Chapter 14
Pandora Ring
Renamon and the others stood outside the huge temple. They were all mourning over the loss of WarGreymon.
"He was a good guy," said Agumon. "I bet you he would've beaten him if Yoshiro didn't have that sword."
"This is ridiculous," said Renamon, clenching a fist. "Yoshiro has hurt too many people; he must be stopped."
Roberto looked around. He had a feeling that Yoshiro was around, or was he?
"He should be," said Roberto. "But how? I think he's too strong for us, or anyone else for that matter."
"Then we get stronger!" said an angered DarkGatomon. "Then he can't destroy anyone else."
Agumon looked at DarkGatomon. She had that look in her eyes again. That sad, lonesome look. He knew he had to comfort her, but how? He had no idea, because he hadn't lost his whole town like she had. How would he approach this? He went over to her anyway, just to see how she was.
"Are you okay?" said Agumon in a comforting voice.
"Yeah..." said DarkGatomon. But she was lying.
DarkGatomon stared at the ground. A part of her wanted to make sure that Yoshiro had indeed destroyed her whole town; but another part of her didn't want to. It was an odd feeling of mixed emotions.
Breaking the silence, Gatsumon came running over holding something in his hand.
"He-Hey guys!" said Gatsumon, waving a hand. "I got something for you! Since you guys didn't want me to come with you, I thought I could help in some way. So I looked around my room to see if I could find anything, and I found this!"
He stuck the scroll in Gabumon's face, and Gabumon took it. It looked quite old, for it had some ware and tear, and it smelled musty. He unrolled the paper and it revealed a map with five drawings, that depicted the temples, on it and circles displaying the different cities of the Digital World.
"Wow! Thanks Gatsumon!" said Gabumon. "This is great. We can go to the temples without asking people where to go."
Renamon bent down to Gatsumon. "We thank you Gatsumon, for everything you have done so far."
Gatsumon blushed. "Oh! Heh-heh.. You're welcome!"
Renamon and the others started to leave, and as they left, they waved good-bye to their friend.
Mist...city full of mist
Delivery...a worried sister; a fellow cat
Danger...a willing adduction, a sealed fate
Darkness...over-powering, never ending; destroying light.
"I have to hurry and deliver this to Shannon!" said a concerned Gatomon.
She ran out of the pharmacy to give the medicine to her sister. That day was full of mist, an almost sickening feel to it. The Gatomon kept running, the bag of medicine in her mouth and running on all fours, paws aching, eyes watering, nose moist and ears cold. Home was far from the pharmacy, and the Gatomon needed to give this medicine to her sister as fast as she could, or else the damage would get worse.
"You! Gatomon!" said a voice from the mist.
The Gatomon stopped fast and looked around saying, "What is it?"
A figure of black came from the shadows. A jagged sword sheathed next to him. His eye, scarred.
"Please. I need your help," said the man standing there.
"Ask someone else! I'm in a hurry!"
"You are the only one who can help me," said the voice. "Join me. Join me, and I will take the suffering away from your sister."
"How do you know that my sister is sick?"
"Your sister has a virus that attacks the tissue, does she not?"
"Yes."
"Then join me and I will stop the suffering forever! Join us, and this place will never suffer again! Join?"
The mist seemed to thicken to a fog. Gatomon was getting scared, her legs shaking . This thing wasn't nice, she could tell, but if it was to save her sister, then she would do anything.
"If I join you, will it be a short time?" wondered the Gatomon
"You can stay as long as you want, Gatomon! And to make you think on it more, I'll give you your own tail ring!" said the figure.
Getting a tail ring was an honor for the Gatomon, and she hadn't got her tail ring because her parents didn't care about her. The figure then pulled out the tail ring. It was made of a deep red ruby and on it was some writing that the Gatomon couldn't read.
"I'll join!" said the Gatomon, grabbing the tail ring as if she was really hungry and this was the first time she seen some food for a long time. "By the way, what is your name?"
"My name..." said the figure.
The Gatomon was slowly putting the ring on her tail. It stayed there looking very attractive against her nice, slim tail. But then it started to vibrate.
"...is Yoshiro!"
"NO!"
DarkGatomon suddenly got up in the middle of the night. She was full of sweat and panting. It was all dark, except for the parts in the trees that were exposed in the moonlight, illuminating the floor. She looked around to make sure that no one had heard her loud yelp. It seemed no one was stirred, so she laid back down staring at the stars. They glimmered brightly that night, showing their beauty all throughout.
When DarkGatomon looked at the stars, she wished she was like the stars. So alone, so free, every night being watched. So bright, full of life; with no worries. It seemed that the stars were the perfect place for her. She tried to go back to sleep by closing her eyes.
The sun came up that morning in an almost elegant way. The colors of the sky full of yellows and blues. Renamon sat up first. She stood up and stretched, breathing in the morning air. She walked to the river nearby to take a drink from it. Her feet got wet and muddy from the dew on the grass and from the wet dirt.
"I'm so filthy," said Renamon, looking at her feet.
She stared at the river, the current moving peacefully, and decided to take a bath. She looked around before going in. She didn't want people to look at her bathing. After looking carefully, she came to the conclusion that no one was around. She took off her gloves and then dipped herself into the water.
"Burr!" chilled Renamon. "Sure is cold. Oh well, I have to clean myself."
Gabumon got up in laugher. Then he opened his eyes and stopped laughing. Agumon woke up soon after; agitated from Gabumon's laugh.
"What is so funny that you had to wake up laughin'!" said Agumon, throwing a nut of some kind at Gabumon.
"My dream," said Gabumon, "we were having so much fun. And then you dressed like a Ninjamon!"
"A Ninjamon?" said Agumon. "Why couldn't I have been a WarGreymon or somethin'? No! I have to be a Ninjamon!"
Gabumon put his hands in front of him and said, "Don't blame me! Blame my brain."
"Well then," said Agumon walking over to Gabumon, "I hate you, you brain!"
Gabumon laughed again. Agumon lunged at him, playfully of course, and they rolled around this way and that. Then Gabumon pushed Agumon off and ran in the other direction.
"You can't catch me!" taunted Gabumon.
"Oh yes I can!" said Agumon.
They ran off together. It had been a while since Gabumon and Agumon had had fun together and they had always enjoyed each others' friendship. They kept running; Gabumon being chased and Agumon chasing him. Gabumon ran wherever the wind took him, and the wind was taking him to the river.
"Still haven't got me?" said Gabumon.
Agumon watched his friend look at him, but not where he was going.
Agumon pointed to the river. "He-Hey Gabumon! Watch out!"
Gabumon looked ahead to see only the river and he splashed in. The current was a little fast, and Gabumon was never a very good swimmer, so he quickly drifted down the river.
"Help, man! HELP!"
"Hold on Gabumon!" said Agumon, trying to find a way to help him.
Gabumon kept himself afloat by quickly moving around his hands and feet. The water was a little cold and he was freezing. He didn't know what to do but to keep above the water. After a while, the current calmed down, and the riverbed was more shallow, enough to stand at least a little. Then Gabumon saw Renamon, washing herself; especially her feet. He was happy to see her so that she could help him, even though he didn't really need help. He swam to her; his head just barely above the water. Then he stopped and felt nervous. Renamon sat there, not noticing Gabumon, bathing with her gloves off. Gabumon looked at the golden arms and the snowy hands, rubbing her feet, trying to clean the dirt between the toes. Then she sat there, looking at the river, and she jumped in. She was swimming, paddling her legs in the water and her tail once in a while hitting the waters surface. Then Renamon turned and swam towards Gabumon.
'Ah crap!' thought Gabumon, and he dipped quickly in the water.
But poor Gabumon forgot his horn, which was sticking out of the water, shining a brilliant gold. Renamon was swimming nice and slow, but then stopped. She floated there staring at the gold horn dancing on the water and she felt her heart fluster.
'Gabumon?' Renamon thought, as she reached for the illuminating horn.
"I'm coming buddy!!!!" said Agumon paddling down the river.
Somehow and someway Agumon made a makeshift raft out of twigs and dried mud. His paddle was a huge palm tree faun that was nice and sturdy. Renamon sunk down into the river and kept her head as the only thing poking out. Agumon kept looking around and saw Renamon sticking out.
"You need help Renamon?" he said, sticking out his arm.
"No Agumon," assured Renamon, shaking her head, "I'm fine. I'm just floating here...resting!"
"Uh, well okay!" Agumon said, taking his arm back. "Hey, have you seen Gabumon?"
Meanwhile, Gabumon was in the river, losing air, and soon he would need to come back up for more. Gabumon opened his eyes in the water and seen Renamon's arms closer than ever. He felt even more nervous, and lost more air.
"I'm not sure," said Renamon, her head still bobbing. "He might be this article right here that is sticking out of the water, but I have to check..."
Renamon dunked her head under the water and saw Gabumon sitting there, turning blue. Gabumon waved hello to her, but Renamon was angered, and Gabumon knew it as he put his hand down.
"He-He's in the water!" said Renamon, disgusted by Gabumon's goggling.
"Oh," said Agumon, not knowing that Renamon had no gloves on. "Hey come on Gabumon! Get up!"
Gabumon got up and wheezed. He coughed for a little bit and then stopped to look at Renamon. Renamon didn't look at him at all and kept looking at the sky with her eyes closed. There was a still silence, and it lasted a long time. Agumon then broke the silence with a grumbling cough.
"Uh, come on Gabumon," said Agumon, "let's get back to DarkGatomon and Roberto. Make breakfast or somethin'."
Gabumon went over to Agumon, but then looked at Renamon. "...Uh, Renamon...I'm...I'm sorry."
Renamon sat there still looking at the sky. "..."
Gabumon looked at the river and then got on the makeshift raft. Agumon paddled off the opposite direction. Gabumon looked at the river and wondered why Renamon was mad like that. He knew that Renamon gloves are sacred, and they only time a Renamon take off their gloves is for courtship, but he would've never expect it to be that bad. An embarrassing moment yes, but not like that.
"Oh stop it!" said Agumon. "What the hell happened anyway?"
Gabumon's throat tightened. "I-I saw her arms."
"So what?" said Agumon, not understanding Gabumon. "I see her arms all the time!"
"NO! Not in that way," Gabumon corrected. "You know, her arms!"
Agumon thought about it for a second, and then he laughed, "What? You saw her naked?! So what? I could see her being embarrassed, but not a total shut down of the mind!"
"I know!" said Gabumon, frustrated.
Agumon kept peddling up the river to where Gabumon fell off. Agumon docked the boat and Gabumon laid on the ground.
"Maybe there's more than the eye can see."
"Huh?" said Gabumon. "What do you mean?"
"Maybe," said Agumon, pacing, "something happened to Renamon when she was little. Something bad, so bad that she doesn't want to have herself be seen without her gloves off unless she wants to."
"Like what?" asked Gabumon.
"Well, I don't know," said Agumon. "Maybe...Oh! Maybe someone ripped off her gloves as, you know, a joke! Of course, not a very funny joke..."
"Agumon!" said Gabumon. "That's not really bad!" Then Gabumon's stomach sunk. "Maybe she got raped!!"
"Oh man!" said Agumon, putting his hand on his head. "That's it man! She was forced to take her gloves off and someone, well, you know..."
They sat there for awhile, looking at each other.
Then Gabumon shook his head. "We're just speculating! We don't even know if it's true. Renamon is an odd digimon. She could just be sensitive." Gabumon got up and turned. "Come on. We should go back."
"You had it again?" said Roberto. "How many have you had?"
"Just this mornin'," said DarkGatomon, sitting on a stump of a tree, her head down and tail limp. "But I want 'em to stop. I hate 'em!"
"They can't stop, DarkGatomon," said Roberto. "That was a huge change in your life! You can never forget it!"
DarkGatomon looked up at her old friend. "Don't tell anyone, 'kay?"
"I never will, and it shall stay with me."
Gabumon and Agumon came back, both in an odd mood. DarkGatomon jumped off the stump and stared at Agumon.
"And where have you been?" said DarkGatomon. "Yo' guys were like gone when I woke up!"
"I took a 'swim'," said Gabumon. "Did Renamon come back?"
"No," said DarkGatomon. "What's for breakfast?"
Agumon dug through his pack. He dug out a pack of crackers, some eggs, leek stalks, and some packets of soup mix.
"That's it..." said Agumon.
"We could have eggs and leeks?" said Gabumon, questioning himself for his reasoning.
"Sound good to me!" said DarkGatomon.
"But leek and eggs?" questioned Agumon, his stomach not giving a nice answer.
DarkGatomon's eyes gleamed with happiness. "I LOVE LEEK!!"
"HUH?" said Agumon, Gabumon, and Roberto in unison.
"Wha-What?" said DarkGatomon. "Leek is hella' good. Like, think of it now. Leek with salt. Cooked leek with cheese sauce, or with melted butter! Mmmm... Oh! Leek soup! Taste like angel food, it does! Ahh! Leek..."
Gabumon shrugged his shoulders at this reaction, while Agumon looked sick. Agumon hated leek, he didn't even like how it looked! And he had no idea why leek was even in his pack.
"Did you put that leek in there?" said Agumon.
"Well yeah!" said DarkGatomon. "Now make some of that egg and leek breakfast! Yum!"
Renamon was walking back to the campground. Gabumon looked up to see her again. She looked in better moods than before as she sat down. The yellow fox smelled the air and smelled leek.
"Leek?" said Renamon with some confusion. "Is that what I smell?"
"Yeah," said Agumon, "that's leek alright...yea..."
After awhile, breakfast was served. Everyone enjoyed the eggs, but no one really liked the leek, well besides DarkGatomon.
"Are you going to eat that?" asked DarkGatomon to Gabumon.
Gabumon shook his head, and as he did DarkGatomon stabbed Gabumon's leek and ate it as if it was air. Renamon tried to eat her leek, but Agumon didn't cook it too good and it tasted as if it was rice paper.
As Renamon sat there nibbling on her leek slowly, Gabumon looked at her. He wanted to know what really happened to her, if anything at all, but how would he start that conversation? He thought about how to approach it:
... ... ...
"Hi Renamon! Can I talk to you?"
"Oh sure, Gabumon. What do you want to know?"
"I just wanted to know why you were so upset?"
flames behind Renamon appear
"RAWWWWW!!! You dare talk to me about that!!"
"AHHHHHH!!!!"
... ... ...
Gabumon sat there and shivered. He then decided to leave that alone for awhile, and continue to keep it under. Agumon got up with his backpack packed up.
"Come on guys!" said Agumon. "We should get goin'!"
"Right," said Renamon. "If we stay here too long, the shadows will catch us for sure." Renamon turned to Gabumon. "Gabumon."
Gabumon looked up quickly and nervous. "Wha?"
"Take out that map and see which way we have to go."
Gabumon pulled out the map and rolled it out for everyone to see.
Gabumon looked at DarkGatomon and asked, "So where do you live?"
DarkGatomon pointed at one of the dots. "Mist City."
Agumon stood up and stared into the distance. "The city full of mist and...wonder!"
"Uh, what are you doing?" said Gabumon, giving his friend an odd look.
Agumon laughed. "I'm just kiddin' around. I just thought that the city had an odd name." He turned to DarkGatomon. "So, is it full of mist?"
DarkGatomon nodded, and with that they started off toward Mist City. It was a little city that had no real value, but most of the population was Gatomon. So Gatomon had gone to stay there and live a happy life in their desolate city. DarkGatomon hadn't been there for a very long time, and coming back to her home town would be a treat, but the knowing that it might have already been destroyed hurt her a lot. But she had to go back just to make sure.
They walked for a long time, looking for some kind of sign of a city being nearby. Then it started to fog. It was like a barely see-through blanket was covering them. It started to get thicker and thicker until they could barely see anything.
"How can we see anything?" said Roberto. "We don't even know where we're going."
"We can use," said Gabumon, digging through his backpack, "a compass!"
Gabumon looked at the compass needle as it pointed north-east.
"Well, at least we're going the right way," said Gabumon.
Gabumon tried to have the others follow him as much as possible. Once in a while Agumon couldn't see him, but he soon enough found him once more and they were back on again. DarkGatomon walked, clouding her mind of memories of her home and the people she lived with. Although she could remember everyone, she couldn't remember what she looked like back then. Roberto told her that it was okay and nothing would happen and other such stuff. He couldn't really know what she was thinking, but he knew she felt saddened. Agumon tried to cheer her up with some funny stories of his dad trying to catch butterflies or his dad trying to build a fort for him and Gabumon when they were little and how it fell down on his head. The stories helped a little, but she still felt sad.
Then Renamon stopped. She stopped at an old sign with nice wood carvings of pinecones and other tree nuts. The wording on the sign had gold paint, but it was starting to chip off. The words glowed:
Mist City
Welcome to the never ending mist!
"Well," said Agumon, almost sullen, "we're here."
They stepped out in the city. And as they excepted, it was desolate. It seemed Yoshiro had done what he said he had done, and worse. The buildings looked as though bombs had blown them up, and articles of peoples possessions scattered throughout. Agumon was shocked when he saw how the buildings looked. The buildings made of sticks looked as though they were like sickly fingers, stretching out toward him.
"I don't like this place," said Agumon. "It seems ominous."
"Well," said Renamon, "this is it. I'm sorry DarkGatomon."
"They're gone," said DarkGatomon, to herself. "All of 'em. And it's all his fault. Yoshiro..."
Roberto went down to his friend, and patted her. "It's okay. We'll get him back."
Renamon looked ahead; she heard a sound. It was a clanking sound, like tin pots hitting each other, and a creaking sound, like an old wagon with a wooden axis. The sound also came with a faint whistling.
"Someone is coming!" said Renamon, posed in an attack position.
"Who would come here?" said Gabumon. "This place is - oh! I mean...yeah."
DarkGatomon stood there with a glimmer of hope. "Maybe it's someone who lived here. Someone I know."
Soon, parted by the mist, a figure stepped out. It was an old looking push wagon. And pushing it was a Sepikmon. The orange mask-wearing monkey looked like a mobile pawn shop. He stopped and parked the wagon, and soon he pecked around the ground, trying to find some junk to pawn off.
"Recognize him DarkGatomon?" asked Roberto, but by DarkGatomon's expression he knew she didn't.
Agumon popped an idea in his head. "Hey! Maybe he can tell us if anyone survived."
"That's right," said Renamon. "He might come here once in awhile to get objects to pawn off. Want to ask him DarkGatomon?"
DarkGatomon nodded without an answer.
Renamon and the group approached the Sepikmon, who was looking at a lead pipe. He was muttering to himself about the pipe, or how he could sell it, no one could really tell. Gabumon politely coughed to get his attention, but the primate seemed too involved in the heavy, gray pipe to notice.
"Hey man!" yelled Agumon. "We're talking to you!"
The orange monkey jumped and looked at them. "Oh! I am so sorry for that," said Sepikmon, in a fast talking tone. "I was just wondering if this pipe would be good to sell." He stuffed the pipe under Gabumon's nose. "Is this good to sell?"
"No. So get it out of my face," said Gabumon, pushing the pipe away.
"Okay," said Sepikmon, and he tossed the pipe to the side. "Er, welcome to Sepikmon Pawn Shop! Did you want anything? I have this lovely goo thing - ah! Where did it go? Damn! It think someone stole it... Oh well. I guess you can look at stuff and see what you want to buy."
"We don' wan' ta' buy ya' junk, foo'! We want ta' ask ya' a question!" said DarkGatomon.
"Oh! I see!" said Sepikmon. "You don't want to buy stuff 'cause it look like junk, huh? Is that it?! You know, people just throw out the coolest thing 'cause it not in style or what not. Like take potato peeler for instance. It old looking, but it still work! Do you have a potato I can use?"
"No, it's not like that at all," reassured Renamon. "Your stuff looks...nice! Yes, very nice. It's just that we aren't interested in buying or pawning."
"Well," said Sepikmon, "I think your friend should learn manners, like you! Anyhow, information? Of what, exactly?"
"Were their any survivors? In this town I mean," said Roberto.
"Whoa! A human?" said Sepikmon, putting his hands in front of him. "Hey, what kind of people are you anyway? Are you part of them? Them, eh, Digi-destined?"
"No," said Roberto. "And I get very offended when others say that."
"Oh," said Sepikmon. "Forgive me! I was just wondering." Sepikmon sat there, trying to think. "Hmm...I heard there was one survivor. And she left right before this place went boom. Why? You know someone here?"
"Or friend used to live here," said Agumon. "We were just wonderin' if anyone lived."
"Which one?" said Sepikmon. "Her? Aww, man. I am so sorry. Hmm.. You look familiar. You know me?"
"Neva' seen ya'," said DarkGatomon.
"Well," said Sepikmon, "I have certainly seen your face, but where is the question."
The monkey sat there for awhile, scratching at his chin, thinking of where he had seen DarkGatomon before. Then, as if it had just hit his face, he stood up and dug through his wagon. Junk flew everywhere, almost hitting Roberto and Renamon because they were taller than the others. Then Sepikmon said, "Eureka!" and pulled out a fat photo album. The cover was a nice startling white with a photo of a family of Gatomon.
"Huh?" said Agumon. "You sell other people's photo albums? With their pictures still in them?"
"What? It is a display!" said Sepikmon. "And that is not why I brought it out! Do you recognize any of the people in here?"
DarkGatomon looked at the book. It was a family of Gatomon. There were three kids and a mother and father. There were pictures of two of the Gatomon kids, both girls, playing. One of them was a skinny-looking Gatomon with deep blue eyes, and the other looked like DarkGatomon, but instead of black, she was white and she had cyan eyes instead of yellow.
"Shannon," DarkGatomon muttered under her breath.
"What?" said Agumon, not hearing what DarkGatomon said.
"This is my family," said DarkGatomon. "An' tha' my girl, Shannon. An'...tha' must be me."
Gabumon rubbed his chin. "But you're white in the picture. Weren't you black when your were little?"
"I think I remember wha' happened," said the sad feline, filing her thoughts. "I used to be a Gatomon, a nice one too. My family was alright, but when it came to me... They neva' paid attention to me. Everyone had some kind of talent. For instance, my bro was good for yard work and Shannon had beauty. But I was neitha' pretty nor a good worker, so I was forgotten.
"The only one who cared for me was my girl. Shannon always told me tha' anythin' I wanted ta' do, I could do. Me an' her got so close. And then... one day she got sick. She was sick with a virus tha' attacked the tissue. I went to get the medicine, and I goin' to my house when Yoshiro stopped me. He said tha' he would stop my sister's suffering. I knew there was no cure to her illness, and the medicine would only delay the worse. So I said I would help him, and then I took a ring.
"That ring gave me power, more power than you could think. That's why I'm like this. That's why I'm dark."
"But you don't have that ring now," said Agumon, "so why are you still black and dark and stuff?"
DarkGatomon answered Agumon. "'Cause the ring permanently gave me the powers of darkness that rested in me. After I got that power I took off the ring 'cause it freaked me out. I know that ring has more power of some kind. I wish I could have that again. What's your problem foo'?"
"It is just so sad!!" said Sepikmon, rubbing his nose under his mask. "You know, I was never paid attention either. ..Sniff.. I feel so sorry! You can take whatever I have. Just one thing though."
"Hey thanks!" said DarkGatomon, looking around at his junk.
She walked up and down his wagon. Some of the stuff in there were just a bunch of garbage that no one would want to have. Agumon outside looked at the photo album. He asked Sepikmon if he could buy the book and Sepikmon said that it was free.
"If it obviously belongs to the person, I give it free," he said.
DarkGatomon looked at the jewelry. There was some rusted rings and rubies that seem to just be rocks panted with a red gloss. She looked at the earrings, and thought of herself with a earring. She thought it might be cool to wear a decent looking one, but the earrings were a grotesque pile also.
"Maybe I'll buy a puke bag and launch," said DarkGatomon.
But then she saw something that caught her eye. Sitting there was a shimmering object. It was a ruby ring that almost seemed transparent. She picked it up and got a feeling of remembrance.
"Pandora Ring," said DarkGatomon. "I found you, at last."
She went out holding the tail ring in her paw and went to Sepikmon.
"Yo, I want ta' get this!" said DarkGatomon, shoving the ruby ring in his face.
"Have it," said Sepikmon, "and you can have photo album too."
"Really?" said DarkGatomon. "Thank you!" She turned to Agumon and the others. "I have it," said DarkGatomon, showing it off, "the Pandora Ring!"
"Wow," said Gabumon, "how lucky. You found it so quickly."
"Well," said Roberto, "put it on and see what it does!"
DarkGatomon grabbed her tail. "Alright! Here we go."
She put the ring on her tail, and nothing happened. It just sat there and gleamed in the sun's light, but that's all.
"Well," said Agumon, "it looks pretty!"
"Yes," said Renamon, "it does look lovely."
"No!" said DarkGatomon in a disappointed tone. "It's supposed ta' work! I thought this could get rid of Yoshiro..."
She sat down and put her head between her legs. It was silent for awhile, the mist clouded over them. Then a sound was heard. It was a slow, slinking sound. DarkGatomon looked over and so did Renamon.
"What was that?" said Renamon.
The mist parted, and there stood a familiar figure to Renamon, Agumon and Gabumon. It was Dynasmon.
"I have finally found you, Renamon and companions," said Dynasmon.
"Ah, shit!" said Agumon. "It's Dynasmon!"
"Who?" said DarkGatomon, looking up.
Dynasmon went over to Renamon. Renamon unsheathed the Rojo Sword and shining the blade in the sun. He reached for Renamon's arm and grabbed it.
"You won't try to defeat me with that stupid sword again will you?" said Dynasmon.
"Take your meat hooks of her!" said Gabumon.
"Gabumon digivolve to ... Garurumon!"
Garurumon growled at Dynasmon.
"Let go of her," he said.
"Why, because of you?" said Dynasmon. "I have been ordered by the Lord to destroy you all! And none of you can stand in my way."
"Well then," said Garurumon, "Howling Blaster!"
The icy breath hit Dynasmon, but it barely did anything to the mega digimon.
"You think you could possibly defeat me," said Dynasmon, "a mega?! Well, you should think quite differently!"
"Well," said Agumon, "we're not!"
"Agumon digivolve too... Greymon!"
Renamon got free from Dynasmon's clutches and pulled the Rojo sword completely out. She ran up to Dynasmon and jutted the katana right in his back. Dynasmon yelled in pain, but quickly turned to Renamon and punched her. Renamon fell and didn't have the power to get back up.
"Now I'll eliminate you!" said Dynasmon.
Dynasmon was then shot in the back by Roberto. Roberto stood there with his pistol smoking.
"Roberto," said Dynasmon. "You'll regret that."
Greymon breathed in some air.
"Nova Blast!" conjured Greymon, and a huge fireball came blowing out.
The blast hit Dynasmon, but like Garurumon's howling blaster, it did little. Although it did nothing, it did make Dynasmon look over at Greymon.
"Maybe I'll just get rid of you all in one fell swoop," said Dynasmon. "But first, I'll get your pathetic leader, Renamon."
Without holding back, he ran up to Renamon and grabbed her. Renamon felt pain surging through her body. It was like needles stabbing in her. Garurumon and Greymon attacked him, but he didn't move or have a reaction. DarkGatomon watched as her friend was having her body get hurt and dying. She suddenly became angered and then stood up close to Dynasmon.
"Yo', you let go of her, now!" said DarkGatomon.
"Oh," said Dynasmon, smiling, or at least it seemed to be, "DarkGatomon. How nice to see you again."
"Do it, you shit head!" she said.
"How about no." said Dynasmon.
Greymon saw how close DarkGatomon was to the evil digimon, and was getting concerned about her safety.
"DarkGatomon," said Greymon, "get out of there! He might hurt you!"
DarkGatomon jumped up to hit Dynasmon.
"Darkness Paw!"
The hit got him in the head. He turned around, still holding Renamon. Renamon was feeling faint and weary, and she didn't know how long she could last.
'Is this it?' she thought. 'Am I going to part from this world? Someone help me...'
Then the Rojo sword glowed, and the sword started to shoot a beam that hit Dynasmon's face. Dynasmon put his hands on his face and Renamon was let go of again. She fell and Garurumon caught her on his back. The Rojo sword kept on glowing, and as it glowed, another beam came out, but this time it hit DarkGatomon.
When the beam hit her, she felt warm inside.
'What's happenin'?' thought DarkGatomon. 'Is this the power from the Rojo sword, or is the Rojo sword just intensifyin' my power.'
The Pandora Ring started to glow like the Rojo sword did and it started to spin fast.
'I guess it's time,' DarkGatomon thought. 'I can do it.'
DarkGatomon started to glow. She felt cold, in a good way, and she grew taller. Her tail seemed to have split in two and her top part of her body, but her ears, started to lose her fur. Her face felt like it was changing too, and she felt a vale go over her mouth. Her arms grew longer and so did her nails - she also lost her gloves.
"DarkGatomon digivolve to... Bastemon!"
"DarkGatomon digivolved!?" said Greymon. "Wow!"
"This is good," said Garurumon. "Now we might have an advantage."
Dynasmon laughed.
"Ooh! An ultimate!" said Dynasmon, sarcastically. "I'm so scared. What can you possibly do to stop me?"
"I will defeat you," said Bastemon, "no matter what. No one hurts my friends."
"Well," said Dynasmon, "let's just see what you're capable of!"
Bastemon jumped up on a tree. When she touched the tree, most of it's leaves fell off, even though it was a green tree. She put out her arms and let her nails point at Dynasmon.
She traced out a circle with her nails and said, "Helter Skelter!"
The circle turned into a black rope, and it tied itself up into a noose. It went straight at Dynasmon's throat and secured itself. Dynasmon tried to get it off, but it just got tighter.
"You won't kill me!" said Dynasmon, barely. "I'll finish you off right now!" He stared at the sky, and yelled, "Dragon's Roar!"
His eyes tightened, and the sky darkened to a gray. Clouds came and made some lightning. Then Dynasmon started to glow a light blue and a striking-blue dragon came out of him with red eyes. Roberto grabbed out his pedant and held it in his hand.
"Damn," said Greymon, "this is it!"
"No this isn't it, man," said Garurumon. "We just need to get out of here!"
Renamon started to awaken a little.
"I've heard of Dragon's Roar," said Renamon. "It won't stop until it destroys the opponent."
Bastemon came down, looking defeated.
"I tried my best guys," said Bastemon, "but I lost. Sorry."
"Don't blame yourself," Greymon said. "You did what you could, and that's what matters."
Roberto talked into the pendent. "Crystal Wolf! Melt your power!"
The pendant glowed. Soon, the Dragon's Roar started to come closer and it started to burn the ground and everything around it. It was hard to see anything.
"Good-bye fools," said Dynasmon, as he laughed evilly.
Everyone closed their eyes so they wouldn't see their death in front of them. Renamon had closed her eyes too, but she heard something, like a jet plane passing by. Then she heard Dynasmon talking.
"What!? What are you? I have never seen you around?" There was a pause. "Wait, you're-"
"No more talking! Magna Rockets!"
"Ahhh!"
Then Renamon blacked out, and felt a gust of wind blowing on her, like someone carrying her off to safety.
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Author's Notes:
Sorry it took so long to get this one posted. I had to do finals and crap like that for school, and the homework was just killing me. So that's why it took me so long. Not to mention, I put a lot of thought in this one. During the summer though, I should be able to type some chapters faster than usual (but we'll see). Anyway, so see you until the next chapter!
-Carlas Lua
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