Author's Note:
This chapter takes place during the time exactly when the Digidestened were about to head into Myotismon's castle the second time. Being after the time Palmon and Agumon tricked Nanimon into drinking "soda" so they could escape.
Heroes No More, Chapter Thirty:
Guardian Quest, Part Four: Controlling Personality
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Yamato Server:
As always, the beams of light erupt on lush soil in front of a menacing- looking castle. The area behind them is lush forest type, with winding pathways and probably dozens of wild Digimon lurking within.
Tai and Agumon appeared first, followed by Matt and Gabumon. Next was Joe and Gomamon, then finally, Sora and Garudamon. Four more beams of light stuttered, then formed Arik, Bouncemon, Kevin and Jijimon. Kevin was holding the laptop guardian.
"Whoa... where are we?", asked Arik. He rubbed his eyes and looked at the castle. Looked up the castle and back down. He then rubbed his eyes again. "Oh, ok, that IS a huge castle in front of us."
"It sure is...", muttered Tai. "It's Myotismon's castle!"
"B-but how is... how is it here?! It was destroyed a long time ago!", exclaimed Joe.
{SIMPLE, JOSEPH. THE GUARDIAN TRACKING POWERS TAKES US BACK TO THE TIME WHEN THE GUARDIAN WAS AT ITS PRIME. OF COURSE, THE SHADOW ARE PROBABLY HERE AS WELL.}
"This is good and bad at the same time.", said Kevin, trying to piece it together. "So if you say at it's prime... then who exactly performed well around this point?"
"Well... the seven of us Digidestened broke into the castle, broke Myotismon's defenses and escaped into the real world. So... probably one of us?", guessed Sora.
"You say seven Digidestened... I count four.", said Arik, drolly.
"Uhh... well, Mimi, Izzy, Kari and TK were destroyed by the Shadow...", sighed Sora. "It's best to not think about it..."
"But then that makes eight... ah, I'm confused!", shouted Arik.
"So am I.", said Bouncemon. "Does that make nine of you?"
"No, it's a-- ah, forget it.", sighed Sora. "We aren't going to get anywhere just standing here."
{SHE'S RIGHT. YOU HAVE TO HELP SAVE THIS WORLD FROM THE SHADOW. IT IS ABOUT 75% DESTROYED.}
"75%!?", shouted Tai. "That's just beautiful!"
"It'll be even more beautiful if we have to fight Myotismon again.", said Matt. Tai glared at him.
"Oh, thanks for that thought.", replied Tai.
{I'M SORRY KEVIN, BUT I NEED A CHANCE TO RECHARGE MYSELF. PLEASE RETURN ME TO MY CLOSED POSITION.}
"Sure thing.", said Kevin. He closed the laptop and then opened his backpack, putting the laptop in. Arik walked over to him.
"Hey, Kev. Do you honestly think we can save this world?", whispered Arik.
"No, not really.", whispered Kevin back. "We gotta find the Guardian and get out of here. Watch the Digidestened for any sort of activity that would indicate so."
"Alright.", replied Arik, walking back over to the crowd. Jijimon shook his head at Kevin.
"Kevin, you should be trying to help them, not trying to escape.", scolded Jijimon.
"We will help them... until we escape. Now come on.", replied Kevin, heading over to the group as well. Jijimon sighed and followed him.
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Inside the castle:
A small bat-like Digimon fluttered about excitedly, trying to get somewhere fast. He flew down a dimly lit corridor with the walls and floor made of nothing but lifeless brick. He came to a wooden door and opened it. Inside was a large vampire Digimon with a long cape and a snappy haircut to boot.
"Ah, DemiDevimon. How goes the battle?", asked Myotismon. DemiDevimon slowed to a stop and landed on the floor.
"Not good! Almost all our men have been infected by the Shadow!", shouted DemiDevimon. "Even Gatomon has been infected!"
"Bah, this is useless!", shouted Myotismon, slamming his fist on the wall. "We'll never get into the real world now. Gatomon held all the cards that opened the gate!"
"Master Myotismon, we're in big trouble! When they're under the control of the shadow, they get tougher! They--", began DemiDevimon, but he was cut off by Tai's voice.
"There's Myotismon!", shouted Tai. "We can't let him get in our way!"
"The Digidestened?", asked Myotismon, obviously not prepared for their intrusion. "With modified ranks I see..."
"Hardly. But that's none of your business!", shouted Tai. "Everyone Digivolve!!!"
"Agumon!!! Digivolve to... Greymon!!!"
"Biyomon!!! Digivolve to... Birdramon!!!"
"Gabumon!!! Digivolve to... Garurumon!!!"
"Gomamon!!! Digivolve to... Ikkakumon!!!"
{{{DIGIVOLUTION}}}
"Bouncemon...Digivolve to..."
Bouncemon exploded with energy and began to spin around rapidly until he unfolded into a larger, black Digimon with four wheeled legs. His head extended out of his body and glanced around, before firing out of a cannon into the air.
"...RACERMON!!!"
{{{END DIGIVOLUTION}}}
Ikkakumon fired his Harpoon Torpedo at DemiDevimon, who swooped away to the side.
"Hey! I'm flyin' here!", shouted DemiDevimon. Ikkakumon then blasted him again, knocking him to the ground. Myotismon, however, would not be so easily defeated.
Greymon ran at the vampire lord, who simply smiled and laughed, knocking Greymon away with a single kick. Greymon collapsed onto the floor. Birdramon launched her Meteor Wing at Myotismon, and Garurumon and Ikkakumon joined in with their respective attacks.
"Bwahaha! You are pitiful! Crimson Lightning!", yelled Myotismon. He lashed all the attacks, sending them flying back at their senders, colliding with tremendous force! Racermon sped into the scene, going full throttle at Myotismon.
"Eh, who's this?", asked Myotismon. Racermon rammed Myotismon's legs, sending him tumbling backward. Jijimon then used his cane to catapult him into the air, above Myotismon. "What the... a mega!?"
"That's right! Cane of Death!!!", shouted Jijimon. He brought the cane crashing down onto Myotismon, who, in turn, crashed into the floor.
"That's right! We sure showed him!", shouted Tai, a little over excitedly. Sora sighed and pretended she didn't know him. Jijimon whirled his cane around, showing it off.
"Not all seniors are helpless.", said Jijimon. "Just most of them."
"Ah... my partner makes bad jokes.", sighed Kevin.
"Yes. Yes he does.", replied Ikkakumon.
The Digimon all crowded around Myotismon, who stood up and growled, realizing he was outmatched. Suddenly, in the middle of the room, a Worm Shadow burst out of the ground, scaring the heck out of everyone!
"A Worm Shadow?! Oh no...", gasped Sora.
"Quick! Go to Ultimate!!!", commanded Tai.
"Greymon!!! Digivolve to... MetalGreymon!!! Rwar!"
"Birdramon!!! Digivolve to... Garudamon!!!"
"Ikkakumon!!! Digivolve to... Zudomon!!!"
"Garurumon!!! Digivolve to... WereGarurumon!!! Aroooo!"
{{{DIGIVOLUTION}}}
"Racermon, Digivolve to..."
Racermon lost his wheeled car form and grew into a green, armored humanoid Digimon. One of his arms is a laser cannon, and his chest is emblazoned with a red emblem. He extended a lazer sword from the cannon arm.
"...TECHAMON!!!"
{{{END DIGIVOLUTION}}}
"Okay, fill me in... what's a Worm Shadow!?", shouted Arik, intimidated by the immense size of the machine of death. Sora, being the only one who encountered a Worm Shadow before, took it upon herself to answer.
"Well, these things are heavily armored and powerful! They can burrow, and their tail can launch many different kinds of projectiles!", shouted Sora.
"Geez, Sora. You sound like an analyzer.", muttered Tai. Sora bonked him on the head.
"Analyze that.", said Sora, smirking.
Techamon leapt down, extending his sword and leaping at the Worm Shadow. Before he had a chance to attack, the Worm Shadow head butted him, sending him crashing into the castle floor!
"Let's see you do that to me!!!", snarled MetalGreymon. "Giga Blaster!!!"
MetalGreymon launched his missiles at the Worm Shadow, but they simply deflected off it's hide and his the roof, exploding!
"Oh no!", growled MetalGreymon.
"It will crush the children!!!", yelled Jijimon, pointing his cane in the direction of the six Chosen as rocks plummeted down towards them. Suddenly, crimson beams of lights blasted the rocks into smaller pebbles that would barely scratch them.
"Who did that?!", asked Techamon. They all looked to see Myotismon, exhausted, with his hands extended so as to fire Crimson Lightning.
"Myotismon saved them! But why!?", asked Garudamon.
"Who cares?! Vulcan's Hammer!!!", yelled Zudomon. He hurled the hammer at the Worm Shadow, smacking it upside the head, causing it to roar out.
"Ah! Now let's try this again! Giga Blaster!!!", bellowed MetalGreymon. The missiles flew in the Worm Shadow's mouth, causing it to rupture from the inside.
"That is sick.", said Sora. When everyone regained their bearings, Matt and Joe took most of the partners to go guard the doorway into the rest of the castle. Arik and Kevin helped Myotismon up.
"Myotismon, why did you save US?", asked Tai.
"Hmph. You children... as much as I hate you... are our only hope...", groaned Myotismon.
"Against one Worm Shadow?", asked Tai.
"No... against all the other Shadow that are here. They all possessed my men...", said Myotismon. "I would be helpless against them by myself."
"All your men!?", gasped Sora.
"This sounds bad.", said Arik.
"No kidding.", replied Kevin. Myotismon began to recuperate and stood on his own, without Arik and Kevin's help. He turned to face Tai.
"We need to destroy every single one of them.", said Myotismon. Tai nodded.
"They are causing our world's destruction, we have to stop them!", shouted Tai. "Then we can look for your guardian..."
Kevin and Arik agreed with the plan, and the lot of them headed off into the castle to find some Shadow.
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Tai, Matt and Arik were walking down a corridor with their ultimate-level partners. Matt was somewhat angry at Tai.
"Tai! We can't ally with Myotismon!", protested Matt.
"Oh yes we can.", replied Tai.
"But what about the evil? What he did to TK! To Kari! To the whole city!", shouted Matt. "How can we forgive him for that!? Tai, listen to me!"
Tai stopped walking and looked Matt right in the eyes.
"The Shadow destroyed TK and Kari. And half our world.", growled Tai. "Now YOU listen to me. The enemy of our enemy is our friend."
"Ah, a wonderful quote.", said Arik. "How about this one? Don't fight with your friends."
Tai dropped Matt, who snorted at him in disgust. DemiDevimon came flapping into the room.
"Digidestened! Ah!", shouted DemiDevimon. "We've got company!"
"Who?!", asked Matt. Suddenly, in the center of the room, a huge sea snake Digimon burst through the floor, along with a couple Ice Shadow. The kids screamed.
"Ah, it's MegaSeadramon! He's a hard hitter with his Thunder Javelin and Mega Ice Blast attacks!", shouted DemiDevimon. Suddenly, another Digimon came charging through the wall, grinning.
"And that is...!?", asked Arik.
"It's SkullMeramon! He's an Ultimate too! His attack is Metal Fireball!", yelled DemiDevimon. DemiDevimon flew down out of the way, as MegaSeadramon let out a roar of fury and leapt at the biggest thing: MetalGreymon! He knocked MetalGreymon over began to try and bite at his throat, but MetalGreymon knocked the deranged serpent away.
"Don't worry, I'm coming to help!", shouted WereGarurumon, But an Ice Shadow grabbed his leg and threw him into the wall! All the Ice Shadow began to converge on him.
"Techamon! Look out!", shouted Arik. SkullMeramon leapt down behind Techamon and grabbed him in a huge bear hug, hoisting him up into the air, crushing the life out of him!
"What the... these look like Myotismon's minions, but they don't fight like them!", gasped Matt.
"Yeah. The Shadow have this effect on people.", muttered Arik. The Ice Shadow began to freeze WereGarurumon, who was howling in extreme pain. Matt clenched his fist, this was getting them nowhere. Suddenly...
"Demi Dart!", shouted DemiDevimon. He hurled the dart and it hit the Ice Shadow directly in the face!!! It staggered backward, and WereGarurumon shattered the ice he was encased in.
"Wolf Claw!!!", he yelled, destroying the Ice Shadow.
"Let go of me!!!", screamed Techamon. SkullMeramon kept grinning and kept crushing. Techamon kicked backwards, hitting him in the stomach, but it was doing him no good. WereGarurumon bounded over and leapt on SkullMeramon's face, knocking him over. Techamon fell down and extended his sword.
"Tech Saber!", bellowed Techamon, plunging the saber into SkullMeramon. He screamed, but then held his own and grabbed Techamon by the arm. He threw Techamon into WereGarurumon and they tumbled across the floor. SkullMeramon, still grinning, walked over to their damaged bodies.
"Techamon! No!", shouted Arik. Matt, equally horrified, remained silent. Suddenly, MegaSeadramon went flying into SkullMeramon! MetalGreymon leapt down and opened his chest plates, firing his Giga Blaster missiles at the two possessed Digimon, destroying them.
"Whew... that wasn't too bad...", sighed Arik. He, Tai and Matt went to go comfort their partner, when suddenly, more Digimon barged in!
"Bakemon! Lots of them!", growled Tai. "And they're being led by Phantomon!"
"Oh joy...", muttered Arik.
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Elsewhere, Kevin, Sora, Joe and Myotismon were outside the completely destroyed gate to the real world:
"Blast those Shadow... they ruined my plan...", cursed Myotismon.
"Yeah, well, they ruined the only chance we'd have to get back home too.", said Joe. "So don't whine."
Before Myotismon could respond to Joe's comment, the floor began to rumble and shake. The children and Digimon looked around.
"What the heck is that!?", asked Kevin.
"That would be Mammothmon!, shouted Myotismon. "Prepare yourself for battle!"
Mammothmon smashed his way through the doors and made a huge elephant roar. He scanned the area, his first target: Myotismon! He ran at Myotismon who flew into the air.
"I will not be defeated by my own minion!", growled Myotismon. "Crimson Lightning!"
Myotismon hurled the red beam of energy at Mammothmon who countered with his Freezing Breath from his trunk. It broke through Myotismon's attack and sent him crashing into the ground!
"What the?! How can he be more powerful than me!?", asked Myotismon.
"The Shadow amplifies their power!", yelled Sora. "Garudamon, attack!"
"Go Zudomon!!!", shouted Joe.
"Jijimon, get in there!", shouted Kevin.
The two Ultimates and the Mega leapt at Mammothmon, but suddenly, they were all blasted back by a shot of sludge! Raremon had appeared! He shot more sludge all over Garudamon, pinning her down. Mammothmon went in for the kill, but Zudomon smashed him with his hammer and sent Mammothmon flying into the wall!
Jijimon leapt over Raremon, scraping the top of Raremon's head with his cane. The cane ripped some skin off Raremon's head, drawing blood. But the skin instantly regenerated!
"What the--?!", asked a surprised Jijimon. Raremon took this opportunity to smash him with his paw. Raremon then did a body slam right on top of Jijimon!
"Jijimon! Get up!!!", shouted Kevin. Raremon grinned triumphantly, but suddenly, the cane bursted through the middle of the pile of sludge, causing him to wince in pain!
"Cane of Death!!!", shouted Jijimon, deleting Raremon off of him. Jijimon then fell over, exhausted.
Zudomon brought the hammer crashing down once more on Mammothmon, crushing the elephant Digimon. Mammothmon deleted and Zudomon fell on his butt, rubbing his head where Mammothmon had smashed him with his trunk earlier.
"Zudomon and Jijimon are out!", shouted Sora. "We're in big trouble here!"
"Yes, we are!", yelled Kevin. He pointed up to the roof, where a Devidramon was perched, with a Gatomon on his head. She pointed down at them and Devidramon swooped down, attacking Myotismon. Myotismon leapt up and kicked Gatomon off Devidramon, sending her flying across the room.
"Be careful of that feline, she's more powerful than she looks!", warned Myotismon. He then resumed fighting Devidramon. Garudamon looked down at Gatomon.
"How much could the Shadow power up Gato--whooof!", asked Garudamon, before receiving a powerful kick to the stomach from Gatomon. Garudamon flew across the room and through the brick wall.
"Uh, Houston. We have a problem.", said Sora.
"Or maybe not, look!", shouted Kevin. WarGreymon, MetalGarurumon and Techamon busted through the wall and jumped into action, destroying Gatomon and Devidramon. The lot of them regrouped.
"Well!?", asked Kevin, anxiously.
"No, we didn't find any Guardians. Just a bunch of butt-ugly minions and Shadows.", replied Arik.
"Damn, we're running out of time!", shouted Kevin.
Suddenly, the floor began to rumble again. This time, more violently than when Mammothmon was approaching.
"Oh great... who could this be?!", asked Joe. He looked at Myotismon.
"I'm not sure, it sounds more powerful than any of my--", started Myotismon, but he was cut off as the most god awfully-ugly Shadow yet emerged out of the floor!
It was large... larger than Garudamon! It had four arms from it, each with large claws. Spikes protruded out of it in almost every area of it's body. It roared with its huge gaping jaw and looked down at the terrified heroes.
"Holy...", gasped Myotismon.
"What is that thing!?", shrieked Sora.
"I wish I knew...", gasped Tai. "But back away from it, everyone!"
The children turned and ran to the other side of the room, while whatever Digimon that were still battle-ready prepared to fight the monstrosity. It roared out again, when suddenly it began to speak... in Nathan's voice!
"Hello Digidestened and Chosen. In case you were wondering, this is a Queen Shadow! It was custom-formed by me to take down all your Digimon with its power and safeguards, including Omnimon! It will be the instrument of your destruction, and you will never find the Guardian of this world... for the Queen shall destroy him right now!"
"How does Nathan know who the Guardian is!?", asked Kevin. Suddenly, the Queen Shadow turned and spat acid at Myotismon!
"Now it makes sense, the reason all the Digimon have been attacking Myotismon is because he's the Guardian!", shouted Jijimon. WarGreymon heard this and flew down in front of Myotismon, pulling out his shields and deflecting the attack!
The Queen Shadow, no longer being talked through by Nathan turned on all the other Digimon, slashing at them all with it's huge claws! It knocked Garudamon over and she de-digivolved into Biyomon! It smacked Myotismon, sending him tumbling across the floor. It then went to impale Myotismon on its claws!
"Protect him! We need him to destroy the Shadow!", shouted Kevin.
"Ice Wolf Claw!", yelled MetalGarurumon, freezing the claw before it could reach Myotismon.
"Terra Force!!!", shouted WarGreymon, blasting the frozen arm off! The Queen Shadow roared out in pain. And when everyone got ready to celebrate... the arm grew back!
"What the?! It regenerates!", gasped Matt.
"This is gonna be tough...", grunted WarGreymon. "MetalGarurumon, we should DNA Digivolve..."
"But!", protested Tai. "Nathan said that this Shadow it designed to handle Omnimon!"
"Nothing can handle Omnimon!", shouted WarGreymon. He and MetalGarurumon fused into the powerful Omnimon. They leapt up at the Queen Shadow's face, it glared at him.
"Let's blow that ugly mug off!", yelled Omnimon. "Supreme Cannon!!!"
Omnimon fired the cannon right in the Queen Shadow's face, but she absorbed the blast into her mouth!
"What the hell?", asked Omnimon, in surprise. He fired of several more rounds, but every shot was absorbed into her mouth!
"That thing is like an energy absorption device...", said Joe. "Nothing can break it!"
"Well, if it likes energy...", said Omnimon. "Then it won't like THIS!!! Transcendent Sword!!!"
Omnimon flew into the Queen Shadow and stabbed the sword into it, but the sword broke off!
"Ah!", gasped Tai, in shock.
"No way!", yelled Matt, equally amazed.
To further the amazement, the Queen Shadow launched a concentration of EVERY attack Omnimon sent at it out of it's mouth! The attack his Omnimon, shattering his bones and armor and sending him spiraling to the floor with extreme speed. He separated into Agumon and Gabumon, unconscious.
"Oh my god... that thing is invincible...", gasped Sora. "It's all over... we're all dead..."
"There has to be something we can do!", grunted Arik. The Queen Shadow kicked Agumon and Gabumon's bodies aside and began to crawl towards Myotismon, who was wounded from the earlier battle.
"Tech Blade!!!", yelled Techamon, leaping at the Queen Shadow's head with his blades extended. The Queen Shadow simply bashed him aside with her head. She turned from Myotismon and leaned over Techamon, ready to devour him!
"Techamon!!!", screamed Arik, in worry for his partner. Suddenly, due to his concern, the two of them began glowing.
{{{DIGIVOLUTION}}}
"Techamon!!! Digivolve to..."
Techamon stood up and burst with energy, losing his warrior look and gaining the powers of an angel-type Digimon. He began wearing roman-style armor and grew red wings out of his back.
"...DESTINMON!!!"
{{{END DIGIVOLUTION}}}
Destinmon was glowing with red light, temporarily blinding the Queen Shadow, causing it to rear back. Destinmon flew into the air and decided this was the opportunity to strike. Nathan's voice came out of the Queen Shadow again.
"No!!! This was not anticipated! This Digivolution is not properly defended against! The Shadow collective must--"
"Shut up already. Angel Kick!!!", yelled Destinmon. He flew at the Queen Shadow, kicking it's head off and sending it flying across the room. The rest of it collapsed and disintegrated.
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Later:
"Wow Arik, that was amazing!", shouted Sora. "You and Destinmon are quite the team!"
"Yeah, I know. But right now, Bouncemon is all tuckered out.", said Arik, holding the sleeping Bouncemon in his arms. He, Myotismon, Kevin and Jijimon were all preparing to transport back to their own server.
"Well, Myotismon, I can't believe you're going to do something good!", gasped Agumon.
"Hah! If I didn't, I'd die.", said Myotismon.
"Yeah yeah. You know it's because you love us!", shouted Tai.
"It's to survive!", yelled Myotismon back.
"It's love!", shouted Tai.
"To survive!"
"You love us, admit it!!!"
"Ah, shut up.", said Myotismon, smacking Tai and sending him flying across the room.
"Well, laptop, it's time to go.", said Kevin, pulling the laptop out of his backpack. "Activating transport mechanism!"
"Don't forget to write!", shouted Joe. "Uh... somehow..."
"No! Master Myotismon! Don't leave me here!!!", protested DemiDevimon. But Myotismon and the Chosen disappeared. DemiDevimon fell to the ground crying.
"Ah, do something else with your life.", said Gomamon. DemiDevimon looked up.
"Hey... yeah! I'll pursue my life long dream!", shouted DemiDevimon. "Porno business, here I come!"
DemiDevimon flapped out of the room, everyone stared at him.
"I really wish I hadn't heard that.", said Sora.
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Megabyte Server:
Desiree, clutching a heavily bandaged area around her breasts ran down a street as fast as she could. Impy was running alongside her.
"Come on, Dezzy! We can make it!", shouted Impy. "We can escape!"
"You can not.", said a blank female voice. BlackMetalGreymon landed in front of the two of them, stopping them in their tracks. Sarah leapt off. "For your mutation has already begun."
"Ah! No!", hissed Desiree. Impmon moved to Digivolve, but BlackMetalGreymon kicked him aside. "How are they controlling you!?"
"Nathan controls me.", said Sarah. "But now it is time to trigger your mutation. You will become the most powerful weapon the Shadow has ever conceived. After you... hurt us."
"Hurt you?", asked Desiree.
"The necklaces you used to control the Chosen. You extracted our DNA to create them. Pain... extraction... we hate it...", said Sarah, though it was obviously not her speaking. "Now... it's our turn to experiment on YOU!!"
Some small type of Shadow flew out of Sarah's body and into Desiree, wounding her even more. Desiree gagged on the pain and grabbed her mini- laptop.
"Go back to your own world!!!", she yelled, transporting Sarah and BlackMetalGreymon back to Kiriban Server. She fell to her knees.
"Agh.... it's too late... it's already... nnng.... begun...", said Desiree, before blacking out...
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This chapter takes place during the time exactly when the Digidestened were about to head into Myotismon's castle the second time. Being after the time Palmon and Agumon tricked Nanimon into drinking "soda" so they could escape.
Heroes No More, Chapter Thirty:
Guardian Quest, Part Four: Controlling Personality
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Yamato Server:
As always, the beams of light erupt on lush soil in front of a menacing- looking castle. The area behind them is lush forest type, with winding pathways and probably dozens of wild Digimon lurking within.
Tai and Agumon appeared first, followed by Matt and Gabumon. Next was Joe and Gomamon, then finally, Sora and Garudamon. Four more beams of light stuttered, then formed Arik, Bouncemon, Kevin and Jijimon. Kevin was holding the laptop guardian.
"Whoa... where are we?", asked Arik. He rubbed his eyes and looked at the castle. Looked up the castle and back down. He then rubbed his eyes again. "Oh, ok, that IS a huge castle in front of us."
"It sure is...", muttered Tai. "It's Myotismon's castle!"
"B-but how is... how is it here?! It was destroyed a long time ago!", exclaimed Joe.
{SIMPLE, JOSEPH. THE GUARDIAN TRACKING POWERS TAKES US BACK TO THE TIME WHEN THE GUARDIAN WAS AT ITS PRIME. OF COURSE, THE SHADOW ARE PROBABLY HERE AS WELL.}
"This is good and bad at the same time.", said Kevin, trying to piece it together. "So if you say at it's prime... then who exactly performed well around this point?"
"Well... the seven of us Digidestened broke into the castle, broke Myotismon's defenses and escaped into the real world. So... probably one of us?", guessed Sora.
"You say seven Digidestened... I count four.", said Arik, drolly.
"Uhh... well, Mimi, Izzy, Kari and TK were destroyed by the Shadow...", sighed Sora. "It's best to not think about it..."
"But then that makes eight... ah, I'm confused!", shouted Arik.
"So am I.", said Bouncemon. "Does that make nine of you?"
"No, it's a-- ah, forget it.", sighed Sora. "We aren't going to get anywhere just standing here."
{SHE'S RIGHT. YOU HAVE TO HELP SAVE THIS WORLD FROM THE SHADOW. IT IS ABOUT 75% DESTROYED.}
"75%!?", shouted Tai. "That's just beautiful!"
"It'll be even more beautiful if we have to fight Myotismon again.", said Matt. Tai glared at him.
"Oh, thanks for that thought.", replied Tai.
{I'M SORRY KEVIN, BUT I NEED A CHANCE TO RECHARGE MYSELF. PLEASE RETURN ME TO MY CLOSED POSITION.}
"Sure thing.", said Kevin. He closed the laptop and then opened his backpack, putting the laptop in. Arik walked over to him.
"Hey, Kev. Do you honestly think we can save this world?", whispered Arik.
"No, not really.", whispered Kevin back. "We gotta find the Guardian and get out of here. Watch the Digidestened for any sort of activity that would indicate so."
"Alright.", replied Arik, walking back over to the crowd. Jijimon shook his head at Kevin.
"Kevin, you should be trying to help them, not trying to escape.", scolded Jijimon.
"We will help them... until we escape. Now come on.", replied Kevin, heading over to the group as well. Jijimon sighed and followed him.
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Inside the castle:
A small bat-like Digimon fluttered about excitedly, trying to get somewhere fast. He flew down a dimly lit corridor with the walls and floor made of nothing but lifeless brick. He came to a wooden door and opened it. Inside was a large vampire Digimon with a long cape and a snappy haircut to boot.
"Ah, DemiDevimon. How goes the battle?", asked Myotismon. DemiDevimon slowed to a stop and landed on the floor.
"Not good! Almost all our men have been infected by the Shadow!", shouted DemiDevimon. "Even Gatomon has been infected!"
"Bah, this is useless!", shouted Myotismon, slamming his fist on the wall. "We'll never get into the real world now. Gatomon held all the cards that opened the gate!"
"Master Myotismon, we're in big trouble! When they're under the control of the shadow, they get tougher! They--", began DemiDevimon, but he was cut off by Tai's voice.
"There's Myotismon!", shouted Tai. "We can't let him get in our way!"
"The Digidestened?", asked Myotismon, obviously not prepared for their intrusion. "With modified ranks I see..."
"Hardly. But that's none of your business!", shouted Tai. "Everyone Digivolve!!!"
"Agumon!!! Digivolve to... Greymon!!!"
"Biyomon!!! Digivolve to... Birdramon!!!"
"Gabumon!!! Digivolve to... Garurumon!!!"
"Gomamon!!! Digivolve to... Ikkakumon!!!"
{{{DIGIVOLUTION}}}
"Bouncemon...Digivolve to..."
Bouncemon exploded with energy and began to spin around rapidly until he unfolded into a larger, black Digimon with four wheeled legs. His head extended out of his body and glanced around, before firing out of a cannon into the air.
"...RACERMON!!!"
{{{END DIGIVOLUTION}}}
Ikkakumon fired his Harpoon Torpedo at DemiDevimon, who swooped away to the side.
"Hey! I'm flyin' here!", shouted DemiDevimon. Ikkakumon then blasted him again, knocking him to the ground. Myotismon, however, would not be so easily defeated.
Greymon ran at the vampire lord, who simply smiled and laughed, knocking Greymon away with a single kick. Greymon collapsed onto the floor. Birdramon launched her Meteor Wing at Myotismon, and Garurumon and Ikkakumon joined in with their respective attacks.
"Bwahaha! You are pitiful! Crimson Lightning!", yelled Myotismon. He lashed all the attacks, sending them flying back at their senders, colliding with tremendous force! Racermon sped into the scene, going full throttle at Myotismon.
"Eh, who's this?", asked Myotismon. Racermon rammed Myotismon's legs, sending him tumbling backward. Jijimon then used his cane to catapult him into the air, above Myotismon. "What the... a mega!?"
"That's right! Cane of Death!!!", shouted Jijimon. He brought the cane crashing down onto Myotismon, who, in turn, crashed into the floor.
"That's right! We sure showed him!", shouted Tai, a little over excitedly. Sora sighed and pretended she didn't know him. Jijimon whirled his cane around, showing it off.
"Not all seniors are helpless.", said Jijimon. "Just most of them."
"Ah... my partner makes bad jokes.", sighed Kevin.
"Yes. Yes he does.", replied Ikkakumon.
The Digimon all crowded around Myotismon, who stood up and growled, realizing he was outmatched. Suddenly, in the middle of the room, a Worm Shadow burst out of the ground, scaring the heck out of everyone!
"A Worm Shadow?! Oh no...", gasped Sora.
"Quick! Go to Ultimate!!!", commanded Tai.
"Greymon!!! Digivolve to... MetalGreymon!!! Rwar!"
"Birdramon!!! Digivolve to... Garudamon!!!"
"Ikkakumon!!! Digivolve to... Zudomon!!!"
"Garurumon!!! Digivolve to... WereGarurumon!!! Aroooo!"
{{{DIGIVOLUTION}}}
"Racermon, Digivolve to..."
Racermon lost his wheeled car form and grew into a green, armored humanoid Digimon. One of his arms is a laser cannon, and his chest is emblazoned with a red emblem. He extended a lazer sword from the cannon arm.
"...TECHAMON!!!"
{{{END DIGIVOLUTION}}}
"Okay, fill me in... what's a Worm Shadow!?", shouted Arik, intimidated by the immense size of the machine of death. Sora, being the only one who encountered a Worm Shadow before, took it upon herself to answer.
"Well, these things are heavily armored and powerful! They can burrow, and their tail can launch many different kinds of projectiles!", shouted Sora.
"Geez, Sora. You sound like an analyzer.", muttered Tai. Sora bonked him on the head.
"Analyze that.", said Sora, smirking.
Techamon leapt down, extending his sword and leaping at the Worm Shadow. Before he had a chance to attack, the Worm Shadow head butted him, sending him crashing into the castle floor!
"Let's see you do that to me!!!", snarled MetalGreymon. "Giga Blaster!!!"
MetalGreymon launched his missiles at the Worm Shadow, but they simply deflected off it's hide and his the roof, exploding!
"Oh no!", growled MetalGreymon.
"It will crush the children!!!", yelled Jijimon, pointing his cane in the direction of the six Chosen as rocks plummeted down towards them. Suddenly, crimson beams of lights blasted the rocks into smaller pebbles that would barely scratch them.
"Who did that?!", asked Techamon. They all looked to see Myotismon, exhausted, with his hands extended so as to fire Crimson Lightning.
"Myotismon saved them! But why!?", asked Garudamon.
"Who cares?! Vulcan's Hammer!!!", yelled Zudomon. He hurled the hammer at the Worm Shadow, smacking it upside the head, causing it to roar out.
"Ah! Now let's try this again! Giga Blaster!!!", bellowed MetalGreymon. The missiles flew in the Worm Shadow's mouth, causing it to rupture from the inside.
"That is sick.", said Sora. When everyone regained their bearings, Matt and Joe took most of the partners to go guard the doorway into the rest of the castle. Arik and Kevin helped Myotismon up.
"Myotismon, why did you save US?", asked Tai.
"Hmph. You children... as much as I hate you... are our only hope...", groaned Myotismon.
"Against one Worm Shadow?", asked Tai.
"No... against all the other Shadow that are here. They all possessed my men...", said Myotismon. "I would be helpless against them by myself."
"All your men!?", gasped Sora.
"This sounds bad.", said Arik.
"No kidding.", replied Kevin. Myotismon began to recuperate and stood on his own, without Arik and Kevin's help. He turned to face Tai.
"We need to destroy every single one of them.", said Myotismon. Tai nodded.
"They are causing our world's destruction, we have to stop them!", shouted Tai. "Then we can look for your guardian..."
Kevin and Arik agreed with the plan, and the lot of them headed off into the castle to find some Shadow.
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Tai, Matt and Arik were walking down a corridor with their ultimate-level partners. Matt was somewhat angry at Tai.
"Tai! We can't ally with Myotismon!", protested Matt.
"Oh yes we can.", replied Tai.
"But what about the evil? What he did to TK! To Kari! To the whole city!", shouted Matt. "How can we forgive him for that!? Tai, listen to me!"
Tai stopped walking and looked Matt right in the eyes.
"The Shadow destroyed TK and Kari. And half our world.", growled Tai. "Now YOU listen to me. The enemy of our enemy is our friend."
"Ah, a wonderful quote.", said Arik. "How about this one? Don't fight with your friends."
Tai dropped Matt, who snorted at him in disgust. DemiDevimon came flapping into the room.
"Digidestened! Ah!", shouted DemiDevimon. "We've got company!"
"Who?!", asked Matt. Suddenly, in the center of the room, a huge sea snake Digimon burst through the floor, along with a couple Ice Shadow. The kids screamed.
"Ah, it's MegaSeadramon! He's a hard hitter with his Thunder Javelin and Mega Ice Blast attacks!", shouted DemiDevimon. Suddenly, another Digimon came charging through the wall, grinning.
"And that is...!?", asked Arik.
"It's SkullMeramon! He's an Ultimate too! His attack is Metal Fireball!", yelled DemiDevimon. DemiDevimon flew down out of the way, as MegaSeadramon let out a roar of fury and leapt at the biggest thing: MetalGreymon! He knocked MetalGreymon over began to try and bite at his throat, but MetalGreymon knocked the deranged serpent away.
"Don't worry, I'm coming to help!", shouted WereGarurumon, But an Ice Shadow grabbed his leg and threw him into the wall! All the Ice Shadow began to converge on him.
"Techamon! Look out!", shouted Arik. SkullMeramon leapt down behind Techamon and grabbed him in a huge bear hug, hoisting him up into the air, crushing the life out of him!
"What the... these look like Myotismon's minions, but they don't fight like them!", gasped Matt.
"Yeah. The Shadow have this effect on people.", muttered Arik. The Ice Shadow began to freeze WereGarurumon, who was howling in extreme pain. Matt clenched his fist, this was getting them nowhere. Suddenly...
"Demi Dart!", shouted DemiDevimon. He hurled the dart and it hit the Ice Shadow directly in the face!!! It staggered backward, and WereGarurumon shattered the ice he was encased in.
"Wolf Claw!!!", he yelled, destroying the Ice Shadow.
"Let go of me!!!", screamed Techamon. SkullMeramon kept grinning and kept crushing. Techamon kicked backwards, hitting him in the stomach, but it was doing him no good. WereGarurumon bounded over and leapt on SkullMeramon's face, knocking him over. Techamon fell down and extended his sword.
"Tech Saber!", bellowed Techamon, plunging the saber into SkullMeramon. He screamed, but then held his own and grabbed Techamon by the arm. He threw Techamon into WereGarurumon and they tumbled across the floor. SkullMeramon, still grinning, walked over to their damaged bodies.
"Techamon! No!", shouted Arik. Matt, equally horrified, remained silent. Suddenly, MegaSeadramon went flying into SkullMeramon! MetalGreymon leapt down and opened his chest plates, firing his Giga Blaster missiles at the two possessed Digimon, destroying them.
"Whew... that wasn't too bad...", sighed Arik. He, Tai and Matt went to go comfort their partner, when suddenly, more Digimon barged in!
"Bakemon! Lots of them!", growled Tai. "And they're being led by Phantomon!"
"Oh joy...", muttered Arik.
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Elsewhere, Kevin, Sora, Joe and Myotismon were outside the completely destroyed gate to the real world:
"Blast those Shadow... they ruined my plan...", cursed Myotismon.
"Yeah, well, they ruined the only chance we'd have to get back home too.", said Joe. "So don't whine."
Before Myotismon could respond to Joe's comment, the floor began to rumble and shake. The children and Digimon looked around.
"What the heck is that!?", asked Kevin.
"That would be Mammothmon!, shouted Myotismon. "Prepare yourself for battle!"
Mammothmon smashed his way through the doors and made a huge elephant roar. He scanned the area, his first target: Myotismon! He ran at Myotismon who flew into the air.
"I will not be defeated by my own minion!", growled Myotismon. "Crimson Lightning!"
Myotismon hurled the red beam of energy at Mammothmon who countered with his Freezing Breath from his trunk. It broke through Myotismon's attack and sent him crashing into the ground!
"What the?! How can he be more powerful than me!?", asked Myotismon.
"The Shadow amplifies their power!", yelled Sora. "Garudamon, attack!"
"Go Zudomon!!!", shouted Joe.
"Jijimon, get in there!", shouted Kevin.
The two Ultimates and the Mega leapt at Mammothmon, but suddenly, they were all blasted back by a shot of sludge! Raremon had appeared! He shot more sludge all over Garudamon, pinning her down. Mammothmon went in for the kill, but Zudomon smashed him with his hammer and sent Mammothmon flying into the wall!
Jijimon leapt over Raremon, scraping the top of Raremon's head with his cane. The cane ripped some skin off Raremon's head, drawing blood. But the skin instantly regenerated!
"What the--?!", asked a surprised Jijimon. Raremon took this opportunity to smash him with his paw. Raremon then did a body slam right on top of Jijimon!
"Jijimon! Get up!!!", shouted Kevin. Raremon grinned triumphantly, but suddenly, the cane bursted through the middle of the pile of sludge, causing him to wince in pain!
"Cane of Death!!!", shouted Jijimon, deleting Raremon off of him. Jijimon then fell over, exhausted.
Zudomon brought the hammer crashing down once more on Mammothmon, crushing the elephant Digimon. Mammothmon deleted and Zudomon fell on his butt, rubbing his head where Mammothmon had smashed him with his trunk earlier.
"Zudomon and Jijimon are out!", shouted Sora. "We're in big trouble here!"
"Yes, we are!", yelled Kevin. He pointed up to the roof, where a Devidramon was perched, with a Gatomon on his head. She pointed down at them and Devidramon swooped down, attacking Myotismon. Myotismon leapt up and kicked Gatomon off Devidramon, sending her flying across the room.
"Be careful of that feline, she's more powerful than she looks!", warned Myotismon. He then resumed fighting Devidramon. Garudamon looked down at Gatomon.
"How much could the Shadow power up Gato--whooof!", asked Garudamon, before receiving a powerful kick to the stomach from Gatomon. Garudamon flew across the room and through the brick wall.
"Uh, Houston. We have a problem.", said Sora.
"Or maybe not, look!", shouted Kevin. WarGreymon, MetalGarurumon and Techamon busted through the wall and jumped into action, destroying Gatomon and Devidramon. The lot of them regrouped.
"Well!?", asked Kevin, anxiously.
"No, we didn't find any Guardians. Just a bunch of butt-ugly minions and Shadows.", replied Arik.
"Damn, we're running out of time!", shouted Kevin.
Suddenly, the floor began to rumble again. This time, more violently than when Mammothmon was approaching.
"Oh great... who could this be?!", asked Joe. He looked at Myotismon.
"I'm not sure, it sounds more powerful than any of my--", started Myotismon, but he was cut off as the most god awfully-ugly Shadow yet emerged out of the floor!
It was large... larger than Garudamon! It had four arms from it, each with large claws. Spikes protruded out of it in almost every area of it's body. It roared with its huge gaping jaw and looked down at the terrified heroes.
"Holy...", gasped Myotismon.
"What is that thing!?", shrieked Sora.
"I wish I knew...", gasped Tai. "But back away from it, everyone!"
The children turned and ran to the other side of the room, while whatever Digimon that were still battle-ready prepared to fight the monstrosity. It roared out again, when suddenly it began to speak... in Nathan's voice!
"Hello Digidestened and Chosen. In case you were wondering, this is a Queen Shadow! It was custom-formed by me to take down all your Digimon with its power and safeguards, including Omnimon! It will be the instrument of your destruction, and you will never find the Guardian of this world... for the Queen shall destroy him right now!"
"How does Nathan know who the Guardian is!?", asked Kevin. Suddenly, the Queen Shadow turned and spat acid at Myotismon!
"Now it makes sense, the reason all the Digimon have been attacking Myotismon is because he's the Guardian!", shouted Jijimon. WarGreymon heard this and flew down in front of Myotismon, pulling out his shields and deflecting the attack!
The Queen Shadow, no longer being talked through by Nathan turned on all the other Digimon, slashing at them all with it's huge claws! It knocked Garudamon over and she de-digivolved into Biyomon! It smacked Myotismon, sending him tumbling across the floor. It then went to impale Myotismon on its claws!
"Protect him! We need him to destroy the Shadow!", shouted Kevin.
"Ice Wolf Claw!", yelled MetalGarurumon, freezing the claw before it could reach Myotismon.
"Terra Force!!!", shouted WarGreymon, blasting the frozen arm off! The Queen Shadow roared out in pain. And when everyone got ready to celebrate... the arm grew back!
"What the?! It regenerates!", gasped Matt.
"This is gonna be tough...", grunted WarGreymon. "MetalGarurumon, we should DNA Digivolve..."
"But!", protested Tai. "Nathan said that this Shadow it designed to handle Omnimon!"
"Nothing can handle Omnimon!", shouted WarGreymon. He and MetalGarurumon fused into the powerful Omnimon. They leapt up at the Queen Shadow's face, it glared at him.
"Let's blow that ugly mug off!", yelled Omnimon. "Supreme Cannon!!!"
Omnimon fired the cannon right in the Queen Shadow's face, but she absorbed the blast into her mouth!
"What the hell?", asked Omnimon, in surprise. He fired of several more rounds, but every shot was absorbed into her mouth!
"That thing is like an energy absorption device...", said Joe. "Nothing can break it!"
"Well, if it likes energy...", said Omnimon. "Then it won't like THIS!!! Transcendent Sword!!!"
Omnimon flew into the Queen Shadow and stabbed the sword into it, but the sword broke off!
"Ah!", gasped Tai, in shock.
"No way!", yelled Matt, equally amazed.
To further the amazement, the Queen Shadow launched a concentration of EVERY attack Omnimon sent at it out of it's mouth! The attack his Omnimon, shattering his bones and armor and sending him spiraling to the floor with extreme speed. He separated into Agumon and Gabumon, unconscious.
"Oh my god... that thing is invincible...", gasped Sora. "It's all over... we're all dead..."
"There has to be something we can do!", grunted Arik. The Queen Shadow kicked Agumon and Gabumon's bodies aside and began to crawl towards Myotismon, who was wounded from the earlier battle.
"Tech Blade!!!", yelled Techamon, leaping at the Queen Shadow's head with his blades extended. The Queen Shadow simply bashed him aside with her head. She turned from Myotismon and leaned over Techamon, ready to devour him!
"Techamon!!!", screamed Arik, in worry for his partner. Suddenly, due to his concern, the two of them began glowing.
{{{DIGIVOLUTION}}}
"Techamon!!! Digivolve to..."
Techamon stood up and burst with energy, losing his warrior look and gaining the powers of an angel-type Digimon. He began wearing roman-style armor and grew red wings out of his back.
"...DESTINMON!!!"
{{{END DIGIVOLUTION}}}
Destinmon was glowing with red light, temporarily blinding the Queen Shadow, causing it to rear back. Destinmon flew into the air and decided this was the opportunity to strike. Nathan's voice came out of the Queen Shadow again.
"No!!! This was not anticipated! This Digivolution is not properly defended against! The Shadow collective must--"
"Shut up already. Angel Kick!!!", yelled Destinmon. He flew at the Queen Shadow, kicking it's head off and sending it flying across the room. The rest of it collapsed and disintegrated.
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Later:
"Wow Arik, that was amazing!", shouted Sora. "You and Destinmon are quite the team!"
"Yeah, I know. But right now, Bouncemon is all tuckered out.", said Arik, holding the sleeping Bouncemon in his arms. He, Myotismon, Kevin and Jijimon were all preparing to transport back to their own server.
"Well, Myotismon, I can't believe you're going to do something good!", gasped Agumon.
"Hah! If I didn't, I'd die.", said Myotismon.
"Yeah yeah. You know it's because you love us!", shouted Tai.
"It's to survive!", yelled Myotismon back.
"It's love!", shouted Tai.
"To survive!"
"You love us, admit it!!!"
"Ah, shut up.", said Myotismon, smacking Tai and sending him flying across the room.
"Well, laptop, it's time to go.", said Kevin, pulling the laptop out of his backpack. "Activating transport mechanism!"
"Don't forget to write!", shouted Joe. "Uh... somehow..."
"No! Master Myotismon! Don't leave me here!!!", protested DemiDevimon. But Myotismon and the Chosen disappeared. DemiDevimon fell to the ground crying.
"Ah, do something else with your life.", said Gomamon. DemiDevimon looked up.
"Hey... yeah! I'll pursue my life long dream!", shouted DemiDevimon. "Porno business, here I come!"
DemiDevimon flapped out of the room, everyone stared at him.
"I really wish I hadn't heard that.", said Sora.
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Megabyte Server:
Desiree, clutching a heavily bandaged area around her breasts ran down a street as fast as she could. Impy was running alongside her.
"Come on, Dezzy! We can make it!", shouted Impy. "We can escape!"
"You can not.", said a blank female voice. BlackMetalGreymon landed in front of the two of them, stopping them in their tracks. Sarah leapt off. "For your mutation has already begun."
"Ah! No!", hissed Desiree. Impmon moved to Digivolve, but BlackMetalGreymon kicked him aside. "How are they controlling you!?"
"Nathan controls me.", said Sarah. "But now it is time to trigger your mutation. You will become the most powerful weapon the Shadow has ever conceived. After you... hurt us."
"Hurt you?", asked Desiree.
"The necklaces you used to control the Chosen. You extracted our DNA to create them. Pain... extraction... we hate it...", said Sarah, though it was obviously not her speaking. "Now... it's our turn to experiment on YOU!!"
Some small type of Shadow flew out of Sarah's body and into Desiree, wounding her even more. Desiree gagged on the pain and grabbed her mini- laptop.
"Go back to your own world!!!", she yelled, transporting Sarah and BlackMetalGreymon back to Kiriban Server. She fell to her knees.
"Agh.... it's too late... it's already... nnng.... begun...", said Desiree, before blacking out...
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