The Digi-Slayer Chapter 24

Davis, totally unaware of his friend's peril, was still in the small, dark room located at the back of the facility. He was levitating just a few meters off the ground with his face scrunched up in concentration, but just as he began to relax and let the dark energy control itself, a surge of unknown energy rippled through his body.

Davis opened his eyes "Zade, she's in trouble," he thought as the powers holding him up in the air dissipated and gravity took control.

Davis started falling quite fast but the pumped up former leader somersaulted and landed in a crouching position to allow the ground to absorb the force. Punching in the combination to open the door, he barely gave the door enough time to slide open before he ran with as fast as he could out of the room and down the many corridors to the center of the facility.

"Zade, Ken, Michael, Katherine, ANYONE?" he screamed, his voice rebounding off the walls, making his cries repeat over and over again.

"Davis, what's going on?" Asked the black dragon-type digimon as he came rushing into the room, not unlike Davis' entrance.

"Veemon, have you seen the others?" Asked Davis as he turned to his partner.

"No, I haven't" Answered Veemon, worry etching his face "The last I saw was Wolfmon going into Zade's room.

"Then lets check it out" Said Davis as they made their way to Zade's room.

When they got there, they started to look around. Nothing seemed out of the ordinary, her bed was made, her desk tidy, except for one small thing. Her emailer was left on the very center of the rectangular oak desk, it was sitting there quietly, the red blinking signal of a received message going off. Davis picked it up and read the recent email; it was from Ken, saying that he needed them urgently in the park. Davis was unsure why he didn't ask for his help, but the unknown energy once again rippled through Davis' body, but with greater intensity.

"Veemon, the others are in trouble, we've got to get to the park" Said Davis seriously, starting to walk out of his girlfriend's room.

"What's the matter Davis?" asked the confused digimon as he followed his partner.

"I've got a gut feeling they've been caught in a trap, and you know me, I always follow my gut"

Veemon was about to make a joke about Davis' gut, but the look on Davis' face silenced him. The two made it to the main room in very little time, arriving at the central computer; Davis opened up the Digi-port program and held up his D3.

"Digi-port open" he said, and like so many times before, he became shrouded by the intense white light of the digital portal.

After appearing in the tiny warehouse where a lone computer stood on a desk, he literally ripped the iron door of its hinges and tore out of the place, his Digi-partner hot on his heels. Luckily it wasn't too far to the park and it was twilight so very few people would be around, seeking comfort from the biting chill of an autumn night. Everything was a blur as Davis ran down the cobbled walkway of the park and stopped at the very core of the natural area.

"Zade, Ken, Michael, Katherine, WHERE ARE YOU?" he screamed, hoping that they could hear him.

"Davis" Said a figure emerging from the shadowed bushes, it was a blonde boy dressed in green and gray, with a fisherman's hat covering his blonde hair, and one arm was in a sling.

"T.G" Said Davis, acknowledging his enemy with a scowl "Give me one good reason why I shouldn't kill you right now"

As Patamon brought himself into the fading light, Veemon let out a low growl.

"Because Davis, we have your friends" Said T.K, no emotion on his face.

"Where are they" Demanded Davis, the dark powers in him started to boil away.

"They're safe" Started T.K, but was interrupted by Davis.

"Where are they? Or I'll rip the other arm off" He threatened.

"They are in the digital world" continued T.K, ignore the threat "Come with me if you want to see them"

"How do I know it's not a trap?" sneered Davis.

"You don't have a choice" Answered T.K as he walked back into the bushes, Patamon sitting on his head.

Davis and Veemon followed T.K and Patamon without a word into the bushes, when they emerged he briefly saw the silhouette of T.K and Patamon in the white light of a portal before it dissipated, leaving a yellow laptop sitting on a bench, the Digi-port program still running. Davis quickly held out his D3 and was once again sucked into the digital world with his partner. When they emerged, they found themselves in a rocky valley, in the distance, he saw eight figures chained to the walls with shackles of light, and all looked badly beaten.

"Damn those light shackles" he thought to himself, having been chained by the same restraints once before.

Before he could recover from the shock of seeing his friends like that, the

Digi-destined, his former friends, surrounded him.

"Davis" Said Yolie "Please forgive us"

"Were doing this for your own good" Said Sora

"We don't want to kill you" Said Izzi

"We're only going to get those spirits out of you" Finished Joe

"I'll forgive you" Said Davis, his face going back to the expression he wore when he was with the Digi-destined, but it quickly changed to a smirk "When hell freezes over"

Tai just sighed and held out his Digi-vice, the others following suit. Suddenly, different colored lights shot out and hit Davis and Veemon, an aurora shell covering the dark warrior and his partner.

Davis screamed out in pain, as did Veemon. Black lightning crackled around the inside of the shell, it was working, and Davis could feel the dark grip of the spirits loosening. He let out another blood-curdling scream of agony and fell to his knees; the pain was just so intense. He looked over at Veemon, he had already blacked out from the pain. As Davis crouched on his hands and knees, the dark aura surrounding him focused on his back and formed itself into the head of a dragon, the dragon let out an ungodly roar as more and more of it appeared.

"Why?" Thought Davis as he felt the spirits being pulled out of his back "Why did I let them do that to Zade, I don't care what happens to me, as long as I can care for Zade, everything be damned if I can't protect Zade"

"I don't care, I don't care" he whispered, his frustration rising "DO YOU HERE ME, I DON'T CARE" he screamed, suddenly, the dragon head arising from his back shot back into Davis and a bubble of Dark light, formed around Davis, expanding and breaking through the Aurora shell, the shockwave knocking the Digi-destined off their feet.

When they got back up, the Digi-destined saw Davis standing there silently, Veemon still unconscious. As they watched on, Davis balled his hands into fists and bringing his elbows in, he then began to yell. As he yelled on, the Digi-destined could feel a cold shiver running down their spines, they knew this wasn't going to end well. Davis kept yelling, and the black aura surrounding him like a fire, began to gradually expand. Davis' body began to flash with dark energy, and the aura around him rising higher and higher, and as he took his scream to a new level, the aura shot skyward, turning from a transparent to solid, forbidding sight to Davis. The overwhelming power of the sudden burst knocked the Digi-destined back to the ground, this time pinning them there.

Just as quickly as the pillar of power formed, it started to dissipate, and the pull it put on the Digi-destined also began to fade. As they got up, the Digi-destined watched as only a small aura, still solid, still encased Davis, but as they watched it dissipate, they gasped.

What was Davis was no more, there now stood a fully-grown man. The man's body was encased in brilliantly shining black armor, every part of him was covered, and even his hands were covered in ebony gauntlets. The only part that wasn't encased in black metal was his head. His face was the only thing that reminded them of Davis, and yet it still looked only faintly like him. His hair, though still the same color was long and flowed down to his armored shoulder blades, his face still had the high cheekbones the normal Davis had, but his eyes didn't belong. Instead of being what they usually where, they became deep ebony, and the look they had could reduce the bravest warrior to cower.

The transformed figure took no notice to the Digi-destined, who now huddled behind their Digimon, who had Digi-volved to their limits, and instead took his gaze towards the unconscious Veemon. Without actually touching him, the armored figure lifted his hand, and as Veemon began to lift up off the ground, the figure opened his closed hand and pointed it towards Veemon, the black dragon became an orb of black energy, and then the ball reformed itself into a shimmering katana. The newly formed blade hovered in mid-air until the figure grasped it, turning his gaze towards the eight, prisoners; he jumped with amazing speed and grace as he landed next to them. As the others watched on, they saw him slice through the shackles of light as if they weren't even there, and saw as their captives fell onto the rocky ledge just below them.

As quickly as he jumped to the side of the mountain, the warrior jumped back down into the valley, right in front of the massive digimon. He landed in a crouching position, his feet and left hand sinking into the ground like it was sand, his right hand still clutching the katana, which use to be Davis' partner.

"So" Spoke the figure for the first time as he stood up to face the digimon and their partners, his voice was like Davis', but another voice merged with his, making it sound as if two people spoke at once "I am the Digi- slayer"

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HOLY FRIKKIN BUDDHA, was that not the coolest chapter ever? I'm gonna need a lot of feedback from this chapter, who knows, maybe the next one will be even cooler - Wolvie