Judgement Day
I found myself stood in a clearing, the dark, starry sky above the Digital World.
Before me, illuminated only by the eerie silvery glow of the moon, was a lone gravestone. It was nothing more that a slab of rock with a simple letter "V" etched into it.
I knew it was for Vixen.
"So, here we are." I spoke into the silence, "Back in the clearing where it all began, where my life truly started."
The cool midnight breeze danced across my fur, "I never did thank you," I whispered into the wind, "For all that you made me. You gave me a purpose worth living for, a love worth fighting for."
I knelt down on the grass.
"Thank you Vixen," a cold tear ran down my cheek, falling onto the cold, harsh stone, "Thank you, my love."
I woke in the park, high in a tree. This was the human world.
Many would have branded that dream a nightmare, but to me it was one final goodbye. You see, whether or not we could save the digital world, I really didn't expect to see the sunset of the day. I was so tired of this war. I was sick of the fight. Vixen was the only reason I was still fighting. My fate was sealed. Hers was not, nor our child's.
But I had to say goodbye.
The sun peeked up over the horizon, banishing the darkness, as we would hopefully be doing. Today was the day of judgement for two worlds. Survival or destruction. It came down to us.
"Blue?"
I looked down to see Suzie.
"We'd better make a move."
"Shouldn't we get the Tamers?"
"No." Suzie shook her head, "This isn't their fight."
No. This was mine.
"You remember the incantation?"
I nodded, "Every word."
"That should open up the void. Hopefully we can keep it open long enough to banish my brother."
"Are you certain you want to go through with this?"
"It's the only way." She sighed.
I leapt to the ground beside her, "Will this save my Vixen?"
"It should reactivate the digital world." Suzie told me.
"You didn't answer my question."
Suzie looked at me with a sigh, "I do not know. It will take a long time to gather enough energy to restore all of the Digimon. I cannot guarantee that all will be saved."
I expected to feel distress at that moment. My efforts were not necessarily going to be successful. But I felt something else that I hadn't expected: determination. And anger. I couldn't let the Master do this. He had to be stopped.
"Let's go then." My eyes narrowed.
Suzie and I walked through the park. I didn't know where we were heading. I didn't know where the Master was hiding. But Suzie said that she knew.
We entered a dark area of the woods that occupied a large portion of the park. As we were walking I hadn't noticed all the noises of the wildlife, but now I noticed its absence. It was strange, and very unsettling. Even the bustle of the human city couldn't be heard.
"It's quiet." Suzie said what I was thinking.
I jumped slightly, her sudden speech taking me by surprise.
I heard her laugh slightly, "Sorry." She smiled.
I sighed, "Are we nearly there?"
"Almost." She said, "I can feel my brother. He's nearby."
I listened, hoping to catch a revealing sound. All I could hear was the deathly silence of the breeze.
All of a sudden we entered a clearing. It was empty, but Suzie stopped walking.
"What is it?" I asked her.
"Someone else is here." She whispered.
"Your brother?" I inquired.
"No." She shook her head, "A Digimon."
Again I listened. This time I heard footsteps behind us.
I spun quickly on my heels.
"GRAGH!!!!"
Reacting quickly, I stepped to the side. The brown blur went flying past me.
"Verachtumon…" I snarled.
He hit the floor with a thud. He quickly stood up again.
"You know this creature?" Suzie seemed intrigued by him.
"Yes. He's your brother's main henchman." I informed her.
She laughed, "He's pathetic."
Verachtumon looked at her, angered, then back to me, "You will tell this pitiful human of yours to be silent."
I was about to speak a witty reply, but Suzie got the first word in.
"Pitiful? You should watch your tongue, Digimon." She didn't look pleased.
Verachtumon ignored her, "Are you ready to fight, BlueRenamon? Are you ready to die?"
I looked over to Suzie. She nodded.
"You are welcome to try." I smirked.
"Fine!" He charged me again, running as fast as he could.
But in mid leap he stopped. He didn't fall, he simply stopped.
"What the?!" He demanded, looking around worriedly.
I looked towards Suzie, her eyes glowing a pale, electric blue.
Verachtumon followed my gaze.
Suzie spoke to him, "As you can see, I am no mere human."
The humbled demon stuttered, "B-but only t-the Master has those k-kinds of powers."
"Apparently not." I pointed out.
Suzie's eyes seemed to change to a deep red. As I watched, Verachtumon's expression of fear turned to one of pain. I wasn't sure what exactly Suzie was doing.
"Do you like this, Verachtumon?" Suzie asked, her deeper voice startling both the demon and me.
The pitiful creature couldn't speak.
"Suzie, what are you doing?" I questioned her.
Keep quiet Blue. I heard her regular voice in my head, he's just in a little pain. It won't kill him, just make him think twice about what he's doing here.
I hoped she knew what she was doing.
After a few seconds, Suzie's eyes returned to normal. Verachtumon fell in a heap on the floor. He didn't move.
"He'll be asleep for a while." Suzie told me, "He should be no threat."
"But I will be." A figure stepped forwards from the shadows.
"The Master." I snarled.
He ignored me, looking straight at Suzie, "So, my little sister has finally decided to pay me a visit. It's good to see you again."
"I wish I could say the same." Suzie said, her face expressionless.
Now the Master acknowledged me, "I see you brought a pet. He had such potential. A shame to waste it in the name of good."
I refrained from an answer.
"You still think you can stop me?" He laughed, reading my thoughts, "My naïve little Digimon, Earth is mine."
"You can't do this." Suzie told him.
"Oh, but I can. Even you, sister, can't stop me now." He laughed evilly.
The look of determination is Suzie's face seemed only to strengthen. His arrogance was making her more determined rather than scaring her. And that did quite a lot for my own confidence.
I noticed then that everyone had fallen silent.
"Let's end this." Suzie spoke.
Her brother only smiled, and his eyes turned a deep shade of crimson. Suzie's own remained normal.
What is she doing? I couldn't help but wonder.
The Master raised one of his hands, "You'll like this!"
A bolt of white lightening shot forwards, aimed straight at Suzie.
"Suzie, look out!" I warned.
She ignored my warning, standing still and without expression. The bolt hit her full force, with a flash of unimaginable intensity. It burned my eyes, so I turned my head.
When I looked back, all that I could see was a cloud of smoke where Suzie had been standing. Slowly, it began to clear.
She was gone.
"That was easier than I thought." The Master laughed, turning to face me, "Now it's your turn."
I didn't know what to say or do. How had he managed to destroy her with one shot?
"Yes, you're alone now." A smile curled wickedly on his lips, "It's just the two of us now."
A thought occurred to me…
"Celestial temple." I called out, spreading my arms above me, "hear my plea!"
"What, praying now, are we?" he scoffed.
I looked at the Master, bringing my arms down again, "banish this demon from all that is good. Freedom to those who have been wronged, and send him back to the hell he belongs!"
There was absolute silence.
"Ha ha ha! What was that?!" he stepped closer to me, "Now I will destroy you."
He grew in size as I had seen him do before, and picked me up in his massive hand. He held me by the waist, squeezing me just enough to hurt.
"You are done for now."
"No." I stated with absolute confidence, "You are."
I felt a strong energy grow within me, "BlueRenamon warp digivolved to…"
I felt the now familiar changes take place, forcing the Master to drop me.
"MegaCelestrimon!"
I now stood before him, level with him. Equal in size.
But he was un-phased, "I've seen this before. And I've dealt with this before."
He struck out with a punch. As BlueRenamon, it would have deleted me.
But I was not BlueRenamon.
I caught it easily with a single paw and held on to his fist. He looked up into my eyes, confused.
"That prayer," I told him, "Was a call to the powers that be to help me digivolve."
I thrust his arm back at him, sending him flying, landing on his back in the dirt.
"And it worked."
Slowly, he picked himself up, "How can this be?!"
Suzie stepped up behind me, the surprise on her brother's face all too clear, "I surrendered my powers."
The Master stood there, a look of disbelief on his face. It quickly turned to fury, "I will destroy you, little sister," he looked back up at me, "When I am done with this menace."
A smirk crossed my face. I was stronger than I had ever been when fighting the Master, and it was showing in my confidence. Despite this, I still knew he was a threat. I knew I was still only slightly stronger than he was. Hopefully, I could use that slight advantage.
I looked towards the Master. He was concentrating.
"Careful, Blue." Suzie warned me, "He's preparing to attack."
I heeded her warning, and concentrated.
"Crimson Lightening!"
His attack came quickly, catching me almost completely off guard.
Almost.
Focusing all of my energy, I closed my eyes. I summoned up as much energy as I could muster, and concentrated it into the air, right in front of me.
I heard a loud explosion as the energy collided with an invisible shield. I strained against the force, somehow keeping the energy field in place.
Luckily, after just a few moments, the attack dissipated.
The Master glared at me angrily, "You cannot win this fight. You are not strong enough."
Oh, but I am I used telepathy, you see, you can no longer read my mind. I can block you out.
"That proves nothing." He scowled.
"It proves, my friend," I spat, "That I am as strong as you are."
"Not strong enough to destroy me!" he bellowed.
With a scream of rage, the Master lost his cool and charged right at me.
Focusing my mind, I raised my hand, and the Master stopped dead in his tracks.
"I do not intend to destroy you." I said calmly.
The Master ignored me, and began to struggle against me, so I raised him slightly off the ground.
"You will listen to my terms." I ordered him.
"I will not!" his eyes began to glow a deep red.
"When will you learn?" I sighed. My own eyes began to glow an electric blue. I was inhibiting his abilities.
"No! You won't beat me!" he struggled against me, but my will was stronger.
I released him after a few more moments, and he fell to the ground, exhausted and immobilised.
"Okay…" he panted, "I'll listen."
I smiled, approaching him.
"You will surrender your powers to me. I will use your powers to restore the Digital world, and you shall remain here, in the human world, never to return."
The Master looked at me in disbelief. He had reverted back to being a mere human child. He looked so weak, so helpless.
"Is there another choice?" He asked me, anger clear in his tone.
"Yes." I nodded, "I could destroy you."
He fell silent for a moment, simply glaring at me. Then, "Okay, I will surrender my powers."
He was smarter than he looked.
Slowly, cautiously, I placed a hand on his head. Concentrating, I began to draw his powers from him. The energy that flowed through me diverted straight back into the Digital world.
For some reason or another, the Master, Suzie and I were transported to the Digital world. We were back in the clearing where the Master had built the gate between the worlds.
There were hundreds of Digimon appearing, unconscious, lying on the ground around us; the slaves; the henchmen; the small group of Elecmon, and, right by the tree line, lay Vixen. She looked so calm and peaceful.
As more and more of the Master's energy was drained from him, I noticed that some of the Digimon were awaking.
"Blue, look out!" Suzie shouted.
Within moments, I was sideswiped and sent sprawling. I looked up to see the Master standing tall.
"You fool." He gloated, "You stupid little fool. Did you honestly believe that I would let you do that to me?"
I climbed slowly to my feet. If I was right, I had taken roughly half of his power.
"I had hoped that it would not come to this." I sighed.
"Then you are even more of a fool than you look!"
He charged at me, preparing to punch.
Standing tall, I raised my hands into the air, "Temporal vortex!" I shouted.
The Master stopped dead in his tracks.
A small pinprick of intense white light appeared in front of him. Slowly, it grew in size to become a small orb.
"What is this?" he reached out towards it. His finger made contact with it.
Nothing happened.
He looked at me and laughed, "Well, well, well. I'm impressed." He mocked.
"I am." I looked at the orb.
The Master returned his attention to it.
It was growing.
The Master took a few steps back from it, but the orb kept growing at an accelerated rate. It also followed him. The Master turned to run, but the orb easily kept pace. It was equal in size to him now.
Turning quickly, he tried to out manoeuvre it, but his foot caught on a rock. He fell to the ground.
The orb appeared over him and began to descend. Horror spread across his face.
He looked from the orb to me, anger replacing horror, "This is not over!" he shouted.
The orb made contact, and, just like that, he was gone.
I felt, exhausted both mentally and physically.
"Blue?" it was Suzie.
"Hmm?"
"You must revert. The Digital world needs your energy."
I nodded, and allowed the energy to flow from my body. I returned to my rookie form.
"Was it enough?" I asked Suzie, stepping up beside her.
"For the time being, yes. But not all have returned yet."
We watched as the Digimon around us began to scatter in all directions.
Some, however, remained unconscious.
"Some will never return." Suzie told me, the sadness in her voice was clear.
Looking around, I was a blue creature lying on the ground.
"Vixen!" I ran towards her.
I looked over her, daring to hope.
"Vixen?"
She didn't respond. I began to feel panic bubble up inside me.
After a few moments, I noticed her breathing.
The panic was subdued by relief.
Wrapping my arms around her, I pulled her into a hug.
"Blue?" I hers her speak.
"Vixen, you're awake?" I moved so that I was cradling her in my arms.
She smiled at me, "Yeah."
I smiled back at her.
"Did… Did we win?" she asked weakly.
"Yeah," I smiled lovingly at her, "we did."
"That's good." I felt a spasm wash over her body.
"Are you okay?" I asked.
"Yeah, just a little tired." She told me.
Another tremor wracked her body, causing her to wince in pain, "Okay, maybe I'm not so fine."
I noticed that her breathing was getting increasingly shallow.
Suzie had walked over to join us. She stood in silence.
"Blue, I'm so tired." Vixen told me, struggling to keep her eyes open.
I pulled her closer to me, "You just need to rest, that's all. Then you'll be okay."
She looked up at me, her eyes bright, smiling at me. A much more violent spasm washed over her. It looked so painful, and it hurt me to see her like that.
"I'm okay" she read the look in my eyes, "It doesn't hurt." She lied.
I smiled, a tear forming in my eye. She was in so much pain, but hiding it for my sake.
"I love you, you know." I whispered into her ear.
"I love you too Blue…" She fell silent.
"Vixen?" I looked down at her, "Vixen?"
Her eyes were closed. She looked so peaceful. I pulled her body close to me, cradling her in my arms.
And I cried.
After all that we had fought for, all we had been through, this was how it ended?
I felt a hand on my shoulder. Suzie's hand.
"It's over Blue." She spoke softly, "Her pain is over."
Somehow, that didn't make me feel any better.
"Let her go, Blue, let her go."
It was a few days later. I had returned to the human world with Suzie.
And with Vixen.
We were in the park, a secluded area. We were all there, the Tamers and their Digimon. We stood before a large oak tree; beneath it was a small stone. A lone letter "V" was etched into its harsh, cold surface. This was all that showed my Vixen had ever existed.
I felt that I should say something, but no words came to my mouth. No mere gasp of air could convey how I was feeling.
For hours I stood there, and eventually, just after the sun had set, I was alone with her.
I took a few tentative steps towards her grave, the earth still soft beneath my paws.
I fell to my knees, my eyes closed, my arms across my chest. I held a small, circular object lightly in one hand. I breathed deeply, letting a single tear fall from my eyes before I opened them.
"Here we are…" I spoke as if to her, "alone, together."
I wiped the tear from my cheek.
"I never meant for it to end like this. I intended to be with you for all of eternity. But now I'll be alone, with only you as a memory."
I placed the small object from my hand in front of her grave stone.
"That will be enough." I kissed my fingers before brushing them over the stone.
I rose to my feet, taking a step back. The small object had been the symbol on her gauntlets; the silhouette of a solitary raindrop.
"Be at peace, my love."
And, just as I had met her, I turned and walked into the darkness…
A breeze passed through the dark night air, blowing silently over the grave where a BlueRenamon had just been stood. A talisman lay on the ground, twinkling in the fading twilight. A dazzling light washed over it, making it invisible to the unprotected eye. When the light had faded, a familiar silvery object remained: a Digivice…
The End
Well, that's it. The story has taken me literally years to complete. That can be attributed simply to a lack of time and effort on my part. I hope you have enjoyed the story, and I hope you look forward to reading any of my future stories. Let me know how you think it turned out.
Thanks for reading,
BlueRenamon