlfriend! So why don't you back off?", shouted Alex.
"Why don't you fricken make me?!", shouted Ace back. Earnest jumped in the middle.
"Okay, okay. We don't need any pointless fighting here.", said Earnest, "What we need is a plan."
"Those will be hard to come by, with this lot...", said Arik.
"Kevin, you've been awfully quiet. Any ideas?", asked Lee. Kevin looked up for the first time.
"Hmmm... I'm working on it.", he said. "What we need is some sort of way to get her laptop away from her. I had a chance to study it while Lee, Nathan and I were in her room. It's a very interesting piece of work. It's also got the spirits of one of the seven Digi-world guardians in it, that being why it's sentient."
"Hmmm...", thought Earnest.
"You see. It doesn't actually like serving her. It's much like a prisoner. How Desiree managed to get the Guardian in there in the first place remains a mystery to me...", said Kevin.
"Ya know. One Chosen I fought mentioned the Guardians.", said Lee. Everyone looked at him.
"Her name was Amy. She was one of those DTE nuts. Anyway, right before I sent her to the Desolate Server, she said something about that the Guardians had taken new forms, therefore all Servers were dead. Do any of you know anything about that?", asked Lee.
"I don't think so...", replied Earnest. He glanced over at Leila, who was resting silently from the battle up against the wall. He gave her a stubborn look and then turned back to the rest of them.
"Then I vote we go for a direct attack!", shouted Ace, leaping out of his chair.
"I'll second that.", said Arik, standing up as well.
"I'm in.", said Alex.
"Me too.", agreed Lee.
"Yup. But we'll all have to watch each other this time. Who knows what kind of Chosen she'll have with her.", said Earnest. Everyone agreed.
"I want to come along too.", said Kevin. "I'm getting a few more ideas."
"Okay. Now how to find Desiree?", asked Lee.
"Leave that to the channel 5 news.", said Earnest, flipping on the TV set. A screen of the earlier massacre at the Nuclear Yard was shown.
"...and these paranormal creatures called 'Digimon' have been ripping up our city with each attack. They fight each other, and end up demolishing our town in the process. Some researchers say that there are good Digimon, but we don't have time to take that risk to trust any of them. Here is t he mayor with an urgent message..."
"The mayor?!", asked Lee.
"Your dad? Uh-oh.", added Ace. Alex looked at Lee.
"Your dad is the mayor?", asked Alex.
"Yup.", replied Lee. "Now shhh."
"This is Mayor Trainer at the scene of the Nuclear Yard incident. These Digimon attacks are becoming more frequent and vital to damaging our precious city's economy. If a Digimon is ever spotted, you have full order to shoot, stab or do whatever it takes to kill the abomination. Don't let your children run freely around the city, and one more thing... a group of unidentified kids have been running around with the Digimon. I want their names and addresses found, and for them to be turned in for questioning. That's all."
Earnest shut the TV set off. Everyone was silent.
"I take it that wasn't a good broadcast.", said DemiTyrannomon, interrupting the silence.
"No duh. Did you just fall off the dense tree or what?", asked Mikemon.
"It's definitely not good. We need to find some way to hide ourselves on top of everything...", said Arik. Kevin put a finger to his chin.
"Earnest... do you have any winter clothing?", asked Kevin.
"Uh, yeah. Lots. Why?", asked Earnest back. Kevin grinned.
---------------------------- "I'm NOT wearing that!", protested Ace.
"It's the last damn facemask left. Now take it!", shouted Alex.
"No! Go fight without me.", said Ace. Alex twitched.
*SMACK!*
"You wear it and you like it!", shouted Alex.
"Uh, yes ma'am.", squeaked Ace. He put the pink facemask on and grumbled. Alex looked at Lee, who was wearing a green one. Arik and Earnest were wearing Red, while Alex and Kevin wore Blue.
"Holy crap, Lee.", whispered Arik.
"What?", asked Lee.
"Your new girlfriend is so hot.", said Arik.
"Uh, uhm, no. She's not my girlfriend...", said Lee. [i]Thank god he can't see me blushing under this mask...[/i]
"Heh. Well, if you don't ask her out... I think Ace is gonna...", advised Arik.
"Oh really?", asked Lee, rather intrigued. "Alright. Thanks, Arik."
The lot of them followed Earnest out the door and hopped on TecKuwagamon and Dragonmon, then flew into the city, scanning for Desiree.
"You know, we'll be spotted by citizens like this.", said Arik to Lee. Lee, Alex and Arik were riding on TecKuwagamon, while Earnest, Ace and Kevin were on Dragonmon.
"Let them spot us.", replied Lee. "This won't take long."
"Hey! My D-Volver is reacting to something!", exclaimed Arik, pointing his D-Volver down at the park. Lee and Alex looked over the edge of TecKuwagamon.
"Maybe it's food!", said Bouncemon.
"No... it's gotta be MY D-Volver!", shouted Lee. "Of course, I'm so stupid! I must have dropped it in the park when James stabbed me!"
"Well, then let's pick it up.", said TecKuwagamon, dropping altitude.
"We'll meet up with you!", shouted Lee to Ace. Ace gave him the thumbs up as they carried on. TecKuwagamon landed in the park and the kids hopped off him.
"Start looking, everyone.", said Alex. She left off to look in a thicket of trees, Lee shrugged and followed her. Mikemon and Bouncemon went bounding and jumping around, looking for it, while Arik and TecKuwagamon took an aerial view.
----------------------------- Desiree's Room:
Desiree almost gagged as she looked at her surveillance screen on her laptop.
"Are those fools heading towards my apartment!?", she asked, looking at the screen of Dragonmon flying.
"It looks like it...", gasped Impmon, peeking over her shoulder.
"Hmmm...", she thought. "Tai!"
A boy, fairly tall, and with wild brown hair stepped out of the shadows. He was wearing a dress suit, as if he was a student in a formal high-school. He had a little orange dinosaur Digimon standing by his leg.
"Yes, mistress?", asked Tai, bowing.
"Eradicate the incoming intruders. I grow weary of their meddling...", she groaned. Tai nodded and walked out of the room. His Digimon followed him, stumbling over his own feet.
"Hopefully those power increases on the necklaces work.", said Impmon.
"Of course they'll work, Impy. Double the drug dose means double the slavery.", replied Desiree, extremely confident in herself. She called up two more screens on the laptop.
"James! Matt! Deal with the ones in the park.", she commanded. "This is going better than I thought..."
"Me too. I thought we were gonna be defeated by now...", muttered Impmon. Desiree looked at him, oddly.
[i]What's got him so upset...?[/i] She wondered. [i]Oh well. With the Chosen divided, I can easily destroy them.[/i]
----------------------- Central Park:
Alex scrambled through a few bushes, scanning the ground of Lee's D-Volver. She sighed and found nothing, but kept looking.
[i]Come on Lee... it's now or never...[/i] Lee walked up to Alex, she turned around and faced him.
"You have any luck?", asked Alex.
"Willyougooutwithme?", blurted Lee. Alex cocked an eyebrow.
"Huh?"
"Well, these last few days have been pretty fun and stuff, and I was thinking that maybe, well, if you wanted to that is... we could maybe, ya know...", stammered Lee, completely lost in his own words. Alex smiled and then grabbed him, pulled up his face-mask and kissed him.
[i]I think I'm gonna take this as a yes.[/i]
"Hey! I found it!", shouted a voice. It was Mikemon's. Alex released Lee and looked up.
"Better go claim your prize.", she said.
"I already got it.", he replied, grabbing her hand and walking out. Mikemon and Bouncemon leapt out of the bushes. Bouncemon was covered in scratch marks.
"What'd ya do to him?", asked Alex, taking the D-Volver and handing it to Lee, who did a little victory dance.
"Well, he was bouncing around like an idiot, and he found the D-Volver and threw it at me. So I clawed him.", said Mikemon, grinning. Bouncemon whimpered.
"Toughen up, buddy.", said Mikemon, kicking Bouncemon. Alex sighed.
[i]Wow! What a great day! First I get a new girlfriend and then Bouncemon finds my D-Volver! It's almost like nothing could go wrong![/i] Thought Lee. When suddenly...
"We're under attack!!!", shouted Arik. TecKuwagamon flew down low, as if he was dodging enemy firepower, and he was. Garurumon leapt over a few trees and landed in the park, adjacent to TecKuwagamon. Arik jumped off him and rolled out of the way.
"Garurumon?!", asked Lee. [i]That means Matt is back! I was wondering what happened to him...[/i]
"Yeah!", snarled Garurumon. "And I'm not alone."
Another Digimon, almost like a little spider-type thing, crawled out and stood on his hind legs, hissing at the group.
"Ah! It's ugly!", screeched Alex.
"What is it?", asked Arik.
"That's my partner. Keramon. And he's going to have you all for dinner.", said an all-too-familiar snooty voice. Lee glared at James as he and Matt walked out of the bushed and faced them. Matt had his hand on his hip, rather relaxed, as James did most of the talking.
"He hatched this morning, and Desiree wanted me to give him a battle test.", explained James. He still had that evil dark glare in his eyes from the Dark flower. Matt smirked and stepped forward.
"And I'm here to slaughter you all! So get ready!", he shouted. Garurumon leapt at TecKuwagamon, who took the hit, and they rolled along the ground, attacking each other. Arik pulled out his D-Volver.
"Bouncemon! Help him out!", shouted Arik.
"Not so fast!", yelled James. Keramon sped at Bouncemon, wrapping all his tentacles around the ball Digimon. He began to electrify Bouncemon, doing intense damage to the both of them!
"He's a little kamikaze soldier!", shouted Lee, in surprise.
"Hey! He's not hurting himself! He's draining energy?!", gasped Arik. "Let Bouncemon go!"
Keramon hurled Bouncemon at Arik, knocking Arik over. He breathed heavily and then began to glow.
{{{DIGIVOLUTION}}}
"Keramon! Digivolve to..."
Keramon exploded and became encased in a shell. Tentacles burst out of the shell, whirling around, and he formed two glowing eyes peeking out.
"...KURISARIMON!"
{{{END DIGIVOLUTION}}}
Kurisarimon hovered in the air, glaring at Lee and Alex.
"Oh dear...", gasped Lee.
"HAH!", shouted Kurisarimon, leaping at them.
"Oh no ya don't!", yelled Mikemon. She leapt into the air and swatted Kurisarimon onto the ground! "You'll have to go through me first!"
"FINE!", screamed Kurisarimon. "Tendriller!!!"
He launched dozens of tentacles, formed like drills at Mikemon, who gracefully dodged them all, then she bounced on him again.
"He fights well...", gasped James, astounded.
"I wish I could say the same for Garurumon!", shouted Matt. Garurumon was repeatedly attacking TecKuwagamon, but to no avail. "No matter. I'll just Digivolve him!"
Matt whipped out his Digivice and thrust it at Garurumon. He began glowing.
"What is this? The Digivolve-a-thon!?", asked Lee.
"Garurumon, Digivolve to... WereGarurumon!!!", shouted Garurumon, turning into the two-legged warrior that is WereGarurumon. He howled and leapt at TecKuwagamon, slashing him across the face. TecKuwagamon flew through the air like a golf ball and smashed through a tree!
"Strike! Er, I mean, hole in one!", shouted Matt.
[i]This is bad... really bad...[/i] Thought Lee.
---------------------------- Above the Town:
Dragonmon flew along calmly, stirring up attention below him.
"Hey, uhm, those people can see Dragonmon...", said Ace.
"Doesn't matter. We've got masks on, they won't know who we are.", replied Earnest.
"Mine's pink.", grumbled Ace.
"Would you shut up about that already?", asked Kevin.
"Well, why would you even have a pink facemask in the first place, Earnest?!", shouted Ace.
"Uhm... well, now... that is a good question...", said Earnest.
"Because he's a fruit.", said Leila, jokingly. Earnest was about to retort, but Kevin screamed.
"What's wrong, Kevin?", asked Ace.
"Big energy ball! Heading right for us!", screamed Kevin. Everyone looked to see a huge orange ball of energy flying at Dragonmon. He turned to maneuver, but wasn't fast enough and got his dead-on by the blast! The three boys and Leila fell right off him. Ace grabbed onto his tail at the last moment and clung for dear life.
"Leila! Do something!", shouted Earnest.
"Like what!? It's not like I can fly!", protested Leila.
"You can!", he screamed back.
"Oh yeah..."
{{{DIGIVOLUTION}}}
"Leila the Renamon, Digivolve to..."
Leila threw hers guns aside and her clothes ripped off as she fell onto all four legs. She grew a huge mane, and a dozen tails sprouted from her backside.
"...Leila the KYUBIMON!!!"
"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}}}
MetalKyubimon instantly shot out her wings and flew over to Earnest, having him land on her back. She wasted no time and dove down to snag Kevin. She grabbed him by the back of his shirt with her mouth and went over to the nearest rooftop to set them down.
Ace climbed up on top of Dragonmon and looked around, scanning the area for the enemy.
"Augh. What hit us?", asked Ace.
"I don't know... but it was powerful...", groaned Dragonmon.
"Oh, Dragonmon! Are you hurt?", asked Ace.
"A scratch, Ace. A scratch.", replied Dragonmon. Leila flew up there and grabbed Ace, flying him down to the building.
"Hey, where are you taking me?", asked Ace.
"To be safe.", said Leila. "I have a feeling we're in for a big battle..."
She dropped him off by Earnest and Kevin, then flew up back near Dragonmon, ready for battle.
"I don't like the looks of this. We get blasted and then can't even find what blasted us...", said Kevin. "What if the enemy can cloak?"
"That's impossible.", said Ace.
"You never know...", replied Kevin.
"Up here!", shouted a voice. Everyone looked up to see a golden warrior come crashing down on Dragonmon, sending him crashing into the busy streets below, causing possibly countless deaths! He looked at them through his silver helmet and growled.
"Hmmm... he's WarGreymon. A mega.", said Ace, reading off his D-Volver. "Cloaking my ass."
"Hmph.", muttered Kevin.
WarGreymon did a flip kick at Leila, who leapt backwards and then charged at WarGreymon, tackling him! They stumbled around of a moment until WarGreymon bashed Leila aside with one of his huge forearms. Leila shook her head and then opened up the cannons on her shoulders.
"Dual Blasters!!!", she shouted, firing missiles at WarGreymon. They exploded all of him and he roared in pain! He smashed a missile away and flew at Leila!
"Mega Claw!", he shouted, slashing Leila. The force of the hit was awesome and she flew into a building, shattering glass everywhere.
"See how useless it is to fight Desiree?!", shouted WarGreymon. "She will triumph!"
On the streets, Dragonmon stirred and moaned then rose to his feet, woozily. He was now surrounded by police cars and armed troops.
"Huh...?", he asked.
"On my command, fire!", shouted the police captain through a megaphone. All the troops aimed their guns at Dragonmon. He roared out in anger.
"Dragonmon! Calm down!", shouted Ace. Suddenly, his D-Volver began to react to Dragonmon's anger. "What the he--"
{{{DIGIVOLUTION}}}
"Dragonmon!!! Digivolve to..."
Dragonmon turned completely metallic, with huge metal wings and a silver helmet. He gained a chest plate that secretes missiles, much like MetalGreymon. He roared out to the sky, launching fire into the heavens.
"...METALDRAGONMON!!!"
{{{END DIGIVOLUTION}}}
"What the--? He evolved!?", stammered Ace.
"This isn't good... he doesn't appear to be able to control himself!", shouted Earnest. "Much like Gigadramon when he first evolved!"
MetalDragonmon reared back and slashed the cops and their cars away, causing mass destruction and panic on the streets! WarGreymon looked at him and began to slowly hover down to his level.
"You look like a worthy opponent.", said WarGreymon, calmly.
"DIE!!", screamed MetalDragonmon, "DRAGON MISSILE!!!"
He fired two huge missiles from his chest plate at WarGreymon, who smacked them away and they imploded buildings around them! Ace and Earnest fell over.
"What's happening now!?", asked Ace, stumbling as he tried to stand up.
"Don't tell me...", said Kevin, peering over the edge. "...this building is collapsing!!!"
"What?!", shouted Earnest. Leila, slightly dazed, walked out of the building she flew into and saw the three boys stranded on the collapsing building. She flipped out her wings and flew down towards it.
"Get on, quick!", she commanded. The three boys wasted no time and leapt onto Leila, she back up into the sky as the building went plummeting to the ground.
"Mega Claw!", shouted WarGreymon, upper cutting MetalDragonmon. MetalDragonmon grinned and looked down at him. He grabbed WarGreymon with both hands and began crushing the life out of him!
"That's not Dragonmon! It's a monster!", shouted Ace. WarGreymon screamed out in agony. He managed to kick MetalDragonmon in the chest, winding him so that he released WarGreymon from his grip. WarGreymon flew up to a safe distance to catch his breath. MetalDragonmon roared out and flew upwards at him.
"You have to be kidding me...", gasped WarGreymon.
---------------------------- Central Park:
TecKuwagamon threw WereGarurumon aside. Heavily damaged, he stumbled forward until laying down on the ground, resting.
Mikemon and Kurisarimon continued to bat away at each other, tentacle to claw. James and Matt watched the fight, pleased, until...
"Hm?", asked James. "New orders from Desiree."
"What is it?", asked Matt.
"You're to go assist Tai in the central city. And I'm to report back to her.", explained James.
"The word of Desiree will be followed.", said Matt. He made a whistle and WereGarurumon jumped up, running over to him. He leapt on WereGarurumon and they bounded towards center city. As the Chosen watched him flee, James quickly scooped up Kurisarimon and they backed away into the shadows while no one was looking.
"Huh? Why'd he--", started Lee, who was cut off by Arik.
"Hey! Where'd James go?!, asked Arik, confused.
"It doesn't matter. We aren't letting Matt get away again. Tecky, think you can fly?", asked Lee. TecKuwagamon stood up from his rest.
"I think we both know the answer to that question."
"Good. Then let's go!", commanded Lee.
---------------------------- Downtown:
Leila flew around the battle between WarGreymon and MetalDragonmon, which was getting ever more violent. The three boys were still on top of her, getting aerial surveillance of the entire scene.
"Hey, who's that boy down there?", asked Ace, pointing at Tai, who was standing on a building-top, looking rather ticked, watching the battle.
"Probably WarGreymon's partner... let's see...", said Earnest, pulling out his D-Volver.
{PROFILE: Kamiya, Tai}
Known Relatives: Father, Mother, Sister (Kari)
Server: Yamato Server
Device type: Digivice
Digivice Functions: Digivolve to Champion, Ultimate, Warp Digivolve
Partner: Botamon-Koromon-Agumon-Greymon-MetalGreymon-WarGreymon-Omnimon
Bio: Tai Kamiya was the leader of the original team of Digidestened from Yamato Server. He is bold and fearless. He is also very headstrong, rushing into situations without thinking. He and WarGreymon almost single-handedly defeated a group of powerful enemy Digimon called the Dark Masters.
{END PROFILE}
"Yeah, that's him. I say we hit him. IF we can get rid of his Dark Necklace, we can--", started Ace. But TecKuwagamon flew up next to Leila, interrupting him.
"No! We have to subdue your psycho partner before he kills any more people!", shouted Lee. "Like you did to Gigadramon!"
"Yeah, but--", protested Ace.
"No buts!", ordered Lee. "Now where the hell did Matt go?!"
"Matt?", asked Earnest.
"...uh-oh.", muttered Lee. [i]Man, every time I get a girlfriend, something like THIS happens![/i]
Before anyone could react, Matt and his partner landed on the building next to Tai. Except his partner wasn't WereGarurumon anymore.
"That's MetalGarurumon! An android wolf Digimon. His special attack is Metal Wolf Claw.", read Arik, of his D-Volver. Tai and Matt talked for a minute, then MetalGarurumon leapt down next to the damaged WarGreymon. MetalDragonmon roared out and flew at them, ready for more.
"I don't think so!", shouted Matt. "DNA Digivolve!!!"
"What!?", gasped Lee as MetalGarurumon and WarGreymon began to glow.
"MetalGarurumon!!!"
"WarGreymon!!!"
"DNA Digivolve to..."
The two of them melded into one being! It got a human-shape and stood not much taller than WarGreymon. One arm, a MetalGarurumon head appeared in place of the hand. On the other, a WarGreymon head. A cape flew out behind him as he struck a heroic pose.
"...OMNIMON!!!"
"Om-Omnimon?!", shouted Ace.
Omnimon smiled and looked at MetalDragonmon. He extended a cannon from his MetalGarurumon hand and aimed it at MetalDragonmon.
"SUPREME CANNON!!!", he bellowed. The blast of light energy collided into MetalDragonmon, sending him crashing into the street, completely unconscious.
Omnimon then looked up at the kids.
"That's real power!", shouted Alex.
"Guys... get ready to Digivolve... everyone! This is not going to be pretty...", said Lee, pulling out his D-Volver. Bouncemon and Mikemon leapt into battle positions. TecKuwagamon and Leila prepared to go drop the kids off somewhere...
------------------------------ Desiree's Room:
"Hehehe!", she giggled. "This is perfect! They're all going to die!"
"Are you sure? They are a very resourceful bunch...", said Impy. She glared at him.
"I gave Matt and Tai twice the drug dose! They'll die for me! There won't be any defections like Davis again.", said Desiree.
"I sure hope not...", replied Impmon. "But why don't we go there too, just in case?"
"I-- hmmm, sure! Come on James! We're going to turn murder into slaughter!"
"Yes, mistress.", replied James.
------------------------------- TO BE CONTINUED
Next: The final chapter of the first story arc.